Zhuge Jin suddenly stopped after hearing this, and looked at Long Xiang with a curious expression.

"Didn't General Shicai say that? Let's help Uncle Huang is to help ourselves, it's the so-called cold lips and teeth."

"Haha, that's for Zibu and Zigang."

Long Xiang didn't wait for Zhuge Jin to ask, and hurriedly leaned over and whispered softly: "Actually, like Brother Ling, I am a soldier under the command of Uncle Huang. ”

"What?"

Zhuge Jin exclaimed, and then immediately covered his mouth with both hands, "How is this possible?" ”

"Don't hide it from Ziyu, I'm earlier than Brother Ling."

Long Xiang smiled mysteriously, and then added: "This secret, few people know, do you know what my intention is to tell you now?" ”

"The general wants me."

Zhuge Jin paused, and quickly came to his senses, "Do you want me to help you watch Jiangdong?" ”

Long Xiang smiled and nodded affirmatively: "Ziyu is worthy of being Kong Ming's brother, I can make sense of whatever I want to say, although Jiangdong has gradually stabilized, it is not excluded that there are still people who want to the Sun family;

And the people of Danyang are fierce, and there are often princes who come to recruit troops in the past, I am afraid that someone will take advantage of my and Zijing's absence to recruit troops in Danyang to make trouble, you must be cautious as a Danyang county prince. ”

"Danyang has Zhu Taishou, there shouldn't be a problem."

Zhuge Jin didn't finish speaking, and was picked up by Long Xiang again.

"Although Zhu Junli was not killed by me, but Zhu Ran counted it on my head, then the Zhu family is a Danyang wealthy family, do you think his people will be instigated? Zhu Xiumu is in the light and in the dark, and it is right to have an extra pair of eyes. ”

"I can save it."

When Zhuge Jin heard this, his admiration for Long Xiang increased a few points, and he said in his heart that he was really all-encompassing, no wonder Sun Quan was not an opponent.

Long Xiang arranged the tactics and logistics properly, and sent additional details to infiltrate the Central Plains to find out the intelligence.

As long as there was empty information from Xu Du, Long Xiang would send troops to harass him, while Lu Su would lead the fleet out of Misu first.

At the end of August, hundreds of warships sailed westward and appeared in a section of the waters of Chaisang.

He Qi, the general stationed in Pengze, and Sun Yu, who stayed in Chaisang, were both shocked and couldn't keep their mouths together.

They successively sent people to Nanchang to report to Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan would summon Lü Meng back.

However, Lü Meng sent troops for half a month, and it is likely that he has already handed over Guan Yu, and Lu Su occupies the waterway of the Yangtze River, and Sun Quan is beyond his reach if he wants to recall.

Sun Quan likes to pinch soft persimmons, and Lu Meng is also influenced by it for a long time.

Although the troops were sent from Chaisang early, they marched to Liqiu, forty miles southeast of Xiangyang, and ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate.

With Cai Mao's Xiangyang Navy in front, Lü Meng felt that coming here was a strong reputation, but he didn't want to end up watching from the sidelines, so he asked Jiang Qin to lead 3,000 people as the vanguard to go to the waters of Xiangyang to contact and investigate, and asked Cai Mao to provide them with military supplies.

Cao Cao once said in advance that if Sun Quan sent troops to assist, Xiangyang would provide the military needs.

When Lü Meng went out of Chaisang, he deliberately brought less food for the soldiers, that is, he calculated that Jiang Qin would go to Xiangyang to ask for food, whether it was through the hands of Guan Yu or Cai Mao, and he also had to solve problems for Sun Quan.

Jiang Qin was ordered to go to Xiangyang to ask for grain, only to find that Cai Mao was not in the city, and at this time he was in charge of Zhangling Taishou Kuaiyue.

After a brief greeting, Jiang Qin learned that Cao Ren led the army south, Guan Yu personally led the navy back to Wancheng, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun led the navy to pursue.

Kuai Yue asked Jiang Qin about his intentions, secretly thinking that Lu Meng looked ugly when he ate, and he came to ask for food without contribution, and looked down on Sun Quan and Lu Meng a little in his heart, and teased:

"General Jiang, please reply to Governor Lü, Kuai is actively preparing, but it will take time to transfer grain and grass, so it is better for you to go north first to help the war, and it is not too late to return to the division and labor army."

"Kuai Taishou let Jiang return empty-handed?" Jiang Qin frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"I really didn't expect that."

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and asked Jiang Qin: "It's not the first time that Governor Lu has led the troops, didn't he go on the expedition without bringing enough food?" It is impossible to accomplish such a use of soldiers."

Jiang Qin's face turned red when he was scared, and he didn't want to do errands and be humiliated, but Lu Meng insisted on choosing himself, thinking that he was sophisticated and calm and could do it well.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Qin made an excuse and asked sharply: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng has spoken first, promising that all our military supplies will be from Jingzhou, and Kuai Taishou doesn't want to admit it?" ”

"Definitely."

Kuai Yue shook his head and said: "Jingzhou will not be attached to the intention of rebelling against the prime minister, I just said that it is being transported, if you are really waiting for the rice to go to the pot, it is better to go north to chase General Cai, you can find him to share some food for emergency relief, and Xiangyang will send it immediately after the preparation is complete." ”

"Okay."

Jiang Qin only asked for a word and left.

Lu Meng didn't blame him when he heard this, and after comforting and encouraging him, he asked him to find Cai Mao, and still gave three thousand sailors.

Jiang Qin, a dignified general, was always arranged to do errand work, but he couldn't refuse, which made him, a veteran of the army, very depressed in his heart.

As the so-called military order is like a mountain, Lu Meng killed Jiang Qin in public, so he could only go north.

Jiang Qin left the group for food for the second time, standing on the bow of the boat and letting the river breeze blow on his face.

It was still very hot at the turn of summer and autumn, and the river breeze could blow away the boredom instinctively, but it couldn't blow the wind and frost on Jiang Qin's face, and those wind and frost were mixed with thoughts.

Jiang Qin's joy and anger were written on his face, and the guards around him did not dare to provoke, only Jiang Yi, the eldest son of the army, stepped forward to worry.

"Lu Meng Pifu deceives people too much, as you are an old general in the army, how can he be like a little guy?"

"Yi'er said carefully, this is the order of the governor of the capital, how can he not obey the father?"

After Jiang Qin replied sternly, he made an excuse for Lu Meng: "Besides, he wants to lead the main force to attack Fancheng, and we will go north to ask for food."

"We didn't carry siege equipment, what did he do to capture Fancheng? At the beginning, he commanded 100,000 soldiers and did not take Hefei, but now there are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses."

Jiang Yi complained on his own boat, not afraid that someone would tell Lu Meng.

Jiang Qin frowned after hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "We sent troops just to contain it, at this time there are only 3,000 defenders in Fancheng, Lu Ziming should focus on intimidation, and not necessarily really attack the city, it is good to be able to take Fancheng, and it is okay if you don't take it."

"So it's not that we stay out of the matter, I'm afraid it's him who stays out of the matter."

Jiang Yi snorted coldly and reminded Jiang Qin: "Father, have you noticed that Lu Meng seems to be targeting you a little recently?" ”

Jiang Qin asked: "Ziming respects me a lot, don't speculate." ”

"It's not."

Jiang Yi saw that there was no one around, and whispered: "Regarding the rumors about Zhou Dudu and Sun Shubi, the child always feels that there is a certain credibility, otherwise why would Sun Jizuo turn against his brother?" Even Lu Fan and Quan Rou also reversed, did they all fall for Long Xiang's plan? ”

"Yi'er."

Jiang Qin glared at Jiang Yi angrily, and reminded with a serious face: "We have to believe in the lord." ”

"The child originally believed it, but not long ago, my own soldiers went to deliver documents, and I accidentally heard Sun Zhongyi (Sun Yu) guard chewing his tongue, and the two said that Sun Zhongyi had a drunken gaffe, saying that the person recommending the last letter of Zhou Dudu was not Lu Meng, but"

Jiang Yi stopped talking at the end, Jiang Qin hurriedly slapped the deck and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's you, father."

"Me?"

"It's true, but I don't know if it's true."

Seeing that Jiang Qin sat down in despair, Jiang Yi did not continue to complain, but just silently stayed by his side.

(End of chapter)