July 22nd is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the temperature in the south is not very low, but rather hot.
The heavy rain that swept across the south lasted from the end of May to the beginning of July.
A few days ago, it was still raining lightly in the southeastern hills, especially in the southern mountainous areas. Sometimes it rained heavily or even torrentially.
By the end of July, the weather had finally cleared up. The crisp autumn weather had dissipated the original haze, and the warm sunshine shone through the clouds, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Especially in mountainous areas such as the southeastern hills, the temperature in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River should not be too low in early autumn in the south, but it is quite cool at the moment, just like the warm veil of spring in March.
At this moment, in the upper reaches of Shushui, the mighty Jiangdong military fleet has stopped on the Shushui River less than two miles away from the stone ridge. The bare mountains in the distance are the stone ridge with few trees.
Zhou Yu stood on the boat with a letter in his hand. Shen Chen continued to correspond with him in the past few days, and both parties made some strange remarks in the letter.
For example, Zhou Yu mocked Shen Chen for being as timid as a mouse. In order to transfer Lu Meng and Xu Sheng away, he created suspicion and did not dare to trade with them.
Shen Chen teased Zhou Yu for being two-faced. He said it was a deal, but in reality it was an ambush. There was no sincerity at all.
In the midst of this mutual blaming, the two reluctantly agreed on the date and location of the transaction.
There were thousands of Jiangdong's fleets, crowding the Shushui River, which was originally not wide. At this moment, a flying boat jumped out of the crowd and headed towards the hills ahead.
A sharp arrow shot from the hill and landed firmly on the awning. Someone on the boat shouted: "Is this the way of hospitality in Jingzhou?"
"I'm afraid that what's coming is not a guest, but a pack of hungry wolves."
The young man who was shooting arrows above the hill stood on the arrow tower and shouted down: "Where is Zhou Yu?"
"The Governor wants us to see Master Dongfang first."
People below responded.
Shen Chen said loudly: "Look over there."
As he spoke, he pointed to the hills behind.
I saw an old man being escorted over the hills behind.
The people on the boat built a pergola to watch from a distance. Although the distance was relatively far, they still recognized that it was indeed Zhang Hong.
So with a roar, he turned the boat and left.
After a while, a ship came unexpectedly and stopped about a mile away from the hills.
The troops and horses on both sides were about two miles apart. According to the previous communication agreement, the troops on both sides were not allowed to approach the trading place, and a large area of trees in the surrounding forest had to be cut down to prevent someone from ambushing inside.
During the transaction, everyone must use a boat to trade on the river, and the number of accompanying persons cannot exceed twenty. The trading boat cannot have a awning, and can only be escorted by three people.
A series of rules and regulations limit the possibility of both parties arranging a surprise attack during the transaction, and also prevent both parties from suddenly launching an attack on the ship during the transaction.
After the sudden ship stopped in the safe area in the middle of the two sides, people on the ship rushed onto the deck and set up planks and shields.
Then several people carried a prisoner-looking man out of the deck and waved to the hills in the distance.
In fact, Shen Chen was very far away. One mile in the Han Dynasty was more than 400 meters. Let alone seeing people clearly from this distance, even if you could see the Gundam clearly, you might not be able to see it clearly. You could only vaguely see a few black spots.
Therefore, Shen Chen did not take Zhang Hong to do the deal rashly, but sent Zhang Nan to confirm Huang Zu's identity.
As a Sima under Huang Zu, Zhang Nan's status was not as high as that of Su Fei, Deng Long and others, but he had seen Huang Zu often before and knew his face, so it was best to leave him alone.
Soon, Zhang Nan paddled his boat down the river and approached the edge of the ship. Jiangdong's army did not use spears to drive him away, but someone clamped Huang Zu to the side of the ship and signaled him to confirm his identity as soon as possible.
At this time, Huang Zu was extremely haggard. In just one month, he seemed to have lost more than ten kilograms and suffered some inhuman torture. His body was covered with bloodstains and his hair was disheveled. He was only revealed with the help of the people next to him. Come on.
"General, general?"
Zhang Nan softly called Huang Zu's name a few times. Huang Zu reluctantly raised his head with a very bad expression. For the entire Jiangdong, because he killed Sun Jian and fell into the hands of Cheng Pu, Handang and others, there would naturally be no consequences. Good ending.
A handsome man in his thirties on the boat said to Zhang Nan: "Have you confirmed the identity of the old thief?"
"snort!"
Zhang Nan snorted coldly: "You Jiangdong are so poor and evil and inhumane. We saw that Zhang Hong was too old to walk on the mountain road, so we sent people to carry him in a sedan chair every day. But you abused General Huang so harshly that you even tortured him He is really despicable!"
The handsome man on the boat was none other than Zhou Yu, who snorted coldly and said, "Old thief Huang has a blood feud with us. It's already good enough that we didn't have him cut into a human stick with five punishments. Do you still want us to treat him well?"
Zhang Nan was far less eloquent than Zhou Yu. After confirming Huang Zu's identity, he said nothing more to him. He glared at them angrily and ordered the soldiers to punt back.
After a while, Zhang Nan reported the situation to Shen Chen, and Shen Chen led people to escort Zhang Hong and came here on a barge.
When they got close, the boatman used anchors and oars to support the boat to prevent it from drifting away. The two sides were about forty steps, almost sixty meters apart, with shields and planks standing on the side of the boat, looking at each other from a distance.
Shen Chen stood on the side of the ship and shouted: "Zhou Yu."
"It's me."
Zhou Yu stepped out from the crowd and stood majestically.
Shen Chen looked over.
I saw that it was a young man about thirty years old, tall and tall, standing tall and looking straight ahead.
Judging from his appearance, Zhou Yu is indeed extremely handsome, with almost perfect facial contours, fair skin, and sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. He is worthy of the reputation of Meizhouro.
If paired with Sun Ce, who is also handsome and powerful, he can be said to be the two representatives of Jiangdong Wuji and Zhiji.
But it is a pity that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's great martial arts were tarnished by Sun Quan in his later years. Not only did they lose the reputation of betraying allies and assassinating friends, but they also lost their reputation because of Sun Quan's ignorance in his later years. It is really a pity.
"Captain Zhou!"
Shen Chen said loudly: "It is said that it is better to hear once than to see once. Jiangzuo Zhoulang does have such a demeanor."
Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "I have heard the name Shen Chen in the East China Sea for a long time."
"No more gossip."
Shen Chen let the soldiers with shields erect on the left and right disperse, pulled Zhang Hong on the bow of the ship, and said to Zhou Yu: "I have brought Mr. Zigang, where is General Huang?"
"Gong Jin."
Zhang Hong hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Be careful they set up an ambush around the two mountains! Wuwuwuwu."
Before he could finish speaking, his mouth was already covered.
Shen Chen grinned and said: "You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. The governor has brought so many people here, so it is normal for me to arrange some archers."
"snort."
Zhou Yu was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he pulled Huang Zu over and said, "Old thief Huang is right here."
Shen Chen looked over and saw that Huang Zu was covered with wounds. He immediately frowned and said, "You guys in Jiangdong are really "unscrupulous". Scholars can be killed but not humiliated. Luck is bad. Being defeated and captured is not a shameful thing, but what is shameful is The enemy has no shame, and you have abused General Huang so harshly, aren't you afraid that you will do the same one day?"
Zhou Yu knew that he was using "The Doctrine of the Mean" to call them Jiang Dong a villain, so he said: "The old thief killed Wu Chenghou, and his hatred with Jiang Dong is as deep as the sea. Wu Hou originally planned to kill him, but he only spared his life for the sake of Dongfang." , do you still want us to be entertained with good food and drinks?”
Shen Chen was dissatisfied and retorted: "Wucheng Hou attacked Jingzhou in the name of Yuan Shu and died on the battlefield, and it was not because of General Huang's secret attack. You Jiangdong are very shameless. It is only natural that the generals should be wrapped in horse leather and returned. The King of Chu also returned the body of Marquis Wucheng, but you Jiangdong have lost faith by doing this."
How could Zhou Yu not know that abusing Huang Zu was a loss of integrity?
Sun Jian died because he attacked Jingzhou on Yuan Shu's order, and Huang Zu killed him in a sneak attack on the battlefield. Although it was a sneak attack, no matter how he died on the battlefield, he died in battle, so he should have nothing to say, let alone Sun Jian. He was still an intruder, and it was understandable that Huang Zu would fight back.
If Sun Ce and Sun Quan openly attacked Jiangxia, defeated Huang Zu and killed him in the name of avenging their father, then it was a legitimate thing and no one would blame them.
But if the prisoners are mistreated after being captured, that is another matter, and they will naturally be criticized morally.
But there was nothing Zhou Yu could do.
After he captured Huang Zu, he placed him in Wankou.
It happened that the guards at Wankou at that time were two veteran generals, Cheng Pu and Han Dang. They deeply hated Huang Zu for killing his old master Sun Jian, so even if Zhou Yu repeatedly ordered them to ensure Huang Zu's life safety, in exchange for Sun Quan and Zhang Hong, but they still beat Huang Zu severely.
Zhou Yu knew that he was in the wrong and did not want to quarrel with Shen Chen in terms of scriptures and meaning, so he said: "It is useless to talk more. The old thief only suffered a few superficial wounds and will not die. Now that everyone has identified the person, let's exchange the hostages. "
"good!"
Shen Chen then disembarked from the ship with Zhang Hong already tied up in his arms, and took a small scout boat. There was no roof on the small boat, but there were wooden planks and shields in the cabin.
After he took Zhang Hong on board the ship, Zhang Nan next to him lifted up the wooden planks in the cabin, fastened them with brackets and buckles, and then used a shield to protect Shen Chen.
There is also a soldier who is responsible for rocking the oar and controlling the ship.
Over there, Zhou Yu did not come in person, but asked three soldiers to take Huang Zu off the ship, and they also used wooden planks and shields to defend themselves.
The boats on both sides slowly approached each other, and by the time they reached the middle area, they were entangled with each other.
Shen Chen's right hand was on the handle of the sword at his waist, and his left hand was holding Zhang Hong. Zhang Nan held up a shield to protect him, and the soldier responsible for rocking the oar was on the side to support Huang Zu.
So does the other party.
When people on both sides had caught each other's people, they let go at the same time and took Huang Zu and Zhang Hong over respectively.
Seeing that things went quite smoothly, Shen Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Sun Quan still valued Zhang Hong and did not make any trouble regarding the hostage exchange.
However, just when he thought things were going smoothly, several archers suddenly appeared on Zhou Yu's ship, and they bent their bows and arrows at the same time to attack them.
The most important thing is that their target is not Shen Chen at all, but Huang Zu.
Because Shen Chen's position was at the bow of the ship, which was supported by wooden planks, it could defend Shen Chen's front. Zhang Nan held up a shield to cover the left side of the ship. Only Huang Zu did not hide for a short time when he was picked up by the responding soldiers. Get behind the plank and shield.
Shen Chen vaguely even saw among the archers, there was a handsomely dressed young man, who was the "Zhang Xuan" he knew. He gritted his teeth, looked at Huang Zu with a fierce look, and aimed a fatal blow at him. arrow!
"not good!"
Shen Chen reacted very quickly. The nineteen-year-old boy noticed this scene in almost 0.01 seconds. He instinctively pulled the soldier who was assisting Huang Zu and gave him a strong tug on the ship.
I saw the soldier and Huang Zu falling into the cabin almost at the same time. Then there was a clanging sound. Some arrows hit the wooden board, some hit Zhang Nanju's shield, and some arrows hit Huang Zu just now. Huang Zu was standing on the side of the ship. If he had been slower for almost one second, the soldier and Huang Zu would have died.
"How dare you, little thief!"
A loud shout suddenly rang out from Shen Chen's boat not far away. A gray-bearded veteran with a gray beard stepped on the side of the boat. He was looking down from a high position and bent his bow and arrow on the boat about sixty meters away. His muscular arms suddenly tightened. , pull and release hard.
"call out!"
The arrow made a terrifying sound of howling through the air, and shot towards Zhou Yu's ship twice as fast as the archers just now.
The target he was aiming at was "Xuan Zhang".
Zhang Xuan is naturally Sun Quan. He and Huang Zu have a mortal hatred. How can they allow Huang Zu to escape smoothly?
Although he also thought about using delayed-onset poison to poison him after the substitution, he was afraid of an accident during the substitution, which delayed the time and poisoned Huang Zu in advance. Secondly, Huang Zu was not a fool. Haven't eaten anything for days.
Forced feeding will definitely leave a wound on the mouth. Once the other party becomes suspicious when confirming his identity and Huang Zu cannot respond, the transaction will definitely fail.
So Sun Quan thought about it and decided that it would be safest to snipe Huang Zu at close range the moment he was picked up on the ship.
In this way, Zhang Hong can also take over and kill Huang Zu to take revenge. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone.
But he never expected that Shen Chen would come to respond in person, and the other party was well prepared. The ship was protected with wooden planks and shields, and with that kind of extreme reaction, Huang Zu was actually saved.
Just when he was furious and wanted to order the ship to hit the small boat, an arrow shot through the void like a meteor, and the guards around him quickly raised their wooden boards to block it.
There was only a "bang" sound, and the guard flew out, directly knocking Sun Quan behind him to the ground.
When everyone hurriedly came to help him, they saw that the wooden board had been shot through, the personal guard had also been pierced, and the bloody arrow rubbed against Sun Quan's armor, leaving a mark.
One can imagine the power of this arrow!
"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"
"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"
Shen Chen's ship was already enraged, and more than twenty archers rained down arrows.
Originally, Zhou Yu's ship would also fire arrows, but he didn't expect that Sun Quan was almost shot to death. The soldiers were so panicked that they had no time to fight back. He quickly pulled up the anchor, ordered to evacuate, and fled in confusion.
Big update today and tomorrow, never let people say I am short and weak.