Han Xiang

Chapter 245
After Long Xiang waved his hand, Zhang Fei and Xu Chu fell off their horses in front of the work shed. Both of them were broad-bodied people, and together they looked like a hill.

Since the beginning of the new year, both officials and ordinary people in Hefei have been active, and Zhang Fei, as a guest, is no exception. Lei Xu has three thousand unmarried young men who want to train, and he has been extremely busy during this time.

Hefei New City and Shifei Canal started construction at the same time. Farmers were busy spring plowing on both sides of Shishui River. Jiangdong envoys came without incident. Long Xiang was worried that there would be too many people and Zhang Fei's identity would be discovered, so he asked him to take recruits to Junqiu County to work. Training.

So when Long Xiang saw the two generals walking together, he went up to meet him and asked curiously, "When did you get together?"

"You say"

Zhang Fei had always been slovenly, and his ragged beard was covered with raindrops. While wiping his face with his big hands, he motioned for Xu Chu to answer.

Xu Chu took a step forward, leaned forward slightly, and whispered, "Xu Wei and the others are back."

"Xu Wei?"

Long Xiang opened his eyes wide, thinking Zhang Fei was in such a hurry, there must be news about Liu Bei, so he asked in a deep voice, "Is there news from Runan?"

"Um"

Xu Chu nodded slightly, and continued to lower his voice: "Uncle Huang is near Pingyu, and has sent Sun Qiantong to Hefei, and is currently being settled in the posthouse."

"Oh?"

Long Xiang was delighted to hear that, and looked at Zhang Fei to confirm: "The envoy sent Gongyou to come first, could it be that he will arrive later?"

"Brother has other ideas, Yun Qi puts down what he is doing, and goes back with me to see Gongyou."

Seeing Zhang Fei frowning and shaking his head, Long Xiang's heart sank instantly, thinking that the envoy is still struggling with virtue and gain?Without hesitation, he leaned sideways and immediately told Lei Xu: "Yuan Duan, the rain is intermittent and may stop at any time. You can inspect the whole line for me, and the workers are not allowed to dig in the rain."

"The last general takes orders."

Lei Xu clasped his fists in response, and immediately reminded: "We are going to Hefei for dozens of miles, the general is sure to go back in the rain? Be careful of catching cold."

"It's okay, I'm tough."

Long Xiang patted his chest, turned around and said to Xu Chu: "You should stay in Hefei, just send someone to notify, why come here to get caught in the rain?"

"The end will be."

Xu Chu was about to explain, but Zhang Fei took over the words: "I asked him to come with me, how can outsiders do our best? What if you wait until the evening to return? I have been waiting for this news for almost a year. Where can I sit still?"

"I knew it." Long Xiang smiled bitterly, pointed in the direction of Hefei and said, "In that case, let's set off quickly."

"It's your words that I've been waiting for."

Seeing Zhang Fei's quick answer, Xu Chu frowned and reminded: "The spring is cold at this time, and it is very easy to suffer from cold and disease. Do you want to find something to cover your head? General Lei just reminded that although Mr. I didn’t find Hefei, so I’d better be more careful.”

Long Xiang shook his head and replied, "Where can I find it when I'm in a hurry? In fact, it's not difficult to prevent colds. Let's go back to the city and drink some hot ginger water, or take a hot bath at night, so we can prevent it by warming up."

"prevention?"

Xu Chu wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by Zhang Fei, muttering, "Yun Qi has married two beautiful wives, and they live far better than us. Why are you so fussy? He can't freeze."

"Oh"

Xu Chu nodded as if realizing something, Long Xiang smiled bitterly at Zhang Fei and shook his head: "Yide, you are not bad, let's go back to the city if we have something to say, hurry up now."

"well."

Zhang Fei walked a few steps with vigor, and then came to the front of the two to lead the way. Long Xiang's urging so understandingly matched his haste.

Because Shifeiqu is at the southern foot of Jiangjunling Mountain, the weather near the mountains is different from that in the plains. The three of them rode their horses and ran for less than five miles. The dark clouds in the sky gradually disappeared, and the warm sun released heat through the gaps in the clouds.

Back in Hefei in the afternoon, Long Xiang sent Xu Chu to invite Lu Su, and he and Zhang Fei went straight to the posthouse to meet Sun Qian.

Long Xiang made a brief introduction on the way, and learned that Liu Bei would most likely not come to Hefei. He seemed to have important matters to do while staying in Runan. Zhang Fei couldn't tell the specific situation, but he was in a hurry to lead troops to help.

Before Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Long Xiang went to Xiaopei to report to Liu Bei. Sun Qian had a mission to go out, so the two met for the first time, but fortunately Zhang Fei was the middleman.

When he came to the post house, Zhang Fei introduced Sun Qian to Long Xiang.

After some inquiries and compliments, Long Xiang asked straight to the point: "Just now Yide told me that the envoy is going to do big things in Runan? Are you not planning to come to Huainan?"

"Ah."

Sun Qian nodded and explained: "My lord and Liu Pi failed in Runan last year, and Yuan Shao was also defeated in Guandu not long after returning to Hebei. The internal situation in Hebei is very complicated. My lord did not want to be involved in the fight, so I went to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao to attack Cao. Take the generals and officials out of Hebei."

Long Xiang nodded in agreement: "Yuan Shao is indecisive. Hebei's elites were completely lost at Guandu. He wants to organize troops to go south. I'm afraid it will be very difficult. It is right for you to leave earlier."

"Hebei is strong. Even though Guandu suffered a lot of losses, Yuan Shaogen was not hurt. It's just that Jushou died in Guandu and Tian Feng committed suicide in prison. It is not easy to boost morale, let alone integrate the army and supplies to cross the Yellow River." Sun Qian shook his head slightly.

"Since this is the case, what is the important matter for the emperor in Runan?" Long Xiang hesitated to speak.

Sun Qian replied: "Although the situation in Hebei is not good, Yuan Shao is still recruiting soldiers and plans to make a comeback this year. He sent the Lord to the south to contact Liu Biao and let him go to Runan to respond to the incident."

"Another incident in Runan? Does Liu Pi still have soldiers?"

Long Xiang frowned, and looked at Sun Qian in bewilderment. Sun Qian said, "Although Liu Pi has no soldiers, he is acquainted with Gong Du, the leader of the Yellow Turban in Runan. He has gathered thousands of people in Runan. The lord has sent Liu Pi to go." Contact, I believe this person can be persuaded to help."

"Oh Gong Du"

Long Xiang was a little impressed by the name, but he was suspicious of the real historical events, thinking that Liu Bei had revolted twice in Runan?There doesn't seem to be such a thing in the TV series?
While pondering, Long Xiang saw that Sun Qian was hesitant to speak, so he asked curiously: "The envoy is going to revolt in Runan, and he plans to go to Jingzhou to contact Liu Biao. It seems that he will not come to Huainan. Gongyou is here to find Yide. ?”

"It's both." Sun Gan nodded and added: "My lord started in a hurry last year, but he didn't want to be defeated by Cao Ren. This time, he wanted to be more prepared. He specially sent me to Hefei to ask for advice. He wanted to ask Mr. Lu to make a plan."

"Ask for advice? Very good."

Long Xiang asked and answered by himself, thinking that Liu Bei knew how to ask questions, which was a great improvement. He turned to Zhang Fei and said, "Yide stays with Gongyou to reminisce about the old days. I will discuss with Zijing first."

"Mr. Sun has been exhausted all the way, I don't want to disturb his rest, I want to go with you to ask for advice." Zhang Fei was afraid that Long Xiang would leave, so he stood up first.

"Yide is also interested in strategy?"

Long Xiang was surprised, and then he cupped his fists and asked Sun Qian to resign: "We may talk at night by candlelight, Gongyou's welcome banquet may need to be postponed, you stay in the post and rest first, Yide and I will leave now."

"What are you talking about to clean up the dust? My lord is still anxiously waiting for the letter in Runan. It's important for you to go to the business."

(End of this chapter)