After breakfast the next day, Liu Liang was taking care of business in the store, when he saw a Cao Bing come in and ask: "Are you the shopkeeper Liu?" ”

Liu Liang promised to come over in a hurry to receive him, and the soldier said: "Our uncle ordered me to come down and send a message to the shopkeeper Liu, saying that it was something you had entrusted to you, and he had done it for you, please bring someone over immediately and transport the batch of bamboo tubes back." ”

Liu Liang promised and instructed the servant to prepare the car, and the servant was busy with his work, so Liu Liang sent the Cao soldier out and instructed the Cao soldier to say: "Go back and give you a message to Dubo, and say that I thank him." ”

The soldier promised and whispered: "We Dubo said that it was a lot of trouble for this matter, and General Cao agreed, but the captain of the North Gate garrison stopped it and reprimanded us Dubo for not having him in his eyes."

There was no way, our Dubo said a lot of good things, and the garrison lieutenant was relieved.

Well, well, Du Bo instructed, let me send you a message, and you must take care of the garrison captain when you used to transport goods. That's our immediate boss. ”

Liu Liang hurriedly agreed, and after sending Cao Bing away, he instructed the servants to take two bottles of good wine, and then took the carriage with the three servants to the north city gate.

After arriving, he handed over two bottles of wine to Lao Bao and asked him to hand them over to the garrison lieutenant, and then loaded the car and brought back more than 2,000 bamboo tubes of gunpowder.

Liu Liang went back and forth, and it wasn't until he moved the bamboo tube into the warehouse under the base of the city wall on the west side that his nervous heart settled down.

This warehouse was originally a dormitory of Cao Bing, but later it was abandoned, and Liu Liang's family had nowhere to store the goods, so through Lao Bao's relationship, he negotiated with the person in charge of Fancheng Yamen and rented this warehouse.

At this time, when I first arrived, the red sun that came out of the mountain in the morning had already turned white, shining down the hot sun, and the face was hot.

Seeing that it was a good day, Liu Liang arranged for two servants to watch in the large courtyard of the warehouse, turn over the gunpowder canisters, and instruct them: "After I leave, you will tie the gate, and no one will be allowed to enter." The two of you are here to rummage through this pile of goods. I'll arrange for someone else to bring it over for lunch. ”

The two servants agreed, and when Liu Liang turned around and went out, he instructed: "There are a total of two thousand seven hundred and twenty-one bamboo tubes, and I will pass them one by one." Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you will still be here to dry. As long as the weather is good, you have to stay in the sun all the time. I'll count it again when I'm over, and if there's one missing, be careful that I skin you!" ”

The two servants reluctantly agreed, and Liu Liang sat in the carriage and returned to his shop.

Three days later, Liu Liang came over to inspect the powder cartridges.

In fact, he did not know whether it was dried or not, but he took it in his hand and checked it, and felt that it did not look damp, so he ordered the three servants: "Move into the house." These days, you are still here to take care of these bamboo tubes, and when I come and tell you to leave, you can leave, otherwise you are not allowed to leave. ”

After Liu Liang finished instructing, he returned to the store and said to the men at home: "Tomorrow I will go out to buy goods, you can prepare, feed the horses, prepare the vehicles, and go out of the city after breakfast." ”

The next morning, Liu Liang and his two men sat in the carriage, and when they came to the urn city at the north city gate, they saw that Lao Bao was still leading his troops to be on duty at the city gate.

Liu Liang hurriedly got out of the car to say hello. Lao Bao asked: "Boss Liu, go to buy the goods?" How to drive a vehicle this time? ”

Liu Liang coped, watched the city gate open, and said goodbye to Lao Bao and walked out of the city gate to the west.

After walking for more than ten miles, he came to a fork in the road, and ordered the carriage to turn around and come to the Partridge Ridge camp.

At this time, Liu Cong, Wei Yan, Ma Yuan, Liu Changyun and others had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as they heard the report that the shopkeeper Liu was coming, they came out to greet them together, so they went into the tent to speak.

Liu Liang said: "I came to report a good news to the lord in Xiate, and the matter was done. The gunpowder bamboo tube has been transported to his own warehouse for preservation. Well, in three days, there was no moisture at all. It's up to you to arrange the next action. ”

Liu Cong was overjoyed, so he set up a banquet to entertain Liu Liang.

During the banquet, he talked about some things inside and outside Fancheng, and seeing that noon had passed, Zhuge Liang instructed Liu Changyun: "You must go out today."

You go out and prepare, leave the three servants of Shopkeeper Liu in the barracks and entertain them, and let them and the three of you lighters change their clothes and put them on.

When the carriage is loaded with goods and returns to Fancheng, you will pretend to be the servants of Liu's shopkeeper and take the car into Fancheng together.

Well, I have already explained to you the work in Fancheng, so you can do it.

There is one thing that must be cautious - when you arrive at the house of the shopkeeper Liu in Fancheng, first take out a few bamboo tubes and open them to check whether the gunpowder is damp. If you are not sure, take a little gunpowder and put it in the yard to light a fire, and if it is lit, it means that it can be used. And then act on the meter.

If you can't spot it, it means that there is still moisture, so let it dry for a few more days. Remember, be sure to do it foolproof. ”

Liu Changyun promised to go out and prepare.

Liu Cong instructed Ma Yuan again: "You go out with Shopkeeper Liu, go to the storage place to load the goods prepared for Shopkeeper Liu in advance, and report back after loading." ”

Ma Yuan and Liu Liang went to monitor the loading together.

Liu Cong instructed Wei Yan some more things, and then walked out of the tent and walked to the gate of the camp together.

After staying for a while, I saw Liu Changyun and the two soldiers who lit the fire, dressed as Liu Liang's servants, Liu Changyun drove the carriage, the car was full of pots and pans and other goods, the two soldiers followed the car, Liu Liang sat on the car gang, and came out of the camp together.

Liu Cong was very satisfied when he saw it, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, how about the three servants I arranged for you?" Huh? Hehe. ”

Liu Liang smiled and asked, "What else does the lord command?" ”

"No, as long as it's safe to get to your house in Fancheng."

After Liu Cong finished speaking, he told Liu Changyun: "You must do what I say, and you must not be careless." ”

Liu Changyun agreed, and Liu Cong waved his hand: "Let's go, shopkeeper Liu, the journey is smooth." ”

After watching the carriage leave, Liu Cong said to Wei Yan: "The matter is very important, you have to hurry up and arrange it." Starting tomorrow, all soldiers were ordered to be in combat condition at all times.

But when Liu Liang sent the letter out, he immediately led his troops over to besiege the city, preparing to enter the city to fight.

Well, once the city wall is blown down, immediately order the forward to rush into the city, and the follow-up troops must follow up in time. As long as you occupy Fancheng, you don't have to pursue the fleeing enemy. ”

Wei Yan agreed, and the two studied it in detail before walking back to the camp together.

Liu Changyun, the deputy general of the Jingzhou Army, followed Liu Liang, the owner of the Liu Ji grocery store in Fancheng, back to Fancheng.

Stayed for a day and saw the agreed time. The 20,000 soldiers in the Jingzhou barracks all had breakfast at Chenshi, and then marched out of Fancheng in batches in full armor.

Liu Cong ordered Wei Yan to lead the forward 5,000 men and horses first, leaving only the deputy general Ma Yuan to lead 500 soldiers to stay behind and guard the camp.

The rest of the men and horses followed Liu Cong forward, and followed the forward Wei Yan's 5,000 men and horses to Fancheng one by one.

For a while, I saw that on the road leading from Partridge Ridge to Fancheng, flags were waving, swords and guns were shining in the sun, and the Jingzhou army was not strong.

Liu Cong rode on a white horse, observing the march before and after from time to time, seeing that the distance was more than halfway through, and seeing that the sun was rising higher and higher in the sky in the east, Liu Cong ordered to pass the order forward: "Order to run forward." ”

As a result, according to the plan, 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers and horses had already surrounded Fancheng in the northeast and west, leaving only the south gate unsurrounded.

At this time, Liu Cong was immediately outside the moat west of the north gate of Fancheng, and beside him was Wei Yan, the fierce general of the Le Ma horizontal knife.

Because he was about to fight, and he didn't know whether he was nervous or excited, he saw that under the reflection of the sun, Wei Yan's face that was not covered by armor turned more and more red.

Liu Cong ordered in a low voice: "Let go of the cannon!" Three rings. ”

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