Chapter 56 Changes in Plan

In fact, Xunyang City is also close to the river, and Liu Yu's predecessor, led by Zhou Anmu, has already landed in Xunyang. At this moment, he is cooperating with He Wuji to attack Xunyang.

Xunyang Shou will be Guoquan, Huan Xuan's confidant. This man is very resourceful. He defends the city with 20,000 troops and launches the youth in the city to guard Xunyang like an iron barrel.

And in order to cooperate with Huan Xuan to seize the time to accumulate strength, he actually found a person similar to Huan Xuan to pretend to pretend to be Huan Xuan and wandered on the wall for a while from time to time to confuse He Wuji and others.

Tao Yuanming went to see Zhou Anmu. If he went to find He Wuji, I guess Guoquan's plan would not work.

The Beifu navy warships led by Zhou Anmu are all docked by the river, and only a few soldiers are guarding them.

When they saw more than 20 warships in their own army, they thought they were here to transport grain and grass at first and didn't care too much, but they didn't expect that the fleet had no intention of landing at all. They stuck to the other side of the river and passed quickly.

The soldiers of the Beifu navy were a little confused and thought that their brother's troops were carrying out other tasks, but they still reported it to Zhou Anmu as quickly as possible.

Zhou Anmu received a strange report, but they are now under siege and have no time to care about anything else. Because of the rush, the two people on the road together are less than 30,000, which is almost the same as the defenders in the city. If it hadn't been for the veterans of Beifu, they would probably have been defeated by the defenders. So they have to be careful.

However, Zhou Anmu also reported the news to He Wuji. After He Wuji knew it, he immediately felt that there was a problem. After asking in detail about the number of the fleet and the situation of the soldiers on the ship, he intuitively told him that this was probably Lu Qiang's people.

He knew that Liu Yu was dedicated to attracting Lu Qiang, and he was also a very active advocate, but because he led the army to chase Huan Xuan, he didn't know how Liu Yu arranged it later.

What is this boy going to do? The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I became. I immediately ordered someone to report the news to Liu Yu and asked Liu Yu to make a quick determination. At the same time, Liu Yuga was asked to send troops, otherwise the army in his current hand would not be able to break through the defensive Xunyang at all.

More than 20 warships broke through the wind and waves and advanced towards Jiangling at the fastest speed, but after all, they were sailing against the water and could not be faster at all.

When they left Xunyang's waterway less than a day, Lu Qiang and Wang Zhenkui couldn't sit still. The fighters were fleeting away. If they let Huan Xuan regain their foothold in Jiangling, I'm afraid they would not be enough to plug their teeth.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. Lu Qiang simply invited Wang Zhengui, Tao Yuanming, Zhou Kui and others to his ship to study what to do.

After listening to Lu Qiang's analysis, everyone was deeply convinced.

Tao Yuanming and Zhou Kui grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. No matter where they go, it is a habit to take a boat. In the past, they thought that going to Jiangling by boat was the most direct and convenient, and they didn't think there was any problem, but now it's different. Now it's a wartime, and nothing is more important than time.

After listening to Lu Qiang's analysis, an idea came to everyone's mind, that is, to divide the troops, get off the boat all the way, and ride a fast horse to Jiangling at the fastest speed.

But although they have a good idea, they are only a few people. If they are separated, won't they be gone? And even if it can be divided, there are not so many horses!

Lu Qiang turned his eyes to Wang Zhen evil: "How many war horses are available in the army?"

Wang Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "less than 100, except for the war horses of scouts and generals, it's only 60!"

60 war horses, that is, 60 soldiers, are too few.

Lu Qiang can't help but think of the special forces movie examples he saw in his previous life. They all say that there are not many soldiers. If he can take such a group of men and sneak into Jiangling and take a beheading operation, there is no possibility of success.

And as far as my current strength is concerned, this is also the only way.

Although Lu Qiang has never been a soldier, he is now very confident in his skills.

Make up your mind to order all the ships to dock, and then gather the team, including the sailors on board, to disembark and gather.

Only Fan Cheng is still detained in the cabin. It's not that Lu Qiang doesn't want to let him go, but it's not the right time.

After the team gathered, Lu Qiang personally led the team to select the right person among 3,000 soldiers and 400 sailors.

More than 3,000 people only need 50 people, almost 60 to 1. Time is tight, and Lu Qiang can't be too picky. They just examine these people from the aspects of physical condition, martial arts, riding and shooting.

On the other hand, Lu Qiang has no personal guard until now. These 50 people will be the prototype of his personal guard.

To Lu Qiang's surprise, the husband was the first to be selected, and Lu Qiang did not hesitate to directly appoint him as his own captain.

Choose one out of sixty, which is easy to say. After this selection, I have been busy for a whole day. Lu Qiang and others are also almost exhausted.

However, everyone's spirit is not bad, and no one wants to rest. From the time Lu Qiang selected elite soldiers, everyone understood what he meant.

It's false to say you don't worry, but as Lu Qiang thought, they have no way out now and can only take a risk.

Looking around at the crowd, Lu Qiang first saluted the crowd, and then said in a low voice, "After I leave, the army will ask you. I am convinced that we will meet in Jiangling City soon."

Wang Zhen returned his fist and said, "General must take care of himself. As long as he is here, there is hope."

These days, the two have formed a deep friendship. He believes that as long as Lu Qiang has nothing to do, even if they can't take Jiangling this time, they must have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Lu Qiang nodded and said to Zhou Kui, "The fleet does not need to travel too fast. There are many scouts ahead. I will inform you as soon as there is any news."

After a pause, he said, "In case I can't come back, you can go to General He Wuji, and he will properly place you."

Lu Qiang's sentence is a little about the meaning of the will.

Tao Yuanming saluted deeply and said, "General must not say so. The general is his majesty's comfort, and there are many brothers, just like the evil brother said. As long as there are people, there is hope. We are waiting for your good news."

While talking, everyone looked at Lu Qiang and became solemn. Lu Qiang is not only their leader, but also their spiritual support. If Lu Qiang really can't come back, it indicates that they will break up.

Fifty soldiers, plus Lu Qiang and Fu Zi, a group of fifty-two, embarked on a journey at dawn.

After they left, the fleet also pulled anchor and set sail for Jiangling slowly. Cross-strait scouts follow up and report on the situation ahead at any time.

Huan Xuan started his work in Jingzhou, which does not mean that everyone in this place supported him. Especially after his defeat, few of the more than 200,000 children and soldiers from Jingzhou who rose up with him fled back. Most of them were exposed to their hometowns, and even some of them could never come back.

It can be said that many Jingzhou people hate Huan Xuan to the bone. After Huan Xuan fled back, he was like a bird of a frightening bow. Although he tried his best to collect people and horses, up to now, the Jiangling defenders are less than 10,000, and even some county generals have begun to support their troops and take care of themselves and do not listen to his orders at all.

So Lu Qiang and others came all the way and hardly encountered any obstacles. For safety reasons, when they passed by a manor, Lu Qiang ordered to install a bandit and loot a landlord's house.

However, he only robbed the clothes and a few carriages, and the rest did not move at all. Later, the owner really couldn't get through and took the initiative to send Lu Qiang 500 gold, just begging them to leave quickly.

It makes Lu Qiang so depressed that there are such people in the world?

After dressing up, Lu Qiang and his party turned into a group of businessmen. Although the landlord was very kind and righteous, they still rested at the landlord's house for one night. While accumulating physical strength, they also divided 50 people into several teams and moved forward in batches when they set out the next day. He doesn't know what's going on in Jiangling City now. He must first send someone in to find out.

In the afterglow of the sunset, the tall dark wall was dyed dark red, and the soldiers patrolled the wall, a heavily guarded scene.

There is also a team of heavily armed soldiers at the gate of the city, closely inspecting passing pedestrian vehicles, especially those entering the city.

Seeing this situation from afar, Lu Qiang couldn't help frowning, because their weapons were hidden in the carriage. If someone searched, they would definitely be found.

Although it has been dispersed, they still have the largest number of people. Such a team is inevitably more conspicuous, but if it is turned around now, it will definitely attract the attention of the soldiers, and it will attract the defenders.

At this time, a soldier approached Lu Qiang and whispered, "General, give me 50 gold, and I will go there first."

Lu Qiang turned his head and saw that it turned out to be a veteran named Wang Kai selected from the scout camp. This guy is very lively and has always been the doctor's assistant. And now he is dressed as a housekeeper.

nodded and ordered the Master to take out fifty gold and hand it to him.

After Wang Kai took the money, he ran there first.

"Hight... What about you? If you don't get off the horse, you will shoot arrows."

Several soldiers bent their bows and arrows and aimed at Wang Kai.

Far away, Wang Kai jumped off the horse and came over with a playful smile.

"Ouch! Ladies and gentlemen, you are on duty today! Hard work, hard work"

Not to mention that Wang Kai's pretentious appearance is a little markety.

Reaching out without hitting the smiling face, an officer-like man looked up at Lu Qiang and others behind him, turned his head and said to Wang Kai with a calm face, "Who are you? Is it so late? Are you going there?

Wang Kai approached the officer and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Master, to be honest, my son is Wang Situ's nephew. He heard that Wang Situ was seriously ill and rushed back to visit him. If it wasn't late, we would have gone straight to Jiankang. You think it's time, and you can't be in a hurry. Yes"

Wang Kai said and stuffed the money bag into the officer's hand without showing a trace.

In fact, the officer has noticed that Lu Qiang can't pretend to be someone like Lu Qiang's physique and temperament.

However, when he heard that Lu Qiang was the son of an official eunuch, the officer believed it, and he had measured the weight of this bag of gold, which made him even more happy.

He quietly packed the money bag and said, "What's on the carriage?"

"Oh, it's some local specialties brought to us Elder Situ"

The officer nodded and reminded, "You'd better leave early tomorrow. It's not peaceful these days."

"Would you like to go to war? Why don't we go in?"

Wang Kai looked at the officer nervously and said, but his eyes were aimed at the officer's arms with money.

The money has been put into the pocket, so is there any reason to take it out?

The officer hurriedly said, "It doesn't matter. I'm still on duty tomorrow. You can come out as soon as possible." After saying that, he ignored Wang Kai and waved to his soldiers: "Let go"