In Jiangling City, Xu Shu returned home after a day's work, and was enjoying his wife's tenderness, when suddenly he rushed in without long eyes.

"What's wrong?" Xu Shu asked with an ugly face.

"Uncle, no, someone found that the direction of the water village was blazing." The reckless Miwei hurriedly replied.

When Xu Shu heard this, he couldn't sit still, and immediately got up and walked out. His wife, Mi Zhen, hurriedly chased out of the inner room, holding Xu Shu's cloak in her hand, and told Xu Shu: "Husband, don't make mistakes in your busyness." ”

One thing descends one thing, originally Xu Shu learned that there was an abnormality in Shuizhai and had a lawsuit in his head, but after hearing his beloved wife's advice, he immediately calmed down magically, nodded slightly to indicate that he knew, and took Mi Wei to Nancheng.

Jiangling City is far away from the water village, and you can't see anything when you go to the city, but there are beacon towers set up along the way to warn, Xu Shu knows that the water village must be in trouble, and it is definitely not a small trouble. has cooperated with Wenpin for many years, if it is just a trivial matter, with Wenpin's temperament, he must have handled it himself, at most he told Xu Shu afterwards, but now he has used the beacon to warn, which means that the state that happened cannot be handled by Wenpin alone.

It may be a tricky thing for Wenpin, except for the attack of Jingnan Liu Bei, Xu Shu can't think of anything else. But now that the Jingnan Water Village has asked Wen Ping to take the water army to beat him so hard that he doesn't dare to leave the Water Village, will they have the courage to attack the Jiangling Water Village?

"Yuan Zhi, whether it is the Jingnan Navy attacking or not, we have to send someone over to take a look." Wei Yan, who heard the news, said to Xu Shu.

"Well, that's true. Wen Chang, or you will work hard...... Wen Chang, you said that if it was really the Jingnan Navy attacking, would Liu Bei order someone to ambush him halfway? Xu Shu suddenly asked in the middle of his words.

"Yuan Zhi, you think too much. Even if there is an ambush, with the elite of our army, there will be no return for the ambush soldiers. Wei Yan replied confidently when he heard this. No wonder Wei Yan is confident, since the last end of the war, the Jingbei Han Army and Jingnan Liu Beijun have fought many times, and they have lost less and won more, and the whole army has a little pride and complacency.

"Wen Chang, it's better to be careful."

"Okay, okay, I'll be careful, and you can defend the city with peace of mind." Wei Yan said a perfunctory word, said goodbye to Xu Shu and led the army out of the city, and went straight to Jiangling Water Village.

Xu Shu, who saw Wei Yan lead his troops to leave, unconsciously jumped wildly in his right eye, as the old saying goes, the left eye jumps with wealth and the right eye jumps with disaster, this is not a good sign.

"Wen Xiu, you go and invite General Hu to come here." Xu Shu instructed a person beside him.

Wen Xiu is Wen Ping's adopted son, eighteen years old, the young man is energetic, and he is both civil and military, Xu Shu loves it very much. After getting Xu Shu's orders, Wen Xiu agreed and went down to the city. When he arrived at Hu Che'er's mansion, Wen Xiu found that Hu Che'er was preparing to go out.

Hu Che'er occasionally felt cold in the past two days, and was recuperating at home, and heard that there was an abnormality in the direction of Shuizhai, so he immediately put on his clothes and prepared to find Xu Shu. Wen Xiu took Hu Che'er to Nancheng, and seeing that Hu Che'er's spirit was not bad, Xu Shu was secretly relieved. didn't care about being polite, Xu Shu said directly to Hu Che'er: "General Hu, now that there is an accident in Jiangling Water Village, I have ordered Wen Chang to lead his troops to investigate, and the safety of this city will be entrusted to you." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, this is the last general's business, and the last general will arrange it." Hu Che'er didn't say a word, and immediately received the order to prepare to leave.

"General Hu is slow, I don't know why, I always feel that something is going to happen tonight, just in case, you and I will set the password for tonight first, so that no one will take advantage of the night to make trouble."

"This is how it should be, I don't know what the password is tonight......"

“…… Great Han, mighty. Xu Shu thought about it and said to Hu Che'er.

……

Time passed little by little, and there were no pedestrians on the streets except for the soldiers who were patrolling the night in Gangneung City. Wen Xiu saw that it was getting late, so he persuaded Xu Shu to go back to his house to rest, as long as there was news, he would immediately go to report it. But Xu Shu waved his hand, "Wen Xiu, you don't need to persuade me anymore, even if I go back home, I won't be able to sleep well, so it's better to wait here for news." If you are tired, go and rest first, and then wake you up when I am tired. ”

Where can Wen Xiu sleep, although he is Wen Ping's adopted son, Wen Xiu treats Wen Xiu as his own, and Wen Xiu also regards Wen Xiu as his biological father. Now that there is an accident in Jiangling Water Village, Wen Ping's life and death are unpredictable, where can Wen Xiu sleep at this time, he just can't wait to fly to Jiangling Water Village to see Wen Ping okay with his own eyes, and his heart can be steady.

And it is normal for Xu Shu to not be able to sleep, as the county guard of Jiangling, once Jiangling is lost, the biggest responsibility is he Xu Shu, and Liu Xieli appointed Xu Shu as the county guard of Jiangling by public opinion, this trust alone makes Xu Shu hate to repay him with death, at this time Jiangling has something to do, where does he have the heart to sleep.

Two people who couldn't sleep stood at the head of the city and looked out of the city, hoping that someone would get the news soon, whether it was good or bad. Perhaps the prayers of the two worked, and in the middle of the night, someone really hurried back. However, looking at the other party's condition, Xu Shu's heart couldn't help but chuckle, and it was not good to say secretly.

The person who came to see that he was dressed as a Han soldier who had accompanied Wei Yan out of the city to Shuizhai to investigate the situation, and looking at his condition at this time, it was obvious that he had experienced a fight.

"Who are you?" Xu Shu called someone over and asked urgently.

"My lord, the villain is a subordinate of General Wei Yan, and he was specially ordered to come to warn." As he spoke, he tilted his body and fell forward. Xu Shu didn't think much about it when he saw this, and immediately reached out to help, but he didn't want to hear Wen Xiu next to him suddenly shout: "Be careful!" ”

Before Xu Shu could react, the whole person was pushed aside, and when Xu Shu looked up, he saw that Wen Xiu had already fought with the person who claimed to have been ordered to come to report the news.

"Take it!" Xu Shu shouted angrily.

Seeing that the assassination was discovered, the assassin and Wen Xiu fought for a while, and when he saw the surrounding Han soldiers and soldiers surrounding, he couldn't help but sneer, and shouted at Xu Shu: "Xu Yuanzhi, now that Wen Ping and Wei Yan have been captured by my military advisors, I advise you to be more aware of current affairs, otherwise the day the city is broken will be the time when your Xu family will be destroyed." With that, the Assassin leaped and jumped from the city.

Xu Shu was trembling with anger, but what made him even more uneasy was the words that the assassin had left before he fled. He was not afraid of destroying the sect, but he was worried that Wen Ping and Wei Yan as mentioned by the assassin would be captured. The Jiangling Navy and the defenders in Jiangling City are Xu Shu's two major dependents, and now that these two people have had an accident, it is not easy to hold Jiangling.

"Wen Xiu, immediately order someone to report to the White Emperor City urgently, and ask the Han An army to come to the aid quickly." Xu Shu tried to calm down and instructed Wen Xiu.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will go." Wen Xiu took the order and left. Not long after, Hu Che'er, who learned that Xu Shu had been assassinated, hurried over, and felt a little relieved to see that Xu Shu was unharmed.

"Don't worry, my lord, this Jiangling City is high and deep, and there is a lot of grain and grass in the city, as long as the Han'an army arrives, Jiangling City will be fine." Hu Che'er comforted Xu Shudao.

"General Hu, don't be careless. Although what the assassin said before leaving cannot be taken seriously, he is not afraid of 10,000 in case, if it is true as he said, then it is difficult to guarantee that there is no internal response for the other party to mix in in advance. And what worries me the most is that someone will take advantage of the chaos. ”

"Whoever dares to make trouble at this time will die in vain."

"Well said, General Hu, the most important thing to defend in Jiangling City at the moment is the grain depot, if Wen Ping and Wei Yan have really had an accident, then holding on to help is the best choice for you and me, once someone wants to destroy the grain depot, then even if you and I want to hold on, we can't hold on."

"Don't worry, my lord, the last general will order people to strictly guard the grain depot, and idle people are not allowed to approach, and there will be no forgiveness for violators."

"There is another place that you and I need to watch out for is the city gate, since the city may have been mixed into the inner Ying, there should be a combination of the outside to seize the city gate is the biggest task of those internal Ying, they will definitely find a way to gather in one place and wait for the opportunity to move, so during this time, General Hu has to work harder, send more people to patrol the city, if you find someone with suspicious deeds, you must investigate more, and you can't let one go easily."

"Well, the last general has written it down, what other orders do you have?"

"And ...... He also asked General Hu to prepare something to ignite the fire in a hidden place in the grain depot, if this Jiangling really can't be defended, then it must not be cheap for outsiders. Xu Shu thought about it, lowered his voice and said to Hu Che'er.

……

The atmosphere in the city suddenly became tense after the night, and groups of patrolling soldiers began to check the people of the city, but anyone who did not live in the city and who had no one to prove their identity was taken away and scattered and imprisoned in several places in the city. It is not accurate to say that they are imprisoned, but they only restrict their freedom of movement and do not allow them to move around at will, but they are not equal to prisoners in terms of food.

The people of Gangneung, who had already realized that the war was coming in the future, were very obedient and did not go out to run around at this time, so that those who had infiltrated the city to act as internal agents would have difficulty moving. If you go out, you will be arrested, and if you don't go out, you can only stare dryly, lose contact with each other, and can only fight separately.

And two days later, Xu Shu saw Wen Dai who returned from outside the city in embarrassment, and then he knew what happened in Jiangling Water Village on the night three days ago.

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Three days ago

Wen Ping was ready to start patrolling the camp as usual, and as soon as Fang came out of the camp, Wen Dai, who was already waiting on the side, greeted him, holding a cloak in his hand, "Father, it's windy, be careful of catching a cold." ”

The filial piety of his son, of course, Wen Ping is willing to accept it, and it is a northwest wind blowing tonight, which is indeed a chill. Nodding and taking the cloak sent by Wen Dai, Wen Ping, as usual, began to inspect the camp tent by camp.

After almost a round of inspection, Wen Dai, who was patrolling the camp with Wen Ping, suddenly pointed to Jiang and said to Wen Ping: "Father......"

"What's wrong?" Wen Ping, who was facing away from Wen Dai, turned around and asked.

“…… It's nothing, maybe the child is just dazzled, right? ”

“…… What did you just see? Wen Ping asked with a frown.

"The child seems to have seen a fire on the river, but it is only a blink of an eye."

"Really?" Wen Ping also looked at the river when he heard this. Tonight there is wind and no moon, and the river is pitch black, except for the sound of the river, you can see nothing.

Since the Jingnan Navy was hit hard, it was the Jiangling Navy that had the final say on this river, and even if someone was sent out of the water village by boat to investigate in this weather, nothing could be found, Wen Ping just told the generals on duty tonight to pay attention to the movement on the river and did not mention this matter again.

But after inspecting the camp, when Wen Ping was about to go back to the tent to rest, there was a sudden sound of a rapid bang on the river, and then he saw a little fire on the river, and Wen Ping took a look, it turned out to be the warship of the Jingnan Naval Army. Looking at that number, the Jingnan Navy is pouring out of the nest this time.

Seeing that the enemy was coming, Wen Ping immediately ordered the navy to fight, but when the warship of the Jiangling navy left the water village, an unexpected scene appeared in front of Wen Ping's eyes. Hundreds of ships came out from behind the building ships of the Jingnan Navy Army, if it was just some ships, Wen Ping would not feel anything powerful, but the ships that rushed over have all turned into fire ships, and tonight it is a northwest wind, and the water village of the Jiangling Navy is located on the north bank, and it is at the downwind at this time.

If the warships were all docked on the shore, even if the Jingnan Navy used fire to attack, those fire attack ships would not be able to penetrate the dense hidden pile traps in the water village, but now the warships have left the water village, and they are so naked in front of the fire attack of the Jingnan Navy Army.

Wenpin is still careless! He originally wanted to use his naval army to annihilate the invading enemy in one fell swoop, but he didn't want the opponent to fight with him at all.

"Spread out, spread out!" Wen Ping was so anxious that he shouted the order. It's just that the small boat is easy to turn around, but like the large warship of the Gangneung Naval Army, it is not easy to disperse. Those ships that were used as fire attack ships by the Jingnan Navy rushed into the large array of the Jiangling Navy without fear of death, and almost instantly set fire to half of the warships of the Jiangling Navy Army.

"Father, stay in the green mountains, don't worry about running out of firewood, first retreat to the shore and then regroup." Wen Dai hurriedly suggested to Wen Ping.

"You immediately lead your troops to retreat to the shore, and at the same time have people light a beacon fire to warn Gangneung." Wen Ping grabbed Wen Dai and shouted.

"Father, what about you?" Wen Dai hurriedly asked.

"Hugh as a father!" Wen Ping shouted loudly and said in a low voice and hurriedly: "If you can't do anything, leave quickly." ”

"Father's ......"

"Let's go!" Wen Ping pushed Wen Dai away, and immediately someone picked up Wen Dai and stepped back. Wen Ping stood on the bow of the ship and commanded loudly: "Beat the drum!" ”

"Knock~Knock~Knock~" The drums of war continued to sound, and the warships that had not been ignited by the fire attack ships began to move forward one after another, and the one who rushed to the forefront was the Wenpin boat.

"Father!" Wen Dai shouted loudly, trying to break free from the control of the left and right.

"Major General, don't let down the general's hard work."

Hearing this, Wen Dai couldn't help but be stunned, then reacted, wiped his tears vigorously, and shouted: "Follow me back to the north shore, light the beacon fire and wait for help!" ”

……

Wen Ping was carried off the ship, although the fire plan of the Jingnan Navy was successful, but the Jiangling Navy did not have the rout that Li Yan expected due to Wen Ping's bravery, and the strength of the Jiangling Navy also repelled Li Yan's attack. However, at present, all the warships of the Gangneung Navy have been destroyed, and it is no longer realistic to gain an advantage on the river. And because the last time he received the grain and grass, it was a dispute between Wen Dai and Sima Kui, Xu Shu had the intention to warn the two and ordered the allocation of grain and grass to be halved, so that the grain in the water village at this time was insufficient.

"Father, there is not much food and grass in the army, and it is not easy to hold on, so it is better to take advantage of the enemy's arrival, and we will evacuate first to preserve our strength." Wen Dai suggested softly to Wen Ping.

"Has the beacon been lit?"

"As soon as the boy returned to the shore, he ordered it to be set on fire."

"Okay, pass the order, the army will set off and return to Gangneung, be careful along the way."

With Wen Ping's consent, Wen Dai immediately began to give orders, except for a small number of people who stayed in the water village to monitor the movement of the river, most of the rest were ready to go.

But it happened that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and not long after Wen's Jiangling Navy army withdrew from the water village, Wen Dai, who was responsible for exploring the way ahead, encountered a defeated army, and as soon as the two sides looked at each other, Wen Dai immediately recognized each other.

"General Wei!" Wen Dai exclaimed in surprise.

“…… It turned out to be Wen Dai, where is your father? ”

"In the middle of the army."

"Okay, you go with me."

"General Wei, what's wrong?" On the way back to the Chinese army, Wen Dai couldn't help but ask Wei Yandao.

"Alas~" Wei Yan sighed and replied rather depressedly: "Hunting geese all day long, but today they are called geese pecking their eyes." You still don't understand what I'm like now? ambushed. ”

"Ambush? Who did it? Wen Dai was taken aback again and hurriedly asked.

“…… Zhang Fei. ”

Knowing that Wei Yan encountered Zhang Fei's ambush on the way to rescue him, Wen Ping was also taken aback. Wei Yan was ambushed by Zhang Fei outside Jiangling City, which was a very serious situation in Wen Ping's eyes. How did this Zhang Fei slip under his nose without realizing it? And even if Zhang Fei is brave, all the people under him are elite, but the 10,000 horses that Wei Yan brought out of the city this time are also the elite of the Han army, and if he wants to fight Wei Yan so embarrassed, there must be a lot of people with him. Even if there are no 8,000, 5,000 is always wanted, but where are these 5,000 usually hidden? The ears and eyes of the court walked around and didn't find any clues?

If it weren't for the dereliction of duty of the imperial court, then Zhang Fei and his people could hide until now, and the only reasonable explanation was that someone covered his whereabouts for him. In other words, there are people in Jingzhou who collaborate with the enemy.

"Wen Chang, Jiangling is in big trouble, you and I should return to Jiangling quickly."

"Zhongye is slow, judging from what happened to you and me tonight, this time Jingnan Liu Bei has been planning for a long time, so he returned to Jiangling recklessly, I am afraid that if we can't return to Jiangling, we will encounter accidents."

“…… Could it be that Chang Wenchang told that Zhang Fei to be scared? Wen Ping asked with a frown.

"Zhongye, don't do anything to me, that trick won't work for me. Xu Yuanzhi is not a mediocre person, there are still 10,000 horses led by Hu Che'er in the city, as long as we send someone to report it in time to let him know, it will not be a problem for Jiangling to hold on for a while. What we need to do now is to preserve our strength and figure out who our enemies are. Then it's time to fight back. ”

“…… In my opinion, where should you and I go to settle down now? ”

"Jiangling will be fine for the time being, and if Xu Yuanzhi sees that the situation is not good, he will also order someone to ask for help from the Han An Army...... Let's go to Ulin. Wei Yan thought about it and said to Wen Ping.

"What are you going to do in Ulin?"

"Borrow a boat. Zhongye, are you willing to suffer this loss? ”