Seeing Long Xiang staring at the river and smiling, Xu Ding immediately guessed his thoughts.

"Yunqi wants to take the waterway? I advise you not to fight the idea of the wharf in Qian County, I heard a foot merchant passing by a few days ago that Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan was dispatching grain and grass in Qian County.

Aren't you going to Qiaoxian into the mouth of a sheep? If you really want to return to Huainan by water, it is best to rush to Chengfu County to find a boat first. ”

Tang Yu, who was listening, also came to persuade him: "Yunqi, Xu Zhuangshi is right, let's not throw ourselves into the net..."

"This place is two hundred miles away from the city father, there are many villages and towns along the way, and it is easy to meet Cao Bing on the road. Ahem..."

Long Xiang pointed to the map, suddenly coughed lightly in the middle of speaking, paused a little and continued.

"I have a plan to avoid Cao Bing in Qian County, doesn't Uncle Yu want to go back earlier?"

"Hehe, of course that's fine, I'll listen to you."

Tang Yu responded with a simple face, seeing Xu Ding's face surprised, and said that Tang Yu is too easy to persuade, right?

Do you believe what Long Xiang says? If you can't get it, you'll stay in Qian County.

Xu Ding continued to advise: "Yunqi, you have to think carefully..."

"Bo'an doesn't have to worry, Long has the lives of more than a hundred brothers in his hands, how can he do something that he is not sure of? But the current situation in Qian County is unknown, and I can't give you a detailed plan. ”

Xu Ding saw that Long Xiang's words were conclusive, so he had to wave his hand and smile slightly.

"I'm not interested in the escape plan, I just hope that Yunqi can live, this troubled world needs people like you, and your brothers also need you to live."

"Don't worry, Bo'an, I will live well."

Long Xiang held Xu Ding's palm, felt the other party's good strength, and said in his heart that if this person was a general, he should be able to make a name for himself.

After reading the map, I returned to the cowshed and found that Cao Xing and the soldiers had not slept.

Long Xiang and Tang Yu comforted everyone, and then leaned on each other to fall asleep.

At this time, although Long Xiang and his subordinates were in the cowshed, and the pungent smell of feces emanated from time to time around them, everyone was deep.

In the autumn rainy season, there is enough shelter from the wind and rain, at least better than spending the night under a tree or in a cave.

In the second half of the night, the rain stopped and the wind stopped, and the morning sun arrived as promised.

Xu Ding not only left the horses, but gave dry food to Long Xiang and others.

He pointed to the small road in the northwest of the village and said: "This road is narrow and rarely passes by cars and horses, Cao Bing will not march from the path, and it will be possible to reach Qian County in about two days. ”

"Thank you Bo'an for your help, your good deeds are beyond retribution, this ring-headed knife was issued when I was in the army, and I haven't had a chance to be stained with blood, if Bo'an doesn't give up, I will send you a souvenir."

"Since it's a gift from a little friend, I naturally want to accept it, and I don't know if I can see each other in the future if I say goodbye today..."

Xu Ding's expression was gloomy when he took the ring knife, it was very difficult and not easy for ordinary people to get together separately in troubled times, and he had a contract with the young Long Xiang, so he was a little sentimental when he parted.

After experiencing the battle between heaven and man, Long Xiang suddenly confessed to Xu Ding.

"To tell you the truth, the empty city I talked about before is Hefei in Jiujiang County, if Bo'an has the opportunity to go south, he can come to Hefei to find me..."

"Yunqi..."

Tang Yu didn't want to stop it, and no matter how much he blamed, it would be useless.

Xu Ding saw Tang Yu's expression and smiled leisurely: "Yunqi, don't worry, I took your words to heart just now, and I won't talk nonsense everywhere, as for whether to go to Huainan in the future..."

At the end of Xu Ding's words, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the south.

Soon I saw a villager on horseback running and shouting:

"Chief... Chief Xu, it's not good..."

"Huh?" Xu Ding frowned and turned around.

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Yong hit the horse in front of him, panting and reporting:

"Bo'an, there are one or two hundred Cao soldiers in the south of the village, they want to break in under the pretext of searching for thieves, and their attitude is very arrogant, the sentry brother can't stop it, you go over and take a look..."

"I know, you go and ring the gong to warn you, and let all the brothers at home gather at the entrance of the village with their weapons, I want to see how horizontal they are."

"Yes."

As soon as Xiang Yong, who reported the news, left, Xu Ding hugged his fists and joked with Long Xiang.

"It's not coming to you, is it? I'll go to the entrance of the village to deal with them first, and you can sneak away from the north with people, and you can miss them on both sides. ”

Long Xiang nodded and instructed Tang Yu: Uncle Yu, lead a horse for Bo'an, so that he won't be able to rush over. ”

"Yui."

Long Xiang only sent one horse, and Tang Yu didn't feel the pain, so he answered very simply.

When Tang Yu handed over the reins of the horse, Xu Ding looked solemn.

"Well, I'll be disrespectful, you guys go slowly..."

"Drive." Xu Ding beat his horse and hurried away.

"Let's go too."

Long Xiang turned around and waved his hand, signaling the team to leave, but as soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he suddenly stopped again.

Tang Yu asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

"Xujia Village is not allowed to outsiders to enter, what if there is a conflict with Cao Bing? This matter is related to us, if some villagers can't control their mouths and talk nonsense, won't it affect them? We can't go like this..."Long Xiang frowned.

Tang Yu reminded: "If we go back now, won't it be true that Xujia Village is collaborating with the enemy?" ”

"yes," Long Xiang hesitated.

Cao Xuan proposed: "Qu Hou, you wait here, let the last general go to reconnoiter alone?" ”

"Very good." Long Xiang nodded in agreement.

Cao Xuan was ordered to take off his hooves, he had just run out more than a hundred steps, and Long Xiang instructed Tang Yu again: "The north of the village is three miles away from the south of the village, let's move forward slowly, and we must deal with any changes." ”

"It's all up to you."

Tang Yu commanded the soldiers to march south, and when they walked less than half a mile, they suddenly heard the sound of killing in the south of the village.

"Something happened, I want to go up and take a look, Uncle Yu, you bring them here at full speed."

"The clouds rise... Beware..."

I only heard Long Xiang shouting, and he didn't give Tang Yu a chance to react at all, and immediately galloped like an arrow from a string with his spear, and eight cavalry also followed.

Long Xiang met Cao Xing halfway through, Cao Xing pulled the horse and stroked his chest: "The people of this village are really fierce, and Cao Bing quarreled a few words and then fought, now the two sides are fighting at the entrance of the village, yesterday I really didn't see it, Xu Cun Xiangyong's combat effectiveness is quite strong, and he did not retreat in the face of Cao Bing." ”

"It is said that there are one or two hundred Cao soldiers, even if the village warriors of Xujia Village have martial arts, how can they defeat the well-equipped Cao army? You go back and make Tang Yu's footmen faster. ”

"Yui."

Long Xiang led eight cavalrymen at a gallop, turned around and came to the place of the melee at the entrance of the village, and when he arrived, some people had fallen on the ground.

Most of the war dead were unarmored villagers, and there were also a small number of Cao soldiers who died in battle.

The villagers had a variety of weapons, mostly using agricultural tools such as dung forks, rakes, sticks, and hoes, and less than half of them used normal swords as weapons, and even fewer villagers wore armor.

Long Xiang pondered that even if he could defeat Cao Jun, the price paid by Xu Cun would be heavy.

"Boan, I'm here to help you."

Long Xiang shouted and rushed into the crowd, the huge impact of the horse's galloping, and the spear easily pierced Cao Bing's chest.