Han Qian was pushed awake by Tian Cheng, and only climbed the treetops of the distant mountains to see the sun, and he only slept for an hour, at this moment, being able to sleep for an hour was also a little blue, seeing that Ji Xiyao and Zhao Wuji were both sitting under the tree to rest, he was not worried about them, and he got up to see what Tian Cheng found.

Taking over the monocular, Han Qian saw that the sailboat his father and they were riding had just turned south from the northwest direction of Laolongzui to Poyang Lake, and the two people he saw in the early morning, at this time, only one person was left in the Wangjiang Pavilion renovated from the mountain ridge building, staring at the sailboat and turning south.

At this time, there were a few more people on the top of Laolongzui Mountain, who were pointing to the lake and river, and they didn't seem to have anything to do with the secret room of the staff department, but the tourists who went out of the city to watch the lake and the river, Han Qian followed Tian Cheng's show, and took a monocular to look at the foot of the east mountain of Laolongzui, but saw that the three of them hurriedly climbed to the west mountain of Laolongzui, and the person at the head turned out to be Ji Kun, the commander of Zhao Mingting.

Han Qian was in Longhuatown and met with Ji Kun.

Tian Cheng and Gao Shao didn't recognize Ji Kun, but they could judge from their demeanor that an important person appeared, so they woke up Han Qian.

Han Qian introduced Ji Kun's identity to Tian Cheng and Gao Shao, and both of them looked shocked.

The biggest disadvantage and disadvantage of the current secret Cao Zuo Division is that the time of establishment is too short, there is no accumulation before, and all the information has to be sorted out and accumulated little by little from scratch.

Tian Cheng and the others not only didn't know anything about the important people in the Staffing Division, even if a group of people were sent west by Han Qian half a month in advance, but in such a short period of time, it was obviously impossible to know much about the forces of the main gangs along the river; There are also no reliable sources of information at the local level.

Others may think that it is very ordinary to catch Ji Kun's whereabouts again, but Tian Cheng and Gao Shao are all people who have done things specifically, knowing that they have such a big disadvantage, and they can force the other party to show up first, this is by no means an ordinary skill.

This also made Tian Cheng and Gao Shao feel a little at ease, after all, following a shrewd and capable boss, no matter how harsh and violent, is countless times stronger than following a fool who will lead everyone into the pit.

The staff department is subordinate to the Privy Council, and is in charge of internal and external military spying, and in addition to Zhao Mingting, there are several people who share affairs with the governor; In places where enemies and enemies are intertwined, the Privy Council also has a special room to be responsible for spying on the enemy's situation in one place, so as to command and direct its affairs.

Characters like Ji Kun are all generals who stand alone under Zhao Mingting.

The night before, Ji Kun and the others were still in Chizhou, and when they met with Han Jun, they were caught by Guo Nuer and them, and it was also confirmed that Zhao Mingting did have unfavorable measures to this side, but then he disappeared.

Han Qian didn't expect Ji Kun to act very quickly, and he was already in Jiangzhou at this time.

Not to mention Ji Kun's speed, and Han Qian's eyeliner arranged on the galloping road between Chizhou and Jiangzhou did not see Ji Kun passing by, which shows that the staff division under the auspices of Zhao Mingting does have their own set of hidden figures, which is really not to be underestimated.

Ji Kun quickly climbed the top of the mountain of Laolongzui, they seemed to have no doubts about the few tourists on the mountain, and the road to Laolongzui was under their control, they gathered in the Wangjiang Pavilion to watch the sailboats that slowly entered the water system of Poyang Lake, they were not prepared for Han Qian They were so far away, and they could see the situation on Laolongzui so clearly.

However, there are four people on Ji Kun's side, all of whom are good in the army, and Han Qian and their side are only four people, even if they are startled at this time, they have no full chance of winning, and more importantly, Han Qian stays here, mainly to see what forces Ji Kun will contact with the local forces.

Han Qian asked Tian Cheng and the civet Gao Shao to take turns to rest, since he had been woken up, he could continue to stare at it for another hour.

Han Qian squatted among the trees, silently observing everything, and after half an hour, the sailboat sailed to the southwest of Laolongzui, anchored and anchored, and the ship began to equip breakfast, and the smoke of cooking rose.

This is what Han Qian made with his father, the boat will stay for some time after entering Poyang Lake, in addition to beware of the forces contacted by Ji Kun, it may be the lake bandits in Poyang Lake, they can't just crash into it without confirming anything, there is also a purpose, this is how it is convenient for him to infer the possible deployment of the other party from the reaction of the staff and the secret.

Near noon, Han Qian was woken up again and saw three burly plagiarism men boarding the old dragon tsui and meeting Ji Kun.

At this time, it was replaced by Zhao Wuji and Ji Xiyao squatting in the bushes on duty.

They had already discovered the traces of these three men, and they had also seen that half an hour ago, more than a dozen horsemen galloped with these three men from the south, and at this time, the dozen horsemen hid in a forest in the south, and did not rush to Lao Longzui to attract people's attention.

Obviously, this group of people is the river bandit lake bandits that Ji Kun contacted in Jiangzhou, and they came from the south, so they should be the water bandits in Poyang Lake.

Han Qian looked at the mouth of Poyang Lake again, and Zhao Wuji and the others saw two rowing boats parked on the nearby lake half an hour ago, and their movements were suspicious, and they were probably sentinel boats released by Shui Kou.

Jiangzhou City has a water camp, normally speaking, no matter how rampant the river bandits and lake bandits are, they will not make a move in the nearby waters, but after the sailboat is equipped with a water board and increases its speed, its whereabouts have been erratic in the past two days, Han Qian believes that Ji Kun is worried about losing the opportunity to attack, and it is likely that he will urge the water bandits they contacted to attack in Jiangzhou.

Han Qian woke up Ji Xiyao and asked him, "Are you sure that you will not be perceived by the enemy and return to the boat?" ”

Ji Xiyao took the monocular, carefully looked at the situation in the waters near Lao Longzui, and said: "I can go around to the south and find a boat attached to the bottom of the boat, I should be able to go to the boss quietly, but it may take a lot of time." ”

"It's okay, without our signal, my father's side will continue to stop there and wait," Han Qian said, "When you see my father, tell me about the situation here, and let my father go to Jiangzhou City first, so that Ji Kun's contact Shui Kou can have more time to gather." ”

Ji Xiyao was a little confused, shouldn't he hurry up and escape before the Shui Kou gathered?

Han Qian couldn't explain too much to Ji Xiyao, so he immediately went south and looked for an opportunity to go into the water.

Escaping in a hurry is not a way, Zhao Mingting will not be the only one Shui Kou who can contact Jiang E and other places, and the useful information in their hands is too limited, and they don't even know which force is the Shui Kou that Ji Kun is contacting in front of him, and how much strength he has.

His father immediately went to Jiangzhou City for temporary refuge, giving this road of water bandits to gather, and only when the water robbers gathered in Jiangzhou, they could see more content, so as to carry out targeted counterattacks.

After Ji Xiyao left, Han Qian said to Zhao Wuji again: "You go to Hukou County, Guo Nuer and Lin Zongjing should be able to rush to Hukou County before evening, and in addition, you will gather the two groups of people who arrived in Hukou County in advance, and walk south along the avenue on the east side of Laolongzui after nightfall!" ”

"Sneak attack on the water coar's lair?" Zhao Wuji's young and old eyes flashed with a gleam and asked.

"Then we'll have to wait until we find the water robber's lair first." Han Qian pursed his lips and smiled coldly.

Han Qian, Tian Cheng, and Gao Shao continued to stay in the bushes until they confirmed that Ji Xiyao had gone around to the south and went into the water a few miles away, borrowed a fishing boat to cover, and sneaked back to the sailboat to meet his father, and then the three of them left Ji Kun and the others who were still on the top of Laolongzui Mountain and walked out of the mountains and forests.

In the early morning, it rained heavily, leaving clear and messy horseshoe prints on the galloping road south of Laolongzui, Han Qian did not wait for the water kou contacted by Ji Kun to return south, and directly followed the messy horseshoe prints all the way south for more than fifty miles, and walked to a large grassy beach, and saw that the left and right sides were flooded by the rising lake, and there was no trace of water thieves coming and going.

Han Qian and the others stayed aside, and when it was almost dusk, they saw more than a dozen Shui Kou riding horses back here before noon to meet with Ji Kun, but they did not hesitate and drove their horses directly into the lake.

Han Qian and the others only saw at this time that there were two rows of willows among the miscellaneous trees at the roots of the submerged lake, which zigzagged to a fishing village that was trapped in the water seven or eight miles away.

Looking carefully, Han Qian saw that this fishing village was different from the nearby villages, in addition to occupying a rather steep terrain in the lake, a high and thick stone wall with a walking person at the top protected the fishing village, which can be called the backbone of the lake; The villages on the left and right, even if there are walls, are mostly broken earthen walls.

Han Qian was not familiar with the nearby terrain, but looking at the distribution of miscellaneous trees half-submerged in the lake, they could judge that even in autumn and winter, the water level of Poyang Lake was low, and the fishing village only had a very narrow passage, which was connected to the land to the east, which could be said to be an easy place to defend and difficult to attack. The other villages, after the water level has dropped, should still be connected to the land.

The people around Poyang Lake are fierce, and many fishermen are also fishing and stealing, fishing in their spare time, and they will rush to the top when they encounter business travelers; Taking advantage of the emptiness of the government's defense, it is not unheard of to gather and attack the city,

The state and county say that there are 500 miles of Poyang Lake, and there are 500 water bandits in the meantime, even if it is an exaggeration, it is enough to prove that the place is deeply affected by water bandits.

Borrowing a monocular, Han Qian saw that after the dozen or so riders waded into the village, soon a number of Wupeng boats gathered in the nearby villages, and finally a total of sixteen Wupeng boats sailed into the depths of Poyang Lake in the night under the leadership of two larger and faster pulp boats.

Han Qian roughly estimated that there were more than 200 water bandits hidden in the eighteen thief ships, and many of these water thieves were ordinary fishermen, and it was hard to imagine how bleak they would end up if they were unaware of being surrounded by these water bandits.

Han Qian, Gao Shao, and Tian Cheng endured mosquito bites in the bushes, and waited until midnight when Zhao Wuji, Guo Nuer, and Lin Zongjing led four groups of men and horses to come over to meet.

Han Qian and the others had already seen that in addition to the old and weak women and children in the fishing village, there were only about ten young men left to defend; Everyone hid in the woods and distributed swords and shields, put on armor, and after a full meal, twenty-five people covered their faces with cloths, followed Han Qian with the help of Xingyueyu, and waded into the water to touch the fishing village.

At this time, the benefits of telescopic vision are more and more reflected.

Without a monocular, even if you can see more than a dozen water riders riding horses and wading through the water from a distance, the horses are tall and can wade across the river on horseback, which does not mean that ordinary people can wade directly through them.

With the help of the monocular, Han Qian had already confirmed that all the way over, and the deepest part of the water could only reach their waists, and at the same time, he also figured out the direction of the other party's sentry post.

It is confirmed that the ten water thieves who stayed behind only set up sentry posts in the southwest and northwest corners of the fishing village, staring at the water surface in the southwest and northwest directions, should be to prevent other water thieves from coming by boat to sneak attack, but they were negligent on their side, only half an hour ago, there were two people carrying lanterns along the wall to patrol the night, but at this time they had already gone down the wall, and they didn't know where to hide and be lazy.

If they can't confirm these with a monocular, then their raid is reckless.