A few days later, the "sullen" Zhang Xiu led more than 2,000 cavalry from Yecheng to Nanpi. Then a few days later, a merchant fleet from Yizhou "happened" to come to Nanpi for trading, and Zhao Yu conveniently called this fleet "temporarily". Not to mention, with the ships that Zhao Yu himself held on hand, plus the ships of this merchant fleet, the two thousand cavalry carrying Zhang Xiu were still a little surplus.

Soon, Zhao Yu's fleet set sail. On Zhao Yu's flagship main stage, Zhang Xiu looked at the coast that gradually disappeared from sight, looked up at the sky and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"What is General Zhang looking at?"

Zhang Xiu looked back and saw that it was Zhao Yu who walked closer with two bottles of wine with a smile. Accepting the bottle handed over by Zhao Yu, Zhang Xiu sighed sincerely: "What else can I see?" I was just thinking that it was so hard to finally get out of Cao Gong. ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Fortunately, General Zhang, you completely trust my husband and have been acting according to Mr. 's arrangement, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to get to this point today." ”

Zhang Xiu was in a good mood at this time, and after pouring several sips of wine, he said: "I remember that when I was trapped in Wancheng, it was Lu Servant who shot to persuade me to surrender. At that time, Lu Servant had already made it clear to me that my surrender under the command of Cao Gong was just a matter of power and safety, and in case of any problems, he would try to send me to a peaceful place overseas. Lu Servant is so honest with me, if I can't even trust him, then who else can I trust? ”

Zhao Yu also nodded: "Yes, sir, he is indeed a trustworthy person." Oh yes! ”

Saying that, Zhao Yu handed a pill to Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu was stunned and asked, "Miss Yu, what does this mean?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled playfully: "Poison! General Zhang, if you are disobedient, don't think about getting the antidote when the poison is poisoned. ”

“……”

Zhang Xiu was speechless for a while, but without saying a word, he threw the pill into his stomach. Seeing this, Zhao Yu smiled again: "General Zhang, aren't you afraid?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and shook his head: "Lu Servant and you are not the kind of treacherous people who can manipulate others with the technique of using the Gu technique, so you are just joking with me." But I really want to ask, what kind of pill is this? ”

Zhao Yu said: "It's just a pill to prevent seasickness and vomiting." General, most of you and your subordinates are from the Northwest. He is good at bowing horses and is not used to boating, and now he suddenly boards a boat and goes to sea, and it is inevitable that there will be some seasickness symptoms. Xiaoyu is not afraid of General Zhang's laughter, when Xiaoyu first boarded the ship, he was reluctant to take medicine because he was so strong, but he really vomited and his hands and feet were weak, and he couldn't even stand up. But it's okay, I've gotten used to it after a few years. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded suddenly, and then remembered something, so he asked with a little worry: "All I bring are cavalry." Of course, people say that there will be no problems after more than 2,000 war horses board the ship, right? ”

Zhao Yu smiled: "General, don't worry." In fact, there are many transactions between Yizhou and various places in the north, and it is even more common to buy some cattle, sheep and horses to return to Yizhou, so they are already familiar with how to settle cattle and horses in the boat. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded reassuringly after hearing this, and then smiled: "Miss Yu, don't call me a general or a general." If you don't mind, just call me Brother Zhang, and I'll call you a rain girl like Lu Servant. ”

Zhao Yu smiled: "General, you are much older and Xiaoyu, why can't Xiaoyu call you big brother?" ”

Zhang Xiu also smiled and looked around at the vast sea. asked, "Girl Yu, are we going to Yizhou now?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "No, we really want to go to Chrysanthemum Island to meet Tian Chou now." ”

Zhang Xiu was stunned at the time: "What? Are we really going to join Tian Chou? So, doesn't that mean that we're really going to fight the Karasuma Rangers? Rain girl, now it's time to do this. You should be able to tell me about Lu Servant's arrangement, right? When I finally got to the ship, you suddenly said that, if you don't make it clear to me, I ...... in my heart."

Zhao Yu smiled and waved his hand to interrupt Zhang Xiu's words: "Brother Zhang, you have the patience to listen to me." Well...... This first one. You are now running away from Cao Gong's command, so you think you are safe, but don't you think that Mr. Cao Gong must have a reasonable explanation? ”

"Ahh This, this nature. ”

Zhao Yu said again: "Secondly, Brother Zhang, you escaped and took Brother Quan (Zhang Xiu's son Zhang Quan) with you, but you still have some of your clansmen who stay in Xudu." If you don't give Cao Gong an explanation, won't the children of the clan you left in Xudu all be in danger of their lives? ”

Zhang Xiu nodded silently.

Zhao Yu laughed at this time: "So Mr. thinks that the best way is for you to die in the battle with Karasuma." In this case, Mr. has an explanation to Cao Gong, and you also have an explanation to Cao Gong. On the other hand, because you are not defecting, Cao Gong also has an explanation for his subordinates. Moreover, the person who has a grudge in Cao Gong's heart is only you, Brother Zhang, and suddenly heard that you died on the battlefield, and the resentment in his heart is gone, and he wants to collect the hearts of the world, so he will naturally treat your clan children well. ”

Zhang Xiu understood these truths, but her eyebrows were also tightly wrinkled: "In this way, am I still going to die?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head vigorously: "Brother Zhang, you haven't turned the corner." The Karasuma battlefield is so far away, who knows the real situation? When the time comes, we will find a corpse that is similar to Brother Zhang and you, do you think Cao Gong can see it? Of course, Mr. also told me, but if you do this, you will probably not be able to hide it from Cao Gong, so the timing of your death in battle is very important. As long as things are done well, even if Cao Gong knows that you are not actually dead, he can only cooperate with you to act in this scene. ”

Only then did Zhang Xiu understand: "Is it a plan to cheat death?" I understand. But when is the time you said Rain girl? ”

Zhao Yu shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands again: "Who can tell you about this?" I can only wait. But in the next period of time, Brother Zhang, you have to fight some beautiful battles to show Cao Gong, so that it makes sense. ”

Zhang Xiu hesitated: "It's so far away, how can this battle be shown to Cao Gong?" ”

Zhao Yu said: "It's very simple, grab some cattle and horses, save some people, and then I will send them back to Hebei, won't Cao Gong see it?" On the other hand, Brother Zhang, you have a lot of fights with Karasuma, so Karasuma will have a lot of hatred towards you, Brother Zhang, isn't it reasonable? ”

"Good!!"

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I don't know how Zhang Xiu cooperated after arriving at Chrysanthemum Island (really called Chrysanthemum Island, this is not a bottle spoof). Anyway, Tian Chou was able to fight a very beautiful guerrilla war with a few thousand infantry before, but now with Zhang Xiu's more than 2,000 cavalry who come and go, the results can naturally be expanded a lot.

You must know that the original Karasuma tribes took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to be "the rebellion of the three counties Karasuma inherited the world, broke Youzhou, and there were more than 100,000 Han people's households". More than 100,000 households! How much population does that have to be? To say the least, I am afraid that there is a population of 200,000 or 300,000. And Tian Chou has been in the north for a long time, and he can be said to know many Karasuma tribes well. Tian Chou had already stabbed many tribes before, but now with the support of Zhang Xiu's more than 2,000 cavalry, the scope of activities can be expanded a lot, and the number of Han people who can be rescued will naturally increase, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses plundered under the counter-killing will also increase.

Moreover, Tian Chou is not greedy, and every action is within his ability, and he will never exceed the limits of what he can bear, so he smoothly handed over batches of displaced people and batches of livestock to Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu's fleet sent them back to Hebei. Of course, Zhao Yu will not send all of them to Cao Cao, and there are not a few who "fill their pockets" and send them to Yizhou.

It's just that Cao Cao can't manage this matter if he wants to, right? Besides, seeing Zhang Xiu and Tian Chou fighting Karasuma so hard, Cao Cao was also happy to turn a blind eye, and let Lu Ren fish for the benefits. To put it mildly, it is simply unrealistic to want the horses to run and not to feed the horses.

That's what happened on the other side of the northern border, and if Cao Cao wanted to fight Karasuma, he had to wait at least until the spring of the twelfth year of Jian'an. The land was bitterly cold at the time, and the winter was about six months long in modern terms, so you can imagine the climatic conditions. If you want to fight, you can only do it between summer and autumn, otherwise you will have a chrysanthemum battle when it snows......

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The days passed day by day in a relatively peaceful time, and Lu Ren also lived a seemingly leisurely life here in Jingzhou.

If there is anything special about it, it is that when Gan Ning was full and fine, he actually set off from Jeju Island with a small number of ships to the east. And the east side of Jeju Island ...... It is a Japanese archipelago, and the place where Ganning landed is Nagasaki in later generations.

Gan Ning actually wanted to go for a long time. Speaking of which, this is still the result of being "poisoned" by Lu Ren, Lu Ren had told Gan Ning before that there was a Yamatai at the end of the Wa Kingdom, and Yamatai was a small country in a different place headed by Queen Beimihu. The men there may be very bad, but the women are mostly obedient and of good quality...... To be honest, Lu Ren brought in the films he watched in that era and his thoughts on the actresses in them. However, at that time, it was purely nonsense between men, and Lu Ren would not think too much about that occasion.

But Gan Ning really remembered it. Not to mention anything else, men can be used as labor, and women can be robbed...... Still don't talk about it, it's men who understand.

And Gan Ning has recently "transformed" from a pirate to a porter, and of course he will be a little unable to sit still with Gan Ning's character, so after throwing the work of carrying to someone who is good at these things, he took a small number of ships to the direction of Yamatai...... (To be continued.) )