Da da da.

The sound of horse hooves coming from far away disturbed Taishi Ci's thoughts.

Taishi Ci looked around and saw a general riding his horse to Tengchen, who soon stopped beside the rice field.

The visitor was Zhao Fan, the captain of Taishi Ci's guard. The two first met in Liu Yao's army, and later forged a life-and-death friendship in the battle of Shenting Ridge. His other code name is more famous, namely Xiaojiang Qu'a.

Although Zhao Fan was a young general in Qu'a, his age was almost the same as that of Tai Shici. He fled to Jiangdong during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and because he was born in Guizhou, he had no chance to stand out.

The reason why he is called a junior is not because he is young, but because his position is low.

At that time, he was accompanying Taishi Ci to capture Sun Ce. Zhao Fan was only the leader of the cavalry camp and was the lowest-ranking officer in the army.

Seeing Tai Shici's bold words, Zhao Fan, who was nearly thirty years old, did not want to be a salted fish anymore. He was surprised and went out to fight, intending to gamble on this opportunity and use the other party's name to make his own name.

In the battle at Shenting Ridge, Zhao Fan tried his best to hold off the twelve riders for Tai Shici, and the two became friends of life and death.

Seeing Zhao Fan returning from a reconnaissance mission, Taishi Ci strode out from the field to greet him.

"How's the situation?"

"Not good."

Zhao Fan frowned, approached Tai Shici and whispered: "It seems that Chen Lan has been prepared for a long time. He has set up a lookout post at the southern pass of Fuling. If he wants to check the situation in Quanjiao and Fuling, he must either climb over the mountain or go around.

Chaohu.”

"Since there is a lookout post, unless we go up the mountain at night, as for detouring around Chaohu Lake." Taishi Ci shook his head and continued: "There are fishing boats and cargo ships on the lake. According to Yu Gongcao's introduction, they should be from Hefei. Our whereabouts can easily be leaked."

Zhao Fan nodded and said: "If it is true according to Wu Hou's statement that we pretend to be mountain bandits to disturb the people, no matter where we go, we will not be able to make a surprise attack, but our identity will be exposed. Do you think there is any fraud in this?"

"What do you mean?" Taishi Ci narrowed his eyes.

Zhao Fan looked around: "General, we just arrived at Liyang the day before yesterday, but Chen Lan seemed to have received the news a long time ago. I just met a woodcutter nearby. He told me that as early as ten days ago, the pass was

We started to set up observation posts, it seems that they were specially designed to guard against us, and we suspected that there was a spy or traitor in Jiangdong."

"With Chen Lan's strength, no traitor will fall in love with him. As for the details, it's hard to tell."

"General, don't forget Chen Lan's background. Now Yuan Shu's old troops are all in Wu County. There should be many of his friends there. Maybe someone can pass on the news to him?"

"When Yuan Shu was defeated, he wanted to surrender to Chen Lan but was rejected. His old troops also had friends of Chen Lan? I don't think the possibility is high, but there is another possibility." Taishi Ci stroked his beard and frowned, remembering Yu Fan's words before leaving.

Seeing Zhao Fan's expression of seeking knowledge, Tai Shici did not want to worry him, so he told him: "Since Chen Lan is prepared, he has to give up the sneak attack on the rice fields. He has more troops than us, so he has to leave scouts in the north instead.

If you don't steal the other party's chickens, and instead let the other party destroy our chicken coop, you will be responsible for this matter."

"Wei." Zhao Fan clasped his fists loudly.

Before Yu Fan left Liyang, he told Taishi Ci to defend carefully.

Because Zhou Yu and other generals all proposed Xu Kun, it was Zhang Zhao who recommended him, and Sun Quanquan overriding all opinions, gave the Liyang Commandery to Taishi Ci.

Taishi Ci had felt the competition within Sun Ce's army during his Western expedition against Huang Zu, otherwise he would not have been idle in Yuzhang. This time, it is most likely that someone deliberately revealed it in order to make himself embarrassed in front of Chen Lan.

Even with such a defeat in Huainan, you are still bound to fight among yourself?

Taishi Ci planned to report the military information truthfully. As for how Sun Quan would deal with it, he did not want to pay attention to it, let alone get involved in the battle of the general group. He just reminded Sun Quan that he could not be self-sufficient and that subsequent supplies of grain and grass must be provided in a timely manner.

Sun Quan received Taishi Ci's letter and made guesses about Jiangdong's civil and military affairs, but he couldn't guess who was cheating because the person who informed Chen Lan was not an insider of Jiangdong at all.

Taishi Ci was appointed as the captain of Liyang. Long Xiang was very surprised at the time. He had played a lot of Three Kingdoms games. Taishi Ci and Gan Ning were the top two generals in Jiangdong.

It's just that Taishi Ci died too early and missed the various wars during the Three Kingdoms period.

Now that Sun Ce is dead, Gan Ning has not surrendered yet.

The only person in Jiangdong who can compete with Xu Chu is probably Liyang Captain Taishi Ci.

The surrender of generals is usually used to fight tough battles. Cao Cao used the surrender of Zhang Liao to guard Shouchun, and Sun Quan also used the surrender of Tai Shici. Is this a card against Hu?

Taishi Ci was neither Sun Jian, Sun Ce's old subordinates, nor a local military general in Jiangdong. He was just a surrendered general like Ji Ling, or a surrendered general with no foundation at all.

After Long Xiang learned about Tai Shi Ci's life, he felt that this person did not have a deep relationship with the Sun family. Perhaps he could help the emperor win over him? So he changed his original plan to entrap the enemy and deliberately asked Chen Lan to build a watchtower to stalemate him in the easternmost part of Chao Lake.

The watchtower is also equipped with a telescope.

With the observation tower and telescope, you can have a panoramic view of all the movements of the Yangtze River.

Winning over and winning over requires opportunities, and Long Xiang doesn't mind spending time waiting. Anyway, Liu Bei is not in power yet. As the saying goes, it's not too late to have a good meal, and Hefei New City also needs to be peacefully constructed.

Cao Xing's cavalry battalion was stationed in Hefei New City. During this period of communication with Cao Xing, Lu Su accidentally discovered that Long Xiang paid special attention to Liyang, so he rushed to the old city to ask Long Xiang.

"The construction of the new city has been busy during this period, and the rice planted in the first half of the year is also being harvested. According to Yunqi's past habits, he should often visit the site for inspection and guidance. Why haven't I seen you recently?"

"After so many years of experience, Jianguo has the ability to stand alone. As for harvesting rice, isn't it you? I just have some free time during this time." Long Xiang smiled disapprovingly.

Lu Su pointed at Long Xiang and smiled mysteriously: "If Yun Qi takes time off to accompany his two younger brothers and sisters, Lu Su will not come here today. But I heard that you often go to Chaohu and Fuling recently. It seems that you are obviously spying on Taishi Ci? In the past, right?

I’ve never seen you care so much about anyone, so what’s the difference between Taishi Ci?”

"Zijing, don't you think Taishi Ci is very similar to me? We both abandoned our old masters to seek self-reliance, but the difference is that I took root in Hefei, while Taishi Ci was defeated at the hands of Sun Ce and had no choice but to surrender to the short-lived little overlord.

"After speaking, Long Xiang shook his head regretfully.

"Taishi Ci was too anxious to do something, so he was quickly defeated by Sun Ce before he could be cured. He was famous as a young man, but you did not seek fame in vain, which also resulted in your different endings." After Lu Su stroked his beard and analyzed, he reminded Long Xiang sternly:

"Tai Shi Ci is a loyal man, and it is almost impossible for Yun Qi to instigate rebellion against him."

Long Xiang smiled happily and said: "We in Hefei have counselors and fierce generals, but we really lack a general like Tai Shici. We still have to have hope. If a person has no ideals, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?"

Lu Su smiled and joked: "Yunqi really wants to recruit a general, so he might as well work on Zhang Liao. You have a friendship with him that gives him barbecue. Maybe the chance will be greater, and Zhang Liao's ability to command troops should be stronger."
Chapter completed!