Han Xiang

Chapter 441 What I see with my own eyes may not be true
Although Tai Shici treated Jiang Shu coldly, he couldn't resist Long Xiang's combined punches.

Two days later, a small boat sailed directly to Liyang from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The visitor claimed to be Sun Ben's own soldier, and on behalf of Sun Ben, he uttered Sun Quan's order, saying that Sun Quan defeated Huang Zu in Jiangxia, and asked Tai Shici to lead his troops to Shouchun first, and lead Zhang Liao's defenders out of the city, and Sun Quan would follow with the power of victory.

Tai Shici couldn't help being startled after hearing this, he wanted to ask the reason carefully, but the soldier acted very arrogantly, saying that he was just following orders and he would care about it when Sun Quan and Zhou Yu arrived.

Xiao Bing had a defiant expression on his face, Tai Shici was so angry that he clenched his fists like iron.

Seeing this, Zhao Fan hurriedly took over the conversation, said a lot of polite words to the messenger soldier, prepared to entertain him with good wine and food, and then used the other party's routine.

Unexpectedly, the little soldier refused to enter, and walked out of the house with a few harsh words, Zhao Fan hurriedly chased him out and saw him off.

At dusk, Zhao Fan returned from outside the city.

He saw the mess in the hall, bamboo slips, wine glasses, etc. were scattered all over the floor, and Tai Shici was lying on the soft mat behind the table.

"General?"

Zhao Fan hurried forward to investigate, and mistakenly thought Taishi Ci was drunk, but when he got closer, he found that the other party's eyes were wide open, looking at the roof, wondering what he was thinking.

"General Ziyi?"

"Bochang is back, what about the arrogant man?"

When Zhao Fan called for the second time, Tai Shici recovered and sat up, and asked the whereabouts of 'Sun Ben's soldiers'.

"He insisted on going to the wharf to take a boat, and emphasized that he would return to Yuzhang overnight to return to his orders. I sent him to the Yangtze River wharf in the east of the city, and came back only after seeing the boat go far away."

"Sun Boyang's personal soldier, hum"

With a crisp slap, Tai Shici slapped the table with his palm, gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Bofu still treated me very politely. I also helped Sun Boyang resist Liu Xun in Pengli. He actually sent a small soldier to humiliate me. Really! There is no reason for this!"

"The general speaks carefully"

Zhao Fan glanced outside the door, and saw that there was no one around and reminded him in a low voice: "Prefect Sun has always been steady. Although his temper is really hot, he will not be against the general. He should have been detained just now. He might have worked elsewhere. How can I do that?" The general didn't stop him."

"What reason should I use to stop it? So what if he is really Sun Ben's personal soldier? It's far-fetched to say that he works carefully. After all, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are controlled by our army. Even if Huang Zu breaks through our blockade, he shouldn't send people to entertain me by boat. Huainan has nothing to do with the Jiangxia battlefield." Taishi Ci stroked his beard and shook his head lightly.

"The general is reasonable." Zhao Fan nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Since the person who came here is not careful, what will happen to the order he dictated?"

"I don't know." Tai Shici shook his head and sighed.

Zhao Fan stood aside thinking, and suddenly came up with a bold idea.

"Last year, the Governor of the Metropolitan Government encircled Wei to rescue Zhao, which led to Nanchang City being first captured by Huang Zu, and Sun Taishou fled to Luling in a panic. If we were still stationed in Haihun, Huang Zu might not dare to draw a picture of Yuzhang. Would he hate us because of his hatred? , Deliberately passing on military orders"

"Remember us? Absolutely not."

Tai Shici waved his hand resolutely: "My lord ordered the defense. My lord didn't give Yuzhang additional defenders. Sun Boyang didn't fortify himself well. How can I blame me? But Sun Ben is the patriarch of the Sun clan after all, so he probably wouldn't." Falsely passing the military order, I am worried that there will be villains in Jiangdong."

"How?"

"Sun Bofu killed too many people. Although he was assassinated and died now, the enemy may not let go. If someone stirs up trouble, we will suffer the disaster without reason."

Zhao Fan nodded his head in affirmation: "The general is right, it is more risky to send troops rashly. Although Shouchun's garrison is not many, we only have a few thousand soldiers and horses, and we can fight in the wild. If Zhang Liao sticks to the city, we There is no chance of winning at all, and food and grass must be considered in a protracted war."

"If my lord really defeats Huang Zu and goes straight to Shouchun with the power of victory, it is very likely to avenge last year. I am afraid that this order is true."

Zhao Fan sighed: "It's a dilemma."

Tai Shici tapped the table with his hand, stood up solemnly after thinking for a long time, and told Zhao Fan: "You must believe the order, but you must not believe it completely. Robert often goes to Jiangxia to verify it. If the Lord really intends to take Shouchun, I will send troops again." not too late"

Zhao Fan nodded in response: "This is indeed safe. The last general will leave early tomorrow morning. I am worried that if Sun Ben orders him to go, the lord will blame the general for delaying the military plane."

"It's okay, safety first, and I'll accept the blame."

Taishi Ciyan looked out the door, the twilight was like his own situation, guarding in Liyang's tiny place, with no bright future to speak of.

Zhao Fan then stopped talking, and was ordered to go to Jiangxia early the next morning.

Liyang did not have a long-distance ship, so Zhao Fan could only take a boat and break the waves to go west.

The sailors rowed against the current, but fortunately this section of the river was wide and not in a hurry, and the boats were small and light, so the speed was much faster than that of large ships, and they reached Penglize (Poyang Lake) in two days.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and the sun sinks below the horizon.

Night fell after an hour, but the boatman had been rowing for more than seven hours. After a tiring day, he had to go to the shore to rest and recharge his batteries.

As long as you keep the same speed for another two days, you can reach the battlefield of Sand Xian as planned.

After eating dry food for two days, Zhao Fan suddenly wanted to taste some meat, so he called his entourage to fish along the river, intending to catch some fresh fish with local materials.

Several people had just fixed their fishing rods and were looking for bait on the shore when suddenly the sailors on the boat exclaimed.

"Look, boats, a lot of boats."

Hearing a shock, Zhao Fan quickly got up and raised his eyes to wait and see, only to see a line of warships on the west side of the river, like a hill moving in the middle of the river.

The entourage hastily reminded: "Such a huge fleet must be the lord and the governor. They should also rest at the shore. We don't have to rush to Shaxian anymore, let the sailors go up now?"

"Well, this fish is no longer caught, and everyone gets on the boat."

"only."

When the sailors took the anchor and pushed the boat away from the shore, Zhao Fan suddenly issued a strange order.

"Turn the boat around immediately, let's return to Liyang overnight."

"Ah? General Zhao, what is this?"

"Seeing the fleet is like seeing the lord. It seems that he is really going to fight Shouchun. We have to rush back to Liyang to report the letter while the fleet is resting, and let General Ziyi send troops quickly to avoid being held accountable in the future."

"It turned out to be like this, but everyone rowed for a day and sailed at night."

"Did you forget that the return journey is smooth? Now divide the sailors and boatmen into two teams, and we will rush back day and night."

"only."

Because the target of the walk was small, the western fleet did not notice it when it turned around, but the praying mantis, the cicada, and the oriole were behind.

After walking, there was a smaller fishing boat in the distance, it was Liu Fu sent to pretend to be a group of fake soldiers, and they followed Peng Lize with binoculars.

After discovering that Zhao Fan's ship turned the rudder, Liu Fu's men also turned the rudder. They wanted to spread the news to Hefei. The fleet they saw through the binoculars indicated that the Jiangxia Battle was over.

Long Xiang is making wind and rain in Huainan. This military situation is very useful for reference.

In fact, the ending of the Jiangxia battle was different from what Zhao Fan and his followers thought.

Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were almost about to break the city, but news came from the rear of Jiangdong that Shanyue in Yuzhang, Danyang, Kuaiji and other places rebelled at the same time as agreed.

(End of this chapter)