Chapter Ninety-Six: Local Forces
"Then let's talk about it first, I still have some things, so I'll go first!" Mi Fang glanced at Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu nodded, then smiled at everyone, turned around and left.
"Don't mind, since I became a driver in Xuzhou, my younger brother Mi Fang has been running the family's business, so sometimes he is so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat, so there are many negligences in hospitality, I hope you will forgive me!" Mi Zhu got up and said to everyone with a smile.
"Zizhong Mo wants to be polite, they are all his own people, hehe......" Zhang Feihan smiled: "You sit down, no matter how much others want us to be anti-guest!" ”
"Yes, yes~" After Mi Zhu sat down, he and Sun Gan arrived: "Gongyou, Lord Liu is here today to ask you, is there any good way to fight Cao Cao, so that we can have a better chance of winning?" ”
"Yes, I'm also a newcomer here, and I don't know much about the situation here, so I want to learn about the situation from you today, Liu Bei is here!"
"Xuande Mo wants to see outside, I don't know how much chance Xuande has of being able to repel Cao Cao?" Mi Zhu asked again, although Chen Deng had already asked in everyone just now, but now in private, Mi Zhu wanted to hear Liu Bei's true thoughts.
Liu Bei looked at Mi Zhu, then at Sun Gan, shook his head helplessly, and said embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from you, the odds of winning are actually not big in Liu Bei's heart, there are many people just now, Liu Bei has no choice but to go against his will, so as not to affect morale!" ”
Sun Qian took a sip of tea, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said: "Indeed, Cao Cao's 50,000 army, and the generals under him are all generals who can fight well. ”
Mi Zhu didn't say anything, and looked at Liu Bei and Sun Qian quietly.
"Militarily, we don't have much chance of winning, so is there any other way?" Liu Bei thought about it and said to himself.
"Actually, there is no way, Liu Yuanjun, just to take a risk!" Sun Qiandao.
"You, as long as you can save the people of Xuzhou, I can do anything!" Liu Bei said.
"Militarily, it is indeed very difficult for us to defeat Cao Cao, but we can come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, since he has come to fight our nest, let's go and smash his lair to see who dies first!"
"Gongyou is so good that Wei Wei saved Zhao?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.
"Haha...... No, we don't even have self-defending soldiers, so where did the soldiers come from to 'encircle Wei', I mean the people who plotted against Cao Cao's lair and let them kill each other! ”
"It's a very 'strange' strategy, but can it work?"
"Not absolutely, but there is hope!" Sun Qian looked at Zhang Fei with a smile, then at Liu Bei, and then took another sip of tea.
"Hehe~ Gongyou, don't sell it in front of me Zhang Fei, I'm listening to it, why are you suddenly smiling at me!"
"Okay, let's get down to business, there are Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Chen Gong, Xu Yan and others in Yanzhou, they are either county guards or Yanzhou people, they are all people in important positions, but they have a common characteristic, they are all gradually marginalized, and their attitude towards Cao Cao is ambiguous, and they may rebel at any time!"
"This problem does exist, I talked to Tian Kai privately about this problem before, Cao Cao also killed Yanzhou celebrity Bian Rang and others, so that everyone in Yanzhou is in a state of self-danger, Gongyou's idea is good, but how to implement it?"
"After vigorously publicizing Cao Cao's capture of Xuzhou in Yanzhou, he will move the administrative office to Xiapi in Xuzhou!" Sun Qian and Liu Bei looked at each other, and after a while, the two laughed, and Zhang Fei on the side looked ignorant, and he hurriedly asked: "What are you laughing at, I can't understand what you are doing?" ”
"Yide, this is a strategy, it won't work if it's thorough!" Mi Zhu said with a smile.
"This ......" Zhang Fei watched the three of them laugh at each other, so he had no choice but to stop talking, pick up the pastry in front of him, and eat his own.
After laughing, Liu Bei asked, "I don't know if there is a suitable candidate in Xuzhou?" ”
Mi Zhu and Sun Gan looked at each other, and then Sun Qian stood up and said, "Although Sun Qian is not talented, I want to try it myself!" ”
"This plan is very dangerous, can Gongyou think about it?" Liu Bei asked with concern.
"This kind of thing, there is nothing to think about, I am engaged in Xuzhou, and it is my duty to contribute to Xuzhou, even if I am full of liver and brain, I will not hesitate!"
"Gongyou is really as Zizhong said, he is a person with courage and strategy!" At this time, Liu Bei finished and had a question in his heart about what happened today: "What is the purpose of inviting me here this time?" ”
He looked at Mi Zhu and Sun Qian with a smile, and couldn't think of what the purpose of this gathering was in his heart, to discuss the plan, from strategy to implementation, it had almost nothing to do with himself, it was completely something they had already thought about, they were outsiders, and they didn't need to win them over and help them balance Cao Bao and other Danyang forces together, so why?
"Zizhong, Gongyou, it's not early today, if there is nothing else, Liu Bei will leave first, my second brother is still waiting for me outside the city!" Liu Bei saw that there was nothing else to do at this time, so he stood up and said: "If there is anything that needs me Liu Bei, you can come to me, Liu Bei will do his best!" ”
"Certainly, Liu Yuanjun, you don't have to worry about the work of plotting against Cao Thief's nest, we will work hard, you fight on the battlefield, you must be careful, Cao Cao is insidious and cunning, and it is not easy to deal with!" At this time, Mi Zhu and Sun Qian arched their hands and said: "I wish you a victory!" ”
"Thank you, Liu Bei farewell, please stay!" Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and left Mizhu's mansion.
At this time, Mi Zhu looked at the back of Liu Bei leaving, and recalled what happened a few days ago.
That Mizhu and the soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City guarded Cao Cao's invasion of Tancheng, up and down the city, a concerted heart, Cao Cao's despicable deeds have already spread all over Tancheng, capture a city, slaughter a city, men, women and children, talk about Cao Color, in order to survive, had to resist to the death, fight to the end, have eyes, and finally stick to it.
Mi Zhu returned to the mansion, exhausted, covered in blood, although he was a civil official, but on that occasion, even Tao Qian went to the city tower, why didn't he go up?
"Brother, are you back?" Looking at Mi Zhu who was sitting on the ground, Mi Fang ran over at this time and said, "You're okay!" ”
"It's okay, I can't die!" Mi Zhu waved his hand weakly.
"Brother, let's go, I'll pack up the things in the house briefly, let's go, stay here any longer, sooner or later we will die!"
"Run? Where to run and how to run? Mi Zhu said at this time: "Don't want it first, bring me a cup of cold water!" ”
Mi Fang immediately ran into the house, poured a cup of cold white water, ran out, handed it to Mi Zhu and complained: "Then we can't wait for death here, life is more important than money, and it is more important than your official position!" ”
Mi Zhu took the water, drank the water in the cup in one go, he put the cup on the Lin casually, and said: "What kind of bastard, I don't want to be this official at all, although we are a businessman, but we also have to be a responsible businessman!" ”
"Responsibility, what responsibility? Businessmen are mercenary, where it is advantageous to drill where, what is beneficial to themselves, what to do, now Cao Jun 50,000 troops, like a bamboo, invincible, we Xuzhou what to take and people fight! Mi Fang picked up the teacup on Lin, walked into the house and poured another cup, came out and handed it to Mi Zhu and said: "Brother, those who know the times are Junjie, since we are businessmen, our brains must be more flexible than others, we can't be so rigid!" ”
"I have a good friend, his name is Su Shuang, he is also a big businessman, a mantra he often hangs on his lips is 'I am a businessman, not a philanthropist', just because of his words, he is now separated from his wife, his family is ruined, and finally he dies depressed, do you know why?" Mi Zhu drank the water from the teacup again, and then said: "Because he is too snobbish, he values his own interests above anything else, his wife is in poor health, and when he gave birth to his daughter, he was busy making money, and then his wife died after the birth of the child, and he was still making money; Later, because he looked down on the boy his daughter liked, he thought his family was poor, and resolutely opposed this family business, which led to his daughter escaping from Su Mansion without permission, and was unfortunately chased and killed by the Yellow Turban Thief, and fell into the abyss with the car, you see, this is the consequence of taking your own interests too seriously! ”
"Then you, what are we going to do if we stay here?" Mi Fang also had nothing to say to this brother, and at this time he simply sat on the Lin and said indignantly.
"We are from Xuzhou, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we should continue to fight for Xuzhou!" Mi Zhu sighed deeply and lowered his head, then he raised his head again, looked at Mi Fang with a depressed face and said: "Zi Fang, to tell the truth, my brother doesn't plan to leave, brother, I can't let go of the people here, you go and prepare, tidy up your things, let's go, now Cao Cao is attacking Pengcheng in the west, it is still possible to run out, you run south, go to Yangzhou, go there to live!" ”
"What about you?" Mi Fang asked in surprise.
"Aren't I, our family can't live without descendants, you live, anyway, you have already started our family's business, you will do business in the future, so you won't be sorry for your ancestors!"
"I ...... I won't go, if you don't go, I won't go! Mi Fang stood up, patted her clothes, and turned to leave.
Looking at the back of Mi Fang's departure, Mi Zhu said weakly: "Why can't you listen to it!" ”
Mi Fang ignored him and went straight back to the house.
"Master, there was a woman outside the door just now, handing over a letter for you!" At this time, a guard ran over and handed the letter to Mi Zhu.
"A woman? Who? Mi Zhu took the letter, opened the envelope, carefully browsed it from top to bottom, and immediately looked up and said, "Who is this woman?" ”
"Master, he didn't, he only gave me this letter, it was for you, I just wanted to ask, she suddenly disappeared, and it felt like she disappeared out of thin air!" The doorman was aggrieved, in fact, the scene he saw, even he couldn't believe it was true.
"Suddenly gone? Could it be Su Xue? Mi Zhu underestimated in his heart, and then said: "Don't talk to anyone about this matter, remember!" ”
"Yes, sir, the minion remembers!" After that, the doorman went in.
Mi Zhu looked at the content of the letter, Wu Zi pondered, this woman is Su Xue, in the letter, if you want to save Yanzhou, you have to send someone to Yanzhou to rebel against Cao Cao's base camp, by the way, it also introduced the faction situation in Yanzhou, the letter is very detailed, the two of them divide their actions, one is responsible for inciting Chen Gong, Zhang Chao and their rebellion, and the other is responsible for helping Yanzhou's local forces contact foreign aid, at the same time, she also said that in exchange for interests, she helped the people of Yanzhou repel Cao Cao, and the people of Yanzhou had to help Liu Bei strengthen his strength.
Such a letter, I don't know whether to believe it or not, he immediately got up and went out to find Chen Deng, Sun Qian, and them, everyone discussed, and agreed that instead of waiting for death here, it is better to let go and do it, if you don't do it, then there is only a dead end, go and do it, maybe there will be a glimmer of hope.
Since they want to help Liu Bei grow stronger, this is also easy to do, once Cao Cao is repulsed, the locals in Xuzhou will find a way to keep Liu Bei, and then they will wait for the opportunity to implement the second plan to achieve the ultimate goal, that is, the rise of local forces.
Liu Bei walked away, and Mi Zhu turned his head to Sun Gan and said: "You go all the way, once you succeed, our plan will be half done!" ”
"Yes, I'll be hearted!" Sun Qian arched his hand and said, "Farewell!" ”