In the secret room of King Chen's mansion.

"That's the way it is, I don't know what Xiaoyuan thinks?" Liu Pet looked at the person in front of him and asked in a deep voice, this person is Chen Guoguo's Prime Minister Luo Jun.

"Your Highness, doesn't you want to emulate Emperor Guangwu?" Luo Jun asked lightly when he heard this, as if he didn't feel how appalling his words were.

"Xiaoyuan, this kind of thing can't be said nonsense, once it gets out, even this king can't bear the consequences~" Liu Chong responded when he heard this, just looking at his relaxed tone, it was obviously wrong.

"Your Highness, today is indeed very similar to the time of Wang Mang's dictatorship in the past, the imperial power is falling, and the local families and powerful are fighting each other, resulting in the collapse of the sea and the chaos in the world. The only difference is that neither Dong Zhuo nor Ma Teng now chose to be the emperor. Regarding Liu Pet's words, Luo Jun didn't seem to hear it, and said in a flat tone.

Speaking of this, Luo Jun changed his words, looked at Liu Pet with a solemn expression and said, "With the current situation, if what Xu Shiqing said is true, it is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Cao Mengde's main force is still in Xuzhou, even if he gets the news, I'm afraid that Tao Gongzu will not let him withdraw easily. At that time, only those troops in Yanzhou today will not be able to resist His Highness's army. ”

"What Xiaoyuan said is good, this opportunity is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but this king feels that now is not the time for this king to come forward." Liu Pet said with a sigh when he heard this.

Liu Chong's words were full of helplessness, and sometimes, he really hoped that he was not a vassal king, but just an ordinary Han clan relative like Liu Yu and Liu Biao. Because if it was just this identity, Liu Pet would be able to fully show his talents, instead of being trapped in Chen Guo by the ancestral system like now.

Yes, it's sleepy. Sounds like nonsense, the dignified vassal king will be trapped in the Chen Kingdom? However, this is the final result of Guangwu Liu Xiu's strengthening of various restrictions on local feudal kings.

How miserable were the vassal kings of this era? Although he is in the feudal country, he is not allowed to run the army because of the decree, and he cannot be in charge of the government, and everything is handled by the feudal state. Even, if these vassal kings and the sons of the vassal kings want to leave the feudal country, they must get the permission of the imperial court, otherwise, they can only stay in the feudal country honestly and cannot go anywhere. In short, the so-called vassal kings are just a group of rice worms that the imperial court uses to feed them, and they can't think of rice worms.

But is it okay to be a rice worm honestly? Not necessarily! Because there will be countless eyes staring at you in the court and even in the locality, as long as you make the slightest mistake, you will be questioned by the court. It's like Liu Pet before, because he made a mistake when he sacrificed to the sky, he was sent to the court by officials. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Ling happened to deal with another vassal king at that time, and didn't want the vassal kings of the world to think that they wanted to make trouble, I'm afraid Liu Chong might not be able to escape.

This is also why when Dong Zhuo was in power, it was the county guards and state pastors who raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo, not the king surnamed Liu, who should have appeared the most. Well, Liu Chong also raised troops, but he was only stationed in Yangxia City in the territory of Chen State, and he never left the border at all.

"Your Highness is wise! His subordinates also think that this fashion is not the time for His Highness to come forward! Luo Jun said respectfully, "If His Royal Highness comes forward at this time, it will definitely make the already chaotic world even more chaotic, and it will also bring great disasters to the Chen State." For example, Yuan Shu, but he has been staring at the rich land of Chen State. ”

"Well, that's it! Alas, if the imperial court can pass on the decree to this king, I am afraid that now, the world will be in a different situation, right? Liu Pet nodded, and then couldn't help but sigh.

However, Luo Jun did not answer this, because what he wanted to say had already been said.

And Liu Pet obviously didn't think that Luo Jun would respond, so he sighed for a while, then looked at him and said in a deep voice, "Then as usual, this matter will be left to Xiaoyuan!" As for Yanzhou, leave it to Zhang Mengzhuo and Chen Gongtai. ”

"Your Highness is wise!" When Luo Jun heard this, he immediately shouted.

That night, Luo Jun visited Xu Yan in the name of Chen Guoguo, and the two talked in detail for a long time, although no one knew what they said, but judging from Xu Yan's happy expression when he left, the two should have had a good conversation.

However, when Xu Yan left, Chen Wang Liu Pet did not come forward, or since he discussed with Luo Jun, he has never appeared in public again.

At the same time, Jizhou.

"Meng De is really ......" Listening to the news sent from Xuzhou, Yuan Shao shook his head helplessly and sighed, but he didn't say a word. Perhaps, he simply didn't know how to say something.

"My lord, my subordinates thought that General Cao would do this because he wanted to capture Xuzhou as soon as possible, and even use this to deter the powerful families in Xuzhou. From this point of view, General Cao is afraid that he is not just avenging his father, there must be other schemes! Guo Tuyi reminded.

"Guo Changshi's so-called other plans, don't you think General Cao will betray the lord?" Xu Yu asked lightly when he heard this.

"Xu Beijia, the lower officials didn't say that~" Guo Tu responded with a chuckle, then looked at Yuan Shao again and said, "The subordinates just think that if General Cao really completely controls Xuzhou, then he will be sitting on the land of Yan and Xuzhou......"

"Hmm......" Hearing Guo Tu's words, Yuan Shao suddenly frowned. Naturally, he would not fail to hear Guo Tu's words, although he still believed in Cao Cao very much, but there were some things that he had to guard against.

On the other hand, Xu You was also silent, not thinking about how to refute Guo Tu, but because he also recognized Guo Tu's words. The reason why I opened my mouth just now was just because of my friendship with Cao Cao for many years. If it were someone else, I'm afraid Xu You would have jumped out a long time ago.

After a long while, Yuan Shao raised his head, glanced around at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Pass the order, order all localities to start assembling troops, and in the middle of next month, I will personally lead the army to Youzhou!" Strive to defeat Nagongsun Chan as soon as possible and return the people of Youzhou to a stable life! ”

"No!"

"In addition, send someone to keep an eye on Qingzhou, although with the current situation, I think Liu Bei will not help that Gongsun Zhan, but I have to guard against it!" Yuan Shao said again.

And on the other side, Qingzhou.

At this time, Liu Bei was talking about the situation in the world with Zhuge Xuan, Jian Yong, and Tian Yu, and suddenly, a soldier hurriedly came over and reported, "Envoy, Xuzhou Mi don't ask to see." ”

"Huh? Zizhong is here? When Liu Bei heard this, he muttered in a rather strange tone, obviously a little surprised by Mi Zhu's sudden arrival.

"My lord, could it be that the Tao Envoy sent him to ask for help?" Jian Yong on the side put forward his own ideas. Cao Cao sent troops to attack Xuzhou, and Qingzhou naturally would not be unaware. And at this time, Mi Zhu suddenly came, except for asking for help, he couldn't think of any other possibilities.

"That's unlikely, right? It has not been a month since General Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, no matter how strong General Cao's offensive is, it will not be able to hold it in such a short time......" Zhuge Xuanyan on the side muttered when he heard this.

"Yes, last year, when General Cao sent troops to Xuzhou to avenge his father, he had just broken General Yuan Yu Kuangting, coupled with the pain of losing his father, both morale and offensive could be said to have reached its peak, but even so, he never captured Xuzhou. Even after only capturing a few cities, it is no longer possible to advance. Tian Yu also echoed.

After that, Tian Yu looked at Liu Bei and said in a deep voice, "My subordinates thought that Mi Bei came this time, but he hoped to invite the lord to send troops to Yanzhou to attack General Cao together." ”

"Well, I think so, but Meng De and I used to follow the Wushuang Marquis to fight for the Yellow Turban, and the reason why Meng De sent troops to Xuzhou was also to avenge his father......" Liu Bei stroked his beard when he heard this, and then he waved his hand and sighed, "Forget it, let Zizhong come in first." At that time, I will personally write a letter and ask it to be forwarded to Tao Envoy. ”

After a while, Mi Zhu walked in quickly under the leadership of the soldiers, and before he entered the door, he saw that Liu Bei had already greeted him with a big smile, "Haha, I haven't seen you for many days, Zizhong is not harmed~"

Seeing Liu Bei's smiling face and listening to his hearty words, the only trace of guilt for Tao Qian disappeared in an instant, replaced by incomparable firmness. "Only Liu Yuanjun is the real master, who can bring real stability to the Mi family and the people of Xuzhou!" Mi Zhu thought about it, walked quickly in front of Liu Bei and said, "Envoy, this time Zhu came on the order of Tao Envoy, but I hope that Envoy Jun can send troops to support Xuzhou and save millions of lives in Xuzhou!" ”

In a word, Liu Bei was stunned, and he didn't seem to understand the meaning of Mi Zhu's words. However, he reacted quickly, stepped forward and took Mi Zhu's hand, and chuckled as he walked towards the house, "Zizhong don't need to be anxious, let's go into the house and talk about it slowly." ”

"No." Mi Zhu said respectfully when he heard this.

After the two sides sat down again, Mi Zhu once again asked for help, but as soon as the words fell, Zhuge Xuan on the side couldn't help but ask, "Mi don't drive, please forgive me for saying more, now the time has only passed for less than a month, with the soldiers of Xuzhou, I want to come to ......"

Hearing Zhuge Xuan's words, everyone looked at Mi Zhu one after another, obviously their hearts were also full of doubts.

Hearing this, Mi Zhu suddenly shook his head, and sighed with a sad face, "You don't know, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of last year, and also to deter many families in Xuzhou, Cao Cao actually slaughtered more than 100,000 soldiers and people in Tancheng when he attacked Tancheng, and then slaughtered all the way......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard "Smack!" Then Liu Bei's voice full of shock and disbelief filled the entire hall, "What?!" How can it be?! How could Mende do such an intolerable thing? No way! No way! Liu Bei kept shaking his head as he spoke. On the side, Zhuge Xuan and the others were directly stunned by Mi Zhu's words.

"It's true! How dare Zhu deceive the envoy?! Mi Zhu obviously expected that everyone would react like this, and hurriedly said, "And this matter can't be fabricated at all, from Tancheng to Xiapi, there are countless corpses of innocent people everywhere, and even Surabaya has countless corpses floating down the river......"

"How is that possible...... How could it be ......" Hearing Mi Zhu's words, Liu Bei still looked incredulous, and kept muttering in his mouth.

"My lord, just as Mi Beijia said, it is impossible to fake this matter, and it is impossible to use such things to deceive the lord." At this moment, Jian Yong, who had already come back to his senses, opened his mouth and said loudly.

Hearing this, Liu Bei finally came back to his senses from the shock, glanced around at everyone, and said in a sad tone, "Pass my order!" Let all localities begin to assemble troops, and ten days later, send troops to Xuzhou to stop Meng De's atrocities! ”

"No!" Everyone responded respectfully. They didn't stop it, and they couldn't stop it at all. In fact, even if Kong Rong, Bing Yuan and others were here, they would definitely not stop Liu Bei from sending troops to Xuzhou, and they might even scold Cao Cao while strongly asking Liu Bei to send troops. After all, Cao Cao's massacre of more than 100,000 people was too tragic.

After discussing for a long time, Mi Zhu secretly gave Liu Bei a look, and then Liu Bei willingly let everyone leave, and he took Mi Zhu to a secret room.

"Zizhongke, what else is there to do?" Liu Bei looked at Mi Zhu and asked in a deep voice.

"Hui Envoy Jun, just before coming down, Tao Envoy Jun fainted because of his anger after receiving the news of Cao Cao's slaughter of the city...... Mi Zhu said respectfully.

"Alas...... I don't know how Tao Zhijun recovered when Zizhong came? Liu Bei asked with a sigh, his tone full of concern.

"I've recovered, but Tao Yuanjun is over sixty ......years old after all," Mi Zhu shook his head and sighed when he heard this.

"Alas, Meng De was really wrong this time! Miss by a mile! Committing such an intolerable thing, what can he do even if he captures Xuzhou? Is it possible to avenge the father's father, to implicate those innocent people? Seeing this, Liu Bei sighed again and again.

Seeing Liu Bei like this, Mi Zhu hurriedly said, "Envoy, don't hide it, this time Zhu came from Xuzhou, not only to ask for help from the envoy on the order of Tao Envoy, but also to bring the friendship of the Chen family in Xuzhou." Now Chen Dengnai, the head of the Chen family, is the captain of the Xuzhou Diannong School, and he has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, and he has always respected the lord very much......"

"Huh?" Liu Bei suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, and he didn't seem to understand the meaning of Mi Zhu's words.

"Envoy Jun, now Tao Envoy Jun is old, and after this time, his body is getting weaker and weaker. Although he has two sons who have become adults, he has no talent to govern Xuzhou......" Mi Zhu hurriedly said when he heard this.

It's just that when he said this, Liu Bei directly interrupted Mi Zhu's words, looked at him and said sternly, "How can Zizhong make such absurd words? I, Liu Xuande, are going to Xuzhou for the sake of millions of people in Xuzhou! Zizhong's remarks have to be mentioned again! Hugh has to mention it again! After speaking, Liu Bei threw off his sleeves and left, seemingly very angry at Mi Zhu's words?

But just when Mi Zhu was at a loss, Jian Yong slowly walked in, "Zizhong made the lord angry?" Jian Yong asked in surprise, as if he was very shocked by this.