Among the many heads of family at the banquet, no one dared to continue to refute, they all hurriedly signed and stamped their fingerprints on the IOU.
For fear of being a step too late, Chu Lushan next to him suddenly drew his sword and killed someone again.
There was even a house owner who, after receiving his own IOU, put it in his clothes with lingering fear and silently comforted himself:
"Actually, Shouchun Hou is this guy! It's so weird! He can obviously rob us, but he still wants to pay us an IOU. What a conscience!"
Because these family heads were too anxious, they did not read all the contents of the IOU carefully.
In the lower right corner of the IOU, I saw these two lines written in small regular script:
[The repayment date is two hundred years later]
[Must be collected in person]
…
After borrowing a large amount of grain from powerful families, Gao Yi asked various places to open warehouses to release grain, which gradually stabilized the chaotic situation in Jiujiang County.
During this period, Gao Yi recruited a large number of craftsmen and shipwrights from the common people to build various battleships and even giant battleships and tower ships.
Gao Yi knew very well that his biggest reliance now was his two elite cavalry, three thousand big snow dragon cavalry and three thousand white feather light cavalry.
However, these two invincible elites found it difficult to display their strength in places such as Jiangdong and Lujiang County.
Because these two areas are mostly mountainous and hilly, the terrain is rugged and narrow, and the water network is dense, which greatly limits the combat advantages of the cavalry.
Even after Zhang Liao captured Hefei City, he paid a heavy price and barely managed to capture the entire Jiujiang County.
The main reason is that the Jiangdong defeated troops remaining in Jiujiang often ambushes in mountain rivers.
The wolf soldiers led by Zhang Liao were all northerners and lacked experience in mountain warfare and water warfare, so they suffered many casualties.
Therefore, Gao Yi made up his mind to build a powerful navy. By then both land and water would come out and take direct control of Jiangdong and Lujiang.
Looking at the 20,000 new navy troops training day and night on the warship, Gao Yi felt very pleased, but at the same time he was also helpless.
Because Gao Yi found that he had no generals under his command who could command the navy and conduct a mighty water battle.
Therefore, Gao Yi decided to recruit a more powerful navy general.
But to whom?
While thinking.
Suddenly, Bu Zhi said: "My lord, it will be very difficult for you to completely occupy Lujiang County."
"But I have a plan that allows the lord to quickly obtain half of Lujiang County. Now Liu Xun has 80,000 troops and occupies Lujiang County. It seems to be a huge force, but it is full of dangers."
"To the north of Lujiang County, the lord's army is pressing down on the border. To the southeast is Sun Quan from Jiangdong, who is watching the fire from the other side. To the west is Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia in Jingzhou, who is watching with eager eyes."
"My Lord, why don't you make an alliance with Liu Biao, the Mu of Jingzhou? Wouldn't it be nice to attack Liu Xun together and divide Lujiang County equally?"
"More importantly, Huang Zu of Jiangxia in Jingzhou has a grudge against Sun Quan of Jiangdong for killing his father. When Jingzhou gets the southern part of Lujiang River, Huang Zu will not sit back and watch Jiangdong become stronger and stronger. He will inevitably invade Jiangdong from time to time, and even fight with our army. Unite and launch a massive attack on Jiangdong."
…
March equinox, Jingzhou Jiangxia.
Gao Yi changed his name to Gao Kun, pretending to be an envoy, and was heading to Xiangyang City by boat, preparing to form an alliance with Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.
This time when he went to Jingxiang, Gao Yi did not go alone. He was accompanied by three thousand heavily armored soldiers.
These three thousand heavily armored soldiers are the system reward that Gao Yi received for killing Yuan Shu, the strongest infantry in the "Snow" plane, the Xichu Euphorbia Soldiers.
Before the Spring and Autumn War, the Western Chu Dynasty at that time relied on the invincible 120,000 Western Chu Euphorbia warriors to dominate the Central Plains and dominate the Spring and Autumn Period for more than two hundred years.
At this time, when the fleet sailed into Jiangxia, a Western Chu Euphorbia soldier reported:
"Master Qi, there are more than ten warships blocking the way on the river. Judging from the flag, it should be the tribe of Huang Zu of Jiangxia."
Gao Yi had doubts in his heart. This time he went to Jingzhou and had already submitted a letter. Logically speaking, no one should dare to lead an army to stop him!
The fleet is on its way.
More than a dozen warships were lying across the river, with brocade tied to the sails. Hundreds of knights in brocade were standing on the decks of the warships.
The leader of the group was named Gan Ning. He was tall and muscular, carrying a bow and arrows at his waist. He had colorful bird feathers on his crown and bells on his body.
Gan Ning just returned to Xiakou today because he was away on duty for more than ten days in Jiangsu.
He had not yet returned to the city to resume his duties, so he did not receive the news that the Xuzhou envoy came to form an alliance.
Gan Ning only thought that the fleet in front of him was the navy under the command of other princes, and mistakenly entered the waters of Jiangxia, so he stood on the bow and shouted:
"Who among you dares to lead troops into our territory of Jiangxia? Leave immediately, otherwise I will show you the power of Gan Ning."
At this time, Gao Yi had already walked out of the cabin and came to the deck. When he heard that the person who came was actually Jinfan Ranger Gan Ning, he was not surprised.
Today's Gan Ning should be still serving under Huang Zu of Jiangxia. Because of his identity as a former bandit, he was ignored by Huang Zu.
He must have been ostracized and no one informed Gan Ning of his envoy in time, so he led his army to stop him on the river by mistake.
Think everything through in an instant.
Gao Yi cupped his fists and smiled: "I, Gao Kun, am the special envoy of Xuzhou."
"This time, I was sent by my lord Shouchun Hou to rush to Jingxiang to meet Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao and conclude an alliance."
Gan Ning saw that Gao Yi behaved well and did not seem to be cheating, so he sent people to the nearby water village to inquire.
After half a cup of tea.
I saw a horse coming from Juechen.
"Brother, I just went to Shuizhai to inquire. It is true that an envoy from Xuzhou is visiting Jingzhou. Mr. Huang Zu has already ordered that the whole journey be allowed."
After listening to the report from his subordinates, Gan Ning knew that he had stopped the wrong person, but when he saw the crowd of Three Thousand Halberdsmen on the ship, he suddenly felt something strange.
Gan Ning cupped his fists towards Gao Yi and said, "Since we are distinguished guests from afar, Gan Ning must be rude."
"It's just that your envoy is going to Jingxiang this time, and there are too many soldiers accompanying him? I'm afraid it's unreasonable, right?"
"Gan can ask your envoy to take a small number of soldiers to Jingxiang, but the rest of the soldiers must return immediately. Otherwise, don't blame Gan for being unkind."
Gao Yi suddenly laughed and said: "General Gan is joking. Liu Jingzhou sits on the nine counties of Jingxiang and Xiangzhou. It has more than 200,000 sailors and thousands of warships. Is it possible that he is still afraid of a mere 3,000 soldiers?"
However, Gan Ning was unmoved and said solemnly: "You have to bear the emperor's salary and worry about the emperor. It is your duty. Please don't waste your words."
Gao Yi shook his head slightly and refused: "Then if I don't agree, what will General Gan do?"
"Since your envoy does not agree, please forgive Gan for not letting me go!"
Gan Ning just finished speaking.
At the ferry by the river, a fat, middle-aged general with a curly beard suddenly appeared, followed by thousands of soldiers and horses, and a banner with big yellow characters written on it.
Surprisingly, it was Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia.
