The sunset is setting, and the surface of the vast Dongting Lake is sprinkled with golden afterglow, and a person, a boat, and a penny seem to be floating aimlessly, supporting the loneliness of this autumn water alone. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He was indeed lonely.

The boat swayed weakly, and a man who was holding a penny on the boat, his eyes were drunk and swaying in the wind, and a bunch of ponytails were tied with a hemp rope at random behind his head, and his beard was already an inch long, obviously sloppy that had not been taken care of for a long time. Originally, the chic scenery of boating on the river and drinking wine to the wind seemed incompatible with this sloppy man.

The boat on the lake swayed violently with the wind and waves, but the man with the penny stood firmly on the bow of the boat, as if he was never afraid that the merciless wind and waves would overturn the seven-foot boat, and his muddy and slightly drunken eyes were fixed on the northern coastline, and only the whining flags on the shore were his concerns.

The man with the penny looked up, and there were thousands of soldiers lined up under dozens of windward flags, and two generals stood at the front of the shore as if they were arguing anxiously about something.

The boat was ten miles away from the shore, and the man who was holding the fence vaguely saw the two people waiting anxiously on the shore, shook his head and sighed: "I am still so impetuous, and I have followed the general for ten years." After that, the man holding the penny showed his eyes, and no longer saw the previous turbidity and drunkenness, and his body seemed to have risen by three points in the wind, and he no longer saw the previous weak posture, he clenched the penny in his hand, used his body as a bow, and used the penny as an arrow, and pulled his body back, and threw the penny in his hand towards the shore in the north.

said that it was too late, and the man on the boat had already pedaled the boat with his legs up, and with the power of the buoyancy of the boat, he turned over and stepped on the penny that ran to the shore.

In the blink of an eye, the penny was only ten zhang away from the shore, and there was no half momentum, and the man once again used the skill of Dengping to cross the water, and gently turned over and jumped ashore with one leg of the bamboo.

The two generals who were already waiting on the shore hurriedly rushed to meet them, and one of them, with a goatee, hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, you are finally back, but the brothers are in a hurry, and the spies are coming to report, the rebels of Nanjun are chasing and killing the eldest brother everywhere, and I am really worried that the eldest brother ......."

Before he finished speaking, another general with a full face had already grabbed the words and said: "Fourth brother, our eldest brother's martial arts, I'm afraid that no one in the north and south counties can beat you, isn't it groundless." ”

The goatee-bearded general looked disdainful: "Who was talking just now, I'm afraid of that girl in Nanjun......"

"Ahem," the meaty general coughed deliberately, interrupting the goatee's bearded general's words. The goatee-bearded general looked at the man's face, as if he had increased a little sadness, and suddenly stopped saying nothing timidly and with a hint of apology.

It turned out that the man who came by boating and wading in the lake was Ling Feiyun, one of the famous four heroes of Dongting in one lake and two counties, and the general with a meaty face was Yang Xiong, the third of the four heroes of Dongting, and the general with a goatee was Xu Renchang, the fourth of the four heroes of Dongting.

One lake and two counties, this lake refers to this Dongting Lake, one of the two counties is Xiangfan North County north of Dongting Lake, and the other is Jingyue South County south of Dongting, and the four heroes of Dongting are the famous heroes on the lake of the two counties of this lake.

Ling Feiyun put away the thousands of thoughts in his heart, waved his hand and reprimanded: "Okay, don't talk about it, this time there is an important military situation that must be reported to the general, and the brotherly love will be recounted when I return home, if the military situation is delayed, how can you and my brothers repay the general's great favor." ”

Yang Xiong and Xu Renchang both had solemn faces, and Yang Xiong said: "What the eldest brother said is that he almost missed the general's major event, and the eldest brother got on the horse quickly, and I waited for the general to return quickly." ”

Ling Feiyun held on to the saddle, jumped lightly, stepped onto the horse, grabbed the reins, and walked side by side with Yang Xiong and Xu Renchang, and asked sideways: "The general is in a daze, how do you know that I will return today?"

Yang Xiong touched his head and said with a sincere smile: "The eldest brother is so wise and doesn't know the general's magic machine, how can the brother be foolish and know a thing or two." ”

Ling Feiyun shook his head and sighed: "No wonder it is the general's 'urgent pioneer', worthy of the word 'urgent reluctance'." After that, Ling Feiyun pinched the horse's belly hard under his crotch, and the horse under his crotch had already opened his hooves and galloped away.

"Hey, big brother, wait for me, you have something to say, big brother, wait for me......" Yang Xiong and Xu Renchang brothers chased after each other, with fierce banners, and more than 1,000 infantry followed, with a huge momentum and bursts of smoke and dust to go, like a tiger and wolf attacking, worthy of being the elite soldiers of the Central Plains Dongting.

It was getting late until it was dark.

The three Ling Feiyun brothers led more than 1,000 infantry, and finally rushed to the first city of Xiangfan North County, Xiangyang Pass, and stood by the moat.

A middle-aged general on the city tower replied loudly: "The general Qin Ming is here, who is under the city?"

Ling Feiyun reined in his horse's head, raised his hand and clenched his fist, raised his head and said loudly: "Ling Feiyun, the deputy general of the Xiangyang army and the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Guard." ”

Qin Ming, the guard keeper on the city tower, immediately clasped his fists and replied loudly: "It turned out to be General Ling, and the general will be a moment later." Qin Ming replied to Ling Feiyun on the one hand, and on the other hand, he ordered the herald to rush to the city and quickly open the door and lower the drawbridge.

When the drawbridge fell, Ling Feiyun led more than a thousand cavalry tardigrades into the city, and summoned the general to lead many guards back to the north of the city to guard the barracks, but Ling Yunfei took Yang Xiong and Xu Renchang to the general's mansion in the city.

This Xiangyang City is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains Dongting Lake, the rich hometown of fish and rice is abundant, the land transportation is convenient and developed, the past dynasties are the place where the soldiers must fight, and enjoys the reputation of "those who get the Dongting get half of the wall". The internal strife will fight for Xiangyang, and the external troubles will attack the mountains and seas first, and the Xiangyang city and the mountains and seas are called the two sources of the world's dragon and prosperity, and it has always been the place where the royal family both relied on and feared the checks and balances.

The defender of Xiangyang City is Guo Jinlong, a famous general in the dynasty, and the official worships the general of Erpin Zhenbei. Since then, although the Guo family of Xiangyang has been the official leader, it is also admired and admired by the righteous people of all walks of life because of the national integrity inherited by its ancestors through the generations, so no matter the height of the temple or the distance of the rivers and lakes, the loyalty and martyrdom of the Guo family of Xiangyang are re-valued.

Ling Feiyun led Yang Xiong and Xu Renchang to cross the cloud road along Zhongyi Street, and hurried to the gate of the general's mansion in the city.