However, it was said that Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu had killed Che Guan, and Cao Cao would not give up and would inevitably retaliate, so he asked Zheng Xuan for a letter and sent Sun Qian to Jizhou to ask Yuan Shao for help, but he didn't know whether Yuan Shao was willing to save him, and he was uneasy.

On this day, when he was wondering, he heard that Sun Gan had returned, and hurriedly went out to greet him, and before Sun Gan got off the horse, he asked: "Is Yuan Benchu willing to save him?" ”

Sun Gan said while dismounting: "Originally, I didn't want to send troops, but when I saw Zheng Xuan's letter, I raised 300,000 troops to attack Xudu. ”

Liu Bei's heart was a little calm, and he hurriedly let Sun Qian enter the house to drink tea and rest, so he sent someone to investigate the situation of the war.

Tanma replied that Yuan Shao's generals and strategists were not in harmony and could not advance; There was no Cao Cao banner in the Liyang army.

Liu Beizheng was puzzled, and there was a report from Ma Lai: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng's banner army is a hundred miles away from Xuzhou." ”

Liu Bei was surprised, Cao Cao should take Yuan Shao as the priority, why did Cao Cao's banner appear here? Then he sent Guan Yu to inquire about the news.

It was early winter, and the clouds were overcast, and Guan Yu led 3,000 military horses to brave the snow to call the battle.

Wang Zhong went out of the village to set up a formation: "The prime minister is here, why not descend early?" ”

Guan Yu said: "Please come out of the battle, I have something to say." ”

Wang Zhong said: "How can the prime minister see you easily." ”

Guan Yu was furious when he heard this, and he danced forward.

Wang Zhong greeted him with a gun. After a few times, Guan Yu captured Wang Zhong alive and came to see Liu Bei.

Liu Bei asked, "Who are you?" What is your current job? dared to falsely claim to be the prime minister. ”

Wang Zhong replied truthfully: "My name is Wang Zhong, and I am now a Zhonglang general. How dare you falsely claim to be the prime minister? The prime minister ordered me and Liu Dai to bluff, thinking that they were suspicious, and the prime minister was indeed not here. ”

Liu Bei called for clothes, wine and food, and was temporarily imprisoned, and when Liu Dai was arrested, he was punished.

Guan Yu said: "I know that my brother didn't ask the third brother to go to fight, and I knew that there was a sense of reconciliation, so I captured him alive." ”

"Those who know me, Yun Changye." Liu Bei said, "I'm afraid that the third brother will be irritable, so I will kill him." This kind of person is useless to kill, and there is still room for reconciliation. ”

Zhang Fei was very unconvinced: "Brother looks down on him as a younger brother, and when I go to capture Liu Dai alive." ”

Guan Yu said: "I have long heard that Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, was killed by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, can it not be resurrected." ”

Sun Qian said: "Wang Zhong is a native of Fufeng (now Xingping, Shaanxi), less for the pavilion chief, when Guanzhong was in turmoil, because of hunger to feed on people, south to Wuguan to flee, and then led the troops to attack Lou Zibo, who recruited people for Liu Biao, and won thousands of soldiers, defected to Cao Cao. Cao Cao saw that he dared to eat people, and he must have been brave, so he worshiped him as a lieutenant general. This Liu Dai is not Liu Dai. He Liu Dai, a native of Donglai Muping (now northwest of Fushan, Shandong), was the son of Liu Yu and the brother of Liu Xuan. This Liu Dai, a native of Peiguo, was meritorious in following Cao Cao's conquest, worshiped Sikong Changshi, and was named the Marquis. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Regardless of whether he is Liu Dai or Liu Dai, he will be captured alive." ”

Liu Bei said: "I'm afraid that the third brother will be reckless, hurt his life, and harm me." ”

Zhang Fei said: "My brother always looks at me with recklessness. This time, if you don't capture Liu Dai alive, you will hurt your life, and you are willing to pay with your life. ”

At this point, Liu Bei allocated 3,000 soldiers and horses and ordered Zhang Fei to go to capture Liu Dai alive.

Zhang Fei led the troops to the Zhaimen to call for battle.

Liu Dai knew that Wang Zhong was captured, but he couldn't hold out.

Zhang Fei shouted and scolded in front of the village every day, and Liu Dai knew that it was Zhang Fei, so he didn't dare to fight.

After holding each other for a few days, Zhang Fei was restless, thinking: Boasting about Haikou in front of his eldest brother, let alone being captured alive now, he has never even seen a human figure, what can he do?

Zhang Fei had nothing to do, so people could drink to relieve their boredom.

After a while, Zhang Fei held the altar and wanted to drink, and saw the old soldier in a military uniform with a white beard coming in, and was very surprised: "Who are you?" Still in the army at such an age? The guards are very tight, how do you get into the tent? What is the matter with coming to see me now? ”

The old soldier said: "A series of questions, difficult to answer for a while. Seeing that the general had no plan to break the enemy but drank to relieve his boredom, he came to accompany him for a drink. ”

Zhang Fei said: "The eldest brother thinks that I drank and misbehaved, but the old army wants to accompany the wine, does he want to harm me?" ”

The old soldier said: "If you want to harm the general, it is not easy? The army is full of my brothers, nephews, and grandchildren, as long as they say a word, they will scatter, so why harm your life. Seeing that the general was bored, he came to offer a plan to break the enemy. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Didn't you come to laugh at my incompetence? ”

"Don't dare." The old army said, "The general is heroic and invincible." It's just that the enemy army does not come out, and there is no human figure, how can they win, but the hero is useless. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Could it be that the old army has a plan to make the enemy fight? ”

The old army said: "I dare not boast, since I joined the army on the fifteenth century, for more than 60 years, I have eaten more salt than you have eaten, and I have crossed more bridges than you walked. The more you have experienced, the more you have seen, and the more ways you have. ”

Zhang Fei heard that the old army was so contemptuous of himself, and called the sergeant to enter the account.

A few sergeants came over, and Zhang Fei ordered the old soldiers to be dragged out and whipped.

The sergeant knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, claiming that he was willing to take responsibility for the old army.

Zhang Fei saw that the sergeants were all facing the old army, and suddenly remembered Liu Bei's reprimand of "don't whip the soldiers", so he ordered the sergeant to stand up and leave the tent, and then asked the old army: "If you break the enemy army, will you be able to come out?" ”

"Count in the wine." The old army said, "The reason why General Liu only let the general be captured alive and not hurt his life is that he doesn't want to offend the prime minister for the time being, and hopes that he will maintain the Liu family's world." If I capture the leader of the enemy army according to my plan, I only ask for the general. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Brother Yuming, how about worshipping you?" ”

The old soldier smiled and said: "At such an age, there is no hope for an official position. From Rong all his life, he didn't want to be accused of fleeing, he just wanted to ask for a pension fee, and he retired and returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors. ”

Zhang Fei laughed: "It's not easy to ask for this, it's going to be fulfilled." ”

The old army opened the altar and poured wine, and talked about his experience and strategy to break the enemy with Zhang Fei while drinking.

It turned out that the old soldier's name was Bing You, a native of Guangling, Xuzhou, and two brothers.

In the third year of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty (138), the government sent Ding to serve, his father was old, his brother had just married, Bingyou joined the army for his brother at the age of fifteen, and let his brother and sister-in-law serve their parents at home.

Because Bing You has a flexible mind, sees the opportunity to adapt, and takes the preservation of his life as the priority, charges behind, retreats in front, surrenders when captured, does not seek fame and fortune, only talks about satiety, and goes through the six emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shun, Chong, Quality, Huan, Ling, and Xian, and is transferred to and fro, and never leaves the official army.

Bing You is kind to people in the army, takes care of the weak, takes care of them like his own children and grandchildren, teaches them the skills to protect themselves, unloads his armor for the sergeants in summer to prevent heatstroke, and catches lice and relieves itching for the sergeants in winter.

This time, he was transferred to Zhang Fei's army, and he followed Liu Dai for several days.

On this day, when I was walking in the village, I saw a patrol soldier arresting an enemy spy and asked him how to deal with it.

Bing You asked the soldiers to secretly escort the enemy spies, give them food, comfort them with kind words, and then enter the tent to see Zhang Fei.

When the guard saw that it was Bingyou, he hurriedly said, "The general is drinking in the tent." ”

Bing You said: "Wait for me to drink with the general." ”

The guards let Bing You enter the tent and discuss with Zhang Fei for drinking.

Zhang Fei listened to Bingyou's plan, was overjoyed, and acted according to the plan.

At noon that day, Zhang Fei was pretending to be drunk in the tent.

Bing You asked the sergeant to tie up the enemy and probe to the tent, and he walked outside the tent, and saw Zhang Fei drunk and entered the tent to dissuade him.

Zhang Fei dragged him out of the tent and told the sergeant to whip him.

When the sergeant saw Zhang Fei punishing Bingyou, no one stepped forward, so Zhang Fei whipped him personally.

Bing You shouted: "It is a good intention to persuade the general to drink less, if the enemy army steals the camp, will it not be a mistake?" ”

Zhang Fei's drunken eyes widened: "Relying on old age, I will fight against the general, and I will not let go." ”

The general dissuaded, Zhang Fei did not listen, shouted the order and beat him hard, and then asked someone to tie him to the flagpole in the camp: "If anyone dares to make irresponsible remarks again, it will end like this." ”

Saying that, he was drunk and lay on the ground.

Several sergeants carried him back into the tent.

When the sergeant saw Zhang Fei return to the tent, he hurriedly untied Bing You and helped him to his residence.

Bing You asked, "Where is the enemy detective?" ”

The sergeant led the enemy to the front: "I was about to escort him into the tent for interrogation, but when I saw that the general was drunk, he beat my uncle badly, and then he was taken back into custody. ”

Bing You said: "Zhang Fei'er is already unconscious, if he is taken away now, he will definitely be killed." ”

A sergeant said: "If we send it again tomorrow, we will be blamed for the delay, and we will be severely beaten at the slightest and killed at the worst, so it is better to return it." ”

Bing You said: "If you put it back, you will know that Zhang Fei is drunk and has come to steal the camp." I am too old to die. You are all young, how can you give up your life lightly. ”

Another sergeant said: "Zhang Fei abused the soldiers, no one knows. The last time he drunkenly beat Cao Bao, Cao Bao secretly communicated with Lu Bu, broke through the city, and almost died. If you come to rob the village this time, it is better to kill the thief, so as not to be angry. ”

Bing You said: "At my age, I have been in the army all my life, and I only know whose food to eat and who to fight with. As long as you don't starve and get angry, you will die on the battlefield, it is a blessing. ”

The sergeant said, "You are the oldest in the army, and they all believe in you and listen to you, and do whatever you say." ”

When the enemy detective heard this, he said, "My general is generous. If Zhang Fei is broken for internal reasons, he will be rewarded. ”

Bing You said: "I have nothing else to ask for, as long as I treat my nephews and grandchildren, it is enough to provide for me in old age." ”

The enemy detective said: "Uncle, don't worry, if Zhang Fei is broken, my general will not be treated badly." ”

Bing You thought for a while and said: "Set fire tonight, break the camp, don't lose your trust." ”

The enemy agent said: "A word is a certainty. ”

Bing You asked the sergeant to change the clothes of the enemy detective and send him out of the walled gate.

Liu Dai listened to the detailed report of the spies, straightened out the military horses, and went to rob the village.

When it was the second watch, when he saw that Zhang Feizhai was on fire, he knew that it was an internal signal, so he led the army in.

When he rushed into the camp, Liu Dai saw that it was an empty village, knew the plan, and was about to withdraw the army, when suddenly a cannon rang out, the torches were bright, and the sound of killing was everywhere.

Liu Dai's army was in chaos without a fight, everyone took care of their lives, they couldn't stop drinking, and they couldn't form an army.

Liu Dai led a team of remnants to flee the road, and met Zhang Fei, who met on a narrow road, and it was difficult to avoid, so he had to fight hard.

Only one was captured, and Zhang Feisheng was captured alive, and the rest were all surrendered.

Zhang Fei won a complete victory and tied up Liu Dai to return to Xuzhou to pay Liu Bei's order.

When Liu Bei heard that Zhang Fei had captured Liu Dai, he was overjoyed, went out of the city to greet him, and personally untied the rope for Liu Dai: "The third brother Yide is offended, and I hope the general will forgive him." ”

Liu Bei welcomed Liu Dai into the city, released Wang Zhong, and held a banquet to entertain him.

During the banquet, Liu Bei opened his heart to Liu Dai and Wang Zhong: "The prime minister treats me like a brother, and I am loyal to the prime minister." How could the car be behind the prime minister's back to murder Xuande, and separated me from the friendship between the prime minister, so I had to kill him as a last resort. The prime minister mistakenly suspected Xuande of rebellion, and sent two generals to ask for the guilt. Xuande often receives great favors from the prime minister, and he thinks about repaying his kindness all day long, how dare he rebel? I hope that the second general will return to the capital, and he will add more kind words in front of the prime minister, and distinguish Xuande, which is grateful. ”

How dare the generals of the defeated army say more, both of them expressed their gratitude for the grace of not killing, and they were determined to distinguish in front of the prime minister, and vouched for the lives of the whole family.

Liu Bei thanked him, and the next day he returned the soldiers and horses that the two had originally led and sent them out of the city in person.