After inspecting the circle twice, seeing that there was nothing missing, Ma Tan called the centurion among the generals, the marquis and other generals to gather together.

"Now that the Jiangdong soldiers and horses have not yet arrived, we must not be careless, and we will perform our duties in the defense areas under our jurisdiction, and there must be no mistakes!

From tomorrow onwards, I will beat the drums from time to time, and when the drums are sounded, the soldiers of the defense areas under my jurisdiction must be in place within half a pillar of incense. Those who go the earliest will be rewarded, and those who go the latest will be severely punished! ”

When the generals heard this, they gave up their hands and commanded: "No! ”

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"Knock knock ......"

The heavy sound of war drums resounded over the water village, and then only a rush of footsteps was heard, and in the water village, the soldiers rushed out one by one.

"What are you doing, didn't you just knock it once, why did you come again!"

"I just fell asleep, do you want anyone to sleep!"

"It's a good thing I didn't take off my clothes, otherwise I would have been late again!"

"Hurry back to your respective defense areas, you will be punished if you are late!"

The soldiers came to their posts one after another.

At this moment, it is late at night, the torch is lit on the water village, Ma Jian stands on the high platform in front of the water village, and a case is set up in front of him, and an incense burner is placed on the case, and an incense stick inserted in the incense burner is about to burn out.

Ma Jian stared at the incense, only to see that the incense branch burned out and the incense ash fell into the incense burner, so Ma Jian raised his head and looked at the soldiers around him.

Ma Jian held the sword at his waist and asked the military judge, "Military judge, how is the situation?" ”

The military judge arched his hand and said: "The time for a stick of incense has all arrived, and the last one is also twenty inhales earlier than before." ”

Ma Tan nodded with satisfaction, and said to the generals: "Soon, I have been stationed in the camp for seven days, and we have been training every day these days, and it seems that we have also achieved some results." The soldiers have been quite tired in the past few days, and the last one they arrived at today will not be punished.

According to the scout's report, the Jiangdong Army has entered the river at the moment and is heading upstream, and it is only one day's journey away from our army, so it will not train tomorrow, so you should be ready to deal with the next big battle! ”

"No!" All the soldiers were very happy when they heard this, they were exhausted from this period of training, and they could finally have a good rest tomorrow.

In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.

Early in the morning, the morning light broke through the sky and dispelled the fog that shrouded the Yangtze River.

On the Yangtze River, a huge building ship sailed towards the public security water village.

The building ship has five floors, dozens of feet high, and more than 3,000 soldiers are loaded on it.

The huge building boat sailed on the river, like a terrifying monster in the wilderness.

The ancient Yue people are good at navigation, so they are good at shipbuilding, Jiangdong Sailor can stand alone in the world, in addition to the soldiers are good at water warfare, this unique shipbuilding technology is also one of the main reasons.

Behind the building ship, there are also hazy rushes, boats, fighting ships, large and small warships, a total of hundreds of ships.

The building ship is the largest and is the main ship of the fleet.

At this moment, the building is above the ship, on top of the fifth floor.

Lu Meng and Gan Ning held on to the railing, looking at the public security water village in the distance.

A lieutenant climbed to the top floor and asked Lu Meng for instructions: "General, five miles ahead is the public security water village, whether to continue sailing!" ”

Lu Meng turned around and asked the lieutenant: "I heard that in the past few days, in the public security water village, there are often drums that shake the sky?" Do you see what's going on? ”

The captain arched his hand and said: "It is the Jingzhou army that has been stationed in Shuizhai and trained every day, and it has been a few days now!" ”

The first general was surprised when he heard this: "There is actually a Jingzhou army stationed in Shuizhai?" There weren't a few soldiers and horses stationed in this water village before! ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he shook his head and responded: "Although Guan Yu is now going to Xiangyang to sit in town, Zhuge Liang is a far-sighted person, and before leaving, people must be wary of our Jiangdong, the news of our troops is not top secret, they know, it is not uncommon to be stationed in Shuizhai, this is a good thing." ”

Lu Meng paused, and asked the captain: "The Jingzhou army dares to enter the water village and dare to fight with our Jiangdong water division on the water, which means that the Jiangling side must have sent additional reinforcements, but can you investigate how many soldiers and horses there are in the public security and this water village?" ”

The lieutenant replied: "According to the report from the scout, there is no sign of soldiers and horses stationed in the public security during this time, and the defenders in the water village seem to be only about 5,000!" ”

"Five thousand?" Gan Ning couldn't help sneering when he heard this: "I didn't send more troops and horses, I actually dared to lead only 5,000 people to handle the water village, my Jiangdong Navy Division is all over the world, don't they know the strength of our army?" Who dares not to put my Jiangdong Sailor in his eyes! ”

"I don't know, I just know that the book of the Shuizhai Military Flag is a horse character!"

"General Ma?" Lu Meng was stunned when he heard this: "Could it be Ma Liang, he is a civil official!" ”

The lieutenant said: "Jiangling is now under martial law, and the people need to be guided to enter and exit, so our army scouts cannot go to Jiangling to inquire about the news, whether it is Ma Liang or not, it is still unknown!" The soldier paused, and then asked: "Further ahead is the public security water village, do you want to continue to advance!" ”

Lu Meng snorted coldly and ordered: "Go over and take a look, the distance between the two arrows will stop, I want to see who dares to hold it up like this!" ”

"No!" When the captain heard this, he waved his command flag and ordered the fleet to continue sailing.

"General, the Jiangdong fleet is heading towards the camp, and our soldiers are not in place yet, do you want to give an order......" In the public security water village, Ma Tan also learned the news that the Jiangdong soldiers and horses had arrived.

Ma Jian waved his hand and said: "Don't do it for the time being, the defensive measures everywhere in the water village, I am divided into upper, middle and lower three classes, now that Jiangdong is full of soldiers, we should not expose too much strength, let them think that our army is easy to deal with, so as to produce contempt, so that our army can win."

According to the training camp a few days ago, we are currently guarding the inferior defense area, and the middle and upper second class are not to send people to guard it for the time being. You can still gather in place at the time of half a pillar of incense when you are sleeping late at night, and now you are waiting for the day, how long will it take? ”

The generals arched their hands and said: "An order will come in an instant!" ”

"Hmm!" Ma Tan nodded with satisfaction and came to the high place in the village to observe the situation of the Jiangdong fleet.

The Jiangdong fleet continued to sail, and when it was nearly two arrows away from the Gong'an Water Village, a horn suddenly sounded, the soldiers stopped rowing, and the warship suddenly stopped.

The huge boat, although it was not paddled by soldiers to maintain power, stopped on the surface of the river, but it did not shake much.

Lu Meng Ganning was observing the situation in the public security water village.

Ma Tan led the generals in the water village to be located at a high place, and he was also observing the situation of the Jiangdong fleet.

Ma Tan counted the Jiangdong warships, and calculated in his heart: "One building ship carries 3,000 people, and 20 fighting ships carry 200 ...... each ship, and Jiangdong has dispatched a total of 15,000 troops this time!" The Jiangdong Navy is really worthy of its name, and it is really majestic! ”