The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 419 Get in touch
If Cao Cao hadn't been defeated by Zhang Wu, Lei Xu would not have dared to rebel against Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao had a huge power and occupied the most developed northern Central Plains region, so he still had an advantage in comparison.Lei Xu had finally been cleared, and he was the prefect of a county again. He could be regarded as a senior cadre anyway, so he must calculate the risks and rewards.

Now that Cao Cao led an army of 15 troops, he was defeated by Zhang Wu's [-] troops, and Zhang Wu had the strongest navy in the world, and he had an advantage on the Huainan battlefield. Lei Xu felt that the land of Huainan would eventually be defeated by Zhang Wu. Take away.

As for whose hands the world will fall into in more than ten years or decades, no one knows, but judging from the information Lei Xu has, it is obviously more dangerous to follow Zhang Wu than to follow Cao Cao. There is hope, at least the treatment will be much better than here.

After making up his mind, Lei Xu began to make preparations. After all, the city was guarded by the general Li Dian sent by Cao Cao and [-] elite Cao troops. If he didn't have a detailed and reliable plan, he might be noticed or stopped by Li Dian. Li Dian is not so easy to deal with.

First of all, the most important thing is to get in touch with Gan Ning, and you have to gain Gan Ning's trust. You can't say you want to surrender, and people don't suspect it at all. What if you pretend to surrender?As long as Gan Ning can be contacted and trusted, the matter will be half done, because Gan Ning is Zhang Wu's number one general, well-known in the world, and he is more than enough to deal with Li Dian.

It is also very easy to contact Gan Ning, because although Gan Ning led the navy to control the Huai River, he did not blockade Shouchun City. He just sent some troops to watch Shouchun and harass him from time to time.Gan Ning's main energy was still to cut off Cao Jun's transportation lines and prevent Cao Jun from transporting grain and grass across the Huai River.

As a military general, Lei Xu followed Liu Fu to guard Hefei for so many years, led the army to fight, and served as the governor of Jiujiang for so many years. His subordinates are more or less confidant, so it is still possible to send someone to contact the Chu army in private. of.

But Lei Xu and Gan Ning didn't know each other. They had never met or dealt with each other before. How could they gain Gan Ning's trust?Later, Lei Xu thought of a way. Although he was not familiar with Gan Ning, he knew Jiang Qin, the general of the navy under Gan Ning's command.

Lei Xu is from Lujiang, and Jiang Qin is originally from Jiujiang, and Lujiang and Jiujiang were originally combined, so they are considered fellow villagers.Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai worked together as water thieves in Jiujiang at first, and later took refuge with Sun Ce, who had taken refuge under Yuan Shu. At that time, Lei Xu was also Yuan Shu's general, so the two had met before.

Although it has been more than ten years, as long as they know each other, it will be easy to handle. It is estimated that Gan Ning and Jiang Qin also want to capture Shouchun very much. This will cut off Cao Jun's retreat, and it is very likely that Cao Cao's 18 army will be wiped out. , Maybe he can capture Cao Cao alive.

As long as he really wants to join Zhang Wu, then it is no problem to gain Jiang Qin's trust, so Lei Xu sent a confidant who has followed him for more than ten years to pretend to be a fisherman and go out of Shouchun City to find Jiang Qin. Chin.

Coincidentally, this confidant was originally a native of Jiujiang, and he followed Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai as water thieves on the Huai River. Later, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai took refuge in Sun Ce, leaving only a few hundred elite The person who sent all the other water thieves away.Later, when Yuan Shu recruited troops, this person joined Yuan Shu again, and later joined Lei Xu's subordinates.

Now the Huaihe River has been controlled by the Chu army, and the water surface is full of Chu army's navy. At the beginning of the war, the fishermen in Jiujiang did not dare to go fishing. Later, seeing that the Chu army never harmed the people, they boldly salvaged some by the water. Fish and shrimp live hand to mouth.

Therefore, the people sent by Lei Xu found the Chu army easily, and said that they had something important to see Jiang Qin, and then they were brought to Jiang Qin by the soldiers of the Chu army.

In accordance with Gan Ning's order, Jiang Qin was patrolling the river area near Shouchun with [-] naval troops, and at the same time ensuring the safety of the Chu army's naval retreat. He heard from his subordinates that there were people in Shouchun City who wanted to see him with urgent information. I thought that the spies in my army had gotten some information.

When Jiang Qin learned that the other party came to see him on behalf of Jiujiang prefect Lei Xu, and that Lei Xu planned to sacrifice the city and surrender, he was surprised and delighted. If this was true, then he would have made a great contribution.

Then Jiang Qin began to ask the person who came. After all, this kind of thing has too much to do with it, so it has to be confirmed.

The visitor had been with Jiang Qin before, so he talked about the past, and then conveyed Lei Xu's words.

After Jiang Qin knew that the person who came was an acquaintance, he half believed him, but he didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so he asked to report to Gan Ning quickly.

After hearing this, Gan Ning was both surprised and delighted. If Lei Xu really wanted to surrender, then taking Shouchun would be a piece of cake. The army is about to be in danger.

At that time, Cao Jun suffered a big defeat in Huainan, so he could only mobilize reinforcements to come to the rescue, then it would create a good opportunity for the Battle of Hanzhong on the Western Front, and maybe it would blossom on both sides.

So Gan Ning hurried back to Shouchun City to talk with the people sent by Lei Xu, the two sides had to build trust first.

Gan Ning quickly sent someone to report the matter to Zhang Wu, asking Zhang Wu to make a decision.

Zhang Wu remembered that in his impression, there were not many people with the surname Lei in the Three Kingdoms, and they seemed to be Liu Bei's subordinates, and this Lei Xu said that he was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's killing of Liu Fu at will, and also dissatisfied with Cao Cao's contribution to guarding Hefei. The reward is too thin, which is somewhat believable.

To be honest, Zhang Wu also admires Liu Fu, who can be regarded as a model of a capable minister and the best official of the Three Kingdoms. Such a good official who serves the people wholeheartedly, even because he said that a few lines of the poem written by Cao Cao are wrong. It's a pity that Ji Li was killed at will by Cao Cao.

When Zhang Wu heard about this incident, he still sighed that Cao Cao is really a person who would rather he bear the world than let the world bear him.When Yuan Shao was suppressed by the army and almost returned to Xudu, when he heard that Xu You came to vote, he went to greet him without even thinking about putting on his shoes. After defeating Yuan Shao, he was actually given by Xu Chu because of Xu You's bad words. killed.

If Cao Cao cared about Xu You's kindness, how could Xu Chu dare to kill Xu You as Cao Cao's personal bodyguard?It must be that after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he often complained and said something dissatisfied with Xu You, but his personal guard Xu Chu heard it, and then he killed Xu You without fear.

Xu You also has a very bad mouth, not much worse than Mi Heng back then.

Cao Cao killed too many people, all those who should be killed and those who should not be killed, so it finally turned into a bitter fruit. A good official like Liu Fu who made great contributions and was loved by the people was killed at will. Now someone I want to vent my dissatisfaction.

But Zhang Wu couldn't be sure that Lei Xu really surrendered. This kind of thing is related to the lives of many people, so you have to be careful, so Zhang Wu sent Shi Lusu, the head of the general's house, to Gan Ning to help Gan Ning deal with the matter. thing.

Because Lu Su is from Linhuai Dongcheng County, which is now Dingyuan, Anhui, which belongs to Jiujiang County, and the Lu family is a rich scholar family in the local area, and Lu Su is a very prudent and insightful person, who can help Gan Ning judge Whether Lei Xu really surrendered or pretended to surrender.

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