Man is a very strange creature, when a person has doubts about something, he is often involuntarily led by this suspicion, and even makes up for it by himself, taking some far-fetched so-called "evidence" as conclusive evidence, and slowly, the suspicion seems more and more real, but he does not know that he is actually carrying out self-hypnosis. The more you care about something, the more thoroughly and quickly this self-hypnosis will take place. And the smarter a person is, the more likely they are to make this kind of mistake.

War, in fact, is a process of deceiving each other. Regardless of the balance of strength, as long as you can deceive the other party and you are not deceived by the other party, then you will have a big advantage in the war.

If you were to ask who was the most skilled at deception in this era, probably no one would be able to tell. But when it comes to masters, Pang Tong is definitely one, although his skills seem a little rusty, and his grasp of people's hearts is still a little lacking due to the limitations of experience, but after the supplementation of Fa Zheng, Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, Yang Wei and others, a series of schemes that are enough to attract people with fake and real things has slowly taken shape.

First of all, grasp the hearts of the people, after a series of arrangements, the development direction of the matter shows the other party's hope, and at the same time add a few changes to the development of the whole story, so that they feel that the development of things has the result of their efforts, not entirely coincidence, so the whole thing seems more realistic.

What Ling Chong said was true and false, and if he speculated according to his set of rhetoric, coupled with Yuan Tan, Jiang Yiqu and others' understanding of the internal situation of the White Tiger Legion, especially the personnel situation, the real situation of the Xuzhou Battalion would be basically consistent with the results of Jiang Yiqu's hard investigation, which could not but be believed.

But what really happened to Tian Fan? This point will be related to the future action strategy, and even the final result, so although Yuan Tan began to prepare for a sneak attack, he has not yet made up his final decision.

Jiang Yiqu's boat ride is not large, but this is relative to the building ship of the Xuzhou army. Although it is not big, it can catch up with a fighting ship, with two decks and a capacity of 100 people. If compared to the small boats that are now sailing on the Zishui River, the boat can be regarded as a giant.

When the boat was crossing the Zishui, through the thin mist, the guards saw a small boat coming down the river in the distance. Manpower combined with the speed of the current, the boat is quite fast. On the small boat, several sergeants of Yuan Shao stood at the bow of the boat, holding knives and guns, and a sergeant at the stern of the boat was holding a bamboo pole. The helmsman on the boat saw that if the boat did not slow down or adjust its direction, then it was inevitable that the two boats would collide together, and he immediately shouted: "The general is here, come to the boat to avoid it, don't crash into the general!" ”

The boat did not slow down, nor did it turn around, and rushed towards Jiang Yiqu's boat. Jiang Yiqu's personal guard leader didn't hear anyone answer from the boat, took a step forward to the side of the boat, clenched the long sword at his waist and shouted angrily, "The general is here, and he still doesn't avoid it?" Do you want to die? Stretch your bow and shoot your arrows, and when you enter twenty steps, release your arrows immediately! "After all, it's my own brother, and it's somewhat unbearable to shoot without asking for reason.

In the blink of an eye, the two ships were only twenty paces apart, and Jiang Yiqu's guards vaguely saw the appearance of a few soldiers on the opposite boat, and they were taken aback when they saw this. Although the soldiers were standing, the armor under their necks was stained red with blood, and they did not move, apparently dead.

The leader of the guards shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" ”

Dozens of feathered arrows shot at the soldiers like meteors, and the soldiers in the small boat were hit one after another, but they did not fall, and there was no scream, but the ship suddenly struck sideways. The boat was getting closer and closer to Jiang Yiqu's boat, and the boat was crossing, and the leader of the guard finally saw the situation clearly, and it turned out that the soldiers were supported by wooden sticks behind them. He hurriedly shouted to the soldiers on his ship: "Hold on, be careful of collision and injury!" The soldiers hurriedly crouched down slightly, waiting for the two ships to collide. The difference in size and weight between the two ships was very large, and even if they collided, the shaking of the big ship would not be too great, and the soldiers did not pay too much attention to it.

At this time, Jiang Yiqu came around from the other side of the ship, and the movement was so loud, how could he not hear it?

When the guards saw this, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted, and said in unison: "General! ”

Jiang Yiqu nodded, pushed aside a few guards in front of him who were blocking his view, and saw the approaching boat and a few dead soldiers on it, he frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The leader of the guards clenched his fists and said, "General, ...... just now"

Suddenly, a shadow appeared on the boat, and Jiang Yiqu only felt a dazzling light flash in front of him, and then, with a loud "bang", the two boats collided together......

With experience, Jiang Yiqu recognized that it was sword light, and he hurriedly shouted and pulled out his long sword and stabbed it at the sword light. The long sword stabbed into the air without any barrier, and Jiang Yiqu immediately felt bad. The other party wanted to jump from the small boat to the big boat, so he naturally danced the sword to open the way, the sword light must be in front of the person, Jiang Yiqu's skills can not be described as unhappy, the long sword stabbed the sword light directly but did not stab the other party, so this opponent's skills are obviously much higher than him.

A few screams came, and when Jiang Yiqu wanted to turn around, a long sword was put on his neck.

Jiang Yiqu's body stiffened, and he shouted: "Stop it!" When the soldiers heard the order, they immediately stopped, but their blades were still pointed at the man behind him. The soldiers on the second deck also bent their bows and arrows at the man.

Jiang Yiqu threw away the long sword, slowly raised his hands, turned around slowly, and finally saw the appearance of his opponent clearly. At the same time, he noticed that there were corpses lying within three steps of them, and the wounds were surprisingly uniform, all of them from sword wounds in the throat.

Jiang Yiqu's heart is even more awe-inspiring, so fast, so powerful swordsmanship! He has seen a lot of heroes in the rivers and lakes, Yuan Shao has a lot of subordinates, Yuan Tan also has a lot of subordinates, and he also has a few at home, but he has never seen or even heard of such a powerful character. However, the other party's goal is obviously not to kill him, otherwise he would have already succeeded. Jiang Yiqu looked at the other party carefully, he wanted to keep the other party in his heart, such a character should still be remembered and less troubled.

The man was slightly thin, less than seven feet, his hair was held in a quaint wooden hairpin, his cheeks were thin, and his eyes showed a feminine temperament. The hands are very white and delicate, the fingers are very thin, and the arms are very white, not thick, and you can't see the muscles of the grave. The arm does not look like a man's hand, but from the face of this person's overly rigid lines, it does not look like a woman. Wearing a short blue coat, his clothes and hair were still wet, and he looked a little embarrassed.

But no one paid attention to his embarrassment, because Jiang Yiqu and his guards were even more embarrassed. On his own territory, on his own ship, with hundreds of people guarding, he was killed five in an instant and captured the main general alive, and no one believed it!

At this time, the man spoke, "General Jiang Yiqu, you can make it easy for Du to find someone!" In order to meet you, I have been with you for more than ten days, but I have never had a chance. If you hadn't gone out of town today, I wouldn't have had a chance! Oh, don't you know, in order to intercept you in Zishui, I first dived into the boat and killed six soldiers, which created this chance encounter. Look at my clothes are still wet, people hate water the most! Hehe, but people finally got what they wanted, Jiang Jiangjun, offended, no wonder! "The voice is gentle, a bit girly, but by no means a woman's voice.

As he spoke, he withdrew his sword and sheathed it.

The guards hurriedly took three steps forward, raising their swords and guns at the same time, and surrounded "Du someone" strongly. As soon as he moves, he will be dismembered immediately. But the swordsman surnamed Du didn't care, his hands were lowered, his whole body was relaxed, and he didn't have the slightest intention of making a move.

Jiang Yiqu touched his neck, looked at the blood stains on his hands, and said in a deep voice: "Stand down!" ”

The guards looked at each other, not knowing whether to obey the order or not.

Jiang Yiqu said again, they put away their swords and guns and retreated, but they were only five steps away from the swordsman surnamed Du, and they surrounded Jiang Yiqu openly and secretly to prevent the swordsman surnamed Du from hurting people.

Jiang Yiqu looked at the blood on his hand again, only to hear the swordsman surnamed Du laugh out loud, and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, people didn't mean it!" Hehe, it's just that the people are not good at learning and art, and they can't send and receive freely, but they still hurt Jiang Jiangjun, and they apologized to General Jiang! ”

As he spoke, he pursed his lips and smiled, made a gesture to cover his mouth and snicker, and saluted Jiang Yiqu again.

This action made everyone feel a chill and goosebumps, how could such a powerful swordsman act so sissy? You can't speak well, but you have to use the tone to make people listen awkwardly?

Jiang Yiqu couldn't help frowning, suddenly remembered something, and his brows stretched again. This person's voice and movements were very similar to the few little eunuchs he had seen before, could it be that this person was also like this?

He pressed the doubts in his heart, hugged his fists and said, "Mr. Du, right?" The general is Jiang Yiqu. Listen to sir, you've been looking for me for a long time, I don't know what's going on? ”

The swordsman surnamed Du waved his hand very femininely, and said: "Oh, don't call someone Mr. Du, people have a single name and a husband, just call me Dufu!" ”

Jiang Yiqu nodded, shook his head again, and said, "A master like Mr. Du deserves the title of Mr. ”

Duff nodded, and suddenly he smiled heroically, and the feminine scalp-filled aura on his body disappeared and became masculine. He hugged his fists and said: "Jiang Jiangjun, the villain is a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, his status and status are incomparable with the general, if he asks to see the general, he is afraid that it will be more difficult, so he made this decision." Hehe, the villain killed a few of the general's soldiers, but I believe that the general will understand that the death of these soldiers is worth it after listening to what the villain has to say! ”

Jiang Yiqu couldn't adapt to his changes, and after a while, he said: "Mr. Du, I won't mention this matter for the time being, but I don't know what Mr. is looking for me?" ”

Du Fu looked at Jiang Yiqu's guards beside him and said, "Jiang Jiangjun, there are many people here, and it is really not the place to speak. After a slight pause, he smiled and said: "Actually, I'd better tell Yuan Tingshi about this matter, but I really don't have a chance." Hehe, now that I see you, I'm afraid that it will be unrealistic for you to invite Yuan Tingshi to come over and listen to it, because you can't allow me to get close to Yuan Tingshi. ”

Jiang Yiqu didn't deny it, nodded happily, and said, "What Mr. Du said is good, I don't dare to let the eldest prince take risks." Hehe, in fact, although I know that Mr. Du has no ill will towards me, I still don't dare to approach Mr. for five steps, and I also want my guard to be in front of me, so that I can feel a little relieved. ”

Du Fu laughed and said, "Jiang Jiangjun is happy!" Well, well, let's go to the bow of the ship, and Jiang Jiangjun takes a few of his most trusted guards. Hehe, it's not that Du is making a fuss, it's really a big deal, you have to be careful! ”

Jiang Yiqu thought for a while, ordered the soldiers to give up the bow position, and ordered several guards to stay ten steps away and not let anyone approach. This time, he simply walked to the bow of the boat alone. It was too easy for Duff to kill him, there were no less than three chances just now, and since he didn't do it then, he naturally wouldn't do it now.

Du Fu smiled, untied the long sword at his waist, threw it to Jiang Yiqu's personal guard, and followed to the bow of the boat.

During this time, the big ship has been uncontrolled, the helmsman did not control the rudder, has floated far along the Zishui, at this time Jiang Yiqu let the boatman steer the boat down the river, and after a while, the vast Juding Lake appeared in their sight.

The two stood side by side at the bow of the boat, Du Fu was relaxed with his hands behind his back, and Jiang Yiqu was also as relaxed as possible, not knowing, thinking that they were a pair of old friends watching the scenery on the lake.

But Duf's words made Jiang Yiqu clever.

"Tian Fan is not seriously ill, but seriously injured, I suspect that he is dead!"