Yecheng tonight is destined not to be peaceful. During the day, Yuan Xi sent someone to deliver a letter to Liu Bei, but somehow the news leaked, and in just a few hours, it had already spread in the city.

For Yuan Xi's practice of giving authority and people, many people are secretly scoffing. Xuzhou is not far away, can the city defense be attached to others? How could Yuan Xi still come up with such a brainless way to deal with the covetousness of Cao Cao, Lu Bu and even the Black Mountain thieves who joined in the fun? Aren't you afraid that Liu Bei, who is said to be the lord of benevolence and righteousness, will also learn from Lu Bu to Tao Qian, and won't leave as soon as he comes?

Yuan Shao, who had been friends with Yuan Xi, came one after another to persuade Yuan Xi, but Yuan Xi seemed to admit his death, and no one could persuade him.

After several failures, many people died of heart. It is true that he wants to sell his loyalty to the old Yuan family, but how can he not expect that people don't want it! Liu Bei's army has been stationed outside Yecheng for five or six days, and the soldiers are impressive, so it doesn't look like they are coming to help Yecheng defend the city. What's more, there are officials who are well aware of the situation in Hebei, and even accidentally discovered that there were suspected black mountain thieves in Liu Bei's military camp. What's the rhythm? Didn't Yuan Xi say that Liu Bei was also invited to guard against Montenegro? It's getting more and more incomprehensible.

Seeing the suspicious backs of these officials and generals in Yecheng, Yuan Xi, who boasted of his clever strategy, sneered and watched. Mediocre! O mediocrity! Except for picking up people's teeth and wisdom, it is useless to break two sentences of Liu Bei's threat theory! Although the fly in the ointment is that I don't know which big mouth leaked the news, but at the moment it is harmless. It can even convince Liu Bei outside the city that it is not a bad thing. Everyone says that Liu Bei is a hero, who knows that he Yuan Xi and Yuan Ergongzi can be so easily brought into the palace? Just wait for this to be counted. With Zhang Yanli, he cooperated with Liu Bei, and successfully cut off Gongsun Zhan's right-hand man, when he and the second child of the Yuan family dominated Hebei, see what else these people have to say!

At that time, 60,000 Black Mountain bandit soldiers, 20,000 Jizhou elites, plus 8,000 elite Euphorbia soldiers and more than 10,000 Yecheng auxiliaries will gather in Yecheng. The feeling of having an army of 100,000 made Yuan Xi feel quite good about himself, and even found out a little bit of his father Yuan Shao back then. Since Bohai County, it has become a majestic feeling in less than a year.

An army of 100,000! Liu Bei's doomed defeat will inevitably cause Gongsun Zan to be alert and dare not come back easily, the sixty or seventy thousand soldiers gathered by Cao Cao. The main goal is to merge states. In other words, as long as this plan is successful, even if he faces the legendary No. 1 general in the world, Lu Bu, he will have the strength to fight. Take 10,000 steps back, even if you can't beat it, can't you prevent it? He Lu Bu is naturally mighty, and he is just one person, is it his own army of 100,000. There is also Yecheng fortified city, can't he stop him from less than 20,000 cavalry? That's a joke. Besides. He Lu Bu has his own bravery, but doesn't this army also have fierce generals such as Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw? He Lu Bu has the world's strong army trapped in the camp and the first camp of the "mutiny", but there are only 2,000 people in the full battle, and there are 8,000 euphorbia soldiers who are also not weak. Yuan Xi could almost foresee that after he retreated from Liu Bei and broke Lu Bu, he would take advantage of the situation to attack Yuan Tan, deter Cao Cao, attack Gongsun Zhan, and finally dominate Hebei and watch the world.

Success or failure is only tomorrow, compared to the great cause that is about to succeed in their own hands, what is the misunderstanding of these mediocre people? As long as the city is won by a major event, these people will inevitably change their rhetoric at that time.

"Lord, third son...... The third son is gone! Leave only one letter! When Yuan Xi was wandering in his own dream, fantasizing about the praise of the future generations when he was done, the servant who was arranged by Yuan Xi for Yuan Shang in the mansion suddenly looked anxious and asked to see him with a bamboo slip.

"Xianfu doesn't say goodbye?" Yuan Xi's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he immediately picked the corners of his mouth, shook his head, took the bamboo slip in the servant's hand, and sent the person away.

The content on the bamboo slip was very simple, but after Yuan Xi read it, his brows were furrowed. Yuan Shang did not explain where he went, but the whole article said that Zhang Yan could not be trusted, and Liu Bei's army could not easily let him enter the city, and hoped that Yuan Xi would be cautious.

"Wait and see! Hmm, someone, call General Wen Chou to come and see you! "If someone else touches Yuan Xi's head like this after Yuan Xi has already blown away all the people who came to persuade him, ten out of ten will be disposed of by Yuan Xi with an uneasy and kind hat. But although Yuan Xi didn't think much of the rhetoric left by Yuan Shang, he didn't throw it away casually, and knocked his finger on the table a few times, which is an action that Yuan Xi often does when he can't make up his mind. After pondering for a long time, Yuan Xi slowly commanded.

Outside Yecheng City, Liu Bei's military camp is in the big tent. Because of the incident a few hours ago, the faces of the generals present were a little dignified.

Before Yecheng arrived, there would never be a conflict with the "friendly army" Montenegrin bandits. This was originally a military order set by Liu Bei. Although the generals were quite dissatisfied with this military order, in order to obtain Yecheng, they could only turn a blind eye to the arrogance of this group of thieves. But the blind forbearance in exchange for not only is not the confession of the Black Mountain thief, but the repeated provocation, this time it is good, even human lives have been made. The one who died was still the personal guard who had escorted Guan Yu from the plains.

This matter can be big or small, the key is to see Liu Bei's attitude, whether to focus on the soldiers under his command, or to focus on the so-called friendly troops and meritorious deeds. Liu Bei's disposal is not timely, and the promise he made to Xiao Qi frankly has also won Guan Yu's support. But no matter what, if this matter is at its root, in the eyes of the generals in the account, it is still Liu Bei's connivance at the arrogant actions of the Black Mountain thieves. Liu Bei is a good lord, he is not modest, benevolent and righteous, but in the eyes of a group of middle-level generals in Youzhou, he is still too "weak", what kind of strategy and strategy these big bosses don't understand, but they don't understand the object of their allegiance, Liu Xuande, who was famous in Youzhou at the beginning, was so aggrieved by a group of thieves.

"General Zilong, you are close to the lord, and some of your words are much more appropriate than ours! The lord connived at the Black Mountain thieves like this, even if he wanted to use his power to attack Yecheng, he was afraid that he would be arrogant, and it would be difficult to discipline him in the future! Several middle-level generals of the Youzhou soldiers exchanged heads and ears, and a middle-aged general over forty years old was pushed out. Zhao Yun, the general of the personal guard who stood expressionlessly on the side of Liu Bei Shuai's case, and waited for Liu Bei to come, arched his hand and said.

"Yes, General Zilong, we are all old brothers when we were in Youzhou. You can't sit idly by! And this matter is related to the prestige of our lord! Do you think that for the sake of a group of thieves who have not yet surrendered, you can ignore the life and death of your own brothers, which is easy to say and not good to hear, isn't it? "Someone started, and Liu Bei had not yet come here at this time, and many people were bold. all know that he was appointed by Liu Bei as a general of the guard. Zhao Yun, who has no trust in Guan Zhang, doesn't look at the extremely high force, but he is extremely sensible. Also very good to talk to. Some things are not good to face Liu Bei Yanming, so he can only entrust his hope to Zhao Yun.

"Calm down, generals! The Lord of the Matter...... The Lord must have made up his mind! "As for what happened a few hours ago, Zhao Yun, who was ordered to take care of the grain and grass, had already heard about it. For the Black Mountain thieves who ravaged Hebei, Zhao Yun, who was born in Changshan, naturally did not have a good impression. Just out of trust in Liu Bei. He did not raise any objections when his army wanted to cooperate with the Montenegrin bandits. And the arrogance of the Montenegrin thieves in the past few days. Zhao Yun is also like the generals, and because of the military order, he can only hope that Liu Bei can completely "see" the face of the Black Mountain thief.

"But ......" The generals in the tent had to persuade Zhao Yun again, and they heard a light cough outside the tent, which was Liu Bei's voice, and they all hurriedly closed their mouths. It's okay to say this kind of thing when you go behind Liu Bei's back, but if you discuss these things in front of Liu Bei, that's all there is to say just now. In serious terms, it can be regarded as a crime.

Liu Bei's gloomy face was replaced by the one that always had a faint smile when he lifted the curtain of the tent door. An expression that was called an expression of joy and anger walked in.

"Lord!" The generals who had been on the battlefield for a long time were all cautious at the moment, completely without the previous big grin, and hugged their fists in unison.

"Zilong, there have been a lot of miscellaneous things recently, you have worked harder, you will personally take care of the grain tent and the defense of the Chinese military tent tonight. After cooperating with the Montenegrin people to enter Yecheng tomorrow, we will have a good rest! As soon as Liu Bei came in, he instructed Zhao Yun to say. Originally, Liu Bei's original intention was to detain Zhang Yanyi's son Chu Cheng in a tent of the Chinese army in order to calm the anger of the public, and this time he wanted to discuss with the generals how to appease the morale of the army and not provoke Zhang Yan too much, but he didn't expect that before the people arrived, they heard the "voices" of these middle-level generals in the tent.

For Guan Yu, Liu Bei will naturally consider Guan Yu's feelings with all his heart, and for these middle-level and high-level generals of the Youzhou soldiers, even if Liu Bei has the heart to appease them one by one, he doesn't have the time and energy, so he simply didn't do the act of inviting people's hearts again, and forcibly set the tone as soon as he came up.

These people are all middle and high-level generals of the Youzhou soldiers who have been on Liu Bei's network in the past two years, and they have worked hard to find all kinds of excuses to gather together, and they have already been branded by Liu Bei, and it is difficult to return to the original Youzhou soldiers under Gongsun Zhan, so for Liu Bei's rare strength, they also chose to remain silent one by one and bow their heads to obey orders.

This night outside Yecheng seemed to be destined for something. The night has been three watches, but Liu Bei still hasn't fallen asleep. The atmosphere was too quiet, which made the Black Mountain thieves ready to come and ask for it if the Black Mountain thieves disappeared their young master. Even the rhetoric and gifts were ready. Chu Cheng, who is rarely honest, has long been untied and sent to eat. It can be said that except for prohibiting him from going out of the account, everything else is good.

But Liu Bei waited until the time when he was about to die, and there was still no movement at all in the unkempt camp of the Black Mountain thieves not far away. Even the black mountain thief rider general will poison, it seems that he has accepted the news that Liu Bei sent someone before, saying that he wants to invite Chu Cheng to drink here and wait for Zhang Yan to arrive tomorrow, but Yu Poison is not suspicious of this?

That doesn't make sense! Could it be that this Yu Poison is also the same as that Zhang Yan, who is dead and wants to take refuge in his Lao Liu? Then why didn't the Montenegrin thieves show any performance when they grabbed food with the Youzhou soldiers a few days ago?

The more I thought about Liu Bei, the more I felt that my brain was not enough, and I had the heart to invite Kong Rong over, but I was afraid that Kong Rong, who was already a little embarrassed because of the past, would be displeased again, and hesitated for a long time, Liu Bei said to himself comfortingly, maybe he was really too careful. The Montenegrin thieves are just a group of thieves who can't get on the table. In the past, because they were under Cao Cao's command, whenever there was anything in the imperial court, when the officials and troops wanted to encircle and suppress them, there would always be Cao Jun's spies who sent them a letter in advance, so that they could be saved from difficulties. But now that Zhang Yan is against Cao Cao, naturally there is no such treatment. Yu Poison was only a relatively low ranking among Zhang Yan's cronies before, and he really couldn't count on what this person could do.

"Knock knock ......" The hour drum beat in the army has been beaten for the third time. That is, it is already three minutes of ugliness. Liu Bei was already quite sleepy, and he had already taken a nap. But after all, I was still not very relieved, and woke up again. The pressure of the past few days is really not something that ordinary people can bear. Before Yecheng Yuan Xi suddenly changed his hexagram, although Liu Bei said that it was expected, but he didn't know how many times he scolded his mother in private! And the disadvantage of sending Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to attack the plains, now it seems that they were flickered by Kong Rong at that time. What kind of containment and so on, it's completely a stinky chess game that has nothing to do, and Lu Bu hasn't moved much! Besides. Now that Zhang Fei has been folded and 5,000 Youzhou soldiers have been lost, is it possible to sway Lu Bu's thoughts? Hasn't it been five or six days, and I still haven't seen Lu Bu! Why did you believe Kong Rong's words in the first place! And that's not all. In those five or six days. Lu Bu's shadow is heavily pressed on Liu Bei's army, which is already breathless, but the Black Mountain thieves have a dispute with the Youzhou soldiers again, and they also killed people the day before Zhang Yan arrives, and the contradiction is almost irreconcilable, can't it be stopped for a while? Liu Bei can only think about hiding it first, at least he has to hide his own soldiers, and wait until Yecheng succeeds. Look at Zhang Yan's attitude and make a difference again.

"Big brother, you lie down first! There's a feather here. It's going to be fine! I can't run away from that Chu Cheng! "It's a coincidence. I don't know if the soldiers who carried out Liu Bei's order did it deliberately, or something else, the camp where Chu Cheng was imprisoned was less than thirty steps west of Liu Bei's big tent, if you hurry up, you can run back and forth in three or five breaths, and Guan Yu After learning this, he was even more fully clothed, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife at the door of Liu Bei's military tent, nominally to protect the tent for the commander, but in fact, he was also worried about whether the ten soldiers who were responsible for guarding Chu Cheng could be competent, but don't run away This young master of the Black Mountain thieves who his eldest brother personally called out the traitor Fang.

"Yun Chang also has to take care of his body!" Liu Bei commanded. For Guan Yu's appearance like a great enemy but unable to explain the reason, Liu Bei still attached great importance to it at first. But it's been three o'clock, and Liu Bei's heart defense has gradually relaxed. It's not that Liu Bei is lazy, but most of the soldiers in these years are very unaccustomed to marching at night. Of course, if the other party is a strong army under the command of Lu Bu and Cao Cao, then it is naturally how tightly guarded, but the other party is some black mountain thieves who wander in the mountains and forests all day long, not to mention learning from the regular army to fight at night. Those Montenegrin thieves who can't even eat enough to eat, even if they can see things clearly at night, even if they are in excellent physique, these people have long been incorporated into the personal guard of the bandit leader Zhang Yan, and they don't see the messy Black Mountain thieves who are barely in the camp on the opposite side, and they don't even have a proper patrol team.

"What do you say? Cheng'er him! He just killed an ignorant guard, and he was almost cut off his head, and now he is locked up by Liu Bei's guy? Hum! Come! "Just when the brotherhood between Guan Yu and Liu Bei was shown, it was ten miles outside Yecheng," it is said that "Zhang Yan, who will arrive tomorrow, heard that Yu Yu came overnight to report that his son Chu Cheng was detained by Liu Bei, Zhang Yan immediately became angry and took the case.

"The handsome man is angry! This has to be considered in the long run! No wonder Zhang Yan was so annoyed! Others don't know, but Yu Poison, who is an old brother in Montenegro, does. What slave? Chu Cheng was the biological son and only son born to Zhang Yan and his sister-in-law by fornication! It's just that I don't want to cut off the roots of the old Chu family because I changed my surname, so I forced it to be a subordinate. Don't say that he Zhang Yan has his own plans for this matter at the moment, instead of really throwing himself to Liu Bei, even if all the Black Mountain thieves really belong to him and get on the Liu family's chariot, then Liu Bei treats Zhang Yan like this to Zhang Yan's only son, which is enough to make Zhang Yan angry and fight bulls!

"Brother, do you have a good plan to rescue Cheng'er?" Zhang Yan is a person who can control his emotions very much, although his thoughts are now full of thoughts about rushing into the Youzhou barracks and rescuing Chu Cheng, but he still forced a trace of calmness and asked Yu Poison to say.

"Da Shuai also raised his brother, and Liu Bei has also seen it, although he is always smiling, but he is not a similar one. I heard that he also had a good brother, who fell into battle with Lu Bujun, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. But he can be the same as no one, he heard the news a moment ago, turned his head and laughed with so-and-so! Don't underestimate it! But the young master is by Liu Bei's side, but he shouldn't be able to suffer much. That Liu Bei is a person who understands, for the sake of Yecheng, he doesn't even care about the life and death of his brothers, and he definitely won't push out the friendly troops who are about to cooperate in attacking the city just because of a guard. This guy can even endure the provocation I waited for a few days ago, and I want to detain the young master, but I just make a gesture to show the following. You shouldn't have to worry! "Yu Poison has played the role of a dog-headed military advisor in the Black Mountain Thieves a few times, and although he is not resourceful, he really has a unique understanding of people's hearts.

"Let's wait until dawn to do the district!" It was early in June, and it was just a little more than a little over, looking at the sky where the moon was already faint and the stars were scarce, and some light was faintly seen, Zhang Yan was moved by Yu Poison's heart, and he could only nod slowly with a calm face. (To be continued......)