Han Xiang

Chapter 271

Xiahoudun and Sun Quan are very different. Because Long Xiang had the experience of defending the city, he unilaterally favored Shouchun in his heart.

There are examples of Zhou Yu's siege of Nanjun, Zhuge Liang's siege of Chencang, and Jiangdong's failed siege of Hefei many times. Long Xiang does not believe that Sun Quan can create surprises.

Some young people are high-spirited and give pointers, while more young people are defeated by reality.

The young Sun Quan also needs to know himself through reality.

Long Xiang accurately deduced that Sun Ce was dead, so Lu Su did not rule out his opinion, so he asked in a low voice, "Yun Qi is not optimistic about Sun Quan, so what should we do?"

"We can't help, and we can't help. The consumption of Sun and Cao is beneficial to the envoy. Let's pay close attention to the construction of the new city now, first build cement factories, brick factories, etc., strategic reserves such as granaries, city defense weapons, etc. Start preparations simultaneously."

"Once Shouchun starts fighting here, the emperor's uncle will also raise an issue in Runan." Lu Su frowned, "Yun Qi is so nervous, are you defending against Cao Cao or Sun Quan?"

Long Xiang replied: "It's both. It's always unreliable to rely on outsiders. Once the battle in Shouchun starts, Huainan will not be peaceful in the future. With Hefei's strategic location, it is definitely impossible to stay out of it. It is better to plan ahead than to sharpen your guns before the battle."

Lu Su nodded: "The scale of the new city is several times that of the old city. Even if all the people from the old city are moved, the population will not be enough. I think you are not in a hurry to build a residential area. Do you have any plans?"

Long Xiang nodded and replied: "Building a new city is like drawing on white paper. I plan to draw this blueprint slowly. I won't be in a hurry to complete the comprehensive construction overnight. But the government offices and markets in the old city will be moved there first, and then gradually guide the people to move to the new city. Let the old city retain only one guarding army, and the family members of the army live in it, and let it become the deputy city of the new city."

"One is new and the other is old. Both can be horns. Such a fortification is not bad. The Jiangdong officials all said that Yunqi has no ambitions. It seems that you really plan to take root here."

Seeing Lu Su nodding and joking, Long Xiang responded bitterly: "Actually, it's the same wherever I go, it's still the same saying 'this is my hometown'. , good for me, Hefei, and Shijun.”

"This place of peace of mind is my hometown, what a beautiful sentence."

When Lu Su stroked his beard and sighed, he suddenly remembered the battle of Shouchun, and asked: "Sun Quan is about to attack Shouchun, do you want the cavalry battalion to send more sentries so that we can control the situation ahead?"

"Don't do it." Long Xiang hurriedly waved his hand: "The original scouts have also withdrawn, don't let Sun Quan be sluggish at that time, instead, it's the Hefei scouts who are interfering."

"Didn't you value information the most before? Why today?" Lu Su twisted his beard and stared at Long Xiang in surprise.

Long Xiang smiled knowingly: "The Jiangdong supply ship will pass through Shishui, and I will send people to build a few more rest docks along the coast. It will not be easy to collect some information by then?"

Lu Su's brows were beaming with joy, he raised his index finger and shook it, boasting: "Yun Qi is really impeccable in his actions."

"Let's dance on the tip of our knives, it's best to be cautious."

"Ah."

When Long Xiang and Lu Su joined forces, the warships from Jiangdong headed north along the Feishui River, and went ashore in Shouchun waters to assemble.

Due to the thousands of warships in the east of the Yangtze River, there was not enough space in the Shouchun waters to stop the ships. After the soldiers on board landed, Sun Quan accepted Xu Kun's suggestion and sent most of the warships back south to Shaopi to anchor, and Shaopi became a large army. The granary is located.

Qian Fan breaks through the waves in Feishui aggressively, Hao Hao Tang Tang looks like a huge monster.

At that time, Xiahou Dun was inspecting the rice fields. He only planted seedlings after the ear was planted. The growth cycle of the seedlings was nearly 20 days later than the season. He thought it would not be possible to set the seeds and hang ears normally, but thanks to the suitable soil and water in Huainan, it was later. The rice planted has also entered the heading period.

The excitement was rushing upwards, but was suddenly overwhelmed by the early warning of the scouts. Knowing that Jiangdong's army was approaching birthday spring, Xia Houdun sighed that his two months' work was wasted.

Xiahou Dun then returned in a panic. When he entered the city, he found that the school lieutenant Qin Yi was already deploying the city defense, and the suspension bridge and city gate to the east of Shouchun City were also lifted and closed after his return.

When they came to the top of the city gate, Liu Fu and Qin Yi were waiting in full battle.

Xiahou Dun nodded slightly in greeting, and stood straight forward near the city wall. He raised his eyes and looked south. He saw the Jiangdong army slowly approaching, and it was easy to calculate the number of enemy troops.

Seeing the [-] troops pressing down on the border, Xiahou Dun frowned into a "Chuan".

"Yuan Ying (Liu Fu)'s words are not bad, but Sun Quan really has evil intentions"

Hearing Xiahou Dun's emotion, Liu Fu hurriedly stepped forward to advise: "General Yuan Rang, Sun Quan is well prepared and aggressive, but Shouchun has only five or six thousand defenders. Do you want to ask Xu Du for help?"

Xiahou Dun shook his head slightly: "Meng De's main force has gone to Hebei, and there may not be any generals left. The only one who can fight is Yu Ban, and he can't leave his post without permission. We can only try our best to defend. If we can't defend, we can't care about it."

"okay."

Liu Fu originally wanted to say that there were many soldiers in the east of the Yangtze River, and that Shouchun's defenders were mainly field soldiers. He wanted to persuade Xiahou Dun not to hold on, but he couldn't say it in the end.

Seeing that Liu Fu's skinny face was bloodless, Xiahou Dun thought that Liu Fu was frightened by Sun Quan's army, so he comforted him and said, "Yuan Ying doesn't have to worry. Don't look at my soldiers who have been stationed in the fields all year round, but they have fought with Meng De many times. It is definitely not the case. The Jiangdong rats can provoke them, Captain Qin and I will be in charge of commanding the defense of the city, and the dispatch of supplies in the city will be left to you."

Liu Fu cupped his hands and bowed, and replied sonorously: "Don't worry, General, this is my duty."

Sun Quan led his army to the city, just as the sun was scorching the earth at noon, the Xiahou flag on the city wall was drooping, and there was no breeze to cool down.

The Art of War says: Vigorous energy is sharp, day energy is lazy, and evening energy returns.

Although the soldiers came by boat, they were tired at noon, so it was not a good time to launch an attack.

Sun Quan asked Xu Kun to hold his ground, and led a group of followers to him.

When he got closer, Sun Quan raised his head and saw the one-eyed man in the city. He guessed that this man was the waste Xiahou Dun, and signaled for the surrendering general Ji Ling to come forward to persuade him to surrender.

Ji Ling took a stand in front of the horse, grabbed the rein with his left hand to stabilize the horse, pointed at the city with a knife in his right hand and shouted angrily: "Xiahoudun, the Marquis of Wu is ordered to seek thieves, and you can avoid death if you dedicate the city early. Art is your fate."

Cao Cao fought Yuan Shu many times, and Xiahou Dun and Ji Ling were old acquaintances.

Seeing that Ji Ling was persuading Sun Quan to surrender, Xiahou Dun stroked his beard and taunted him: "Feng Zhao? Ji Ling, are you out of your mind? Yuan Shu has been dead for two years, and Shouchun does not belong to the so-called Zhong family. You have to wipe your neck for King Yuan Shuqin." Isn't that all right?"

"Humph."

Ji Ling didn't change his face, and replied with a cold snort: "Cao Cao used power to deceive the emperor, and everyone should be punished. My master obeyed the emperor's edict, and marched into the army to break the thief and serve the king. Is it too late for you to abandon the dark and turn to the bright?"

"Abandon darkness and turn to light? Learn from you, Ji Ling?"

Xiahou Dun had a look of disdain on his face: "You fell in love with Yuan Shu before, and now you have switched to Jiangdong Xiaoer. If you don't need your good eyes, you might as well cut them out yourself."

"Oh? So, you hated your blindness and followed Cao Cao by mistake, so you gouged it out yourself?"

(End of this chapter)