When they talked about crossing the Yellow River ferry and walking a few miles to cross the city pass, Zhang Fei glanced at Liu Bei secretly. Zhang Fei became brave and said, "I'm afraid that if the imperial court doesn't let me lead troops there,

, Therefore, I divided a thousand people, first took the grain and grass, disguised as a grain caravan and secretly crossed the border..."

Li Mengxi found it interesting. This might be called "hiding the truth from the sky".

At that time, the imperial court summoned Liu Bei to lead troops to fight against thieves. At that time, everyone was worried that the imperial court wanted to eradicate Liu Bei in the name of fighting against thieves. Under this assumption, Zhang Fei naturally acted cautiously.

Ask Zhang Fei if the leading team managed to sneak through the city successfully.

Zhang Fei said, "What's wrong? We just passed by."

Li Mengxi was curious, "Didn't the officers and soldiers guarding the pass take food and ask for cards?"

Zhang Fei raised his head and glanced at Li Mengxi strangely, "Why is it missing? How can you pass the test if you don't do one or two things up and down?"

[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]

We passed the Luoyang Beiguan pass directly without any setbacks. There is nothing to say about passing the pass, but there is something to talk about about the pass itself.

Li Mengxi asked Zhang Fei, "Third General, Luoyang Beiguan, how high is the city wall? How long? What are the gates and moats like? How many soldiers are guarding the pass? Do you have any details?"

This immediately stopped Zhang Fei from asking.

Zhang Fei frowned, scratched his head, and muttered, "I'm leaving in a hurry, so I won't have time to investigate more in the future."

Li Mengxi reluctantly stopped the pen in his hand, "Okay." He said helplessly.

Then, Li Mengxi criticized, "Didn't we already agree? Every time we pass through a place, we must take the opportunity to collect information about it. After all, the battle situation is unpredictable. No one knows whether a war will break out here in the next few days."

It's too late to collect information when something big happens.

For example, when we were chasing the Yellow Turbans that day, our army passed through Julu City but failed to enter. But who would have expected that within a few days, our army would actually attack Julu City..."

Li Mengxi criticized endlessly.

"If something big happens in Luoyang, General Guan and I will lead our troops northward. If we know the details of Luoyang North Pass, it will not be difficult to attack them in one go. If we don't know, how many soldiers will be killed in vain?"

Zhang Fei couldn't help but said, "It's done, I'll remember it next time!"

At Luoyang Beiguan, Zhang Fei did not get back the most important city defense information. What is left to discuss is the fact that Zhang Fei sent people to steal the city.

A thousand soldiers said that they had touched and touched, and the imperial pass was like a sieve, with wind leaking from all sides.

Li Mengxi asked if the thousand soldiers who were the first to cross the border were carrying weapons.

"Yes." Zhang Fei replied.

"Can you pass the test with a weapon?" Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Fei doubtfully.

Zhang Fei frowned and retorted, "The war is in chaos, wouldn't it be weird not to have a weapon?"

"That's right." Li Mengxi nodded and said to himself, "In this case, the weapons can be easily brought through..."

"How can it be so easy?" Zhang Fei couldn't help but reply, "Are I, old Zhang, stupid? Everyone carries weapons, are you afraid that others won't notice?

How can everyone carry a weapon? If you don’t see a food-trading team, half of them will be equipped with weapons. Moreover, weapons such as armored and powerful crossbows are not allowed."

Li Mengxi is stupid. To be precise, this guy has very little life experience. If he was Li Mengxi who led the troops that day, he would definitely have made the soldiers pretending to be a grain seller not to have any weapons just to be on the safe side. The result was very inconsistent.

and will make people suspicious.

Or, with Li's prudence and care, he will first send some people to try to pass without weapons, and then send a small group of people to try to pass again. He can even prepare for various situations that may occur.

Being prepared for the situation, he can even give the soldiers instructions on how to respond if they are stopped.

Then, if it is found that the grain sales team can pass the customs with weapons, then well, the judgment is wrong. Li, who made the mistake of judgment, mistakenly thought that it does not matter if they pass the customs with weapons. Later, he will let the soldiers carry spears and halberds.

Carrying a crossbow or even wearing armor.

Well, as soon as the "food selling team" with sharp soldiers and extremely suspicious soldiers arrived in front of the pass, they attracted the attention of the guard. If the guard felt suspicious, they would be arrested and interrogated. If any soldiers were brave enough,

Xiao couldn't help but reveal his identity.

Well, the guard was immediately alarmed to know that someone wanted to sneak through the border. If the guard happened to be bold and wanted to make a great contribution, he secretly made preparations, secretly mobilized his troops and made arrangements, and waited for Li Mengxi and Liu Bei to take the lead.

When the troops pass the pass and are not engaged inside and outside, the ambush suddenly breaks out. Li will immediately die in the rain of arrows, and Liu Bei will also die in the rain of arrows.

Such a horrific thing is entirely possible.

Fortunately, it was Zhang Fei who was very careful and meticulous at the critical moment, so he was able to send thousands of troops across the border in batches without any danger.

Thanks to Zhang Fei's accurate judgment, one-third of the soldiers who passed the pass had weapons, and at least one-third had combat effectiveness. If the imperial court really wanted to deceive Liu Bei into passing the pass and then kill him, what if the imperial court really didn't?

Let Liu Bei lead the troops to cross the border and let Liu Bei cross the border alone. When Liu Bei followed the order and passed the border, 300 of the 1,000 soldiers who sneaked in first had weapons.

There are three hundred warriors who can fight beside you, and there are one thousand unarmed soldiers beside you, but they are two different things. With three hundred warriors who can fight, you have the power to save your life. Three hundred warriors can attack the city and fight back.

It's not impossible.

The Master said, "When three people are walking together, I must be my teacher."

Seeing that the imperial city's defenses were loose and thousands of weapons could infiltrate, but the imperial court was unaware of it, Li Mengxi thought, if he was guarding the city and someone wanted to infiltrate, how would he defend himself?

Zhang Fei immediately came up with an awesome idea, "Hey, it's easy!" Zhang Fei rubbed his palms and smiled with a rare wretchedness, "We can charge customs clearance fees, a lot of them, and we'll just charge each person we pass.

He has a thousand dollars, but if he wants to serve a thousand people, he has to give us a million dollars! I don’t think he can afford it.”

Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Fei in shock, "No (no.)" Li Mengxi and Liu Bei retorted in unison.

Liu Bei warned Zhang Fei, "Don't lose a big deal because of small things. People have to pass through the city gates, passers-by have to pass through, and business travelers have to pass through. Just to prevent him from stealing through, we have to cut off the people, and the business travelers have to pass through?"

What Liu Bei said is exactly what Li Mengxi said.

During the war, it was okay to close the city gates and clear the country. Just to prevent possible infiltration, the tariffs were raised to prohibitive prices. This caused greater economic losses than defeating the war.

Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Fei speechlessly, "Good guy, one thousand yuan was given to one person, why didn't I find it before? Is Zhang Fei so ruthless in collecting money? Could it be said that this is Zhang Fei, a landlord who came from a wealthy background?"

Is this a guy’s inherent nature? Zhang Bapi...

Zhang Fei's proposed method of raising tariffs to make the enemy retreat is very simple and crude. It can really directly solve the root cause of the enemy's infiltration problem. However, this method is not feasible.

When it comes to infiltration, Li Mengxi has watched many spy movies. In terms of infiltration, he may have more knowledge than Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Jian Yong put together.

"Maybe you can check the passers-by to identify abnormalities."

"The method of interrogation... Well, interrogating each one is time-consuming and labor-intensive, which is inappropriate." Li Mengxi raised his head and scanned everyone's faces, and asked, "Who do you think we should focus on interrogating?"

Liu Bei said, "Young and strong people should be interrogated."

Guan Yu then replied, "Ling Ran is killing Qing Zhuang, so be careful to guard against him."

Li Mengxi asked in confusion, "What is this, [Ling Ran solemn killing]?"

Guan Yu thought for a moment and began to answer Li Mengxi seriously. Guan Yu raised his hand and pointed two fingers at his eyes, "Xi'er, a fierce soldier in the army, has murderous intent in his eyes. This is different from ordinary people."

Murderous intent is such a fantasy thing. Li Mengxi thought to himself that he was not that good and could not tell who had murderous intent and who did not. He curiously asked Guan Yu, "General Guan, can you tell who has murderous intent and who is a strong soldier in the army?"

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Guan Yu nodded, "It should be possible."

Li Mengxi thought Guan Yu was awesome. He asked Zhang Fei if he could see murderous intent. Zhang Fei also said that he should be able to.

Li Mengxi's eyes widened. He looked at Liu Bei with great curiosity, ready to ask.

"Don't look at me," Liu Bei spread his hands and smiled, "I don't have this ability."

Looking at Jian Yong again, Jian Yong also smiled and shook his head.

It seems that there are indeed people who can tell someone's murderous intent just by looking at them, but there are not many such people.

Since there are indeed people who can judge whether the people passing by are soldiers by their murderous aura, then it is possible to put one or two such talents at the pass and use their "naked radar" to pick out those people among the crowd.

Suspicious target.

The first way to investigate suspicious questions is now available.

Later, Zhang Fei said, you can look at the hands. Those who are used to using bows have different calluses on their hands than those who are used to using hoes.

Oh, this method is familiar. It is said that if you hold the trigger for a long time, you will develop special calluses on your fingers and shoulders. The method is the same.

Li Mengxi was very curious about what the calluses on the hands of people who were accustomed to bows and arrows would look like, and he wanted to take a look.

The result was that among the crowd, only Zhang Fei could be considered a man who had used a bow for many years. This was a matter of birth. Zhang Fei was a landowner and a wealthy man. He would go out hunting with his bow when he had nothing to do, while Liu Bei

When Liu Bei was a boy, his family was still well off, and he and Gongsun Zan also lived a life of flying horses and hunting. However, Liu Bei's family fortune soon declined. Since he started selling shoes and weaving mats to make a living, he probably has never touched a bow and arrow again.

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Guan Yu had been in exile for a long time. He was so poor that he sold beans for a living. He was so poor that he could not go hunting every day.

Jian Yong's family background was better than that of Liu Bei, who was backward in the middle, and his situation was better than Guan Yu's. However, Jian Yong often traveled around to study and socialize, so he did not spend too much time on archery.

It is not difficult to understand why Liu Bei is not good at archery, Guan Yu is extremely brave but not good at archery, and Zhang Fei is the most powerful among the three.

Zhang Fei has calluses on both hands, and the calluses are distributed on the belly of the finger that holds the string, as well as the tiger's mouth.

Zhang Fei stretched out his hand and let Li Mengxi hold his hand and look at it like a curious baby.

With this look, not only did he understand where the calluses were on the archer's hands, but he also understood that the calluses on Zhang Fei's left and right hands were of different weight.

Li Mengxi had a guess. Maybe, if you are used to shooting a bow with your left hand, and if you are used to shooting a bow with your right hand, the operation will be different, and the places that will be polished will be different.

Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Fei's hands. He suddenly discovered that Zhang Fei's hands were very big and the knuckles were very thick. He couldn't help but put his hand up to compare with Zhang Fei. In comparison, his small hands were not as big as Zhang Fei's palm.
To be continued...