Han Xiang

Chapter 23 Arranging the scene
Around Yin time.

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

The sound of horseshoes meandered away, and Liu Bei stood at the head of the south gate of Xiaopei, letting the autumn wind beat the vicissitudes of his face.

"Brother, Yun Qi has gone far away, let's go back? There are still two hours before dawn, I will go to bed with brother." Zhang Fei asked with a torch in his hand.

Liu Bei shook his head lightly, "Wei Shuo (Liu Yan) will also be heading to Xiapi after dawn, so I'll just wait here, and I'd like to ask a few words."

"Oh"

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

"Second brother, you said Yun."

Liu Bei wanted to turn around and talk to Guan Yu, but found that he was gone, so he asked Zhang Fei, "Third Brother, where is Yun Chang?"

Zhang Fei looked around, blinked his eyes and said, "I was here just now, maybe I went back to sleep again? I snored a bit at night, maybe the second brother didn't fall asleep, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing. If the third brother still wants to sleep for a while, he can go back by himself. You don't need to accompany me here to blow the air." Liu Bei shook his head lightly.

Zhang Fei smiled foolishly, "Don't worry about me, brother, I can sleep standing up."

"it is good."

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei, and suddenly envied this "silly" third brother, who didn't pretend to be anything, and had excellent sleep quality every day. Not only could he sleep standing up like a horse, he could sleep without closing his eyes many times sleep.

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

Zhang Fei's body seemed to have a sensing device, and he turned around quickly, raising a torch and yelling, "Who's there?"

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

Liu Bei used the light of the fire to see Guan Yu's arms raised, and there seemed to be a piece of clothing hanging from it.

"Second brother, this is you."

"It's getting cold at night in autumn, I brought a cloak for elder brother to keep out the cold."

Guan Yu stepped forward and covered Liu Bei.

Liu Bei accepted it happily, and then asked: "Second Brother, where exactly is Yun Qi's hometown you said?"

"Yun Qi's hometown? Didn't he call himself Runan? Why did Big Brother ask this knowingly?"

Guan Yu was bewildered.

Liu Beixu frowned: "Yunqi told me a hometown saying last night, which means that if there is a will, there will be a way, and the hundred and twenty Qin Pass will eventually belong to Chu; if you work hard, you can eat your courage, and three thousand can swallow Wu. '"

"That's a good sentence, who made it?" Guan Yu's phoenix eyes lit up.

Liu Bei shook his head lightly, "Yun Qi doesn't know either, he just said that it was his father's words of encouragement, words passed down from his hometown.

I have worshiped famous teachers for my brother and young man, and I know that Runan is the hometown of great Confucianism, but I have never heard such a good sentence, so I am puzzled."

Guan Yu frowned, stroked his long beard, pondered for a moment and guessed: "Maybe Yun Qi's ancestral home is not from Runan, and this inspirational words were passed down by his ancestors?"

"Pass down from the ancestors?"

Liu Bei was noncommittal, and repeated himself: "Where there is a will, there is a way. If the boat is broken, the Baier Qinguan will eventually belong to Chu."

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

"Long Qi?" Guan Yu blurted out.

"I think Yunqi is loyal, righteous, wise and brave. It is very likely that he will be the queen of Long Qi. Not bad, not bad."

Liu Bei rubbed his hands, spinning around in excitement.

"It turned out to be the queen of a famous general," Guan Yu muttered to himself, and then sighed in affirmation: "Yun Qi and his son don't borrow their ancestral names, they are real husbands."

Liu Bei then took a step forward, leaning against the city wall and looking into the distance, he said to himself that after becoming a famous general, you should show the appearance of your ancestors, don't fall into other people's hands in a daze, I'm still waiting for you to lead your troops to vote.

Long Xiang had enough food and sleep at this time, and all the horses that died when he came here were replaced by Liu Bei.

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

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

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

Although Zhang Fei had a rough appearance, Long Xiang admired the other party's vision in horse selection. The riding experience on the way home was really good, even more stable than the horses Tang Yu picked.

After leaving Xiaopei, Longxiang first took the road to the southeast, then turned to the southwest on the way, and finally went to the southeast, walking around the borders between counties and counties, and between counties in the way of snake skin, perfectly avoiding the counties and counties ranger scout.

It took three days for the return journey, and Longxiang arrived at the bank of the Sishui 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 whether Lu Bu's men had arrived, so he deliberately crossed east to Surabaya, and finally made a detour to meet up.

When the three of Long Xiang arrived at the boat burning point, Tang Yu had successfully completed the task, and more than two hundred grain ships sank, and the fragments of the broken hulls floated on the banks of the several miles long river. The blocks are washed downstream along the water flow.

"Yunqi, I burned them all as required. To ensure the authenticity, I also deliberately burned a few corners of a few ships that were actually loaded with grain. Can you see if you want to add more? The soldiers in Xiapi are still far away. ten miles."

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

Long Xiang raised his hand to look at it immediately, thinking that the ten-mile journey will arrive in an instant, and he might not be in time to arrange the scene.

Seeing the energetic appearance of the soldiers, Long Xiang immediately frowned into a "Chuan".

"Uncle Xi, before Lu Bu's men arrived, immediately divide the soldiers into three teams. The first team of 40 cavalrymen will be responsible for ranger guarding, and the second team will be divided into [-] infantry to guard the grain ships. The rest of the soldiers They are all 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: "Removing the armor? What do you mean?"

"Throw the weapon into Surabaya, and then go into the water to pick it up. If the water quality is not good, don't throw it far away. As long as you get wet or muddy on your body, how can you win the trust of Lu Bu?" Long Xiang shook his head and explained.

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

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he got off his horse, slumped down by the river to rest, and wiped the dust on his face and clothes.

This move was seen by Tang Yu not far away, and he ordered the fifty pawns guarding the boat to do the same.

I thought that Lu Bu would send an ordinary general, but it turned out that the person who came from Xiapi was the general Zhang Liao.

Long Xiang had to drag his tired body out to meet him, thinking that he must act well, so as not to let Zhang Wenyuan see his flaws.

"I've seen General Zhang." Long Xiang bowed his head and cupped his fists.

Zhang Liao clasped his fists in salute, straight to the point and said: "Long Sima is very polite. Last night, the Xiangxian County Captain came to report that the lower reaches of Surabaya were full of flames. General Lu sent the last general to come and see where it is."

Long Xiang sighed, folded his hands and said dejectedly: "They are all incompetent generals. Last night, the fleet rested on the shore. I don't want to be set on fire by the gangsters. Most of the more than [-] hu grains on board have sunk into Surabaya."

(End of this chapter)