In the first month of the tenth year of Jian'an, Lü Meng sent Song Qian to take a fast boat first, and arrived in Liyang in the middle of the month to convey military orders.

Song Qian followed Sun Ce to pacify the southeast, although he was a veteran of the Jiangdong Army, his qualifications were not as good as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai, and his martial arts were not as good as Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and even rising stars like Ling Tong, so he was in an awkward situation under Zhou Yu before.

Lü Meng ascended to the position with low qualifications, except for Pan Zhang, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, Sun Yu and other Sun Quan's henchmen, the rest of the generals respected him as the governor of the capital on the surface, but their hearts were full of doubts.

If it weren't for breaking through Shaxian and killing Huang Zu, Lü Meng would not have been able to command the whole army to attack Jiangling, which is one of the reasons why Jiangling was so difficult.

A general like Song Qian, who has a weak sense of existence but has a certain amount of seniority in the army, is the first target of Lu Meng to win over and recover.

There is another very important reason why Song Qian was chosen by Lu Meng as an envoy.

In the Battle of Shentingling that year, Song Qian was one of the twelve horsemen and pursued Tai Shici with Sun Ce.

Sending someone else to pass the order, Tai Shi Ci can find an excuse to push and push, but with the 'old acquaintance' Song Qian coming out, Tai Shi Ci will be tantamount to rebellion if he does not obey the order, which is also a conspiracy by Lu Meng.

From time to time, there are war reports in Jingzhou, Tai Shi Ci knows that Sun Quan and Lü Meng broke Jiang Xia and beheaded Huang Zu, and are currently attacking the important town of Jiangling.

Tai Shi Ci once complained to Zhao Fan after drinking, saying that if Sun Bofu was still alive now, he should be a pioneer in Jingzhou, instead of being trapped in Liyang like now, and even having to find a way to eat by himself.

So after listening to Song Qian's herald, Tai Shici looked surprised.

He first glanced at Zhao Fan, then turned around and asked in an incredible tone:

"General Song didn't joke with me? Does the lord want to take Jingzhou, or go north to the Central Plains? Don't you hear that you can't have both fish and bear's paws? ”

Song Qian's expression was solemn, and he replied: "There is no joke in the army, I travel thousands of miles to make jokes?" General Taishi is joking with me, right? As for whether the lord takes Jingzhou or the Central Plains, it is not something that our generals should question. ”

"The general is right, it's just that there are few soldiers in Liyang and there is a shortage of food, and it is cold and freezing at this time, so I am afraid it is not appropriate to lead my troops first, so it is better to wait until the main force of the rear army arrives and march together. Siege anyway"

Tai Shici replied while observing Song Qian's expression.

Song Qian frowned and asked: "The military order of the Metropolitan Governor is like this, if General Taishi has his own ideas, he can send someone to go upstream by boat to ask for instructions, and the Metropolitan Governor's fleet will come in three or five days, but it will delay the important affairs of the lord, and this responsibility will be borne by you." ”

"Ahh

Tai Shi Ci instantly fell into a dilemma, he had the same mentality as Cheng Pu and others, he didn't take the young Lu Meng seriously, but Lu Meng and Zhou Yu were in a different situation, everyone knew that Lu Meng was Sun Quan's confidant, and it was no good to offend him.

Seeing this, Zhao Fan next to him hurriedly greeted Song Qian and said:

"What does General Taishi have in mind? Of course, the general orders of the metropolitan governor will be carried out, but it will take time to mobilize troops and horses, and it will take time to go to Hefei to coordinate the borrowing of roads, so it will be a bit difficult to send troops immediately."

"Having trouble? How many days do you need? You won't wait for the Governor to arrive, you're not ready, are you? ”

After Song Qian finished speaking, he stared at Zhao Fan's face, and suddenly remembered that on the Shenting Ridge back then, he and Han Dang, Huang Gai and other twelve horsemen were dragged by this guy alone.

This sharp-toothed guy is as cunning as before.

In the face of Song Qian's ridicule, Zhao Fan was not angry at all, but responded with a smile: "In just two or three days, I will definitely be able to catch up before the arrival of the Grand Governor, and I will never delay his plan." ”

"Really?"

Song Qian looked at Tai Shici again to confirm.

Tai Shici bowed his head lightly and gave the answer with his body movements.

Zhao Fan asked again: "Does General Song want to stay with us, or are you going to go back to the Metropolitan Governor's Office to resume his life?" ”

"I'll stay in Liyang for two days, and when you send out your troops, I'll go to Wet Sushui to meet the Governor."

Song Qian was not good at words, but the details of his conversation today were all guided by Lu Meng in advance, so he was able to face Tai Shici and Zhao Fan with ease.

"It's okay, the last will take you to the inn to rest."

"I'm tired."

Tai Shi Ci watched the two of them walk out of the front hall of the Duwei Mansion, turned to look at the Huainan map hanging on the wall, and focused on the General Ridge at the source of the water and the water.

His task was to block Zhang Liao in Lu'an, while Lü Meng led the main force of Jiangdong to take Shouchun directly, intending to give the Cao army in Huainan an urn to catch turtles.

After Zhang Liao fought with Tai Shici last time, he led 5,000 troops south to settle in Lu'an, forming a tactical triangle with Jiangjunling and Shouchun.

It not only ensures the safety of Tuntian District in the north of Lu'an, but also monitors the movements of Hefei and Tai Shici.

Unless Tai Shici made a big circle from the south of the Lujiang River, and then crossed the Dabie Mountains for hundreds of miles, it would be possible to be unaware.

The Dabie Mountain in the territory of the Lujiang River is already at the end of the mountain range, but it takes countless hours and grains to pass through the slippery mountains in winter.

Even if Liyang has endless military rations, there are not enough people to accompany Tai Shici on his adventure.

Tai Shici's only way now is to borrow from Long Xiang's territory, then detour to the eastern foot of Jiangjunling, and then detour back to Lu'an to contain Zhang Liao.

The only way is to do this, and Tai Shi Ci needs to march at night to avoid the sight of the sentries on the General's Ridge, and he can't carry baggage, and the follow-up grain and grass also need to be provided by Lu Meng.

Tai Shi Ci looked at Yu Tu and fell into deep thought, since he saw Long Xiang's methods last time, he knew that this person was not an idle person.

Hearing that Long Xiang and Zhang Liao were old acquaintances, Tai Shici was worried that the other party would see his intentions and deliberately obstruct Lu Meng's attack plan to fail.

The current situation in Huainan is simple, once Shouchun is successfully occupied by Lü Meng, Hefei will be completely surrounded by Jiangdong, obviously that is not the result that Long Xiang is willing to see.

Tai Shi Ci frowned, hesitated and fell into deep thought, and he didn't even notice that Deputy General Zhao Fan had entered the room.

"General, Song Qian has been sent to the post house to settle down, and I specially asked the post officer to entertain him with gruel, and let him taste the taste of hunger."

"Hehe, you, you."

Tai Shi Ci turned around and pointed at Zhao Fan and smiled, then frowned and asked: "If we want to rush to the north of Lu'an by surprise, we can only borrow from Long Yunqi's jurisdiction, do you think he can see Lu Meng's plan?" ”

Zhao Fan shook his head lightly: "It's hard to say, the main thing is that Lu Zijing is wise." ”

"If you can be recognized, you will be in trouble"

Tai Shi Ci frowned, but Zhao Fan didn't care.

"The general is treated so poorly, why should he care so much about the success or failure of the war? You and I don't know Lu Meng, even if he successfully lays down Shouchun, how much credit can he take from us? The general thinks it's good to do your best, and there's something else for you to decide. ”

"What?" Tai Shi Ci looked curious.

Zhao Fanyan said: "Just now, the last general took Song Qian back to the post house, let us bring all the 4,000 garrisons in Liyang, although more than 1,000 soldiers can contain Zhang Liao, but it is impossible for Liyang not to leave troops to garrison, and the wives and children of the soldiers are all in the city."

"Don't bother with it, Liyang has neither the surname Song nor the surname Lu."

"Yui."

(End of chapter)