Outside the manor, next to Shaobi Lake, on the stage of the point made of stones, Yuan Yao stood with a sword, and as far as the eye could see, the black pressure of the people under the stage was crowded, and the swords and halberds were shining.

Shaobi is rumored to be the artificial lake built by the famous minister Sun Shuao during the period of King Chuzhuang, and the ten thousand hectares of fertile land in the manor are all irrigated by this water.

"Huang Zhong!"

"The last general!"

Yuan Yao glanced at Huang Zhong, who he hadn't seen for a long time, and saw him standing in front of his head with his head held high, wearing chain mail and responding.

"I appoint you as the vanguard, lead the two thousand people in the headquarters to cross the river first, and be sure to take Moling!" Yuan Yao looked at Huang Zhong solemnly, his eyes full of trust.

"Don't worry, Huang Zhong will definitely take Moling!" Huang Zhong took a sonorous step forward, his eyes firm.

"The rest of the soldiers, follow me on the expedition!" Yuan Yao's long sword was raised, and he shouted, and the blade of the sword pointed directly at Jiangnan.

On the edge of the school field, Dong Bai's three daughters stood aside accompanied by Wei Zhongxian, looking at the high-spirited Yuan Yao, there was a hint of brightness in Dong Bai's eyes.

Xiao Qiao looked at the copper basin in his hand in distress, grabbed the crucian carp in the basin and said, "Damn, there is no chance of revenge now!" ”

"Sister, don't toss the fish, the piano master invited by my father is almost here, so I'm going to be busy now!" Da Qiao looked at the fishtail swaying from side to side, stunned.

Hearing that he was learning the piano, Xiao Qiao suddenly turned his face on his shoulder, and his mood became worse.

When the army set off, Yuan Yao did not choose to ride forward, but still sat in the chariot, with Xu Chu and Zhou Cang leading five hundred guards to accompany him.

Gong Du and Pei Yuanshao each led 1,000 people to guard the two wings, and Xu Huang led 4,000 people to sit in the Chinese army, ready at any time.

And the one who escorted the grain and grass was Qi Jiguang, the captain of the Navy Division, who was reused by Yuan Yao.

Qi Jiguang used the ships brought by Yuan Yao from Ruyang these days, as well as more than 1,000 people who were temporarily scraped together, to form a miscellaneous sailor.

With nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, this is already the largest combat power that Yuan Yao can draw out, although the sergeants are not huge, they have also become a force to be reckoned with.

Three days later, Yuan Yao's main force arrived in Liyang.

Chen Wen, who was already old, not only prepared a large amount of food and baggage, but also personally went out of the city to greet him.

"Yuan Yao has seen Chen Gong." Seeing the old man in front of him, Yuan Yao bowed from the bottom of his heart and stepped forward to support him.

"Childe can't do it, Childe is a young talent, and you are the son of Yuan's sister-in-law, the future is unlimited, I heard that Childe led the army to recover Jiangdong, the old man came to see him off, a little careful, I hope to help Childe." Although Chen Wen said that he couldn't help it, he still accepted Yuan Yao's kindness and let Yuan Yao help him walk for a while.

The two chatted briefly, but Yuan Yao did not choose to enter the city, so he led the army to the riverside.

In the camp on the north bank, Yuan Yao asked the rest of the ninja to leave, and whispered to Liu Ji: "Bowen, outside Liyang City before, Chen Wen wrote two words in the palm of my hand. ”

"What word?" Seeing Yuan Yao so solemn, Liu Ji hurriedly asked.

"Be careful!" Yuan Yao replied truthfully.

"Chen Wen has the grace of recommending his son, and he took the initiative to submit to us not long ago, but why did he give his son a warning at this time?" Hearing Yuan Yao's answer, Liu Ji was first startled, and then frowned and thought about it.

"Could it be that there is an ambush in the city, Chen Wen was reminding me at the time not to enter the city easily." Yuan Yao recalled the situation at that time, and it was because of this worry that he did not rashly lead his army into the city.

"There is such a possibility, but logically speaking, there is something that makes sense, although Liyang is the seat of Jiujiang, but the city is low, easy to attack and difficult to defend."

"At that time, there were more than 6,000 troops stationed outside the city, and there were not many defenders in the city, once Gongzi was attacked, Liyang City would definitely not be able to be saved, and the people who dealt with Gongzi would fall into the net because of this, which was a bit unreasonable."

Liu Ji thought for a while, then shook his head and ruled out the possibility of assassination.

"Then who do I have to be careful, can this enemy still appear out of thin air?" Chen Wen left these two words that he didn't understand, which gave Yuan Yao a little headache.

"Huh?" Liu Ji glanced at Yuan Yao, paced back and forth for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said, "The enemy will not appear out of thin air, but the enemy will hide in the dark and launch a conspiracy by surprise." ”

"What do you mean?" Yuan Yao looked at Liu Ji.

"Maybe Chen Wen wants to tell the lord that there is a person or force that we don't know about who wants to deal with us in secret, so he reminded the lord to be careful." According to Yuan Yao's unintentional words, Liu Ji came to an extremely reasonable conclusion after some deliberation.

"And according to the purpose of our trip, the reason why this enemy is dealing with us is probably that he doesn't want us to march into Danyang County." According to Liu Ji's judgment, Yuan Yao thought of a reason.

"The lord can think of this, which makes his subordinates a little impressed!"

"I'm afraid the other party's purpose is not just to prevent us from getting Danyang County, maybe the whole Jiangdong, or even the whole Yangzhou."

"If that's the case, I'm afraid the lord's biggest enemy at the moment has already taken action."

Liu Ji first praised Yuan Yao with a smile, and then expanded his thinking, thinking of Yuan Shao, who was defeated in the Battle of Yangcheng not long ago.

"What do I think Berwyn should do?" Hearing Liu Ji's analysis, Yuan Yao also felt the trickiness of the situation and hurriedly asked.

"Before answering the lord, my subordinates have a question that the lord needs to answer to me."

"Dare to ask the lord, what is the evaluation of Xu Huang and Qi Jiguang in the lord's heart?"

Liu Ji did not answer Yuan Yao directly, but asked about Xu Huang, the commander of the Chinese army, and Qi Jiguang, the last teammate who was a security guard.

"Xu Huang should be a general, Qi Jiguang is not simple, if I have to give him a position, then he is a peerless commander!" Yuan Yao thought about it and made comments on Xu Huang and Qi Jiguang respectively.

Xu Huang is very famous, but how powerful it is, Yuan Yao doesn't remember it very clearly, only that this guy was later Cao Wei's fifth son.

Qi Jiguang didn't have to think about it at all, as a national hero who fought against the Japanese invaders, he was a figure who went down in history in terms of combat and ability, and Yuan Yao had no doubt about this.

"Oh? If this is the case, the subordinates have an idea, and the lord can refer to one or two. Seeing Yuan Yao introduce the two of them so surely, Liu Ji did not have the slightest doubt, and immediately said it in Yuan Yao's ear.

That night, Pei Yuanshao and Gong, who were the two wings, left quietly under the cover of night, while Yuan Yao took the opportunity to cross the river when the sky was slightly bright.

The army crossed the Yangtze River, and at Liu Ji's suggestion, Yuan Yao scattered more than 4,000 people and horses in his hands, disguised as six or seven thousand people, and marched towards Moling with the banner of Yuan Zi.

As soon as he arrived at Moling, Yuan Yao saw Huang Zhong standing at the gate of the city at a glance.

"My lord, not long ago, Wu County was too Shengxian to send a letter, saying that he was willing to obey the imperial court's appointment to serve us, and asked the lord to personally lead the troops to Wu County to take over the defense." As soon as he met Yuan Yao, Huang Zhong handed Sheng Xian's letter to Yuan Yao.

"It's so calculated, this is a naked conspiracy!"

"This place is quite far away from Wu County, and the terrain is changeable, once the lord leads the army to go, it is very likely that he will be ambushed, but if he doesn't go, it means that we have taken the initiative to give up the surrender of Wu County."

"I'm afraid the other party has a master!"

Before Yuan Yao could speak, Liu Ji narrowed his eyes, and a fine light appeared in his eyes, and he fell silent.