Although Sun Quan's order to dispatch troops and horses had been issued in mid-January, it still took two months or more for the army to assemble, prepare food, grass and equipment, and then travel three to four thousand miles over mountains and ridges to Jiaozhou.
It is expected that the first to attack Guiping City in Yulin County will be the more than 3,000 troops gathered by Lu Dai, the governor of Jiaozhou.
According to the report from the spies, Lu Dai was well prepared this time. Three more eunuchs, Dai Liang, Xue Zong, and Chen Shi, accompanied the army. They also shouted loud slogans: vowing to wipe out the "remnants of the scholar family" and the "rebels of the Lu family".
", the whole country was restored to Jiaozhou, and the scene of the last careless defeat was restored.
But Lu Dai's target this time was not Yulin County, a tough enemy, but Jiaoshi County further west of Yulin County, where Lu Kai had almost exhausted all its troops.
This single move of avoiding the real and attacking the weak shows Lu Dai's military qualities.
However, Ma Di was still sitting in the capital, chatting with his uncle Lu Kai, drinking and having fun.
Not worried at all about the approaching soldiers.
I even took the time to move to a new home.
The new residence is a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits. It covers a wider area than the original prefect's residence and has a more grand architectural style. The most important thing is that the house is brand new.
And being fond of the new and hating the old is a common problem among most people.
Ma Su took his new wife and looked at the door for a long time, and named the new house Longdu Tinghou Mansion.
This name has its origin.
Shi Xie studied under the scholar Liu Tao when he was young, and gradually rose to the position of prefect of Jiaozhi. Later, he was promoted to General of Suinan Zhonglang by the Eastern Han Dynasty, moved to General Anyuan, and granted the title of Marquis of Longdu Ting. Later, he surrendered to Sun Quan when Bu Zhi took over Jiaozhou.
, was promoted to General of the Left by Sun Quan; later, he was promoted to General of Wei because of the inducement to surrender to Yong Kai, a wealthy family in Yizhou, and was granted the title of Longbianhou.
In order to show his justice in raising troops to occupy the prefectures and counties, Ma Di, who pretended to be "Shi San", refused to recognize the official title granted to Shi Xie by Sun Quan.
The chief butler Lu Ming was sweating profusely and directed everyone to rush in and out, place furniture, decorate the layout, and add things.
The whole new mansion was in such a mess that it was almost impossible to get down.
Ma Su was holding his arms and standing behind Lu Meng with a smile, admiring his wife's graceful grace from a just right angle. He saw Lu Kai coming in a hurry to discuss sending troops to stop Lu Dai and protect Jiaoxi County.
The two of them led a group of followers out of the mansion, found one of the largest wine shops in the city, and sat down to talk.
Seeing that the two people were the newly appointed prefect "Shi San" two days ago and the prefect of the neighboring county Lu Kai, the shopkeeper quickly cleared out all the idle people and vacated the entire second floor of the restaurant to entertain them grandly.
The food and wine were placed in sequence.
Ma Su poured himself a glass of wine leisurely, took a sip, squinted his eyes and sighed.
“Good wine!”
Lu Kai was stunned by Ma Su's happy expression.
Lu Kai has a kind-hearted personality. His parents died early, and he is the eldest of three siblings. He is fourteen years old. He has worried about his younger siblings since he was a child. Especially this little girl, who has a heart as high as the sky and a delicate appearance.
Pretty, with high force value and very rough attacks.
Lu Kai once thought that this little girl would not be able to get married and would end up alone in her life.
I didn't expect to find a man who is both civil and military and has great ambitions so quickly.
Although he was upset at first when he learned that his second brother was forced to death by his brother-in-law (Ma Su)'s followers, after later learning that the main fault was not his brother-in-law, Lu Kai quickly felt relieved.
There are no weapons or eyesight on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee to come back alive.
Therefore, after learning about his brother-in-law's true ability, Lu Kai chose to accept the marriage, stand with him, and strive for a rich future.
But now after seeing Ma Su's demeanor of being content with being rich, Lu Kai felt that he had to take back his "ambitious" comment.
The temperament exuded by his brother-in-law today reminded him of a person: Sun Quan, the great emperor of Soochow who was obsessed with beauty and was content to sit back and relax.
Seeing that Lu Dai is here to kill him, my brother-in-law still has time to drink here?
How could Lu Kai not be anxious?
He immediately stood up, grabbed the wine glass with his hands, slammed it down on the table, and said angrily: "I am addicted to wine and sex, does it mean that my brother-in-law has no great ambitions?"
"Brother, why did you say this?" Ma Di smiled slightly, not worried, and filled Lu Kai's glass of wine while sitting him down, "Don't panic. As long as I'm here, the sky won't fall."
Lu Kai felt relieved and drank the glass in one gulp, but his expression was still unhappy.
Ma Di chatted with him one after another, asking about Lu Meng's growth experience over the years.
Lu Kai patiently answered one by one.
He traveled all over the country over the years and worried about the Lu family. In the past, the first thing he did when he returned home was to tell his younger brothers and sisters about what they had seen outside. Especially his younger sister, Lu Meng, was the most beloved by him, and he patiently answered all her questions every time.
What Lu Meng asked the most was "Who are the heroes in the world?", "There is no man better than Zhou Gongjin in the world", "If there is no one better than Zhou Gongjin, is there anyone close to Zhou Gongjin in talent and temperament?" and so on.
question.
On weekdays, Lu Kai also likes to praise his little sister in front of others.
But today, Lu Kai was not interested in his sister's topic. He stared at Ma Di in silence for a while, and then suddenly said, "Brother-in-law, your accent doesn't sound like someone from Jiaozhou."
Ma Su was startled and yelled: "Brother, who do you think I am from?"
Lu Kai thought for a while and said uncertainly: "It seems to have a bit of Jingzhou flavor."
Ma Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Yes, I was born in Jiaozhou. Later, Sun Quan took away my ancestral property. I had no choice but to be forced to hide in Jingzhou incognito. It has been five or six years now. I think I must have been infected there.
accent.”
"Brother, this is reasonable..."
Lu Kai nodded and frowned: "But from time to time, your words contain some Sichuan slang. What's going on?"
Ma Su was shocked again, but he laughed and said: "As I said just now, during my refuge in Jingzhou, I also traveled around and visited Shu... Brother, is this reasonable?"
Lu Kai nodded again: "Speaking of which, I often see your father, but I have never heard him talk about you."
"Brother, you are drunk. My father has passed away many years ago."
"No, five years ago, I often talked with you over wine." Lu Kai shook his head and said.
"Ah, hahaha...brother made fun of me, made fun of me."
Lu Kai looked at Ma Su with a smile and shook his head slightly: he already suspected that the person in front of him was not Shi Xie's son.
Before, when Ma Su wasn't paying attention, Lu Kai carefully looked up and down and looked up and down, but he didn't find any similarity in appearance between Ma Su, Shi Xie and even Shi Wei.
Even when Ma Su was pouring him wine, Lu Kai noticed that there was no green dragon pattern on the back of the former's neck. However, all scholars from Shi Xie on down had a blue dragon pattern tattooed on the back of their necks to show that they were "Longdu Pavilion".
Descendants of "Hou".
So I thought to myself: "Could my brother-in-law be using the name of Shisan in order to capture the entire Jiaozhou faster? However, although this may not be his real name, and he does not look so sincere, he exudes a kind of trustworthiness that can be relied on.
Strong and confident.”
Thinking of this, he lowered his voice and asked: "Brother-in-law, if you don't speak secretly, who are you?"
Ma Di looked straight at Lu Kai and suddenly felt that he had taken it for granted. Lu Kai had only been with him for a few days, but he had already noticed many of his flaws and realized that he was not a descendant of Shi Xie. So Lu Meng, Lu Ming and others spent every day with each other.
It's impossible for people not to see it.
But none of them mentioned this.
Just like Zhang Liang and Xiao He knew that Liu Bang was not the White Emperor, and killing the White Snake did not mean much, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knew Liu Bei's true identity (perhaps not a descendant of the royal family) but did not reveal it, so when an interest group kidnapped everyone, everyone
They will unconsciously protect the reputation of the group leader.
This is probably the consideration.
Ma Su nodded with a ashamed look on his face, looked around, and saw that his followers were all far away, so he whispered: "To be honest, brother, I am a descendant of a large family in Jingzhou, my surname is Chang, my given name is You, and my given name is Yuchun..."
"
Under the gaze of Lu Kai, who said "it's true", Ma Di made up a passionate and inspiring story about "many years of wandering outside, making friends with talented people in the world, trying to achieve great success but not succeeding".
Finally, he told me: "Brother, you know this and I know it. Never tell anyone else."
Lu Kai chinned his head and stroked his beard and said: "Brother-in-law, this is right. We are all a family, why should we hide our identities? This matter has reached my ears, so that's the end of it."
As he spoke, his voice changed and he said worriedly: "I don't know how to avoid this danger of shame."
Ma Di did not answer the question immediately, and walked to the second floor window with his hands behind his hands. When he saw the sky was blue, the spring sun was high, and the fresh air was blowing into his face, he looked back at Lu Kai and said with emotion: "This world has been suffering from chaos for a long time.
I don’t know when we will be at peace, no matter whether we rise or fall, the people will suffer.”
Maybe he was moved by the scene, maybe he had a rare moment of free time, and many past events appeared in front of Ma Su's eyes, some from this era and some from another era.
Various scenes passed by in a flash.
This drinking session lasted until the evening. Ma Su couldn't remember how much he drank. He only remembered that he was drunk and was helped back by someone. He was caught by a soft and delicate body full of fragrance, and they fell together on the soft ground.
on the bed.
After that, the memory was a mess.
…
While Ma Di and Lu Kai were drinking upstairs in the wine shop, General He Hong was also in the same wine shop, sitting in the corner of the first floor, drinking alone with a depressed expression.
Since his last capture and release, his reputation has plummeted.
Everyone was pointing fingers behind his back, saying that he couldn't even beat a female prostitute.
He Hong's face was dull and he was very depressed.
But what was even more depressing was that his Bai Yueguang Lu Meng had become someone else's wife during the days when he was captured.
Suffering from these repeated blows, He Hong suddenly fell into despair and stayed in smoke alleys and wine shops every day.
Although he had met several famous actors and had sex with her several times, he still missed Lu Meng in his heart, so today he wandered back to the wine shop he often visited to drink away his sorrows.
While pouring wine for He Hong, the shopkeeper said: "General He, if it were another person, I would naturally not be able to compete with you, General. Even if we can compete, you can still snatch the third lady back."
"But now that the third lady has become the wife of the new governor, general, don't think about it. There is no grass anywhere in the world, why bother..."
He Hong snorted coldly and glanced sideways at the shopkeeper: "Humph, what's wrong with the Lord Prefect? He can't win with force, but he wins people's love!"
The shopkeeper was choked for a moment, so he changed the topic.
"My General He, for a handsome man like you, with a lot of good girls throwing his arms around you, why should you have trouble with the wife of the prefect? If nothing else, take a look at the four of the prefect.
Most of the generals are extremely brave and ruthless. As for the Li family leader and the Huang family leader, they will be killed when they say it. I advise you that you don’t want to hear it. You should accept this idea as soon as possible to avoid bringing disaster on yourself.
."
He Hong stood up angrily, threw down a large spring of two thousand, turned around and walked out the door.
He couldn't listen to any words of advice now.
The shopkeeper angrily accepted the copper coins and turned around to greet other customers.
He felt unhappy after drinking and being judged by others while staying in the city. So He Hong made an appointment with two familiar assistant generals to go hunting outside the city to relax.
One of the generals was named Cheng Hu and the other was named Lu Gou.
The three of them have a very close relationship. They have hunted together, drank together, and carried the same pair of beautiful legs together.
Not far out of the city, He Hong mentioned Lu Meng's matter to two friends, his tone was filled with grudges.
After Cheng Hu heard this, he advised He Hong: "General, I advise you to give up on this idea. If it were before, when Shi San was still a bandit or an aide to Lu Taishou, we could kill him with just a few fingers. But
Today is different from the past! He has become a prefect, and one word can determine our life or death, so we cannot afford to offend him."
Lu Gou also echoed: "Yes, Governor Lu Kai has been with him all day recently. He also said that he is both civil and military and has an unparalleled ability to lead an army. Isn't this ridiculous? A bandit leader has the ability to lead an army? Relying on nepotism.
The relationship is to rely on your skills in bed to lead the army, hahaha..."
The three of them laughed together.
He Hong's depression eased a little.
After laughing, Cheng Hu changed his tone and said, "But there is no way to get the third lady back. It depends on whether the general is willing to take risks?"
He Hong was startled, followed the voice and saw a smile on Cheng Hu's face that looked like a pearl of wisdom, so he asked:
"how do I say this?"
Cheng Hu said leisurely: "Don't you see that Lu Dai, the governor of Lu, sent troops to attack Jiao Shao?"
At this time, He Hong's curiosity had been aroused, and he asked: "If you have something to say, please speak it out. Even if it means turning the world upside down and paying for it with my life, I will capture that woman!"
"Good! You have courage! That's what a good man should be like!" Cheng Hu and Lu Gou looked at each other and let out a burst of admiration.
Then he said in a low voice: "I have set up a line with Governor Lu. Master Lu is attacking openly this time. He wants to lure Na Shisan to send his army to rescue, and then secretly plots Yulin. With such a good opportunity, the general can find out the army in the city.
The movement will be reported secretly to Mr. Lu. In this way, when the city is destroyed, it will be the time when the general accepts the third lady to marry him."
Hearing this, He Hong fell into deep thought.
…
The next morning, Ma Su came to the front hall with trembling legs and summoned the four major generals and generals to discuss important matters. He Hong sat at the last seat to listen.
Ma Su sat high on the throne, rubbing his legs that were numb from drinking, and said in a deep voice:
"The current intelligence shows that Lu Dai, the governor of Jiaozhou in Eastern Wu, has raised three thousand troops and has crossed the Yulin border. They are expected to arrive at Jiaoshi County in five days. Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
In other words, if we do not send troops to resist, Jiaoxi County will definitely suffer losses.
But if troops are sent to intercept Lu Dai, Yulin County will fall into an empty and unprepared situation.
The work of recruiting new soldiers and horses has just begun, and it will take some time for the new soldiers to become an army.
At this juncture, the three thousand soldiers in the city cannot move lightly.
What's more, Lu Dai has absorbed the lesson from the last time and put away his carelessness and contempt. It is difficult for his tricks to work anymore. It is foreseeable that a tough battle will be inevitable next.
The strength of the two sides is almost the same, but the quality of the soldiers is completely different. Lu Dai's men are all veterans, and one-third of the soldiers in Yulin City are bandits and farmers. If the factor of generals is discarded and the force is faced head-on, our side has little chance of winning.
Therefore, the first priority is to avoid head-to-head confrontation with Lu Dai, and to defend one-third of an acre of land will be considered a success.
Thinking of this, Huang Xi took the lead and said: "General... Your Majesty, Lu Dai can bypass Yulin and attack Jiaoxi. Why can't I attack Guangzhou directly and attack Panyu by surprise? Now he has brought out all three thousand soldiers.
Panyu is already empty and unprepared, and the final general only needs 500 men and horses to take over his lair!"
"good!"
"better!"
Ma Su's eyes lit up and he praised Huang Xi. When he wasn't obsessed with pornographic books, his mind was still very bright.
Then he looked at Li Sheng.
Li Sheng frowned and thought for a while: "General, there are few soldiers in the counties and counties of Jiaosha, and there is nothing to seize. I predict that Lu Dai will carry out the plan of attacking Jiaoshi from the east to the west this time. He attacked Jiaoshi openly, but in fact he is eyeing our Yulin.
"
"In this case, why doesn't the general take advantage of his plan and pretend to send a team of troops to rescue Jiao Sha, but in fact he ambush the troops on the road Lu Dai must pass to attack Yulin? Hehehehe..."
Ma Su stroked his palm and said with a smile: "Okay, that's a great idea!"
Before Ma Di could look at him, Zhang Xiu scratched his head and said, "General, I think the last time I forced the wealthy gentry to donate money and grain, which caused a lot of resentment among the families. It's better to select one or two reliable families and ask them to do it."
Lu Dai delivers false news, and then hey hey hey..."
It is true that three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang... The three major generals all had online IQs, which made Ma Su very emotional.
But before he could finish being happy, Yang Wanwan was no longer happy. He raised his hand and said, "Prefect, I also have a plan."
"You can select people who are good at shooting in the army, prepare enough bows and arrows, or hide in an ambush, or hide in the mountains and forests on both sides of the important road. When you see Nalu Dai leading his troops, shoot him to death with one arrow. This way
, the enemy army will inevitably collapse without a fight."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the gathering was shocked.
Two people were especially surprised, one was Lu Kai and the other was He Hong.
Lu Kai was shocked that these four people were just ordinary generals under his brother-in-law, but they were all like Han Xin. They had clever plans in mind, and they were very targeted. Almost every plan could perfectly defeat Lu Dai's plan of seizing the east and attacking the west.
This, this is the rhythm for doing big things.
What shocked He Hong was that these four warriors like him were actually rough but subtle, with amazing insights and sharp words.
If the new prefect Shi San (Ma Su) had such military monsters under his command, then Lu Dai's chances of winning this battle would be too low.
Even if you don't get to Guiping City, you may end up giving up your life.
He Hong suddenly panicked.
He had already firmed up his determination to assassinate Shi San (Ma Su), but suddenly he wavered.
