contend

Chapter 709 Confrontation
Sun Hao didn't want to leave, but Shi Bao was lying down day and night, leading his troops Qian Hong, Yan Xun, and his fifth son Shi Jun to ride eastward with [-] elite soldiers.

Sima Yan made great fanfare in Yiyang and pretended to attack Jiangxia.

Huaixi and Huainan are full of Jin army cavalry, hunting and killing Wu army scouts.

Shi Bao traveled to Liu'an, but Wu Jun still didn't notice it.

At this time, Ding Feng's health was always up and down, and the [-]-part march was slow, and he was still floating in the wet beard water.

Hefei has only 2 troops stationed.

Shi Bao made a decisive decision and went straight to Hefei Xincheng.

The general who guards the city is He Shao, the grandson of He Qi, the Zuodian army of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

But Shi Bao's attack was so fierce that his father and son Shi Jun launched a fierce attack as the vanguard, and he personally raised his sword to supervise the battle.

Shi Jun fought to the death in blood, but the city was fortified, and the Jin army could not defeat him. Shi Jun himself was shot by three arrows and was rescued by Buqu.

But Shi Bao didn't care about human feelings, "Soldiers use their lives, you are my son, how can you spare your life?"

They carried the seriously wounded son to the battlefield.

Shi Bao pointed at Shouchun with his sword and said: "If you can't conquer this city, we will die here with you!"

The [-] Jin army is originally an elite, and they will fight to the death without retreating.

The two generals Qian Hong and Yan Xun took the lead and attacked the city wall several times.

He Shao also led a series of bloody battles, driving the Jin army off the city wall time and time again.

Hefei has been unable to conquer for a long time.

Ding Feng's navy entered Chaohu from the rear, and Sun Hao sent Ding Gu to support them. Seeing that the situation was in dire straits, Shi Bao's reinforcements also arrived.

Xun Xu came with two thousand cavalry and asked himself to be the vanguard.

Shi Bao tried his best and failed to conquer Xincheng. Seeing that Xun Xu took the initiative to invite Ying, he couldn't help being puzzled.

Xun Xu smiled but said nothing.

So far, dead horses can only be treated as living horse doctors.

After all, the strategy of attacking Hefei was first proposed by Xun Xu, and Shi Bao also tried his best to encourage Sima Yan.

The two are grasshoppers on a rope.

If you can't win Hefei, you will lose face in front of Sima Yan.

The competition in Luoyang is too fierce.

The old ones did not go, and the new ones came up again.

In essence, Shi Bao and Xun Xu do not have much conflict of interest. Thinking deeply, the Xun family has a superior status in the Central Plains, and Xun Xu is as shrewd as a ghost in the court. Jing, naturally knew that there must be tricks in it, so he nodded in agreement.

Let Yan Xun be the deputy general, and choose five thousand men who dare to die to attack the city.

Sure enough, as soon as Xun Xu's banner appeared, the resistance in the city weakened a lot, Yan Xun easily attacked the top of the city, and the gate of Hefei was opened somehow.

Shi Bao quickly swung his army to launch a general attack.

The Wu army in the city dispersed and fled from each other, leaving He Shao alone.

He Shao looked up to the sky and sighed, "Isn't it God's will that people's hearts are like this?"

He set fire to the food, grass, ordnance in the city, and fought bloody battles with Sanbaiqu, killing and injuring the Jin army several times, but he was still unable to recover, and finally died under Yan Xun's knife.

Hefei New City then fell into the hands of the Jin army.

A big fire also ignited in Hefei, black smoke filled the sky, and even the sky in Huainan seemed to be blackened...

A flock of disturbed crows flew from Jiangbei to Jiangnan to Jianye.

Zhong Hui's eyes followed the crows and swept to the north of the river. When he was excited, he opened his hands and recited casually: "Qiqi in June, and the military chariots are in order. The four males are in uniform. I was in a hurry. The king went out to conquer the kingdom!"

Zhong Yi stood behind him respectfully.

The confidantes sent back the battle report from the north one by one.

Zhong Hui didn't read any of them.

Don't look, it's because of self-confidence.

"My father and son have been wandering for half their lives, and great things will eventually come to an end!" Zhong Hui said with a smile.

"However, Prime Minister Lu did not allow father to take back the military power!" Zhong Yi said honestly.

"That's wrong. I thought my father was more powerful than Lu Kai, and he didn't give me the military power." Zhong Hui waved his hand back, and a dozen capable men walked out.

The eyes looking at Zhong Hui are full of fanatical brilliance, and the momentum is as heavy as a mountain.

These dead men have been trained by Zhong Hui since they were young. Their martial arts and intelligence are all top choices, and everyone has received Zhong Hui's favor.

"You could have been generals and officials, but it's a pity that you were buried under my hands!" Zhong Hui said with emotion.

No one answered, and everyone's eyes didn't fluctuate at all.

They don't need to answer either.

And these words were not meant for them in the first place.

Although Zhong Yi knew about the existence of these dead men, he had never seen them before, "Father, is he going to assassinate... Prime Minister Lu?"

In Jianye City, the only one who can check and balance Zhonghui is Lu Kai.

Zhong Hui shook his head, "Lu Kai and Lu Kang guard the inside and outside, and don't move lightly. Do you think Lu Kai can really control the father?"

"Of course...not." Zhong Yi felt that he could not keep up with the rhythm.

No matter in terms of prestige or power, Lu Kai has long been unable to suppress Zhong Hui.

So Zhong Hui has always been pretending, in order to appease the hearts of Jiangdong nobles, and also to appease Lu Kang!
However, since it wasn't the assassination of Lu Kai, who would it be?
As soon as Lu Kai was mentioned, his confidant whispered outside the pavilion: "Prime Minister Lu called the Lord to discuss matters!"

Zhong Hui smiled again, "Look, isn't the military power here?"

The dead soldiers retreated one by one as if they knew their mission.

Zhong Yi said worriedly: "This is an extraordinary time. People don't hurt people's hearts, but tigers hurt people's! Call me at this time, I'm afraid there is no good intention!"

The allusion of Hongmen Banquet is well known all over the world.

Jiangdong staged such incidents at every turn, and Zhuge Ke died of this.

In the face of power, everyone will have ambitions.

Get rid of Zhong Hui, and the Lu family will jump up, with Lu Kai inside and Lu Kang outside.

Previously, Lu Kang's unscrupulous annexation of the land of the Shi family and the Bu family in Jingzhou aroused the dissatisfaction of the Jiangdong gentry.

But Lu Kang was able to block Jin's attack, and the Jiangdong gentry turned a blind eye.

Zhong Hui put one hand on the long sword at his waist, and said with a long smile: "I have Yitian in my hand, why should I be afraid of Lu Kai, a scholar? Lu Su went to meet Guan Yu alone, so I should follow suit!"

He only took four or five personal followers and rushed to Lu's residence.

Lu Kai had been waiting for a long time, with a strange look on his face, as if he was worried, helpless, or hesitant, "Shi Bao attacked Hefei, He Shao died in battle, Hefei fell, and His Majesty was surrounded!"

As soon as Zhong Hui took his seat, he immediately jumped up from the soft couch, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in danger!"

Then he walked back and forth anxiously, "This, what should I do?"

"What do Shi Ji think?" Lu Kai was almost seventy years old, and now it was quite difficult to act in front of him.

However, Zhong Hui is also a person who has gone through vicissitudes of life, and he is extremely smart, so the two are evenly matched.

"I'm in a mess, I can't do anything, I hope Duke Lu will save His Majesty with the people of the country in mind!" Zhong Hui not only panicked on his face, but also in his eyes.

Lu Kai couldn't see the clue for a moment.

The hall suddenly fell into silence.

But this silence is the prelude to the storm, two beasts examining each other.

The last secret meeting was just a test, but this time it was Tu Qiongdao who met.

A gust of wind came from the outside, blowing the curtains.

Out of the corner of Zhong Hui's eye, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a knife light behind the curtain, but he remained calm as if he hadn't seen it.

After a long time, Lu Kai coughed, "The only person in Jiangdong who can rival Shi Ji is my younger brother Lu Youjie!"

These words undoubtedly tickled Zhong Hui, and in an instant, Zhong Hui was overjoyed, "I have also admired Dudu Lu for a long time, and I just wish I could see him."

However, Lu Kai changed the subject, "Your Majesty's defeat has seriously damaged Jiangdong's vitality. For the sake of Jiangdong Guozuo, a certain plan is to establish a new monarch. What do you think Shi Ji?"

(End of this chapter)