Gao Cheng was also secretly thinking to himself at this time, the local wealthy clan could be handed over to Xu Xuan, as the superintendent of the post and responsible for supervising the people of the entire county, as long as he found that these wealthy clans had any illegal things, he could deal with them decisively, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two super fierce generals, whether they were the masters of the local wealthy clans or the raging water thieves, they were all scabies.

"Rest assured, whether it is a mountain barbarian or a water thief, as long as you arrive in Lujiang, I will be able to sweep away these thieves with my second brother!"

When the others heard this, they focused on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and their eyes suddenly lit up, yes, now there are two peerless generals under the command of the lord, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are like raptors crossing the river in Lujiang, easily sweeping away the water thieves and suppressing the local wealthy clans. Only the mountain barbarians are a little troublesome, but as long as they send a large army to take strict precautions, they can effectively curb the raids of the other party.

If you think about it this way, the so-called mountain barbarians, water thieves and wealthy clans are mortal threats to ordinary people, and for Gao Cheng, as long as it takes a little time, these troubles can be easily solved.

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Next, Gao Cheng did not follow the homeless brigade, but left Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Jiang Qin, and Xu Xuan behind, and led tens of thousands of homeless people to follow the fleet all the way south.

As for himself, he took Xi Zhicai, Lu Dai, Zhang Fei and the seriously injured Zhou Cang to rush by boat, preparing to return to Huai'an before heading to Lujiang.

This time to Lujiang, Gao Cheng is ready to move all his foundation to the past, he came to Luoyang this time, concealing Tao Qian's private official position, this assassin's face is probably a little unsightly, he is far away in Lujiang, and the power will not be able to touch Guangling for a while. Unable to take care of Huai'an's industry in time.

Once someone deliberately makes a mistake in the dark in order to tie up Tao Qian, Gao Cheng can't do anything, rather than this, it is better to give up Huai'an at the beginning. All the land and shops that could not be taken away were handed over to the Mi family for sale and exchanged for a large amount of grain and grass materials.

The river is surging, the big boat goes all the way down the river, the big boat travels very fast in the water, less than ten days, it has crossed the Yingshui and came to the Huai River.

Compared with the calm Yingshui, this big river is a little turbulent, Gao Cheng and Lu Dai are both proficient in water, no matter how the big boat shakes, they can walk on the ground.

Zhang Fei was a little uncomfortable, let him charge into battle unstoppable, but on the boat, ten percent of the strength can only play to seventy or eighty, after all, he was born in Youzhou, good at foot riding, the center of gravity on the ship is unstable, it is difficult to borrow strength, in the original history, Zhang Fei stayed in Xuzhou for many years, only then slowly learned the water nature, and became proficient in water, riding, and foot all arms of the famous general.

"Yide, it seems that you have to train your water nature well, there are countless rivers in the Lujiang River, there are Chaohu in the east, Pengze in the south, Huaishui in the north, and Jiangxia in the west! There are big rivers and lakes in all directions, and you must be good at water warfare to lead troops here! I am still waiting for you to sweep away the mountains and water thieves in the territory for me!"

Gao Cheng couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhang Fei's face.

Lu Dai on the side could feel the importance of his father-in-law to Zhang Fei, and said with a smile: "Learning water is not a matter of time, when you get to Lujiang, if Brother Yide doesn't dislike it, you can train with me in the water village for some time!"

Just when the two of them were talking and laughing with Zhang Fei, there was suddenly a trace of movement in the distance, Gao Cheng's brows furrowed slightly, and he came to the lookout above the big ship, and his powerful vision made him see the scene in the distance.

In the vast waves, several merchant ships stopped on the water, dozens of small boats used iron hooks to pull the merchant ships, more than 200 water thieves in short clothes were holding swords, fighting with the guards of the merchant ships, and the corpses of the guards and water thieves were constantly falling into the water like dumplings.

At this time, Lu Dai and Zhang Fei also came to the lookout, and vaguely saw the movement in front, and as the big ship continued to move forward, the scene in front gradually became clear.

"Is this a bunch of water thieves?"

When Lu Dai saw the scene in front of him, he suddenly sighed. It seems that he recognized the origin of the water thief in front of him.

Gao Cheng noticed that among the water thieves in front of him, there was a man with a short spear who was crisscrossing back and forth among the merchant ship guards, and with each move, he could kill several opponents. In a matter of moments, dozens of people died tragically at his hands.

"A samurai who trains the ninth layer?"

Gao Cheng sensed that there was a faint aura around this person's body, like Gang Qi, but there was no Gang Qi that was indestructible. This is a sign that the strength has reached the peak of the ninth layer of cultivation and is about to enter the transcendent realm.

"Dinggong, do you know this group of water thieves?" asked Gao Cheng.

Lu Dai said: "When my subordinates led the fleet through the Huaishui this time, they encountered this group of water thieves, but there was no conflict, and I heard that their strength was the strongest in the Huai River. There are only two or three hundred people, but everyone is a pawn, and the leader of the water thieves is named Zhou Tai, and he has a great reputation across the Huai River!"

Gao Cheng's eyes moved slightly when he heard this, and he secretly said in his heart: "It didn't take long to subdue Jiang Qin, and I met Zhou Tai, this is really luck!"

Zhou Tai, like Jiang Qin, is known as Jiangbiao Huchen in history, and they are both famous generals. When encountering such a talent, Gao Cheng will naturally not miss the opportunity in vain.

He immediately ordered, "Speed up the fleet and surround this group of water thieves!"

Gao Cheng had a total of five big ships under his command at this time, each with hundreds of sailors, Lu Dai took these sailors to transport goods in the Huai River Surabaya a few days ago, and fought with many water thieves in the big river, they have good combat effectiveness after the tempering of blood and fire. It's no longer the rabble it used to be.

Hearing the order, Lu Dai immediately entered the command state, let the herald raise the command flag, and then the sails were agitated, and the five big ships immediately chopped the waves, and the speed increased by three percent.

Since the five large ships were flying the official and military flags, the besieged merchant ships in the distance saw the five official and military ships approaching, and the remaining caravan guards cheered one after another, thinking that there were officers and soldiers to help, and their morale was high.

"Which general is in front, we are the caravan of the Zhang clan in Lujiang, we meet bandits on the road, and ask the general to help, the villain will definitely have a good reward!" shouted one of the stewards of the merchant ship. His voice was eager, what they were carrying this time was more important, if they could send the things back to Lujiang, even if they gave all the goods of the merchant ships to these officers and soldiers.

Zhou Tai killed a caravan guard, and also noticed that the five big ships under Gao Cheng's command were approaching rapidly, and he couldn't help but curse angrily, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Everyone work hard, as long as Lao Tzu can get something, he will definitely be rewarded when he goes back!"

Seeing that the fleet led by Gao Cheng was about to arrive, Zhou Tai was reluctant to retreat, and with a pause, he entered the main cabin of these merchant ships, and kept harvesting his life, wanting to rush in.

The steward who was shouting just now hurriedly commanded the guards to block it. These guards are all well-trained private soldiers, each of them has good combat effectiveness, dozens of people join forces, layer by layer, Rao is Zhou Tai is strong, and his footsteps are also blocked for a moment.

At this moment, five large ships rushed in.

"What a man, do you dare to take my move?"

Zhang Fei has been extremely depressed on the ship for the past few days, after seeing Zhou Tai, his heart instantly swelled with fighting spirit, he laughed, stepped on the boat with both feet, and the big ship that was more than ten zhang long sank down sharply, and then Zhang Fei flew up with a spear, like a cannonball, and smashed on the merchant ship.