Chapter 458 The Zhou family took refuge in the Huai River and the supplies were robbed
Seeing that Zhou Xin had no power to fight again, Huang Gai explained to him: "If you want to know who defeated you, then order your surrender. We sit down, speak carefully, and say."
Han Dang sternly said, "If not, I will definitely call you, and blood will splatter on the spot!"
‘Clang…’
Zhou Xin took the lead in throwing the weapon in his hand to the ground, indicating that he no longer wanted to fight.
Zhou Ang and Zhou Yi were shocked when they saw this. In this way, all the Zhou family had accumulated over the past few years would be handed over, which made the two of them not anxious.
Zhou Ang hurriedly advised: "Brother, no, our army still has the power to fight, how can we surrender easily?"
Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, the second brother is right. Brother must not do this. My brother and I will definitely escort the elder brother out of the siege and escape here!"
Zhou Xin shook his head and said, "Second brother and third brother are all seven-foot men. If you lose, you will be defeated. Besides, if you lose at Sun Ce, it is not embarrassing. Do you want to watch my Zhou family go toward loneliness?"
"Haha, Zhou Taishouzhen is a hero who knows the current affairs. It is really admirable that he can be so free and easy when the defeat is revealed. "At this time, a gentle voice sounded outside the crowd. When the crowd dispersed, Cheng Pu walked in with a middle-aged man dressed in a literati.
Zhou Xin looked sad and asked, "I don't know the name of Mr. Is the situation today a by Mr.? Can you tell me?"
The middle-aged man was Zhang Zhao who came out to help Cheng Pu not long ago. When he saw Zhou Xin asking, Zhang Zhao nodded and chuckled, "I am here at the Xuzhou area. A few days ago, General Cheng Pu was frustrated at General Zhou's hands, so he invited General Zhou to come and meet him for a while. Today, General Zhou is really amazing! He could see his clumsy plan at a glance and come up with the best way to crack it. However, now it seems that we are still better at it."
Zhou Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Even if you see through your tricks, what if you do? You have jumped into your trap and let you slaughter!"
Zhang Zhao shook his head and advised, "No, no, now in a big fight, General Zhou is a talented person. I am just asking you to get into the trap and advise General Zhou to work with us to assist Prefect Sun together. I wonder what General Zhou wants?"
Zhou Xin was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists at Zhang Zhao and said, "Mr. Zhang is so frank and advised him. How dare Xin refuse? He was defeated by Mr. Zhang today. Xin is willing to vote under the gate of Prefect Sun. However, does Prefect Sun like me, the defeated general?"
Cheng Pu laughed and said, "Haha, please rest assured General Zhou. I will recommend General Zhou's three brothers to find a military position under the lord's lord."
Zhou Xin smiled and said, "Then, my three brothers in the Zhou family will be the generals under Sun Taishou from now on!"
After more than a month of southern expedition to Kuaiji, Cheng Pu was defeated in the first battle. Fortunately, Huang Gai invited Zhang Zhao out of the mountain. Zhang Zhao used his clever plan and asked you to get into the trap with one move. He defeated Zhou Xin and captured more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers. He also had to surrender the three brothers of the Zhou family. In this way, Cheng Pu and his group gained more than Sun Ce, although there were many twists and turns.
Since Sun Ce sent troops, he has been flying all the way, taking Jiujiang first and then going to Kuaiji. Now, four counties in the six counties in Yangzhou have been in Sun Ce's hands. In just one month, Sun Ce's power has developed rapidly, which has really made other princes particularly jealous. Among them, Yuan Shu from Yuzhou is the most envious. A conspiracy against Sun Ce was launched. However, what Yuan Shu didn't know was that he thought he could kill Sun Ce, but he did not expect that he had sent two generals to others.
During this period, the supplies from the counties of Jiujiang were gradually transported to Hefei. Sun Ce followed Zhou Yu's words and was constantly allowing the people of the counties in the northern part of Jiujiang to move to the counties in the southern part, or Danyang County in the south.
According to Zhou Yu's intention, their Jiangdong army could not turn against the princes of the Central Plains at this time. After all, Sun Ce's power was still very weak and needed to develop. It was a natural danger to the Yangtze River. According to the princes of the Central Plains, it was Zhou Yu's policy. After a few years, the various indicators of Yangzhou were raised, they had the ability to challenge the princes of the Central Plains.
The trip to Bingzhou that year made Zhou Yu see the benefits of having too many people. In his opinion, Jiangdong was rich, and even if there were more people, he could still survive. In Zhou Yu's view, some of the concepts and practices of the Yang family army touched the interests of some aristocratic families, but the most fundamental thing was to defend the interests of the people. It seemed that the gain was not worth the loss, but it was actually very necessary. This was a process required for the transformation of the times and the price needed to be paid for the renewal of ideas.
On this day, Chen Heng and Zhang Ying-jeong were responsible for escorting Xiacai County's materials to cross the river to the south.
It is summer now, and the river water is soaring. They can only follow the Huai River, extend the fertilizer water, apply water to the Yangtze River, and then to Niuzhu Water Village to unload the supplies.
Just when the fleet had just arrived near Shouchun.
Seeing Chen Heng's bored and lazy and weak look, Zhang Ying joked and said, "Chen Heng, have you used the energy on the little girl in Xia Cai County last night?"
Chen Heng cursed, "Zhang Ying, I said, why don't you open a pot? Which pot should you carry? Don't talk nonsense about this. If your lord knows, you will definitely beat him."
Zhang Ying smiled and said, "If this is true, how could the lord be in Hefei far away? Can you see it? I said you are so lucky. I looked at that little girl and felt weak all over. What a pity, you were snatched up by you."
Chen Heng laughed and said, "Zhang Ying, may you want to have a few bites too? This is easy to deal with. When I go there next time, I will take you to try it out."
Zhang Ying's eyes suddenly became energetic. Just as he was about to say a few words, he saw several warships coming from behind, including fighting ships and sergeants.
Zhang Ying was shocked when he saw this and shouted: "Chen Heng, look, where is the warship? It seems to be coming to us!"
After hearing this, Chen Heng quickly leaned over and looked. Sure enough, several warships were coming from behind the fleet, looking at it, as if they were chasing them!
At this time, a soldier shouted in panic: "Oh my God, they are thieves in this area. I recognize their flag, Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai..."
"What?" Chen Heng and Zhang Ying looked at each other and exclaimed: "It's Zhou Tai!"
The fleet transporting materials was several points slower than the warships. After the two fleets chased each other for several miles, Chen Heng's main ship was caught up by the other party and intercepted on the river.
Chen Heng looked up and saw a man in a cloth clothes standing in the bow of a bucket ship that intercepted them in front of him. He was tall, dark in skin, square face in the national character, and a fierce aura surrounded him, which made people shocked. There was a man of similar age standing beside the man. This man had fair skin and gentleness, but his bloodthirsty eyes were afraid to look directly.
The black-faced man looked at the panicked fleet and laughed: "Everyone, where are you going?"
Chen Heng shouted angrily: "Ye, we are the imperial army. What do you want to do? Do you want to oppose the imperial court?"
The black-faced man frowned slightly and said silently, obviously not good at speaking, but his white-faced man replied disdainfully: "Grandpas have been making a living on this water surface all year round. Whoever sees him must be more polite? Today, the grandpas are in a good mood and will not start a big slaughter. As long as the goods on the ship are left behind, the grandpas will not make things difficult for you, how about?"
Looking at the white-faced man, he was going to let Chen Heng leave all the supplies behind easily. How dare Chen Heng agree to them? Zhang Ying sneered: "Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin! Why? You robbed us from two robberies and Sun Ce's troops? Tell you, we are the little overlords of Jiangdong, Sun Ce's troops, and the supplies on this ship are also owned by Sun Ce. If you have the courage, come and have a look!"
It turned out that the black-faced man was Zhou Tai, while the white-faced man was Jiang Qin. These two were originally water bandits who were robbing families on the waters of Xia Cai. After the government encircled and suppressed them several times but failed, they followed them. As long as they did not reach out to the government, the officials would not make things difficult for them.
Before coming, the two of them learned from a confidant that Sun Ce's fleet was about to move south, and found that the ship was filled with food and weapons. These precious materials made Zhou Tai and the others itchy. In the end, their ambitions were driven and they brought people to rob them by magic.
Zhou Tai was a rebellious person and a wild and hard-to-dressed person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been a water bandit for so many years. If you say a few good things to him, Zhou Tai might have let Chen Heng go and Zhang Ying go, but now, Zhang Ying is harsh and threatened to face him.
Zhou Tai laughed and said, "On land, Sun Ce may be better than himself, but on this water surface, hehe, to put it bluntly, I, Zhou Tai, aren't afraid of him, Sun Ce! I was only planning to rob the grain today to respond to emergency, but you guys are ungrateful. Well, no one of you wants to leave!"
After hearing this, Jiang Qin rubbed his hands and laughed: "Brother is right, I'm afraid that Sun Ce will do anything. You can see your skills!"
Yan Luo saw Jiang Qin stabbing into the river with a fierce man, and dozens of men jumped off the other boats one after another.
Soon, an old soldier came to Chen Heng and shouted anxiously: "General, it's not good, the ship is leaking, the water is leaking..."
After seeing this, Zhou Tai laughed and said, "Haha...how is it? Do you want to surrender? If you surrender, I can guarantee that none of you will die. If you don't surrender, then I will all go into the water to feed the turtle!"
Zhang Ying walked to Chen Heng and whispered in a low voice: "Chen Heng, it seems that it is difficult to leave today. Your and my team will be very good. Otherwise, we will directly hit us and kill us wherever we go. After rushing out, we will go ashore and ask for help. How about it?"
Chen Heng gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that this is the only way. Before the ship sinks to the river, drive to the shore first! After staying on the shore, I don't believe that Zhou Tai dares to catch up!"
Chapter completed!