The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 186 Set sail and moisten things silently

With a smile on his face, Sun Shao hugged his legs and sat comfortably by the fire pond, listening to Zhou Bing's talk about his experience in Yecheng.Zhou Dory's thinking is clear and his speech is very organized. Although it doesn't sound as exciting as the novel, the tension is still shocking.

"The general is so wise that he can guess what's going on in Yecheng from thousands of miles away. I really admire it." Zhou Dory said sincerely.

When Sun Shao withdrew from Xiangcheng, Zhou Bing was deliberately left behind. At that time, Zhou Bing didn't know Sun Shao's intentions. Later, he found out that Changle Weiwei Chen Yi came to Guan Yu, saying that he had a way to contact the people in Yecheng. Cao.Guan Yu listened, but didn't take it seriously. During this period of time, he had received too many people like this, eighty if not one hundred, so he was just perfunctory. Contacted, while urgently reporting to Sun Shao, Sun Shao immediately sent a fast horse to inform him that there might be turmoil in Yecheng, and asked him to rush to Yecheng as Chen Yi's envoy immediately, waiting for the opportunity.Zhou Bream rushed to Yecheng, and soon discovered the abnormality of Wei Xie and others, and then took advantage of the situation to plan the rebellion, but it was a pity that the success failed, someone leaked the news, and was suppressed by Cao Pi at the last moment.

"It's not my credit, it's Ziyu's credit." Sun Shao smiled, and lifted the teapot to refill a glass of water for Zhou Dory.Zhou Dory was flattered and quickly took it with both hands.Sun Shao gave him the credit. He was very happy and felt that his hard work was worth it.At the same time, he also admired Sun Shao very much. Sun Shao was in Xiangyang, but he could see the crisis in Yecheng and give instructions in time, almost turning the tables in one fell swoop. This insight is very comparable.

In fact, he really thinks highly of Sun Shao.The reason why Sun Shao believed that Yecheng would be a rebellion was because he knew that before Cao Pi replaced the Han Dynasty, several rebellions occurred one after another under Cao Cao's rule. Well, it would be strange if no one was interested at this time.

What Sun Shao said was true, but in Zhou Bing's eyes, that wasn't the truth, it was modest, it was called open-mindedness.One thing happens to different people, it may be completely two results.When Sun Shao uttered this sentence, it was called humility, but if it was said by a person whose status was not as good as Zhou Dory, it would be called hypocrisy.

"Ziyu, it's actually not difficult to speculate about this matter." Sun Shao followed the temptation and continued to enlighten Zhou Dory, unswervingly leading him on the road of being a spy. "There was a rebellion in Xu County the year before last, do you remember?"

Zhou Bing nodded, he knew that what Sun Shao was talking about was that the imperial physician Ling Jiben and others set fire to Prime Minister Chief Shi Wangbi's camp. It was a major case, and almost half of the officials in Xu County were killed by Cao Cao because of this case.He heard a lot about this case when he was in Yecheng, so he was no stranger to it.What was strange to him was that Sun Shao's men didn't seem to have anyone who specialized in inquiring about the news, and he was in the South China Sea at that time, how did he know about it?And it seems to be quite detailed.

"Cao Cao is very powerful now, but the Han family has supported scholars for more than a hundred years. There were people who opposed Cao Cao for the sake of the Han family. There were people who opposed Cao Cao before, now, and in the future." Sun Shao was calm and calm, with a look of wisdom in his hands: "As long as you look for it with your heart, you can find a lot of opportunities. Don't think that such a matter can't be brought to the table, it's actually very important. You see, with your own strength, didn't you almost destroy Yecheng? Upside down? If Wei Xie and the others hadn’t leaked the rumors, and if things could really happen, then Cao Cao might be in a mess now. If that’s the case, Ziyu, you will be a great contributor to the revival of the Han Dynasty.”

Zhou Dory smiled, and he also felt very fulfilled after this errand, a few words can turn Yecheng upside down and make Cao Pi burnt out, this feeling is great.

"You go down and rest for a while." Sun Shao saw Zhou Dory's face and smiled secretly in his heart. Although Zhou Dory has talent, he is still young after all, and he has not yet reached the level of being flattered or humiliated.

Zhou Dory stood up and said goodbye happily.As soon as he heard the news outside the door, Guan Feng and Sun Shangxiang came out from behind the door, one sat next to Sun Shao, the other sat opposite Sun Shao, and looked at Sun Shao with the same eyes.Sun Shao was uncomfortable seeing them, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You are too insidious." The two women said in unison.

Sun Shao rolled his eyes again: "What's so insidious about this, if you can kill your opponent without bloodshed, why not do it?"

"Do you have any spies in Ye City?" Sun Shangxiang spoke quickly and urgently, like a cannonball: "Aren't those people who do business for you all meticulous?"

"Not all of them." Sun Shao shook his head and admitted frankly: "There are only a few of them. If there are all of them, how could Cao Cao not find out, and how could he allow my ship to enter his territory?"

"So you've been using me and keeping me in the dark." Sun Shangxiang gritted her teeth in disbelief, looking at it, she might come up and hit Sun Shao twice at any time to relieve her anger.Sun Shao gave way back, backed away from a safe distance, and then said: "What's so strange? Do you think Cao Cao didn't work hard in Jiangdong? Or did you think Yizhou didn't work hard in Jiangdong? What is the first article of the Art of War? Is it the temple?" Forget it. Without these meticulous work, how can you do it." He wrinkled his nose disdainfully: "It's because you don't pay attention usually, but you blame me instead."

Sun Shangxiang snorted unreasonably, and said nothing more.It's not that she doesn't know about these things. It is said that Hu Zong and others around Sun Quan do such things, but these things are too far away from her, and she didn't experience them personally. It turned out to be a small work, and it was a small work that almost overturned Yecheng, she couldn't help being a little surprised.

Guan Feng didn't say a word, she leaned closer to Sun Shao, wrapped her clothes tightly as if she was a little cold.Sun Shao glanced at her in surprise, and seeing that her complexion was very bad, he asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Guan Feng raised his head and glanced at him: "Do you have anyone in Jiangling?"

Sun Shao was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood: "Is your father angry again?"

"En." Guan Feng nodded, leaning closer to Sun Shao. "It's been almost a month, why hasn't there been any movement?"

Sun Shao snickered, that's right.Liu Bei may not have the heart to kill Guan Yu at this time, but he may not have the heart to save Guan Yu.As for Sun Quan, he probably had to wait until he was defeated or even killed before sending troops.Sun Quan did not send troops, but Liu Bei did not dare to send troops even if he wanted to. Didn't he prevent Sun Quan from copying his back?Cao Cao gave up Jianghuai, leaving only Zhang Liao to guard Hefei, but Sun Quan didn't dare to take it. Instead, Liu Bei was worried. Cao Cao's move was just right.

"Wait a little longer, maybe we're still preparing, maybe we're still on the way." Although Sun Shao didn't believe it himself, he still said to Guan Feng: "You can spend more time with Yue Zhang when you have time, so that he can rest easy and not get bored. , even if other people have ideas, Liu Shijun will never die."

"En." Guan Feng nodded obediently.Guan Yu hoped that Liu Bei would lead the army to help, but Liu Bei never came. Guan Yu's originally firm heart was already a little uneasy, and the generals under him were even more frightened. They all smelled something from the unusually calm south of the Han River. The ominous smell, although no one dared to say it, but this uneasy feeling inevitably spread in the army.Although Guan Yu loves nurses and soldiers, he is not very sensitive to such things, and has no good countermeasures, so he can only let them go.On the contrary, Sun Shao, who was not very confident in the reinforcements, seemed calmer at this time, and did not look anxious at all.Guan Feng can only get a little confidence from Sun Shao, and then pass this confidence to Guan Yu.

Of course, Sun Shao's thoughts were by no means so pure, but Guan Feng couldn't hear them, and Guan Yu, who was already in a mess, didn't notice it at all.

"General." Miwei strode in, and when he saw Sun Shangxiang sitting aside, he stopped the general in embarrassment.

"It's okay, tell me what happened." Sun Shao waved his hand, signaling him not to restrain himself.Mi Wei smiled, rushed to Sun Shao, lowered his voice and said, "General Guan invites you to go, Cao Cao's envoy to persuade him to surrender is here."

"Oh?" Sun Shao's eyes lit up: "Cao Cao can't bear it anymore?"

But there was no smile on Mi Wei's face: "General, let's go and have a look, General Guan is getting angry right now."

Sun Shao smiled, without further ado, got up and followed Mi Wei away.After Miwei protected Guan Feng and came to Wancheng, Sun Shao valued him very much because of his good riding and shooting, and solemnly introduced him to Yue Hai, Cui Qian and others.Sun Shao's men are top-notch in water combat and good in foot combat, but not very good in cavalry combat. Last time, the Zefeng camp drove for two days and two nights, and when they arrived in Xiangyang, there were almost no fighters capable of fighting.During the time in Chaoyang, Sun Shao mainly trained cavalry. At this time, he was not talking about tactics. He was very satisfied if he could ride a horse well.With the guidance of people like Miwei, the riding skills of the Fengfengying improved relatively quickly, and it can be regarded as a little way.

As soon as he entered the door, Sun Shao heard Guan Yu's roar: "Surrender? Is Guan the general who surrendered? If the emperor hadn't issued an edict for so long, I would have taken the army out of the city long ago and beheaded him." , you want me to surrender him? You go back and tell the old thief Mengde that he can either bow his head honestly and capture him, or get out of the way as soon as possible, or else, as soon as General Zuo and General Cheqi arrive, he will escape if he wants to. Can't escape."

Sun Shao almost laughed out loud, Guan Yu is Guan Yu, although his confidence is seriously lacking, but the words can still be heard when thrown on the ground.

Before the words were finished, there was a loud noise, and then a middle-aged scribe walked out quickly in embarrassment. Sun Shao glanced at him, and that middle-aged scribe also looked at him. He changed his face and smiled at a surprising speed. If Sun Shao hadn't been looking at him, he couldn't believe that this was the guy with the bad face just now.

"Dare to ask, but Sun Feng is the ancestor of General Sun?"

Sun Shao was very surprised, and returned a salute: "Your step is..."

"Jiujiang Jianggan Jiang Ziyi."

Jiang Gan?Sun Shao looked again at the middle-aged but handsome scribe in front of him, and secretly praised him. This is not the image of the clown played by Zhou Yu, it is clearly a rare elegant scholar.

"It turned out to be Jiang Jun." Sun Shao laughed: "I didn't expect to see Jiang Jun here. It's really not as famous as seeing him."

Jiang Gan didn't know that Sun Shao had something to say, so he smiled and said, "Jiang Gan is just a scholar. I didn't expect to be able to meet the young hero General Sun here. It's a great fortune. General, I honor the Prime Minister Come here by order, I have a few words of good advice, I wonder if the general is willing to listen to it?"

Sun Shao smiled: "I would like to hear the details."

Jiang Gan didn't speak, but turned his body sideways to signal to Sun Shao, Sun Shao understood, took two steps to the side, got out of the right way, but stopped moving forward.Jiang Gan wanted to lead him aside to talk, but seeing that Sun Shao was not interested, he had no choice but to give up.He coughed and said, "General and General Guan are trapped in Wancheng, are they waiting for Liu Yizhou and Sun Cheqi to come to rescue them?"

Sun Shao smiled and remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Jiang Gan was a little depressed, so he had to continue talking: "However, in my humble opinion, they probably won't come. Sun Cheqi has already made an appointment with the Prime Minister, as long as he assists the Prime Minister to calm Jiangnan , this land of Jianghuai is owned by Sun Che. If Sun Che can’t come, will Liu Yizhou dare to come?”

Sun Shao still didn't speak, and looked at Jiang Gan with a smile.Jiang Gan waited for a while, and saw that Sun Shao just looked at him inscrutablely, and didn't answer his words at all, so he didn't know how to continue.He coughed dryly twice, and had no choice but to continue: "In my humble opinion, the general still advises General Guan not to waste the prime minister's kindness. The prime minister has long appreciated General Guan, and he also values ​​General Sun very much. The general is willing to surrender, so why worry about glory and wealth? Why wait here, when the time comes, everything will be destroyed, and it will be too late to regret."

Sun Shao smiled, and finally opened his mouth: "Jiang Jun, I really want to ask, if we surrender to the prime minister, what kind of title can the prime minister confer on us?"

When Jiang Gan heard this, all the troubles in his heart disappeared without a trace.If you don't speak up for life and death, it's hard for gods to make a move. As a lobbyist, you are most afraid of encountering a master who doesn't speak. If you have thousands of wonderful words, I just keep silent about it. That's depressing.Since Sun Shao wants to be an official, it will be easy to handle.Just as he was about to speak, Sun Shao said again: "Can it be bigger than what His Majesty sealed?"

Jiang Gan's words that came to his mouth were choked in his throat. He stared at Sun Yi with his mouth bulging like a toad, looking very ridiculous.He suddenly remembered one thing, the emperor is Wancheng, Guan Yu and Sun Shao want to surrender to Cao Cao, what will the emperor do?Thinking about it now, Cao Cao was not sincere when he came to persuade him to surrender. No wonder Guan Yu became angry when he heard it.

His old mother, this time it was a waste of time.

"I think it's better to ask the prime minister to enter the city to plead guilty before the emperor issued an edict. Maybe the emperor can spare his life because he wants to save the building." Sun Shao patted Jiang Gan sympathetically. shoulder, sighed, turned and left.After walking two steps, he turned his head again: "Jiang Jun, it seems a little difficult for you to go back like this?"

Jiang Gan was speechless. He wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to pay the job. Anyway, Cao Cao didn't expect him to be able to say that he would surrender Guan Yu, but it was really embarrassing to go back empty-handed.Could it be that he has worked so hard all his life, and he has achieved nothing?
"Jiang Jun, please bring a letter to Mr. Cao." Sun Shao returned to Jiang Gan and said with a smile: "You just say that Cao Zhengnan, Man Runan and others are doing well in Wancheng now, but they just miss you. Cao Gong, I hope Cao Gong can think of a way to take them back. To tell the truth, there are too many people in Wancheng recently, and the food is a little tight. If they starve to death by then, I will feel sorry for Cao Gong."

When Jiang Gan heard it, he habitually regarded Sun Shao's words as a threat. However, it was a pleasant surprise for him to find out about Cao Ren, and finally he didn't have to return empty-handed.He quickly grabbed Sun Shao: "General, are they in Wancheng?"

"Yes." Sun Shao nodded.

"So... can I meet them?"

Sun Shao hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Jiang Gan, a little embarrassed.Although Jiang Gan remained calm, he was unavoidably still a little nervous, but he was used to such scenes and would not show it.

"Okay, who made Jiang Jun and I hit it off right away." Sun Shao patted his chest and said, "You wait outside the door for a while, I will go to see General Guan, and I will accompany Jiang Jun to see him, how about it?"

Jiang Gan was overjoyed, nodded again and again, and went out to wait with a smile on his face.Sun Shao laughed, turned around and entered the lobby. Guan Yu was sitting on the bench angrily. When he saw him coming in, he said unhappily: "What do you have to say to that kind of tongue-twisting student, just drive him out." .”

Sun Shao didn't say a word, sat opposite Guan Yu, and asked with great concern, "Is there any news from the south?"

It's okay not to say this, but Guan Yu became angry when he said it.He snorted, turned his head and ignored Sun Shao.He originally had full confidence in Liu Bei's coming to aid, but as time went by, his confidence was shaken.It has been more than a month since Liu Bei arrived in Jiangling, but so far, he has not received any news of Liu Bei's rescue, not even a messenger.

Liu Bei seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Guan Yu was very disappointed, very angry, and even more unwilling. He didn't believe that Liu Bei would abandon him, and he didn't believe that the friendship between him and Liu Bei for nearly 40 years was so worthless. He stubbornly believed that either Liu Bei was not ready yet. , or Liu Bei has slanderous ministers around him.He knew that he had a bad temper and usually offended many people. There were many people around Liu Bei who were dissatisfied with him—such as Liao Li—it was entirely possible to say something bad about him at this time.

Sun Shao saw all the changes in Guan Yu's face.I have seen many people like this lurking in the office in my previous life. Their temper is as big as their abilities. Except for the big boss, no one pays attention to them. Sometimes even the big boss will be blamed by him. Once there is a conflict, always He thought it was someone else who was slandering him in front of the big boss, but he didn't realize that it was probably the big boss who had a problem with him.

Guan Yu is this kind of person, and he is the best of this kind of person.

However, Sun Shao has no obligation to remind him, nor is he interested in this. On the contrary, he is very interested in adding fuel to the fire.

"Liu Shijun and Yuezhang Enruo are brothers, I think he will not refuse to save him, but he has not come, why?" Sun Shao rubbed his chin in puzzlement, and asked after a while: "Would it be possible? Is it Liu Shijun's lack of troops, afraid that he will not be able to break Xiahou Dun's blockade? It is a pity that famous generals like Zhang Yide and Zhao Zilong did not come, otherwise, Xiahou Dun is nothing."

The more Guan Yu listened, the more disturbed he became, he interrupted Sun Shao's words in a muffled voice: "There is no need for Yide and Zilong to take action for a mere blind Xiahou. Back then in Bowangpo, the lord defeated the blind Xiahou. I think... ..." Guan Yu stroked his long beard, smacked his lips, and didn't say the rest.But Sun Shao had already heard the meaning, and he thought for a moment seriously: "Then why? Could it be that Mr. Liu dare not come to the rescue?"

"How is it possible." Guan Yu interrupted him unhappily: "He will definitely come."

It's just that his words didn't have any confidence at all, on the contrary, it was like a man who fell into the water desperately trying to grab a straw.

Sun Shao thought for a moment, then asked again: "Yue Zhang, you and Kong Ming have no holidays, right?"

Guan Yu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to look at Sun Shao, he thought of the slanderous officials around Liu Bei, but he never thought about Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang worked with him in Jingzhou for a period of time, and he was very respectful to him. It can be said that Liu Bei's few people can catch his eyes.The last time Ma Chao joined Liu Bei's account, he wrote to Zhuge Liang asking what kind of person Ma Chao was, and Zhuge Liang wrote back to him. He kept this letter by his side for a long time, and it was a symbol of the friendship between him and Zhuge Liang.

Why did Sun Shao say this?

"Fa Xiaozhi has died of illness, Zhuge Liang should be the most important person who can talk to Liu Shijun. I heard that he has also arrived in Jiangling, but..." Sun Shao pondered for a moment, then shook his head again , as if he didn't even believe it himself.

It was fine if he didn't shake his head, but when he shook his head, Guan Yu became suspicious, and he asked impatiently, "Just say what you have to say, hesitating, it makes people uncomfortable."

Sun Shao smiled wryly, and met Guan Yu's eyes in embarrassment: "Yue Zhang, then I said, don't be angry. Also, don't ask Kong Ming, you know, I have a good relationship with him, if Because of a little suspicion of birth, that would be bad. Besides, Kong Ming may not mean that, maybe I misunderstood it, and it is possible."

Guan Yu became angry, the more Sun Shao said that, the more uneasy he became.He pressed his displeasure, and waved his hand: "Am I that kind of person, you can just say it."

"I once heard Kong Ming say once in a while that Liu Shijun has been fighting for many years and has many old injuries. Zhang Nanhe (Zhang Yu) of Shu County said that he may not live until 61. If this is the case, I am afraid that Liu Channian Younger, if you can't handle the important affairs of Yizhou, you must appoint a minister to assist the government, and among the ministers, Yue Zhang is the inevitable choice."

Guan Yu smiled complacently, and didn't think there was any problem with this sentence.Of course he knew about Liu Bei's body. After many years of fighting, old injuries are inevitable. As for whether Zhang Yu said that Liu Bei can only live for 61 or 60, it doesn't matter. If he can live more than [-] in this year, he is already considered a long life.If you want to set up an auxiliary minister, Guan Yu also feels that he is the first assistant who will do his part.

"It's only the father-in-law who is arrogant and refuses to give in. I'm afraid..." Sun Shao smacked his lips and didn't continue.Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed suddenly, as if he understood something.

(End of this chapter)