Not very far from Xiapi, groups of people were heading north along the road, many of them dragging their families, and from time to time there were the cries of children. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info some adults will appease a few times, but some are ignorant, just follow the road forward, with a face uprooted people usually have the trepidation...

The arrival of the Qingzhou Army made a little change in the war in Xuzhou, but this change was not very much. At least the towns near Xiapi have been emptied, and many people have taken the initiative to move to the north after hearing about the Cao army's massacre...

Just like the weather at this time, everyone's face shows uneasiness about the unknown future...

At this moment, there was a sudden uproar from the front team, and the crowd behind couldn't figure out the situation, and they all panicked.

"Could it be that Cao Jun killed him?"

"Impossible, Cao Jun is still near Xiapi, the north is still safe, how can it be killed from the north!"

"Hell, this is because the Cao army wants to kill them all, so he made a detour from the north to intercept us..."

Among the refugees, all sorts of rhetoric followed, women either holding their children or following their men closely, but the men were also full of panic, and only a few had the courage to hold their swords in their hands and intend to resist.

Maybe it's because they know very well that even resistance is useless. In the face of the brutal Cao army, they are no match at all with the weapons in their hands...

There are also many people who have turned around, and have already started to think about slipping away, and there is little hope that if they can fight for their lives, they still hope that they can live.

"Wait, wait!" Just as the fleeing people were about to flee in all directions like frightened birds in the forest, suddenly a man in the prime of life raised his hand and shouted at the scattered crowd around him. "It doesn't seem to be Cao Jun who came..."

At this time, not only the strong man, but also the other people around him seemed to notice this, and stopped one by one.

Thinking about it, now that Cao's army is concentrating its forces on Xiapi, there are not many soldiers and horses left in the newly occupied city, and some positions that are not very important are simply abandoned, so how can they send troops and horses to the north to find the bad luck of these refugees?

It's just that...

"Liu?" The middle-aged man knew some words, squinted his eyes for a while, and muttered. "Which way is this?"

It's no wonder that he is so strange, there were countless princes in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty, and there were few of them with Liu as their surname, nothing more than Liu Yu from Youzhou, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Liu Zhang from Yizhou plus a Liu Xuan...

As for the rest? Sorry, they haven't heard of it...

Considering that this army is coming from the north, the last three options can basically be abandoned, so... 4

"Could it be that Liu Yuanjun from Youzhou sent soldiers and horses to help me and others drive away the Cao thief? Liu Yuanjun really deserves to be a benevolent and righteous person..."Thinking that this army of soldiers and horses was likely to be sent by Liu Yu, the strong man couldn't help but say.

Most of the people who will run to be refugees are ordinary people, but there are not no slightly more powerful characters among them, at least they can clearly know Liu Yu in Youzhou. In the final analysis, the per capita quality of the Han Dynasty was still very high, and literate people were not rare.

All of a sudden, cheers rang out in the sky.

Not long ago, a Yan envoy came, and this time there was a Liu envoy, in their opinion, these two are famous figures, and it is not very difficult to get rid of Cao Cao.

But...

Gradually, the cheers fell, because the soldiers and horses that appeared in front of them were not only a few thousand in number, but even the armor and the like were broken, and many of the sergeants had no armor at all, and they only had a spear in their hands as a weapon. In contrast, the three generals in front of him are majestic, and the first one has a benevolent face, his ears are hanging down his shoulders, and his hands are above his knees, which can be said to be a strange vision.

The two on the left and right are a strong man with a leopard head and ringed eyes, carrying a snake spear in his hand, and the other is a red-faced and long beard, and a pair of red phoenix eyes, even before many refugees, this eye is still half-squinted, if it weren't for the momentum on his body, maybe someone would think that he didn't wake up...

The three people who are such mavericks are naturally Liu Guanzhang and the three who just ran out of Youzhou.

After losing the plain, it was when Liu Bei was the weakest, and the soldiers and horses in his hands were less than a thousand, and the so-called generals were Guan Zhangzai plus Chen Zhi, who had been following him for a long time. At this time, Chen Deng came to the door, and Liu Bei did not have the ability to rescue Xuzhou.

There is no way, Liu Bei can only beg his mean senior brother Gongsun Zhan. Unexpectedly, although Gongsun Chan promised to lend him 3,000 soldiers and horses, he gave him the oldest and weakest one under his command, and the armor was incomplete. This also made it take Liu Bei a long time to rush over from Youzhou, which was still thanks to Yan Shao's blessing, and greeted the counties along the way in advance, otherwise Liu Bei's soldiers and horses might not be able to pass through Qingzhou―――――― as for the plain, it has become Yuan Shao's territory, and Liu Bei is from Gongsun Zhan's side, but it is impossible to expect Yuan Shao to make way for Liu Bei, especially Liu Bei still ran to the south to make trouble for his allies this time...

Although Yuan Shao may not want to make some trouble for his hair and make him suffer a little loss, it is not good if things are too explicit.

Looking at the refugees in front of him, Liu Bei's eyes were sad, these are the people of the Han Dynasty, but they have suffered so many sins because of the stupidity of the Son of Heaven.

When the soldiers and horses came to the refugees, one of the refugees asked boldly. "Dare to ask the general, are you the vanguard of Liu Zhijun in Youzhou?"

This question made Zhang Fei's brows stand up and he was angry.

"You guy, haven't you heard of my eldest brother's name, what is Liu Yu.......... what..."I came from Youzhou and saw how many faces I saw all the way, wasn't it just to save Xuzhou, who thought but was misunderstood as someone else, how could Zhang Fei not be angry.

However, when it came to Liu Yu, Zhang Fei didn't dare to be too rude.

Unlike Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and his sworn brother are almost two extremes. The former is arrogant and compassionate, while Zhang Fei is a respectful scholar and has no interest in the common people.

Unlike most of the officials or princes of this era, Liu Yu's reputation is excellent, and even those nomads outside the Saiwai can be said to be convinced of Liu Yu. During the period when Liu Yu served as the pastor of Youzhou, there was almost no foreign invasion―――――― which is why before the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, the Han court wanted to transfer Liu Yu to Youzhou.

It's no wonder that when talking about Liu Yu, even Zhang Fei didn't dare to be too rude.

I have to say that Zhang Fei's image with a leopard's head and eyes has a very strong deterrent power at any time, especially for civilians who have little guts. The people around them instantly dispersed in a large circle, for fear of being implicated.

Fortunately, Liu Bei stopped his reckless brother in time, first turned over from the horse, and helped the people up before he spoke.

"My brother is too reckless, please don't be surprised..."

Where do you dare to be surprised? The kid was almost scared to death just now, and at this time, even his brain was still wooden, so he could only lead your head stupidly, and he couldn't make any other superfluous movements.

"As for so-and-so? This time he was also invited by Meng Tao Gongzu to come to help, but he was just an unknown person..."Speaking of this, the corners of Liu Bei's mouth were a little bitter.

I think he has gone through countless hardships since the Yellow Turban Uprising, but now he is just a nobody. Such an experience is really a great irony for him with great ambitions.

"Why did Xuande Gong say that..."Getting off the horse, Chen Deng hurriedly persuaded. This time Xuzhou suffered a catastrophe, and the only people who are willing to help are Xuande Gong and Yan Qingzhou, and these kindness Xuzhou is grateful, why should Xuande Gong be so humble..."

During this time, Chen Deng has been with Liu Bei for a long time. has a very high impression of Liu Bei, and when he saw that Liu Bei seemed a little lost, he immediately came down to persuade him.

"That's right, big brother, isn't Tao Gongzu the eldest brother who specially sent someone to invite this time?!" Zhang Fei was also persuaded by the side, but his temperament was not particularly good at talking or taking care of others, but when he comforted Liu Bei, he forgot that Chen Deng was beside him.

Just mentioning Tao Gongzu's begging for Liu Bei made Chen Deng also smile bitterly.

Fortunately, during this period of time, he also knew more about Zhang Fei's character, and knew that his words might not have much malice―――――― and he might look down on Tao Qian.

But these are not important at the moment, there is one more important thing for Chen Deng. "What's going on in Xiapi now?"

Along the way, he also heard the news that Xiapi was besieged, but the news was very vague, and he only knew a rough idea. This made Chen Deng very anxious, for fear that the city had been broken by Cao Cao before he rushed to Xiapi.

Of course, he didn't dare to urge Liu Bei too much, after all, Liu Bei had been marching for a long time along the way, and his physical strength was very high, even if he urged it again, it was useless, and it would be annoying.

And this kind of thing is not as fast as possible, and you also need to consider the follow-up of grain and grass and your own physical reserves, which is very troublesome. If you get to the place, but you don't have much physical strength, that's the biggest trouble, maybe the reinforcements that arrived with great difficulty have been defeated by others before they can play any role, then it will be a bit sad.

Chen Deng was a resourceful person, and it was impossible not to know this. Along the way, he was very anxious and did not rush to urge, which also made Liu Bei and others have a deep affection for Chen Deng, after all, people who know proportion are not easy to dislike.

However, Chen Deng's eagerness did not bring him any good news, and after the arrival of the Qingzhou army, the situation in Xiapi was indeed much better than in the past, especially after having fierce generals such as Gan Ning and Zhao Yun to help, he almost never lost in the link of fighting generals. Whether it is Gan Ning or Zhao Yun, they are all first-class fierce generals in the world, and they are definitely not comparable to ordinary generals, such as those third-rate generals before, almost none of them can go through a few rounds under them, and only Cao Hong and others are still strong, and they can barely support it for so much more time.

However, the fighting general does not determine the victory or defeat of the war, what really determines the victory or defeat of the war is the overall strength...

In fact, Xuzhou's strength cannot be said to be bad, at least the sentence of 100,000 armor is definitely not false. There are no 100,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and there are 70,000 or 80,000. Simply calculating the strength of the army may even be much more than the Cao army, but if you simply consider the problem of combat effectiveness, then compared with the Cao army, the gap between the Xuzhou army and the Cao army is inevitably too big...

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"Envoy, please..."For the Mi family, I'm afraid I haven't invited a more precious guest, Mi Zhu was very polite along the way, and he was about to say a sentence after walking for a while.

It is not surprising that the Mi family is indeed a high-ranking family in Xuzhou, and it is nothing in the world. Especially in such a chaotic era, the entire Xuzhou needs to rely on Yan Shao to save it, how could Mi Zhu put an attitude in front of Yan Shao.

As for the maid next to her with her head down? To be reasonable, the entire Mi family alone has more than 20,000 people, and this Mi family's mansion is too much to say, there are still one or two hundred maids. Mi Zhu has been busy all day long, not the kind of person who is greedy for fishing, what's so strange about meeting an unknown maid on the way?

Although the maid looked a little familiar, Mi Zhu didn't care about it, and put all her attention on Yan Shao.

Yan Shao was the same, he just glanced at it casually and was about to follow Mi Zhu forward. Who would have thought that just as he was about to walk forward, he saw the way the maid looked up...

"Huh?" Looking at that familiar face, Yan Shao couldn't help but be surprised.

"Envoy, what's wrong?" Hearing this voice, Mi Zhu looked back and felt a little strange. "But what strange things did you see?"

"No......... It's nothing...."Looking at the maid who hurriedly lowered her head, Yan Shao shook his head very smartly. "It's just that I was wrong, let's move on."

Mi Zhu didn't think much about it, so he continued to lead Yan Shao forward, but Yan Shao secretly glanced behind him, and happened to see the appearance of the maid.

"Sure enough..."

Yan Shao nodded slightly at the maid without saying much, and the maid also showed a grateful expression towards Yan Shao.

Although the two still don't know that each other is right, a sense of tacit understanding has emerged.

After Yan Shao and Mi Zhu left, looking at the empty corridor, Mi Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I didn't expect the eldest brother to pass by here, I knew I wouldn't go here, but fortunately, that kid seems to be quite clever and didn't scream, otherwise I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble..." But where did that kid come from, it looks familiar. ”

For Mi Zhen's lively and jumping character, it is impossible to be trapped in the room for a long time. Especially after discovering that the skylight in his room can be used, he has to go outside to ventilate under the cover of the maids almost every day―――――― anyway, there are a lot of maids in her room, just find one to change her clothes, and then go out for a spin by herself, the Mi family is so big, as long as you have a little idea, who will pay attention to a little maid?

After a few days, Mi Zhen's life is not too easy.

As for Yan Shao...

To be honest, the look at each other that time was too hasty, plus Yan Shao still had a helmet on his head or something, and the image was also very different from today, and it was not easy for Mi Zhen to still have a little familiarity.

Uh-huh, I'm sorry, I'll make up for it right away!

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