After Li Zhen saw Zuo Feng leave, he also explained his intention to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and said goodbye to them. Huangfu Song stroked his beard when he heard this, and said with a smile: "General Zhu and I will soon divide our troops to other places to pacify the rest of the Yellow Turban Army, you go to Jizhou this time and hope that you can help General Lu Zhi to help him, the main force of the Yellow Turban is all suppressed by him alone, but imagine how much pressure there is, if the war has been fruitless for a long time, I am afraid that some people in the court will be dissatisfied with him, and take the opportunity to fall into the well and harm him to injustice, so you have to solve the matter of these Yellow Turban prisoners as soon as possible." ”

Li Zhen rolled his eyes, this Zhang Jiao is strong in Jizhou, with him one day, these people will unite as one, how easy it is to break the base camp of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, unless it is after Zhang Jiao's death, there is no other way, and now he can only accept Huang Fu Song, and said: "I can only do my best to go here, and I dare not guarantee that I will succeed." ”

"As long as you have the heart, you can do it." Huangfu Song also knew the situation in Jizhou, and only hoped that the imperial court could give Lu Zhi more time, so that he could kill Zhang Jiao with peace of mind.

Li Zhen returned to the camp to gather Zhang Fei and others, and after seeing everyone, he said: "I have resigned to the two generals today, now you each go back to the camp and let the soldiers pack up their things, and we will set off in two days." ”

After hearing this, several people felt that time was a little urgent, there were a lot of things to be packed, and some loot and yellow turban captives had to be arranged, so they stood up and said, "Lord, we really want to take all these yellow turban captives." ”

"Yes! What's wrong? Li Zhen asked puzzledly, didn't he have already discussed that he wanted to bring all the people in the prisoner camp to Liaoxi, why did he still ask like this, there would be no more incidents. Li Zhen's heart cooled.

Zhang Jaw was puzzled: "The lord doesn't know, there were some people in the prisoner camp in the middle of the night last night. ”

"What's going on?"

It turned out that the imperial court ordered Li Zhen to escort these Yellow Turban captives to Liaoxi for care, so that they could reflect on and reform, and the soldiers in each battalion heard about it, and felt that the Yellow Turban prisoners in their hands were not easy to deal with in the camp, there were too many people, and it was not possible to kill, and it was a waste of food and grass to keep them, so they thought that they would select some young and strong people to come out and become soldiers, and send the old and weak women and children to Li Zhen's camp overnight, and hand them over to Zhang Jaw for him to dispose of.

It's difficult to open your jaw for a while, how can you arrange so many old and weak women and children? quarreled with the generals, but these people didn't care, just said that we were doing it in accordance with the holy decree, and the people handed him over and patted his ass and left, which made him anxious, and it was not enough to accept these people's grain and grass, and if he didn't accept these people, he would resist the decree, so he could only accept it temporarily, and report to Li Zhen tomorrow to see what way to deal with it? It had been busy all night before these people were settled, and before he could catch his breath, he heard that the herald said that Li Zhen had something to look for him, so he hurried over.

Li Zhen frowned and said, "How many prisoners are there in the camp now?" ”

"Originally, our army had 25,000 people, and last night we sent more than 30,000 people, adding up to more than 50,000 people." He said in a low voice.

That's a lot! It is impossible to send these people away now, and the reputation that has been built up in the camp with great difficulty cannot be ruined like this, and the holy decree has been issued. What can I do? Li Zhen hurriedly walked back and forth, so many people took it away, and he was afraid that the grain and grass would be used up halfway, which would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"Report, General Cao and General Sun are asking to see each other outside." A soldier shouted from outside the tent.

Li Zhen was originally in an annoyed mood, but when he heard the soldiers outside the tent report that Cao Cao and Sun Jian were coming, his eyes lit up, he looked at Zhang Jaw and said, "How many captured armor and weapons are there in the camp now." ”

Zhang Jaw didn't understand how to pull up the armor and weapons now to solve the problem of prisoners, but he replied without understanding: "Now there are a total of 50,000 sets of armor in the camp, and a total of 30,000 weapons, broadswords, spears and shields, all of which have been captured by us in several battles. ”

"Okay, see how much is left in the camp, and I'll collect the rest, and I'll be useful then." Li Zhen said confidently, isn't escorting the prisoners just short of food, so I will use these weapons to exchange them in the camp.

After everyone dispersed, Li Zhen personally went out of the camp to greet Cao Cao and Sun Jian, Li Zhen saw the two and laughed: "Hehe, I just wanted to send someone to invite the two of you to come over for a drink, but who knew that the two brothers had already arrived, please talk about it in the tent." ”

"Li Zhen, this is your fault, and you won't notify us of your resignation to practice for you, if we don't happen to have something to find General Huangfu today, you won't know it, wait a minute, you have to drink three more cups." Cao Cao laughed.

After the wine and food were served, Li Zhen said: "Now I just want to leave." ”

Sun Jian and Cao Cao pretended not to hear, and no one answered from their own drinks, Li Zhen's current situation is very clear to them, last night the two also sent people to escort the Yellow Turban captives to Li Zhen's camp, and now Li Zhen must be asking for grain and grass when he opens his mouth.

Li Zhen saw that the two of them didn't answer, so he could only go on by himself, so he said: "I asked the two brothers for help today, hoping to borrow some grain and grass to let me tide over the difficulties." ”

Cao Cao put down his wine glass, looked out of the tent from time to time, and regarded Li Zhen's words as the wind in his ears, and dispersed when it blew.

Sun Jian had a bold personality, lowered his head embarrassedly, and whispered: "Brother, just say anything, as long as my brother can help you, he will definitely help you." ”

Li Zhen heard that someone was talking, and he was overjoyed: "Actually, it's not a difficult thing, I just want to borrow some grain and grass from the two brothers, but don't worry, I will pay it back twice as much as he does." ”

Cao Cao saw that Sun Jian was about to speak, afraid that he would promise Li Zhen, so he was embarrassed not to borrow it, and hurriedly said: "Alas! It's not that we don't want to borrow, it's just that there is a shortage of food and grass in the camps now, and we don't have any surplus, and I want to borrow some to help my subordinates. "Yes! We don't have much food and grass, you also know that I have just expanded my troops and horses, and the men and horses under my command have no decent weapons, let alone grain and grass, I can't live brother, it's not that my brother doesn't want to borrow, it's really ······, alas! "Sun Jian is poorer than Cao Cao shouted.

Li Zhen saw that the two of them were crying poorer than the other, and they had to be, and the white wolf with empty gloves was gone.

After a pause, Li Zhencai said: "Otherwise, there are still some surplus weapons and armor in my camp, and I will sell them to you at a low price, but the two of you must exchange them for grain and grass." "It's ······." The two of them thought about it, just now they kept shouting poverty, and now they promised to exchange food and grass for it, and they felt a little self-defeating, but now the battalions have expanded the number of men and horses, armor and weapons are the most lacking, and if there is less food, you can buy it again, and if you can't buy it, you can starve for a few meals, but if you don't have weapons, it's absolutely not good, marching combat weapons are the second life of soldiers, and you can't let people fight empty-handed, so who else will work for you.

Li Zhen saw Cao Cao and Sun Jian's hesitation, and said again: "Alas! It seems that the two brothers really have no food left, but unfortunately, I can find other soldiers to change it. “

As soon as Sun Jian gritted his teeth, he was embarrassed, and said, "Don't brother, there is such a good thing, you can't forget your brother." "But it's not like you don't have enough food and grass in your camp." "Just let him starve for a few days, it's better than dying in vain without weapons on the battlefield." Sun Jian said awe-inspiringly. "That's not good." Li Zhen said embarrassedly. "Brother, it's okay or not." Sun Jian said loudly. "Well, for my brother's sake, I agreed." Li Zhen saw that he was almost teasing Sun Jian, so he agreed. "And me." Cao Cao said hurriedly on the side. "Oh, Brother Mengde, too."

Cao Cao nodded. "Since the two brothers want to change, I'll give a friendship price, armor and weapons together with a set of two stone food, how about it?" Li Zhen said with a smile, he didn't look down on these collected armor and weapons at all, and it would be a waste of manpower to transport them to Liaoxi, so it was better to exchange some food on the spot.

Sun Jian drank Cao Cao and nodded, this is really a friendship price, and shouted: "Okay, I'll go back and prepare grain and grass." “

Sun Jian got up and took Li Zhen's hand and said, "Brother, leave me three thousand sets, I will send someone to send the grain immediately, remember to pick the good ones." "Leave me a set of 5,000 too, I'll go back and prepare now, and the quality must be passed." Cao Cao said.

Li Zhen saw that the two people who were crying poor just now were more generous than the other, and he despised them in his heart, and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, I will personally pick up the things you want, and I will definitely satisfy you, but after paying off the two of you to keep the secret for me, I also want to exchange some food in other camps." "Okay." The two said in unison.