"Wait a minute!" Zhuge Liang shouted and stood up, reaching out to stop the soldiers who were rushing towards him. Long Fei waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to get down. Zhuge Liang looked at Long Fei and said, "If I make another offer in exchange, can General Long let him go?"
Are we one horse?"
Long Fei looked at Zhuge Liang: "Oh? Then we have to see if what you said is true and whether it is meaningful to us."
"Not only is it true, but it is also of great significance!" Zhuge Liang glanced at the people around him. Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Zhang Liao and others hurriedly stood up to leave. Long Fei said: "No, they are all my brothers here. If you have anything to say, Mr. Zhuge, just say it."
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Regardless of whether what Long Fei said came from the heart or was a pretense, being able to say such words still made everyone feel warm in their hearts. As a subordinate, if the Lord can trust him so much, he will definitely be loyal. Zhuge Liang thought for a while: "In this case,
I bluntly said that there are our people beside the general, and our people have been deployed in Jingzhou for a long time. As long as General Long lets us go, I am willing to evacuate everyone."
Guo Jia hurriedly asked: "Are your people Liu Bei's people or Hei Bing's people?"
Zhuge Liang looked at Guo Jia: "Guo Fengxiao is extremely smart, how could he not even guess this?"
This sounds unreliable, but if you think about it carefully, it is very possible. Hei Bing has been operating in Jingzhou for so many years, how could he let Long Fei take over so quietly? If he didn't leave some foreshadowing,
It is always difficult to turn around and fight back. Zhuge Liang looked calm at this time, because he had already thrown the ball back. Sun Qian looked at Zhuge Liang, his brows furrowed. He had many things to ask, but the occasion and time were different.
wrong.
Long Fei glanced at Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, what do you think?"
As the head of the intelligence department, Xu Shu is also Hei Bing's old man, and he has been hiding for decades as a lurker. He is still somewhat clear about Hei Bing's methods. Based on the intelligence from various places during this period, Xu Shu shook his head slightly: "My subordinates are stupid.
, and didn’t find anything about Black Ice!”
Long Fei nodded and looked at Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Zhuge, it seems you are lying to me!"
Everyone was shocked! Long Fei determined that there was no black ice person in Jingzhou just by Xu Shu's words. What a courage and trust in his subordinates. Even the wise kings like Emperor Qin and Wu of Han in history did not
He has 100% trust in his subordinates. As Long Fei's subordinates, whether they are people close to Long Fei such as Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, or Zhang He, a general who surrendered to Hebei, their hearts feel warm for a while.
Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, but his face was still serious: "Since General Long doesn't believe it, I have nothing to say, so I'll take my leave!"
"Wait a minute!" Long Fei stopped him, looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Mr. Zhuge, if I can let you go, what do you think?"
Zhuge Liang turned around: "Let us go? May I ask General Long what conditions he has?"
Long Fei said: "As long as you keep all the soldiers and horses and return the jade seal, I will not only let you Heibing people go, but I will also return Liu Bei to you!"
"Imperial jade seal?"
Long Fei nodded: "Yes, it's the jade seal I gave you back then! Originally, Yu Ji and I agreed to exchange the jade seal for Jingzhou, but we didn't expect you to go back on your word, so I sent troops to Jingzhou. Since I captured Jingzhou, naturally the jade seal will also
You have to give it back to me, don’t you think?”
Zhuge Liang nodded: "It's a deal!"
After sending Zhuge Liang away, everyone gathered around. Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Master, are you really planning to let Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang go?"
Long Fei nodded: "Yes! If we keep them, Hei Bing will definitely fight for us. If we let them go, I estimate that this group of people will definitely go to Yizhou. Although Liu Zhang is weak, he has worked in Yizhou for two generations.
The governor has a deep foundation. If it takes time for Liu Bei to control Yizhou, instead of leaving Hei Bing to hinder us, it is better to let them cause trouble for Liu Zhang."
Guo Jia nodded: "Drive the tiger and swallow the wolf!"
"Yes! That's what I mean!" Long Fei smiled slightly, glanced at everyone, and turned to Xu Shu: "So far we haven't been able to see Hei Bing's actions thoroughly. Yuan Zhi still needs to work hard on this, otherwise we
We will always be passive. I have sent Talen and Yan Rou to the grassland to look for the eagle that delivers the message. If we can use this thing to deliver the message, we can anticipate the enemy first and get twice the result with half the effort!"
Xu Shu nodded solemnly: "Lord, don't worry, I understand!"
Three days later, Zhuge Liang sent a message, confirming that Hei Bing had agreed to return the jade seal. Along with the book, he also sent a list of people. There were many people, so Long Fei asked someone to identify them one by one. Basically, they were some of the aristocratic families who stayed in Jingzhou.
The two names at the end made Long Fei stunned. Guo Jiadao: "Is this the person Zhuge Liang said that Hei Bing left in our Jingzhou?"
Long Fei shook his head: "It's hard to judge, let's leave it to Yuan Zhi!" As he said that, he tore off the last two names and handed them to Guo Jia: "You decide on these two people!"
Guo Jia sighed: "I can't think about it. You must have many reasons. In this case, it's better not to talk too much. I just want to ask the lord, how to deal with these two people?"
Long Fei sneered twice: "I don't know!" After that, he turned around and left.
Cai Mao and Zhang Yun followed Long Fei all the way down from Xiangyang. Relying on the fact that they were the generals of Jingzhou and now Situ and Sikong of the imperial court, they proposed to Long Fei that they should persuade the counties and villages in various places. Long Fei readily agreed.
The two men led 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight from north to south. How many soldiers and horses could there be in the county and township? From a distance, they saw an army of 10,000 either fleeing at the sight of the wind, or marching out of the city to meet them.
Cai Mao and Zhang Yun immediately entered the city, eating and drinking when they needed to, and taking some before leaving. The soldiers under their command were all under their command. This had been the case before, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
It was like locusts passing through the border. In order to appease the soldiers in Jingzhou, Long Fei did not pursue it. The names of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were also included in the list sent by Zhuge Liang today. Long Fei was moved in his heart and handed the matter over to Guo Jia.
deal with.
Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were urgently summoned to the Changsha camp. Guo Jia greeted the two people with a smile. Although these two people had much higher official positions than Guo Jia, they still behaved in front of Guo Jia.
The two of them didn't dare to do it anyway, so Guo Jia finally took the seat. Guo Jia picked up the wine glass and said, "You two gentlemen, I'll give you a drink."
"Military advisor, you're welcome!" The two of them flattered each other repeatedly. Cai Mao put down his wine glass and looked at Guo Jia: "I wonder what the lord is doing by bringing us here in such a hurry? I hope the military advisor can tell me!"
Guo Jia smiled and slowly put down his wine glass: "Seeing that Changsha is about to be destroyed and Jingzhou is settled, my lord sees that the two of you have made great contributions in pacifying various counties and villages during this period, so I plan to appoint them as prefects, but they have Situ and Sikong.
In the name of Situ, there is no Situ in the world who can also serve as a prefect, so I hope you two can express your gratitude to the court and voluntarily resign from the post of Situ and Sikong?"
"Prefect?" Zhang Yun was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "I wonder where the lord will arrange for us?"
Guo Jiadao: "Master Cai is the governor of Changsha, and Master Zhang is the governor of Guiyang!"
The two of them looked sad. Changsha and Guiyang counties were both located in southern Jingnan, which was much worse than Jiangxia, Nanjun, Xiangyang and other places, so they were not very happy. Guo Jia saw what they were thinking and smiled.
Said: "You two, please don't look like this. To tell you the truth, my lord, after the opening of the mutual trade between Cangwu and Nanhai, Guiyang has become the first beneficiary, and Changsha is also the final beneficiary. I believe it won't take long, this Jingnan
We will also become as prosperous as Jingzhong."
"Is this true?" Zhang Yun glanced at Cai Mao with a smile on his face.
The three of them had a meal, and Long Fei came to encourage them and sent them back. Cai Hao and Zhang Yun thought about the actions of Long Fei and Guo Jia while walking. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that something was wrong. From then on, they felt that something was wrong.
Although Nanjun is not far from Changsha, they did not make the trip in person for such a trivial matter. Zhang Yun patted Cai Mao on the shoulder: "Brother, don't worry, it's a good thing anyway! Being the prefect is better than being in name only.
Situ and Sikong are much better."
"Things are not that simple!" Cai Mao said with a sad look on his face: "My General Administration is not practical. Let's go back to Nanjun first and go find someone to ask. He must know what Long Fei wants to do to us."
The two bypassed Nanjun and drove their horses straight to Jingshan Mountain. There is a bamboo forest to the east of Jingshan Mountain. The bamboo forest covers a large area, and inside it is the place where the Xiangshui River swirls. The water vapor is quite heavy. If there is a little sunshine, mist will evaporate.
It is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round. Go straight in along the path, turn three corners, and a tall archway appears in front of you, with the three characters "Huangjiawan" written on it.
"Where is this?" Zhang Yun looked around and realized that he had never been to a place like this in all his years in Jingzhou.
Cai Mao let out a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I didn't forget how to get in. I've only been here a few times. This is my eldest sister's house!"
Zhang Yun nodded repeatedly and talked to himself about relatives: "In the eldest brother's sister's house, I am Liu Zhoumu's nephew. The eldest brother's second sister is my aunt. So, the eldest brother's sister's house is also my aunt's sister. Anyway, it doesn't matter.
In other words, it’s like my home, hehehe!”
Cai Mao ignored him and continued on his horse. He bypassed a few bamboo forests and saw a drunken man lying on the ground in the middle of the path. His clothes covered his head and he could clearly hear his snoring.
Chu. Zhang Yun got off his horse and kicked the man hard: "Hey! You really know how to choose a place to sleep. Get out of the way for me!"
The man sat up immediately and threw off the robe covering his face. Zhang Yun only glanced at it and immediately backed away with disdain: "Damn, did you meet a ghost? There are still such ugly people in the world?"
As he spoke, he drew out his sword with a cry.
Just when Zhang Yun was about to take action, a clear voice came from the distance: "Stop!" A woman wearing a veil and a gray dress appeared in front of the two of them. The hair left behind her head turned out to be
It was yellow in color, but its eyes were glowing blue. Zhang Yun shouted: "Another ghost is here!"