I saw that in the main hall of the state governor's mansion, the original plaque was gone. Now there is a brand-new plaque with three big characters of "Cloud Dragon Palace" written on it.

Dragon, temple also.

From the three words of Yunlong Palace, Chen Deng saw Li Chen's ambition, and he felt more and more that he had made the right bet.

What are the ministers afraid of, the most feared is that the lord has no ambition and keeps to himself.

You don't see it, Liu Bei has been displaced for most of his life. Tao Qian let Xuzhou, but he didn't hold it. Liu Biao let Jingzhou, but he still hasn't defended it.

In the first half of Liu Bei's life, he was defeated and defeated repeatedly, but even so, there were still a large number of people who followed Liu Bei around.

Why are these people willing to follow Liu Bei, isn't it because Liu Bei dares to toss? What they are doing is the one who works from the dragon.

And Tao Qian has Xuzhou, Liu Biao has Jingzhou, both of which are big cities and rich places. But why did they fall into a situation where the trees fell and scattered, it was because Tao Qian, these people under Liu Biao, could see their future at a glance. In this life, I have to nest in small Xuzhou, small Jingzhou.

It was completely dawn, and it was already good that no one came in. Come to think of it, it should have arrived.

In the Cloud Dragon Palace, everyone looked at each other. Chen Deng's appearance surprised everyone, but at the same time, it was equivalent to giving them a reassurance.

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. The Chen family is the largest clan in Xuzhou, and Chen Deng dares to take refuge in Li Chen, so why should they be afraid of these poor and white officials.

At this moment, Li Chenlong walked in from the outside, looking at the momentum, it was extremely impressive.

"Chen Deng, meet the lord."

"Meet my lord."

As soon as Li Chen entered the Yunlong Hall with his front foot, he saw the former Xuzhou officials headed by Chen Deng bowing their heads.

Li Chen nodded and looked at everyone with some approval. Cao Cao's 300,000 troops are on the way here, and those who dare to set foot on his boat at this time don't say whether they have the ability or not, but this courage is first-class.

"It's very gratifying to see you here today, and you can put your heart back in your stomach for the time being. I, Li Chen, let out my words here, today he Cao Cao dares to covet Xuzhou, and tomorrow I will beat his subordinates. ”

As soon as Li Chen's words came out, Chen Deng and the others immediately became excited, and their chests rose and fell violently.

What kind of place is Sili, this is the most densely populated and wealthiest territory on Cao Cao's territory. Even Yuan Shao, who and Cao Cao quickly beat out their brains, may not dare to say what covets Si Li.

is so heroic, how can people not be excited.

Li Chen didn't watch the video of Jack Ma's speech in his previous life, and the technique of drawing a big pie is very well-known. This big cake was drawn, and Chen Deng and the others were fed full in an instant.

"Yuanlong, how is the situation in Xuzhou now?" Li Chen paused, and waited until Chen Deng and the others had digested the big cake in their stomachs, and then they slowly arrived.

Before Tao Qian ran away, Chen Deng was the captain of the agricultural school in Xuzhou. This agricultural school captain is different from Mizhu's Xuzhou, the agricultural school captain is a position of real power, responsible for the entire Xuzhou Tuntian work, it can be said that it is second only to Xuzhou Mu a group of positions.

After thinking for a while, Chen Deng slowly recounted the current situation in Xuzhou: "Tao Qian made up his mind early on to pay attention to abandoning Xuzhou, and when he left, he had already transported all the treasury silver in the city to his hometown in Qu County, and even the grain in the city was sold to me at a low price Chen, Mi and Zhen. ”

Chen Deng is one of the few people who knows the inside story, such as these little officials in the Yunlong Palace, but they don't know that Tao Qian has hollowed out Xuzhou.

This is really tight on the front line, and tight on the rear. They were still thinking about the time when they swore to defend Xuzhou, and Tao Qian, as the lord of Xuzhou, had already made up his mind to abandon Xuzhou.

This scene made Li Chen think of a sentence, we are still fighting to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first. This may be the greatest sorrow for officials and generals.

Li Chen nodded, this situation was his expectation. People like Tao Qian, although they are ready to let Xuzhou give Liu Bei, they will definitely not let Liu Bei be so comfortable. I cut off Xuzhou and took over Xuzhou, which should have been Liu Bei, so I naturally have to face such a dilemma.

Xuzhou is an empty city, although it is bad news, but there is also good news, at least Tao Qian sold the grain in Xuzhou. If he sells farther, Li Chen will really be a clever woman who has no rice.

"Yuanlong, I won't tell you. I borrowed Cao Song's family property, and I have no shortage of money. What if I get back the grain that Tao Qian sold to Chen's at the market price? Li Chen looked at Chen Deng and asked.

As soon as Li Chen's words came out, Chen Deng immediately said: "If the lord is this, these grains are the official grains of Xuzhou, and I will send someone to return the grain to the warehouse tomorrow." Tao Qian was in a hurry to sell grain that day, and the price was much lower than the market price. If I don't sell it, this grain will inevitably flow out of Xuzhou. At that time, if Xuzhou is besieged by Cao's army, then the people of Xuzhou will starve. ”

"This ......"

"How can you make Yuanlong break the fee?" Li Chen said with some embarrassment.

Chen Deng's face was as usual, and he said slowly: "Since I, the Chen family, have already boarded the lord's ship, then I will be both prosperous and lose with the lord. Naturally, I should make a contribution to Xuzhou, otherwise the city of Xuzhou will be broken, how can the Cao family let me go of the Chen family. ”

Chen Deng's words were reasonable, and Li Chen was not pretentious.

"Zang Ba, how many soldiers are still in the battalion?" Li Chen asked Zang Ba on the side.

Zang Ba held the long knife on his waist and responded: "There are still more than 12,000 soldiers in the Xuzhou camp, and none of the generals have left. ”

With Chen Deng's defection, the loss of soldiers in the Xuzhou battalion is not serious. The Mi family and the Zhen family are both foreign families, and the Chen family is a local hero, and because of this, the combat power of the Xuzhou battalion is still intact.

"Recruitment will start tomorrow, don't be stingy in terms of military salaries, we are three percent higher than Cao Jun."

Li Chen first robbed Cao Song's life savings, and yesterday he gave 3,000 gold from Zhen Yao. In terms of money, it is enough to raise an army of 50,000 people for three to five years.

There is no need to worry about money, it is enough for the time being.

At present, the troops under Li Chen's command mainly include Li Siye's 800 Mo sword soldiers, Guan Sheng's 500 infantry armor, as well as 5,000 original bandits from Yunlong Mountain and 12,000 Xuzhou battalion soldiers.

Needless to say, Mo Dao Soldiers and Foot Armor are all elite soldiers among elite soldiers in this era. The bandits of the Five Thousand Yunlong Mountain were originally all Qingzhou Army under Cao Cao, and their combat effectiveness was not weak.

As for Li Chen, a soldier of the Xuzhou battalion, although he is not clear about his combat effectiveness, he thinks that with a general like Zang Ba who is good at training, his combat effectiveness should not be bad.