War has always been something that Sun Deng longed for but did not dare to touch.

Of course, he wanted to look at the flesh-and-blood battlefield like a warrior, or guide the country like Zhou Lang, and talk and laugh and disappear, but since he was a child, the masters told him that fighting a war is a vulgar and barbaric behavior, and the saint can make the enemy subordinate by relying on the king's Taoism, and it is really a brother's behavior to fight with swords and guns.

He always thought so, until the Battle of Shiting, his little sister, who had a perverse personality since childhood and could only please her father, was born, and actually defeated the absolute main force of the Wei army, solving the big trouble that had been buried in Jiangdong's head.

Although those Jiangdong scholars were disdainful of Sun Luban's achievements, and said sourly everywhere that she was just because of Zhao Hao's ability, in the eyes of the soldiers of the people of Eastern Wu, Sun Luban was no different from the existence of a god-

They didn't care how this battle was won, they only knew that Cao Xiu, the demon who had been entrenched in the head of Eastern Wu, was defeated, and in the future, many sons and daughters of Eastern Wu could not die in vain under the inhumane cavalry.

Sun Deng has been holding a fire in his heart, and said in his heart that what Sun Luban can do, I will definitely be able to do it as Sun Quan's eldest son, and I will do better, he came to Wuchang this time, and he has been humbly asking Pan Zhang for military advice, and has been constantly practicing, waiting for the opportunity to go into battle in person.

He didn't expect this opportunity to come so soon,

His father's henchman Lu Yi falsely accused Diao Jia, which shocked him into a cold sweat, with his understanding of Sun Quan, Sun Quan is likely to punish Diao Jia heavily, in order to blow his wings and beat himself.

But he never expected that his father's edict would clearly comfort him.

"I understand that this is all due to the reduction of Han Zong's fangs and his resentment. Diao Jia is loyal, and Pan Zhang is a loyal and heroic man, with these two people, the border can be safe. ”

"Han Zong's wolf ambitions, framing his colleagues, will not be forgiven, if he is ordered to give up his subordinates and return to Jianye, I am afraid that he will jump off the wall in a hurry and defect to Shu, and now I order you to go to Xiakou in the name of comforting Xiakou's military, and pass the decree to capture Han Zong and return to Jianye, there must be no mistake."

Sun Deng looked at this secret letter, and was a little unbelieving at first, but this edict was not only stamped with the big seal of Soochow, but also with his father's private seal, and the handwriting was Sun Quan's own handwriting, and the person who sent the letter was also Da Changqiu, who had always been quite flattering to Mrs. Xu, which made Sun Deng have to believe it.

Sure enough, the person my father trusted the most was me, and even abandoned his usual national policy of checks and balances for me.

Sun Deng raised his head, silently recited the holy grace, and then summoned Pan Zhang to discuss the capture of Han Zong.

Pan Zhang is fifty years old this year, with a face full of beard and steel needles, and he looks rough and fierce, but under this rough and violent appearance, there is a sinister and calculating villain.

Pan Zhang's ability to do business far exceeds the ability to fight, he is greedy and capricious, but he is very good at observing words and feelings, after coming to Wuchang, he resolutely stood with Sun Deng, crazy for Sun Deng's profits, and mastered the Yangtze River to levy heavy taxes, with this money and grain to store dead private soldiers, and Sun Deng is each other's surface.

He knew that his reputation was extremely bad, and if Sun Deng hadn't asked him now, he wouldn't have looked at him squarely.

"Prince, since the Son of Heaven has a fate, let's just let it go.

That Han Zong, as the governor of Xiakou, has always been in a dilemma with us, and this time he is even more complicit with Lu Yixin, and he is the first to falsely accuse us and others, and he can't stay for a long time.

Since there is a letter from the Son of Heaven, I will lead an army to Xiakou, and after seeing Han Zong, I will immediately read the edict, and then wave the army to capture him, forgive him and dare not resist. ”

Sun Deng clenched his fists excitedly and said, "What I said is that I also ask General Wen Qi to work hard to capture thieves for the country." ”

Pan Zhang was flattered, he patted his chest and said loudly: "This is a matter of duty, naturally I have to fight to the death for the country, please rest assured." ”

Sun Deng and Pan Zhang looked at each other and smiled, and they had already characterized Han Zong as a dead man.

If Han Zong's troops are seized, the power of Sun Deng's subordinates will be greatly expanded, and Pan Zhang will be able to completely control the waterways of the Yangtze River.

The plan was set, and on the same day, Sun Deng and Han Zong began to mobilize the troops, bringing thousands of people, carrying a bunch of empty boxes pretending to be gifts from the labor army, but in fact they were loaded with knives and guns, and slowly drove towards Xiakou.

In order to prevent Han Zonggou from jumping off the wall in a hurry, Pan Zhang also deliberately brought 3,000 people from his headquarters, all of whom were hidden on the big ship and stood by.

In Sun Deng's imagination, even if Han Zong is disrespectful, when he sees the prince in person, he must go out of the city to greet him, and then Sun Deng directly announces Han Zong's crime to deter everyone, and then all the soldiers will rush up, and they can easily kill Han Zong.

At that time, there will be no main general in Xiakou City, so it will naturally look at the wind.

The ideal is very plump, Han Zong heard that Sun Deng was coming, not only wrote a letter to Sun Quan to praise Sun Quan's merits and the prince's benevolence, but also sent Sun Deng exquisite delicacies and Shu brocade in advance, claiming that when he arrived in Xiakou, he would definitely invite Sun Deng to enjoy the wine.

In order to stabilize Han Zong, Sun Deng also wrote a letter to send someone in advance, saying that this time the labor army had prepared a large number of military food gifts, and hoped that Han Zong would go out to greet him, so that he could announce the edict of the Son of Heaven in person.

Everything is developing in a good direction, and Sun Deng even feels that he will soon be able to see Han Zong crying and kneeling at his feet, begging for his life.

He was so happy in his heart that he was a little fluttering, and he even thought about which sage's subtle words to quote after he caught Han Zong, so that this treacherous villain could die clearly.

But he never expected that as soon as he arrived at Xiakou City, things would change.

When they came to Xiakou, they found that although the gates of Xiakou City were wide open, Han Zong, who was the governor of Xiakou, did not go out of the city for several miles to greet them - this was incredible for Han Zong, who was born in a Jiangmen family.

Pan Zhang immediately smelled the danger signal, he asked the troops not to continue to advance, and first sent a soldier to the city to inquire, not only to ask, but also to ask why Han Zong didn't go out of the city in advance to greet him.

The soldier took the order and returned quickly, saying that he had seen Han Zong, and that he was preparing a feast for the prince in the city, and invited the prince into the city.

Sun Deng and Pan Zhang frowned at the same time, the two thought about it again, and decided to let the envoy go again, saying that there was no need to prepare any banquets, and asked Han Zong to go out of the city to see the prince first and listen to the edict of the Son of Heaven in person.

As time passed, Sun Deng and Pan Zhang saw that the messenger had not returned for a long time, and the uneasiness in their hearts gradually expanded.

The two waited for a long time, and when they saw that Han Zong still didn't mean to come out, they both felt that things were not good.

"It's not good, the prince will return to the ship first, and the last will wait for Han Zong here."

Pan Zhang has been on the battlefield for a long time, although he doesn't believe that Han Zong will jump back, but he still doesn't dare to risk Sun Deng, as long as Sun Deng returns to the boat, if there is anything wrong, he can escape downstream along the waterway, and it is foolproof.

Sun Deng is not a hypocritical person, he nodded, and said: "That's it, I'll go to the boat first and wait for a while, if Han Zong doesn't come out yet, General Wen Jue doesn't have to wait any longer, let's go back to Wuchang first." ”

Pan Zhang nodded yes, but before Sun Deng could leave, he heard a commotion in the army, and saw the gate of Xiakou open widely, and Han Zong came out!

"It's out, it's Han Zong!"

Han Zong was covered in armor and rode on a big horse, followed by more than a dozen cavalrymen, all of whom were also fully armed, the drums of Xiakou City were loud, and the mighty infantry also followed the commander and slowly came out, rushing towards Pan Zhang.

"It's not good, Han Zong wants to rebel!"

Pan Zhang screamed, hurriedly asked people to cover Sun Deng to go first, stepped forward with his own sword, and shouted: "Han Zong, you can't rebel!" ”

Han Zong's eyes were bloodshot on the horse, and he was obviously extremely angry, he smiled arrogantly and said, "Rebellion? It is clear that you are preparing to falsely spread the holy oracle and want to kill Lao Tzu, you are the real thief, and you still want to hide it from me? ”

Pan Zhang was taken aback and shouted: "Han Gonghe, you don't want to spray people with blood, the edict of the Son of Heaven, how do you know, you don't respect the prince, it is already a big crime to kill your head, don't get off the horse quickly and ask for the crime, there is still a place to maneuver!" ”

"Ahh Han Zong sneered: "If that's the case, you should tell me in public, what is written in the edict of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"This ......" Pan Zhang was speechless for a moment.

Sun Deng in the crowd shouted vigorously: "Han Zong, you have always been disobedient, the Son of Heaven ordered me to take you, since you know, how dare you arrest you without restraint." ”

Han Zong looked up to the sky and snorted, and said: "What a big joke, prince, you were deceived by Pan Zhang's fang, this edict is fake, I will kill this traitor today, and ask the prince to forgive me!" ”

As he spoke, Han Zong waved his spear, and the soldiers behind him shouted and killed Pan Zhang.

Pan Zhang led all the dead soldiers this time, although there were few people, they were not afraid at all, they formed a formation to defend themselves, and fought and retreated, so that Han Zong's army could not rush to Sun Deng for a while.

"Catch Sun Deng, there will be a reward!" Han Zong simply threw away his disguise and personally pulled his bow and fired arrows at Sun Deng.

The whistling arrows flew past Sun Deng's ears, so frightened that Sun Deng sat on the ground with a thud, hurriedly hugged his head, and let a few guards pull him hard, dragging him away.

Only then did he realize that the original battle was not as fun and exciting as he imagined, and those brave guards were all good men who stood on their fists and walked on their arms, but they were not vulnerable at all in the face of Han Zong's massive and dense charge, and the flesh and blood that were killed in an instant were blurred, and people turned over on their backs.

Fortunately, Pan Zhang is a ruthless man who is proficient in strategy, he personally rushed to kill for a while, and killed several generals of Han Zong in a row, and the soldiers of Pan Zhang's troops who were ambushed on the ship finally found that the boss had been cut down, and grabbed Wuyang Wuyang to get off the ship, and resisted Han Zong's endless army side by side with Pan Zhang.

Both sides are the elite of Eastern Wu, Han Zong's subordinates are disciples of the old death battalion, and most of Pan Zhang's subordinates are veterans who participated in the Battle of Hefei.

"Prince, you withdraw first and go to Wuchang to call for reinforcements!"

"That'...... So what do you do? ”

"The last general is willing to fight to the death, please rest assured!"

Sun Deng hated the bastard who leaked the news in his heart, and seeing that there were more and more enemies, he had no choice but to let Pan Zhang take care and hurry up and board the ship with a few guards.

But before he could reach the boat, he saw that several small boats had suddenly driven on the river, each of which was covered with gray cloth, and crashed into the big boat.

When the ship did not collide, the sailors jumped into the water, and a moment later, the small boat burst into flames and crashed headlong into Sun Deng's ship, causing a great fire.

"Han Zong! You dog, you really want to kill Lao Tzu! ”