Chapter 187: Sun Fu's Secret Envoy

At the beginning of April of the fourth year of Jian'an, the general Han Lie led a large army in Huarong to attack Wuling and Changsha two counties. Han Lie, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, personally led more than 40,000 people by waterway and drove directly to Luo County, the gateway of Changsha, while Zhao Yun led 32,000 men and horses of the Right Guards to Wuling County. On the occasion of the separation under Huarong City, Zhao Yun said quite movingly: "Lord, the Lu Ma that the cloud already knows is against the lord, a few days ago, the lord in order to protect the cloud, but the claw Huang Feidian in exchange for Lu, at that time Yun was a little bit mustard in his heart, now it seems that he really does not know the good intentions of the lord, in this cloud apologizes to the lord, and implores the lord to do not want to ride the Lu horse, if the lord is determined to ride, please give the cloud to ride before riding this horse." ”

"Haha, Zilong has been worried, I have my own opinions on this matter, here I wish Zilong a victory and an early victory." Han Lie smiled heartily, patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder, and motioned for him to go first.

"Take care, lord!" Zhao Yun, who turned over on the horse's back, bowed, and then drove the war horse to gallop away.

Luoxian County is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and at the same time an entrance to Yunmengze, with developed water conservancy and a very important geographical location. Luo County was renamed Baling during the Three Kingdoms, and later generations were called Yueyang. However, before the Three Kingdoms, the country's wars revolved around the north, and it is not strange that Luo County, located in Jingnan, was unknown, but in the Three Kingdoms in history, and even in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties era, Luo County gradually evolved into an important town and became a battleground for controlling Jingzhou.

Han Lie led the three parts of the naval army Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, and Ling Tong, as well as the remnants of Lu Su, Zhu Huan, and Dong Xi, plus the soldiers and horses of the Red Flame Army, and commanded Guo Jia, Kuai Yue, Yu Fan, and Chen Jiao as strategists, and Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Tai Shici, Ding Feng, and Ding Feng as generals, and arrived at Luoxian County with great fanfare.

Although there were only 40,000 horses, Han Lie claimed to the outside world that the army of 100,000 was connected by boats for more than ten miles, and the momentum was huge enough to deter the enemy. Although Luo County has 23,000 people stationed in the city of Sun Ce and Sun Ben, Luo County is a small city after all, and the city wall is no more than three zhang high, although some of the collapsed places have been repaired, but the overall defense is still very weak.

More importantly, Luoxian is surrounded by water on both sides, and plains and hills on both sides, and although Sun Ben has 3,000 sailors in his hands, the warships are all fighting ships, and there are only three building ships, so they can't fight Han Lie's sailors at all. However, Han Lie's naval army can rely on the tall Wuya battleship to approach the city wall and attack the defenders of the city wall, and can take the cloud ladder and directly rush to the head of Luoxian County to fight with the defenders.

As Sun Ce's cousins, their brothers' achievements over the years have not only helped Sun Ce's bad luck, but also the status of Sun Ben's brothers is also deteriorating, although Sun Ben is nominally a general, and now he has heavy troops in his hands, but in fact, the place he can control is only Luo County, a medium-sized county town of less than 20,000 people.

Therefore, in addition to the position of general, Sun Ben also has a position, that is, the county magistrate of Luo County, and his younger brother Sun Fu was appointed by Sun Ce as the captain of Yangwu and served as Sun Ben's deputy general. As the general of the garrison on the front line, Sun Ben had fought with Zhang Yun and Liu Pan before, and they also won and lost each other.

But at this moment, facing the pressure of Han Lie's army, Sun Ben finally felt panic for the first time, although as early as when he defeated Lu Su, he thought that Han Lie's army would come to retaliate sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Sun Ben, who was wearing fish scale armor, stood side by side with his younger brother at the head of the city, looking up at the dense boat camp on both sides of the river below the city, his eyes involuntarily revealed a sense of powerlessness, although their expressions were still calm, but their eyes revealed their inner uneasiness.

"Big brother, when can Bo Fu come to our aid? Now we don't have much food and grass, once the big war starts, the trade route is cut off, the food in the city can last for half a month at most, if Bo Fu can't lead the army to transport food, even if we hold on, we can last for a maximum of twenty days. Sun Fu sighed with a worried face, looked at his brother Sun Ben and said.

"Bo Fu is also very difficult now, but I believe he will not sit idly by, Changsha is convenient from the waterway of Luo County, I believe that Bo Fu will definitely send a naval army to support, now what we have to do is to rectify the soldiers and horses, and strictly guard the city." Regarding Sun Ce's current situation, Sun Ben knows very well that he has no idea how much support Sun Ce can give him.

"Big brother, there is a sentence that has been held in my heart for a long time, and now I don't vomit or feel unhappy." Sun Fu hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Although Bo Fu is brave, but the luck is not good, the general Han Lie is in full swing, this expedition to Jingnan is obviously determined to win, you and my brother ask yourself, do you owe Bo Fu their brothers?" On the contrary, over the years, the eldest brother has fought for the Bofu brothers and made great achievements, but what did he get in exchange? ”

"Look at Sun Quan and Sun Yi's brothers again, how can they have made any military exploits, but because they are Bo Fu's brothers, they can stay in Guiyang County in a grand manner, not to mention, they can also take on the responsibility of guarding the county, is it fair?"

"Guoyi Hugh wants to say more, the land in Bo Fu's hands is only two or three counties, although Luo County is an important town, Bo Fu appointed me, isn't it trust? Besides, my father died early in the past, if it wasn't for my uncle's help, how could you and my brother grow up without worrying about food and clothing? In any case, when Bo Fu was in the most danger, you and my brother should stand by his side, even if they die, they must protect the reputation of our Sun family's loyalty and righteousness. When Sun Ben heard the meaning of his brother's words, he scolded without hesitation.

"What the eldest brother taught me is that I have written down this matter." Sun Fu saw that his brother insisted on this, but he didn't dare to disobey, for the brother who raised him since he was a child, Sun Fu still respected him in his heart, but it was precisely because of respect that he was unwilling to watch his brother go to death, in his opinion, with Sun Ce's power now, he simply did not have the strength to compete with the general Han Lie.

"Let's go, Han Lie's soldiers and horses have just arrived, it will take some time to set up camp, and there should be no siege today, take advantage of this time, we will each go to each city to inspect it, and urge the officers and soldiers of all departments to stick to their posts, especially those troops who have surrendered, and send people to monitor it to avoid their mutiny." Sun Ben nodded, and then went down the city wall with Sun Fu, now half of the soldiers in his army are Jiangdong soldiers and horses who were defeated and surrendered by Lusu a month ago, the loyalty of these people is obviously questionable, especially at this moment, under the pressure of Han Lie's army, the loyalty of these surrendered soldiers is even more doubtful.

"Big brother, you go to the southeast city, and I'll go to the northwest city." After getting off the city tower, Sun Fu rode to the west of the city surrounded by his own soldiers. Not long after leaving Sun Ben, Sun Fu recruited his own soldier Li Ji to his side and asked, "I heard that you have a good relationship with Li Yi from Jiangdong, who surrendered not long ago?" ”

"The general forgives the sin, his subordinates just admire Li Yi's martial arts, so he often asks for advice, the purpose is really to steal the other party's martial arts, and please don't blame the general." Li Ji saw Sun Fu suddenly ask, thinking that Sun Fu suspected that he had an old relationship with Li Yi, so he couldn't help but be frightened and hurriedly explained.

"You are my own soldier, how can I doubt your reasoning, bastard, could it be that you really did something sorry for me?" Sun Fu scolded with a smile and relieved the other party's nervousness before he continued: "Tell me about Li Yi's situation." ”

"Whoa." When Li Ji heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Coincidentally, Li Yi and his subordinates are from the same Lujiang Huo County, and Li Yi is three years younger than me, but his generation is one generation higher than me. He was originally a military commander under Lu Su, the governor of the Jiangdong Naval Army, who was defeated and wounded and captured by us in Luo County, and was later absorbed by Sun Ben, the general of Sun. ”

"Then in your opinion, is this man reliable?" Sun Fu thought about it, and asked pointedly.

Li Ji obviously didn't understand Sun Fu's meaning, he was stunned, and hesitated: "My subordinates heard that rumors have spread in the city recently, saying that the army of the great general Han Lie came to kill Benluo County, just to avenge the previous time, and for this reason, those troops in the city seem to be quite restless recently, and their subordinates really can't judge whether Li Yi has different intentions." ”

"Hmm." Sun Fu nodded and ordered: "Later, I will go to the West Gate to inspect, you call Li Yi, I want to see him." ”

When Li Ji heard this, he immediately responded: "Oh." ”

Although Luoxian is a small city, but due to the factors of developed water conservancy and convenient transportation, there are arches in all four cities, although Li Yi was promoted to the captain of Ximen by Sun Ben, but in fact, the right in his hands is only to lead a group of men and horses to guard the city gate, and he does not even have the right to open the city gate privately, because his top boss, the captain of Xicheng, is the commander of the Xicheng army.

Previously, as the military Sima under the Jiangdong Navy account, Li Yi's official position was not big, and he also had no rights, so he naturally did not receive much attention, but he lived a very energetic life, and he practiced martial arts since he was a child, and it was with his natural strength and martial arts that he was promoted all the way from a big-headed soldier to the position of military Sima.

If it weren't for the previous defeat, Li Yi thought that with his own ability, after two wars at most, he could be promoted to the captain of the first battalion, and then step up to the level of a naval general.

The reason why he has such self-confidence is naturally that Li Yi has confidence in his martial arts ability, and he is also confident in Jiangdong's strict rewards and punishments for military merits, and he also firmly believes that with his own ability, as long as he has enough military merits, it is enough to provide him with the opportunity to be promoted.

But since the defeat of Luo County, he became a prisoner, and then in order to survive, he became a city gate captain under Sun Ben's tent in Luo County, Li Yi found that his future had become bleak. said that Sun Ben's status was obviously inferior to Lu Su, the governor of the Jiangdong Navy, and secondly, in Li Yi's eyes, Sun Ce was a lost dog, and he couldn't be compared with the general Han Lie at all.

Once again, he is from Lujiang, and his parents and relatives in his family are in Lujiang, if he stays in Luo County like this, then he will obviously not be able to see his relatives again, and he can't bear to keep working in Luo County just because of this.

And for Li Yi, there is another important problem, that is, stomach problems, he has been born with great strength since he was a child, and the amount of food is also three times that of a normal person, in the Jiangdong Water Army, the white-flour steamed buns are full, and he can eat a stew or meat bun from time to time, but since he was incorporated into the army of Luo County, he has never eaten enough, first in order to prevent them from surrendering troops, only give them two porridges a day, although it has been better recently, but it is also a porridge and a thick, but the portion is also the usual amount, This is not enough for Li Yi at all.

In the Han Dynasty, the common people, as well as some armies who were short of food, only had two meals to eat, which was called the morning food and the lazy food, that is, there was only breakfast and dinner a day. This is not an uncomfortable thing for ordinary people, but for a big stomach like Li Yi, this is simply a fatal thing, the original morning bread, but suddenly changed to porridge, this is just after noon, Li Yi's stomach is hungry.

If in normal times, there are often traders coming in and out of the city gate, he can scrape some oil and water, but today Jiangdong soldiers and horses arrived outside the city, the city gate will naturally be closed, and he has no money in his hand, so he can only be hungry, and he poured a few mouthfuls of water in a row, and scolded secretly: "This day is simply unbearable, it seems that I have to find a chance to return to the Ludu Governor's account." ”

Just as Li Yi was secretly scolding and thinking, Li Ji suddenly came and said, "Brother Li, what about drinking water again?" Are you hungry again? Let's go, brother, please drink and go. Li Yi, who was taken aback by Li Ji, was in a bad mood, he was about to get angry, but in a blink of an eye, he was suppressed by Li Ji's invitation to drink, and said with a smile: "You still understand me, hurry up." ”

After getting off the city, when Li Ji took Li Yi to an inn in the streets and alleys, he saw that the inn was full of sergeants, and there was a person standing at the staircase on the second floor. ”

"Stop, Li Yi, don't you think that General Ben wants to capture you, and you still need to use such means?" Sun Fu looked at Li Yi with a sarcastic look on his face.

"Brother Li, General Sun has something important to discuss with you, let me go quickly." This is Li Ji who also struggled to push Li Yi and opened his mouth to defend himself.

"Really?" Li Yi hesitated, looked at the back of Sun Fu who turned around and went up to the side room, and looked at the armor soldiers who were full of motionless expressions, and then he believed that he had really gone up the stairs.

"There's a bit of blood, it's good, I heard that you can eat a lot, and General Ben is full today." Sun Fu sat down and glanced at Li Yi who walked in, and pointed to the table where his hands were slowing down the meat.

Looking at the roast chicken and white braised mutton, Li Yi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, rushed over with three steps and two steps, and devoured the sea and ate it.

"Uh, uh" A few catties of meat went down, Li Yi couldn't help but burp, raised the wine cup and drank a cup, then looked at Sun Fu refreshedly and said: "Your courtesy must be asked for by others, the general let Li have a full meal today, if you have any instructions, just open your mouth, as long as I can do it, there is no ambiguity." "Although Li Yi is a martial artist, he is definitely not a stupid person, and today Sun Fu's move, Li Yi does not believe that there is no reason.

"Brother Li is really a cheerful person, so I won't go around in circles." Sun Fu nodded and said, "The general's soldiers and horses have arrived outside the city, and the 100,000 army boats are connected for more than ten miles. Although I am a member of the Sun clan, I can't sit back and watch my Sun clan be wiped out, so I intend to return to the general, but I went rashly, just afraid that the general would be suspicious, and I heard that Brother Li and the governor of Lusu under the general's account have an old relationship, so I hope that Brother Li can go out of the city overnight and hand over my handwritten letter to the governor of Lu to transfer to the general, I don't know if Brother Li is willing? ”

Li Yi thought that his ears had heard it wrong, and he was stunned for a moment, and when he confirmed that he had heard it correctly, he hesitated and said, "The general won't deceive me with this, right?" ”

"The general and 100,000 troops are coming to the city, how can a certain person find you happy at this juncture? This is a handwritten letter from so-and-so, as well as a soldier's order arrow, you can take it with you, and the general agrees, just send someone to shoot a rocket in the direction of the west gate tomorrow night, and after I receive the signal, the west gate will be opened at four o'clock in the morning to welcome the general's men and horses into the city. Sun Fu solemnly explained his plan and plan.

"Please rest assured, the general will definitely facilitate this." Li Yi's heart moved, and he replied in a deep voice. In his opinion, this matter is tantamount to a pie in the sky, he believes that as long as this thing is done, not only will he not be held accountable for surrendering to the Sun family, but he will also be further promoted because of this merit, and maybe it won't be long before he can truly fulfill his wish and step into the position of general.

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