There was no answer from outside the carriage, but the sound of "knock" continued to be heard.

Deng Ai touched her head and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ah Liu, she listened with a solemn expression for a while, and waited until the sound stopped, before she clasped her palm behind her back, and also knocked on the low table on the carriage, making a "dong dong" sound.

The voices inside and outside the carriage exchanged several times before stopping, Zhuge Liang looked at this scene with interest, saw that the voice no longer remembered, and said slowly: "Liu'er, could it be from Beifu?" ”

Ah Liu nodded and said, "It's the third sister, she's on a mission, and it's inconvenient to show up." ”

Deng Ai looked around curiously, not knowing where this inconvenient one was appearing and where he was hiding.

Zhuge Liang motioned for Ah Liu to continue, but Ah Liu said with some distress: "The third sister said that her task is to kill Sima Yi no matter what, and it is difficult to complete it now, I hope we can help her blend into the pile of carriages just now." ”

She looked at Zhuge Liang and was a little embarrassed.

They had just come from the south, and if they had followed the team they had just followed, wouldn't they have gone back again? She wanted to help her third sister from the bottom of her heart, but she was afraid of delaying her husband's business.

How did Zhuge Liang respond decisively.

"When I went to Beifu, I didn't make an inch. Now that I have the opportunity, and I don't violate my two rules, why not go and see it! ”

Ah Liuxi immediately went to drive.

But in this way, Deng Ai couldn't follow the car, Ah Liu gave him some entanglement, but Deng Ai refused.

Deng Ai bowed deeply to Zhuge Liang and agreed that he would visit the Beifu mansion if he had the opportunity.

Zhuge Liang and Ah Liu said goodbye to him, and Ah Liu said: "Pingshui meets, there will be a period later!" ”

These words are plain, but they see the truth, Deng Ai read the words "Pingshui Meet" in his heart, and suddenly looked back and said: "Sir, six...... Sixth sister, since there is a ...... If there's something, count it as Ai! ”

Eleven-year-old Deng Ai had a solemn expression, a serious expression, and said very seriously.

He Deng Ai is just a family down, but he has never forgotten the etiquette teachings, the kindness of the car, the affection, although he only has the slightest strength, he will repay it wholeheartedly.

So, a two-horse carriage carrying three people, and another one on the roof of the car, a total of four people, chased south.

……

Here, Cao Wu is also saying goodbye to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao's face was full of regret, yesterday Cao Wusheng forgot about his life and death, and made great contributions, and the name of the general of Beifu was praised in the barracks.

Including Zhang Liao himself, he felt that it was a great honor for the prime minister's brother to be with him.

I didn't expect Cao Wu to leave today.

He is a cheerful person, and he doesn't keep much, and he didn't even notify Zhao Yan, so he sent him alone.

Zhang Liao said: "General Gaoyi, Liao doesn't know how far the general goes, but I ask the general to make a living for the people in the world, and don't risk his life again." ”

These words are both exhortations and compliments at the time of parting.

Cao Wu could hear it and replied: "When he is famous in Japanese, don't forget to go to my Beifu and drink the wine I owe you!" ”

Zhang Liao laughed: "Drinking has a time, it's just a ...... to be famous all over the world."

He looked at the rolling river and said: "I, Zhang Wenyuan, will surrender to one, and others will call me a slave with the surname of the fourth family, I'm afraid there is no chance." ”

Cao Wu arched his hand and said: "Wen Yuan doesn't have to be presumptuous. I'm going to go myself, and I'll see you later! ”

"There will be a date later!"

Zhang Liao looked at the back of the two horses leaving, and looked at it for a long time before returning to his own army, and the overseer continued to move forward.

On this day, they went from the penultimate march to the third-to-last, and in a few days, they had to be the vanguard, and they must always be careful of Gan Ning's sneak attack.

And Cao Wu and the others also marched eastward along the Han River, without the army dragging their feet, two thousand-mile horses ran in the field like joy.

The two of them rode twice, and they walked more than 200 miles in just one day, and they were about to enter the Jiangxia realm tomorrow.

Because the war was approaching, there was rarely smoke nearby, and I don't know whether the people left with Liu Bei or hid.

Since the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, the north has been fighting for many years, Jingzhou was occupied by Liu Biao early, there were fewer wars, and many displaced people came here, but two of the nine counties of Jingxiang were still in flames, one was Xinye, where Liu Bei was stationed, and the other was Jiangxia.

Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan, and on the night Sun Quan met Lu Su, the two drank wine together and talked happily.

Lu Su analyzed the situation for Sun Quan and put forward the famous couch strategy.

He believed that Jiangdong should go all the way to the west, occupy Jingzhou and Yizhou, and divide the world into two with the northern forces.

Strategically speaking, this is a strategy that does not lose to Longzhong, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou are not good fighters, and they are easy to implement.

But from the root, this strategy made Sun Wu only think about dividing the world into two from the beginning, and did not have the enterprising heart of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

Moreover, as soon as the couch policy was implemented, it encountered hard bones.

Huang Zu, a fierce general who has a deep blood feud with the Jiangdong Sun family, has been rooted in Jiangxia for more than ten years, blocking Sun Wu's division of the world.

From Sun Ce to Sun Quan, Jiangdong soldiers and horses went upriver from east to west, fought in Jiangxia for more than ten years, and finally killed Huang Zu in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, but what they were waiting for was not to occupy the entire territory of Jiangxia, but to continue to hold on to Liu Qi and Liu Bei.

Therefore, under the rule of Jingzhou, Jiangxia fought again and again, and the people suffered from war every day, and the Jiangxia people were the most bitter.

Further on, it was the territory of the enemy army, and that night the two found a farmhouse abandoned by the war to rest.

Ah Da brushed the pot to cook porridge and cooked a good meal, while Cao Wu sat on the threshold, looking at the river in a daze.

Ah Dadao: "Do more today, and tomorrow when you enter Jiangxia, it will be difficult to cook." ”

Cao Wu nodded, and asked instead, "Do you want to pinch your feet today?" ”

Ah Da pursed his lips tightly before he said, "I want to ...... Yes. ”

Since Yecheng came out, within a few days, the two of them have traveled hundreds of miles, and they are physically and mentally exhausted.

This night, the two pinched each other's feet and adjusted their state.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, when I arrived in Jiangxia, the walls were as clear as I imagined, and there were no pedestrians outside.

War has changed the lives of all.

The two did not dare to take the big road, and advanced along the small road, and walked more than 100 miles this day, and finally arrived at the edge of the Yangtze River in the evening.

Compared with the Yangtze River, Cao Wu's Han River along the way is like a child.

The widest part of the Yangtze River is several miles, unusually wide, and the water flow is turbulent.

The Han River is only 300 meters wide on average, and if it occupies both sides of the river, it can shoot arrows at the ships in the middle, but the Yangtze River cannot, and it can't be seen if it is not a few building ships.

The two were eating cakes by the river, and in the evening, when there was no other sound except the river, Cao Wucai stood up and whistled.

Ah Da also whistled like him, but he didn't get it for a long time, and his face was slightly red.

Cao Wu came over to teach him by hand, and when his hands were about to be stained with jade lips, Ah Daodao: "Look." ”

It turned out to be two small boats coming from a distance.

Cao Wu was disappointed, but when he saw that the two boats didn't even light the torches, if he hadn't kept staring at the river, he wouldn't have found it at all.

When they got closer, the people on the boat saw Cao Wu on the shore and stood up one after another.

There were five people in each boat, a total of ten people, and the leader was Zhang Xia, a one-armed slave who had disappeared for a long time.

The two sides did not communicate, and when the boat landed, Zhang Xia jumped onto the shore and said excitedly: "Finally waited for the general!" ”

Cao Wu patted him on the shoulder and asked, "When did you arrive?" ”

"Yesterday. There are fast boats patrolling this river, like Guan Yu's men and horses. Therefore, they did not dare to show their faces. ”

Cao Wu nodded, thinking that Liu Bei's army was really very vigilant.

"I also heard that a lot of soldiers, horses and people came out of Xiakou City, and they were retreating to Fankou in the rear."

Cao Wu went through the map in his mind, knowing that Fankou was a city further east of Xiakou, and it seemed that Liu Bei was also prepared to give up Xiakou's decision to flee in case he couldn't hold it, and he would not fight Xiakou to the death.

I don't know if it's the reason why Mi Fang brought Longzhong back.

Next, he greeted the rest of the group and crossed the river by boat.

More than a dozen people abandoned the boat and came to a dense forest, where Zhang Xia and his horses were hidden.

Ah Da asked, "Is the line in order?" ”

Zhang Xia had time to ask, "Ready." Miss, didn't the general say he came by himself? ”

Ah Dao: "Go and get the line." ”

Zhang Xia was an elm pimple, and he didn't argue, nodding in response.

Ah Da took out a package from his arms, and before he could put it down, Cao Wu took it, and then said, "The body temperature is still there." ”

"The last ring, get serious!"

Ah Da glanced at him in a variety of ways.

Zhang Xia came back and brought back more than a dozen sets of clothes and accessories, all of which were different from those of the Central Plains.

Cao Wu took out a square object from the package, but it was a seal.

It is clearly written: "Yizhou Mu Liu" four words.