Han Xiang

Chapter 66

Before Long Xiang could react, Tang Yu at the door suddenly tensed up, and his right hand unconsciously pressed on the hilt of his sword. They were now in Cao Cao's control area, and if they made a mistake, they would be doomed.

Long Xiang in the room was relatively calm. He looked at Xu Ding with thick eyebrows and big eyes opposite him, and asked pretending to be puzzled:

"Why did Xu Zhuangshi say that?"

"If you are Cao Cao's soldiers, don't you have a doctor in the army? Even if you go to the nearby town to seek medical treatment, you will not walk for a few days, so that the wound festers and dies.

In addition, the hot summer has passed, and it is not too late to bury the corpse for several months. What kind of busy military affairs are there, and the general will not be sent back to his hometown?"

"Say no more"

Long Xiang stretched out his hand to interrupt Xu Ding, saying that in ancient times there were illiteracy everywhere, seeing your appearance, I thought you were relatively simple, but I didn't expect to meet a 'Di Renjie'.

Tang Xi was worried that Long Xiang was in danger, so he rushed into the house quickly.

"Uncle Xi, be safe and don't be impatient."

While Long Xiang stopped Tang Ju, he turned around and clasped his fists to Xu Ding, admitting generously: "Xu Zhuangshi is right, we are indeed not Cao Bing, are you going to sue the officials?"

"Haha, sue the officials? They came very often when they paid for the food. When the Yellow Turbans rebelled, no one took care of them. Our village has been self-sufficient since a few years ago."

Xu Ding smiled and shook his head, then asked again: "I heard that Cao Cao is fighting Yuan Shu, do you know what kind of territory this is?"

Hearing what Xu Ding said, Long Xiang frowned slightly, and he shook his head slightly and tentatively replied: "It should be the northern part of Peiguo?"

"This is the junction of the southeast of Qiao County and Bing County. Cao Cao's hometown is also our Qiao County. Are you guys planning to attack Cao's house?"

When Xu Ding was speaking, he looked Long Xiang up and down, and said in his heart that if he really had such a plan, it would undoubtedly be a way to seek death.

After hearing this, Long Xiang turned his head and looked at Tang Xi, both of them seemed extremely surprised.

I didn't expect that I avoided the main road and ran indiscriminately in the past few days, and ran into the 'den of thieves' for no reason.

Qiao County is not only the hometown of the Cao Cao clan, but also the hometown of the Xiahou clan.

Tang Xi's pair of pitch-black eyes seemed to have the word 'finished' written in them.

"No, we lost the battle in Qi County, lost our way when we broke through, and came here in a daze. In fact, we planned to return to Huainan," Long Xiang said with pain on his face.

Xu Ding thought for a while after listening, and suddenly said solemnly:
"Since you are here, it is not easy to return to Huainan safely. I appreciate General Long's loyalty;
The soldiers under the general's command are also good soldiers who abide by military discipline. Instead of fleeing back to Huainan after a narrow escape, why not stay in our village? "

Long Xiang immediately declined: "The families of the officers and soldiers are all in Huainan, how can they hide here just to survive? Besides, you were there last night, General Qiao's sons and daughters still need to be taken care of, I have a responsibility to stay here."

"Family? When this war is over, you can secretly go to Huainan to pick them up. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
I heard that Yuan Shu had long been disobedient, fearing that he would not be tolerated by the princes of the world, and General Long would have no future with him."

Xu Ding continued to persuade with firmness and softness.

News spread slowly in troubled times. Xu Ding didn't know that it was normal for Yuan Shu to proclaim himself emperor, but his disobedience had spread to the people. It seemed that Yuan Shu's reputation in the Central Plains was really bad.

After hearing this, Long Xiang still shook his head. He turned his head and glanced at Tang Yu, and then explained: "General Qiao is kind to us, but now that he died because of the war, we have no sense of being loyal to Yuan Shu."

"That's not good."

"Xu Zhuangshi doesn't know the specific situation. Our family members in Huainan have 2000 people, and there are [-] or [-] fellow brothers waiting. Thousands of people may not be able to move easily."

Xu Ding originally wanted to keep Long Xiang, because he thought that adding more than a hundred young adults to the village would make the village more powerful to survive in troubled times.

Now that Long Xiang said that thousands of family members were coming, his heart immediately beat.

It is barely enough to support more than a hundred people, but if it is necessary to increase thousands of family members, old and young, Xu Ding really cannot make decisions for all the villagers.

"General Long doesn't intend to be loyal to Yuan Shu, so he wants to" Xu Ding hesitated to speak.

Long Xiang replied: "Although Yuan Shu is not the master of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Cao who slaughtered Xuzhou is not a good person, so when we return to Huainan, we plan to live in seclusion."

"well said."

Xu Ding was deeply touched when he heard this, and echoed: "The princes and powerful are fighting each other, and the people are always the ones who suffer, so our village is self-reliant, but there is no king in the world, unless he goes to the barren mountains to avoid disaster, but that kind of land Barren, can feed so many people?"

Long Xiang nodded affirmatively: "I found an empty city in Huainan. There is a lot of fertile soil around the empty city. We will bring our family members to move there when we get back, and learn from Xu Village to rely on ourselves. In short, we can avoid it for as long as possible."

"There is such a good place in Huainan." Xu Ding scratched his temples.

Tang Xi was worried that Long Xiang would slip up, so he hurriedly interrupted:

"Ahem, Yunqi, since we arrived at Qiao County by mistake, you have to talk to the soldiers about the plan, and we have to travel far tomorrow morning."

"Uncle Xi said so."

Long Xiang immediately reacted, he clasped his fists and saluted Xu Ding and asked:
"I wonder if there is a map of Qiao County in your village? I want to borrow it to refer to the route home."

Xu Ding nodded with a smile and said, "You really asked the right person. Xu's family happens to have a map of Zhangqiao County, but he just called you Yunqi, is that your name?"

"Yes."

"It sounds good. Xu's name is Bo'an. Since we are friends, we shouldn't be divided. I will call you Yunqi in the future, and don't call me a strong man. I will go get the map."

"Thank you Bo'an."

"You don't have to be polite, Yun Qi. In fact, I really want to know how you can escape from the tiger's mouth."

After Xu Ding finished speaking, he turned and walked into the back hall, and quickly fetched a sheepskin map.

Looking at the old appearance of the sheepskin, Long Xiang knew that the map had gone through many vicissitudes.

In ancient times, there was no technology to move mountains and fill seas, and the geography and landforms hardly changed. Even if the sheepskin map has been kept for hundreds of years, it still has great reference value for Long Xiang.

Xu Ding spread out the map on the table, which clearly marked towns, villages, and roads, and also outlined the direction of mountains, rivers, and rivers.

"Yun Qi, have you thought of a way?" Tang Jue also joined in.

Long Xiang frowned and thought hard. In order to avoid encountering Cao Cao's army, he could only abandon the wide main road, but he opened up thorny trails and had no supplies.

How to do?
Long Xiang's eyes suddenly fell on the river beside Qiao County, so he pointed to the river and asked Xu Ding:
"Bo'an, where does the river lead to? Is there a pier for boats?"

Xu Ding explained while making gestures: "This river is called Guoshui. It connects to the Langtang Canal in Fule, Chen Guo, flows southeast, passes through Runan County, and finally flows into Huai River. The county travels by boat, why do you ask this?"

"Haha, God help me too."

Long Xiang was overjoyed to hear that, he had also crossed the water (now Guohe, Anhui) on his way to Qixian County by Cao Jun.

Since there is a wide waterway leading directly to the Huai River, why should I suffer so much and throw ham?
(End of this chapter)