Cheng Yu heard Liu Yi say that the person who was the first to say that he wanted to stay and follow Liu Yi turned out to be Liu Yi's personal guard on weekdays, and immediately figured out the core of the matter.

"At the beginning, I thought that the lord's move was a woman's benevolence, but now it seems that I am really wrong!"

"That gentleman must now think that I am an unscrupulous and vicious villain."

Cheng Yu shook his head when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Definitely! Those who achieve great things must have both the wisdom of killing and decisiveness and the character of informality, and the kindness of a woman will only be bullied by others, and only by not sticking to the constraints of secular morality can a great thing be accomplished! ”

Liu Yi patted Cheng Yu when he heard this, and said, "Sir, I am relieved to think so!" ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he looked at the people kneeling on the ground, remembered the experience of these two lives in his mind, sighed deeply and said to himself, "I, Liu Yi, don't understand those big truths, I only know that people are good at being bullied by others, and horses are good at being ridden!" ”

......

At this time, Cheng Zhiyuan had integrated Deng Mao's thousands of remnants into his own team, and the number of soldiers suddenly recovered to about 50,000.

At this time, Cheng Zhiyuan was very complacent in his heart, because this morning's battle was the first victory since he met Liu Bei and others.

At this time, inside the big tent, Cheng Zhiyuan was discussing the military situation with several of his generals.

"General, I see that the enemy in Zhuo County is not as powerful as those deserters said, it is better for us to attack the county seat today, and then we will occupy the geographical advantage of the city, even if Liu Bei in the back is powerful, it is impossible to destroy us in a short time!"

Cheng Zhiyuan shook his head when he heard this: "No! Liu Bei's gang has only followed us and driven us away since we entered Zhuo County, and has not carried out much attack and killing, I analyze that he wants to take advantage of the defeat of us and Liu Yi's gang, and then make the profit of the fisherman! ”

"Huh? So what do we do? One of them asked.

When Cheng Zhiyuan heard this, he narrowed his triangular eyes, and said gloomily, "Hmph~ It's hard to say who is the sandpiper and who is the fisherman at that time, since he wants to play, then let's play with him!" ”

After speaking, Cheng Zhiyuan ordered someone to bring up a few deserters from the original Deng Mao team, and after several people entered the tent, they hurriedly knelt in front of Cheng Zhiyuan and kowtowed, shouting, "See General Cheng!" ”

Cheng Zhiyuan looked at a few people in disgust and asked, "Let me ask you, what is the strength of the enemy in Zhuo County?" How did you resist your attack that day? ”

Several people didn't dare to slack off, and they truthfully explained the events of the previous few days.

Cheng Zhiyuan couldn't help but scold after hearing this: "What a fool!" He shouldn't have given so many soldiers back then! ”

After scolding the dead Deng Mao a few more times, Cheng Zhiyuan asked people to take the Yellow Turban Army down, and then said to the next deputy general: "You bring more people to prepare sandbags, the more prepared the better, but not too big, you must be able to throw it and throw it far!" ”

"Throw far?" The man asked, puzzled.

Cheng Zhiyuan pretended to be mysterious and said: "Hmph~ They are not archers, there are many!" We won't give them a chance to play this time, then we just need to throw the sandbags in our hands into the moat, as long as we are out of their range, they can't do anything about us! I can only watch! ”

"What a general's plan!" Another lieutenant flattered.

Cheng Zhiyuan looked at the man and ordered, "You send more people to inquire about the news from Zhuoxian and Liu Bei, and report to me as soon as there is news. ”

"Obedience"

After receiving the order, the two lieutenant generals went out of the tent to prepare.

At this time, only Cheng Zhiyuan and the two remaining lieutenants were left in the tent, Cheng Zhiyuan picked up the wine bowl on the table, took a sip, put down the wine bowl, looked up and commanded the two, "You two tell the soldiers outside to camp here today, so that everyone can rest."

"Yes!" The two of them strained and turned to go out.

"Hey~ Remember, rest is rest, we must be vigilant and take precautions, Deng Mao's matter must not happen to us!"

"Obey the General's Orders"

Compared with Deng Mao, Cheng Zhiyuan's military literacy is much higher, he not only analyzed the motive of Liu Bei and others who wanted to kill people with a knife, but also took the opportunity to make good use of this, not in a hurry to attack Liu Yi but first recuperate, touch the bottom of Liu Yi and others, and want to take down Liu Yi and others at the minimum cost.

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Just when Cheng Zhiyuan and others were planning to settle in Zhuo County, in Liangxiang County, which was more than ten miles away from Cheng Zhiyuan's camp, Liu Bei's army was resting here.

"Brother Xuande! Why do we stop? You must know that the thieves have now arrived near Zhuo County, if the thieves attack Zhuo County at this time, I am afraid that it will be too late for us to save it! In a main room in the county magistrate's mansion of Liangxiang County, Yao Lie said emotionally to Liu Bei in front of him.

"Brother Yao, please don't be impatient! I know that Brother Yao is afraid that Brother Yi will have an accident, but do you know how strong Brother Yi is now? Deng Mao's 20,000 troops were beaten by Brother Yi and fled in all directions within two days, and even the main general Deng Mao was killed, how could a mere Cheng Zhiyuan easily capture Brother Yi's Zhuo County! Liu Bei sat on the Taishi chair and said to Yao Lie with a smile while drinking the good tea brought by the maidservants.

"But Brother Xuande, how can Deng Mao be compared to Cheng Zhiyuan? Not to mention that there is a big difference in numbers and equipment, and although Cheng Zhiyuan is not a wise and brave person, he is not an ordinary person, and my lord must have paid a lot of price to resist Deng Mao's attack before, if there is no foreign aid at this time, I am afraid that my lord is in danger! Yao Lie said hurriedly.

"I said Yao Lie, if you open your mouth and your father-in-law closes your father-in-law, my brother usually treats you well, right? Why do you have to hang yourself from a crooked-necked tree in Liu Yi's house! Well? ”

I don't know when Sun Fei and Liu Bei have been commensurate with brothers, at this time, seeing Yao Lie so eager to support Liu Yi, Sun Fei, who was sitting next to Liu Bei, couldn't help but taunt Yao Lie.

When Yao Lie heard this, he just glanced at Sun Fei in disgust and stopped paying attention to him, Sun Fei on the side looked at Yao Lie angrily when he saw this, and wanted to have a seizure but was pressed back by Liu Bei on the side with a gesture.

Yao Lie pondered for a while, took a deep breath, clasped his hands into fists, knelt on one knee, bowed to Liu Bei and said, "Since Brother Xuande has no intention of rescuing my lord, please also ask Brother Xuande to borrow five thousand soldiers from Yao, and Yao to rescue the lord!" ”

"Presumptuous! Who do you think you are? Well? I think if it wasn't for General Gongsun who rescued you, I'm afraid that your bones are almost rotten now, and now you still want to ask for soldiers and horses? Do you think you..."

"Brother Hugh is rude! Brother Yao is also the Savior's heart, how can you speak so badly to each other! Liu Bei on the side put down the teacup in his hand and scolded Sun Fei angrily.

Yao Lie didn't pay attention to Sun Fei's provocation at all, but kept keeping the action just now and saluting Liu Bei.

Liu Bei dusted off the non-existent dust on his clothes with both hands, got up and walked in front of Yao Lie, bent down to help Yao Lie.

"Brother Yao, hurry up! It's not that I don't want to go to the rescue of Brother Yi, it's just that the soldiers have traveled a long distance and have been chasing the thieves for many days, and the people are sleepy and lacking. ”

After saying this, Liu Yi made a righteous appearance, and said to Yao Lie sincerely, "Brother Yao, please wait a few days, and after the soldiers come to rest, I, Liu Bei, promise Brother Yao that I will personally lead the army to rescue Brother Yi, and then we will fight with Brother Yi inside and outside, even if there are more thieves, we can wipe them out!" ”

Hearing this, Yao Lie raised his head and looked straight at Liu Bei, only to see that Liu Bei's face was full of sincerity at this time, and he couldn't see a trace of artificiality.

Yao Lie frowned slightly, then stood up.

"Since that's the case, then Yao is waiting a few more days! Please also ask Brother Xuande not to break his word! ”

"Brother Yao, don't worry!" Liu Bei grabbed Yao Lie's hand and said sincerely.

"Good! Then Yao went down first! After speaking, Yao Lie pulled out the hands that were held by Liu Bei, turned around and walked out of the room.

After taking Yao Lie out of the room, Liu Bei put his hands behind his back and looked in the direction of Yao Lie outside the door with a gloomy face.

"Brother! Why did you promise him to help Liu Yi, do we really want to support Liu Yi? At this time, Sun Fei had already come behind Liu Bei, and when he saw that Yao Lie had already walked away, he asked Liu Bei with some displeasure.

Hearing this, Liu Bei turned his head and said with a cold face, "I said, can you not target Yao Lie in everything in the future, what we lack most now is a talent like him, I am anxious to snatch him from Liu Yi's hands, but why do you always exclude him everywhere!" It was Liu Yi and Zhang Fei who killed your father, what do you always do against him? ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was angry, Sun Fei hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, "Little brother knows that he is wrong!" I won't dare next time! ”

Liu Bei saw that Sun Fei admitted his mistake and no longer embarrassed him, looked outside again, and then said indifferently, "I don't care if Liu Yi is dead or alive, now I only care about Yao Lie and Zhuo County, when the time comes, as long as we recapture Zhuo County from Cheng Zhiyuan after he kills Liu Yi, we will not only be able to get Yao Lie, the general, but also with our military exploits, it is not easy to be the county commander of Zhuo County!" ”

"That's what my brother said!"

"You take 10,000 people to camp five miles outside the city now, I think Cheng Zhiyuan's enthusiasm for attacking the city is not high! You go to stimulate and stimulate them! ”

"No!" Sun Fei agreed and hurriedly went out to prepare.