Han Xiang

Chapter 598 The truth is gradually revealed
Zhuge Jin suddenly stopped after hearing this and looked at Long Xiang curiously.

"Didn't General Shicai say that? When we help the emperor's uncle, we are helping ourselves. It's the so-called lip-loss and tooth-loss."

"Haha, that's for Zibu and Zigang."

Long Xiang didn't wait for Zhuge Jin to ask, and quickly leaned over and whispered softly: "Actually, like your brother, I am a soldier under the emperor's uncle."

"what?"

Zhuge Jin exclaimed, then immediately covered his mouth with his hands, "How is this possible?"

"To be honest, Tzuyu, I was born earlier than your brother."

Long Xiang stroked his beard and smiled mysteriously, then added: "Few people know this secret. Do you know the purpose of me telling you now?"

"The general wants me."

Zhuge Jin paused and quickly came to his senses, "Want me to help you keep an eye on Jiangdong?"

Long Xiang smiled and nodded in affirmation: "Tzuyu is indeed Kong Ming's elder brother. What I want to say makes sense. Although Jiangdong has gradually stabilized, it cannot be ruled out that there are still people who are attracted to the Sun family;

The people of Danyang are fierce and fierce. In the past, princes often came to recruit troops. I am afraid that someone might take advantage of Zijing and I's absence to recruit troops to Danyang to cause chaos. As the chief of Danyang County, you must be cautious. "

"With Governor Zhu in Danyang, there shouldn't be any problems."

Before Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Long Xiang took over again.

"Although Zhu Junli was not killed by me, Zhu Ran blamed me. The Zhu family is a wealthy family in Danyang. Do you think his people will be incited? Zhu Xiumu is in the clear and the other is in the dark. It is right to have an extra pair of eyes. ."

"I can save it."

When Zhuge Jin heard this, his admiration for Long Xiang increased even more, thinking that he really knew everything, no wonder Sun Quan was no match for him.

Long Xiang arranged the tactics and logistics properly, and sent additional agents to sneak into the Central Plains to gather intelligence.

As long as Xu Du sent empty information, Long Xiang would send troops to harass, while Lu Su would lead the fleet out of Ruxu first.

At the end of August, hundreds of warships sailed westward and appeared in the waters of Chaisang.

He Qi, the general stationed at Pengze, and Sun Yu, who stayed behind at Chaisang, were both shocked from ear to ear.

They sent people to Nanchang to report to Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan would recall Lu Meng.

However, it was only half a month after Lu Meng sent troops that he might have already fought against Guan Yu. In addition, Lu Su occupied the Yangtze River waterway, and it was beyond Sun Quan's reach to recall him.

Sun Quan likes to pinch soft persimmons, and Lü Meng has been influenced by him for a long time.

Although troops were dispatched from Chaisang early, when they arrived at Liqiu, forty miles southeast of Xiangyang, they ordered the entire army to dock and rest and wait for an opportunity.

With Cai Mao's Xiangyang naval force in front, Lu Meng felt that coming here would enhance his reputation, but he didn't want to just sit on the sidelines, so he asked Jiang Qin to lead 3000 people as the vanguard and go to Xiangyang waters to explore and ask Cai Mao to provide them with military supplies.

Cao Cao had promised that if Sun Quan sent troops to assist, Xiangyang would provide all military supplies.

When Lu Meng left Chaisang, he deliberately brought less food for his troops. He planned that Jiang Qin would go to Xiangyang to ask for food. No matter whether he borrowed the help of Guan Yu or Cai Mao, he would also solve Sun Quan's problems.

Jiang Qin was ordered to go to Xiangyang to ask for food. When he arrived, he discovered that Cai Mao was not in the city. At this time, he was in charge of Zhangling Prefect Kuai Yue.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Jiang Qin learned that Cao Ren led his army south, Guan Yu personally led the navy back to aid Wancheng, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun led the navy to pursue.

Kuai Yue asked Jiang Qin why he came, secretly thinking that Lü Meng looked ugly and came to beg for food without doing anything. He looked down on Sun Quan and Lü Meng, and made fun of him:

"General Jiang, please reply to Governor Lu. Kuai is actively preparing, but it will take time to transport food and grass. You might as well go north to help the battle first, and it won't be too late to return to the army to work with the army."

"Prefect Kuai asked Jiang to return empty-handed?" Jiang Qin asked in a deep voice, frowning.

"I really didn't expect that."

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and asked Jiang Qin: "This is not the first time for Governor Lu to lead an army. Did he go on an expedition without bringing enough food? How can it be possible to use troops like this?" Jiang Qin blushed at the rebuke, and he did not want to be humiliated by doing errands. Lu Meng was very insistent on choosing himself, thinking that he was experienced and steady and could handle it well.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Qin made an excuse and asked sternly: "Prime Minister Cao has promised that all our military supplies will come from Jingzhou. Does Grand Administrator Kuai not want to admit it?"

"No."

Kuai Yue shook his head and said, "Jingzhou will not go against the Prime Minister's will. I just said that we are adjusting the transportation. If you are really waiting for the rice to be cooked, why not go north to chase General Cai. You can ask him to share some food for emergency relief. Xiangyang is fully prepared." Send it immediately."

"That's fine."

Jiang Qin only asked for a word and left.

Lu Meng did not blame him when he heard this. After comforting and encouraging him, he asked him to go to Cai Mao and still gave him three thousand sailors.

General Jiang Qin was always assigned to do errands, but he couldn't refuse, which made him, a veteran of the army, very depressed.

As the saying goes, military orders are overwhelming, and Lu Meng publicly praised Jiang Qin for killing him, so he could only bite the bullet and go north.

Jiang Qin left the group to ask for food for the second time, standing on the bow of the boat and letting the river wind blow on his face.

It was still very hot at the turn of summer and autumn, and the river breeze could blow away the boredom, but it could not blow away the wind and frost on Jiang Qin's face. The wind and frost were mixed with worries.

Jiang Qin's joy and anger were written on his face, and none of the guards around him dared to provoke him. Only Jiang Yi, the eldest son of the army, stepped forward to relieve his worries.

"The common man Lu Meng has gone too far to deceive others. As a veteran general in the army, how can you treat him like a servant?"

"I must be careful, this is the order of the Commander-in-Chief, how can I not obey it as a father?"

After Jiang Qin gave a stern reply, he made an excuse for Lu Meng: "Besides, he wants to lead the main force to attack Fancheng, so we can stay out of it by going north to ask for food."

"We didn't bring any siege equipment, so what could he use to capture Fancheng? He commanded [-] troops but failed to capture Hefei. Now with less than [-] troops, it's just a dream."

Jiang Yi complained on his own ship and was not afraid that someone would tell Lu Meng.

After hearing this, Jiang Qin frowned and said in a deep voice: "We are sending troops just for containment. There are only three thousand defenders in Fancheng at this time. Lu Ziming should focus on intimidation, not necessarily actual attack on the city. It is good to capture Fancheng, but not It doesn’t matter if you take it off.”

"So it's not that we stayed out of the matter, I'm afraid it was him who stayed out of it."

Jiang Yi snorted coldly and reminded Jiang Qin: "Father, have you noticed that Lu Meng seems to be targeting you recently?"

Jiang Qin asked: "Ziming respects me a lot, so don't make any assumptions."

"No."

Seeing no one around, Jiang Yi whispered: "I always feel that the rumors about Governor Zhou and Sun Shubi have some credibility. Otherwise, why would Sun Jizuo turn against his brother? Even Lu Fan and Quan Rou turned against him. Have they all fallen into Long Xiang’s scheme?”

"One son."

Jiang Qin glared at Jiang Yi and reminded him seriously: "We must believe in the Lord."

"My child originally believed it, but not long ago, my soldiers went to deliver documents and unexpectedly overheard the guard Sun Zhongyi (Sun Yu) gossiping. The two said that Sun Zhongyi made a drunken slip once and said that Governor Zhou recommended him in his posthumous letter. The person is not Lu Meng, but "

Jiang Yi hesitated at the end of his words. Jiang Qin quickly slapped the deck and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's you, father."

"I?"

"It's absolutely true, but I don't know whether it's true or not."

Seeing Jiang Qin sitting down in despair, Jiang Yi did not continue to complain, but just stayed by his side silently.

(End of this chapter)