Zhen Rong saw that this man who called himself Huang Gai actually regarded him as a water thief in the traitor department, and openly interrogated him, and the boss in his heart did not like it. However, how can a person not bow his head under the low eaves? Zhen Rongqiang held back the unhappiness in his heart and wanted to give a salute, but it happened that a Lang head called, and the merchant ship shook violently, he couldn't stand under his feet, and fell to the ground, as if he was giving Huang Gai a drink, and quickly bowed.

Huang Gai laughed and said, "Okay, you don't need to be so polite, get up and speak." ”

Zhen Rong blushed and crawled up. This time, he learned to be obedient, and held the side of the boat with one hand, and then said: "Down there, Peng Cheng is too guarded and Rongrong, and Lord Mi Zhu Mi is an old acquaintance." Now Cao Cao's army is coming, Zhen can't resist it, so he has no choice but to flee with the army and civilians to this place, and wants to go to Wu County to join Mi Daren, there is no malice, and I hope that the general will make it convenient. ”

Huang Gai turned his head to look around, and saw that in addition to the soldiers who were swayed by the wind, there were many women looking around, and they didn't know whether they were the accompanying family members or the fleeing people. However, Huang Gai had already heard from the people who had fled a few days ago that there was indeed a Pengcheng Taishou Zhenrong who led more than 100,000 people south to Guangling, and it seems that his words are somewhat credible.

Seeing that these ships had a deep draft, Huang Gai only thought that these ships were really full of fleeing people, but he didn't know that Zhen Rong had already left the more than 100,000 people in Guangling, and the draft on the ships was quite deep, just because they were full of gold, silver and jewelry they had looted from Guangling.

Huang Gai has been in the navy for a long time, but he is worried that these ships will have too deep draft and will not be able to resist the wind, and if a few ships are overturned by Lang Tou, it will be hundreds of lives, so he did not dare to delay, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "In this case, you will cross the river with our fleet." However, there are a large number of you, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to settle for a while, so let's wait until I have met Lord Yu and Mr. Mi before making a district. ”

Zhen Rong didn't plan to stay in Wu County for a long time, but when he heard that Huang Gai promised to let them cross the river and arrange it like this, he naturally thanked him again and again, he knew that Mi Zhu was benevolent by nature, and it was just a matter of borrowing from him, wasn't it an easy thing.

Huang Gai turned his head and whispered a few words to the naval soldier behind him, and the soldier pulled out two small flags from behind his back and waved them. Soon, the fleet led by Gan Ning split into two routes, with large ships on the outside and small ships on the inside, and a large space was given in the center.

These merchant ships and fishing boats had been escorted by naval vessels more than once, and they had already had a certain tacit understanding with each other, and they did not panic at all when they saw this situation, and steered their ships towards the empty river in the middle. The wind on the river is still high and fast, but with those huge buildings and boats covering the periphery, it is like erecting a wall on the river, and these merchant ships and fishing boats are much more stable in the middle of this "ship city".

Although the warships were large and small, mixed with merchant ships and fishing boats, and the speed of the ships naturally varied from fast to slow, the sailors on the warships had long been very skilled in controlling the ship, and they were able to always maintain the same formation, escorting the merchant ships and fishing boats to the south shore.

In order to facilitate the reception of the fleeing people, the refugee camp set up by Mizhu is not too far from the riverbank. The camp is divided into four villages, each of which can accommodate about 5,000 people. The interior of Dazhai is basically managed by these fleeing people, some are responsible for maintaining law and order, some are responsible for cleaning up and sanitation, some are responsible for fire prevention, and a group of doctors from various counties and counties are specially responsible for the prevention and control of epidemics. When they arrive in the camps, they are required to undergo a medical examination, and after making sure they are healthy, they are subject to strict identity registration. Some craftsmen with a good skill will be selected to participate in further selection, and those who pass the selection will be hired by the Xiangyang Research Institute and the engineering team respectively, while others will be assigned to the counties below Wu County, Yuzhang, and Huiji along with ordinary people.

Originally, the refugee camp could have been built larger, but Mi Zhu believed that the refugee camp was just a temporary place to shelter the fleeing people, and if it was built too large, it would not only be troublesome to dismantle in the future, but also a lot of money for various materials, so only four camps capable of accommodating 20,000 people were built. However, due to the large number of people who have fled and the fact that it takes a long time to complete the above tasks, the camp is still overcrowded, although refugees continue to be sent to various counties.

Huang Gai did not know that there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 young women in Zhenrong's fleet, but he thought that these ships were full of more than 100,000 people, and he also reported to Gan Ning accordingly. In fact, even if he knew that there were less than 20,000 people on board, the camp would not be able to accommodate them.

Although there is a shortage of people in Jiangnan, it is also unexpected for Gan Ning to come so many people at once, no matter what, the two tasks of registering identity and checking for epidemics cannot be relaxed in any case. Gan Ning had no choice but to inform Zhenrong to let him temporarily leave all the soldiers and civilians he brought on the ship, and no one was allowed to go ashore, waiting for the refugee camp to vacate before gradually moving them ashore.

When Zhen Rong heard this, he knew that the water network in the south of the Yangtze River was vertical and horizontal, and it was better to take the waterway to go in the direction of Jiaozhou. Although his soldiers were not accustomed to water, they no longer bumped after the ship docked, and it was more convenient to control the boatmen and sailors, so he did not plan to let these soldiers go ashore. What's more, he still carried so many treasures and women on his ship, and he was afraid that Gan Ning and these people would make a whim and attack his idea.

Gan Ning saw that Zhen Rong had no objections, and arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhen, just now Gan has sent someone to inform the two adults, Yu and Mi, and the two adults are very surprised, they have already prepared water and wine in the camp, and they want to catch the wind for Lord Zhen, and ask Master Zhen to move ashore." ”

The camp he was talking about was not a large camp of the navy, but a place for Yu to turn over and Mi Zhu to handle affairs in the refugee camp. Because the camp is not a non-permanent institution, the two of them can only carry out their official business in makeshift tents.

Zhen Rong was a little hesitant, he didn't want to leave his army, he was unfamiliar with the people here, in case Gan Ning had any evil intentions, he didn't even have the slightest room for resistance. Just as he was hesitating, a large number of soldiers suddenly came, driving hundreds of carts, which were full of grain, rice and noodles.

Gan Ning arched his hand and said, "Lord Zhen, you soldiers and civilians have left their hometowns and come from afar, so you must lack food and clothing. These rice noodles should be emergency first, and it will be good to wait for everything to settle down. Please hurry up and distribute it, if it is not enough, just give an order to the soldiers on the shore, and someone will naturally send it. There are still some things to deal with in Gan's camp, and someone will come to pick up the adults in a while, and Gan will leave first! ”

Because Zhen Rong brought so many people over at once, it can be regarded as a credit to Jiangnan, so Gan Ning was quite polite to him in words, but how did he know that he didn't take a single person across the river at all, and even these soldiers and women he brought didn't intend to stay in Jiangnan.

Zhen Rong bowed down and sent Gan Ning away, turned to Fan Neng and said, "Mi Zhu came to invite, do we want to go to this reception banquet?" ”

Fan Neng stared at the rice noodles that had just been unloaded from the car, and said without thinking: "Lord Hui, depending on the general, this banquet must go!" ”

Zhen Rong let out an "oh" and said, "You mean to let Zhen mention the matter of borrowing the Tao to Mi Zhu at the banquet?" ”

Fan Neng shook his head and said, "The last general thinks that even if Mi Zhu agrees to lend us the Dao, that Gan Ning will not agree. ”

Zhen Rong was surprised: "Why is this? ”

Fan Neng arched his hand and said: "My lord, think about it, why is Gan Ning so enthusiastic about us, didn't he think that we brought many people?" Jiangnan, like Jiaozhou, is vast and sparsely populated, and they also need these people, how can they let us go south? ”

Zhenrong frowned and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, so how is it good?" ”

Fan Neng pointed to the grain that was brought onto the ship and said, "Look, my lord, these are all good grains, and they actually use them to help the people." I have long heard that Jingzhou under Liu Xin's rule is extremely prosperous, but I didn't expect that even the Jiangnan area is so rich. The land in Jiaozhou is barren, we have a lot of jewelry, and we can't do it without food. ”

Zhen Rong groaned: "Since you think Gan Ning is unwilling to borrow the Tao, then how can he be willing to lend us food?" ”

Fan Neng gritted his teeth and said viciously: "If he doesn't borrow it, let's grab it!" ”

Zhen Rong was startled and said, "This is on their land. ”

Fan Neng said disapprenously: "My lord, isn't Guangling also Zhao Yu's land?" We're not in for a lot of money. After careful observation, the general observed that there were not many defenders on the riverbank, and most of the camps were civilians. Although Gan Ning and that Huang Gai are brave, they are just some sailors after all, when they get to the shore, do we still need to be afraid of them? ”

Zhen Rong lowered his head and pondered, he killed Zhao Yu at that time only on a temporary basis, and he was not carefully planned, but he was still able to succeed, if he planned carefully now, he might not be able to succeed.

People's greed is always endless, and Fan Neng has a good saying, just jewelry without food, even if you go to Jiaozhou, it is difficult to gain a foothold. Seeing so many white flowers of grain in front of him, how could he not be tempted?

When Zhen Rong raised his head again, his eyes were already full of fierce light, and he said sharply: "Select fifty henchmen and sergeants, pretend to be Pengcheng civil and military officials and old village gentry, hide sharp blades, and go to the banquet with me." When the time comes, listen to me smashing the cup, rush up, control Mi Zhu and others, and don't worry about their refusal. ”

The place where Mi Zhu and Yu turned to deal with affairs was also a camp, consisting of dozens of tents, and the northernmost part of the entire refugee camp, not far from the river, could be seen if you climbed on the boat.

Zhen Rong, Fan Neng, and the fifty henchmen who pretended to be Pengcheng officials and gentry, under the guidance of several naval soldiers, walked towards the tent in the middle. Yu turned and Mi Zhu set up a reception banquet for the Rongrong decorations there.

When Zhao Yu was attacked and killed in Guangling, Zhen Rong was improvised, but he was calm. Now he had a premeditated plan, but secretly pinched a sweat. Suddenly seeing so many tents erected around, Zhen Rong was even more frightened, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said secretly, God really helps me!