In the dark, Zhang Zhao felt that Long Xiang and Zhou Lang did not deal with each other, but he still gave a true answer.

At this time, Zhang Zhao has a request for others, and can only deal with it with a low profile, as the so-called dead friends do not die in the poor.

"Uh... Yes, too..."

"Zhou Lang is really—"

Long Xiang smiled at Lu Su and "complained" to Zhang Zhao.

"When I went to Lu'an to supervise grain, I saw that he was delivering grain on foot in the scorching heat, so I gave him accompanying horses; Zijing even gave him 3,000 grains of rice back then, Zibu thought Zhou Lang was nothing? Will grace take revenge?"

"Ah, this... After all, Gong Jin is loyal to the Lord..."

Zhang Zhao was embarrassed to hear this, and said in his heart that Long Xiang's resentment was so deep, the lord should let Zhou Yu come by himself.

After explaining for Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao apologized again: "Yunqi, Zijing, bear with me..."

Lu Su didn't know what Long Xiang wanted to do, how to pull Zhou Yu out for no reason, and could only respond to Zhang Zhao with a simple smile.

Long Xiang nodded, and said seriously: "Zhou Yu both planned and supervised the war, and he didn't take kindness and righteousness into his eyes at all, so Deng Dang and these dozens of people have to pay off their debts for him, and when they plant three thousand pieces of rice, I will let them go back to Jiangdong when they are."

"Huh? This... You can't..."

"It's only natural to repay debts, and General Sun can help him pay him back, but the number has to be increased..."

"How much?"

"Five hundred and one thousand hundred, it depends on when you send it, after all, Deng Dang's group of fine workers, staying in Hefei to work, you have to eat and drink..."

"Is this what Long Sima wants? Zhang Zhao wants to go back and ask the lord..."

"Zibu, please."

"Farewell..."

As for the return of the captives, Zhang Zhaoben did not report much hope.

After asking Long Xiang's request, Zhang Zhao felt that it was reasonable, so he took his leave to resume his life.

As a result, as soon as he turned the horse's head, he heard Long Xiang stop him.

"Mr. Zibu."

"Long Sima has anything to add?"

Seeing Zhang Zhao's vigilant expression, Long Xiang clenched his fists and said with a smiling face: "I hit it off with Zibu at first sight, some situations will give you the bottom line, Zheng Bao's house has raised too many soldiers and thieves, in fact, there is not much food left, Hefei has poured in so many displaced people, and there is not much food left in the stock, otherwise how could it... Ay... Do not say... Let's go."

"Excuse me... Take care of Long Sima."

Watching Zhang Zhao and the five of them whip the dust, Lu Su pointed at Long Xiang and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yunqi, Yunqi, why did you put me in..."

Long Xiang replied heartlessly: "Zijing just said what about this excuse? Can Sun Ce and Zhou Yu find fault?"

"It's reasonable, but in the end, Zhang Zhao's explanation seems to be a bit of a trick..."

Lu Su stroked his beard thoughtfully.

Long Xiang smiled knowingly: "I did it on purpose, the dew point flaws are real, it's good to cry poor and show weakness, Hefei's grain can be covered for me, and I must say to the outside world that crying poor has no food, otherwise I drove away Sun Ce today, and there will be others coveting it tomorrow."

"I saved it."

After Lu Su Zhengse finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, so he reminded: "According to what I saw and heard today, Sun Ce should really withdraw his troops, and he had to arrange cavalry to go downstream to monitor.

"Zijing reminded me very much..."

Half a day later, the cavalry scouts sent back the news from the south that all the Jiangdong warships had sailed into Chaohu Lake, and the siege of Hefei was completely lifted.

On the one hand, Long Xiang ordered the city defense battalion to open the city gate, and on the other hand, asked the main secretary to prepare a merit book and a celebration banquet.

As soon as Lu Su received the task, he reminded in a low voice: "After all, the Yuan family is the old master of Yunqi, and they have been eating and drinking quite frugally in Hefei during this time, so how many people might as well invite a few people to today's banquet?" It's a good meal..."

"Hmm..."

Long Xiang pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "That's right, then set up some seats in the side hall next door, invite the heads and faces in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and let Qin Yi then."

Lu as a companion."

"Well, okay..."

Lu Su was about to leave, Long Xiang stopped him and instructed: "Today, including the celebration banquet in the future, we must pay attention to the control specifications, Hefei is not rich now, it is not appropriate to be extravagant and wasteful, three or five dishes per person is enough, otherwise the Yuan family will see it, I really think we will be treated harshly..."

"I can save it."

Being able to repel the strong enemy Sun Ce is a great thing for Long Xiang and the officers and soldiers of Hefei, and it is also of great significance to the people of Hefei.

For these people who came from afar, they were full of confidence in taking root in Hefei, so Long Xiang made an exception to have a big feast.

The sun was setting in the west, and the gates were closed.

Meritorious soldiers went to the military Sima Mansion one after another to attend the celebration banquet.

The main hall, the side hall, and the square in front of the palace in the palace are set up with more than 200 tables, which is the entertainment scene that Long Xiang participated in at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Long Xiang was born in a low-level soldier and understood the truth that rain and dew were evenly wet, so for the soldiers who could not attend the banquet, he also ordered additional meals.

After three rounds of wine, the atmosphere rises.

The soldiers each "caught and killed", and Long Xiang received a lot of praise when he was toasted, saying that he could defeat Sun Ce in Hefei today, and he could defeat Cao Cao in Xu tomorrow...

Although the alcohol content was not high, Long Xiang was actually blown a little fluttery, and in the end, Lu Su reminded him in time to let him fall back from the clouds to reality.

"Yunqi, although Sun Ce retreated today, let's not be careless, I suggest that the scope of the cavalry battalion's exploration must be expanded to the south of Chaohu Lake to the south, you must know that the march on the water is faster than the land, if Sun Ce goes and returns, and raids Hefei, he will be caught off guard without intelligence, and it will be the same as Wanxian County..."

"Shhhh

Long Xiang gasped, almost forgetting that Jiangdong is good at water warfare, it seems that land patrols are no longer enough, and water sentry scouts must also be brought out.

"Thanks to Zijing's reminder, I have been looking for talents in the past few days to form a fishing fleet to prevent Sun Ce's sudden attack."

"Fishing fleet?"

Seeing the question mark on Lu Su's face, Long Xiang hurriedly added: "On the surface, it is covered up by fishing boats, but it is actually the Hefei Navy."

"Another water barracks are to be set up?" Lu Su asked with humble eyes.

Long Xiang shook his head lightly: "I plan to let the cavalry battalion take on the same role, anyway, there are not enough war horses in Hefei, so it's just right to divide half of them to operate the ship..."

"Yours really is..."

Halfway through Lu Su's words, Cao Xing happened to come to toast.

Lu Su then joked to Cao Xing: "Governor Cao, Yunqi wants to change the name of the cavalry battalion, and it may be called the cavalry battalion in the future."

"What?" Cao Xing looked dazed.

Long Xiang took the opportunity to talk about the idea of a "fishing fleet" and asked Cao Xing to select water battle generals within the cavalry battalion.

Cao Xuan finally returned to the table with a wine bowl in his hand and a heart in his chest.

Halfway through the celebration time, Yuan Yin and Yuan Yao next door couldn't save face, so they asked Qin Yilu to lead Huang Yi to the main hall to toast.

This Yuan Shu's son-in-law is very good at greeting, whether it is facing Long Xiang or Xu Chu, Feng Zhong and others, he shows humility under the fence.

Qin Yilu took advantage of Huang Yi and Hao Meng to catch up, he turned around and walked to Long Xiang and saluted with his fists.

"General, I heard you're looking for a navy talent? The last general's wife and brother are quite fond of water warfare, do you want to see them?"

"Your brother-in-law? Bring it to me tomorrow."

"Yui."

Long Xiang then walked to Liu Ye's case, sat down cross-legged and pretended to complain: "Zijing told me what I think, right? Why didn't you recommend your nephew?"