When they saw with their own eyes that the officers and soldiers of the last water village had already abandoned the village and left, and it was already empty, the heroes of Dongting Lake were very excited, and many people began to wipe their eyes with their big hands, to be honest, they all paid a great price after being besieged for so long, and they also saw many of their brothers, sisters, relatives and friends around them fall in front of them, and even Yang Mi had the idea of retreating in the most difficult time, let alone others.
Many people once thought that they would not be able to survive this war, let alone repel the officers and soldiers or even retake Dongting Lake, and whoever said these things to them a month ago must have thought that person was crazy, but now the facts are clearly laid out in front of their eyes.
At the celebration banquet, Yang Mi picked up a glass of wine and said to everyone: "Brothers, we have been besieged by dog officers and soldiers for seven months for more than 200 days, and now this Dongting Lake has finally returned to our hands again, everyone will talk about it, who should we thank the most."
Everyone said in unison: "Naturally, I am grateful to the Liangshan brothers and Jia Shao." ” Yang Mi said with a smile: "That's right, then I'll replace everyone to pay tribute to Jiashao with a glass of wine, and by the way, fulfill our previous promise, Fengjiashao and Liangshan are the mainstays, and Jiashao will come and go in the rain in the future, as long as Jiashao says a word, we will never say anything, and the brothers will say yes."
Immediately followed by a thunderous chorus: "Good" Du Jia smiled slightly, took the wine glass and drank it all, and then said loudly: "Everyone is a family from now on, needless to say, this Dongting Lake will still be yours in the future, everyone will still listen to the command of Brother Yi'er, but in the future, if we need help over there, please help you." ” The soldiers of Dongting Lake all laughed after hearing this, and they were even happier in their hearts, Du Jia obviously meant that they were still autonomous, but they were only nominally serving Liangshan as the master, which was tantamount to giving them enough face.
The atmosphere of the scene suddenly became more joyful, the Ruan family brothers, the Zhang family brothers and others were pulled over by a large group of Dongting Lake heroes to pour wine, compared to Du Jia Yang Qi These high-level people, these generals are more simple and direct, these nearly a month of fighting side by side have allowed them to accumulate a deep friendship, Ruan Xiaoqi Zhang Shun They were drunk and drunk, they themselves are not much better, the so-called killing a thousand enemies, self-loss of eight hundred, this battlefield rule is no exception in the wine field, The last crowd staggered and almost all drunk.
Du Jia is also very thoughtful about this decision, in the eyes of ordinary people, the autonomy of Dongting Lake seems to be quite risky, if they don't listen to their own command one day, then he has no way, unless he sends troops to fight, but the distance is so far, and it is in the opponent's 800 miles of Dongting Lake's home field, it is not impossible to defeat them, but it also consumes huge financial and material resources and energy, from this point of view, this approach is obviously very debatable.
But Du Jia thought more far-reaching, if you keep people here, how much do you leave here, if you leave less, it's useless, if the other party has the intention to rebel, it will become a hostage, and if you leave more, the gains outweigh the losses, if you really put the Ruan family brothers, the Zhang family brothers and other naval generals here, then what will happen to Liangshan Shui Village in the future, what if you encounter other water wars Therefore, it is better to simply leave no one and fully trust these heroes in Dongting Lake, so that this full trust will greatly increase the goodwill of these people, and the loyalty of these days and the friendship of fighting will naturally be very high; Second, Yang Mi is extremely loyal, quite Wu Song's style, such a person must recognize that people will never change, plus he himself is the head snake here, it is very suitable to control this place.
In addition, Du Jia also understands that if the relationship in the world wants to last for a long time, it must be combined with feelings and interests, and it is not possible to rely on any of them, and now they have the relationship between Liangshan and the heroes of Dongting Lake, and with the growth and stability of Liangshan's power, they are also rising with themselves, gaining fame and fortune, this relationship is naturally indestructible, and no one can break it.
In the next few days, the people below began to rearrange various vigilance measures in Dongting Lake, such as setting up many intelligence points, supply points, building ships, practicing martial arts, and establishing water villages in several key locations, so that even if the officers and soldiers came again in the future, they would have more ways to deal with it, instead of being besieged by them all at once.
Du Jia and Yang Mi discussed how to counterattack the officers and soldiers on the shore, if they could also push back the officers and soldiers on the shore, they could also lay intelligence networks and simple fortifications on land, and also make a buffer zone, so as to occupy a first-mover advantage for their future battles.
On this day, they were discussing matters, and suddenly a small school outside rushed to report, saying that there was an envoy from the king of Chu outside, and threatened to ask Yang Mi to personally bring someone to pick it up.
Yang Mi was stunned for a moment: "The king of Chu is Wang Qing, although we can also be regarded as in Jingzhou, but they have always been well water, not river water, and there is no deep friendship, the first thing we were besieged when we were besieged was to send them a letter of help, but it was a stone sinking into the sea, why is it here again now, what is the idea?"
Du Jia had already guessed five or six points in his heart, and he said with a mocking smile: "I have long heard that Wang Qing is the most cunning, but even a fox is inferior by three points, and it is really true, when this kind of peach is he is too hard, afraid of danger, and refuses to come, but when he picks peaches, he runs very fast, hehe." ” Yang Mi is also a smart person, and when he heard this, he said angrily: "Damn these guys, are we stupid, and you still want me to pick them up in person, it's too deceitful, come on, drive them all out for me." ” Du Jia stopped: "Don't worry, I'm just guessing, no matter what the facts are, I'll see them again, otherwise we will lose, I guess these guys don't know about our existence, so let's do it, brother, you bring someone to pick them up first, and then see what they plan to do before it's too late, I'll listen to it later." ” Yang Mi also felt reasonable, and hurriedly nodded and agreed, asking the little school to hurry up and inform the generals to come here to assemble quickly, and then took his soldiers straight to the gate of the water village, while Du Jia sat quietly behind the screen behind the main seat of the hall.
As soon as he came to the gate of the water village, Yang Qi saw more than a dozen big ships parked outside, all of them were extremely luxurious, with three-story cabins and black flags, each ship could accommodate two or three hundred people, which looked quite majestic
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