Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 232
"It's not that we're here to find Xu Qing." Xu Chu replied.

The young man was stunned for a moment, then a sad expression appeared on his face, he hesitated to speak, and finally did not speak, but took a step back, wanting to close the door.

"No, we are here to express our condolences!!" Feng Yao immediately stepped forward and pulled Xu Chu away, and said seriously.

The boy stopped his hands, looked at Feng Yao and Xu Chu again, hesitated, opened the door again, and said expressionlessly: "Okay! Come in!"

The condolence process was very fast, and Feng Yao didn't want to disturb Xu Qing's family too much, so after saying his condolences, he stood up and said goodbye.

It was still the young man who sent Feng Yao away. The young man was Xu Qing's eldest son, surnamed Xu Mingsheng.

When he stepped out of the courtyard, Feng Yao took a cloth bag and handed it to Xu Sheng.

"Don't open it now, when you go back, open it with your family, but don't let other people see it, it's a gift from me!" Feng Yao instructed.

Xu Sheng nodded in understanding, and watched Feng Yao leave. He didn't know Feng Yao's name, but only knew that Feng Yaoying was a friend of his father.

After returning, Xu Sheng looked for an opportunity, and the whole family got together suddenly. After opening the cloth bag and seeing the gift in the cloth bag, they were stunned and took a deep breath.

"gold!!"

Xu Sheng was so excited that he counted, there was a total of 100 taels of gold!

"Sheng'er! Is this really left by that guest? Do you know his name?" Xu's mother was so moved that she shed tears.

"Yes, mother, that person did not leave a name." Xu Sheng said.

"Sheng'er! Pay it back to you, remember, this matter must never be mentioned to anyone!"

……

In the second year of Xingping, the [-]th day of the first lunar month
The weather has become much warmer. Although Runan County was besieged by Liu Biao and Xun You, nothing serious happened. Feng Yao calmly mobilized [-] troops to attack Liu Bei in the East China Sea.

At the same time, Wei Yan was ordered to station troops in the State of Lu to help Lu Bu attack the four prefectures of Dongping, Taishan, Rencheng, and Jibei in Yanzhou.

Lu Fan was ordered to lead the army to attack Licheng, Zhuqi, Ganyu and other counties in the northern part of the East China Sea from leading the army, and cut off Liu Bei's retreat.

On the 23rd, Houqiu was broken, eighty miles away from Qu County.

On the 24th, the army continued to advance. When it was still [-] miles away from Qu County, Feng Yao ordered the army to set up camp in Yiyoushui, and Liu Shun sent scouts to investigate Liu Bei's movements.

Liu Bei heard that Feng Yao personally led an army of [-] to march, and discussed with Mi Zhu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Qian, Chen Deng and others.

Mi Zhu said: "Although Feng Yao has twice the strength of our army, but our army has General Guan Yunchang and General Zhang Yide together, it should not be difficult to defend Qu County!"

Guan Yu nodded, bowed to Liu Bei, stroked his beard and said, "Brother, what Zi Zhong said is very true. Last time, my third brother and I fell into the enemy's tricks. If we confront each other head-on, the enemy army will definitely not be our opponent!"

Zhang Fei said loudly: "Brother, if Feng Yao dares to come, I will rush into the enemy line and take Feng Yao's head back!"

"Second brother, third brother, don't be impatient. Feng Yao's achievements today are all achieved by himself step by step, so we must calm down and fight carefully!" Liu Bei said.

Guan Yu raised his head and pressed his knees without saying a word, while Zhang Fei said angrily, "How can elder brother boost up other people's morale and destroy his prestige? I regard Feng Yao's army as like chickens and dogs. Tomorrow I will lead an army, and we will kill Feng Yao first and then talk about it!" "

After all, Zhang Fei left the table angrily.

Chen Deng wanted to persuade him, but Liu Bei winked and told Chen Deng not to speak.

After Zhang Fei left, Chen Deng asked, "Master, why do you want to provoke Yide with words today?"

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Yuan Long, my third younger brother has the bravery of ten thousand men. Last time he didn't fight the enemy soldiers, the army broke up, so he has been dissatisfied in his heart. See you again and praise the enemy army. Tomorrow he will definitely lead the army to the enemy camp to challenge! This is exactly my plan!"

Guan Yu had his nose up to the sky, but when he heard Liu Bei say this, he immediately leaned over and said happily, "Brother, this is your plan. I thought that brother was afraid of Feng Yao and dared not fight! Brother, tell me quickly!" , what kind of scheme!"

Liu Bei nodded, and retreated to the left and right, only Mi Zhu, Guan Yu, Chen Deng, and Sun Qian were left in the room. With a serious face, he ordered in a low voice: "Guan Yu listens to the order!"

Guan Yu hurriedly lifted his robe, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "Guan Yu accepts the order!"

"You set off at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning, and lead [-] elite troops to the enemy's rear. If Zhang Fei wins, you send troops quickly to attack Zhang Fei in front, and the enemy will be defeated. If Zhang Fei retreats, the enemy will lead the army. Pursue, you can quickly attack the enemy's rear, burn their food and grass, and help Zhang Fei escape, then retreat south, cut off the swimming water, and cut off the enemy's water transportation path." Liu Bei commanded.

Guan Yu was overjoyed: "I obey! My lord!"

"Sun Qian! Tomorrow, you and I will lead the troops in the middle of the road. If the enemy soldiers come to chase us, we will fight out from the left and right immediately!"

"Mi Zhu, you will defend the city tomorrow!"

"Chen Deng, you will set off tonight with [-] soldiers, go around the enemy's rear, and attack Tancheng. Lu Fan leads the army, and the city will be empty. If you can break through Tancheng, the enemy's food and grass will not continue, and they will withdraw their troops. Try to destroy the grain roads behind the enemy!"

Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and Chen Deng all responded loudly.

Later, Sun Qian and Chen Deng resigned, Mi Zhu stayed behind and asked Liu Bei, "My lord, Qu County is surrounded by mountains and the sea. If you stick to it, Feng Yao is eager and it will not be easy to break it. Why do you want to send troops to fight against him? Besides, I have ordered my servants to prepare a thousand ships, and the ships are full of food enough for our army to feed for a year. Our army can retreat from the sea, or go north to join Yuan Shao, or go south to join Liu Yao , occupy a county first, with my Mi family's financial resources, it will not be difficult to make a comeback!"

Liu Bei said: "Zizhong, we have been running Xuzhou for many years. If we stick to Qu County, we will eventually retreat. If we leave here, how can I be reconciled? If this strategy can be successful, we can defeat Feng Yao in one fell swoop, and we will recover Xuzhou is not difficult!"

"If Feng Yao doesn't fall into the trap, I will use the excuse of being defeated and having nowhere to live, and my family is being controlled by him again. I will ask Feng Yao to surrender and give up my position as the governor of the state. At that time, I will welcome Feng Yao into the city and offer delicious food to Feng Yao. This person is fond of wine and sex, and he is young at heart, he will not be able to resist, then you and I will secretly arrange for assassins to assassinate him at the banquet! If this series of schemes fail, it will not be too late for us to escape!"

Mi Zhu's eyes brightened, and he said happily, "My lord, this plan is great! Feng Yao will definitely fall for it!"

The next day, just after the fifth watch, Zhang Fei left the city with [-] soldiers, rushed all the way to Feng Yao's stronghold, and ordered his soldiers to curse at Feng Yaojun across the river.

feng yao camp
When Xu Chu learned about it, he was furious and asked Feng Yao to fight: "My lord, Zhang Wuqian's army dared to call on our army, and he deceived no one in our army! I would like to go out and fight Zhang Fei!"

Feng Yao didn't agree immediately, and led the generals to the front of the stronghold, looked around, and found that Zhang Fei didn't bring archers, and according to the scouts, Zhang Fei only led five thousand soldiers to fight, so he patted Xu Chu on the shoulder, Said: "Zhongkang, go and fight Zhang Fei. If you lose, you can immediately retreat and lead Zhang Fei to the front of the formation, so that I can have the archers shoot him!"

(End of this chapter)