Soldiers come to the world

From Chaisang to Yangxin County, you can go by water or by land. It is a little farther by water, go west along the Yangtze River, enter a small tributary Fushui at the mouth of Fushui River, pass Xiazhi County, and go west all the way to Yangxin County. Gan Ning used water to aid Chaisang City.

The land route takes a straight line, all the way to the west, through the rolling hills and mountains, about 150 miles, and finally arrives at Yangxin County.

Because Yangxin County is located at the junction of Jiangxia Mountain and Plain, it has a large population and rampant banditry. Although Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were wiped out by Liu Bei's army last year, there are still three bandits in Yangxin County, each with about a thousand people. He robbed the house and disturbed Jiangxia.

Huang Zu also repeatedly sent troops to suppress the bandits, but they were always unsuccessful. After Gan Ning was stationed in Yangxin County, the three bandits were intimidated by Gan Ning's reputation and restrained a lot. This time Liu Jing sent Liao Hua to replace Gan Ning to guard Yangxin County. To a certain extent, I hope to use Liao Hua's old status as the left king of Jiangxia to recruit these three bandits.

But Liu Jing's plan didn't seem to be going well. A few days ago, Liao Hua sent three distress letters in a row. The bandits failed, and he begged Chaisang for help.

At night, an army of 2000 people left Chaisang City and marched westward quickly. At the same time, Gan Ning, who was stationed in Longwan City, also led hundreds of his subordinates to leave Longwan City and head west by water.

Although the two armies left very secretly, they were still discovered by interested people.

In the Zhou mansion, Zhou Xin hurriedly trotted all the way to the backyard, pushed open the door of Zhou Gu's study and shouted anxiously: "Patriarch, they are gone!"

Zhou Gu was reading a book under the lamp, when he saw his brother was surprised and happy, sweating profusely, he was very dissatisfied: "What are you worrying about, you can't be more stable at such an advanced age!"

Seeing his brother getting angry, Zhou Xin was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more. Zhou Gu gave him a hard look, and then said unhurriedly: "Now tell me! What happened, who left?"

"Patriarch, the Chaisang defenders have set off, just now."

Zhou Gu's eyes lit up. This was the news he had been waiting for for a long time. He still asked quietly, "Then how did you leave?"

"I have found out that a total of 2000 people were led by Liu Jing himself. They left Chaisang and headed west under the cover of night under the pretext of marching training. Moreover, Gan Ning's fleet also left Longwan City at almost the same time. Go west, Patriarch, whoever goes to train and march at night, there must be something strange in it."

Zhou Gu nodded. The training march was of course just an excuse. Even the Gan Ning army in Longwan City was dispatched. This must be to aid Yangxin County. This trip to Yangxin County will take at least three days to go back and forth. It will be seven or eight days away, which is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But Zhou Gu calmed down and asked again: "Then how many defenders are there in the county now? Who will be in charge?"

"There should be 500 people. I heard that they are led by Liu Hu."

Zhou Gu walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and considered the cause and effect again. He sorted out all the details one by one and found no flaws. Then he wrote a letter at his desk and handed it to Zhou Xin, saying, "Send someone to Wuchang County immediately, and send this letter to Zhou Xin. Hand over the letter to Jun Cheng, it is extremely urgent at this time, let's go now!"

"Isn't Jun Cheng in Xiakou?"

"No! They are all in Wuchang now."

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The night was getting deeper and deeper, and it was already the middle of the night. The city of Chaisang was silent and dark, only the city gate, barracks and the gate of the hotel were hung with dim lanterns. At this time, the guard of the south gate had been replaced by Liu Jing's Dozens of confidantes, at this time, a soldier rushed from a distance and whispered to the guard: "There is no movement at the Zhou family, and there is no one around."

The guard nodded and waved his hand, "Kaicheng!"

The city gate creaked open, and only a large group of soldiers trotted in from outside the city. There were thousands of them. The leading general was Wei Yan. The voice ordered: "Speed ​​up, don't make any noise!"

The soldiers ran faster, and there was a rustling sound. They only ran for more than a hundred steps, and then directly entered the southern barracks of the school grounds. The gate of the barracks was closed immediately, and the gate of the city creaked shut. After a few minutes, everything returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.

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At this time, Huang Zu had led an army of [-] from Xiakou to Wuchang County. He was ready to prepare his troops and wait for the news of Chaisang Zhougu. How could Liu Jing let bandits occupy the territory.

Huang Zu knew that Liu Jing would definitely send reinforcements, but to what extent the reinforcements would be sent is debatable.

On the wharf of Wuchang, Huang Zu stared at dozens of warships, his round pumpkin face turned into a bitter melon, a pair of small eyes gleamed with monstrous anger, his fists clenched and then loosened, loosened and clenched again, his knuckles turned white , He got a reply from Peng Ze Jiangdong camp this morning, Jiangdong army did not arrest his son Huang Yong.

This confirmed his conjecture that his son Huang Yong had probably died in the hands of Liu Jing, and it was precisely because of this that Liu Biao did not pursue Huang Yong's injury to Liu Cong, and the pain of losing his son permeated Huang Zu's heart He completely forgot that it was Huang Yong who wanted to kill first. He didn't care about it. He only cared about his son. If his son died, how should he avenge him?

At this time, he not only hated Liu Jing for seizing the land, but also killed his son, "Liu Jing, I swear that I will smash your body to pieces!" Huang Zu looked at the Yangtze River and muttered to himself.

Suddenly footsteps came from behind, and I saw the eldest son Huang She came hurriedly with Zhou Cheng, the prefect of the county. Zhou Bing was the younger brother of Chaisang Zhou Gu, about 45 years old, and looked very similar to Zhou Gu, but he was physically strong, and he was not as good as Zhou Gu. Gu's sickly look.

Zhou Bing held a letter in his hand, which was written by his elder brother Zhou Gu, telling them an extremely important information.

"Father, Liu Jing has sent troops!" Huang She said anxiously as he entered the door.

Huang Zu turned around abruptly, staring at Huang She with blood red eyes, "Tell me the specific situation!"

Zhou Bing quickly presented the letter to Huang Zu. Huang Zu's blood-red eyes like a wild beast made him feel a little scared. After he gave the letter, he quickly stood aside.

Huang Zu hastily read the letter, his eyes widened. Liu Jing led two thousand soldiers to the west of the city, and Gan Ning also sent troops. What a marching training, what a fart!It was clearly to rescue Yangxin County.

"Father, the opportunity has finally come!" Huang She couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart and said.

After all, Huang Zu is a battle-tested veteran. Although everything is developing logically, he feels that Liu Jing seems to have sent too many troops. There are only 500 people left in the entire Chaisang City. Worried about sending troops to attack Chaisang?

"Father, I don't think it's a big problem."

Huang She had already thought about the countermeasures in his mind, and suggested to his father: "We can send dozens of elite soldiers, disguised as tenant farmers of the Zhou family, to drive the grain boat to the Zhou family in Chaisang to deliver grain. Under the cover of the Zhou family, enter the Chaisang Sang has no problem, and then attacked the city gate in the middle of the night. At this time, when the defense is weakest, the defenders of Chaisang must be caught off guard. As long as we capture the gate, we can enter Chaisang. With our absolute superiority in strength, Liu Jing There will be no place to bury this time.”

"There is no place to die!"

Huang Zu muttered to himself, "No! It's too cheap for him, I'm going to cut him into pieces and shatter his bones into ashes!"

"Did the Tao family reply last time?" Huang Zu turned back to Zhou Bing and asked.

"Reporting to the prefect, the Tao family has not given any reply."

"Very good!" Huang Zu said with a sneer, "Since he doesn't know how to flatter, let him be honored as well."

Huang Zu suddenly turned around and said to Huang She: "You and Su Fei led [-] troops to attack Chaisang, Liu Jing's army will definitely return to help, and I will personally lead the army to ambush, this time he can't escape my Huang Zu's grasp."

Huang She was overjoyed, bowed and said, "I obey!"

Huang Zu said to Zhou Bing again: "The Zhou family will be contacted by the county magistrate."

Although Zhou didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing and offend Liu Biao, but at this moment he couldn't help himself, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "The humble job will definitely handle it."

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Although Yangxin County has a small population, it covers a huge area. It is the county with the largest area in Jiangxia County, accounting for nearly [-]% of the entire Jiangxia County.

At one o'clock on the fourth day, the night was dim, and the pale moonlight flowed through the dark clouds. Under the moonlight, an army of more than a thousand people marched rapidly eastward in the mountains and hills west of Chaisang County.

The mountains and forests on both sides are lush, and the night owl's screams are constantly heard from a distance. This is already within the territory of Chaisang County, about [-] miles away from Chaisang, and [-] miles away from the Yangtze River. There are more than a dozen rolling peaks in the middle.

Liu Jing was in the middle of the team. He was riding on a steed's horse. He was wearing scale armor, an eagle-prismatic helmet, and a blue shadow gun in his hand. He looked around with sharp eyes.

At this time, a thin figure jumped down from a big tree like an ape, and landed just in front of Liu Jing's horse, causing a slight commotion, and a dozen soldiers immediately pressed him down with spears.

"It's me, I'm Hou Wu!" The thin black figure yelled in fright.

Liu Jing hurriedly stepped forward and scolded with a smile, "You little monkey, if you sneak out again, be careful not to be shot to death by an arrow!"

"Young master, I dare not. I have news about General Gan."

Hou Wu is Liu Jing's little follower. He has a kind of ability that ordinary people can't match. He climbs mountains and ridges, climbs trees and vines like walking on flat ground, and has a strong sense of direction. He will never get lost. He is a genius for tracking and reporting.

During this march, his task was to contact Gan Ning and Liu Jing. He had just arrived from the river, and after climbing dozens of miles of mountain roads, he found Liu Jing's team accurately.

"Does General Gan have a letter for me?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Hou Wu licked his chapped lips, "Master, it's a message, but my mouth is too dry and I'm hungry, so I can't say it."

Liu Jing was angry and funny, and threw his dry food package and water bottle to him, "Eat and drink after talking!"

Hou Wu jumped onto the white horse as nimbly as a monkey, and the white horse rattled its hooves in dissatisfaction, but felt a little helpless.

He whispered in Liu Jing's ear: "General Gan has discovered Huang Zu's fleet, there are hundreds of large ships. General Gan said that Huang Zu wanted to intercept us."

After speaking, he jumped off his horse like a monkey, and ran to a big rock to drink water and eat dry food.

Liu Jing was in high spirits, and it really started. It seemed that Huang Zu was more eager than he thought, success or failure depends on one action, he immediately ordered: "speed up, return to Chaisang!"

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