When times are dangerous, you will see the loyalty of your ministers; when the times are chaotic, you will see loyalty. -------Bao Zhao of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, "Generation from Jibeimenxing"
It is said that Chen Long and several major conspirators decided on the plan to send troops to Hengyang in a military meeting, which became the first strategic step in the first expansion of the Lingling Qinglong Army. Hengyang's geographical location and transportation are very important, pinching the throats of Guiyang, Lingling, and Changsha. With Huang Zhong guarding You County in Changsha, Zhao Fan's Guiyang garrison was almost in a situation with nowhere to escape. Moreover, Hengyang is almost in a vacuum now, which is a good time to seize the city.
Chen Long arranged for Zu Lang to protect Huang Xutong when he returned to You County, Changsha, and agreed to set a fire at night seven days later as a signal to attack with Huang Zhong's troops from inside and outside, defeating the Su Dynasty's siege troops in one fell swoop. Huang Gai led Zhou Buyi and Xi Zhicai to formulate a battle plan, and Chen Long asked about Jiang Wan's surveillance of Xu You.
Chen Long knew Xu You was resourceful and was most afraid of him planting spies in Lingling. While Jiang Wan went to Yang Huai to ask about Xu You's disembarkation situation, Chen Long met Li Tong, who was brought by Gan Ning. Li Tong was neither humble nor arrogant, and his answers were fluent, with no flaws in his words. It's a pity that Chen Long's brain has already listed Li Tong's situation in detail, but he doesn't know whether the Li Tong in front of him and the Li Tong in history are the same person.
Seeing Li Tong's firm gaze, Chen Long suddenly uttered two words according to the introduction in the optical brain information: "Wenda."
Chen Long's voice was not loud, but Li Tong was like a thunder in his ears. He looked at Chen Long in shock and said, "How do you know my cousin's name, my lord?"
Chen Long's eyes flashed and he smiled and said, "Not only do I know your surname, but I also know your nickname is Wanyi."
Li Tong's eyebrows were condensed, and cold sweat seeped out from his hairline. His right hand was hanging by his side, and he subconsciously touched his waist.
Gan Ning, who was next to him, sensed that something was wrong, and put his hand on the dagger at his waist. The muscles in his arms tensed, and the situation was about to break out.
Seeing Li Tong getting nervous, Chen Long knew that he had touched his vital point. He smiled and continued: "Not only do I know your cousin and nickname, but I also know that you once joined Cao Cao's army in Runan, this time with Xu You. Xu Ziyuan came to my place together and left you as an undercover agent."
One sentence was like a boulder that stirred up thousands of waves. Before he finished speaking, Li Tong already held the serrated dagger in his hand. He suddenly retreated out of the hall. Suddenly he felt the murderous intent of the sharp dagger coming from behind. He turned around and swung the dagger horizontally. The dagger and Gan Ning's dagger collided heavily in the air.
There was a loud bang in the air. Li Tong was unable to resist Gan Ning's huge strength and fell heavily. He raised his dagger and waved a light and shadow to protect the upper plate, just in time to block Gan Ning's subsequent violent attack. There was another continuous metal collision sound.
Chen Long stood firm and watched from the side. He saw that Li Tong's martial arts was flexible and did not follow routines. In addition to being inferior in strength, his skills were not inferior to Gan Ning's. Gan Ning's stature was as strong as a tiger's. He made every move with great force and weight. His dagger never left the vital points of Li Tong's chest, abdomen and throat. However, Li Tong's dagger was always able to knock Gan Ning's dagger away at the slightest moment, or push it away. Whether it's picking, smashing or pushing, the breath seems to be longer and more lasting than Gan Ning's.
The more Chen Long looked at him, the more he loved talents. He also found in his mind that Li Tong was a chivalrous man and would not abandon public service for personal reasons. After becoming the captain of Yang'an, he won the hearts of the people. In the Battle of Guandu, he refused to be tempted and spent all his property to provide disaster relief and save the people of Yang'an during the war. I sighed slightly in my heart, Li Tong was a good general, but it was a pity that he met Cao Cao first, who was also eager for talents.
Gan Ning couldn't win for a long time, so he shouted loudly, summoned his power, and handed the dagger to his left hand. Ignoring the cold light of Li Tong's dagger, he bullied him forward aggressively. He swayed the dagger in his left hand and turned his right hand into a claw, using a set of grapples taught by Chen Long. Technique, clasp Li Tong's right wrist holding the dagger. Li Tong was about to knock Gan Ning's left dagger away, but suddenly he found that his right wrist was shrouded in strong wind. He was caught off guard. Seeing that Gan Ning was about to grab his wrist, Li Tong had to retreat sharply. He lost the opportunity and Gan Ning followed him like a shadow. The left dagger and right claw attacked wildly. Li Tong simply took advantage of the retreat and slammed into Chen Long. Unexpectedly, the drunkard was not interested in drinking and launched an active attack on Chen Long, intending to capture Chen Long in one fell swoop. Dragon, regain the disadvantage.
Gan Ning suddenly stopped and stopped pursuing, with a half-smile on his face as he watched Li Tong throw himself into Chen Long's arms like a butterfly. The big mouth opened and he sneered: "Looking for death."
Li Tong is indeed seeking death. He has never seen Chen Long's martial arts, so it's no wonder that giving up is easier than taking. Chen Long smiled and shouted: "Well done!" Without pulling out the dagger, he used his bare hands to use a set of boxing techniques that Li Tong had never seen before, which greatly increased the speed of his shots. The dagger seemed to be a burden and became the target of Chen Long's attack. Not to mention stabbing the dagger into Chen Long's vitals, he couldn't even hold the dagger. It was like a rich man trying desperately to protect his wallet that was about to be snatched away. He risked his life to change his talent. Let Chen Long prevent the dagger in his hand from being snatched away. Li Tong was horrified, only to realize that there was something outside the world and someone outside the world. He accidentally stroked Chen Long's tiger beard, and he was probably going to be in trouble today.
When Li Tong saw Chen Long, he was calm and relaxed. The more he fought, the more discouraged he became. He finally let go and threw the dagger on the ground. He gasped and said: "General Chen, I have tried my best. I am no match for you. I will kill you or cut you in pieces." , it’s up to you to do whatever you want.” He raised his hands in the air, Gan Ning came over and cut his hands behind his back, took off the silk ribbon around his waist, and tied him up tightly.
Chen Long stared into Li Tong's eyes. Li Tong couldn't help but feel good about Chen Long when he saw that Chen Long was tall and handsome, with a righteous look on his face. He had been in Lingling for many days and saw with his own eyes many impoverished refugees, exhausted physically and mentally, with their families, traveling thousands of miles from war-torn places. Here they were given wasteland, borrowed cattle from the government, and received With the subsidy, I was able to live and work in peace and contentment, and live a normal life again. How could I not feel that Chen Long was a good official?
Seeing Li Tong's head gradually lowering, Chen Long came over and personally untied the silk ribbon that bound Li Tong, tied it around his waist again and said, "Let's go."
Li Tong's body shook violently, and Gan Ning next to him snorted. Seeing Chen Long's calm expression, he did not dare to speak. Li Tong said in disbelief: "Chen Long...general, you...just let me go like this?"
Chen Long's face was as calm as water and he said: "Well, that's it. I know that you are very good to the people and you are not a treacherous person. From now on, just call me Wenlong. When you return to Luoyang, if Xu You can spare your life, See you on the battlefield."
Li Tong trembled all over, holding back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes. He turned around and walked towards the hall door at an extremely slow speed. The sun was shining brightly outside the hall door, but Li Tong felt as if he was heading towards boundless darkness.
The low threshold at the entrance of the hall made Li Tong feel unable to step forward. After finally squeezing out of the living room, there were two short stone stairs at the door. Li Tong didn't pay attention, stepped on the air, stumbled, and fell in the courtyard. Pain came from the body that hit the ground. Li Tong suddenly woke up in his mind. He gritted his teeth and turned around. He saw Chen Long standing in front of the hall door behind him, watching him leave. Looking up from the ground, his tall figure and extraordinary confidence were like God descends to earth, majestic and arrogant.
Li Tong gritted his teeth, turned around, knelt down at the foot of the steps in front of Chen Long, and roared hoarsely: "Li Tong is stupid, thank you for not killing the general. I can't repay you in this life. If the general doesn't abandon me, I will Li Tong is also willing to remain loyal to the general and never leave him."
Chen Long was overjoyed to see Li Tong surrender and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Li Tong up: "Wenda, please get up quickly. Since you are willing to surrender, from now on we will be like-minded comrades and work together to benefit the people."
Li Tong burst into tears and stood up to thank him and said, "General, Li Tong's wife and children are still in Luoyang. I have a request. Could you please arrange for them to come over?"
Chen Long smiled and said: "You still call me general?" Li Tong came to his senses, prostrated himself deeply again, and shouted loudly: "Lord! My subordinate Li Tong is willing to do my best!"
Chen Long laughed and nodded: "Since you are with me, your wife and children are also my relatives." After saying that, he thought for a moment and said: "Only you and I, Master Gan, know what happened today. You continue to be your special person." Captain of the unit, on the surface nothing has happened. There is no need to be busy taking care of your wife and children."
Li Tong thought about it and nodded quickly in agreement. Chen Long asked: "How did Xu You and you pass on the information?"
Li Tong reported: "Xu You will send a merchant ship every month to trade goods at the Xiangshui Wharf. I only need to eat at the Hongyun Restaurant next to the wharf when the merchant ship arrives, and people will naturally come to join us."
Chen Long said: "So, how many times have you delivered information?"
Li Tong said hurriedly: "The intelligence handed over by my subordinates is still a superficial basic political and civil situation in Lingling, and it does not involve military secrets. They already know that I joined the special forces, but the training situation of the special forces, I It hasn’t been mentioned yet.”
Chen Long was relieved when Jiang Wan hurried back and saw Gan Ning and Li Tong beside him. He whispered to Chen Long: "Gang Leader Yang said that the number of people he saw getting off the boat together was also four." Chen Long smiled slightly. Surprised, he thought that Xu You was really cunning and asked Li Tong to disembark separately.
Chen Long said to Jiang Wan: "Xu You is a very resourceful person, so you should pay more attention to him in the future." After that, he called Li Tong and said, "However, Li Tong has surrendered, and he will be one of his own from now on."
Jiang Wan understood and said happily: "My lord, you are smart. It turns out that you have noticed that Li Tong is the spy left by Xu You." Chen Long said: "Li Tong's identity is top secret for the time being. Let's make plans for how to use Li Tong's identity in the future. ." Jiang Wan and others all agreed.
After Gan Ning and Li Tong left, it was already afternoon. Jiang Wan went to deal with some government affairs. Chen Long took Zhou Cang and others straight to the courtyard near the city lord's mansion to look for Zhang Ning. Seeing Zhang Ning directing Li Zhuan to arrange the courtyard, he came to her and said, "Mei Niang, are you done?"
Zhang Ning showed a sweet smile and said: "That's okay. Li Changshi will arrange it for me. Is Wenlong okay?"
Chen Long smiled and said: "Mei Niang, I know you are resourceful and have combat experience, so I thought of handing over the intelligence department to you. But I don't want you to work too hard. If you don't want to run anymore, just tell me clearly. "
Zhang Ning felt Chen Long's painstaking efforts and said affectionately: "Don't forget, I also want to avenge my second uncle, third uncle and Brother Ma. I am not afraid of hardship."
Chen Long felt the pain of his beloved wife and murmured: "When the world is wiped out one day, the great revenge will naturally be avenged. By the way, if nothing happens, let's go to the father-in-law's grave in the afternoon to worship."
Zhang Ning grabbed Chen Long's thick arm, rested his head slightly on Chen Long's shoulder, and called out to Wen Long, the corners of his eyes already turning red. Chen Long ordered Zhou Cang to prepare his carriage and horses, prepare to burn paper lanterns and candles, and led dozens of soldiers. After leaving the city, he arrived at a small village by the Xiang River in the west of the city.
The small village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery. Zhang Ning was fascinated by the beautiful scenery and murmured: "It's not in vain that my father can be buried here." Tears were already falling as he spoke.
Starting from the gate of Houzhuang, we walked to a platform surrounded by pines and cypresses by the river. Zhou Cang and others were guarding the platform. Chen Long took Zhang Ning and climbed onto the platform. He saw an isolated tomb surrounded by stones and earth in the middle. The slope rises high, and a stone tablet in front of the tomb is engraved with: "The tomb of Zhang Gong Shuntian."
Zhang Ning pulled Chen Long to his knees, and couldn't help crying when he thought of his father's lifelong military service, fighting for his ideals, and finally dying of illness in a foreign country. He murmured while crying: "Father, my daughter and son-in-law are here to see you. Although your real name is not on the stone tablet, I just hope that you can go away. There is knowledge under the spring, please keep Wenlong and I safe, and repay the second and third uncles." A big feud with Brother Ma. When Wenlong rules the world, I will engrave your real name and pass it down through the ages."
Chen Long lit the paper and burned it. In an instant, the flames ignited, the paper ashes fluttered in the wind, and the green smoke curled up into the sky, ending the life of Zhang Jiao, a generation of anti-kings, great virtuous teachers, and Tiangong generals.
