Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, and Zhang Yi was not idle, he was building a city in peace while mobilizing troops and horses.

Zhang Yi first sent Lü Meng north to the border with Sheyang County, and then asked Tang He to go north to the junction of Sheyang and Yandu to cut off the connection between the two. In the end, he ordered to return to Shouchun and let Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai take 5,000 soldiers who knew how to go to Dongyang County.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were very excited when they received the order, it had been almost a year since they surrendered, and everyone else had been reused, but the two of them had been in Shouchun. Although Shouchun is Jiang Qin's hometown, and it is only a Huaishui away from Zhou Tai's hometown, the two are still very lonely. Shouchun's defense was under the management of Fan Lihua in Zhang Yi's absence.

Although Fan Lihua is the concubine of the lord, they still feel very shameless. However, Fan Lihua's ability is really strong, so that the two of them are still very impressed, it is not easy for a woman to be able to do Fan Lihua's point, and there are really few people who can do it like Fan Lihua from ancient times to the present.

Zhang Yi's order arrived, which made Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai ecstatic. The two have been idle in Shouchun for a long time, and when Zhou Tai is fine, he went to Sun Simiao to recuperate. In order to protect Sun Quan, he had more than a dozen wounds on his body before. After arriving in Shouchun, Zhou Tai found that the medical technology here was very advanced, and there were many famous doctors. Zhou Tai always felt that the wound was a little itchy, and when he was fine, he found someone to treat him. Because of his high military rank, it was easy to contact Sun Simiao and get his treatment.

Jiang Qin was also idle, so he read books for recreation, and became good friends with Lu Meng.

As soon as Zhang Yi's order came, the two immediately happily went to select soldiers. The selection of 5,000 water-based soldiers is not something that can be completed in a short period of time, but Jiang Qin thought of a way, he and Zhou Tai took some landlubbers and went to Xia Cai, Xiquyang, Ping'a, Dangtu, Yicheng, Zhongli and other counties, these counties are along the Huaishui coast, there are many soldiers who can be water, especially Xia Cai, there are not only many soldiers here, but also many sailors.

It took several days for Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to finally gather the soldiers, and then gather directly in Zhongli and go directly to Dongyang County.

Zhang Yi has already prepared a lot of fishing boats for Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai in Dongyang and Ping'an. After Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai arrived, they took a short rest and drove into Hongze Lake.

There were too many county towns in Xuzhou near Hongze Lake, so Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai divided their troops into two routes, Jiang Qin went north, plundered Sheyang and Xuxian, and tried to block the reinforcements from Xuxian to Sheyang. Zhou Tai invaded Xuyi, Xiaqiu and other counties to the west.

Zhou Tai was brave and belligerent, landed from the north of Xuyi, and began to attack Xuyi City. The defenders of Xuyi City really didn't expect the enemy army to come from the north, and they were a little panicked at first, but the Xuyi defenders quickly stabilized. They had been guarding against Zhang Yi's attack for a long time, and they had prepared a lot of defensive strategies, so Zhou Tai's surprise attack failed.

Zhou Tai's surprise attack failed, and he didn't have too much frustration, his soldiers were similar to Xuyi, and most of them were water troops, and siege was not their strong point.

Zhou Tai put the target of the attack on the village north of Xuyi, since you can't fight the city, I will rob your population and food, I see that you can't go out of the city to fight with me.

Zhou Tai's move is very common and is a common move in war. However, Xuyi's defenders had already received orders not to allow them to leave the city, no matter what happened outside the city. Zhang Zhao was very clear about the combat effectiveness of Zhang Yi's army, and these soldiers under his command could not defeat Zhang Yi's army outside the city.

Zhou Tai has already sent a lot of people who were looted by him to Dongyang County, but the Xuyi defenders just don't go out of the city, and he is a little puzzled, how can they make contributions if they don't go out of the city?

Zhou Tai was depressed, and Jiang Qin was a lot happier. After Jiang Qin went ashore, he encountered a convoy of grain and grass.

"Good luck!" Jiang Qin was so happy, he immediately waved his head sword, "Brothers, the credit is in front of you, rush with me!" ”

The soldiers behind Jiang Qin immediately rushed up, intercepted the convoy, and after a fight, they scattered the soldiers transporting grain. Looking at more than ten carts of grain, Jiang Qin waved his hand, "Brothers, take the grain cart, let's go!" ”

These grains were two hundred stones, enough for them to eat for a while. Transporting the grain onto the ship, Jiang Qin disappeared into Hongze Lake with the fleet.

Jiang Qin had no intention of concealing his whereabouts, and he did not even pursue the defeated troops. The purpose of letting the defeated soldiers go is to let the defeated soldiers spread the news of his robbery, so that those who transport food or reinforcements will be cautious.

Chen Deng of Sheyang also received the news of Jiang Qin's grain robbery, and couldn't help but be annoyed, and he slapped the general newspaper on the table fiercely, "Hongzehu has provided convenience for Zhang Yi, and it is difficult to transport grain from Wei County again." ”

However, he thought about it for a while, and then said: "Let Weixian continue to transport grain, and then set up an ambush, I don't believe that Zhang Yi's army can be so powerful on land!" ”

Chen Deng was really unconvinced, he thought he was smart, and he would be defeated by others in a row, how could he swallow this breath. Now that he has caught a lone soldier, how can he not design it? If you don't knock out one of Zhang Yi's troops, how can you make Zhang Yi face himself?

So Chen Deng directly sent the Danyang soldiers out and set up an ambush. He only has this Danyang soldier under his command, and if it is gone, it will really be gone, so Chen Deng cherishes it very much. However, in order to teach Zhang Yi a lesson, he could only send this army out.

After Jiang Qin robbed the grain, he also knew that Chen Deng might calculate himself. During this time, he also gained a lot from reading, although he didn't know how to use the trick, but he still knew how to avoid the trick. He didn't know how Chen Deng planned to calculate him, but he knew that Chen Deng would definitely make a fuss about the grain transportation team, so he didn't go to rob the grain, he went directly to attack Wei County.

Jiang Qin landed near the county in the north, and the county was not far from the shore of Hongze Lake, only more than 20 li, and it was killed in less than half a day.

Looking at the enemy troops who suddenly appeared under the city, the county commander couldn't help but go crazy, and most of his soldiers were sent out to cooperate with Chen Deng's ambush. As a result, they were not fooled and went directly to Wei County.

Jiang Qin didn't expect that there were not many soldiers in the county, but he took the city gate in an hour. At first, Jiang Qin suspected that there was some conspiracy, but of course he collected all the ships in the county, loaded them with food, took prisoners, and left the shore, and he was sure that the county was really undefended.