Chapter 68 (1/2)
In the city of Lujiang, the generals under Sun Jian's tent also gathered together. Even Cheng Pu, Xu Chu and Guo Jia, who were far away in Yangzhou, returned. Except Han Dang, who stayed in Changsha, all the other generals sat at the head of Sun Jian and talked to each other.
”Gongfu! The vanguard and the right army lost to us this time! We helped the Lord to win the whole Yangzhou Cheng Pu said triumphantly to Huang Gai.
Huang Gai, however, glanced at him and said with disdain: ”what's the matter? You've just taken the lead for the time being. Next, the Lord wants to wipe out Jiangdong, but he wants to fight a water war. The water army just trained by our left-wing vanguard army will play a powerful role.” Although Huang Gai didn't admit defeat, his tone was sour.
Cheng Pu, who is familiar with Huang Gai, naturally knows what Huang Gai is thinking. He laughs triumphantly. Huang Gai is really gnashing his teeth and has to vent himself to drink.
However, Chen Ren was chatting with Guo Jia in secret. From time to time, he also made a few Snickers, which made Tai Shici and Xu Chu shiver from time to time, and subconsciously moved their seats to one side.
At this time, an urgent report came. A sergeant with a brocade bag in his hand walked quickly to Sun Jian. Sun Jian was talking to his son sun CE. He immediately put down his glass and took a look at the brocade. It was marked with a small black snake pattern. Sun Jian immediately beckoned to Chen Ren and said to Chen Ren, ”Zici, this is the snake news from Changsha.” After that, he would pass the brocade bag to Chen Ren.
Chen Ren sees that the brocade bag has not been unsealed. Naturally, he doesn't dare to look at the brocade bag first. He clasps his fist and asks Sun Jian to see it first. Seeing Chen Ren's insistence, Sun Jian no longer shirks it. He immediately opens the brocade bag, but pulls out the silk cloth in the brocade bag and gives it to Chen Ren directly.
Sun Jian did so, Chen Ren had to take over the silk cloth and look at it carefully. Immediately Chen Ren's eyes flashed, and he handed the silk cloth back to Sun Jian, but he bowed his head in thinking.
Sun Jian took the silk cloth and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't feel his head. He had to wait for Chen Ren to think about it before asking. Chen Ren felt his chin and thought for a while, then he whispered to Sun Jian, ”Lord, please come to the side hall to discuss it!”
Seeing Chen Ren's cautious appearance, Sun Jian knew that Chen Ren had something important to say. After arranging for other generals, Sun Jian took Chen Ren to a small side hall not far away.
”My Lord! Now is a good opportunity As soon as he entered the partial hall, Chen Ren immediately said to Sun Jian.
”Oh?” Sun Jian took Chen Ren and sat down on the seat and asked with great interest, ”Zici said that this secret report just happened? When I was in Changsha, I had heard of this man's reputation. He was just a hermit. Why did the snake ministry make special information about him
Chen Ren said with a smile, ”Pang De Gong is not an ordinary man, and he must not be a hermit. Before I left, I specially instructed Cheng Zhongde to keep an eye on this man. I suspect that this person is the real behind the scenes host of Kuai family! ”
Sun Jian's eyes are also bright. The Kuai family's influence in Jingzhou is very big. If Pang Degong is really the host of Kuai's family, then Pang Degong can really control the pattern of Jingzhou!
Chen Ren then told his master Tong Yuan about Pang De Gong's past, and then said, ”Lord, according to my subordinates, Pang De Gong has a secret to hide.”
Sun Jian nodded and said, ”so what should we do according to what Zici saw?”
”According to my humble opinion, the previous time Kuai Liang followed Liu Biao to attack Wulin and was defeated by General Han. After returning to Xiangyang, Liu Biao never met the Kuai family again. Instead, he had frequent contact with the Cai family. The Cai family's influence in Jingzhou is only inferior to that of the Kuai family. It must be because the Kuai family is very anxious about this matter that they invited Pang Degong to discuss it. ” Chen's analysis, however, is the same as the facts.
Chen Ren raised his head and continued: ”I expect Pang Degong will definitely suggest that the Kuai family and the Cai family unite. This will certainly bring the political situation of Jingzhou into a stable state, but it will be extremely unfavorable to us. Therefore, my subordinates think that we must destroy the alliance between Kuai and Cai! ”
Sun Jian also agreed with Chen Ren's point of view, only frowned and asked, ”then how can we destroy the alliance of the two?”