Zhang Liao saw the surrounding situation, and already knew that something had happened to the grain ship, but he didn't know who destroyed it, and the biggest suspect should be Liu Bei, but if Xiao Pei sent troops, he would definitely not be able to hide it from Lu Bu's eyes and ears.

"Who set the fire?" Zhang Liao couldn't guess and asked directly.

Long Xiang shook his head, "The clouds in the sky were thick and dark last night, and I don't know who did it, but it is estimated that I have been staring at it for a long time." ”

"How?"

"At the same time that they poured tung oil on the ship, the bottom of the grain ship was actually destroyed, and the general could not fight the fire and pursue at the same time, and finally grabbed less than ten boats..."

Zhang Liao frowned after hearing this, and said to himself: "It looks like it has been premeditated for a long time..."

"Could it be Liu Bei? I had fought with him in this area before, and this person was very familiar with the terrain..."Long Xiang deliberately threw Liu Bei to confuse the public.

"Long Sima deduced that there is some truth, but this matter still needs to be investigated..."Zhang Liao was noncommittal, and then asked: "Can you see Guan Yu or Zhang Fei?" How many of them are there? In what direction did you end up? ”

"Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't see it, the fire was shining in the dark night, and the people who came didn't report their names, it was estimated that there were hundreds of thousands of people, and all of them were cavalry, because there were only forty horsemen under the command of the last general, so they didn't dare to pursue afterwards, and only saw that they went in the direction of Huaiyin..."

Huaiyin? Zhang Liao was confused, thinking that if Liu Bei went around in a big circle, it might be possible to avoid the scouts, but hundreds of cavalry would be exaggerated, how many horses did Xiao Pei have in total?

"General Zhang... General Zhang..."Seeing that Zhang Liao was silent, Long Xiang called in a low voice.

Zhang Liao woke up from his contemplation, "What's wrong?" ”

"Although the last general tried his best to grab a few ships, the boatmen were frightened last night and took advantage of the chaos to escape, so I asked General Zhang to take it, and then send it to Xiapi..."

"Mr. Han is still waiting in Xiapi? Long Sima is not going? Zhang Liao asked with empty eyes.

Long Xiang shook his head and waved his hand: "The last general has caused such a big disaster, he must immediately return to Shouchun to ask the lord for his guilt, as for the remaining grain ships, the last general will be handed over to General Zhang here, anyway, they are all going to be sent to Xiapi, and when it comes to letting Mr. Han count, in case you encounter bad people along the way, I'm afraid only General Zhang can stop it..."

"Well..."

Zhang Liao nodded helplessly, looking at the embarrassed and tired soldiers on both sides of Surabaya, he really couldn't force Long Xiang to go to Xiapi together, Long Xiang was Yuan Shu's soldier, and Zhang Liao was not qualified to command.

After Long Xiang handed over the grain ship, he followed it like a defeated rooster and marched to the southwest with the 'remnants', and the hundreds of shipwrights who operated the boat were sent away by Tang Yu in advance, and were waiting ten miles away at this time.

Long Xiang and Tang Yu didn't want to kill people, so they did ideological work for the shipwrights in advance.

The shipwrights had to follow the detained soldiers and secretly go to Hefei to live for a few years, and then take their families to Hefei according to the situation, or return to their original hometown in Lujiang to reunite with their families.

On the way back to Shouchun, Tang Yu's face was full of solemnity, and when it was time to rest at night, he called Long Xiang aside.

"Yunqi, now let's do the work, I'm afraid that we will die when we return to Shouchun, so we simply follow those boatmen and disperse to Hefei for a detour." Because Tang Yu was alone, he made suggestions from his own point of view.

Long Xiang shook his head when he heard this, "Wouldn't you defect now?" And it will involve General Qiao, as well as Shouchun's dependents, if the lord asks for the guilt when he goes back, the little nephew will shoulder it, and Uncle Yu only needs to restrain his subordinates and control his mouth, and he must not expose Hefei's location, otherwise I will run all this, and my efforts will be wasted. ”

"Yunqi rest assured, the matter is big, and the rest are diehards." Tang Yu patted his chest and reassured, and then asked worriedly: "Are you really sure to deal with it?" ”

Long Xiang nodded solemnly, he was actually not 100% sure, but at this time, the Lord must have confidence, otherwise the soldiers under his command will be affected.

Because he was not in a hurry to return to the 'guilt', in addition to sending scouts to report the news, Long Xiang deliberately led the team to travel forty miles a day, and it took about ten days to arrive at Shouchun, while Zhang Liao escorted the only eight remaining grain ships and arrived at the dock in Xiapi three days later.

At the same time as the grain ship Surabaya was attacked, Ji Ling's 100,000-strong army was approaching Xiaopei, and Liu Bei sent Liu Yan to be active in Xiapi, wanting to persuade Lu Bu to help through Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others.

Since Lu Bu received the first batch of dowry gifts, he has been pestered by Han Yin under various names every day, and he has almost no time to see other people until Zhang Liao sends someone back the news.

Seeing that Lu Bu's face had changed greatly, Han Yin hurriedly asked, "General Lu, what's wrong with you?" ”

"The fleet from Huainan was attacked by gangsters in the lower reaches of Surabaya, causing more than 200 grain ships to be burned and sunk, and only eight were saved in the end." Lu Bu's eyes showed a fierce look.

"Huh?" Han Yin was so shocked that the wine glass in his hand fell, he swallowed his saliva and asked, "Then Long Sima they..."

"What the specific situation is, when they get to Xiapi, we will naturally know, but one thing can be determined, someone is obstructing it." Lu Bu's eyes lit up.

Han Yin suddenly felt like five thunderbolts, and said in his heart that it shouldn't be done by Long Xiang on purpose, right? If that's the case, isn't this guy too daring?

Lu Bu had no intention of drinking the banquet, then got up and arched his hand: "I was going to the dock, so I can't accompany me anymore." ”

"Wen Hou later, Han will also go to the dock to count." Han Yin stood up in a panic.

"Mr. Han is at his own convenience." Lu Bu said that he brushed his sleeves and left, and said in his heart that there are more than two hundred ships left, what else do you count?

Han Yin only had the carriage equipped with the post house, and the speed was far from keeping up with Lu Bu's red rabbit horse, and when he arrived at the dock, he no longer saw Zhang Liao's shadow, and asked the officers and soldiers who accompanied the ship to know that Long Xiang did not come to Xiapi, and through the scattered information obtained by Zhang Liao's subordinates, Han Yin could not be sure whether Long Xiang did it intentionally, or if he really encountered some accident.

Han Yin looked at the charred stern of the ship, and said in his heart, is it really such a coincidence?

At this time, Lu Bu was in the Gaoshun military camp outside Xiapi City, summoned Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian and other generals, and asked people to enter the city to invite the think tank Chen Gong.

"Is it really such a coincidence?" Lu Bu sat on the main seat and patted the desk, asking the same question in Han Yin's heart.

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "When the last general met Long Xiang, this person was in a state of malaise, his body was embarrassed, and the state of the soldiers under his command was similar, so it was unlikely that he was pretending." ”

Lu Bu leaned back and sneered: "Such a big thing as more than ten thousand Hu military rations, it's not this kind of hairy kid who dares to mess around, you all help analyze and analyze, if that Long Xiang lies, who will be the mastermind behind the scenes?" If what Long Xiang said is true, then whose people are the hundreds of cavalry? It can't really be a big-eared thief, right? ”

"Lord, Xiaopei's war horses are less than 100, and Liu Bei doesn't have so many horses at all now, unless he has secretly connected with the generals of Mount Tai..."Gao Shun took the lead in holding his fists.

Cheng Lian followed the analysis: "The last general thought that it was not credible, Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou in the past, and all the generals led by Zang Ba were not attached, but the lord became the lord of Xuzhou, and Zang Ba wrote a letter to the lord to publicize it, so this cavalry will never come to the north..."

"That's Long Xiang lying?" Lu Bu frowned.

"Long Xiang's eyes are clear, and his words are not dodging, at least the last general didn't see the flaws, but is there a possibility..."

Lu Bu waved his hand lightly, "Wen Yuan continued. ”

"Maybe it's Yuan Shu himself..."Before Zhang Liao's words fell, a sonorous voice suddenly came from outside the tent:

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."