Han Xiang

Chapter 560 A loyal heart entrusted to the wrong person
After resting for half a day, the resting teams at the rear gradually came to join them.

Long Xiang was sitting on the side of the road basking in the sun. He accidentally discovered that the man riding in front of him was very familiar. He picked up his telescope and saw that it was Lu Su.

Good guy, is Liyang not defending?
During this day and night, many surrendered soldiers were accepted. What if something happened to them?
Thinking of this, Long Xiang stood up with one hand on the ground and strode forward to meet Lu Su.

"Yunqi, I'm so happy and congratulated. I defeated Sun Quan in one fell swoop."

"They ran too fast and still escaped a lot, but not a single warship was left behind."

As soon as Long Xiang finished speaking, he noticed that Chen Lan had also arrived, so he frowned and asked, "Why are you all here? Don't you need to stay in Liyang? There were countless soldiers taken in last night. It's not okay if there is no one to restrain them."

Lu Su stroked his beard and smiled and said: "You can rest assured Yunqi, there is General Lei in Liyang. I was worried about the supply of troops on your side, so I came with General Chen to support me. When I met General Lei on the way, I asked him to collect the surrendered soldiers and return to the city. , there won’t be any problems.”

"General, do you still want to pursue me?"

Chen Lan did not participate in the pursuit, and was a little eager to try at this time.

"Go after it."

Long Xiang's eyes were firm and he said sternly: "I said I would scare Sun Quan. The level yesterday was not enough. Since you have come to support and the Tiger Guards have rested for a long time, they will immediately advance to the west. Jiangdong soldiers are running wild. He should be looking for a place to rest overnight, so he must stop in Wuhu."

Xu Chu and Chen Lan both agreed, but Lu Su pointed to the cold water in the south and said: "The two rivers meet here. Since Sun Quan has withdrawn to Wuhu in the west, it means that Wanling in the south is relatively empty. If we don't take the opportunity to capture Wanling at this time, we will There may be problems with food and fodder in the future.”

"Wanling."

Long Xiang held his chin and thought for a while, then said meaningfully: "Sun Yi was killed, the governor fled, and Han was in power. A lot of things have happened in Danyang recently. It is a mess for us. It may be troublesome to intervene directly. Zhu Where is Xiumu now?"

"Still in Liyang."

After Chen Lan cupped his fists and finished speaking, Long Xiang answered and said: "Send a fast horse to Liyang to invite Zhu Xiumu. In addition, you leave a battalion waiting here. When the time comes, cooperate with Zhu Xiumu to receive Wanling. After all, he is from Jiangdong." Local people may be more easily accepted.”

"only."

Chen Lan cupped her fists and accepted the order.

After some deployment, Long Xiang and Lu Su gathered tens of thousands more people, and he did not intend to give Sun Quan a chance to breathe.

If Sun Quan dared to hold on to Wuhu, Long Xiang was confident that he would wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Last year, Long Xiang crossed the river and fought in various places. Under the leadership of Han Zong, the army took Wuhu and entered the city to supply grain and grass. At that time, the official warehouses in the city were almost emptied. Sun Quan would have been seeking death if he stayed in Wuhu.

Just like when he attacked Hefei, Sun Quan took advantage of the opportunity and returned defeated.

But compared to Hefei, the defeat this time was even worse.

Jiangdong generals retreated while gathering the defeated troops. They went to Wuhu to rest and take stock and found that there were less than [-] people left.

Sun Quan lost more than [-] men in the defeat at Hefei. His family was already in poor condition and their vitality was greatly reduced. This time, Long Xiang killed [-] men in one day. It is unbelievable even to tell the truth.

The commanders of each battalion also realized that something was wrong. When they retreated, they used their own estimates to guess that the actual number of casualties in this battle was only 6000 or [-] at most. Except for some of the dead soldiers who were crushed and trampled to death, many more were deserters. , lower the pawn.

Such a large-scale escape had to make Sun Quan suspicious.

He also had to find excuses for his failure, so he secretly ordered Lu Meng to investigate secretly.

In less than an hour, Lu Meng investigated the secret of the letter home.

After hearing this, Sun Quan was furious. He drew his sword and chopped off a corner of the table, and cursed fiercely:
"Old thief, bully me too much!"

"Lord." Lu Meng clasped his fists and admonished: "The general found out that those family letters were all brought by Han Zong from Liyang and have nothing to do with the old general."

"It doesn't matter?"

Sun Quan sneered: "Could this be a trick by father and son? What benefits did Long Xiang promise? He actually made Han Zong willing to die? Since Ziming thinks Han Dang is innocent, he will be called to confront him. I want to Let’s see how he defends it.”

"Wei" Lu Meng saw that Sun Quan's tone was not kind, and thought that the master had already set the tone at this time, and General Han was in danger.

Half an hour later, Lu Meng brought Han Dang to see Sun Quan. On the way, he explained the situation to Han Dang and hoped that Han Dang would think of a way to deal with it.

Han Dang thought he had a clear conscience. He read the family letters in detail at that time and found no problems, and the letters sent to all camps were normal, so he thought someone was deliberately framed.

I can even kill my own son, how can I be knocked down by just framing me?
Han Dang was originally full of confidence, but when he arrived at the Wuhu County Government Office, he found that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

More than a dozen generals accompanying the army were all present, including Huang Gai, who had shielded himself from arrows during the retreat. They were also carried to the county government hall, as if he was going to be put on trial.

"My lord, those family letters were sent by my treacherous son, and the general has carefully checked and verified that they are correct, so..."

Han Dang started to explain as soon as he arrived, giving outsiders a feeling of guilty conscience.

After hearing this, Sun Quan was noncommittal and did not express an opinion on the topic of letters from home. Instead, he frowned and asked, "Old General, Long Xiang must have made an attractive offer in order to recruit you, right? Can you share it with everyone?"

"Uh, okay." Han Dang was a little surprised, and then said honestly: "Because the last general killed his rebellious son without permission, Long Xiang promised to divide the food of his four counties between my father and his son, but the last general is a general of the Sun family, how can he do it for wealth? And betraying the master? So he would rather kill his son to show his loyalty."

Han Dang thought that saying this would highlight his loyalty, but in the end it was self-defeating.

Sun Quan stroked his purple beard, narrowed his eyes and spoke calmly: "I was very moved by the old general's murder of his son Ming Zhi. My trust in the old general is still the same as before. What conditions does Long Xiang require before he is willing to give you food in the four counties? Is it the head on my neck? Why not take it now?"

"My lord, what do you mean by this? The general's loyalty can be expressed by the sun and the moon, how dare you have other intentions?"

Han Dang was so frightened that he knelt down on one knee, raised his fists and kept defending himself.

Sun Quan snorted and walked forward, throwing a family letter in his arms on the ground.

"Hmph, see for yourself."

Han Dang hurriedly picked up the silk book, sweating profusely as soon as he glanced at it, and then shook his hands with a look of panic on his face.

"How could this be? The family letters in the general's camp all report peace."

"Haha, you are still pretending now? Your son Han Zong is usually respectful and polite, but he surrendered so quickly in the end. It turns out that his roots are with you."

Sun Quan scolded and teased him, then he knelt down next to Huang Gai and said sadly: "Old General Huang, you have served for many years, and he was seriously injured when he blocked an arrow for you. How could you bear to sell him out? Do you still have the heart?"

"me."

Han Dang was speechless for a moment, and the generals standing in the hall did not say anything to add anything. He felt in a daze that everyone was looking down upon him.

At this moment, Sun Quan walked back to his original position, took off his sword and threw it at Han Dang's feet.

"Since the old general wants wealth and honor, it would be better for him to take my head with my sword than to die at the hands of Long Xiang."

"No, there won't be any in the end."

Han Dang felt that he was speechless and could not speak clearly, so he looked at Huang Gai and shouted: "Gongfu, Gongfu, you know me, how can Han Dang be a seller seeking glory?"

Huang Gai was seriously injured by an arrow in his chest. He wanted to speak justice for Han Dang, but the pain prevented him from speaking, so he just waved his hand gently.

Don't you even believe me?

Han Dang suddenly drew his sword and flashed it, shocking Sun Quan and taking several steps back.

Everyone around them took out their weapons, thinking to themselves, do you really dare to commit murder in public?Lu Meng shouted to stop him, but Han Dang could no longer hear him.

"Haha, that's right. My son's sin is also my sin."

After saying this, Han Dang raised his sword and stabbed his chest, spitting out a stream of hot blood. At the same time, he pointed at Sun Quan and shouted: "I have a heart!"

(End of this chapter)