The river breeze blew on people's faces with an icy chill, stabbing their skin with a faint ache.

Although it is now early spring, the north is still full of coolness, especially when sailing on the Yellow River, the cold river wind is also quite powerful!

However, this is already very good, if it were not for the generally high temperatures last year, and even the widespread drought that led to zhì, the Yellow River at this time may have just passed the ice period, and is in the time of melting ice and snow. If that's the case, then Xu Shu's trip to Yanzhou this time doesn't have the conditions at all, and of course, Zhong Xuan and others earlier won't be able to escape from the Luoyang waterway!

It is precisely because of the high temperature that most areas have suffered from severe drought, so there is a shortage of food in the hard-hit areas in the south, so there is Wang Xu's Northern Expedition. It is precisely because of the generally high temperature that the freezing period of the Yellow River is very short, or even almost freezing, so that Zhong Xuan escaped from the waterway, and Xu Shu attacked from the Yellow River today!

At this time, Xu Shu stood quietly at the bow of the boat, looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance, breathing in the fresh and fragrant air of grass and trees, the river wind lifted the black hair, really like a goddess dripping mortal dust, and the exquisite special women's armor added an indescribable heroic spirit to this figure.

"Sister! Sister! ”

The pleasant call reminds of it, breaking the original silence.

What followed was a beautiful shadow, the fiery red chic armor, the two pigtails that kept jumping with the run, and the flawless pink face, compared to the noble and elegant goddess Xu Shu, she was like a fairy in the fire, always giving people a warm feeling.

Even though she is already a mother, even if she has gone through the years, she still retains that simplicity. She still retains that liveliness. She is still the same as the little girl Wang Xu saw on Jingshan Mountain in Hebei back then. Naughty, smart, happy!

Zhao Yu trotted all the way to Xu Shu's side, and immediately complained with ruddy red lips: "Sister, we were looking for you in the cabin for a long time, but you came here!" On such a cold day, what are you doing on the bow of this boat? ”

"You girl!" Xu Shu touched Zhao Yu's head lovingly, and said with a smile: "We are now deep behind enemy lines, so we always have to be careful!" ”

"Aren't there Huangfu Li and Zonggu in front of them? Isn't it enough to have them watching? Besides, Cao Jun was unprepared. Where is the hurry to organize so many large ships to chase them, and they don't have a naval army! Zhao Yu said with a grin.

"Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case! Alright, you go back to the cabin and rest! ”

"Huh! Sister, I have something to discuss with you! ”

"What's the matter with you crazy girl?" Xu Shu looked back amusedly.

Zhao Yu immediately replied dissatisfiedly: "Where am I crazy!" I'm here to get down to business! ”

"Then let's talk about it here, if you don't say it, you can go back to the cabin first, and then talk slowly when you are free!"

"Let's talk about it here!" Zhao Yu tilted his head very solemnly and thought about it before he continued: "Sister, I don't think it's too enjoyable to rob Puyang, why don't we grab it back along the way?" Robbed all the cities on both sides of the Yellow River of the Cao army, they were unprepared anyway. Take this opportunity to get more, lest the people of our Chu country have nothing to eat! ”

"Huh!" Xu Shule was happy. looked at Zhao Yu with a smile: "Okay, I know, you go back and rest!" ”

"What! Sister, you haven't answered me yet? Zhu Rong and Zhang Ning both agree with me! Zhao Yu hurriedly said, seemingly very eager to convince Xu Shu.

"Does Shang Xiang agree?"

"She just laughs and doesn't give an opinion, but she doesn't speak, she must agree, now it's up to you what you think, sister!"

"I just want you to go back and rest quickly, and don't run around!" Xu Shu said angrily.

Zhao Yu seemed to be very dissatisfied with the fact that his construction was not taken seriously, and immediately said angrily: "What, I'm so good at mentioning yì, sister, you can't even think about it, so you veto it for me?" ”

"You stupid girl, people are still smiling and silent, it's not good to refute your face, you still take it seriously, you can convince her first!"

"Why? Why doesn't Shang Xiang agree? Sister, you must be bluffing me! ”

Zhao Yu looked at Xu Shu suspiciously at this time, looking very cute.

Xu Shu also likes it tightly, she didn't want to explain, she knew that this girl would not give up if she didn't get to the bottom of it, and said helplessly: "Do you really think Cao Jun is paper paste?" We went back with a full load of food, and it was against the wind and the water, all driven by the manpower water wheel at full speed, although the speed was also very fast, but after all, it could not be compared with the time. ”

"Now our position is always under the watchful eye of the enemy, and the Cao army is also rapidly mobilizing and gathering to catch up, if you do what you say, I am afraid that this trip will really not be able to go back, maybe there are already troops on both sides of the Yellow River following us, as long as we dock, we will pounce in an instant, and there will be more and more."

"The reason why it is so stable now is because Cao Jun will not be able to get so many big ships for a while and a half, and on the upstream side, Huang Quan is doing his best to sabotage the Yellow River, which makes us have such a little time to withdraw, if you can't go back in the scheduled time, then you will see how powerful Cao Jun is."

"Our fleet, this little force, doesn't even have the strength to fight back, and the success of this trip is just a surprise, the speed is fast enough, and it will be broken with one blow."

"Oh! That's it! Forget it, I'll go back and play chess with Zhang Ning and them! Zhao Yu said sullenly.

"Hurry up, you stupid girl, you must have been fighting over something!"

"Huh? How does my sister know? We're betting on the last box of dim sum! Zhao Yuhan's face was full of confusion.

"Then you don't want to go back quickly!" Looking at her appearance, Xu Shu immediately rolled her eyes, she really couldn't laugh or cry: "If you don't hurry, then you won't even be able to eat scum!" ”

"They lied to me?" Zhao Yu obviously hadn't reacted yet, and the dazed look on his little face was even stronger.

"Isn't that clear? Why did Zhang Ning and Zhu Rong agree with your mention, but they didn't come with you, obviously they knew that this was impossible, and deliberately broke you away! If you don't know anything, you must be doing something you don't know! Silly woman! Xu Shu shook her head helplessly.

"Oops! They're so bad! ”

Zhao Yu's expression changed in an instant, and his little face turned red. He turned around and ran away......

Compared with Zhao Yu, the girls seemed to be as comfortable as a journey. Xu Shu is much more difficult. She was nervously calculating, observing, and supervising all the time, and when the fleet slowed down a little, she would personally inquire what was going on.

It's not that she's too careful, but that the shape shì does.

It seemed that this trip was very easy, but in fact, Huangfu Li and his generals were extremely nervous. Although careful calculations have been made in advance, it is still difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

Cao's iron cavalry followed the fleet almost along both sides of the Yellow River, and Huang Quan, who was located in Hanoi County upstream, suffered heavy losses, and he paid a huge price to prevent Cao's army from gathering enough ships upstream to intercept it.

Even so, when the fleet broke away from the hinterland of the Cao army, the fleet of the Cao army chasing behind Xu Shu and them was actually less than two hours away from them, because although the Cao army was assembled late. It is better than the ship is not full of food, and the load is small. It's not a matter of doubling or tripling the speed.

And when it was originally calculated, the fleet should have been a whole day away from Cao Jun.

When the fleet was out of the danger zone, Xu Shucai finally breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the affairs to Huangfu Li and others to arrange.

Of course, such a huge amount of grain could not be transported to Luoyang, so the fleet did not stop in Luoyang, but continued to sail upstream until Hongnong Port, which stopped.

This is already the hinterland of the Chu State, and both safety and transportation are more guaranteed.

Yongzhou Assassin Fa Zheng had been anxiously waiting in Hongnong for many days, and the two sides quickly completed the handover, and the grain and ships were handed over to Fa Zheng to gather the people and the county soldiers to deal with properly, while Xu Shu completed all the tasks and was ready to return to the front line with the guards of the Chu palace such as Huangfu Li.

Unfortunately, before he could leave, an unexpected person came to him.

"Luo An? How did you come to Hongnong? ”

Seeing Luo An, the spy commander, Xu Shu was very surprised, and had a faint feeling of something wrong.

"Queen, my subordinates have found you!"

Luo An's always calm face also showed a little eagerness, although it was well hidden, but it was still seen by Xu Shu, who was familiar with them, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

"What? Is there any heavy dà intelligence? ”

"This ......" Luo An was still quite sober, and found that there were still many soldiers around at this time, and there were many people talking, so he said softly: "I beg the queen to take a step to speak!" ”

"Let's go!"

Xu Shu glanced at Zhao Yu and the girls who were urging the handover from a distance, and then strode towards the distance where no one was around.

"Now let's talk about it, what's going on?"

At this time, Luo An couldn't control himself anymore, and immediately shed two lines of tears, opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know where to start!

Seeing him like this, Xu Shu's mind instantly exploded, and her eyes were dark, "Kick!" Step on! Step on! He weakly retreated a few steps before he could stabilize himself, then shook his head violently, quickly stepped forward and grabbed Luo An's collar, and asked urgently, "What's wrong with him?" ”

Xu Shu knew very well in her heart that the leaders of the spy shadow were such characters, and there was only one person who could make them cry!

When Luo An saw Xu Shu's appearance, he couldn't stop sighing, and only after a long time turned his head sideways, gritted his teeth and burst out: "The king is dead!" ”

"Dead?"

"Impossible! No way! ”

"How is that possible?"

Xu Shu couldn't stop shaking her head, she couldn't believe what she heard, and her spirit was on the verge of collapse!

Luo An knew her psychology very well at the moment, and hurriedly said: "Queen, the king has been killed, you can't have anything!" Xiangyang needs you! ”

"Nope! No! No! How can you die, how can you die? Xu Shu kept babbling to herself.

After a moment, she seemed to think of something, and suddenly stared at her red eyes and asked, "Where did he die?" How did he die? What about corpses? Did you find the body? ”

Luo An shook his head: "Wuyin City is broken, the king died in battle is what many people have seen with their own eyes, the corpse is currently in the hands of Cao Jun, and he has not been able to get it, but listening to the reports from all parties, it seems that he was burned to death, and he can't distinguish his appearance anymore!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Shu instantly rose with a touch of hope, and asked urgently, "Is it possible that there was a misunderstanding?" Is it an intelligence error? (To be continued......)