The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 596 595 The Burning Yangtze River (35)

Chen Dao went to the mansion where Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's family lived. The people in charge of monitoring there immediately reported the news to Sun Quan. Sun Quan did not take any action, but ordered them to continue monitoring. Well, Chen Dao was originally Liu Bei's subordinate. After Liu Bei's death, he followed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to meet their family members.

However, Sun Quan was not at ease with Chen Dao, so he sent a team of people to monitor him.

Chen Dao was very athletic and very vigilant. As soon as Sun Quan sent someone to monitor him, he knew immediately.However, Chen Dao still pretended not to know, and took them for a walk all over the street.

Chen went shopping during the day and went back to the posthouse to rest at night. He lived very regularly for two consecutive days.The people in charge of monitoring Chen Dao would report the situation to Sun Quan every day, and Sun Quan had someone monitor Chen Dao for another day. He felt that there was nothing unusual about Chen Dao, so he simply removed the personnel monitoring Chen Dao. It's hard to say when the time comes.

However, Sun Quan still kept an eye out. He withdrew most of them, leaving only two people to monitor Chen Dao, wanting to see if Chen Dao would have any further contact with the family members of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

Chen Dao was also smart, knowing that Sun Quan sent people to watch him. Although some people were suddenly withdrawn today, no matter where he went, people would still follow him, but the number of people was a little less.

Simply, Chen Dao sleeps a lot during the day and doesn't come out at night. All the meals are brought into the house.After two days in a row, those who monitored him relaxed a bit, and gradually they didn't take Chen Dao seriously, and Sun Quan also felt that it was meaningless to go on like this, so he withdrew all the monitors.

On the fifth day of Chen Dao's stay in Nanchang City, when Chen Dao was wandering in the street, he suddenly saw Xiang Lang and Peng Tuo appearing in the crowd, and a group of soldiers led them directly to where Sun Quan was.

Chen Dao had met Xiang Lang and Peng Tuo once, and knew that these two people were people close to Zhang Fei. Their sudden appearance here immediately aroused his interest.So, Chen Dao quietly followed, waiting outside the government office, wanting to know about Zhang Fei's situation.

Xiang Lang and Peng Tuo came to Nanchang this time, and they have gone through untold hardships, because when the boats they took traveled to the territory of Jiangxia, the Han army blocked the entire Yangtze River, and all boats could not go downstream. In desperation, Xiang Lang and Peng Tuo had no choice but to disembark and travel by land. They bought two horses and disguised themselves as merchants along the way.

Sun Quan was flipping through the letters sent back by Zhou Yu in the hall of the government office. In the letter, Zhou Yu's words revealed a dangerous signal, because the scouts sent out by Zhou Yu had found out the news that the Han army was actively preparing for war. It is possible that in less than a month, Zhang Yan will lead the army to launch a full-scale attack on Jiangdong, and hope that Sun Quan can have a bottom line in his heart and actively prepare for the war, so that when the war comes, he will have a plan to deal with it.

Since Zhang Fei's defeat and Guan Yu's death, the cloud of war has been hovering over Sun Quan's head. In recent days, Sun Quan has been paying attention to Zhang Yan's movements, because this battle is inevitable.

Now, after reading Zhou Yu's letter, Sun Quan felt that the cloud of war was getting denser, and his mentality became more and more tense.Although he successfully repelled the attack of the Han army led by Chen Deng last time under his command, only Chen Deng and a small number of navy troops sent troops at that time, and there was still a lack of elite soldiers and strong generals.

But this time is different, Zhang Yan personally led the army to go south, captured Jingzhou first, and used Jingzhou as a springboard to bring the Jingzhou navy to go down the river. Cooperating with the soldiers and horses stationed in Xunyang and Jinling, they will attack from three directions and advance by land and water. Jiangdong's troops are limited, and it is very likely that they will not be able to handle it.

Therefore, Sun Quan's heart has been depressed for the past few days, and he doesn't know whether he can survive this crisis.

"Alas!" Sun Quan sighed heavily, with a melancholy expression on his face.

At this time, a soldier came in from the door, and he cupped his fists as soon as he entered the door and said: "My lord, Peng Tuo brought a Mr. Xiang Lang, who said he was an envoy sent by Zhang Fei, and said he had something important to do." Ask to see the lord!"

As soon as Sun Quan heard Zhang Fei's name, he immediately regained his spirits, and then said to the soldier, "Quick, let them in!"

Xiang Lang is a celebrity in Jingzhou, but in Jiangdong, many people have mentioned Xiang Lang and recommended him to Sun Quan.At that time, Sun Quan had just taken over the position of his elder brother Sun Ce, and there were no trustworthy people around him. Those people were all from Sun Ce's old subordinates, and they were not very optimistic about his position. Most of them thought that Sun Quan was too young and inexperienced to support him. Looking at the sky in Jiangdong, most people hope that Zhou Yu will succeed Sun Ce.

At this time, Sun Quan needed talents the most. At that time, someone recommended Xiang Lang. Sun Quan also sent someone to Jingzhou to invite Xiang Lang, but Xiang Lang refused.

Therefore, as soon as Sun Quan heard Xiang Lang's name, he immediately became excited, and it was Zhang Fei who sent him, which made him even more excited.

Not long after, Xiang Lang followed Peng Tuo into the hall. As soon as the two of them entered the hall, Peng Tuo took the lead in clasping his fists and said, "The last general will see the lord!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, did not speak, and focused his eyes on Xiang Lang, but seeing that Xiang Lang was 50 years old, dressed very elegantly, and looked dignified, people felt a bit of affinity after seeing him.

"Xiang Lang from Jingzhou, I have met General Sun!" Xiang Lang cupped his hands.

"Mr. Xiang, you don't need to be too polite. I have always admired Mr. Xiang's name for a long time, but I have never seen him. In the past, I sent someone to Jingzhou to invite Mr., but unfortunately he politely refused. Until now, Zhongmou still has a feeling in his heart." Branding, it is really a blessing to be able to see Mr. Xiang himself now." Sun Quan said politely.

Xiang Lang said: "General Sun, you are too polite. Xiang Mou just has a false name, and he has no talent. Even if he agreed to General Sun at that time, he would not be able to help General Sun. General Sun, Xiang Mou came here this time because of his help." General Zhang Fei’s plea, I’m here to plead guilty to General Sun!”

"Apology? What crime?" Sun Quan asked suspiciously.

Xiang Lang turned to Peng Tuo who was beside him and said, "Lieutenant Peng, please take out what General Zhang Fei gave you and show it to General Sun."

Peng Tuo then took out a big wooden box from behind, walked straight to Sun Quan, put the wooden box on the table in front of Sun Quan, and said, "Master, please have a look."

Sun Quan glanced at the big, boxy wooden box, and asked curiously, "What's in it?"

"It's a human head, my lord." Peng Tuo replied.

"Head? Whose head? Could it be General Zhang..." Sun Quan looked nervous, and couldn't bear it any longer. He directly opened the lid of the wooden box, and a bloody head was displayed on Sun Quan. In front of him, because the blood sacrifice had been dried, the face of the head was covered with blood spots, the hair was disheveled, and the eyes were wide open. This shows how terrified this person was when he died.

"This is...Zhu Ran?" Sun Quan looked at the head carefully, and felt that the person's appearance was so familiar. He took a brush from the pen holder on the table, and used the brush to remove the part that covered the head. With the hair on one side of his face, he immediately recognized whose head this was, "Who is it, who killed him?"

"It's General Zhang!" Xiang Lang said.

"Zhang Fei? Why did he kill Zhu Ran? Where is Zhang Fei now? Did he go to Guangzhou?" Sun Quan looked suspicious.

"General Zhang is still in Yuanling. Zhu Ran took two hundred elite cavalry and ambushed him in a small town outside Yuanling City. He wanted to attack General Zhang, but General Zhang noticed him. Killed him. In fact, when Zhu Ran pretended to be a thief, General Zhang just thought he was a thief and didn't think too much about it. After the battle was over, he realized that this person turned out to be Lord Zhu Ran, the governor of Guangzhou. So, General Zhang asked me to take him with him. Zhu Ran's head, come and plead guilty to General Sun!" Xiang Lang's words were watertight, and Zhu Ran's death was uncontested, and Peng Tuo, who was beside him, had already obeyed Zhang Fei's words, was convinced and loyal, so naturally he would not tell the truth.

Sun Quan frowned, glanced at Peng Tuo beside him, and asked coldly, "Is that so?"

Peng Tuo didn't speak, just nodded vigorously.

Sun Quan didn't know that Peng Tuo had already turned his heart to Zhang Fei, so he thought that Peng Tuo had testified, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with this matter.However, Sun Quan was very contradictory in his heart. A few days ago, he sent someone to Guangzhou to dismiss Zhu Ran from his official position and asked him to bring him back. He didn't mean to kill Zhu Ran, but he was afraid of hurting Zhu Zhi. Xin, although Zhu Zhi is not high in martial arts and average in ability, he is his father's confidant, and he once assisted Sun Ce in laying down Jiangdong's foundation, and Sun Quan lived with Zhu Zhi since he was a child. Although the two are not biological brothers, but The relationship is better than a biological brother, which is why Sun Quan will forgive Zhu Ran for making mistakes several times.

Although Sun Quan has an older brother and a younger brother, his elder brother Sun Ce matured too early, and his younger brother was too young. Only Zhu Ran, who was the same age, could play with him, so for a long time, Sun Quan regarded Zhu Ran as his own younger brother. treated the same.

Therefore, no matter how angry Sun Quan was with Zhu Ran's mistakes, he never thought of killing him. Instead, he dismissed him from his official position first, summoned him to his side, and taught him himself.

However, this time, Zhu Ran became more and more outrageous, and even ran to assassinate Zhang Fei without incident. Even if he was handed over to him for interrogation, he would not let Zhu Ran go easily.But still no thought of killing him.

It's good now, Zhu Ran failed to steal the chicken and robbed a handful of rice. He tried to attack Zhang Fei, but was killed by Zhang Fei. Now that Zhang Fei knew he was guilty, he sent someone to plead guilty. What should he do?
(End of this chapter)