The days of early winter were getting shorter and shorter, and when this Wu army was still seven or eight miles away from Jiangling City, the sun in the west was already waning.

The Wu army on the post road is mighty, the flags are waving, the sound of people shouting and neighing horses is endless, and the flying dust is very loud.

More than 10 "Lu" banners are waving in the wind, and hunting sounds.

"Driving, driving, driving......"

On the way, scouts from the Wu army kept bringing back news and reporting the situation of Jiangling City to the main general Lü Meng.

"Report ...... The governor of the capital, the four gates of Jiangling City were closed, and only the sparse Liu soldiers were guarding the city wall. ”

"Report ...... The governor of the capital, the south gate of Jiangling erected a white flag and took off the Liu character flag. ”

"Report ...... The governor of Jiangling, the south gate of Gangneung has been opened, the suspension bridge has fallen, and a military general is waiting by the bridge, and there are people cleaning the streets inside the gate. ”

Fu Shiren, who was on the horse, was overjoyed when he heard this, stroked the mustache at the corner of his lips with a wicked smile, and said to Lu Meng flatteringly: "Ren has long said that Mi Zifang has no choice but to return to the lord. ”

Lu Meng is in his early forties, with a short square face, a resolute face, a straight nose, an upper-average figure, and a keen and cunning look in his eyes.

After listening to Fu Shiren's words, he stroked his beard and groaned: "Mi Fang won't cheat, right?"

"Absolutely not. ”

Fu Shiren patted his chest and packed the ticket, "The two of us adhered to Kong Ming's strategy and formed a good relationship between the two sides, and sold more than 100,000 stone grain and more than 3,000 pairs of armor to the governor over the years. Guan Yu sent someone to check the treasury before the expedition, and Mi Zifang was forced to have no choice but to set fire to ......"

"Huh...... You're not a little daring!"

Lu Meng stroked his beard and sneered, and he couldn't hide the disdain for Fu Shiren in his eyes, "Is it true that Guan Yunchang was toyed with by you like a three-year-old child? ”

"Alas...... The two of us are also implementing the strategy of the king of Hanzhong to tie up the two sides, and this Guan Yu is arrogant and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes. ”

After all, it is not a glorious thing, Fu Shiren hurriedly changed the topic, "Guan Yu got the fake festival granted by the king of Hanzhong, and has the power of life and death. ”

"You went to the south gate of Gangneung in advance to spy on it, found out the details of the city, and then deployed to enter the city. ”

Lü Meng took the reins and passed the order, "The whole army slows down!"

"Whoa!"

Fu Shiren knew that Lu Meng did not fully believe in himself, so he could only urge the horse to raise his whip and rush to the south gate of Jiangling in advance.

Seeing Fu Shiren riding his horse away, Pan Zhang, who was full of beard, snorted coldly: "Dudu, such traitors seeking glory are useless to stay, and they will be killed with a knife after taking Jiangling." ”

Lu Meng twisted his short beard and said in a solemn voice: "I also know that such villains cannot be reused, but at the beginning of Jingzhou, the people's hearts are not attached, killing him will cause panic, and leave him alive for the time being." ”

Fu Shiren rode his horse and whipped his horse, and within half an hour he came to the south gate of Jiangling.

Looking up, I saw that a white flag was hung on the city wall, and the big flag with the character "Liu" was also taken off, and only sparse soldiers were stationed behind the battlements.

The city gates were wide open, and more than a dozen people were sweeping the roads and sprinkling water to clean the streets.

Who is the person in front of the suspension bridge who is full of anxiety and looking around, not Mi Fang?

"Brother Zifang, don't come unharmed. ”

Fu Shiren urged the horse forward, smiling and holding the horsewhip to salute.

Mi Fang sighed: "What's okay or not, so far, does Fang have any other choice?"

"Why didn't the city Chinese Wu come to greet you?"

Fu Shiren turned into a loyal lackey of Lu Meng, and vigilantly raised questions.

Mi Fang smiled bitterly: "This kind of behavior will be stinking for thousands of years in the future, Fang Yan has the face to let his colleagues and gentry come out to greet him? Let them see my Mi Fang's face as a traitor?"

"Hey...... That's just as well. ”

The doubts in Fu Shiren's heart were dispelled, "You and my brother are also forced to be helpless, only blame Guan for bullying people too much!"

"Where is Governor Lu Ziming?"

Mi Fang urged impatiently, "Fang has ordered the whole city to be sealed down, no one is allowed to go to the streets, and quickly ask the governor to wave his troops into the city and take over the military and political power." ”

Fu Shiren stretched his neck and looked inside: "Brother Zifang won't cheat, right?"

"You dare to doubt me?"

Mi Fang was furious, "If Lu Meng suspects me, it's okay, my Mi Zifang ended up like this, isn't it thanks to you Fu Shiren?

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse and left, and said angrily, "That's it, it's all death, then it's convenient for me to close the city and fight to the death, and I won't be infamous as a traitor after death!"

"Hey, hey...... Brother Zifang is angry!"

Fu Shiren couldn't let the credit in his hand fly, and hurriedly urged the horse to chase after him, "This is not a foolish brother's question, but Lu Dudu asked me to spy on the information, so I have to ask." You and I are in the same spirit, sharing honor and disgrace, and the foolish brother guarantees that Lord Wu is by no means untrustworthy. Otherwise, who will submit to him in the future?"

Mi Fang stopped the horse's hooves and said angrily: "Then let Lu Meng quickly wave his troops into the city, I, Mi Fang, am ashamed of myself here, ashamed of Xuande, like sitting on pins and needles!"

"Brother Zifang waited for a while, the army was only six or seven miles away from Jiangling, and it would arrive later. ”

Fu Shiren hugged his fists and said goodbye, turned his horse away, thinking about a great achievement, and was quite happy.

Zhang Fei and Liu Dou hid behind the female wall to monitor Mi Fang's movements, and when they saw Fu Shiren's sinister face, they were so angry that Zhang Fei wanted to shoot Fu Shiren off the horse with a bow and arrow, but fortunately, Liu Dou held Zhang Fei's shoulder to death, so that he had no will.

"Third Uncle...... If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!"

"Fu Shiren, who was raised by a son of a bitch, is a fellow villager with your father, and he is so shameless. ”

Seeing Fu Shiren pulling his horse away, Liu Dou said to Zhang Fei: "My nephew went down and asked why Fu Shiren came?"

After a while, Liu Dou urged the horse out of the city gate, and went straight to Mi Fangma to ask, "Then Fu Shiren is here to listen to the movements in the city?"

The lives of the family are on Liu Dou's body, and Mi Fang can only cooperate honestly, "Exactly, Lu Meng suspected a certain fraud, so he ordered Fu Shiren to come and check." ”

"Lu Meng, this guy is really cunning like a fox. ”

Liu Dou scolded immediately, "I guess Wu Jun will definitely not go through the south gate, and Fu Shiren will probably come to discuss with you later, asking to open the east gate to enter the city, and then you will follow him." ”

"Oh...... The eldest son is so sure?"

Mi Fang was uneasy in her heart, and she didn't know how far the situation would develop, anyway, it was difficult to ride a tiger today.

"Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, since Lu Meng doesn't trust Fu Shiren, then he will definitely be on guard everywhere, so that Jun Zhiguan will act according to my orders. ”

Liu Dou turned his horse's head and returned to the city amid Mi Fang's suspicions.

Liu Dou quickly returned to the top of the city wall and instructed Zhang Fei in person: "Lu Meng suspected Mi Fang of cheating, so he ordered Fu Shiren to come and spy on him. The nephew felt that since he was suspicious, he would definitely be taken by surprise, and nine times out of ten he would choose to enter the city through the east gate. Therefore, please ask the third uncle to lead the archers to the east city gate to set up an ambush and attack Wu Kou!"

"If Lu Meng doesn't go to the east gate and enters the city directly from the south gate, won't the third uncle pounce?"

Zhang Fei was a little hesitant, and his mind couldn't turn for a while.

"If the Wu army enters the city from the south gate, the nephew will fight with Yinping and Weizhi head-on. ”

Liu Dou's eyes were resolute, and he asked Zhang Fei to believe in himself, "Although we are not as invincible as the third uncle, we can also make Sun Bing pay a terrible price." ”

"What if Wu Jun goes to the West Gate or the North Gate?"

Guan Suo also came over to discuss, which made Liu Dou feel that this brother-in-law was more like raising the bar.

Liu Dou patiently explained: "The west gate and the north gate are far away, and the Wu army's detour is not as fast as the transfer in the city, so our army can make up for the defense at any time." Only the east gate and the south gate are almost the same, if the Wu army arrives at the east city gate, it will be too late for us to transfer troops. ”

The defense of Gangneung Fortress is currently dominated by the South Gate, with about 1,500 ambush soldiers hiding behind the female wall, in addition to the 500 crossbowmen on standby in the inner city wall barracks, whose task is to rush to the aid of the Four Gates at any time.

The east gate has 1,000 ambush soldiers, second only to the south gate, while the relatively safe west gate and north gate are each defended by 500 men.

Liu Dou handed over the command task to Liu Zhan, the governor of Nanjun, who was a descendant of Guangwu, and his bloodline was even purer than Liu Bei, and his loyalty was guaranteed enough.

Liu Dou's logic is very clear, the Wu army came from the southeast, either directly to the south gate or to the east gate.

If you want to go to the west gate and the north gate, unless you go around a large circle of dozens of miles, what is the point of following the perimeter of the city and exposing the marching route to the noses of the defenders?

After excluding the North Gate and the West Gate, only the East Gate and the South Gate are left at a comparable distance.

Lü Meng sent Fu Shiren to inquire about the news, which showed that he was very suspicious, and even if Fu Shiren went back to report, Lü Meng might not fully believe it. Therefore, Liu Dou guessed that Lu Meng would choose the East Gate, so as to avoid falling into Mi Fang's trap.

To put it bluntly, it's a gamble, and whether you can guess it depends on luck!

For Liu Dou, Zhang Fei, the enemy of 10,000 people, just held back a big move, and took such pains to figure out Lu Meng's thoughts, in order to smash this big move on the opponent.

Compared with the two, Liu Dou chose to let Zhang Fei go to the east gate.

"Since Adou is so confident, then the third uncle will listen to you. ”

Zhang Fei hurriedly stepped down the city wall, mounted his horse with his spear, and led the five hundred crossbowmen on standby in the barracks to the east gate as fast as possible.

"I also followed the third uncle to kill the enemy. ”

Guan Suo's heart was itching, and he carried a forty-pound knife and followed him down the city wall.

Liu Dou looked at Guan Yinping helplessly: "In this way, the south gate can only rely on you and me to guard it." ”

Guan Yinping clenched the phoenix mouth knife in his hand, and his beautiful eyes were full of confidence: "I, Guan Yinping, swear to guard Jiangling to the death, and never let Wu Kou step into half a step!"