Han Xiang

Chapter 440

The hatred between Li Dian and Zhang Liao actually came from the old master Lu Bu.

Back then when Lü Bu attacked Yanzhou, the Li family, as a powerful family in Jiyin, refused to serve Lv Bu. Li Dian's uncle Li Gan and many Li family members were killed by Lv Bu's generals Xue Lan and Li Feng.

Li Dian was originally elegant, studious and humble, but he had a blood feud with the Lu Bu Group.

After the death of his brother Li Zheng, Li Dian took over his army and became the new patriarch of the Li family at the same time;
Zhang Liao was captured and killed in Lu Bu, and took over his army with a group of surrendered generals, but Zhang Liao was a general under his command, so he became the leader of the remnant of Lu Bu.

The old leaders of the two families are no longer there. Although the new leaders Li Dian and Zhang Liao are ministers in the same palace, the hatred in their hearts has not been resolved.

As the victim, Li Dian has been confronting Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao's EQ is very high, and he usually either tolerates or avoids it. He was left in Huainan by Cao Cao as the main general, and he didn't want Xu Du to hear the voice of disunity, which would make him appear incompetent.

It doesn't matter if Li Dian talked about other things, but Zhang Liao felt very annoyed by bringing out Lu Bu.

Li Dian was taken aback by Zhang Liao's shout, and Liu Fu who was beside him was worried that the battle between the two generals would escalate, and he didn't want to see him fighting in the same room, so he quickly changed the topic to talk about the matter between the two.

"Both generals calmed down. The damage to the rice fields is irreparable. Let's analyze and clarify the facts so that we can report the truth to Sikong."

"I haven't caught a single tongue, how can I clarify the facts?"

Although Li Dian's tone softened a bit, the soft knife was still alluding to Zhang Liao's inaction.

Seeing Zhang Liao's efforts to restrain himself, Liu Fu hurriedly replied, "Just as Mancheng said, let's use motives to deduce."

"motivation?"

Li Dian shook his head straight: "Sun Quan suffered a big loss in Huainan last year, Jiangdong should be the first choice in terms of motive, but Jiangdong only has one city left in Huainan, how dare Tai Shi's kind soldiers dare to mess around?
In addition, Long Xiang served as the prefect of Lujiang, and opened a business route with Xu Du, so he had no motive to cause trouble. As for grassroots bandits like Mei Cheng and Chen Lan, they had no reason to pluck the tiger's beard, so the motive was not feasible. "

Liu Fu stroked his beard and smiled, and asked back: "Actually, that's not always the case. Since Mancheng mentioned Chen Lan, he should know his motive for destroying the land?"

Li Dian frowned and replied, "You say you want to vote for Jiangdong, so why don't you give Sun Quan a vote?"

"That's right." Liu Fu Zheng nodded: "Chen Lan can go to get the vote certificate, so can't Mei Cheng get it? Last year, there was a lot of rain in Huainan, and there were many floods in the western mountains. I guess he can't stay in Yanshan anymore." .”

"If so"

Li Dian stroked his beard thoughtfully, Zhang Liao glanced at him and muttered to himself.

"Who are we recruiting to provoke whom? How can we use the certificate of merit to destroy the land? And Mei Cheng must vote for the certificate? Can't he just vote?"

"Hmph, there are so many questions. Since you don't know anything, why don't you grab your tongue? The military strength was too disparate at that time?"

"Cough cough."

Seeing that Li Dian was starting another war, Liu Fu coughed twice and began to analyze.

"Mei Cheng lures and kills the governor Yan Wenze for personal gain, and let Li Shu put the blame on Sun Quan. Now that he has nowhere to go to Jiangdong, he should bring some greetings."

It was because of Yan Xiang's killing that Liu Fu had the opportunity to serve as the governor of Yangzhou. He knew the situation back then better than Zhang Liao and Li Dian.

Zhang Liao squinted his eyes, stroked his beard and said, "All Yuan Ying's analysis seems to point to Mei Cheng, but this person is a grassroots bandit after all. I don't believe he is so good at using troops. It is said that there are many talents in Hefei, and it is Long Xiang. the most reasonable talents”

"General Zhang seems to have forgotten my analysis. Long Xiang has neither backing nor family background. He has been passively defending all these years. He can't think of any benefits for him to be our enemy. Why is General Zhang so afraid of this person?"

Faced with Li Dian's question, Zhang Liao didn't answer directly, because he couldn't see through Long Xiang, just like he couldn't see the bottom of an abyss, which was so mysterious that it made people shudder.

"Long Yunqi was born in a trilogy, and in just a few years he has become the dominant player in Huainan. Even the lord does not dare to underestimate him. General Li defended Shouchun last year, so of course we don't know how powerful he is."

"There's no point in being suspicious." Li Dian pursed his lips, stroked his beard and said seriously, "It's not easy to hear that Taishi Ci was not easy. In the past, Sun Ce took a lot of effort to regain it. He was a general who was quite capable of using troops. Maybe he brought Mei Cheng with him. Destroy the fields."

"Mancheng's words are reasonable." Liu Fu nodded in agreement: "I heard that Sun Quan is attacking Jiangxia, may he send troops to harass, or prevent us from leading troops south?"

Seeing Liu Fu talking about war on paper, Zhang Liao couldn't help shaking his head.

"Shouchun doesn't have a single warship. Even if Tai Shici lets us go, how can we cross the Yangtze River? Swim across?"

"Ah this."

Liu Fu was stunned speechless.

Li Dian saw that Zhang Liao would only deny it, so he sneered and teased: "Instead of guessing here and there, why not lead the troops to chase after him, just catch one or two tongues, and everything will come to light?"

After hearing this, Liu Fu hurriedly reminded: "It is said that the poor should not chase after, and Shouchun also needs to be defended."

Li Dian squinted at Zhang Liao, and then smiled slightly at Liu Fu: "According to what we have learned before, Mei Cheng only has a few thousand people in Yanshan. Does it take all the garrison in Shouchun to chase after us? Isn't there us on Jiangjun Ridge?" A sentry post? If there is an enemy coming from the direction of Hefei, I can defend Shouchun with my troops."

"Is this okay? Sikong only told us to stick to it, and didn't tell us to take the initiative to attack."

Zhang Liao interrupted Liu Fu and said solemnly: "Yuan Ying doesn't need to say too much, what General Li said is not bad, just guessing won't help the matter. When I lead the troops to kill Mount Yun, I will know whether it is Mei Cheng."

After hearing this, Liu Fu hurriedly cupped his hands and advised: "Wen Yuan think twice, that mountain is not easy to walk."

"Since General Li can defend Hefei, how can Zhang Liao be cowardly and cowardly? There is nothing to fear from mere thieves in the Yanshan Mountain. Meicheng burned boats and burned food in Yushui last year. I wanted to count new and old grudges with this guy. Calculate."

"Burning Boats and Burning Food"

Liu Fu swallowed his saliva and stopped trying to persuade him, thinking that the thieves who destroyed the fields today also used fire, which was in line with Mei Cheng's usual style.

The generals of Shouchun reached an agreement to temporarily target Mei Cheng, but fell into Long Xiang's trap unknowingly.

Long Xiang promised Liu Bei that if he wanted to make a big disturbance, he would not let other forces in Huainan idle.

When Chen Lan and Lei Xu took a detour to Shaopi to destroy the fields, three other people also left Hefei with missions.

The first road pretended to be Tai Shici, and represented Sun Quan to Yanshan to threaten and persuade him to surrender;
The second route pretended to be Mei Cheng's envoy, and went to Liyang to present a letter of surrender to Tai Shici, saying that Mei Cheng would first get the vote certificate, and then lead his troops to Liyang to join him;

The third route pretended to be Sun Ben's envoy. Liu Fu's men first went to Wan County to find a boat, and then sent orders to Tai Shici by water.

At this time, Tai Shici never dreamed that Long Xiang's combination boxing was prepared for him.

Tai Shici couldn't tell the truth from the fake when he received the surrender letter sent by the 'Meicheng Messenger'.

Lieutenant General Zhao Fan saw that Tai Shici's brows were tightly frowned, and after obtaining the other party's consent, he picked up the letter of surrender to check.

Zhao Fan also frowned when he saw it, and said to himself: "Why do the bandits in Huainan have the same virtue? Before surrendering, they just want to get a certificate of nomination, and it is surprising that they all destroy the land. If Mei Cheng is like Chen Lan last year , it will be troublesome to recruit Cao Cao."

Tai Shici shook his head lightly: "We only have one city left in Huainan. Cao Cao probably wouldn't mobilize his troops when the warships were not ready."

"That Meicheng"

"Don't worry about him for now, wait until it really comes, don't feint like Chen Lan."

"Alright."

(End of this chapter)