Han Xiang

Chapter 255

On the first day of March, Zhang Fei led his troops back to Shishui.

It was already two or three miles away from Hefei before I heard the crowing of cocks one after another.

Don't look at Zhang Fei who was drunk last night, he was the first to go to the camp to regroup the army in the morning, and he mainly woke up at night thinking of Liu Bei, and he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

The rooster crows three times, indicating that the sky is about to dawn.

Zhang Fei reined in suddenly, turned his head and glanced at Hefei City behind him, and saw the flickering lights on the tower in the distance, he knew that it was Long Xiang standing on the tower.

Jiangdong will travel to and from Hefei from time to time, and the military transfer of 3000 people needs to be concealed, so Zhang Fei left the city before dawn.

Since ancient times, there has been much sorrow for parting. Last night, I drank farewell wine and agreed not to see each other off in the morning.

Back then when Long Xiang delivered a letter to Xiaopei, Zhang Fei accompanied Liu Bei to see him off at the gate tower. Today, Long Xiang sent him off silently at the gate tower. It seems that there is a cause and effect in the dark.

Seeing Zhang Fei stop, Lei Bo reminded him to hurry up in a low voice: "General, it will be dawn soon, we have to leave as soon as possible."

"Ah."

Zhang Fei raised his whip: "I just want to see, I will come back one day, let's go."

"only."

Three thousand young and strong, with strict discipline, rushed to the south bank of Shaopi for two days to station.

At night, Zhang Fei ordered people to take out spare clothes and flags, and prepared to show his face in Shouchun under the banner of Jiangdong. In the end, only six or seven hundred military uniforms were allocated.

After listening to the report, Zhang Fei thought it was too little, so he put forward an idea to Liu Ye: "I thought Yun Qi was well prepared, but I didn't expect there were only a few hundred pieces, and the momentum created by a few hundred people is not enough. Why don't we let the rest of them mix in to make up for it?"

"Fewer people may be more real"

Liu Ye shook his head lightly, and then asked Zhang Fei: "General, don't be too small. Do you know where these clothes come from?"

Zhang Fei asked back, "Was it pulled from the Jiangdong soldiers? Or did you ask Sun Quan for it?"

"It was Sun Ce's attack on Hefei the year before last, and the clothes confiscated from the soldiers who died in battle. General Long deliberately kept them for such a long time, probably for the present use."

Liu Ye paused halfway, and then looked at Zhang Fei and continued to sigh: "General Long has a long-term plan. If he stays in Hefei for a day, Sun Quan may not be able to go north for a day. Xuande Gong has General Long to help him, and he has checked and balanced a powerful opponent."

Zhang Fei nodded with a half understanding: "Yun Qi calls this trick a trick, I don't know if the defenders in Shouchun will believe it."

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not." Liu Ye shook his head, "As long as we go there tomorrow, the defenders in Shouchun City will become suspicious. Zijing sent people to spread rumors a few days ago, threatening that Sun Quan intends to surrender Chen Lan. When the news is sent back to Xudu, our mission will be considered complete."

"In this way, we can deceive the main force of Cao thief?"

"Cao Cao's focus is on Hebei, and it is unlikely that the main force will be transferred to Shouchun, but even if Cao Cao divides only a few thousand troops, he can still transfer part of Xudu's troops. The day Runan launched an incident."

Before Zhang Fei finished digesting it, he suddenly remembered what happened tomorrow, and asked quickly: "I want Mr. to command the main force tomorrow and go northwest with food and grass, while I will take the fake 'Jiangdong soldiers' around the lake to Shouchun. Who will we fight then?" The banner? If the defenders don’t move, it’s fine, if the opponent doesn’t know what to do and rushes out to fight, will I fight or retreat?”

"Shouchun has only a few hundred defenders, and they will not dare to go out of the city to seek battle easily. If they are really short-sighted, the general can kill them as much as they want, and just keep a few messengers. As for who to play as a banner?"

When Liu Ye said this, he brushed his beard and thought carefully, and he answered after a while: "I just saw a banner with the character Zhou. The general's figure is similar to that of Wu general Zhou Tai. You can pretend to be Zhou Tai."

"Zhou Tai? How is this man's martial arts?"

Zhang Fei was not familiar with Zhou Tai, he was willing to pretend to be Xu Chu last time because Xu Chu was strong enough in martial arts, now when he heard a stranger, he showed a disgusted expression.

Liu Ye reassured: "The general is an enemy of ten thousand people, I'm afraid the entire Jiangdong has no opponents. General Long meets Sun Quan in Chaohu, and Zhou Tai will follow him to protect him. I think he has some martial arts skills."

"Okay, Zhou Tai is Zhou Tai." Zhang Fei replied reluctantly, and then added: "I hope Shouchun guards the army and understands current affairs. I don't want to help strangers become famous."

"Don't worry about it, the general, it's just a trick"

"What do I care about? I just don't want to take advantage of outsiders and make my own famous. I don't care."

"It was so"

When Zhang Fei and Liu Ye were discussing, Shouchun was also scattered at this time. Hundreds of people were stationed in the huge city, as if a toothpick had been thrown into a big water tank. The picture was extremely uncoordinated.

Last year, when Qin Yi was on a mission to Hefei, he accidentally discovered that Shouchun City was empty. After reporting it to Cao Cao, he aroused attention. He felt that strategically important places could not be treated empty, so he allocated 800 soldiers to Qin Yi to be stationed in Shouchun to cooperate with Liu Fu.

Liu Fu went to Hefei single-handedly, but soon lost the news. Qin Yi was worried that Liu Fu would have an accident in Hefei, so he sent five or six spies to investigate one after another, but all the meat buns beat dogs and never returned.

Just as Qin Yi was about to report to Xu Du, Liu Fu, who had lost a lot of weight, finally appeared.

Long Xiang wants to connect Shishui and Feishui, and Sun Quan has the intention of going north to the Central Plains.
Liu Fu walked from Hefei to Shouchun. He needed to rest for a few days before returning to Xudu, but he didn't want a team of soldiers and horses to approach Shouchun City quietly.

After receiving Qin Yi's military information, Liu Fu got up from the couch in a jerk. He was wearing a large armor that didn't fit very well, and rushed to the tower to supervise the battle in person.

Liu Fu hurriedly boarded the tower, but found that Qin Yi was calm and composed, and the guards beside him did not show any nervousness.

"Captain Qin, what's the matter?"

"Please look at the governor, there are only a few hundred steps below the city"

"Oh?"

Liu Fu walked to the edge of the city wall and found only a few kittens. He frowned and asked, "There are only a few hundred people, are they bandits or what?"

Qin Yi looked serious: "Look at their neat formation, they must not be ordinary thieves, I guess they are soldiers and horses of Jiangdong Sun Quan."

"Sun Quan's soldiers? They shouldn't be."

Liu Fu said to himself: "What are these hundreds of people enough for? Shouldn't we wait for the water to be poured and the Fei River to pass through, and then directly enter the army from the waterway? It is not in line with common sense."

Qin Yi clasped his fists and explained: "The governor doesn't know. According to the news that the general received a few days ago, Sun Quan intends to recruit the rogue Chen Lan. He will send troops to the north to negotiate with him soon. The city may be the one who negotiates."

Liu Fu looked solemn: "Chen Lan is wandering in the counties in the northern part of Lujiang River, what are Sun Quan's people doing in Shouchun?"

Qin Yi shook his head and replied, "The last general doesn't know, maybe he lost his way?"

"Lost?" Liu Fu shook his head and snorted coldly: "There are many mountains in the northwest of Lujiang River, there are plains around Shouchun, and there is such a big Shaopi, will you get lost?"

"That's right."

After agreeing, Qin Yi clasped his fists and said: "Sun Quan's army is not large, why don't you let the last general go out of the city to meet him for a while?"

Liu Fu thought for a while, then waved his hand to reject Qin Yi, and said: "The other side has not many troops, but our garrison is also small, so don't take any risks, and ask in the city later, first find out the purpose of coming."

"only."

After a while, Zhang Fei led his troops to the city gate, and then someone came forward and called the door: "Hey, people in the city, listen up, the army from Jiangdong is here, why don't you open the city gate?"

Qin Yi stepped forward and shouted in a deep voice: "Bastard, I am stationed in Shouchun under the order of Cao Sikong, how can I allow you to wait for the rats to shout? Hundreds of people dare to call the army? Why don't you retreat quickly?"

"What about Cao thief? I'm fighting Cao thief."

(End of this chapter)