Zhang Fei stood in place and was silent, watching his eldest brother Liu Bei turn around and leave.

Everyone didn't expect Liu Bei to reprimand his younger brother so harshly because of a sentence, because no matter when, as a person with a certain status, he will always protect his shortcomings because of his personal feelings, even if he knows that his relatives have done something wrong, it is difficult to blame his own people, Cao Cao is an example, although he governs the army strictly, but when he faces the mistakes of his relatives and brothers, he naturally has no way to deal with them with military law. Once Cao Cao went too far, it was very likely that there would be a gap between the relatives and the generals, and it would affect the strength of Cao's army.

But Liu Bei is different, he doesn't have so many worries about Cao Cao, because by his side, there are only two brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, even if he adds a Zhao Yun, he is still a borrowed general, even if everyone is close, Zhao Yun will have to go back sooner or later.

And the remaining two brothers, although they are superb in martial arts, loyal and courageous, and desperate for Liu Bei, they are not like the generals of the Cao Cao family after all, they have a family behind them, and they also have personal soldiers to follow.

Since the three brothers started the army, the soldiers who fought with them at the beginning died and scattered, and after the battle of storming the Cao army's position that night, until now, only some remnants of the soldiers have survived, not to mention what kind of pro-soldiers and clan soldiers, these people, whoever is their generals can be replaced, to put it bluntly, they are just ordinary people who choose to be soldiers in order to have something to eat, whoever gives them food, they will give their lives to whom, there is no so-called loyalty at all, It is far from the personal soldiers brought out by the generals in the Cao Cao family.

After Liu Bei left, Guan Yu came over and said to Zhang Fei, who was still in a daze: "Yide, don't blame the eldest brother for being so strict, now that we have just arrived, our foothold is not stable, if we can't set an example and handle things fairly and strictly, the people here will have opinions about us, so the eldest brother will also be very embarrassed." ”

Guan Yu was comforting Zhang Fei, who was hit in his heart, and he also knew that this fierce man had great trust in their eldest brother Liu Bei, so when he was severely reprimanded by Liu Bei, his heart would be so shocked and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Hearing Guan Yu's words, Zhang

flew slow for a moment before reacting, only to see him laugh and say: "Of course I know this, I'm just joking, the eldest brother is really, he is as easy to get angry as the second brother!" ”

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun could see that Zhang Fei was actually pretending to smile, and he was laughing very awkwardly, which was completely different from his usual hearty and bold smile.

At this time, Zhao Yun also said: "Now that the great enemy is coming, Xuande Gong, who is the pastor of Xuzhou, naturally has to bear more pressure than other times, after all, the lives of the people in the whole city are tied to him, and it is understandable that he is easily excited." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Fei said disapprovingly: "This is all the fault of the Cao thief, relying on his own soldiers, he came to Xuzhou to show off his might, if I catch him, I must cut off his head and hang it on the gate of Xuzhou, to avenge the dead people of Xuzhou and the brothers who died in the battle with us in Xuzhou!" ”

Guan Yu wanted to say something more, but at this time, Zhang Fei waved his hand and said: "It's really boring, I'll inspect other places again, maybe Cao Jun's spies have mixed into the city!" ”

Zhang Fei said, then rode his horse and walked away without looking back.

Zhao Yun wanted to catch up, but Guan Yu stretched out his hand to stop him, only to see him shake his head, signaling Zhao Yun not to disturb Zhang Fei and let him be quiet for a while.

On the other side, Liu Bei returned to the city, although on the surface his face did not change, but everyone felt that the atmosphere had become very strange, no one dared to take the lead in speaking, and at this time, Liu Bei, because he scolded his third brother Zhang Fei so harshly for the first time, was also in chaos in his heart, and he was also a little uncertain when he inspected the city.

However, when Liu Bei inadvertently glanced outside the city wall, he suddenly discovered something.

I saw Liu Bei tremble, and quickly turned around to face the outside of the city, because he saw that in the dark night outside Xuzhou City, there was a burning fire in the distance, stretching endlessly.

The subordinates behind Liu Bei also saw this abnormal scene, and someone in the crowd couldn't help but exclaim, "What is that?" ”

At this time, Chen Deng also walked to the city wall, he stood beside Liu Bei, looked at a long piece of firelight clearly visible in the distance, and said calmly: "They are finally here." ”

Mi Fang, who was behind him, asked in a panic, "Could this be Cao Jun?" ”

Chen Deng sneered and said, "Why did the general knowingly ask? ”

Mi Fang also blurted out in a panic, and when he was ridiculed by Chen Deng, he felt that he had done something embarrassing again, which made his brother Mi Zhu's face dull.

Mi Fang couldn't help but look at his brother Mi Zhu, but to his surprise, this time his brother Mi Zhu didn't blame his younger brother Mi Fang at all, because in Mi Zhu's opinion, at this time, seeing Cao Jun's campfire outside Xuzhou City, ordinary people would be flustered and speechless, and it was understandable to say something, so he didn't blame his younger brother for being timid.

Mi Zhu said to Liu Bei, who was watching the campfire outside the city: "Xuande Gong, Cao Jun is already outside the city, we have to act quickly." ”

After hearing Mi Zhu's reminder, Liu Bei woke up like a dream, and he said: "That's right, quick, ring the bell of the city tower and let the soldiers gather here at the city wall!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Bei gave an order, his subordinates hurriedly ran towards the bell on the city, and soon, the bell rang throughout the city of Xuzhou, which was the alarm of the enemy attack, when people heard this bell ringing, it proved that the war had spread to the last shelter of Xuzhou.

People ran in horror, and the panicked scene also woke up Zhang Fei, who was drinking in the hotel.

It is said that Zhang Fei excused himself to relax, and after leaving the city wall, he wandered all the way, just in time, he saw a hotel that was about to close.

After Cao's army approached Xuzhou City, a curfew had been implemented in the city to prevent suspicious people from destroying and investigating Xuzhou City at night, and those shops that were doing business naturally had to close their doors early.

However, driven by interests, there will inevitably be people who take risks and quietly do business, no, Zhang Fei, who happened to pass by here, saw a hotel that should have been closed, after someone knocked on the door, secretly opened a crack in the door, and after seeing that the person outside the door was a regular customer who frequented it, he took out the wine in the store and sold it to the person outside the door.

Zhang Fei could see that the people who bought the wine must be the people who worked on the city wall, and they were ordered to work overnight to strengthen the city defense of Xuzhou City, so they could also move near the city wall at night.