Han Xiang

Chapter 562 Lu Fan threatens Wuxi City

In the first month of the year, the weather is cold and the farming season is slow.

This is the most restful time of the year, but Jiangdong is as lively as spring plowing.

Long Xiang's stall was spread out wide at this time, and there were very few people who could use it. Apart from Lu Su, he was the only one in Wu, so neither of them had time to spare.

Sun Quan was defeated and refused to retreat and was stranded in the Yangtze River. Zhu Huan and Chen Lan had just taken over Wanling and their foothold was not stable. The [-] surrendered soldiers needed time to be integrated. The complicated affairs could only be left to Lu Su to coordinate.

On his way back to Wu County, Long Xiang lamented that Hefei had insufficient talent reserves.

Xu Chu, Lei Xu, Chen Lan and other generals can be trapped in the battle, but they do not have the ability to stand alone.

Zhu Huan can train generals, but he hasn't fully recognized himself yet and needs time to settle and observe.

Now that Lu Su has been cut off, Long Xiang doesn't mind cutting off another governor, and Lu Xun can activate it in advance.

By the way, his name seems to be Lu Yi now.

At the end of the first month, Long Xiang led his troops to the south of Wu County.

Through telescope reconnaissance, Long Xiang was surprised to find that there were soldiers besieging the city.

He suddenly had a bad feeling, thinking that Wuxi had been lost?

As Longxiang approached Wu County, the besieging soldiers turned out to be very "informed and knowledgeable". After discovering this, they took the initiative to retreat without any intention of blocking the reinforcements from entering the city.

Long Xiang entered the city and inquired, only to find out that Lu Fan had been besieging the city for five days.

However, because the troops advanced very quickly and did not prepare ladders, rush vehicles and other equipment, they have not yet actually attacked the city, and they have also engaged in psychological warfare of siege but not attack.

Although Lu Fan is learning from Long Xiang, this move is really easy to use.

Although Zhang Zhao led hundreds of officials to surrender to Long Xiang, many of them were helpless. They were the beneficiaries under Sun Quan's rule, so they still fought against the Sun family.

When the Guangling army reached Wu County, those who secretly supported the Sun family, just like the local gentry at that time, secretly organized a conspiracy to subvert, trying to imitate Zhang Zhao again.

Fortunately, Long Xiang left behind two generals, Xu Ding and Hao Meng. One of them was in charge of the outside and the other was in charge of the inside, ensuring that order in the city remained normal.

After hearing the report, Long Xiang frowned and said nothing, Xu Ding added:
"Yunqi doesn't need to worry. General Hao has already mastered these people. If it doesn't work, just kill a few of them to serve as a warning to others."

"Forget it, I come from a humble background and don't have enough fame. It's understandable that people would look down on me. Why should I give more killings?"

As soon as Long Xiang Huang finished his sentence, he suddenly thought of Zhao Fan who was stationed in Wuxi.

Then he asked: "I think Lu Fan has a lot of troops, probably around [-]. Could it be that Wuxi has been lost?"

Xu Ding shook his head and replied: "Probably not yet. Although General Zhao has few troops, he is quite capable in defense. Before Lu Fan was trapped in Wu County, I sent people to Wuxi to inquire and found that Lu Fan also had troops there. It should be It comes directly from Wu County, bypassing Wuxi."

"I see."

Long Xiang frowned and said to himself: "It seems that Chen Yuanlong was not restrained. Lu Fan actually brought more than [-] people. I blame him for underestimating his lack of preparation, which put Bo Chang in trouble. Moreover, this person is very flexible in using troops." , I didn’t waste too much time in Wuxi, but left a small number of troops to watch.”

Xu Ding was about to take Long Xiang back to his home, when suddenly a scout came to deliver a message, telling Lu Fan that he wanted to see Long Xiang outside the city.

"Yunqi? Look at this."

"Let's go and meet the Guangling prefect first."

"only."

Long Xiang had just entered the city and said a few words, but before he had time to drink water, he rushed to the east city tower without stopping.

When I climbed up the tower and looked down, I found that the general in the city was wearing silver armor that was very eye-catching.

"Yun Qi, that's Lu Fan. He's quite eloquent. Please be careful."

After Xu Ding reminded him in a low voice, he moved forward to hold on to the wall bricks and shouted down: "Lu Ziheng, my general is here. If you have anything to say, please tell me." Lu Fanqing took a few steps forward, cupped his fists and saluted: "General Long, you are here well. I remember that a few years ago, I met the general in Hefei, and I didn’t want to go to Wu County again today."

"I have forgotten"

Long Xiang's tone of answer was very flat, and he really didn't have much impression of Lu Fan.

Last year's battle in Hefei was very chaotic. During the pursuit, he had not seen any famous generals from Jiangdong. What Lu Fan said was that a few years ago, he followed Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to attack Hefei. As the general who besieged the city, he saw Long Xiang's appearance under the city.

Seeing that Long Xiang didn't even say a polite word, Lu Fan felt a little embarrassed in front of Bu Qu, so he immediately teased in a deep voice: "General Long attacked Wu in a sneak attack. This move should make him famous all over the world. How can we take Lv Mou seriously? But? If you use dishonorable means to take away the Sun family's foundation, you may not be able to live here peacefully. Now I am leading my army south, and Wu Hou is also leading his troops back to support."

"Ha ha."

Long Xiang just smiled slightly at Lu Fan's threat and replied coldly: "Sneak attack? General Lu has been in battle for a long time, why do you speak like a woman? I heard that you once led an army with Sun Bofu. At that time, he was only under Yuan Shu's command. General, what you call the Sun family's foundation seems not to be originally named Sun, so how can I be so dishonorable? Besides, the Marquis of Wu you are expecting will not come back to support you."

"What do you mean?"

Lu Fan's expression changed drastically when he heard the last thing, and it was too late to get entangled with Long Xiang about other things.

Long Xiang smiled faintly and replied: "Your Wuhou was defeated by me, and most of his tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered. Now he is fleeing to the Yangtze River by boat. Can we still come to help?"

"Not impossible."

Lu Fan's eyes widened, he waved his hand and said, "You must be talking nonsense, trying to confuse our army to break the siege of Wuxian County. Do you think Lu is taking advantage of this?"

"Ha ha."

Long Xiang shook his head and laughed, "I can appear in Wu County. Isn't this proof? But believe it or not, if you want to attack the city, just come directly."

"This"

Lu Fan's face turned blue from the rebuke, and then he rolled his eyes and said: "Long Yunqi, don't be complacent. Even if I can't defeat Wu County, I can attack Wuxi with all my strength. I don't believe that those few hundred people can stop my [-]-strong army." .”

"and then?"

Seeing Long Xiang's expression of disapproval, Lu Fan gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't save me, I won't leave any of those hundreds of people behind. I really feel that it's not worth it for you. I'll say goodbye."

After Lu Fan finished speaking, he turned the horse's head and returned to the formation. Xu Ding was so angry that he slapped his palm on the city wall.

"Yunqi, let's fight out right now!"

"Bo'an must not be reckless. The 5000 people I brought are exhausted and need two days to rest. Going out of the city at this time is Lu Fan's plan to provoke the general."

"But General Zhao and the others."

In addition to the general Zhao Fan, there are also a thousand Tiger Guards in Wuxi, many of whom are descendants of Xujia Village, so Xu Dingcai behaved uncoolly.

Long Xiang saw Xu Ding's worry, patted his arm gently, and comforted: "Bo'an doesn't understand me yet? When did I abandon Bu Qu?"

"Uh, I made a mistake."

Xu Ding suddenly remembered how Long Xiang fled back to Shouchun in Xujiacun with Buqu. It was precisely because of this that their brothers decided to go to Hefei to seek refuge.

Long Xiang ignored Lu Fan's threat. At this time, Hao Meng also came over after hearing the news, and the two of them rushed back to the prefect's mansion.

As soon as they entered the mansion, they saw Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Qin Song, Yu Fan and others coming up to them, as if they were waiting for Long Xiang to make the decision.

Zhang Zhao bowed his hands on behalf of everyone and asked the questions they were most concerned about.

"General Long, are you coming back so soon? I heard that Wu Hou has led his troops to Liyang?"

"Haha, gentlemen, please rest assured."

Long Xiang added with a smile: "We have just won a great victory at Lishui. Sun Zhongmou fled to the Yangtze River with his defeated army. Now there are no remaining enemies on the Lishui front line. When we come back, we will relieve Lu Fan's crisis."

(End of this chapter)