On the first day of March, Zhang Fei led his troops to apply water retrospectively. It was two or three miles away from Hefei before I heard the sound of chickens crowing one after another.

Don't look at Zhang Fei's drunkenness last night, he was the first to go to the camp in the morning to reorganize the army, mainly thinking about Liu Bei and waking up at night, no matter what, he couldn't sleep.

The rooster crows three times, indicating that the day is about to dawn. Zhang Fei suddenly grabbed the reins, turned his head to look at Hefei City behind him, and saw a flickering fire on the city tower in the distance, and he knew that it was Long Xiang standing in the city tower.

Jiangdong would come and go to Hefei from time to time, and the military movement of 3,000 people needed to hide people's eyes and ears, so Zhang Fei left the city before dawn.

Since ancient times, there have been many sorrows, and I drank the wine last night, and I agreed not to send each other in the morning. At the beginning, Long Xiang sent a letter to Xiaopei, Zhang Fei accompanied Liu Bei to say goodbye in the city tower, and today Long Xiang sent it silently in the city tower, it seems that there is a cause and effect in the dark.

Seeing Zhang Fei stopping, Lei Bo reminded the other party in a low voice: "General, it will be dawn soon, we have to leave as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Fei whipped his horse: "I just want to see, I will come back one day, let's go"

"Yui." The three thousand young men were disciplined and arrived at the south bank of Shaobi for two days. At night, Zhang Fei ordered people to take out spare clothes and flags, and prepared to go to Shouchun under the banner of Jiangdong to show his face, and in the end only six or seven hundred military uniforms were distributed.

After listening to the report, Zhang Fei put forward his thoughts to Liu Ye: "I thought that Yunqi was well prepared, but I didn't expect that there were only a few hundred pieces, and the momentum caused by hundreds of people was not enough, so it was better to let the rest of the people mix in the middle to make up the numbers?" ”

"Fewer people may be more real" Liu Ye shook his head lightly, and then asked Zhang Fei: "General, don't be too little, do you know where these clothes come from?" Zhang Fei asked rhetorically: "Was it pulled out by the Jiangdong soldiers?" Or do you want it from Sun Quan? ”

"It was Sun Ce's attack on Hefei the year before last, and the clothes collected from those soldiers who died in battle, General Long deliberately kept them for so long, it is estimated that they are for now." Liu Ye paused halfway, then looked at Zhang Fei and continued to sigh: "General Long has a long-term plan, with him staying in Hefei for a day, it is estimated that Sun Quan will not be able to go north for a day, and Xuande Gong has General Long to help and balance a powerful opponent." Zhang Fei seemed to understand whether he understood or not: "Yunqi called this plan a fish-eyed confusion, I don't know if the defenders in Shouchun will believe it."

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not." Liu Ye shook his head: "As long as tomorrow passes, the defenders in Shouchun City will inevitably be suspicious, Zijing has sent people to spread rumors a few days ago, threatening that Sun Quan intends to surrender Chen Lan, as long as they send the news back to Xu Du, our task will be completed." ”

"So you can deceive the main force of the Cao thief?"

"Cao Cao's focus is on Hebei, and it is unlikely that the main force will be transferred to Shouchun, but even if Cao Cao only divides thousands of troops, he can transfer part of Xudu's troops, and when Yuan Shao is assembled and Cao Cao leads his troops north, it will be the day when Xuande Gong will raise things in Runan." Zhang Fei didn't finish digesting it, and suddenly remembered what happened tomorrow, and hurriedly asked: "I want Mr. to command the main force tomorrow and carry grain and grass to the northwest, and I will take the pseudo 'Jiangdong soldiers' around the lake to Shouchun, who will be the banner when the time comes?" If the defenders do not move and give up, if the other party does not know how to rush out to seek battle, will I fight or retreat at that time? ”

"Shouchun only has a few hundred defenders, and they will not dare to go out of the city to seek war easily, if they are really not long-sighted, the general can kill as much as possible, just leave a few people to report the news, as for who to play" Liu Ye said this, holding his beard and thinking carefully, before replying for a while: "I just saw a Zhou character banner, and the general's body shape is similar to Wu General Zhou Tai, but he can falsely claim that he is Zhou Tai"

"Zhou Tai? How is this person's martial arts? Zhang Fei is not familiar with Zhou Tai, he was willing to pretend to be Xu Chu last time, because Xu Chu is strong enough in martial arts, and now when he hears strangers, he shows a disgusted expression.

Liu Ye was relieved: "The general is the enemy of 10,000 people, I am afraid that there is no opponent in the whole Jiangdong, General Long and Sun Quan Chaohu meet, Zhou Tai will follow the guard, and I think there is some martial arts."

"Okay, Zhou Tai is Zhou Tai." Zhang Fei replied reluctantly, and then added: "I hope that the Shouchun garrison knows the current affairs, and I don't want to help strangers become famous."

"The general doesn't have to mind, it's just a ploy"

"What do I have to worry about? It's just that I don't want to be cheap outsiders, and I don't care about making a name for myself. ”

"So that's the case" When Zhang Fei and Liu Ye were discussing, Shouchun was also dotted at this time, and hundreds of people were stationed in the huge city, as if a toothpick had been thrown into a big water tank, and the picture was extremely incongruous.

Last year, Qin Yi sent an envoy to Hefei, and accidentally found that the city of Shouchun was empty, and after reporting to Cao Cao, he paid attention to it, and felt that the strategic place could not be left empty, so he allocated 800 soldiers to Qin Yi and ordered him to be stationed in Shouchun to cooperate with Liu Fu.

Liu Fu went to Hefei alone, but soon lost the news, Qin Yi was worried that Liu Fu would have an accident in Hefei, so he sent five or six fine workers to investigate, but the result was that the meat buns and dogs were never returned.

When Qin Yi was about to report to Xu Du, Liu Fu, who had lost a lot of weight, finally appeared. Longxiang wants to penetrate the water and water, and Sun Quan has the intention of going north to the Central Plains. Liu Fu walked from Hefei to Shouchun, and needed to rest for a few days before returning to Xudu, but he didn't want a team of soldiers and horses to be silent, and he had already come to Shouchun City.

After receiving Qin Yi's military information, Liu Fu got up from the couch with a spirit, he wore a wide armor that did not fit well, and personally rushed to the city tower to supervise the battle.

Liu Fu hurriedly climbed the city tower, but found that Qin Yi was calm and calm, and the defenders next to him did not show nervousness.

"Captain Qin, what's the situation?"

"Look at the history of the assassin, there are only a few hundred steps under the city"

"Oh?" Liu Fu walked to the edge of the city wall, and sure enough, he found a few kittens, so he frowned and asked: "There are only a few hundred people, are they thieves or what?" Qin Yi looked serious: "You see that they are in a neat formation, they must not be ordinary thieves, I guess they are Jiangdong Sun Quan's soldiers and horses."

"Sun Quan's soldiers? It shouldn't." Liu Fu said to himself: "What are these hundreds of people enough to do? Shouldn't we wait for the water to be applied and the water to be connected, and then march directly from the waterway? It doesn't conform to common sense" Qin Yi hugged his fists and explained: "I don't know anything about the history of the assassination, according to the news that the last general got a few days ago, Sun Quan plans to absorb Liukou Chen Lan, and will send troops to the north to negotiate in the near future, and the city may be the one to negotiate." Liu Fu had a solemn expression: "Chen Lan wandered in the northern counties of the Lujiang River, what did Sun Quan's people do when they went to Shouchun?" Qin Yi shook his head and replied, "I don't know, maybe I'm lost?" ”

"Lost?" Liu Fu shook his head and snorted coldly: "The northwest of the Lujiang River is mountainous, the surrounding area of Shouchun is a plain, and there is such a big Shaobei, will you get lost?" ”

"That's right." After Qin Yi agreed, he hugged his fists and asked: "Sun Quan's army is not very numerous, why don't you let the last general go out of the city to meet him for a while?" Liu Fu thought about it, waved his hand to reject Qin Yi, and said: "The other party does not have many troops, but we also have few garrisons, so don't take risks, ask in the city later, and find out the meaning first." ”

"Yui." After a while, Zhang Fei led his troops to approach the city gate, and then someone stepped forward to call the door: "Hey, listen to the people in the city, the Jiangdong army is here, and you still haven't opened the city gate?" Qin Yi stepped forward and shouted in a deep voice: "Bastard, I was ordered by Cao Sikong Jun to garrison Shouchun, how can I wait for the rats to shout?" A few hundred people dare to call it an army? Why don't you go back quickly? ”

"What about the thief? I'm fighting Cao Thief. ”