"Nephew, so, the Jingzhou army sneak attacks our Chaisang and Poyang Lake Navy at the end of the month. All of your speculations are your nephew? No matter whether the Jingzhou army sneaks into attacks or when it sneaks into attacks, they are just speculations, and there is no accurate information or evidence?"

Qiao Rui asked suspiciously, with a suspicious tone and a more suspicious expression. Jiang Qin next to him was even more suspicious. Jiang Qin was suspicious because he didn't know that Yang Zheng was a young young man from Xuzhou Army. Qiao Rui was suspicious because he knew that Yang Zheng's father Yang Changshi was too unreliable, so Qiao Rui did not dare to guarantee whether Yang Changshi's precious son was more unreliable than him.

"Uncle Qiao, General Jiang, my nephew knows it is difficult for you to believe it, and it is impossible for you to adjust the military strategy because of my nephew's personal inference." Yang Zheng's tone was very calm, and he was not disappointed or angry because of Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin's distrust of him. He just said calmly: "But the main force of the Jingzhou Navy is gathering in Xiakou upstream. Is this true? So for the sake of caution, my nephew should ask Uncle Qiao and General Jiang to prepare for war immediately and not give the Jingzhou army a little chance to raid. Otherwise, once the enemy suddenly comes, our army, whose forces and combat strength are at a disadvantage, would be too late to regret it."

Hearing Yang Zheng’s statement, he also knew that Chaisang and Poyang Lake were the gateways of Jiangdong of Xuzhou Army. If there was a loss, the gateways were opened in the downstream. So Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin discussed for a while, and Qiao Rui came forward and said, “What the nephew said is very true. My uncle and General Jiang will immediately prepare for war. In fact, even if my nephew doesn’t say that, my uncle and General Jiang have already started to do this. Our navy and land troops have already begun to gather, and our weapons have been distributed in place, and we can be put into battle at any time.”

"Oh, by the way." Jiang Qin remembered something again and asked hurriedly: "Nephew Huaiqing. Can you find out who the commander of the Jingzhou Army is?"

"Yes..." Yang Zheng thought it was Liu Qi, but when he said that he changed his mind, he said, "It should be Liu Biao. Because when his nephew asked to see Liu Biao in Xiangyang to negotiate with Yuan Mai, he was found various reasons by the governor of Jingzhou who refused to meet him. The nephew suspected that Liu Biao was in Xiakou at this moment!"

"Cousin Liu is here?"

Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin were shocked, and became more vigilant together. They quickly discussed how to double the embankment. Yang Zheng saw that Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin were taken seriously. He hurriedly took the opportunity to say, "Uncle Qiao, General Jiang, and my nephew suggested that it is best to prepare enough food, grass, bows and arrows on our naval warships, and be prepared to give up the naval camp. If necessary, you can give up the naval camp, let the naval camp go east first to avoid the enemy's edge, protect our hard-won naval forces, use the Chaisang City to attract the attention of the enemy, and wait until the main naval forces of our army meet before they deal with the enemy."

Qiao Rui turned his head and looked at Yang Zheng, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense. Talking about war on paper, the water surface of Poyang Lake is wide, and it is the place where the navy uses its weapons. If our navy withdraws from Poyang Lake and goes east, the enemy navy takes the opportunity to set up defenses in a narrow area of ​​the lake mouth and block the road to the west of our navy. Wouldn't Chaisang become an isolated city?"

Yang Zheng shut up. This was not because Yang Zheng agreed with Qiao Rui's judgment on this. Yang Zheng was very clear. Now his own people are light and have very little experience. Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin, who were ordered to guard the gateway of Jiangdong, would never accept their opinions easily. Instead of arguing without any intention, it would be better to save some effort and maintain friendly relations, so as not to mess up the impression of Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin of themselves, and it would be difficult to meet them in the future.

After a little calculation, Yang Zheng hurriedly asked again: "Uncle Qiao, my nephew asked you about Yuan Yaojun's situation just now, but you haven't answered yet. I wonder if Yuan Yaojun has any abnormal movement recently?"

"Don't worry, Yuan Yao is fine." Qiao Rui said impatiently: "Besides, Yuan Yao is now a puppet, and the team is two-pointer, so there is no threat to us anymore. Okay, my nephew is here to work hard, so go down and rest quickly. If you have any trouble, my uncle will send someone to summon you. Come and arrange a good room for Mr. Yang and ask him to rest."

"Yuan Yao has become a puppet? The team is two parts?" Yang Zheng felt aroused in his heart, and he wanted to ask, but Qiao Rui's personal soldiers had already come to ask Yang Zheng to rest. Yang Zheng had no choice but to take his leave honestly and lead Li Lang to Qiao Rui's personal soldiers to rest at Qiao Rui's guest room.

Yang Zheng made a concession but did not give up. After being led into a guest room by Qiao Rui's personal soldiers, Qiao Rui's personal soldiers wanted to say goodbye and leave, but Yang Zheng grabbed his sleeve and asked with a smile: "Uncle, I have one thing I want to ask you. My father Qiao said just now that Yuan Yao became a puppet, Yuan Yao's army was divided into two parts. What's going on?"

Qiao Rui's personal soldiers wanted to refuse the answer, but Yang Zheng bowed and bowed and begged him. He also stuffed a pearl into the personal soldiers and said, "Uncle, I am not a spy on military affairs. Uncle may not know that Yuan Yao and I were friends when we were young, and we can be regarded as friends of the general leader. How could I know what his situation is now?"

Seeing the sincere request from Zhenzhu and Yang Zheng, Qiao Rui's personal soldiers replied: "Young Master Yang, it's not a villain, I don't want to tell you. I really don't know much. The villain only knows that after Yuan Shu died of illness, the team left by Yuan Shu was commanded by Yuan Yao's uncle Yuan Yin. However, Liu Xun, a veteran Yuan army, was dissatisfied. He heard our detailed actions and reported to General Qiao that these two people fought very hard. Yuan Yao said nothing, and the other villains would not know."

"Yuan Yin and Liu Xun compete for power, and Yuan Yao was completely undermined?" Yang Zheng's eyes lit up and he asked again: "Uncle, then do you know where Yuan Yin and Liu Xun's team are stationed separately?"

"Yuan Yin protected Yuan Yao to station in Nanchang, and Liu Xun stationed in Haihun." Qiao Rui's personal soldiers threw down this sentence, then left Yang Zheng in the guest room and thoughtful.

"Young Master, wash your face." Li Lang sent Yang Zheng a face wash. While serving Yang Zheng to wash, he said unfairly for Yang Zheng: "Prince Qiao and General Jiang are just eyes growing on the top of his head. You risk your life and send messages from thousands of miles away. They not only ask you like a prisoner, but you ask them something, but they also drive you away immediately with impatient faces. It's really a good intention but no good reward."

Yang Zheng smiled and did not take this matter to heart. Li Lang lowered his voice again and asked, "Young Master, why do you say that the commander of the Jingzhou Army may be Liu Biao from Liu Biao? He also said that we had never seen Liu Biao in Xiangyang. Based on your judgment before, the commander of the Jingzhou Navy this time expedition was probably Liu Qi, the master's disciple?"

"If I said that the commander of the Jingzhou Army might be Liu Qi, Uncle Qiao and the others would not believe me easily." Yang Zheng replied in a low voice: "Because Liu Qi has always had a good relationship with us before, and this Chaisang City was taken by Liu Qi for us. Uncle Qiao and the others would never believe that it was Liu Qi who instigated and launched this Eastern Expedition himself. It is very likely that he would miss the big thing because he didn't believe me. So there was no way, so I had to lie to them that it was Liu Chou who came, so that they could be vigilant and step up preparations for the war."

"So that's the case. The young master is so smart. He is much better than your father." Li Lang praised from the bottom of his heart, and then asked hurriedly: "Young master, you care so much about Yuan Yao. Is Yuan Yao and you really a friend of the general?

"Yuan Yao is indeed my friend, but I am not concerned about others. I am worried about his army." Yang Zheng replied: "Yuan Shujun is now a centipede, dead but not dead, and has the power to fight. If his team secretly forms an alliance with the Jingzhou army and sends troops to attack Chaisang when Liu Qi sneaks into a sneak attack on Chaisang, then our Chaisang team will be attacked on both sides and will be more passive. So to be cautious, I must grasp the current situation of Yuan Yaojun."

"It's a pity that Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin don't believe you, Young Master. Otherwise, Young Master, you will definitely be able to analyze whether Yuan Yao has formed an alliance with Liu Qi." Li Lang sighed.

"No need. I have analyzed it." Yang Zheng smiled and said, "Uncle Qiao said that Yuan Yao was fine, proving that Yuan Yao's team has shown no sign of using martial arts yet. With this point, I can conclude that Yuan Yao has secretly formed an alliance with Liu Qi!"

"Why?" Li Lang asked in surprise.

"It's a very simple truth. Uncle Qiao and the others noticed that the Jingzhou Navy was gathering in Xiakou, and Yuan Yao's detailed work could not be without avenging." Yang Zheng smiled even more confidently. He said: "Uncle Li, think about it, how much grudge does Yuan Shujun have with us? We first robbed Huainan and chased across Jiangdong by us, and then we wiped out the Yangtze River Navy and seized the richest Danyang in Jiangdong. When they found that the Jingzhou Navy had a strange movement, how could Yuan Yao's team not seized this opportunity to take advantage of the situation and take revenge?"

"Even if Yuan Yaojun does not have the courage to fight with us, at least we must step up our preparations to prevent the Jingzhou army from taking Chaisang and taking Yuzhang. However, Yuan Yaojun has not caused any abnormal movements to Uncle Qiao and the others. This is enough to prove that Yuan Yao and the others have reached a secret agreement with the Jingzhou army and are preparing to join forces to attack Chaisang, so they deliberately tighten the inside and loose the outside, pretending to be negligent in preparing for war and paralyzing our army. Then they suddenly sent troops to attack Chaisang and killed us a bigger surprise!"

"Really or false?" Li Lang was shocked and said hurriedly: "Young Master, since you have this suspicion, why don't you tell General Qiao Rui and the others?"

"Uncle Li, you grew up watching me. Even you can't believe my analysis. Do you think Uncle Qiao and the others will believe it easily?" Yang Zheng asked back with a wry smile.

When Li Lang thought about it carefully, he could only sigh helplessly: "Young Master, I really feel wronged. I am full of talent, but not many people believe you. Oh, the young master said, don't be angry, it's the master who hurt you. If you are less greedy and less bullying the inferior and beautifying you, you won't be like this," he said.

"I have no right to blame my father for what he has done." Yang Zheng shook his head and said, "Uncle Li, please prepare me for ink and white silk. I want to write a letter. By the way, I need two copies of white silk, and I want two letters."

Li Lang agreed and soon received the pen and ink and white silk. Yang Zheng sat upright next to the case. He first picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Yuan Yao about the friendship of the young man. He persuaded Yuan Yao to surrender to the court as soon as possible, and help his father to return to his hometown in Runan for burial. Last time, Yuan Yao's team rejected Deputy Director Tao's kindness to let the three young man return to his hometown. Then he picked up the brush and wrote a letter to Yuan Yin. However, Yang Zheng only wrote a few words, and Li Lang, who knew a few words, immediately widened his eyes and shouted: "Young Master, why is it the master's handwriting? Or is it the master's claim?"

"There is no way. I am a junior, and I am also a low-ranking expert. When I left Huainan, I was only twelve years old and was not familiar with Yuan Yingen, so I had to borrow my father's skin." Yang Zheng smiled and smiled again: "But fortunately, I stole my father's handwriting and identity. I think he would not blame me. At most, he would only hit me thirty palms like a lord."

As a joke, Yang Zheng continued to write quickly and wrote a serious letter of surrender to Yuan Yin with the reputation of Yang Changshi, persuading Yuan Yin to abandon his past grudges and lead Yuan Shu's remnants to surrender to the Xuzhou army, and stated that there are various relationships. He strongly advised Yuan Yin not to resist and seek death, and gave Yuan Yin official rewards for Deputy Director Tao. At the end of the letter, Yang Zheng suddenly changed his writing and told Yuan Yin in the tone of Yang Changshi that it was Yuan Yin colluding with the Jingzhou army to attack Chaisang. In fact, Liu Xun had already reported to the Xuzhou army secretly. Xuzhou army had already arranged a Tianluo and Earth Net in Chaisang and came to die. Liu Xun had already been appointed as General Zhennan and Marquis of Jiancheng by Deputy Director Tao. He persuaded Yuan Yin to follow Liu Xun to surrender, not to seek death, and to be cannon fodder for the Jingzhou army for free.

"Young Master, aren't you kidding?" Li Lang widened his eyes again and exclaimed in a low voice: "Do you want to sow discord between Yuan Yin and Liu Xun? How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible?" Yang Zheng asked back: "Uncle Qiao's personal soldiers said just now. Yuan Yin and Liu Xun are fighting fiercely? Seeing that my father exposed the secrets of heaven in the letter, can Yuan Yin not believe that Liu Xun has rebelled? Besides, even if the separation fails, what losses will we have? A great loss is a messenger?"

"Lost a messenger?" Li Lang was stunned at first, then immediately looked like a slut, and said, "Young Master, I don't dare to send this message."

"Uncle Li, don't worry. Why would I let you take the risk?" Yang Zheng smiled and said, "I wrote the letter to Yuan Yao myself just to prevent you from sending the letter. Don't worry, I have a way to deliver these two letters to the enemy."

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The next morning, Yang Zheng came directly to Qiao Rui's Yuzhang Prefectural Hall to ask for a meeting, but Qiao Rui was busy guarding the Jingzhou army's surprise attack, so he had no time to see Yang Zheng. He was just engaged in official business with Chaisang Zhongwu in the hall, and Yang Zheng was not anxious when he saw it. He did not put on the airs of the eldest son of the important minister of Xuzhou, and forced Qiao Rui to meet him immediately. He just waited patiently in the sight of Qiao Rui outside the hall, and did not leave from morning until noon. During this period, although Qiao Rui saw Yang Zheng outside the hall several times, he ignored him when he was busy with official business.

It was already half past noon, and Qiao Rui finally finished his official duties and began to lead his generals to the city to check the city defense situation. Yang Zheng hurriedly retreated aside to make way. Qiao Rui saw that Yang Zheng was waiting so pitiful and did not dare to talk to him, so he felt a little compassion. He stopped in front of Yang Zheng and said, "Is there anything wrong with my nephew? Tell me quickly, I'm very busy."

"Uncle, please see this." Yang Zheng hurriedly handed the letter he had to Yuan Yao to Qiao Rui and said briefly: "I want to borrow a messenger from my uncle and go to Nanchang to deliver the letter."

After a brief look at the letter of reminiscing and surrendering that Yang Zheng gave to Yuan Yao, Qiao Rui felt that it was useless, but for Yang Zheng's patience, he casually called a guard and ordered: "Arrang a messenger to deliver a message to Mr. Yang."

The guard agreed and took the letter. Qiao Rui led everyone away hurriedly. Yang Zheng then took out the letter again. While putting the letter into the letter, he begged the guard: "Brother, please take me to see the messenger? I have a few more words to explain in person."

The guard did not doubt that he was there, so he hurriedly took Yang Zheng to meet the messenger. Yang Zheng took the opportunity to exchange the letter bag in his hand and the letter bag he had prepared. Then when he saw the messenger arranged by Qiao Rui's guard, Yang Zheng handed him the letter and a piece of gold while saying, "This brother, the situation is urgent. If you can send the letter to Nanchang City within two days and bring the letter back within four and a half days, I will reward you with another piece of gold, and I will ask my father to reward you with your official position. My father Yang Zhongming is the current Shangshu Pushe of the court. He said in a casual word that you will have fewer promotions to three levels."

"Don't worry, young master." The messenger said happily: "There are waterways from Chaisang to Nanchang. The villain asked the sailors to travel day and night, keep the custody and deliver it on time."

"Since that's the case, I'll thank you." Yang Zheng nodded and said, "Also, I heard that Nanchang is now in charge of Yuan Yin. You can say that the letter was given to Yuan Yin. Anyway, it's the same. Yuan Yin will hand over the letter to Yuan Yao." The messenger agreed, took the pass token sent by Qiao Rui Guard, and hurried out of the city and boarded the clutch.

Another second day, November 24th, Yang Zheng came to Qiao Rui again. Qiao Rui happened to be discussing military affairs with Jiang Qin. Although he was impatient when Yang Zheng came to ask for a meeting, he still asked Yang Zheng to speak. After Yang Zheng came to the hall, he said straight to the point: "Uncle Qiao, Uncle Jiang, please strengthen the surveillance of scouts in Haihun. If the nephew expected it would be fine, something will happen to Haihun in the next two days."

After saying that, Yang Zheng turned his head and left, leaving Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin in the lobby stunned. He looked at each other and said in confusion: "Why are you crazy about this guy from the Yang family? Two days later, something will happen to Haihun? What happened?"

The 25th day was safe and sound, and Yang Zheng stayed in the guest room and studied obediently, and did not harass Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin anymore. Li Lang helped Yang Zheng calculate the time. It was estimated that even if he succeeded, it would be difficult to get news today, so he was not too anxious. But on the 26th day, Li Lang felt a little restless. He kept looking around in front of the door since the morning, but there was no news until noon. Yang Zheng was still sitting in front of the desk and reading and practicing calligraphy, his handwriting was neat and picturesque. It was not messy at all.

"Why is there no news yet?" Li Lang was anxious and couldn't help but come to Yang Zheng and asked in a low voice: "Young Master, there is no news yet. Could it be that your plan of disagreement failed?"

"If you fail, you fail. Are we losing?" Yang Zheng asked back, and the brush in his hand was still not messy.

"That's true." Li Lang nodded and whispered: "Young Master, I only remembered last night. Do you think of Yuan Shujun's capable people? You pointed out that your false beliefs are just a discord? Want Yuan Yin and Liu Xun to kill each other?"

"Uncle Li. Let me give you an example, it's just an example." Yang Zheng continued to practice calligraphy and said casually: "If my father suddenly went there that day and his father appointed me to inherit the property. You have been with my father for many years and have the key to my family's money warehouse. He is in charge of the money and food expenses for me. Wang Wu and Chen Er think you are too domineering and want you to spend this and that, will you listen to Wang Wu and Chen Er?"

"This..." Li Lang hesitated a little, and then said with a wry smile: "Young Master, your fight is too inappropriate. How dare I take charge of you? I am loyal to the master and you."

"Then let's change it to Wang Wu." Yang Zheng said casually: "If Wang Wu had mastered the keys of my family's money warehouse and undermined me, Uncle Li, you and Chen Er opposed Wang Wu's actions, would Wang Wu listen?"

"That boy will definitely not listen!" Li Lang quickly expressed his opinion and said, "Young master, don't worry, if Wang Wu dares to do this, I will squeeze out his egg yolks and feed them to the flies!"

"This is the end." Yang Zheng smiled and said, "If it were Yuan Yin, it was Wang Wu, Uncle Li, you were Yan Xiang, Chen Er was Shu Shao or Jin Shang, so Yan Xiang, Shu Shao and Jin Shang will definitely oppose Yuan Yin's undermining Yuan Yao and mastering the key to the money warehouse for Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yin will definitely not listen to their opposition."

Li Lang scratched his hair, nodded, and then sighed: "The reason is this, but we still need them to start, so that we can know whether you are right, Master."

"Great nephew! Huaiqing's viper! Can Huaiqing's viper be in the room?"

Before Li Lang finished speaking, the screams of Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin and a hurrying footsteps sounded outside the door. Immediately afterwards, Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin almost broke into the room side by side. Yang Zheng finally put down his brush and asked Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin with a smile: "Uncle Qiao, Uncle Jiang, if I guess correctly, Yuan Yin suddenly sent troops to attack Liu Xun, right?"

Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin both nodded desperately, and then asked in unison with surprise: "Nephew, how did you know about it? Or did you know about it the day before yesterday? Also, why did Yuan Yin scold Liu Xun for colluding with our army in the battle and selling his owners for honor?"

"Young Master, you succeeded!" Li Lang jumped three feet high, hugged Yang Zheng and raised the thin Yang Zheng directly, shouting ecstatically: "Young Master, your plan of disagreement has been successful! You succeeded!"

"Is it your arrangement for nephew?" Qiao Rui and Jiang Qin screamed at the same time.

"Uncle Qiao, Uncle Jiang, and my nephew are prone to the arbitrary acts of Yuan Yin and Liu Xun. It was indeed the nephew's act." Yang Zheng's expression was still extremely calm and he smiled with an extremely relaxed smile: "Now, my nephew is qualified to participate in your tactics, right? If you trust my nephew, my nephew is willing to help you to repel the sneak attack of the Jingzhou Navy and insist on going to the main force of the governor of Lu to help you come to the aid. But before that, my nephew must know the strength of our army and the situation of warships, and all the scouts during this period have made detailed reports!"
Chapter completed!