Today is the first day of the fifth month of May, and there are only five short days left before the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

Early this morning, we left Nanyang City and continued to go south along the official road.

All the way to the fast horse, directly rushed to a hundred and ten miles, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, came to the bottom of a mountain.

I stood at the bottom of the mountain, looked up at the top of the mountain, and saw that the mountain was not high, only 100 meters, but the trees on the mountain were verdant, and there was a cloud of mist around the mountainside, and the sound of flowing water faintly came from the mountain. What's even more amazing is that although there is fog on the mountainside, you can see the view from the top of the mountain, and there is a temple on the top of the mountain, which also looks very grand.

Me: Brother Long, what's the name of this mountain? What kind of temple is the mountaintop?

Wang Long: I don't know much about this, I have to ask the local people to find out.

I looked around and saw a few farmers working in the fields not far away, and I thought to myself: I must know if I ask these fellows.

Me: Dog, go over and ask those fellows, what kind of mountain is this? What kind of temple is on the mountain?

Dogbaby: Okay, big brother.

The dog turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the field.

A few minutes later, the dog baby walked back.

Dog Baby: Big brother, the fellow said that this mountain is called Yuquan Mountain, and the top of the mountain is Guandi Temple.

Me: Yuquan Mountain, isn't this the place where Guan Yu, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms, sacrificed his life to take righteousness, I think this mountain has a lot of aura (1) (book) (read) novel ybdu, let's go up and worship.

Wang Long: That's the best.

We turned over and dismounted, tied our horses to the trunk of a tree next to the official road, and walked to the top of the mountain on foot.

In just half an hour, we climbed to the top of the mountain.

I stood on the top of the hill and looked around, and saw a city not far away.

Me: Brother Long, which city did you go to in front of you?

Wang Long: At our pace, we should have reached the boundary of Shannan East Road, and the northern gateway of Shannan East Road is Xiangzhou, and Xiangzhou is fifty miles south to Jingzhou.

As soon as I heard Wang Lung's words, I thought: Xiangzhou should be today's Xiangyang City, so if you enter the Hubei boundary, then it will not be far from Dongting Lake, and five days will definitely be enough.

Me: The front is Xiangzhou, then it should be Fancheng during the Three Kingdoms period, when Guan Erye flooded the Seventh Army here and refused Cao Cao alone, it was really mighty!

Wang Long: Yes, Second Master Guan's martial arts are world-beating, and his loyalty and righteousness are unparalleled, let's all go in and put incense on Emperor Guan.

Me: This is a must.

We walked into the Guandi Temple and saw that there were a lot of tributes inside, and we thought that the incense should be very prosperous.

I saw the statue of Guan Erye standing on the shrine, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his left hand, touching his chin and long beard with his right hand, his face was like a red date, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he really made the image of Guan Erye vivid.

After we finished the incense, we walked out of the Guandi Temple and walked directly to the foot of Yuquan Mountain.

When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I untied the horse rope, turned over and got on the horse, and ran straight to Xiangzhou.

It didn't take long for him to enter Xiangzhou City.

Me: Brother Long, I've run out of money, what can I do now?

Wang Long: There is no other way but to find the local government to get the money.

Me: This is a very good plan, anyway, these officials are all looting the people's fat and people's ointment.

We went directly to the Xiangzhou government, took two hundred taels of silver, found an inn to stay, rest for one night, and continue to travel tomorrow.

Today is the second day of the fifth month of May, and there are only four days left before the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the first month of May.

Early this morning, we set off.

Exit from the south gate of Xiangzhou City and go south along the official road. Since Xiangzhou City was only 50 miles away from Jingzhou City, we rushed to the outside of Jingzhou City at noon, only to see that Jingzhou City was tall and worthy of being an important place for war.

When I entered Jingzhou City, I saw that the business in the city was prosperous, and people came and went, so it was really lively.

We went to a restaurant for dinner. As soon as we arrived at the door of the restaurant, a guy came to help us lead the horse.

Me: Man, feed me some good forage.

Guy: Rest assured, our shop is all the best forage.

I didn't wait for the guy to finish his sentence, and then walked into the restaurant, because I was too lazy to listen to this nonsense.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I found a table near the corner and sat down.

A guy came over and said, "Masters, what do you want to eat?"

Me: What's your favorite dish here?

Man: Our signature dish is steamed Yangtze River fish.

Me: Okay, let's have a steamed Yangtze River fish, what else?

Dude: And steamed cured meats.

Me: Okay, let's have a vegetarian dish?

Man: There are bamboo shoots and mushrooms that have just come out of the mountain.

Me: One of the same, and a pound of wine.

Man: Okay, wait a minute.

Me: Brother Long, we have already walked to Jingzhou City in Shannan East Road, and we have never seen a bowl of porridge sect again, so I always feel strange in my heart.

Wang Long: It's a bit strange, it stands to reason that a bowl of porridge should have rudders in these places, why haven't you seen any action from them?

Me: That's a problem, they're in the dark, we're in the light, and the current situation is a bit passive!

Stupid Niu: Big brother, what are you afraid of, let's go to Dongting Lake immediately, at that time, when the Wuxiang Master of Shaolin Temple came, we were still afraid of a bird.

Me: That's a good point.

When everyone heard the stupid cow's words, they all laughed happily, and at this moment, the man also brought our wine and food.

Me: Don't think about it yet, let's eat first.

Everyone began to eat with their heads bored.

Halfway through the meal, a question suddenly occurred to me.

Me: Brother Long, the place with the most garrisons in Shannan Dongdao should be Jingzhou City, right?

Wang Long: Yes.

Me: In order to successfully convene this Dongting Lake Pledge Conference, we will transfer 5,000 troops from Jingzhou City to protect security.

Wang Long: That's the best.

Me: Let's hurry up and eat, and after eating, we will go to Jingzhou Jiedu envoy.

Wang Long, Stupid Cow, Dog Baby: Okay.

Everyone began to speed up the meal, after eating, settling the bill, out of the restaurant, the man helped us lead the horse.

We got on our horses and walked to the Jingzhou Mansion.

I didn't walk long and came to the Jingzhou Mansion.

I took out the gold medal given by the emperor and walked directly into the Jingzhou Mansion. But I saw that a group of people were gathered in the hall of the government, as if Lord Taishou was handling a case.

We stopped in the courtyard outside the hall of the government, and I asked the dog baby to take the gold medal and go in and call out the Taishou.

It didn't take long for Lord Taishou to run over in a hurry and say: Xiaguan Jingzhou Taishou Niu has come to see General Jiang all his life.

Me: Don't be polite, Lord Niu, Jiang just came to ask you, where is the military camp in Jingzhou? Who is the ruler of the army?

Niu Shengsheng: The Jingzhou military camp is mainly in Lotus Mountain, five miles south of the city, and the commander of the army is General Zhang Weiyuan.

Me: Thank you, Mr. Niu, I am really sorry for disturbing Mr. Niu's case.

Niu Shengsheng: General Jiang is polite.

Me: Jiang will not bother Lord Niu to handle the case, and take his leave.

Niu Shengsheng: General Jiang, please.

We said goodbye to Niu Shengsheng, walked out of the Jingzhou Mansion, turned over the horse, and ran directly to the Lotus Mountain in the south of the city.

Running all the way for more than ten minutes, we arrived outside the Lotus Mountain, only to see the pennants waving everywhere, and the shouts of the soldiers were heard from time to time, which was really very powerful and magnificent.

When I came to the barracks, I directly showed the gold medal, and the soldiers standing guard knelt on the ground and shouted: Long live my emperor, long live, long live.

Me: I went to inform General Zhang, and I said that the chief inspector of the rivers and lakes asked Jiang Dazhi to see him.

One soldier said, "Yes."

It didn't take long for Zhang Weiyuan to arrive at the gate of the barracks.

Me: See General Zhang.

Zhang Weiyuan: General Jiang, you're welcome, please inside.

We followed Zhang Weiyuan into the barracks and came to the Chinese army's tent.

Sit down.

Me: Jiang came to see General Zhang this time because he wanted General Zhang to transfer 5,000 elite soldiers to me to maintain the smooth convening of the Dongting Lake Pledge Conference.

Zhang Weiyuan: General Jiang holds the gold medal given by the emperor, not to mention 5,000 elite soldiers, he wants the entire Jingzhou barracks, and Zhang has to give it up!

Me: General Zhang, don't say this kind of thing, you are all ministers of the same court, you are all doing things for the emperor, as long as the emperor needs it, we should go to the soup and go to the fire, go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire, even if you are dead!

Zhang Weiyuan: What General Jiang said is very true, I don't know if General Jiang's 5,000 elite soldiers are going to be right now?

Me: I want it now, 100,000 urgently.

Zhang Weiyuan: No problem, Zhang transferred 5,000 of his personal soldiers to General Jiang to send.

Me: Thank you, General Zhang, I don't know if General Zhang has a warship? Jiang wanted to go to Dongting Lake by water.

Zhang Weiyuan: Jingzhou is located on the bank of the Yangtze River, there must be warships, how much does General Jiang need?

Me: I don't know how many soldiers can be carried on General Zhang's warship?

Zhang Weiyuan: There are large and small warships, the small ones can carry 100 people, and the large ones can carry 1,000 people.

Me: Then five ships with a thousand people.

Zhang Weiyuan: No problem, General Jiang, please come out of the account, Zhang accompanied General Jiang to order troops.

Me: Thank you, General Zhang.

We followed Zhang Weiyuan, walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and came to the general platform.

The moment I stepped on the Dianjiang platform, I had an inexplicable feeling in my heart, recalling the last time I boarded the Dianjiang platform, it was almost a year ago.

The soldiers under the stage beat the war drums, and after a while, the soldiers slowly gathered over, and I looked around, and the black pressure was full of human heads, and the scene was very spectacular.

I have a rough estimate of the number of soldiers, and it should be no less than 100,000 soldiers.

Zhang Weiyuan: All the soldiers obeyed the order.

As soon as Zhang Weiyuan finished speaking, there was a roar of "hehe" below, due to the huge number of people, this roar really resounded through the valley, and the echo echoed in the valley for a long time.

Zhang Weiyuan raised his right hand, and the soldiers below stopped shouting, and the entire military camp instantly became silent.

Zhang Weiyuan: Today, this commander wants to mobilize 5,000 soldiers to help General Jiang exterminate the Bowl of Porridge Sect, hoping that the mobilized soldiers will obey General Jiang's command, bravely kill the enemy, and exterminate the Bowl of Porridge Sect in one fell swoop.

As soon as Zhang Weiyuan's words were finished, there was a roar that resounded through the valley below.

Zhang Weiyuan raised his right hand again, and the roar immediately stopped.

Zhang Weiyuan: The partial general Zhao Sheng listened to the order and ordered you to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses from your headquarters to help.

Zhao Sheng walked out of the crowd, knelt down to receive the order, and said: The last general will take the order.

Zhang Weiyuan said to me: General Jiang, Zhao Sheng is brave and strategic, and he will definitely be able to help you complete the great cause.

Me: Thank you, General Zhang.

Zhang Weiyuan: The warships are all on the river, and General Jiang can go directly and convey my password to pick up the ships.

Me: I really want to thank General Zhang for his great help this time, Jiang is very grateful, and when a bowl of porridge is destroyed, General Zhang will definitely be invited to dinner.

Zhang Weiyuan: General Jiang is so gracious, Zhang is here waiting for General Jiang to triumph.

Me: Thank you, General Zhang, Jiang will take his leave first.

Zhang Weiyuan: General Jiang, take care all the way.

We saluted each other and said goodbye.

We walked out of the barracks, and Zhao Sheng had already left the barracks with five thousand elite soldiers.

Zhao Sheng came over and said: The last general Zhao Sheng will see General Jiang.

Me: General Zhao, excuse me, you take 5,000 soldiers directly to the Yangtze River, and take a warship directly down to Dongting Lake.

Zhao Sheng: The last general commanded.

Zhao Sheng led a large group of men and horses to the Yangtze River.

Me: Brother Long, let's rent a boat and follow the army, this time we can go down to Dongting Lake by water, and we can also enjoy the scenery along the way.

Wang Long: That's very good, so that our safety is more guaranteed.

Me: In short, you should not take it lightly at any time, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Wang Lung, Stupid Cow, Dog Baby: Yes.

We followed the army and headed for the Yangtze River.

At this moment, I am very excited, because this is the first time I have led troops to fight in the real sense, and this time the opponent is also very strong, I like this kind of challenge, only in this way, can I find the value of existence.