When Liu Bei and Guan Yu returned to Huang County, they received a letter from Zhou Xing at the same time.

Guan Hai's retreat now is exactly what the military advisor planned.

While Liu Bei sent people to explore Guan Hai's whereabouts, he also sent people to deliver a message to Zhou Xing, saying that Guan Yu would lead his troops to pursue Guan Hai and form a pincer attack with him.

After detecting that Guan Hai and his troops had fled to Yin County, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu and Liu Zheng to lead two thousand troops to pursue Guan Hai. He also told them not to pursue Guan Hai too hastily and to keep a certain distance from Guan Hai until they caught up with him in Lu Township.

After that, they rushed up and attacked with the soldiers and horses led by Zhou Xing.

Guan Yu and Liu Zheng accepted the order and led two thousand troops to leave Huang County, chasing Guan Hai.

Zhou Xing and Zhang Fei led their troops from Changguang County to Luxiang County. They had to pass through Ting County, Jimo and Jiaodong counties in Beihai State before they could reach Luxiang County in Donglai County.

When he was about to arrive in Jimo County, Zhou Xing received a letter asking for help from Liu Bei.

However, knowing that Liu Bei had built a fort and set up camp, Zhou Xing was not worried. With Guan Hai's men and horses, it would be difficult to break through the fort. Moreover, Guan Yu would lead troops to rescue him, so his lord would be fine.

Moreover, I am so far away that it will take me many days to get there, and water from afar cannot quench my thirst nearby.

He sent a few more people back, deliberately telling Guan Hai that he was leading troops to attack his home village.

As long as Guan Hai learns that his village has been attacked, he will definitely lead his troops to rescue him, and then Liu Bei's siege can be solved.

Although there were only two to three thousand old and weak people left behind in Guan Hai's camp, their camp was built in the mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Zhou Xing was thinking of clever strategies along the way.

When he was about to reach Jimo County, Zhou Xing finally came up with a plan and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, Guanhai's Wutun is built in the mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If it is attacked by force, I am afraid it will not be easy. We can outwit it."<

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Zhang Fei smiled and said: "If I am to lead the troops by force, if I am to outwit you to come up with a plan, the military advisor can tell me how to outwit you?"

"We are coming from Changguang. Why don't I lead five hundred people and pretend to be Guan Cheng's people, saying that Guan Cheng was defeated by us, so he came to Guan Hai. You lead the troops and horses to follow. Now that Guan Hai is not here, you just need to stay behind."

The people in Wutun believe that I am the person responsible for Guancheng. If they take us into the village, the village will be destroyed."

"Of course that's good, but what if they don't trust or are unwilling to accept Guan Cheng?" Zhang Fei asked.

Zhou Xing has already thought of a countermeasure: "We can send people to report first and tell them that Guan Cheng was defeated by us. As long as they believe this, they will definitely believe that I am Guan Cheng's man. Moreover, if they know that we are coming

When attacking the camp, we will definitely accept the people from Guan Cheng and defend the camp with them."

"If the military advisor thinks it is good, then it is good. I will listen to the military advisor."

Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei's instructions and listened to Zhou's military advisor in everything.

Zhou Xing picked out a few trustworthy soldiers and ordered them to rush to the mountains of Luxiang to report the news to Guan Hai's people.

Another 500 people were selected, pretending to be Guan Cheng's people, led by Zhou Xing in front, and Zhang Fei led more than 2,000 people to follow behind, heading straight towards Lu Township.

A few days later, Zhou Xing led 500 people to Lu Township, entered the mountains, and arrived outside the Wutun Gate of Guanhai.

More than two thousand people under Zhang Fei's command stayed three miles away and waited.

The gate of Wutun is like the gate of a pass, with towering cliffs on both sides. The barrier of Wutun is also several feet high, and the space outside the gate is small, which is not conducive to large army operations. It is really difficult to break through their Wutun.

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Zhou Xing sighed in surprise, suppressing thieves is not that easy. As long as there are enough people, horses and food in the village, there is nothing you can do against them.

At this time, Zhou Xing took off his robe, put on other people's clothes, and held a long sword in his hand. Next to him was a Donglai native.

Zhou Xing is from Xiapi, Xuzhou, and his accent is different from Qingzhou. He was afraid that speaking would arouse suspicion among the people in the village, so he let someone else do the speaking.

He said it first, and the Donglai man next to him repeated it.

"We are from Guan Cheng in Changguang County. Liu Bei's black-faced general led his troops to capture our Wubao. His commander-in-chief Guan Cheng has been killed by the black-faced general. We managed to escape, but we really have nowhere to go.

If we can come to join you, please accept us and let us in. The black-faced general’s troops are coming to chase us.”

Zhou Xing discovered that in this era of lagging information, it is easy to deceive people. Whether some news is true or false can only be judged by the wisdom of the parties involved.

I thought that the person pretending to be Guan Cheng wanted to sneak into Wutun, mainly because Guan Hai was not here and there were not many people in the village, so there was no need to be afraid even if his true identity was discovered.

If Guan Hai and his men are here, if he is discovered and he brings his men out to attack, or waits until he enters before closing the door and beating the dogs, the risk will be great.

Moreover, Guan Hai, as a Yellow Turban Qushuai who has been around for many years, has different knowledge from his subordinates, so it will be easier to distinguish between true and false.

The leader Guan Hai left in charge of guarding the camp was named He Guang, who was his brother-in-law.

He Guang had met the people sent by Zhou Xing to report the news two days ago, and heard that Guan Cheng had been captured at Wubao and was beheaded by the black-faced general.

Regarding this matter, He Guang chose to believe in it because Muping's Congqian and Dongmu's Wangying were both captured by Wubao, and both of them were killed.

He believed that Liu Bei's soldiers and horses could break through Guan Cheng's fortress, and the black-faced general who once rode a spear to defeat thousands of people made the people in the village change their minds. It was normal for Guan Cheng to be killed by him.

Now I see people outside the village who are dusty and disheveled. Some of them are still hanging around or supporting each other. They are obviously injured.

He Guang stood on the wall of Wutun, looked at the people outside the village, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "You can go, our Commander-in-Chief ordered before leaving that no outsiders are allowed to enter the village."

Guan Hai indeed once confessed that no outsiders were allowed to enter the village without his permission.

Zhou Xing thought for a moment and said softly: "Guan Shuai doesn't allow outsiders to enter the camp because he is afraid that Liu Bei's people will sneak in and become spies. But we are Guan Cheng's people. We are here to seek refuge. We are not outsiders."

The Donglai man next to him repeated it loudly to He Guang.

"Don't say any more. I won't let you in if Guan Shuai isn't here. Leave quickly."

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Although He Guang believed that they were Guan Cheng's people, he still refused to let them into the village.

"If you reject us now, you are rejecting Donglai County. Don't you want Guan Shuai to get Donglai County?"

"What does this have to do with Donglai County?"

He Guang knew that Guan Hai took people out this time just to drive away Liu Bei and seize Donglai County.

"We have four Qushuai in Donglai. Wang Ying of Dongmu, Congqian of Mouping and Guan Cheng of Changguang are all dead now, leaving only Qushuai Guan Hai. I heard that he has led people to attack Huangxian

, if he kills Liu Bei and captures Huang County, he will win Donglai County."

"If Liu Bei dies, the state soldiers are likely to come to attack. Guan Shuai needs manpower now. If you reject us, not only will we brothers not come to defect again in the future, but other people will also not come to defect again if they know about it."

Commander-in-Chief, if you don’t have enough manpower, what will you do to resist the state soldiers when they attack?"

"Also, we are desperate now, so we came here to ask you to take us in. If you insist on refusing, then we can only surrender to Liu Bei. It is you who turned us into enemies today. In the future, we will follow the black-faced general to attack

Guan Shuai, don’t blame me.”

He Guang listened to these words, thought about it carefully, and felt that what the other party said was right.

If they are not allowed to enter the camp, they will have no choice but to surrender to Liu Bei.

Are we going to force people who should have become our own people into enemies?

Guan Shuai once said that all brothers in Qingzhou should be accepted as brothers as long as they are willing to defect. Only in this way will there be more people and strength, and you will not have to be afraid whether you are dealing with county soldiers or state soldiers.

But Guan Shuai also said that no outsiders would be allowed to enter the village while he was away.

He Guang was still hesitating. At this time, the people outside the village shouted loudly: "Liu Bei's troops are coming. Since you refuse to let us in, we can only surrender to the black-faced general."
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Zhou Xing ordered everyone to turn around and pretend to leave.

"Wait, I'll let you in."

Hearing He Guang's shout, Zhou Xing and others immediately stopped, and soon saw the gate of Wutun slowly opening.

Zhou Xing was overjoyed and led everyone quickly into the gate of Wutun.
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