In the county office, Liu Bang, who was already asleep, listened to the noise outside, and couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly shouted: "What happened outside?" ”

The guard guarding the door hurriedly said, "Pei Gong, it seems that the granary in the city is on fire." ”

"What, the granary is on fire?" When Liu Bang heard this, he couldn't help but be frightened. The fire in the granary is not a trivial matter, this grain is now fate, if the grain is gone, he Liu Bang will be completely finished.

"What's wrong?" At this time, Lu Pheasant on the side slowly transformed and asked in a daze.

"The granary is on fire, I need to go and see." Liu Bang said as he hurriedly dressed himself.

At the same time, Zhou Bo, who had ordered the granary here, was running towards the city gate with his soldiers. Now that the fire is burning badly, fighting the fire must be a top priority. Only at this time will no one notice them, and when everyone reacts, he will really die without a place to bury.

Zhou Bo and his people had just run to the city gate, only to see a team of three or five thousand people gathered in front of the city wall.

You must know that there are usually only three or five hundred people under this city gate, but now it has more than ten times increased. Zhou Bo knew at a glance that with his hundreds of people, he couldn't rush out no matter what, and since he couldn't rush out, he could only find a place to hide first, without excessive hesitation, Zhou Bo led people to turn around and leave.

"Lao Zhou, it's me Lu Xuan."

Zhou Bo saw that the situation was not good, and he was about to turn around and run, but he heard the defenders over there shouting.

Lu Xuan shouted that Zhou Bo was not nervous, if he wanted to arrest himself, if Lu Xuan wanted to arrest himself, he would bring someone to rush up, wouldn't it be too much to shout himself.

"Old Zhou, I'm not here to arrest you."

Lu Xuan saw Zhou Bo stop and hurriedly explained.

"What are you going to do?"

When Zhou Bo heard Lu Xuan's words, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

"You did the granary, right? Lao Zhou, I opened the city gate and let you go, but how about you help me introduce you. ”

Lu Xuan said with a smile at Zhou Bo.

"Really?" Zhou Bo was overjoyed, this was really a desperate situation.

"As the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, those who know the times are handsome. In my opinion, Lao Liu will be finished sooner or later, and now that you burn his food, he can't hold on, and I can't stay with him for the funeral. "Lu Xuan has never been a hard-headed person, and now that Liu Bang is finishing, he naturally has to find a good way out for himself.

"Hurry up and open the city gates, if anyone catches up with us, we won't be able to get out." Zhou Bo urged.

"Open the door."

Lu Xuan waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to open the city gate. Lu Xuan has not been reused by Liu Bang now, but is just a partial general who guards the city. There aren't many people under him, but they are all henchmen.

As soon as the city gate opened, Zhou Bo withdrew with his soldiers towards the camp of the Shenwu Army, and Lu Xuan followed closely with his soldiers.

Lu Xuan followed Zhou Bo into the camp, and he and his men were confiscated and placed in a camp tent alone.

Shenwu Army, the big tent of the Chinese army

"How can this Lu Xuan be placed?" Li Chen asked.

Chen Ping pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, this person has to be used." As soon as the grain and grass in the city are burned, then the people's hearts must be fluctuating. At this time, with Lu Xuan taking the lead in surrendering, it is very likely that we can take Fengxian County without a single soldier. ”

"If someone else surrenders, we still have to wonder if it is blown up, but it is normal for this kid to surrender. This kid is born a soft bone, and he doesn't have the ability to see the wind and rudder in other things, and no one dares to say the first when he says second. Fan said angrily.

It is certainly true that Lu Xuan is a soft bone, after all, he has set a precedent in Chinese history to defect to the Huns, and this kind of person seems to be able to find a way out for himself. Based on what everyone said, Li Chen already had a plan in his heart. Lu Xuan can be used to hit the morale of Liu Bang's rebels, but he can't be reused. Even Li Chen was already secretly planning in his heart to let this kid die on the battlefield after Liu Bang's rebels. If the province took refuge in the Huns one day later, wouldn't it become a humiliation for China.

The fire in Fengxian burned all night, and it was extinguished almost at dawn, although the fire was extinguished, only the grain in the granary remained.

In the county office, Liu Bang's face was full of gloom, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "How is the matter over there in the granary?" ”

Xiao He replied: "The fire has been extinguished, and the rescued food is being counted, I'm afraid it's less than one percent." ”

Now is the dry season, and people usually have to be careful of the candle every day. Not to mention this granary that can be lit with fire oil, water and fire are ruthless, where is it so easy to extinguish this fire.

"Is it Zhou Bo?" A trace of gloom appeared on Liu Bang's face, and he asked in a hoarse voice.

The city gate of Feng County has long been closed, and Zhou Bo is the only one who comes in these days, and the only one who can approach the granary quietly can only be Zhou Bo. Zhou Bo's anti-is something Liu Bang never expected.

"Zhou Bo and Lu Xuan are gone." Xiao He said.

The consequences of the fire in the granary were cascading, with the soldiers' rations being only half of what they used to be, and the food drop-off points set up in the city for the victims had begun to run out of food.

It seems that it is a matter of time before Feng County will live or not, and the fall of Liu Bang Group seems to be a matter of time. Now the people of the entire Liu Bang group seem to be divided into three factions, one faction advocates defecting to Qin, the other faction advocates defecting to Chu, and the other faction advocates abandoning Fengxian County and going to Mangdang Mountain to be bandits.

"Let's be in one place with the soldiers of the king of Chu, and we will work hard in one place. Moreover, the morale of the King of Chu is now strong, and only by defecting to the King of Chu can we have a way out. ”

"The grasshopper on the side of the King of Chu can't grow after the autumn, so it's better to talk to the Qin army if we have soldiers in our hands now."

"A group of cowards know how to talk, in my opinion, we will fight, but if we can't beat us, let's drill into Mangdang Mountain, who the hell can find us."

There were chaotic quarrels in the county office, and no one could convince anyone for a while, and in the end they could only break up unhappily. Liu Bang knew in his heart that the hearts of the people were scattered, and it was difficult to bring the team.

"Xianggong, what's the situation?"

As soon as Liu Bang returned home, Lu Pheasant asked nervously. Now Lu Pheasant is also sincerely following Liu Bang and sincerely thinking about him.

"People's hearts are floating, some people want to vote for Qin, some people want to vote for Chu, and some people want to go to the mountains to be bandits." Liu Bang sat down, sighed and said.

Lu Pheasant hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Liu Bang, and then said: "You fell for Xiao He's plan and were forced to have no choice but to rebel, aren't Fan Hao and Zhou Bo both outside the city?" For example, let them intercede for you. ”

"Hey, everyone in the world is Liu Bang is a thief, and a few people know him Xiao He. I'm afraid that throwing in Qin is also a dead end? Liu Bang sighed and sighed.

Liu Bang is now in a dilemma, he wants to surrender to Qin, but he is guilty of rebellion. wants to vote for Chu, but who knows how long the Chu army can last, but it will be a few days late. When Xiao He designed him that day, if he arrested Xiao He, there would still be room for maneuver at that time. But he pushed the boat down the river that day to do this Pei Gong, regretting that he shouldn't have done it in the first place.

(End of chapter)