"I didn't expect that the enemy would come faster than we expected, and there were more than we expected, which also had to admire Yuan Shao's ability to mobilize troops." Lu Peng and Zhao Yun walked on the head of Renqiu's city, looking outside the city, and in a blink of an eye, the Yuan army joint camp was erected, with a heavy heart, but a relaxed tone.

Zhao Yun followed Lu Peng, and the guilt in his heart never dissipated: "If it weren't for my recklessness, I wouldn't let my brother fall here with me." Then he puffed up his chest: "But no matter what, I will keep my brother and rush out of the enemy line." ”

Lu Peng smiled indifferently: "My brother doesn't talk nonsense, in fact, this is what I want, the two of us brothers are here to resolutely defend and consume the enemy's living force in the offensive and defensive battle, and then we wait for rescue." Then he looked at the brightly lit joint venture outside: "This time it was originally me who attacked him, but it became him who attacked me, originally I wanted to surround the point to send reinforcements, and it became them to surround and send reinforcements, the situation on this battlefield is changing so rapidly, who can say clearly?" As a general, we must judge the situation, and we will change if the situation changes. ”

"But the enemy has cut off internal and external communications, and the third brother's orders cannot be conveyed, and when the time comes, there will be a disconnect between inside and outside, and we will also fall into a dangerous place." Zhao Yun said to Lu Peng with a sad face: "With my own martial arts, there is no problem in killing thousands of troops and horses, but my brother-"

Lu Peng smiled: "Your martial arts are not only Lu Bu, I don't think there is anyone in the world who can stop you, but don't underestimate my brother and me, my big knife, plus you and Brother Xi Zhen, in my opinion, these hundreds of thousands of enemies outside are just local chickens and dogs, and they can't stop our pace at all." ”

Then he leaned against the women's wall easily, and said to Zhao Yun and Xi Zhen with a smile: "Don't be nervous, since I set up the cabinet, they have become the second brain of our Youzhou, and I firmly believe that when I am here, the operation of the entire battlefield will definitely be carried out smoothly under the guidance of the cabinet." The cabinet is all elite, and I have delegated power to them, and I am convinced that they will change their tactics as the situation on the battlefield changes, otherwise it would be useless for me to set up this body. ”

patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder affectionately: "You should believe in my brother's wisdom, you should believe in the wisdom of our old and young gentlemen, as long as we stick to this place, no more, hold on for ten days, the whole battle situation will change to us again with our will." ”

Then Lu Peng glanced at the generals and colonels around him, and said confidently: "There are three elements to defeat the enemy, the first is economic money and food, which others cannot compare with me, the second element is discipline, which others can not compare with me, and the other point is unity, gathering the wisdom of everyone, this is the original intention of my cabinet, others are not comparable to me, there are these three advantages that others can not compare with me, so what are we afraid of?" ”

Looking at the generals who became full of confidence, Lu Peng once again showed his absolute confidence: "What we are doing now is to hold this Qiu City, and then wait for our army to come to help, when the time comes, not only will we have completed the goal we set at the beginning, but we will also have greater gains." Stomping his foot: "At the very least, this Renqiu City is already ours." ”

The boss's confidence made the other generals feel at ease, although these soldiers were cavalry and were not good at defending the city, but this did not delay everyone's confidence in relying on Renqiu Jiancheng to achieve their goals.

Of course, if you want to defend a town, you must have sufficient preparations, Zhao Yun, who is still young at the beginning, is still somewhat lacking in this point, and many things have to be done by Lu Peng himself, and constantly improved.

Being interrupted like this, Zhao Yun temporarily put aside his guilt, and hurriedly reported to his brother: "Since Yuan Shao wants to flank our army in Zhuojun this time, he also thinks that this will be a protracted battle, so the grain and grass he brought is quite abundant, because I attacked quickly, they didn't have time to damage the grain and grass materials, so my seizure is also very rich, the grain and grass are enough for our people and horses in Renqiu to use for a month, the specific number, I joined the army to report to the lord." ”

Lu Peng nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Zhao Yun and Xi Zhen: "In order to resist the enemy's imminent crazy attack and cut off the connection between Fanyang and several states and counties in the north, we must steadily occupy the strategic point of Renqiu. Then he thought about how to seduce those families to provide them with materials for sale to the greatest extent, and this time it would be impossible to do without some blood, so he gritted his teeth and decided: "Tell those families that I will use the steel of our Savage Valley Iron and Steel Plant to offset the payment for these grain and grass materials." ”

It's definitely a crazy condition. The steel of the Savage Valley has become a hard-to-find material for the world's heroes, with him, it is equivalent to having a treasure knife that sharpens iron like clay, and Lu Peng is very strict in guarding it on weekdays, and now he can exchange grain and grass for a share, so how can he not make those people red?

And whether the family clan will do this, there is no big problem at this point, or that sentence, the family clan's loyalty to the various warlords is not very high, all their starting points are rooted in the glory and growth of their own family, as long as whoever gives him more benefits, who will they help? As long as Lu Peng can come up with enough money, grain and grass are definitely not a problem.

After explaining the matter of gathering grain and grass, at this time, Lu Peng was most anxious to deal with the matter, but it was not how to rectify the city defense and prepare to meet Yuan Shao's army counterattack, all his thoughts now were on recruiting Zhang He to surrender.

The next thing to do is to reassure the people and stabilize the people's hearts.

So Lu Peng immediately issued an announcement, where there are gentry and wealthy families, Lu Peng will be recognized and respected, and all the soldiers of Lu Peng's army who have rushed into the gentry's homeland, regardless of the soldiers, will be beheaded.

All the materials needed by the army were purchased at two levels higher than the market price, but now there is no money in hand, but they are guaranteed by the Sushuang Commercial Bank, and they will be returned with interest in the future.

The signboard reputation of Sushuang Commercial Bank is ironclad, and this guarantee definitely reassures the gentry and the people.

As soon as these two policies came out, the anxious hearts of those gentry and big families also settled down, and some people who were ready to move also began to sit and wait and see.

For the displaced people, Lu Peng took out a small amount of seized food for relief, and set up a porridge shed on Yan Street to help the lonely and poor people who are over 50 years old and under 15 years old.

Young and strong, Lu Peng took out grain and hired them to repair the city defenses, and they would never be in arrears when they paid food daily.

Such a move was immediately cheered by hundreds of people, which once again made the people see that the Youzhou government is fundamentally different from other warlords, and they are genuinely good to the people. As a result, the heart of Youzhou is even better, and everyone looks forward to the Youzhou army being able to occupy this place permanently, so that everyone can live a peaceful and peaceful life.