In the first month of the tenth year of Jian'an, Lu Meng sent his side general Song Qian to take a fast boat to go first, and arrived in Liyang in the middle of the month to convey military orders.

Song Qian followed Sun Ce to pacify the Southeast. Although he was a veteran in the Jiangdong Army, his qualifications were not as good as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and his martial arts skills were not as good as Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai of the same period, and even better than Ling Tong's up-and-coming stars.

They are not as good as that, so they were in an awkward situation under Zhou Yu before.

Lu Meng rose to power with low qualifications. Except for Pan Zhang, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, Sun Yu and other Sun Quan's confidants, the other generals respected him as the commander-in-chief on the surface, but were full of doubts in their hearts.

If it weren't for the attack on Sha Xian and killing Huang Zu, Lu Meng would not be able to command the entire army to attack Jiangling. This is also one of the reasons why Jiangling had a difficult battle.

Generals like Song Qian who have a weak sense of existence but have certain qualifications in the army were the first targets to win over and recover.

There is another very important reason why Song Qian was selected as the envoy by Lu Meng.

At that time, Song Qian, as one of the twelve cavalry, pursued Taishi Ci with Sun Ce.

When someone is sent to pass the order, Taishici can make excuses, but if the "old acquaintance" Song Qian takes action, Taishici is rebelled if he does not accept the order. This is also an open conspiracy made by Lu Meng.

War reports were reported in Jingzhou from time to time. Taishi Ci knew that Sun Quan was Sun Quan, Lu Meng defeated Jiangxia and killed Huang Zu, and was currently attacking Jiangling, an important town.

Taishi Ci once complained to Zhao Fan after drinking, saying that if Sun Bofu is still alive, he should have been in Jingzhou as a pioneer, rather than being trapped in Liyang like now, and even having to find a way to eat a lot of food.

So after listening to Song Qian's order, Taishi Ci looked surprised.

He looked at Zhao Fan first, then turned around and asked in an incredible tone:

"General Song didn't joke with me? Is the lord going to take Jingzhou or to go north to the Central Plains? Don't you hear that fish and bear's paws cannot have both?"

Song Qian had a solemn expression and replied, "There is no joke in the army. I'm traveling thousands of miles to make fun of it? General Taishi is joking with me? As for the lord's take Jingzhou or Central Plains, it's not what our generals should question."

"The general is right, but Liyang soldiers are short of food, and it is cold and cold at this time. It is not appropriate for me to lead the troops first. Why not wait until the main force of the rear army arrives and advance together? Anyway, we have to attack the city."

Taishici answered while observing Song Qian's expression.

Song Qian frowned and asked, "The Grand Governor's military order is like this. If General Taishi has his own ideas, he can send someone to the upstream to ask for instructions. The Grand Governor's fleet will come in three or five days, but it will delay the lord's affairs. This responsibility can be

You want to bear it."

"Ah this."

Taishi Ci was in a dilemma in an instant. He had the same mentality as Cheng Pu and others and did not take the young Lu Meng seriously. However, Lu Meng and Zhou Yu were in different situations. Everyone knew that Lu Meng was Sun Quan's confidant, and it was not good to offend him.

Seeing this, Zhao Fan next to him hurriedly greeted Song Qian and said:

"How could General Taishi have any ideas? Of course, he would implement the general order of the Grand Commander, but it would take time to mobilize troops and prepare. He also needed to coordinate the way to Hefei, so it was a bit difficult to send troops immediately."

"Is there any difficulties? How many days will it take for you? You won't wait until the Grand Governor arrives, you are not ready, are you?"

After saying that, Song Qian stared at Zhao Fan's face and suddenly remembered that on Shenting Ridge, he, Han Dang, Huang Gai and other twelve cavalry were dragged by this guy alone.

This eloquent guy is indeed as cunning as before.

Facing Song Qian's teasing, Zhao Fan was not angry at all, but responded with a smile: "It takes only two or three days to wait until the Grand Commander arrives, and he will never delay his plan."

"Is that true?"

Song Qian looked at Taishi Ci again to confirm.

Taishici nodded gently and gave the answer with his body movements.

Zhao Fan asked again: "General Song wants to stay with us, or are he going to return to the Grand Commander to report?"

"I'll stay in Liyang for two days. When you send troops to set off, you will go to Ruxushui to welcome the Grand Commander."

Song Qian was not good at speaking, and the details of his conversation today were given guidance from Lu Meng in advance, so Zhao Fan was able to face Taishi Ci with ease.

"Okay, I will take you to the inn to rest."

"It's been a labor."

Taishi Ci watched the two walk out of the front hall of the Duwei Mansion, turned around and looked at the Huainan map hanging on the wall, focusing on the Jingshui River and the General Ridge at the source of the water.

His mission was to block Zhang Liao from Lu'an, while Lu Meng led the main force in Jiangdong to take Shouchun, intending to catch turtles in a jar for Cao's army in Huainan.

After Zhang Liao fought with Taishi Ci last time, he led 5,000 troops south to Lu'an, forming a tactical triangle with General Ling and Shouchun.

It not only ensures the safety of the northern military farm in Lu'an, but also monitors the movements of Hefei and Taishici.

Unless Taishici circles from the southern part of Lujiang River and then travels through the Dabie Mountains for hundreds of miles, it is possible to be able to be unaware of it.

The Dabie Mountains in Lujiang are already at the end of the mountain range, but in winter, it consumes countless time and food.

Even though Liyang had endless military rations, there were not enough civilians to accompany Taishici to take risks.

Taishici's only way now is to borrow from Longxiang's territory, then go around the eastern foot of General Ridge, and then go to Lu'an to restrain Zhang Liao.

The only way is to have Taishi Ci marched at night to avoid the sight of the sentries on General Ridge, and he cannot carry supplies, and subsequent food and supplies need to be provided by Lu Meng.

Taishici looked at the map and fell into deep thought. Since he had seen Long Xiang last time, he knew that this person was not an ordinary person.

Hearing that Long Xiang and Zhang Liao were old acquaintances, Taishi Ci was worried that the other party would see his intentions and deliberately interfered with it to make Lu Meng's attack plan fail.

The current situation in Huainan is simple. Once Shouchun is successfully occupied by Lu Meng, Hefei will be completely surrounded by Jiangdong. Obviously, that is not the result that Long Xiang is willing to see.

Taishici frowned and fell into deep thought, not even noticed that Deputy General Zhao Fan entered the house.

"General, Song Qian has been sent to the inn to settle down. I specially asked the inn to entertain him with porridge and also let him taste the feeling of hunger."

"Haha, you, you."

Taishici turned around and pointed at Zhao Fan and smiled, then frowned and asked, "We are going to get north of Lu'an by chance. We can only borrow from Long Yunqi's jurisdiction. Do you think he can see Lu Meng's plan.

?”

Zhao Fan shook his head gently: "This is hard to say, it is mainly because Lu Zijing Duozhi."

"It's troublesome if you can be seen through"

Taishici frowned, but Zhao Fan didn't care.

"The general is treated so poorly, why should he care so much about the success or failure of the war? You and I don't know Lu Meng. Even if he successfully conquered Shouchun, how much credit can we remember? I think it's better to do our best. There is another thing

You want to make your own ideas."

"What's the matter?" Taishici looked curious.

Zhao Fanyan said, "Just just now, the general took Song Qian back to the inn. Let us bring all the 4,000 troops in Liyang. Although one thousand more soldiers can restrain Zhang Liao, it is impossible for Liyang to leave troops to defend the soldiers.

My wife, children, and the old and the young are in the city.”

"Never mind, Li Yang's surname is neither Song nor Lu."

"only."
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