It is said that Xu Chu led the knights from the Hushi camp first and arrived at the high mountains fifty miles southwest of Xuyi.
This mountain is neither dangerous nor surprising. It is called a high mountain because it is the highest mountain in the vast area of Xiapi Guangling.
But the locals call this mountain "Tiger Mountain" because there are tigers in the mountain.
Xu Chu led everyone to the mountain and saw three small wooden huts in an open area. They seemed to be uninhabited and looked like a place for hunters who went to the mountain to hunt for the night.
No matter who built the wooden house, the mountain is now occupied by them, and the wooden house belongs to them.
Xu Chu led the people to cut down trees and build wooden houses.
Two days later, when everyone was building a wooden house, a knight suddenly ran over in a panic and shouted: "Zhongkang, Tiger! Tiger!"
When Xu Chu heard this, he quickly picked up his sword and asked, "Where is the tiger?"
"Over there, we were cutting down trees, and the big tiger suddenly appeared, and the brothers were rounding up."
"Take me there quickly."
Xu Chu asked no more questions, and the knights who were building wooden houses also stopped what they were doing, picked up their weapons and followed him.
Many of them are desperadoes and armed with weapons. Moreover, there are so many people who do not feel afraid of tigers.
After everyone ran for more than a mile, they saw twenty or thirty knights in the forest with weapons in hand, surrounding a big tiger.
The tiger was more than ten steps away from them. Although there were many of them, no one dared to get close to the tiger. They just stood around, waiting for others to come to help.
Xu Chu arrived with fifty or sixty people, and everyone quickly dispersed and surrounded him to prevent the tiger from escaping.
The tiger was opening its mouth at this moment, roaring one after another, as if it wanted to scare away the people surrounding it.
Some people were frightened by the roar of the tiger, but with so many people surrounding them, they couldn't leave no matter how scared they were. They could only hold onto their weapons and watch the tiger carefully to prevent it from suddenly jumping on them.
Xu Chu grasped the sword tightly and stood right opposite the tiger.
"Zhongkang, what should I do?" someone asked.
"Is there anyone with a bow and arrow? Quickly take the bow and arrow and shoot it." Someone shouted again.
However, most of their group used swords, and there were only a few people who used bows, and none of them were present at the moment.
"I come."
Xu Chu stared at the tiger closely, held the knife in front of him, and slowly stepped forward.
The tiger seemed frightened by Xu Chu's sudden approach. He took two steps back, howled louder, crouched slightly, and seemed about to pounce forward.
"bluff...bluff..."
Xu Chu was only five or six steps away from the tiger. The tiger roared loudly and suddenly, it suddenly jumped forward.
"Zhongkang, be careful!"
Everyone exclaimed, holding their weapons tightly and staring at the tiger.
Xu Chu had already seen the tiger coming and hurriedly raised his knife to strike forward.
"puff……"
Blood splashed onto Xu Chu's body. The tiger was hit on the head and fell to the ground. However, it was not dead yet. It rolled over and stood up again. Looking at the man who had hit him but fell to the ground in front of him, he made a gesture to pounce again.
go.
At this time, everyone surrounding the tiger saw Xu Chu falling to the ground. The tiger was not dead, but the tiger was injured. Xu Ding hurriedly shouted: "Quick, let's get in together."
After Xu Ding shouted, he rushed out first with his knife, and everyone quickly gathered around the tiger.
The tiger was injured and in pain, and did not dare to pounce on Xu Chu, who had already stood up and held the knife in his hand. Suddenly, the tiger's tail slapped the ground, raising dust, turned around, and tried to escape behind.
When Xu Chu saw this, he didn't allow the tiger to escape. He rushed over, raised his sword, and struck down at the tiger.
There was another "pop" sound, and Xu Chu's broadsword struck the tiger. Just as the tiger was about to jump up, it was immediately suppressed and fell to the ground.
Xu Ding had also rushed over at this time, raised his knife and stabbed the tiger on the head.
When everyone slowly gathered around the tiger, the tiger was already motionless and dead.
"Zhongkang, are you okay?" Xu Ding asked quickly.
"Brother, I'm fine. I didn't expect there to be a tiger in this mountain. It's a pity that it met our tiger camp."
Although Xu Chu fell to the ground just now, he was not injured.
"Fortunately, Zhong Kang is here, otherwise the tiger would have escaped just now." Someone said.
"Haha, why didn't you dare to come up just now?" someone answered.
"This is a big tiger, and it's not a human, so why don't you get on it?"
"I'll wait for you to come up."
"I'll wait for Zhong Kang to come."
"..."
Five days later, Tian Yu led the first batch of soldiers to the mountain.
They were all dressed in ordinary people's clothes, and there were six hundred of them. They were carrying food and weapons were hidden in their cars.
According to Liu Bei's order, Tian Yu commanded 3,000 sergeants, and Xu Chu commanded more than 200 knights from the Hushi Camp. They were not affiliated with each other, but this time the ambush was led by Tian Yu, and Xu Chu wanted to obey Tian Yu's order.
After that, every three days, a group of 600 soldiers would come to the mountain, carrying food and hiding weapons. The 3,000 soldiers arrived in five groups.
Tian Yu went to the mountain and looked at the terrain. It was nearly ten miles from the hiding place on the mountain to the grain transportation road. Moreover, one ambush attack might not be able to completely cut off the grain road.
It may take frequent harassment to prevent Yuan Shu from transporting food.
But at the same time, we must be prepared for Yuan Shu to send troops and horses to besiege, so we must build shelters on the mountains to resist Yuan's army from attacking.
He led his soldiers to build fortresses and piled large rocks and logs at a high place next to the mountain road. If Yuan Shu sent troops to attack, they could push down the large rocks and logs.
Tian Yu also ordered people to patrol day and night to prevent nearby people from going up the mountain. However, because there were tigers in the mountains, each patrol team consisted of twenty people, including five archers.
Everything was ready, everyone was eating, drinking and training every day on the mountain, just waiting for Yuan Shu to lead his troops to attack.
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When Zhou Ping and Zhuge Jin and Xu Sheng walked to Tong County, they encountered soldiers and horses led by Guan Yu.
According to the previous plan, Liu Bei invited Cao Bao to the state capital several times for banquets, and also asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stand behind him with his sword pressed, looking directly at Cao Bao with an angry look.
After Zhang Fei couldn't help but drink violently one time, Cao Bao finally did not dare to call Xuande by his first name anymore, and changed his name to Shijun.
Liu Bei proposed to dispatch 5,000 Danyang soldiers and 5,000 Xuzhou soldiers, a total of 10,000 troops under the command of Guan Yu, to Jiangdong to assist Liu Yao in Yangzhou, and Cao Bao did not dare not agree.
The five thousand Danyang soldiers given by Cao Bao were led by a Sima named Xiao Bao.
On March 22, Liu Bei could not wait for Zhou Ping to return and there was no news, so he stopped waiting and ordered Guan Yu to lead 10,000 troops to set off southward as planned.
Guan Yu walked for a few days and met Zhou Ping in Tongguo.
"Sir, why are you returning at this time?"
Guan Yu seemed dissatisfied with Zhou Ping's return after being away for so long.
"Brother, I've been waiting for you all night long, and I'm afraid that something bad will happen to you. These two are..."
Guan Yu noticed Zhuge Jin and Xu Sheng behind Zhou Ping.
Zhou Ping introduced: "This is Zhuge Jin of Langya, Zhuge Ziyu, and this is Xu Sheng and Xu Wenxiang of Langya. I failed to meet Lu Zijing in Dongcheng. Later, on the recommendation of Chen Jibi, I crossed the river to Qu'a to visit them, so
It’s too late.”
Guan Yu slightly bowed his hands to the two of them, and Zhuge Jin and Xu Sheng quickly returned the gesture.
"That's it. Sir, please go back to Xiapi as soon as possible. Brother is waiting for you!"
"Yun Chang, do you know what to do when you get to Xuyi?"
Zhou Ping was still uneasy, fearing that Guan Yu would not understand his plan.
"of course I know."
Guan Yu Danfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and replied calmly.
Zhou Ping said goodbye to Guan Yu, and continued to drive back to Xiapi with Zhuge Jin and Xu Sheng.
