Jiangxia, Xiakou County, Xiaochang Military Camp.
A tall man with sharp eyebrows, dark skin, and an extremely conspicuous scar on his cheek was drinking wine in the tent.
Drinking was not allowed in the military camp, but when the captain accused the man, the man pretended not to hear him at all. After he moved his hands, he realized that he couldn't beat him at all, so he had to turn a blind eye.
"Xingba, why are you drinking again?" A man walked in from outside the tent and sat down beside Gan Ning unceremoniously, drinking with him.
"Why do I keep seeing you running outside these days? Have you gone out to cut trails again?" Gan Ning asked casually.
"I want to, but I don't dare to go."
Shen Mi, who fled from Yizhou to Jingzhou with Gan Ning, said helplessly: "This is no better than Shu. No one dares to stop people on the river. The Sun family's warships often cross the border. If I are unlucky, I am afraid that I will die." They will all be cut off.”
Jiangxia was Huang Zu's territory, and Huang Zu shot and killed Sun Jian, the founder of the Sun Family Foundation, six years ago, and the two sides became sworn enemies.
Fortunately, in the past few years, Sun Ce had been dormant under Yuan Shu, but he would avenge his personal revenge publicly when he had the opportunity, but the opportunities were rare.
Now it is no longer possible to run to the east side of Jiangdong. In addition to fighting Yan Baihu and Wang Lang, they will also run across Jiangxia to cause trouble when they find an opportunity.
Even if he is not free, he will let Sun Quan lead the team. If there is more, he will not force it. If he encounters the Jiangxia army, he will beat him.
This made Shen Mi, who was also a Jinfan thief, particularly embarrassed. He had no enmity with the Sun family at all, but he was implicated and could not start any business.
"Xing Ba, after all, we are not from Jingxiang and have no connections. Huang Zu doesn't like us. Why not get some more money and run to a good place then? How about taking the brothers out to do something big?" Shen Mi is tempting Gan Ning.
"You are not from Jingzhou, but I am. Don't you know that my ancestral home is Nanyang?" Gan Ning replied slowly.
"If he doesn't give you the same cold treatment."
Seeing that Gan Ning was still indifferent, he turned around and said, "I found a good place. Zuo Rong's caravan will transport several ships of salt to the Lujiang River by waterway every other month. The waters of the Lujiang River don't count. If it’s too far away, the salt will be given away for free.”
Although salt was controlled by the government in this era, and aristocratic families also had a hand, private salt trading was still popular, and in many places, table salt could even be used as hard currency.
"Didn't we rob him when we first arrived in Jiangxia? Then we were afraid of being robbed so we took the land route. Why did we take the water route again?" Gan Ning finally became interested.
In the eyes of the Jinfan thieves, Zuo Rong is a VIP customer. Every time he robs his caravan, he gets a lot of rewards, and the accompanying guards are all weak. Shen Mi is right, there is no difference between robbing him and giving him away for free. .
"I heard that Lu Bu recruited him a few days ago, but he scolded him as a frontier refugee. The two had a grudge. Now that Lu Bu has gained power, he is not even allowed to use the trade route. He can only take the waterway from Guangling."
After hearing what Shen Mi said, Gan Ning put down the wine bottle in his hand and frowned in thought.
Robbing Zhe Rong is just a trivial matter, and he is not afraid of the Sun family at all. Sun Ce has the title of little bully because he has not met me, Gan Xingba.
The only one who needed to worry was Huang Zu. After all, he was strictly prohibited from looting.
"Don't think about it, Xingba. I've made arrangements to use our own ship. Brothers don't need to go too far. Two ships with a hundred people are enough."
Shen Mi was excited because he knew how much a few ships of salt were worth.
Gan Ning likes fine clothes, but he is not a money-grubbing person. He just can't bear to see the discomfort of these old guys who followed him from Yizhou to Jingzhou.
In the past, I didn’t want to go, but they didn’t force me.
Things are different now. There are soldiers from the Sun family on the Yangtze River. If you don't go there, the confidence of the people under your command will be insufficient.
Gan Ning stood up with his hands on the table, walked to Bing Lan and stroked the two halberds placed crosswise. The ends of the two iron halberds were connected with iron chains, making them seamless.
"when."
"The first two times were on the 27th. Now it is the middle of the month. It is fast from Jiangxia to Lujiang. Two days is enough. We still have time to prepare." Shen Mi was gearing up and excited.
"The old rule is to use our own boats to let the brothers leave the camp separately." After Gan Ning said in a muffled voice, Shen Mi happily agreed and ran out.
Such an operation still requires time to prepare. The private boat used was placed on the merchant's ferry, and the sergeants had to be selected to slowly leave the barracks.
But Shen Mi already has experience, so there won't be any big problems, it will just take some time.
...
Liu Xun was wearing a robe, sitting cross-legged on the couch, rubbing his hands to dispel the chill caused by the heavy rain for days.
He didn't expect the rain to be so heavy and fast.
But at this time, like Lu Bu, he was full of gratitude for the rainstorm.
The ground has been soaked into mud, and deep pits like swamps have even appeared in many places.
In such a situation, let alone the cavalry, not even the infantry can attack.
In other words, now that he has the most precious respite, he needs time.
It takes time for Zheng Bao to plunder Lu Bu's grain road, and it takes time to rectify the Huainan army, which is dominated and feared by the cavalry.
"I wish I had a cavalry," he sighed again.
Liu Xun felt that he might not be far away from this goal. If Lu Bu's food road was cut off, his troops would have no fighting spirit. After the road was dried and his army pressed up, he should be invincible.
Well?
What happened?
He was so absorbed that he felt some vibrations on the bed, and subconsciously jumped up, only to realize that it was not the bed that was shaking, but the earth.
Whatever you do, will the earth dragon turn over?
Before Liu Xun could figure out what was going on, a series of horrifying shouts came from outside the tent, "Hong Lian! Hong Lian is here!"
Hong Lian is here?
Is it because the water from Anhui is overflowing? That's troublesome...
Just when he wanted to go out and take a look, he found that his tent was filled with water, and it seemed to be pouring down so fast that it reached his knees in a moment.
Liu Ye poured water into the account and said with a mournful face: "Master Fu, Lu Jun dug up the dam upstream, and the flood poured in."
"Move the camp! Move the camp quickly!" Although the rain has eased a lot, the ground is muddy, so Lu Bu cannot make a sneak attack and still has a chance to move the camp.
"Master Fu, water has been distributed in the camp, and people are still unable to walk, let alone leave the camp." He felt that Liu Xun didn't seem to realize what was happening.
"What should we do?"
Liu Xun walked up to Liu Ye and said excitedly: "Zi Yang, Zi Yang, do you have any good strategies for life or death?"
Liu Ye couldn't say anything except shaking his head.
The water that floods into the military camp will not drown people, and the lowest point is up to the thighs, but the soldiers cannot stay in the water for a long time, otherwise they will be soaked.
It's unrealistic to move away from the camp. He just went out for a walk. If he stepped down, he might sink to his ankles, making it difficult to walk. Let alone move away from the camp.
"Submit, Mr. Fu..."
"No! Maybe, maybe the situation on Lu Bu's end is worse than ours!" Half a bowl of tea ago, he was still dreaming about capturing Lu Bu's cavalry, and now he was asked to surrender. Liu Xun couldn't accept it for a while. .
He came out of the water and went to the soldiers in person to participate in packing up the weapons and moving food and grass until early in the morning. When the rain stopped, he found that the situation did not improve.
There is no water distribution outside the camp, so there are puddles and muddy areas everywhere.
Inside the camp, there was already a vast expanse of ocean, and the water level did not continue to rise. However, the people were exhausted from being soaked all night and had no place to rest. Many soldiers could only hold on to their spears and try to slow down.
In the distance, Lu Bu's banner appeared. I don't know how many people came, all of them infantry. However, they were not in a hurry to get closer. They just waved flags and shouted in the distance.
Liu Xun knew that this was a hint to him that they were fine and he was the only one who suffered.
Looking at the soldiers around them, some couldn't open their eyes. They were holding the carriage with their upper body and squinting with their lower body soaked in the water. There were also groups of three or three resting back to back.
But the word escape was written on everyone's faces.
I can't save myself...
However, he could not make the decision to surrender. This battle with tens of thousands of people only lasted for a month. There were two battles, and the number of people killed on both sides was less than a thousand. Lu Bu didn't even appear on the battlefield. That's it. Lost?
Liu Xun felt that surrendering in such a ridiculous way would be more humiliating than killing him.
He was unwilling to return, but the general trend would not change at all because of his personal wishes. The hollow and tired eyes of the soldiers told him that even if they faced a thousand cavalry, they would not hesitate to disarm.
Liu Xun turned around with difficulty, his back to Liu Ye, and murmured in a low voice, "Come down..."
