Chapter 119: The Sound of Apes on Both Sides of the Strait

The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the ten thousand mountains. ------Tang Dynasty. Li Bai "Early White Emperor City"

It is said that Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi took the mission of uniting Yizhou Liu Yan and boarded the boat alone. The shadow of the sail slowly moved away, the merchant ship became smaller and smaller, and Chen Long on the shore slowly rode back.

In the next few days, Zhang Ning successively sent nearly 500 spies to disguise themselves as hunters in the mountains and enter the depths of Shangluo Mountain, in order to find the place where Dong Zhuo's ambush soldiers were stationed in Shangluo Mountain. Zhang He had already taken up the post of deputy commander of the Second Army Corps, and the garrison troops in Hengyang, Lingling, and Guiyang were rotated again, and the troops were changed without changing the generals, so as to confuse the enemy's secret agents. Chen Long took advantage of the reason for the change of troops to pull the First Army out of the city, avoiding the eyes of the spies in the city, and gradually disintegrated into pieces, pretending to be righteous servants, homeless people, village warriors, merchants, and tourists, and sneaked into the territory of Wuling Taishou Jinxuan unconsciously, and then passed through the outskirts of Jiangling, and assembled in the wilderness on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Yiling.

Wuling Jin Xuanbing soldiers are outnumbered, and the roads and mountains bordering Lingling are very loosely defended, and occasionally the local volunteer team blocks the road, but it is just to protect the safety of the village and county, collect tolls or something, and there is no careful investigation of the passing personnel. Chen Long, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Guo Jia, Zhou Budo, and Zhou Cang, after the change of troops was completed, also carried dry grain, water and portable weapons, incarnated as salt merchants, and went to Yiling on a big ship. The 200 super soldiers of the special forces, from Lu Chang onwards, all turned into the guards of the big salt ship, the boatmen, the men, the porters, the master and other figures, and followed the ships through Xiangshui and Jingjiang to Yiling on the border of Jingzhou and Yizhou.

The defense of Lingling was handed over to Huang Gai, Jiang Wan and other left-behind officials, but the whereabouts of Chen Long, Zhao Yun and others became top secret, only Zhang Ning set up secret hiding places at the docking places of salt ships along Chen Long's road, and Dong Zhuo's information circulated in these locations, so that Chen Long could obtain the information of Dong Zhuo's troops in time.

More than a month after Xu Shu left, Chen Long's salt boat paid taxes all the way and successfully came to Jiangxia on the north bank of the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River. There was already an intelligence point in Jiangxia, where Long Chen learned that the southern foot of Shangluo Mountain searched by the secret agents did not find anything, and now the focus of the search has been concentrated on the northern, eastern, and western foothills of Shangluo Mountain.

The salt boat continued to move forward, and when there was nothing to do, Chen Long and the generals around him led the division to discuss the strategy of Xiliang. What I am most afraid of now is that Dong Zhuo has lost patience, and the army has re-entered Chang'an, at that time, Dong Zhuo's army has its back to the fortified city, and it can be said that it is invincible. At that time, Chen Long finally entered the troops of Shangluo Mountain, and he had no ability to take the attack ability of Chang'an City, so I am afraid that he could only return in vain and seize Hanzhong for Liu Yan in vain.

Guo Jia said: "This matter is easy, immediately let the intelligence point send an order to Luoyang Zhao Da, through which the emperor obtained the edict, and ordered the lord to immediately lead troops into Chang'an to help eliminate the rebels." At the same time, he sent an order to the master mother, so that Huang Gai personally led 10,000 troops, and went to Hengyang through the waterway with great fanfare, and when the emperor's edict arrived, he immediately set off along the road expected by the enemy and slowly rushed to Chang'an. As soon as this news comes out, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo will be looking forward to Lingling's troops entering his ambush circle as soon as possible, how can he easily give up this opportunity? ”

Chen Long said: "Fiction is real, and reality is fiction." Feng Xiao's clever plan. "That night, the ship happened to arrive in Jiangling, and there was also an intelligence point arranged by Zhang Ning, and Chen Long ordered people to quickly issue both instructions without mentioning them.

Putting down Chen Long and the Qinglong Army, he did not show it, and Xu Shuxiao sailed at night and arrived at Yiling. The water became more and more turbulent, and on this day we arrived at the entrance of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. At that time, although there was no talk of the Three Gorges, the two banks rose abruptly from here, the mountain peaks stood on the wall, and the huge river rushed out of the canyon, which was even more imposing. The merchant ship passed the inspection of the Yizhou Navy, went upstream, and slowly entered the most precipitous and beautiful section of the Yangtze River.

Xu Shu stood quietly at the bow of the boat, looking at the green mountains on both sides of the strait, listening to the sound of apes on both sides of the strait, and couldn't help but take a deep breath of pure air. The beautiful scenery is picturesque, the climate is pleasant, and there are occasional dangerous shoals, which really increases the interest of boating. Xu Shu sighed in his heart, he came to participate in the imperial examination this time, but he only heard the name of Chen Long's new policy, out of curiosity. I didn't expect to meet the Lord Ming, so trusted, I directly reused myself, appointed myself as the special envoy of Yizhou, participated in such an important battle, and since then I have a stage for my own play.

The exit of the Three Gorges is the famous Jiangzhou, the famous city of Chongqing in later generations. The water of the Jialing River flows into the Yangtze River here, and there are tributaries such as Badu Water, West Han Water, Bailong Water, Canal Water, and Fushui Water into Jialing Water, which can be said to have a developed water system. Xu Shu also traveled all over the world in his early years, but it was the first time to see a city built on the mountain, and he couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the stacked floors and houses close to the waterside cliffs.

The boat traveled for two more days, transferred from Jiangyang County to Tuoshui, and arrived in Chengdu a day later. It was late afternoon when he arrived, Xu Shu knew that the task was urgent, and regardless of the fatigue of the boat, he directly took a few servants to the county government to hand over the official circular letter of the Lingling envoy asking to meet, and the reply he received was that Liu Tingshi could only meet him three days later.

Xu Shu was unwilling, so he stood outside the gate of the county mansion for an afternoon, and finally waited for Liu Yan's carriage and horse to drive out of the county mansion. Xu Shu stepped forward, stopped the carriage and horses, and said: "A certain is the special envoy of Chen Long, the assassin of Jiaozhou, because of the urgent military situation of 100,000, he came to visit. This matter is related to Hanzhong, please meet with Yizhou Assassin Shi immediately. Liu Yan heard the words Hanzhong, and finally agreed to meet him early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, Xu Shu finally stepped into the high threshold of the county government. Liu Yan was late, and with a few big men behind him, he went straight into the meeting hall in the middle of the county government, sat on the high platform, and shouted: "Take down the madman who stopped my carriage and horse yesterday!" ”

Xu Shu was carried to the conference hall like a chicken by several big men, with his hands behind his back, tied up in a strong knot. Those Liu Yan's guards wanted to force Xu Shu to kneel, but Xu Shu didn't kneel, but suddenly his knee was hit hard, Xu Shu was unsteady on his feet, and he fell to the ground, and immediately struggled to stand up, glaring at Liu Yan angrily.

Although Liu Yan is nearly fifty years old, he is well-maintained and has fair skin, which looks like a posterior in his thirties. Seeing that Xu Shu was very tough, he took out a dazzling dagger from his waist, gently shaved his nails and said contemptuously: "I am a member of the Han family, and I am also the queen of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty." Today's saints, in terms of generation, are also my sons and nephews. Chen Long is just a gangster who can't tell his origin, and he dares to come to me and shout at me. For the sake of your hard bones, I'll give you a chance to speak. If you can't give me a convincing reason, I have here torture that makes life worse than death. ”

Xu Shu was not afraid and said: "Junlang Assassin History, I am just a little messenger, I didn't expect to make Assassin Shi so afraid, I think I have heard of the prestige of my lord Chen Long?" Today I am going to die, and it is not worth mentioning at all. But Lord Shi is trapped in Yizhou, right in front of him, don't regret not listening to my words today. ”

When Liu Yan heard this, his face turned angry, and he suddenly laughed and said: "My Yizhou soldiers are strong and strong, the mountains and rivers are majestic, the rivers are turbulent, and the roads are dangerous, which can be passed on from generation to generation, who dares to touch my tiger whiskers?" ”

Xu Shu also laughed and said: "I heard that Yizhou is divided into two rivers, east and west, how can there be only one Hanzhong, and Su Gu and others have occupied it for a long time, why don't you see Lord Thorn Shi take it?" In my opinion, you're just a Dongchuan assassin. ”

The thug next to him shouted: "Bold! Just as he was about to beat Xu Shu, Liu Yan suddenly coughed heavily, waved his hand to stop the beating, and said: "Your lord Chen Long, you are in a corner of Lingling, what can you do?" ”

Xu Shu said loudly: "My lord Chen Long is a heavenly man. Since Liu Du let Xian, Liu Xian returned to his heart, starting from Lingling, but thousands of soldiers and horses. Formulate a new policy, widely accept the displaced people, grant acres of land, and the people live in peace; There are also soldiers who use their lives, the Xun family, the Chen family, and the Pang family, all of whom have famous people to assist our master. The Yellow Turban was in turmoil, and my lord sent an edict to crusade against the Yellow Turban in Hebei, but in a few months, the first head of the bandit was beheaded. Take Hengyang lightly, take Guiyang, Jiaozhou Shixie surrendered wholeheartedly, and the Qinglong Army expanded to more than 100,000 people, but it was all between the ten months. It can be said that the time, the place, the people are all right, and it will soar into the sky, just around the corner! ”

"On the other hand, looking at the history of Junlang's assassination, he regarded a small Yizhou as a place to settle down, and was satisfied with separating one side, with only a few dozen generals, and no more than tens of thousands of soldiers, and even Xichuan, which should belong to Your Excellency, was in the hands of Su Gu. Excuse me, if Lord Assassin Shi wants to go to Chang'an, do you still want to kneel down and ask Su Gu to make way for you? ”

Liu Yan was taken aback, and said, "Loosen the tie!" ”

Seeing that his subordinates didn't react for a while, Liu Yan took the dagger and went down to the hall in person to cut the ropes on Xu Shu's hands. Holding Xu Shu's hands, he said, "Sir, why don't I think about it day and night, how to take Hanzhong." Please sir can teach me, Chen Long's assassination is far away in Lingling, how can I succeed? "It's a bow.

Liu Yanqi is not useless, he served in the state and county when he was young, and was awarded the position of Langzhong because of his clan status, and later resigned due to the death of Zhu Tian, the seat teacher. In Yangcheng Mountain, he lectured and professor. Later, he was promoted as virtuous and square, and Situ Mansion was immediately recruited. He successively served as officials such as Luoyang Ling, Jizhou Thorn History, Nanyang Taishou, Zongzheng, and Taichang.

During his time as an official, Liu Yan witnessed the chaos of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and the decline of the royal family, so he suggested to the imperial court: "Assassin Shi and Taishou bribe officials, exploit the people, and cause the people to rebel and leave." Those honest and honest officials of the DPRK and Central China should be selected to serve as local governors of prefectures and counties, so as to maintain stability in the world. He himself asked to serve as the pastor of Jiaozhou, intending to escape the chaos of the world. Later, by mistake, he took office in Yizhou, secretly killed angels, cut off the road, and carried out secession. Unexpectedly, Su Gu, who was sent to Hanzhong, took advantage of Hanzhong's geographical advantages and divided the territory again, but controlled the throat of Yizhou leading to Kyoto. Liu Yan has always been obsessed, but his troops are limited, and he has never been able to drive away Su Gu. Suddenly, there was an envoy of the popular fried chicken Chen Long, how could Liu Yan let go of this opportunity?

After that, Liu Yan and Xu Shu hit it off, and fully agreed to the conditions of cooperation with Chen Long, Xu Shu sailed down the water, followed by more than 20 ships sent by Liu Yan, and about 30,000 people of the Qinglong Army who had been secretly assembled on the south bank of Zigui were picked up at night, along the Jialing waterway to the Sword Pavilion.

Chen Long still sat on the salt boat and concealed his identity, he didn't want to easily alarm Liu Yan, but made people have other ambitions. On this day, when the boat arrived in Jiangzhou, several people had just walked down the boat ladder, and saw that there was already a person waiting by the boat ladder, and they knew it after a closer look, but it was Zhang Ning's secret agent leader, Su Man, the former leader of the Yellow Turban. Su Man looked tired, bowed down, and said lightly: "Lord, I have been waiting in Jiangzhou for a long time, and the big thing is not good!" ”