"Chen Lan?"

Sun Quan frowned. What did he send someone to do for him?

Zhang Zhao, who was standing beside him, said directly: "Lord, Chen Lan is originally a general of Yuan Shu.

Since Yuan Shu's death, Chen Lan and Lei Xu and Mei Gan Meicheng brothers gathered tens of thousands of people to plunder in the Jianghuai area, resulting in the destruction of the surrounding counties."

Sun Quan knew this. Could it be that Chen Lan wanted to lead the crowd to surrender to Jiangdong?

After all, in the Battle of Red Cliff, Jiangdong showed his power, and Chen Lan had long been the rootless Ping, so it was not impossible to defect to Jiangdong.

However, Zhang Zhao continued to speak: "Since the Battle of Red Cliff last year, Cao Cao was defeated, they have gathered secretly. This year, Chen Lan and Mei Cheng began to rebel against Cao Cao in the six counties of Di.

Cao Cao sent Yu Jin, Zang Ba and others to attack Mei Cheng, and Zhang Liao led Zhang He, Niu Gai and others to attack Chen Lan.

But I heard that Mei Cheng had surrendered to General Yu Jin, Yu Jin withdrew his troops, and then Mei Cheng led his army to join Chen Lan. Could it be that the two of them were pretending to surrender?"

Zhang Zhao led his troops to besiege Jiujiang County and sent a post cavalry forward to investigate.

On the one hand, we would avoid being raided by Cao's reinforcements, but we could find out such a thing.

The territory where Chen Lan caused chaos also included the western part of Jiujiang County, so Zhang Zhao naturally knew the news.

"Are they faked surrender? Isn't it okay to meet them?"

Sun Quan tied the reins and thought to himself that if Chen Lan surrendered to Jiangdong, it would be of great benefit.

Not conquering Hefei City is a blessing in disguise.

If they were in trouble behind Huainan and were in Hefei, they would be overwhelmed by Cao Cao.

It is not impossible to even let them attract Cao's army's attention for Jiangdong.

Sun Quan suddenly thought that it must be Mei Cheng's surrender, which made Zhang Liao and the seven armies spare time before they could join Jiang Ji and rescue Hefei together.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan said to the whistleblower: "Bring Chen Lan's messenger here."

"Here."

Several horses who were delivering letters ran over. They were going to Hefei City to deliver letters, but they did not expect that Jiangdong would withdraw his troops and had to pursue them all the way.

A messenger stayed five steps away, first dismounted, then clasped his fists and said:

"I'm here to see the Marquis of Wu."

Sun Quan pulled the reins and looked down at Meigan and said, "You are looking for me, is there something wrong?"

"The Marquis of Wu also knew that we were all old generals of Yuan Shu, and now we are all rootless duckweeds, but we don't want to surrender to Cao Cao.

When I heard that the Marquis of Wu was victorious in Chibi, I led my army to attack Hefei. My brother specially sent me to form an alliance with Marquis of Wu, hoping to advance and retreat together."

“Alliance?”

Sun Quan frowned, he thought they were here to surrender.

But plumgan suddenly said the word "Alliance", which made him particularly unhappy.

If your brother had not surrendered and resisted for a while, how could Jiang Ji have gathered for 40,000 infantry and cavalry?

If you form an alliance with me, Jiangdong, will you be worthy of your bandits?

Mei Gan clasped his fists and explained: "It's so good for Wu Hou to know that my elder brother surrendered Yu Jin as a false surrender.

Now we have joined Chen Lan with our soldiers, and we have moved to the qian Mountain to defend ourselves and occupy the geographical advantage.

It is mainly entrenched in Tianzhu Mountain. Tianzhu Mountain is about twenty miles high and steep, and the road is dangerous and narrow. We all avoided it. It is difficult for Cao's army to advance below the mountain.

Zhang Liao and others led few troops, so it was difficult to go deeper. In addition, we gathered more than 100,000 people, and Cao's army could not conquer for a while, so my elder brother and General Chen wanted to form an alliance with the Marquis of Wu in Jiangdong.

If the Marquis of Wu raises troops to Hefei again, we will respond in the rear of Huainan.

Cao Cao will definitely be able to ignore each other from the beginning and end, and then the entire Huainan land will be the item in Wu Hou’s pocket.”

After Mei Gan finished speaking, he looked up at Sun Quan. He didn't believe Sun Quan and he was not moved.

Meigan’s subtext is very obvious. If you want us to surrender to you, no problem, you can conquer Huainan first and we will surrender immediately.

It is impossible to leave our hometown and run to Jiangdong.

All the family's foundation is in Huainan. If they run away, wouldn't they be slaughtered when they arrive in Jiangdong?

The most important thing is that Mei Gan believed that Sun Quan would agree. At that time, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande were less than a thousand soldiers and only ten generals were only ten, so he could still form an alliance with Jiangdong and defeat Cao Cao together.

Now they have more than 100,000 people. Not to mention the number of soldiers and generals, they have robbed for so long and have enough food and supplies to last for several years.

What reason does Sun Quan have to refuse?

For this alliance, Mei Gan is bound to win.

But I didn't expect that Hefei City should have been taken down by Sun Quan, so why did it withdraw? Could it be that the war in Jingzhou was in a stalemate?

Mei Gan didn't know about these news, and she was very sensible and did not ask about it.

After hearing Mei Gan's words, Sun Quan fell into deep thought, and he naturally heard Mei Gan's words.

If they want to surrender, they must first take Huainan, otherwise we will be allies.

Chen Lanfushu was Yuan Shu's deputy general, and Sun Quan knew about this.

When Yuan Shu became emperor, his life became increasingly luxurious. He colluded with his colleague Lei Bo to plunder Yuan Shu's money, grain, and materials to travel to the mountain.

They have been robbed in Huainan for many years and their family background is very rich!

Although Jiangdong is rich, all the money is used to support soldiers. If he can hook up with Chen Lan and swallow this group of forces, it will be of great benefit.

Although he did not conquer Hefei City, it would be a good idea to have such a group of insiders.

However, Sun Quan nodded and replied: "It is not impossible to form an alliance."

Mei Gan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone's common enemy was Cao Cao, and Wu Hou was also coveting the land of Huainan.

Otherwise, they would not have personally led a large army to attack Hefei, Jiujiang County and other areas.

And they just want to survive in the Huainan territory.

"So, thank you, Mr. Wu. I hope Mr. Wu can reply to General Chen and my elder brother so that they can know, otherwise they will cause trouble if they speak empty words and white teeth."

"What I said is right." Sun Quan then got off the horse, walked to Meigan, patted his shoulder and said:

"The wars in Jingzhou are frequent, and I will withdraw my troops. After I pacify Jingzhou, I will definitely attack Hefei. At that time, I will come out from behind Huainan to help me restrain Cao's army.

On the contrary, if Zhang Liao and others continue to send troops to attack you, I will send reinforcements to help you, and help you with your help."

"So, thank you, Mr. Wu."

Plum Gan was overjoyed and bowed to thank him again.

This time it was not a waste of time.

As for the power of Uncle Liu, although Lei Xu once said that Uncle Liu was a benevolent and righteous person, he would definitely have no worries when he formed an alliance with him.

But Chen Lan opposed it. When he was under Yuan Shao's account, he fought against Liu Bei several times. If Liu Bei was not a truly broad-minded person, wouldn't he be angry in the future?

The most important thing is that Liu Bei cannot reach the territory of Huainan. Even if he is an alliance with him, his strength is weak, so he might as well form an alliance with Jiangdong.

Hearing that Sun Quan was besieging Hefei, he might take down the entire Huainan and he would be able to take care of them by then.

Moreover, it was an alliance with Jiangdong, which could be regarded as an indirect alliance with Liu Bei. This was Chen Lan's plan.

This theory convinced the rest of the people, and then Mei Gan personally came to negotiate with Sun Quan as a messenger.

Sun Quan felt that he could achieve his goal, so he stopped to write a letter, but he didn't expect that Hefei City had not been defeated, but someone took the initiative to rely on it.

Although there are conditions, Sun Quan did not think it was a problem to take Huainan, it was just the length of time.

After Sun Quan finished writing the letter, stamped the seal, and handed it to Mei Gan, he waved goodbye with a smile on his face.

Meigan got on the horse and followed the guards away. She didn't care about Sun Quan's arrogant first and respectful second, although she was rushing to ask him for help.

There is no way, the lives of more than 100,000 people are not his turn to be arrogant in front of Sun Quan.

"Lord, Chen Lan and others may not be sincere in my Jiangdong, but they are just desperate and find a backer."

After Zhang Zhao and others left, they said slowly.

"It's okay." Sun Quan stretched out his finger and waved his finger: "Cao's army is powerful. If I capture Huainan, Chen Lan will eventually surrender to me."

Zhang Zhao bowed slightly, not saying much.

After all, before the Battle of Red Cliff, he advocated surrender, but Cao Cao was defeated. Don’t force himself to stand up recently.

"Since I have stopped, let the army rest for a while. I can also reply to Gongjinzi and talk about Hefei City."

"Here." Zhang Zhao went to pass the order.

Sun Quan glanced at Zhang Zhao who was leaving. After the Battle of Chibi, the master finally used it more easily in recent days.

~~

In the newly established camp outside Jiangling City, Zhou Yu was holding a big banquet. He first had a meal with the soldiers at noon, and there was another game tonight.

As for the lively sound, it vaguely reached Jiangling City.

Cao Ren was still patrolling the city, his steps were very steady, and his clan nephew was furious. The doctor said that after vomiting the blood, nothing happened.
To be continued...