Qi Chunnan, Xunyang City, riverside.

At this time, a middle-aged man was stubborn and stubborn, standing by the dock, his eyes locked, staring at the river, silent for a long time, letting the river wind blow his battle robe.

This middle-aged man of about seven feet five inches is the son of Cheng Pu, the chief general of the garrison Qi Chun, and the son of Cheng Pu, who has been through three old ministers.

After a long time, Cheng Shi muttered softly: "Marquis Wu ordered General Jiang Qin to gather more than thousands of people at Pengze Lake, and when the time comes, he will go north to collect water and cut off Guan Yu's way back." ”

"Let's hope the situation goes well!"

In recent days, since Sun Quan's decision to form an alliance with Cao Cao, all parts of the territory have begun to reorganize their armies and fight, and the generals of the army are also busy pacifying the localities, and they have long been anxious.

After all, there are many big families in Jiangdong, and although the Sun family has been divided for decades, they have not completely controlled the place, and the military system is mainly based on the private soldier system.

At this moment, Cheng Zhi also had a dignified face, and he also hoped very much in his heart that this attack on Jingzhou would be successful, and he knew that it would not be easy for him to start this war.

Just as he was still standing by the river, suddenly a heavy footstep sounded in an instant, and its sound came from far and near.

After a while, a young man who was eight feet long and burly, and was over twenty years old, walked over and said, "Brother Cheng, when I led the crowd out of the camp to inspect just now, I found that there was a situation outside the camp. ”

"Raise your mouth?"

"Zhou Shao, what's going on, tell me in detail."

At this moment, Cheng Zhi heard that there was an accident in the mouth, and he was not calm, and hurriedly asked.

Hearing this, Zhou Shao muttered: "I have already brought a few Qianshou who fled from the area around Jukou, Brother Cheng, you should directly interrogate them about the truth!" ”

When the words fell, he didn't hesitate, and with a wave of his big hand, he saw more than a dozen sergeants holding guns and leading several people over slowly.

In the middle of the ring, several Qianshou arrived in front of the two, Cheng Zhi couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw this, only to see that these people were in rags, and their faces were also gray, and even one or two of them had thick blood between them, obviously the injuries were not light.

"Tell me the truth, what happened to you that you want to flee here?"

At this time, Cheng Zhi's face was gloomy and his words were not good.

Hearing this, the Qianshou were already frightened when they saw this scene, so they recounted the situation word by word.

"General, two days ago, the villain was fishing by the river, but hundreds of warships suddenly swept in to the west of the water, and a heavily armed soldier went straight to the shore."

"They were so powerful that the hundreds of soldiers in the saliva battalion had no strength to resist at all, so they were slaughtered."

"Immediately after that, these soldiers were not as good as animals, and they were so beastly that they wantonly hunted and killed unarmed people such as us around Jukou, and wantonly killed."

"The villain's wife and children were all killed, and the villain also fought to the death to escape, and then fled south."

When the words fell, there were still a few knife marks on the back of this person, and the civilians who were still bloodstained couldn't help but say truthfully.

"yes, yes. General, the villains have lived by the lifting port for generations, fishing for a living, and they think that they have never offended anyone, but who knows that they have suffered bad luck this time! ”

"General, please also make decisions for the villains, and be ashamed of the people who have died unjustly."

For a while, after these people truthfully informed the information they knew, they were instantly furious, and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy in grief.

When the words fell, Cheng Zhi's face became more and more gloomy, and then he said coldly: "Have you ever seen clearly, who is the soldier who attacked the mouth?" ”

As soon as these words came out, one of the civilians wiped away the tears on his face, gritted his teeth and said, "General, the villain knows." ”

"Okay, you say!"

"General, when the soldier just landed on the shore, the villain happened to be returning from fishing, and happened to meet them, and the armor worn by this soldier was the Cao army battle armor."

When the words fell, Zhou Shao suddenly jumped like thunder and shouted angrily: "What, Sergeant Cao? ”

"This ** deceitful brute is treacherous, the front foot is only allied with our army, and the back foot is wantonly breaking through our army's mouth fortress, slaughtering soldiers, and plundering the people."

"Brother Cheng, I ask for battle, gather the surrounding soldiers, kill Jiangxia, chop up the Cao army dog thieves, and avenge our army's son!"

"General, revenge, revenge, we are willing to join the army, and I hope you will take it in, we will vow to kill this group of dog thieves, and be ashamed of our wives and children."

At this time, seeing Zhou Shao roaring angrily, several Qiantou from the side were also filled with grief and indignation, echoing.

"Zhou Shao, let's stop!"

With a shout, Cheng Zhi waved his hand first, and then ordered the surrounding soldiers to take several Qianxian down.

Waiting for the people to leave, Zhou Shao couldn't help it, and shouted again: "Brother Cheng, they are all fishermen around the mouth, presumably what they said is the truth, I am afraid that it was indeed the Cao army that attacked our army." ”

"After all, Jiangxia is only more than a hundred miles away, and it is only half a day's work by boat, and the traitor Cao Cao wants to pretend to form an alliance with Wu Hou, but secretly he sent Wen Ping to lead the crowd to raid our army."

"You know, Cao Jun is good at killing unarmed people, but he is notorious, Brother Cheng, what are you still hesitating about?"

Zhou Shao is the eldest son of Zhou Tai, conceited and brave, and his father is brave, so his personality is quite impatient.

Now, I am directly asking for a fight, without thinking.

It's just that Cheng Zhi sneered from the side and muttered: "Zhou Shao, this strategy, carving insect Xiaojier!" ”

"Jingzhou Jun played this trick, they thought they would be able to successfully deceive me, so as to blame Cao Jun?"

"What, Jingzhou Army, blame the blame?"

"Brother Cheng, what do you mean?"

Hearing this, Zhou Shao was shocked, and couldn't help but feel his head and asked anxiously.

"The fact is very simple, this is the Jingzhou army pretending to be Cao Jun, and its purpose is just to make our army think that it is Jiangxia Wenpin's department, and because of this, we want to cause our army and Cao Jun to be hostile and attack each other."

"What, how do you say that?"

When the words fell, Cheng Zhi couldn't help but change his face, and slowly explained: "Zhou Shao, as early as a few days ago, our side had already found out the news that a Jingzhou army led by Guan Yu's son Guan Ping retreated due to lack of strength after attacking Xudu in the north. ”

"Then, they didn't know what means they used, and Zhang Liao, the general of Cao Liao who was stationed in the western part of Runan, actually did not invade each other, and also used them to return south."

"Calculating the time, presumably the Jingzhou army has also crossed the Huaishui and entered the water, so it seems that the fact that this attack raised its mouth, wantonly killed the surrounding soldiers and civilians, and blamed the Jiangxia Cao army, nine times out of ten was committed by the Jingzhou army."

"After all, now that Guan Yu is suppressing Cao's army one after another on the Xiangfan front, the traitor Cao Cao has sent an envoy to negotiate an alliance with Wu Hou, so he must not do such a stupid thing to make friends with our army."

The words fell, and Zhou Shao was convinced.

I have to say that Cheng Zhi is also quite good at his father's true inheritance, and he is also very good at thinking, and in a short time, he guessed Deng Ai's plan thoroughly.

After a long groan, Cheng Zhi's face was solemn, and he said slowly: "It's just that this matter must not be careless!" ”

"Zhou Shao, you first led more than 300 people to rush to Jukou and garrison here, beware of another attack by the Jingzhou army."

"Not only that, but you also have to guard against Jiangxia Cao's army at all times, after all, the heart of defense is indispensable, maybe Wen Ping really sent troops to attack our army?"

"As for me, I will immediately send a letter to Jingkou and report it to Wu Hou for him to decide!"

"No!"

When the order was handed down, Zhou Shao was immediately overjoyed, surrendered his promise, and went to send troops north.

At this time, Cheng Zhi looked at the surging river again, and said secretly: "Guan Ping, what trick do you want to play?" ”

"I'll accompany you to the end!"

At this moment, he also showed a sneer.

In his opinion, Guan Ping's strategy is just pediatrics.