The long river sparkled, and the waves that pushed it away hit the hull like a hill, and the three five-tooth ships swayed gently with the waves.

The birds crossed the high wooden poles on both sides, and the high-pitched trumpets on the banks of the river sounded rhythmically, startling the birds to spread their wings and fly to the steep foothills in the distance.

The wharf on the riverbank was in full swing, more than a dozen carriages came and went, unloading goods, young and strong people, sweating and shouting trumpets, tense thighs and arms, dragging ropes, or pushing bucket carts up to the deck, and the overseers cheered and moved to the cabin.

Hunting with flags on the shore, a gray veteran sat on his horse, his beard caressing in the wind, and his eyes looked at the official road leading to this side from afar.

After a while, he summoned the lieutenant general: "The hour is coming, send someone to the front to see, why hasn't the national teacher arrived yet!"

"Yes!"

The lieutenant arched his hand, turned sideways to the side of the scout, who grabbed the horse's belly, galloped out, went up a gentle slope along the official road, suddenly pulled the reins, glanced ahead, turned the horse's head, and came back.

"Phew!"

The scout pulled the reins, stopped his horse, and raised his hand to the old man opposite: "General Yu, the team of the national teacher has arrived." ”

The old man nodded at him, waved the scout back, and raised his gaze to the end of the road.

There was a faint sound of horses' hooves.

In the field of vision, more than 100 cavalry guns slowly paralleled, spreading the rear team, the blue sky Xuanniao, Yin and Yang flags were held high, weapons collided, and the footsteps of people accompanied a long procession over, and the two teams of armored foot soldiers looked majestic, pressed the hilt of the knife at their waists, and their footsteps stepped on the ground, flooding with a killing atmosphere.

The long queue made people feel uneasy, the people and boatmen who were watching from afar, there was an inexplicable chill on their backs, faces and necks, and the soldiers of more than 1,000 people gathered around, and the leading veteran urged them to step forward.

The team in front of him seemed to be slow and fast, and before he could give it up, it was here in the blink of an eye.

After a moment of descending the gentle slope, the one-armed man with two long-handled knives on his back in front of the cavalry loosened the reins and raised his hand, and an officer shouted.

"Stop!"

The 'long dragon' who came over slowly stopped, and the foot guards in the honor guard came back to their senses, and they walked such a long way, without the slightest fatigue, and felt that they had just left the city gate, and the afterglow looked around, far away from the mountains and rivers, obviously to the Bahe River.

Many people are a little overwhelmed in their hearts, the hundred miles of road is so soon?

At this time, the veteran of that side turned over and dismounted, arched his hand towards a sedan chair in the middle of the team, and bowed his head slightly: "Han Baohu has seen the national teacher. ”

When the voice came, the foot soldiers pushed away the sides, and the exposed sedan chair gently descended to the ground from the shoulders of the four strong soldiers, the curtain was lifted, and a pair of auspicious clouds stepped out.

"The general is polite, there is no official or position under him, it should be my courtesy. ”

"The national teacher is too modest. ”

The veteran is Han Baohu, speaking of whom he and Lu Liangsheng can be regarded as acquaintances who have met two or three times, politely, stretched out his hand: "The hour is almost up, the national teacher, please get on the boat." ”

"General, please. ”

Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand towards the side of the boat, holding Sun Yingxian who was whisking the dust, Zuo Zhengyang who was carrying a double knife, and Zhu Gangguan who was carrying a nail rake, and an old donkey also followed, lined up and walked behind to the five-tooth ship at the head, the water surface was turbulent, the heavy rain in the first two days, the water level soared, it was suitable for this kind of big ship to sail, and the boatmen and soldiers came and went to the deck to make the final preparations for the boat.

The surrounding generals watched the national division accompanied by the general walk through the middle and board the ship, most of them were in the suburban barracks, and they had never seen it, and they couldn't help muttering.

"This is the national teacher?" "I am ...... younger than mine", "What about being small, if you have the ability, you can do it." ”

"I heard that there was a rebellion in the south, and there was a personal spell, so Your Majesty invited the national teacher to come out. ”

"This is the best, so that we can go up and die in vain, the national teacher is also a person with spells, right? I don't know if we can accept apprentices.....

In the whispered talking, when he saw someone coming, he didn't close his mouth, and was thrown by the captain alone, and they followed the team into the majestic giant ship one after another.

.......

"Offshore—"

Lu Liangsheng, who was walking on the deck, raised his head and looked at the soldiers standing at the top of the five-story shipbuilding waving flags and shouting, it was the first time he had seen this kind of big ship, even the Jinling ship when the Chen Dynasty was still there could not be compared with it, only the deck was like flat ground, and there was no sense of shaking at all, and there was no sign of seasickness among the soldiers in the north.

"I heard that this kind of ship was specially built by Yue Guogong when he attacked Chen, and when I saw it today, I realized that he was much stronger than me. ”

Retracting his gaze, Lu Liangsheng and Han Baohu walked on the deck, chatting and laughing, the latter patted the fence, his gray beard spread, and he also laughed.

"Yue Guogong's double cultivation of magic and martial arts, and outstanding martial arts, ordinary people are indeed incomparable, however, the national teacher should not be humble, Yue Guogong is also old, and the national teacher is still so young, I think that in the future, my achievements will be greater than ours. ”

As he spoke, the hull of the boat shook slightly, and the two big sterns of the boat supported the stern crookedly, sliding down the river to the middle of the river, and the soldiers of Chuanlou Mountain shouted again and waved their flags.

"Cast the oars!"

On both sides of the huge hull, twenty long oars each broke free from the shackles and fell into the water, splashing more than two feet high, like a centipede on both sides of a hundred feet, rowing a circle of ripples into the water, and in a moment, the hull pushed up the waves of white flowers to divide the sides of the ship.

Lu Liangsheng walked to the side of the boat, looked at the mountains, fields, and villages on the shore and slowly moved back, and looked back at the old man.

"General Han, according to the speed of the voyage, how long will it take for us to reach Yuhang?"

"If the journey is smooth, you should be able to reach it in more than half a month, but if the river is blocked and the water level is low, it will take some more time. ”

Han Baohu's words are not nonsense, Weishui, Bahe, Yellow River, and then Huaishui area, although they are connected, but many places, poor mountains and mountains, narrow rivers, this to quell the rebellion, but also at the same time to map the river, if the future can be Chang'an to the south of the waterway paving, in addition to making the trade route smooth, more powerful court to control the south, and then there is such a rebellion, the northern generals only need to go downstream, can do the army to the other city.

The old man leaned on the fence and said with a smile: "However, the old man thinks that this battle, it is better to fight for more time, it has been too long and the bones of this body are getting looser and looser, I am afraid that in two years, I will not even be able to hold the weapon." ”

"I'm afraid the general's idea can't be completed. ”

Lu Liangsheng knew that he was just sighing, but there were some things he still had to say clearly.

"Now the south is also the people of the Great Sui, even if the soldiers and generals bewitch the rebellion, it actually has nothing to do with them, the war has been going on for a long time, the people are miserable, this time, if you can convince the other party is the best, if not, try to capture the other party within a few days, and the rest of the rebels will be left to the general. ”

"Okay, then in the words of the national teacher, it just so happens that my old Han also wants to see the law of the immortals, haha!"

Han Baohu stood on the side of the boat and smiled heartily, attracting the eyes of the surrounding soldiers, at this time, I don't know who shouted: "There is something in the water?!"

Someone looked for prestige to sail on the side of the big ship, under the rolling waves, a thick black shadow quickly swam over, rushed to the front of the ship, the huge shadow even hit a water nest, a large rock crawling with water weeds rushed out of the water, hit the steep mountain wall on one side, and smashed a loud noise.

The soldiers on the deck rushed to the bow of the ship, and Han Baohu also ran over, and when he saw the big stone flying out, his eyes were round, pointing to the black shadow under the water that was swimming away, and looking back at Lu Liangsheng.

"National teacher, this ..... This..... But the dragon you invited that day?"

The sun was scorching, Lu Liangsheng walked to the old man's side, the river breeze was blowing, the green silk robe was flying, standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the black Jiao swimming in the distant waterway, and nodded.

"The fish scale Jiao in the water is the longest, and the waterway is not smooth, just when Lao Jiao opens the way, so that the fleet can arrive faster, and it can also make the people and soldiers who oars easier. ”

"The national teacher's true mana is mysterious. ”

Han Baohu stroked his beard and sighed, looking at the black shadow that disappeared in front of him, and suddenly laughed.

"Ben Jiang thinks now, those rebel generals hope that they can last a little longer, lest they don't even see the spell of the national teacher, wouldn't they run in vain!"

This time back to the homeland, it is best not to use spells......

The river wind fluttered on his body, his robe moved, and Lu Liangsheng looked at the mountains and villages on Yan'an and thought.

......

The sun was shining, spreading clouds in the sky, crossing the long river, the sky became gloomy, and a heavy rain was about to fall.

Fulin Prefecture, Wantong County.

The city showed a gloom, the square city gate was closed, the soldiers on the wall were waiting for it, the big banner with the word "Sui" was cut off and thrown to the city, and the word "Chen" that had not been seen for many years was erected on the city tower again.