"It's so cold today! It's sunny and cold!"

Here at Bishui Pass, Liu Cheng turned his head and looked at the row of rats that had been caught, pinched open their mouths, pulled out their tongues, and stuck them on a broken iron knife, their bodies suspended in the air, and they were struggling wildly.

Sigh out loud.

For a moment, I actually felt some sympathy for these unfortunate rats.

Because he knew that the feeling of having his tongue stuck with iron was not pleasant at all.

The reason why he knew so clearly was because one winter in later generations, he went to the Northeast for work, and then a friend told him that the Northeast was special and the iron here was sweet.

Of course Liu Cheng didn't believe it. After being bullied and booed by people saying, "If you don't believe me, try it." Liu Cheng, who was still relatively new to the world, actually tasted the iron in the Northeast in winter.

In winter, the iron in the Northeast is really sweet, not only sweet, but also sticky on the tongue!

If his friend hadn't been prepared, he poured the warm water in the thermos cup down the iron rod and rescued himself from the close contact with the iron rod. Liu Cheng felt that he really did that that time.

Too bad...

"Yes, it's really cold today. It wasn't this cold years ago. It's almost the end of the first year, but it's getting colder!"

Li Jinjin, who was standing next to him, answered the question.

"The key is that it's so cold, it's okay to have some snow. The most outrageous thing about this day is that the sun is shining in the sky, there aren't even any clouds, and it's still so cold..."

Liao Hua also spoke.

Li Jin and Liao Hua, the two generals who were the first to be subdued by Liu Cheng, were all in Sishui Pass at this time, and they no longer went out to ambush as before.

The move of breaking out of seclusion and ambush, attacking from both sides, can only be used once.

If used again, the risk is too great.

In all likelihood, those who go out to ambush will be eaten by the enemy.

After all, there are many smart people across the street.

He had suffered such a big loss at his own hands not long ago, so it was impossible not to guard against this move of his own.

Liu Chengcai was reluctant to take such a big risk and took his headquarters outside to do such a risky thing.

"It's so cold that the Yellow River will be covered with ice. If people can walk on the ice, the natural chasm that hinders Yuan Shao and others will become a smooth road."

"In this way, the number of points at which he can choose to attack will become very large, and he will no longer be suppressed, but will be limited to only a few points."

"People like Yuan Shao have been blocked here by us for the past few days. They have been defeated one after another. They can't make any progress. I'm afraid they have already gone crazy!"

"Now that he has such a great opportunity, he will definitely not miss it and will definitely take action..."

Liu Cheng withdrew his gaze from the row of rats hanging there with their tongues stained and enduring torture, and cast his gaze into the distance.

After watching for a while, he spoke slowly like this.

Li Jin and Liao Hua heard this and nodded in agreement.

"In a moment, I will send people to strengthen the defense behind the pass and increase the intensity of patrols to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack."

"Although the terrain here at Sishui Pass is extremely steep. Even if the Yellow River freezes, it will be extremely difficult for someone to go around and conduct a sneak attack. However, we still need to be prepared."

Liu Cheng said aloud.

Li Jin and Liao Hua nodded.

Then Liao Hua asked: "Lord, do you want to send someone to remind Hulao Pass behind and Luoyang further behind to let them take precautions?"

Liu Cheng thought for a while and shook his head: "No need to do this, these are people who are used to using soldiers. They will know such things without reminding them.

If we talk too much, sometimes it will make others unhappy and offend them in vain.”

Hearing this, Liao Hua nodded and said nothing more on this matter.

Liu Cheng immediately found Li Su and told him that the Yellow River was frozen and he was worried that someone would go around behind and attack Sishui Pass.

Then Li Su was sent to organize his troops and horses, and to set up defenses in the back to prevent thieves from coming.

Li Su naturally agreed to Liu Cheng's order.

After receiving the order, he immediately began to arrange manpower, and according to Liu Cheng's instructions, he went to the back to set up defenses...

…

"Lord, look!"

The next morning, Liao Hua pointed to the place east of Sishui Pass and said aloud.

Upon hearing this, Liu Cheng followed Liao Hua's instructions and looked there, only to see some smoke in the distance.

Liu Cheng stared there for a while and was basically sure that there was a flame burning there.

Moreover, the burning location is almost the same place where Liao Hua and Li Jin hid their figures with their soldiers and horses last time.

Liao Hua beside him secretly let out a sigh of relief and looked at Liu Cheng with eyes full of admiration and happiness.

After the last sneak attack, which was a huge victory and tasted great benefits, Liao Hua immediately requested orders again and wanted to lead his troops out to ambush again.

However, Liu Cheng, as the commander-in-chief, did not agree.

At this time, looking at the rising smoke, Liao Hua felt particularly lucky.

If the lord hadn't expected it in advance, he and the others would still be ambushing outside, and they would really be blind at this moment!

"It seems that enemy soldiers will be here soon."

Liu Cheng stood at Sishui Pass and looked at it for a while, then said aloud...

After a while, some soldiers appeared in the distance.

As these soldiers walked, they held fire starters and lit dry grass and other things.

It was obviously because of Liu Cheng's previous move of ambush and flanking attack, which gave him a long memory.

These soldiers were not walking fast, and the soldiers and horses slowly appearing behind them were even slower.

Because sometimes they need to wait until the flames burn some specific areas before they can move forward again.

It was not until the afternoon that these soldiers and horses arrived relatively close to Sishui Pass.

Liu Cheng, Hua Xiong and others often led troops, and Liu Cheng was good at arithmetic, so with a cursory glance, he could basically give an idea of ​​the number of soldiers and horses coming...

Three thousand soldiers and horses are not a small number.

But compared with the number of soldiers and horses led by Sun Jian, Pan Feng, Fang Yue and others before, it was still a little small.

However, these three thousand soldiers and horses made Liu Cheng and Liu Kede, who had always seemed very indifferent, widen their eyes.

Because he has very good eyesight, he saw from a distance that among the group of people who had just arrived, there was someone wearing a cuckold!

These days, there are not a few people wearing green hats.

But there are not many people who wear a green hat, a big red face, a chest-length beard, and a big knife in their hand!

Especially after seeing the flag of "Pingyuan County Magistrate Liu Bei Liu Xuande", Liu Cheng became even more uneasy.

Even when he first came here, he killed Cao Mengde with a butcher's knife.

But at this time, when he saw this guy who was also Queen Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Chengxin still felt a little guilty unconsciously.

However, when he remembered that he was now in the Han Dynasty and the upright Uncle Liu was recognized by the emperor in front of many courtiers, Liu Cheng's back straightened immediately...

…

"Brother, what should we do now?"

"How about I lead some soldiers and horses to scold the formation now and scold that scum out?!"

"Everyone has a background of killing pigs, but I want to see if this guy has an extra head than me!"

In front of the Bishui Pass, Zhang Fei, who had fair skin and a full beard, looked at the Bishui Gate and the flag indicating Liu Cheng's identity flying in the wind. He had been holding back his anger for a long time and couldn't help it.

He opened his mouth and asked Liu Bei for a fight.

Preparing to provoke the general, Liu Cheng insulted him.

From the performance of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei during this period, we can see the difference in their personalities.

When many princes gathered together at Yuan Shao's place before, Zhang Fei, a usually impulsive person, basically never acted impulsively.

On the contrary, it was Guan Yu, a man who usually cared about soldiers and ordinary people, who generously asked for a fight.

At this time, when he came to the Sishui Pass and faced Liu Cheng, who was also a pig butcher, Zhang Fei changed his previous attitude towards Yuan Shao and other scholars and started shouting.

I can't wait to make the spear in his hand see blood.

On the contrary, Guan Yu, who had generously asked for a fight before, seemed relatively calm.

Guan Yu was arrogant but pitiful towards his subordinates, while Zhang Fei was just the opposite.

He respected those scholars who came from aristocratic families, but he was a little arrogant and looked down upon those who were not well-born.

Sometimes when you are in a bad mood or drunk, it is normal to whip your soldiers to vent your anger.

After Liu Bei looked around, he said: "Let the soldiers and horses set up camp first."

"We are luring the enemy this time, so we need to make the luring more real."
To be continued...