Dankou.

From Zhounan County to Xiyong County, along Yongshui to the east, the first stop into Jing is Dankou.

The Dankou water system is complex, connecting Yongshui in the west, Danhu Lake in the north, and Xiangshui in the south, which is the place of transportation hub. Since Yang Xian got Dankou, he has stationed heavy troops here.

Because Tang Dafu led the arrival of reinforcements, the Liang army could only watch as Yang Xian led the army to withdraw, leaving an empty water village.

The so-called Xiao Biesheng is newly married, Tang Dafu has a big belly, and along the way, he is greasy with Ma Xiaocui, the master of the Thousand Caves, and he does not see the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers and stopping the 20,000 Liang army with one move.

At Dankou Wharf, Ye Dongyang led a group of Chengtian Daoists to greet Yang Xian.

At that time, the rebellion of Chengtiandao was put down, and the Chengtianists in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places were the least implicated. And because of Tang Dafu, the Chengtian Taoist disciples in Jingzhou were all scattered, ran away early, and fell into the mountains and forests. Although they were later surrounded and suppressed by Cai Tong, they had little to do with Yang Xian. Because of this, they are not very fond of the Yang family.

Ye Dongyang's father and daughter have a very big face, and after some recruitment, more than 20,000 Chengtian Daoists have joined Yang Xian in Jingzhou.

Ye Qingqing followed his father's side, looking at the bright young man who walked down from the warship, and there was a trace of mist in his eyes.

Yang Xian led the army to defend the mountain alone, resisted the Liang army, and covered the withdrawal of the people. Not only the people of Jingzhou who were scattered, but also these disciples of the Heavenly Dao did not feel admiration in their hearts.

But in Ye Qingqing's heart, there was a little more worry.

Ye Qingqing stepped out and was about to greet Yang Xian, but there was a hint of hesitation in his heart, and at this moment, a group of people had already surrounded him.

Wuyang is in a piece, where can you still see her in Yang Xian's eyes? Ye Qingqing felt a little lost in her heart, but the smile on her face was extremely gentle. Standing on the periphery of the crowd, looking at the young man who was dealing with everyone in the crowd.

"Now there are 22,000 Chengtian Daoists who have joined the lord, but Cai Tong seems to have some regrets."

After the moonlight was clear and the soldiers of the Shu army were settled, Yang Xian did not rest, and returned to his residence with the generals of the Shu army.

Ye Dongyang frowned, and he was in it. The 20,000 Chengtian Daoists have been placed one after another, but as the number of Chengtian Daoists in Jingzhou is increasing, Cai Tong seems to have repented and does not want to abide by the previous agreement with Yang Xian.

Yang Xian sat in his position and smiled softly.

"Cai Tong originally thought that Jingzhou Chengtian Daoist disciples were not so easy to attach to me, so he readily agreed. But now there are 20,000 people. For Cai Tong, he is not only worried about the Liang army in the north, but also our Shu Kingdom. ”

In the battle of Nanyang, the Liang army and the Chu army each had losses, but on the whole, Cai Tong still took advantage. After this battle, the Liang army was unable to launch a large-scale offensive in Nanyang in a short time.

The original life-and-death disaster was eliminated, and while Cai Tong breathed a sigh of relief, he found that his neighbor had become a monster, and the horror in his heart could be known.

Compared with the Chu army, the 20,000 naval troops of Shu were not much, but they were all well-trained and proficient in water warfare. Because of the surrender of the Black Fly Army, the military strength of Shu has been greatly improved. Cai Tong was able to tolerate the superiority of the Shu army over the Chu army in land warfare. But he couldn't bear that in the water war, the combat power of the Shu army was on par with the Chu army.

The State of Shu is geographically advantageous, and it already has an advantage over the State of Chu. In this way, Cai Tong is even more insecure.

"Cai Tong's vigilance is not so easy to dispel, and I don't expect him to be able to dispel it. Uncle Ye Shi, how many Heavenly Daoists are there in Jingzhou today? ”

Although Shu and Chu have the same attitude towards Huan Wu, there is no shortage of filthiness between the two sides in private.

"The number of Chengtian Daoists in Jingzhou is already smaller than the number in other states, and it has been scattered over the years. Among the several branches contacted, there were already 3,000 people coming, but they were blocked by Cai Tong and could not cross the Xiangshui defense line of the Chu army. They don't have much food, I'm afraid they won't be able to support it for half a month. ”

Yang Xian nodded and looked at Tang Dafu.

"You took the newly attached 10,000 Chengtian Dao disciples and set off from Dankou in a warship to Xiangcheng to pick up the rest of the people."

Tang Dafu held his stomach, patted his huge chest, and agreed in one bite.

"My lord, will this lead to an all-out conflict with Cai Tong?"

Liao Cheng said with some concern. Dankou is upstream of Xiangcheng, and warships can easily drive into Xiangshui. But after all, it was Cai Tong's territory, and it was an important line of defense for the Chu army to resist the Liang army.

Yang Xian did this, which was simply stimulating Cai Tong's nerves.

Yang Xian smiled and said, "I didn't say that I went to war?" ”

"That's?"

Xiangcheng.

After the defeat of the Chu army from Nanyang, Cai Tong returned to Xiangcheng from Qingyang County to observe the movements of the Liang and Shu armies on the front line. Cai Tong didn't dare to be careless, although Qingyang County was already in his hands, but what Huan Wu's reaction was, Cai Tong couldn't predict. Therefore, he led a heavy army and guarded the city of Xiangcheng.

"Gift-giving?"

Looking at the warships of the Shu army on the river in the distance, Cai Tong was a little surprised. He stopped the Chengtian Daoist who was about to take refuge in Yang Xian, and he expected that Yang Xian would not give up.

But he didn't expect that Yang Xian would actually find this excuse.

"What kind of gift?"

"Eighteen pearls of water, and a few boxes of coral, pearls and other heavy treasures."

Wen Qing personally went to the warship of the Shu army and saw the goods in the cabin. For the state of Chu, the Sea King Sect was an important force. Now that they are migrating to the sect, after success, the combat power of the Chu State Navy will be greatly improved. The monks of the Sea King Sect have also changed from the original mercenaries to the troops directly under Cai Tong.

In this case, the weight of the eighteen water-repelling beads in Cai Tong's heart can be imagined.

"What else did Yang Xian say?"

"Yang Xian said that the two families should be friendly, face the thieves together, and seek foreign races together."

Cai Tong squinted, and his mind no longer knew where to go.

"After hearing that the Chengtian Daoists in Jingzhou had joined Yang Xian, they were all sent by him to Southwest County. Now it seems that Yang Xian's gain is really not small! ”

"What does Master Hou mean?"

"Sea Clan!"

Between Jingzhou and Yizhou, there are mountain ranges. But the sea area of the two families is not. Sea tribes live in the deep sea and are infested from time to time. In order to defend the people along the coast, Cai Tong needs to spend a lot of money every year to hire monks to defend against the sea tribes, which is time-consuming and laborious, and is not flattering, but he has to do it.

Coupled with the persecution of the Liang army, the state of Chu was financially exhausted. Cai Tong, with the respect of the Marquis of Chu, also had to wear vegetarian clothes to warn the ministers. But that's it, I still sigh that things are not enough. And now, Yang Xian has pointed out another path for him.

"Let our army release the opening, let those three thousand Chengtian Daoists pass through the Xiangshui defense line and make peace with the Shu army!"