Guan Yu asked Liao Hua to lead thousands of people to besiege Xiangyang Lu Chang on the front line, and sent most of the naval army to escort nearly 30,000 Cao army prisoners back to Jiangling, and also besieged Fancheng Cao Ren, assigned troops to defend Xu Huang in the north, and then transferred a part of the generals to support and guide the civil anti-Cao forces in Nanyang in front of him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, Lu Xun's letters were delivered to him one after another, and looking at the full of humility, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Lu Meng, who had a ghost in his heart all day long, was far away, so it was best to die on it! Now that I have changed to Lu Xun, who I haven't heard much about before, and it seems that he has been shocked by his victory in Xiangfan, and he is new to office, it should be impossible to launch a large-scale attack on Jingzhou in the short term, so can I temporarily divide some of the troops I left in the rear to defend Jiangdong and let them come to Fancheng to help in the war?

If you can take Xiangyang and Fancheng, and then take Wancheng in the future, you can force Xudu in the east, Luoyang in the east, and Chang'an in Xijing in the west, and recover the Central Plains is just around the corner.

As soon as Xu Shu received Guan Yu's order to increase the troops, he immediately sent people out of the city to report to Ge Liang overnight, and at the same time personally came to the munitions warehouse, and ordered the sergeants to count and carry the grain and grass equipment, and prepare to transport them out of the city early tomorrow morning, load them on ships and sail to the front line of Fancheng.

That night, the west wind suddenly rose, Xu Shu was still a little uneasy, and took two of his cronies to the warehouse to check, and repeatedly told the sergeants to pay attention to the safety of the fire candles, but don't accidentally lose fire like last time, then when General Guan comes back, he will die.

The sergeants all scrambled to reply, "Your Excellency, please rest assured, we have sent additional personnel to conduct regular inspections, and we will never let this happen again." ”

Xu Shu straightened his face: "What absolutely not?" There are no absolutes in this world! Who can guarantee that there will be no fire, the last time the group of people guarding the warehouse, you also told me the same! ”

Since the assurances didn't work, the sergeant guarding the treasury could only bow his head and let him reprimand.

Xu Shu raised his right hand and clenched his fist, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "For the fire, one is to do a good job of prevention, and the other is to prepare for rescue!" I ask you, are you prepared in case of another fire? ”

The leading sergeant replied cautiously, "My lord, there is already a large pond next to our warehouse. Now, we've got lots and lots of water tanks, all filled with water, and lots and lots of buckets. If there is a real fire, we absolutely guarantee that we will extinguish it as soon as possible, and we will never let it spread. ”

"That's pretty much it." Xu Shu put down his right hand, touched his beard, glared and said, "Everyone should be careful at all times!" “

The sergeants hurriedly replied in unison: "You must keep in mind your lord's instructions!" Be careful and always be prepared! ”

Xu Shu nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you are all in place, and I will take a look elsewhere." ”

Leading the sergeant around several warehouses, when he reached a corner, seeing that there was no one around, Xu Shu said to the two sergeants: "Well, that, I want to explain it a little." You take a look around. ”

The sergeant turned around when he heard the sound, listened to the sound of water behind him, shook his head, and squeezed each other's eyebrows, fortunately, we were standing upwind.

Suddenly, I only heard Xu Shu yelling: "Who is there to worship ghosts and ghosts?" Get the hell out of here! Ah, don't run! ”

The two sergeants hurriedly turned around and stood beside Xu Shu, drew their sabers and looked around nervously, and asked eagerly, "My lord, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Shu pointed forward: "It's right there!" Just now, there was a man squatting there, and when I saw it, he turned around and ran. There must be gangsters sneaking in, quick! Hurry after you, don't let you steal anything or set fire to the food! ”

The two sergeants hurriedly chased after them, shouting at the same time: "Catch the thief!" A thief has come in! ”

As soon as they turned the corner, Xu Shu hurriedly ran to the other side, saw that there was no one around, took out a few pieces of oilcloth from under his clothes, lit the lantern, and threw them out in several places.

"Kong Ming, Kong Ming, you actually told me to set fire to myself three times and twice, is it okay? Burning so many things makes me feel so bad. If Sun Quan is not fooled, I will really suffer a big sin. Xu Shu shook his head while setting the fire.

Seeing the flames flickering, he also shouted, "Come on!" Someone has snuck into the warehouse and set it on fire! "At the same time, he stood at the place where the fire was burning and stared nervously at the fire.

When the two attendants heard that the Lord Taishou behind him was shouting that someone had set the fire again, they quickly turned around, and saw that the Lord was standing by the fire and stomped his feet, and hurriedly pulled him away, and at the same time stomped on the flames with all his might, shouting: "There is a fire!" Let's put out the fire! ”

The sergeants guarding the warehouse heard the sound of catching thieves in several places, and quickly surrounded them from all directions, and when they heard the fire again, they hurriedly ran to pick up buckets one by one, scooped water from the water tanks and came to put out the fire.

Fortunately, the preparation was sufficient, and the fire was quickly extinguished, but Xu Shu scolded loudly there: "Why did they all come here, quickly search around, and catch the thieves who set the fire!" ”

The sergeants threw down the buckets and scattered to search the warehouse, and searched many times in the middle of the night, but they did not see a single shadow of the thief.

Xu Shu was very angry and scolded the sergeants: "What did you just say? Didn't you say that you have strengthened your guards? Why did the thieves get in and set fire to the grain and grass again? I think you guys deserve to die! ”

The sergeants were frightened and hurriedly begged for mercy one by one.

Xu Shu looked iron-faced and selfless, and ordered the cronies he brought with him to enforce the law, slapped each of them with ten boards, and then pointed at them and said, "I will spare your life for the time being!" Tomorrow, you're all going to load the ship for me!" I'll change another group of people to guard the warehouse. ”

As soon as he turned around, he pointed to his two sidekick sergeants: "You guys, why did you deliberately start so lightly when you gave them the board just now?" I ask you, what about the thieves? How did you get them to run? Someone is coming, and the two of them will be marked on the top ten boards! ”

The two attendants felt so wronged: "My lord, spare us!" ”

"Spare you?" Xu Shu shouted and asked, "You guys, I have to bear the crime of lax supervision and serious dereliction of duty again, who will help me clear my name?" ”

Guan Yu dispatched the rear defenders to the front line, and the news of another fire in Jiangling City soon reached Lu Xun's ears, and he immediately sent a letter to report to Sun Quan. (To be continued.) )