Xu Shu didn't know that he was just used to let Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei's coalition slow down a little, but he didn't know that not only could not stop Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's coalition, but the speed of the two families' siege increased again.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Xu Shu repelled the first wave of Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's coalition forces in Shouchun City, but Xu Shu was not happy at all, because on the east side of the city, a raging fire was burning. It was not once the most prosperous place in Shouchun City, that was Liu Mang's industrial area, but now it was about to turn into ashes under the fire. This fire was not only released by Liu Bei's army, but Xu Shu himself endured the pain and asked his soldiers to give the industrial area some.

It was burned because Zhang Xiu's Western Liang cavalry was too fast. He was still in Baohe half a day ago. Half a day later, he rushed outside the industrial zone and caught Xu Shu off guard. Fortunately, there were hundreds of white horses from General Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong who were circling in Yi, otherwise this industrial zone would probably be thrown into Liu Bei's hands. Then by that time, Xu Shu would have really become the criminal of Lu Bu's army, because there were many things in this industrial zone that had not had time to move into Shouchun City.

However, now is not the time to think too much. Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's army will never give up. It has not become dark yet. There will definitely be a second and third attacks. Xu Shu needs to lead his soldiers to guard the last land of Yangzhou.

"Hmph, it was indeed the Lu Bu army's plan to distract General Zuo and my Xiliang men!" Zhang Xiu looked at the former capital of Chu and Han, and the place where Yuan Shu once proclaimed himself emperor and sneered. He suddenly attacked Shouchun and prepared to directly take down Shouchun's gate. Who knew that he was stopped by another cavalry. Although there were not many people, most of them were elite, resulting in no successful scoring. However, Zhang Xiu finally discovered the strangeness from this team of cavalry, and completely untied the knot between him and Liu Bei.

"Lu Bujun is planning again. Isn't it still a way to escape General Yang Wu's eyes? Haha!" Liu Bei also praised Zhang Xiu for a while. In just half a day, there have been many cases of the two people from being inseparable from being incompatible with each other, and then to their current state of good friends.

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Yesterday, evening, Zhang Xiu's camp

Zhang Xiu had already made up his mind. He would definitely pull up the army and leave Yangzhou and return to Wancheng tomorrow morning, and let Liu Mang's army and Liu Bei's army bit the dog. After returning to the army, he directly attacked Liu Bei's Runan to avenge the losses of the two thousand Western Liang cavalry. If he is lucky, he can ambush Liu Bei and completely send Liu Bei into the gate of hell. If this strategy is implemented, then Liu Bei will be really unlucky. If he is not good enough, he will be killed by Zhang Xiu, a common man.

Zhang Xiu could think of it, and naturally Liu Bei, who was assisted by Pang Tong, Liu Da'er, who had the little turkey phoenix chick, could also think of Liu Da'er having such a large capital under Zhang Xiu. Now Zhang Xiu said he would not do it, but he would not do it. Not only did he want to fire the boss Liu Da'er, he even wanted to rob the boss's house. This behavior was really bad. If it were Lu Bu or Sun Ce, he would directly pull up the troops and start working with Zhang Xiu. However, he was something that Liu Bei could tolerate that ordinary people could not tolerate, so Liu Bei came to Zhang Xiu's camp that night.

"What? Liu Bei is visiting?!" Zhang Xiu was about to go to bed, and a messenger came there. There was a report that someone came outside the camp and reported that he was visiting him. It was said that it was Liu Huangshu, the Grand Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.

"Lord, why did you see him Liu Bei do? I asked me to tell you that tomorrow we will leave and let him go and fight alone. We will poke his nest directly! Let him ambush me and let him plot against the lord!" Hu Cheer beside him was dissatisfied. Hu Cheer was not only the deputy general of Zhang Xiu's Western Liang Iron Cavalry, but also the captain of Zhang Xiu's personal guards, so whenever there is news, Hu Cheer will know.

"Hmm!" Zhang Xiu frowned. His eyes kept flashing like the candlelight in the tent. I wonder what he was thinking about. Suddenly he asked the messenger, "How many people are here for Liu Bei and Liu Da'er?!"

"Well, Liu Bei has three people in total! One scholar and one military general." The messenger dared not hide it all.

"Three people?! Haha, this Liu Bei is coming to die! Lord, don't worry, look at me, Hu Cheer, then I will order all my troops to arrest Liu Bei's son and send them to the lord. In this way, the lord can not only kill Liu Bei and avenge his previous shame, but also get his tens of thousands of troops. Why not do it? "Hu Cheer is going to find troops and kill Liu Bei directly, trying to swallow Liu Bei's troops.

"Kill Liu Bei? Seize his army?" To be honest, Zhang Xiu was really moved. The white-eared, heavy armored infantry under Liu Bei's command made him, who had the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, salivate. This is not the key. The key is that Liu Bei's military rations are what Zhang Xiu really moved. If he could get Liu Bei's military rations, it might not have to worry about money or food for several years or even decades. After all, Liu Bei's hands were money from a state, and most of them were Liu Pi who confiscated the aristocratic families that had not had time to escape from Yuzhou. The savings were extremely rich.

But then Zhang Xiu's passionate heart began to cool down again, "Let Liu Bei and the others come in!"

"Master? Are you?!" Hu Cheer is a little confused. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If you kill Liu Bei, you can take over his troops. We can even attack Shouchun and take Yangzhou and Yuzhou. With our Wancheng, we are one of the best princes in the world! "Hu Cheer is a Qiang person with a simple mind and a well-developed limbs, but he still understands the importance of territory and army in this chaotic world.

"Oh!" Zhang Xiu sighed. He also wanted to kill Liu Bei and annex his troops like this, but he could not do this. It was not that Zhang Xiu didn't want it, but that because the messenger said that Liu Bei had only three people, one Liu Bei, one scholar and one military general, and there were more than one loyal to Liu Bei under Liu Bei's command. Which one of them was easy to deal with? Even if that general was one of them, there was another person left. If he killed Liu Bei, the remaining general would not fight against him. At that time, not only would he not be able to eat the food and grass and swallow Liu Bei's army, but he could also kill Liu Bei and invade himself. This would be a big loss.

"Lord!" Hu Cheer was still persuading.

"Slow down!" Zhang Xiu asked the messenger to stop. Hu Cheer looked happy and thought that his lord really understood that he wanted to kill Liu Bei and annex Liu Bei's troops. However, Zhang Xiu's next sentence really made Hu Cheer give up.

"No need to invite them, I'll go to greet them in person!" Zhang Xiu said and started wearing clothes. No matter what, since he didn't want to kill Liu Bei, he had to do his appearance. No matter what, Liu Bei was also General Zuo, who was much bigger than General Yangwu.

Before Zhang Xiujun camp, there were three people, one of whom had the iconic appearance, thick eyebrows and big ears, wasn’t it Liu Bei and Liu Da Er? There was another one that seemed to be integrated with the night in the dark, wasn’t it the black pig skin Pang Tong? The remaining one was full of heroic spirit, and it was Liao Hua, the five thousand generals in Liu Pi’s army. Liao Hua was holding a package in his hand.

"Zhang Xiu really deserves to have occupied Wancheng for so long. The decorations of this camp are all so sophisticated!" Liu Bei was at the door to take a closer look at the arrangement of Zhang Xiu's military camp. The entire camp was not put together, but a triangle, showing a trend of one staggering. The two camps guarded the other. The three camps complement each other. No matter which camp was attacked, the two camps next to them could quickly react. This is one point, and the arrangement of Zhang Xiu's sentry is basically a five-step one whistle and a ten-step one whistle. This cautious approach of strictly guarding is really worthy of admiration. I originally thought that Zhang Xiu could dominate Wancheng for so long with the capital left by his uncle Zhang Ji, but now it seems that he is still very capable, otherwise he would not have planned to kill Cao Cao and almost killed Cao Cao.

"Lord, look at it!" Pang Tong's small eyes were very sharp, and he could see many cloth bags at a glance.

"Cloth bag?!" Liu Bei frowned. The cloth bags were not loaded with ordinary things, and they were only the same. That was the grain bags. The cloth bags along Pang Tong's arm were obviously empty. This was the used grain bags.

"Fortunately, the lord is wise and ready to go deep into the tiger's den. Otherwise, the Zhang Xiujun might have retreated clean tomorrow morning!" Those food bags need to be collected after they were used up. After all, the cloth bags can be regarded as a strategic material. But now being thrown on the ground means that the Zhang Xiujun is already preparing food. These are not available for cleaning when pouring out the food to make hot food.

"Oh!" Like Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei also sighed. If he had enough power in his hands, if he was born as a soldier like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. With six aunts and seven aunts, and so many brothers, would he be like this? If he occupied Yangzhou, Yuzhou and had an army of 300,000, he might have achieved great hegemony long ago, but Liu Bei was not. Liu Bei was just a straw sandal, so he had to work harder than any prince, but in the end, he got less than others. In order to get more and to complete the hegemony in Liu Bei's heart, he could only tolerate what ordinary people could not tolerate, and could only do things that might be in danger of life.

Just when Liu Bei was still feeling the lights in the camp became bright and people all the way toward Liu Bei.

"Protect the lord!" Liao Hua hurriedly pulled out the sword in his hand and protected Liu Bei behind him.

"Huh?" Pang Tong and Liu Bei frowned. Is Zhang Xiu really brainless? He wanted to die with him? He didn't know whether he killed himself or tied him up, which led to the ending that Liu Bei's army and Zhang Xiu's army were endless. Just when Liu Bei's face was gloomy and clear, a cheerful voice came from the fire dragon. "Duke Xuande, Xiu didn't know that Xuande Gong entered the camp in the middle of the night. He came late to welcome him, and he went to Xuande Gong to forgive his crime!"

When Liu Bei heard this voice, he felt relieved, and naturally he echoed, "Where is it? Bei disturbed General Yang Wu's rest late at night, but it's not good!" The two of them said politely, and then Zhang Xiu welcomed Liu Bei into Zhang Xiu's camp.

"What are you doing here, Liu Bei, thief? Do you want to see if our lord has been killed by you?!" Compared to Zhang Xiu's politeness to Liu Bei, Hu Cheer next to him was not so polite, and he directly called Liu Bei when he came up.

Liu Bei did not answer Hu Cheer directly, but looked at Zhang Xiu. Seeing that Zhang Xiu had no obstacles, he knew that Zhang Xiu was still resentful of his Xiliang Iron Cavalry during the day.

"Haha!" Hu Cheer is Zhang Xiu's deputy general, but he is not a big boss, so naturally he doesn't need Liu Bei to respond to him personally. He will naturally treat him with any level. Pang Tong stepped forward and clasped his fists and smiled, "General Hu Cheer, my lord and I are here late at night. In addition to discussing important matters with General Yangwu, there are also people like General Yangwu who apologize!"

"Apologize?! Haha, why is Xuande Gong guilty?" Zhang Xiu said as he laughed, which shows that it seems to be a rhetorical question, but it is actually a positive sentence. Liu Xuande knows that he is wrong, so why do you admit it?

"General Yang Wu, my chief was not strict in his teaching, and the commander Liu Pi, the general under his command, actually waved his sword to deal with friendly troops in order to seek credit. So my chief was furious after learning the truth and had already punished Liu Pi. "Pang Tong talked to Zhang Xiu.

"Hmph, it's not that you sing and reconcile, what you want to deal with is me, Hu Cheer and the two thousand Xiliang men, but to deal with my master!" Hu Cheer said unyieldingly.

"This is General Hu Cheer's concern!" Pang Tong stepped forward and said to Zhang Xiu. He knew that Hu Cheer was just a deputy general. Only by persuading Zhang Xiu could he truly dispel Zhang Xiu's idea of ​​withdrawing the army. "To be honest, our army did encounter a cavalry before meeting General Hu Cheer, but it was a heavy armored cavalry! They killed more than 2,000 light infantry in our army, Yuzhou Army!"

"Who believes it?" Hu Cheer directly didn't buy it. He was talking nonsense. He almost died in the ambush circle. If Hu Cheer had a good impression of Liu Beijun, he would have a ghost. Not only would he not have a good image. If Zhang Xiu hadn't stopped Hu Cheer, he might have killed him directly.

"General Zhang Xiu, did you get a scout yesterday?!" Pang Tong asked Zhang Xiu straight to the point.

"Yes!" Zhang Xiu would not hide it from such a small matter, as it has no meaning.

"I didn't say whether the scout was caught and beaten to death. He only told the general that he had such a grain transport team going to Shouchun from Lujiang to Shuchun when he couldn't stand it!" Pang Tong continued to ask back. Zhang Xiu didn't say anything, but his expression told Pang Tong that it was correct.

"Don't the general find it strange?! Why didn't he say it in the last moment before?!"

"What's so strange about this? Does anyone say it from the beginning like your seller begging for honor? That scout is a man, and I, Hu Cheer, admired him!" The scout named Feng He was tortured by Hu Cheer himself. Hu Cheer even beat him to pieces. He even burned his lower body with a soldering iron, but the man didn't say a word until he couldn't stand it anymore, and he said the news.

"Then that's right. My lord and General Zhang Xiu both got the skills?!" Pang Tong directly told the fact that both of their armies had the skills to divert the contradiction between the two.

"Middle skill? I've hit your plan! I've made me two thousand Xiliang men die inexplicably!"

"General Hu Cheer, I want to ask. Your scout who caught tells you when the food transport team will arrive?!"

"It's probably the end of time!" Hu Cheer said after thinking about it.

"General Hu Cheer, the scout we caught told us was at noon!"

"Isn't it just that time is different! What's the difference? It's just one hour apart! The grain transport team is still there, and we received an ambush from your army!"

"Of course there is a difference, the difference is still big!" Pang Tong said the key point. If it is a cavalry in one hour, you can kill one back and forth. The heavily armored cavalry we encountered before was not the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. They used this grain cart as bait to raid our Yuzhou Army. Did they retreat when the large Yuzhou Army troops arrived? At this time, General Hu Cheer, you came with the two thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry under your command. What would they think? I thought you were in the same group as the fake Xiliang Iron Cavalry in front of me, and they came to rob me of me. They would naturally do something extraordinary to ambush you in order to save their lives!" Pang Tong said that this place was almost the same as Xu Shu planned in Shouchun. It was worthy of being Feng Chu who could guess so with clues.

"I remembered it when you say this. Before this, the grain trucks had a bloody smell and there were signs of horse hooves running by, but how did you explain that the sentence afterwards was not Zhang Xiu? It seems that it was shouted by the person in front of you!" Hu Cheer then saw Liao Hua standing beside Liu Bei. Isn't this the person who said that Liu Pi Jian was not Zhang Xiu's!

"General Hu Cheer, General Liao Hua needs to explain this to you personally! Liao Hua!" Pang Tong called Liao Hua.

"General Hu Cheer, please forgive me for not knowing it was General Hu Cheer in the daytime and then he started to attack. I was actually anxious at that time. My whole words were the previous cavalry, not Zhang Xiujun. We killed the wrong person, but it was too late on the battlefield at that time!" Liao Hua said half-kneeled down and clasped his fists at Zhang Xiu and Liao Hua. "It's killing or cutting, let General Hu Cheer deal with it!" It turned out that Liao Hua was carrying a basket behind him, and it was full of thorns. He was so fun that he apologized for carrying a thorn.

"I want to kill you!" Is it over if I kill the wrong person? Hu Cheer was so angry that he wanted to pull out his weapon and chop Liao Hua.

"Hu Cheer, get back!" Zhang Xiu suddenly scolded.

"Lord, this?!" Hu Cheer didn't understand. This enemy who killed two thousand brothers was right in front of him. How could he not kill him to take revenge!

"Get back!" Zhang Xiu repeated again and Hu Cheer reluctantly fought on the side. "No one can do anything wrong, General Liao Hua can know his mistakes and correct them, that's better!" Kill Liao Hua? Zhang Xiu also wanted to kill Liao Hua, but killing Liao Hua is over? Kill Liao Hua will only lose one of his big chips in vain. Since Liu Bei's army killed the wrong person, he naturally has to compensate. As for the compensation method, it depends on Liu Bei's sincerity. How much does a Liao Hua's head cost?

Pang Tong was smiling in his heart. Zhang Xiu's expression and reaction were under the control of Pang Tong. This was a chaotic world. Human life was measured by money. To deal with a greedy person like Zhang Xiu, he naturally had to feed him. "Two thousand men of Xiliang were killed, and my lord was also very sad. So not only did he return two thousand war horses and two thousand pairs of heavy armor, he also selected two thousand elites from the elites of Qingzhou to hand them over to General Yangwu to make up for the army!" These two thousand war horses made Liu Bei's heart very bloody. It was difficult for them to get horses in the Central Plains. A good horse could sell a hundred gold coins on the black market. Even a property as big as Jiangdong could only create a Yuzhou iron cavalry!

"Haha, I will accept two thousand war horses and two thousand pairs of heavy armor. I won't take my love with this man!" Zhang Xiu took away the war horses and armor without hesitation. As long as there are these, he will return to Wancheng and ask someone to go to Xiliang to recruit thousands of people. Even if Liu Bei is willing to give it to him, he will not dare to take the troops given by Liu Bei, so don't give it to others. After that, he looked at Pang Tong with flickering eyes. These things are not satisfied, they are what he deserves.

"Also, in order to give the brothers who died in battle, our Lord is willing to pay five thousand gold, three thousand gold to General Hu Cheer, and the remaining two thousand gold to those soldiers who died in battle!" Five thousand gold was sent out directly, and Liu Bei's vault was almost all to Zhang Xiu, and tens of thousands of gold were in front and back.

"There are still 10,000 stones of grain and grass, which was used as the distribution of military rations for the Lujiang-to-Shouchun that were jointly cooperated with each other. "Those grain trucks only had 1,000 or 2,000 stones, but there were 10,000 stones. This was also what Liu Bei did to brush Zhang Xi.

"Hmph, do you think you can buy my lord with money?" Hu Cheer still kept choking. Zhang Xiu was a little angry with Hu Cheer.

But Pang Tong still had a smile on his face. This smile looks good now, but it made Zhang Xiu a little scared after a while. "General Hu Cheer, don't be angry, we have taken the culprit and let General Hu Cheer deal with it!"

"The culprit? Is this Liao Hua?" Hu Cheer said disdainfully.

"No!" Pang Tong shook his head, "Liao Hua asked the culprit to come out and handed over to General Zhang Xiu!"

"Yes!" Liao Hua nodded and took out a package from the backpack. The package was round. Liao Hua took him out directly and removed the cloth on it, revealing the things inside.
Chapter completed!