In April of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Qiao Ren's army marched north in a hurry since leaving Chaisang, and in Qiao Ren's meaning, although this battle was contained, it also had to be a little successful to be worthy of the consumption of grain.

In the army, Qiao Ren rode his horse leisurely, humming an unknown rhythm in his mouth, and he seemed to be in a good mood anyway. "Report, ten miles ahead of the Metropolitan Governor, you will reach the mouth of the Wet Beard."

It is an important military base in Soochow, even if it is an important land village on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it is also an important war port embedded in the Yangtze River, and the north can lock the Jingjiang River and control the Jianghuai. And the key to the defense of the wet beard is in the water mouth between the wet beard mountain and the Qibao Mountain, the river is set up at the pass, the two mountains are opposite, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the outlet of Chaohu Lake, which is called the wet beard mouth.

Originally, the water village was to be built by Lu Meng when Cao Ying attacked the south in the eighteenth year of Jian'an, but now it was built early after Lu Meng succeeded to the governor in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, and a special governor led an army of 5,000 to be stationed here.

Sure enough, Qiao Ren asked, "Who is the current Wet Beard Governor?" Is it still Zhou Youping? ”

Liu Ji, who was most familiar with the generals stationed in various places and the situation in Jiangdong, replied: "The governor of the capital is the partial general Zhou Tai. ”

"Haha. Someone sent a fast horse to inform Youping and told him to prepare a meal, and a certain family was going to pass by. ”

"The army is fast, to the village of wetness" "The army is speedy, to the village of wetness." ”

In the big village of Suxukou, Zhou Tai, who was supposed to be in the first place, gave up the first place to Qiao Ren to sit. After all, Qiao Ren has been the right governor for a year, and he can be said to be Zhou Tai's old boss. Qiao Ren didn't shirk either, besides, as a protector general, he was already much higher than a partial general, and he didn't have to be so polite to Zhou Tai, a guy who often came to mix and drink.

Qiao Renfang looked over and saw that in addition to his own descendants and Zhou Tai's subordinate generals, there were two other people in the hall that Qiao Ren didn't know. One person has phoenix eyes, long hair and a ruddy complexion (let's call it ruddy), and another person is not surprising in appearance, and his appearance is about the same as Qiao Ren, but he only has a bearing when he sits there, and he looks like a person who has passed through the battle array.

Zhou Tai saw Qiao Ren's eyes stay on these two people, and immediately struggled to put down the wine glass in his hand, patted his head and said, "Look at my surname, I forgot to introduce it." Come..."

The ordinary-looking young man didn't wait for Zhou Tai's introduction, walked to the room by himself, and saluted Qiao Ren first and said, "The Grand Governor, a certain person who has left praise and will be an auditor, was recommended by General Ling Tong, and has been waiting for the Governor here for a long time. ”

Qiao Ren carefully looked at the person who claimed to be a praiser, but his mind recalled memories about him. Liuzan, the word is clear, a native of Changshan, Huiji County, and once served as the left guard. Shao for the county officials of Huiji, once participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and was later cited by the Eastern Wu general Ling Tong, as the commander of the Tun cavalry, Zhuge Ke when the Eastern Expedition, Liuzan as the front, the battle first fell into the battle and defeated the Wei division, and was promoted to the left general with merit. Later, he was promoted to the Left Protector.

'It should be a person who can be of great use,' Qiao Ren muttered silently in his heart, but his face was happy. "It turned out to be Zhengming, since it is recommended by public performance, it must be a great talent. Come, I will give you a drink. ”

Liuzan is also a person who has been silent for several years, and now he said that when he saw Qiao Ren, who was the same age as him but was the governor, he was already a little inferior. Now seeing Qiao Ren's enthusiasm, his heart suddenly felt a lot better, and after drinking a glass of wine, Fang said: "I am not very afraid of the recommendation of a certain general, but I want to serve the work of the governor of the dogs and horses." ”

"Haha!" Qiao Ren laughed and said: "Zhengming is a pioneer talent, how can he be so self-conscious, he is here to be my generals, Zhengming just knows him." ”

Although Qiao Ren knew that this was a good impression, he couldn't be entrusted with a heavy task when he first arrived, so Qiao Ren didn't mention any appointments, but let him and his subordinates get acquainted with it.

After Qiao Ren saw Liuzan, he looked forward to this guy who looked like Guan Yu more and more. Zhou Tai was also here, and he knew that the red-faced man was a little arrogant, so he preemptively introduced: "Come, Qiao Dudu will introduce you to you." This is Wei Yan Wei Wenchang. A month ago, Brother Wei came to Wet Beard, and I saw that he was extraordinary, so I tried it with him. This comparison really surprised my old Zhou, don't look at Brother Wei's appearance, he really has nothing to say when it comes to martial arts, he is much stronger than my old Zhou. ”

Qiao Ren said in his heart, sure enough, it was him, Wei Yan, who had disappeared for more than two years, didn't want to appear here. As for what Zhou Tai said about Wei Yande, Qiao Ren could only complain in his heart, "Compared with you Zhou Youping, except for Dian Wei, everyone can be regarded as Sven." ’

Although Wei Yan's ability is outstanding, Qiao Ren himself understands in his heart that he doesn't look down on his own family. Qiao Ren, the governor, is far worse than Zhou Yu, this Wei Yan must have failed to vote for Liu Bei, but wanted to take refuge in Sun Ce. After all, Wei Yan had worked in Changsha for a period of time in history.

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Wen, Senior Brother Wen's martial arts are outstanding, why is he still white. Although Ren is not talented, but he likes to recommend talents, if Brother Wen is interested, Ren can write a book to recommend to his brother. ”

The elder brother in Qiao Ren's mouth, the generals of Jiangdong are all clear, talking about their lord Wu Hou Sun Ce, but Wei Yan is not clear about the allusions, and secretly wonders, "This Qiao Ziyan is the only son in the family, where did the brother appear." ’

Although Zhou Tai drank a lot of wine, he was very sober, and when he saw Wei Yan's suspicious face, he explained: "Chief Wen, the elder brother of the governor is Wu Hou. ”

Wei Yan has always been depressed, and a few years ago he wanted to offer Xiangyang to Liu Bei, but after being rejected, he had nowhere to go, so he began to travel in Jingyang Erzhou. After the two of them fought, they felt sorry for each other, and listened to Zhou Tai talk about how Wuhou Sun Ce was wise, how to recruit talents from all over the world, and how to be thirsty for talent. Speaking of Jiangdong Huchen, how powerful Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, Gan Ning, etc., Wei Yan also had a slight change in his heart, and felt that it was also a good choice to take refuge in Sun Ce.

Today, when I saw the young Metropolitan Governor Qiao Ren again, as soon as I met him, he was full of the intention of soliciting and recommending Sun Ce, and I had a plan in my heart. "Thank you Metropolitan Governor, if a certain family is lucky enough to be hired by Wu Hou, I hope that one day I can fight side by side with the Metropolitan Governor."

As soon as Qiao Ren heard Wei Yan's reply, he knew that the matter had been done. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are both people who know people, and Wei Yan will not be able to see that this Wei Yan will be entrusted with an important task. However, Qiao Ren listened to the second half of Wei Yan's sentence, but he smiled bitterly, this Wei Yan is really 'arrogant' or extremely confident.

Qiao Ren is now a general of the Protector Army, serving as the governor of Jiangbei. Wei Yan wanted to fight side by side with Qiao Ren instead of under his command, which meant that Wei Yan was confident that he could get a position no less than Qiao Ren.

Looking at the Jiangdong military generals, there are only four people with higher official positions than Qiao Ren, the later general Zhou Yu, the metropolitan governor Lu Meng, Yangzhou Musun Quan and Jiaozhou Muyou general Zhu Zhi. However, Qiao Ren doesn't care about Wei Yan's self-confidence, Wei Yanzhi's talent is not under the latter three, sooner or later he will have this achievement, it is only a matter of time.

After seeing these two people, Qiao Ren began to inquire about official affairs, "Youping has been in the wet beard for a long time, and he must understand the layout of the Cao army on the north bank, and ask Youping to explain a thing or two." ”

Zhou Tai said business, the wine suddenly woke up half, let go of Gan Ning, who was fighting for wine, and said: "Shucheng to Hefei line, a total of more than 20,000 Cao troops, of which Shucheng by General Li Tong led an army of 5,000 to guard the north of the Lujiang River, Hefei by the puppet Yangzhou Mu Wen Hui and Dangkou general Zhang Liao and other troops led by 7,000 troops, and Zhaode General Zhang Xi garrison Liyang probably also has about 8,000 troops. In addition, there was a garrison of Cao's army in the neighboring Runan County. ”

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