Guan Ping actually laid a foreshadowing in advance, but it also caused ripples in the hearts of Li Fei, Zhou Xiong, Liao Hua, and the Ding family brothers.

But Guan Ping still did not divulge any military details.

Because Guan Ping is a man with a very tight mouth.

As the saying goes, if you don't keep things secret, you lose your body. Marching and fighting is not child's play, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

Under such secrecy, the entire Jingzhou and even the whole world did not know about Xinye's strategic actions. Guan Ping's goal, so Jingzhou is still a piece of peace.

Because of the loss of Liu Bei's threat, coupled with the alliance with Guan Yu, he married the Guan family. Although there are occasional waves (Guan Liu's flying incident), the overall situation is still stable.

Liu Biao thought he had subdued Guan Yu and made him a guard dog in Jingzhou.

Therefore, Liu Biao is proud of the spring breeze, his appetite rises every day, his spirit is vibrant, and his face is full of red light.

That's why Jingzhou is so peaceful.

You must know that when Liu Bei was there before, many heroes in Jingzhou, including but not limited to Yin Guan, Ma Shot and others, who are currently working in Xinye, and many others, would come and go to Xinye and secretly send Qiu Bo to Liu Bei.

Since Liu Bei's death, these heroes have stopped.

Jingzhou is very calm.

But despite this, Liu Biao still uses it for Xinye and is also wary of it.

In Xinye City, Liu Biao didn't know how many spies had been arranged to listen to Guan Yu's movements. If there is any wind and grass in Xinye, Liu Biao will know.

And since the alliance, Guan Yu has not acted badly, which also makes Liu Biao feel at ease.

At noon on this day, Liu Biao wore thick clothes and stood near the eaves to bask in the sun. Although since Liu Bei's death, Liu Biao's spirit has recovered a lot.

But after all, old and frail, afraid of heat and cold, at noon, put on thick clothes, come to the sun to bask in the sun, it will be very comfortable.

Of course, Liu Biao is not alone, and Mrs. Cai is inseparable from him.

The two stood for a while, and after a while, a white cloud drifted from nowhere, blocking the sun. Liu Biao shuddered, and Mrs. Cai hurriedly said, "Husband, it's cold, let's go to the house and rest." ”

"Okay." Liu Biao was really cold, so he grabbed his clothes and entered the small hall with Mrs. Cai to rest. Mrs. Cai ordered the kitchen to prepare a bowl of brown sugar water, and after Liu Biao drank the brown sugar water, it warmed up a lot.

This is the daily life of the husband and wife, Liu Biao is taken care of, and Mrs. Cai takes care of Liu Biao. In the middle of the warmth, someone came to report that Cai Mao was coming.

When Liu Biao heard this, he asked this person to invite Cai Mao in, and after a while, Cai Mao walked in from outside the door, and Mrs. Cai got up and untied the big coat behind Cai Mao.

"Brother, why are you here?" Mrs. Cai asked softly.

"Lord, sister." Cai Mao saluted Liu Biao and Mrs. Cai respectively, and then sat down on the guest seat, and then said to Liu Biao: "Do you remember that Xinye suddenly had a lot of war horses?" ”

Xinye's every move could not escape Liu Biao's surveillance, and Zhao Yun's subordinates suddenly had many good horses, and naturally Liu Biao also learned about it.

"It's a strange thing. Even if I want to buy one or two hundred good war horses, it will be difficult. Liu Biao nodded, he was deeply impressed by this matter, and naturally remembered it.

"The investigation is clear. It is a merchant who transports war horses from the north every month, and I am afraid that it will not be long before Guan Yu will have a cavalry of more than 1,000 people. ”

Cai Mao said.

"I see. It seems that someone is greedy for profit, and he takes a risk and sells horses from the north. Instead of Guan Yu and Cao Cao secretly communicating with each other, they contacted each other. Liu Biao was relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile.

The reason why Liu Biao was deeply impressed by this matter was that he was afraid that Guan Yu would secretly collude with Cao Cao and form an alliance with him, but in fact it had become an outpost arranged by Cao Cao.

A horse of unknown origin may have been given by Cao Cao.

Liu Biao was suspicious, and would never fully trust Guan Yu, otherwise he would not have arranged so many spies in Xinye.

"I think so too." Cai Mao also nodded and said, then his face was full of doubts, and he said: "Guan Yu has one more cavalry, his strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the threat will increase day by day." ”

Liu Biao shook his head and said with a smile: "The military advisor doesn't have to worry, Guan Yu is not Liu Bei, and he is unpopular." No matter how strong he is, he is only himself, unless he sends troops to Wancheng and occupies Nanyang County, he can become powerful. Otherwise, Xinye will not be able to turn up the wind and waves with 200,000 people, 20,000 soldiers and horses. But if you want to send troops to Wancheng, it is not easy to say. Although Xiahoudun was defeated, his vitality recovered very quickly. Li Dian and Yu Ban are not ordinary people. If Guan Yu wants to capture Wancheng, it is extremely difficult. ”

Cai Mao only had some doubts, but she also believed that Guan Yu couldn't turn over the storm, and the marriage of children was also a bond.

All in all, although Jingzhou is also suspicious of Guan Yu, they also trust more.

"It's that I'm thinking too much." Cai Mao said.

"Huh." Liu Biao smiled, and then said: "Yesterday, Wen hired two bear paws and sent someone to send them over. The military advisor stayed to eat and taste the delicious bear's paw together. ”

"No." Cai Mao happily agreed.

In mid-November, it was freezing cold. Liu Biao, the owner of Jingzhou, tasted bear paws with his brother-in-law Cai Mao and his wife Mrs. Cai, and drank and had fun.

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Also on this day, the atmosphere in the lieutenant department of the Diannong School was very complicated, some of the tun people were jubilant, and some of the tun people were depressed.

After the autumn harvest, Guan Ping harvested a group of women of various ethnic groups brought by Ma Jin from the north, and gathered 15,600 people. and gave it to the people.

Fulfilled its promise.

They are all men and women in troubled times, and there is nothing else, just men hugging women and living with each other. Of course, some people got their wives, some people didn't.

As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from widowhood and suffer from unevenness, the people who got their wives were overjoyed, and those who didn't get it couldn't help but be depressed.

All in all, the atmosphere in the lieutenant's headquarters was very harmonious, and there was no slaughter and coldness before the military operation.

Ma Liang was the first to notice that something was wrong.

Because Guan Ping is a hands-off shopkeeper, almost all the things in the Captain Department of the Diannong School are handled by him. But today, a batch of planks was sent from Shinnoyun.

Ma Liang didn't know about this, so it was very strange.

Ma Liang went out of the yamen and personally inquired about the little official who was in charge of escorting the wooden plank, and the little official looked dazed, only saying that it was the order of the Marquis of Hanshou.

Maleonn came to the side of the carts and looked at the planks. The planks are very neatly shaped, almost identical in length and width.

Ma Liang didn't know about wood, but he could see that the material of these wooden boards was very good.

In Haoqiang's house, such planks will be used to make flooring. But in the army, the role of such planks is much more extensive, building ships, building pontoon bridges, and making siege equipment.

Ma Liang immediately guessed something, so he left the warehouse and came to Guan Ping's study, where he met Guan Ping.

"Ji Chang, but what happened?" Guan Ping asked Ma Liang to sit down and asked.

It's a little strange to say, one of the two is the captain of Diannong, and the other is Sima Diannong, who are the first and second in command. Because they were in the same yamen, the two often met, but they didn't sit down together and talk much.

Guan Ping handed over the matter to Ma Liang, and Ma Liang also did his best, and the two complemented each other.

Therefore, Ma Liang rarely came to Guan Ping like this, so Guan Ping was very strange, and thought that something was going on in the ministry.

This made Guan Ping mutter, the troops are in place, don't have to produce any moths.

But Ma Liang's guess was right, the newly transported planks were used for pontoons. Guan Ping planned to send troops in the middle of the night, bring a large number of supplies, and go straight west to Hanshui within two days, build a pontoon bridge, and enter the Shangyong territory.

One day after Guan Ping left, the men and women of the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the general Gan Ning, would bring a large number of supplies, multiple flags, and pretend to have many soldiers and horses as backup.

Ma Liang saw that Guan Ping was silent, so he could only say: "Lord Captain, I found that there are suddenly a lot of planks in the army. ”

When smart people speak to each other, they don't need to explain too clearly, they only need to reveal a little information, and it is enough.

Guan Ping immediately understood what Ma Liang had guessed. And anyway, it's going to leave tonight, and of course Ma Liang can be trusted.

It's just that Guan Ping is cautious, so he abbreviated the matter to the point that the three people knew.

Guan Ping then said with a smile: "Ji Chang guessed correctly, there will be a military order in the second half of the night." ”

Ma Liang took a deep look at Guan Ping, then bowed his hand to Guan Ping, got up and exited the study.

Maleonn was the fourth person to know about it, and many people did. Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong, Zhou Xiong, Li Fei, Liao Hua.

Five watches that night.

The sky is beautiful, and the stars are in the sky. In the bedroom, Guan Ping was woken up by the maidservant, he glanced at Zhang Yu beside him, and tiptoed out of the bedroom to the small hall.

In the small hall, Zhou Xiong brought two personal soldiers to serve Guan Ping, Guan Ping washed and changed clothes, and after a simple meal, he put on a big hat and went out of the yamen with Zhou Xiong.

Outside the yamen, many horses gathered, Zhou Xiong, more than 200 personal soldiers of Li Fei's department, 55 Tanma, Ding Feng, and Ding Feng brothers from Liaohua Department.

and the battalion Sima Ma Liang, and Shi Chang Ma Yan.

Guan Ping looked at Ma Liang first and said, "The rest of the matter will be entrusted to Ji Chang." ”

"Don't worry, sir." Ma Liang replied.

"Youchang, I'll promote you to join the army." Guan Pingyou said to Ma Yan.

"No." Ma Jian was very calm, not surprised or happy, and replied quietly.

Ma Liang looked at Ma Jian with emotion, his young brother has really changed. Now that Ma Liang has decided, I am afraid that Ma Jian will participate in this plan.

If it was back then, Ma Jian would have told him immediately.

And now Ma Jian is actually not leaking.

Ma Liang not only did not blame Ma Jian for keeping it secret, but was very pleased. During a conversation, Li Zheng and Zhang Bao led their troops to join Guan Ping, and soon after, Guan Ping ordered troops to be dispatched.

The brigade carried many carts loaded with heavy food and planks needed to build the pontoon bridge. Mighty set off towards the west.

Goal, mediocrity.

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