Chapter 174: Disguise
It's only half a day's work.
Liu Zheng took Gan Ning's men and horses, and a total of 3,000 sailors converged with Jiang Er's thieves.
This is also the first time Liu Zheng has met Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.
In fact, as early as when Liu Zheng first heard the name of Jiang Zhou's thief, he had already guessed in his heart that these two people should be Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, the generals of Wu State.
Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were both generals in the Sun Quan period of Eastern Wu and were one of the twelve tiger ministers in Jiangdong. In his early years, he took refuge in Sun Ce, and then followed Sun Ce to fight in the south and the north, and even later Zhou Tai was reused by Sun Quan.
It is one of the few generals in Wu State.
It's just that when Liu Zheng sees Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai now, these two are the same as Gan Ning, they are not very old, they look like they are in their twenties, Jiang Qin is older, and there are still a few looming scars on his face.
It seems that it is also the scar left by the perennial fight in Poyang Lake for thieves and gangsters.
"The two are Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai?"
Liu Zheng looked at the two strong men in front of him, although they were not very old, they had a strong muscular appearance, which also made Liu Zheng know that they were afraid that their martial arts were extraordinary.
Of course, compared to Gan Ning beside Liu Zheng, it is still a little worse.
"Exactly, Your Excellency is Liu Zheng, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army?"
Jiang Qin raised his head and glanced at Liu Zheng, for Liu Zheng, they had only heard some rumors about Liu Zheng, but they didn't have too many ideas.
After all, where Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are located, the Yellow Turban Army is not overflowing, so they don't have much good impression of the Yellow Turban Army, and they themselves are thieves, living a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and paying attention to strength is king.
I don't really attach much importance to fame.
Jiang Qin's slightly contemptuous look, seeing Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng didn't have any opinion on Jiang Qin, after all, he really hadn't shown his strength in front of Jiang Qin, so the other party despised it.
"Well, exactly, this time to cooperate against Zu Lang, please do your best, after the hour, the northern part of the waters of Poyang Lake, I will give you full power, I only need the western region."
Liu Zheng said his thoughts first, and Jiang Qin did not refuse, and agreed with his mouth.
"No problem, as long as I can defeat Zu Lang, even if it is the territory of Poyang Lake, I don't want any points, as long as I kill that guy!"
When Jiang Qin's eyes said the name Zu Lang, some hatred flashed, and it seemed that this time Zu Lang and Jiang Erren's fight really formed a lot of hatred.
For the territory or something, Jiang Qin really didn't take it so seriously, he originally had more than 1,000 water thief brothers, but after the battle with Zulang, there were only more than 600 people left, and more than half of them were lost.
The people who lost were all brothers from the same village who came out of Jiang Qin's village to beg for a living, they were people who had grown up together since childhood, and they had deep feelings, and avenging them was naturally the most important thing.
If it were Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng would definitely take revenge as his first goal.
"Very well, since we have negotiated, let's go."
Liu Zheng chatted with Jiang Qin, Jiang Qin was also anxious about Zu Lang, so he also agreed to start setting off, and the person in charge of intelligence quickly passed over Zu Lang's soldiers and horses.
Zu Lang also had 3,500 men and horses, and this time Zu Lang personally led people out of the old lair and plundered merchant ships in the area of Poyang Lake, leaving only more than 1,000 people to stay in the old lair.
Originally, Liu Zheng planned to let Jiang Qin deal with the soldiers and horses in Zulang's lair, after all, there were only more than 1,000 people in Zulang's lair, and the 600 people led by Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were enough to fight.
With the 2,000 men led by Zu Lang, Liu Zheng decided to deal with him personally with Gan Ning.
However, Jiang Qin said that he was going to deal with Zulang in person, and wanted to finish Zulang with his own hands.
Avenge the death of your brother with your own hands.
Liu Zheng originally wanted to persuade Jiang Qin, after all, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai only had more than 600 people left, and Zu Lang Ke led 2,000 soldiers and horses out.
With 600 men against Zulang's 2,000 men and horses, it is simply a mantis arm blocking the car and hitting a stone with an egg, not to mention that it will definitely be defeated, but it will definitely be a difficult battle.
Liu Zheng persuaded a few words, but Jiang Qin still insisted on dealing with Zu Lang by himself.
Liu Zheng saw that he didn't seem to want to change his mind, so he didn't say much more.
In the end, Liu Zheng decided to divide the army into two ways. Let Zhou Cang and Yuan Zhou lead one of the 1,000 men and horses to Zulang's lair to temporarily besiege those Zulang's men and horses who stayed behind in the lair.
Then Liu Zheng and Gan Ning led the remaining 2,000 men to cooperate with Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to deal with Zulang.
Under such a personnel arrangement, a group of more than a dozen warships sailed to the place where Zulang was ambushed.
Liu Zheng disguised these warships as merchant ships transporting goods, pretending to be merchants transporting goods and trading in the waters of Poyang Lake.
Only in this way will Zulang's people not run away directly when they see these ships, but will take the initiative to meet them.
And Liu Zheng, Jiang Qin and others can give Zu Lang a fatal blow.
More than a dozen boats slowly moved along the river surface of the Poyang Lake basin.
At this time, a breeze blows on the surface of the river, and there are slight waves, and the waves ripple out, which are irradiated by the sun, forming a white splash.
The sound of the waves crashing on the bank of the river makes a splash of water, which makes the calm lake more turbulent and uneasy.
The sun is not strong, the sun at the end of November is not scorching, and there is even a hint of coolness.
Everything seemed extraordinarily calm, and Liu Zheng knew that it was just the calm before the storm.
After a while, Liu Zheng stood on the bow of the boat, watching the fleet sail to a river corner.
Around the corner, the vegetation is lush and overgrown with weeds, and it is impossible to see what the other end looks like at the corner.
It is precisely such a corner that is the terrain that water thieves are best at hiding.
Liu Zheng had just led the fleet to this side. I immediately saw that there were eight or nine ships hidden on the shore around this corner.
As soon as these ships saw more than a dozen ships of Liu Zheng and others, they immediately sailed quickly towards Liu Zheng's side, and formed an encirclement to firmly surround Liu Zheng and these ships to prevent escape.
Liu Zheng has many ships on his side, and although the number of boats is also quite large, it is a long dragon formation, which is not conducive to changing direction.
However, the fleet on Zulang's side is seven horizontal and eight vertical, criss-crossing and surrounding, and the speed is very fast, most of them are walking around the boat, and they are known for their speed.
A moment of effort.
surrounded all the more than ten ships on Liu Zheng's side.
"The fleet in front of us is on the side, otherwise don't blame us for being polite!"
Zu Lang's fleet had just approached, and someone in the distance immediately shouted at Liu Zheng's side.