The situation in Hefei at this time is very different from last year's attack by Sun Ce.

The population, money, food, and military strength have all increased significantly, and Long Xiang originally didn't have to worry about Sun Quan's troubles, but the monthly profit and loss, the water overflowed, and the seemingly prosperous Hefei also contained risks.

The more than 60,000 people outside the city, Hefei New City on the way to construction, are the weakness of Longxiang.

If Sun Quan came to attack with the might of victory, even if Long Xiang had Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, Lu Su and other fierce generals and strategists to help, he would not have the confidence to retreat.

Without a city as a barrier, Hefei suffered a loss in terms of troops.

Long Xiang's choice to build a city at this time has an element of gambling, and the newly acquired Lei Xu is the biggest variable.

Lei Xu took prisoners and brought his family members, and a total of nearly 40,000 people moved to Hefei, and these people accounted for the majority of the displaced people outside the city.

In the face of Lei Xu's loyal attachment, Long Xiang could not and could not refuse, which was an untimely trouble.

On the way back, Long Xiang suddenly asked Lei Xu: "Yesterday, you asked you to select the young people under your command to register and make a register, when is it expected to be completed?" ”

Lei Xu replied truthfully: "It should be finished at noon tomorrow, if the general is in a hurry to use it, the general will work overtime tonight..."

"Don't be in such a hurry." Long Xiang shook his head slightly, and asked again, "How many people can there be?" ”

"It's estimated that there are only more than 3,000 people." Lei Xu was worried that Long Xiang would not be satisfied, so he added: "If the restriction of no marriage can be lifted, then ten thousand people can make it up..."

"Three thousand? It's almost enough..."

Seeing Long Xiang talking to himself, Lei Xu asked curiously: "Is there any important task for the general to choose an unmarried young man?" ”

Long Xiang hesitated for a moment before explaining to Lei Xu: "I am picking troops for General Zhang, with his martial arts of ten thousand enemies, he will definitely go to fight elsewhere in the future, and the soldiers under his command can only follow far without worrying, and those who have wives and children are not suitable..."

Lei Xu nodded with a serious face, and asked in agreement: "The last general heard General Zhang say that he will leave if he has the whereabouts of Uncle Liuhuang, and the general will recruit soldiers for him, and will he not return to Huainan in the future?" ”

"Come here with your ears..."

Long Xiang motioned for Lei Xu to come closer, and then said softly: "My relationship with Liu Yuanjun is like the relationship between you and me, so you don't have to worry about their future." ”

"This..."Lei Xu's eyes widened and he swallowed hard: "But Uncle Huang is now..."

"The hero that even Cao Cao is afraid of, there will be a place for him in the world in the future, and now he is just a hidden dragon in the abyss..."

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he reminded: "What you said just now is top secret, those who know the inside story in Hefei are only a palm, and you must not spread it." ”

"Don't worry, the general will rather die than pass on."

Lei Xu clenched his fists sonorously, his heart was pounding, he defected to Hefei at the latest, but Long Xiang said, 'The number of palms', the governor of the five battalions of Hefei accounted for the number of palms, and he was obviously regarded as a confidant.

The unexpected conversation was the most real, which made Lei Xu listen enthusiastically.

As the saying goes, you respect me for a foot and I will return you for a foot, Lei Xu has already returned to Long Xiang, but now he has directly become a die-hard fan.

On the way back to fatten, Lei Xu thought while riding a horse, he wanted to do something about Long Xiang's trust.

It wasn't until I got to the city of Hefei that I thought of an idea.

The two of them stationed their horses outside the main book's mansion, and Lei Xu stopped Long Xiang and whispered: "The last general has thought all the way, if these thousands of sons and daughters travel with General Zhang, they need to arrange a prestigious fellow villager to go with them, so that they can appease the army on the road..."

Long Xiang looked curious: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I want to recommend my brother Lei Bo to General Zhang, if Brother Bo leaves his wife and children in Hefei, I and my clansmen will take care of him, so that he has no worries..."

Long Xiang bowed slightly, and said affirmatively: "You have a heart, I will talk to Yide about this matter." ”

"Yui."

Long Xiang then separated from Lei Xu, walked into the main bookkeeper's mansion and went straight to the front hall to find it.

Lei Xu's loyalty made Long Xiang sigh, he planned to have an in-depth exchange with Zhang Fei in the evening, and persuaded him not to drink and whip the soldiers for fun, and said that these were all soldiers from Huainan who went with him, and he would be a little more polite to Lei Bo in the future.

Walking into the front hall, Long Xiang saw that Lu Su and Liu Ye were there, but their faces were solemn.

"What's the matter?" Long Xiang asked and chased: "Could it be that Lujiang has decided the winner?" ”

Lu Su picked up a silk book on the table, handed it to Long Xiang and said solemnly: "Yun Qi take a look at this first..."

"Huh?" Long Xiang took the silk book and unfolded it, with a number of crosses written on it: power and clouds rise, God has been friends for a long time, and I can't see it; Recently, I have time to invite you to visit the nest, relieve your longing and affection, and make friendships; Three days later, the heart of Chaohu Lake is not gone.

"Sun Quan invited me to meet?"

Long Xiang held the silk book in his hand and muttered to himself in a deep voice: "The battle of Lujiang is over? Why didn't Cao Xing's cavalry battalion send back information? ”

Liu Ye stroked his beard and analyzed Long Xiang: "Xu Kun followed Sun Jian in his early years, and he was also a veteran of the battlefield, Li Shu was able to resist for nearly fifty days, and he did his best, as for the cavalry battalion did not send back information, maybe the scouts did not dare to get too close..."33

As soon as the words fell, Lu Su added: "This letter is sent from the waterway, maybe the war over there has just ended, but Sun Quan's move is strange and unpredictable..."

"Three days later, you will visit Chaohu Lake..."Long Xiang frowned, and continued to ask: "What does Sun Quan want to do?" Coercing Hefei to return to Jiangdong? Is the messenger still there? ”

Lu Su nodded lightly: "At the moment, I am still waiting for news in the side hall..."

Long Xiang thought for a while and said solemnly: "Since it is Sun Quan's invitation, refusal will be taken lightly, so I will answer for me." ”

"The general thinks twice, and he can't be brave."

Liu Ye stretched out his hand to block and explained: "In the middle of winter, the lake is foggy, if Sun Quan tricks you into going to Chaohu Lake to meet and hides the Jiangdong ships in the fog, the general will become a caged finch and a fish in a net. This Sun Quan is soft, and he seems to be more powerful than Sun Ce..."

Long Xiang shook his head bitterly: "I don't know the danger of this trip, but if you don't go to the truth, tens of thousands of people outside Hefei, the new city is also under construction, and you must not fight with Jiangdong at this time..."

Liu Ye echoed: "The general's concern is also reasonable, if Sun Quan comes to attack with the power of victory at this time, the people outside the city will definitely not be able to keep it, so that General Lei's hard work will be in vain, but the general is in danger of tens of thousands of people in Hefei, and it is hard to say whether Sun Quan has bad intentions, and he can't bet on his character..."

"It's not the right time for this guy, we haven't finished building the boat parking area in Chaohu Lake, otherwise we can use the tower sentry along the line to warn, and we can also gain insight into the other party's conspiracy..."

Long Xiang pinched the bridge of his nose and fell into a dilemma for a while, and said in his heart whether this is considered a single knife to go to the meeting?

If I am asked to face tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers alone, I really don't have the domineering spirit of the second master.

Lu Su's originally tense face suddenly became relaxed, and he stroked his beard and said: "Ziyang is right, in the middle of winter, the lake is cold, you may not have to meet on the island in the middle of the lake, we can reply to the messenger, and agree to meet on the north shore of Chaohu Lake in three days, and the time is best to choose the afternoon, when the weather is warm and the clouds are clear, and there are no ambush warships in the lake, naturally you can see at a glance." ”

Liu Ye added again: "Then order the Huwei battalion to ambush on the north shore to prevent Jiangdong ships from moving in the lake, and then the general can withdraw to Hefei by land." ”

Lu Su and Liu Ye sang and harmonized, and soon came up with an emergency plan, Long Xiang was particularly emotional at this time, and said that Liu Bei had no mastermind in the first half of his life, otherwise it would be impossible to be displaced.

Some people died, but not completely......