Chapter 142: Throwing Stones to Ask Xu Zhongkang

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 142: Throwing Stones to Ask Xu Zhongkang

The little daughter in the back house takes care of herself, while the man in the front house takes care of the family and the country.

Long Xiang sat in the main seat facing south, Lu Su and the fifth battalion commander sat on the left and right, and Hao Meng, as the deputy general of the left camp for city defense, sat behind the commander Xu Ding.

Liu Ye was living in Hefei at this time and attended as a friend of Lu Su.

The young attendant Qiao Qiao also wanted to listen, but because it was involved in the marriage of the two daughters of the Qiao family, Long Xiang arranged to avoid it outside the palace.

Qiao Niao was bored sitting on the stone steps outside the palace, so he walked in the courtyard waiting for the result.

During the time she came to Hefei, Qiao Min had adjusted her mentality and did not dare to stand up in front of Long Xiang as the young master of the Qiao family.

In the scene in front of the screen wall just now, Qiao Miao concluded that Long Xiang was his brother-in-law.

Qiao Wei's behavior of giving the pouch said it all. He didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of his eldest sister, and now he didn't dare to do anything wrong to Long Xiang.

Because of the special situation today, Long Xiang had no time to take care of Qiao's emotions. As soon as he sat down, he asked Lu Su and Cao Xing to introduce Zhang Zhao's marriage proposal and Sun Ce's army respectively.

After the two introduced each other, the hall was as quiet as night for a while.

Even the hot-tempered Tang Wei didn't yell because he knew that Sun Ce's strength was extraordinary.

Yuan Shu, Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun and others often praised Sun Ce. In recent years, he had an amazing record of sweeping Jiangdong. He was essentially different from Zheng Bao and Liu Xun.

After a moment of silence, Xu Ding cupped his fists and spoke.

"Although Zhang Zhao's words are conclusive, Sun Ce has followed with tens of thousands of troops. It is obvious that he is not just here to take concubines. Whether peace or war is decided depends on Yunqi."

"Yes, I also estimate that Sun Ce, like Zheng Bao, first took concubines and married wives in the name of taking concubines, but in fact he wanted to seize Hefei."

Xu Chu looked at Xu Ding and nodded in agreement.

Long Xiang smiled lightly and affirmed: "Bo'an, Zhong Kang is right. It would be best for Sun Ce to come and take a concubine. It doesn't matter even if I pay some dowry. I'm afraid he still wants Hefei. It's not easy for us to manage like this."

, but I’m not willing to have the peach taken away directly.”

"What else can you say? Just like we defended against Zheng Bao, we can just defend against Sun Ce. Now there are more defenders in Hefei."

Tang Wei understood what Long Xiang meant and immediately stood up to cheer him up.

Long Xiang waved his hand for Tang Yu to sit down, frowned and said: "It is necessary to be prepared on both sides, but Sun Ce's reputation is a bit big, and his military strength is several times that of Zheng Bao. Frankly speaking, I don't know what to do."

When Xu Chu heard this, he showed his fist and said sternly: "General, why don't you follow the example last time? As long as Sun Ce dares to command under the city, I will knock him down with flying rocks, kill him or even wound him to defeat the enemy."

"Not so good?"

Feng Zhong suddenly spoke up and explained to everyone: "Let's not talk about Sun Ce's martial arts. If he really died in the battle at the gate of Hefei, wouldn't we become a mortal enemy of the Sun family? There will be no peace in Hefei from now on."

Tang Wei was sitting in the middle on the right. Hearing Feng Zhong's different opinions, he immediately stood up to support Xu Chu.

"If we make enemies, we will make enemies. Who invited them to Hefei? I think Zhong Kang has a good idea. If he can really kill the enemy chief in one battle, Yun Qi will lead us to Jiangdong and seize all the territory Sun Ce has conquered."

"I think it will work."

Xu Ding stroked his beard to agree with Tang Wei, and then turned his attention to Long Xiang.

At this time, Long Xiang, Lu Su and Liu Ye looked at each other, thinking that if Xu Chu really killed Sun Ce with a flying stone, the three-year agreement would be fulfilled in advance.

Liu Ye's previous inference about Long Xiang was almost the same as Tang Yu's current thinking. He first occupied Huainan and then went to Jiangdong to compete with Sun Ce. Even if he could not dominate the world, there would be no problem in separatist rule.

Now that Sun Ce has broken the Lujiang River, if he died unexpectedly at the foot of Hefei City, Long Xiang would undoubtedly be the luckiest fisherman.

Liu Ye was very willing to follow such a hero, so he was particularly looking forward to Long Xiang's answer.

Long Xiang once again motioned Tang Yu to sit down, and said to everyone in a deep voice: "Everyone in the world wants to learn from Sun Ce's achievements as a young man, sweeping across Jiangdong with majestic appearance. I have also had such imagination, but there is a big gap between ideal and reality. Uncle Zhong

His worries are not unreasonable. Although Zhongkang’s idea of ​​capturing the thief and the king is a good one, it is extremely difficult to implement.”

"I think you are overthinking it. Yuan Shu was very prosperous for a while, and then declined and withered after his death. Brothers and children cannot succeed. Yun Qi, please think about it again."

After Tang Wei finished expressing his views, he knelt down and sat on the soft seat.

Long Xiang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yuan Shu and Sun Ce are in different situations. Yuan Yin, Yuan Yao and others all have mediocre qualifications;

However, Sun Ce's elder brother, brother, uncle and others are quite capable. Even if Sun Ce dies in battle, Jiangdong may not be in chaos;

On the other hand, there are only a few thousand soldiers in Hefei, less than a hundred war horses, and only a few boats to transport troops and food. What can we do to attack Jiangdong?"

"Ah this."

Just when Tang Yu was secretly proud, he found that he had been persuaded by Long Xiang again and could only drink water to resolve the embarrassment.

Long Xiang continued to add: "Furthermore, Yuan Yin and Yuan Yao evacuated Shouchun because of the threat from Cao Cao in the north. If all the people in Hefei are mobilized to seize Jiangdong, what will happen to the wives, children and family members left in the city? Wait until we are ready to cross the river.

The Sun family has elected a new leader to avenge Sun Ce."

"Yunqi, stop talking. I'm just a reckless man. I was just talking nonsense. I'm the one responsible for it."

After Tang Wei interrupted Long Xiang, he actually slapped his mouth twice with his big hand. His funny action amused the others in the hall.

Seeing that Cao Xing was actually covering his mouth, Tang Rui touched him with his elbow and said in a deep voice: "Why are you laughing? We are married in one day, and you don't want to go to Jiangdong to fight. My family in Hefei will be robbed by Cao's army."

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"ah?"

Cao Xing was startled, and the hall burst into laughter again.

Lu Su had a deep understanding of Long Xiang and knew that he had no intention of becoming his own master, so he got up and put the topic on the right track.

"Yun Qi has been thinking deeply. It is indeed a long-term plan not to have enmity with Jiangdong. Although Sun Ce has 30,000 troops, as long as you go all out, he may not be able to capture Hefei."

Long Xiang reminded in a low voice: "Zijing has forgotten Zhang Zhao's words? Sun Ce defeated Wan County in two days, and the defenders there were more than those in Hefei."

"The number of defenders is not the key to victory or defeat. General Hao and Zi Yang are both from Wan County. Yun Qi might as well ask them."

After stroking his beard, Lu Su nodded to Hao Meng, then turned to look at Liu Ye.

When Hao Meng saw Lu Su's order, he quickly stood up and clasped his fists and replied: "I don't know about other situations, but Cai Ji is lustful and incompetent. It's no surprise that he can't defend the city. But he was defeated so quickly, which shows that Sun Ce has something."

Long Xiang nodded and motioned for Hao Meng to sit down, then stood up and saluted Liu Ye with his fists clasped. The pouch on his waist happened to be seen by Lu Su.

"My crude words made Mr. Ziyang laugh. Since Zijing recommended me in person, can you give me some advice on this?"

"Long Sima, you're welcome."

Liu Ye quickly stood up and returned the gift. He had only moved to Hefei for a short time. Due to the difference in status between the two parties, Long Xiang did not get close to him like a "licking dog". He just told Lu Su to take good care of him.

Long Xiang neither had the barbarity and arrogance of ordinary warlords, nor did he grovel because of his Han clan clan. His aloof and calm attitude made Liu Ye feel inexplicably fond of him.

"What Zijing said is true. I think the people in Hefei will be able to stop Sun Ce's troops. Long Sima must have confidence."
Chapter completed!