Chapter six hundred and sixty-ninth shot(1/2)
In the end, Lu Su was not directly sent to the other side of the Yangtze River by Sun Ce's warship. He chose to leave with Yang Hong. Anyway, Sun Ce had already exchanged with Liu Mang. If Sun Ce cheated, it would be that Sun Ce's character was a problem. Sun Ce would not dare to offend Liu Mang too much now. If Liu Mang's brother-in-law was annoyed, and if a large army really came to Jiangdong, Sun Ce could only face the battle with a sad face. Sun Ce didn't want to start a war, right?
So Lu Su was sent to Yang Hong's residence and let Lu Su and Yang Hong go back together.
Yang Hong's mission was completed. He stood by the river in Jianye and watched the soldiers of Yangzhou New Army walked onto the warships of his own navy. How could he not be depressed? They were prisoners, they returned as defeated, and they did not return in triumph. If the lord, Your Highness, the King of Shu, were not willing to let them go and spent money and food to redeem them, then they might end up becoming a masterless and lonely tomb.
"Is there a complete number of people?" Yangzhou navy soldiers asked the officials who nodded below on the bow.
"There should be 8,622 people, but in fact, 8,620 people!" The officials below reported to the Yangzhou naval general above.
"Is there two left?" Yang Hong frowned. Originally, the lack of two people was nothing in this troubled world, but it was really different for Yangzhou, because all the soldiers of the main troops in Yangzhou will be registered in Yangzhou. If they were killed in battle, they would enter the Hall of Heroes and be worshipped by later generations. However, if they surrender or defect, it would be different. You can't let the surrendered rebellious people be respected.
"Those two men, those two men, they all said they had no eyes to go back to face the villagers. So, the two of them hanged themselves in prison." The official next to them said to Yang Hong.
"Have you hanged yourself?" Lu Su murmured to himself.
"What about their corpses!" Yang Hong also spoke in a deep voice. Even Yang Hong respected such a righteous man.
"I have ordered people to burn their bodies with fire, and their bodies are put in that box." The young official said to Yang Hong. The rainy and humid weather in the south of the Yangtze River is hot, so the corpse cannot be stored for a long time, so it can only be burned.
"Take them back. Let them be on the flagship. They are righteous men and should enter my hero's hall." Yang Hong said to his subordinates.
"Yes!" The official took the order, and soon two urns were placed on the bow of the ship.
"We should have arrived at 8,622 people, but we should have arrived at 8,622 people. Brothers, let's go home." The Yangzhou Navy's troop transport ship began to sail towards the other side of the Yangtze River.
"By the way, where is General Dai Yun?" Yang Hong asked. One general in this army was captured, and that was Dai Yun.
"Sir, you have seen General Dai Yun just now!" The soldiers next to him spoke very clearly and were very quiet.
"I've seen it?" Yang Hong thought for a while. He had never seen a lieutenant-level person, and the most were just some military waiters.
"One of the two boxes is from General Dai Yun." The soldiers' words were very bitter.
Yang Hong was stunned after hearing this, but then shook his head and said, "Hey! Why bother!"
"Sir, our boat is here to pick us up!" Yang Hong's follower pointed at the ship over there and said to Yang Hong. It was not Yang Hong's pretentiousness, but he was the foreign minister of Yangzhou. Of course, he had to have a show, otherwise he would be laughed at.
"Yeah!" Yang Hong nodded, "Zijing, let's get on the boat together." Yang Hong shouted to Lu Su on the side.
"Sir, you go first." Lu Su said to Yang Hong.
"What about you, I respect you?" Yang Hong looked at Lu Su, he didn't understand what Lu Su was thinking.
"Haha, sir, those soldiers are like this, how can you go back if you ask me, Lu Su?" Lu Su said with a chuckling look at Yang Hong.
"Zijing, don't be stupid. The lord has no intention of blaming you for this incident. If the lord wants to blame you, I will not let me come and take you back," Yang Hong was a little anxious. Wasn't his mission this time just to take Lu Su away? If Lu Su was stupid and refused to leave, or like Dai Yun, how could he go back and explain to him?
"It is precisely because of this that Su has no face to go back!" Lu Su shook his head and smiled bitterly. It was precisely because of Liu Mang's tolerance towards him that Lu Su was even more guilty. Zhuge Liang reminded him before the incident, but in the end Lu Su chose to believe Zhou Yu. Now the Yangzhou army has returned in Jiangdong, and only more than 8,000 elite troops have returned. Even Dai Yun, the general, committed suicide, which made Lu Su even more guilty. "Please rest assured that Su has his father above, and he has not passed on one son and half daughter to my Lu family, so Su will not be stupid." Lu Su chuckled and said to Yang Hong, "I am not filial and have no descendants for the three years. Lu Su cannot joke with his life, let alone Lu Su has no descendants yet, so it is even more impossible for him to hang himself. In this way, their Lu family will be cut off their sons and grandsons."
"But!" Yang Hong wanted to say something, but Lu Su shook his head. "Even if you take Su back, you will still be a walking corpse. Su will never forgive himself for his whole life." Lu Su looked at Yang Hong, because our elder seemed to want to be strong.
"Zijing, then you have to promise me, and you also promise your lord. You must take good care of yourself! Your lord cannot be without you, and Yangzhou cannot be without you." Yang Hong looked at Lu Su and could not dissuade him and could only explain this way.
"Well! Su knows that Su is still waiting to compete with his lord in the world!" Lu Su jumped out of the boat. "Please tell the lord that this is the case, Su will go back immediately." As he said that, Lu Su left without looking back.
"Pu!" Another figure jumped out of the boat and stepped into the water.
"Yang Chen, where are you going?" Yang Hong's brows tightened, because the person who jumped out of the boat was not someone else, Yang Chen, his son Yang Hong.
"Father, I am naturally with Shangshu Lu." Yang Chen also said with a chuckling.
"Don't worry, come back for me." Yang Hong was anxious because Yang Chen was his only descendant. He had been on the mission to Jiangdong before because Yang Hong knew that even if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were cheating, he would not dare to kill Lu Su and Yang Chen directly. But now it is different. Their large army is leaving. On the surface, Lu Su and Yang Chen are both returning to Yangzhou. They have no amulets on their bodies.
"Father, you have taught me since you were a child that you must be a single person. Have you forgotten our mission to Jiangdong? Shangshu Lu is the main envoy, and I am his deputy envoy. Take care of him." Yang Chen said and chased him in the direction where Lu Su left.
"Yang Chen, Yang Chen." Yang Hong wanted to call his son back, but his son was indeed getting further and further.
"Sir, why don't I send someone to bring the young master back!" asked the person next to me.
"Forget it. Forget it!" Yang Hong touched his forehead with a headache. "Forget it and let him go, let him go." Yang Hong knew that even if his son went now, he would be useless to catch him. All Yang Hong could do now is pray that his son would return safely.
"Shangshu Lu, Shangshu Lu wait for me, wait for me." Lu Su walked in front and heard a cry. Lu Su turned his head and saw that it was Yang Chen.
"Young Master Yang Chen, why do you follow someone?" Lu Su looked at Yang Chen and didn't understand. He learned that Yang Chen was Yang Hong's son or the recent one, so Lu Su had a good sense of Yang Chen, at least he did not show off because his father was a high-ranking official in Yangzhou.
"Shangshu Lu, where are you going?" Yang Chen asked Lu Su.
"Of course, go to something unfinished." Lu Su replied.
"But Jiangdong?" Yang Chen looked at Lu Su.
Lu Su looked at Yang Chen and nodded.
"That's all. Secretary Lu still remembers the appointment of his lord! In Jiangdong, you are the chief envoy, and I am the deputy envoy. Secretary Lu wants to complete the unfinished things, so naturally there are my Yang Chen's affairs." Yang Chen said to Lu Su.
"Young Master Yang Chen, I'm going to this version, unlike the previous envoys." Lu Su said to Yang Chen.
"Don't worry, Shangshu Lu, if you are afraid, I, Yang Chen, will not come."
"Where is the boss?"
"My father taught me since I was a child that we must have a beginning and an end!"
"Okay, then you follow me!" Lu Su nodded. Yang Chen, Lu Su still knew about this person, because he was quite talented, and he was very happy to help Lu Su with one more person.
"Thank you, Secretary Lu!" A joy appeared on Yang Chen's face.
"Don't call me Shangshu Lu." Lu Su said to Yang Chen.
"What's that called?" Yang Chen looked at Lu Su incomprehensible.
"Call me Brother Lu." Lu Su said to Yang Chen, calling Lu Shangshu was too dazzling.
"Hey, Brother Lu,!" Yang Chen shouted happily, which means that Lu Su has regarded him as his own. "Brother Lu, where are we going now?"
"Let's go, go to a place called Zhang Mansion." Lu Su said with his eyes shining.
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"What, the Yangzhou army and the Jiangdong army have made peace?" Zuo Li listened to the news in surprise. All the Jiangdong gentry members next to him were stunned. Their original plan was to surrender to the Yangzhou army and launch a mutiny. Later, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Sun Ce actually lied to Liu Mang, Yangzhou, launched a civil rebellion in the Jianye Shui Army camp. He actually relied on the dark night to open the Jianye Shui Army camp and broke through the Jianye Shui Army camp. In this way, he was very happy for the Jiangdong gentry. One of the reasons was that they didn't have to face the Yangzhou army. They all knew the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou army. From the Battle of Ancheng to the Battle of the Yangtze River, they lost one after another, and they were afraid of losing.
If a mutiny was launched when Sun Ce surrendered to Yangzhou, then they had to face it, Yangzhou Army and Sun Ce. When Sun Ce used the civil war to cheat Yangzhou, then they would not do anything. Just watch Sun Ce and Yangzhou Army fight to the death, and finally they came out to clean up the mess.
But now it's different. Liu Mang, Yangzhou, actually endured this anger and wanted to make peace with Jiangdong army. Isn't this annoyance that makes them, the Jiangdong gentry, anxious?
"Is this Shu King Liu Mang a woman? She has no blood and is bullied like this. You call me." The head of the Hao family shouted, as if he was cheated. She was so scattered that she wanted the Yangzhou army to come here now.
"That's right! A 15,000 army was beaten like this and was beaten by someone, but he didn't even send troops! Wasn't the gentry who killed our gentry in Wancheng fiercely? Are you afraid of this? "In the hearts of Jiangdong gentry, Liu Mang, the king of Shu, was a butcher. How many people were killed in Wancheng? The entire gentry in Wancheng were uprooted. How many of them were in-laws of Jiangdong gentry present here?
"This is not true, right?" Some people don't believe the news.
"This is still fake. Yang Hong has been sent over Yangzhou, so this is still fake!" The head of the Cheng family next to him said unconvincedly that some of the gentry, naturally some people passed on messages to them.
"Mr. Zhang, is this news true?" Everyone turned their attention to Zhang Zhao above the main position.
Zhang Zhao kept his eyes closed and rested. Now that he was asked by the people below, he had to open his eyes and nodded. "That's true, the King of Shu Liu Mang of Yangzhou sent Yang Hong to Jiangdong for peace." It had a profound impact on Yang Hong and Zhang Zhao. The first time he suffered a loss was probably Yang Hong and went to Jiangdong. In the end, the money was spent. Yang Hong was also blessed.
"Not only that, Yang Hong came to take Lu Su Lu Zijing away, and sent Sun Ce 20,000 stones of food and grass." The news of Zhang Zhao became even more popular.
"What? Twenty thousand stones?" The heads of Jiangdong gentry family shouted. Is 20,000 stones more food and grass? For these Jiangdong gentry, 20,000 stones are not much on weekdays. The throughput of the entire Jiangdong gentry is more than 100,000 stones, but now it is different. With 20,000 stones of food and grass, our Lord Sun Ce can expand our army by 20,000. Originally, Sun Ce had 30,000 troops and 20,000. These are 50,000 people, and many Jiangdong gentry have begun to retreat.
Is Sun Ce still able to deal with 50,000 soldiers?
They originally thought that the mutiny was Sun Ce's personal guards and Jianye's defenders. If the army was expanded to 50,000, what else would they do to fight? Whether it was Yan Baihu's remnants or the Shanyue bandits, they were all defeated generals under Sun Ce.
"Mr. Zhang, what should we do now!" The Jiangdong gentry had no idea. If Sun Ce found out, they would not be able to take it.
Just as everyone was frowning, news suddenly came from outside.
"Dongdongdongdongdong!" Zhang Zhao's study room was knocked.
"Who!" The heads of Jiangdong gentry families were like facing a great enemy.
"Report, the head of the family, outside, outside said that there was an old friend of the head of the family who wanted to find the head of the family!" A person who looked like a housekeeper knocked on the door of the study room.
"Didn't I say it! I can't sleep when I discuss matters with the heads of the family here." Zhang Zhao was a little angry because this matter was too important. If it did, then the power of the Zhang family would become the largest aristocratic clan in Jiangdong, and there would be no problem even becoming a noble family. But if it lost, it would be really doomed.
"The head of the family, that person, that person said, if you don't see him, then he will go to Wu Hou to report the head of the family." The housekeeper looked at Zhang Zhao carefully. Although the housekeeper did not know everything about Zhang Zhao, he could at least hear it.
"Report me?" Zhang Zhao narrowed his eyes.
"Yes! He said that if the head of the family doesn't see him, then when he sees the head of the family tomorrow, he may go to Jianye prison." The housekeeper said to Zhang Zhao.
"Are we exposed? It's good to do this." Some gentry heads panicked.
Zhang Zhao's eyes turned and waved his hand, "Go, bring my old friend here!"
"It's the head of the family!" Soon, two men were brought over, one of whom was wearing a robe, his face was covered by a mask, and a young man followed behind him.
"Mr. Zhang Zhao hasn't seen each other for a long time, and I'm in love!" The man in the robe spoke first. His voice was hoarse, making people feel uncomfortable when they listened.
"Which old friend of me, Zhang Zhao, is this?" Zhang Zhao frowned as he heard the voice and couldn't tell who this person was.
"Mr. Zhang Zhao doesn't need to explore who I am. Mr. Zhang Zhao only needs to know a little, that is, I am here to help Mr. Zhang Zhao!" The man in the robe said to Zhang Zhao.
"Help me? Haha, what's the point of helping me? Mr. Wu has asked me to leave Jiangdong. My Zhang family will go to Xudu on a date. If the gentleman wants to help me, I want to find the next property for Zhang in Xudu. Then Zhang Zhao will thank you for yours!" Zhang Zhao said to the man in black.
"Haha, Mr. Zhang Zhao is worthy of being Mr. Zhang Zhao. Even at this time, he was still calm!" The man in black robe laughed.
"When is this time? Zhang Zhaoyulun, please let me know!" Zhang Zhao said to the man in black robe.
"That's naturally when Mr. Zhang Zhao and even the Zhang family are in trouble." The man in black robe said to Zhang Zhao.
"How do you talk?" Zhang Zhao's housekeeper next to him felt uncomfortable and scolded the man in black, but was stopped by Zhang Zhao.
To be continued...