After reading the letter, the two looked at each other and stood up at the same time

"Sorry, Lord Zhou!" Ma You looked at Zhou Weifeng apologetically

"Understand, understand, understand!" Zhou Weifeng stood up with a smile and wiped his mouth, "The two generals have emergency military information, so Zhou said goodbye!"

"Thank you, Lord Zhou!" Ma You smiled and clasped his fists, "I will send someone to send Lord Zhou to Boyang. If you set off from there and return to Yizhou, I will forgive me for not being able to send him off."

Zhou Weifeng nodded, "Goodbye, I'm sorry!"

Saying Zhou Weifeng, Ma You and Cao Xinyu both looked serious

"There are only five warships available!" Ma You said sternly: "But we have to send up to 20,000 people across Cangjiang, which is a difficult problem!"

"The three warships under renovation are suspended immediately and no weapons are installed for the time being, so we have eight ships," Cao Xinyu said: "In addition to the Mengchong ship, the Chima ship and some sentry ships, we can send nearly 3,000 people across the river at one time."

"General Cao, we must leave a few warships to guard against Jingzhou Navy. Their warships may be traced back to this area at any time. If we are transporting soldiers and the other navy attacks, it would be bad!" Ma You opposed: "We must leave at least half of the warships to guard the waterway!"

"I understand!" Cao Xinyu said, "We must send 20,000 soldiers across the river, we must be secret, quickly, and every second is a matter of time, so the time point is very important. We must choose a time point that the other party will definitely not come to send. Otherwise, if the Jingzhou Navy finds that we are transporting soldiers to the other side, the adult's plan will be exposed, and Cheng Qun will definitely be alert, which means nothing. Therefore, it doesn't matter whether there is a warning ship this time. The key is to let the opponent send the Fifth Battalion without knowing it."

"Are you talking about the weather?" Ma You said in surprise, "But the Cangjiang River channel is complicated. We must avoid both the navy and the checkpoints along the Xiangzhou River. There are not many login sites to choose. It is conceivable that if you want to log in to places where your opponents don't pay attention to it, it must be an extremely dangerous place. Even if the weather is good, there is a possibility of overturning. Isn't it too risky to choose a bad weather? Are you crazy?"

"If you don't be crazy, you won't survive!" Cao Xinyu said: "Only in this way can the governor's plan be maximized. General Ma, believe me, I can find a suitable waterway. These days, I will ask General Ma to make the final preparations in the water village. I will take people out and find a suitable waterway and landing place!"

"Then it's a hard work!" Ma You nodded, "Thank you!"

"Brothers, why do you have to work hard?" Cao Xinyu laughed and walked out strode.

"Come" inside the house, Ma You shouted loudly.

Hu Jing trotted into the room, "What are the general's instructions?"

"Hu Jing, remove all the craftsmen and bring them all to Boyang City. From now on, the water village will be martial law and no soldier is allowed to leave the water village."

"yes!"

Yun Zhao, who is still in Yizhou, ordered the navy stationed in Wangjiangwan, the Northern Army to make all preparations and prepare to send 20,000 soldiers of the Fifth Battalion and their weapons and supplies to the south bank in the shortest time. This is a great test for the current Navy of the Northern Army. Ma You and Cao Xinyu trained for several months. Can they be put into use? This time, the delivery of troops will be a big test for the ability of the two, and it is also a way to verify the combat effectiveness of the Navy of the Northern Army.

Ma You and Cao Xinyu naturally knew this. The two of them broke down and used all their horsepower to devote themselves to this task. Cao Xinyu, with more than a dozen skilled backbone forces, drove a whistleboat and disappeared from the Wangjiangwan Navy Base.

At the same time, the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army also set off from Yizhou and was preparing to enter Luzhou. In order to secretly send them to the south of Cangjiang River, the General Office of the Northern Army formulated a series of tactical deception plans. Simply put, it was to make Cheng Qun's people believe that the army fell sharply due to the death of the commander and was ready to return to Yizhou for rest. In Luzhou, new clothes and flags have been prepared. After Luzhou completed this series of deception actions, a team disguised as the Fifth Battalion will set off directly to Yizhou, and the real Fifth Battalion will enter the Wangjiangwan Navy Base in batches and cross the river secretly.

Sending 20,000 people and their materials and weapons across the river is a huge project. It is conceivable to hide the opponent completely from the opponent. But fortunately, this process does not take too long. It only takes to catch the opponent off guard in the first stage of the war to achieve the goal. Once the Fifth Battalion crosses the river safely, it will definitely give the opponent a fatal blow without the opponent's knowledge. After that, even if Cheng Qun knows that the team is from the North Bank, as long as he does not grasp the actual evidence, the Northern Army can flatly deny it. In fact, even if Cheng Qun suffers such a mute loss, he will not make a big fuss, but will only try every means to eliminate this army, so that Yun Zhao is also mute and eats Coptis, and he cannot say anything.

This is a contest under the iron curtain. Two people with ulterior motives will fight secretly without putting these things on the table.

Since Zhang Lihua left Jingzhou City, she rushed to Xiangzhou immediately. As soon as she entered Xiangzhou, an unusual atmosphere immediately came to her. On the main roads of each intersection, the Xiangzhou town army had checkpoints to closely inspect passers-by. This was just above the border of Xiangzhou, hundreds of miles away from Xiangzhou City.

Zhang Lihua, carrying weapons with her, could not pass these tests. She could only leave the avenue, cross mountains and ridges, and advanced forward along the path in front of the mountain. The closer to Xiangzhou City, the stricter the inspection. Not only the main traffic roads, but also the patrol troops can be seen in some country roads.

As for the clues found along the way, Zhang Lihua's mood became heavier. Xiangzhou must not be the only one of Baotaowei. Along the way, Zhang Lihua discovered more than once that some troops dressed in Xiangzhou Town Army uniforms, whether they were equipped with weapons or the temperament they had, were not the troops dressed as town army that could have, ranging from thousands or as few as hundreds, were advancing towards Xiangzhou City, which were as beautiful as town army, which was a thousand people and as few as hundreds, were advancing towards Xiangzhou City.

At this time, in Xiangzhou City, a scholar dressed as a man sitting upright behind a big case. In front of him, several soldiers opened a huge map. Jiang Guangyu, the commander of the Leopard Guard, was facing the map, pointing and talking about something. The man dressed as a scholar, was actually Cheng Qun, who should command the battle against Su Can Congliang Group in Jiangzhou.

"General, as you told me, my Baotaowei pretended to be defeated in the battle with the White Lotus bandits. He lost several formations in a row and retreated for about a hundred miles. As the general expected, the White Lotus bandits did not see the strangeness in this. They were advancing forward greatly and pursuing our army. Their target was Xiangzhou City." Jiang Guangyu looked relaxed and smiled: "These White Lotus bandits are really easy to deal with. I thought the opponent would treat them carefully, but according to their intentions, they did not take us seriously. It seemed that our defeat was taken for granted."

Cheng Qun smiled and said, "This White Lotus Saint swept across the entire northwest of the empire. Wherever she went, she would be covered with dust. No wonder she looked down on the force of my empire. Besides, this person easily defeated Ye Kai's Weiwei in Shanzhou, which also grew her arrogance. In her opinion, our retreat is probably natural. Guangyu, you fought with her subordinates several times. Objectively speaking, how powerful are their combat power?"

"The general, the White Lotus Sect bandits are complex, and their combat power is also different. Judging from the current major forces of the White Lotus Saint, the combat power is actually very different. For example, when we were in the first battle with him, the enemy commander was Huang Rui. This person is the backbone of Bailian in Shaanxi. He has a 10,000 Bailian army under his command. His combat power is stronger than the town army, but his equipment is not very good. He is not the troops that the White Lotus Saint relies most. We pretend to retreat very calmly. At the same time, in order to win the trust of the other party, we fought a few small counterattacks in some areas when we retreated and annihilated several small troops from the other party. I believe this will make them more convinced that our retreat is a last resort."

Cheng Qun laughed, "You have put a lot of effort into it. Well, these counterattacks have been good, making our retreat look more realistic."

"These tricks are really simple to play, but the second main force of the White Lotus Saint should not be underestimated. This is a cavalry unit!" Jiang Guangyu's expression was solemn. "The commanding general is Fan Wenxuan, nicknamed the Three-Eyed Tiger. His headquarters has three thousand main cavalry and about five thousand auxiliary soldiers of various types. The combat power of this unit is extremely strong, especially the main cavalry. According to his subordinates, he will not lose to the tactics used by the main cavalry of the Mongolian Yuan.

It is also very similar to the tactics used by the Mengqi. General, I suspect that this White Lotus Sect bandit had collusion with the Mengyuan. Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to believe that such a powerful cavalry would appear in the northwest of the empire. To be honest, the general was inconvenient to confront this army. I was not prepared to pretend to retreat, but to be truly defeated by the opponent. At that time, I was careless in front of them. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity early and prepared to retreat early, otherwise I would suffer a great loss."

Cheng Qun frowned, sat upright, and slowly shook his head, "I have never heard of a confrontation between the White Lotus Sect and the Mongol Yuan government. Three-eyed Tiger and Three-eyed Tiger. Why is this name so familiar?"

"Have you heard of this nickname?" Jiang Guangyu asked curiously.

"I always feel familiar! But I can't remember where I heard it!" Cheng Qun shook his head, "So, in this battle, this three-eyed tiger is the target we need to focus on preventing."

"Yes!" Jiang Guangyu nodded, "General Liu Huajian is very good at fighting cavalry. I suggest that we gather our Baotao Guard and the cavalry of his leading guards, and hand them over to General Liu Huajian to deal with the power of the three-eyed tiger."
Chapter completed!