Gan Ning bowed and said: "What the son said is true? Although I don't know what the official position of this "army commander" is, I can't help but be overjoyed when I think it will not be low.

"Naturally!"

Gan Ning was overjoyed and said, "Son, I'm afraid of something!" ”

"What's the matter, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

"I'm afraid that Yizhou will not have enough money and food, and I can't raise so many soldiers and horses!"

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Don't worry, my Yizhou has the name of the Heavenly Mansion Treasury, rich in products, no matter how many soldiers and horses you recruit, I can raise them!" ”

"In that case, Childe is waiting for the good news!"

After a day of reunion with Gan Ning on the river, Liu Zhang and Gan Ning continued to move forward after saying goodbye, while Gan Ning left with three boatloads of money and silk.

Yan Yan had a lot of complaints about Liu Zhang's handing over such a huge amount of money to Gan Ning, in his opinion, what kind of faith does a water thief have? Such a huge amount of money is enough to make anyone's heart move, in case he swallows the money privately and never returns, wouldn't Liu Zhang accompany his wife and fold his soldiers? After Liu Zhang found out, he said: "Xingba is a true righteous man, I treat him with sincerity, and he will never bear me." ”

The destination is getting closer and closer, Liu Zhang's mood is also a little irritated, a soul who has lived in a peaceful environment for thirty years, accidentally came to two thousand years ago, but has to experience a war that changes the dynasty, and in this war he is not a bystander, he wants to experience and even start such a war, he thinks he is ready, but at this time he realizes that he seems to be wrong! Looking at the thousands of elite soldiers in Yizhou, they are all young, most of them are only in their early twenties, but after such a war, how many of them can return to their families?

After camping last night, Liu Zhang couldn't sleep, so he took a fishing rod and put bait on the bow of the boat to fish, there were no fish traps in this era, there were no kinds of poisons and chemical pollution, the Yangtze River was very rich in fish, and he caught a lot in half a night.

At noon the next day, Liu Zhang was about to use the results of last night's night fishing, and Dian Wei hurriedly ran into the rudder of the boat and said, "Son, there is movement on the river!" ”

Liu Zhang didn't care about eating, ran out of the cabin, only to see that the river one or two miles ahead was full of dozens of boats, large and small, the other party obviously also noticed Liu Zhang's fleet, so that in the sound of drums, ten light ships turned their bows to meet Liu Zhang's fleet and set up a formation, and the rest of the ships also slowly adjusted their formation, as if they wanted to meet the enemy.

At this time, Xu Chu and Xun You both came to Liu Zhang's side.

"Childe, it's a water thief!" Xu Chu said a little nervously. No wonder Xu Chu is worried, if it is a land battle, even if the other party has thousands of troops and horses, and Lu Bu, who is unparalleled in the world, he will not have the slightest fear, but he, a land tiger, will not be watery at all, and in the water, he will only be reduced to the belly of fish and shrimp.

Xun You shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, there are not many water thieves in general, even the overlord of the Yangtze River like Xingba, and his subordinates are only hundreds." Most of them just robbed the passing merchants, once they encountered the imperial army, they would often escape into the water, if the army was in pursuit, they would take advantage of their familiarity with the terrain and the characteristics of small targets to attack the army, and would not resist head-on; If the army does not dare to pursue, they will wait for the army to leave before coming out and plundering. You see that they are numerous, it looks like there are at least three or four thousand of them, and seeing that we are not afraid, they should not be water thieves! ”

Liu Zhang was a little worried, his men were not from the navy, and they took a boat to facilitate the march, if the other party was really a water thief, with the water combat strength of his own two knives, the outcome was not difficult to imagine. He looked at the approaching fleet and said, "Order, all ships are stationed in place, tell the soldiers, swords out of sheaths, arrows wound, strict alert, ready to meet the enemy's attack!" "He didn't let the fleet organize a formation, most of the people who operated the boats were people, so there was no problem for them to set up the boats, and it would be difficult for them to let them set up the troops.

Dian Wei suddenly rejoiced: "Childe, it's not a water thief, you see, there is a Chinese character flag fluttering on the boat!" ”

Everyone looked at Dian Wei's fingers, and saw a huge "Han" flag agitating against the river wind, and there was a slightly smaller "Sun" handsome flag next to it. Immediately, many soldiers who "escaped death" began to cheer, even Xu Chu breathed a sigh of relief, he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that he would not be able to protect his lord on the river!

Seeing the word Sun, Liu Zhang immediately thought of a person, and after thinking about it carefully, he should also receive a request for Dong Weiwen at this time.

Liu Zhang said: "Send a small boat to contact you to avoid misunderstandings!" ”

Dian Wei answered, and ordered a small boat to be untied, and two boatmen and two clever military colonels boarded the boat.

After about a pillar of incense, the boatman swayed back. The two colonels climbed onto Liu Zhang's handsome ship, stepped forward and knelt on one knee, and said: "Lord Hui, in front is the fleet of Changsha Taishou Sun, who received the imperial court to ask Dong Weiwen, and personally led the Changsha army into King Qin. ”

Liu Zhang said secretly: "Sure enough! When he saw the handsome banner of the word "Sun", the only person that came to his mind was him - Sun Jian, the ancestor of Eastern Wu, who was posthumously named Emperor Wulie by Sun Quan, and had the name of the Tiger of Jiangdong! Thinking that he would soon be able to meet this hero who was said to be a descendant of Sun Tzu, he hurriedly asked, "Can Lord Sun be on the boat?" ”

A small school said: "Back to the adult, the other party seems to have something unspeakable, and he has not given a clear answer." The villain looked at the fleet and seemed to be very empty, so the villain guessed that Master Sun might have led the army to land, and the villain couldn't guess where he went! ”

Liu Zhang was shocked and said, "Where have we been?" ”

Xun You said: "The front is Xiangyang County!" ”

Liu Zhang said secretly: "It's broken!" This Sun firmly went to kill Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou! He didn't want Sun Jian to force Wang Rui to death, not that he liked Wang Rui, but he knew that after Wang Rui's death, Liu Biao was appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou, and he did not want Liu Biao to be the pastor of Jingzhou. He already has the ambition to dominate the world, Jingzhou, which is rich in products and outstanding people, is his first choice for expansion, once Liu Biao is appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou, the first of his expansion is the same Han clan people, the early stage of the army is the same room, I am afraid to give people a handle, not to mention Liu Biao This person has the name of eight horses, not easy to do.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhang immediately said: "Immediately tell the other party that our army is about to land, let the other party stay calm to avoid misunderstanding!" The herald ordered General Yan to command the whole army, put it on strict guard, and ordered Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Zhang Ren to immediately go ashore with me lightly! ”

Not long after, Liu Zhang led Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xun You and 500 personal soldiers to the shore.

Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Zhang Ren immediately stepped forward, and Liu Zhang said: "Don't be polite, immediately follow me to Xiangyang City!" With that, he mounted his mount and ran towards Xiangyang City.

Xu Huang and the others saw that Liu Zhang was very anxious, so they didn't ask much, and immediately followed up.