(Thank you for the Alliance! Thank you Zhao Wuxiu 2014, ufgw, Jiang 1, get rid of the confusion)

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This is a desolate mudflat, full of messy reeds, water plants, turbid mud, floating debris, and a stranded medium-sized passenger ship swaying tiredly as the waves surging. On the river bank, there was a circle of people lying everywhere, but the others were nothing. The man surrounded by a circle of people was really shocking - he was the Han general and Ma Han.

What's the situation?

It's not complicated to say that Ma Han led his troops across the Yangtze River and entered Jiangdong, and then stationed troops in Wanling.

Soon, information about the Jiangdong Army also came. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu arranged their troops along the Zhejiang River to the bay, Fuchun, Yuji, Shanyin, Shangyu, Yuyao, and Juzhang, with defenses everywhere. Moreover, Sun Quan was obviously unwilling to be trapped in Kuaiji. He had previously sent a team of partial troops, Cheng Pu and Han Dang's troops, infiltrated into Pengze, Yuzhang County, and attacked the Jiangxia army, and almost captured and killed Huang She.

After defeating the Jiangxia army, Cheng Pu and Han Dang each led one army and divided into two groups. Cheng Pu went west, led Chaisang, and blocked the Jiangxia army's invasion invasion east; Han Dang went east, stationed in Pengze Water Village left by the Jiangxia army, and monitored the dragon and wolf army downstream.

Judging from this action, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu obviously targeted Yuzhang. Although Yuzhang prefect Hua Xin was ordered by the court, the county soldiers were weak in combat and would definitely not be able to withstand the Jiangdong Army's full attack, and the power of the Dragon Wolf Army could not be extended here for the time being.

Based on the above, Ma Han considered that the next battlefield would be transferred to the Yangtze River, and decided to take a boat to traverse upstream. He inspected the hydrology and landform along the way, so he knew it. If he was the commander and was confused about the geography of the future battlefield, how could he expect him to have a general idea, be able to make reasonable arrangements, and command calmly. Fight the war well?

Since it was mainly for investigation, Ma Han did not make a big fuss, otherwise it would have been a war. He only brought more than a hundred general guards and nearly a hundred Danyang soldiers, boarded four medium-sized passenger ships, one for the leading and one for the rear of the palace. Two ships were in the middle, upstream and inspected along the river.

Ma Han set out from Wuhu in mid-October, visiting fishermen along the way to learn about the water information. Detailed records and compiled them into a book. By the end of the month, he arrived in Tongyang in Lujiang, and the road was turbulent. Until yesterday, the wind and clouds on the river suddenly changed, thunder and lightning, strong winds roared, heavy rain poured, and turbid waves were empty. Three miles apart. All four ships facing each other were lost. The boats Ma Han was riding were blown to the west bank of the Yangtze River by strong storms.

When everyone was slowing down, Chen Dao jumped up first and quickly issued two instructions: "Count the number of people; guards are deployed within five miles of defense."

The crew of the entire ship, including the ship workers, 20 general guards, 18 Danyang soldiers, two record officials, two eagle slaves, and ten ship workers. After counting, it was found that except for a shipman and a Danyang soldiers who fell into the river and disappeared during yesterday's storm, the rest of the people were all there.

Although there is no horse, the general guard is far superior to the Danyang soldiers in terms of vigilance. Therefore, fifteen strong cavalry and ten Danyang soldiers were sent to alert. Most of the Danyang soldiers were locals and could communicate with the villagers.

Chen Dao reported to Ma Han after almost the arrangement: "Our boat was stranded. We have to find a local boatman and use a fishing boat to drag the boat to a deep water place with the boatman before we can start sailing again."

Ma Han nodded: "We will find a village accommodation later, and you can inquire by the way."

Asu asked, "Do you want to send Eagle News now and call the lost ships?"

Ma Han looked at the sky: "It's almost dusk, and my vision is bad, so I'll set it off tomorrow."

The plan was decided. After some rest, Ma Han ordered ten Danyang soldiers and all the ship workers to guard the ship here. The remaining thirty-two people were divided into three groups, with a distance of two miles, and the whole team was carried out.

Their group were all disguised on their inspection. All the weapons, shields, armors, and arrows were hidden at the bottom of the bilge. At this time, when they landed on the shore, except for the long weapons that were not convenient to carry and placed in the ship, all the bows, arrows, short soldiers, cavalry, shields and armor were packed, carried on their backs, and entered the village in a mighty manner.

In late autumn, it was dark very quickly, and in less than two moments, it was already dark.

At this time, Chen Dao, who was shooting outposts, sent someone to bring news: There was a small village ahead, with about twenty families. After inquiring, he learned that this place belongs to the boundary of Wan County, thirty miles away from Wan.

Wan County is about a hundred miles away from Tongyang where they had an accident. If it was a waterway, it would be only a few dozen miles. This is normal to calculate it.

When Ma Han and his party arrived in the village, Chen Dao had already prepared everything: rented a farmhouse, boiled hot water, put rice into a pot, and laid more than a dozen simple beds. Although they had more than 30 people, only a dozen beds were enough. Because half of them had to watch, and by the second half, the other half would rotate again, and only half would always stay resting.

There are only fifty or sixty villages in total. The population of nearly half of the village is flooded into the village, and they are all strong men, which really makes the villagers feel panic. Fortunately, although these men look fierce, behave kindly, and share the meat jerky with the villagers, which gradually eliminates the panic.

After a while, Chen Dao brought an old man, saying that he was an elder in the village.

Ma Han invited the old man to the table and said with joy: "The elders are polite. We are a water guest on the Huai River and went to Bashu to do business. Yesterday, there was heavy rain on the river and the boat was stranded, so we stayed here. There are many disturbances, so don't blame me."

The elder bowed repeatedly: "This guest has made an explanation just now. I am representing this village. Welcome all respected guests."

Mahan expressed his gratitude again and said that he would leave once a man was found.

The elder sighed when he heard this: "I'm afraid I can't find enough people to tow the boat."

Ma Han Jianmei Yixuan: "Oh, what?"

The elder smiled bitterly: "Didn't Zunke find that there are only old, weak and young children in our village?"

Ma Han didn't have time to visit the whole village, and signaled Chen Dao with his eyes. The latter nodded, indicating that what the elders said was true.

The elders were still scared: "A few days ago, a group of bandits came, besieged the county town for many days, and plundered the city and the towns. Not only the village, but also the young and strong people in a radius of hundreds of miles had already fled, and some of them were caught and worked hard. Alas..."

The bandits? Chen Lan, Lei Bo? This is exactly the next target of Ma Han's attack. Unexpectedly, they ran to Wancheng hundreds of miles away. Well, this city is the capital of Lujiang County. It is also a famous Fu County with a lot of money and valleys. Last time Cheng Pu sneaked into Liu Xun, he once captured this city and captured tens of thousands. It seems that the bandits took advantage of the severe damage in Wancheng and the weak defense, and took the opportunity to make a fuck.

When Chen Dao heard that there were thieves thirty miles away, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending and had to be extra careful. So he asked Ma Han for instructions and quickly went out, summoned the guards, re-arranged the guards and sent out posts.

Ma Han talked with the elders for a while, but without getting more valuable information, so he asked Asuli to send the elders out.

One hour later, the whistleblower reported that there was indeed a thief camp at the foot of Qianshan (i.e. Tianzhu Mountain) in the northwest of Wancheng. Based on the visual area of ​​the camp, the number of camp flags, the number of tents, the size of the tents, and the number of thieves entering and leaving the thief, the estimated number was about 5,000 to 6,000. The tooth flag raised in front of the gate showed words "Lujiang Duwei" and "Thunder".

"So it's Lei Bo." Ma Han said calmly, "Is it only Lei Bo?"

"Yes. I only saw one person's banner."

"Well, Lei Bo attacked Wan and Chen Lan defended the village. The division of labor is clear." Ma Han asked again, "What's the situation in Wancheng?"

"It is difficult to find out in the darkness when returning to the general. However, although there are many fires raised by patrol soldiers on the city, they can't be seen from a distance. When patrolling, the torches are scattered, so they should be new soldiers or strong men."

Ma Han and Chen Dao looked at each other and said slowly: "It seems that Wancheng is going to suffer again."

Chen Dao stretched out his five fingers and grabbed the void: "General, should we take this rare opportunity to wipe out the bandits of Lei Bo's troops in one fell swoop? In this way, Chen Lan will be alone and will not last long, and will either surrender or collapse sooner or later."

Asu also clenched his fists hatefully and waved his fists: "That's right, transfer the army and capture all the thieves for us to tow boats." It seems that Asu was worried that the thieves had scared away all the young men from the nearby village Tingyi, and even no one was towed the boats.

Ma Han pondered: "It is not difficult to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress, but I am afraid that the thieves will escape when they hear the news. These are all local snakes, familiar with mountains, rivers and roads, and we are not familiar with the land. If we cannot encircle and annihilate, it will inevitably lead to a defeat. It will be even more troublesome to clear it out in the future... Well, we need to plan it carefully."

That night, Ma Han slept soundly. Chen Dao, Asu and others hardly closed their eyes. Fifty miles away (twenty miles west of Qianshan City), there were five or six thousand bandit soldiers, and there were only thirty people. Once the news leaked, they were killed by the thieves. Even the wolf king could not resist the group of dogs.

The more you worry about something, the more you come. As soon as the sky was clear, the secret whistle at the entrance of the village sent out a signal. A group of unidentified visitors were approaching the village from the west, with a population of about thirty.

Thirty? Chen Dao was not worried about this group of people. Even if the thirty strongest soldiers from Huainan came, the so-called "Lujiang Shangjia", he didn't take it seriously. What he was really worried about was whether this group was a front-line? Is there a large army behind?

When all the guards opened the package, took out the bow and arrow weapons, and prepared their armor, the sergeant found that the elders in the village accompanied the group into the village and came to the farmhouse where Ma Han and others lived.

Ma Han waved his hand and except Chen Dao and Asu, all the guards hid in every corner, roof, treetops, etc.

Most of the people came for the people, with their clothes, their heads wrapped around, and their rough spears. There was only one person wearing a cow head and a blue shirt, who looked a little identifiable. The elders accompanied the man into the house.

Asu responded to the door, when the person came into the house, he introduced himself and explained his purpose: "I am Qiao Yi, whose courtesy name is Jixin, and is a member of the Qiao clan in Wancheng. Now there are bandits who thieves Wan, slaughter my elders, plunder my treasures, and poison the place. The head of the family, Gong Qiao, was eager to be loyal to the righteousness, summoned his children and neighbors to gather at the Qiao wall, resisted the thieves and attacked the bandits, and begged the heroes from all over the world to help him, and he would be rewarded."

Chen Dao and Asu stared at each other for a long time and found out that they were pulling people to help the punch. But, are you mistaken? Trying people to the general?

Ma Han didn't answer, but asked lightly: "Is it the elders in this village who told you?"

The elder bowed in fear and wanted to say something, but Qiao Yi said first: "Don't blame the elders for this matter. This is an extraordinary period, but if anyone has any strangers, they will report it."

Ma Han nodded to express his understanding, but simply refused: "We still have important things and have contacted our companions to tow boats. We have to leave. We have no choice but to help the suppression of the thieves. You can wait for the court to send troops to help."

Qiao Yi smiled bitterly: "The court...ah, I'm afraid that the distance will not save the nearby fire. Zunke looks like a brave man. If he is willing to help, Qiao is willing to acquire all the goods on Zunke's ship at a price of 30% higher than the market price, and there will be a lot of money to pay afterwards. You see, you don't have to travel thousands of miles to Shu to get the goods off and get the heavy reward, why not do it?"

Qiao Yi is very good at seducing people with benefits. To be honest, if Ma Han was really a shuike who runs commercial transportation, he would be really moved. Because in order to protect goods and not be robbed by bandits along the way, the shuikes have more or less certain armed strength, and there are many brave and cruel outlaws among them. This is also the reason why Qiao Yi saw that Ma Han and others had dozens of strong men. Generally speaking, it is okay to be a guardian for these shuikes as long as they pay money.

Ma Han had no expression on his face. Chen Da immediately took a step forward and made a gesture of asking for help.

Asu reached out and pressed the handle of the knife. Once the other party had any abnormal movement, he slashed over with one knife and chopped the old guy who was informing him.

Qiao Yi wanted to say something, but when he saw Ma Han's indifferent eyes, he felt a little embarrassed and did not dare to say anything again. He had to bow and retreat. When he was about to leave, he shook his head and sighed: "Even the imperial envoy, Liu Jun, the Taizhong doctor, passed through Wancheng, he had no choice but to help him, but...ah!" He shook his head and was about to leave.

"Wait." Ma Han raised his hand to stop him and stared at Qiao Yi, "The Taizhong doctor Liu Jun is talking about, but is Chengde Liu Ziyang?"

Qiao Yixi said: "That's right, can you recognize him?"

Ma Han smiled and said, "Yes, I'm very familiar with Mr. Liu... Well, since Mr. Liu is here, we have to leave." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!