After being closed in Kuimen for five days, Xu Ji couldn't wait any longer, Li Shengguo had to see him off, and specially instructed by the riverside: "Jingzhou is in chaos, all parties are fighting, and once the big ship goes, it will be attacked. This is the boat where the water bandit Yang fishes.,It's not that I don't want to use my own boat.,It's that he's safer.。。 ”

"General De Li is already grateful for his hospitality and escort, and General Li is well aware of the situation on both sides, so there will be no mistake in the decision he made." Xu Ji is indeed very grateful to Li Shengguo.

Li Shengguo took out a letter, "This is written to me by Yang Moyu, please allow him to pass on the river, I heard someone read it to me, he was very polite, and he was willing to pay for it." I thought it was the best of both worlds, so I agreed, allowing his ship to enter Yizhou to purchase goods. I don't know how to write, find someone to write on my behalf, Yang Muyu may not believe it, so I asked Xu Gongzi to bring his original letter, he understood what it meant at a glance, and he didn't dare to snub Xu Gongzi. If he is tricky, please Xu Gongzi must tell me, I will teach him a lesson, no need to send troops, just cut off his waterway, Yang Touchyu will have to beg for mercy. ”

Xu Ji thanked him again, and Chang Yanzhi had already boarded the boat, and Li Shengguo said loudly on the shore: "I almost forgot, don't call him Yang Touchyu in person, he has a tuba, what is it called......"

One of the soldiers on the ship said with a smile: "Yang Qinzai, it is said that he has a very good history, and it is a name that can only be used by emperors." ”

Li Shengguo waved his hand and nodded.

You can sit and rest on the boat, which is much more comfortable than riding a horse, and Chang Yanzhi patted his bulging belly and said, "I have been worthy of you these days, and you will be worthy of me in the future." He added: "This touching fish Yang Qinzai has a bit of the meaning of the incarnation army." ”

"You haven't seen this person yet, and you can see that he looks like an incarnation?"

"Not to mention anything else, it's very similar to changing the name, they don't like the old cheap names, and the new names are more exaggerated than the other."

"Haha."

Li Shengguo sent two soldiers to escort him, and one of them glanced at the captain on the ship and reminded in a low voice: "Not all of us on the boat are our people. ”

Chang Yanzhi immediately shut up.

This is Yang Moyu's boat, in order to show that he has no bad intentions, there have never been many people on the boat, there are only four people on this boat, and there are a lot of goods, all bags of grain, there is not much room left, but there is still a cabin for Xu Ji, and the others can only sleep on the deck.

The four captains were extremely respectful to Xu Ji, but they didn't talk much, but they were two Yizhou soldiers, the farther away from Kuimen Pass, the more words in their mouths, and they talked endlessly, they were Yizhou natives, and they didn't know much about Xu Ji, and what they said was all anecdotes about Yi and Jing.

Xu Ji listened with relish, and took the opportunity to ask: "Do you recognize all the heroes of Jingzhou?" ”

"I can't say I know it all, at least I've heard of it."

The two soldiers rushed to speak, afraid of offending people, and said little to Yang Qinya, calling him "King of Jiang", saying that he had lived on the river since he was a child, and he dominated one side when he was a teenager.

"Among the heroes of Jingzhou, Chen Yi is a character, he is actually not from Jingzhou......"

"He is a native of Jingzhou, went to the south as an official, and took advantage of the chaos to lead troops back to Jingzhou." Another soldier corrected.

"I said he wasn't an official in Jingzhou."

The two quarreled for a while, and Xu Ji could roughly understand that this Chen Yicai was originally an official of the imperial court, because he had no backers in the court, he was sent to the extreme south as an official, and he changed places every three years, either Xiangzhou or Guangzhou, and the eunuch field had been up and down for nearly 20 years, so he couldn't move north.

The world is in turmoil, give him a chance.

Chen Yicai was in Sanzhou in the south, familiar with the terrain, made extensive friends, and soon gathered an army, still under the banner of the Tiancheng court, claiming to go north to King Qin, but in fact he was plundered everywhere, so he was called the southern bandit.

Jingzhou is Chen Aicai's hometown, after the growth of Sanzhou in the south, he led his troops back to his hometown, quite crossed the river to win the Central Plains, but he did not dare to directly attack Jiangling Xi's family, and planned to occupy the west of Yiling as a ferry, but Yiling is Yang Fengyu's territory, so the two sides fought a big battle.

Chen Yicai was a little light on the enemy, thinking that his own army was too large to defeat a group of water bandits, and after a few small victories on land, he regarded Yiling as a thing in his pocket, and went deep into the ambush step by step without knowing it.

On the river, Yang Moyu's boats were several times more than Chen Yicai expected, and the unsuspecting southern soldiers were defeated and forced to retreat to the shore.

The Xi family has been paying close attention to this army coming from the south, although they all claim to be imperial court troops, they have no trust in each other, so they took the opportunity to send troops and gave Chen Aicai another major attack on land.

The southern army, which was even worse, almost perished, but fortunately, a reinforcement came from Xiangzhou, and Chen Yi had to recover part of his strength, gain a firm foothold on the south bank, and confront Yang Moyu on the water and the Xi family army on the land.

The two Yizhou soldiers stood on Yang Maoyu's side, so they were quite derogatory to Chen Aicai, as if he was just an incompetent person who relied on many soldiers, and the four captains occasionally interjected a few words, and even said that Chen Aicai was useless.

"He has always been a civilian official, how can he know about war? After defeating several villages in Hunan and Guangzhou, he thought that he could compete with the Central Plains, but he was defeated as soon as he entered Jingzhou. Ha ha. ”

Xu Ji listened patiently and said, "It is said that there was also a Chu king Song Zhuzhu in the Battle of Jingxi, why didn't I hear a few people mention it?" ”

"Song Chujiao? He...... Didn't go to war much. A soldier said.

"At best, it's a spectator." Another humane.

"Yes, he doesn't have many people, but he boasted that he wanted to unite all the armies and fight He Rongren together, he was really crazy."

Xu Ji said with a smile: "He Rong is a common enemy of Kyushu, Song Zhuzhu's idea is right, how can he be a madman?" ”

"Who said anything, such as who the king of Shu marries as the queen, and it is our turn to speak? I'm afraid that Xu Gongzi is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks, right? ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "It's true." ”

"So, we can't talk about beating He Rongren, Xu Gongzi can't talk about it, and Song Chujiao can't talk about it."

"Who has such qualifications?" Xu Ji asked.

The two soldiers glanced at each other and rarely agreed: "At least it has to be the Xi family, and the most qualified person is the king of Shu of my family." ”

A captain turned around and said: "My King Jiang is also qualified, he doesn't like to be idle, but he said that as long as someone takes the lead, he will follow." ”

"Song Chu takes the lead, will you follow?" A soldier said.

The captain pouted, "You all said it, he doesn't have the qualifications." ”

Xu Ji said: "The Hanzhou Army and the Yizhou Army are resisting He Rongren. ”

The people on the boat laughed, and the Yizhou soldiers said: "That's not counted, General Tie will lead his troops back to Yizhou sooner or later, he is the general of the King of Shu, can he still come against the King of Shu?" ”

The captain said: "The Hanzhou people are dissatisfied with the Xi family as a shepherd, so they made such a fuss, look at it, as long as they admit that the Hanzhou people are the shepherds, they will surrender immediately." ”

Everyone gossiped, and the more they talked, the more lively they became, everyone had an opinion on the situation in Hanzhou, but Xu Ji, who regarded himself as a strategist, had nothing to say.

After nightfall, Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi slept in the cabin, the boat was bumpy more than the horse's back, the two were not very used to it, they couldn't sleep for a while, Chang Yanzhi turned back and forth, and finally said: "Childe always asks about Song Zhuzhu these days, he is the one who buried Mr. Fan with Childe in the valley, right?" ”

"It's him."

"Childe knows him well?"

"I'm not familiar, only one side."

"Childe seems to have high hopes for him."

"Alas, it's not that I have high hopes for him, but that I have high hopes that no one can send them, and it's rare for someone to think like me - a little panicked."

"Childe has always liked to say 'wait a minute', and I think Song Zhuzhu should especially wait and see."

"What have you heard?"

"No, but I remember that when I was thinking about the valley, we waited outside, and Childe entered the valley alone. After the Song took the bamboo burial master, he didn't take the road out of the valley. ”

"He has caused a lawsuit, he is wanted, and he does not dare to take the big road."

"Isn't this just a robber, what can he do? And he didn't even have a few generals, so he preemptively became the king - although I don't know how to read people, I always think he can't do it. ”

"You're right, but I'd like to see him if I have the chance."

"Childe must have his own reasons, you say go, let's go, just ask Childe not to have too much hope, and don't be too anxious, looking for reinforcements is not something that can be done in a day or two."

"Wait." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Chang Yanzhi yawned, "Anyway, I've been waiting for so long, I don't care about waiting for a while." How do you sleep? ”

That being said, after Chang Yan was extremely sleepy, he still fell asleep.

Xu Ji remained awake, and what bothered him was not the shaking of the boat, but a mess of thoughts.

"Wait." Xu Ji reminded himself in a low voice.

From Kuimen Pass to Jingzhou, down the river, it took a few days to cross the gorge.

The number of boats on the river began to increase, no matter how big or small, all belonged to Yang Qinzai's naval army, and before the war was over, the strong enemy was stationed on the shore, and the river needed to be vigilant at all times.

On the boat, under the guidance of the captain, Xu Ji saw the southern army camp in the distance, only to see a large number of tents and flags, and nothing else could be seen clearly.

Chang Yanzhi said with a smile: "Except for He Rongren, this is the first time I have seen someone camped on flat ground, even if it is the descending army, I also know how to find a place near mountains and rivers." ”

"I guess Chen is showing off his many generals." Xu Jidao.

Suddenly a group of soldiers appeared on the shore, not riding horses, armed with swords, guns, bows and crossbows, shouting and cursing from afar, and the sailors on the river did not give in, and while scolding, they shot arrows at the shore.

Seeing Xu Ji's surprised face, a captain explained: "It lasted for a while, we didn't go ashore, the southern army didn't enter the water, and they provoked each other every day, but they rarely really fought." ”

Sure enough, the southern troops on the shore shouted and cursed, shot dozens of arrows, and turned away.

"It's a bit of a joke." Chang Yanzhi whispered.

Xu Ji smiled and didn't say anything.

Rushed to Yiling City, Yang Qinzai happened to be absent, but sent his cronies to greet the guests, and the two Yizhou soldiers saw that they had completed the task and returned to Kuimen Pass on another ship.

As soon as he entered the city, Chang Yanzhi whispered to Xu Ji: "It seems that Jingzhou is fighting fiercely. ”

The city is a mess, with many soldiers and few people, which is very different from Yizhou, and is quite similar to Qin, and other states.

Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi were warmly received, and many leaders of the navy rushed to meet and drank a lot of wine.

He wasn't drunk, he just felt extremely uncomfortable, and he would vomit if he drank it again.

After a few rounds of wine, another group of guests came, and they didn't introduce them first, and went straight to the wine and food, only one person came straight to Xu Ji, and said with a smile: "Seventeen sons, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Xu Ji smiled reluctantly, and also arched his hand: "Why did General Xi come here?" ”

Xi Yuan, a disciple of the Xi family, said suspiciously: "Let's deal with the southern bandits together." After a pause, he added: "It's also to wait for Xu Gongzi to arrive." ”