"Liu Qi deliberately tried to cover up the truth. The Jingzhou Navy is likely to suddenly attack Chaisang and our Poyang Lake Navy!"

After reaching this conclusion, even Yang Zheng was shocked. He once suspected that he was too suspicious and thoughtful. How could the Jingzhou army, which was beaten up by Xuzhou army a year ago, have the courage to attack Jiangdong? But when he carefully calculated, Yang Zheng found that his suspicion was not groundless. The Jingzhou army's sneak attack on Chaisang Poyang Lake was extremely large, but the possibility of ordinary practical exercises or taking the opportunity to attack Yizhou was extremely small!

The biggest suspicion is of course that it comes from Liu Qi. Yang Zheng infers according to common sense that if Liu Qi had really returned to Xiangyang early this morning, then even if Liu Qi heard that he was in the city as soon as he entered the city, he should have gone to see his father who had been away for a long time, and then come to find his junior brother with his family to spend time and mischief! After discovering this flaw, combined with Li Lang's two accidental discoveries, one was that he was followed when he visited Cai Mao the evening of the first day, and the other was that he was surveillance and eavesdropped when he visited Cai Mao. Yang Zheng quickly came to a conclusion-Liu Qi had already returned to Xiangyang! Even if someone was not Liu Qi who was sent to follow him and listen to his conversation with Cai Mao, Liu Qi must know his whereabouts and what he talked with him and Cai Mao!

It was concluded that Liu Qi had been in Xiangyang City and knew what he had done on the front of Xiangyang City for a day. The reason why he suddenly came to visit him was only one explanation - because when Cai Mao was talking to him, he accidentally mentioned that 80,000 Jingzhou main forces were going to hold a practical exercise in Xiakou. Liu Qi was worried that he would have doubts and ruined his sneak attack plan, so he hurried to meet his brothers to test his attitude towards this matter, and then deliberately released fake news to create the illusion that the Jingzhou army was preparing to attack Yizhou, so that he could not think of the Jingzhou army's preparation to attack Yizhou.

For Yang Zheng, Liu Qi's actions were undoubtedly a scattered effort to cover up the evidence. In turn, it proved that the Jingzhou army was ready to attack Jiangdong, because if the Jingzhou army was really only preparing for a large-scale practical exercise, then Liu Qi would not have to prove anything to him at all. Even if he reminded Jiangdong to be prepared for the battle, it would be useless; or if Liu Qi was ready to attack Yizhou, then Liu Qi would not have to prove anything to him, let alone ask his father to dissuade Xuzhou army from rescuing Yizhou. Because the current strategic focus of the Xuzhou army is on the northern line, and he would not have to take action to manage Yizhou. Even if Liu Zhang asked for help from the Xuzhou army, the Xuzhou army would have no choice but to interfere with the Jingzhou army annexing Yizhou.

A hundred steps back, even if Liu Qi was really afraid that the Xuzhou army would interfere with him in attacking Yizhou. Then Yang Zheng believed that Liu Qi's most correct approach should be to negotiate directly with Deputy Director Tao, and to use the means of complying with the goodwill of the deputy director Tao, in exchange for Deputy Director Tao's tacit approval of the Jingzhou army annexing Yizhou, instead of asking Yang Zheng's father Yang Changshi came forward to dissuade him, because Yang Zheng knew very well that although his father was in the Xuzhou army, he never spoke in strategic decision-making. Even if he came forward to persuade the Xuzhou army to rescue Deputy Director Tao in Yizhou, he would not listen. Combined with these suspicions, coupled with Liu Qi's inadvertently exposed guilt and timidity, Yang Zheng came to the final conclusion-the Jingzhou army was about to attack Chaisang and compete with the Xuzhou army for Jiangdong land!

Yang Zheng is worthy of being Yang Changshi's eldest son and beloved son. He completely inherited Yang Changshi's greedy and fear of death. Therefore, even when he discovered this danger, Yang Zheng was not so stupid that he was shaking out in Xiangyang City in front of Liu Qi. He just wandered around in the brothel with Liu Qi for most of the day. It was not until Shen Shi was drunk in the afternoon that he left the brothel with Liu Qi. During this period, Yang Zheng wrote a letter to his father in front of Liu Qi, begging his father to come forward to persuade the Xuzhou army to rescue Yizhou. Liu Qi was overjoyed when he saw the letter, and received Yang Zheng reminded him, and wrote a letter to Yang Changshi himself, greeting Yang Changshi as a disciple, and then handed the letter to Yang Zheng, and asked Yang Zheng to take Yang Changshi back to Xuchang and handed it to Yang Changshi.

Halfway through Shen Shi, Liu Qi, who was already drunk, personally sent Yang Zheng back to the inn, and then bowed to say goodbye. Yang Zheng, who was also drunk, refused to give in. He pulled Liu Qi to invite Liu Qi out of the city to hunt with him, saying that he wanted to ask his brother to see his martial arts. Liu Qi took Zui to accept Yang Zheng's invitation and then said goodbye and left. As a result, as soon as Liu Qi left, the drunkenness on Yang Zheng's face disappeared immediately. He immediately pulled Li Lang to the inner room, told Li Lang about his suspicion, and discussed countermeasures with Li Lang.

Just like Yang Zheng's suspicion, Li Lang was shocked after hearing Yang Zheng's suspicion analysis, and then asked in confusion: "Young Master, isn't this possible? If Liu Biao and Liu Qi dare to do this, when our main force turns around, they will not be able to slap him to death with a slap?"

"If our navy is over, then even if our main force looks back, we will not be able to slap Liu Biao and Liu Qi." Yang Zheng calmly analyzed: "There is the danger of the Han River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south. As long as the Jingzhou army can quickly eliminate our water surface power, our main force will not be able to deal with the Jingzhou army even if we return to the southern line. Liu Biao and his son can use their absolute surface advantage to block our army, become a stalemate with our army, and take the opportunity to annex Yizhou and Jiaozhou to strengthen their strength, and then compete with the lord for the world."

"Young Master is joking?" Li Lang smiled and said, "Jingzhou's group of ducks, when they come to land, the villain can fight one or two of them alone, and they are worthy of competing with us to dominate the world?"

"Uncle Li, you may be right to think so, but Liu Qi may not think so." Yang Zhengping said: "Last time we were in Nanyang, we did beat the Jingzhou army miserably, but we defeated only Huang Zu and Cai Mao, and did not defeat Liu Qi. Liu Qi may not be afraid of us. He is dissatisfied with our army and has the intention of comparing with our army. It is also very normal for him."

"Young Master said this. At his age, he is just the time to be competitive and want to make achievements." Li Lang nodded and said, "To be cautious, we must quickly report to the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty and the Governor of Lu, and ask them to be prepared to be wary, so that we can ensure that if there are many masters, please write a letter immediately. The villain arranged for the followers to return to Xuchang to report the message first."

"It is of course to report the message to Xuchang immediately, but I am worried that it will be too late to report the message to Xuchang." Yang Zheng said: "Uncle Cai once said that the Jingzhou army is scheduled to hold a practical exercise at the end of this month. Liu Qi sent troops to attack Chaisang, which may be the end of the month. Now the season is in the middle of winter, and the northwest wind is blowing tight. Xiakou is upstream of Chaisang again. Liu Qi sent troops smoothly. At most two days, he can attack our Poyang Lake Navy. Today is November 16th, and there are only more than ten days left before the end of the month. Our messenger sent the news to Xuchang, and Xuchang sent the news to Chaisang and Danyang. When the governor of Lu and his troops to increase their troops, the daylily will be cold!"

"That's true." Li Lang thought carefully and nodded. Then he suggested: "Young Master, why don't we send letters to Qiao Rui and Governor Lu directly. When they see our letter, they call the police. Even if they don't believe it completely, they will definitely be careful."

"The middle and lower sections of the Han River are controlled by the Jingzhou Army. There are many checkpoints along the way, and the main force of the Jingzhou Army gathers at Xiakou and stands for orders. We will definitely put strict defenses on the Yangtze River route. It may be so easy for our messenger to send the letter to Chaisang?" Yang Zheng shook his head.

"That's hard to deal with." Li Lang said in a difficult situation: "There is too late to send a letter to Xuchang, and the road to send a letter to Chaisang is blocked. What should I do?"

"It's okay, I've figured out a solution." Yang Zheng said in a shocking way. He first asked Li Lang to bring a pen, ink, silk and inkstone, and then took out a letter he asked Liu Qi to write to his father. He imitated Liu Qi's handwriting and wrote a handwriting on the silk: "There are two officials who are ordered to act, and they are urgent. The passes along the way must not be blocked, and they will be released immediately and convenient! Liu Qi, the prefect of Jiangxia, wrote it personally!'

"Imitation is really like this." Li Lang, who knew a few words, was first surprised, and then quickly said: "Young master, this warrant is not enough. You also need to have Liu Qi's token..."

Before Li Lang finished speaking, Yang Zheng had already taken out a token from his sleeve. He took it in his hand and threw it to play. He smiled and said, "I just stole Liu Qi's identity token in the carriage. Uncle Li, this can be regarded as a token? Liu Qi is already drunk and does not need a token when he goes home. He should not find it in a while, right?"

Li Lang opened his mouth wide, and didn't know how to evaluate Yang Zheng, the young master who had watched him grow up since childhood. He was more ghostly than him, a veteran who liked to pretend to be a thief! Yang Zheng stopped talking and quickly picked up a pen to write a letter to Taishi Ci to report the matter. He asked Taishi Ci to call Shiyi immediately, and then handed the letter and Liu Qi's letter to his father to Li Lang together, and ordered: "Uncle Li, arrange two reliable followers immediately and let him take these three letters back to Wancheng on our boat. If he encounters an inspection on the way, he will show my letter to his father and Liu Qi, hide my letter to General Taishi, pretending to be sending letters to my father and Liu Qi."

Li Lang agreed and was about to go down to make arrangements, Yang Zheng ordered: "Uncle Li, prepare two sets of ordinary clothes, yours and mine, as well as some gold and pearls. We will leave the city immediately and hire a civilian boat to Chaisang to call the police."

"We're going to deliver the letter?" Li Lang's eyes almost popped out of his eyes and said in surprise: "Young Master, aren't you joking? How good is it to send someone to deliver the letter? Why do you have to call the police in person to Chaisang?"

"I can't believe others." Yang Zheng replied: "Besides, this time the sending of the letter is very dangerous. As long as there is a little flaw and the letter is exposed, our messenger may die without a burial place. If there is any mistake, all the previous efforts will be wasted. Only you and I can adapt to the situation on the road. Even if it is exposed, the Jingzhou army will not know the purpose of our journey south and will not kill us casually."

"But what should you do with your mission?" Li Lang quickly said, "Young Master, don't forget, you are carrying the mission to welcome Mr. Yuan. What should you do if Mr. Yuan leave?"

"Yuan bought a child under ten years old. Except for the mistress who felt sorry for his brother and valued him, who would anyone care about him?" Yang Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, he will not be in danger. The lord will just send someone else to pick him up next time."

Li Lang opened his mouth again and said for a while: "Young Master, I know that you are also young and energetic now, and you are determined to achieve great achievements. This is good, but have you ever thought about it? If this matter is wrong, your future will be completely ruined."

"At least I won't lose my life." Yang Zheng said calmly: "I have thought about it carefully. Even if there is any mistake in this matter, my father's old face is placed on the lord. In addition, the pleading of Uncle Jia, Xu Huang and Zhao Yun, the lord will never take my life. But if I do this, our Yang family will be safe forever under the lord's account. It doesn't take my father a hundred years later, and our Yang family will be settled by someone."

Li Lang originally wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Zheng urged impatiently: "Uncle Li. Go and do it. Now every hour is extremely precious to us. As the city gate is not closed yet, we will leave the city quickly, otherwise we will have to wait for tomorrow. Uncle Li, don't worry, if this matter is made equally, we will share the credit for it. If it is not a crime, I will not be responsible for you."

After all, he grew up watching Yang Zheng grow up, and he has some feelings for Yang Zheng. So although he knew that Yang Zheng's move was very dangerous, in order to fulfill the young master's eagerness to achieve success, Li Lang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and immediately prepared the arrangement according to Yang Zheng's instructions. Yang Zheng calmly started changing clothes and preparing for the door. He changed into a set of people's clothes and prepared to go out. He kept thinking about various details in his mind, and called another of his old family, Chen Er, to the room and explained his opportunity in his ear.

So soon, a messenger took two letters from Yang Zheng and Liu Qi's letters out of the city first, and went north to the Qingshui Wharf to return to Wancheng. Then Chen Er led several followers to drive Yang Zheng's carriage out. He deliberately went to Xiangyang City to wander around, pretending to be a street view, attracting the attention of Liu Qi's possible eyeliner. Yang Zheng and Li Lang, who had changed into the clothes of the people, took the opportunity to climb over the wall and leave the inn. After confirming that no one was following, they immediately left the city from the east gate of Xiangyang, and hired a civilian boat to go south at the Hanshui Wharf, and rushed to Chaisang with the smooth flow.

Yang Zheng's pretending to be a pig and eating tiger played a key role during this period and had lost vigilance about Yang Zheng. Although Liu Qi still arranged for eyeliner to monitor Yang Zheng, Yang Zheng's carriage brought the eyeliner to the city and did not realize that it was just an empty carriage - because Chen Er followed Yang Zheng's instructions and talked to the car more than once, he deliberately bought sober soup and sent it into the car, pretending to be Yang Zheng's drunk in the car. So until the next morning, Liu Qi, who had just woken up, didn't know that his good junior brother had actually left Xiangyang and had already reached Lankou smoothly.

At the same time, it was the next morning that Liu Qi, who had no identity token to go home, found that his token had disappeared. At first, Liu Qi thought that he had accidentally left it in the carriage or Cuihonglou. He also sent someone to search for it. He sent someone to Cuihonglou to ask about whereabouts. After completely missing nothing, Liu Qi became suspicious and quickly came to the inn to meet Yang Zheng, wanting to see if his identity token was in Yang Zheng's hands. As a result, Chen Er told Liu Qi as Yang Zheng's order, saying that Yang Zheng and Li Lang had already left the city to Huangjiawan to deliver letters to Huang Shuo early in the morning. Liu Qi was furious when he heard this. He first scolded the lazy eyeliner who was not surveillance, and then immediately sent someone to Huangjiawan to find Yang Zheng's whereabouts.

Of course, Liu Qi sent someone to Huangjiawan to find Yang Zheng. When Liu Qi was puzzled after learning the news, he quickly sent someone to search everywhere. Chen Er, a native of the Yang Mansion, also started to make trouble. While running to the Xiangyang government to report Yang Zheng's disappearance, he also went to Cai Mao's residence to report the incident, which also pulled Cai Mao and Cai Yun to interfere with the matter, distracting Liu Qi's attention. As a result, the Cai Mao brothers who hated Liu Qi so much that they hated Liu Qi naturally would not miss this opportunity. They quickly jumped out and made up the matter. They asked Sheng Liu Biao to investigate the disappearance of the imperial envoy - and also investigate the incident that happened between Yang Zheng and Liu Qi in Cuihong Building.

By the way, Young Master Yang Zheng, who was so careful, also arranged a backup plan for Chen Er, that is, if the Jingzhou army discovered that Yang Zheng had escaped from Xiangyang City, Chen Er had to explain to Liu Qi that Yang Zheng had returned to Wancheng, and attacked the east and west to attract Liu Qi's attention to Nanyang. Fortunately, Chen Er had to suffer a backup plan without using this set.

It was okay for Liu Qi. Chen Er and other entourages insisted that Yang Zheng left by himself, and there were prostitutes from Cuihonglou who proved that Liu Qi had been talking to Yang Zheng and was preparing to redeem two popular prostitutes to Yang Zheng as concubines. Therefore, Cai Mao brothers could not frame him and kill Yang Zheng, but forced Liu Biao to order a strict investigation of the matter. As a result, Chen Er and other entourages of Yang Zheng successfully left Xiangyang. Liu Qi hurried back to Xiakou to preside over the Eastern Expedition the day after confirming that Yang Zheng was missing.

Of course, Liu Qi, who has been completely damaged by Yang Changshi, once suspected that his good junior Yang Zheng was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. After finding out that he was trying to attack Chaisang, he deceived himself to take care of himself and then took the opportunity to escape from Xiangyang to report the news. However, Liu Qi was not afraid of this at all, but just snorted coldly in his heart: "Yang Zheng is a man, even if you go and report the news, the Hanshui route to the south is all levels. If you can't get through, go back to Xuchang to report the news north, and wait for Xuchang to deliver the news to Chaisang, the daylily will be completely cold! And even if you can deliver the news to Chaisang in time, you will never dream of what kind of reinforcements will stand up to meet us when we send troops to Chaisang!"

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Li Lang, a veteran who had been scrambling and crawling on the battlefield for more than 30 years, has always been proud of his calmness and cleverness. However, when he accompanied Yang Zheng through the enemy-occupied area, he called the police for thousands of miles, Li Lang found that his pride had completely disappeared, because when Yang Zheng was traveling through the enemy-occupied area with him, he actually acted more cleverly and smoother than him, and was more calm. It also made Li Lang more doubt whether Yang Zheng was Yang Changshi's species. In the face of the enemy's swords and guns, Yang Zheng's performance was much better than his father Yang Changshi.

Just like Liu Qi was proud, the Han River route from Xiangyang to Xiakou was indeed three miles, one pass, five miles, and one card. The Jingzhou army was very tightly guarded. Often, if there were no far away, Jingzhou soldiers boarded the ship for inspection. As a result, Yang Zhenglen was a stolen token and a forged warrant, as well as his vivid majestic temperament, which made the Jingzhou soldiers boarded the ship for inspection and were stunned. He quickly gave way and released them. As a result, even the boatman hired by Li Lang said that he had benefited from Yang Zheng's favor and had been on the Han River for decades. He had never gone south so smoothly.

That's not all, Yang Zheng is still a very careful person. After the ship arrived at Zhangshan, in order to be cautious, Yang Zheng gave the ship owner he had hired another deposit. He asked him to wait for him at Zhangshan Wharf for three days, pretending to be doing business in Zhangshan, and then took Li Lang to quietly change into a civilian ship with a completely different appearance and continue to go south to Xiakou. He avoided the pursuers behind him knowing that his ship was chasing him from the checkpoint, and also disrupted the pursuits' sight. Li Lang admired this and even praised Yang Changshi, even Yang Changshi, did not have the scheming of Yang Zheng.

The most dangerous thing is Xiakou. More than 70% of Jingzhou naval commanders have basically gathered on the surface of Xiakou. More than 6,000 Jingzhou naval ships traveled continuously on the river surface, as dense as a crucian carp across the river. It was so difficult for even a fly to fly. At the same time, civilian ships were prohibited from sailing. Many naval ships from Jiangling and Xiangyang did not recognize Liu Qi's warrants at all. Li Lang once persuaded Yang Zhengshe to land and bypass Xiakou by land to continue south. However, Yang Zheng resolutely ordered the hiring ship to sail to the Jiangxia water camp controlled by Liu Qi, and showed a counterfeit warrant and Liu Qi token to a Liu Qi's subordinate general, asking the Liu Qi's subordinate general to help him pass through Xiakou.

That moment was also the most dangerous moment for Yang Zheng and Li Lang to call the police for thousands of miles. Even though Li Lang had been born and died countless times on the battlefield, he was so nervous that he was almost wet with his underwear. Yang Zheng calmly said to Liu Qi's general in a Huainan accent: "General, it is of great importance. The eldest son repeatedly told him that Cai Zhong, Cai He, and Zhang Yun must not know about this matter. I will ask you for me in the future."

Yang Zheng's acting skills finally deceived the general Liu Qi. Not only did he immediately take Yang Zheng's ship through the Jingzhou Navy's defense zone, but he also thanked Yang Zheng for being grateful. As a result, as soon as he left the Jingzhou Navy's defense zone, Li Lang immediately collapsed in the cabin and couldn't say a word for a long time. Yang Zheng was extremely calm and stuffed a piece of gold into the general Liu Qi's hand, saying that he was rewarded for Liu Qi, and that Liu Qi's general thanked Yang Zheng for a long time again.

After passing Xiakou, there were still hundreds of miles of voyages under the control of the Jingzhou Navy, but fortunately they were all under the control of Liu Qi's team. With Liu Qi's fake warrants and real tokens, Yang Zheng and Li Lang's ships completed the last voyage without any obstacles and arrived at the Xuzhou Army's Poyang Lake Navy defense zone east of Xiazhi. Then Yang Zheng did not hesitate and immediately went to the Xuzhou Navy's warship to indicate his identity and origin, demanding to meet Qiao Rui, the guard general of Chaisang and Jiang Qin, the general of the Navy. What made Yang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief was that the Xuzhou Navy monitored the Yangtze River channel quite strictly, and was obviously very alert to the large-scale mobilization of the Jingzhou Navy. It was not so easy for Liu Qi to sneak attack Chaisang.

Qiao Rui and Yang Changshi are old acquaintances. Although their friendship is plain, they are very familiar. In addition, Yang Zheng's vulgar face-slimming picture is almost carved from the same mold as Yang Changshi. Yang Zheng does not need to show his identity certificate, so he let Qiao Rui know that Yang Zheng is from Yang Changshi. So after meeting, Qiao Rui immediately exclaimed to Yang Zheng: "Nephew, aren't you in Xuchang? Why did you come to Chaisang? Also, I heard that you came from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which is blocked so that even our fine fishing boats cannot pass. How did you come?"

"Uncle, how did my nephew come from? I'll introduce it later." Yang Zheng said quickly: "Did Governor Lu bring Chaohu Navy? I found out the top secret military information. The main force of the Jingzhou Navy is more than 80,000 people and more than 6,000 ships, and it is possible to sneak attack Chaisang soon! Their primary target is probably our Poyang Lake Navy!"

"Did you confirm that the Jingzhou Navy is coming to attack us?!" Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin both jumped up.

"I dare not confirm absolutely, but I am 80% sure!" Yang Zheng answered firmly and asked quickly: "Have our Chaohu Navy arrived? My nephew has heard that the most taboo division of troops in the water battle. Now it is the middle of winter. The wind direction and water flow are very unfavorable to our Navy. If the Chaohu Navy cannot come to reinforce in time, it would be bad!"

Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin looked at each other. After hesitating for a while, Qiao Rui attached himself to Yang Zheng's ear and whispered: "Nephew, we have also noticed the abnormal movement of the Jingzhou naval army, but Liu Qi had already sent an envoy to inform us early, saying that he was just an excuse to carry out practical exercises and took the opportunity to collect the naval army power from Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, asking us not to misunderstand, so we did not rush to ask Governor Lu for help. It was not until five days ago that one of our detailed works came to Chaisang by land to call the police and introduced the large-scale assembly of Jingzhou naval army in Xiakou that we quickly sent a clutch to ask Governor Lu for help."

"Oh no, this must be the delaying strategy of the Jingzhou Army!" Yang Zheng complained and asked quickly: "Uncle Qiao, with your analysis, when will our Chaohu Navy arrive at Chaisang Poyang Lake?"

"This..." Qiao Rui was embarrassed for a moment and then said: "Our Chaohu Navy is now divided into two stations, one in Chungu and the other in Jiangdu. We protect our cross-river channel. The current wind direction and water flow are very unfavorable to them. My uncle is not sure when we can gather to help, but it is estimated that the Chaohu Navy will not be able to come to help at the earliest after the fifth day of the winter moon."

Speaking of this, Qiao Rui suddenly remembered a big event and asked, "Nephew, can you find the time of the Jingzhou Navy's sneak attack?"

"Uncle Qiao, General Jiang, you must be calm." Yang Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "The time I have explored Jingzhou is about the end of the month, and today is twenty-two. In other words, within these seven or eight days, the Jingzhou navy may come to attack us at any time."

Jiang Qin and Qiao Rui's faces turned a little pale. After a while, Qiao Rui asked, "Nephew, is your news accurate?"
Chapter completed!