Liu Qi led the army to move forward slowly, and after about ten days, he came to Jiangling County, a military center in Jingzhou and a place where grain and grass were accumulated.

This Zhang Yun's mother is Liu's cousin's sister, from this point of view, he and Liu Qi are cousins, but this person has a close relationship with Liu Cong, and he took refuge in Cai Mao early, so although this person is very close to Liu Qi in terms of blood relationship, he can't hate Liu Qi to die early in his heart, so that Liu Cong can inherit Liu Biao's position.

Liu Qi came from the afterlife, and he was familiar with the affairs of the Three Kingdoms, so he naturally knew who the other party was, but now it was wartime, and Liu Qi had to rely on Jiangling to send grain and grass to rescue the soldiers, so he looked very respectful, and he screamed one cousin after another, and his attitude was very affectionate.

And Zhang Yun was also instructed by Cai Mao in advance, asking him not to show his dislike for Liu Qi, but to take advantage of Liu Qi's southern expedition to calculate in secret, so he was also affectionate and polite to Liu Qi, allocated Liu Qi some grain and grass materials, and prepared a boat to cross the river, just waiting for Liu Qi to lead the army to cross the river.

Zhang Yun led his men and horses directly to Jinxiang Port by the river, and Liu Qi took Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Pei Qian, Fanqin and others to carefully inspect all the ships, and did not relax until they confirmed that there were no omissions.

After Liu Qi sent Zhang Yun away, he only left hundreds of men and horses to fly the flags, and ordered them to hold the lights at night, but he ordered the army to rush to Huarong at dusk, preparing to come to the river through Guò Huarong Road and cross the river at Huarong Ferry.

Of course, Liu Qi did not inform Zhang Yun in advance about leading the army to Huarong overnight, but this could not be hidden from the people sent by Zhang Yun, because Liu Qi asked them to drive the boat to Huarong Ferry, but this matter could not be kept secret at all, and there would naturally be Zhang Yun's fine work among those people, so they quickly passed the news to Zhang Yun.

Not to mention how Zhang Yun designed Liu Qi after getting the news, let's just say that Liu Qi saw those people driving the boat to Huarong Ferry in accordance with the order, and suddenly asked, "Who of you are from Huarong County?" ”

Dozens of capable people came forward and said respectfully, "The villain is." ”

Liu Qi's eyes stayed on them for a moment, nodded and said, "Then are you familiar with the terrain of Huarong Dao?" ”

Immediately, more than a dozen people said: "The villain's humble house is not far from Huarong Road, and they are very familiar with it, and Huarong Road is full of swamps, which is very difficult to walk, and if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is basically difficult to get through." ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Since the villagers are so familiar with Huarong Dao, it is really good, and I also ask all the villagers to lead the way for us, and go straight to Huarong Ferry Wharf through Guò Huarong Road, please rest assured, we will never lose your reward." ”

It was a few people who hurriedly said: "It's just to lead the way, so what's it worth?" As the people of Jingzhou, the villain led the army to quell the rebellion, this is a righteous act, how can we be embarrassed to accept the payment? ”

But Liu Qi insisted on paying the remuneration, and when the people heard it, they all thanked him, and walked in front happily, and followed Liu Qi to the entrance of Huarong Road.

A bald-headed villager hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to Liu Qi and said: "Childe, the front is Huarong Road, there are swamps all over here, if there is no guidance, it is absolutely difficult to pass, we will walk in the front, and you will follow, in addition, in a place where water and grass are luxuriant, if you can cut a handful of grass, please try to let the brothers cut a handful of grass, so that when the road is twists and turns, it is difficult to use those grasses to cover the road." ”

Liu Qi nodded, signaling the bald villager to go ahead, while he led the army and followed closely behind.

This Huarong Dao is really a famous dangerous place, there are swamps lurking everywhere, and some even look like lush water and grass, but there are deep swamps below, although most of these swamps are difficult to trap all people into, but as long as you accidentally fall in, it may not be easy to pull out your legs.

"No wonder in history, after Cao Cao's defeat in the Battle of Chibi, he was such a wolf when he led his army to pass through Huarong Dao, this Huarong Dao is indeed not an easy road to take." Liu Qi felt the hardships of Huarong Dao and thought silently.

At this time, suddenly a villager hurried in front of him, as if he had an unstable foothold, and crashed straight into Liu Qi.

After all, Liu Qi has been practicing the five-bird drama for several months, and his skills are also extremely agile, and he immediately turned back to dodge under the quick reaction, the villager did not hit Liu Qi, and fell to the side with a scream, and then saw him sink quickly, until he sank to the top of his head, and soon he couldn't even see his hair.

It turned out that just a few steps away from Liu Qi's feet, it turned out to be a bottomless swamp!

Everyone felt terrified when they saw this scene, and Pei Qian and the others were even more shocked: "Fortunately, the general's body flashed, otherwise, I am afraid it would be him who fell into the swamp just now." ”

And Xu Shu, Pei Qian, Pang Tong and other wise men turned their eyes to the villagers around Liu Qi, and their eyes were full of unkindness.

The bald-headed villager was stunned, and then scolded: "Mao Sandao, this dead ghost, you are reckless yourself, you almost caused the eldest prince to fall into the swamp, fortunately the eldest son is fine, otherwise how should we face the villagers and elders in Jingzhou in the future?" A few of you cheer me up, this time I must protect my son in the middle, and I must not allow any mistakes. ”

Hearing this, the villagers nodded, hurriedly surrounded Liu Qi in the middle, and then continued to walk forward.

Liu Qi couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart, he could naturally see that the villager just now was deliberately bumping into him, although he was silent on the surface, he had already strengthened his vigilance in his heart, and at the same time, he handed Wei Yan and Yu Ban a look.

The second general naturally knew what Liu Qi's eyes meant, they followed closely behind Liu Qi not far away, secretly holding the bow and arrow in their hands, as long as there was a slight movement, they would shoot out the feather arrow in a very fast time, causing the other party to die.

Liu Shi, who followed closely behind Liu Qi, also secretly ordered his soldiers to hold their swords tightly, and once something happened, they immediately rushed forward desperately to protect the safety of the main general.

However, the strange thing is that the next progress turned out to be surprisingly smooth, as if the incident that crashed into Liu Qi really happened by accident, and those villagers were all engrossed in exploring the surrounding terrain, and none of them dared to be negligent.

"Everyone insist, it's coming soon."

"Don't slack off, hurry to get through the dangerous places here."

"Persistence is victory."

"Victory is at hand"

"The general is still ahead, our road is step by step, as long as we follow his direction, we will definitely not have any security problems."

……

Wang Cang is now more and more like a full-time official who does political work, and every time he encourages everyone just right, improves everyone's confidence again and again, and urges everyone to keep moving forward.

After about an hour, this difficult and dangerous Huarong Road finally came to an end, and everyone was relieved in their hearts, glad that they had finally walked through this Huarong Road safe and sound.

But at this moment, Liu Qi suddenly heard the sound of swords unsheathed, and then saw that the villagers around him suddenly drew their swords and launched a siege on him.

It can be said that those "villagers" played a very beautiful psychological warfare, they did not besiege Liu Qi when everyone was nervous, but chose to launch a sneak attack when they had just walked out of Huarong Road and their tense spirit began to relax.

But Liu Qi is not an ordinary person, he has long been wary of these villagers, in fact, from the first time he saw these villagers, he felt a cold killing intent in their eyes, and this kind of killing intent can only appear in the army, and it can only appear in the eyes of the elite soldiers, so at this time Liu Qi guessed that this was probably a killer sent by Zhang Yun.

Therefore, along the way, Liu Qi has always maintained a high degree of vigilance, and has not created any opportunities for the other party, even when he walked out of Huarong Dao just now, he still did not relax in his heart, but judged that if the other party does not want to attack himself, forget it, if he really wants to attack himself, now is a great opportunity.

Sure enough, these dead soldiers launched a sudden assassination of themselves the moment they stepped out of Huarong Dao.

Liu Qi was not frightened, and immediately drew the sword that he had already held in the palm of his hand and started a fight with those assassins.

Fortunately, he learned with Yu Ban to leave a beautiful and practical swordsmanship, using the simplest moves, the fastest efficiency to kill the assassins around him, and at the same time, relying on the advantage of the five birds, constantly dodging the opponent's attacks, while ensuring his own safety, he also actively grasped the other party's omissions, and then took the opportunity to kill them.

Almost instantly, the personal soldiers led by Liu Shi rushed over desperately, and then protected Liu Qi and slaughtered those assassins.

Almost at the same time, Wei Yan and Yu Ban also immediately bent their bows and arrows, quickly shooting several assassins around Liu Qi.

"Don't kill them, keep them alive." Liu Qi was completely relieved when he saw that all his own soldiers were surrounded, and then ordered them to capture those assassins alive and ask the mastermind behind them.

But he didn't expect that those assassins were all dead, and when they saw that they had no hope of defeating, they all took up their swords and committed suicide, so fast that it was too late to intercept them.

"Hehe......" I only heard the sound of sneering, and then I saw that these assassins pretending to be villagers committed suicide by drinking their swords, and did not even leave a single living mouth.

"It's really hateful, I originally wanted to leave a living mouth and find out the real murderer behind it, but I didn't expect these assassins to see the opportunity so quickly, and they chose to commit suicide so quickly, it can be seen that the army trained by the real murderer is indeed an extremely powerful elite soldier, but it is a pity that such an elite army cannot be used in the battlefield, but dies in internal fighting." Liu Qi glanced at the dead assassins and said with a look of regret.

At the same time, Zhang Yun, who got the news in Jiangling, turned pale, and scolded a soldier kneeling on the ground: "What are you wastes for? You can't even kill a piece of waste! Ben will give you another chance, immediately send this letter to Zhang Hu, fifty miles outside Jinxiang Port, and inform him to go to Huarong immediately, this time you must kill that waste, if there is another bad pool, Ben will destroy you. ”

The soldier took the letter with a pale face, kowtowed respectfully to Zhang Yun, and then left immediately.