Wei Ni

Chapter 199: Fainting with power 1
Zhu Ran was indeed about to stop his troops and return home.

When the messenger sent by Sun Quan arrived, although he was deeply reluctant to give up, he still ordered all the troops to stop their troops as the commander-in-chief.

Just like Sun Quan lamented at the foot of Hefei New City, "Time passes without me", Zhu Ran also has no time on this journey. If he doesn't leave, the Luoyang Chinese Army may be driven away and stay forever.

Don’t think that Xuzhou, which is densely covered with rivers and lakes, is east of the Yangtze River with abundant rains in summer and autumn. However, neither the Huai River nor the Zhongdu River is as convenient as the big river for boats to move around freely.

Once Wei's army from Luoyang arrives and the situation between the enemy and us changes, the prefects or generals in Xuzhou can mobilize the common people to leave the city and set up obstacles in the narrow waterways to cut off the flow, trapping the Wu soldiers in Xuzhou and becoming turtles in the urn.

Therefore, Zhu Ran ordered all the ministries to return by sea one by one out of caution.

In order to prevent Sun Quan from returning from Hefei New City, the freed Huainan Wei army would repeat their old tricks and rush to Jiangdu to block the entrance of the Zhongdu River to the river mouth.

Of course, the purpose of military affairs is to seek profit.

Since he could not achieve his strategic intention of occupying the land of Huaisi, he did not mind ruining his reputation and took the surrendered county soldiers and captured Li Shu captives back to make up for the losses in the war.

Immediately, he burned down the temporary camp and led his troops back to Huaipu City.

When Zhu Juzhou arrived at Huaipu County and reported the matter to Zhu Ran, Zhu Ran just pondered briefly, "Zifan will go first, nothing else."

After Zhu Ju learned about the general's order, although he was a little melancholy, he acted vigorously and resolutely.

Things don't go as expected
Being white also means having no military power.

In this case, it is better to do it step by step.

Although he knew that Tang Zi was greedy——

But before leaving, he also promised that if he could successfully occupy Huaisi this time, he would be reinstated to his official position and stationed on the spot as Zhu Ran's deputy.

In order to avoid the private slander of other people who were also imprisoned, Sun Quan asked him to accompany him in white.

He just thought that after he escorted the prisoners and baggage away, he would take the opportunity to launch his troops and plunder the gold and silver, beautiful women and girls, and valuable utensils from the wealthy households in the city.

Alas, what a pity.

It is precisely because of this that when General Zhu Ran arrived, Tang Zhi asked him to lead his troops, prisoners and baggage first, and claimed that he was willing to lead his headquarters to escort him behind. He could not refuse.

He also gave a special warning that the situation was urgent.

He allowed Qin Huang, the general of Zhonglang who was trapped in the city, to escape and rush to Haixi County first to help the Liuzan tribe's captives enter the sea.

"Let him alone."

Although the water level of the Huai River has risen, it cannot allow too many warships to pass through at the same time. Even if Tang Zi sails after Zhu Zhi, he will still have to stop the ship and wait for the passage in the narrow waterway, which will delay his departure.

Therefore, the person who really calls the shots in Huaiyin City is Tang Zi.

Then he continued to urge the soldiers to board the ship one by one, and set off directly to the east in the early morning of the next day.

The soldiers who were nominally under his command this time were actually Sun Shao's remaining troops who were under Zhu Ran's orders.

Zhu Ju and Tang Zi should not bite off more than they can chew. His headquarters will stay in Huaipu for at most two days to take over. If it is too late, don't blame him for not cutting off the rear.

At least there's someone to watch out for.

Don't send three thousand soldiers upstream to Huaiyin City to assist Zhu Ju and Tang Zi in searching the arsenal, palaces, and stored grain, and escort the prisoners and young men eastward to the sea.

But he also had to admit that the reasons given by Tang Zi were very sufficient.

He made it clear that he would only stay for two days.

When the time comes, Tang Zi will leave directly regardless of whether he can arrive or not.

As for why he didn't send someone to urge Tang Zi again as a general~
The messenger came and went, and it was time for him to set off, so there was no need to waste any time.

And will be outside, no worries, no reason to shirk.

The most important thing is that the soldiers commanded by Tang Zi are directly subordinate to Sun Quan.

Since Tang Zi led the remnants of his troops to Wu, Sun Quan did not hesitate to grant him titles, confer troops, and assign responsibilities to him.

no way.

There are really too few people who stay away from their hometown and abandon their parents and come to Jiangdong on their own initiative.

It was so rare that Sun Quan wanted to enshrine someone like Tang Zi, in order to show that the state of Wu was attached to people's hearts and destined to destiny.

Therefore, Zhu Ran did not want to reprimand Tang Zi for some trivial matters and make Sun Quan lose face.

Moreover, calculating the distance, if Tang Zi was delayed for a day and a half, there was no need to worry about the danger of being overtaken by Wei Luoyang's central army, so just let him go.

However, what Zhu Ran didn't expect was that Tang Zi was not only greedy for money, but also greedy for success, to the point where he was so greedy that he lost his wits!
However, he said that after watching Zhu Ju's boat go down the river, he returned to the city and summoned various governors of hundreds to assign responsibilities.

For example, who owns this street to plunder, who leads the troops to kill the slaves and slaves in the building over there, who is responsible for taking the women and gold and silver treasures to the ship, and emphasizes that the final spoils will be distributed uniformly, and no private items are allowed to be hidden. wait.

He directly regarded Huaiyin City as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

In fact, he is not cruel, his daily life is not extravagant, and he doesn't care much about money. It's just that life forces him to care.

People are like duckweeds. If they want to survive, whether on the shore or on a tidal flat, they must work hard to adapt to the environment and take root and sprout.

Now that he has come to Jiangdong, he must adapt to Jiangdong's rules of survival.

If he wants to be established as a general for a long time, he must work hard to raise a private army, purchase slaves to cultivate the manor, supply food, etc.

These all require a lot of money as a basis.

Moreover, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger.

Although Sun Quan treated him well and often gave him money, he could not guarantee that he would always be favored by the emperor.

Consolidating one's own strength is the fundamental way.

Therefore, when there is an opportunity to benefit himself, he does not care about eating and being greedy.

Who told him that he was from Wei Jiang and had no foundation in Jiangdong?
However, he had just finished giving instructions to the hundreds of governors, and before he sent them off to do their own business, a hundred-man governor who was on guard three miles outside the city hurried over.

Before anyone arrived, an excited voice came over first, "General! I'm so happy! The Wei army is here, and I will make you a marquis! Daughter of gold!"

Tang Zi was a little dissatisfied with his cheerful expression and incoherent words.

"Stop!"

He scolded the hundred-man governor loudly, and then softened his tone and asked, "What's the military situation? Tell me in detail."

"Reporting to the general, the traitor Xia Houhui came to die!"

Although the governor of a hundred people was still flushed with excitement, this time he spoke in an orderly manner, and without waiting for Tang Zi to prompt him to ask questions, he told the whole story eloquently.

It turned out that just now, when he was bored and on guard outside, he saw a small colonel coming towards him from a distance, surrounded by four or five soldiers. Judging from the costumes, they were from the Wei army.

This shocked him.

Just when he was about to call his soldiers to fight, he was abruptly stopped by the words of the Wei Army Major.

"Following the order of General Zhengdong, General Xiahou led the front troops to come for reinforcements and arrived half an hour later. You will return to the city as quickly as possible and tell the defender and the county magistrate to immediately prepare food and vacate the camp. Do not neglect!"

When the Wei Jun commander saw him, he waved and shouted from a distance.

The Governor of the Hundreds was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but look back at the banner with the word Wei on top of the city behind him, and quietly smoothed the Wei uniform that didn't fit him well with his hands. The joy spread in his chest and abdomen instantly!

He also thought to himself: "I didn't expect that Zhu Ju's strategy of following the expedition in vain actually worked!"

Yes, leaving the flag of the Wei state on top of the city and having all the Wu soldiers put on the uniforms of the Huaiyin County soldiers were the suggestions given by Zhu Ju after Zhu Ran deceitfully opened the city gate to seize the city.

In order to confuse and trap the Wei army who came from Shouchun to help.

The places on the south bank of the Huai River from Huaiyin County to Shouchun in Huainan, such as Xu County, Huailing, Xutai (癙), Gaoshan and other counties in Xuzhou were due to the "Sishui River did not flow" in the early years, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and the three families of Cao, Liu and Lu fought for it. As for Xuzhou, there is still no rooster crowing for thousands of miles and no human beings for hundreds of miles.

Therefore, Zhu Ju felt that when the Wu soldiers captured the city, the escaped county soldiers or Li common people would go north along the Surabaya River and run to Lingxian or Xiapi to avoid the war and seek shelter. In this way, Wei's reinforcements, whether they came from Huainan or Yanzhou, would not know about the change of ownership of Huaiyin City, which would give Wu soldiers the opportunity to trap and kill.

As for this inference, is it too idealistic?
Man proposes, God disposes.

How can there be any truth in everything being done when the army goes on an expedition!

When you have the opportunity, you should actively prepare. What if things go well?
Anyway, it doesn't take much effort to keep the flag of Wei and let the soldiers change into military uniforms.

It's always good to give it a try.

Zhu Ran just listened and thought he could give it a try.

Because at that time, he did not know that the Luoyang Central Army of Wei State was coming to help and was still executing the strategy of occupying the Huaisi land. Having the opportunity to lure Wei's reinforcements will also be beneficial to holding the city in the future.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhu Ran agreed, and Tang Zi naturally did not dare not to execute it.

Although he felt from the bottom of his heart that Wei Jun would not be as stupid as Zhu Ju Jince!
His soldiers and generals also didn't believe it, and they complained a lot in private about this.

The governor of a hundred who was assigned to guard the southeast side of the city and had no chance to rob the wealthy households in the city was even more resentful towards Zhu Ju. But now after listening to Wei Xiaoxiao's words, he instantly felt that Zhu Ju was worthy of being recruited as his son-in-law by Sun Quan and spreading his reputation in Jiangdong. He was so wise!
Anticipate the enemy in advance and make every plan!

Of course, Wei Jun has not yet joined the attack, so he is still very cautious.

After signaling several soldiers to be on guard with his eyes, he stepped forward, saluted with a very low posture and asked, "May I ask, your Majesty, which General Xiahou led the troops?"

"Coward!"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the well-traveled Colonel Wei immediately cursed, and his saliva flew for a while.

"There is a General Xiahou in the Huainan Army! Didn't you know that the former General Zhengdong reported to Qingxu that General Xiahou shot the traitor Wu Sunshao? General Xiahou is after the founder of Qiao Pei, his name is Hui Hui, and he is a key general! "

"Do you understand? Pumpkin!"

"Also, my general has sent reinforcements in advance. He is in a hurry and the soldiers are tired. You should go back and let the general and the county magistrate serve you carefully. You know, the emperor's personal expedition will arrive in Xuzhou in seven or eight days! If you wait for Huaiyin, you dare to neglect it. My general, when the time comes for my general to speak out, you won’t be able to bear the consequences!”

(End of this chapter)