From Chaisang to Yangxin County, you can take a water route or a land route. The water route is a little farther away. You will walk west along the Yangtze River and enter a small tributary Fushui River at the mouth of Fushui River. You will pass through Xiazhi County and then head west to reach Yangxin County. Ganning will take a water route to assist Chaisang City.

By land, you can take a straight line, head westward, cross the hilly mountains, and walk about 150 miles, and finally you can reach Yangxin County.

Since Yangxin County is located at the junction of the Jiangxia Mountains and the plains, with a large population and bandits, although Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were wiped out by Liu Bei last year, there were still three bandits in Yangxin County, each with more than a thousand people, robbing their families and disturbing Jiangxia.

Huang Zu also sent troops to suppress the bandits repeatedly, but it was not successful. Until Ganning stationed in Yangxin County, these three bandits were frightened by Ganning's reputation and restrained a lot. This time, Liu Jing sent Liao Hua to replace Ganning's guard Yangxin County, largely hoping to use Liao Hua's old identity as the Left King of Jiangxia to recruit these three bandits.

But Liu Jing's plan did not seem to be smooth. A few days ago, Liao Hua sent three letters of help, failed to suppress the bandits and begged Chaisang for rescue.

At night, an army of two thousand people left Chaisang City and marched west quickly. At the same time, Gan Ning, stationed in Longwan City, also led hundreds of his subordinates to leave Longwan City and headed west from the waterway.

Although these two armies left secretly, they were still discovered by those who were interested.

Zhou Mansion, Zhou Xin walked in a hurry and ran to the backyard. He pushed open the door of Zhou Gu's study and shouted anxiously: "Head of the family, they are leaving!"

Zhou Gu was reading a book under the lamp. When he saw his brother being surprised and happy, he was sweating profusely, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you worried about? You can't be more steady when you are so old!"

Seeing that his brother was angry, Zhou Xin was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Zhou Gu glared at him fiercely, and then he said slowly: "Tell me now! What happened? Who left?"

"The head of the family, the Chaisang defenders set out, just now."

Zhou Gu's eyes lit up. This was the news he had been waiting for for a long time. He still asked without saying a word: "How do you leave?"

"I have found out that there are a total of two thousand people, led by Liu Jing himself, on the excuse of being a marching training, saying that night was covered, leaving Chaisang and heading west. Moreover, Ganning's fleet also left Longwan City almost at the same time and headed west from the waterway. The head of the family, where can there be training marches at night, there must be something strange about it."

Zhou Gu nodded. Of course, training marches was just an excuse. Even the Ganning army in Longwan City was dispatched. This must be to help Yangxin County. This will be at least three days to go back and forth to Yangxin County. In addition, it will take at least seven or eight days to suppress the bandits. This is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But Zhou Gu calmly asked again: "How many troops in the county are there now? Who will manage it?"

"There should be five hundred people, and I heard that they were led by Liu Hu."

Zhou Gu walked a few steps behind his back, and considered the causes and consequences. He sorted out all the details one by one, but found no flaws. Then he wrote a letter at his desk and handed it to Zhou Xin and said: "You send someone in Wuchang County immediately to hand the letter to the county magistrate. At this time, 100,000 yuan is in a hurry. Let's go now!"

"Isn't the county magistrate in Xiakou?"

"No! They are all in Wuchang now."

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The night was getting deeper and deeper. It was already three o'clock. The city was silent and dark. There were only city gates, and dim lanterns were hung at the gates of the military camp and the hostel. At this time, the guards of the South Gate had been replaced, and they had dozens of Liu Jing's confidants. At this time, a soldier ran from a distance and whispered to the guard general: "There is no movement over the Zhou family, and there is no one around."

The defender nodded and waved his hand, "Open the city!"

The city gate creaked and opened, and only a large group of soldiers trotted in from outside the city, with thousands of people. The general in charge was Wei Yan. He rode a horse and carried a knife, and the four hooves of the war horse wrapped in thick linen. Wei Yan waved his hand and whispered: "Start up, don't make noise!"

The soldiers ran faster, and there was a rustling sound. After only a hundred steps, they went directly into the South Military Camp at the schoolyard. The gate of the military camp was closed immediately and the city gate was closed. From opening the city to closing the city, everything returned to its original state in less than a quarter of an hour, as if nothing had happened.

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At this time, he had led an army of 10,000 from Xiakou to Wuchang County. He was preparing for his troops and waiting for the news about Zhougu in Chaisang. Yangxin County was another extremely important territory for Liu Jing, besides Chaisang. How could Liu Jing let the bandits occupy it?

Huang Zu knew that Liu Jing would definitely send reinforcements, but how much reinforcements were sent to it is worth discussing.

On the Wuchang Wharf, Huang Zu stared at dozens of warships. His round pumpkin face turned into bitter gourd, his small eyes flashed with rage, his fists were clenched and loosened, loosened and tightened, and his knuckles turned white. He received a reply from Pengze Jiangdong Camp this morning, and the Jiangdong Army did not arrest his son Huang Yong.

This confirmed his speculation that his son Huang Yong was probably dead at the hands of Liu Jing. It was precisely because Liu Biao did not pursue Huang Yong's injury to Liu Cong. The pain of losing his son spread in Huang Zu's heart. He completely forgot that Huang Yong wanted to kill people first. He didn't care about these things. He only cared about his son. If his son died, how should he avenge this revenge?

At this time, he not only hated Liu Jing for seizing the land, but also hated him for killing his son. "Liu Jing, I swear to tear you apart!" Huang Zu murmured to himself as he looked at the Yangtze River.

Suddenly, footsteps came from behind, and the eldest son Huang She brought the county magistrate Zhou Geng to hurry. Zhou Geng was the younger brother of Chaisang Zhou Gu. He was about 45 or 6 years old. He looked very similar to Zhou Gu, but he was strong and did not have the sick look like Zhou Gu.

Zhou Bing held a letter in his hand, which was written by his brother Zhou Gu, who told them an extremely important information.

"Father, Liu Jing has sent troops!" Huang She said anxiously when he entered the door.

Huang Zu suddenly turned around, staring at Huang Sho with bloody eyes, "Tell me the specific situation!"

Zhou Bing quickly presented the letter to Huang Zu. Huang Zu's blood-red eyes made him slightly scared. After giving the letter, he quickly stood aside.

After reading the letter in a hurry, Huang Zu's eyes widened. Liu Jing personally led two thousand soldiers out of the city to the west, and Gan Ning also sent troops. What kind of marching training can fart! It is clearly to rescue Yangxin County.

"Father, the opportunity has finally come!" Huang She said with a little bit of excitement.

After all, Huang Zu is a veteran of the battlefield. Although everything is developing naturally, he feels that Liu Jing seems to have sent too many soldiers, leaving only 500 people in the entire Chaisang City. This is all out. Wouldn't he worry about sending troops to attack Chaisang?

"Father, I don't think it's a big problem."

Huang She had already thought of a countermeasure and offered advice to her father: "We can send dozens of elite soldiers to disguise themselves as Zhou family tenants, and drive a grain boat to the Zhou family to pay the grain. With the cover of the Zhou family, there is no problem entering the city gate. Then sneak attack the city gate in the middle of the night. This is the time of the weakest defense. The Chaisang defenders will inevitably be caught off guard. As long as we seize the city gate, we can enter Chaisang. With our absolute advantage of military strength, Liu Jing will die without a burial place this time."

"There is no place to die!"

Huang Zu murmured to himself, "No! It's too cheap. I'll cut him into pieces and crush his bones and ashes!"

"Did the Tao family have a reply last time?" Huang Zu turned around and asked Zhou Bing.

"Qi reported to the prefect, the Tao family did not have any reply."

"Very good!" Huang Zu sneered: "Since he doesn't know how to politely, let's do it together."

Huang Zu suddenly turned around and shot at Huang Shouting: "You and Su Fei led three thousand troops to attack Chaisang. Liu Jing's army will definitely return to the rescue. I will lead the army to ambush himself. This time he can't escape from my Huang Zu's palm."

Huang She was overjoyed and bowed and said, "Children's obedience!"

Huang Zu said to Zhou again: "The county magistrate is responsible for contacting the Zhou family."

Although Zhou did not want to get involved in such a thing and offend Liu Biao, he could no longer help but tamper with the bullet and said, "I will definitely do it."

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Although Yangxin County has a small population, it covers a huge area. It is the largest county in Jiangxia County, occupying nearly 30% of the entire Jiangxia County.

At the first update of the fourth day, the night was dark and the pale moonlight flowed in dark clouds. Under the moonlight, an army of more than a thousand men marched eastward among the mountains and hills west of Chaisang County.

The mountains and forests on both sides are lush, and the shrill roar of night owls is constantly coming from afar. This is already in the territory of Chaisang County, about sixty miles away from Chaisang and forty miles away from the Yangtze River. There are more than a dozen rolling peaks in the middle.

Liu Jing was located in the middle of the team. He rode on Xiongjun's war horse, wearing scale armor, an eagle-edged helmet, and a blue shadow gun in his hand. His eyes were sharp and he looked at the movements around him.

At this time, a thin figure suddenly jumped off a big tree like a monkey, and landed in front of Liu Jing's horse, causing a slight commotion. More than a dozen soldiers immediately pressed him with spears.

"It's me, I'm Hou Wu!" The thin black shadow shouted in fear.

Liu Jing urged him to come forward and laughed and scolded, "You little monkey, sneak out again, be careful of being shot to death by an arrow!"

"Young Master, I don't dare anymore. I have news about General Gan."

Hou Wu is Liu Jing's young follower. He has a skill that is not as good as ordinary people. He climbs mountains and ridges, climbs trees and vines like walking on flat ground, and has a strong sense of direction and will never get lost. He is a genius who follows and reports.

During this march, his mission was to contact Gan Ning and Liu Jing. He had just arrived from the riverside and crossed dozens of miles of mountain road, and he actually found Liu Jing's team accurately.

"Does General Gan write to me?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Hou Wu licked his chapped lips, "Young master, it's a message, but my mouth is too dry now and I'm hungry, so I can't say it."

Liu Jing was both angry and funny, and threw his dry food bag and kettle to him, "Eat and drink after he finished speaking!"

Hou Wu was as clever as a monkey, and the white horse was so dissatisfied that he knocked on the horse's hooves, but he was a little helpless.

He whispered in Liu Jing's ear: "General Gan has discovered Huang Zu's fleet, with hundreds of large ships. General Gan said that Huang Zu wanted to intercept us."

After saying that, he jumped off his war horse like a monkey and ran to a big rock to drink water and eat dry food.

Liu Jing was excited and indeed began. It seemed that Huang Zu was even more anxious than he thought. Success or failure was here. He immediately shouted: "Go faster and return to Chaisang!"

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Chapter completed!