Biyang City.

The night was silent, and the hundreds of soldiers defending the city walls were also yawning and listlessly holding the city.

In the night outside the city, several disguised soldiers quickly approached the city gate.

"Goo, goo!"

As soon as they approached the city gate, several soldiers in disguise immediately raised their voices to alert the people at the head of the city.

Hearing this, the defenders of the city immediately cheered up and immediately opened the door at the city gate.

"Squeak, squeak."

With the sound of the city gate, halfway through the opening, several soldiers quickly entered, and then disappeared in an instant.

This is the scout of Cao's soldiers who are distributed outside the city to inquire and be responsible for delivering news, and the cry just now is also a code for agreeing to open the city gate.

Now, seeing them rushing into the city in a hurry, there must be some great information, and everyone did not dare to stop and ask.

After entering, several scouts went straight to the county government to ask for a meeting with the main general, Xiahou Nan, but because he had already rested, he ordered no one to disturb him when he was sleeping, so the guards outside the palace were stubborn, and refused to ask for a meeting on the grounds of late night.

In desperation, the scout captain at the head of the scout frowned, and said slowly: "You wait to go back and rest first, I'll go and go back!" ”

After the order was given, the scout captain continued to disappear into the night.

Inside the barracks, military tents.

At this time, the tent was still brightly lit and bright, and Chen Qunpan was sitting next to the desk, picking up a pen and replying to the official documents.

Xiahou Nan, as the main general, basically lived in the county government after entering the city, and then mixed up with the wealthy families in the city all day long, but threw the military affairs to Chen Qun.

Therefore, it was precisely in order to facilitate the management of the soldiers that Chen Qun lived directly in the barracks.

"Sir, sir."

"What?"

Hearing the guards outside the tent shouting, Chen Qun couldn't help but put down his pen and responded.

Hearing this, the guard was overjoyed and said in a loud voice: "Sir, the scout asks to see him, saying that there is an urgent military report." ”

"Urgent military intelligence? The scouts came late at night, and I am afraid that it was really something outside the city. ”

"Let him in!"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Qun said loudly.

With approval, the guards let the scouts into the tent.

Seeing the scouts entering, Chen Qun's face remained unchanged, and he said softly: "I came late at night, but there is something wrong outside the city?" ”

Hearing this, the scout immediately took out a letter from his arms, and then stepped forward to hand it over.

At this glance, the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, as if he was shocked!

"Among the water thieves who have returned to the Jingzhou army, there are people who want to join our army?"

At this moment, Chen Qun was really shocked, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

The letter was written by Gong Yuan, the former second leader of the water thieves, who first stated that he had always been committed to serving the Great Wei, but unfortunately because Liu Jia had a great prestige among the thieves, no one responded to him, so he had been dormant and waited for the opportunity.

Then, Gong Yuan said that some time ago, Liu Jia led the crowd to loot all over the country, took Biyang, and threatened Xu Du, which was all in response to the Jingzhou army on the front line of Xiangfan, in fact, Liu Jia already had the idea of returning to Guan Yu, so after Guan Ping led the people to the north, he returned to obedience without hesitation.

In the end, Gong Yuan explained in the letter that he had always wanted to serve the Great Wei in his heart, but the water thieves all listened to Liu Jia, so he endured it until now, and also explained that he had been in contact with the county order of Bixian.

"General Xiahou, in the past few days, because you led the people to defeat the Jingzhou army in a row, the whole army was demoralized, and I also took the opportunity to win over hundreds of water thieves, and they all promised to rebel against the Jingzhou army with me and belong to the command of King Wei."

"Therefore, Yuan thought about a strategy, and hoped that the general would attack the water village at night, and I would like to respond internally, and cooperate with the outside to help the army break the thieves in Jingzhou."

"I hope the general will respond as soon as possible!"

This was the last sentence of the letter, which bluntly expressed the news that Gong Yuan was willing to submit.

After reading it slowly, putting down the letter, Chen Qun looked at the scout captain, and said slowly: "Since it is a major military situation, why didn't you tell the general first and come to see me?" ”

At this time, his voice was gloomy and his face was not good.

Seeing this, the scout captain couldn't help but feel his heart sink, his face was frightened, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Sir, the villain went to the county government first, but the general has already rested, and the guards resolutely do not allow us to enter the mansion to disturb." ”

"It's just that the military situation is urgent, and the villain doesn't dare to delay for half a minute, so he thought of coming to report to Mr."

"I hope that the general will be clear!"

At this moment, the scout captain bowed his head and explained.

"In that case, then you should step back first, go to the county mansion, and ask him to come and see me immediately."

"No!"

Hearing this, seeing that Chen Qun's complexion had returned to normal, the scout captain was also secretly relieved, and then his face was happy, and he immediately surrendered his promise.

As the scout slowly retreated, Chen Quncai stared at the letter on the desk, his face solemn and silent.

"Is it true or false that the water thieves are willing to surrender?"

"This can't be Guan Ping's trick, right?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Qun had a lot of thoughts, but he was suspicious and didn't dare to make a conclusion.

"Forget it, I don't want to."

"Since Gong Yuan said in the letter that he has been in contact with the county order, let's wait until the situation is clear."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Qun put it aside for the time being and continued to deal with military affairs.

About two minutes later, it was later than the county order, walked into the tent, adjusted his clothes, and bowed to Chen Qun.

(Note: In ancient times, the two-quarter plant was 30 minutes.) ）

"Xiaguan than the county order to meet Mr., I don't know if Mr. is looking for a villain late at night, is there something important?"

At this time, the county magistrate of Bixian County was puzzled, and he didn't know why he was still looking for him at such a late hour.

Hearing this, Chen Qun turned to hand the letter on the case to the county magistrate of Bixian County, and said, "You look at this letter first, do you feel familiar?" ”

When the words fell, the county magistrate took the letter and began to look at it carefully.

"This is Gong Yuan's handwriting!"

After a while, he looked at the county order and immediately said happily.

"What, you really know him?"

Seeing this, Chen Qun has also been determined, it seems that Gong Yuan is indeed not lying, and he is familiar with the county order.

Immediately, the county commander of Bixian County did not dare to slack off, and immediately explained: "Sir, the predecessor of this water thief is Liu Bi and Gong Duyu, who were ravaging Runan and defecting to Liu Bei. ”

"The big leader Liu Jia is the younger brother of Liu Pi, and the second leader Gong Yuan is the same ancestor of Gong Du, after the King of Wei conquered Runan, Liu Pi and Gong Du died in battle, and Liu Bei led the crowd to flee to Jingzhou."

"In order to avoid the purging of our army, Liu Jia and Gong Yuan led the crowd to cross the Huai River and arrived at the junction of Bishui and Huaishui, where the terrain is complicated, and the thief army is very familiar with the water."

"Our strength is limited, and we have repeatedly suppressed them, but because the water thieves are crisscrossing the water and comparing the water, robbing the merchants who come and go, it has also rapidly developed to more than 1,000 people."

"Until a few months ago, that Gong Yuan took the initiative to find me, and he expressed his willingness to submit to our army, so I have been in frequent contact with him during this time."

"It's just that I didn't expect this water thief to surrender to the Jingzhou army in the end."

"Alas, what a pity!"

After a few words, the county order took the lead in reporting the specific facts.