July 22 is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the temperature in the south is not very low, but rather hot.

The torrential rain that swept across the South lasted from late May to early July.

A few days ago, it was still raining lightly in the southeastern hills, especially in the southern mountains, and sometimes it would rain heavily or even torrential rain.

By the end of July, the weather has finally cleared, and the autumn haze has dissipated, and the warm sunshine has been sprinkled like the clouds, which makes people feel refreshed.

Especially in mountainous areas such as the southeastern hills, the temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River should not be too low in early autumn in the south, but at the moment it is quite cool, like a warm veil of spring in March.

At this moment, in the upper reaches of Shushui, the mighty Jiangdong Army fleet has stopped on the Shushui River, which is less than two miles away from the stone ridge, and the bare mountain in the distance is the stone ridge with few trees.

Zhou Yu stood on the boat and still held a letter in his hand, Shen Chen still corresponded with him in the past few days, and both sides of the letter were angry and angry.

For example, Zhou Yu ridiculed Shen Chen for being as timid as a mouse, and in order to transfer Lu Meng and Xu Sheng away, he was suspicious and did not dare to trade with them.

Shen Chen teased Zhou Yu for being two-faced and stabbed, saying that it was a deal, but in fact he wanted to ambush, and he had no sincerity at all.

In the midst of this mutual blame, the two reluctantly finalized the date and place of the transaction.

Jiangdong's fleet of thousands of ships filled the originally not wide Shushui River, and at this moment a flying boat crossed the crowd and sailed towards the hills ahead.

A sharp arrow came from the hill and landed firmly on the canopy, and someone on the boat shouted: "Is this the hospitality of Jingzhou?" ”

"I'm afraid it's not the guests, but a pack of hungry wolves."

The young man who was shooting arrows above the hill stood on the arrow tower and shouted down and asked, "What about Zhou Yu?" ”

"The Governor wants us to take a look at the Eastern Lord first."

The people below responded.

Shen Chen said loudly: "Look over there." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the hills behind him.

I saw an old man being escorted over the hill behind.

The people on the boat built a pergola and watched from a distance, although the distance was relatively far, but they still recognized that it was indeed Zhang Hong.

So with a whistling sound, he turned the ship and left.

After a few moments, a ship came to a halt about a mile from the hills.

The distance between the soldiers and horses of the two sides is about two miles, and according to the previous communication agreement, the men and horses on both sides must not be close to the trading place of the two sides, and a large area of trees in the surrounding forest must also be cut down to prevent people from ambushing inside.

During the transaction, everyone had to trade on the river by boat, and the entourage could not exceed twenty, and the boat used for the transaction could not have a black canopy, and only three people could be responsible for escorting.

A series of rules and regulations limit the possibility of both parties arranging a surprise attack during the transaction, and also prevent the two sides from suddenly attacking the ship during the transaction.

Once the ship had come to a halt in the middle of the safe area between the two sides, the men on board rushed to the deck, erecting planks and shields.

Immediately after that, several men walked out of the deck with a prisoner-like figure and waved to the hills and hills in the distance.

In fact, Shen Chen was very far away, a mile was more than 400 meters in the Han Dynasty, not to mention seeing people clearly, even if he saw the Gundam clearly, he might not be clear, and he could only vaguely see a few black spots.

Therefore, Shen Chen did not rashly take Zhang Hong to do the transaction, but sent Zhang Nan to determine Huang Zu's identity.

Zhang Nan, as the Sima under Huang Zu, although his status is not as high as Su Fei and Deng Long, he has also seen Huang Zu in the past, and it is naturally best for him to know Huang Zu's appearance.

Soon Zhang Nan rowed a small boat down the river and approached the edge of the ship, and the Jiangdong army did not use a spear to drive him away, but someone sandwiched Huang Zu to the side of the boat and signaled him to confirm his identity as soon as possible.

At this time, Huang Zu can be described as extremely haggard, only a month, but he seems to have lost more than ten pounds, and suffered some inhuman torture, his body is full of blood marks, and his whole person is disheveled, and his face is only revealed with the help of the people next to him.

"General, general?"

Zhang Nan softly called out a few words of Huang Zu's name, Huang Zu barely raised his head, his face was very bad, for the entire Jiangdong, because he killed Sun Jian and fell into the hands of Cheng Pu Han Dang and others, naturally there would be no good end.

A beautiful man in his thirties on the boat said to Zhang Nan: "Have you determined the identity of the old thief?" ”

"Humph!"

Zhang Nan snorted coldly: "You Jiangdong is really poor, he is extremely evil, and he has no humanity. We saw that Zhang Hong was too old to walk the mountain road, so we sent someone to carry him in a sedan chair every day. You are so cruel to General Huang, and you still torture him, it is really despicable! ”

The beautiful man on the boat was Zhou Yu, and he also snorted coldly: "Old thief Huang has a blood feud with us, and it is already good if he is not cut into a human stick with five punishments, and you still want us to treat him well?" ”

Zhang Nan's tongue was far inferior to Zhou Yu, and after confirming Huang Zu's identity, he didn't say anything to him, glared at them angrily, and ordered the soldiers to hold the boat back.

After a while, Zhang Nan reported the situation to Shen Chen, and Shen Chen led someone to escort Zhang Hong and took a boat to this side.

When they got near, the boatman supported the boat with anchors and oars to prevent the current from drifting away, and the two sides were about forty paces apart, almost sixty meters apart, and there were shields and planks standing on the side of the boat, looking at each other in the distance.

Shen Chen stood on the side of the boat and shouted, "Zhou Yu." ”

"It's me."

Zhou Yu came out of the crowd and stood awe-inspiring.

Shen Chen looked over.

I saw that it was a young man about thirty years old, tall and tall, standing tall, looking ahead.

Judging from his appearance, Zhou Yu is indeed handsome and extraordinary, with almost perfect facial contours, fair skin, and sword eyebrows and starry eyes, worthy of Mei Zhoulang's reputation.

If it is combined with Sun Ce, who is also handsome and powerful, it can be said that they are two representatives of Jiangdong Wuji and Zhiji.

But it's a pity that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu I were defiled by Sun Quan in his later years. Not only did he lose the reputation of betraying his alliance and assassinating friends, but he also lost his reputation because of Sun Quan's stupidity in his later years, which is really a pity.

"Governor Zhou!"

Shen Chen said loudly: "The so-called hearing is better than seeing, Jiangzuo Zhoulang, he does have this demeanor. ”

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "I have already heard of the name of Shen Chen in the East China Sea. ”

"No more gossip."

Shen Chen let the soldiers with shields on the left and right disperse, and he pulled Zhang Hong to appear on the bow of the boat, and said to Zhou Yu: "I have already brought Zigang Gong, what about General Huang?" ”

"Gong Jin."

Zhang Hong hurriedly said loudly: "Be careful that they set up an ambush around the two mountains!" Woooooooooooo ”

Before he could finish his words, his mouth was covered.

Shen Chen grinned and said, "You can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to defend people." With so many men and horses, it's normal for me to arrange some archers. ”

"Hmph."

Zhou Yu didn't bother to take care of him, so he pulled Huang Zu over and said, "Old thief Huang is here." ”

Shen Chen looked over and saw that Huang Zu was covered with bruises, and immediately frowned and said: "You Jiangdong is really "and unscrupulous", soldiers can not be killed, bad luck, defeat and capture is not a shameful thing, but it is shameful that the enemy has no shame, you are so cruel to General Huang, aren't you afraid that you will do the same one day?" ”

Zhou Yu knew that he was scolding them for Jiangdong being a villain with "The Mean", so he said: "The old thief killed Wu Chenghou, and the enmity with Jiangdong is as deep as the sea, Wu Hou originally planned to cut him as a stick, just for the sake of the eastern adults to save his life, and do you want us to eat and drink well?" ”

Shen Chen retorted dissatisfied: "Wucheng Hou attacked Jingzhou in the name of Yuan Shu and died on the battlefield, and it was not General Huang who died in a Yin attack, you Jiangdong are very thick-skinned, and it is natural for the war general to be wrapped in horse leather and return the body, and the King of Chu also returned the body of Wucheng Hou, you Jiangdong is like this, but you have lost your faith." ”

How could Zhou Yu not know that abusing Huang Zu was a loss of faith?

Sun Jian's death was his attack on Jingzhou on the order of Yuan Shu, Huang Zu sneak attacked him on the battlefield and died, although it was a sneak attack, but no matter how he died on the battlefield, it was all a battle death, so there should be nothing to say, not to mention that Sun Jian is still an intruder, and Huang Zu is understandable to fight back.

If Sun Ce and Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia in the name of avenging their father, defeated Huang Zu, and beheaded him, it would be a justifiable thing, and no one would accuse them.

But if the captives are tortured instead, it is a different matter, and it will naturally be morally reproached.

But Zhou Yu couldn't help it.

After he captured Huang Zu, he placed him in Anhuikou.

It happened that at that time, the guards of Wankou were Cheng Pu and Han Dang, two veterans, and the two hated Huang Zu for killing the old master Sun Jian, so even if Zhou Yu repeatedly ordered them to ensure the safety of Huang Zu's life, in exchange for Sun Quan and Zhang Hong, they still beat Huang Zu.

Zhou Yu knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't want to talk to Shen Chen more in the scriptures, so he said: "It's useless to talk more, the old thief just suffered a little skin injury or died, since everyone has already determined the person, let's exchange hostages." ”

"Good!"

Shen Chen got off the boat with Zhang Hong, who had already been tied, and boarded a scout boat, which had no roof on it, but there were planks and shields in the cabin.

After he took Zhang Hong to the boat, Zhang Nan next to him lifted the wooden plank in the cabin, buckled it with a bracket and a live buckle, and then used a shield to guard against Shen Chen.

There was also a soldier who was in charge of rocking the oars and controlling the boats.

Over there, Zhou Yu did not come over in person, but asked three soldiers to take Huang Zu off the boat, and also defended with planks and shields.

The boats on both sides slowly approached, and when they reached the middle area, they became entangled with each other.

Shen Chen's right hand touched the hilt of the knife on his waist, and his left hand grabbed Zhang Hong, Zhang Nan raised a shield next to him to protect him, and the soldier in charge of rocking the oars answered Huang Zu on the side.

The same goes for the other side.

waited until the people on both sides grabbed each other's people, and then let go at the same time and took Huang Zu and Zhang Hong separately.

Seeing that things were going well, Shen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Sun Quan still valued Zhang Hong very much, and did not make any trouble about the exchange of hostages.

However, just when he thought things were going well, several more archers suddenly appeared on Zhou Yu's boat, and at the same time, they bent their bows and arrows to attack them.

The most important thing is that their target is not Shen Chen at all, but Huang Zu.

Because Shen Chen's position was in the bow of the ship, the bow of the ship was supported by a wooden plank, which could defend Shen Chen's front directly, and Zhang Nan raised a shield to cover it on the left side, but Huang Zu did not hide behind the planks and shields for a short time when he was carried by the soldiers who received him.

Vaguely, Shen Chen even saw that among those archers, there was a gorgeously dressed young man, who was the "Zhang Xuan" he knew, gritting his teeth, looking at Huang Zu with a fierce look in his eyes, and fired a fatal arrow at him!

"Not good!"

Shen Chen's reaction was extremely fast, and the nineteen-year-old young man noticed this scene almost in 0.01 seconds, and instinctively pulled the soldier who answered Huang Zu to the boat and dragged it hard.

I saw that the soldier and Huang Zu fell into the cabin almost at the same time, and then a clanging sound sounded, some arrows shot at the plank, some arrows hit Zhang Nanju's shield, and some arrows shot to the side of the ship where Huang Zu was standing just now, almost a second slower, the soldier and Huang Zu would definitely die.

"The thief dare!"

Not far away, Shen Chen's boat also suddenly sounded a loud shout, a gray-bearded veteran stepped on the side of the boat, condescendingly, bent his bow and arrows on the boat about sixty meters away, his muscular arms suddenly tensed, and he pulled and let go with force.

"Whew!"

The arrow shot towards Zhou Yu's ship with a terrifying sound that broke through the air, twice as fast as those archers just now.

The target he aimed at was "Zhang Xuan".

Zhang Xuan is naturally Sun Quan, he and Huang Zu do not share the enmity of the sky, how can Huang Zu escape smoothly?

Although he also thought about using the poison that delayed the onset of the attack to poison him after the substitution, he was afraid that there would be an accident when the substitution occurred, so he delayed the time to poison Huang Zu to death in advance. Second, Huang Zu is not a fool, he hasn't eaten for two days.

Forcibly pouring it will definitely leave a wound on the mouth, and once the other party becomes suspicious when confirming his identity, if Huang Zu can't respond, it will definitely lead to the failure of the transaction.

Therefore, Sun Quan thought about it, and only at the moment when Huang Zu was picked up on the ship, it was safest to snipe at close range.

In that way, Zhang Hong also received it, and he was able to kill Huang Zu to take revenge, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

But he never expected that it was Shen Chen who came to answer in person, and the other party's preparation was also very sufficient, the ship was protected by planks and shields, and under that kind of extreme reaction, he actually saved Huang Zu.

Just when he was furious and wanted to order the ship to move and hit the boat, an arrow pierced the void like a meteor, and some guards around him hurriedly raised the plank to resist.

only heard a "bang", and the guard flew out upside down, directly knocking Sun Quan behind him to the ground.

When everyone hurriedly came to support him, they saw that the wooden plank was shot through, the guards were also pierced, and the bloody arrows rubbed against Sun Quan's armor, drawing a mark.

The power of this arrow is so great that you can imagine it!

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!"

"Evacuate, retreat!"

The ships on Shen Chen's side had already been enraged, and more than twenty archers suddenly rained down arrows.

Originally, Zhou Yu's boat would also release arrows, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to be almost shot to death, and the soldiers panicked for a while and didn't have time to fight back.

Today and tomorrow are big hits, and people must not say that I am short and powerless.

(End of chapter)