With King Dawan and Ding Chong embarking on a journey back to the Western Regions, the matter of the Western Regions Protectorate is over. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Cao De only needs to wait for good news in the general's mansion in Chang'an City.

Moreover, there is no urgency in this matter. Starting from Chang'an, with the fastest footstroke, it will take more than five months for King Dawan and Ding Chong to return to Dawan. And it's already July, I'm afraid that by the time Ding Chong starts to rebuild the Metropolitan Protectorate, it will be almost New Year!

It has been more than a year since Ding Chong set off for the Western Regions. In the past year or so, the overall environment of Dahan has been relatively stable. At the very least, the strongest Wulu princes in the world now have not made any big moves. Moreover, everyone seems to maintain a mysterious tacit understanding, and no one takes the initiative to stir up trouble. Therefore, Cao De estimates that this tacit understanding will continue for a while. At least within a year or two, there should be no relatively large war.

Cao De, who has nothing to do, now gradually likes to wander, and he is not strolling at home, but running to the fourth courtyard of the Prime Minister's Palace.

One day, when Cao De was wandering around boringly, he suddenly heard an interesting conversation.

"Oops, this one is too light, is there any heavier one?"

"It's gone!"

"Gone? Why are you still talking so happily? Don't you feel guilty? ......" two simple words have attracted chatter and scolding!

However, the person who was scolded whispered again: "Yes, yes, but in General Zhang's house!" ”

"Which General Zhang?" The man who had scolded people earlier suddenly asked in surprise.

Cao De couldn't help it and pushed open the courtyard door, "It's General Zhang Yide Zhang!" ”

When the two people in the courtyard saw that it was Cao De, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted, "I've seen the prime minister!" ”

Cao De nodded and walked in front of the two, "No need to be polite, I'm just going around!" As Cao De spoke, he reached out and grabbed the stone locks in front of the two of them.

With a force on his hand, the stone lock suddenly flew into the air. "It's really light! Pei Yuanshao! Go and get the heaviest ones of Yide to General Gan! ”

"No!" Pei Yuanshao agreed, turned around and walked out of the small courtyard.

"It's been some time since Xingba came to Chang'an!" Cao De asked the person who had cursed earlier.

Xingba! So familiar! Think about it! This person is actually Gan Ning!

"Back to Prime Minister! It's been three months! Gan Ning replied!

"It's been three months! Does Xingba have itchy hands? Cao De asked with a smile.

Speaking of Gan Ninglai, Cao De couldn't help but snicker. In fact, Gan Ning was able to come to Chang'an thanks to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

As mentioned earlier, because Sun Ce and Zhou Yu married Qiao Gong's two daughters, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who were already siblings, became two Qiao. In this way, kiss and kiss! (When I wrote this, I guessed whether the so-called two Qiao relatives came like this!) ）

Sun Ce also recognized Cao De as his uncle and boss, so Sun Ce also invited Cao De to preside over when he got married. But Cao De was not available at all, so Cao De sent his father-in-law Cai Yong to represent him. In order to protect Cai Yong's safety, Cao De also arranged Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao as escorts.

And Gan Ning came to Chang'an under the flickering of this "super luxury congratulatory team"!

At that time, when Liu Biao heard that a delegation of Cao De needed to pass through Jiangxia along the south of the river, Liu Biao's supreme order immediately arrived in Jiangxia County. No one is allowed to stop you along the way. But Liu Biao forgot one thing, his own navy is in Jiangxia!

Liu Biao's navy was not training or exercising in Jiangxia, but catching thieves. Catch a bunch of cunning water thieves!

Just when the Han Dynasty had just entered a period of calm and everyone was trying to recover after the war, a group of water thieves suddenly appeared in Jingzhou.

They were not very numerous, only two or three hundred people. However, they had the audacity to directly plunder the official warehouse that belonged to Liu Biao's property. Moreover, these water thieves also distributed everything that could not be taken to the people.

The looted local officers and soldiers also spared no effort to encircle and intercept them. However, at critical times, these water thieves can always get the help of the nearby people to escape.

The most hateful thing is that these water thieves also take advantage of the well-developed water network in Jingzhou to run around. Moreover, their ships were actually much faster than those of the officers and soldiers. Every time they pursued, a large number of official warships could only quietly watch the water thieves flaunt their might.

However, Liu Biao did not give up, and ordered his own naval army to lead nearly half of the warships in Jingzhou, and after careful planning and three-month arrangement, the gang of water thieves was finally blocked into a small lake called Zhangdu Lake.

At this time, the scale of this group of water thieves has also grown to nearly a thousand people.

The hard work pays off, Liu Biao is very pleased! However, after Cao De's "Super Luxury Congratulations Squad" entered the Yangtze River from Lishui, it happened to pass by this battlefield. This is where the story begins!

In order to successfully eliminate the water thieves, Liu Biao gave a strict order, once the encirclement is traveled, not a single water rat can slip out. Moreover, the order for Cai Yong's squad does not include this. However, Cai Yong chose here without knowing it.

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"Boss! The officers and troops have surrounded us! This time, we're going to have wings! ”

"Jingle bells! Jingle bells! ......" a string of crisp bells rang from behind the hatch that had been pushed open. A burly man walked slowly to the bow of the boat at the sound of bells. Behind him, a flag with two large characters written on it was rattled by the wind. "Jinfan"!

This is the Jinfan thief led by Gan Ning!

Zhangdu Lake, a small lake with a small area, has been densely packed with nearly 100 warships, and the only exit from Zhangdu Lake is the mouth of the lake that is less than three miles wide and connects with the Yangtze River. On land, there are nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers.

Gan Ning looked around, and it was obviously impossible to escape from the land. Moreover, Gan Ning is also reluctant to let go of these clippers of his own. But if you walk on the water, there is almost no chance of being able to rush out, and even if you do, a few of your more than 800 brothers will survive.

For a while, Gan Ning had no countermeasures!

Suddenly, there was a deafening sound of war drums from the official warship opposite. Gan Ning knew that the official army was going to attack. It seems that I can only fight!

However, the war drums on the opposite side had already sounded three times, and the boat on the opposite side still didn't move, which made Gan Ning a little surprised! So, Gan Ning hurriedly climbed onto the mast and looked at the water.

"Huh? What is that? Gan Ning knew that Liu Biao had made a bloody effort to encircle and suppress himself this time, and he also issued a strict order that no ships should sail among the water thieves. But now at the mouth of the lake over there, there is actually a huge fleet of ships that are facing Liu Biao's warship! Moreover, Gan Ning also saw that those ships were ordinary merchant ships.

It seems that the two sides should be negotiating, because Liu Biao's officers and soldiers did not expel them immediately.

Suddenly, a flag flew up from the merchant ships. Faintly, Gan Ning seemed to see the shape of those words, but because the distance was too far and there was some mist, Gan Ning couldn't see what the words were.

"Who the hell could it be?" At this time. There may not be many merchant ships that dare to collide head-on with Liu Biao, but now Gan Ning on the mast racked his brains and didn't remember who it was. So, in order to brainstorm, Gan Ning hurriedly climbed down and told the brothers about the situation.

Obviously, at this critical time, no one will have such a good memory, scratching their ears and cheeks one by one. Suddenly, a young man who had just joined the team for a short time said weakly, "Is that the word "Cao"!" ”

When Gan Ning heard it, thought about it carefully, and was overjoyed! It is exactly a "Cao" word!

Gan Ning never thought that there would be Cao De's ship on the other side! So, Gan Ning's head moved, "Brothers, we are saved!" ”