On July 8th, early in the morning, at the beginning of the meal, a white mist appeared on the Qingshui River.
The rolling river water stirred up waves and knocked the trees in the river towards the shore.
Although the surface of the Qingshui River is not as exaggerated as the Yangtze River, it is more than one mile to nearly two miles wide and more than 200 meters narrow.
The Lingyang section happens to be relatively moderate, more than 300 meters wide, especially since it is still in the high tide stage recently.
Therefore, Shen Chen asked the soldiers to cut down a large amount of wood these days, connect it with ropes, wooden rivets, and rattan, and use a large boat to block the river.
Soldiers were constantly coming and going inside and outside the city. They carried boxes of supplies to the ship, mainly bows and arrows.
As one of the three supply points in the rear, Lingyang not only has more than 200,000 stones of food and grass, but also many bows and arrows.
After staying in Lingyang for nearly twenty days, Shen Chen decided to set off again, heading to Yi County.
In the past few days, he and Zhou Yu had been communicating continuously, discussing the location of the hostage exchange back and forth.
After several "friendly consultations" and "an in-depth exchange of opinions" between the two parties, they finally "reached an agreement" to complete "win-win cooperation."
At Shen Chen's insistence, the two sides must exchange hostages in Yi County.
As for Zhou Yu, of course, after several "thoughtful considerations" and several "strong objections", he finally couldn't hold his thighs up with his arms and "reluctantly" agreed to this condition.
After all, for him, the hostage exchange in Yi County is the best choice.
Once Huang Zu replaced Sun Quan and Zhang Hong, he could immediately order a general attack. In this way, Lu Meng's army, which cooperated with Yunxi, would definitely be able to wipe out the supporting troops sent by Shen Chen and Liu Pan.
So in this tacit understanding between the two parties, they also began to make arrangements for each other.
Lingyang City is busy inside and outside.
After breakfast, Sun Quan and Zhang Hong were also gathered out. Under the escort of soldiers, they left the county government residence and arrived at the dock outside Lingyang City.
After being imprisoned for nearly a month, Sun Quan's complexion deteriorated a lot. At first, he looked like a cock with high morale, but after being singled out and beaten by Shen Chen, his whole body seemed to be slack and without any fighting spirit.
But after seeing Zhang Hong, he immediately cheered up.
At this time, there were several large boats parked on the pier, and many soldiers were walking onto the boats, taking their positions under the command of generals at all levels.
"Father."
When Sun Quan saw Zhang Hong, he walked over quickly. Seeing that his complexion was much worse, he felt very worried.
He still respected Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao from the bottom of his heart.
"Xuan'er."
Zhang Hong glanced at him with relief.
During this period of time, they had been detained separately and met very rarely, which made him worried all night long.
Fortunately, we saw each other again today. Nothing happened to both of us, and we finally felt more at ease.
"It's really a deep love between father and son."
Wearing a suit of armor, Shen Chen appeared in front of the two of them with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zigang, there is good news. Sun Quan plans to exchange General Huang Zu for your father and son. We are going to Yi County soon to exchange hostages. .”
"I hope General Shen can keep his promise."
Zhang Hong said in a deep voice: "You can reach Poyang from Yixian County southward. Presumably Liu Pan, who is in Nanchang at this time, has sent someone to pick you up."
Shen Chen nodded and said: "That's natural, so I'd better ask you two to get on the boat."
"Why aren't Xuan'er and I on the same ship?"
Zhang Hong noticed that the soldiers obviously wanted to separate them and place them on two ships.
Shen Chen explained: "For safety reasons, we still have to hold them separately."
"Then we can't have two rooms in one ship?"
Zhang Hong asked.
Shen Chen shook his head and said: "No, in order to prevent accidents, we have to separate on two ships. But don't worry, sir, after Yi County, Zhou Yu will bring General Huang Zu over to exchange with sir and his son. You will meet again."
Zhang Hong said calmly: "You guys haven't sailed yet, and I haven't seen Xuan'er for many days. It should be okay to stand at the pier together for a while and chat."
"This is it"
Shen Chen looked around. There were countless soldiers and horses on the left and right, and there were dozens of guards guarding them. It was impossible for them to escape, but for safety reasons, he said: "Yes, but Henry must be tied up."
"Here comes someone."
The deputy general Zhang Nan next to him waved his hand, and two soldiers came up and tied Zhang Xuan's hands like handcuffs.
Sun Quan and Zhang Hong looked at each other, and Zhang Hong shook his head slightly.
After they were tied up, Shen Chen ordered the soldiers around them to guard them: "Let them sit here, and you should keep a close eye on them."
"yes."
The soldiers responded with a roar.
Shen Chen turned around and left, going about his own business.
After waiting for him to leave, Zhang Hong said softly to Sun Quan: "Xuan'er, how have you been these days?"
"My thoughts are with my father. Everything is fine. They did not abuse the children."
Sun Quan replied.
"Well, that puts me at ease."
Zhang Hong said deliberately: "It seems that Wu Hou still cares about me, and he is actually willing to trade Huang Zu for me."
Sun Quan said: "This is all because my father is highly virtuous and highly respected, and the Marquis of Wu has always treated virtuous men with courtesy and respect for his father."
"I hope everything goes smoothly this time for the proton exchange."
"Then isn't Liu Pan here to help Shen Chen? Compared with Governor Zhou, he won't act rashly."
"Speaking of which, it's a bit strange."
"What's weird?"
"Shen Chen and several generals around him are all wearing battle armor."
Zhang Hong said in a low voice.
"War Armor?"
When Sun Quan heard these words, he was suddenly shocked.
Marines rarely wear armor.
Because when fighting on the water, you will fall into the water if you are not careful.
After entering the water, the armor weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms will turn into deadly sinking rocks.
Therefore, no matter how water-resistant navy soldiers are, they will always choose lightweight clothes.
They plan to take a boat now. Even if they want to fight, they shouldn't wear battle armor.
So this can only mean one thing - the other party is ready to go ashore and fight!
"Could it be."
Sun Quan whispered.
Zhang Hong sighed: "I'm worried too, I still have to be more careful."
"Um."
Sun Quan nodded.
The two talked for a while about other things.
After about two or three quarters of an hour, the Jiangxia Navy finally withdrew from Lingyang City.
Zhang Hong and Sun Quan were taken aboard two large boats at the front and back respectively.
"Get in!"
Sun Quan was taken into a room in the bilge, and the soldiers pushed him in brutally.
"hateful."
He staggered a few steps and almost fell down because his hands were tied.
Just when Sun Quan turned around to scold the soldiers, the soldiers slammed the door and closed the door hard.
Sun Quan cursed secretly, and then he looked around and took stock of his surroundings.
This is a torture chamber in the bilge. It is not completely sealed. There is a medium-sized ventilation window. Light comes in from the window and illuminates the entire room.
There was nothing else in the room, just a bed and a toilet. Obviously, as a prisoner, you didn't need to think about how good your stay would be.
Sun Quan walked to the ventilation window.
He noticed that the columns on the window were made of wood, not iron windows. Apparently, in order to prevent him from escaping, his hands and feet were tied because the wooden windows might not be able to stop him.
"snort."
Sun Quan snorted coldly, thinking that Shen Chen thought there was nothing he could do if he tied him up?
Then he sat on the ground and groped for his feet.
He didn't show much attention these days. He accidentally found a small dagger under the bed in the backyard of the county government residence where he was imprisoned.
Although he didn't know where the dagger came from, he hid it cleverly.
At this time, he was locked in the bilge and immediately began to explore.
After a while, he took out the small dagger hidden in his shoe. The dagger was only about the length of a person's middle finger, and the handle was very thin. It was more like a sharp file than a dagger.
He held the dagger upside down with both hands and began to cut the rope that bound his wrists. After less than 20 seconds, the rope fell to the ground.
After regaining his freedom, Sun Quan immediately walked to the door and listened carefully to what was going on outside.
There was no sound outside.
If you look at it from the window, you can see that the ship is still sailing. Because there is fog on the river, you can only feel the bumps of the ship, but you don't know where you are.
So Sun Quan walked to the window again, holding the rope in his hand and covering his hands. Firstly, if someone came in suddenly, he could pretend to be still tied up. Secondly, he had other uses for the rope to prevent him from jumping into the river. Others heard the noise.
What he didn't expect was that things went very smoothly. When he was cutting the wooden pillars with his dagger, no one came to disturb him at all. The sound of ships sailing on the river also covered up the sound of him cutting wood.
In less than three-quarters of an hour, he cut off the wooden pillars on the window. Sun Quan moved the bed to the window, tied the legs of the bed with ropes, then stood on the bed and began to climb out of the wooden window.
He was extremely tall, so it was very difficult to climb through the wooden window. It took a lot of effort before he managed to get out.
The fresh and free air outside made Sun Quan feel energetic.
It was only then that he discovered that the ship was floating on a lake as vast as the sea, and the shore was not far away, less than twenty or thirty feet away.
Sun Quan then began to climb down along the rope on the window, and slowly reached the bottom of the boat. Oars were stretched out from the holes on both sides of the bottom of the boat and rowed continuously.
He was imprisoned in the second cabin, and the third cabin was where the sailors rowed.
In order to avoid these oars, Sun Quan moved his body with difficulty, and finally slowly reached into the water, and finally let go.
The whole person fell gently into the lake.
The boat sailed quickly on the lake, and after just a moment, it was already a hundred meters away.
Sun Quan, who had dived into the water, waited until there was no movement above his head. Then he emerged from the water, glanced at the direction the boat was leaving in the distance, showed a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth, and then climbed towards the shore.
Although he was the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Quan had many other interests before he inherited the position. Not only did he like hunting, but he was also very good at swimming. Swimming was not a problem for him.
Soon he climbed to the shore. At this time, he was very embarrassed, wet, and his body temperature dropped rapidly.
Sun Quan looked around, seeing dense forests, lush green shores, and light rain in the sky.
For a moment I was shivering from the cold.
But in order to be afraid of being discovered by the enemy, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and use his hands and feet to crawl into the forest.
I stumbled all the way, covered in a lot of mud, and looked like a savage.
Sun Quan didn't know where this place was, but he only needed to know one thing - that is, he could return to Lingyang by following the direction the ship came from!
So without hesitation, he got into the forest and headed north along the coast.
It's outrageous, and it puts pressure on the author day by day. Some people say that the protagonist is plotted by Lu Su, and the image of a wise man is not good. However, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi also have plots against each other, don't they have the image of a wise man?
Fighting is about the right time, place and people. In the battle between Lu Su and the protagonist, Lu Su had the upper hand. If the protagonist were in the city, Lu Su wouldn't be able to fight. If it's a brainless novel, I can certainly give it to Lu Su.
To reduce intelligence, but what I write is a group portrait novel. The IQs of the protagonist and supporting characters are all online. It is interesting to compete with each other in wits and courage. Therefore, it is impossible for me to reduce Lu Su’s intelligence. If readers ask me to reduce intelligence, I’m sorry, I can’t do it.
Another thing about Sun Quan, some people asked why they didn't ask the captured soldiers to ask Sun Quan.
First, the protagonist does not know that Sun Quan is in the city, so of course it is impossible for him to ask Sun Quan out of nowhere if he is in the city.
Second, the book also said that the soldiers who protected Sun Quan were the most loyal Sun family troops, and their families were all in Jiangdong. Did they betray Sun Quan because they didn’t even want his family?
Therefore, it is most logical that the protagonist did not ask and the captured soldiers did not tell. Otherwise, Lu Bu almost captured Cao Cao. Why didn't the people around Cao Cao betray him?
Also, everyone is quite critical of Sun Quan's release. Just kidding, if you arrest him once, you can't arrest him a second time. Wouldn't it be better to slowly humiliate him?
Finally, there is the question of what kind of aristocratic family this is. This is even more outrageous. Where did the aristocratic family in the deep mountains and old forests of the southeastern hills come from? At least I checked a lot of information and found no trace of the aristocratic family. They are all Shanyue people.
Generally speaking, the things that everyone thinks are unreasonable are answered in the book. I hope everyone will read the book carefully and not put pressure on the author all the time.