Sun Quan had already made up his mind to join forces with Cao Cao. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although he also knew that after making such a decision, what he actually did was undoubtedly to fight with the tiger, but he still decided to take a gamble. "If it can succeed, then my plan to cross Jingyang between Jiangdong will be successful." Sun Quan thought so. He has always kept in mind the will entrusted to him by his father and brother. For this reason, he decided to sacrifice everything: "Liu Bei, Li Sheng, don't blame me, who let you occupy the territory that should belong to me?" Father and brother's heroic spirits are above, please bless Zhongmou, this time you can get more Jinghuai in one fell swoop. Sun Quan prayed, I don't know when, Sun Quan, who has never believed in ghosts and gods, also believed in his Buddhist ways.

In order to achieve this great goal, Sun Quan decided to start with Liu Bei first. Of course, this action cannot be said to be a fight, there must be a corresponding reason, which is the so-called excuse. Sun Quan's territory was destroyed by an inexplicable enemy, this matter is known to the world, although all the evidence is only for Cao Cao, but Sun Quan decided to put this matter on Liu Bei. As for why Liu Bei had to be chosen, Sun Quan said: "The world is divided into four points, Liu Bei is the weakest, and he is in a state of incompetence at war with Cao Cao, but for this nest egg, if we don't fight him, who will we fight?" This is also a well-known reason, but it cannot be explained on the surface. In order to find an excuse that made it reasonable for the whole world to attack Liu Bei, Sun Quan asked Lü Meng, who was in charge of relieving the troubled soldiers, to go to the Huainan Guanyu Defense Area. Sun Quan's order to him was: "Go there and make some problems, so that our side has a chance to do something." ”

This order was very vague, but Sun Quan knew that Lu Meng would do a good job in this matter.

"He is a completely different person from Lu Su. Although he is equally talented, Lu Su's talent is above being in harmony with his neighbors and defending against foreign enemies. With Lu Su in one place, I can rest assured in one place, but Lu Meng is different, he looks unpretentious, but in fact he is secretly sharp, like a knife, always inflicting the most terrible damage on people in the most unguardable places. Sun Quan looked at Lü Meng like this. He believes that Lu Meng is the sharpest weapon in his hand after Zhou Yu, and he can use this weapon to harvest the lives of the earthlings and expand his territory. Therefore, Sun Quan attaches great importance to Lu Meng, and this time he sent him to Jiangbei to lead the troublesome soldiers, although he valued his Lu Meng's ability, but in fact, he may not have the idea of training him, so that he can take over Lu Su's position in the future.

Sun Quan did not explain this idea to Lu Meng, but Lu Meng himself knew about it. Although he didn't read much before, he showed a rough appearance, but in fact, Lu Meng's heart was very tight, and after seeing the promotion of the lord Sun Quan, he understood the intentions of the lord and himself to some extent.

For this, he was excited, he was grateful, and naturally sold his loyalty to Sun Quan. At this moment, he heard that Sun Quan asked him to do such a thing, although he also understood that the stake was very big and the risk was also great, he still accepted it without care. First, he was very confident in his own ability, and secondly, while the risk existed, he saw the further trust of the lord in him after he completed the character.

"Trust, only trust is the most important thing. As long as I gain the trust of the lord, then what kind of high position I can't get? Lu Meng stood on the bow of the cargo ship dressed in white, looking at the flowing river. Don't blame him for being too ambitious and utilitarian, in fact, in such an era, he has the ability, but he has no ambition and is not utilitarian enough, and in the end he can only be reduced to a mediocre person. Lu Meng, who has suffered since he was a child, is unwilling to be mediocre like this, so he chose such an uneven path to advancement.

White clothes are the clothing of merchants, and Lu Meng's current identity is also a merchant in Jiangdong. However, what he was hiding at the moment was not a legitimate businessman, but a smuggling merchant, a timid but greedy smuggler who sent the sword made by Jiangdong to Cao Cao's place in Jiangbei without authorization.

The script was written by Lu Meng, who planned to capture himself and his boatload of people by Guan Yu's river patrol army, and then guide Guan Yu to attack the granary in Jiangdong under the pretext of surviving. Once such an attack is successful, no matter how much he loses in the end, Sun Quan undoubtedly has the right to declare war on Liu Bei.

"In this way, it will be very beneficial to our Jiangdong." Lu Meng thought so. He is now using not his own face, but his face after makeup. Seeing that he was about to approach the section of the river where Guan Yu's river patrol sailor was cruising, he touched his face with human skin a little nervously, lest the skin covering his face show some of the horse's feet. He knew that this mission was important, so he was even more careful.

The river flowed leisurely, and a branch was opened in the section of the river ahead. As soon as Lü Meng's cargo ship arrived there, he heard a sound of gongs and drums in the fork, but saw that three or four Meng Chong slid straight from the waterway of the fork, crossed an arc on the surface of the river, and then pointed his sharp bow at him, and put on a tiger's eye. The three-pole red six-character flag was set up in the wind on the boat, but it clearly explained their identity - Liu Bei's river patrol sailor.

Because Liu Bei's two important strongholds in Huainan: Shouchun and Hefei are both cities near the river, and they are friendly with Jiangdong, the water transportation in Liu Bei's territory is very developed, which has become an important source of tax for Liu Bei. In order to ensure the safety of this source, Liu Bei naturally divided a part of the ships in this naval army to form a fleet specially used to protect the waterway, exterminate water bandits, and detect smuggling.

Since the task of the river patrol is to protect the waterway, exterminate the bandits, and detect smuggling, he has the qualifications to search any cargo ship on the river. Although such qualifications are very hateful, but the rules are like this, and there is a decent force to ensure the implementation of the rules, how can those cargo ships that basically have no ability to resist have any qualifications to raise objections? It's not obedience one after the other.

Of course, not everyone is like that. For example, there are occasional people with bad intentions - just like Lu Meng at the moment.

"Accelerate...... Hasten...... Rush over to me...... As long as they don't get caught, I'll agree to pay you double the commission. Seeing the appearance of the river patrol fleet, Lu Meng knew that the performance had begun, and he shouted loudly, trying his best to make a panicked appearance with ill intentions, but he depicted the various expressions of those people to a full extent.

"This ship is trying to escape? This is definitely problematic. Huban thinks so. He was sure that his men had strictly enforced his orders against harassing the people, and that this stretch of the river was famous. Almost all the merchants knew that being searched by Liu Beijun's sailors, although there were some troubles, they did not have to be blackmailed. What kind of people bring what kind of soldiers, since Guan Yu, the supreme commander of Huainan, is the righteous man who rushes into the sky, then the generals and soldiers under him don't seem to be much worse - because there is such a credibility here, so except for those who are really not ghosts, there is no one else who runs away when they see the red banner of the river patrol sailor.

"Chasing ...... Catch up with them for me......" Since they have bad intentions, then for reasons of duty, of course, Hu Ban has no reason to let them go. Under the order, the three sturdy Meng Chong flew away like sharp arrows, but they just caught Lu Meng's cargo ship: one Meng Chong shuttle stepped forward to go around the location of the cargo ship and then crossed over, while the other two warships abandoned side by side and clamped the cargo ship bag in the center to immobilize.

This was originally a trick used by Jiangdong bandits to deal with a single fat sheep, but it was used on Lu Meng and them at the moment, but it made Lu Meng feel strange in his heart. Still, he remembered what his role was at the moment. Faced with the dilemma of having no way to escape, Lu Meng showed a frightened look very appropriately.

At this moment, the two ships were already close together, and countless flying claws were thrown from the ships to Lu Meng's cargo ship by the soldiers of the river patrol division, which made the connection between the several solid. Without waiting for his soldiers to lay the wooden planks between the ship and the cargo ship, Hu Ban jumped on top of Lu Meng's cargo ship with a lifelong leap, and walked in front of Lu Meng with a large knife with a handle two feet long and a blade three feet long. This knife is one of the refined sabers produced by Li Sheng, it seems to be called "Mo Knife", it is really a bit awkward, but the appearance of the knife is good-looking, and the power is amazing. It is said that an infantryman used such a weapon to cut the rushing cavalry in two, and although the soldier seemed to have suffered a lot of damage, the knife was intact, which made Hu Ban look envious. Because he can chop horses, and it is one size bigger than the saber, Hu Ban directly became: "Big Chopping Horse" - he asked for such a knife from the Quartermaster Department through his relationship with General Guan Yu, as his own saber, but he carried it with him, and he didn't feel that it was cumbersome at all. Of course, there is also a reason why carrying such a big knife can add a little momentum to yourself.

As a general, it is natural to have a majestic momentum, and for them, perhaps the fearful gaze in the eyes of the enemy is the best compliment.

Hu Ban Shi Ran walked in front of Lu Meng, and the big slash horse in his hand was upside down, as if intentionally or unintentionally, the silver light projected by the sunlight on the blade radiated to the faces of the people on the opposite side, just like a bright grating flashed in front of their eyes, reflecting their dizziness and anger.

They wanted to vent the anger in their chests, but they all knew that they couldn't do it right now. The scene in front of them is not over yet, so they naturally have to play this weak man.

"Big ...... My lord......" Lu Meng trembled and stood tremblingly in front of Hu Ban, the fear on his face and the stammering words that came out of his mouth showed his inner anxiety at the moment vividly.

"It's okay, what are you running? Looks like you've got a problem. Hu Ban carried the knife in his mouth, but in a scoundrel tone, he said this matter easily. He put on a harmless appearance with humans and animals, but his eyes swept from time to time showed a bit of bad meaning.

"Your Excellency...... I...... We're all regular businessmen. Lu Meng dutifully disguised his role.

"Regular businessmen? You......? I don't think so. Hu Ban shook his head and glanced at Lu Meng with pity, but suddenly shouted loudly: "Get out of the cabin, give me a good search of this cargo ship." ”

"Yes!" A few wolf-like soldiers answered loudly. They pushed aside a few sailors who were standing there without making any appearance of hindrance, and got into the cabin. Soon the cabin remembered the sound of the heavy overturning.

"Your Excellency...... Look at ......" Lu Meng's forehead oozed sweat that he didn't know whether it was hot or cold, but he looked at Hu Ban with some uneasiness.

"Real gold is not afraid of fire refining, if you don't do anything, then don't worry too much." Hu Ban smiled faintly, seemingly comforting, but in fact, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, but there was a bit of mockery. He stared at Lu Meng tightly, preoccupied in case he made any wrong moves.

"Well...... "Well," Lu Meng sneered, his body still trembling slightly and afraid. He seemed to feel frightened, but after all, there was nothing else, too unusual.

Soon there were cheers from the cabin. Hu Ban himself must have made some celebratory discovery under his own hands. This discovery was definitely bad news for Lu Meng, Hu Ban looked coldly at Lu Meng's face, which became extremely white in an instant, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was even thicker. He felt that victory was in sight for him.

"Captain, we've found a lot of weapons inside." A soldier rushed out of the cabin and reported loudly to Hu Ban: "Many, many, full of boats......"

"Oh......" Hearing how many soldiers said it, Hu Ban's face couldn't help but move, "This is a big case." The river patrol fleet has not cracked such a huge smuggler in the city for so long. Hu Ban glanced at the excited soldiers, and then at Lu Meng, whose face was like earth, and the smile on his face deepened a little. He waved his hand vigorously to signal the soldiers around him to arrest Lu Meng, and then ordered: "The whole team is back, we have to take care of the matter here." As he spoke, he looked at Lu Meng proudly until he lowered his head helplessly.

The flotilla returned to the port of Hefei. While Hu Ban ordered Lü Meng and the sailors on his cargo ship to be escorted to the cell, he sent people to unload the weapons they were wearing and keep a count.

“…… There were a total of 200 sets of leather armor, 50 pieces of iron scale armor, 300 spears, 20 crossbow machines, 300 two-stone bows, and 100 three-stone bows......" A large list soon appeared in front of Hu Ban, and he became excited when he saw the results of the high price of 30,000 yuan in the final statistics. He intuitively thought that this businessman surnamed Gao who was caught by him was not just a businessman, and if he could get these things, he definitely still had the ability to get these things. "Maybe we can get some secret stuff out of him." Huban thought so.

An order for Gao He to be interrogated was issued, but someone immediately brought Gao He up.

"Name?" The arraignment officially began, and the initial process was a mere formality, and everything was no different from other analogies.

"Gao He." I don't know what kind of "treatment" Lu Meng suffered in prison, but when he appeared in front of Hu Ban at this moment, in addition to the fear on his face, he showed nothing more than an obedient look of cooperation.

"Identity?" Huban asked.

"Merchant, a weapon dealer belonging to the Lu family......" Lu Meng said honestly about his identity.

"Where are you going this time?" Hu Ban's eyes lit up and he continued to ask.

"Xuzhou Huai'an." Lu Meng hesitated slightly, but his answer was still very quick.

"Xuzhou Huai'an? Isn't that Cao Cao's territory? Hu Ban's eyes widened in surprise, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is the customer who bought your weapons?" ”

"I heard that General Anton Zhang Liao, I don't know the specific situation. These are all contacts from our shopkeepers. It is said that tensor wants to set up a special combat unit and wants the most sophisticated equipment, so ......" Lu Meng gave a very detailed answer.

"Oh...... Is that all? Judging from the fact that you can be solely responsible for the escort of such an important cargo, your identity is not as humble as you say, and you should know more things. Hu Ban glanced at Lu Meng, shook his head and said, he reached out to take the cloth and gently wiped the long knife in his hand: "I advise you to tell everything you know, otherwise I will let you try it, I have a sharp long knife." ”

"No...... Don't ......" Hearing Hu Ban say this, Lu Meng quickly shook his head, put on a very scared look, and said with a sycophant: "The general's arrival is already very sharp, I know this as soon as I see it." Please see my humility, and let my head remain on me. ”

"You want to live?" Hu Ban stared at Lu Meng coldly.

"Yes, of course. Who doesn't want to live. Lu Meng nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice.

"If you want to live, you should show it." Hu Ban was wiping the long knife in his hand again: "Think about it carefully, did you forget to tell me something?" ”

"Well...... Lu Meng groaned and thought about it, the expression on his face changed, and the blink of yin and yang appearance made people know at a glance that he was fighting between heaven and man at the moment. He thought about it for a long time, and when he finally raised his head through gritted teeth, Hu Ban knew that he already had a certain idea in his heart at this moment.

"Say it." Hu Ban nodded to Lu Meng.

"I don't know much about weapons. But I have a few pieces of news about the grain and grass side. In fact, I used to do the transfer of grain and grass. Lu Meng said this, he glanced at Hu Ban mysteriously, and said mysteriously: "I know that Guan Junhou is short of food and grass at the moment. If the general is willing to let us go, I will give the general a few granaries of grain and grass in exchange. ”

"Grain and grass?" Hu Ban couldn't help but feel moved when he heard this: "This is one of the things we lack the most right now." With the prolongation of the battle with Cao Cao, although we can still survive by virtue of a few years of savings, we are also at the point where we are about to be stretched, if we can have other means to add a little. Although the approach is a bit dirty, it can always offset the temporary predicament. Hu Ban thought like this, he had heard too much about Guan Yu's worries about grain and grass these days, but he was overjoyed that someone was willing to take food in exchange.

However, after doing this job of patrolling the river for a long time, and dealing with businessmen has become more, Hu Ban knows what he should do now: "Grain and grass? We're not scarce. But I guess I can sell it for some money. That's good stuff. Show me the location, and I'll let someone pick it up. Hu Ban said slowly, deliberately putting on a nonchalant look.

"Your Excellency...... This place is relatively hidden, and I'm afraid I will only know if I go and show it to you in person. Lu Meng'a said with a smile.

"Oh? Is that so? Looks like I still can't live without you? Hu Ban glared, but he understood in his heart the reason why this guy was unwilling to tell him the location - "This guy is not stupid, but he is also afraid that I will give him a bridge to cross the river and tear down the bridge." ”

But Huban didn't care. In his opinion, the incident itself was the result of intrigue between them. I don't fully believe the other person's words, and the other person will never tell me the truth. How many of these things he told him are credible and how many are false, but it is up to me to distinguish them.

Of course, this matter is too important, and Hu Ban knows that he is not qualified to make a decision on such a matter. So, he ordered someone to take Lu Meng down, take good care of him, improve his treatment as much as possible, and wait for his side to settle the matter, and decide his final fate.

"There's a chance you'll be killed." Hu Ban said to Lu Meng: "Of course, you may also live, as our businessman. As for the final result, you don't know, and I don't know. Because this matter is not concentrated on me, but on Guan Junhou. If he agrees to use your plan, then of course you can live. But if you don't, you'll be put to death for smuggling weapons to finance the enemy, that's as simple as that. Wait a minute. Hu Ban used these cold words as the final remarks of this conversation between him and Lu Meng. He made everything very clear to Lu Meng.

"I know, but I must ask the general to say more good things for me at Guan Junhou's place. Come on, I don't want to die. Lu Meng was scared and begged Hu Ban bitterly, he seemed to be very worried, but he grabbed the corner of Hu Ban's clothes with a handful of snot and tears. made Hu Ban feel sorry in his heart and a little upset at the same time.

"Take him down." Hu Ban waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward to carry Lu Meng out. As a result, there were two more slender traces of water on the ground......

The disgusting and somewhat annoying flies were finally gone, and Hu Ban, who had been a little upset by Lu Meng's unintelligent laugh, finally breathed a long sigh of relief. He ordered someone to sort out the file that he had just talked about, and then ordered the waiter to bring the horses and prepare to rush to Shouchun, the place where Guan Yu was stationed, overnight.

Riding a fast horse and taking a fast boat, but simply nested on the boat for two hours, Hu Ban was finally able to come to Shouchun with two panda eyes after a day and a night. He came to the door of the Taishou Mansion, handed his identity token to the two soldiers guarding the door, and asked to see General Guan Yu, and soon got a notice of summoning in the side hall.

Under the leadership of the sergeant, Hu Ban met Guan Yu again. Hu Ban stood in front of the tall general, lowered his head and raised his eyes to quietly look at him, looking at the general's current appearance. In his opinion, although the general looked no different from a few days ago, Hu Ban, who cared about him, vaguely saw the few wrinkles that appeared faintly on Guan Yu's face, and there was a pain in his heart: "The current battle situation is not very good for the side, and this general is naturally under too much pressure." Is...... Originally, people like General Xiang should have galloped on the battlefield. "He's a little upset about this." Alas, I hope this news will help the general. "Hu Ban has completely surrendered to Guan Yu's charm.

Guan Yu didn't know that Hu Ban had so many thoughts in his heart, but at this moment, he was very happy to see Hu Ban, the son of the benefactor who had saved him: "Yunde, how are you doing?" I'm too busy here to test your sword skills. Why don't you just rest here for a few days, and let's have a few tricks? Guan Yu said with a hearty smile on his beard, but he showed a rare politeness. is polite to others, but Guan Yu is only exposed when facing people close to him, or people with a lower status than himself. "Proud of the scholar and close to the army" is the characteristic of Guan Yu's personality.

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Hu Ban really didn't dare to stand up and push back. The two sides politely sat down, and Hu Ban mentioned what he had found out.

“…… In other words, he plans to exchange these tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass for his own life? Guan Yu raised his eyebrows. There are about 10,000 stones of grain and grass in a granary, and tens of thousands of stones in several warehouses, although this is not a lot, but it is extremely important for Liu Beijun, who is already tired. Yes, Guan Yu's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this, and the first thing he thought of was that these grains and grasses were used to relieve his temporary danger. "That's a good thing." Guan Yu thinks so, as for whether there will be any hidden traps or something like that, he doesn't care, first, he believes in his own strength, and he doesn't think that any traps can stump him; Second, he was arrogant in believing that he had no enemies in the east and south. "Not only in the east and south, but also in the entire south of the Yangtze River, Sun Quan in Jiangdong and Li Sheng in Yizhou are not going to come over and form an alliance with their brother?" Guan Yu's arrogance lies not in his own temperament, but also in his perception of other forces other than his brother.

"In that case, let's send troops." Guan Yu thought about it and didn't find any big problems, so he agreed in one go, and he decided to send five thousand soldiers and horses to complete this task. Of course, he himself would not have been dispatched, but since this matter was really important, Guan Yu sent his own confidant deputy general Liao Hua to complete this matter: "Yuan Jian, this matter will be handed over to you." You also know where we are now, so ...... Please also be sure to bring back the grain and grass. As for Sun Quan's army that you met on the way, you will give it to me...... Kill! Guan Yu whispered in Liao Hua's ear. He also knew that this matter was too big to be discovered by Sun Quan's army, so he directly explained to Liao Hua, killed all the troops who saw his line, and arrested all the people who looked at his army. "Things have to be done tightly!" Guan Yu himself knows this.

"Yes......!" Liao Hua knew what this was like, and the expression on his face was naturally very serious. He agreed to Guan Yu's request in one go, and at the same time suggested to Guan Yu: "Please allow me to act in the name of a thief, please general." If anything happens, please be sure to put aside your relationship with me. —this is what he asks from the side of prudence. But Guan Yu vetoed: "What did Yuan Jian say?" The order was given by me, and if there is any problem, I will bear it with you. Leaving aside the relationship, don't say that I will never agree, even if my brother knew, he would never agree. The world doesn't understand what my brother does, and there are all those who say that my brother is hypocritical, Yuan Jian has been with our brother for a long time, but he knows what kind of person our brother is. In the world, there are things that are done and things that are not done. In short, we have no regrets about our choice. ”

"General ......" said Liao Hua with tears in his eyes.