The army went south, and Xu Ding first went to Yuzhou Mountain Island to meet Tian Yu, and by the way, he inspected the construction of Yuzhou Mountain Island.

After looking around, Xu Ding praised: "Yes, Zixuan, you did a good job, more reliable than your senior brother." ”

"Master Xie praised, these are all things that an apprentice should do, mainly because the elk family has helped a lot." Tian Yu didn't dare to take credit, and personally told the story of the elk family's contribution of money and efforts.

I have to say that the relationship between the Elk family and Xu Ding's side is getting deeper and deeper, and the cooperation in all aspects has increased and deepened, especially the sister who has been promised to Fazheng.

Xu Ding asked curiously: "Zixuan said that you are much more handsome than Fa Zheng, why didn't you hook up with the third lady of the Elk family, but let Fa Zheng take the lead." ”

Tian Yu smiled shyly and said, "Master, the main reason is that the third lady of the Elk family is too young, or Ganmei is more suitable for me." ”

Tian Yu is now almost twenty years old, he doesn't have the law to be such a tiger, if he wants to get married, he has to find someone with a smaller age gap, otherwise he will have to wait for many years, just see pigs, but he can't eat meat.

So he's very glad now, you think this guy is playing with eggs, and he can't pass the door until he is sixteen, don't mention how sour it is.

"Hahaha, you kid, you will plan!" Xu Ding didn't expect that it was for this reason, and sure enough, the stunned young man had grown up and grown so big unconsciously, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: "When I go back to Donglai this time, you take Ganmei back to the island together, and the marriage is done, leave some seeds for your Tian family as soon as possible, and go back to Yuyang to see the provincial relatives, you must know that the head of the Lao Tian family has been writing to me." ”

Tian Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, but he asked, "Master, I'm leaving, who will take care of this Yuzhou Mountain Island?" ”

Xu Ding pointed to Zhou Tai behind him and said, "Youping and Gongyi will take over here, so you don't have to worry about this." ”

Why do you want to replace Tian Yu, it is nothing more than to deal with the next war after the autumn, and use this name to change the guard normally, so as not to be noticed by someone with a heart. ”

Next, Xu Ding and the others continued south along the coast.

When entering Huaishui, he was separated from Lu Dai, Lu Chang and others.

At the time of parting, he confessed to the two of them: "You two change the flag of our army, casually pull the name of a bandit, and then take the troops to Guangling and Wu County along the coast to practice and wander, after being familiar with the geography and grasping the water lines, find a larger island to settle down temporarily, and wait for orders." ”

"It's the lord!" Erlu received the order, and then continued south along the coast along Guangling County.

The next waterway, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin are very familiar.

"Stop coming!"

When passing through Huaipu, the waterboat was stopped.

The river in front of them was put on a water pile, more than a dozen boats were across the river, and five or six hundred sailor soldiers stared vigilantly at the big boat of Xu Ding and others.

"We are the Donglai Water Army, take Xuzhou to Lujiang County, please let go of the waterway." The avant-garde deputy led Lu Xiang to shout at the party.

"Donglai Water Army! Then you wait, I'll go and tell my lords. "The naval army guard can't call the shots, and then send someone ashore to inform the Huaipu guard.

Jiang Qin said: "Lord, if you want me to rush over directly, just these few boats, and a little obstacle in the water, can be broken directly by colliding."

"No, we are allies with Xuzhou, don't be impulsive." Xu Ding shook his head and rejected Jiang Qin's proposal, and asked rhetorically:

"The last time you went out of Huaishui, you could set up water piles here."

Jiang Qin said: "Lord, no, there were dozens of water boats in Huaipu at that time, and there was no card. ”

That's interesting, it wasn't before, but now it's all of a sudden.

Soon Huaipu's guard, the county lieutenant, came over.

"I don't know which of you is in charge? But which general is under the Marquis of Weihai? Can you show the message of my Lord? "After this Huaipu guard came over to the county governor, he directly came to ask three times.

Xu Ding confessed a few words in Lu Xiang's ear, and Lu Xiang shouted at him: "The commander of our army will be General Zhou Tai, and this time he is going home to save his relatives, and there is no signal from Guizhou Mu. ”

"I'm sorry, since you don't have my lord's signal, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the card and sail on the Huai River." When the county lieutenant on the shore heard that it was Zhou Tai, a big water bandit, who had returned, he hurriedly refused.

Xu Ding was not annoyed when he heard this, and looked at Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai said indignantly: "Lord, I know who this county lieutenant is, it is Chen Ying, the second son of the Chen family, this Huaipu is the final say of the Chen family, and those merchant ships that have been going to us recently, every time they pass here, they will be exploited by him and collect money." ”

"Oh! And this kind of thing! Xu Ding asked: "This Chen family's son, is it called Chen Deng?" ”

Tao Qian's famous subordinates are Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son, Xu Ding has been to Yan County, drank wine with Tao Qian, and has a certain basic understanding of his subordinates.

Zhou Tai said: "That's right, the lord is called Chen Deng." ”

It's really a child of the Chen family.

Xu Ding thought for a while and said, "Fuhu and Zixiang docked and arrested this Chen Ying for me; Youping and Gongyi hit all the waterboats in front of me, the water village burned, and the water pile was pulled out. ”

"No!" The four of them were commanded.

Then divide the work separately.

Dian Wei and Lu Xiang stepped on the shore and kicked on the land, leading hundreds of people to kill Chen Ying, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin commanded the naval soldiers, Zhang Xian bent the bow, and attacked directly.

Whether it was on water or land, Chen Ying's men and horses were all defeated and surrendered.

Soon Chen Ying was picked up by Dian Wei and thrown directly on the deck of the ship.

Xu Dingdao: "You are Chen Ying!" ”

"General, I'm Chen Ying!" Chen Ying replied with some fear, he thought that Xu Ding was Zhou Tai, so he couldn't help but glance at it a few more times before lowering his head.

Xu Ding asked, "Why don't you let my army pass?" And why do you suddenly have to set up a card in the stake here? ”

Chen Ying hesitated to say it, only to hear Dian Wei Ti snort coldly and glare, so frightened that he hurriedly replied truthfully: "The general has been crisscrossing the Huaishui for a long time, and he went to Weihaihou in the north, and we are secretly happy, and the governor of the three counties, Zhenrong, ordered to set up a card along the river to prevent the general from returning, and at the same time ensure the safety of grain transportation." ”

Everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to the real Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

It turns out that these two guys are so fierce in the Huaishui area?

As soon as they left, these families rejoiced and immediately set up cards to prevent them from returning to Huaishui to claim the king.

"I have nothing to say about you doing this, but you should not take the opportunity to collect money and increase taxes on passing ships, especially the ships that trade with me in Donglai, let alone try to intercept them after knowing that our army is coming." Xu Ding waved his sleeves and said:

"Tell your father and your brother that I had no intention of settling a grudge with your Chen family, but if you offend our army, you will first lead the five army sticks, and in the future, when you intercept the ships that are traveling to my Donglai, you will be my enemy, and you will directly fight against each other."

After speaking, Lu Xiang dragged Chen Ying down, the two soldiers pressed him, Lu Xiang personally attacked, hit the five army sticks, and then threw the person on the shore.

At this time, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin led their men to uproot the underwater river piles.

After clearing the obstacles, we continued our journey.