In the magnificent lobby of the cottage, Chen Lan was leaning in the arms of a woman, nonchalantly playing with a piece of gold cake in her hand.
"Li Shu."
"Lu Su."
"Liu Ye."
"He Yan..."
"Lujiang County is also experiencing troubled times now."
Chen Lan casually stuffed the gold cake into the chest of the woman behind him, walked out of the lobby with lazy steps, and came to the door to look out.
Tianzhu Mountain is more than twenty feet high. The mountain walls are smooth, making it difficult for monkeys to climb and geese to cross. There is only a natural path that looks like a miraculous workmanship connecting the outside. It is definitely a treasure land that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Now that Huainan is in ruins, there is not much food to grab. Otherwise, as long as tens of thousands of stones of food are stored in Tianzhu Mountain, even if Bing Xianren Tu is alive, he will not be able to break through this natural stronghold.
It stands to reason that Chen Lan has been here for a long time and should know the dangers of this place and will not have any uneasy thoughts.
But today... No, in other words, since Lu Su left, Chen Lan has always felt a sense of depression in her heart that the storm is about to come.
This sense of depression is Chen Lan's unique talent.
It was precisely by relying on this talent that Chen Lan escaped the Battle of Qiyang between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and avoided the fate of being beheaded by Cao Cao like Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Le.
It was also based on this feeling that Chen Lan finally abandoned Yuan Shu and chose to come to Tianzhu Mountain to become a bandit.
And today, this feeling came to mind again like a tide, making Chen Lan particularly uneasy.
"Mei Cheng."
Chen Lan called out to his lieutenant and called him to his side.
"Take a thousand people down the mountain and keep an eye on Wan County for me!"
"Everything they did must be recorded and reported to me!"
"Remember, it's all! Don't miss a single detail!"
Chenlan is different from Lei Xu and prunes.
He is a regular military commander and has to pay much more attention than ordinary thieves.
After following Yuan Shu for so many years, Chen Lan has long understood that war is never just about the flash of swords and shadows on the battlefield, but also about the conspiracies and machinations that cannot be seen in private.
Not to mention anything else, the previous Chen King Liu Chong and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun were murdered by assassins sent by Yuan Shu.
If Chen Lan doesn't have a foresight to follow such a boss, it can only be said that he is too stupid.
Although Tianzhu Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it does not have enough resources to be self-sufficient.
If the outside world changes and Chen Lan does not lose on the frontal battlefield, but falls somewhere else, then she will be truly aggrieved.
After receiving Chen Lan's military order, Mei Cheng quickly set out from Tianzhu Mountain and arrived near Wan County.
The soldiers in Wan County were not blind, and they quickly informed Lu Xun, who was left behind by He Yan in Wan County, of Meicheng's whereabouts.
"Chen Lan's soldiers?"
Although Lu Xun was new here, He Yan had already made him a confidant, and he was naturally aware of Lu Su's plan.
When he learned that Chen Lan had sent troops, Lu Xun immediately knew that Chen Lan had noticed something.
"Don't be in a hurry to send a message to Marquis Shen, so as not to alert the enemy."
Like a born military strategist, Lu Xun made a decisive decision to hold off this group of thieves.
"Tianzhu Mountain is close to Wan County and far away from Chaohu Lake. Even if Chen Lan becomes suspicious, she will definitely send people to Wan County to look for clues."
"So we need to make some noise in Wan County to attract Chen Lan's attention and buy time for Marquis Shen."
If Chen Lan knew that He Yan and the others had gone to attack Lei Xu and Mei Gan, she would definitely go to rescue them at all costs.
As the strongest party among the three parties, as long as Chen Lan ends up, it will almost be a winner-take-all situation.
Without hesitation, Lu Xun wrote a letter directly and gave it to the soldiers in the city, asking them to take it to Mei Cheng.
In the letter, Lu Xun could be said to have burst into tears and looked aggrieved——
"We have always admired the reputation of General Chen Lan."
"In order to prevent the general from suspecting that we despise him, Marquis Shen specially sent Lu Zijing to deliver more than a hundred gold cakes to General Chen Lan to show his respect for the general. But why did you, general, still send troops to rob the people?"
"Now that the counties in Lujiang are in ruins, the general can't get anything good even if he goes down the mountain. Why don't we send troops back for now. When the people have a good harvest next year, we will send fresh rice for the general to enjoy. Do you think this is okay?"
Lu Xun's show of weakness can be regarded as traditional craftsmanship.
Historically, on the eve of Soochow's sneak attack on Jingzhou, Lu Xun also wrote a letter to Guan Erye.
In the letter, Lu Xun strongly praised Guan Yu, expressed his admiration for him like the water of the Yangtze River, and promised that Soochow would never be an enemy of Guan Yu...
Then Guan Yu died.
Later, when Lu Xun and Liu Bei fought against each other in Yiling, it was the same. They said, "Liu Xuande's troops are strong and we cannot make an enemy of him."
Then Liu Bei also died.
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Just when Lu Xun thought that his method of "pretending to be a grandson" would flourish a few years ahead of schedule, the big stick of reality gave Lu Xun a hard blow.
After Mei Cheng received the letter, he immediately forwarded it to Chen Lan in Tianzhu Mountain.
After reading the letter, Chen Lan made a decisive decision: "The whole army is ready to attack!"
A deputy general came to ask questions in confusion. Chen Lan took the letter and cursed directly: "How can He Yan be the person who would say such a thing?"
Even if Chen Lan didn't know about Da Qiao, he could guarantee that He Yan was not someone easy to get along with.
If He Yan is really so weak, what happened to the Battle of Guandu? What happened to Li Shu's death?
Especially Li Shu!
Li Shu's bones are still cold! No matter how much He Yan pretends to look like a pig, he can't hide the fact that he ate the tiger!
Lu Xun was able to deceive Guan Yu and Liu Bei in later generations because the leader of Soochow at that time was Sun Quan.
Guan Yu and Liu Bei dared to look down on Sun Quan, but Chen Lan didn't dare to look down on He Yan!
Just because Lu Xun didn't take this into consideration, his first test paper after starting out was undoubtedly somewhat unsatisfactory.
After Lu Xun heard that Chen Lan's tribe came out of Tianzhu Mountain in large numbers, he could not remain calm and decisively appealed to He Yan for help, hoping that He Yan would lead his troops back to defense immediately!
After receiving this information, He Yan frowned instantly, and a dilemma appeared in his heart.
If we withdraw our troops, there will definitely be no chance of quelling the rebellion, and peace in Huainan may be difficult to achieve in a short time.
Not only is there no chance of quelling the chaos, Lu Su, who is still with the enemy, will probably have to be folded in, losing a talent in vain.
But if he does not withdraw his troops, if Chen Lan leads his troops and steals his butt, Cao Cao's little power in Yangzhou will probably be accounted for here.
After much deliberation, He Yan finally issued the military order——
"The former army changes to the rear army! Head towards Tianzhu Mountain at full speed!"
Lu Meng came up and asked: "Marquis Shen, do you want to inform Prefect Liu and others?"
"Need not!"
He Yan set his sights on the two hundred horses given to him by Cao Ren: "Let them act according to Lu Zijing's original plan."
"As for Chen Lan... let's take care of it ourselves!"