The young man's name is Deng Zhi, and the word is Bo Miao.

He was the brother of the same clan that Deng Ji originally mentioned to Cao Peng, and in the second year of Jian'an, Deng Ji invited a helper before he went to Haixi.

It's just that Deng Zhi has been very hesitant and has been delaying until May this year, when Cao Ying conquered the city.

Why did Deng Zhi hesitate?

It's very simple, because he doesn't know what Deng Ji can do.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was not simply relying on the friendship of fellow villagers to invite people to help. The invitee should consider the talents and virtues of the invitee, and the invitee should also consider the level of the invitee. Deng Zhi and Deng Ji are also world friends, although they didn't have much contact later, they are not strangers to each other. Deng Zhi doesn't know if Deng Ji can stand firm! In his opinion, if a person can't even stand on his heels, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve a career. Therefore, after receiving Deng Ji's invitation, Deng Zhi was not in a hurry to agree.

With Deng Ji gaining a firm foothold in Haixi, it was like passing an exam.

After receiving Deng Ji's second letter, Deng Zhi finally made up his mind to give up the idea of going to Brazil to join Pang Xi and come to Haixi instead.

It's just that when Deng Zhi came to Haixi, his identity was a little embarrassing.

After all, he didn't participate in the beginning, and it was unlikely that he would suddenly want to become Haixi's second-in-command.

Moreover, Deng Zhi also heard when he came to Haixi that the real second-in-command of Haixi County is not Puyang Min, the county seat of Haixi today, nor is it Zhou Cang, the county governor. The most deterrent person in Haixi was Cao Peng, who had already gone to Guangling County to accompany Xun Yan to Jiangdong. In this regard, Cao Peng is in Haixi, and even Deng Ji can't compare. Those ordinary people may not know all the mysteries in this, but Puyang Min, Dai Qian, and even people, including the heads of the Nine Great Banks, know that Haixi has the prosperity it is today, and it comes from Cao Peng.

Deng Zhi couldn't help but have a strong curiosity about Cao Peng.

In April, he went to Haixi, and since then Deng Zhi has been secretly observing the affairs of Haixi.

From the North Market Guild to the Duigou Ji Tuntian, the more Deng Zhi looked, the more frightened he felt...... With Cao Peng's return to Guangling, he served as the captain of Hailing. Deng Zhi was keenly aware that Cao Peng's acceptance of Hailingwei with a thunderous force in Hailing did not seem to be as simple as it seemed on the surface. Generally speaking, the land of a county should be devoted to development, increasing population, and cultivating land...... However, after Cao Peng took office, instead of taking these measures, he blindly strengthened military training. As for internal affairs, he did not invest too much energy, but only drew resources from the hands of the nine leaders of Haixi County to supplement them.

This is not in line with Cao Peng's style.

"Presumably, when Youxue went to Hailing, he already realized that there would be a battle with Lu Bu?"

Deng Zhi pulled Deng Ji to sit down and got a cup of hot water for Deng Ji.

Deng Ji was stunned and nodded, "At that time, Ah Fu sent a letter asking me to train in secret. It was only because I was busy with the autumn harvest that I neglected it. Thinking about it now, Ah Fu should have been aware of it at that time...... God, how can I ignore this? ”

Deng Ji slapped his forehead, revealing remorse.

Deng Zhi said: "When Youxue was in Haixi, he did not use military force, but regulated the bazaar, measured the land, and counted the population...... From this point of view, he attaches great importance to government affairs. But after seeing that he arrived in Hailing County, what he did was a reckless move. I've always wondered what made Yuxue change Ruosi. Now it seems...... He was planning ahead. Therefore, the eldest brother does not need to be nervous, even if I can't think of a way, Youxue will never sit idly by and watch Haixi suffer. ”

For some reason, although Deng Zhi didn't say half a sentence about the way to retreat from the enemy, Deng Ji's mind calmed down suddenly.

That's right, Hailing still has Ah Fu!

"Bo Miao, do you have an idea?"

Deng Zhi glanced at the map in the middle of the study, and said softly: "Song Xian, a reckless man, don't worry.

I only asked the eldest brother, have you ever thought that if you defeat Song Xian, you will have a tiger under Pi, how will you react? Will he sit back and watch Song Xian's defeat? ”

Deng Ji heard this and gasped.

He really didn't expect this.

"I have a plan, but I can make Song Xian's 6,000 soldiers disappear without much effort.

But the problem is that Song Xian is gone, and Lu Bu will continue to attack. At that time, Haixi will inevitably suffer from war, and your hard work in the past year will be in vain. I believe that not only you, but also Youxue do not want to see such a situation. ”

"Then what do you mean ......"

"Song Xian, you have to fight; Hercynian must be guarded. ”

"How? How to keep? ”

Deng Ji was confused.

He is a person who cultivates his criminal name, although his knowledge and other aspects have been greatly improved in the past year, but in military affairs, he is not what he is good at.

So much so that after Deng Zhi said this, Deng Ji couldn't react at all.

Deng Zhi took a sip of water and pulled Deng Ji to the map, "It's easy to fight; Keep, but it's difficult. So I mean ......"

As he spoke, he drew a circle on the map and slapped it hard.

"We're here to watch."

Deng Ji saw the names of the places on the map clearly, and was stunned.

He pondered for a long time, suddenly raised his head, looked at Deng Zhi and said, "Do you mean, let's take the initiative to attack Quyang County?" ”

"Exactly."

"But ......"

"Once this battle starts, at most ten days, there will be variables."

Deng Ji looked at the map blankly, gritted his teeth after a while, and nodded vigorously, "I understand...... Bo Miao, let's go back to the county office immediately and discuss this matter. ”

Deng Zhi smiled slightly, "In this way, the eldest brother goes first." ”

He has been waiting for this day for half a year.

It is not easy to miss the opportunity and then try to catch up.

Deng Zhi knew in his heart that only by defeating Song Xian beautifully and enabling Haixi to survive this crisis could he gain a firm foothold under Deng Ji.

From the very beginning, Deng Zhi noticed one of the biggest flaws in Haixi County: there were no strategists.

Regardless of whether Puyang Min or Dai Qian, he has the ability to assist the government, but he has no talent for planning. And such an environment is precisely what Deng Zhi is good at.

Deng Zhi in history belongs to the type of late bloomer, and finally reaches the position of general of the chariot cavalry, which belongs to the category of strategists.

Deng Zhi's arrival just made up for the last shortcoming of Haixi County.

"Childe!"

Seeing Deng Zhi and Deng Ji coming out, Deng Xian hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Deng Zhi said: "Deng Xian, I will go to the government with my eldest brother, and you will keep it at home." ”

"Whoa!"

Deng was an old servant who followed Deng Zhi for two generations of his father and son, and he could be regarded as growing up watching Deng Zhi since he was a child. From this sentence, he heard the meaning. Deng Zhi is determined to stay in Haixi! For Deng Xian, he naturally hoped that Deng Zhi would stay. In any case, Deng Ji and Deng Zhi have the same friendship and are cousins. Fighting brothers and fathers and sons in battle, this is also human nature.

The old family looked at Deng Zhi and then at Deng Ji.

Then he smiled slightly with Hu Ban, which also made Hu Ban feel relieved.

The night was dark and the temperature was cold.

In the second half of the night, the autumn rain fell in wisps, adding another chill to this cold night.

Deng Zhi took a deep breath and urged the horse to follow behind Deng Ji. However, a strange thought immediately came to his mind...... Looking at the various arrangements made before Cao Youxue left, how can he not know the defects of Haixi?

Puyang Min and Dai Qian were mainly responsible for internal affairs and Tuntian affairs; Zhou Cang was rarely in the city, and together with Pan Zhang, he was responsible for inspecting the illicit salt. Although the two have the name of county lieutenant, they do not fulfill the responsibility of county lieutenant. The military of Haixi County is still in the hands of Deng Ji, and Deng Ji has no military talent...... In other words, when Cao Peng left Haixi, he deliberately left a vacancy as a strategist, could it be that he was waiting for himself to come over?

Thinking of this, Deng Zhi's previous joy was extinguished all of a sudden.

In its place, there was a shock and appallation.

If this is the case, then Cao Peng is a person who knows me......—————————————————————————————— on August 28 of the third year of Jian'an, Lu Bu ordered the expedition to Haixi.

Song Xian rode on his horse and watched the mighty army march along the official road, with a smug smile on his face. In his eyes, this expedition to Haixi is simply within reach. When the time came, after taking away Haixi's millions of grain and grass, Lu Buding valued him even more.

And also...... That thief Cao Peng, last year, killed Song Xian's war horse on Xiapi Chang Street.

For this matter, Song Xian has almost been unable to raise his head in the past year. Even his best friends, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng, would laugh a few words when they saw him. Although the thief is not in Haixi, but Haixi Ling is Cao Peng's brother-in-law, and when the time comes, when he sees Deng Ji's head, he can also breathe a bad breath in his chest. Thinking of this, Song Xian suddenly became a little impatient, and ordered the soldiers and horses to speed up.

From the lower prime minister to Quyang, it can be said that it is a smooth road.

Song Xian ordered his nephew Song Guang, that is, the former Xuyi Chang, to be the vanguard army and lead a thousand soldiers and horses to open the way.

He led his own army of 5,000 and followed suit. Two days after departure, they arrived in Quyang, rested in Quyang for a day, replenished their baggage, and headed for Haixi.

From Quyang to Haixi, it takes about one day.

It was the first day of September, and the weather was getting colder...... After a night of light rain, the road became muddy. The march of the army became much slower, and by noon it had marched more than thirty miles.

Seeing this, Song Xian couldn't help but have a headache.

"Pass my generals, and the army will speed up."

"General, how can you go fast on this kind of road? Besides, Haixi's millions of grains and grasses can't be eaten clean in a day. It's better to move slowly, anyway, Haixi can't run. ”

Some relatives persuaded him to try to make Song Xian slow down his march.

How do you know that Song Xian was furious when he heard this, "Don't you know how fast the soldiers are?"

I will wait for the early arrival, and Haixi will have less time to prepare. The prince and my soldiers and horses don't want me to lose my troops in the small land of Haixi. ”

Logically speaking, what Song Xian said was not wrong.

The sooner they arrived, the less resistance Haixi would have.

"But ......"

"Needless to say, tell the sons and daughters to break through Haixi and let them take captivity for three days. Haixi County is said to be very rich now. ”

Xiapi is not far from Haixi County and is also in Huaibei.

How can the people of Xiapi not be clear about the changes in Haixi in the past year?

Not to mention the millions of grains and grasses, just the opening of salt over there has made countless businessmen rush to it. Its wealth may not be lost to the Xia Pi country of that year. With Song Xian's order to plunder, the 6,000 army immediately screamed all the way as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and pounced on Haixi. By the time it was dark, the army was far away from Quyang, and it was only thirty miles away from swimming...... If you swim in the water, you will be under the rule of Haixi!

Swimming water, originating in the East China Sea Qu Mountain, north and south, flowing through Qu County, Yilu and Haixi counties, into Huaishui.

Haixi is located just downstream of the swimming water and forms a natural barrier to the west of Haixi County. However, the swimming water is not too wide, and the river is not too turbulent. Coupled with the impact of sediment, the river bed is high and the river is not deep. Crossing the river on foot can only be up to the neck. And the shallowest part, only half waist. Previously, there were several wooden bridges over the river, but by the time Song Xian arrived, the bridges had been destroyed.

Looking at the soothing surface of the river, Song Xian couldn't help but smile.

He said to Song Guang: "Uncle Deng is just a fool, thinking that by demolishing the bridge, he can stop us from crossing the river."

But I don't know that this swimming water is not deep, and even if the bridge is demolished, it will not want to stop the march of our army...... The order went down, and the three armies crossed the river overnight and camped on the east bank of the swimming water. When you make food, you order soldiers. After dawn, the three armies attacked and defeated Haixi in one fell swoop. ”

"Whoa!"

Song Guang nodded again and again, and intervened on the horse.

In fact, Song Guang also harbored deep jealousy towards Cao Peng.

I think that when Cao Peng went to Guangling and passed through Xuyi, he really humiliated him.

This also made Song Guang hold a grudge all the time. originally wanted to create rumors so that Cao Peng could not gain a foothold in Guangling. But who would have thought that this Cao Peng actually befriended Chen Qun and other figures, so that the rumors created by Song Guang at the beginning quickly broke down and disappeared.

Now, Cao Peng has been appointed as the captain of Hailing.

Although he is not as good as Song Guang in terms of rank, his actual power is ...... If Song Xian is hostile to Cao Peng, then Song Guang is jealous and hateful to Cao Peng.

This attack on Haixi is also a good opportunity for Song Guang to take revenge. So along the way, he also seemed extremely excited.

With Song Xian's order, the army began to cross the river.

The topography of Haixi is high in the west and low in the east. After crossing the swimming water, the east bank is a low river beach.

However, Song Guang still felt a little strange.

Because this swimming water seems to be much shallower than usual. Wading across the river on foot, the river only reached the crotch. You know, usually the river here is at least waistless.

"Uncle, this year's swimming seems to be much shallower than in previous years."

Song Xian stood on a high place on the west bank of the river, urging soldiers and horses to cross the river.

This crossing of the river was very smooth. Most of the soldiers and horses had already crossed the river and began to set up camp on the east bank of the river. On the west bank of the river, most of them were heavy vehicles at this time. At first, Song Xian didn't pay much attention to it, but it felt a little strange. But after hearing Song Guang's reminder, Song Xian sighed for no reason.

yes, the river seems too shallow...... It only rained yesterday, and it stands to reason that the river can't be so shallow.

After all, he is an eight-strong general, no matter what his martial arts are, following Lu Bu to fight in the east and west, Song Xian's eyesight is still there...... He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and his face turned pale.

"Evacuate the river beach immediately, evacuate the river beach immediately."

The soldiers on the east bank of the river were busy setting up camp. At the same time, the heavy vehicles were also slowly moving towards the other side of the river. Song Xian's frantic shouting made the soldiers stunned all of a sudden...... Didn't you say that you would set up camp on the river beach and attack after dawn?

Why do you suddenly have to evacuate the river beach again!

However, the military order is like a mountain, and since the general has an order, the soldiers naturally obey it.

It's just that this time, people on the east bank of the river beach suddenly shouted and neighed, and there was chaos. Many people didn't even understand what was going on and rushed into action.

At this moment, in the hills on the east bank of the river, a chirping dysprosium rose into the air.

Immediately after, a series of whistles echoed over the swimming water, one after another, endlessly.

Song Xian's face turned pale, and he was busy preparing to order an accelerated evacuation. Suddenly, only a loud bang could be heard from the north...... The voice, like a huge thunder, reverberated endlessly. Song Xian listened attentively in the direction of the loud noise, only to hear the rumbling, like ten thousand horses galloping, and the ground trembled. The river swelled a lot in an instant, and from the upper reaches of the swimming water, a torrent of thunder and thunder rushed in...... "Water attack!" ”

Song Xian hissed and roared: "Run, the whole army evacuates!" ”

But can you run?