Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 216 Hostage Exchange
July 22 is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the temperature in the south is not very low, but quite hot.

The torrential rain that swept across the south lasted from the end of May to the beginning of July.

A few days ago, it was still raining lightly in the southeastern hills, especially in the southern mountainous areas, and sometimes it would rain heavily or even torrentially.

By the end of July, the weather finally cleared up. The coolness of autumn dissipated the original haze, and the warm sunshine shone like the sun was shining through the clouds, which made people feel refreshed.

Especially in mountainous areas like the southeast hills, the temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River should not be too low in the early autumn of the south, but it is quite cool at this moment, like a warm veil falling like spring in March.

At this moment in the upper reaches of Shushui, the mighty Jiangdong army fleet has stopped on the surface of Shushui River less than two miles away from Shiling. The bare mountain in the distance is Shiling with few trees.

Zhou Yu was standing on the boat with a letter in his hand. Shen Chen still corresponded with him in the past few days, and both parties in the letter said something strange.

For example, Zhou Yu ridiculed Shen Chen for being cowardly as a mouse. In order to transfer Lu Meng and Xu Sheng away, he was suspicious and dared not deal with them.

Shen Chen teased Zhou Yu for being double-dealing, saying that it was a deal, but in fact he was trying to ambush him, and he had no sincerity at all.

In this mutual blame, the two barely finalized the date and place of the transaction.

There are thousands of ships in Jiangdong's fleet, which crowded the originally not wide Shushui River. At this moment, a flying boat came out more and more, heading towards the hills ahead.

A sharp arrow was shot from the hills and landed firmly on the black awning. Someone on board shouted: "Is this the way of hospitality in Jingzhou?"

"I'm afraid that it's not guests who come, but a pack of hungry wolves."

The young archer above the hill stood on the arrow tower and asked, "Where's Zhou Yu?"

"The governor wants us to take a look at Lord Dongfang first."

The people below responded.

Shen Chen said loudly: "Look over there."

He pointed to the hills behind him.

I saw an old man being escorted over the hill behind.

The people on the boat set up a pergola to watch from a distance. Although the distance was relatively far, they still recognized Zhang Hong.

So with a whistling sound, the boat turned and left.

After a while, a ship came suddenly, and the ship stopped about a mile away from the hills.

The distance between the soldiers and horses of the two sides is about two miles. According to the previous communication agreement, the soldiers and horses on both sides cannot approach the trading place between the two sides, and a large area of ​​trees in the surrounding forest must be cut down to prevent people from ambush inside.

During the transaction, everyone must use boats to conduct transactions on the river, and the entourage cannot exceed [-] people. The small boats used for transactions cannot have awnings, and can only be escorted by three people.

A series of rules and regulations limit the possibility of the two parties arranging a surprise attack during the transaction process, and at the same time prevent the two parties from suddenly launching an attack on the ship during the transaction.

After the aggressive ship stopped in the safe area in the middle of the two sides, people on board rushed onto the deck and set up planks and shields.

Immediately afterwards, several people walked out of the deck with a man who looked like a prisoner, and waved to the hills and mountains in the distance.

In fact, Shen Chen was very far away, one mile was more than 400 meters in the Han Dynasty, let alone seeing people clearly at this distance, even if he could see the Gundam clearly, he could only see a few black spots vaguely.

So Shen Chen didn't rashly take Zhang Hong to make a deal, but sent Zhang Nan to confirm Huang Zu's identity.

As Huang Zu's Sima, although Zhang Nan's status was not as high as Su Fei and Deng Long's, he had often seen Huang Zu before and knew Huang Zu's face, so it was naturally best for him to go.

Soon Zhang Nan rowed a small boat down the river and got close to the Maotu. The Jiangdong army didn't drive him away with spears, but someone pinched Huang Zu to the side of the boat, motioning him to confirm his identity as soon as possible.

At this time, Huang Zu was extremely haggard. In just one month, he seemed to have lost more than ten catties, and suffered some inhuman torture. face.

"General, general?"

Zhang Nan called Huang Zu's name softly, Huang Zu barely raised his head, his expression was very bad, for the whole Jiangdong, since he killed Sun Jian and fell into the hands of Cheng Pu Handang and others, naturally nothing would happen Good end.

A handsome man in his 30s on the boat said to Zhang Nan, "Have you confirmed the identity of the old thief?"

"Humph!"

Zhang Nan snorted coldly and said, "You Jiangdong are really poor, he is extremely vicious, and has no humanity. We saw that Zhang Hong was too old to walk the mountain roads, so we sent people to carry him in sedan chairs every day. But you tortured General Huang so harshly that you even tortured him." He is really despicable!"

The handsome man on the boat was Zhou Yu, who also snorted coldly and said: "Old thief Huang has a bloody feud with us, it would have been good if he hadn't been cut into a human stick with five punishments, and you want us to treat him well?"

Zhang Nan's tongue was far inferior to Zhou Yu's. After confirming Huang Zu's identity, he didn't say anything to him. He glared at them angrily, and ordered the soldiers to go back.

After a while, Zhang Nan reported the situation to Shen Chen, and then Shen Chen led people to escort Zhang Hong, and came towards this side on a walking boat.

When they got close, the boatman supported the boat with anchors and oars to prevent the water from drifting away. The distance between the two sides was about forty steps, almost 60 meters, and they both stood shields and wooden boards on the side of the boat, looking at each other from a distance.

Shen Chen stood on the side of the boat and shouted, "Zhou Yu."

"it's me."

Zhou Yu came out more and more, standing awe-inspiring.

Shen Chen looked over.

I saw that it was a young man about 30 years old, tall and straight, standing proudly, looking forward.

Judging from the appearance, Zhou Yu is indeed handsome and extraordinary, with almost perfect facial contours, fair skin, sword eyebrows and star eyes, worthy of the reputation of Mei Zhoulang.

If combined with Sun Ce, who is also handsome and powerful, they can be said to be the two representatives of Jiangdong Wuji and Zhiji.

But it is a pity that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were supernatural in their first lives, but they were tarnished by Sun Quan in his later years.It is a pity that not only lost the reputation of backing the alliance and assassinating friends, but also lost his reputation because of Sun Quan's stupidity in his later years.

"Captain Zhou!"

Shen Chen said in a clear voice: "It is said that seeing a hundred things is worth seeing once. Jiang Zuo Zhou Lang really has such a demeanor."

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "I've heard the name of Donghai Shenchen a long time ago."

"Not much gossip."

Shen Chen dispersed the soldiers with shields on the left and right, pulled Zhang Hong to appear on the bow of the boat, and said to Zhou Yu, "I have brought Mr. Zi Gang, where is General Huang?"

"Gongjin."

Zhang Hong hurriedly said loudly: "Be careful that they set up ambushes around the two mountains! Woooooooooooo."

Before he finished speaking, his mouth was covered.

Shen Chen grinned and said: "You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. The governor brought so many troops here, it is normal for me to arrange some archers."

"Humph."

Zhou Yu didn't bother to talk to him, so he pulled Huang Zu over and said, "Old thief Huang is right here."

Shen Chen looked over and saw that Huang Zu was covered with bruises, and immediately frowned and said: "You Jiangdong is really "unscrupulous", a soldier can be killed and cannot be humiliated, luck is bad, it is not a shame to be defeated and captured, but what is shameful is The enemy has no shame, if you tortured General Huang so harshly, aren't you afraid that you will do the same one day?"

Zhou Yu knew that he was using "The Doctrine of the Mean" to call Jiang Dong a villain, so he said: "The old thief killed Wu Chenghou, and his hatred with Jiang Dong was as deep as the sea. Wu Hou originally planned to cut him into a stick, but only spared his life for the sake of the Eastern masters. , you still want us to eat, drink and treat us?"

Shen Chen was dissatisfied and retorted: "Wu Chenghou attacked Jingzhou in the name of Yuan Shu, and died on the battlefield, and it was not General Huang who died in a sneak attack. You Jiangdong are very thick-skinned. It is only natural for the warrior to return the corpse wrapped in horse leather. The King of Chu also returned the body of Marquis Wucheng, and you Jiangdong have lost faith."

How did Zhou Yu not know that torturing Huang Zu was a matter of losing faith?
Sun Jian's death was caused by Yuan Shu's order to attack Jingzhou. Huang Zu attacked him to death on the battlefield. Although it was a sneak attack, no matter how he died on the battlefield, he was killed in battle, so there should be nothing to say, let alone Sun Jian It was still an intruder, so there is nothing wrong with Huang Zu's counterattack.

If it is said that Sun Ce and Sun Quan attacked Jiang Xia upright in the name of avenging their father, defeated Huang Zu, and beheaded him, that would be a legitimate thing, and no one would blame them.

But if the captives are abused instead, that is another matter, and they will naturally be criticized morally.

But Zhou Yu had no choice.

After he captured Huang Zu, he placed him in Wankou.

It just so happened that the defenders of Wankou were two veteran generals, Cheng Pu and Han Dang, who hated Huang Zu for killing his old master Sun Jian, so even if Zhou Yu repeatedly ordered them to ensure Huang Zu's life, in exchange for Sun Quan and Zhang Hong, but they still beat Huang Zu severely.

Zhou Yu knew he was in the wrong, and didn't want to argue with Shen Chen too much, so he said: "It's useless to talk too much, the old thief just suffered a little skin trauma and died, since everyone has already identified the person, let's exchange hostages. "

"it is good!"

Shen Chen hugged Zhang Hong who had already been tied up and got off the boat, and boarded a scout boat. There was no roof on the boat, but wooden planks and shields were placed in the cabin.

After he took Zhang Hong onto the boat, Zhang Nan next to him raised the wooden boards in the cabin, fastened them with brackets and snap buttons, and then used a shield to prevent Shen Chen.

There is also a soldier who is responsible for rowing and controlling the boat.

Over there, Zhou Yu didn't come over in person, but let three soldiers take Huang Zu off the boat, and also defended with wooden boards and shields.

The boats on both sides slowly approached, and when they reached the middle area, they became entangled with each other.

Shen Chen touched the handle of the knife at his waist with his right hand, and Zhang Hong with his left hand. Zhang Nan held up a shield to protect him, and the soldiers in charge of rowing the oar supported Huang Zu.

The same is true for the other party.

When people on both sides grabbed each other's person, they let go at the same time and took Huang Zu and Zhang Hong respectively.

Seeing that things were going well, Shen Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Sun Quan still valued Zhang Hong very much, and did not make any fuss about the hostage exchange.

However, just when he thought things were going smoothly, several archers suddenly appeared on Zhou Yu's boat, and they bent their bows and set arrows at the same time, attacking them.

The most important thing is that their target is not Shen Chen at all, but Huang Zu.

Because Shen Chen's position is at the bow of the ship, and the bow is supported by wooden boards, which can defend Shen Chen's front, and Zhang Nanju's shield is on the left side to cover it, but when Huang Zu was carried by the responding soldiers, he didn't hide for a short time into the plank and behind the shield.

Vaguely, Shen Chen even saw that among the archers, there was a gorgeously dressed young man, who was the "Henry Zhang" he knew, gritted his teeth, looked at Huang Zu fiercely, and shot a fatal blow at him. arrow!
"not good!"

Shen Chen's reaction was extremely fast, the 19-year-old boy noticed this scene almost within 0.01 second, and instinctively pulled the soldier who was responding to Huang Zu to the boat and yanked it hard.

I saw that soldier and Huang Zu fell into the cabin almost at the same time, and then there was a clanging sound, some arrows hit the wooden board, some arrows hit Zhang Nanju's shield, and some arrows hit Huang Zu just now. On the side of the boat where Zu was standing, if he slowed down by almost a second, the soldier and Huang Zu would surely die.

"Little thief dare!"

Not far away from Shen Chen's boat, there was a loud shout. A grey-bearded veteran stepped on the side of the boat, condescendingly, and bent his bow and arrow on the boat about 60 meters away. His muscular arms suddenly tensed. Pull and release.

"call out!"

The arrow shot towards Zhou Yu's boat at twice the speed of those archers just now, with a terrible sound of howling through the air.

The target he aimed at was “Henry Zhang”.

Henry Zhang is naturally Sun Quan, and he and Huang Zu have no common hatred, how can Huang Zu escape smoothly?

Although he also thought about using a delayed-onset poison to poison him to death after the replacement, he was afraid of an accident during the replacement, so he delayed the time to poison Huang Zu to death in advance.Secondly, Huang Zu is not a fool, he has not eaten for two days.

Forced feeding will definitely leave a wound on the mouth. Once the other party becomes suspicious when confirming his identity, if Huang Zu can't respond, the transaction will definitely fail.

So Sun Quan thought about it, and only at the moment Huang Zu was picked up on the boat, it was the safest to snipe at close range.

In that way, Zhang Hong also received the hand, and he could kill Huang Zu for revenge, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But he never expected that Shen Chen would come to meet him in person, and the other party was well prepared, the boat was protected with wooden planks and shields, and with that kind of extreme reaction, Huang Zu was actually rescued.

Just when he was furious and wanted to order the boat to hit the small boat, an arrow pierced through the void like a shooting star, and the guards around him hurriedly raised wooden boards to block it.

There was only a "bang", and the guard flew out backwards, directly knocking Sun Quan behind him to the ground.

When everyone rushed over to help him, they saw that the wooden board was shot through, and the personal guard was also pierced. The bloody arrow rubbed against Sun Quan's armor, leaving a mark.

One can imagine how powerful this arrow is!

"Send the arrow, release the arrow!"

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

The ships on Shen Chen's side were already enraged, and more than 20 archers suddenly rained arrows.

Originally, Zhou Yu's boat would also shoot arrows, but Sun Quan was almost shot to death. The soldiers panicked for a moment and had no time to fight back. He quickly pulled up the anchor, ordered to evacuate, and fled in embarrassment.

　There will be big changes today and tomorrow, and people must not say that I am short and weak.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)