Chapter Ninety-Six: Return to Linzi
In Qin Xu's eyes, as the leader of a force of two or three hundred people, a tall and strong man, even if he can't rather die than be upright, he must have some integrity, at least not like now, kneeling on the ground with a handful of snot and tears, turning a deaf ear to Qin Xu's question, just kept begging Qin Xu who wanted to exchange it for money just now to spare his life.
"Did you ask anything?" Qin Xu really couldn't stand the tears of the old man, so he handed over the interrogation to this "expert" Sima Mao, and turned around to comfort the injured Mi family. After all, these people will also become part of Lu Bu's army in the future, at least make a good relationship first. It's just that Sima Mao only took a stick of incense to come back to his life, which surprised Qin Xu a little.
"Ahem, what Master Qin said is right, this group of people is not thieves at all. As soon as our means were revealed, before we could use them, these people were all recruited! Sima Mao licked his lips a little unsatisfied, which made Qin Xu feel a chill, and continued: "The leader of this person is called Jiang Jun, nicknamed the general, he used to be a gang leader of the Yellow Turban here, and he returned to the township after being dispersed by the imperial court. When the farmer is slack, he takes the young people in his village and pretends to be a yellow turban thief to bluff passers-by, but it has become quite a climate here. This time, he said that he had received a message from a fellow villager among the Yellow Turban Thieves before, and gave him these equipment and left in a hurry, only asking them to stop me from waiting for the time to return to Linzi, and the others couldn't ask anything. β
"He's a fellow countryman? Who is it? Qin Xu had vaguely heard this Jiang Jun talk about a surname before, and asked uncertainly.
"I've asked, this Jiang Jun doesn't know, it's just called Lao Zhang, but a certain has just investigated these military equipment, and it seems that they are from Xuzhou." Sima Mao frowned and replied: "Could it be that Tao Qianming can't do anything to us on his face, so he deliberately supports the enemy and wants to harm us with the hands of Qingxu and Yellow Turbans?" β
"Lend him Lao Tao a guts, I guess he won't dare to do this. Rivals? With just these few pieces of material, do you think Tao Qian is stupid? Or is someone else stupid? Qin Xu pursed his lips and said.
"And what about these people?" Sima Mao also felt that he had asked an unwise question, and scratched his head and asked.
"Since it is a local young man, and he has made such a big formation, he must also have some contact with the people in Jinan City, maybe it will be of some use when I accept Jinan City in the future, so I will give them a long surname and let it go!" Qin Xu pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "The people who have sent us three hundred excellent armor and ordnance can be regarded as meritorious, so be it!" β
"No!"
The appearance of these people gave Qin Xu a wake-up call. In history, Cao Ying was in the winter of this year, sent troops from Yanzhou, without spending a single soldier, collected and surrendered the millions of yellow turbans flowing in Qingzhou, and obtained 300,000 young and strong tuntian, laying the foundation for hegemony in one fell swoop.
In the past, when Qin Xu saw this paragraph, he admired Lao Cao's skill and courage very much, and thought that Cao Ying's actions alone were worthy of what he said when he was old: If there is no loneliness in the world, I don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are kings!
But after really coming to this era and witnessing the chaos in Qingzhou, Qin Xu has a fundamental understanding of this ancient wonder that Cao Ying has done. Coupled with the support of the wealthy Wei family, Cao Ying dared to gamble and had the courage to advance food in exchange for the support of these extremely hungry millions.
The people live on food! Food is the foundation of people's survival. No matter how strong your army is, no one will bird you if you don't have food! At that time, the situation in Qingzhou was chaotic, the major forces fought openly and secretly, the war was endless, the already small farmland was deserted, and the displaced people were not allowed to attach to the yellow scarf in order to survive. At this time, Cao Ying ascended to the top and shouted, come on, have something to eat with our old Cao!
As a result, Cao Ying succeeded and won the absolute allegiance of the fierce and fierce Qingzhou soldiers for 28 years.
And at present, before Cao Ying had time to implement his set, Lu Bu entered Linzi and successfully served as the pastor of Qingzhou, although because of the lack of control and the empty window of the food source, it seemed to be mired in a quagmire, and it was difficult to move an inch. But if there is the secret help of the Mi family, can it replicate the success of Cao Ying in history? That's a million people, 300,000 young people! With these people, plus Lu Bu's might, what will it look like in the future? Thinking about it made Qin Xu excited.
Qin Xu and the others did not enter Jinan City, they went around the city, accelerated their march and went straight to Linzi! Now the city of Jinan is occupied by the private soldiers of the big clan, called to help defend against the Yellow Turbans, but in fact it has become a small kingdom of reading. Now Qin Xu only has more than 1,000 families available, and he also brings 100,000 stones of grain and grass, so he enters the city completely to deliver food.
More than 1,000 people took hundreds of carts to stay overnight, except for Jiang Jun and other rabble who they met when they first entered Jinan, they did not encounter any decent rogues. Mi Fang's arrogant surname gradually has the momentum of germination, fortunately, Linzi is approaching, Qin Xu has no heart to care, a person's surname can not be changed overnight, and he always has to suffer some losses to mature. Speaking of which, Qin Xu is not the same.
From the very beginning of coming here, the first thought was to defect to Cao Ying to survive in the troubled times, and gradually found that Lao Cao was not very reliable, and he did not have the idea of being strong in Lu Bu's army, only thinking that as long as Lu Bu could get rid of his fate, with such a strong military as Lu Bu, he would not be swallowed up in a daze, even if Lu Bu was killed and destroyed, at least he could eat in a more powerful force. After experiencing things such as Chang'an, Hanoi, Jizhou, and Yanzhou, under the pressure of survival, didn't you do a lot of things? Up to now, after Qin Xu became Lu Bu's son-in-law and had a transcendent position in Lu Bu's army, didn't he also have the idea of beating the millions of yellow turbans in Qingzhou?
"We're home!" In a few days, Qin Xu and the others left the border of Jinan without danger and entered the territory of Linzi. Qin Xu looked at the strange and familiar scene in Linzi, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, although he had only been away from Linzi for half a month, Qin Xu seemed to really miss the life in Linzi that he had just come to.
The nostalgia is even more timid, although Linzi is not Qin Xu's hometown, and even the entire Han Dynasty is a guest place for Qin Xu, but this feeling of sour eyes really can't deceive people.
"Master Qin, it's the eldest lady who is here to pick us up!" Sima Mao's eyes were sharp, and when he was approaching Linzi City for twenty miles, he saw at a glance the soldiers of the trapped camp standing on the side of the road, the one in front of him was in fiery red armor, holding a small Fang Tian painting halberd, and he was looking forward to the direction of Qin Xulai, not who Lu Lingqi was.
"Why is there still a female general under General Lu?" Mi Fang didn't know Lu Lingqi, and she was a little puzzled by a group of murderous men who dared to be willing to succumb to this young girl. It is true that Lu Bu has a daughter, but Lu Lingqi can behave like this, but it is beyond Mi Fang's expectations, and even the eldest lady shouted by Sima Mao before did not make Mi Fang attribute it to the red-clothed female general in front of her.
"It doesn't hurt to tell you now!" Sima Mao, who was already a little impatient with Mi Fang's chatter and praise of the Mi family all the way, sneered and said, "You see this person is the eldest lady of my family, the only daughter of General Lu, and the fiancΓ©e of Master Qin, Lu Lingqi. β
"What? Master Qin's book turned out to be ......" Mi Fang's eyes widened, I thought that it would be surprising enough that Qin Xu could replace Lu Bu at such an age, but I didn't expect Qin Xu to be Lu Bu's son-in-law, I knew that this was the case, and if I took Qiao on the road, Mi Fang wouldn't say it if I killed Mi Fang? It's too late to tie the knot.
"That is, we have a lot of means for Master Qin, you will know later." Sima Mao invested early since Qin Xu did not make a fortune, although he was sent by Qin Xu to do some "dirty work", but the intimacy between him and Qin Xu was the highest among several people, looking at Mi Fang's dejected appearance, he said a little proudly: "If you want me to say, the eldest lady came to pick up the Qin master book, it is not unusual, the last time the Qin master book broke Cao Ying's 40,000 elites with two thousand weak troops, or the lord personally greeted it, the lord ...... Lord? β
Before Sima Mao's words fell, he saw a familiar figure in the formation of the trapped camp, and his speech was a little stumbling.
"Not good!" After Qin Xu saw that Lu Lingqi had received Zang Ba's message, he really came to greet him, and when he was happy to have a shield that could resist Lu Bu's "sound attack", he inadvertently glanced behind Lu Lingqi, and his heart trembled. I'm really afraid of something!
In the crowd behind Lu Lingqi's position, the person in the middle is not our cheap father-in-law, who is Lu Wenhou? Beside Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shuncheng, and Lian Hou Cheng lined up, and Zang Ba, who was sent to deliver a message to Lu Lingqi, was also very faceless at this time by his father Zang Hongti, and he didn't dare to cry out in pain!
Lu ...... General Lu? This is General Lu? "Mi Fang is the age of worshipping heroes, for the deterrence of Qingzhou, so that Tao Qian did not dare to move lightly in his prestige, Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu actually came to welcome a small master book? Even if it's your own son-in-law, you don't have to be like this, right? Looking at the disapproving looks of the generals around Lu Bu, they didn't seem to have any objections to Lu Bu's approach, could it be that this little master named Qin Xu really had so much energy? Mi Fang is now a little secretly strange that her own information is not well-informed, if she had known this, she shouldn't have just shown such a little "sincerity", and she should have to take Qin Xu a good look, eh? I heard that Qin Xu has some friendship with his little sister, so why don't you ......
"Qin Xu, I'm ......" A trace of uneasiness flashed on Lu Lingqi's little face after seeing Qin Xu, after all, she had promised Qin Xu that she would hide this matter from Lu Bu, but she didn't expect such a big battle today.
"It's okay!" Lu Bu was beside him, Qin Xu didn't dare to express his excessive affection, so he could only secretly find an opportunity to pinch Lu Lingqi's little hand, hoping to use Lu Lingqi's coquettish magic skills to avoid Lu Bu's storm.
"My lord! Relying on the prestige of the lord, Qin did not dishonor the king's life, and this time brought more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass to Qingzhou that was 'gifted' by the Mi family in Xuzhou. After Qin Xu saw Lu Bu, he dismounted and saluted, and said loudly, putting all the credit of this trip on Lu Bu's "strategizing".
"Coming back? Quite capable! Lu Bu was not confused by Qin Xu's push, his expression could not see joy or anger, and he said with a slight mockery. But when he looked at the mighty grain truck behind Qin Xu, the look of excitement in his eyes was inescapable of escaping Qin Xu's eyes.
"Hey, lord! There are Xuzhou guests here, save some face for your son-in-law, and go back to be punished! Qin Xu took advantage of the interval between bowing and bowing, and secretly whispered to Lu Bu.
"Humph!" Lu Bu glanced at the smiling generals Gao Shuncheng Lian who heard this, pursed the corners of his lips, and nodded reluctantly! It can be regarded as saving Qin Xu from the bad luck of being reprimanded by Lu Bu in front of others.
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