Let's say that Zhao Yun asked Cai Mao about Liu Bei's whereabouts, and said that he didn't know, and he was shocked, until he carefully inspected the stream, only to see a water trail on the other side, and secretly thought: Could it be that even people and horses jumped over the stream? Urgently ordered 300 sergeants to scatter and watch, but there was no trace, and when he returned to the horse, Cai Mao had already entered the city.

Zhao Yun took the sergeant guarding the gate and asked, and said, "Liu Yuanjun flew out of the west gate." ”

Zhao Yun thought to himself: It is unknown for the lord to cross the river and detour back to Xinye first. In desperation, he led the army back to Xinye.

When Xinye saw everyone, he knew that Liu Bei had not returned, and he was very anxious, so he took three hundred soldiers and crossed the river along the bridge overnight, looking for and asking questions along the way.

Zhao Yun saw Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to return quickly, for fear that someone would go to Xinye to fight.

Liu Bei said goodbye to Sima Hui, got on the horse with Zhao Yun, and joined Xinye.

After traveling for a few miles, he met Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who came to look for him.

Liu Bei told about the Leaping Horse Tanxi, and they were surprised together.

Back in the county, Liu Bei consulted with Sun Qian and others.

Sun Qian said: "You can first send a letter to Jingsheng and sue about this matter." ”

Liu Bei followed his words, that is, ordered Sun Qianyun to write to Xiangyang.

Liu Biao called in and asked: "I invited Xuande Xiangyang to the meeting, why did you run away from the table?" ”

Sun Qian submitted a book, saying that Cai Mao conspired to kill each other, and Lai Yuema Tanxi was able to escape.

Liu Biao was furious, urgently called Cai Mao to scold, and ordered him to be beheaded.

Mrs. Cai cried and begged to be spared death, and Sun Qian said: "If you kill Cai Mao, I am afraid that Uncle Huang will not be able to live here in peace." ”

Liu Biao was relieved of his responsibilities and asked his eldest son Liu Qi to follow Sun Qian to Xinye to ask Liu Bei for his guilt.

Liu Qi was ordered to go to Xinye, and Liu Bei set up a banquet to treat him.

Drunk, Liu Qi suddenly fell into tears: "Stepmother Cai's often harbors the heart of murder; The nephew has no plan to avoid disaster, and hopes that his uncle will advise. ”

Liu Bei advised him to be careful and filial piety, naturally there was no disaster, Liu Qi cried goodbye, and Liu Bei personally sent him out of the city.

Liu Bei sent Liu Qi back, and saw a person in the bazaar, with a kudzu scarf and cloth robe, soap silk and black shoes, and a long song.

The song says: "Heaven and earth are repeated, and the fire is about to die; The building will crumble, and it will be difficult to support a single tree. There are virtuous people in the valley, who want to vote for the Lord; The Lord seeks to be virtuous, but he does not know me. ”

Liu Bei heard the song and thought darkly: This person may be one of the Wolong and Phoenix Chicks that Mr. Shui Jing said.

Then he got off the horse to meet him, invited him to the county office, asked his name, and replied: "A certain person is also a person with a single surname and a blessing." I have heard for a long time that Jun Nashi is recruiting talents, and he wants to come to the trust, but he does not dare to make it; Therefore, the song is in the city, and it is listened to with moving. ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, treated as a guest, and worshiped as a military advisor.

In fact, Shan Fu is a false name, his real name Xu Fu, the character is straight, Yingchuan people, his father died early, mother and son depend on each other, the family is poor, there is no capital to study, when he was young, he only relied on his mother's teaching to read and write, and he didn't like to read when he was young, but he liked to dance with knives and sticks, and he was righteous and filial, and sometimes he did some gang stealing things for his mother.

Once a gang stole a wealthy family, the accomplice was caught, Xu Fu and several others infiltrated the rich family's forbidden room, killed the night watchman, and rescued the accomplice.

After being discovered by the wealthy family, Xu Fu escaped with his accomplices, was besieged by all the family, and was outnumbered and sent to the official.

The official tortured the name, but Xu Fu did not answer a word.

In order to lure his accomplices, the government tied them to a pillar in the market and said: "If no one can identify them within three days, they will be dismembered." ”

For two days, no one dared to identify it.

Until noon on the third day, more than a dozen strong men with white ash and powder and scattered hair rescued him while the guards were tired and hid in the house of his friend Shi Tao and Shi Guangyuan in the same county.

That night, Shi Tao went home with Xu Fu, and Xu's mother admonished: "Don't you hear that 'starving to death is not a thief'?" I'm starving to death, and I'm not going to do those thieves anymore. ”

From then on, Xu Fu strictly followed his mother's teachings, broke his learning, changed his name to Xu Shu, and went to the Confucian school with Shi Tao to study Confucianism.

But the students in the same dormitory all disliked Xu Shu for being a thief before, and they refused to say more to him, often pointing fingers behind his back, and only Shi Tao gave him some comfort.

Xu Shu didn't care, just got up early every day, cleaned alone, studied hard, and gradually became proficient in Confucian scriptures.

Later, wars broke out frequently, Yingchuan was the first to bear it, so he and Shi Tao took refuge in Jingzhou, met the local hermit Pang Degong, studied under Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui, and successively met Pang Tong, Cui Jun, Zhuge Liang, and had close contacts and good relations.

Xu Shu was in Jingzhou, and saw that many virtuous scribes gathered here, presumably because Liu Biao treated talents well, so he went to entrust.

When they met, they knew that Liu Biao had a false name, and he couldn't use the good and the good, and the evil and couldn't go, so he said goodbye in the suicide note, and saw Sima Hui, only to know that Uncle Liu Huang had suffered so far.

Sima Hui wanted to introduce him to Liu Bei, but after Xu Shu quietly told Sima Hui his thoughts, he went to Xinye overnight and waited for Liu Bei.

On that day, Liu Bei sent Liu Qi back to the city, and Xu Shu sang in the city, which attracted Liu Bei's attention, and he called Shan Fu and recommended himself.

Liu Bei set up a banquet to entertain.

During the banquet, Xu Shu said: "I heard that the horse that the envoy rode was called 'Lu'. Although this horse travels thousands of miles a day, it only interferes with the lord and cannot be ridden. ”

Liu Bei said: "It has been fulfilled. Then he said that he jumped into Tanxi.

Xu Shu said: "This is the Savior, not the Lord." 'Lou' will eventually hinder one master. There is a way to break it. ”

Liu Bei asked: "I wish to break the law." ”

Xu Shu said: "If there is a grudge in the public will, you can let this horse ride." Wait for this person to get in the way, and then take it again, naturally there is nothing to do. ”

Liu Bei thought to himself when he heard this: If you are really a virtuous person, why did you teach me to do this thing that harms others and benefits myself as soon as we met? Then I thought: pretend to be tempted, but I don't know. Then he changed color and said: "At the beginning of the Gong, if you don't teach me the right way, you will teach me to do things that benefit yourself and harm others, and I don't dare to hear about it." ”

Xu Shu smiled and said: "Xiang Wen made Jun benevolent, but he didn't dare to believe it, so he tried to say it." ”

Liu Bei then changed his appearance and thanked: "Liu Bei'an can be benevolent and virtuous, and I hope that Mr. will teach him." ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was so benevolent, Xu Shu told Sima Hui about his night visit and his real name, expressing his willingness to sincerely assist.

Liu Bei trusted him even more, that is, he worshiped Xu Shu as a military advisor and trained the people of the headquarters.

However, it is said that Cao Cao returned to Xudu from Jizhou, often had the intention of taking Jingzhou, and sent Cao Ren, Li Dian and the generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to lead 30,000 troops.

Shi Lu Kuang, Lu Xiangyu Cao Ren said: "Today, Liu Bei is stationed in Xinye, recruiting troops and buying horses, accumulating grass and storing grain, his ambition is not small, and he must plan it as soon as possible." After the two of us surrendered to the prime minister, they did not have an inch of merit, and they were willing to ask for 5,000 elite soldiers to take Liu Bei's head as a tribute to the prime minister. ”

Cao Ren was overjoyed, and ordered Erlu to lead 5,000 troops and go to Xinye to fight.

Liu Bei relied on Xu Shu's plan to make Guan Yu lead an army out from the left and use the enemy to come to the middle of the army; Zhang Fei led an army out from the right, and the enemy came to the rear of the army; Since he and Xu Shu and Zhao Yun led 2,000 people out of the customs to greet each other.

Lu Kuang stepped out, and Zhao Yun faced the battle.

Before counting, Zhao Yun stabbed him under the horse with a shot.

Liu Bei's army covered up the killing, but Lu Xiang couldn't resist the enemy, so he led the army away.

In the middle of the line, Guan Yu's army stood out on the side of the road, rushed to kill for a while, and Lu Xiang broke most of his troops and took the road away.

After walking less than ten miles, he was blocked by Zhang Fei's army.

Lu Xiang was caught off guard, was stabbed by Zhang Fei with a spear, turned over and fell off his horse and died, and the rest of the crowd scattered in all directions.

Liu Bei pursued with the army, captured most of the enemy's army, returned to the county, treated Xu Shu again, and rewarded the three armies.

Cao Ren was shocked when he heard the report, and did not listen to Li Dian's dissuasion, so he lit up 25,000 military horses and crossed the river in the starry night, intending to set foot in Xinye.

When Liu Bei heard the report, he hurriedly discussed with Xu Shu.

Xu Shu said: "Cao Ren has followed Cao Cao for many years and has made many military exploits. Seeing that Erlu was killed today, he will raise a large army to retaliate and be ashamed. Fancheng is empty, and you can take advantage of it to seize the city. ”

Liu Bei according to the plan, ordered Guan Yu to lead the army to cross the river to attack Fancheng (now Fancheng District, Xiangyang, Hubei), Zhang Fei led the army to ambush in the middle of the road, intercepted and killed the Cao army, and led the army with Xu Shu and Zhao Yun to meet the Cao army, and met Li Dian to lead the army.

Zhao Yun went out, and Li Dian confronted him, about more than ten times.

Li Dian expected that the enemy would not be able to defeat him, so he turned his horse and walked back.

Zhao Yun chased after him, and when Cao Ren led the army to arrive, Zhao Yun collected the army and returned to the village.

Li Dian returned to Cao Ren: "The elite of the other army, you can't underestimate the enemy, it's better to go back to Fancheng." ”

Cao Ren was furious: "Before you leave the army, you will slow down the heart of our army; As soon as they clashed, they were defeated and returned, and the crime should be beheaded. ”

Drinking ordered the knife and axe hand to push Li Dian out and behead him, and the generals persuaded Fang to spare, so he transferred Li Dian to lead the rear army and personally led the army to the front.

Cao Ren experienced many battles, quite familiar with the formation, the next day the drum marched, arranged in a formation, it is expected that no one in Liu Bei's army knows.

Xu Shu watched from a high place, and saw that Cao Jun was standing in the army, setting up ranks, and was vertically and horizontally, but he could set up a battle formation according to the water terrain behind him, and felt that Cao Ren was also a general, so he whispered to Liu Bei for a while.

When Cao Ren saw this, he said to Liu Bei: "Does anyone know this formation?" ”

Liu Bei stepped out: "This is the eight-gate phalanx laid out by children's play, although it is in military law, it is only the most basic phalanx. ”

When Cao Ren heard this, he didn't expect that this big-eared thief also knew the formation, so he shouted: "Can you break my formation?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu, Xu Shu nodded, and Liu Bei said, "What's so difficult!" ”

Xu Shu saw Cao Ren hidden in the rear of the formation, and said to Liu Bei: "The phalanx is the most basic battle array, the formation is the middle of the array, and there are eight small phalanxes in the large phalanx; Thin and thick, with few troops in the middle of the formation and many troops in the Quartet; The command was hidden behind the phalanx, and the rear was close to the river, in case the soldiers fled and our troops were outflanked from behind. Zhao Yun can lead 500 soldiers to attack from the southeast, and after breaking through the phalanx to the north, he will turn due west to kill, and the rest will hold the position. ”

Liu Bei obeyed his words, Zhao Yun got the order, jumped on the horse with a gun, and shouted from the southeast corner to enter the Chinese army.

The Chinese army was weak, Cao Ren was in the rear of the formation and went north, and Zhao Yun did not chase after him, but highlighted the west gate.

Cao Ren waved his army to the west, Zhao Yun killed the southeast corner from the west, and the Cao army was in chaos.

Liu Bei commanded the soldiers defending the position to fight hard, Cao's army was defeated and retreated, Xu Shu ordered Hugh to chase after him, and collected the army and returned to the village.

Cao Ren lost for a while, Fang believed Li Dian's words, and asked Li Dian to discuss: "I don't want someone around Liu Bei to be able to see through my formation, sneak attack the enemy village tonight, and save the defeat." ”

Li Dian said: "Although I am here, I am actually worried about the emptiness of Fancheng. ”

Cao Ren said: "Tonight's sneak attack, if you win, then make a plan; If they do not win, they will retreat to Fancheng. ”

Li Dian said: "Liu Bei has capable people around him, and he must be prepared. ”

Cao Ren said: "How can you lead your troops to fight if you are so indecisive? ”

So he didn't listen to Li Dian's dissuasion, and led the army as the front, so that Li Dian was the back, and went to rob the village that night. Exactly: the formation is skillfully arranged in the formation, and the strong will meet the strong people. If you want to know whether the robbery can be successful, let's see the next decomposition.