Around the end of the day.

In the middle sky, the autumn moon hangs high.

The sound of horses' hooves went away, and Liu Bei stood at the head of the south gate of Xiaopei, letting the autumn wind slap his vicissitudes of life.

"Big brother, Yunqi has gone away, shall we go back? There are still two hours before dawn, and I will accompany my eldest brother to sleep for a while. Zhang Fei held the torch and asked with a concerned face.

Liu Bei shook his head lightly, "After dawn, Weishuo (Liu Yan) will also rush to Xiapi, I will wait here, and I want to ask a few words then." ”

"Oh..."

Liu Bei's mind was full of Long Xiang's 'hometown dialect' at this time, and he asked who did it in the back hall of the government just now, but Long Xiang couldn't understand it.

"Second brother, you said cloud..."

Liu Bei wanted to turn around and discuss with Guan Yu, but found that the person was missing, so he asked Zhang Fei: "Third brother, where is Yun Chang?" ”

Zhang Fei looked left and right, blinked and said, "I was here just now, maybe I went back to sleep again?" I snore a little loudly at night, the second brother may not be asleep, is there something wrong with the eldest brother? ”

"It's nothing, if the third brother still wants to sleep for a while, he can go back by himself, and he doesn't need to accompany me here to blow the wind." Liu Bei shook his head slightly.

Zhang Fei smiled innocently, "Big brother doesn't have to worry about me, I can sleep while standing." ”

"Okay."

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei, and suddenly envied this 'stupid' third brother, the other party didn't pretend to have anything in his head, and his sleep quality was excellent every day, not only could he sleep standing like a horse, but he could also fall asleep without closing his eyes many times.

Just as Zhang Fei was slowly snoring, a heavy footstep came into his ears.

Zhang Fei's body was like a sensing device, and he immediately turned around quickly, raised a torch and scolded: "Who is there?" ”

"What's wrong, third brother?" In the darkness, Guan Yu slowed down.

Liu Bei took advantage of the firelight to see Guan Yu's arm erected, and there seemed to be a piece of clothing hanging on it.

"Second brother, you are..."

"It's cold at night in autumn, so I'll get a cloak for my eldest brother to keep out the cold."

Guan Yu stepped forward and put it on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei accepted it happily, and then asked, "Second brother, where did you say Yunqi's hometown?" ”

"Yunqi's hometown? Didn't he call himself Runan? Why did the eldest brother knowingly ask? ”

Guan Yu was at a loss when he heard this.

Liu Bei frowned: "Last night, Yunqi told me a hometown saying, which is to say, 'Where there is a will, there is a way, and the one hundred and two Qin Passes belong to Chu after all; The hard-working people do not live up to the sky, and the salary tastes the gall, and the three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu. ’”

"This sentence... Well said, I don't know who did it? Guan Yufeng's eyes lit up.

Liu Bei shook his head lightly, "Yunqi doesn't know, he only said that it was his father's words of encouragement, and it was a word handed down from his hometown."

I have worshipped a famous teacher for my brother and young man, and I know that Runan is the hometown of Confucianism, but I have never heard such good sentences, so I am confused..."

Guan Yu frowned, stroked his long hair, pondered for a moment and guessed: "Maybe Yunqi's ancestral home is not Runan, and this inspirational word is passed down by his ancestors?" ”

"Ancestral inheritance?"

Liu Bei was noncommittal, and Wu Zi recounted: "Where there is a will, there is a way, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin Passes belong to Chu after all..."

Hiss...

Liu Bei had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and excitedly shared to Guan Yu: "In the past, the overlord of Chu destroyed Qin, and there was a fierce general surnamed Long under his command..."

"Dragon?" Guan Yu blurted out.

"I look at Yunqi loyalty, righteousness, wisdom and bravery, it is very likely to be the dragon and the queen, yes, yes."

Liu Bei rubbed his hands together and spun around excitedly.

"It turned out to be a famous general..."Guan Yu muttered to himself, and then sighed affirmatively: "Yunqi father and son don't rely on ancestral names, and real husbands are also..."

Liu Bei then took a step forward, leaned against the city wall and looked into the distance, and said in his heart that after being a famous general, he will take out the appearance of your ancestor, but don't be foolish and put it in the hands of others, I am still waiting for you to lead the troops to vote.

Long Xiang was full of food and sleep at this time, and the horses that were killed and damaged when he came were all replaced by Liu Bei.

When Long Xiang found out that the horses had been replaced, and they were all carefully selected horses.

Because Xiaopei's war horses were less than 100, Long Xiang refused to Zhang Fei on the spot, but Zhang Fei didn't give him a chance at all, saying that he had found a way to get a new horse.

With Zhang Fei's style, it is impossible to buy normally.

Although Zhang Fei has a rough appearance, Long Xiang admires the other party's vision of choosing horses, and the riding feeling on the way home is really good, even more stable than the horses picked by Tang Yu.

After Long Xiang left Xiaopei, he first took the road to the southeast, turned to the southwest halfway, and finally went southeast, and walked on the border between counties and counties in the way of snakeskin, perfectly avoiding the ranger scouts of each county.

The return journey took three days, and Long Xiang arrived on the banks of the Surabaya River.

According to the agreement with Tang Yu, Long Xiang estimated that he had completed the task of burning the ship, but he didn't know if Lu Bu's people had arrived, so he deliberately crossed Surabaya to the east, and finally made a detour to converge.

When the three of them arrived at the burning point, Tang Yu had successfully completed the task, more than 200 grain ships were sunk, and the fragments of the hull that were scattered fell on the bank of the river several miles long, and the small wooden blocks were washed downstream along the current.

"Yunqi, I burned all of them as required, in order to ensure the authenticity, I also deliberately burned a few black corners of a few ships loaded with real grain, do you want to add them again? The soldiers of Xiapi are still ten miles away..."

As soon as he arrived at the position of the fleet, Tang Yu couldn't wait to report his work.

Long Xiang raised his hand on the horse and looked at it, saying in his heart that the ten-mile road would arrive in an instant, and he was afraid that it would be too late to arrange the scene.

When he saw the energetic appearance of the soldiers, Long Xiang's eyebrows immediately wrinkled into a Sichuan character.

"Uncle Yu, before Lu Bu's people arrived, immediately divide the soldiers into three teams, the first team of forty cavalry is responsible for the ranger guard, the second team is divided into fifty foot soldiers to guard the grain boat, and the rest of the soldiers are the third team, let them disperse to both sides of Surabaya and take off their armor..."

Before Long Xiang finished speaking, Tang Yu next to him was full of question marks, and couldn't help interrupting: "Unload the armor? What do you mean? ”

"Throw the weapon into Surabaya, and then go into the water to pick it up, don't throw it far if the water is not good, as long as the body is covered with water and mud, and you don't behave embarrassed, how can you win Lu Bu's trust?" Long Xiang shook his head and explained.

"I see, I'll do it right away." Tang Yu suddenly realized.

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted, sat down by the river and gasped to rest, and wiped the dust on his hands on his face and clothes.

This move was seen by Tang Yu, who was not far away, and ordered the fifty foot guards to do the same.

originally thought that Lu Bu would send an ordinary general, but the person who came down turned out to be the general Zhang Liao.

Long Xiang had to drag his tired body out to greet him, thinking that he had to act well, so as not to show Zhang Wenyuan the flaws.

"I've seen General Zhang..."Long Xiang lowered his head and clenched his fists.

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and saluted, and said straight to the point: "Long Sima is polite, last night the county lieutenant of Xia Xiang came to report, saying that the fire in the lower reaches of Surabaya is monstrous, and General Lu sent the last general to take a look, what is this..."

Long Xiang sighed, arched his hands and hung his head and said: "All the generals are incompetent, the fleet docked to rest last night, and I don't want to be set on fire by the gangsters, most of the more than 100,000 grains on the ship have sunk into Surabaya..."