Xiangfan battalion, separate military tent

At this time, Ma Liangpan sat down, and then looked at a handwritten letter on the desk, which he couldn't forget for a long time!

"Is this the strategy that the major general gave me to break the game?"

Half-groaning, Ma Liang thought sullenly.

Today's military discussion ended, back to the military tent, the guard handed over this handwritten letter to him, according to the explanation, this is exactly what Guan Ping specially instructed to send to Ma Liang when he left.

Gazing closely at the closed handbook on the desk, Ma Liang thought for a moment and muttered: "Forget it, let's listen to the young general!" ”

It's just that Guan Ping also ordered the soldier who sent the letter to remind Ma Liang that this letter should not be opened until the time came, and it must be opened after Cao Cao personally led the army south to support.

Just as Ma Liang was hesitating, above the water, thousands of fishermen were scattering forward.

………

On a shoal, more than 100 ships were docked on the shore at this time, and hundreds of soldiers were hiding on the shore to rest.

"Where have I been now?"

"Tell the major general that our army has passed through the territory of Huyang, and it is now about a hundred miles away from Biyang City."

This army was led by Guan Ping, because after going north along the Bishui River, the further north was the territory under Cao Wei's rule, although they had already dressed up as fishermen, but in order to be safe, on the way, Guan Ping divided his troops into several departments.

Each department is dominated by military marquis, Dubo, and 100 governors, and each leads its own troops to the north along the coast.

After all, even if it is a fishing boat, the largest size is only a few dozen people, and when a huge fishing boat travels together, you can see that there is a problem.

After a long groan, Guan Ping's eyes were like torches, looking at the military marquis beside him, and asked: "Zhao Zhong, how has the situation of the people been in recent days?" ”

"Is there any news from Deng Ai's side?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhong's face was solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "Major General, the various departments have sent back the news yesterday, they have passed Huyang, and are now sneaking to the shore, in order to prevent suspicion, so they will go north in batches." ”

"The villain estimates that in about three days, they will be able to catch up, and as for Deng Dudu, there is no news yet."

"That's good, that's good!"

After listening to the current situation of his army, Guan Ping's tense face slowly relaxed, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

On this trip north, Guan Ping's biggest worry was to be discovered by Cao's army on the way, which ultimately led to the failure of his plan to raid Xudu.

Now it seems that they are still very well hidden for the time being!

"Although Shizai has not sent back the news, but at this juncture, no news is the best news, indicating that everything is going well with him leading the people north."

"Otherwise, if there is a conflict between Shizai and Cao Jun, there will naturally be information coming."

"From this point of view, Shizai's trip is relatively smooth."

After thinking for a moment, Guan Ping groaned secretly.

In fact, at this time, Guan Ping led the people to the north, it was really too appropriate, because of the Xiangfan front, Cao's army lost again and again, and the places south of Xuchang were all impacted, and the political situation was unstable.

In addition to quelling the rebellion and pacifying the people every day, the garrisons in various places are already exhausted, so how can they have the spare energy to keep an eye on the Bishui line at all times?

Therefore, as long as the Jingzhou army does not show too much movement now, it can basically pass through the water.

Biyang City, about 30 miles away from Bishui, at this moment a group of soldiers are slowly converging, so they retreat from the fishermen's clothes and change into armor.

This soldier is the Jingzhou Army that is dividing its troops, and the main general is Deng Ai.

Deng Ai and Guan Ping each led an army and scattered northward towards both sides of the river, and his side marched relatively fast due to the relatively weak garrison of Cao's army.

At this moment, it is already approaching the periphery of Biyang City.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that everyone had already changed their armor, Deng Ai waved his knife and said loudly: "All of them... Army... Obeying the order, approaching the shore beach, and quietly taking down Biyang City. ”

For a period of time, Deng Ai has always remembered Guan Ping's advice, regained his self-confidence, and his stuttering symptoms have improved, and now he is obviously much more fluent than before.

When the order was laid, the Jingzhou soldiers were silent, but their faces were filled with a desire to fight, so they quietly continued to sail north in the dark night.

After a while, the fishing boat that was inquiring about the news in front suddenly returned, ran to Deng Ai's side, and arched his hand: "Dudu, I will find out that more than ten miles ahead, there is a water thief entrenched, and a water village is being built on the shore. ”

"It looks like it's preparing to capture Biyang City."

"Because the line of sight is too dark, the exact number of water thieves is not clear."

Hearing this, Deng Ai's face was shocked, and he said secretly: "Water thief, you actually want to capture Biyang City?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Deng Ai waved his hand and ordered all the departments to stop moving forward, and said slowly: "All departments listen to the order and find the weak area to land nearby. ”

"Wait until daylight, and go to find out the news of Biyang City on the dry road."

When the order came, the crowd naturally did not dare to disobey, and all the soldiers searched for it, and after a while, they found a reed bush nearby.

Immediately, the Jingzhou army slowly went ashore, and then hid the fishing boat and fishermen's clothes in the reeds.

"You... Wait... Now...... Immediately go south and look for Shao Shao... General, will now... Biyang... He was informed of the situation. ”

When everything was ready, Deng Ai led the army ashore and hid after waiting south to find the main force.

Although he knew that the purpose of the water thieves was to capture Biyang City, which was the same as his own plan, he did not immediately go ashore to attack the water thieves.

After all, the Jingzhou army came from afar, and they didn't even know anything about the specific situation on the ground, in this situation, Deng Ai felt that he should be cautious!

The night gradually passed, and the next day on the shore of the water, the water thieves and others built the water village overnight.

In the village, a burly man with a scar on his face, sat on the main seat with a cold face, looking down at the leaders below.

"Brothers, I sent my pawns to the front line of Fancheng a few days ago to show favor to the Marquis of Guan."

"Guan Junhou rewarded the pawn heavily, and personally ordered the general to be General Yingyang, and awarded the official seal."

"From now on, my brothers will no longer be thieves, but members of the Jingzhou army with regular status."

When the words fell, the big leader of the water thieves was extremely excited, and after laughing, he took out the official seal awarded by Guan Yu and passed it to everyone for inspection.

Hearing this, the next member of the stairs was relatively short, facing the strong man who was extremely gloomy, and said softly: "Big leader, have you really decided to return to the Jingzhou army?" ”

"Second brother, what do you mean by this?"

Hearing this, the big boss had a different look on his face, stared at the second leader, and asked.

"Oh, eldest brother, the younger brother has no opinion on returning to the official army, but what makes the younger brother suspicious is that on weekdays, the officials of Libi County often recruit our army."

"Why didn't the eldest brother agree to serve the King of Wei, but now he is willing to go far and serve the Jingzhou army?"

As soon as he spoke, the two leaders were unrecognizable and said coldly.

Hearing this, the big boss didn't see the clue, but laughed and said, "Haha! ”

"The second brother only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, I am working for the interests of all the brothers again."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.