Han Xiang

Chapter 569 Full bloom like scraping
Sun Quan tried his best to protect Zhou Shan, but also to protect himself.

Now Lu Fan and Sun Kuang are suspicious. Sun Quan, who is suspicious by nature, does not want to go to Guangling, let alone be questioned like a criminal.

When Quan Cong left, Sun Quan personally escorted him out of the dock.

He asked him to send a message to Lu Fan, saying that returning Sun Kuang was not enough and that he needed to continue the offensive against Wu Commandery.

Sun Quan would take advantage of the naval force to attack Huainan and harass Danyang, so that Long Xiang could not look after each other.

The supplies were fully prepared that day, and at night Lü Meng ordered each battalion to go to bed early.

When Quan Cong came to deliver the news, Huang Gai did not arrive because he was recovering from his injuries in his room.

I learned the rumor at night and couldn't sleep for a long time.

The next day they were about to attack Ruxuwu, but Huang Gai was seriously injured and had to stay in the city to recuperate, so he asked Jiang Qin to come for questioning.

When he learned that Zhou Shan denied it and Sun Quan insisted on asking for evidence before pursuing the case, Huang Gai's blood immediately surged and his heart beat wildly. He held the edge of the bed and looked very ugly.

Jiang Qin planned to go to the doctor, but Huang Gai grabbed his sleeve.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I just feel sorry for the righteous man. I wanted him to kill his son Lielie to show his loyalty, but in the end he committed suicide in public. Even his body was abandoned in Wuhu. On the other hand, Zhou Shan."

Huang Gai stopped abruptly at the end of his words. He grabbed Jiang Qin's hand harder and said with a tired look on his face: "Gongyi, I want to trouble you and give me a message."

"Old General, please speak."

"My son Huang Bing has mediocre qualifications and is not qualified to be an official or general. Let him farm and become an ordinary person in the future."

"uh ok"

Jiang Qin was surprised after hearing this. He originally thought that Huang Gai was going to complain about Han Dang and wanted to bring Sun Quan himself to vindicate Han Dang, but it turned out that it was like he was explaining the funeral arrangements.

While he was bowing his head in thought, Huang Gai suddenly trembled, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and then passed out on the bed.

Jiang Qin was surprised and called out to the guards. He saw blood oozing from Huang Gai's chest, and the wound that was about to heal burst open inexplicably, probably because of his excitement.

Everyone had already rested at night when they were suddenly awakened by panicked shouts, and soldiers got up one after another.

Before midnight, Huang Gai died of his injuries and his last breath.

The tragic loss of a general before the expedition cast a haze on the hearts of the soldiers.

Sun Quan blamed Long Xiang for the death of Huang Gai, and asked Lu Meng to use it to boost morale before the war, hoping to capture Ruxuwu in one go, and even dreamed of attacking Hefei.

Chungu only had more than [-] soldiers at this time. Under the dual influence of defeat and letters from home, their morale was already quite low. Seeing the wood, stone and concrete fortress, they immediately felt that Longxiang was invincible, so they had no fighting spirit in Ruxuwu.

After trying to attack for half a day, Lu Meng saw that Tang Yu was well prepared and could not find any flaws in his eagerness. Moreover, the morale of all the battalions was low, so he suggested to Sun Quan that he withdraw his troops and return to Spring Valley.

Although Sun Quan was reluctant, he had to face reality.

As the warship sailed away from Ruxu River, Sun Quan looked back into the distance with anger on his face.

"Long Xiang built Ruxuwu and clearly targeted our navy. It's all because I was blind at the time. I actually cooperated with this person for a long time and didn't notice his wolfish ambitions."

"My lord, it's not too late." Lu Meng comforted him with clasped fists: "Although we have lost several battles and lost many cities in Wu County and Danyang, most of Jiangdong is still in the hands of my lord. Don't be discouraged. We haven’t lost yet.”

"Didn't lose?" Sun Quan shook his head lonely: "We have lost consecutive battles, the morale of the army is sluggish, and Zi Heng has made no achievements. He still has to resist Chen Deng's harassment. Zhang Zibu, Zhuge Ziyu and others have surrendered. Long Now that Xiang has achieved great success, I am afraid that the foundation established by my father and brother will be lost in my hands."

Lu Meng continued to comfort: "My lord, the morale of the army can still be restored. The civil and military forces who surrendered to Long Xiang are probably too many and they may not be able to surrender to the lord again. Even though Long Xiang occupies a lot of cities, I think he is not as difficult to deal with as he was in Hefei. "

"Huh? What do you think Ziming has to say?"

Sun Quan was originally feeling depressed, but when he heard these words, he suddenly became interested.

Lu Meng smoothed his beard and watched the warships sailing towards the Yangtze River. He said meaningfully: "If Longxiang continues to separatize Huainan and uses Ruxuwu to block our navy in the south, and the people along the river are moved to farmland, he will only need to maintain a small army. can resist;
However, the situation is very different now. He invaded Jiangdong and occupied Danyang and Wu Commandery. He no longer had the geographical advantage of Huainan. He could attack in the southeast and northwest. Longxiang's military strength itself was insufficient. Now his heavy troops were exhausted in Jiangdong. If Cao Cao once went south, Is there any reason to defend Huainan? "

"It makes sense, let's go on."

Sun Quan listened very enthusiastically, and his heart became hot again.

Lu Meng nodded slightly and continued: "Zhu Junli was killed by Han Zong, Zhu Yifeng had a deep relationship with his lord, so he must have Long Xiang as his mortal enemy, and He Gongmiao from Pingshan Yue. They are all the lord's trusted confidants and can make him order. It attacked northward from Kuaiji;

Prefect Lu stationed troops in Qu'a to threaten the north of Wu County, and Shanyue in Danyang would also take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. Thinking that Long Xiang was now surrounded by enemies on all sides, and he would eventually lead his warships to patrol the Yangtze River, Long Xiang could wear down even a piece of iron;
The lord can temporarily stay in Jiangxia or Yuzhang, recharge his batteries, store grain in the fields, contact Cao Cao, and wait until Long Xiang is weak to regain the lost territory in Jiangdong, and then further occupy Huainan. "

"Yeah."

Sun Quan happily clapped his hands in admiration, nodded and said with emotion: "I was indeed right. Zi Ming's vision is better than Zhou Lang's. If I can achieve great things in the future, I should remember Zi Ming as the first contributor."

"My lord, Miao Zan."

Lu Meng clasped his fists and said: "The most urgent task is to go west to rest as soon as possible. When the ship's supplies are replenished, the general will have to patrol the Yangtze River. You have to send someone to contact the two generals He and Zhu to give Long Xiang a full bloom and see if he blocks it." Can’t stop it.”

"Okay, you immediately send orders to all the ships to sail to Chaisang. As for where to locate the government office, I have to carefully consider it."

"only."

Jiangxia had a depleted population due to years of war, and Yuzhang also experienced Huangzu's invasion, and the number of people was much smaller than before. On the contrary, Luling, governed by Bu Zhi, had developed well in the past two years.

After careful consideration, Sun Quan decided that it would be appropriate to locate the government in Nanchang. As for Sun Bi, the governor of Yuzhang, he was now a toothless tiger and could be easily manipulated.

Just like Lu Meng's analysis of Sun Quan, shortly after Long Xiang returned to Wu County after relieving the siege of Wuxi, news of the rebellion in Shanyue in the south of Danyang came;

In addition, Zhu Ran joined forces with the leaders of Jishanyue to repel Zhu Huan's tens of thousands of troops, and took advantage of the victory to capture the three cities of Qiantang, Fuchun, and Yuhang, threatening Wucheng and Wuxian.

In fact, Zhu Huan's troops did not suffer much damage, but they were leaderless and no one could make up their mind. In the end, there were still 7000 people who returned to Wucheng.

The military situation is urgent, and Wu County has soldiers and generals at this time.

But Long Xiang kept running around and his body was very tired.

If you do everything yourself, might you be the next Kong Ming?He didn't want to be so aggressive.

Lu Su has arranged for Zhu Huan to deal with the issue of rebellion in Danyang Mountain.

Long Xiang was going to go back to Fei to see Hua Tuo for a physical check-up and to see his wife and children. On Xu Ding's suggestion, he ordered Lu Dai to take over Wucheng's defense.

Long Xiang considered that the current territory was too large for him and Lu Su to handle, so he asked Zhang Hong to go to the court to reward a group of generals based on their previous military exploits.

(End of this chapter)