A tired war horse carrying the veteran Huang Gai finally returned to Jianye, Huang Gai got out of the post house, and went to Wucheng County, halfway learned that the five thousand defenders of Wucheng County also surrendered to the Han army, Huang Gai's heart was like a knife, but he was helpless, he had nowhere to go, so he had to return to Jianye single-handedly.

There is still a mile away from Jianye City, opposite the official road, I saw more than a dozen cavalry rushing forward, and rushed to Huang Gai in a moment, these cavalry silver armor and silver helmets, obviously Sun Quan's guards.

The head guard bowed his hand to Huang Gai and said, "We are ordered by Marquis Wu to welcome the old general!" ”

Huang Gai's nose was a little sour, and he hurriedly asked, "Thank you for coming to greet me, may I ask, how did Wu Hou know that I was back?" ”

"There are already scouts who have rushed to report to Wu Hou first, so they know that the old general has returned."

"I see, then please take me to see Wu Hou."

Unexpectedly, the guards showed no signs of moving, but surrounded Huang Gai from all directions, and Huang Gai couldn't help but be stunned, "What are you doing here?" ”

The chief guard laughed dryly and said, "In order to prevent accidents, please hand over the weapons to us from the old general." ”

Huang Gai was suddenly furious, "You dare to be so rude!" ”

"Old general, please calm your anger, we are just acting on orders."

Huang Gai sighed, this should be Sun Quan's meaning, it seems that it is not a good thing for Sun Quan to see him, but the matter has come to this point, it is impossible for him to turn his horse's head and leave, so he has to hand over the spear and sword to the guards.

"And daggers!"

The leading guard pointed to the dagger in his leather boot and said, "Marquis Wu has an order, all weapons must be handed in, including daggers." ”

Huang Gai's heart was gloomy, Liu Jing still didn't take away a weapon from him, Sun Quan didn't trust himself so much, it was cold, just now Huang Gai was moved by Sun Quan sending someone to greet him, but at this time he only felt a chill.

He handed the dagger to the guards, and he had another weapon on him, and the guards searched him and in the sack again, and then escorted him to Jianye City, at this time Huang Gai's heart was cold, and the guards were rude to him.

After a while, the group entered Jianye City and came directly to the steps of Jianye Palace Square, "General, please!" Wu Hou waited in the main hall. The guards turned over and dismounted, and said coldly to Huang Gai.

At this time, Huang Gai suddenly saw Zhang Zhao coming from the side, and he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Military Division, what happened?" ”

Zhang Zhao sighed, shook his head and left, at this time, several guards stepped forward to hold Huang Gai, couldn't help but say, forcibly led him to the steps quickly, and walked into the main hall.

The main hall of Jianye Palace is actually the main hall, and the scale is completely a large hall, which is only named 'Tang' in order to avoid secrecy, but the essence is already arrogance, which is also one of the reasons why Liu Jing accused Sun Quan of arrogating and rebelling.

In the wide hall, Sun Quan sat on the throne of the high white jade steps, looking at Huang Gai coldly, and there were more than a dozen high-ranking civil and military officials such as Lu Meng and Bu Qi standing next to him. ”

"Huang Gai, are you guilty?" Sun Quan scolded sternly.

"The lowly command of the army is not effective, the enemy is eager to defeat, and he is ambushed by the enemy, so that the whole army is annihilated, and he is guilty of his humble duties."

"Huh? If so, I won't hold you accountable, I mean you are guilty of colluding with the enemy! ”

Huang Gai's mind was 'Buzz! With a bang, his heart was in a mess, how could Wu Hou say that he colluded with the Han army, it was clearly Zhu Heng who colluded with the Han army and dedicated Wu County, how could he be planted on his head.

"Qi Wu Hou, he did not collude with the Han army, it was Zhu Heng who secretly colluded with the Han army, and finally took advantage of me to lead the army out of the city, surrendered the city, and led the final defeat, please Wu Hou Mingjian!"

Sun Quan sneered and asked, "In that case, why are you the only one left, and what about the other soldiers, are they all dead?" ”

"Qiyu Wuhou, the humble post was surrounded by the Han army, only the humble post was killed, and the rest of the soldiers were captured by the Han army."

Although the truth is slightly different, Huang Gai doesn't want to say too much, as long as he has a clear conscience, Sun Quan sneered repeatedly, "What a fight to get out of the encirclement, you don't know anything when I am, let you talk nonsense, bring it up!" ”

Sun Quan waved his hand, and after a while, a man was brought up by the guards, Huang Gai recognized it at a glance as his subordinate Chen Yan, who also broke up with him in the post house, Huang Gai was stunned, "Why are you?" ”

"Old general, how could it not be me?"

Chen Yan sneered and bowed to Sun Quan, "See Wu Hou!" ”

"General Chen, you confront him!"

Chen Yan turned around and said to Huang Zhong unhurriedly: "I believe that the veteran has already said the failure of the sneak attack on the Han army camp and Zhu Heng's dedication to the city, there will be no discrepancy between these, I won't go into details, the key is what happened in the post house, General Huang, let me ask you, have you seen Liao Li?" ”

Huang Gai sighed in his heart, he couldn't tell if he really jumped into the Yellow River, he nodded, "Liu Jing sent Liao Li to persuade me to surrender, and this is indeed the case." ”

"Liao Li is a military advisor of the Han army, why doesn't General Huang use him as a hostage?"

"The two countries are fighting, if they don't kill them, Liao Li is coming brightly, if I take him as a hostage, won't it ruin the reputation of the Jiangdong Army, I won't do this kind of thing."

Chen Yan sneered repeatedly, "Speaking better than singing, no wonder Liao Li calls you Uncle Shi." ”

Huang Gai was furious, "I didn't arrest him, is it for personal feelings, I, Huang Gai, have served Jiangdong for decades, am I a person who cares about personal feelings and doesn't care about righteousness?" ”

Chen Yan didn't give in, and said-for-tat: "Huang Gai, you don't want to use your qualifications to suppress people, I'm by Wu Hou's side, and I will be by your side for longer than you!" ”

Huang Gai was stunned for a moment, he stared at Chen Yan for a long time, and asked word by word, "Who are you?" ”

Chen Yan knew that he was speechless, so he simply made it clear, "I was originally an internal guard and has been following Wu Hou around. ”

Huang Gai slowly turned his head, looked at Sun Quan, and smiled miserably, "It turns out that Wu Hou planted a spy next to me, and I only found out today." ”

Sun Quan was expressionless and said coldly: "You don't have to divert the topic, let me ask you, have you surrendered to the Han army?" ”

"The old minister is loyal to the three generations of the Sun family, loyal to Jiangdong, and will never surrender to Liu Jing."

"Nonsense!"

Chen Yan next to him said angrily: "You clearly accepted Liao Li's conditions and dedicated more than 1,000 brothers to the Han army, but you got out, if you didn't surrender to the Han army, would they let you go?" ”

Huang Gai shook his head, "You are really a stupid pig, I refused to fight to the death to save your lives, Liu Jing is a benevolent king, I can't bear to be slaughtered by the Jiangdong population again, so I let me leave on my own, you are obviously a villain, how can you understand the heart of the general?" ”

Sun Quan heard that Huang Gai's words were thorny, and ridiculed himself as a villain, he couldn't help it anymore, and slapped the table heavily, "Huang Gai, you obviously came to Jianye to ambush and sacrifice the city at a critical time, and you want to coax me with clever words, come here, take it down for me!" ”

More than a dozen guards rushed up and pressed Huang Gai to the ground, Huang Gai saw that Sun Quan only believed in the guards, not the generals, and his heart couldn't help but be discouraged, and thought that Sun Jian was not easy to start a business, he couldn't help but feel extremely sad, and shouted loudly: "Sun Quan, Jiangdong will die in your hands, what face do you have to see your father and brother?" ”

Sun Quan was furious and shouted: "Push me out and behead me!" ”

The guards hugged Huang Gai outward, and Buqi, Zhang Zhao and others next to him came out to intercede, "Wu Hou is angry, there is no conclusive evidence for Huang Gai's surrender, killing him will affect Wu Hou's reputation, please Wu Hou spare his life." ”

Lu Meng also pleaded: "Huang Gai has a high prestige in the army, killing him will affect morale, Wu Hou thinks twice!" ”

Lu Meng's plea matched Sun Quan's worries, and he said slowly: "Since the ministers are pleading, I will spare him to die, but it is inevitable to live the crime, and I will beat him with two hundred rods and give me strict guard!" ”

The guards pushed Huang Gai down, and only heard him shout from afar: "Sun Quan, incompetent rat generation, you are dead in Jiangdong, what face do you have to go to see your father and brother?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall was awkward, Sun Quan snorted heavily, got up and walked towards the harem, the rest of the ministers shook their heads one after another, and sighed secretly in their hearts, but Lu Meng was a little worried, and had no intention of going to the barracks and returned to his home.

In the study, Lu Meng sat alone at the table and drank alcohol, Huang Gai's return actually extinguished the last ray of hope for Wu County, although Wu Hou did not ask about the situation in Wucheng County today, but he didn't need to ask Lu Meng to know that Wucheng County must have been lost, which was expected by him, so as not to make him so depressed.

The key is that he inadvertently learned today that Sun Quan actually planted a secret agent next to Huang Gai to monitor Huang Gai's movements, so will there be a secret agent of Wu Hou by his side? The answer is obvious, Wu Hou can't even trust Huang Gai, who has followed the Sun family for three generations, how can he trust himself?

At this time, the door opened, Lu Meng's wife Xie Shi walked into the study with a food plate, Lu Meng's ex-wife had died, he was interested in Xiao Qiao, but Xiao Qiao went to Chang'an, and married Liu Jing as a concubine, Sun Quan intended to envelop Lu Meng, so he asked his wife Mrs. Xie to be a matchmaker, and married Mrs. Xie's widowed sister to Lu Meng.

Xie is kind-hearted, gentle and considerate, beautiful and dignified, and Lu Meng is very affectionate, although she is Mrs. Xie's sister, but rarely enters the palace to see Mrs. Xie, at home wholeheartedly raised the two sons left by Lu Meng's ex-wife, and also won Lu Meng's respect.

"The general seems to be in a bad mood?" Xie Shi put down the food plate and asked with a smile.

Lu Meng sighed, "Jiangdong is stormy, at this time, who can be in a good mood?" ”

"The general is also doing his best, he really can't save Jiangdong, and Jiangdong is exhausted, no one can complain about the general, I just hope that the general will think of our mother and son, and don't fight with his life."

Lu Meng nodded silently, his wife was right, and he was worthy of doing his best, then he remembered something and asked, "What is Mrs. Wuhou looking for you to enter the palace today?" ”

"Mrs. Wuhou said that Moling County is not safe, so let me take my children to live in Jianye Palace so that we can take care of each other."

Lu Meng was stunned, "Did you agree?" ”

"I didn't agree, I said I wanted to go home and ask the general, but she didn't insist."

"This is the best, if you really fight, Jianye Palace is not safe, I think Moling County is safer."

"I also think so, Zhang Junshi, Bu Changshi, these high-ranking officials and ministers all live in Moling City, since it is not safe, let everyone live in Jianye Palace together, why do you have to let me go alone with the child?"

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, Lu Meng suddenly understood, this is obviously Sun Quan wants to take his wife and children as hostages! Lu Meng suddenly became angry in his heart, 'Smack! With a sound, he smashed the ear cup in his hand.

"General, you are ....." Xie Shi was frightened.

Lu Meng couldn't hold back his dissatisfaction, and said lightly: "It's nothing, remember my words, if Mrs. Wuhou asks again, you will say that I won't agree, and besides, you don't want to go to Jianye Palace again." ”

Xie Shi nodded as if he didn't understand, "She originally invited me to go again tomorrow, but I told her that I was unwell." ”

Lu Meng smiled and patted the back of his wife's hand, "When the war is over, let's go back to our hometown together." ”

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