Han Xiang

Chapter 552: Calling for a meeting with Sun Shangxiang

"There's no need to rush. It won't be too late to see you again after Sun Quan has retreated. I've been bothered a lot today, so I'll say goodbye!"

After Long Xiang said this, he and Hu Wei left calmly, leaving Gu Yong with a puzzled look on his face in the cold wind.

Looking at Long Xiang's retreating back, Gu Yong scratched his head and was puzzled.

Doesn't he want to go to war with Sun Quan?Why didn't you tell me about food and grass?

In Gu Yong's impression, every time Sun Quan launched a war before, he would prepare military rations for at least three months, so he was puzzled by Long Xiang's actions.

In Hefei, Longxiang liked to fight protracted battles to wear down the enemy because of the abundant supplies and strong city walls. But now that his troops were sent to fight in a different place in Jiangdong, he chose to win as quickly as possible.

The current grain stocks in the occupied counties, as well as the military rations secretly raised by Yao Xuan, are enough to feed Longxiang's 2 people for a month or two, so there is no need to ask Gu Yong for the time being.

If Long Xiang wants to replace Sun Quan, he needs to leave a good impression, and he is very cautious in all aspects.

In addition, Long Xiang wanted to transfer the Wucheng garrison to Kuaiji, which also confused Gu Yong.

Gu Yong believed that Long Xiang's control of Zhu Huan was equivalent to controlling his more than ten thousand troops. There was no problem in coercing him to participate in the battle, but Long Xiang actually had troops that he didn't need.

Gu Yong couldn't see through what Long Xiang was doing, but since he agreed, he went back to do it, so he took the gifts Long Xiang brought and hurried to Zhu's house to pay New Year's greetings before dark.

Entrusted by others, loyal to others.

Gu Yong is also a person who talks little and likes to do things.

It was not an excuse for Long Xiang to leave the Gu family. He promised Hao Meng last night to see Yuan Yao, so it was just the right time to rush back.

In the past few years that Yuan Yao has been living in Wu, the good days of being a pseudo-prince have long gone.

After Sun Quan consumed the remnants of Yuan Shu's army, the remaining ministers were gradually marginalized.

Without Mrs. Yuan's relationship, Yuan Yao would not be qualified to be a mascot. When he saw Long Xiang again, he regained hope and said that he would convince Yuan Shu's old ministers to fully support Long Xiang in replacing Sun Quan.

Long Xiang's foothold was not stable at this time and he needed to unite all forces. Although the energy of Yuan Shu's remaining troops was small, the more support he had, the more stability he would have.

After meeting Yuan Yao, we had dinner.

Long Xiang sat on the couch, soaked his feet in hot water, and planned to have a good sleep.

While he was taking a nap with his eyes closed, Hao Meng, who had just brought Yuan Yao here, suddenly left and came back.

"General."

"Is something wrong?"

Long Xiang lazily opened his eyes, but saw Hao Meng's serious expression, and he suddenly felt suspicious in his heart.

"Well, Sun Quan has a sister who seems to have just grown hair. She has learned swordsmanship for a few years. After we trapped her, she yelled and killed you all day long and insulted you in all kinds of ways."

"Sun Shangxiang?"

"The general also knows? This woman has not yet left the house, but she has a strong temperament and is more difficult to deal with than her brothers Sun Kuang and Sun Lang."

When Long Xiang heard this, how could he not be familiar with it?That was the woman of the emperor's uncle in history. Unfortunately, she ran away for her mother's family in the end. How should we deal with her in this plane?It's really a bit difficult.
While frowning in thought, Hao Meng reminded in a low voice: "General Long?"

"Oh"

Long Xiang came back to his senses: "You don't have to worry about her. We have taken away Sun Quan's family property, and why don't we allow people to curse a few times?"

"No. She asked to see you by name."

"She sees me? No, no, no."

Long Xiang decisively refused, while Hao Meng looked embarrassed: "Sun Shangxiang is a woman after all. There are no female soldiers under the general's command. Although the weapons in the garden have been taken away, she provoked her with a stick. It's not right to fight back, and it's wrong not to fight back."

Long Xiang felt dizzy after hearing this, frowned and asked, "What did she do to see me?"

"Uh"

Hao Meng swallowed and replied: "She scolded the general for the sneak attack, but it was done by a rat. She wanted to compete with you in sword competition."

"Competing swords with me?"

Seeing Hao Meng's expression of embarrassment, Long Xiang guessed that the other party was already too annoyed, so he went to look for him. So while wiping his feet with a cloth, he sighed and said, "Forget it, you go back and tell her that I will go there tomorrow." "Okay, thank you General."

Seeing Long Xiang's agreement, Hao Meng was instantly happy and her footsteps were light as she left.

Long Xiang then fell asleep. It had been 20 days since he set out from Yangxian at the end of last year, and he had stayed in the military tent. At this time, he finally had a peaceful sleep.

The next morning, I had breakfast.

Long Xiang was planning to see Sun Shangxiang, but Gu Yong unexpectedly came to see him.

"Yuan Tan came so quickly. Could it be that everything is settled?"

"Xiumu has reluctantly agreed, but he must talk to the general alone."

Seeing that Gu Yong was serious and serious, Long Xiang thought to himself that he was a practical person.

"Then I'm going to Zhu's Mansion. Do you want Yuan Tan to go with me?"

"Yong is not familiar with military affairs and has some matters to deal with at home, so it is not convenient for us to go together."

"Okay, then I'll take you out of the house."

After a few short words, Long Xiang guessed that Gu Yong went to Zhu's Mansion last night.

Gu Yong's work efficiency was staggering, and he thought that if he could cooperate well in the future, there would be nothing wrong with giving away some benefits.

Appeasing Zhu Huan is more important than appeasing Sun Shangxiang, so Long Xiang naturally has to deal with serious matters first.

With Gu Yong doing ideological work, when Long Xiang saw Zhu Huan again, he was no longer so hostile and agreed to dispatch troops to garrison in Kuaiji, but put forward a condition.

Long Xiang was asked to execute Han Zong.

Long Xiang didn't like Han Zong either, but he wouldn't execute the 'hero' now.

Even though Han Zong's character was extremely poor, he could set an example for Sun Quan's generals and was useful in persuading Han Dang to surrender, so he hesitated for a while.

"General Long, can't you bear it? This thief betrayed his master and committed suicide. But what he did was kill Zhu Junli's family. I am ashamed to be associated with such people."

"General Zhu's words are wrong. If I misunderstand people and use them for treachery, I will not be supported by my generals. It's just that Han Zong is of great use to me, but I will use Sun Quan's hand to get rid of him."

After Long Xiang said this, he stared at Zhu Huan and said in his heart that if you really disagree, then I can only think of other ways, and Gu, Lu, and Zhu Zhang may not all be friends.

"Should he persuade his father to surrender? Impossible, Han Yigong is not so shameless."

Zhu Huan shook his head and then added: "General Long wants to use Wu Hou to kill him. What if Han Zong turns against him? Isn't it like letting a fish into the sea? It's not worth it."

"It's worth it, General Zhu, please understand. If Long executes Han Zong for no reason, who else will be willing to surrender to me in the future? And I have a way to let him fight hard."

Seeing that Zhu Huan frowned and remained silent, Long Xiang continued: "If General Zhu doesn't believe it, wait a few days to return to Liyang. You can go with me to test whether he is true to his word."

"Okay, Yuan Tan is very optimistic about the general, so I'll give you my trust for once, but"

Zhu Huan changed the subject and reminded Long Xiang: "The general attacked Wu County. Han Zong killed Zhu Junli's family, but his adopted son Zhu Yi was outside. He is now the order of Shanyin and supervises the five counties of Kuaiji. If the news reaches Shanyin, he will definitely If the general can kill Han Zong Mingzhi, I can still help him to deal with the situation."

Long Xiang pinched his chin and asked curiously: "Is this Zhu Yifeng very powerful?"

Zhu Huan said seriously: "Zhu Yifeng has a good relationship with the Marquis of Wu, and he is able to supervise the five counties to suppress the rebellion in Shanyue. He is outstanding."

"Being friends with Sun Quan? Then you can't win over it?"

Long Xiang spread his hands and said nonchalantly: "What does it mean to be able to defeat mountains and rivers? Just follow me to the battlefield and you will know. Look at the grace of Hefei athletes."

"I'll wait and see."

Zhu Huan nodded slightly. He did not want his hometown to suffer war, so he secretly decided to let his troops guard the border of Wuhui and prevent Zhu Ran from gathering troops to fight back to Wu County.

He knew that Long Xiang would leave people to defend Wu County, and he would not devote many troops to the decisive battle with Sun Quan. When the time came, he would definitely be fighting more with less.

If Long Xiang can defeat Sun Quan, Zhu Huan will naturally choose to cooperate with him. If Long Xiang loses because of his pride, he will join forces with Zhu Ran to retake Wu Commandery.

(End of this chapter)