At this time, the scout who was scouting the road in front turned back and told Cao Liang in a low voice that he found a river more than ten feet wide ahead. The current was very fast and it might be difficult to swim across it. He asked Cao Liang if he could take a detour.

The river runs east-west. If we take a detour, we don't know where it will go. It will only make it farther and farther away from Cao Liang's original goal.

What's more, the river area has always been a key area for Wu Bing's defense. If you follow the river embankment, you will only face greater risks.

"Take me to have a look." Cao Liang decided to go and have a look in person.

The scout immediately led Cao Liang there, and the group approached the river quietly.

This river is obviously much wider than the rivers Cao Liang and the others crossed before, and the water flow is also relatively fast. At this moment, the river is covered with thick fog, and only the shadows of the trees on the opposite bank can be seen vaguely, hazy and unclear.

I wonder if there is an ambush on the other side of the river.

Cao Liang looked at the width of the river and felt that it was not unacceptable. After all, the river surface of more than ten feet could be considered a medium-sized river, but the depth and shallowness of the water were not yet known.

Cao Liang sent two Wei soldiers with good water quality to go down the river to check the depth of the river. If it was suitable for swimming, Cao Liang was prepared to swim across. If the water was too deep and not suitable for swimming, Cao Liang had to find another way.

Two Wei soldiers who were good at water quickly jumped into the river. Although the river was very fast, it was not too deep. It was only about waist deep. Cao Liang was overjoyed when he saw this. This kind of water depth was not at all

As he was about to cross the river, he was about to call the team into the water when he heard someone on the other side shouting loudly: "Who are they? Trespassers will die!"

The two Wei soldiers who had reached the middle of the river couldn't help but panic. They really didn't expect that there would be someone on the other side of the river. From the accent, it was the accent of Wu. They were definitely Wu soldiers. They probably made too much noise when entering the water.

, alerted the patrol of Wu army on the other side of the river.

The two Wei soldiers did not dare to move or speak. When they opened their mouths, they spoke in a strong northern dialect, which they could not deceive even if they wanted to.

Just because the two of them didn't speak didn't mean that nothing was wrong. Seeing that the other party didn't respond after waiting for a long time, they simply used their bows and arrows to greet them. Dozens of feathered arrows whizzed through the thick fog and shot towards the center of the river.

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Unfortunately, the two Wei soldiers who were exploring the road had no way to hide. They were shot to death by random arrows on the spot, and their bodies floated down the river.

The sudden appearance of this situation caused Cao Liang, who was about to enter the water, to quickly suspend his action. In the thick fog, it was impossible to tell how many Wu soldiers were on the opposite side. The number of arrows shot alone was no less than dozens.

In other words, the opponent's number is higher than a few dozen, and may even reach hundreds. After all, the opponent cannot be all archers, and there should at least be other types of troops.

Although the manpower on Cao Liang's side may not necessarily be weaker than that of the other side, with a river as a barrier and the other side having long-range troops such as archers, Cao Liang is really at a loss.

Although it is now difficult to distinguish people in the thick fog, the opponent can completely rely on the noise produced when crossing the river to attack with arrows. When people reach the river, they are completely unable to fight back. The two Wei soldiers who unfortunately died are a lesson learned from the past.

But Cao Liang didn't want to take a detour. No one knew where the Wu soldiers were not guarding the river. Moreover, after the sun rose, the thick fog would dissipate. Without the cover of the thick fog, the enemy would be discovered within a few miles.

, breaking through will definitely become more difficult.

Cao Liang frowned and thought hard about a solution. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he whispered to the people behind him: "Which one of you can speak Soochow dialect?"

Everyone shook their heads. All the soldiers of the Wei army came from the northern states. Naturally, the words they spoke were all the dialects of the northern regions. Most of them had no chance to leave their homeland in their lives. Even if they went to war, it was only for a short period of time.

, so there is no way he can speak Soochow dialect.

Just when Cao Liang was disappointed, a thin veteran standing at the end of the team said: "Cao joined the army. When he was young, he followed his father in business. He had been to Wu for several years, and he could speak a few words.

Wu dialect."

Cao Liang was overjoyed and immediately called the little veteran to his side and said to him: "Very good. If you shout to the opposite side like this, you will say that you are a subordinate of the right general Quan Cong. We are pursuing Wei soldiers all the way here. Please give me your permission."

to cross the river."

The little veteran immediately shouted to the other side and repeated what Cao Liang had told him.

The little veteran's Soochow accent was very standard and he spoke it more fluently than the Soochow people. When the other party heard it, he didn't have any doubts at all. He just said: "This is the general's residence. There are a lot of people waiting here.

Don’t come near.”

General? Cao Liang knew very well that the general of Wu at this time was Zhuge Jin.

The military system of the State of Wu is relatively chaotic. The generals are not inferior to one person but superior to ten thousand people like Cao Wei. The generals of the State of Wu are not the first-class high-ranking officials. Above the generals, there are generals and Sima

, Prime Minister and other positions.

However, a general can be considered an important minister. Cao Liang didn't expect that he accidentally touched the edge of Zhuge Jin's tent. Oh dear, this is a big fish!

Cao Liang was immediately overjoyed. He wanted to capture the thief first and capture the king first. As long as he could capture Zhuge Jin, he might be able to reverse the situation of the war.

Of course, Zhuge Jin was surrounded by a group of guards, and the number of them was probably more than Cao Liang could handle.

However, Cao Liang didn't want to just give up. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was rare. Since Lord Wu set up Zhuge Jin's camp here, he probably wouldn't mobilize too many people to guard it. After all, this was already a fringe area.

, it will be difficult for the Wei army to reach here.

The soldiers also became eager to give it a try. They didn't want to give up such a good opportunity. It was like a person who had been extremely poor for a long time and suddenly found a fortune, and was a little at a loss.

Cao Liang asked the little veteran to say: "I found traces of the Wei army crossing the river not far away. Letting these people cross the river will definitely endanger the safety of the general. If you are blocking someone from crossing the river to pursue the Wei army, are you connected with the Wei people?

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As expected, the other party did not dare to persist any longer, and became nervously defensive. At the same time, he agreed to Cao Liang's request to cross the river.

Once the safety of the general is involved, this team must not dare to be careless at all. Cao Liang seizes this opportunity, avoids detours, and takes the opportunity to break out and break through Wu Jun's encirclement. This is the key.

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Using the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain, most of the troops fortified around Zhuge Jin were moved away, so that Cao Liang could do whatever he wanted. He could cross the river and capture and kill Zhuge Jin. That would be the real first achievement.
Chapter completed!