The biggest highlight of this team is Zu Lang, the former lord of the Shanyue tribe. He was forced into this rescue team by Deng Ai both forcefully and coercively. Deng Ai wanted to use Zu Lang's superb skills to prevent the rescue plan from accidents.
When Deng Ai first invited Zu Lang, Zu Lang considered himself a proud lord of the clan and would rather die than serve the Han people, let alone help Cao Zhi save anyone.
Deng Ai has been helping Pu Hu in Jingxian County to complete the work after the war in Jingxian County. He accepted the task assigned by Cao Zhi. In addition to waiting for an opportunity to rescue Qiao Xuan's family, he also had to integrate the relationship with the Shanyue clan. This clan's
People's martial arts are unique and will be very useful in the future and now. Cao Zhi still wants to take them for his own use.
Now it is no problem for the leaders and leaders of the Shanyue people to surrender to Cao Zhi. Deng Ai is also slowly integrating their outstanding warriors into Danyang's regular army, and is also implementing the preferential ethnic treatment policy proposed by Cao Zhi for the Shanyue people.
In the name of the government, they were given a certain amount of land, especially the leaders, who now own private real estate. It also provided assistance with farming, animal husbandry and other production technologies to the Shanyue people, narrowing the gap between them and the Han people.
But the current leader of the Shanyue tribe is still very worried that Zulang's survival will subvert everything they have achieved so far. This worry is not unreasonable. No matter how many cronies Zulang still has to follow him, his prestige among the Shanyue tribe
The deep-rooted and closed-minded Shanyue people once even regarded Zulang as a god, and now Zuling, Zulang's biological sister, is the leader of Shanyue. Although they are puppets, there is no guarantee that the brothers and sisters will unite to cause trouble again.
The leaders of the Shanyue tribe suggested to Deng Ai many times that they ask Cao Taishou for orders to secretly kill the Zulang brothers and sisters to avoid future troubles. This suggestion was rejected by Deng Ai. He told the leaders of the Shanyue tribe to ask Cao Cao for help.
It is impossible for the prefect to kill the Zulang brothers and sisters. The guarantee he can give to these leaders is that the Zulang brothers and sisters will never come out to cause trouble again, as long as they unswervingly obey the orders of Danyang County and follow the Danyang Prefect Cao Zhi
, Lord Cao, they can maintain peace forever.
The reason why Deng Ai didn't even report his request to kill Zulang to Cao Zhi was because he had already seen Cao Zhi's love for Zulang's talent. Cao Zhi had always wanted to take Zulang as his own, so Deng Ai
Decided to do this quietly and show his face in front of Cao Zhi.
Deng Ai showed unusual kindness to Zulang while he was recovering from illness, and then threatened him with the safety of his ancestral spirit. When the proud Zulang faced his sister's life and death, he had to give in and agreed to rescue Qiao Xuan's family.
Of course, Deng Ai did not tell Zulang that Qiao Xuan's little daughter was Cao Zhi's future concubine. Instead, he gave Zulang a very simple order. No matter what method he used, whether it was to save, steal, or even
The goal of the kidnapping is to sneak into Shouchun and bring back the family of Jiujiang Prefect Qiao Xuan intact.
The reason why Mi Heng wrote to Cao Zhi was not to question Cao Zhi's decision not to fish in troubled waters. He was just very suspicious. He didn't trust anyone in the world except Cao Zhi. Between Yuan Shu and Chen Yu
After the war started, Mi Heng paid great attention to the battle reports there and the movements of surrounding troops.
Soon, Mi Heng discovered a strange phenomenon. Sun Ce's troops from Changsha missed Yuan Shu who was fighting fiercely in Shouchun and sent all his troops straight to Hefei. When Mi Heng received this information, he was stunned and mistakenly
It was thought that Sun Ce might have been ordered by Yuan Shu to cut off Chen Yu's retreat and prevent Hefei from sending more troops to Shouchun.
This seemingly reasonable strategic maneuver became puzzling in the next few days. Sun Ce crossed Hefei again and transported troops all the way to Chaohu.
When Mi Heng saw Sun Ce's action, he lost his temper and quickly reported to Cao Zhi for confirmation. What did his friend want to do?
But the letter missed Cao Zhi by one day by some strange coincidence. This delay directly caused immeasurable losses to Cao Zhi, and even dragged the entire Danyang into a whirlpool.
Things happened very quickly and suddenly. Just like Chen Yu found out that Qiao Xuan was missing, it was also very sudden.
########Deng Ai didn't have time to pay attention to Mi Heng's doubts. Now he was focusing on one person in Shouchun. To be precise, it should be two people, and two men.
One of these two men is Qiao Xuan, the governor of Jiujiang, and the other is Zu Lang, the former head of the Shanyue tribe.
"It's been three days, why haven't you heard back yet?" Deng Ai stood on the tower of Chaohu County, looking out at the lake, his worry evident in his words.
Qiao Xuan didn't know that someone across the huge Chao Lake was thinking about him so much. He only knew why he was so loyal and patriotic that he ended up in this situation. At this time, Yuan Shu had just suffered the first round of defeat. But Qiao Xuan had no idea that he and his family
Now he is trapped and dead in the main building where he and his wife live. They are also under house arrest in two bedrooms on the left and right, and are not allowed to see each other. Fortunately, many guarding soldiers respect him as the prefect of Jiujiang. Although the guard is not lax, it is good.
Wine and food are taken care of, and there is no shortage of etiquette.
Qiao Xuan could only indulge in drinking and living with wine. Within a month, the wine jars piled up like a hill, but how could Qiao Xuan get out of trouble? He thought to himself that he was worried, could it be that I, Qiao Xuan, would really know how to...
Chen Yu never came to see him, but he sent several eloquent people to persuade him, saying that he asked Qiao Xuan, as the governor of Jiujiang, to publicly declare his separation from Yuan Shu and support Chen Yu in taking care of Yangzhou on his own.
Qiao Xuan didn't even look at these lobbyists, and poured his own wine and drank. After a few days, the lobbyists were not bored at all. They just told clichés and repeated them over and over again every day.
They kept saying things like "The kindness of Governor Chen is as great as a mountain. You can only survive if you listen to Governor Chen's words", and "You will never go wrong if you listen to Governor Chen's words. You must follow the path pointed out by Governor Chen" and so on.
,etc.
These lobbyists obviously knew that they were determined not to persuade Qiao Xuan, but they still kept chattering endlessly. They seemed to attach great importance to his words as the Jiujiang governor who was already in name only. One day, Qiao Xuan suddenly became suspicious: "Chen Yu is not a fool.
How could you send someone to persuade me like this? There must be something fishy!" After pondering for a while, he suddenly remembered something, and then asked several lobbyists: "Did Yuan Shao attack Shouchun?"
Qiao Xuan's sudden question made all the lobbyists stunned one after another, and they were silent for a long time. The eldest one among them replied: "Yes, what Qiao Xuan said is very true. Our army was launched yesterday. Although Yuan Shu was not completely wiped out.
But having already won the first victory, it is Gu Jian's business to defeat Yuan Shu and drive him out of Yangzhou."
Qiao Xuan nodded and said: "I see, I didn't hear any fierce shouts of killing in this county house, which means that Yuan Shu did not know about Chen Yu's betrayal, so he came to Shouchun City and suffered a small loss. You are not bragging.
Such a first victory, right? At this moment, Yuan Shu is probably mobilizing his troops and preparing for a large-scale attack on the city. Chen Yu knew that he was invincible, but he sent unrelated people like you to come here to persuade me.
He broke away from Yuan Shu all the way and took care of Yangzhou on his own. Did Chen Yu naively think that as long as he gained the support of one county in Yangzhou, he could win the support of other counties? He also thought that someone cared about him, the governor of Yangzhou, and would listen to his orders? That
Is the Danyang Governor who signed a treaty with him here?"
Several lobbyists looked at each other in astonishment. They were so surprised that Qiao Xuan didn't leave his house, but he wanted to see things really happen. They couldn't help but admire Qiao Xuan as a prefect of a county and his ability to analyze the situation was superb.
Several lobbyists exchanged glances. One said: "We are junior officials and are not allowed to hear about military affairs." Another said: "As long as the prefect changes his mind and agrees to the governor's request, the governor will personally come to discuss military and political matters with the prefect.
"
Qiao Xuan snorted and stopped asking, thinking: "If Yuan Shu is unstoppable and takes Chen Yu, he will send me to see him and I will be held accountable. But if Yuan Shu is defeated and returns, Chen Yu will be the first
The person who wants to be killed is me, because then I will have lost my due value. Alas! Should I hope that Chen Yu will win, or should I hope that Yuan Shu will win? It seems that this time I will be in trouble, that damn Cao
Didn't Zhi give me a piece of paper, which clearly said, 'As soon as Yuan Shao arrives, escape from danger immediately'. This was nonsense to Qiao Xuan, who understood that he was in an unflattering situation. Yuan Shao had already arrived, my
My head is about to be damaged, how can I escape immediately?"
Qiao Xuan couldn't help frowning, walked away a few steps, shook his head in annoyance, and smiled bitterly at the question that he couldn't answer. At this time, listening to the clichés of the lobbyists, he was already upset, so he impatiently
He waved his hand and said: "Go back and tell Chen Yu that I have no power to resist. He can kill me at any time. There is no need to worry about it. I will not do anything for him."
Several lobbyists continued to persuade Qiao Xuan for a while, and when the sky gradually turned into dusk, they retreated. At this time, because the room was already dark, several servants were lighting the lanterns around the hall.
Candlelight. Qiao Xuan was about to turn around and return to the bedroom when suddenly an old servant called out from behind him: "Master, I have brought the bread that Madam likes to eat. You can take it!"
Qiao Xuan said "Ah?" and was about to turn around and scold "Who wants to eat noodles?" When he turned around, he never thought that the old servant had approached Qiao Xuan, grabbed a plate of food, and then turned around and left.
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For more than half a year, Qiao Xuan had no intention of struggling to escape, and the soldiers monitoring him were far less vigilant than before. When the servant handed Qiao Xuan a plate of pasta, no one checked or looked through it.
Qiao Xuan was stunned for a while while holding the plate of fragrant noodles. He lowered his head and looked through the candlelight. There was still a corner of paper exposed between the second and third pieces of noodles.
When Qiao Xuan saw that this noodle cake had another mystery, he quickly turned around with the dishes in hand. Returning to the room, he sneakily peeked out of the crack of the outer door, then looked at the paper, and saw four words written on it.
A small word: "Escape tonight."
"Old man, what are you doing? You're being sneaky." Qiao Xuan's wife, Ms. Liu, saw that Qiao Xuan was nervous as soon as he entered the house and couldn't help but ask.