"Little sister, can you recall again, do you remember these words wrongly? Or is there something missing there? ”

"Second brother, why are you nagging more than your mother and aunt? I've already said it, I'm not mistaken, and there's no omission there. ”

"Little sister, don't blame the second brother for nagging, human life is at stake, and this is still related to the surname of our Sun family and the Wu family, if you mishear or remember it a little, it will kill our whole family!"

"Well...... I'm not mistaken, and I didn't miss it there, I hid under the window and heard it clearly, the eldest brother planned to let his uncle and cousin kill the person named Chen Fen, take his army across the river, and said that he was going to send an army to Liyang to station and attract the attention of Yuan Shu and Liu Xuan, these words are absolutely not wrong."

"Okay, good, it's really good, hard little sister, our Sun and Wu families are expected to recover. Oh, by the way, little sister, you shouldn't have been discovered, right? ”

"Of course, in the past few days, I have been eavesdropping on my eldest brother discussing the military situation every day, and none of them have been discovered."

When Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang brothers and sisters whispered secrets, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, thinking that Deputy Director Tao came back suddenly, so frightened that Sun Quan's brothers and sisters quickly sat up straight, pretending to be fine, but the footsteps stopped in front of the closed door, and then the voice of a deputy director Tao's personal guard sounded, "Gongzi Quan, Miss Sun, my lord invites you to meet with him, he has something to discuss." ”

"Okay." Sun Shangxiang agreed, and patted his little chest silently, looking like a thief with a weak heart. Sun Quan didn't say anything, but the corners of his mouth showed a cruel smile, and he secretly said in his heart: "It's so dangerous, fortunately, I prepared thoughtfully in advance, and let two entourages who appeared in public bite my travel time, otherwise, I would definitely be found by a pottery thief who is more cunning than a fox." ”

was led into the back hall by Deputy Director Tao's guards, Jia Lao Poison and others who had been discussing with Deputy Director Tao in the room had long since disappeared, and Deputy Director Tao sat cross-legged next to the bookcase and looked at the official documents, seeing that there were no old old-fashioned people present, Sun Shangxiang was not polite, and casually saluted Deputy Director Tao, and then took the initiative to run to Deputy Director Tao, sat in Deputy Director Tao's arms, and asked sweetly by Deputy Director Tao's neck: "Big brother, my second brother and I are here, what are you looking for us?" ”

"Coming?" Deputy Director Tao promised to put down the official document and bamboo slip in his hand, first kissed Sun Shangxiang's tender white face, and then turned to Sun Quan and nodded and smiled. ”

"No!" The guards in the room agreed suddenly, and then without waiting for Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang's faces to change color, the two guards had already rushed forward, grabbed Sun Quan from left to right, and knelt in front of Deputy Director Tao.

"Big brother, what are you doing?" Sun Shangxiang exclaimed first.

"Envoy, what crime has Quan committed?" Sun Quan also exclaimed.

"What crime has you committed?" Deputy Director Tao pressed the struggling Sun Shangxiang hard, and sneered at Sun Quan and said: "Yuan Shu Pifu sent Sun Ben and Wu Jing to use fraud to surrender the plan, and sent you to offer the book of fraud and surrender, and use the opportunity to get into trouble and harm my surname!" Such a trick of carving insects, and you want to hide it from me? ”

"Big brother, my uncle and my brother are not cheating." Sun Shangxiang hurriedly struggled and shouted.

"Xiang'er, this matter has nothing to do with you, I won't blame you, but don't speak." Deputy Director Tao pressed Sun Shangxiang tightly in his arms, and said with a cruel smile at Sun Quan: "Shaft, there is nothing to say, right?" With your little skill, you also want to use deception in front of me? You don't inquire, when did the person who dared to use tricks against the envoy have had a good end? From the truth, for the sake of your sister's face, maybe I can spare you from dying! ”

"People say that Tao makes you suspicious, and now you can see it, and it is indeed worthy of its name." Sun Quan finally spoke, and said very calmly: "Dare to ask the envoy, how to determine that the right is a fraud?" ”

"Still trying to lie to me?" Deputy Director Tao smiled even more treacherously, and said in a gloomy voice: "Your uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben, as well as yourself, are all rhetorical in front of this assassin history, saying that because Yuan Shu has no trust in you, he just wants to use you as pawns to send you to death, and only after being humiliated did he decide to surrender to this envoy!" Since Yuan Shupifu has no trust in you, why did Yuan Shupifu transfer your team from Stone City back to Spring Valley when the army of this envoy went south? Isn't Yuan Shupifu afraid that you will defect in battle, and the army of the envoy should cross the river? ”

"Forgive me, it seems illogical to make your words?" Sun Quan asked loudly: "Since Yuan Shupifu treats our army as a pawn and is specially used to send him to death, then if you send your army south, Yuan Shupifu will not send your uncle and cousin's army to Chungu to die, and resist your army going south, will you still leave your uncle and cousin's army in the rear to enjoy happiness?" ”

"As for whether Yuan Shupifu is worried about our army's defection, this is even more unreasonable, the envoy and Sun Quan's family had a deep hatred before, and once they did not share the sky, and later although Sun Quan's family released their suspicions with Jun Bing, worked together, and fostered the little sister in the envoy's mansion as a hostage, but Yuan Shupifu didn't know about it, Yuan Shupifu sent his uncle and their team to Spring Valley to confront the envoy's team, and what is unreasonable?"

"Yuan Shupifu really doesn't know that your sister is fostered by me? For such a big thing, your Sun and Wu families have not leaked the news? Deputy Director Tao glared at Sun Quan viciously and asked.

"Huh." Sun Quan smiled bitterly and replied: "Say something offensive to the envoy, hand over the little sister who was not yet eight years old at the time to the envoy as a hostage, in exchange for the life of the elder brother of the Sun and Wu families, such a shameful and helpless thing, what kind of face does Sun Quan and his uncle's family have to make a big fuss?" Therefore, the uncle and cousin all claimed to the outside world that the younger sister, like her cousin Wu Qi, died in the Hefei rebellion. ”

Deputy Director Tao continued to stare at Sun Quan, Sun Quan was confident in this matter, and looked back at Deputy Director Tao without fear, there was no fluctuation and timidity in his eyes, and after a long time, Deputy Director Tao snorted and said, "So, did I misunderstand you?" ”

"It was a misunderstanding, it was a misunderstanding." Sun Shangxiang shouted, and accused Deputy Director Tao very dissatisfied: "Big brother, my uncle and cousin really want to come to you, how can you suspect that they are fraudulent?" I'm in your hands, so they're not afraid that you'll hurt me? ”

"Little sister, you can't blame the envoy for this." Sun Quan defended Deputy Director Tao: "The heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and it is for the sake of prudence that you must ask the details clearly." ”

Deputy Director Tao snorted again, and then signaled the guards to let go of Sun Quan, and then instructed Sun Quan: "Go down and prepare, my sailor will set off for Misukou tomorrow, you and my sailor will go south together, and after arriving at Misukou, you will find a way to cross the river, and then ask your uncle and cousin to come over with their families, how to do it, you discuss with Lu Dudu on the road alone, and the official positions of your uncle and your cousin will also wait for them to come over, and tell them that as long as they are sincere to vote, I will not treat them badly." ”

"Thank you for your great kindness, even if the Sun and Wu families are broken, it will be difficult to repay them."

Although Deputy Director Tao did not arrange an important mission for Sun Ben and Wu Jing as Sun Shangxiang overheard, Sun Quan still kowtowed without blinking his eyelids to thank him, and then gave his hand back, but when Sun Quan walked to the door of the back hall, Deputy Director Tao suddenly shouted again: "Wait, come back." ”

A smile flashed in Sun Quan's blue eyes, and he disappeared without a trace for a moment, before he turned around and arched his hand to Deputy Director Tao and asked, "Dare to ask the envoy?" But what else is there to command? ”

Deputy Director Tao didn't answer immediately, but just patted Sun Shangxiang's tender little face, and said with a smile: "Xiang'er, you go out first, the eldest brother still has some things to discuss with your second brother alone." ”

"Really? You're not going to arrest my second brother again, are you? Sun Shangxiang asked worriedly.

"Of course not, don't worry." Deputy Director Tao smiled and agreed, and in front of Sun Quan, he kissed Sun Shangxiang's tender little face, Sun Shangxiang put his mind at ease, and after telling Deputy Director Tao not to intimidate his own brother, he left the back hall of the meeting in a hurry, leaving Deputy Director Tao and Sun Quan to talk privately.

Our Deputy Director Tao is a cautious and almost suspicious person, although he has already made up his mind in his heart to use Wu Jing and Sun Ben as the internal response to break through the Yangtze River, and has repeatedly tried to find no flaws, but when it was time to discuss the specific plan with Sun Quan, Deputy Director Tao still did not immediately confess to Sun Quan, but patiently asked Sun Quan about the combat readiness of Chungu and the current specific situation of Yuan Shujun.

Because he was afraid that Deputy Director Tao would make a detailed report on the enemy's situation, Sun Quan did not dare to play tricks on the military intelligence report, and told Deputy Director Tao very honestly that after Xiao Yuan Sangong's team crossed the river, although it successfully repelled Liu Xuan's attack on the important town of Wanling, because it was far away from his homeland, the situation of the team's soldiers fleeing was still quite serious, and at the same time, because of the barren land in the south of the Yangtze River and the low grain production, Xiao Yuan Sangong not only did not have the same reckless military force as in Huainan, but desperately recruited some rabble to fill the number. The current strength of Xiao Yuan Sangong is not increasing but decreasing, and the total strength is only about 46,000 people, of which the strength of the naval division is more than 15,000 people, about 380 large warships, and more than 1,000 light boats, which is the water hegemony of the entire Jiangnan region.

As for the situation of the generals of Yuan Shujun's sailors, Sun Quan also reported to Deputy Director Tao that Chen Fen, the chief general of Yuan Shujun's sailors, is indeed rich in water warfare, but he is a little greedy for money and good wine, and was once almost replaced by Xiao Yuan Sangong because of greed for alcohol, but he was forced to give up because he could not find a suitable candidate to replace him, Chen Fen's deputy Yuan Quan is the eldest son of Yuan Sangong's younger brother Yuan Yin, and climbed to the position of deputy governor of the water division by virtue of kinship, and his ability is quite mediocre, and the partial division of the water division led by him is stationed at the mouth of the Zhongshui River. Cooperate with the army to engage Liu Xuan's army. The main force of the naval division was stationed in Spring Valley and led by Chen Fen himself, with more than 200 warships, more than 600 light boats, and about 9,000 troops, and more than 5,000 army forces to fight together, which could not only defend the docks and harbors, but also board ships to fight.

After carefully asking about the troop allocation of Yuan Shujun's naval division, Deputy Director Tao probably had a bottom in his heart, and suddenly asked Sun Quan: "Can you be sure to cut off Chen Fen's head?" ”

"Cut off Chen Fen's head?" Sun Quan was taken aback, and then asked tremblingly: "The uncle and cousin who want the right to behead Chen Fen and dedicate them to the envoy to show their sincerity?" ”

Deputy Director Tao didn't answer, but nodded slowly.

"This ......." Sun Quan's face was embarrassed, and he quickly knelt down to Deputy Director Tao and said: "Envoy, although it is not difficult to cut off Chen Fen's head, but my uncle and cousin are not in charge of the water master, and they only have a few light boats in their hands. ”

"You don't need to cross the river to the north, I will send a sailor to meet you." Deputy Director Tao said gloomily: "I will send 5,000 Xuzhou sailors and 3,000 Xuzhou infantry elites to cross the river to the south to meet you!" As long as you can cut off Chen Fen's head and create chaos in Yuan Shupifu's sailor team, then my sailor can take the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River and break through Yuan Shupifu's Yangtze River defense line! ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao paused and added: "After the matter is completed, I will make your uncle Wu Jing the Taishou of Danyang, your cousin Sun Ben as the deputy governor of Xuzhou Navy, and you as the Wanling Order, if you can make a contribution to my capture of Jiangdong, I will not be stingy with rewards, glory and wealth, high-ranking officials, I will give you whatever you want!" ”

The long-awaited heaven-sent opportunity for family revival finally came, Sun Quan was finally a little excited and difficult to be, and quietly clenched his fists for a long time, before he finally suppressed the churning of blood in his heart, and saluted Deputy Director Tao and said: "The envoy forgives the sin, the matter is very high, and the right must report to his uncle and cousin, ask them to decide, and then give the envoy an answer." ”

"Yes." Deputy Director Tao nodded again, and said: "You go back tonight, I will send a light boat to send you back, and tell Wu Yangwu and Sun Boyang that they will do it if they have the guts, and I will not treat them badly after the matter is completed, if they don't dare to take risks, it doesn't matter, according to what you said, bring your family to come, for the sake of Xiang'er's face, I will support you for a lifetime." ”

"No, the right will definitely make Jun Yuan tell his uncle and cousin." Sun Quan respectfully agreed, and asked cautiously: "Envoy, if Quan's uncle and cousin decide to present Chen Fen's thief's head to the envoy, how should Quan and the others contact the envoy and cooperate with the envoy?" ”

"You can discuss it with Lu Dudu." Deputy Director Tao instructed: "Tomorrow Governor Lu Du will lead our army's naval division to the south first, and when the time comes, you will directly contact Governor Lu Dudu, negotiate with him, and directly accept his orders." ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao emphasized: "But remember, you must move quickly, and you must act before my main team of infantry cavalry arrives at the mouth of the water!" Otherwise, once the main force of my infantry cavalry arrives at the mouth of the Whiskers, Yuan Shupifu will be so frightened that he will personally lead the army to move to the Spring Valley, then you will kill Chen Fen's thief, and our army will also take the opportunity to seize the ferry in the south. ”

"Understood." Sun Quan nodded vigorously, and asked suspiciously: "But the envoy, it's just that our army's sailors are going south, and without the invincible infantry of the envoys, even if the sailors break through the Yangtze River and succeed, it will be difficult to gain a firm foothold on the south bank?" ”

Deputy Director Tao smiled and said slowly: "In addition to carrying sailors and sailors, the warships of our army's naval division also need to carry some grain, grass and military supplies. ”

"Hide the elite team in the sailor fleet in the secret south! Sure enough, it was deceitful! Sun Quan came to his senses, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Deputy Director Tao and said: "Understood, please rest assured, Quan and the others will definitely seize the time and kill Yuan Shupifu by surprise!" ”

"It's good to understand." Deputy Director Tao smiled even more happily, and said: "By the way, I will give you a bottom, in a day or two, I will find an excuse to leave Hefei temporarily, bring an army to Lujiang, and strive for more favorable opportunities for you, but you don't have to worry, Lu Dudu is also a battle-hardened person, and he will fully cooperate with you." ”

"Leave Hefei for Lujiang? It's just that you go to Lujiang under your banner, right? Sun Quan snorted coldly in his heart, and was very disdainful of Deputy Director Tao's tricks.

"Go ahead." Deputy Director Tao waved his hand and gave an eviction order, and finally advised: "Remember one more thing, if Yuan Shupifu has personally moved to Spring Valley before you start, then there is no need to take risks, just ask your uncle and Sun Ben to come over with their families, the strength of our army's sailors is still relatively weak, and it is difficult to compete with the sailors who have been operated by Yuan Shupifu for many years, and you can't take my absolute elite adventures." ”

"No!" Sun Quan clenched his fists and agreed, and looked forward to it in his heart: "Absolutely elite? Which team will it be? Gentleman's Army? Stuck in the camp? Or the Wind Feather Army? I only have one such army, and I can conquer the south of the Yangtze River without an invincible opponent. ”

.............................., "Brother, your unfinished Jiangdong plan, let the younger brother complete it for you!" Please bless me with your spirit in the sky, bless me with my clever plan in one fell swoop, and bless our Sun and Wu families to successfully take over the elite of the pottery thief's crossing the river, and lay the Jiangdong foundation of our Sun and Wu families with the pottery thief's soldiers and horses! Then use the soldiers and horses of the pottery thief to avenge you! Snow hatred - ! ”

With such an excited thought, Sun Quan took the light boat arranged for him by Deputy Director Tao, disguised himself as an ordinary fisherman, and went south to the mouth of the river overnight, and then crossed the river to the remote place in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and then returned to the Chungu camp of Yuan Shujun by land, and returned to the camp of Sun Ben and Wu Jing from Hefei in only two days under the response of Sun Ben and Wu Jing's patrol team.

It is not without accidents, at least what makes Sun Quan quite vigilant is that the Yuan Shujun camp outside the city of Spring Valley has obviously strengthened its vigilance, the patrol team has always been in and out, and the Chinese army headquarters is even more densely guarded, and the atmosphere is so tense that it is almost as if a big war is coming. What worries Sun Quan even more is that when he returned to the camp of Sun Wu's army, his uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben were not in the army, and Wu Jing's eldest son Wu Fen, who was temporarily in charge of the army, told Sun Quan that Wu Jing and Sun Ben were called into the Chinese army more than an hour ago in the evening, but Wu Fen did not know why.

After waiting in the tent for more than half an hour, Wu Jing and Sun Ben finally whispered about returning to the big tent of the self-army, seeing that Sun Quan had returned to the tent, Wu Jing and Sun Ben were naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly asked in unison: "Xiaoquan is back?" How was it going to Hefei this time? Seeing Xiang'er, how is she? ”

Sun Quan didn't answer immediately, and quickly asked Wu Jing and Sun Ben: "Uncle, brother, is Yuan Shupifu here?" ”

"How do you know?" Sun Ben and Wu Jing asked in surprise.

"Really here?" Sun Quan's heart sank, and he asked without giving up: "Uncle, the Chinese army camp is so tightly guarded, why don't you see the banner of Yuan Shupifu?" ”

Wu Jing first looked left and right, and saw that the tent was full of his own sons and nephews, so he said in a low voice: "Yuan Shupifu came in civilian clothes, in order to prevent the news from leaking, it was detected by the pottery thief or Liu Xuan, so his banner was still falsely played in Wuhu, and I secretly came to Spring Valley to inspect the Yangtze River defense line, Yuan Shupifu asked the generals to keep his itinerary secret, you just know it in your hearts, don't leak the news to attract Yuan Shupifu to send someone to investigate." ”

"It's over! Don't expect to meet the elite of the pottery thieves to cross the Yangtze River! Sun Quan spun around for a while, and his despair almost cried on the spot.

"Brother Quan, I'll talk about these things later, let's talk about your situation first." Sun Ben asked anxiously, "What is the reply of the pottery thief?" Have you seen Xiaomei? How is she? ”

Sun Quan didn't speak, the expression on his face was uncertain, when Sun Ben and Wu Jing asked again, Sun Quan's blue eyes suddenly shed two lines of tears, Wu Jing was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Nephew, why are you crying?" What's wrong? ”

"Uncle, nephew should die!" Sun Quan knelt down on Wu Jing's knees with a plop, and wept bitterly: "My nephew originally proposed to foster my little sister in the pottery thief's mansion, although it was an expedient measure, but who would have thought that who would have ......thought that the pottery thief was inferior to the beast!" actually put the little sister, and even ...... the little sister. ”

"What the hell is wrong with Xiang'er?!" Wu Jing grabbed Sun Quan and asked angrily, and the children of the Sun and Wu families next to him were also in a hurry, scrambling to inquire about Sun Shangxiang's situation.

"Xiang'er, she's only eight years old!" Sun Quan cried bitterly, sobbing and choking, "The pottery thief ......, the pottery thief not only ......, not only insulted her, but also treated her as a ...... when he got up at night, and ...... Chamber pot! Yuan Fang, the wife of the pottery thief, is also a poisonous woman, branding the little sister with incense, punishing the little sister for kneeling in chains, forcing the little sister to give her, giving her ......, the little sister is ......, and it is better to live than to die! ”

"Pottery thief! You brute! Beasts are not as good as ------!! Wu Jing and Sun Ben both roared like crazy.

"Uncle, nephew should die! Brother, nephew should be damned! It's me who hurt my little sister, it's me who hurt my little sister! Sun Quan kowtowed desperately, and cried and said: "Little sister told me that although the pottery thief has already said that as long as the little sister is older, the pottery thief will take her as a concubine, but the little sister doesn't want to be tortured by the pottery thief anymore, and she has already held the idea of death!" Xiaomei also said that before she died, she had only one plea, that is, she must avenge her! Snow hatred - ! ”

(To be continued)