Liu Xiongming took the lead and entered the pass. The five thousand troops behind him entered one after another. It took more than half an hour to enter the door. He looked at the awe-in-a-honored look of the soldiers under Niu Jin and felt very enjoyable!

Although he was so angry at the gate last time, Liu Xiongming still greeted Niu Jin and his familiar soldiers intimately. After all, he still had to rely on Niu Jin to arrange food and accommodation for the army.

In fact, Liu Xiongming is not a generous person. He remembers Niu Jin's contempt for him. Although he dare not have an attack for the time being, he still has the intention to find trouble.

Although it was only two days apart, Liu Xiongming was in control of heavy troops, and now he did not want to reduce his value and negotiate with Niu Jin, so he went back to the courtyard where he lived last time to rest.

After sitting down, Liu Xiongming called Fang Shan, who was in charge of food, grass and military funds, and secretly told him to negotiate with Niu Jin to solve the problems of camping and eating in the army.

Although the army also brought food and grass for half a month, it was used on the road, so the food and drink at the gate naturally fell on Niu Jin.

Accommodation for 5,000 troops is not a problem. There is a backup camp in Wuguan, which is prepared for reinforcements. It is enough for tens of thousands of troops to be stationed, and it can be used after a little cleaning.

The spare barracks are spacious and comfortable because people often clean and repair them. The conditions inside are good, and no one has ever asked about the soldiers after they moved in.

After Ma Su's strict training, the soldiers had long been accustomed to sleeping in the open and dining. They were quite satisfied with having a shelter from the wind and rain!

The diet of five thousand soldiers is not a simple matter. Although each team has a fire-tou army to cook, the food, vegetables and meat of five thousand people is not a small number.

The food stored in Wuguan is enough for 500 people to eat for half a year, but it is not a problem for them to eat a few meals for 5,000 people.

However, because vegetables and meat cannot be stored for too long, they are transported from Wancheng every ten days, and the warehouse only has a few large jars of pickles.

It happened that the vegetable and meat food I transported last time had been eaten for nine days. The last day of vegetable and meat food was taken away by each team this morning, and the warehouse only had grain and pickles.

Niu Jin originally wanted to let the teams even out some meat and vegetables, but because the remaining number was too small, even if they were taken out, it would not be enough for the five thousand troops to get stuck in the teeth!

In addition, the soldiers guarding the pass were unwilling to do so, Niu Jin had a psychological advantage over Liu Xiongming, the new general. He was not afraid that he would make a fuss, so he decided to serve them more pickles.

In fact, for the soldiers under Liu Xiongming, it is already good to have a bite of hot rice.

The problem is that Liu Xiongming intends to ask Fang Shan to find trouble, and the two armies are having meals at the same time. Niu Jin's soldiers ate fragrant marinated meat, and the tempting smell of meat can be smelled on the entire wall.

Liu Xiongming's army had only a cold pickled cabbage in their bowls, how could they swallow this breath!

Fang Shan stopped doing it first. He lost his job and first found Xing Daorong and He Yun, asking them to prepare for military action, and then took Zhong Yue, Yang Kui, and Zhang Zhuang to complain to Liu Xiongming.

Niu Jin did not dare to neglect Liu Xiongming himself, so he specially sent him a sumptuous table of rice. Liu Xiongming was enjoying it with his cousin Liu Xiongzhong and several other confidants.

Seeing Fang Shan leading a few popular people to come over and ask about the situation, Liu Xiongming couldn't eat anymore, so he went with them to find Niu Jin to argue.

Seeing Liu Xiongming and a few others coming over with a stern face, Niu Jin was having a meal with his soldiers, of course he knew what was going on, but he could only pretend to be confused and quickly let them sit down and have dinner together.

Liu Xiongming caught Niu Jin's mistake and did not give Niu Jin a chance to explain. He started to be a boss and severely scolded Niu Jin in public, with sharp words.

Fang Shan and others were about to raid Wuguan, so they were naturally not afraid of making things worse, so they added fuel to the fire. They started to give Niu Jin an eye drop by saying everything.

Niu Jin was originally guilty, but he was scolded by Liu Xiongming for a few words. He endured it, but he was sarcastic by Fang Shan and even personally attacked him. He was a little unbearable to lose face in front of his subordinates.

Several people started to ask the soldiers around them to help them by swearing and fighting.

These soldiers were jealous when they saw their boss being insulted. They rushed forward and beat the five of them together, but to no avail. Only Liu Xiongming, who was hiding aside, was fisted a lot. Fang Shan and the other four wrestled Niu Jin's uniform and twisted their arms behind as shields.

Fang Shan shouted, Xing Daorong and He Yun, who were prepared, had 1,000 fully armed personnel from each headquarters, surrounded Niu Jin's 500 people, and were all detained, and took advantage of the opportunity to control the entire Wu Pass.

When Liu Xiongming led his troops to leave the mountain village, Ma Su exchanged a circle of glances with his gang of generals. Everyone understood it and kept Liu Xiongming in the dark. He prepared to implement the plan when he arrived at Wuguan and raided Wuguan.

Ma Su cherished his reputation and waited for their news in the small mountain village.

Ma Su and his subordinates have discussed and pondered the plan to sneak attack on Wuguan for many times, and there should be no problem.

But the speed of Fang Shan and his team's capture of the pass still surprised Ma Su. That night, Fang Shan and his team sent people to pick up Ma Su, saying that they had successfully seized the pass.

Ma Su left hundreds of people to guard the camp, and led the guards to Wuguan on horseback, and officially took over the defense of Wuguan.

Although Liu Xiongming was not under house arrest, he had no command authority, and was just the nominal commander of this army.

After Niu Jin was detained, he did not expect that things would evolve to this point. He regretted his uneasiness and wanted to see Liu Xiongming, but the guards were Xing Daorong's confidant, so he naturally would not inform him.

When he was brought up by Xing Daorong, he finally found an opportunity and was ready to apologize to Liu Xiongming, willing to take on all the responsibility for this matter, and settle the matter privately.

But the first thing he saw was Ma Su, the general under Liu Bei, and he understood everything!

Although Ma Su was deliberately low-key, Niu Jin had been guarding Xiangyang with Cao Ren for a long time, so he was naturally familiar with Ma Su who had been cleaning up the fine work of the generals. He knew that Liu Bei had taken action this time, so he never spoke again. He was wondering how to convey the news like a way, otherwise the entire Jingzhou would be in danger.

According to the strategy agreed at the beginning of Ma Su, once the raid on Wuguan was successful, Niu Jin was put back to Wancheng, confirming the news that Liu Xiongming rebelled against Liu Bei, and coerced Liu Xiongming and Ma Su to cause trouble for Cao Cao in Guanzhong.

Ma Su was so determined to keep Liu Xiongming behind not because he valued his military talent, but because Liu Xiongming was a local tyrant who had been entrenched in Guanzhong for decades. With his participation, the safety of the army could be guaranteed.

But after Ma Su interrogated the soldiers guarding the pass and knew that there were only five hundred soldiers guarding Wancheng. He felt a sudden change in his heart and a bold idea emerged!

After careful consideration, Ma Su felt that he had five thousand soldiers in his hands and the situation was very good. If he just made trouble, it would be a pity!

Ma Su decided to capture Wancheng, then give it to Ma Chao, and persuaded Ma Chao to divide his troops into Wancheng, and then besieged Xiangyang together. Xiahou Dun was attacked by the enemy on his back and Cao Cao could not save the nearby fire, so Liu Bei had a great chance of seizing the entire territory of Jingzhou.

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Chapter completed!