Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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After Sun Quan chatted with Hu Ke, he became transparent. Although the cause was Han Zong's personal behavior, Jiang Dong took the initiative to provoke the dispute, and Wei Guo also expressed his position. It is absolutely impossible to hand over Han Zong. When Sun Quan wanted to send troops to fight, Cao Ren had already prepared for it.

After gathering troops for three months, the atmosphere has been enhanced to this day. If Sun Quan finally withdraws his troops and admits his weakness, his prestige in Jiangdong will sink in an instant, and General Huaisi may also flee in large numbers, so he has no choice but to attack.

On the second day after Hu Ke left Ruxuwu, Sun Quan summoned the frontline generals to discuss fighting against Cao.

Hefei has always been a thorn in Sun Quan's heart, but it is not easy to get rid of this thorn. Xu Sheng suggested to encircle Junqiu County to the east of Hefei, and use the tactic of enclosing points to attack Cao's army stationed in Huainan.

The distance between Junqiu County and Hefei was only [-] miles. The Jiangdong warships sailed out of Chaohu Lake to block water supply, which ensured the safety of the waterway's grain roads. If the situation changed, they could retreat from the waterway. Sun Quan finally adopted Xu Sheng's suggestion.

The [-] troops from the east of the Yangtze River went to Hefei first, and finally stopped the boat suddenly in the Shishui section, and the army rushed directly to Junqiu County.

Chapter 784 Don't pretend to be Koto's secret work

Sun Quan used troops in the Jianghuai area many times and all failed. Especially after the Xiaoyaojin War, he became the laughing stock of the Wei people. Cao Ren, who was in Shouchun, did not pay attention to the tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers.

If Jiangdong wants to take the Huaisi area, he must first attack the city of Hefei, which guards the waterways. At this time, the guard of Hefei will be the former Yangzhou Biejia, and the current Dongzhong Lang will be Jiang Ji.

During Sun Quan's assembly in Ruxuwu, Cao Pi sent Jiang Ji, a familiar man, to settle in Hefei.

Discovering that Jiangdong soldiers and horses were diverted to Junqiu County, Jiang Ji sent scouts to report the battle situation to Cao Ren. Seeing that Sun Quan was playing new tricks, Cao Ren quickly assembled Shouchun soldiers and horses to go south.

Because Jiangdong soldiers and horses were caught by surprise, before Cao Ren's reinforcements arrived, they surrounded Junqiu. Afterwards, Jiangdong soldiers and horses put up a sign in the northwest of Junqiu County, waiting for Cao Ren's reinforcements. The purpose of Hefei's appearance is to confuse Cao Ren and want to keep people in Hefei.

Zhou Tai, the governor of Ruxu, blamed himself for Han Zong's incident, so he asked Sun Quan to be the vanguard in the front. He led tens of thousands of Ruxu defenders who knew the shame and bravery, and fought head-on with Cao Ren's vanguard, fighting several battles The two sides fought back and forth, regaining the confidence of Jiangdong soldiers.

After the war in Huainan started, the war shifted the internal conflicts in Jiangdong. Sun Quan, who was in command on the warship, finally enjoyed a little peace.

It is worthwhile to take a longer time. Maybe Xiangyang Guan Yu will really make a move when he sees an opportunity. At that time, Han Zong will be placed on the table as a bargaining chip.

Grain ships left Jianye Port one by one to Chaohu Lake. Zhuge Jin went to Xiangyang as an envoy, asking Guan Yu to continue to work hard in Nanyang area, and the merchant ships prepared by Hu Ke for Shiyan and Sun Bu also sailed into the Yangtze River and headed for their destination. Go to Guangzhou.

Shiqian has a wife and no children, and has no surplus money in Jianye, so he inherits the family business with nothing.

During the voyage of the merchant ship, Shi Qian often blows the wind on the bow of the ship with a sad face. Seeing that the other party’s will is depressed, which may not be beneficial to take away the control of Jiao Zhi, Sun Bu comforts him: “The eldest son is about to become the head of the Shi family, but I think You seem to be preoccupied, I don't know what worries you have? You might as well tell me and I will share your worries for you. "

Shi Qian shook his head lightly: "It's been so many years since I left my hometown, I never thought I could go back. I'm very anxious now, and I don't have confidence in winning the succession..."

"Eldest son has been a pawn for a scholar's family for many years. If you have no credit, you should have worked hard? What's more, you are the eldest son. Who dares to compete with you for the heir? I, Jiangdong, are the first to refuse." Sun Bu patted his chest grimly. .

Shi Qian smiled wryly: "My third brother is quite ambitious, and he is also my father's favorite son, otherwise I wouldn't be the one who went to Jiangdong..."

Sun Bu replied affirmatively: "Duke Weiyan (Shi Xie) has no choice. If he insists on abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, he will wait to be completely annexed by Lantian, and the Shi family will disappear completely in Jiaozhou. The king of Wu will send troops to Jiaozhou only when he withdraws his troops from Huainan."

"But father is seriously ill, maybe the third brother has already taken power, and I don't even have any heirs..." Shi Qian's expression was sad.

Sun Bu sneered and said, "If you get the right way, you can help but if you don't, you can't help much. Your family is not limited to Shi Hui, and you won't be able to hold power in a short time. Duke Weiyan mentioned in his letter to the king that the second son (Shi Zhi) might take over. The prefect of Hepu, he is a scholar who is also willing to compromise and surrender to the thief. He should empathize with you and support you in the position. As for the heirs, you don’t have to worry about it. When the eldest son becomes the master of the cochin, are you afraid that there will not be enough women and children? There are people scrambling to succeed..."

"My second brother and I have a good friendship, and I don't know if he is still in Guangzhou..." Shi Qian said to himself.

"Stop thinking about it, go back to the cabin and rest, the road to Jiaozhou is still far away." Sun Bu patted Shiyan on the shoulder.

"Hmm..." Shi Yan nodded slightly, then dragged his aging body, and walked tremblingly into the cabin, his physical condition was much worse than Shi Zhi's.

In early November, the Huainan battlefield had already fallen frost, but Shiyan and Sun Bu did not feel the chill. After the merchant ships turned from Lishui to Yushui, the waves in the water became much warmer.

The merchant ship passed Guangxin, and finally stopped at Duanxi County Wharf for the night, and arrived at the terminal at Panyu Port at noon the next day. Sun Bu felt a little nervous. The reason why he didn’t dare to stay overnight at Guangxin was because he was worried about the strict inspection of the big wharf. , he was afraid that he would be accidentally exposed.

Jingnan and Jiaozhou are mainly used for shipping, so the wharf is like a rest station for later generations. All counties have carefully built to receive passing ships. There are restaurants, hotels, and shops on the wharf, and many wharves have been aggregated into new villages.

The supplies on the merchant ship were exhausted. Thinking that they would arrive at the destination tomorrow, they did not resupply supplies at the Xixian Wharf. The crew on board could only go ashore to eat and drink.

Sun Bu went ashore with the sailors. When he was buying food at the pier, he found newspapers for sale by accident, so he bought the latest issue of "Lingnan Daily", and returned to the ship immediately after seeing the contents of the newspaper.

"Young Master, look." Sun Bu put the newspaper in front of Shiyan, on which there was news that Jiuzhen and Hepu had changed the sheriff.

Shiyan thought that Shizhi was still in Guangzhou, but he was a little surprised when he saw the Lingnan News, "It's so fast..."

"The second son is not in Guangzhou, so we don't want to venture into the city. The merchants who launched the rebellion in Guangzhou three years ago disappeared without a trace. The investigation in the city must be very strict. Let's change the ship directly at the Panyu Wharf." Sun Bu Said with a frown.

"According to General Sun's arrangement..." Shi Qian has no ability. Although he is going back to succeed him at this time, he is just a puppet.

The two ate some cooked food casually, and the merchant ship left the pier for Panyu at dawn the next day, and finally arrived an hour earlier.

Soon after Sun Bu disembarked, he inquired about the news that there would be a merchant ship going to Cochin tomorrow. He spent a lot of money to book a few places, and took a few entourages to spend the night at the pier inn.

The ID cards for several people were prepared by Hu Ke in Jianye in advance, and the checkpoints on the road were unimpeded, so they had no doubts about checking in at the inn.

Because he didn't want to live with other guests, Sun Bu deliberately rented a small courtyard and lived in a room next to the courtyard gate.

After nightfall, Sun Bu, out of a soldier's instinct, noticed some abnormal noises in the courtyard. He was worried about the safety of the soldiers, so he cautiously went out to investigate.

But just as the door was pushed open, two black shadows flashed from the left and right, and the two strong men firmly controlled Sun Bu.

"What are you trying to do? Are you a bandit?" Sun Bu shouted in panic.

The two men didn't answer, and soon after, they saw someone escorting Shiyan and his wife from the guest room in the backyard, and several servants who followed him were also tied up.

"Lang Lang Qian Kun, Hao Hao Ming Yue, how dare you..."

Sun Bu yelled loudly, trying to attract the attention of the inn, but before he could finish speaking, Song Chen came out from the darkness, "Stop pretending, Jiangdong works carefully."

Chapter 785 Hidden mystery Lu Boyan

After hearing this, Sun Bu was shocked. Jiangdong's meticulous work is more terrifying than robbers. He just arrived in Guangzhou today, so how could he be exposed?

Seeing that Song Chen was not wearing military uniform or armor, Sun Bu didn't know his identity, so he struggled hard and shouted angrily: "You...you spout blood, we are all good citizens who sail boats and merchants, how can we let you talk nonsense like this?"

"It's useless to talk too much, take it away with me." Song Chen didn't talk much to Sun Bu at all.

"Is there still the king's law? Is there still the law?" When Sun Bu struggled to shout, a rag was stuffed into his mouth.

On the way Sun Bu and Shiyan were taken out of the wharf inn, they found that the doors and windows of the rest of the guest rooms were all closed, and the shopkeeper and clerk of the inn were gone, as if dead silent.

They were taken back to Guangzhou City in a prison van, and a group of eight people were imprisoned in different places, while Sun Bu was taken to the dungeon of the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce, where Song Chen personally interrogated him.

After taking off the black cloth covering the hood, Sun Bu saw Song Chen's face again. He glanced around the room from the corner of his eye. The walls were covered with instruments of torture, and two burning braziers in the corner made a sizzling sound.

Not far away was a high table and a high stool made in Jiaozhou. Sun Bu didn't know what yamen had arrested him, and he was still thinking of some excuses to use.

"You are Sun Bu?" Song Chen's words wiped out Sun Bu's hope.

"No... no, are you an official from Guangzhou? I am Li Lang, a businessman from Xuzhou. I came to Jiaozhou to purchase goods and sell them. I have my ID card on me. You can check the authenticity. I must have admitted to the wrong person... ..." Sun Bu signaled that there was something in his arms.

"Sun Bu, you were named by Sun Quan, right? Sending such a confidant to infiltrate Jiaozhou must have some secrets, right? I believe your companions will tell me." Let people set off one day in advance and take them to Guangzhou, so he is like a blank sheet of paper in front of Song Chen.

"I am not Sun Bu...I am a businessman, Li Lang..." Sun Bu refused to admit it.

Song Chen raised his head and smiled and said, "You are a businessman, right? Then let me ask you some questions that a businessman knows. What is the storage capacity of your cargo ship? What kind of goods do you plan to configure on board? How much money have you prepared? Gross profit... "

After hearing this, Sun Bu sat on the wax directly. He didn't expect that the person in front of him would be so good at doing business. He basically couldn't answer the questions raised by the other party, so he could only respond in silence.

At this time, a person walked in outside the room, and reported to Song Chen: "General, there are two people recruited next door, and they are writing a crime at the moment..."

"Go." Song Chen slightly waved his hand.

Sun Bu was horrified when he heard that, he was shocked by someone's 'confession', and also shocked by the identity of the person in front of him. He turned out to be a general, so he must be a member of the Jiaozhou military. He was arrested when he first came to Guangzhou. It must be provided by Jiangdong. Without information, who would it be?

After a while, the reporter came in again and said, "Na Shiqian has also confessed, and he is now starting to write the indictment."

"Very good, I'll come later." Song Chen nodded slightly.

"Don't play tricks in front of me. You don't need to cheat. I, Sun Bu, admit it. If you want to kill or cut, you will do as you please." Sun Bu looked Song Chen directly in the eyes.

Song Chen smiled slightly: "Sun Quan's insignificant bodyguard, I don't have the heart to waste time with you. If you are willing to write down the purpose of infiltrating Jiaozhou, I may save your life, otherwise, hum..."

"It's not impossible to ask me to confess, but I want to know who leaked the news, even if he dies immediately, he will die." Sun Bu talked about the conditions.

"Oh, it's okay to tell you, he's from the governor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty." Song Chen snorted coldly.

"It's impossible, you're clearly trying to drive a wedge." Sun Bu was very excited.

Song Chen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If Lu Meng hadn't died in Jingzhou, Lu Xun would have become the governor? During the confrontation in Dongting, this person had already surrendered to the King of Hanzhong. Otherwise, the entire army that invaded Jingzhou would be wiped out. Can Lu Xun go back safely all the way?"

Sun Bu was dumbfounded when he heard it. Song Chen's words made some sense, but he still firmly believed in his own people, and then argued: "The governor, who came from a wealthy family in Jiangdong, why would he willingly degenerate and join Liu Bei? What good does it do him?"

"Does the Sun family kill few people in Jiangdong? How many Jiangdong gentry treat him sincerely? My king is the king of the world. Lu Xun has long admired him. Think about why Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, and Pan Zhang are three The soldiers and horses are all blocked? Naturally, someone leaked the information in advance, and even Yu Fan was instigated by him. He was the one who passed the order from Jiangxia to Lu Xun's camp, right?" Song Chen's repeated questions made Sun Bu Yi Time doesn't know what to say.

"But I left Jianye very secretly. The governor is far away in Chaisang, so maybe..." Sun Bu's tone became weak.

"I don't need to say more about the power of the governor? Don't say that there is his eyeliner in Jianye City, isn't there anyone in Ruxuwu?" Song Chen paused after speaking, then stretched out his hand and said, "I've already said too much , This is the end of Lu Xun's matter, if you write down the crime honestly, I can save you a way out."

Sun Bu thought that Shiqin had been exposed, and that it would not be worthwhile for him to die for Sun Quan, and he would not have the chance to return to Jiangdong in the future, so he simply wrote down everything he knew, and then followed the jailer to the table and sat down, making it easy for Sun Quan to use Shiyan to seize Jiaozhi. generalize.

The purpose of Sun Quan sending Sun Bu and Shi Qian, Song Chen has already analyzed from Shi Xie's first two letters, he deliberately asked Sun Bu to write down the crime, the real purpose is to collect the handwriting of the other party, and intend to use it to confuse Sun Quan in the future.

When Song Chen was watching the crime, Sun Bu got up and asked for instructions: "I think the general is a reasonable person. I am afraid that Bu will never return to Jiangdong in this life. Can I use your pen and paper to write a letter to my poor wife? She has been married for two years. She hasn't had children yet, so I want her to remarry to someone else..."

"Oh? Sincerely, write it. I'll find a merchant ship and bring it back to Jiangdong tomorrow." Since he wanted to collect handwriting, it would be better for Sun Bu to write more letters, and Song Chen readily agreed.

"Thank you, General." Sun Bu kowtowed excitedly, his forehead was bloodied twice, and then he returned to his desk to write a letter.

After Sun Bu finished writing his family letter, he was temporarily imprisoned in the dungeon, while Song Chen returned to the ground with two pieces of paper, and then went to the study of the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce.

Pushing open the door and entering, Lan Tian really sat in the middle, with the guard Gao Yuan standing beside him.

Song Chen hastily clasped his fists in salute: "Sir, you are really amazing. I heard that Shiyan has been persuaded by you?"

"Isn't this nonsense? He taught you all those skills, and you still think about surpassing Mr.?" Gao Yuan shook his head teasingly.

Lan Tian waved his hand lightly, and replied with a smile: "Shiyan is indeed easy to deal with, and Sun Quan's strategy is still good. Let's find someone to replace Sun Bu, and still adopt Sun Quan's method of peaceful evolution. It seems that Jiaozhi will be recovered sooner than I expected, you How's the situation over there?"

"Sun Bu has already explained. He also wrote a letter to persuade his wife to remarry. He will eventually find someone to imitate his handwriting and write a few demagogic words, which will be used to confuse Sun Quan when the time comes." Song Chen handed the letter to Lantian.

Lan Tian received the letter and read it carefully, and quickly put the guilt page aside, but stayed on the letter home for a long time, and Qi Qi frowned.

"This guy is a martial artist, and many words are written wrong..." Song Chen reminded with a smile.

"No, this letter is a bit interesting..." Lan Tian seemed to see the clue.

Song Chen immediately leaned over and asked in surprise, "What did you find, Mister?"

Lan Tian pointed his right index finger at the letter paper and tilted his virtual finger. Those words were combined into one sentence, which was: Jiangdong Neigui Boyan.

Chapter 786 I'll be there again

"This...is so mysterious..." Song Chen was shocked.

Lan Tian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your mouth is so powerful now, you have convinced him that Lu Xun is a traitor so quickly, and you will pass it on to Jiangdong."

"Then this letter..." Song Chen asked.

"Let's talk about it two months later. Sun Quanzheng and Cao Ren are fighting fiercely. Let's try not to influence him." Lan Tian nodded and analyzed.

Song Chen asked again: "Then how should Sun Bu deal with it? Or exile on the island, or send him to be a hard laborer?"

Lan Tian stroked his beard and pondered, and finally his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Since this person is sure that Lu Xun is a traitor, if he is lucky enough to return to Jiangdong, or if he can do something similar to Han Zong, you will be detained in the chamber of commerce dungeon for now. Think about how to let him escape reasonably..."

"Wei." Song Chen knew too well about Lucky's escape. He was the one who fooled and escaped those Han Dang's "fake followers" in Wuchang back then.

"Sir, the night is deep, shall we go back?" Gao Yuan reminded.

"That's fine." Lan Tian turned around and told Song Chen: "Everywhere is not calm this winter. I don't know how long the fighting in the north will last. The cochin thing must be accelerated. You find a few people to pretend to be Sun Bu and his servants and send them off as soon as possible." Go to Hepu to join Shi Zhi, you can release the news in advance, and test the reaction of Shi's family."

"Don't worry, sir, I'll transfer some new faces." Song Chen answered with cupped fists.

Lantian then left the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce, the street was so quiet that there were only the sounds of insects, and it was past Haishi when he returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Lan Tian crossed the gate of the mansion and went straight to the back house from the road on the right side of the courtyard. On the way, he accidentally saw a faint light in the war room.

Who will it be at this hour?Lan Tian strode over, while the guards at the gate were still standing guard.

"Who's inside?" Gao Yuan asked on behalf of Lantian.

The guard clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the commander, it is General Gao and the two young masters..."

Gao Yuan wanted to say something else, but Lan Tian waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, you should go back and rest, I'll go in and have a look."

"Wei." Gao Yuan watched Lan Tian enter the door, but still stayed outside and did not leave. He asked the guard in a low voice, "When did they come? What time is it?"

The guard lowered his head in embarrassment, and replied in a low voice: "They may have forgotten the time, but the general will not dare to remind..."

"Uh...you did the right thing..." Gao Yuan patted the other person on the shoulder, thinking that he didn't dare to urge him.

From the moment Lan Tian entered the house, Gao Shun, Lan Yuan, and Lan Ji looked at the door in unison, and the vigilance of the martial arts leaders was ridiculously strong.

"gentlemen……"

"Father……"

Lan Tian saw that Gao Shun was talking about tactics based on the sand table, so he joked with a smile: "Boping, you didn't have a good time in the Huben Martial Arts Hall during the day, so you went to the war room to supplement at night?"

Gao Shun smiled awkwardly: "Sir, you know that I don't teach in the martial arts hall at all. As for why I came to the war room tonight, sir, I probably already guessed it. This kid Zhongling is very energetic, and he is very excited when he hears about the battle." .”