Liu Wei led 3,000 elite foot soldiers and 2,000 archers stationed outside Beihai City, the seat of Beihai County, so frightened that the Beihai City County Guard directly ordered to block the city gate and blew the horn urgently.

And the 5,000 people outside the city are well-equipped and murderous, especially the generals who are the leaders and their horses are wrapped in cold and hideous iron armor, everyone knows that these people are definitely not the poor Yellow Turban thieves in Beihai County who can't eat, Buji's forces may have such elite, but this kind of momentum is definitely not possessed by the thieves.

The horn sounded in the city, and the Northern Navy on the city wall was waiting to defend the city, so as not to attack the enemy suddenly, although Beihai County had experienced war, but since Kong Rong took over, he educated and educated the people and set up a school, and the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou were hindered by Kong Rong's reputation, and few people took the initiative to attack and defend Beihai City.

Suddenly seeing this elite formation, the county guard Wang Xiu's mouth was full of bitterness, and his intuition told him that if he really wanted to fight, don't look at the 40,000 defenders of Beihai City, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the 5,000 people outside the city.

However, when Liu Wei ordered someone to hand his waist card to Wang Xiu, the county guard realized that this was a misunderstanding, but although Liu Wei said that he was the king of Hongnong, but there was no order from the imperial court, it was enough to show that Liu Wei was privately transferred troops into Qingzhou, but Wang Xiu would never bother with this kind of problem now, whether it was his status or the elite under his command, Liu Wei was not comparable to Wang Xiu, and Kong Rong, the real ruler of Beihai, was no longer in the city, so he could only welcome Liu Wei into the city.

Wang Xiu clearly knew that if he really angered Liu Wei, Liu Wei ordered the army to attack the city, and then killed him, looking for someone to take his place, and then threw the black pot to the Yellow Turban thieves, then even if he died, he would die in vain, after all, there were many Yellow Turban thieves in the county.

"The county guard doesn't need to panic, the lone soldier is not here on purpose to embarrass too much, it's just that bandits are rampant in Qingzhou, and the people are struggling to make a living. It was to come to Kong Beihai to beg for mercy or two, and to look at Haihan where he was offended. Liu Wei rode across the wind and went north, and shouted to Wang Xiu in the city from afar.

"Your Highness is polite, the people in Beihai learned that His Highness came to pay the thieves in person, all of them cheered, we should go out of the city to greet Your Highness, but the thieves in the territory are entrenched, and the officials are afraid that the city will be lost, so they have not greeted them from afar, and I hope that Your Highness will forgive your sins." Wang Xiuyan waved his hand and ordered the defenders to open the city gate and welcome Liu Wei into the city.

In this era, whether it is a visit from friends, or a visit from relatives, or to welcome the boss, it is inevitable to set up a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust, to be honest, Wang Xiu is a very discerning person, although this group of fierce soldiers is overwhelming, but they have never had a full meal along the way, otherwise these generals at the banquet will not gobble up, so that celebrities can reward this group of tigers and wolves with wine and meat.

After the people withdrew the banquet and sent away some of the big families in the city, they served tea and props, which was the official start of official business.

Liu Bian, Cheng Yu and Wang Xiu knelt opposite each other, Wang Xiu cooked tea like flowing water, took a spoon with his sleeves, and poured a lamp for Liu Wei and Cheng Yu respectively.

Tea in this era between medicine and luxury drinks, is also regarded as a kind of negotiation supplies of the upper class family, of course, in front of the poor people tea is just a luxury medicine, "Shennong's Materia Medica" contains clouds: "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, encounters seventy-two poisons a day, and gets tea to solve it."

Over time, in addition to detoxifying, tea can even be consumed, so that after every meal, especially after greasy wine and meat, basically a cup of tea will be cooked.

Wang Xiu picked up the teacup and said with a slight smile: "There is no tea in Qingzhou, and since the Yellow Turban Thieves have been entrenched, no one has come to do business. ”

Liu Wei took a sip of the tea soup gently, frowned slightly, to be honest, he couldn't accept the sencha of this era from beginning to end, but fortunately, the condiments used in Wang Xiu's sencha are not as heavy as others, and the tip of the tongue can vaguely feel a trace of the freshness of the wild tea itself.

But Cheng Yu raised his eyebrows when he took a sip, closed his eyes and drank it slowly, tasted it for a long time, and sighed: "Good tea!" ”

Liu Wei couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, he remembered that Cheng Yu's service time was very short, and he really didn't make tea during this period, basically he just drank water in a hurry, it was just a move in his heart, he was a little expectant, I don't know what Cheng Yu's expression will be after tasting tea.

But today's theme is no longer tea, but in Qingzhou.

It's just that when they were about to get to the point, a small official hurriedly ran in and said to Wang Xiu with a frightened expression: "The county guard is not good, it is not good, there are thieves outside the city to borrow food, and the victims in the city are also beginning to move." ”

"What?" Wang Xiu was taken aback, the thieves outside the city came to borrow food, this kind of thing happened a lot, but with the strong city wall and the hard defense of the Beihai soldiers, the thieves basically couldn't take any advantage, so they just fell back, but the people in the city were ready to move, which was a terrible thing.

The victims are not the same as the ordinary poor people, although the ordinary poor people live hard, but they still have a bite to eat, so as not to starve to death, but the disaster victims are different, the victims of the peaceful and prosperous era mostly suffered natural disasters, once the imperial court opened a warehouse to release grain for disaster relief, it still doesn't matter, but the victims in this troubled era are a time bomb.

In troubled times, food is as expensive as gold, and no one is willing to open a warehouse to release grain for disaster relief, because the victims eat in order to survive, but once they eat human flesh and see blood, the victims are not ordinary people, and they will become the main force of rebellion at any time, and it is the most serious thing for the victims to make trouble.

"Hurry up, open a warehouse to put grain, and open a porridge shop." Wang Xiu was sweating profusely for a moment, and said loudly to the little officials: "Dispatch General Pei to inspect the city, and must not cause panic among the people in the city." ”

"Yes, the next official will do it." The little official hurriedly took the order and left.

Liu Wei and Cheng Yu exchanged glances, and said to Wang Xiu: "The internal affairs in Beihai City are tired, and it is inconvenient to disturb the lonely, thank you Shuzhi for your hospitality!" ”

Wang Xiu smiled bitterly: "The lower official wanted to talk with His Royal Highness with a candle, but unexpectedly, the victims in the city resurged, and the lower official was ashamed!" ”

"Shuzhi doesn't need to blame himself, and he is good at disaster relief, and the lonely soldiers came here for the sake of the entire Qingzhou once and for all, farewell!" Liu Wei and Cheng Yu walked out under the escort of Wang Xiu, even though Liu Wei was the king of Hongnong, but he didn't know anything about Beihai County, and in addition to the disaster incident, it was definitely not a good time to take over power.

Outside the Taishou Mansion, a simple porridge shed has begun to be erected on the ten-mile long street, Liu Wei bowed his head slightly, it seems that the officials in the city are really effective, and they can quickly implement the order in a short period of time, and clusters of victims began to pour into the porridge shed, during which many infirm people were trampled to death, but no one stopped moving forward at all.

Liu Wei and his entourage walked in the crowd, although there were victims coming towards them, but they looked at Qu A, Chen Jun and several other well-equipped bearded men, and they knew that they were not easy to provoke at a glance, so they were stunned and rushed to the side.

At this time, the street has begun to be filled with the aroma of rice porridge, and many county soldiers have begun to give porridge, but when Liu Wei looked over, he couldn't help frowning slightly, only to see that in front of the porridge sheds, although the people who reached out to receive the porridge were also disaster victims, most of them were young and strong men, and the infirm, old and young, women and children were basically crowded outside, looking at the gruel in the pot.

It's just that the grain and grass in the troubled times are limited, especially in Beihai City, which is not rich, compared with the disaster victims in the city, it is impossible to help everyone, and when the young and strong people in front of them finish drinking the porridge, the fragrant porridge in the pot has also bottomed out, Liu Wei knows that it is impossible to give porridge for the second time on the same day, that is to say, the old and young women and children in the back will not be able to eat porridge at all.

"Zhongde, these..."Liu Wei pointed to the old and young women and children in the crowd, and said in a condensed voice: "The porridge is gone, what should these people do?" ”

"Alas~" Cheng Yu shook his head, how could he not know what Liu Wei was thinking, sighed and said: "If in the peaceful and prosperous times, the granary is full, or it may be able to use the power of the imperial court to help the victims, and now that Dong Zhuo is in control of the imperial court, it is impossible to send food to the hostile for the sake of the victims." ”

"Since the Yellow Turban thieves entrenched in this Qingzhou, it has been a poor mountain and bad water, and it is already the greatest benevolence for the county guard to be able to take out grain and grass to give porridge, as for these weak people, I'm afraid..."

Liu Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, and knew Cheng Yu's words in his heart, the so-called purpose of opening a warehouse and releasing grain is probably for those young and strong, as long as these people are full, the remaining old and weak women and children will not be able to achieve any climate at all, and naturally no one cares whether they live or die.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to provide such disaster relief." Liu Wei pointed to the porridge shed not far away, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a condensed voice: "Are those people also disaster victims?" ”

Cheng Yu, Qu A, Chen Jun and others looked in the direction pointed by Liu Wei, all with anger in their eyes, and Chen Jun was even more murderous in his eyes, and said sharply: "Your Highness, these people are so hateful, it is better to kill them." ”

It turned out that there were big bad families in the city who took advantage of the soup soup to order the house slaves to go to receive the porridge in simple disguise, but they were the generals who brought the porridge and set up another stall to sell the porridge, next to the soldiers in fresh clothes and angry horses, the victims dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but the officials who gave the soup soup were like blind eyes, they didn't care at all, and they stretched out the bowl to become porridge.

"I'm afraid this is not the matter of slaughtering these people." Liu Wei said coldly, he knows too well what is wrong with this, if there is no official from Beihai City involved, how dare these people be so blatant? I didn't believe it when I killed him, it seems that the roots of this Beihai City in Kong Rong are afraid that they have rotted.

"Let's go!" Liu Wei stared at the porridge sellers for a long time, then suddenly turned his head and said.

"Your Highness, are we just going to let them do what they want? Not afraid that they will cause chaos? Chen Jun followed and muttered indignantly.

"General rest assured." Cheng Yu turned his head and sneered at Chen Jun: "These people are blatant and skillful, not once or twice, and Wang Xiu has already dispatched county soldiers to assist, and those young and strong people are already full, and they can't make any big mess, Your Highness has his own way to deal with it." ”

Regardless of Chen Jun, who was muttering, Liu Wei, who was walking in front, was thinking about countermeasures, he had already regarded Qingzhou as a thing in his pocket, and the Beihai City of Kong Rong was naturally his, and such things must be put an end to, otherwise it would be a hidden danger, a hidden danger that would explode at any time.

When Liu Wei climbed the city wall, the thieves outside the city were really as Wang Xiu said, with their small forces, they didn't dare to attack the well-defended city at all, but they were only intimidating outside, but the county soldiers in the city were not when they faced the Baibo army led by him, and the defenders at this time had no fear on their faces, and some even suggested going out of the city to face the battle.

Looking at the thief soldiers shouting outside the city, Liu Wei's eyes flashed a fierce light, Beihai City is the seat of Beihai County, although the city is relatively strong, but it is not as strong as the city wall of Luoyang, Chang'an and even the prison gate, it is bound to be renovated and strengthened in the future, and the water conservancy system inside and outside the city and various agriculture, commerce, fishery, and industry will be developed one by one, if you have to suffer from the extortion of the thieves every once in a while, who can stand it.

"Qu A, the brothers have eaten and drunk enough, and it is time to move their bodies, go out of the city to meet this thief army, if they are not demoted to kill!" The murderous aura in Liu Wei's eyes has been subdued, but in his bland words, there is a hideousness of iron and blood, he wants to tell the guards in the city and even the thieves in Beihai County that no one can provoke Beihai City in the future.

"Your Highness...."Pei Yong, the lord of Beihai City, has been ordered to transfer troops to assist in disaster relief, and it is the deputy general Xue Rui who stays here, seeing that Liu Wei is not only young and directly ordered to go out of the city to face the battle, he is both a little dissatisfied and a little worried, so he wants to speak out to stop it, but when he met Qu An's cold and deep eyes, his heart trembled, and he immediately changed his words: "The last general is willing to lead troops to assist the general~"

Qu A looked back at Liu Bian, but when he saw Liu Bian bowing his head slightly, he turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Even if you have some guts, Ben will take over your part." ”

Xue Rui was stunned for a moment, but how dare he refute, so he nodded helplessly, the troops here are not directly under the jurisdiction of Pei Yong, but the county soldiers under the deputy general's department, to put it more bluntly, generally speaking, an army has several deputy generals, and the main general directly governs half of the army, and the remaining half is the deputy general's department, of course, the main general is dispatched, but it is not directly under the jurisdiction.

Many years later, a colleague asked Xue Rui what he saw that day, so he decided to follow Qu A with all his heart, Xue Rui only said four words, a mountain of corpses, a sea of blood.

When the thief soldier outside shouted dryly, he was about to pick up a water bladder from his waist and pour a mouthful of water, when he suddenly heard a sharp sound whistling, looking up sharply, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his open mouth didn't even have time to close, a wolf tooth arrow wrapped in a cold breath of death, cold through his mouth, and the sharp arrow blade came out of his body, dripping with blood~