When Liu Bei was leaving, he also made some arrangements for Xuzhou's defense, with Chen Qi and his son, Cao Bao, and Qin Yi guarding the four gates, and Chen Qi leading the overall situation. Hearing that Chen Qi sent someone to invite, Cao Bao and Qin Yi knew that it must be for the purpose of defending the city, so they didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so they hurried over.

Cao Bao and Qin Yi had just entered the hall, and before they could give a salute, they heard Chen Deng, who was standing beside Chen Qi, shouting in a deep voice: "Where is the knife and axe hand? Take these two down! ”

With this order, dozens of sword and axe hands poured out from behind the screen, pressed Cao Bao and Qin Yi to the ground, and tied them up.

Cao Bao shouted, "What does Lord Chen mean by this? ”

Chen Qi laughed and said: "The two generals, in Chen's view, Xuzhou must not be defended, my father and son have decided to demote General Liu, so I will borrow the two of them as a gift." If there is any offense, please bear with me. Come on, bring them down! ”

It turned out that Chen Qi was in charge of defending the West Gate, and after sending Liu Bei out of the city, Cao Bao and Qin Yi each turned back, while Chen Deng stayed. Chen Qi is already old, Chen Deng is not very relieved, he has to personally assist his father to arrange the city defense, and then return to the south gate of his defense, it is foreseeable that there will be the focus of the Jingzhou army's attack.

With the little effort he had left, Chen Deng also persuaded Chen Qi that Liu Bei might abandon the city and leave, but Chen Qi thought that Liu Bei's family was still in the city and should not do such a thing. The father and son also had some small arguments over this matter, and then they heard a faint shout of killing from the west of the city. The shouts of killing lasted only a short time, and then they were no longer heard. But the hearts of Chen Qi and Chen Deng, the father and son, were nervous, which at least showed that Liu Bei was in trouble there.

Chen Deng finally couldn't help but persuade again: "Father, Liu Xin is powerful, Xuzhou City must not be defended, father should think about the entire Chen family, it is better to ......"

Chen Qi's mentality has also quietly changed, he waved his hand, stopped Chen Deng's words and said: "Cao Bao and Qin Yi are Liu Bei's henchmen, so get rid of these two first." ”

Chen Deng was overjoyed and said: "These two people have no plans, and they can be caught!" ”

The father and son didn't know that Cao Bao was almost removed by Liu Bei at the beginning, and he was a gift and a daughter, so he escaped a catastrophe, as for Qin Yi, he even had a hatred for taking his wife with Liu Bei, how could these two people be Liu Bei's henchmen? However, at this time, in order to clear themselves and keep their Chen family, Chen Qi and Chen Deng didn't have time to think too much about whether Cao Bao and Qin Yi were loyal to Liu Bei.

The incident happened suddenly, and when Cao Bao and Qin Yi understood that Chen Qi and his son were going to surrender to Liu Xin, they wanted to tell them that they were also willing to surrender Liu Xin, but their mouths were already stuffed with strips of cloth, and they could still say a word.

Seeing Cao Bao and Qin Yi being pushed back, Chen Qi and his son were about to discuss sending someone to ask Liu Xin to surrender, when they suddenly saw a personal soldier running in with a panicked expression, bowed down and said, "Two adults, the Jingzhou army is less than five miles away from the south of the city. ”

Chen Qi was shocked: "It's so fast! I don't know who is the leader? ”

The soldier arched his hand and said, "Lord Hui, it seems to be Zhang Liao." ”

Chen Deng stroked his palm and smiled: "It turned out to be General Wenyuan, God really helped me." ”

Zhang Liao has been in Xuzhou for more than two years, and he has had many contacts with the civil and military officials in Xuzhou.

In fact, Zhang Liao and the other five armies and horses set off earlier than Guan Yu, but they had to attack cities and plunder land along the way, and everywhere they went, they also appeased the people and helped the victims, so they fell behind Guan Yu. However, they attacked all the way, and it was really overwhelming, especially Zhang Liao's troops, who arrived at the city of Xuzhou almost without blood.

This is all due to the fact that during the two years that Zhang Liao was stationed in Xuzhou, his 5,000 soldiers often went to each other to help the people do farm work and treat the sick, and his reputation among the people was far better than that of the local army in Xuzhou. Although Liu Xin repeatedly stated that his army was the army of the Han Dynasty, as soon as those people saw the outfit of Zhang Liao's army, they still shouted loudly, "Jingzhou army!" Jingzhou Army! Then they greeted each other. The main forces of Xuzhou are concentrated in Xuzhou City and the border of Runan, and the counties under the jurisdiction of Xiapi County mainly rely on temporarily recruited Minzhuang to serve as guards, and many county Minzhuang even killed county officials and opened the city gate to welcome the arrival of Liu Xin's army.

The only one who caused trouble for Liu Xin's army was Xiao Pei. Xiaopei is Liu Bei's place of garrison, Liu Bei did not commit any crime with Minqiu in the years of Xiaopei, won the hearts of the local people, and the local people spontaneously rushed to the city after learning the news of the Jingzhou army, wanting to fight to the death with Liu Xin's army.

However, Xiaopei is a small city after all, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city tried their best, but it was difficult to stop the attack of Liu Xin's army. Tai Shici, who was responsible for attacking Xiaopei, finally rushed into Xiaopei after a day of fierce fighting, after paying more than 2,000 casualties, and more than half of the people in Xiaopei City had been killed and wounded, many houses were demolished, and all bricks, stones, and timber were moved to the city for the purpose of defending the city.

After the city was broken, the people of Xiaopei were frightened, afraid of retaliation by the Jingzhou army. But the massacre they feared did not appear, and after these young soldiers in black clothes and black armor entered the city, the military discipline was strict, no one killed indiscriminately, and no one robbed property and women. As long as Xiaopei's people stay at home obediently, there will be nothing at all.

Zhang Liao, who arrived in Xuzhou first, entered the city without using a knife or a shot, and many people in the city had just opened their doors and saw the army marching through the street, dressed in black and in black armor, in good order. The people of Xuzhou couldn't help but run to tell each other that the Jingzhou army was back! In the past six months, the northern counties were massacred by Cao Cao, and the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling suffered an unprecedented food shortage. Now, all this is in the past, and with the protection of the Jingzhou army, they are safe!

It was almost noon, and the other four troops and horses also came to Xuzhou outside the city to settle down, and Liu Xin was under the escort of Xu Chu, riding into the city.

Zhang Liao took the big mansion occupied by Liu Bei as soon as he entered the city, and ordered someone to clean it up, this is the old mansion of the Mi family, and it became Liu Xin's temporary residence before returning it to Mi Zhu.

In the hall, Liu Xin looked around at the civil and military forces, and said with a smile: "Han Yu, Yuanlong, your father and son are dedicated to Xuzhou, so as not to cause misery to the souls, and you should make a great contribution." Liu has always had clear rewards and punishments, so he ordered your father and son to be the Taishou of Xiapi and Guangling, and they will go to work on the same day. ”

Chen Jue and Chen Deng were overjoyed, and in this way, they not only kept the Chen family's position in Xuzhou, but also consolidated it even more, and hurriedly got up to thank them.

At this time, the guards escorted Cao Bao and Qin Yi up. Liu Xin didn't know these two people, so he couldn't help but ask in a deep voice, "Who is Cao Bao?" ”

Although Cao Bao was tied like a zongzi, he still struggled to bow down and said loudly: "The villain is willing to surrender, the villain is willing to surrender!" ”

Liu Xin sneered: "Last year, Mr. Mi moved his family to Jingzhou, and you were the one who chased after him, right?" Now you have come to ask for surrender, and it is too late. ”

Cao Bao hurriedly said: "The villain was ordered by Tao Qian at that time, and he couldn't help himself, and he asked the adults to be aware of it. The villain's son-in-law Guan Yu has the courage of ten thousand people, if the adult can spare the villain, the villain is willing to say that Guan Yu will come down. ”

The frustration, Zhang Liao and others in the hall all burst out laughing. Guan Yu's allegiance to the Han has been kept strictly secret, and Liu Bei has not done much in various places, so there is no way to know. Liu Xin was even more amused by Cao Bao's vow to say that Guan Yu would descend, what kind of character is Guan Yu, how can you Cao Bao say that he will surrender? Liu Xin spent a lot of effort, but he only deceived Guan Yu into agreeing to be loyal to the Han.

Liu Xin glanced at Cao Bao contemptuously and said, "Do you know where Guan Yu is now?" To tell you the truth, he has already been ordered by my general to arrest Liu Bei. ”

Hearing that Guan Yu had been sent to arrest Liu Bei, Cao Bao was not only not surprised, but said with joy on his face: "Hehe, my son-in-law is a handsome man who knows the times, and it turns out that he has already served the adult. My son-in-law is strong in martial arts, and he must be caught, so please look at my son-in-law's face and spare the villain. ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but feel disgusted when he called Guan Yu "my son-in-law" one by one, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Bao, you said it wrong. If Liu's expectations were good, Guan Yu would have let Liu Bei go by now. ”

Liu Xin said this lightly, but when he heard it in Cao Bao's ears, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and he was suddenly dizzy, and he changed his words again and again: "My lord is clear, of course, the villain married his daughter to Guan Yu, but he was coerced by Liu Bei's house, it was not out of his own heart, and the villain has nothing to do with Guan Yu on weekdays." The villain is really willing to surrender, and I hope the adult will be gracious. ”

Liu Xin looked at Cao Bao's villain face, and secretly sneered, if it was according to his temperament, he would definitely push this Cao Bao out and behead him. However, this Cao Bao just mentioned his daughter, Liu Xin couldn't help but weigh it again, he was able to force Guan Yu to express his allegiance to the Han family, and gave him the opportunity to split the brotherhood between Liu Bei and Guan Yu, all because Cao Hui was pregnant with Guan Yu's flesh and blood. If Cao Bao is killed like this, it will inevitably make Cao Hui sad, in case there is a good thing, but it will not ruin the big thing of subduing Guan Yu?

Thinking of this, Liu Xin smiled again on his face and said, "Cao Bao, you should be glad that you gave birth to a good daughter." Otherwise, Liu will not spare you. ”

Cao Bao was overjoyed, Liu Xin's words obviously meant that he didn't plan to pursue himself, and it wasn't because of Guan Yu, it was because of his daughter Cao Hui. Cao Bao is still quite confident in his daughter's appearance, after the fall of Guangling, it is rumored that Guan Yu's whereabouts are unknown, but his daughter is in the city, and it must have fallen into the hands of Liu Xin. It is said that Liu Xin is lustful, and his daughter fell into his hands, is there any ulterior secret between them?