Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 550
Great Wu Jiahe five years, November.

Sun Quan sat on the desk, rubbed his hands, and opened the lid of the box excitedly.I saw the head wrapped in lime placed in the box, and one could vaguely guess the fear of this person before he died from his ferocious face.

"Haha!" Looking at the head, Sun Quan couldn't help but smile up to the sky, and said: "Han Zong is a thief without a king or a father. He rebelled against my great Wu, brought bandits into the country, harmed my people, and killed my soldiers. Today, I finally conferred the head, which shows that the sky has eyes." what!"

In September, Wen Qin surrendered and leaked Han Zong's itinerary and plans.

Sun Quan thought about it again and again, and sent the former general Zhu Huan to the north to go deep into Huainan County to ambush, and indeed he ambushed Han Zong.Han Zong escorted armor, food and grass, with no more than 2000 soldiers and horses around, and it was difficult to reach Zhu Huan's attack.Although he fought desperately, Zhu Huan had five hundred cavalry from Ma Xian, equipped by Sun Quan. Under Wu Qi's pursuit, Han Zong died and was awarded the head.

And today Zhu Huan had an audience with Sun Quan, presenting the head of Han Zong, and discussing the strategy of the Northern Expedition to Hefei.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the ex-general Yingwu has cut off the evil of my Great Wu." Shizhong Shiyi congratulated me.

Sun Quan waved his hand, ordered the head to be removed, and said with a smile, "The ex-general is truly delighted to have wiped out harm for the country. I should reward you, but I don't know what you want?"

Zhu Huan smiled, cupped his hands and said, "My Majesty, I am sixty years old, and money is nothing more than possessions outside of me, and I have nothing to ask for from officials and ranks. Now I only hate my ministers for not being able to make meritorious deeds, and taking the land in the north of the Yangtze River to repay Your Majesty. Therefore, if Your Majesty wants to make a Northern Expedition , I would like to unite the army alone, charge forward for His Majesty, and expand the territory."

Zhu Huan considered himself superior, was ashamed to be inferior to others, and didn't like to be restrained by others, so his greatest hope was to unify the army by himself and conquer Cao Wei in the north.

Sun Quan stroked his beard and said, "I'm afraid that you are old and lack energy, and it will be inconvenient to lead the army alone to fight against Wei."

Hearing this, Zhu Huan's face was not very good-looking, and he said: "Your Majesty, Lian Po can eat a bucket of rice, ten catties of meat, and mount a horse with armor in his seventies. This minister is only sixty years old, and the food he eats is far away from Lian Po. Why can't he eat it?" For your majesty to punish the thieves. I would like to issue a military order. If the thieves are ineffective, I will present the head to your majesty to rectify the military law."

Sun Quan saw that Zhu Huan had come to this point, and thought that he was brave and had made great contributions to Wei Duo. He promised, "Since you said this, I am very happy. In the Northern Expedition next year, I will lead the army. You will be the vanguard of the army. How about I charge to open up the ground?"

Zhu Huan was overjoyed and said, "I will live up to your majesty's trust."

Shi Yi was silent for a while, then cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think there is something strange about Wen Qin's surrender. Next year I will lead the army to the north, fearing Wang Ling's tricks, so I will repeat my big Wu's trick of luring Cao Xiu."

Zhou bream made money to win Cao Xiu, and Dongwu defeated Cao Wei in Shiting. As the person in charge of seducing Cao Xiu, Yi still has a say.Although he has no evidence, according to his intuition, Wenqin may follow Zhou Bian's feigned surrender.

Zhu Huan's face moved slightly, and he said in displeasure: "How can it be false that Wen Qin's surrender? He leaked Jiangbei's defenses, and also revealed Han Zong's whereabouts with our country. Now Han Zong's head is here. Dare I ask if he is a servant, how can I explain it?" ?”

Shi Yi moved her lips and fell silent.If Wen Qin was a false surrender, then they were too ruthless. At the beginning, Zhou Bing was just a false surrender, and Cao Wei used the life of general Han Zong to lure the army to go north, which is a bit unbelievable.

As for Han Zong's fake head, it is impossible. After all, Han Zong, as a general of Soochow Wu, has been seen by most people, so it is difficult to fake his head.

After a little hesitation, Shi Yi remonstrated and said: "Your Majesty, Wen Qin's fraudulent surrender must be guarded against. It is not impossible to defeat our army with Han Zong's life against Wei. Your Majesty can change to Cao Rui to think about this matter, and use the traitor general His Majesty can decide whether it is worth it or not, to carry out the task of destroying the army?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Sun Quan thought about it.According to what Shi Yi said, from his point of view, it is really possible to sell one person in exchange for the opportunity to defeat the enemy.

But just thinking for a while, Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "How can the world's affairs be judged by speculation? Now that the north has not yet been unified, Wen Qin's letter has surrendered, and he has already told the secrets of the military family. How can we look forward to the future?" .Now raise up troops to meet them, conquer Hefei, and march into Shouchun."

After a pause, Sun Quan said: "Your words are also prudent opinions, and I will accept them. In the Northern Expedition next year, the former general will be the vanguard and the army will be behind. If Wen Qin is cheating, there will be a large army behind. , Withdrawing troops will be a breeze."

Shi Yi lowered her head slightly, cupped her hands and said: "I am not talented in commanding the army. It is difficult to tell the depth of military matters. If there is any deviation in what I said, I hope your Majesty will forgive me."

Sun Quan didn't care, but said to the core ministers of Soochow: "In the first month of next year, most of the defenders in Hefei City will return to Luoyang to rest. Therefore, after the ministers retire, they should quickly gather their troops and prepare for war. This time, I will lead a group of [-] people, divide the troops into three groups, and unite with the Shu Han to attack against Wei."

"No!" Everyone responded.

When everyone was discussing the Northern Expedition, Xie Hong approached Sun Quan and spoke in a low voice.Sun Quan's face changed slightly, he squinted at Lu Yi, and asked Xie Hong to bring him in.

I saw the door of the palace opened, and Liu Zhu, a Dian army official under Zhu Ju, walked in under the guidance of his attendants.

After saluting, Liu Zhu stood at the bottom of the steps, waiting for Sun Quan's question.

Sun Quan sized Liu Zhu up a few times and asked, "I heard that you know about General Zuo's embezzlement of military pay. I wonder if it's true?"

Liu Zhu took a deep breath and said, "My Majesty, the [-] military pay was not embezzled by General Zuo, but the craftsman Wang Sui's fraudulent embezzlement. School Lu Dian tortured the person in charge of the military pay just to frame General Zuo. General Zuo is benevolent. The innocent were tortured, and they were buried just now."

As he said that, Liu Zhu explained in detail how the craftsman Wang Sui committed fraud and corruption, and said that Wang Sui buried more than [-] mins of Daquan money in the ground at home, which can be easily obtained if they are dug.

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yi's face in the crowd paled instantly. He couldn't understand the details of the present, how did the little Dianjun official Liu Zhu know.

Lu Yi glanced at Shizhong Shiyi, Prime Minister Gu Yong, former general Zhu Huan and other ministers who had been framed by him or had entanglements with him in the crowd, and closed his eyes.Undoubtedly, these few powerful and high-ranking officials of the Jiangdong clan must have secretly planned and acted, otherwise Liu Zhu would have no way of knowing the details.

Sure enough, it was Yijin who said: "Your Majesty, I have something to do. The school's Lv Yi was killed by the former Jian'an prefect Zheng Zhou because of his followers breaking the law. Hell, causing His Majesty to be deceived. This minister was lucky enough to know that it was reported to His Majesty, thinking that His Majesty was aware of this matter."

Sun Quan, who was sitting in the seat, did not expect that the hidden secrets were so deep. Looking at Lv Yi with a remorseful face, he knew that the matter was probably true.At the beginning, I blamed Zhu Ju many times for this, and I was very annoyed seeing Zhu Ju who couldn't defend himself.

Now that he knew the truth, he was very embarrassed, and turned to hate Lu Yi even more. He didn't expect that the tool he used to suppress the gentry would actually deceive him and back him.

Thinking of Zhu's power in the army, and Zhu Huan's upcoming role as the vanguard of the Northern Expedition, Sun Quan said with emotion: "General Zuo can be wronged, let alone ordinary officials and common people!"

"Send an order to thoroughly investigate Lu Yi's crimes. If you can be wronged, you can report it quickly. Give the military official Liu Zhu 100 million as a reward."

"Thank you, Your Majesty~" Liu Zhu replied respectfully.

(End of this chapter)