In Yanzhou, Fang Guang was welcomed into the city by Zhang Liao and Zao Di. After having a drink, they went to the workshop not far outside the city.
The craftsmen of Juancheng have been working hard and have built the prototype of the first blast furnace in Kyushu.
Thousands of miles away from here, south of Guangling, on the Yangtze River channel, a red-faced man with a long beard stood on the deck of a wooden boat, gently stroking his beard, bathing in the river breeze, his cold and arrogant character spreading along the river,
Go straight to Yizhou.
Behind the man, Donghai Mi Fang's face was full of nervousness. She kept licking her lips and looked at the big cabin door behind her.
The Mi family and Pang Tong's gains from land scraping in Xuzhou were all in the boat at this time, worth more than one hundred thousand yuan, which naturally made Mi Fang's nerves as tense as a bowstring.
Behind Guan Yu, Mi Fang couldn't get close to her second brother's stalwart body.
Zhou Cang, a big man with a black beard, and another young man with a resolute face, protected Yun Chang tightly. The young man's eyes swept over Guan Yu in front of him from time to time, and the respect in his eyes almost dropped to the deck.
This resolute young man is naturally a star-chaser in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Liu Feng's good friend Guan Ping.
It turned out that after listening to Pang Tong's words that day, Guan Yu reluctantly agreed to accept Guan Ping as his adopted son, and everyone went to the Guan family's residence.
Guan Ping's father, Guan Ding, was also a former captain who was born in the army. He was originally from Hebei and had a huge fortune whose source was unknown.
Back then, he cheated Han Fu, did great things, lived in seclusion in Yuzhou, and gave birth to his son Guan Ping, but he was a progressive young man who was unwilling to be mediocre.
Guan Ping loves to listen to heroic stories most, and Guan Yu, who killed Yan Liang and beheaded Wen Chou, has reached the level of Yang Lijuan, a fan of Hua Tsai in later generations.
Liu Feng attracted the three brothers from Taiyuan, and Guan Ping bowed to him. The adoption of his adopted son went smoothly. Before his biological father said anything, Guan Ping had already decided to follow his adopted father and conquer the world!
Liu Bei followed Pang Tong's advice, fled to Jingzhou, and continued to harm Liu Jingsheng, one of the Eight Horsemen.
Naturally, Big Er will not give up the money that Xuzhou has amassed.
Feng Chu asked Guan Yu to take Guan Ping and lure Qingqi back to Xuzhou. Before the news of Cao Cao's attack came out, Xiahou Dun's troops had not yet arrived in Xuzhou, so they had to transport the stolen goods out first.
Zhou Cang originally stayed in Xuzhou to monitor Mi Zhu.
After everyone in Liu Bei's line gathered together, they thought that going north and west were dead ends, so they decided to board a boat east and then take the Yangtze River to transport things to Jingzhou to meet up with Liu Bei.
For this route, Guan Yu traveled around to talk things over and coordinate the overall situation.
The big ship went upstream and passed Jiankang. Everything went smoothly. All we could see was that under the stone city, there were many ships transporting slaves from Baiyue.
But when we arrived at Lujiang County, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. On the river, there were many Wudi warships parked on the north bank of the Yangtze River, as if Soochow was mobilizing troops to conquer this place.
On the Yangtze River, no ships were allowed to travel here. The second brother was so angry that he almost wanted to cross the river alone and kill a few Wu dogs to establish his authority!
The warships were stuck on the Yangtze River for three days, and they saw that their adoptive father's temper was getting worse and worse.
Although he was young, he was very shrewd, so he took his money and went to the south bank to inquire about the situation. After a whole morning, Guan Ping returned to Guan Yu and Zhou Cang with excitement on his face.
"Father, I have already found out that the war here is caused by the Eastern Wu generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who are under the orders of Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, to attack Guangling!"
"I heard from the boatman that since Yuan Shu's defeat, Sun Quan has often attacked Guangling from the north and plundered the people!"
"It's just that although the Wu people have a sharp naval force, they don't seem to be a match for General Cao Guangling. They have suffered heavy losses several times!"
After Shouchun was captured, why did Sun Quan become so angry that he attacked Guangling like a mad dog? The problem naturally lies in Zhao Yun's bed.
Sun Zhongmou lost his wife and broke the jade seal. In anger, he only wanted to hurt Fang Guang and Cao Cao!
"Oh? There is actually something like this. We are planning a big thing in Xuchang, but we didn't expect that there are also novices pecking each other here!"
"Who is Cao Cao's Guangling guard?"
The second brother's eyes are higher than his head. Except for those tough guys like Fang Datong, everyone else is a loser from all over the country.
When Guan Ping saw his adoptive father, who had always been indifferent, he looked up at him and quickly answered in a deep voice.
"Father, I heard that Cao Cao's traitors and the generals here are all General Fang Guangbu Qu, Jinfan's thief Gan Ning and Gan Xingba, who can pass through Yang Taishi Ci at a hundred steps to guard this place!"
"It turns out that these two people escaped from my Qinglong Blade in Xuzhou, but now they are showing off their power here!"
What the second brother said was a bit pretentious.
Whenever they compete with Fang Guang, the Taoyuan brothers never gain the slightest advantage.
Taishi Ci and his second brother were even more involved in a blood feud that took over Buqu!
"There are no heroes in the world, but you are really famous. Killing these two people is of no use to General Guan. I, Zhou Cang, can also kill thieves!"
After not fighting with Cao Cao for half a year, the Han River bandits suddenly felt that they could do it.
Zhou Cang shook the low-profile Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand and continued to pretend for a few words when he suddenly heard the overwhelming sound of horse hooves coming from the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Accompanied by the sound of Wu Yu crying and howling, countless defeated troops suddenly appeared in Jiangbei.
"Guangling Governor Chen Deng!"
"Wu, Wei General Tai Shici!"
"Garrison Colonel Gan Ning!"
Fang Guang's two generals, Dinghai Shenzhen, who stayed here, and Chen Yuanlong, who loved Yangtze River fish soup, led troops to kill him.
The defeated Dongwu army swarmed into the river boats on the shore. On the big boats, there was an overwhelming rain of arrows, and together with the trebuchets equipped on the flat boats, they shot towards the north bank. Cao's army had no boats and could not cross the river if they fired at each other.
Taishi Ci and Gan Ning looked down at the Soochow warships on the river bank and laughed and scolded them before leading their troops and retreating.
"It's really useless. I heard there is a saying in the world that having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou. Now that I think about it, after all, he is nothing more than a blue-eyed boy. He can't even beat a river or a thief. He really brings shame to his father and brother!"
When it comes to talking about others, the second brother's words are probably even sharper than his Qinglong Sword.
When the Dongwu warships on the river saw Cao's army retreating on the shore, they calmed down and stayed on the river for another half day. Most of the warships had already left here, leaving only the warships patrolling the Yangtze River.
At this time, it had been five or six days since Guan Yu was blocked here.
The second brother was worried that the eldest brother would be in trouble if he had no money when he arrived in Jingzhou, so he urged his adopted son to ask when the Yangtze River would be open to navigation.
Guan Ping got the news that after noon tomorrow, all river boats can go west.
Late that night, Guan Yu was stroking his beard and drinking on the deck.
Zhou Cang, Mi Fang, and Guan Ping accompanied each other, feeling the river wind blowing through the hills on the river bank, and seeing the bright moon in the sky, and the breaking of the water waves illuminated by white light.
The second brother, who had been living in the north since childhood and had not studied for a few years, suddenly had a flood of poetry and thoughts, and unintentionally, his martial arts improved a little bit.
Thinking of Cao Cao's great power and Fang Guang's many generals, and of the grievances he had received in the past six months, the second brother leaned on the railing and sighed, chanting poems in the air.
"Let him be strong when he is strong, let him be strong when the breeze blows on the hills, let him be horizontal when he is strong, and the bright moon will shine on the river!"
People in the Song Dynasty accidentally learned about Er Ge's poems and realized the secrets of martial arts. That is a story for another day.