Two days later, in the early morning.

Xia Houdun led 10,000 cavalry and rushed to Jiangling Port with a thunderous momentum. He had already heard that Zhang Fei had 3,000 foot soldiers stationed in the port, and if you added the Jiangling garrison who had left there in advance to transport grain, there would be no more than 5,000 at most. And he himself has 10,000 cavalry, and the Jiangling garrison is also about 20,000, so it is not easy to make use of such a large military advantage, and it seems that he can't take advantage of himself to capture the port in one go. So Xia Houdun led the cavalry to the port first, leaving the escort Han Hao to check the Jiangling soldiers, and he would lead the team to come later.

The port has gradually appeared in sight, and from a distance, it seems that the people in the port are still busy carrying grain, grass and military supplies onto the ship, and they are not prepared at all. Xia Houdun sneered, secretly thinking that Zhang Fei was just a brave man, and he was really unprepared enough to defend the city.

Hurried a little closer, Xia Houdun suddenly found that Zhang Fei was standing at the crossing alone, with the signature weapon Zhang Eight Snake Spear on his shoulder, and he was actually holding a toothpick in his left hand and was flossing his teeth there indifferently! Slightly startled in his heart, he hurriedly took the horse, and the 10,000 cavalry also stopped and lined up in formation, just waiting for Xia Houdun's order to rush over.

Zhang Fei saw that Xia Houdun's cavalry had all stopped, and laughed and said: "Xia Houyuanrang, when Xu Du said goodbye, how many years have we not met?" Today, in front of the two armies, let's not rush to fight, talk about a few old words, and drink a few sips of wine before fighting! ”

Seeing Zhang Fei's leisurely demeanor, Xia Houdun was suspicious. Looking at the port behind Zhang Fei, the shipwrights were still carrying grain and grass, but they couldn't see a few soldiers who were ready to fight, and they were even more puzzled, fearing that there would be an ambush. Secretly instructed the Tanma to look around, and soon the Tanma reported that there seemed to be a surge of people in a hill to the south, and there was a faint murderous aura; To the north, there was a lot of dust dancing, as if a large group of men were coming.

Xia Houdun thought secretly: "Zhang Fei, is this trying to attack me on both sides?" But how many people is he? Could it be that Liu Bei sent another man to support? With this possibility, they are transporting grain and grass by water, and it is not difficult to send some soldiers and horses back here......"

Just thinking about it, Zhang Fei slapped his horse forward with a big grin, threw a wine gourd at Xia Houdun and said, "Then, there is a high-quality wine inside!" I've always been reluctant to drink, it's cheaper for you. "Where is the reluctance to drink? I really can't pull it down, I'm embarrassed to drink.

Xia Houdun stretched out his hand to catch it, hesitated for a moment to open the gourd, and when he smelled it, he knew that it was a fine fire. Raising his eyes and seeing Zhang Fei turn back to his original position, Xia Houdun asked, "Zhang Fei, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Fei shrugged his shoulders and laughed: "It's not interesting, it's just to invite you to take a few sips of wine." After all, you're still my uncle...... Who let me Lao Zhang not control himself for a while, and robbed you of Xia Hou Ying, the daughter of your younger brother Xia Hou Miaocai? Alas, now that I see that you are a generation shorter, I have to ask you to drink and confess to sin. Wait until you touch Xia Houmiao to talk to him again, and I will send someone to make up for the dowry when I go back. ”

It's okay not to say it, Zhang Fei made Xia Houdun half angry when he said it. Originally, Xia Houyuan wanted his daughter Xia Houying to marry Cao Pi, so as to further deepen the marriage relationship between the Cao family and the Xia Hou family. But Xia Houying, this girl is very stubborn, and she doesn't like Cao Pi, so she ran away from home without permission, and there has been no news since then. Xia Houshi was ashamed of this matter, but unexpectedly, Zhang Fei poked this thing out in front of so many people at this moment, Xia Houying actually became the wife of Cao Cao's sworn enemy Liu Bei's third brother, which made Xia Houdun go back to see people?

The wine gourd in his hand was almost broken by Xia Houdun, and after being angry, he threw it back, Xia Houdun slapped his horse and wanted to step forward, and shouted angrily in his mouth: "Zhang Fei'er, take your life!" ”

Here, Zhang Fei's face sank, and he shouted violently: "You and I are in-laws after all, I invite you to drink, but you say that you will be beaten, and you don't give half a face, right?" Can I still be afraid of you? After drinking this sentence, Zhang Fei suddenly raised the volume to the maximum, and his voice was like a huge thunder: "Yanren Zhang Yide is here, who dares to come over and fight to the death!?" ”

The thunderous shout stunned all the Cao soldiers, Xia Houdun was also startled by Zhang Fei's shout, and the originally angry mood immediately calmed down, and secretly thought: "Almost hit!" Although Zhang Fei is a brave man, Xu Shu behind him is wise, and there are signs of ambushes around, if I rush to kill the past, I will fall into the treacherous scheme! ”

Thinking of this festival, Xia Houdun grabbed his horse and shouted: "Zhang Fei, since the wood is already in the boat, I will sell you a few thin noodles, and you and I will fight again tomorrow!" I would like to advise you again, Cao Gong's army is approaching soon, and you can still leave you a way to survive if you surrender early. If you don't descend, don't blame me for not being emotional! ”

Zhang Fei replied: "If you want to fight, you can fight, if you don't fight, get away, don't bother your third grandfather!" As far as Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are concerned, I don't care about Lao Zhang! One-eyed summer weather let the horse come, you and I will fight Lily now! ”

Xia Houdun's biggest hatred since he became a one-eyed dragon is that others call him one-eyed Xia Hou, and at the moment the fire hit up but desperately suppressed it, and said in his heart: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, Zhang Fei is trying to provoke me to be angry." I endure! Anyway, Han Hao's pawns will follow tomorrow at the latest, and I won't compete with you for this moment! ”

Holding back his anger, Xia Houdun ignored Zhang Fei's shouting and retreated ten miles to camp and rest. Over there, Zhang Fei saw Xia Houdun retreat and walked away, and the snake spear was carried back on his shoulder, and he smiled: "How about it, my old Zhang is no worse than you Kong Ming......

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"Lord, Liang Te is here to ask for sin!"

Liu Bei froze, and was stunned for a long time before asking, "Excuse me?" What is the sin of the sir? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Yuan went straight here, and the lord lost an arm." The culprit is on Liang. ”

"But what does this have to do with Mr.?"

Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh again: "Lord, if it weren't for the fact that the day Liang begged the lord to use the Mizhen caravan boat to secretly plot Xiangyang, thus angering Lu Ren, Lu Ren would definitely not have done this." ”

Liu Bei said: "This ...... It doesn't seem to have anything to do with each other in the past two years, right? ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "My lord, although Liang only had a one-sided acquaintance with Lu Ren a few years ago, he can see that his personality and ideas are very different from ours. Lu Ren is very selfish, in other words, he takes care of his family, and he will never allow his family to be harmed. If his family is hurt in any way, he will also find ways to seek revenge. When he rebelled from Cao Ying, wasn't he just a side room Wan'er who was born as a maid? ”

Liu Bei was stunned and said: "Sir, is this saying that Lu Ren's move is to retaliate against Bei Qiang for borrowing a boat and forcing Mi Zhen to come forward to make a plan?" But didn't Bei already apologize to Mi Zhen and double the fare for the ship? "Five thousand gold! Not a small amount!

Zhuge Liang then shook his head: "Lord, today's Lu Ren is not as good as back then. To tell the truth, although the plan to secretly take Xiangyang was expected at that time, as long as there was a slight mistake, it would definitely harm Mi Zhen's life, how could Lu Ren not be angry after hearing the news? He is forcing Xu Shu away now, and in his opinion, he is giving the lord a warning, don't ...... Mess with him again. Now Lu Ren sits on Yi and Quanzhou, and his financial strength is the best in the world, and he defeated Jiangdong Sun Quan twice not long ago, which shows that his soldiers are strong and strong, and he is indeed a figure that cannot be provoked. ”

Liu Bei was silent when he heard this, and only after a long time did he slowly speak: "If this is the case, please don't have to do it yourself." At that time, Liu Bei was already in danger, even if he could save his life without Mr.'s plan, I was afraid that he would become a wanderer in all directions again, how could it seem that there was still Jiangxia for him to live in? As for Yuan Zhi's going, Bei can only sigh to himself. ”

Zhuge Liang was a little moved, and said: "Please be relieved of your heart, although Yuan Zhi goes, Liang is still there." In the end, he will fully assist the lord to achieve the cause of the king. ”

Liu Bei immediately shook it to the end: "There is Mr. Lao!" Thank you very much! It's just that now that the Cao thief has occupied most of Jingzhou, and he is about to enter Jiangxia in the near future to prepare, what is the best way for Mr. to deal with it? ”

Zhuge Liang just opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he came from someone to report that Lu Ren had a messenger coming. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said, "The lord go and ask the messenger to come over." As Liang expected, Lu Ren's letter certainly has a warning meaning, and there should also be something beneficial to the lord in the letter. ”

Liu Bei nodded and motioned to invite the messenger sent by Lu Ren. After a short time, the messenger met Liu Bei and presented the letter, Liu Bei opened the letter and read it carefully, and the letter was to the effect:

You Lao Liu let my wife and the fleet go to do things for you without my consent, and the things you do are still so dangerous, which is too bad for me to give Lu Ren face, what if something happens? It's true that you compensated me a lot of money, but I still have to knock you hard so that you don't dare to have some bad ideas about my people and industry in the future.

Even if everyone settles the matter this time, Mi Zhu under your command is my brother-in-law, and if you don't give Lao Liu face, you have to give Mi Zhu face, so I will do the business between Lu Ren and your Lao Liu. I have everything you urgently need here, and the next fleet will deliver all of them according to the order given to Mi Zhen. If there is anything to add, you can directly send someone to Chaisang to find the person in charge, Lu Xin, and he will send a fast horse from the land route to inform me. But there is one thing, don't make up your mind again, otherwise it will anger me, I will do my best to help Lao Cao, and your Lao Liu will be finished.

At the end, Lu Ren added another sentence: "Recently, I heard that General Zuo was forced by Cao Gong to retreat to Jiangxia to wait for the time." Ren thought that although this move could temporarily ensure temporary peace, if he did not set up a good plan early, he would be taken advantage of by Cao Gong. Although Ren is not talented, and he is annoyed that General Zuo has recently borrowed my boat, but in the old friendship, he specially offered a strategy - to unite with Wu and jointly reign with Cao Gong! If Wolong is on the side of General Zuo, you can ask for his meaning. ”

Liu Bei was not angry when he saw it, and he regretted it, so he almost hung his chest. Turned his hand and handed the letter to Zhuge Liang for a look, Zhuge Liang shook his head and sighed after reading it, and then nodded incessantly. Zhang Fei was fast, and snatched the letter in Zhuge Liang's hand casually, and looked at it carefully with Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others. (To be continued.) )