To swallow the army Jiangxia, Liu Yong has to be busy with a lot of things, and he has negotiated the affairs of the Ma family, he has nothing to do in Xiangyang, Xinye is busy with many things, he went back to Huangfu to say hello to his father-in-law Huang Chengyan and hurriedly took everyone to Xinye. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Yong asked Xu Shu to go back to Xinye first after the morning discussion and arrange various matters first.

Guan Ning was also sent to hand over to Zhong Zhao, and now is the time to employ people, and this guy's happy days should come to an end.

Liu Biao was determined to send Liu Yong out to consume Zhang Xian with each other this time, and other aspects would naturally not be discounted.

Before Liu Yong left Xiangyang, he already knew that the weapons and equipment had already begun to be escorted to Jiangxia. The 10,000 new troops were also basically in place and were immediately sent to Xinye.

A day later, Liu Yong returned to Xinye.

The Xinye Army now has 50,000, which is also Liu Yong's deliberate hiding, Liu Biao did not know the exact number, only a total of 30,000, which is also the reason why Liu Yong did not refute.

Xu Shu had already arranged with Lou Gui, Zhuge Jin, Wang Xiang, You Heng, Shi Tao and others, and the expedition was being prepared, and there were busy scenes everywhere.

As soon as Liu Yong entered the mansion, Lou Gui and Zhuge Jin came to visit.

"My lord, everything is being prepared now, and the army will be ready to set off in about five days. I don't know if the lord thinks he will take the water route or the land route? Lou Gui stepped forward to ask for instructions.

"Land and water lines, check the situation all the way."

"Can you prepare all the food and grass?" Liu Yong asked.

The most important thing is to march and fight, and not to make the slightest mistake.

Zhuge Jin stepped forward: "The grain and grass are ready, according to the lord's will, only bring the grain for March." ”

"Well, the grain in March is enough, Jiangxia naturally has grain and grass, so if Huang Zu dares to make a stumbling block in the middle, even if he has Liu Biao's face, he will not be spared." Liu Yong said coldly.

Then he continued: "This is Mr. Ma Liang Ma Ji Chang, and that is his younger brother Ma Yan Ma Youchang, you must have heard of it, and you are all familiar with each other. On this expedition, Mr. Ji Chang is the military Sima in the army. ”

"In addition, Ziyu, Mr. Zibo, and Shi Yuan all went out with the army, and went to prepare. Early tomorrow morning, all the civil and military forces will go to the house to discuss matters! Liu Yong finally decided to come first and send everyone to busy their own affairs.

In the back house, the sisters of the Huang family, the maids Ziyan and Xiaolian are all enjoying the shade under the trees in the courtyard.

"Sister, I heard that my brother-in-law is going to war, isn't it dangerous?" Huang Yueying said to Huang Yueqing.

"Fighting a war is definitely dangerous, and it is really worrying to live and die at every turn." Huang Yueqingdai's eyebrows were frowned, and she had a sense of beauty.

Xiaolian fanned Huang Yueqing and interjected: "Madame, don't worry too much, Gongzi has already gone through many battles, he is so powerful, he will definitely be fine." Xiaolian said that she was not worried, but the fan in her hand was not for a while, and she was obviously absent-minded.

Seeing Xiaolian's appearance, Ziyan was about to make fun of it, but a figure walked over slowly under the corridor, not who Liu Yong was.

"How can there be something wrong with this son, it should be those enemies who have something." Liu Yong opened his mouth and smiled.

"Childe!" "Brother-in-law! You're back! ”

Several people immediately stepped forward to gather around Liu Yong and chattered, and Fang Cai's nervousness and worry were immediately swept away.

Several people frolicked for a while, and Liu Yongzheng said: "When you go on the expedition, you will follow a certain waterway, and send someone to send you back to Huangfu outside Xiangyang City." When a certain is not in Xinye, it is safer to Huangfu. ”

Although they knew that they were going to separate, when they heard this, the women couldn't help but look a little gloomy.

"Well, the concubine is waiting for the princess to triumph in Xiangyang!" Huang Yueqing and Liu Yong looked at each other, with indescribable tenderness and sweetness.

They are not married yet, Huang Yueying can call Liu Yong's brother-in-law all day long, but Huang Yueqing is embarrassed to call her husband directly.

At this time, the two little maids had already pulled Huang Yueying away, leaving only the two of them hugging each other in the same place.

Five days later, Shinno.

The banner was unfurled, the armor was shining, and the blades of the bright weapons shone white in the sun.

Liu Yong's army is about to march to Jiangxia.

10,000 new troops have arrived in Xinye and handed over to the remaining generals to intensify training.

Liu Yong immediately took 30,000 horses, including 1,000 cavalry, and Xinye's strength was greatly reduced. Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Gongwei, Huo Jun, Pang Ji, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang and others stayed behind, Xu Shu temporarily oversaw all affairs in Xinye on behalf of Liu Yong, Huo Jun commanded the army, and the rest of the people obeyed the dispatch.

Liu Yong's 30,000-strong army marched by land and water. 25,000 men and horses by land, 5,000 men and horses by land and water, and escorted grain and grass and baggage down the river to the Xiangjiang River until the outside of Jiangxia City.

In this era, ships are generally divided into three types: boats, ships, and building ships.

The boat is the smallest, only more than 20 people, and is generally used to transport supplies on the water. The ship is slightly larger, and can carry sixty or seventy people, but the cost is much higher. The largest is the Lou ship, which can accommodate up to five or six hundred people, and it is also the largest warship of this era.

Liu Yong's ten days of rebellion is too short, although there is no problem with money, but so far he has built a building ship and more than 20 ships, so even if Liu Yong wants to let the sergeant take the boat to reduce the suffering of fatigue, there is no way.

Lu Lu went to Jiangxia along the official road to Commanders Huang Zhong, Pang Tong, Liao Hua, and Guan Ping, and Liu Yong personally escorted him if he was not at ease with the land and water. The rest of the crew also followed the ship.

Under normal circumstances, as long as there are boatmen who are used to running the waterway, there are few accidents, and the only thing that needs to be guarded against is the water thieves.

Like the land, the water thieves on the river are also numerous, and they are divided into mountains, and Gan Ning was one of the best at the beginning.

Just in case, Liu Yong had already summoned Gan Ning to meet him on the water fifty miles upstream and inspect the river.

In order to ensure the safety of grain and grass, Liu Yong would go to the bow of the boat every once in a while to check, and there were no accidents in the first three days, except for sending off the Huang sisters and Ziyan and Xiaolian on the shore outside Xiangyang, they never stopped.

The fleet dragged several miles in front and back, but fortunately, the river was wide and the current was gentle, so you could see it at a glance.

"Where is the front?" Liu Yong walked up to the bow of the boat again.

"Lord, I'm about to arrive in Nanjun!" The sergeant immediately stepped forward and replied.

"Nanjun?" Liu Yong frowned when he heard the name of this place, this is the old nest of the Kuai family.

"Order, slow down the ship, shorten the formation, protect the front and rear ends, line up in the middle of the queue, and carefully inspect all the ships passing on the river. As soon as there is a situation, immediately warn! Liu Yong felt a little uneasy.

"No!" The sergeant immediately went to give orders, and the building boat had its own small boat to pass the news between the ships.

However, after walking for less than three hours, he only passed sixty miles away from Nanjun, and there was a situation immediately.

A sergeant hurriedly came to report to Liu Yongyu that there were several boats on the south bank of the river in front of them, but they were getting closer and closer to the fleet.

"Let's go check it out!" Liu Yong frowned, it seems that there are really people who take risks.

Sure enough, on the three-mile water on the right side of the fleet, there were six or seven people walking down the river, and there were more than ten people sitting on each boat.

"Those ships are full of water thieves, and the order: they are close to each other, and they will be killed!" Liu Yong ordered.

Soon the flags were raised on the ship, and immediately five ships left their original positions and approached the right side of the fleet.

However, those people seemed to have a large list, and when they realized that they were trying to be discovered, they simply stopped hiding and approached the fleet at full speed.

"Yangtze River water thieves! Yangtze River water thieves! Alert, alert! Immediately, the sergeant's warning voice came.