Xiakou waters.

"What, when did the Jingzhou army retreat?"

As soon as he heard this information, Sun Quan had already quietly and secretly arrived at the front line of Jukou from Xiakou City, preparing to join Lu Xun and Jiangdong's forces, seize Lujiang County in one fell swoop, and then enter Jiujiang and other places in Huainan.

But at this moment, he was in a state of shock, and he couldn't reverberate for a long time.

After the shock, he quickly led the naval division to garrison Xiakou again, and sent people back to He Qi, who was left behind by Jianye, to recruit sergeants again.

Nanxin, Yundu and other towns are located at the confluence of the Yangtze River, which is an important barrier to protect the western part of Xiakou.

If the Wei army captures it, it can completely cut off the connection between the water and the Yangtze River, and then the Jiangdong Naval Division will be useless in the unimpeded flow of the river and like a fish in water!

In this way, if the land of Jiangxia is already in the north, the Wu army will have no advantage at all.

And that's not all.

If the Wei army that cut off the water and the Yangtze River and blocked the invasion of the Wu army's naval division, and trained a naval division that can rival the Jiangdong naval division in the future, then the Wei army will go down the river, not only Xiakou City will be in danger of overturning, but even the safety of Chaisang and Xunyang further downstream cannot be guaranteed, and then threaten the rear areas such as Jianye and Wujun.

This terrain can be clearly seen even by Guan Ping, and with Sun Quan's vision and the think tank under his command, he naturally knows the importance of Nanxin and Yundu.

Inside the government.

At this moment, Sun Quanrao is city government is deep, but he can't help but be extremely angry, and scolds words like "Guan's father and son are shameless".

"Wu Hou also please dissipate his anger, judging from the current practice of the Jingzhou army, it must be deliberately done by Guan Ping!"

"This person is scheming, he knows the importance of Nanxin and Yundu to our army, but when he retreated, he didn't greet us in advance, making it clear that he didn't want our army to lead his troops to take over in advance, just to provoke the Wei army and our army to fight for this piece of territory."

When Sun Quan was angry and angry, Cheng Shi, an eight-foot young general who stood tall and straight, said calmly.

He had fought with Guan Ping a few years ago, so he naturally knew something.

Anger turned to anger, and after venting, Sun Quan quickly calmed down, and then showed a serious look on his face, and muttered: "Indeed." You're right, this must be a lonely game set up by the despicable Guan father and son. ”

"But due to the importance of this place, although our army knows about Guan Ping's calculations, we can't sit idly by and give it to the Wei army."

Sun Quan is also a decisive person, once he has a decision in his heart, he begins to deploy troops without thinking too much.

"Ordered Zhu Ran to continue to drag down the Wenpin Department in Shiyang, and then ordered the deputy general Zhu Yi to continue to confront Manchu in Jukou, and make a pair of pressure to attack Lujiang County, and the main general Lu Xun led his troops back to fight with the Wei army for control of Nanxin, Yundu, and the Yangtze River."

"Whoa."

The sergeants did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over their hands to pass the order.

Meanwhile.

After Guan Yu led the Jingzhou army to gradually get rid of the battle with Zhang Liao and other Wei generals and retreated, the Wei army's sentinels also immediately reported this message, and Cao Xiu, the commander of the Wei army, immediately summoned all the divisions to prepare to seize this place.

Cao Xiu had a good strategic vision, and said in a deep voice in the face of the generals: "Ladies and gentlemen, Nanxin, Yundu and other towns have a unique topography, just at the confluence of the Yangtze River, dividing the water and the Yangtze River. ”

"But on the contrary, if it is obtained by the Wu people, the situation will be worse than when Guan Yu occupies it, because at that time the Jiangdong naval division can gallop across the Yangtze River and land from any point, thus threatening all the defensive lines arranged on the periphery of our army and making it impossible for our army to resist."

Cao Xiuyi's words fell, and he quickly sent Zhang Liao and other generals to the west to fight, and even led the main force forward to Shangchang to station.

Then he immediately sent the sentry cavalry to the north day and night to inform the general of the cavalry, Cao Ren, about the urgency of the situation and to ask for reinforcements.

After the Jingzhou army escaped safely, Guan Yu also sent ships and fighting ships to and fro on the river in the upper reaches of the river, always paying attention to the battles and actions downstream.

Subsequently, Chen Shi was ordered to lead his troops to be stationed at Hanjin Port on the other side of the Xiakou waters.

Two months of fierce fighting lasted in the southeast, and the Han army finally broke away from the fighting from west to east.

Under the eastern fortress of Gangneung.

Guan Yu rode a tall, sweaty and bloody-like red red red rabbit horse and Guan Ping rode a white as snow Saifeng horse standing side by side, their eyes tightly fixed on the top of the city, peeking at the style of the whole city of Jiangling.

For a long time, there was endless sighing on the surface of the pass, and he sighed: "Alas! It's really a thing or a person, the child hasn't been back to Gangneung for several years, right? ”

"yes!"

Hearing this, Guan Yu also looked back and sighed, and then said: "Ping'er, in the past three years that you have been stationed in Shangyong, Lin'er has also raised Ding'er alone, and now Ding'er is more than three years old, this little guy is very cute, but he is also clingy, often shouting about his father, father and the like, and you are in a heavily guarded place but you have not returned." ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Guan Ping couldn't help but recall the past in his mind.

At that time, since the end of the war in Liangzhou, he led the people to return, and his wife Zhao gave birth to a son for him.

However, because he was in a town and a mediocre place, he also hurried to the county to take up his post.

In the past few years, I have almost not been able to return to Jiangling several times a year, and naturally I have lost a few companions to my wife and children.

If it weren't for the fact that he had moved more than 10,000 Wei hermitages to the south this time, he would have to properly resettle this part of the population, otherwise, he would probably have gone directly to Shangyong to take up his post.

After all, now Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang are fighting fiercely with Deng Ai in Wudang Mountain.

Now that I heard my father mention it, Guan Ping's longing is getting stronger and stronger.

"Ping'er. You have migrated more than 10,000 families to the north, how are you going to secretly connect with these people? ”

After a while, Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes opened slightly, and he asked slowly.

"Father. In recent years, due to the gradual improvement and stability of our army's policy towards barbarians, it has also begun to lead to the barbarians living in the mountains gradually choosing to go down the mountain and join the counties, but there are many wastelands reclaimed in the territory, which are not so easy to develop. ”

"And it just so happens that most of these more than 10,000 households are hidden households in the Wei Kingdom, and most of the people who are willing to go south are lonely young and strong, they have nothing to worry about, if we can give them land, even if it is the wasteland of Jingnan, let them go to reclaim it."

"Then we are exempt from taxes for three years, and when they are stable, they can intermarry with the locals."

"As long as the policy can be implemented perfectly, then the people of these more than 10,000 households will inevitably return to their hearts, and the population will inevitably increase greatly under my rule in Jingzhou in the future, and the fertile land cultivated in Jingnan will inevitably increase day by day."

Listening to his son's general report, Guan Yu couldn't help but subconsciously stroke his long gray beard, with a smile of joy and relief on his face.

Standing quietly for a while, after settling the whole army, Guan Ping rushed into the city on horseback and walked along the Guanfu.

He couldn't wait to see his wife and children.

"Lin'er, Zhen'er, Ding'er......"

On the way to Guan Ping's horse, he couldn't help muttering.

Kanfu.

At this moment, it was extremely noisy, and I saw that Guan Ding, who was only three years old, was running around on the grass hall in the courtyard naked, and he was also full of cheerful smiles.

Looking at his height, he is already about four feet, although he is only a few years old, he can see that when Guan Ding grows up, he will inevitably be born tall and burly like Guan Ping.

On the other side of the courtyard, Yang Zhen was dressed in a military uniform, holding a spear and waving it vigorously.

Although she has married Guan Ping as his wife, she still practices martial arts diligently and has never slackened at all.

In the weaving room on the side, Zhao Lin, who was already a young woman but had a unique flavor, was weaving on the loom at the moment, and the loom was also making bursts of loom sounds.

Since Zhao Lin gave birth, she has gradually given up from being obsessed with martial arts, to slowly falling in love with weaving and enjoying the fun of the Weaver Girl.

As for Guan Ding, he was served by two maids in the courtyard.

"Squeak, squeak."

In the middle of the ring, the door of the house opened with a loud sound, and the sound of horses' hooves was faintly heard.

"Father is back, back."

At this moment, Guan Ding, who was still running around idlely, suddenly shouted in a childish voice with milk in his milk.

"Young lady, the young general is back."

With the shouting of the maid, Zhao Lin, who was weaving cloth, suddenly felt a "pimple" in his heart, and then immediately stopped the movements in his hand, got up, and ran out with his clothes and small strides.

"Father...... ...... pro"

Before arriving at the hospital, Guan Ping picked up Guan Ding smoothly, and Guan Ding couldn't help but lie on his chest and stretched out his hand to happily fiddle with Guan Ping's long hair.

"Husband......

"Lin'er, Zhen'er......"

With a call, Zhao Lin and Yang Zhen trotted over almost without the slightest hesitation and hugged Guan Ping's arms.

The three of them, plus Guan Ding, hugged each other tightly.

"Husband, the concubine misses you, and Ding'er often talks about you."

The three of them snuggled tightly, and Zhao Lin couldn't help but say affectionately.

As for the two maids, they are also smart, and they know the truth that they are better than the newlywed after a long absence, so they have already avoided it.

"I miss you for my husband."

"Poof......

After a while, Guan Ping felt a sudden pain in his jaw, only to realize that it was Guan Ding who pulled one of his long beards and played with it in his hand, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You kid, you dare to pull your old man's beard." ”

"Hahaha."

Xiao Guan Ding was playing with his beard and was happy, and at the same time, he was full of milky smiles.

Zhao Lin and Yang Zhen, who were snuggled in their arms, saw it, and couldn't help but smile lightly, hiding their faces with a smile.