Zhou Yu and Guan Yu both mobilized soldiers and horses under Yecheng to build equipment. In addition to the two sides newly transferred 30,000 horses to ambush, Zhou Yu reduced 10,000 troops from the besieging men and horses, and Guan Yu reduced 20,000 troops to ambush together. In this way, the total number of besieging soldiers is still 70,000, including 40,000 for Zhou Yu and 30,000 for Guan Yu. There were 60,000 soldiers and horses ambushed on the border of Hebei and Hebei Prefectures, and 30,000 soldiers and horses each in Eastern Wu and Northern Han, which were commanded by Jiang Qin and Xun Chen respectively.

Guan Yu didn't know that Zhou Yu secretly sent envoys to inform Sun Quan, Cao Pi, and Sima Yi of every move of his military horse. Cao Pi knew that the Eastern Wu army and horses outside the city were of the same mind as himself, so of course he would not send people to Bingzhou to recall Sima Yi's army. Sima Yi's army dragged Liu Bei and Yuzhou to the death, and naturally he would not retreat. Sun Quan was overjoyed when he got the news of Zhou Yu, and gathered civil and military to discuss the dispatch of troops.

Sun Quan said to the generals: "Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were all transferred to the two states of Ji and Hebei, and Yuzhou and Yanzhou were empty. I want to take Yuzhou, how about capturing Liu Bei? ”

Zhang Zhao said: "Your Majesty's plan is wonderful! If Liu Bei captures the Northern Han Dynasty without a leader, his army will be in chaos. It is effortless to take Yanzhou and merge the state. ”

Lu Su objected: "Liu Bei is also a hero! Judging at how many times in his life he has fled, but when was he captured? What's more, Liu Bei has been running Yuzhou for many years, how can he not leave soldiers and horses to protect his foundation? In my opinion, Yanzhou should be taken first, and then he will join forces with the governor to eliminate Guan and Zhang Erjun, and remove their wings, Liu Bei is not afraid! ”

Seeing Sun Quan's hesitation, Lu Meng went out and said, "Your Majesty thinks that if you want to carry out a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, what is the most important thing?" ”

Sun Quan thought for a while and said: "When the tiger leaves and attacks the mountain, the word timing is important." If you attack early, the tiger will not leave, and if you attack late, the tiger will return. ”

Lu Meng said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true! Now that the hungry tiger has left the mountain, Your Majesty should fight quickly and not wait for the tiger to return. Xuchang has Liu Bei and a group of civil and military guards to defend the city, no less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there are thunderbolt cars at the head of the city, which is by no means a moment. If the siege lasts for a long time, Liu Bei can not only order Guan Yu to return to the army, but also go to Nanye nearby to ask for help, and Yuzhou cannot be obtained. On the other hand, Yanzhou only has a Yiwen minister to defend the city, and there are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Sun Quan smiled when he heard this: "I originally wanted to take Yanzhou, and the preface deliberately tried the ears of the people. Lu Aiqing can quickly take it. ”

Lü Meng got Sun Quan's order, and led Zhu Huan, Pan Zhang, Dong Xi, and Zhu Ran to raise an army of 50,000 to cross Xuzhou and march to Yanzhou. After the excuse of the people, there was a report from the Malay: "On the border of Yanzhou, or twenty miles, or thirty miles, there are beacon towers in Gaofu." ”

It turned out that Guan Yu was guarding Yanzhou, and seeing that the land here was vast and sparsely populated, and it was in the middle of Cao Pi and Sun Quan, he set up a beacon tower to spread the news, so as not to be aware of the crossing of the army. That's where it comes in handy.

Lu Meng saw that the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou were purged, and he had already prepared, and he was shocked at that time: "If this is the case, it will be difficult to try!" I still said in front of Your Majesty that the army is very fast, what should I do now? ”

Pan Zhang, Dong Xi and other generals also had no way to think about it, so they could only camp temporarily and secretly observe whether the soldiers guarding the beacon tower were lax. The next day, Lü Meng went out of the camp to watch the battle, and saw a team of about 1,000 men and horses, passing under the beacon tower. The guards not only did not ask or stop, but also greeted them.

Seeing this, Lu Meng was surprised, looked carefully, and found that the team of men and horses were all dressed as merchants, and among them, there were horseback riders and swords under the banner of Zhenyuan Dart Bureau. Lu Meng's mind turned to his heart, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to do this.

When the soldiers had received the plan, they disguised themselves as merchants, and they were all dressed in white. There were also sergeants who imitated the banner of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau and put on their armor. Weapons, grain and grass were also transported in imitation dart carts. Lu Meng, Pan Zhang, Dong Xi, Zhu Ran, and Zhu Huan were divided into five teams and passed under the five beacon towers.

The defenders of the Northern Han Dynasty on the beacon tower saw a large group of men and horses coming from Dongwu under the banner of the dart bureau, and they were puzzled. Although the Northern Han Dynasty and the Eastern Wu both had dart bureaus and money houses set up by Nanye, caravans of tens of thousands of people were rare. However, not seeing much does not mean that there is not, although the guards were suspicious, they did not light the beacon fire, but stepped forward to interrogate.

Sergeant Wu replied, "We are all merchants, and there are many chariots and horses because several caravans are gathered in one place. After that, he took the property and gave it to the guards of the platform.

The sergeant guarding the Taiwan saw that the goods offered by the merchants were varied, but it seemed that several caravans were put together, so they believed what Wu Jun said. At this time, it was getting late, and the Wu army camped under the beacon tower. At about the second watch, Wu Jun took out weapons from the dart cart, swarmed up, and tied down the officers and soldiers on the beacon tower, and all the sergeants guarding the platform were captured in the camp, and not a single one left.

The five beacon towers were lost at the same time, and the Yanzhou border opened a hundred-mile-long opening. Lü Meng waved his troops and drove a long march to Yanzhou, but no one was aware of it.

The Yanzhou administrative office was set up in Changyi, and the Yi nationality was guarded in the city. When he arrived in Changyi, Lü Meng called the captured guards to the front and comforted them, and then rewarded them one by one, so that they could open the city gate and set fire to it.

Since the guards were captured, they have been scared, and they don't know how Lu Meng will fall. Now that I have the opportunity to die and get a reward, I am naturally very cooperative. Although a few loyal Liu Bei's soldiers were unwilling to cooperate, when they saw that most of the robes had surrendered to the enemy, they no longer insisted, so as not to give their lives in vain.

Lü Meng subdued the army and ordered him to be the leader. In the middle of the night, all the soldiers went down to the city and called the door. The soldiers guarding the city recognized that they were soldiers from Yanzhou, and knew that these soldiers were defending the side of Eastern Wu, so they opened the city gate without warning.

When the army under the city saw the gate open, they shouted loudly, rushed into the gate, and set a trumpet fire at the gate. Seeing that the city gate was on fire, Lü Meng led the Wu army into Changyi. Yi was defenseless in his dream and was also captured by Lü Meng. As soon as Changyi was lost, the entire territory of Yanzhou was owned by Soochow.

After Lü Meng entered the city, he sent an order to the army: "If anyone kills a person in vain and takes anything from the people, he will be punished by military law." The former officials are still in office. Guan Yu's family has another house, so they are not allowed to disturb ......"

Yanzhou was originally Cao Cao's territory, which was first acquired by Nan Ye and then taken over by Liu Bei, and he was already numb to the change of the king's banner at the head of the city. Now that Sun Quan's soldiers and horses have entered the country, it is not disturbing, and people everywhere are living in peace, and there is no backlash.

Lü Meng got Yanzhou, on the one hand, he ordered people to inform Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, and on the other hand, he appeased the people to block the news, lest Guan Yu and Liu Bei learn that Eastern Wu would turn their faces and take precautions.

One day it rained heavily, and Lu Meng led to ride to see the four gates. Suddenly, I saw a soldier of Eastern Wu taking a folk hat to cover the armor, and Lü Meng was ordered to take it left and right, and he was a fellow villager of Lü Meng. Lu Meng said: "Although you and I are fellow villagers, but the order has been issued, you should follow the military law if you commit it." ”

The soldier cried: "The villain is afraid of the rain and wetting the official armor, so he takes it to cover it, not for private use." Ask the general to remember the love of his fellow villagers and spare the villain once! ”

Lu Meng said: "I know that you are the official armor, but after all, you should not take things from the people." "Say, give up, push left and right, and cut it down. After the head of the owl was announced, his body was collected and buried with tears. As a result, the three armies were shocked, and no one dared to leak the news of Yanzhou.