Zhao Liang and Liu Yu were discussing countermeasures, and Tao Siyuan's herald suddenly ran to them and conveyed the instructions of the main general Liu Gaozhi urging Du Wangbing to set off for Guangling as soon as possible.

Liu Yu saw this situation, and told Zhao Liang a little helplessly, I am afraid that I can only take one step at a time now. If you don't obey the general's order, you will be convicted of disobedience, which is a very serious matter in the Beifu army.

Including the two of them, plus more than a hundred Wang scouts, I am afraid that they will all have to be severely punished.

Zhao Liang was also helpless, so he had to drive the ducks to the shelves, and led his scout soldiers to set off overnight in the direction of Guangling.

On the way, Liu Yu suggested that the troops be divided into five routes, the largest of which was about 50 people, accounting for half of the total, and arranged on the main road from Jingkou to Guangling in sections, which was specially used for relay and transmission of news.

Because they are not scouts, they are not very mobile, and if they want to maintain communication with the camp in time, they can only use this temporary transportation station to shorten the time for information exchange.

The remaining 50 people were then formed into four reconnaissance directions, respectively targeting Guangling City, the naval army camp, five water-village wharves, and grain and grass warehouses to carry out comprehensive surveillance.

Zhao Liang asked, "Then where are we going?" ”

"According to reliable sources, He Qian is not usually in the camp, but lives in Guangling City, where the conditions are more comfortable," Liu Yu replied, "Therefore, the younger brother accompanied the eldest brother and led a few brothers to blend directly into Guangling." ”

Zhao Liang felt a little unreliable, and said worriedly: "Enter Guangling?" Isn't that tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger? ”

Liu Yu glanced at the team marching behind him, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, in fact, I have another purpose in thinking so. I heard from the generals in the army that after the victory in the Battle of Weishui, the uncle of the Great Commander, Lord Xie An, politely refused His Majesty's request to supervise the military affairs of 15 prefectures, including Yang, Jiang, Jing, Si, Yu, Xu, Yan, Qing, Ji, You, He, Ning, Yi, Yong, and Liang, and planned to return to Linquan and live in seclusion. However, Sima Daozi and others secretly slandered him and despised His Majesty, so they did not want to be officials in the court. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lord Xie An did not rush to live in seclusion in Dongshan again, but under the pretext of poor health, he went to Guangling to temporarily recuperate. ”

Zhao Liang was stunned when he heard this: "Huh? You mean, going to find him? ”

"That's right." Liu Yu nodded: "Lord Xie is the uncle of the Great Commander and the mainstay of the imperial court. The reason why the Beifu soldiers were able to be formed at the beginning was because Lord Xie An supported the commander behind his back. The defense against the invasion of the Hu people, as well as the great victory of Weishui that shook the ancient and modern times, were also achieved by Lord Xie An's comeback and presiding over the overall situation in the DPRK. He can be said to be the first appearance of my Great Jin. If he can come forward to defuse this Beifu Fire Merger, the weight will definitely not be worse than that of the Great Commander. ”

Zhao Liang said with a little doubt: "But I heard that Xie Anai is a famous 'Merry Prime Minister', who is free and easy by nature, does not love power, and his favorite thing is to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests and indulge in poetry and wine." Are you sure you can find such a detached character in time? ”

Liu Yu said: "At the moment, only dead horses can be used as live horse doctors." It's better than running back to Jiankang all the way to move the seriously ill Commander, right? ”

Zhao Liang thought for a moment, so he had to nod and say, "Alas, that's okay." Just listen to you, while dealing with the errand given by Liu Gaozhi, we will secretly inquire about Lord Xie An's whereabouts in Guangling. As long as you can find him, you will ask the old man to work hard and come forward to set up a table

And the head wine, pull Liu Gaozhi and He Qian to sit down and have a good talk, everyone thinks harmony is precious. ”

Seeing that Captain Zhao agreed with his idea, Liu Yu immediately called the leaders of each team and carefully assigned the tasks.

The distance between Jingkou Daying and Guangling City is only more than 100 miles, and both places belong to the jurisdiction of the Beifu Army. There are large rivers running through the territory, and on both sides of the rivers are dense mountains, forests and hills, lush and green.

Because the distance is not far, Liu Yu and other soldiers are all old horses, so Zhao Liang and his entourage set off in the evening, walked all night and half a day's work, and came to Guangling, the base camp of the Beifu Navy at noon.

In 319 B.C., King Chu Huai built Guangling City on the basis of Hancheng, and the name of Guangling began here. After Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng unified the whole country, he set up Guangling County here. In the Han Dynasty, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, was enshrined in Guangling, established the state of Wu, and with the help of the advantages of being near the mountains and the sea, "the mountain casts money" and "boils the sea for salt", and the two official transactions of salt and iron have developed rapidly; In addition, with the convenience of the Yangtze River, the local people built water conservancy, planted rice and mulberry, and further laid the foundation for Guangling's economic development and the gradual prosperity of waterway transportation.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were constant wars between Wei and Wu, and Guangling, as a water and land hub and a barrier of the Yangtze River in the Jianghuai region, also became a military center for repeated contention between the northern and southern regimes. Especially after the Jin Dynasty crossed to the east, Guangling experienced repeated wars and turmoil, and repeatedly changed hands between the Hu regime and the Han regime, and almost became a barren land several times.

It wasn't until Xie Xuan established the Beifu Army and set up the naval army base here that Guangling City, which had suffered from the smoke of the beacons, finally settled down and was able to recuperate and recover.

Because the time to get out of the war is not long, Guangling at this time, whether it is the size of the city or the population density, can not be said to be so amazing, let alone compared with such an important town as Jiankang Jingzhou.

In Zhao Liang's opinion, except for the construction of the city wall, it is also the level of a small town.

He and Liu Yu took eight Duwang soldiers, disguised as mountain goods merchants, and entered the city in three batches.

Liu Yu used to come to Guangling and was very familiar with this place, and after turning two street corners, he found a small inn.

The owner of the inn is surnamed Cao, an old man in his sixties, who was displaced in the war and almost starved to death on the side of the road, but fortunately received Liu Yu's rescue before settling down in Guangling.

Therefore, when Cao Laohan saw that it was a benefactor who came to the door, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly boiled water to cook and entertain Liu Yu and them.

"Uncle Cao, how are you doing lately?" Liu Yu wiped his face with a wet wipe, and asked with a smile, "Is the business okay?" ”

Cao Laohan squatted at the door and scraped the fish scales, while grinning: "Thanks to your blessing, my lord, this little life is still happening now!" Although the location of our inn is a bit remote, and there are not many customers on weekdays, it is much better than the previous life of exile! ”

He was quick with his hands and feet, and after a few strokes of processing the newly caught river fish this morning, he began to peel the bamboo shoots again, and his mouth was not idle: "Lord Liu, why did you come to Guangling, do you have a business trip?" ”

"Ah, almost," Liu Yu haha: "A few of us have something to do here, but it has nothing to do with the army." Hey, Uncle Cao, is Sister Xiaoyun still working as a maid in someone else's house now? ”

The Xiao Yun mentioned by Liu Yu is Cao Laohan's only daughter. When their father and daughter first arrived in Guangling, because of their embarrassment, they asked Liu Yu to help and found the girl a maid in the home of a general in Beifu.

Cao Lao

Han smiled: "It's still there." However, Yan Duwei and his wife are good-hearted, and they don't restrain Xiaoyun's girl very much, and they allow her to come back to see me every once in a while to help the business in the store. I'm thinking about it, let's get married to my children next year and find a good family to marry, so that I can feel at ease. ”

"Really? That's a good thing! Liu Yu got up and poured tea for Zhao Liang and said, "Is there a suitable one?" What kind of family are you looking for? ”

"Of course, it's better to be our Beifu soldiers!" Old man Cao was busy with the work in his hands, and walked to the kitchen with a hanging of bacon, and at the same time said: "Captain Yan agreed, pay attention to Xiao Yun, as long as there are young men in the naval camp who are right with us, I will help match." ”

While cutting the meat, he chatted loudly with Liu Yu: "Last year, I beat away the Hu people in the north, and the people praised our Beifu soldiers for their greatness!" God opened his eyes, but he was looking forward to this peaceful day! If you don't believe it, there are more and more people on the street, and the business is becoming more and more prosperous. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yu and Zhao Liang couldn't help but look at each other, and they both saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes.

The people, like Cao Laohan, were full of hope for the hard-won peaceful life in front of them, but they didn't know that a new war was slowly approaching Guangling.

Liu Yu pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Uncle Cao, do you have any other customers in this store?" Can we stay here for a few days? ”

"Stay! Live! Stay all! Cao Laohan ran out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife and said busily: "When you arrive in Guangling, of course you have to live in our own house!" You put 10,000 hearts, a few merchants just checked out yesterday and left, and all the rooms in the store are empty at this time. You're back, where do you stay with me? Unless you dislike the little old man's inn shabby! ”

Liu Yu smiled happily: "How can you think Uncle Cao's shop is shabby?" You're kidding me. However, my eldest brother likes to be quiet and doesn't like to ...... with others."

"I'm going to close the door right now!" Cao Laohan pinned the kitchen knife to his waist and was about to go out to the door panel on the spot, Liu Yu hurriedly grabbed him when he saw this, and laughed: "Don't panic, just don't pick up customers." You are quiet here, we will cover the whole store, and the room and meal will be a lot. ”

Cao Laohan said unhappily when he heard this: "My lord, what are you talking about?!" Can Xiao Lao'er still ask you for money? If it hadn't been for the help of adults, I would have died on the street! ”

Zhao Liang persuaded beside him: "Uncle Cao, you are polite to us, don't take a stitch from the people, it's ......" He thought about it, this iron discipline is not Beifu Bing's, and then changed his words: "It's not easy for you to do business, Lao Liu should take care of the business, he is not bad for money!" ”

"That's right, my eldest brother is right," Liu Yu said with a smile: "You don't care about money, as long as you don't accept foreign guests." ”

Cao Laohan still insisted on refusing to refuse, and said a few words to Liu Yu, and continued to work in the kitchen.

Liu Yu took advantage of his cooking skills to order his subordinates to go out and set up a few secret whistles, and then said to Zhao Liang: "Big brother, I'm thinking, after eating in a while, let's go to the street for a little while." First, let's see what He Qian's water army has done, and second, by the way, ask about the news of Lord Xie An, what do you think? ”

Zhao Liang nodded, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone shouting at the door: "Daddy, see what I brought you back?!" ”