It took Pei Gai and his entourage less than two days to successfully arrive at their destination, Huaibin.

Huaibin is not an official place name, just a temporary name, this place is located on the north bank of Huaishui, in the territory of the original Lu County of Ruyin County - nearly 2,000 years later, this will be the real birth of Huaibin County. In order to forge ahead, Shile built a shipyard and a water village in Huaibin to repair shipbuilding, but because of the lack of manpower, the progress was very slow, and because of the low technical strength, there was no big ship at all. If you want to take a boat down the Huai River and defeat Sima Rui's sailors, it is simply a fantasy, at most, you can help transport some grain and materials to respond to the army's eastward crusade.

- Shi Le increasingly felt that Diao's plan was unreliable and that it was difficult for the warship to succeed, which was also an important reason.

The original plan was to build 20 Mengchong and fighting ships, but it took more than two months to build two shelves; If you want to build 100 boats, less than 20 have been completed so far. Pei Cai led Shi Hu into the water village to inspect, and pointed to a seemingly more reliable walker, which means: I want this boat.

Immediately holding the talisman in hand, he ordered the junior officers stationed to prepare sailors and transport Pei's carriage up, and then he looked at Shi Hu and squeezed his eyes slightly: "The lord's order, you can handle it immediately, you don't have to stay with me." "Hand over the talisman.

Shi Hu was eager to try, his expression was quite excited. In fact, before he saw the ship, he looked like he was going to run away from Pei Gai at any time, and this time he finally got the order, and immediately ran away like a wild horse on the loose.

Pei Gai looked at his back and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - so far, the implementation of the plan has been quite successful.

If he wants to complete his escape plan, he must firmly hold two groups of people, one is the three hundred soldiers assigned by Zhang Bin and followed him, and the other is the personnel in the shipyard and the water village - you must know that there are also more than 400 soldiers stationed in the water village, as well as a considerable number of boatmen and sailors, Pei should be able to drive them at will, so that he can successfully seize the ship and escape.

The first part, as long as Shi Hu is fooled, it is not difficult to control, and as for the latter part, the generally low cultural level of these years has helped him a lot. If in the previous life, as Pei Gai or Shi Hu, if you want to mobilize an army that is not under your command, it is almost impossible, since you are just asked to send Pei Shi on the ship and go to Shouchun, naturally the official document will be clearly written, and the executor may need to make a phone call to verify before listening to your dispatch. But in this era, even if an official document is issued, someone must be able to read and understand it, how many ordinary soldiers are literate?

What's more, in Hu Yingzhong, even first-class generals, such as Peach Leopard, Zhiqu Liu, etc., and even Shi Le, can't recognize a basket of Chinese characters.

Therefore, Zhang Bin only delivered a talisman, and Pei Gai could hold the talisman and wantonly pretend to pass the order - as long as Shi Hu was captured first. In addition, most of the soldiers and horses in the water village are the so-called "Chuyi" who have just been surrendered, that is, some rural landlords in Chu are armed - except for them, who knows how to build ships? Who will stand by the river? - How dare you doubt these nobles who came from the Gepi camp?

Pei Cai smoothly escorted Pei Shi on the road, but he was not in a hurry to go first, because he had to wait for Shi Hu to move first - although Shi Hu didn't realize that Pei should want to run away, he would never watch Pei Cai board the boat and go. The original plan was to let Shi Hu burn the rest of the ships, and kill the shipwrights and sailors, with the idea of killing Shile to go along the Huaidong expedition, taking advantage of the chaos in the water village, Pei Gai could escape smoothly. But Pei Gai temporarily changed his mind and wanted to support Shi Hu further.

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Yesterday evening, he quietly said to Shi Hu, Mr. Zhang and I originally planned to burn the ship and destroy the village, but this matter will definitely greatly anger the lord, I hope that by relying on your relationship with the lord, he will not cut off your head, I can't imagine that you really dare to take this risk, you should bear it.

Ordinary people naturally don't dare to take this kind of risk, but Shi Hu is different, first, this bear child is reckless enough and not afraid of getting into trouble, and second, he is also Shi Hu's cousin, and he is somewhat fearless. But Pei Gai said, Mr. Zhang may not think deeply, but since you are my disciple, I have to think more about you, teacher-even if the lord will not kill you, he will definitely punish you heavily, how can I bear it?

Shi Hu patted his chest and said that for the sake of my uncle's great cause, I volunteered to cause this trouble, and Mr. didn't have to think too deeply - but listening to his tone, I was still quite moved by Pei Cai's fake concern. When I was done, I asked, Mr. said that he wanted to change his plan, is there any way to reduce my uncle's punishment for me in the future?

Pei Gai deliberately wrinkled his brows and said: "This matter is not easy, if you don't dare, then I don't have to listen to what I said is nonsense." "The bear child is the most unprovoked, even if I dare to burn the ship and destroy the village, what else can I not dare, sir, you will hear it first? So Pei Gai raised his finger and said word by word:

"From Huaibin to Shouchun, three hundred miles of waterway, if the wind is favorable, one day can come. I heard that the Jin people are in the west of Shouchun, the Julingkou at the junction of Huaishui and Rushui, and there are more than ten forts along the coast to prepare for our sailors. If you dare to go down by boat, take one or two of them, and then burn the ship, the lord will punish you lightly. One is that you are a relative of the lord and a young man, and you can bravely attack the enemy fort, the lord will be happy, and he will be happy with your achievements, which can offset the crime of destroying the ship without authorization; Second, you can bluntly say that the Jin people are well guarded and difficult to attack, and for the sake of the whole army, they obey my orders and have to make this decision...... But I don't know if you dare? ”

What did Shi Hu hear, there was a fight? Immediately excited. Pei Caixin said I know, a young man like you doesn't know the danger of the battle, and you must be happy when you hear the battle, and you will rush forward without thinking too much...... Then he said tentatively: "I will not go with you without a battle, and I will wait for you to return victoriously in Huaibin." Shi Hu didn't think about it, so he replied: "Since this is the case, Mr. is precious, how can he be in danger?" You should be killed by your disciples to make meritorious contributions! ”

If you change the general, for example, Zhi Qu Liu, even if he agrees with Pei Gai's plan, he will not leave Pei Gai alone in the water village, and he will inevitably send someone to guard it, but Shi Hu is young and inexperienced, so he doesn't have this string in his head at all. Therefore, as soon as he got the talisman from Pei Gai's hand, he immediately took the three hundred men, "hula" and ran away, and then gathered the guards and sailors, boarded the rest of the ships, spread the sails, and went straight to the mouth of the giant spirit.

Pei Cai pretended to send Pei Shi on board, and ordered Pei Ren to guard his mount on the shore, saying that he would change you when I got off the ship, so that I could help my aunt drive—and from then on you would follow my aunt as a slave. He looked out from the side, and when he saw Shi Hu setting sail, he immediately ordered: "Pull out the block!" The captain asked, are we keeping up with the ships ahead? Pei Gai shook his head: "Sail straight to the south shore." "Just kidding, I won't follow Shi Hu to die, it's better that this bear child is cut into three pieces by the Jin army and thrown into the river. His plan was not only for the sake of safety, to keep Shi Hu far away, but also to try to kill this future tyrant!

I hope that the Jin army guarding the fort will be more reliable, and don't let him go back alive.

The sailors did not dare to disobey the order, so they immediately pulled out the sails, untied the cables, and slowly sailed away from the shore. Pei Gai held the side of the boat and looked at the shore, only to see Pei Ren's face pale, jumping again and again, waving his hand and calling, but Pei Gai ignored it - my plan was originally risky, and there were many flaws in it. It can be seen that the heavens bless me, and I don't want to be reduced to Hu Yingye for a long time - I must be able to do great things this time!

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and he heard Pei's voice sound: "Wen Yue, this time ......" He was about to turn around, when he suddenly heard a "buzz" sound in his ears, which seemed to be the sound of a golden blade breaking through the air, and a strong wind pierced his cheeks with a faint pain. After a moment's attention, I reacted - I relied on someone to shoot arrows at me!

Pei Cai couldn't help but be surprised, and didn't care about Pei's anymore, and hurriedly looked in the direction where the arrow was shot, only to see that on the shore about sixty or seventy steps away from him, a man stood on horseback, holding a big bow in his hand, and was facing the direction where he was. Looking at each other, Pei Cai couldn't help but shiver - I relied on Pei Xiong, a bastard, didn't I let him guard the books, why did he chase after him?!

I saw Pei Xiong open his mouth, and then a shout came from afar: "The master abandons me today, where do you want to go?" ”

Pei Cai replied to him with a loud voice: "I was ordered to send an envoy to Jiangnan." ”

Pei Xiong smiled coldly: "Why bother? Then he shouted: "So that the master can know that a certain non-Jin person, this Liaoxi Duke (Duan Bechen) headquarters Xianbei Xiaorate, defeated and surrendered to the county duke, among the tribes, and was appointed to guard Mr. Pei...... "Pei Caixin said I thought this bastard was sent by Zhang Bin, but it turned out to be an order from Shi Le himself - fortunately I didn't try to pull him onto my own ship!"

"The county prince will take care of it on the same day, if Mr. Pei wants to escape, he can take his life, and he doesn't have to pay for it!" As he spoke, Pei Xiong put on another feather arrow, drew his bow like a full moon, and aimed at Pei Gai from a distance.

The water surface is open, and there is no shelter on this walk, Pei should really have no way to dodge - the first arrow is clearly a warning, not really trying to shoot him, this second arrow is difficult to say...... And the first arrow can fly over Pei Gai's cheek, which shows that Pei Xiong's archery is very clever, so is it possible that the second arrow will be missed? Pei Cai couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This is really a twist and turn...... I'm just thanking God, who would have thought God was so unreliable - superstitious thoughts are really unacceptable!

Anyway, as long as the Pei family can escape to Jiangnan smoothly and repay me for my great kindness, even if I die here, I will have no regrets.

Seeing that Pei Xiong loosened the string and the arrow was like a meteor, he shot straight at the door in front of him. Pei was about to pick it up with his face, but suddenly, there was a voice in his ear: "Wen Yue be careful!" A white shadow flew in front of him—it was Pei's. Pei should not think about it, immediately stretched out his hand, and used all his strength to pull Pei Shi to the side, causing her to fall on the board, and then heard a "buzz" sound, and the arrow flew close to the side of her neck.

Pei Cai couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, but he forced himself to stabilize his emotions, and still stood firmly on the side of the boat, glaring at Pei Xiong angrily. Pei Xiong then took the third arrow, aimed at Pei Gai, and shouted, "Mr. Pei still refuses to return to the north shore?!" Pei Caixin said why this ship is moving so slowly, but a hundred steps away, it is estimated that Pei Xiong's bastard will have to abandon his bow and retreat...... Even if there is a line between life and death, he refuses to bow his head, because he knows that once he loses this opportunity, not only will he not be able to run away, but he may not even be able to save his life - death is left and right, it is better to give me a good time!

So he shouted at the top of his voice: "Evil slave, dare to kill the master—why can't even the master scream?" How could Mr. Pei be called by you?! ”

Pei Xiong stopped shouting, loosened the string again, and shot an arrow.

Pei Cai couldn't help but close his eyes, and said in his heart: Bastard, you won't miss the shot again this time. But after several breaths, there was no feeling of an arrow entering the flesh, and he heard Pei Xiong shouting on the shore: "Isn't it providential that the three shots missed?!" ”

Pei Gai opened his eyes and looked intently, only to see Pei Xiong raising his bow to the sky, shouting three times in a row: "Stop, stop, stop!" Then he took the reins, turned the horse's head, and went away......

Pei Gai only took a breath, and he felt that his legs and feet were sore, and he almost collapsed - although he was not afraid of death and life, but in hindsight, he had endless fears. Fortunately, all this is finally over, I finally escaped from the thief's den, and from then on I can swim freely like a tiger into the mountains and a dragon swimming in the sea!

(The end of Volume 1 "The Universe Hangs Upside Down")