Around Yin time.

In the middle of the sky, the autumn moon hangs high.

The sound of horse hooves meandered away, and Liu Bei stood at the south gate of Xiaopei, letting the autumn wind slap his vicissitudes of life on his face.

"Brother, Yun Qi has gone far, shall we go back? There are still two hours before dawn. I will accompany my brother to sleep for a while." Zhang Fei asked with a concerned look on his face, holding a torch.

Liu Bei shook his head gently, "After dawn, Wei Shuo (Liu Yan) will also rush to Xiapi. I will just wait here. I would like to give you a few words of advice then."

"oh..."

At this time, Liu Bei's mind was full of Long Xiang's "hometown dialect". He just asked who made it in the back hall of the government office, but Long Xiang hesitated and couldn't understand.

"Second brother, what do you mean..."

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

Zhang Fei looked around, blinked and said, "I was here just now, maybe I went back to sleep again? I snored a bit loudly at night, so the second brother may not have fallen asleep. Is there anything wrong with the eldest brother?"

"It's okay. If third brother still wants to sleep for a while, you can go back by yourself. You don't have to hang out with me here." Liu Bei shook his head gently.

Zhang Fei smiled naively, "Brother, don't worry about me, I can sleep standing up."

"good."

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei, and suddenly he envied this "silly" third brother. He didn't pretend to have anything going on in his head, and his sleep quality was excellent every day. Not only could he sleep standing up like a horse, but he could also sleep without closing his eyes most of the time.

sleep.

Just as Zhang Fei was slowly snoring, the sound of heavy footsteps reached his ears.

Zhang Fei's body seemed to have a sensor device, and he immediately turned around quickly, raised a torch and shouted: "Who is there?"

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

By the light of the fire, Liu Bei saw Guan Yu's arms stretched out, and there seemed to be a piece of clothing hanging on them.

"Second brother, what are you..."

"Autumn is coming and the nights are getting cold. I'll get my eldest brother a cloak 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 is?"

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

Guan Yu looked confused when he heard this.

Liu Bei furrowed his eyes and frowned: "Yunqi told me a hometown saying last night, which is: 'If there is a will, things will come true. If the cauldron sinks the boat, a hundred and two Qin passes will eventually belong to Chu; if you work hard, you will not be let down by man and nature; if you lie on the salary and taste the gall, three thousand Yue armor can swallow Wu."

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"This sentence... is well said. I wonder who made it?" Guan Yufeng's eyes shone.

Liu Bei shook his head slightly, "Yunqi doesn't know, he just said it was his father's words of encouragement and words passed down from his hometown.

As a young brother, I have studied under famous teachers and know that Runan is the hometown of great Confucians, but I have never heard of such wonderful words, so I am confused..."

Guan Yu frowned, stroked his long beard, pondered for a moment and guessed: "Perhaps Yunqi's ancestral home is not Runan, and these inspirational words were passed down from his ancestors?"

"Handed down from ancestors?"

Liu Bei did not comment, but repeated to himself: "If there is a will, things will come true. If the cauldron sinks the boat, the Qin Pass will eventually belong to Chu..."

hiss...

An idea flashed in Liu Bei's mind, and he excitedly shared with Guan Yu: "In the past, the overlord of Chu destroyed Qin, and he had a fierce general named Long under his command..."

"Dragon?" Guan Yu blurted out.

"I see that Yun Qi is loyal, righteous, wise and brave, and he is most likely to be the queen of Long Qi. Yes, yes."

Liu Bei rubbed his hands and was spinning in excitement.

"It turns out that he is the queen of a famous general..." Guan Yu muttered to himself, stroking his beard, and then sighed with certainty: "Yunqi and his son do not borrow their ancestral names, and their true husband..."

Liu Bei then took a step forward, leaned against the city wall and looked into the distance. He said to himself that since he has become a famous general, he will show the appearance of his ancestors. Don't let others fall into the wrong hands by accident. I am still waiting for you to lead your troops to surrender.

At this time, Long Xiang had enough food and sleep, and Liu Bei replaced all the horses that were killed and damaged when he came.

When Long Xiang discovered that the horses had been replaced, they were all carefully selected big horses.

Because Xiaopei's war horses were less than a hundred, Long Xiang refused to Zhang Fei on the spot, but Zhang Fei did not give him a chance and said that he had tried to find new horses.

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

Although Zhang Fei looks rough, Long Xiang admires his vision in choosing horses. The riding experience on the way home is really good, even more stable than the horses chosen by Tang Yu.

After Long Xiang left Xiaopei, he first took the route to the southeast, then turned to the southwest on the way, and finally went to the southeast. Using a snake-skin walking method, he wandered between counties and the boundaries between counties, perfectly avoiding all counties. The Ranger Scout.

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

According to the agreement with Tang Wei, Long Xiang estimated that he had completed the task of burning the ship, but he didn't know whether Lu Bu's men had arrived, so he deliberately crossed east to Surabaya and finally took a detour to meet up.

When Long Xiang and the others arrived at the boat-burning site, Tang Hui had successfully completed the task. More than two hundred grain ships were sunk. The fragments of the broken hulls were floating on the miles-long river bank. Among them, the small wood The blocks are washed downstream along the current.

"Yunqi, I burned them all as required. In order to ensure authenticity, I also deliberately burned a few corners of the ships that were actually carrying food. Do you want to add more? There are soldiers from Xiapi still far away. Ten miles..."

As soon as he arrived at the fleet location, Tang Wei couldn't wait to report on his work.

Long Xiang raised his hands and looked at the scene on his horse, thinking that the ten miles away would be there in a blink of an eye, and he might not be able to arrange the scene in time.

When he saw the energetic appearance of the soldiers, Long Xiang's brows immediately furrowed into the character "Chuan".

"Uncle Hui, before Lu Bu's men arrive, immediately divide the soldiers into three teams. The first team has forty cavalry to guard the rangers, the second team has fifty infantry to guard the grain ships, and the rest The officers and men were all in the third group, so they were dispersed to both sides of Surabaya and took off their clothes and armor..."

Before Long Xiang finished speaking, Tang Hui next to him was full of questions and couldn't help interrupting: "Remove 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 away if the water is not good. As long as you are covered with water and mud and don't look embarrassed, how can you win Lu Bu's trust?" Long Xiang shook his head and explained.

"So that's it, I'll do it right away." Tang Hui suddenly realized.

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted, slumped down by the river to catch his breath and wiped the dust on his face and clothes.

This move was seen by Tang Hui who was not far away, and he ordered the fifty foot soldiers guarding the ship to do the same.

I originally thought that Lu Bu would send an ordinary general, but it turned out that the person coming to Xiapi was General Zhang Liao.

Long Xiang had no choice but to drag his tired body out to meet him, thinking that he must act well so as not to let Zhang Wenyuan see any flaws.

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

Zhang Liao cupped his fists in greeting and said straight to the point: "Long Sima is polite. Last night, the prime minister came to report that the lower reaches of the Si River were in flames. General Lu sent his subordinates to see what is going on here..."

Long Xiang sighed, folded his hands and said dejectedly: "All the generals are incompetent. Last night the fleet docked to rest. We didn't want to be set on fire by the gangsters. Most of the more than 100,000 grains on board had sunk into the Surabaya River...
Chapter completed!