Zhang Liang's strategy is actually very simple, and it is the same as Lu Xun's plan dedicated to Lu Meng, which is also to persuade him to surrender. It turned out that Zhang Liang and Hao Pu's friend Deng Xuanzhi had an old relationship, and this time he specially invited Deng Xuanzhi to accompany him, just in case of emergency. Under Zhang Liang's recommendation, Deng Xuanzhi met Sun Jiao, Sun Jiao explained his meaning to Deng Xuanzhi, Deng Xuanzhi thought for a long time, and finally agreed, but put forward one condition.

"What conditions, sir, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it!" At this time, Sun Jiao, who was eager to break through Lingling, showed great generosity.

Deng Xuanzhi said with a smile: "My conditions are very simple, for the general, it is just a gesture!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Jiao smiled slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Sir, it's okay to say!" ”

Deng Xuanzhi was not polite, so he said bluntly: "I hope that the general will set aside thousands of hectares of fertile land in the general's fief to build a manor for me and settle my family!" In addition, I will help Zai Xia to find a job in Jiangdong that does not have to work hard but is generous, will the general agree to be in Xia? ”

When Sun Jiao heard this, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled and said: "No problem, no problem, the two things that Mr. asked for are wrapped up in Jiao's body!" Guaranteed to keep Mr. satisfied! ”

When Deng Xuanzhi heard this, he hurriedly bowed his knees and thanked him, and arched his hand: "So, Xuanzhi is ashamed!" ”

Sun Jiao nodded, signaled Deng Xuanzhi to excuse himself, and then asked, "Mr.'s matter is solved, so what is the matter of asking Mr.?" ”

Deng Xuanzhi smiled slightly and said: "I don't dare to say anything about others, but Hao Pu, the old boy, still listens to me, the general is waiting for good news!" With that, he turned around and walked out of the tent.

Seeing Deng Xuanzhi walking away, Zhang Liang came up and asked with a smile, "What does the general think of this person?" ”

When Sun Jiao heard this, he smiled slightly, pursed his lips, and said, "Greedy for money and profit, villain!" ”

Zhang Liang nodded when he heard this, and asked again: "Then is this matter to this kind of person, can the general rest assured?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Jiao glanced at Zhang Liang and said with a smile: "Don't worry, a hundred rest assured?" ”

Zhang Liang pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Since he is a villain, how can the general rest assured?" ”

When Sun Jiao heard this, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled and said: "The villain values profit over righteousness, just for the sake of that thousand acres of fertile land, this guy will also be sad to do things for me, not to mention that there are high-ranking officials waiting for him, if he doesn't do things well, isn't it impossible to get along with wealth and glory?" So I believe him! ”

When Zhang Liang heard this, he smiled slightly, relieved in his heart, and didn't say anything.

On the second day, under the escort of the Wu army, Deng Xuanzhi came to Lingling City and told the soldiers guarding the city that he was too guarded and asked to see him. When the soldiers heard that it was Taishou's old man, they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly reported to Taishou.

Hao Pu was originally inspecting the city tower, and when he heard that his old man was visiting, he hurriedly came with the soldiers, and when he stretched out his head, it was Deng Xuanzhi. He ordered someone to hang this old man up with a hanging basket, but after coming up, this guy's treatment was much better than Fu Shiren's.

When Deng Xuanyi ascended the city tower, he was picked up from the hanging basket by Hao Pu, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "But I can look forward to you!" ”

Deng Xuanzhi hurriedly put his index finger in front of his mouth, made a silent gesture, and said, "This is not the place to speak!" ”

Hao Pu understood, explained the matter of city defense, and took Deng Xuan downstairs.

Two horses have already been prepared under the city tower, both of which are produced in Liangzhou in the northwest, one is pitch black, four hooves are snow-white, called "stepping on snow", one is snow-white, four hooves are black, it is called "chasing electricity", extraordinarily miraculous. When Deng Xuanyi saw it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed, "Oops! Are you a rich kid? There is still such a good treasure hidden! ”

Hao Pu smiled slightly, with a smug face, and said: "These two horses are produced by Dawan in the Western Regions, originally owned by Liu Zhang, Yizhou Mu, after Liu Zhang moved to the public security, in order to envelop the high-ranking officials in Jingzhou, he gave these two horses to me, the original intention was to let me dedicate them to Gongzi, but Gongzi didn't ask for it, saying that it was put here for me first, and it would be useful later." ”

"Useful later? Could it be that you want to use it for me? Deng Xuanzhi quipped.

Hao Pu smiled and said, "Come on! Are there fewer good horses that you kid deceived from your son? Are these two of my horses still rare? ”

Deng Xuan's face was aggrieved, and he said: "You are talking nonsense, which of the horses in my hand is mine, aren't they all from the South Post Horse Division?" Deng Xuanzhi is the director of the South Post Horse Division, and is in charge of the transmission of information from the Fuxing Society's contact point in Wudi.

Hao Pu smiled slightly and said, "Isn't what is in your hands yours?" My two horses are going to be given to Sun Jiao as a meeting gift, and you also know that in order for Lao Tzu to successfully lurk, this time our son has made a bloody investment! ”

"Yes! Even Lao Tzu has been mobilized to cooperate with you in this play! Deng Xuan's face was bitter.

Hao Pu suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, do you want to lurk this time?" ”

When Deng Xuanzhi heard this, he nodded with a wry smile.

Hao Pu was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly said: "You are gone, what should I do with the South Post Horse Division?" ”

Deng Xuanzhi smiled slightly, and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, I will enter Wu Land with me!" ”

"Wouldn't that be too dangerous?" Hao Pu was a little worried.

Deng Xuanzhi smiled and waved his hand, and said: "You can rest assured of this, the three holes of the cunning rabbit, the more dangerous the place, the safer!" ”

Hearing this, Hao Pu nodded and said, "I hope!" ”

After speaking, the two turned over and went straight to the mansion.

When the two of them went to the mansion, Chen Zhen had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw Hao Pu coming with Deng Xuanzhi, he hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Xuanyi is here, and the big thing is done!" ”

Deng Xuanzhi hurriedly bowed and said, "Chen Si said so, Xuanzhi can't afford it!" ”

After speaking, the two of them laughed and entered the hall hand in hand. After entering the hall, the three of them sat down in different places.

After taking his seat, Chen Zhen spoke first: "Xuanzhi, tell me about the situation on Wu Jun's side!" ”

When Deng Xuanzhi heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, then let me talk about it first!" The situation was the same as we expected before, Sun Jiao was really anxious under the situation of attacking Lingling for a long time, he found me through his staff Zhang Liang, and knew that I and Hao Zitai were old friends, so he hoped that I could come forward to say that he was descending to Zitai, and promised me the title of official Yunjue. In this way, the preliminary preparation of Zitai's lurking in Jiangdong is basically completed, and the next step is how to make Zitai's surrender real, and it is natural and credible, so that Sun Jiao can't detect the abnormality. I mean to follow the method of King Jian of Qin back then, and ask Sun Jiao for money! ”

After hearing this, Chen Zhen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work!" Xuanzhi has always been slick and greedy for money, if you do this, Sun Jiao will definitely not doubt it! But Zitai has been famous for his loyalty and righteousness to Jiangzuo for a long time, and now you ask Sun Jiao for money and officials, which will cause Sun Jiao's suspicions! ”

"So what do you say?" Deng Xuanzhi asked.

Chen Zhen squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said with a smile: "One word, lie!" ”

After Deng Xuanzhi discussed with Chen Zhen and Hao Pu, he left Lingling, this time, he was still sent out of the coffin with a hanging basket, this primitive elevator is estimated that Deng Xuanzhi is willing to sit again for the rest of his life, it is too dangerous!

After Deng Xuanzhi went out of the city, a small team of Wu Jun had been waiting here for a long time, seeing Deng Xuanzhi out of the city, he hurriedly met and led the horse for him. The soldiers reported that Deng Xuanzhi was back, Sun Jiao and Zhang Liang personally went out to greet him, Sun Jiao held Deng Xuanzhi's hand and asked, "Xuanzhi, how is it?" ”

Deng Xuanzhi smiled slightly and said: "Hao Pu, this guy is very stupid and loyal, he originally refused to surrender even if he was alive or dead, but I told him that Liu Bei was surrounded by Xiahou Yuan in Hanzhong, Guan Yu was injured and surrounded by our army in the public security, he guarded Lingling like this, and no one would come to save him, now Wu Hou's army is invincible, and the counties of Jingnan are obedient, this is the current situation, those who know the times are Junjie, he Hao Pu is not afraid of death, does he not take care of the white-haired Gaotang and the children who are waiting to be fed?" When this kid heard this, he burst into tears and said that he was willing to submit to the general! ”

After hearing this, Sun Jiao was overjoyed and asked, "In this way, Zitai has already agreed to submit to me?" ”

Deng Xuanzhi nodded and said with a smile: "Yes! ”

"When?" Sun Jiao's biggest concern now is when this guy Hao Pu will be able to surrender.

"At sunrise tomorrow morning, Hao Pu will surrender the city!" Deng Xuanzhi replied.

"Good! Good! Good! Sun Jiao said three "yes" in a row, and his heart was excited, he finally completed the task before Lu Meng. Originally, the Wu army set up a governor to march and the whole army was under unified command, but this time, Sun Quan assigned Lü Meng and Sun Jiao to each command an army, with the Yangtze River as the boundary, to capture the counties in Jiangnan and Jiangbei respectively. There is also a hiccup in this perverse arrangement.

But it is said that Sun Quan has been a very intelligent king, and he is familiar with the balance of the emperor's employment, so in the past, Sun Quan used to select one person from each of the two groups that were not subordinate to each other and opposed to each other within Jiangdong, and let them serve as the governors of the left and right, so as to contain each other, for example, during the Battle of Chibi, although Zhou Yu was the main commander of the battle, but in fact, there were two commanders of the Wu army at that time, one was Zhou Yu Zhou Gongjin, the representative of Sun Ce's old Huaisi group, One is Cheng Pu, a representative of Sun Jian's old Sun Wu Yuanxun faction.

Before this expedition, Sun Quan, according to the previous practice, originally wanted to do this, appointing Sun Jiao, who was born in the Sun clan, and Lu Meng, a new leader in the army, to serve as the governors of the left and right sides, so as to facilitate mutual control. However, this move was strongly opposed by Lü Meng, who believed that when marching to war, power must be concentrated, otherwise there would be problems. Sun Quan had no choice but to adopt a compromise approach, allowing Lü Meng and Sun Jiao to command an army separately and fight independently.

After Sun Jiao learned about this, he thought that Lu Meng was looking down on him, hated it in his heart, and secretly became competitive. Now that Sun Jiao has swept away the Jingnan counties one step ahead of Lu Meng, he is naturally overjoyed in his heart, and even asked Zhang Liang to write the excerpt of asking for merit from Sun Quan, Marquis of Wu.

After Sun Jiao and the three of them entered the handsome tent, after the guests and hosts sat down, they asked, "Xuanzhi!" In this Lingling City, how is the defense? How many troops? Is there enough food and grass? ”

When Deng Xuanzhi heard this, he replied: "Back to the general's words, this Lingling City is one of Liu Bei's important bases for storing grain, and the grain and grass in the city will naturally not be lacking, and the rice and forage are piled up like a mountain!" As for the garrison, there are not many troops, and according to Xuanzhi's observation, it is estimated that there will not be more than 4,000 people. As for defense, then Xuanzhi has to praise this friend of mine, but Hao Zitai is a rare general, from the layout of the city defense to the replenishment of troops, from the coordination and cooperation, to the mutual cooperation of various defensive equipment, it can be said that it is just right, and he has won the magic of the art of war! It's no wonder that Liu Bei admires him so much! ”

"Oh?" When Sun Jiao heard this, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, a different color flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Listening to Xuanzhi say this, I am becoming more and more interested in our Hao Zitai!" Well, it's not too early, Xuanzhi is also tired for a day, let's go back and rest first! ”

When Deng Xuanzhi heard this, he got up with a smile and said goodbye.