Chapter 47: Buying people's hearts

At this time, in the city of Xuzhou, Mizhu Mansion was full of friends.

Mi Zhu is a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, with nearly 10,000 servants and diners, and his mansion covers an area of dozens of acres.

In the spacious main hall, dozens of people sat on their knees, each with good wine and food in front of the table, and a young maid next to them.

On the seat was Liu Bei, who came to help Xuzhou defend the city, and Mi Zhu and Chen Qi, the leader of the Xuzhou scholars, were on his left and right.

"Xuande Gong is a good plan," Chen Qi raised his glass and exclaimed: "A letter will be used to retire Cao Bing, I'm afraid that the ovary used to plan back then." ”

Mi Zhu also raised his glass to Liu Bei and echoed: "That's true, this Cao Cao is the hero of the world, and the Qingzhou soldiers under his command are strong, if it is not for the Duke of Xuande, I am afraid that my Xuzhou will be in danger, and the two of us will pay tribute to the Duke of Xuande on behalf of the gentry of the city." ”

As he spoke, he drank it all.

He and Chen Qi, one is the head of the wealthy family, and the other is the head of the scholar family, since they opened their mouths, the gentry in the room raised their wine glasses, and praised Liu Bei for his wisdom and benevolence.

A few days ago, they were still panicked because Cao Cao raised troops to attack, everyone knew that Cao Cao was specifically to suppress the wealthy clan, if Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou, there would be no good fruit for them to eat.

However, Cao Cao's troops were strong and strong, and the famous generals were like clouds, but Xuzhou couldn't even find a decent general, and he would definitely not be able to resist the offensive of Cao's army.

At this time, Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xiaopei, came to help Xuzhou with the second general Guan Zhang.

In this way, Xuzhou has world-class generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, which makes people feel very stable.

And when the news came, Liu Bei said in a letter that he had reversed Zhang Miao's Chen Palace, causing Cao Cao's backyard to catch fire.

Cao Cao is so busy taking care of himself, how can he have the spare strength to attack Xuzhou again?

So Liu Bei became the savior of Xuzhou City, to be exact, the savior of the wealthy family of Xuzhou scholars, and today the gentry of the city gathered in Mizhu Mansion to thank Liu Bei for his kindness.

Liu Bei originally wanted to buy the heart of the gentry in Xuzhou, drank a full cup, and said in an awe-inspiring manner: "If there is chaos today, and the people of Li are hanging upside down, my generation should think of recuperating with the people, in order to report to the court and go down to Li Shu."

But that Cao Cao was a selfish teacher for his own selfish interests, and everyone with insight in the world was indignant.

Liu Bei just used the light of fireflies to do his best. ”

"Who in the world doesn't know the name of Xuande Gong's benevolence and righteousness, Xuande Gong is too humble," Chen Qi stroked his beard and muttered: "It's just ...... That Cao Cao is a hero in the world, with many soldiers and generals, this time there was a fire in the backyard, although he could retreat, but how could the soldiers raised by the Yanzhou gentry for Zhang Miao be the opponent of Cao's army?

Zhang Miao and Lu Bu's foothold is not stable, and it is not difficult to re-pacify Yanzhou with the strength of Cao's army, but won't Cao Cao make a comeback after that? ”

The gentry nodded their heads and discussed below, deeply impressed by what Chen Qi said.

Liu Bei smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much, I have reported to Tao Envoy Jun, so that my subordinates Guan Zhang and the two generals each led 10,000 horses to go out, although the two generals can't win, but they can drag the Cao army, so that they can't come back to help, then Zhang Miao and Lu Bu will be able to quickly capture Yanzhou and pacify the counties, then Cao Cao has already lost the hearts of the people in Yanzhou, and this matter should not be difficult."

At that time, I Xu Yan Erzhou flanked Cao's army before and after, then Cao Cao had no reinforcements outside, no grain and grass inside, and destruction was just around the corner, and Xuzhou would never have to worry about the future. ”

When the gentry heard this, they suddenly felt that their eyes suddenly opened up.

Cao Cao has always been eyeing Xuzhou, which is the first major disaster in Xuzhou, if he directly defeats Cao's army and kills Cao Cao, then it will be once and for all, and they can also enjoy the privileges that civilians cannot get forever.

Everyone was convinced and praised Liu Bei's good strategy.

At this time, Mi Zhu stood up and rushed to everyone: "After this battle, all the monarchs can see it, in this troubled era, if you want to protect the state and county, you need brave generals."

These two Guan Zhang are the world's first-class brave generals, otherwise these two people can't protect Xuzhou. ”

He sat down, and the hall fell silent again, and everyone began to ponder.

Mi Zhu's words are quite explicit, Guan Zhang Er will be Liu Bei's subordinates, otherwise these two people can't protect Xuzhou, aren't they talking about Liu Bei?

The key is that at this time, the news that Tao Qian is critically ill has been reported, and Mi Zhu said such a thing, and his heart has been revealed.

Liu Bei lowered his head casually, but out of the corner of his eye, he secretly looked at everyone's reactions......

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Liu Ping led the army to march all night, and finally arrived at a mountain col forty miles outside Yanzhou at three o'clock in the morning.

Before leaving, he decided to take Lu Bu's family with him.

Otherwise, with Lu Bu's bravery, he was invincible in the world, even if he was fished out alone, Tai Shici would definitely not be able to beat him alone, even if Zhang Liao was added, he would not have a full chance of winning, not to mention that Zhang Liao was unwilling to use all his strength to return the bill in the face of Lu Buken.

Bringing Lu Bu's family members as hostages would add an extra layer of insurance.

At this time, the defense of Yanzhou City had entered a white heat, and there were only more than 4,000 dead and wounded of Cao Ang's military horses.

Although Lu Bu also lost more than 6,000 people, he had a large number of soldiers after all, and he only took Yanzhou today.

At this time, Lu Bu sat on his horse with a spear in hand and personally supervised the battle, and saw that dozens of people had climbed the city wall and stood firm.

Then hundreds of people poured up the ladder behind them......

The corners of Lu Bu's mouth curled slightly, and he was determined that as long as the breakthrough was opened, the rest would be easy to do, looking at this situation, he could go to Cao Cao's inner house for dinner at noon.

As for Cao Cao's daughter and concubine, she naturally had to accept it in full and give it to these meritorious soldiers under him to boost their morale.

The enemy woman, what else is there to say.

At this time, Cao Ang was commanding on the city wall, and seeing more and more rebels pouring up at the head of the city, he couldn't help but feel anxious, as long as this opening was opened, the entire city would be broken.

He personally drew his sword and led Le Jin and dozens of other soldiers to rush forward and slash and kill, in order to plug this gap.

However, he and Le Jin are both horse generals, and this time they go underground, but they may not be much more flexible than the rebels composed of the rangers.

Seeing that more and more rebels were pouring in, he had long forgotten his mother's instructions to let him rush out, but had the intention of living and dying with the city.

He knew that his mother had piled up firewood in the hall, and when the news of the destruction of the city had passed, a fire would be lit, and his parents and sisters would be wiped out in the fire, which further inspired him to die.

Even his family can't be saved, and it's not interesting for him to live.

So he didn't want to kill at the head of the city, he did his best, the effect was not bad, although there were a few wounds on his body, but the rebels did not dare to get close.

Lu Bu, who was under the city, looked at the brave young man on the city wall, wearing the general's clothes, pointed with the spear in his hand, and said to a military leader beside him: "That little boy must be Cao Ang, pass the order, if anyone can capture and kill this person, after entering the city, I will reward Cao Cao's daughter to him." ”

"My lord, killing his brother and insulting his sister is very poisonous," the leader laughed, "but I like it." ”

At this moment, a small soldier who suddenly gave orders ran over and knelt down in front of Lu Buma: "My lord, someone sent this." ”

The soldier lifted an embroidered shoe above his head......

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