"What? General Zhou Tai is trapped - I'll go and report to Lord Taishou right away! Please come with me—" The scouts sent by Zhou Tai rushed back to Yangzhou City one after another, and the guards immediately took the scouts to meet Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu are discussing the deployment of military forces in Yangzhou, and they also plan to form a naval army. The three of them had a disagreement on the deployment of military forces, Zhou Yu meant that according to the current situation, it was not suitable for large-scale military expansion, the Han Dynasty had reached the point of decay, but it had not yet collapsed, and the military and political power in various places must follow the old practice of the imperial court, otherwise it would be impeached by the imperial historian. Now he only needs to maintain a number of elite soldiers of about 5,000 to sweep away all hostile forces in Yangzhou. Therefore, Zhou Yu felt that he only needed to have an army of his own, and there was no need for each county to send elite soldiers to garrison, such a force would be too scattered and would cost too much money and food.

Guo Jia believes that there is a need for the existence of elite soldiers, and the county soldiers also have the role of county soldiers, they can be used as cannon fodder, and can be used as sappers, integrating the county soldiers of various counties, can control and exterminate some restless forces in time, and contribute to the control in Yangzhou. He focused on the simultaneous training of elite soldiers and county soldiers, and focused on stabilizing the territory of Yangzhou. Cheng Yu believes that all the armed forces that can be mobilized such as county soldiers and government servants should be in hand, but it takes a huge amount of time, energy, money, food, chariots and horses to integrate such forces.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu did not approve of Zhou Yu doing it now, relying only on Jiang Qin as a general, it was impossible to make the navy an army in a short period of time, the money spent was simply incalculable, and the labor needed for shipbuilders and carpenters was not something that could be found for a while.

The discussion of the three reached an impasse for a while, and fell into silence.

"Report - Lord Taishou, there is an urgent military situation!" The guard outside the door suddenly said this.

"Oh?" The three of them were stunned at the same time.

"Come in—what military intelligence?" Zhou Yu couldn't imagine what else would happen on the boundary of Yangzhou.

"I've seen Lord Taishou, Lord Guo, Lord Cheng, the little one is a scout under General Zhou Tai, passing by a section of canyon on the way back from Yangzhou to Jianye County, General Zhou Tai was trapped in the middle of the canyon by a group of unknown forces, and now he is in a dilemma, please send troops to rescue Lord Taishou quickly!" The guard was followed by a tattered scout, who came in and saw that the three adults were there, and hurriedly fell to his knees.

"What's going on—you get up first! Serve this brother some food, and say slowly-" Zhou Yu looked at the scouts in tattered clothes, their faces were covered with dust, presumably they must have taken a lot of effort to come out, and hurriedly asked the scout to eat something to slow down.

About a pillar of incense, the scout gobbled up the sweet food, his eyes were a little moist, it was the first time he had met such an unofficial Taishou, and he was really grateful in his heart.

"Lord Taishou-General Zhou Tai took us on a starry night journey and arrived at Jianye County in one day and one night, and surrounded the Zheng family's compound. General Zhou Tai asked us to take advantage of the early days to break through the Zheng family compound, and was about to escort the Zheng family's family members to Yangzhou to resume their lives, who knew that the gate was blocked by the Jianye County guard at the gate of the Zheng family compound, and did not let us take the Zheng family's family members away from Jianye County. As soon as he left Jianye County, Lord Zhou Tai felt that if he brought everyone of the Zheng family to Yangzhou, it would affect his itinerary, so he handed over the servants and maids of the Zheng family to Jianye County and detained them in the Jianye County prison. Then we rushed back to Yangzhou City with only the Zheng family's family, and when we walked to a canyon, the Zheng family's family asked for a rest. Looking at a group of old and weak women and children, General Zhou Tai let everyone rest for half an hour, and when we knew that we were going to continue to hurry, we found that the narrow mouth in front of the canyon was blocked by rocks, and the place where we came was also blocked by boulders, and the upper peaks on both sides were extremely steep, General Zhou Tai knew that we might have been ambushed, so he was stationed on the spot for defense. Then more than 20 scouts, including them, were sent to Yangzhou Prefecture and Jianye County for help. At present, I am the only one who has returned to Yangzhou with five other scouts, and I don't know what the situation is on which side. The scouts ate and drank and told them what had happened to them.

"Then when you leave, will you encounter someone chasing you or attacking you?" Guo Jia asked with a frown.

This matter is a bit unusual, if the other party occupies such a favorable terrain, it is impossible to let these scouts leave, could they have another purpose?

"Gong Jin-I can think that only Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family, who disappeared, is the only one in this group of people, who will not dare to act rashly because of the hostages in the hands of General Zhou Tai, but I don't know how many people the head of the Zheng family has brought." Cheng Yu thought about it and said what he thought.

"Well-I also think that this group of people of unknown origin must have been brought by Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family, and it was unexpected for Zheng Qian to take down the Zheng family's family members first, and General Zhou Tai wanted to escort these family members back to Yangzhou, he must wait for the people in Jianye County to report the news, and then set up an ambush halfway to take down Zhou Tai and them, and then rescue his Zheng family's family. He also had a purpose of exchanging General Zhou Tai for his son Zheng Bao. Now that Zheng Bao is in our hands, General Zhou Tai and they are safe for the time being, and they don't dare to attack Zhou Tai's men and horses because of the rat trap, and now they only dare to trap General Zhou - and then wait for us to negotiate! Guo Jiacai's quick thinking immediately saw through Zheng Qian's thoughts, but none of them could have imagined that Zheng Qian was preparing to save his family, but he had no way to command Gan Ning, and Gan Ning's unusual cards made him a little helpless.

"Since that's the case, then I'll go on a trip in person, go and meet Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family, for a while, I want to see what kind of ability this person has to dare to stir up trouble in Yangzhou again and again, Fengxiao, Zhongde, you take care of Yangzhou at home, and you must ensure the safety of you and Zibu." Zhou Yu thought about it or went out to rescue the trapped five hundred elite soldiers and Zhou Tai in person, he didn't believe that a group of rabble could do anything big, at this moment he had murderous intentions towards the Zheng family, and made trouble for himself several times, and the tiger really thought he was a sick cat if he didn't make a threat.

"Okay-Gongjin, if you go, you must take General Dian Wei with you, after all, you are the head of a state, and you must not go any way, we are in Yangzhou, you can rest assured! As long as we are in Yangzhou, we will give you a good hold of Yangzhou, and you must not be rash in this way, once you can't do anything, you can go back to think about it in the long run. It's best to bring Zheng Bao along-" Although Cheng Yu looked worried, he still felt that Zhou Yu's going was the best result.

"It's not appropriate - Gong Jin, find someone in the army who is similar to Zheng Bao to pretend to be Zheng Bao, even if things change, you can make the next step. I suggest that you and General Dian Wei march forward with a thousand elite soldiers, and arrange for a thousand elite soldiers to accompany you fifty miles apart, so as to ensure your safety. Guo Jia suddenly interrupted Cheng Yu's words, he didn't want Zhou Yu to put himself in danger, Yangzhou also needed Zhou Yu to stabilize the situation.

"Okay - that's it! The herald General Dian Wei quickly gathered his men and waited outside the city, and the official arrived later—" Zhou Yu nodded and said.

Gan Ning, who stayed at the top of the mountain, received a report from his subordinates, saying that a pair of men and horses came in the distance, and it was dusty, about a thousand or so, with the banner of "Zhou" and "Dian", led by a white-faced general with a gun in a silver helmet and silver armor, and the other was a black-faced general in black armor, he expected that these two must be Zhou Yu and Dian Wei, and suddenly Gan Ning was a little excited. He didn't care what Zheng Qian thought in his heart, he just arranged for people to ambush him, and strictly guarded Zheng Qian, and he was not allowed to act rashly without his orders!

He stood alone at the exit of the canyon on a horse and carrying a big knife, waiting for the arrival of Zhou Yu's army-