Qinglian Village is located on the north bank of the Nishan River, about 20 miles to the east, there is a T-shaped river called Xingjiawan.

Further east of this place is the state of Wuwei, and to the south, there is the canal to the Great River.

Zhou Bi took a knife and Xiao Er, led more than 700 people, and hid in the mountain col west of Qinglian Village.

It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a small dirt slope.

It's still a bit far from the village, and it's rare to come here on weekdays except for cattle herders.

The reason why Zhou Bi chose the place here is because this is the place with the best view within a radius of ten miles, and if the anti-thief branch of the Tuqiao River should be Lengshuiguan, it will inevitably turn west from the canal in Xingjiawan.

As long as they passed Qinglian Village, the distance was very far, and everyone could find the fleet.

When the time comes, you will take the lead.

Zhou Bi had just brought someone to stay here, but he didn't expect to receive a letter from Qin Lie in Jincheng Temple soon.

The letter said that he sent out to spy on his brothers and reported that the thieves in Hefei had already been dispatched, and it was estimated that there were 30,000 or 40,000 people.

Hearing this number, the knife and the small two sides are like earth.

"Secretary, this, so many people? If they all come to Jincheng Temple, one person will drown us with a mouthful of spit! "The knife was a little panicked.

Xiao Er said: "Secretary, do we want to go back?" Third brother, that's too dangerous! ”

Zhou Bi frowned and said, "Thirty or forty thousand? It seems that during this time, the thieves have coerced many people in Hefei City! ”

He continued: "We can't go back, Jincheng Temple is remote, it is not a place to attack, and it is impossible for thieves to come out to target them!" ”

"Yes!" The knife is still a little uneasy!

Zhou Bi waved his hand to stop what he was about to say: "I know you are worried about the burn, but even if we go back, it will only be a Qibai person, if the thieves are overwhelmed by a large army, it will be useless for us to fill in the seven hundred people!" ”

"For today's plan, let's wait here with peace of mind, only by solving the fleet of the Tuqiao River, can the soldiers and horses of the imperial court come up!"

That's the truth, but when it comes to the people you care about, everyone's minds are confused.

Fortunately, there are lessons from the pig's past, although Daozi and the others are ten thousand uneasy in their hearts, but after Zhou Bi finished speaking, they still did not refute it.

Zhou Bi said to Xiao Er at this time: "You take people to wait in the scattered river, you must remember to hide, if we find the fleet, you will act under our banner!" ”

It was all discussed in advance, Xiao Er had already remembered it, he didn't say much, nodded, and turned around and went down the mountain.

When Dao Zi and Zhou Bi were left, Dao Zi was still worried: "Secretary, what do you say if the thieves from Tuqiao River don't come?" ”

"You can't trust me, can't you trust Childe?"

"Childe said in the letter that these people have a great plan against the thieves, and they seem to be divided into several places, but in fact, they are all connected!"

"Gongzi estimates that these people must have made an appointment and acted together, so as long as the thieves in Hefei move, there must be movement on the other side of the Tuqiao River!"

The knife still had questions: "If I were a thief in Tuqiao River, I wouldn't go to Lengshuiguan at all, but directly copied Zhang Bingxian's old nest Zongyang!" ”

Zhou Bi smiled: "You are a bit on paper." Didn't Childe think about this possibility? ”

"Then why don't you guard against thieves and go to Zhang Bingxian?"

"Because Zhang Bingxian has [Xinanwei] under him!"

"Isn't Xinanwei in Lengshuiguan?"

Zhou Bi smiled at him, and the knife suddenly realized: "I used my own news to speculate on the thief's mind!" Ha ha! ”

Zhou Bi also smiled.

At this time, on the canal, under the bright moonlight, a fleet of ships was heading north like a slow-moving snake.

In a big boat in the middle of the fleet, Su Shaoguang was saying to Tan Lun, who was sitting opposite: "Twenty miles further, our fleet will turn to the muddy river!" ”

Tan Lun looked at the moonlight outside and frowned, "Did you send a small boat to the front of the sentry!" ”

Su Shaoguang nodded: "Although my eldest brother didn't listen to Mr.'s opinion, he still didn't dare to slack off on the basic rules of marching and fighting!" ”

Tan Lun sighed and said, "Now we have learned that there are soldiers in Lengshui Pass to stop Sect Master Luo's army from moving south. ”

"The spies reported that it was the remnants of Yingzhou, but I didn't believe it!"

"No matter how big the heart of the imperial court is, it will not put a remnant soldier who has been beaten and scared in such an important position!"

At this time, Su Shaoguang has long lost the weak and lovely posture of Hailing Academy, a black robe with a high waist and a white placket inside, looking heroic.

She frowned and said, "Since it is not a Yingzhou soldier, is it really as Mr. guessed, yes, is it Xinanwei?" ”

Tan Lun nodded: "I also guess, but this is very likely, so I asked the girl, your father and brother not to go to Lengshuiguan, we should go to Zongyang, even if Zongyang has a new Anwei, so what, as long as we fight Zhang Jingxian painfully, after Lengshuiguan receives the news, it will definitely shake the army's heart!" ”

Su Shaoguang's pair of sword eyebrows furrowed tightly: "However, we have already made an appointment with Sect Master Luo beforehand, what if we don't believe in our words and something goes wrong?" Who bears the responsibility? ”

Tan Lun smiled and shook his head: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and taking advantage of the situation is the way to win, not to stick to the agreement!" ”

Su Shaoguang was silent when he heard this.

He understands the truth, but decision-making is not a child's play.

Although she believes in Mr. Tan's analysis more, she can also understand her father's insistence.

Their Su family not only has sailors who are familiar with water, but also has a fleet that crisscrosses the river, which is of course indispensable for the [imperial court].

But the real reliance of the imperial court is not their Su family, but the imperial court's self-trained Guangxi Xuanfeng, as soon as these horses came out of the mountain, they took the vast city of Changsha without blood, and now the soldiers are directly aimed at Jiangxi, the tax-paying land of the Great Wei.

Another group that the imperial court relied on was the Luo sect members under the hands of the Luo sect leader.

Luojiao was originally the source of taxes for the [imperial court], and it also mastered hundreds of thousands of followers.

Raise your arms and shout, and the believers obey.

Moreover, after raising troops, these people also took the heart of the Great Wei in one fell swoop...... Hefei.

In this way, even if his Su family has the benefits of the water army, but if they offend the Luo sect, they will not be able to eat and walk around sooner or later.

The thoughts of his father and brother, Su Shaoguang couldn't be clearer.

Luo Menghong, the leader of the Luo Sect, is the most hypocritical, he looks detached on the surface, but in fact, his heart is as small as a needle's nose.

If their Su family puts aside the cold water and goes to fight Zhang Jingxian's Zongyang, they will be unlucky if they can't beat it, and they will be jealous and persecuted by Luo Menghong.

As soon as the father and brother combined, instead of this, it is better to pull out the cold water pass in one go, and attack Zhang Jingxian together with Luojiao.

There is a benefit to this, and there is no merit!

Just under the heavy heart, I don't know how long it took, Su Shaoguang and Tan Lun felt that the hull of the ship was turning.

Su Shaoguang looked out the window and said, "Sir, let's enter the muddy river!" ”