Lu Fan, who was eating the pancake, listened to Ma Hong's words and was suddenly stuck in the throat by the unchewed pancake, he covered his mouth and kept coughing dryly, stretched out his fingers to pull food out of his throat, but he couldn't take it out, and he was so anxious that tears came out.

"How's it going, sir? Isn't it wonderful? Ma Hong said with a smile like water, sighed and continued: "That bowl of warm water was originally for Mr. to eat with a piece of pancakes, but I didn't expect Mr. to know how to cherish it." ”

Ma Hong slapped Lu Fan the back, and Lu Fan spit out the cake stuck in his throat.

Lu Fan wiped the tears he was holding back with his tattered cuffs, pointed at Ma Hong's nose with his finger, his face was flushed with anger, and it took a long time to hold back two words: "Shameless." ”

Ma Hong smiled and said: "Mencius once said that life is also what I want, and righteousness is also what I want, and you can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also." Dare to be Your Excellency, is it the way to take a living, or the road to righteousness? ”

"I kindly remind you sir that this path of righteousness is not so easy to follow." After Gan Ning finished speaking, he stepped forward and locked Lu Fan's hand, and then the two soldiers quickly tied up Lu Fan. After a period of contact, Gan Ning slowly got to know the young man in front of him, who was not only resourceful, but also eloquent, which made Gan Ning have some good feelings about him.

"Can you guarantee that if I take the path of life, I will definitely live?" Lu Fan asked as he struggled.

"I promise you'll live." Huang Shotdao.

"You swear." Lu Fan said.

"Okay, I swear......" Huang Jie drew his sword and pointed to the sky and began to swear, but was interrupted by Lu Fan.

"I want the three of you to swear together, with your own lives plus all the lives of the soldiers of the three armies, and if you violate the oath, people and gods will punish you together."

Ma Hong laughed, clapped his hands while laughing, and said, "Okay, sir, you are really thoughtful, then the general, Captain Gan, we swear together." ”

After seeing that the three of them had taken a poisonous oath, Lu Fan asked Ma Hong to take the map, and he pointed to Liangzihu on the map and said: "Our army secretly planted a batch of grain and grass in a small village called Duzhuang in Liangzi Hubei a year ago. ”

"So according to you, did Sun Ce only send one of your troops?" Huang asked.

"Yes, the lord thinks that the Jingzhou army is all wine bags and rice bags, and it is enough to send only one of our troops, but I didn't expect that your Jingzhou army is not only good at fighting but also has such wise people." Lu Fan sighed, looked at Ma Hong and lowered his head.

Huang Jie snorted coldly and said, "Sun Ce, this child, has he forgotten how his father Sun Jian died?" I dare to underestimate my Jingzhou army. ”

Lu Fan nodded and said, "The lord and young hero, it is inevitable that he will be arrogant, dare to ask the general's name?" ”

"I am Huang Shot, the son of Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu, this is Gan Ning, the captain of the thief, and this is Ma Hong, my military advisor." Huang Jian raised his head slightly and introduced to Lu Fan, his eyes were full of contempt, obviously he didn't have the slightest affection for Lu Fan who betrayed the enemy to survive.

After letting Lu Fan go, Huang Jie was in a good mood and asked the sergeant to take wine and drink with the soldiers, but was dissuaded by Ma Hong.

"Strategist, what are you?" Huang asked puzzled.

"I think Lu Fan Bacheng is telling a lie, he only made us swear and he didn't swear." Gan Ning sneered beside him.

"Captain Gan is right, I don't believe Lu Fan either." Ma Hong Road.

"Then why did the military advisor let Lu Fan go, not only let Lu Fan go, but also sent him a horse, which obviously allowed Lu Fan to communicate for their army faster." Gan Ning continued to sneer.

"I have asked Zhang Erjin to lead people to follow Lu Fan, on the surface, Lu Fan is heading towards Sun Ce's large army in the direction of Xunyang, but I guess he will turn around and detour towards our rear, so I let him go to see what the situation is." Ma Hong explained.

Gan Ning thought for a moment, picked up the map and looked at it for a while and said: "If Lu Fan goes to our rear, it will prove that they must have troops stationed near Zhangdu Lake in the direction of Yixian, and he is going to send them information, which means that our army's rear route has been cut off." ”

"Our warships are parked at Zhangdu Lake, and if the warships are controlled by them, it will be difficult for us to return to Jiangxia by water." After Huang Jian finished speaking, the three of them were silent, and all three of them were waiting for the news that Zhang Erjin brought back.

About half an hour later, Zhang Erjin brought back the information, and it was as Ma Hong said. Huang Zhu angrily kicked the table away and scolded: "Dog thief, you actually lied to me, why didn't you chase after the dog thief and cut off the head of the dog thief, and let him go to ventilate and report the news." At this time, we are neither advancing nor retreating, what should we do? ”

"The general must not be angry, even if Lu Fan doesn't report the news, the defeated Han Dang will try to inform him." Ma Hong said.

Gan Ning nodded and stopped talking.

Huang Shot hurriedly walked back and forth in the military tent, asking as he went: "Strategist, what do you say we should do?" My father has put the army in my hands, and what will I do if the army is destroyed? ”

Ma Hong replied: "Don't panic, general, Hong already has a plan. ”

Three days later, at the Zhangdu Hunan Ferry, a young general was wearing red armor, standing with a sword in both hands, and facing the center of the lake with his eyes closed. Lu Fan and Han Dang stood silently behind him, and after a while, the young general turned to look at Lu Han and the others.

Lu Fan's eyes met Zhou Yu's eyes, when he first touched those eyes, Lu Fan felt that his heart was soaked in the spring lake water, warm and moist, once contacted, he couldn't take his eyes off, time paused slightly, and then the spring lake water evolved into a surging Yangtze River water, impacting your heart and making you breathless. At this time, you have been attracted by his eyes and can't extricate yourself, when the surging Yangtze River water rolls into the sea, and finally you will see the endless sea, no matter how you look at it, there is no end. This is Zhou Yu, when you look at him for a long time, you will forget his appearance, and you will be pulled by his aura and can't help but believe in him.

At this time, Lu Fan was willing to believe in Zhou Yu without hesitation, believe in this young man, believe in his judgment, and believe in his tactics.

At the same time, Ma Hong advised Huang Jie not to care about the back road being cut off, and not to reveal this matter to disturb the army's heart, but to advise Huang Jie to continue to lead the army to Echeng.

In Echeng, Liu Ye looked at Ma San standing in front of him, and asked with a little surprise, "Is your son-in-law here?" ”

"Huang Zu's son Huang Shot led five thousand elite soldiers to the rescue, and Gongzi asked me to deliver the news to Liu Gongzi, this is a letter from Gongzi to you."

Ma San handed the letter to Liu Ye.

"Well, you're quite capable, how did you sneak into the city?"

Liu Ye took the letter and said with a smile.

"Everything was arranged according to my son-in-law's arrangement, and I entered the city smoothly." Ma San replied truthfully.

Liu Ye unfolded the letter, only one time was written on the letter, Liu Ye spread out the paper and showed it to Ma San, Ma San was a little surprised at a glance, he didn't understand why the letter given by Gongzi was only written for one time, but Ma San didn't ask.

Liu Ye said to Ma San: "Can you go out of the city now?" If I can get out of the city, I will tell your son-in-law that I already know what he means. ”

Ma San shook his head and said, "The city is besieged, although I can't go out of the city, but I have a way to let Gongzi receive the news." ”

"Oh! What's the solution? Liu Ye licked his upper lip and then his lower lip.

Ma San sucked his lips into his mouth and chirped, and the pigeon standing on the roof landed on his shoulder.

"This is a carrier pigeon raised by my son and me, he only knows me and my son, and he also flew into the city when I entered the city, and he can use it to send messages." Ma San stroked the feathers of the carrier pigeon and said.

"yes, okay." Liu Ye tore the letter written by Ma Hong to him in half, stuffed the written half into his mouth and ate it, and rolled up the letter without the words and stuffed it into a small bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg.