Han Xiang

Chapter 595 Physical Honesty Lu Zijing

Sun Quan was kind to Lü Meng, and Lü Meng repaid him with death for treating him as a confidant.

Although Lu Meng was "foolishly loyal" to Sun Quan, through Sun Quan's attitude towards Han Dang and Jiang Qin, we could also feel the cold side of his lord.

Regarding the rumors about Zhou Yu and Sun Yi, Lu Meng was also vaguely suspicious, but he was a direct beneficiary, so he would resolutely safeguard Sun Quan's interests.

Lü Meng understood the plan of the battle, and Sun Quan sent people to summon Zhu Ran and He Qi to return to Yuzhang to defend themselves.

The economic center of Yangzhou is mainly in Wu County, and the vast mountainous areas in the south are mostly populated by Yue people.

After Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, he carried out frequent conquests and was never able to completely control the entire region, especially the large area in the south of Kuaiji, which was completely in a state of barbaric autonomy.

Long Xiang secretly attacked Wu Commandery to replace Sun Quan, and it took nearly two years to pacify Wu Commandery and Danyang.

Sun Quan did not believe that he could quickly deal with Shanyue's troubles, and thought that raising the bandits to defeat the enemy could hold Long Xiang back.

Considering that Longxiang does not have a navy, even if it gets information to attack Yuzhang, it will definitely march along the Yangtze River.

Back then, Sun Ce used Sun Bi to guard Pengze and trapped Liu Xun in Yuzhang, unable to return to Lujiang. Sun Quan planned to follow suit.

We plan to transfer Zhu Ran and He Qi back to Pengze to guard the key area at the mouth of Penglize Lake, and then use a small naval force to attack the grain road. It will be useless no matter how long Longxiang's soldiers attack.

Sun Quan's impression of Longxiang's lack of naval forces was still the same as two years ago.

Ruxuwu and Shouchun were like two doors, shutting up the entire Huainan and isolating it from the world. Neither Sun Quan nor Cao Cao knew the details.

However, Long Xiang has kept a very low profile in the past two years, creating the impression to the outside world that he is only carefully consolidating his territory in Danyang and Wu County.

It seems that all the focus has been shifted to Wu, but this is all an appearance.

While Long Xiang was flexing his muscles in Jiangdong, he was also building warships in Huainan.

The relationship with Xu Du had been 'relaxed' before, and intelligence from the north could be obtained in a timely manner.

When he learned that Cao Cao was unstoppable in Hebei, Long Xiang could only speed up shipbuilding to buy time.

At first, shipbuilding was only done in Chaohu Lidock, and later in Shaopizeng.

During the two years of occupying the Wu region, the mountains were leveled, the remnants of the Sun family were purged, and many surrendered soldiers and prisoners were obtained.

Long Xiang took 3 prisoners and invested them all in Huainan's shipbuilding business.

As of the spring of the 13th year of Jian'an, the two shipyards in Chaohu and Shaopi had built a total of more than a thousand large and small warships, and six to seven hundred large cargo ships, and they had the strength to compete with Sun Quan.

In addition, Long Xiang established a navy army of 2 people, including three corps of combat troops and one corps of logistics troops.

Longxiang appointed Lu Su as the commander of the navy, and he would fight Lu Meng for a decisive battle with the navy later. However, due to the many military and political affairs in Wu County, Taishi Ci and Liu Fu were responsible for the training of the navy.

Using the Great Governor to deal with the Great Governor, Long Xiang is looking forward to this fight between dragons and tigers.

As for the most accomplished Lu Xun, he was currently stationed at Dantu to defend Guangling.

Talent needs to be honed slowly. Even if Long Xiang admires Lu Xun very much, he will not encourage him at this time.

In mid-June, Yuan's daughter gave birth to a son for Lu Su.

Long Xiang specially brought gifts to Wu County. Lu Su was a little embarrassed when he saw his old friend coming to congratulate him.

When he first captured Wu Commandery two years ago, Long Xiang suggested that Lu Su choose one of Sun Quan's wives as his concubine.Lu Su had refused verbally at the time, but he was tough-talking but honest.

Not long after he took office as the prefect of Wu County, he took Yuan as his concubine. He wanted to use Yuan to enhance his political power. More importantly, Lu Su had a relationship with Yuan and could not bear to have her under house arrest in Wuhou Mansion.

When Liu Xun was attacked by Sun Ce, Yuan Shu's orphans and ministers stayed in Hefei for a short time.

As Long Xiang's chief registrar, Lu Su was responsible for the settlement of the Yuan family, and the two became familiar with each other at that time.

Yuan was born into a wealthy family, with dignified manners and virtuous character, which left a deep impression on Lu Su.

After experiencing a brief embarrassment, Lu Su changed the topic to business.

"When the clouds rose, Zhu Ran and He Qi suddenly withdrew. Do you think it was Sun Quan's plan?"

"Sun Quan is not what he used to be, so there is no harm in using tactics. In addition, Zhu Ran and He Qi have lost consecutive battles, so it is meaningless to spend time in Kuaiji. If they withdraw directly from Yuzhang, it means that Sun Quan wants to concentrate his troops, and there may be a big battle. action."

While Long Xiang was talking, he found a place to sit down.

Lu Su frowned and shook his head slightly: "Since Guangling was out of control, Sun Quan's strength has been seriously damaged. After two years of hard work in Wujun and Danyang, the soldiers and civilians everywhere have no nostalgia for the Sun family. If Sun Quan had not had a mature navy, we would have It’s time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, seize Yuzhang and Luling and completely occupy Yangzhou, and the big moves should not be directed at us.”

"General Guan is occupying Fancheng and threatening Xiangyang. I heard that Cai Mao has transferred most of the soldiers and horses from all over Jingzhou to the Han River to defend the front line. Does Sun Quan want to take advantage of the situation to rob Tu Jiangling?"

Seeing Long Xiang's guess, Lu Su still shook his head: "There is a general Wenpin in Jiangling, and Sun Quan is afraid that he will not be able to take advantage. However, Liu Pan returned from the last expedition and died of illness in Changsha soon. There is no one in charge of Jingnan now." , and borders Jiangxia and Yuzhang, the probability of Sun Quan invading Jingnan is greater."

"He can do whatever he wants. Don't forget that our enemy is Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, he unified Hebei."

Long Xiang secretly thought that Cao Cao had restored history even if he made such trouble.

He didn't consider that Lu Su was present, and he quickly leaked information, which immediately aroused the other party's doubts.

"still?"

"Uh." Long Xiang smiled awkwardly and prevaricated with a smile: "I thought the Yuan brothers could delay for a few years, but I didn't expect them to be eradicated so quickly."

Lu Su did not go into details, but frowned and asked: "It is said that Cao Cao recruited surrenders and rebels, and now has millions of troops. He also dug the Xuanwu Pond to train his navy. Is the next step to attack Huainan?"

"Millions of people? Are you afraid that the corvees and soldiers will be excluded?"

Long Xiang shook his head disdainfully, "It's best if he comes to attack Huainan. As the saying goes, boats in the south and horses in the north, our navy has been trained. Although the number is relatively small, it can also rely on rivers to block the attack. If the Shouchun line cannot be defended, we will directly Just retreat to Hefei."

"Retreat to Hefei?"

After Lu Su repeated these four words, he still frowned and couldn't relax.

"Cao Cao is not like Sun Quan in using troops. If he sends 20 or [-] men to attack Hefei, I'm afraid we may not be able to defend it. Maybe we can only hold on for a few months? Or maybe a year or two?"

Long Xiang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed: "If it can persist for one or two years, do you guess how much food Cao's army will consume? Furthermore, Liu Shijun will not sit idly by and ignore it. Even if he cannot send troops immediately, we will still We can retreat to Jiangdong and use the Yangtze River to hold on for a few more years."

"The emperor's uncle returned from Jingzhou for reinforcements last year. Not only did he successfully repel four enemies, but he also managed to capture Hanzhong with great difficulty. Zhuge's military advisor was indeed full of wisdom. It stands to reason that Cao Cao would not abandon the near and seek the far. Perhaps he would directly attack Guanzhong or Nanyang?"

After Lu Su finished speaking, he looked at Long Xiang in surprise, as if saying that Guanzhong and Nanyang seemed more dangerous.

Long Xiang smiled calmly when he saw this, "Now there are fewer and fewer princes, and the situation is getting clearer and clearer. We don't need to hide anymore. If Cao Cao attacks Guanzhong and Nanyang, I will send Xudu to help!"

(End of this chapter)