Pan Zhang, with the remnants of the soldiers, fled to Chaohu in embarrassment.

Tired and hungry on the way, Pan Zhang's troops plundered several wine shops near the lake.

Fortunately, there were watchtowers next to each liquor store, and after the first two liquor stores were looted, the personnel of the nearby liquor stores were evacuated one after another.

In the end, there were 36 rest stations in the north of Chaohu Lake, and nearly 200 shopkeepers, men, and lookouts totaled nearly 200 people, all of whom fled to Hefei together.

Since Hefei did not form a formal naval army, nor did he send troops to the rest stations to garrison it, Long Xiang once ordered to evacuate immediately in case of danger, and people were more important to him than money.

In addition, such a good thing as the clairvoyant mirror, Long Xiang did not send it to the Chaohu Lake Watchtower, he would rather build a few more towers by the lake to make up for the view, rather than put the 'cutting-edge technology' in danger.

The sudden change of personnel in the lakeside wine shop also attracted the attention of Lu Meng on the boat.

Seeing the crowd on the shore running in a panic, he immediately sent Sima Xu Sheng from another department to take a fast boat to explore in the opposite direction along the shore of the lake.

Lü Meng speculated that these people were frightened, and that there might be thieves in the east.

Half a day later, Xu Sheng led his troops back.

He found out the cause of the commotion on the shore and brought back the initiators, Pan Zhang and Song Qian.

Looking at Pan Zhang and Song Qian's embarrassed appearance, Lu Meng's heart tightened and felt bad.

Xu Sheng took Pan Zhang and Song Qian to board the main ship to resume their lives, and the three of them had just boarded the deck from the escalator, Pan Zhang rushed forward with an arrow step, and then knelt down on one knee with his fists in his fists and pleaded guilty.

"The Grand Governor, the end will be guilty."

"Why is Wen Jue like this? The sky can't fall, and something gets up to speak. ”

Lu Meng was already mentally prepared, he glanced at Song Qian with a serious expression, and then stepped forward to help Pan Zhang.

But Pan Zhang didn't want to get up, and he didn't dare to look directly at Lu Meng, so he still lowered his head and replied: "The last general failed to take Liyang, but broke many soldiers and horses, and Ma Zhong was also trapped in the city, and his life and death were uncertain, so please punish most of the governors." ”

Lu Meng frowned and looked at Song Qian and asked, "What's going on?" Could it be that Tai Shixiang saw through the scheme? Are you being held back from the city? It's not right, why is Ma Zhong trapped in the city again? ”

"The Governor has said much."

Song Qian nodded and clenched his fists and replied: "Actually, we have won the city gate, but on the way into the city, the defenders suddenly attacked for some reason, and we started a fierce battle with the defenders. ”

"Now that the gates have been opened, there is no high damage to storm the city, and your strength is three times that of the defenders, why are you still defeated?"

Lu Meng looked at Song Qian incredulously, as if he was blaming the two of them for not doing their job well.

Song Qian embarrassedly explained: "Most of the governors don't know, even if the defenders of Liyang rely on their familiarity with the terrain and engage in fierce street battles with us, it is our side that has an overwhelming advantage, but in the middle of the battle, a large group of soldiers and horses suddenly came from behind, and its troops were much more than ours, so Wen Jue had to order a breakthrough and retreat."

Lu Meng hurriedly asked: "Taishi enjoys reinforcements?" Who are their leading generals? ”

"I don't know if it's reinforcements, but after they entered the city, they didn't declare war and killed people when they saw them, and Wen Jue and I didn't know."

Seeing that Song Qian explained almost the same, Pan Zhang raised his fists above his head again, and said in a sonorous voice: "Please punish the crime in the capital." ”

Lu Meng frowned and glanced at Pan Zhang, and said in his heart No wonder you have to kneel down, it turns out that you don't even know who your opponent is, so it's really embarrassing to be confused.

The forces close to Liyang, in addition to Longxiang in Hefei in the west, are left Chen Lan in Quanjiao in the north, and Sun Yi in Danyang on the other side of the river in the east.

Lü Meng's fleet was guarding the Chaohu Lake, and he did not find that the soldiers and horses of Hefei were moving eastward, so he first ruled out the suspicion of Long Xiang.

There are two suspects left, Chen Lan and Sun Yi, Lu Meng hopes that it is Chen Lan in his heart, after all, Sun Yi's identity is really sensitive, and it is only appropriate for Sun Quan to deal with it personally.

Chen Lan once wanted to join Jiangdong, but perhaps because Sun Cao fought in Huainan, Jiangdong's performance was not satisfactory, so he did not mention returning to Jiangdong again.

In the past two years, Chen Lan has been entrenched in Quanjiao and Fuling, and has never had a conflict with Tai Shi Ci, even if Tai Shi Ci was besieged last time, he did not take the opportunity to attack Liyang.

Compared with Sun Yi, who secretly communicated with Tai Shici, Chen Lan's motives and suspicions were much smaller, but no matter who was bad for his own good deeds, Lu Meng planned to find out.

Thinking of this, Lu Meng bent down to help Pan Zhang again, and at the same time said with relief: "Since there are reinforcements to join, it is not Wen Qi's crime, you should get up and speak quickly." ”

"Thank you, Governor."

When Pan Zhang heard this, he stood up relaxed, and then hugged his fists and asked for instructions: "If the last general succeeds this time, will the governor of the capital still send troops to Liyang?" Our general Ma Zhong is very clever, and he has not yet used a good arrow, if you can, please try your best to rescue him."

"The enemy of Liyang is bad for me, and I can't go to the main bus if I don't figure it out."

Lu Meng frowned and muttered to himself, and then instructed Xu Sheng: "Wen Xiang, you immediately send someone to Liyang to investigate, first find out the identity of this enemy, and then I will decide whether to raise troops to ask for guilt." ”

"The last general commands."

"Wait a minute."

"The Governor still has orders?"

Xu Sheng turned around and was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Lu Meng, and he hurriedly turned around and hugged his fists to ask for instructions.

"Why did the people from the liquor shop on the shore flee, did you find out the reason just now?"

"Forehead General"

Xu Sheng was reluctant to answer, but his eyes glanced at Pan Zhang, intentionally or unintentionally, and Lu Meng understood his meaning by observing his words, and then waved his hand to signal the other party to leave.

Seeing Xu Sheng leave the deck, Lu Meng turned around and stared directly at Pan Zhang, and asked solemnly, "Tell me, what have you done?" Scared away the guys at the liquor store. ”

"The soldiers were hungry on the march, and they happened to pass by a few wine shops by the lake, so the last general made some food and drink informally, but only killed five or six resisting boys."

Pan Zhang's nature is debauched and loves to drink, he used to help Jiangdong crusade against the Shanyue rebellion, either on credit or robbing the people of wine and food, but because of his combat bravery, Sun Quan loved him, this little problem no one cured his crime.

Lu Meng frowned after hearing this, and reminded in a deep voice: "These wine shops belong to Hefei, if Long Xiang is investigated, I'm afraid you will have to lose some money and property."

Pan Zhang disagreed, and asked: "I just killed a few Qianshou and used some wine and food in the store, Long Xiang took the throne of Sun Bohai (Sun He) Lujiang too defended, and the lord didn't ask him to ask for guilt, Long Xiang shouldn't be so stingy, right?" ”

"Who knows, anyway, you'll be more restrained in the future"

Lu Meng shook his head and sighed, during his previous period of moving bricks in Hefei, he learned that Long Xiang, who was 'unambitious', was very kind to the people under his rule, and it was hard to say whether he would be angry about this matter.

Pan Zhang's things can be big or small, and Lu Meng is very hesitant to explain to Long Xiang.

If you don't explain, it is very likely to cause the situation to ferment and provoke Long Xiang to fight with him.

took the initiative to explain, but it seemed that Lu Meng had a timid personality, and the dignified governor could not be too humble, and trivial matters were not worth his appearance.

Lu Meng pondered for a long time, but finally chose not to explain, his current focus is on Liyang.

(End of chapter)