Liu Zhang sat in the cabin and slapped his forehead a few times, but his head still felt empty and couldn't use his strength, and he didn't want to think about the problem.

But just after escaping from Jiangdong Hukou, his previous thoughts were spent on how to get out of Jiangdong territory, and he immediately faced a bigger enemy, the Jingzhou army in Jingbei, Liu Zhang had to work hard to straighten things out in Jingzhou.

Gan Ning sat next to Liu Zhang, the burly body seemed to have water vapor, even if his body was abnormally dry, but Liu Zhang could still feel a cold wind, maybe this is the special physique exercised by walking on the water for a long time.

"The lord forgives the sin, Gan Ning is late, let the lord be frightened, and the sin deserves death." Gan Ning bowed.

Liu Zhang held his forehead with one hand and waved with the other: "I know that there must be a reason why General Gan is late, but this official doesn't care about this now, this official is more concerned about the situation in Jingbei now, General Gan is down the river, there should be some news." ”

Gan Ning said: "The last general is about to talk about this matter, the end of the future is related to this, originally most of the Jingzhou naval army was deployed in the Jiangxia area, this time Liu Qi's army went south, and the naval army also relied on the Jingnan coast to deploy defenses, the last general could have gone down the water, and it would never be delayed, but there was a little situation in the middle." ”

"What's the situation?"

"Jiangling, the southern county of Jingbei, has been captured."

"What?"

As soon as Gan Ning's voice fell, all the generals of the Sichuan army in the ship looked at him, and Liu Zhang felt that his headache was cured, and he was unusually awake.

Jiangling, as the former state rule of Jingzhou and the second largest city in Jingzhou now, is a number in the entire Han Dynasty in terms of importance and defensive power, how can it be said that it will be taken down.

"Gangneung captured? What's going on? Liu Zhang has always been calm, but at this time, he couldn't help but have a little urgency in his words, and vaguely guessed a result.

"It was captured by Wei Yan, only 10,000 soldiers and horses were used, not only that, Wei Yan also burned the grain and grass of the Jingzhou army in Dangyang Valley, I heard the defeated soldiers of Jiangling say that after Wei Yan burned the grain and grass in Dangyang Valley, he immediately attacked Jiangling.

Jiangling is far away in the rear of Zigui, the defenders did not expect the enemy to attack at all, they were defenseless, and they were drummed down by Wei Yan, because of this, most of the defeated troops in Jiangling went south, and some of them met our army on the water, I didn't want to entangle with them, but I was almost trapped in the reeds by them. ”

Gan Ning said that there was too much information, and the generals of the Sichuan army couldn't react a little, whispering, all of them were shocked, but they didn't know what to express, or Fa Zheng was the first to sort out his thoughts and said to Liu Zhang.

"My lord, the current situation is very clear, the most critical person is Wei Yan, if Wei Yan does not rebel, then we will occupy Jiangling, cut off the back road of Liu Qi's army, and the initiative in the battle of Jingzhou will return to our hands again, and it will occupy an absolute advantage.

And if we do the opposite, we will lose 80,000 soldiers and horses, Yizhou's vitality will be greatly damaged, and I am afraid that we will not be able to recover within three years. ”

"What do you think?" Liu Zhang asked Fa Zheng, thinking about his next action.

"I think we should return to Shuzhong first, we can attack and retreat, whether Wei Yan has rebelled or not, we are foolproof."

The boat went upstream, the river was murmuring, Liu Zhang buried his head in thought, raised his head after a long time, and said resolutely: "No, let's go to Jiangling." ”

"What?" Fa Zhengyi was shocked: "If Wei Yan really rebels, the trip to Jiangling will be thrilling." ”

Liu Zhang shook his head, waved his hand and said, "That's it, I've already decided, it's stuffy in the boat, Rong'er, accompany me out to breathe." ”

Xiao Furong wanted to help Liu Zhang, but Liu Zhang signaled to stop her, walked out of the cabin, and the two stood at the bow of the boat, with a panoramic view of the scenery and scenery.

The river and the surrounding mountains and rivers blended into a piece of green, with a wide field of vision, and Liu Zhang stretched his waist comfortably.

Even if the road ahead is bumpy, Liu Zhang also feels the natural comfort at this moment, gently holding Xiao Furong's hand, let yourself enjoy this moment of tranquility.

Because.

Once you set foot on land, it will be bloody again.

Liu Zhang didn't know the danger of going to Jiangling, he was just gambling, and he felt that this time the odds were greater, Liu Zhang felt that Wei Yan really did not rebel.

The reason is very simple, what did Wei Yan do when he rebelled? If he wanted to take refuge in Jingzhou, he could have taken the 80,000 Sichuan troops in Yubei Pass to surrender, so that he would sacrifice both the pass and the army, and he would have made outstanding achievements, and he would take 10,000 troops to burn the grain and grass in Jingzhou, and what would he do if he attacked Jiangling?

Excluding Wei Yan's desire to defect to Jingzhou, then the only reason for his rebellion is self-reliance and self-reliance? Are you kidding? He Wei Yan is a martial artist, he has no status, no reputation, not to mention that the 80,000 troops have followed him for less than half a year, and he doesn't even have the least prestige, and he is self-reliant, will anyone follow him? With Wei Yan's shrewdness, he would not fail to understand this truth.

And what Fa Zheng said, now that he has withdrawn to Shuzhong, everything can indeed be fine, but the results of several months of conquest have really been in vain, and he has been running for his life for months and several times in distress, is it just to travel to Jiangdong?

Liu Zhang was unwilling, if Wei Yan did not defect, he missed the opportunity to cut Jingzhou in two, Liu Qi had as many as 80,000 troops, no grain and grass, and he would definitely not be able to support it for long in Jingnan.

This was the most critical decision to take Jingzhou, and Liu Zhang decided to make a bet on Wei Yan.

Liu Zhang also knows that he has gambled several times, and without the support of the clan, he will still have to gamble in the future, and win in danger again and again, maybe one day he will lose the gamble, lose everything, become a poor egg with nothing, and even die.

But Liu Zhang has no choice, since he has chosen the road of 19, as long as he lives, he can only keep gambling and there is no turning back.

"Wei Yan, do you really have a backbone?"

Liu Zhang let the river breeze with water vapor hit his face, calm in his thoughts, Xiao Furong felt the pain of his little hand being grabbed by him by chance, and looked at Liu Zhang several times, not knowing what his husband was thinking, but Xiao Furong didn't ask, just quietly grabbed by him.

Accompany him to see the scenery by the river.

"He said that he can only feel real ease when he is by his side, so no matter what, he can't trouble him."

It wasn't until a long time that Liu Zhang recovered from his thoughts, breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a boat walking side by side with his ship, and a man in Tsing Yi stood quietly on the bow.

When I entered the ship just now, my head was blank, but now when I looked closely, I found that there were not only the men in Tsing Yi, but also many sailors who were not wearing military uniforms, all of them were unusually strong and had cold expressions. Liu Zhang immediately called Gan Ning out.

"General Gan Ning, are these your newly recruited naval soldiers? What's the name of that Tsing Yi man? ”

Liu Zhang only felt that although the man in Tsing Yi was young, his expression was cold, and his scholar-like face was faintly filled with a layer of murderous intent.

Gan Ning glanced at the man in Tsing Yi, even if he was as arrogant as Gan Ning, the leader of the Jinfan thief, he couldn't help but show a look of respect and said to Liu Zhang.

"Lord, I didn't have time to say that the last general in the cabin just now said that the man in Tsing Yi is the famous water thief leader of Yunmeng Shuize (Dongting Lake), those who don't wear military uniforms are his subordinates, this time the last general was besieged by the Jingzhou Navy in the Yangtze River waterway, it was because he rescued him that he had to get out of the big trouble and was able to rush to Baling in time to meet the lord."

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