Zhu Nao

The order to transfer Huang Dongxuan to Hanzhong has been issued for a long time, but Huang Dongxuan repeatedly shirked and did not return his order.

So within a month, three edicts flew from Hanzhong one after another, ordering Huang Dongxuan to immediately dismiss him and leave Jingzhou.Instead of returning to his order, Huang Dongxuan threw all the messengers sent by Hanzhong into prison.And many supervisors and others that Zhu Nao had placed in his army were also arrested overnight by him, and all of them were detained.

So far, Huang Dongxuan has completely torn skins with Hanzhong.

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"Urgent report—!" A special envoy rushed into the second hall of the Changsha government.In the second hall, Sun Xiang and several officials and staff were in the parliament.

The special envoy ran to Sun Xiang's ear and muttered a few words like this, which made Sun Xiang change color immediately.

After a while, the special envoy withdrew after reporting, and all the officials knew the seriousness of the matter by looking at Sun Xiang's face, and quickly asked, "Fu Yin, what happened?"

Sun Xiangdao: "According to the news from Chengdu, the Shu government has already started collecting food and salaries from various places."

Everyone in the hall was shocked and started discussing immediately.

Preparations must be made before any battle, raising food and salaries, gathering soldiers, and boosting morale.As long as you keep an eye on the enemy's movements and get information in time, you can discover the enemy's preparations in advance.

The Shu army has already started collecting food and salaries. There is no doubt that they are preparing for the war.Who are they trying to hit? ——Of course the disobedient Huang Dongxuan!This Jingzhou is extremely important. The Shu government found Huang Dongxuan's rebellion, and immediately gave up dealing with him, but hurriedly prepared to take back Jingzhou by force, lest Huang Dongxuan find other backers, and the situation became even more unfavorable.

Without waiting for everyone to express their opinions, Sun Xiang stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said, "We can't wait any longer! It will be too late when the Shu army reaches Jingzhou! We must take over Jingzhou as soon as possible!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

Someone persuaded: "Fu Yin, please bear with me for a while longer. Ye Du has already written back to us, agreeing to join forces to send troops to Jiangling. They are also urgently gathering troops. When their troops arrive, it will not be too late for us to send troops."

Someone immediately retorted: "Why is it not too late? It's too late! Yedu is so far away, when Tao Bei dispatches troops, I'm afraid the Shu army will have rushed to Jingzhou first!"

"That's right! Besides, Tao Bei is an ambitious man. He promised to give us Jingzhou after the matter is completed. This matter is quite strange! In my opinion, once the Shu army is repelled, will he be honest? It is still unknown if we will withdraw our troops from Jingzhou. We should take this opportunity to occupy Jingzhou first!"

It has to be said that the officials of Changsha Mansion still know Tao Bei's thoughts very well.Since Jingzhou is a battleground for military strategists, of course everyone will be envious.Tao Bei was able to agree to give Jingzhou to them so easily. At most, he felt that the most important thing is to unite and defeat Zhu Nao first, and the ownership of Jingzhou can be let go first.It is said that soldiers never tire of cheating, but no one will really follow the rules as to how the profits will be divided.So now they are the first to occupy Jingzhou, and when Tao Bei's Central Plains army arrives, can't they fight them first to grab Jingzhou?At that time, whether Tao Bei likes it or not, he can only attack Xiazhou and other places with them.This is the most beneficial approach for Changsha Prefecture.

But there are still people who disagree.Previously, the Changsha Mansion suffered losses because they were too eager for quick success and instant benefits. For this reason, they have already lost tens of thousands of elite troops and several years of depression. They cannot suffer the same loss again.

What if Huang Dongxuan didn't sincerely seek refuge?What if Tao Bei's reinforcements are delayed?What if the Shu army moves too fast?It is unwise to use the weak Changsha army to fight against the Shu army, otherwise Sun Xiang would not have invited Tao Bei to share the meat with him.To be on the safe side, it would be better to wait for Tao Bei's Central Plains Army to arrive and act together.

The officials thus divided into two factions and disputed.

Sun Xiang gathered everyone together today to discuss whether to send troops to Jingzhou immediately.During this period of time, as the conflict between Huang Dongxuan and the Shu government has intensified and the situation has become more and more tense, they have also made preparations to send troops, but they have not yet made up their minds about when to send troops.

At the beginning, Sun Xiang was still full of wariness, but all the signs of the spies' investigation showed that Huang Dongxuan seemed to have really rebelled again.Gradually, Sun Xiang's wariness has been overwhelmed by his ambition for Jingzhou.

"Fu Yin..."

"Fu Yin..."

The officials scrambled to speak to Sun Xiang, and the quarrel was in full swing.But Sun Xiang could no longer listen to the opinions of one of the factions.

Finally, he waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Order each battalion to order troops!" Sun Xiang paused, "I will send troops to Jingzhou within three days!"

The officials were dumbfounded.

"Fu Yin, but..."

"No but!"

Sun Xiang was not a cautious person at all, the suffering he had suffered did not make him a different person, it just made him depressed for many years.Furthermore, the situation in the past was different from the present. At the beginning, he was defeated because of his aggressiveness, but what if this time, he missed the chance to get Jingzhou because of his timidity?He is not willing to bow his head and become a vassal like this, defeat Zhu Nao, take back Jingzhou, and get enough love from the heavens... Maybe he still has a chance to dominate!

Sun Xiang had already made up his mind, and the rest had nothing to say.

Another person asked: "Fu Yin, who will be the commander of this expedition?"

Several generals were sitting in the hall, ready to recommend themselves.Since the last defeat in Jiangling, the Changsha Mansion has not fought any major battles in the past few years, and the generals have no chance to perform.And this mission is an excellent opportunity to make meritorious service, as long as he succeeds, he will definitely become the most powerful general in Changsha Mansion!

Before everyone could open their mouths, Sun Xiang said: "This time I will go to Jiangling, and I will personally take command!"

One sentence was like a thunderbolt, everyone was dumbfounded at first, and then there was an uproar.

"This... the war is dangerous, Fu Yin absolutely must not!"

"In case something happens to the Governor, what should the people of Changsha Mansion do?"

"Fu Yin, think twice..."

Faced with everyone's advice, Sun Xiang once again dismissed all of them: "You don't need to persuade me anymore. I am determined to win Jingzhou!"

He personally took command, of course not because he knew how to fight better than generals.Just like the emperor's personal conquest, this is a symbol.His personal conquest represented the importance that the Changsha government attaches to this battle, and it is to support this battle with all the strength of the government, so that the front line can make the fastest decision according to local conditions and timely conditions to ensure the smooth progress of the war.

Jingzhou, he must win it!For this reason, he has the determination to succeed or be benevolent!

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A few days later, Jingzhou.

Huang Dongxuan was sitting on a big rock by the river, and the river water overflowed his calf and was flowing swiftly.With a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, he stared at the sparkling river water in a daze.

Someone behind him shouted, "Brother."

After calling a few times, Huang Dongxuan came back to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"

The man said: "But I just received the news that Changsha has sent troops to Jingzhou."

"Oh? How many people are you bringing?"

"I heard that there are at least [-] soldiers and horses."

"Wow..." Huang Dongxuan was stunned, his body subconsciously leaned back, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "...the one surnamed Sun has spent a lot of money."

Since the Changsha Mansion has accumulated evils so far, the [-] army should already be the vast majority of Sun Xiang's family property.

The man said again: "Furthermore, Mr. Sun Fu Yin took the command personally and appointed Mu Cong and Zhou Liao as deputy generals..."

Huang Dongxuan was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and cursed Ge Ge in a low voice.

——Mu Cong, Zhou Liao is considered to be the only two strong generals left in the Changsha Mansion.Sun Xiang took command in person and led two other generals to the expedition, obviously because he was afraid that he would not hand over Jingzhou honestly, and was going to grab it by force at that time.

No wonder, how could Sun Xiang trust him?

The subordinates were very worried: "Brother, what should we do?"

"What should I do..." Huang Dongxuan wanted to smile and say that with Lao Tzu around, what are you afraid of?In the end, he pulled his cheeks, but he didn't even laugh.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Will you blame me?"

The subordinate was still very worried at first, but after hearing Huang Dongxuan's question, he calmed down.

"Of course not." The man shook his head and said, "If it doesn't come to a good result, it's because of the bad times in this troubled world. , as a soldier, we were either farming in the fields or fishing on the river. It was so easy to save some property, but in the end we had to be taken away by the corrupt officials. Forced conscripts to go to war. Without a confidant general to lead us, we will only die. Where do we die, what are our names, and what have we done in this life? No one else remembers."

Huang Dongxuan was stunned.

After a while, he jumped onto the bank from the river, patted the man on the head, and finally showed a smiling face.He put down his trouser legs, straightened his clothes, and said carelessly, "Let's go! We're going back!"

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A few days later, the Changsha army marched to Shatou and approached the city of Jingzhou.

In the barracks, Sun Xiang personally summoned the envoy sent by Huang Dongxuan.

Sun Xiang was sitting on the main seat, and the envoy sent by Huang Dongxuan knelt down to salute him in the tent, but he did not give the order to excuse him for a long time.The messenger could only bite the bullet and continue to kneel.

"Master Sun," the emissary said with an apologetic smile, "Changsha's army is exhausted, and General Huang ordered me to send [-] cows and [-] pigs to reward the soldiers..."

Sun Xiang raised his hand, interrupted the envoy's continued compliments, and said arrogantly: "I just want to know, when is General Huang going to invite us into the city?"

The envoy's expression froze, and he said: "This... didn't mean that the noble army would station troops in Gong'an County to help us fight against the Shu army. General Huang would like to serve the governor in the future. But why did the governor bring troops to Shatou? ..."

Huang Dongxuan's surrender to Sun Xiang does not mean that he will honestly hand over Jingzhou City and return to Sun Xiang's subordinates to be at Sun Xiang's disposal.On the contrary, Jingzhou is Huang Dongxuan's life-saving talisman.

The meaning of his surrender is that he wants Sun Xiang to send troops to help him fight against the Shu army and get him out of the control of the Shu government.In return, he will be loyal to Sun Xiang in name, and in the future, he will pay Sun Xiang some protection money to help the Changsha government fight the war, and borrow the way to transport food to the Changsha army.But he will not leave Jingzhou, nor will he let Sun Xiang's forces enter Jingzhou City.

Everyone knew that Sun Xiang hated Huang Dongxuan so much that he gritted his teeth. Once the life-saving talisman of Jingzhou was gone, Sun Xiang would definitely kill Huang Dongxuan.How could Huang Dongxuan honestly hand over the city?

However, Sun Xiang did not apologize for breaking the agreement at all. He sneered and said: "As far as I know, the Shu army has assembled troops and is preparing to go to Jingzhou to clean up the traitors. If General Huang wants our army to help deal with it, please do so as soon as possible." Welcome us into the city and discuss plans to fight the enemy together."

The meaning of the threat is already obvious.The Shu army will be here soon. If Huang Dongxuan still doesn't let them enter the city, then he can find a way to deal with the Shu army.They will not help.

The envoy's expression turned even worse.

You have to give me a jujube for every stick, and Sun Xiang continued: "Please send a message to General Huang, so that General Huang can rest assured. As long as he is willing to serve me from now on, after the enemy is defeated, the government will definitely show his respect." As a shepherd of Jingzhou, he will definitely treat your army well. If your envoy doesn’t believe it, the government will send someone to write a statement right now. If your envoy has any concerns, you can bring them up, and this government will do its best to satisfy.”

The messenger pulled out a forced smile.No matter how much Sun Xiang promised, it was only a verbal guarantee.Let the Changsha army enter Jingzhou City, the initiative is not in Huang Dongxuan's hands.

The two sides quarreled again and again. The envoy repeatedly assured Huang Dongxuan that he would be loyal to Sun Xiang, and asked Sun Xiang to take the Changsha army back to Gongan County first, and wait for the Shu army to come before sending troops; Open the gates and let them in.The two sides made promises one after another, and said all the beautiful things that could be said. Anyway, it only took a little bit of saliva to speak up and down.

Naturally, no one can convince anyone, and Sun Xiang's attitude is extremely tough—he came here for Jingzhou, and Huang Dongxuan wants to rely on his power, but he doesn't want to completely hand over the city?Don't even think about it!

With no other choice, the emissary had no choice but to go back in despair.

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A few days passed in a blink of an eye.

Huang Dongxuan ordered people to send cattle, sheep, and gold and silver to the Changsha army every day. Xiao Yier was very courteous, and wanted to use this to coax Sun Xiang to retreat.

But of course it is impossible to retreat.Sun Xiang played both soft and hard ways. On the one hand, he was training and demonstrating outside the city, as if if Huang Dongxuan didn't open the city gate, he would use force to seize the city; Honestly open the city to welcome people, he is about to promote Huang Dongxuan to the second in command of Changsha Mansion.

However, the situation remained deadlocked.

In the barracks, Sun Xiang gathered his staff every day to discuss countermeasures.

"Fu Yin," one person said, "I received news this morning that the Shu army has assembled [-] troops in Fuling, and they will go straight to Jingzhou soon! If we don't take Jingzhou quickly, the situation will be bad. !"

When Sun Xiang heard the words, he immediately scolded his mother in annoyance.

Although they threatened Huang Dongxuan that if Huang Dongxuan did not let them enter the city, they would not help deal with the Shu army coming, but if the Shu army really came, could they still stand by and watch?Then why did they come all the way here?

In case the Shu army arrives, they must first abandon their grievances with Huang Dongxuan and help drive the Shu army away. After all, it is better to have the city in Huang Dongxuan's hands than in Zhu Nao's hands-this is the same as Tao Bei's treatment of them. The attitude coincides with each other.

Sun Xiang suddenly realized: Did Huang Dongxuan also know this, so he deliberately delayed the time?At that time, when the Changsha army and the Shu army are both defeated, he will have no strength to deal with Huang Dongxuan!

Thinking of this, Sun Xiang stood up abruptly, and walked around the tent anxiously for a few times.He asked, "Is there any news from Tao Bei?"

His subordinates hurriedly said: "General Tao has assembled an army of [-] in Xuzhou, and the food and grass have been raised in place, and he is about to go south."

Although Taobei had enough soldiers and horses, they could only travel by land from Xuzhou, crossing mountains and ridges, at least a month or two.But if the Shu army took the water route from Fuling, it would take only a few days to kill them.

Sun Xiang clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said, "Continue to closely monitor the movements of the Shu army and report to me every day! In addition, notify the battalions to prepare for a forcible siege!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Forcibly attacking the city is of course a bad idea. Jingzhou is heavily defended, and it is unknown how much it will cost to break through the city gate.But it seems that there is no better way...

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It was night, although Sun Xiang slept on the bed early, it was still difficult to fall asleep.His heart is hanging by Jingzhou City, seeing that the city gate is always close at hand, but he still can't get in, which makes his anxiety take root like seeds in the ground, growing stronger day after day.

Suddenly, the curtain was lifted, and someone ran in quickly.

Sun Xiang sat up abruptly: "Who?"

Seeing that he was awake, the visitor couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Fu Yin, something serious has happened! Luan Ping brought people to surrender and is waiting outside. I don't dare to delay, I will inform the Fu Yin immediately."

The speaker was Sun Xiang's confidant, and Sun Xiang said in surprise: "Luan Ping?" As he spoke, he put on his clothes and got up hastily.

Luan Ping is an officer under Huang Dongxuan. He has followed Huang Dongxuan for many years, and his status is not high or low.When Sun Xiang wanted to put eyeliner next to Huang Dongxuan, he tried to start with Luan Pingping.He has been in touch with Luan Ping all these years, and he can learn some news about Jingzhou and Huang Dongxuan from Luan Ping.But it's not a top secret.Luan Ping was very cunning, obviously trying to please both parties.

Not long after, Luan Ping was brought into the barracks.

Sun Xiang is fully dressed and sitting at the top.When Luan Ping was brought in, Sun Xiang frowned and asked, "Jingzhou City is under martial law, how can you leave the city late at night? What is your purpose for coming late at night?"

Luan Ping knelt down with a thump, and hurriedly said: "The villain brought people out of the city in the middle of the night to join the Fu Yin, in order to report to the Fu Yin—the Fu Yin was tricked! Then Huang Dongxuan didn't rebel at all, it was him. A play with Jun Nao!"

"What did you say?!" Sun Xiang suddenly stood up from the chair.

Luan Pingdao: "Zhu Nao appointed Huang Dongxuan as General Pingdong, and ordered Huang Dongxuan to be summoned to Hanzhong. This was all done deliberately for the governor to see, and the purpose was to trick the Changsha army into Jingzhou! Think about it, the governor of Jingzhou It's so important, since Zhu Nao can't trust Huang Dongxuan, how could he hand over Jingzhou to Huang Dongxuan in the first place?!"

Sun Xiang choked for breath.

Luan Ping said again: "Then Huang Dongxuan tried his best to delay the time and dragged the Changsha army outside the city. It was just to wait for the Shu army to kill him, and he would encircle the Changsha army with the Shu army. At that time, the prefect's situation will be greatly changed. Not good!"

Sun Xiang imagined such a scene, and his face turned pale.But he still tried his best to maintain his composure, and said: "Lieutenant Luan has followed Huang Dongxuan for many years, why did he come to inform me tonight?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Luan Ping's face, and he said: "The Fu Yin is benevolent and loyal, he is a hero in the world. The yellow thief is capricious and wants to trap the Fu Yin in injustice, and the villain can't see it..."

Sun Xiang obviously wouldn't believe his words, so he just stared at him coldly.

After a while, Luan Ping was defeated, and said: "In the past few years, because the villain admired the Fu Yin, he exchanged letters with the Fu Yin, but was discovered by the yellow thief..."

Sun Xiang understood now.It turned out that Luan Ping was collaborating with the enemy and was discovered by Huang Dongxuan, so now he will have to.

Huang Dongxuan's rebellion again and again is indeed somewhat strange.Sun Xiang didn't fully believe it from the beginning to the end, but if Huang Dongxuan was really a traitor, Sun Xiang didn't want to miss the opportunity to get Jingzhou easily.And he found a powerful alliance like Tao Bei, so he dared to bet on this one.

Almost, almost fell into Huang Dongxuan's ghost again!

Fortunately, Luan Ping, the traitor, was discovered by Huang Dongxuan's subordinates, and he learned the truth in time.Now, everything is still too late!He will definitely make Huang Dongxuan and Junao pay the price!