Throughout the first month, the docks in Wujun, Kuaiji, Jianye and other places were busy, sending gold and silver collected to Chaisang in a steady stream.
After Sun Quan moved the people of E County, he first exchanged prisoners with Lantian for a price of 300 million, and the transaction location between the two parties was changed to the empty city of E County. Lantian did not care about Sun Quan's cleverness, but carried out prisoner exchange transactions every day as planned.
When Zhou Tai received the prisoners, he found that there were many soldiers who were not part of Lü Meng's group at all. After interrogation, he found out that they were Cao soldiers and were surrendered by Guan Yu when the Seventh Army was flooded.
All the prisoners were in poor condition, and they were probably the weak soldiers deliberately selected by Lan Tian.
Seeing that the goods were not right, Zhou Tai immediately went to Sun Quan and reported: "My lord, Lantian used Cao soldiers to pretend to be soldiers from Jiangdong. Do we have to ask him to exchange them?"
Sun Quan thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "Humph, he won't change Yu Jin, let alone these ordinary soldiers, I think it's better to forget them, as long as they are young and strong, Cao Cao's soldiers are not bad either..."
"The infantry and cavalry of Cao's army are not bad, but we are mainly naval troops..." Zhou Tai continued to explain.
Sun Quan frowned and did not answer. Zhang Zhao suddenly took over, "Youping, why do you have to worry about this? Whether it is infantry, cavalry or navy, will you use Cao Cao's troops to attack Hefei? Shanyue in various places often rebels. It would be most suitable for them to quell the rebellion in Shanyue."
"Uh..." Zhou Tai didn't know how to refute.
Sun Quan nodded in affirmation: "Zi Bu is right. It would be a good idea to transfer to Pingshan Yue. Separate Jiangdong soldiers and Cao soldiers first, and then reorganize them."
"Wei." Zhou Tai clasped his fists and left.
"Lord, let's evacuate the people of E County, and Lantian will adulterate the prisoners. Do you think the subsequent transaction will be..." Zhang Zhao hesitated.
Sun Quan replied in a deep voice: "Yi Feng has not been redeemed yet. You should know how the ransom came from. No matter what, we must redeem all the generals in the plan. As for the grassroots officers and soldiers, if it is not possible, just forget it." ..”
"The old minister also means the same thing..."
"My lord, Han Zong wants to see you."
Before Zhang Zhao finished speaking, tiger soldiers outside the palace came to pass the news.
Sun Quan frowned, wondering why he came? Shouldn't we wait for news from Jianye?
"Send him in."
"only."
Hu Shi went out and led Han Zong in. Han Zong burst into tears when he saw Sun Quan, crawled on the ground and ran to him, crying: "My lord, my father died tragically, please make the decision for Zong."
Sun Quan lifted Han Zong up with both hands and said comfortingly: "The old general died for the country. I am also deeply saddened. However, the enemy is now powerful and we can only slow down our attack. You can go back to Jianye and wait. After I finish handling the matter here, I will definitely I'll give you an explanation when I go back..."
"My father followed General Sun and General Bo Fu, and now he is working for my lord. Although he is in a humble position and has low power, his achievements are no less than Lu Meng's, right? I listen to my lord and intend to protect this traitor?" Han Zong heard this. He was startled, and there was an incredible look on his face, which had two tear troughs left behind.
Han Zong's words were like thunder. Sun Quan was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Zhang Zhao on the side pulled him and asked seriously: "What did you just say? How can you call the governor by his name?"
"Lu Meng is my father-killing enemy. Do I still have to be polite to him?" Han Zong's eyes were blood red.
"This...where do you start talking about this?" Sun Quan was confused by Han Zong.
"Yigong was killed during the attack on Jiangling. Why do you say he was killed by the governor?" Zhang Zhao asked back.
Han Zong was even more surprised to see Zhang Zhao say this, "Mr. Zibu also wants to protect Lu Meng? This matter has been spread throughout the streets and alleys of Jianye. Lu Cong felt guilty and hid when he saw me. Is it still false?"
Sun Quan slammed the table and shouted angrily: "What is Zi Heng doing? The rumors just subsided, how long did it take for this to spread?"
"During this period, cargo ships came and went frequently between Jianye and Chaisang. It may be that the boatmen and sailors were talking nonsense. The current situation in Jianye is very complicated. Ziheng is actually very dedicated to his work." Zhang Zhao stood up and spoke favorably for Lu Fan.
Sun Quan looked at Han Zong and replied solemnly: "The old general did die in battle. Don't be influenced by rumors. Many soldiers in the army witnessed it with their own eyes. I will find a few witnesses for you to confront." Sun Quan said very seriously and left. Go outside the door and summon a group of civil and military officials to meet you.
As the prisoner redemption deal came to an end, most of the generals except Zhu Ran had returned to Chaisang.
During this period, Sun Quan arranged for the prisoners of war to rest in a separate courtyard because they were too embarrassed to see anyone. After all the transactions were completed, they would gather everyone together to encourage and encourage them. However, due to Han Zong's unexpected arrival, Sun Quan could only advance this plan. .
Half an hour later, thirty or forty people stood in the front hall of Chaisang Prefect's Mansion in darkness.
"Gu Superintendent, General Han's death was widely spread. You were among the General Supervisors at that time. Tell everyone what you know. I don't want to hear any more voices after today." Sun Quan stared at Han Zong. One glance means that after today's decision is made, you kid should stop causing trouble.
Because Gu Li was defeated and captured, he walked out of the crowd with some embarrassment. He bowed his hands and saluted Sun Quan, and then answered face to face: "When the old general died in battle, although I didn't see it in person, I checked with many people in the camp and the fact is Killed by Lan Ji formation."
"Now that you have found out the reason, why are there still such ridiculous rumors spreading?" Sun Quan frowned and asked.
Gu Li swallowed his saliva: "At that time, Jiangling was about to fall, and the governor was worried that the old general's death in battle would disturb the morale of the army, so he buried him in the military camp. As a result, Fu Shiren didn't know what kind of madness he had, and spread rumors that the old general was for the general. The governor accidentally killed him and drew his sword to attack the chief governor, who was also injured as a result."
"He was the one who caused the obstruction. Where are Fu Shiren and others?" Sun Quan's face was dark.
"He was killed by the governor's guard..." Gu Li replied.
Zhou Tai muttered in a low voice: "Despicable villain, die well."
Sun Quan nodded, turned to Han Zong and said, "Did you hear everything clearly? The initiator of this matter was the surrendered general Fu Shiren. I don't know why he did this, but this matter ends here. Don't make random guesses anymore... .”
"My lord, Gu Supervisor, who is Lan Ji? My father bravely championed the three armies, how could he be killed by an unknown soldier?" Han Zong asked.
Sun Quan stroked his purple beard and said to himself: "Why does he have the same name as Xuan Owl's second son?"
Gu Li cupped his fists and replied: "After verification with the soldiers present, Lan Ji indeed claims to be the son of Lan Tian. He is very powerful with a red horse on his hip and a painted halberd."
"That kid Lan Ji is only twelve years old, how can he kill General Han in a formation?" Sun Quan also raised a question.
"The soldiers once heard General Han call 'Lü Bu' before the battle. Since Lan Ji is Lu Bu's grandson, he may have inherited his father's martial prowess..." Gu Li guessed.
Han Zong clasped his fists and asked: "Gu Jianjun, are the soldiers who were with us at that time still there? I want to ask them for advice in person..."
Seeing Gu Li's face look troubled, Sun Quan frowned and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"I heard that there were more than a dozen witnesses, but none of them have been redeemed so far..." Gu Li lowered his head and answered.
