The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Since he is not in a hurry to eliminate those water thieves, Liu Zheng can train the water army first, and at the same time start collecting information on Jiang Zhou's thief, and then send a small group of Jinfan thieves to create some trouble for Jiang Zhou's thief.

Anyway, it was the end of November, and it was about to enter winter. Liu Zheng was really not in a hurry to eliminate those water thieves, so he followed Gan Ning's method and asked Su Fei and Gan Ning's assistants to go to the lake in Mingyue Village. In the middle of the training of two thousand soldiers and horses of the water army.

At the same time, let Gan Ning take the seven or eight hundred water thieves with him to find trouble with Jiang Zhou's thief.

In order to expose himself, Liu Zheng did not let Gan Ning put on the banner of Jinfan thief, and took off the silk and copper bells of the ships under Gan Ning's command.

Then use the scout boat to inquire about the news on the rivers in the waters of Poyang Lake, and at the same time go to Changsha County, find a master shipbuilder, and order a few boats with a lot of money.

Gan Ning went to work, and Liu Zheng was very relieved. Within a few days, Gan Ning's subordinates sent back news, saying that they had obtained some information about Jiang Zhou's thief.

Jiang Zhou's thief's lair is in the Fengshui River of the Poyang Lake water system.

Fengshui is close to Nanchang City, the prefecture city of Yuzhang County. It is called Fengcheng City in later generations, and there is another city called Jianyi.

It got its name because during the Yongping period of the Jin Dynasty, Lei Huan, the magistrate of Fengcheng County, dug up the male and female swords of Moxie, a general in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Liu Zheng was originally from this area. When Gan Ning mentioned Fengshui, he immediately thought of the two swords of Ganjiang Moxie.

But he just thought about it, and immediately shook his head.He didn't know where the artifact was buried. Even if he knew it was in Fengshui, he didn't know where to find it.

Chapter 1 Seventy

Gan Ning's plan is very simple. To deal with Jiang Zhou's thief, first of all, the relationship between Jiang Zhou's thief and other water thieves in the Poyang Lake system must be disintegrated.

As long as the relationship between Jiang Tuesday and the other Poyang Lake water thieves cools down, only the two thousand water thieves under Jiang Tuesday's own command will be left, which will be easier to deal with.

After Liu Zheng's navy has trained for about a month and can be used for combat, Liu Zheng's men and horses can launch a general attack on Jiang Tuesday's bandits.

Since it is very easy to destroy the relationship between Jiang Tuesday's thief and the surrounding water thieves, Jiang Tuesday's thief and Zu Lang have a bad relationship.

The territory of the two is close, and the water thieves under them will often compete for merchant ships in the waters, and fight for the same merchant ship.

However, for this kind of friction, everyone has some limits in their minds. After verbal snatching, in the end, whoever takes a fancy to and boards the ship first will own the merchant ships.

Moreover, a large part of the merchant ships, since they can frequent this side of Poyang Lake, have already sent people to make connections with the water thief chiefs nearby.

Generally, if they want to leave Zu Lang's territory, those merchants will go to find Zu Lang and give some money and food directly to Zu Lang. For such a knowledgeable boatman, Zu Lang will not be too embarrassing and will let them leave.

And after paying money to Zu Lang, if he is caught by other water thieves, as long as he gets a little more profit, others won't be too embarrassed, at most it's just a toll.

This attempt has formed unspoken rules in the waters of Poyang Lake.

But Liu Zheng is not from the waters of Poyang Lake. If he wants to sabotage, he only needs to rob the merchant ships under Zu Lang.

Then leave the name of Jiang Zhou's thief, those businessmen don't know who Liu Zheng's men are, so they can only throw this trouble to Jiang Zhou's thief.

They will go to Zu Lang and ask Zu Lang to put pressure on Jiang Tuesday, and Zu Lang, as one of the four water thieves, will naturally not have a good discussion with Jiang Tuesday.

However, the Jiang Tuesday thief did not do these things. This kind of out-of-the-box thing will only think that Zu Lang is looking for trouble for them.

At that time, when they were alienated, Liu Zheng's men would suddenly rush into Jiang Zhou's thief's lair, and when the time came to capture Jiang Zhou's thief in one fell swoop, the name of the four big thieves in Poyang waters would be rewritten.

Two days later.

Poyang Lake, the Ganshui River Basin, on a river, the riverside is overgrown with weeds, which grow more than one meter high. The boats are hidden in it, and it is difficult to find them.

Three walking boats dock here.

"My lord, my brother has already made inquiries. There will be a large ship passing by here later. These people are merchants from Xuzhou who went south to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase silk. They are all caravans covered by Zu Lang. In confession, a large part of Zu Lang's annual income is given by these people, as long as we rob these people and frame them as Jiang Zhou's thief, it will definitely attract Zu Lang's attention."

Although Gan Ning's brothers have been in the waters of Dongting all year round, they still know some things about the waters of Poyang, and they have some friends, so it is very easy to inquire about some news.

"Well, as long as we can make the relationship between Jiang Zhou thief and Zu Lang worse, it will be much easier to deal with Jiang Tuesday thief."

Liu Zheng is completely clear about what Gan Ning said, and he also agrees with this plan very much. When the specific strength of the opponent is not clear, Liu Zheng should use some tactics.

This kind of action is exactly what Liu Zheng likes.

While Liu Zheng and Gan Ning were still talking, there was a breeze blowing in the water area, and under the setting sun, the water surface reflected the color of the setting sun.

It really reflects the famous poem written by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo hundreds of years later.

Luo Xia and Lone Frog fly together, the autumn water is always the same.

In late autumn, the waters of Poyang Lake were indeed beautiful, but Liu Zheng didn't have the heart to appreciate the beautiful scenery at this time, because several large ships full of goods sailed across the waters.

"coming!"

Gan Ning saw the ships from a distance, and immediately shouted to everyone.

Liu Zheng followed what Gan Ning said and looked over, and sure enough, among the reeds and water plants, several large boats drifted over to the music.

Those big ships gradually approached from a distance, accompanied by the setting sun, and they looked a bit like sailing alone, but Liu Zheng didn't care so much, and immediately gave the order.

"Brothers, get ready, you don't need to kill people later, just grab the goods! Remember not to reveal our identities on purpose, just occasionally mention the name of Jiang Zhou's thief during the conversation, let them know our identities, and that's enough."

Liu Zheng is cautious in doing things. Since he is framing, he will naturally not make it so obvious.

If it is too obvious, it would be meaningless to be seen through at a glance as a frame-up. Only by inadvertently revealing some information and identities can those businessmen firmly believe that they were robbed by Jiang Zhou's thieves .

Following Liu Zheng's opening, the three walkers hidden here immediately moved out.

He began to rush towards those transport merchant ships quickly.

The advantage of taking a boat is that it is fast, and can quickly accelerate and impact in a very short time. In addition, those transport ships are sailing against the current, but Liu Zheng and others are going down the current, so they naturally approach more quickly.

Appearing in this patch of reeds, those transport ships were approached by Liu Zheng's ships before they could even react.

When Liu Zheng's men approached, the dozens of people on the transport ship panicked.

However, these people have been walking in this water area all year round and have seen the world. They were not frightened by the appearance of Liu Zheng and others, but a leader immediately stood up.

"Brothers in front, please move out of the way, we are the merchant ship of the Mi family in Xuzhou."

Liu Zheng, Gan Ning and the others ignored what these people said, but approached the merchant ships with their walking boats, and then jumped up, from the walking boats to those merchant ships.

Gan Ning was holding the saber in his hand, he dropped the saber and stood it in front of the boatmen.

Those boatmen who were frightened immediately lost their expressions, and none of them dared to speak.

"Everyone, we are just asking for money. If you are sensible, step aside. When we finish moving the goods, we will naturally let you go."

Liu Zheng didn't talk nonsense at all, and said something directly to the person who was similar to the leader.

When the leader heard Liu Zheng's words, his face immediately became ugly, but he still had the courage to speak to Liu Zheng.

"Brother, which commander are you under? We are the fleet protected by Master Zu Lang, and we have paid the annual confession to Master Zu Lang. You look at Master Zu Lang's face"

Chapter 171 The Mi Family Fleet

As the man spoke, he took out one or two kits from his pocket. The kits were bulging, as if they were full of things.

No need to think about it, Liu Zheng can also guess that what's in it should be some broken gold.

Looking at the size, the combined value is probably less than 10 taels.

Compared with the entire cargo of the ship, the money in the two kits he took out was nothing worth mentioning.

And Liu Zheng had known for a long time that he would say that, and he also knew that the other party would send some money to manage it. These people have been in this water for so long, so they naturally know some etiquette.

After all, from the very beginning, Liu Zheng had already found out that these fleets were controlled by Zu Lang.

What Liu Zheng wants to grab is the fleet under Zu Lang's command.

Liu Zheng interrupted the man before he finished speaking.

"Hmph, what kind of thing is Zu Lang? We are robbing Zu Lang, not to mention Zu Lang, even Yan Baihu will be annexed by our brothers sooner or later!"

Liu Zheng deliberately emphasized the words "two brothers", trying to make the other party understand.They are two brothers, and they naturally refer to Jiang Zhou's thief.

Liu Zheng's words immediately made the man afraid to continue talking, but stood aside trembling. Although they often sailed in this water area, the water thieves they encountered were more or less ordinary water thieves. After Lang's name, he will also give a little face, and he will leave after taking some benefits.

And Liu Zheng didn't take the kit from him at all, which let this person know that these people didn't come here to ask him for a little favor at all, but really wanted to snatch their entire ship of goods.

When encountering this kind of thing, the leader was also witty. He didn't fight or argue with Liu Zheng and others, but just stretched out his hand to signal the boatmen behind him not to act rashly.

Then let Liu Zheng lead people to start unloading the things on the ship.

Seeing Liu Zheng's men and horses constantly relocating the goods on the ship, although the leader had an ugly expression on his face.For the time being, he didn't say a word from beginning to end.

And Liu Zheng watched Gan Ning lead people to start unloading the goods here, and suddenly remembered that this person said that they seemed to be from the Mi family in Xuzhou.

Speaking of the Mi family, Liu Zheng naturally immediately thought of Mi Zhu who followed Liu Bei in the north and south and gave Liu Bei great help.

After all, in Liu Zheng's impression, in the entire Three Kingdoms, only Mi Zhu's family has the surname Mi.

There may be other people with this surname, but the only ones who can leave a great reputation in history are the brothers and sisters of the Mi family.

In Liu Zheng's impression, the Mi family is indeed a family of merchants.

Coincidentally, the fleet he robbed was the fleet of the Mi family in Xuzhou.

"What's your name?"

Liu Zheng suddenly looked at the leader abruptly, and asked him a question.

The man was taken aback, frowned, and looked at Liu Zheng. Although he didn't know what Liu Zheng meant when he asked his name at this time, he still answered immediately.

"Villain Mi Fang."

Mi Fang? !

When Liu Zheng heard this person say that his name was Mi Fang, he was immediately taken aback.

Sure enough, as he thought in his heart, this Mi family fleet is the rich Xuzhou businessman Mi family who followed Liu Bei in history and gave Liu Bei a lot of support.

Moreover, Mi Fang, who is still famous in history, seems to be the younger brother of Mi Zhu, and it can be said that Guan Yu also died because of him.

When Liu Bei proclaimed King of Hanzhong, Mi Fang was the prefect of Nanjun, but was belittled by Guan Yu.Later, he was scolded by Guan Yu for failing to complete the task of supplying military supplies, and he felt uneasy.After seeing General Fu Shiren surrender to Sun Quan, Mi Fang also chose to surrender to Sun Quan, resulting in Guan Yu's defeat and death.

No wonder, after Liu Zheng brought people on board, Mi Fang showed a look of greed for life and fear of death, her legs trembled in fright, and Liu Zheng still carried and unloaded the goods. She didn't say a word, maybe she was worried about Liu Zheng and others will kill.

However, even if Liu Zheng knew that these people belonged to the Mi family, he would not let their cargo go because of this. Liu Zheng never thought of changing his plan.He just asked casually, and didn't continue to say another word to Mi Fang.

When the goods were about to be moved, Liu Zheng hinted at the previous agreement to let a few sailors go to the side to chat in a low voice.

What they said was that they ransacked Zu Lang's fleet this time and made a fortune. After returning, the two leaders, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, will definitely be rewarded heavily.

Because Liu Zheng had already explained before that they should not speak too loudly, and they should not show that they deliberately disclosed this news to these boatmen.

After confirming that these people had heard the plans of Liu Zheng's subordinates, Liu Zheng led people to move the goods on the ship almost.

He immediately asked Gan Ning and others to evacuate from here with their own troops.

The whole process was smooth and smooth, without encountering any disturbances, so the Mi family's boat was detained and all the goods on it were removed.

Liu Zheng ordered Gan Ning and others to return to Mingyue Village with these goods.At the same time, stop for a few days, waiting for the fermentation of this matter.

After Liu Zheng and Gan Ning led people to stay in Mingyue Mountain for four or five days, they didn't hear any big disturbances, but they didn't give up. Instead, they continued to send people around to find out the news.

Perhaps a merchant ship was robbed and Zu Lang couldn't attract his attention, so he would rob a few more. Gan Ning's men continued to wander in the Poyang waters, and if they found Zu Lang's ships passing by, they would continue to seize them.

In the next half month, Liu Zheng and Gan Ning cooperated to snatch four fleets in a row.

The goods plundered by these four waves of fleets add up to much more than those lost by Yuan Zhou at the beginning.If it wasn't for Liu Zheng, if he didn't intend to make a living by robbing merchant ships from the beginning, he really wanted to be a water thief in the Poyang waters.

This kind of speed of directly relying on looting to obtain resources is too fast and addictive.

Just because Liu Zheng has his own bottom line, he doesn't want to make a living by plundering these fleets, so he didn't touch the goods in the four waves of ships robbed in the past half month, but took all the goods. Temporarily stored in Mingyue cottage.After the Jiang Zhou thief is resolved in the future, Liu Zheng will return these goods to those merchants.

After all, every time he robs, he will ask where these merchant ships are and which family they belong to.

Liu Zheng knew all about these goods, and he only needed to send someone to send them back up when the time came.

Half a month passed quickly, and the gang of water thieves who roamed in the waters of Poyang Lake often committed crimes, and they only picked Zu Lang's fleet to attack, which naturally attracted Zu Lang's attention.

Chapter 172 Transfer Target

And Zu Lang naturally pointed the finger at Jiang Zhou's thief under the questioning and investigation of several major merchant ships.

The brothers sent by Gan Ning quickly sent news to Liu Zheng and the others.

It is said that a few days ago Zu Lang had summoned his men and went to Fengshui Valley to trouble Jiang Zhou's thief.

When this news reached Liu Zheng's ears, it immediately attracted Liu Zheng's attention.

Liu Zheng immediately ordered Gan Ning's people to pay close attention to Jiang Zhou's rebellion.

As expected by Liu Zheng, after robbing Zu Lang's fleet several times in a row, Zu Lang finally robbed his fleet, thinking that it was Jiang Zhou's thief who did it.

One is the Poyang Lake water system, and most of them know the number of water thieves.At the same time, the only ones close to Zu Lang's sphere of influence are Yan Baihu and the thief Jiang Zhou, and Yan Baihu is so powerful that he doesn't like those ships. Even if Yan Baihu did it, he would not be so sneaky.It must be an aboveboard robbery, and Zu Lang didn't dare to say anything.