Jiangxia, Xiakou County, Xiaochang Military Camp.

A tall man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, dark complexion and an extremely conspicuous scar on his cheek was drinking wine in the tent.

Drinking is 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, so he had to turn a blind eye.

"Xingba, why are you drinking again?" A man from outside the tent walked in and sat down next to 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 be killed." 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 other side of Jiangdong. In addition to fighting Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and others, I will run across Jiangxia to cause trouble whenever possible.

Even if he is fine, 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 with just one word.

This caused Shen Mi, who was also a Jinfan thief, to be 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 look down on us. Why don't we get more money and go 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 I am from Nanyang?" Gan Ning replied nonchalantly.

"He would still be cold to you."

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 and 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, and the two had a grudge. Now that Lu Bu has gained power, he is not even allowed to use the trade route, so he can only take the waterway from Guangling."

After hearing what Shen Mi said, Gan Ning even put down the wine bottle in his hand, frowning in thought.

Robbing Zhe Rong was just a trivial matter, and he was not afraid of the Sun family at all. Sun Ce had the title of Little Overlord because he didn't meet me, Gan Xingba.

The only one who needs to worry is Huang Zu. After all, he strictly prohibits looting.

"Don't think about it, Xingba. I've made arrangements to use our own ship. Brothers don't need to go too much. Two ships with a hundred people are enough."

Shen Mi was very excited because he knew how much a few ships of salt were worth.

Gan Ning likes gorgeous clothes, but he is not a money-grubbing person. He just can't stand 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 integrated.

"When."

"The first two times were on the 27th. Now it's the middle of the month. It's fast from Jiangxia to Lujiang. Two days is enough. We still have time to prepare." Shen Mi geared up and was very 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 just takes 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 earth has been soaked into mud, and deep pits like swamps have even appeared in many places.

In such a situation, let alone the cavalry, even the infantry cannot 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 by the cavalry and fearful.

"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.

Huh?

What happened?

In his trance, 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.

What to 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 Yan! Hong Yan is here!"

Hong Lian is here?

Is the Anhui water overflowing? That would be troublesome...

He just wanted to go out and take a look, but 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 his account and said with a mournful face: "Master Fu, the Lu army 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 can't 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 overflows into the military camp will not drown people. 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 not realistic to move away from the camp. He just went out for a walk. If he stepped down, his ankle would sink and it would be difficult to walk. Let alone move away from the camp.

"Surrender, 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 walked out of the water and went to the soldiers in person to participate in packing up ordnance and transferring 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 is already a vast ocean, and the water level has not continued to rise. However, you are exhausted after being soaked all night and there is no place for you to rest. Many sergeants can 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. But 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 two or three resting back to back.

But the word escape is written on everyone's faces.

There is no way to save the day...
Chapter completed!