Han Xiang

Chapter 208 Unbelievable Behavior
Xiang'an belongs to Lujiang County. It is located in the southeast of Chaohu Lake. It is a small county in the northeast corner of Lujiang River. It has a small population and is not very conspicuous in itself, but suddenly there is a large number of troops. Li Shu's actions are interesting.

Li Shu was appointed as the prefect of Lujiang, focusing on the southern part of Lujiang River and the surrounding area of ​​Wan County.

Since Sun Ce left only [-] garrisons, Li Shu deliberately moved the people of Shu County to the south to prevent conflicts with Long Xiang, who defeated Sun Ce.

Before Sun Ce attacked Hefei, Long Xiang moved all the people of Zhengbao in the south of Chaohu Lake to Hefei.

The two sides moved south and north, and the vast land in the south of Chaohu Lake was flat and fertile but uncultivated, and became a strategic buffer zone full of weeds.

Chaohu Lake in the middle of Huainan is a natural dividing line, physically separating Lujiang River and Hefei.

Hefei's surveillance of the Lujiang River focused on Shu County in the south. If the fishing boats of the cavalry battalion hadn't accidentally discovered it, Li Shu's army had almost escaped the surveillance.

Long Xiang was very sensitive to the military mobilization around Chaohu Lake. While he ordered the cavalry battalion to continue to monitor and report, he sent someone to invite Lu Su to come to the Sima Mansion for discussion.

There was no news of the envoy Sun Quan sent to Xudu, and the imperial court did not issue an appointment edict. Although many people had already called Long Xiang the captain, he was not in a hurry to change his name.

Although autumn has entered at this time, the heat of midsummer has not retreated.

Zhang Fei had no military training tasks during this period, and temporarily acted as Longxiang's guard.

Long Xiang was at the mansion to design drawings for the new city, and Zhang Fei stayed at Jun Sima's mansion to escape the heat.

Looking at those dense lines and strange symbols on them, Zhang Fei's mind was like a mess.

Originally lazy and sluggish, when he suddenly heard the urgent military situation, Zhang Fei stood up like an electric shock, and his energy was satisfied at once.

"Yun Qi, is there going to be a war?"

"It depends on what Li Shu means. If we dare to attack Hefei and Junqiu, we should use our swords."

Sun Ce's attack on Hefei Longxiang and not being able to defend it is a basic respect for the three characters of "Little Overlord" and the disparity in military strength.

If a cat or dog like Li Shu brings thousands of people to provoke him, Long Xiang doesn't mind letting him have a long memory.

In addition, the temperature this summer is far higher than in previous years. The high temperature has caused a significant reduction in grain production, and Hefei has even suffered some losses.

Right now is the time for autumn planting and raising seedlings, and Long Xiang does not want the impact of the war to delay farming.

Zhang Fei came to Hefei for several months, and it was the first time he saw Long Xiang so domineering.

After being stunned for a moment, he nodded in affirmation: "Well said, if you should use your sword, you should use your sword. There are many people in the world who bully the weak and fear the strong. I can't wait until the autumn seeding is over, and I don't know how many soldiers I can recruit."

"Junqiu now has less than [-] households in total. It would be good to recruit one or two thousand. Don't think too little of Yide." Long Xiang vaccinated Zhang Fei in advance.

Zhang Fei knew in his heart that there were not many people in Junqiu before, and Long Xiang moved thousands of poor people to Hefei to farm, so more than a thousand people could meet his psychological expectations.

After all, more than a thousand people couldn't fight a war, so Zhang Fei smiled and asked Long Xiang to discuss it.

"Yunqi, I think the people outside Hefei city alone are estimated to have exceeded the total population of Junqiu. Can't I pick some in Hefei? It takes too long to build a new city, so don't be in a hurry."

Long Xiang said earnestly and earnestly: "Conscripting soldiers is easy but raising soldiers is difficult. It is not a problem to recruit [-] young and strong men outside the city, but the key is that they will kill the enemy with a knife and who will farm with a hoe? If there is no food, you can't go out to grab it, right?
Today’s summer harvest is relatively poor. Generally, there will be severe floods after a severe drought, and it is unlikely to be a good year in the coming year. Although there is grain in the Hefei Guancang, we have to plan our lives.”

"Hey, I didn't think about it that much"

Zhang Fei scratched his head and smiled innocently: "In Xuzhou before, the food and grass were all the elder brother's worries."

Long Xiang said solemnly: "Don't worry, Yide, if there is food in Hefei, you can attract refugees. There are still some days before you go to find the envoy, and you will surely be able to gather thousands of soldiers. We are not in a hurry."

"Okay." Zhang Fei nodded slightly.

After Long Xiang comforted Zhang Fei, he turned around and found the map of Huainan, laid it on the table and waited for Lu Su.

Not long after, Lu Su hurried into the mansion and entered the hall.

He bowed briefly to Long Xiang and Zhang Fei, and then sat down at the table where the map was spread.

As soon as Lu Su sat down, Long Xiang asked like a cannonball: "Zijing, what do you mean by Li Shu? Why did he send troops to Xiang'an for no reason? Could it be possible to attack Liyang in the north (now Hexian County, Anhui Province)?" )?"

"How many people are there?" Lu Su didn't answer directly.

Long Xiang shook his head lightly: "Our patrol boats are far away, and we haven't counted them clearly yet. It is roughly estimated that there are several thousand."

"Thousands of people? If you want to fight Liyang, why don't you take the waterway? Impossible."

Lu Su asked and answered by himself, then pointed to the map and added: "Look carefully at Yunqi, even though Lujiang County has a large area, half of the west side is Dabie Mountain (Dabie Mountain), and the north side is occupied by Chen Lan, Lei Xu and others;

Li Shu actually controls only the south of Lujiang River, the narrow area between the two mountains. If he attacks Liyang and breaks openly with Jiangdong, even if he wins, he will never be able to defend it. Liyang is too far away from Wan County, the governing place."

Long Xiang nodded in agreement: "Zijing's analysis is very reasonable, but since he didn't go to fight Liyang, he wouldn't be full and go to Xiang'an to play, right?"

"I can't figure out Li Shu's intentions. In short, Sun Ce can't beat Hefei with tens of thousands of people, and he won't hit a stone with a few thousand people."

Lu Su stopped halfway, and suddenly exclaimed: "I once talked with Zhang Zibu, Sun Ce only left three thousand soldiers for Li Shu last year, and now there are thousands of soldiers in Xiang'an. Li Shu's behavior is really Incredible."

Long Xiang put forward a hypothesis: "Maybe there was a sudden increase in troops? In the past two months, there were many refugees who fled to Wan County on the other side. Li Shu has a basis for increasing troops."

Lu Su asked without hesitation: "If Li Shu suddenly increases his troops, where will his rations come from? Sun Ce has scraped the Lujiang River last year."

"Army rations."

Long Xiang frowned and pondered, and continued to assume: "Could it be brought by Jiangdong refugees?"

"Refugees bring military rations? Yun Qi, you really dare to think, they can't eat enough for themselves, and it would be good if they don't eat Lujiang's rations. How could they give it to Li Shu?"

Zhang Fei listened for a long time, and finally got involved in the topic.

Lu Su was originally twirling his beard, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "Yun Qi's hypothesis is probably true, those refugees fled to Jiangbei in an organized way, there must be someone from Jiangdong insider to provide convenience, and then provide some military rations There is nothing wrong with that.”

Zhang Fei frowned and sighed: "It seems that Jiangdong is really troubled internally and externally, and Sun Quan is really miserable."

Long Xiang did not respond to Zhang Fei, but continued to ask Lu Su: "Since there is a source of food, it is reasonable for Li Shu to increase his troops. Guess what he wants to do? This march can be described as quiet."

"There is no reason for Li Shu's move. We can only wait and see, but let the sentry continue to monitor and reconnaissance."

"Don't worry Zijing, Cao Xing has experience."

Long Xiang nodded slightly, and suddenly asked, "Will Li Shu come to fight Hefei or Junqiu?"

"The number of this side division is too small, Yun Qi can send people to monitor in the direction of Shu County, if there are more troops in the future, it may be possible."

After Lu Su frowned, he waved his hands and replied firmly: "It's even more difficult to fight Junqiu, it's impossible."

(End of this chapter)