The development of the matter was completely beyond Liu Biao's expectation. First, the generals Cai Mao and Zhang Yun left, and then Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue came up with a particularly strange idea. This made it even more difficult for Liu Biao. Since ancient times, gentlemen have always been magnanimous in doing things. This Kuai
When did the brothers become so sinister?
Liu Biao waved his hands repeatedly: "You and I are both scholars, and gentlemanly etiquette still needs to be talked about. If this matter gets spread, will you and I still have the dignity to stay in Jingzhou?"
Kuai Liang smiled slightly: "Lord, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with us. It is a grudge between the Nanyang nobles and Long Fei. You and I just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight!"
"There is absolutely no difference at all?" Liu Biao continued to ask. The Kuai brothers promised again and again, and then Liu Biao agreed: "In that case, then you go ahead and do it. Just in case, it is better to bring in Cai Mao's navy!"
"
Gan Ning besieged Fancheng for several days, but there was no chaos in the city. Just as Gan Ning guessed, Liu Biao mobilized Cai Mao's navy to Xiangshui, between Fancheng and Xiangyang, with the clear purpose of preventing them from continuing southward. Wenpin
He could see clearly from the top of the city tower that what he was most worried about had happened. In this way, he was clearly leaving himself to Long Fei. The food and grass in Fan City was limited and could not last long. Yesterday, he sent people out of the city to test it out.
Suddenly, the troops and horses under the city were all elite soldiers, and even 5,000 people could not hold the city for long.
Lieutenant General Wang Wei looked at the warships on the Xiangshui River in the distance and sighed: "General, you don't want us anymore!"
"Nonsense, the Lord is gathering troops and horses, cooperating inside and outside, and driving Gan Ning back in one go. Send the order and ask the brothers to hold on for a few more days. When the Lord's army arrives, we will go out of the city and kill him!"
Although everything Liu Biao did was as they expected before the war, Long Fei was still a little worried. The last time he came to Xiangyang, he remembered clearly that this place was Nanyang and Wollongong was nearby. Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and other Hei Bing
The main members all lived here. If these people helped Liu Biao deal with him, he wouldn't have much confidence. He regretted not bringing Guo Jia or Jia Xu with him.
Long Fei called Gan Ning into his tent and expressed his uneasiness. Gan Ning frowned: "Master, are you worried that those people will help Liu Biao to deal with him?"
Long Fei nodded: "You don't know something. These people are all insidious and vicious. What they are best at is making some small tricks. We have to guard against them!"
Gan Ning said: "Since the lord is worried, I will call Zhou Tai here to take charge of the lord's safety. If there is any movement, we will withdraw our troops!"
In the past few days, the weather has not been very good. The cold northwest wind has been blowing hard, and there have been two heavy snowfalls in succession, covering everything under the white sky. In the cold weather, the soldiers have to stand guard.
They kept stomping their feet in the snow because of the cold. Long Fei led Zhou Tai from one sentry post to another, constantly comforting the soldiers who were accompanying him on the expedition, telling some jokes to make everyone temporarily forget about the cold weather.
and the coming war.
Several footprints on the snow caught Long Fei's attention. There were only half of these footprints. They were obviously made by someone touching the ground with only the soles of their feet. If you didn't pay much attention, you would think they were snow pits. Long Fei knelt down and took a closer look at the footprints.
It was very deep, and there was no soft snow covering it. According to the time, it should have been last night. I looked around and saw two or three such footprints.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Tai didn't know why Long Fei suddenly frowned.
Long Fei pulled over two soldiers standing guard nearby: "Who was standing guard last night? Did you find anything unusual?"
The soldiers were startled by Long Fei and said quickly: "It's Erhei and the others. We only took over in the morning!"
"Go and find them!"
There was not much time, and the person who was sent to find the person hurried over with two soldiers. When asked about what happened last night, the two soldiers who were on guard at night were hesitant and could not explain clearly. It turned out that these two guys
, because it was too cold, it was not yet midnight, so he sneaked back to sleep. Zhou Tai was furious, raised his big hand and slapped each of them first: "You two boys, you are going to betray all of us."
Come! Come and rectify the Fa on the spot!"
"Lord, spare your life, Lord, spare your life! We will never dare to do it again next time!" The two knelt down and kowtowed hurriedly.
Long Fei thought for a while, maybe this is a good thing. If he uses his loopholes to bring those people in, he will know who sent them! He looked at the two of them: "I think you are the first offender, and I will hold you back every time."
We have twenty soldiers and sticks, but you will still stand guard tonight!"
Back at the Chinese army's tent, Gan Ning had just returned from inspecting Fancheng. Speaking of what had just happened, Zhou Tai felt a little angry. Gan Ning smiled slightly: "Second brother, my lord must have his own reasons for doing this. You and I can't act rashly.
Discuss!"
Long Fei smiled: "Okay, my General Zhou, I'll tell you the truth, I just want to lure the snake out of its hole!"
Zhou Tai rolled his eyes and understood immediately: "Wonderful! I'm going to prepare now, and I will catch them all tonight!"
Several people in white clothes crawled forward little by little on the snow, trying not to make any noise. Erhei and his partner were beaten with twenty military sticks. Their buttocks were still in unbearable pain, and they were arranged to keep vigil overnight. They were in a bad mood.
When the situation got to its peak, Erhei complained a few times, and the other one quickly said: "It's all your fault. Yesterday, you said it would be okay to go back. Now, let the lord catch you and make me suffer too!"
Erhei grinned: "The same goes for you. If I hadn't called you, you wouldn't have gotten up in the morning!"
Looking at the raging fire inside, Erhei couldn't stand the cold anymore. He moved towards the fire step by step. The other one shouted a few times, and Erhei said: "It's not far away, you can see it, but I really can't stand the cold anymore."
!”
As soon as Erhei left, the snow began to creep slowly, crossing the wall and crawling towards the back of the tent. Walking into the black shadow, three people in white clothes instantly stood up from the ground. These people, carrying single swords,
The whole body was wrapped in white clothes, and even the fingers were wrapped in white cloth. They could not be seen lying in the snow. Looking at the Chinese army tent, one of them shook his head. The other two people surrounded him from both sides of the tent.
, using the cover of the shadows to quickly move towards the Chinese military tent.
Seeing that the two people had disappeared, the men in white who stayed here looked around, silently calculating the time for the patrols to arrive. Last night, they had already checked clearly. There were a total of eight patrol teams in Longfei Camp.
The soldiers patrolled every quarter of an hour, and they had a quarter of an hour to complete their own affairs. At the stall where the man in white looked, there happened to be a group of patrol soldiers passing by the door of the big tent.
As soon as the pair of patrolmen passed by, the man in white crouched down, spread his legs and moved quickly towards the big tent, lifted the curtain, and rushed in. There was no light in the big tent, only a pot of charcoal fire burning brightly.
Through the light of the charcoal fire, he could see clearly that on the bed on the left, a person was sleeping soundly with his face facing in, and he could hear his gentle snoring clearly.
The man in white slowly came closer, raised the steel knife in his hand, and slashed hard at the man on the bed. After only one cut, he stopped. The feeling was completely the same as the steel knife cutting in.
The feeling of the human body was different, and it was actually elastic. When he looked carefully, he saw that there was straw at the joints of the clothes. He was suddenly shocked: It was broken, he had been tricked!
The sound of killing was immediately heard outside the tent. After several screams, someone shouted towards the tent: "You kid, don't even think about escaping. Come out and surrender if you have the sense! Otherwise, we will release arrows!"
The torches and lanterns illuminated the outside of the tent like daylight. You could tell without looking that your two companions had been captured and maybe dead. You were also in danger of escaping. Calming your mind, you held the knife in one hand and opened the door with the other.
The curtain appeared in front of everyone. This man was tall, with broad shoulders, and his eyes were fixed on Long Fei, who was standing between Gan Ning and Zhou Tai.
"Your Excellency is very brave, can I see your true appearance?" Long Fei looked at the man. The man gently took off the white cloth on his face, revealing a handsome face: "Long Fei is indeed well-deserved, I have such a thorough plan.
The success fell short, can you teach me how the general saw the flaw? I think there is no flaw!"
"In that case, can you put down your weapons and have a drink and talk in detail?" Long Fei made a gesture of invitation. The man looked at the two men who had been arrested next to him, nodded slightly, and threw the steel knife in his hand to the ground in front of him. There were more than a dozen
The soldiers immediately swarmed forward. Long Fei quickly stopped him: "This strong and honest man doesn't have to be like this, please!"
Back in the big tent, Long Fei was sitting in command, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai were standing on both sides. A small table and cushions were placed opposite. The man sat down without being polite. The wine and meat were served, and the man himself
He poured a glass first, raised his neck and drank it in one gulp: "General, can you tell me now, how to discover my flaw?"
Long Fei then roughly told the story about the footprints. After listening to this, the man frowned and looked up to the sky and sighed: "I have said before that the weather is not good for me, but they didn't listen at all. I am confident that I have done my best, but I didn't
I thought that the general should be aware of it! I was captured by the general today, and I am convinced! However, can the general let my two brothers go, I will stay and let the general handle it!"
"Are you still asking for conditions?" Zhou Tai said angrily: "Quickly tell me, who sent you here?"
The man smiled and said nothing, looking at Long Fei with his eyes. Long Fei stopped Zhou Tai and said to the man: "Okay! I see that strong men are also gentle people. I, Long Fei, like to make friends with strong men who still care about their brothers in times of crisis.
, I promise you! Let him go!"
The other two assassins who were captured were brought in. These two were not very young and were as energetic as the man. When the three of them met, the two fell to their knees and with tears streaming down their faces claimed that they had killed their elder brother. The man
Hehe smiled: "General Long and I have already agreed that you can go back and ask them not to send more people after you go back. That will only increase casualties!"
After sending the two people out of the camp with good words of comfort, the man in white let out a long breath. Suddenly he snatched a knife from the hands of the soldiers guarding him, flipped his wrist and put it on his neck: "I'm sorry.