The cold wind of the Yangtze River on the dark night is swaying, the waves are rolling, and the bright moonlight is reflected in the river surface, reflecting with the sky, which is particularly dazzling.

The warships of Zhang Kai, Wu Mao, Wu Tong, and Wang Yanxing slowly moved towards the reed land where Gan Ning's troops were located, and the huge hull rowed through the water, spread the sails, and continued to advance in the wind and waves.

In the depths of the reeds, the small boat driven by the water thieves under Gan Ning was quietly hidden in it, and the eight hundred water thieves held their breath and quietly looked at the Jiangxia warships that came by the wind and waves, although there was no expression on their faces, but their hearts were constantly beating drums.

All the water thieves are experienced veterans of river warfare, although it is late at night, but with a little moonlight and the number of the opponent's warships, and then carefully look at the depth of the draft of the ships, you can know that the opponent's soldiers and horses are more than three or four thousand.

There are only more than 800 people on their side, and if you talk about water combat power, the water thieves have nothing to say, come and kill one by one, and kill two and a pair.

But the problem is that the number of the opponent's naval army is now obviously four or five times that of its own, the so-called one force wins ten wills, let you Ganning's water thieves fight again, in the good fight, in the face of this gap in numbers, it is also Wangjiang sighing, helpless.

Gan Ning is not a fool, he also knows that the gap between the numbers of the two sides is too large, and the head-to-head confrontation is a real win, and it is also a tragic victory at the moment, but he turned his eyes to look at Sima Yi who was calm and calm beside him, and for some reason, the panic and worry in his heart calmed down unconsciously.

The literati are not afraid of such a scene, not to mention the Yangtze River thief who has been on the battlefield for a long time and licks his knife and drinks blood.

I just don't know if his plan is really as effective as he himself said.

Seeing the other party's fleet gradually getting closer, the smile on the corner of Sima Yi's mouth couldn't help but deepen.

He followed Yuan Shang's expedition to the east and west, and he saw many big scenes, and the fight of tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people could not make Sima Yi a single point, let alone the competition of thousands of people.

Small scenes, all small scenes.

"Big brother. It's time for you to play, go out and fight them, don't fight more, just do whatever you want, just lose. Don't win. ”

Gan Ning smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, second, Lao Tzu knows what to do, I'm afraid that your plan won't work." ”

Sima Yi smiled indifferently and said, "Big brother, don't worry." It's okay, you just have to lead them to the reeds that we have arranged and arranged, and I will take care of the rest, and if you can't win, you can just cut off my head! ”

"There's no need to behead you, if you don't win, you and my heads will have to move... Forget it, it's useless to talk about it. Brother believes you once, Lao Tzu will go first! ”

Gan Ning said, shook the tiger-headed war knife in his hand, and shouted at the three hundred water thieves behind him who were already grinding their fists: "Brothers. Follow Lao Tzu! ”

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Jiangxia, an ancient city with the charm of the south of the Yangtze River.

The land of Jiangxia is the capital gate of Jingzhou in the south, facing the Yangtze River. Known as the reputation of Chu Tianshou County, in the first year of Qin Shi Huang, the world was divided into 36 counties. Subordinate to Nanjun, in the sixth year of Gaozu, Liu Bangzhi Shaxian, subordinate to Jiangxia, was able to be separated. After the first year of Jianwu, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiuchu came to the throne, there was the expansion of the army and the politics of martial arts, and wanted to rejuvenate the water army, so in the Wuchang Baishazhou shipyard, the expansion of water trade trend, to this day, Jiangxia and the place under its jurisdiction, is already a Palembang shipwrenching atmosphere, its shipbuilding industry is developed, in the whole Han realm can be described as second to none, ranked in the first row.

Luxing is prosperous trade, Jiangxia's shipping industry is reached, the water and land canals are smooth, and indirectly also led to the development of the trade industry, therefore, Hebei in Jiangxia to settle the fine outpost place, is to dock as the cornerstone of a trade port.

The boss of the port is surnamed Hu, called Hu Ren, and is the general leader of the general manager Yuan Jun to listen to intelligence in the entire Jiangxia.

Inside the secret hall of Hu's dockyard.

"The last general, Hu Ren, has seen the lord."

Although he has been doing business in Jiangxia for many years, Hu Ren still maintains the most basic qualities of a soldier and loyalty to his master.

Yuan Shang waved his hand casually, and said with a smile: "Captain Hu doesn't have to be so far away, this is not in the army, nor in Hebei, I am not the lord of Hebei, and you are not a general in our army, we are now an ordinary cooperative relationship, I am Yuan San who came here from the north to do business, you are Hu Ren who has been running a dock here for four years, everyone is a businessman, you must not forget." ”

Hearing this, Hu Ren hurriedly nodded and said, "Hu can save this, and ask the lord... Oh, no, it's Yuan Gongzi who is relieved. ”

Yuan Shang nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand, signaling that Hu Ren didn't have to stand, just sit down.

Hu Ren didn't shirk it, and found a place to sit and kneel, but it was a straight standard, which was quite a little imposing.

Yuan Shang picked up the tea cup on the table and said with a smile: "Hu Ren, how many years have you been in Jiangxia?" ”

Hearing this, Hu Ren hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, it is full of calculations, and as of last month, it will be four and a half years in only forty-eight days. ”

Yuan Shang said with a smile: "Time flies so fast, it has been more than four years since I finished conquering Liaodong, pacifying Mobei, and ordering the whole army to rest and recuperate...... How's it going, it's quite a habit to live here? ”

When Hu Ren heard this, he smiled reluctantly and said, "Also, make do with it." ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "You are a northerner, and you are still a lieutenant colonel, and it is indeed wronged to let you come to this south as a spy, but this is also a helpless move." ”

Hu Ren did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "My lord, to tell the truth, after the pacification of Liaodong, you ordered General Zhang Yan to be the governor of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and removed a large part of the people from the army, spent a lot of money and food, and set up a net in the entire Han realm...... However, after a few years, try to see the intelligence effectiveness of our army in the entire Han territory, although it is still not good, but it is no longer comparable to other princes, and Hu has only understood the painstaking efforts of the lord in the past two years. ”

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard this: "At the beginning, I insisted on going my own way, and spent a huge amount of financial resources and manpower on spying during the recuperation stage, which was indeed a fool's errand in the eyes of ordinary people. But things have to be seen in the long run, and sometimes the role of spies is much more than that of regular soldiers, and besides, my goal is not to make you brothers scattered in the states just ordinary spies, but not only to be able to listen to information, but also to investigate, to assist, to assassinate, to monitor. Rumors, internal response and other abilities and means, if you say that I am Yuan Shang's knife in Hebei military, then you are a dagger I hide in my sleeve, a dagger that can kill people quietly......."

Hu Ren arched his hand and said: "Hu will do his best to live up to the expectations of the lord." ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "Okay, let's get down to business, what's the situation in Jiangxia now?" ”

Hu Ren smiled: "Lord." You're coming... It's not timely. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shang was surprised when he heard this, and said, "Why is it not time?" ”

Hu Ren said: "Jiangxia, now, it's very chaotic. ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows. "How messy is it?" ”

Hu Ren shook his head helplessly and said: "The chaos is so bad that the people's hearts are scattered, the army's morale is unstable, Huang Zu is anxious, and he is like thunder. But there is nothing to be done. ”

Yuan Shang was surprised when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Oh? So serious, what's going on. Isn't it the military horses of Soochow who are coming? ”

Hu Ren heard this, said: "If the soldiers and horses of Dongwu came over, it would be explained like this, but this situation is all from within Huang Zu, at the beginning of last month, Huang Zu's lieutenant Gan Ning, hijacked a large number of soldiers and ordnance in Jiangxia City, robbed the battlefield of the military port, and went out of the river and fell into the grass, which made Huang Zu lose face, this old man jumped like thunder, and ordered his four generals Zhang Kai, Wu Mao, Wu Tong, and Wang Yanxing to lead four thousand soldiers and horses out of the river to chase and suppress, Gan Ning only had more than 800 people, and he should have been invincible, and he didn't want the thief to come out with a good plan, With the method of deception, Cheng Ye because of the four generals' naval army into a reed-dense puddle on the river, with the help of the river wind and the reeds are luxuriant, the big ship can not exert the advantage, wanton fire attack, Zhang Kai, Wu Mao and other lost soldiers, only brought more than 300 people to escape, Gan Ning with this battle to become famous, recruit troops, the network near the thief, the strength of the strong, so that Huang Zu helpless! ”

Yuan Shang thought about it when he heard this, and suddenly said: "Gan Ning, isn't that the person who is called the Jinfan thief?" ”

Hu Ren was a little surprised when he heard this: "The lord is far away in Hebei, and he still knows the name of this person?" ”

"Then you see, you know the importance of Dao intelligence...... Let's talk about it, what happened to Huang Zu now? ”

Hu Ren shook his head and said: "Huang Zu lost his troops and lost his generals, so he was naturally angry, but Jiangxia was plundered by Gan Ning, and he lost more than 3,000 people and horses, and his morale was low, so he was not suitable for the expedition, so he had to endure this breath for the time being, I didn't want that Gan Ning was not an honest person, five days ago, he gathered people to rob Xiakou, so it was a robbery, Huang Zu was shocked to hear it, and hurriedly sent people to rescue, I didn't want Gan Ning to retreat with one blow, and turned the boat and went to rob the dock in Shaxian County. ”

"Hey, interesting, worthy of Gan Ning, take a shot to change places, know how to advance and retreat, but he is a wise and brave character." Yuan Shang nodded in admiration.

Hu Ren said: "This matter has now gone viral in Jiangxia, and now the people in Jiangxia City have heard the name of Gan Ning, and they are all trembling, but Hu is strange, Gan Ning also fell into the grass many years ago, and acted bravely, not as tricky as now, how can he betray Huang Zu this time, and use the art of war as if he had changed people, which is unreasonable." ”

Yuan Shang waved his hand and said, "Don't think about this first, but there is news from Sima Yi?" ”

When Hu Ren heard this, his face turned red and he said, "Not for the time being." ”

Yuan Shang's brows furrowed a little, and he said, "Could it be that Wancheng's spies are inspecting the wrong ......?"

Hu Ren said: "Don't worry, my lord, Hu must be carefully sending someone to investigate." ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "I'll leave it to you, the top priority is to focus on Sima Yi's whereabouts, if she is not here, try to contact the spies in the surrounding counties to see where he is." ”

"No!"

"Also, you're responsible for doing another thing for me."

Hu Ren said: "Please give instructions to the lord." ”

"I want to see Huang Zu." (To be continued......)