Pengze is dozens of miles in circumference, and the waters are vast and boundless!

The sunset sets in the west and casts the last afterglow on the surface of Pengze Lake, which is as bright as a golden mirror, and the reflection of the lake and the sunset in the sky form a beautiful psychedelic fairyland-like landscape.

Yuan Yao stood in the top cabin of the ship, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, he sighed incomparably, the rivers and mountains are picturesque, I don't know who the flowers are!

Just when Yuan Yao was watching the beautiful scenery, Zhang Dingbian suddenly hurriedly climbed to the top cabin and came to Yuan Yao, and bowed: "My lord, the front is Peng Ze, the waters of Peng Ze are wide and the water conditions are complicated, and it will take at least a day for my army fleet to cross through." Now that the main force of the Jiangdong Navy is stationed in Pengze Lake, our army will definitely meet them if it continues to move forward. The attitude of the Jiangdong Navy is unclear, and if it is late today, should our army first garrison the nearest shore for the night, and then continue to move forward after dawn tomorrow? ”

Yuan Yao looked at the sky and responded: "In this march, everything is based on safety, since this is the case, then our army will ......."

"Woo woo woo!!! Woowoowoo!!!oo ……”

At this moment, a rapid horn was suddenly heard in the distance.

Yuan Yao and Zhang Dingbian listened carefully, and immediately discerned that the horn sound was not from their own army, and the two were immediately shocked, and hurriedly ran towards the bow of the boat.

"Lord, general, there is a fleet of ships down the river in front, rushing straight towards our army, look at its style and flag, the fleet should be the Jiangdong Navy!"

At this time, there was no need for scouts to report the situation, and after Yuan Yao and the two came to the bow of the ship, they saw a fleet of more than ten warships in front of the ship formation going down the river, rushing towards their own army fleet.

Zhang Dingbian looked up for a moment and said, "Lord, the incoming army should be the patrol fleet of the Jiangdong Navy Army, and the whole fleet has one double-story ship, two warships, three warships boarding, and the rest of the ships are small warships. Lord, how should my army respond? ”

Yuan Yao hesitated for a moment and said: "Let the front army get out of the way, let's go up, I want to personally watch the reality of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses, and test the attitude of the generals of the Jiangdong Army." ”

Zhang Dingbian thought about it, and the incoming army only had a dozen warships, and the largest ship was only a single-story ship, so even if the incoming army launched a surprise attack, it would not be able to threaten Yuan Yao's safety.

There was no problem with Yuan Yao's safety, and Zhang Dingbian did not persuade Yuan Yao, and promised to receive the order: "No, the last general will take the order!" ”

"Pass on the lord's general's order, the front army will get out of the way, the flagship will go to the front, let the rest of the ships step up their guard, if the incoming army dares to attack, immediately step forward to meet the lord!"

The flag bearer on the lookout post heard Zhang Dingbian's military order, and hurriedly waved the flag and began to send out the flag, and after the ships in front of the army saw the flag, they hurriedly divided to both sides of the Yangtze River to make way for Yuan Yao's flagship, and Yuan Yao's flagship also accelerated forward and went straight to the front of the ship formation.

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On the Jiangdong fleet, the "yellow" character flag is hung high, a member is dressed in green clothes and black armor, with a white cloak on his shoulders, a resolute appearance, and a majestic veteran with the air of a tiger and wolf, is standing on the bow of the ship, and the general is none other than the famous Jiangdong general Huchen who has served the two generations of monarchs of the Sun family - Huang Gai Huang Gongfu!

Huang Gai was a county official earlier, and later followed Sun Jian after he met him, and made a lot of contributions to Sun Jian over the years; After Sun Jian's defeat and death, Huang Gai continued to follow his Sun Ce, and in the process of Sun Ce's southern and northern crusade against Jiangdong, Huang Gai made a lot of contributions to the Sun family.

Huang Gai is loyal, righteous and upright, and his deep Jiangdong military heart is also highly valued by Sun Ce.

Although Huang Gai has a straight temperament, he is very lenient and has the style of an elder, and when Sun Ce was a general under Yuan Shu, the relationship between Huang Gai and Yuan's children was also quite good.

The Jiangdong Sun clan has been operating in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River for many years, and the fleet of Yuan Yao's army has just entered the Yangtze River from Chaohu Lake, and it has been detected by the scouts of Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

However, now that Yuan Yao and Sun Ce are on good terms, Jiangdong has just let it go and has not stopped it.

Since the last time Zhou Yu made a plan, the relationship between the Jiangdong generals and Yuan Yao is very awkward, and Huang Gai took the initiative to ask for orders to lead a team to patrol the lake after learning that Yuan Yao led the army to Pengze Lake.

None of the Jiangdong generals wanted to deal with Yuan Yao at this time, so everyone acquiesced in the matter, and Huang Gai estimated the time when Yuan Yao's army fleet arrived, so he came to the outlet of Pengze Lake in advance to wait.

Huang Gai didn't want Yuan Yao's army to stay in the vicinity of Peng Ze for long, so as not to cause anything dirty during this period.

After learning that Yuan Yao's army was approaching Pengze Lake, Huang Gai led a patrol fleet down the river and headed straight for Yuan Yao's army's fleet.

The Jiangdong fleet went down the river at a very fast speed, and after a while, it came to a place not far from Yuan Yao's fleet, and Huang Gai saw this, and quickly ordered the fleet to slow down and stop on the surface of the Yangtze River.

Just when the Jiangdong fleet stopped, Yuan Yao also took the flagship to the front of the formation, Zhang Dingbian saw the handsome flag of the Jiangdong fleet, and said: "Lord, the person who came should be Jiangdong veteran Huang Gai Huang Gongfu, this person's archery skills are accurate, please be more careful." ”

Yuan Yao had also found a memory about Huang Gai from his memory at this time, and said in a low voice: "Dingbian don't worry, Huang Gongfu and I have an old relationship, he shouldn't have come to provoke." ”

Yuan Yao laughed and walked to the bow of the boat, bowed his hand, laughed a few times, and shouted loudly: "Hahahaha, it turned out to be General Huang!" The old general hasn't seen him for many years, don't come unharmed? ”

Huang Gai also bowed back, and replied with a laugh: "Thanks to Gongzi's blessing, the old man has always been fine, I don't know why Gongzi led the army here?" ”

Yuan Yao saw that Huang Gai was still playing dumb riddles with him, so he didn't reveal it, and replied loudly: "The old general is polite, I really don't deserve the title of the old general's 'son', if the old general doesn't see the outside, you can call me Chengye." In the previous Jiangxia, Huang Zu ordered his son Huang to lead the army to attack the land of my Lujiang River, and now my two counties have eased up, and Yao is about to send troops to take revenge, so he will lead the army to this place! ”

Huang Gai replied with a smile: "Chengye, you don't know, now my Jiangdong soldiers and horses are garrisoning in Pengze, but fortunately, I am leading the army on duty tonight, and I can guide your army fleet to cross the border by the way, I don't know what you think?" ”

Yuan Yao also knew that this was the purpose of Huang Gai's trip, on the surface, it was to guide himself by navigating and guiding the way, but in fact, it was to monitor his own army nearby, which could not only prevent himself from investigating the reality of the Jiangdong army, but also take the opportunity to observe the strength of his army, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

But people are under the roof and have to bow their heads!

Yuan Yao replied with a smile: "That's the best, Yao has thanked the old general in advance!" ”

"Chengye is gracious."

Huang Gai replied to Yuan Yao, and then ordered the fleet to turn around and begin to lead the way for Yuan Yao's army fleet.

After Yuan Yao saw that the Jiangdong fleet began to turn around, he lowered his head and ordered: "Pass the order, no more wheel slurry can be used on this trip, the fleet is moving forward at half speed, and the fleet should not be too neat, a little scattered, to hide the actual combat strength of our army." Be secretive about the order, don't be noticed by the Jiangdong soldiers and horses! ”

Zhang Dingbian nodded knowingly and replied: "No, the last general understands, this will be arranged!" ”