The King of Jiujiang received Yun Xiao's military report and sent a messenger overnight as fast as possible. Yunxiao is very welcome to go to the territory of Jiujiang King for sightseeing, and by the way, the shrimp soldiers and crabs in Dongting Lake will be cleaned. And this prince also said that as long as you go to Jiujiang to eat and drink, I will cover it all.

Looking at the urgency expressed in the letter of the king of Jiujiang, Yun Xiao could guess how strict this prince was harassed by the water bandits in Dongting Lake.

Canglan is back, and he has brought back a guy who is scurrying around. Phantom Sky. This kid has been resting for half a year since he was chased and killed by the masters of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion. Now his face is ruddy, and he walks solidly. It seems that this guy's injury is no longer a problem, and this time he went to Jiujiang with another helper.

After discussing with Dou Yuan and Liu Cheng, Yun Xiao felt that it was more appropriate to quickly exterminate the bandits in Dongting Lake while Xiang Sanqiu had not yet reacted. With the lesson of the last time, I believe that Xiang Sanqiu will not attack Jiangdu blindly and confidently. After all, the more than 10,000 bloody human heads were still piled up in the wilderness, and the huge Jingguan made people shudder from afar.

Liu Cheng was very worried that Yun Xiao would only take Dai Yu and the Thirteen Iron Guards out. After all, Zhang Shiyi and his subordinates just returned to Shun, if there was a mistake on the way. Three thousand people against a dozen people, just by stepping on it, Yun Xiao can be trampled to death.

"There is no suspicion in employing people, these people have gone through so many hardships, and you have seen how eager they want to return to their old lives. If it hurts me, or kills me. Their families and they will all be reverted to the old days, if not as good as before. After all, Batu is much more ferocious than those tax collectors. ”

"But ......"

Liu Cheng was still worried and wanted to persuade him to take Batu and the others with him.

"Don't worry. I'll only be fine if you're in Jiangdu. Batu They are cavalry, and Dongting Lake is all water battles. They don't need them. I only took Luan's family soldiers with me, and I guess the training these days will have some effect. ”

Yun Xiao rejected Liu Cheng's kindness. After all, if more people stay, Jiangdu's safety will be more guaranteed. In the current situation, there must be no situation in which Jiangdu is captured. If Jiangdu is captured, maybe Liu Bi, who is in Dongou, will make a comeback. I don't know what kind of movement will be made.

In order to conceal the day of the expedition, the day was chosen at night, and the lower moon hung high in the sky, and the cold moonlight reflected the dirt roads in the countryside. The gates of Jiangdu slammed open, and the sound of a group of soldiers marching in disturbed the sound of frogs. Yun Xiao rode with Dai Yu and the Thirteen Iron Guards, and behind him was Xiang Yong, who was on foot. Luan Yong led Luan's soldiers to drive the baggage carriage at the end.

According to the plan. They marched to Kongjiazhuang, thirty miles away. Board the warship sent by the King of Jiujiang and sail up the Yangtze River to Jiujiang. Then he will work with the king of Changsha and the king of Jiujiang to exterminate the Dongting water bandits.

The warships sent by the King of Jiujiang almost filled this small port, and the villagers were used to taking ships. They are all Jiangnan people who have lived by the water since they were children. If you get seasick, you will die of laughter.

Luan's family soldiers are miserable, although they live on both sides of the Yellow River. But most of them are landlubbers, and if it weren't for Dai Yu's special training a few days ago, I'm afraid most people wouldn't be able to learn to swim for the rest of their lives. Ten days of life on the ship made these Chinese characters want to die. When I arrived at Jiujiang Wharf, I couldn't walk. The legs are as if they are stepping on cotton, and they are walking forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Jiujiang, also known as Jiangzhou, is located at the entrance of Poyang Lake, the key point of the Yangtze River. Since ancient times, it has been an important place for military families. Ever since Dongting Lake was in trouble. It made the king of Jiujiang uneasy, and he could only unite with the king of Changsha for hard support.

Liu Ji, the king of Jiujiang, personally came to the dock to greet him, although the most famous king of Jiujiang in history is Yingbu, but that Jiujiang and this Jiujiang are completely different things. The Jiujiang of Yingbu has been changed to the Huainan Kingdom. Later, it was divided into three. The current king is Liu An, the king of Huainan.

Liu Jiwei is a distant side branch, so he was sent to the remote place of Jiujiang as the king. However, he is very honest, Liu Bi rebelled against him and pretended to be unconscious. I have been sick for three months before I get better. However, it was not possible to deal with the Dongting water bandits by pretending to be sick, so the vassal king came to greet Yun Xiao with a rare low profile.

"Lord Wang. I am very puzzled why Jiujiang is on the shore of Poyang Lake but is infested by Dongting bandits? And the territory of the king of Changsha seems to be closer to Dongting Lake, why didn't the king of Changsha have a report to exterminate the Dongting water bandits? ”

The chubby King of Jiujiang has a simple face. At first glance it looks like an honest farmer. However, Yun Xiao always reminded himself in his stomach that there was actually a cunning heart under this honest face. Being able to do so much in the political whirlpool of the Seven Kings Rebellion did not make Yun Xiao admire.

"The Marquis of Lintong doesn't know that although this Jiujiang is located on the shore of Poyang Lake. However, the city defense of Jiangzhou City was quite strong, and most of the vassal armies of Jiujiang were around Jiangzhou to defend the Dongou Kingdom. Therefore, although Poyang Lake also has banditry. However, the water bandits in Poyang Lake did not dare to come to the vicinity of Jiangzhou to intrude.

There are no important cities on the shore of Dongting Lake in Jiujiang, and there are not many troops stationed there, so the Dongting water bandits came to loot as if they were in a no-man's land.

Yueyang City has almost become an empty city, and the Lone King has even sent several county commanders who have been killed by thieves. The thieves in Dongting were rampant, causing the treasury of Jiujiang to be empty year after year, and he was not afraid of the jokes of the Marquis of Lintong. The lonely king's honor guard is broken, and there is no money to repair it.

The situation of the King of Changsha is just the opposite of that of the Lone King, although the Changsha Kingdom is close to Dongting Lake, most of the garrisons of the feudal state are stationed around Changsha. Those bandits were afraid of the officers and soldiers, so they did not dare to go and plunder. ”

It turned out that this was the case, and Yun Xiao somewhat understood why the King of Jiujiang had a headache. His own army was concentrated in the capital to defend the Dongou Kingdom, but his weak belly was infested by those Dongting water bandits. It's no wonder that the bandits in Dongting Lake are so rampant, because there will be little resistance to robbery at all.

"What is the combat strength and equipment of the Dongting water bandits, and how many ships can be dispatched by the officers and soldiers?"

Yun Xiao wanted to understand the balance of power between the two sides, so that he could formulate a safe tactic.

"This Dongting water bandit is known as the thirty-six villages, each with its own owner. Their big leader was named Shi Hu, and he was a Miao descendant. According to legend, it is the descendant of the evil god Chiyou in ancient times, and it is rumored that this stone tiger was born with copper skin and iron bones, invulnerable to swords and guns, and infinite strength, and has the courage of ten thousand people. Although the Lone King has not seen it, he has heard a lot of legends about him. ”

Another guy who has been mythologized, pretending to be a god has always been a demagogic weapon for these guys. Yun Xiao really wanted to hear what was different about this story, whether this Shi Hu brother also had eighty-one brothers. Each has eight arms and nine toes.

"According to legend, Shi Hu has eighty-one brothers under him......"

Yun Xiao stroked his forehead with his hand, quite helpless. People in this era don't even bother to make up stories? The story is outrageous, it is simply a two-point zero version of the story of the copycat. I don't know if Mr. Chiyou knows underground, will he sue this guy who claims to be his descendant for piracy.

Listening to the mythical story told by this farmer-like prince for a long time, Yun Xiao had to repeat the question just now.

"Lord Wang, I want to know the equipment and combat power of the Dongting Water Bandits, I don't know if the Lord can tell me."

"Oh, the Lone King is a little far away. Most of the bandits are small boats in Upong, and there are not many big boats. However, there are not a few strong bows and crossbows, and there are hundreds of good shooters. All have the skill of 100 steps through Yang.

The Dongting water bandits occupy the small island in the lake as a village, and there are sub-villages on the shores of the surrounding areas. If the officers and troops attacked them, they withdrew to the main village of the island in the middle of the lake to take refuge, and the officers and troops withdrew and they returned. And so on, it is impossible to suppress. ”

"Oh, then why don't we just attack that island in the middle of the lake?"

"The Marquis of Lintong doesn't know that the big village in the middle of the lake is quite solid. There are many good shooters in the village, and the Lone King and the King of Changsha have joined forces several times, and the soldiers have lost their troops and will not return. ”

The King of Jiujiang seemed to be quite shocked by that battle, and he looked embarrassed when he mentioned it.

Yun Xiao took the map and asked Xiahou Ang, the Tai Lieutenant of the King of Jiujiang, to mark the location of the enemy's water village. Xiahou Ang was surprised that Yun Xiao had such an accurate map, he had never seen such an accurate map in his more than twenty years in Jiujiang. Except for some slightly different river channels, the terrain is exactly the same as it actually is.

Xiahou Ang concluded that such a map would never have been drawn without decades of hard work.

"Where did the Marquis of Lintong find this map? Can the general be asked to copy a copy in case of military supplies? ”

Old Xiahou Ang was so excited that his white beard trembled, his face was flushed, and he looked like he was swinging. Yun Xiao was afraid that this suspected hypertension patient would burst his blood vessels with excitement, so he hurriedly agreed to his request to copy a copy.

After thanking him repeatedly, Xiahou Ang didn't care about marking on the map, and hurriedly ordered his scribe to copy it in the side room. He stood by and watched, his eyes glowing at a paper map.

Yun Xiao understands the surprise of the ancients at an accurate map, because of the level of technology. The map of the Han Dynasty is very primitive, and the scale is not to be thought of. Yun Xiao had seen the huge map of the Han Dynasty in the side hall of Liu Qixuan's room, which was too primitive. The scale is not done well at all, and in some places on his map, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River have to be squeezed together.

Ignoring the few huge provinces in the middle, Yun Xiao had the urge to kill the whole family. Just this dead guy is still hard-mouthed, "The Marquis of Lintong knows the mountains and rivers in the world." was so angry that Yun Xiao almost gave him a full face, and drew a scribbled map of the country for Liu Qi overnight. Liu Qi was so excited that he ordered someone to enlarge it and draw it on the precious Shu brocade. The map of the Han Dynasty that is now hanging in the main room of the Xuan Room is this one. (To be continued......)