Chapter 17: I'm afraid of you
Liu Bei's envoy didn't say anything, only sent Liu Bei some nonsense, which was nothing more than talking about the past, what kind of about loyalty to the country and so on. In the end, Liu Bei's envoy's words made Chen Lin puzzled, and the envoy said: "My lord, the general of our army knows that General Duan Zhongming will definitely fight back in a short period of time, and they are all people who are for the righteousness of the country. ”
Originally, Chen Lin and Jia Xu agreed to invite Liu Bei to guard Huayin, and at this time, the envoy's words were in harmony, but this was Liu Bei's initiative, but Chen Lin had to think about what Liu Bei wanted to do. Chen Lin hesitated, but seeing the envoy waiting, Jia Xu hurriedly reminded Chen Lin: "Lord, Lord Liu is loyal, Lord Liu may as well promise, besides, our army will return to Lantian soon, if General Liu is willing to garrison Huayin for the imperial court, wouldn't it be better." As soon as Chen Lin came back to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, please turn back to Xuande, just say that Chen can't ask for it." If Xuande is willing to come to Huayin, everything in Huayin City is responsible for Xuande, and 200,000 stones, grains and grass only need to be used by 3,000 troops for two months, and the rest will be handed over to Xuande. If Xuande couldn't come, he had to burn the grain and grass so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy. ”
The envoy was shocked, although this was just a messenger who stood in front of the station, he also knew what 200,000 stone of grain meant, and he almost screamed in surprise, Jia Xu looked at it, and said in his heart, it seems that the shortage of food in Liu Xuande's army is very serious, otherwise even this character knows. You must know that grain and grass are military secrets, how can ordinary people know. The messenger was shocked and asked, "My lord, why are you leaving in a hurry, and where are you going?" Huang Yan behind Chen Lin shouted angrily: "Hmm-" The envoy was shocked, knowing that he had gone too far, and he was suspected of spying on other people's military intelligence, so he hurriedly said: "The big one forgives the sin, the little one is reckless, and the little one immediately returns to the general." The messenger almost rushed away, so I had to go back and tell Liu Bei quickly.
Chen Lin shouted from afar: "Please tell Xuande, be quick, you will leave tomorrow night." The messenger disappeared without a trace in an instant, and Chen Lin and the others laughed when they saw this. Jia Xu: "Lord, if Liu Xuande came over and took the grain and grass and returned to Tongguan, wouldn't it be a miscalculation." Chen Lin shook his head: "No, Wen He Congming was confused for a while, it was you who said before, the reason why Duan Zhongming will definitely fight back is because of these grains and grasses, if Duan Zhongming returns to Huayin and learns that these grains were taken away by Liu Xuande, how can Duan Zhongming stop." ”
Jia Xu pretended to be suddenly enlightened, so it was so, but he looked down but smiled, the horse is only useful if it can be photographed. At this time, Fa Zheng said: "Lord, but what if Duan Zhongming thinks that my army took it?" Jia Xu smiled: "It's okay, when Duan Zhongming returns to Huayin, our army will also be in Lantian, besides, if Liu Xuande's army really carries grain and grass and leaves, it will definitely be caught up by Duan Zhongming, so Liu Xuande's departure may be very small." ”
Chen Lin was also inspired by Fa Zheng's question, and said, "What if Xuande doesn't come, what will happen to our army?" Jia Xu almost answered all questions, and they all seemed to have been carefully considered: "It doesn't matter, if there is no news of Liu Xuande before our army leaves tomorrow, what if the lord really burns the grain and grass, then our army will definitely recapture Lantian, and Duan Zhongming will not have the courage to go to Lantian again when the grain and grass are lost." ”
Chen Lin was startled, burned, but it was a pity, he suddenly remembered a plan, and said: "What a pity it is to burn, if you distribute the food to the people and divide it all, Duan Zhongming is not the same as no food." Chen Lin thought he was clever, but as soon as he finished speaking, Fa Zheng and Jia Xu both objected: "The lord can't." The two glanced at each other, and Chen Lin couldn't think of anything wrong with him doing this. Fa Zheng: "Lord, imagine what Duan Zhongming would do if he came back and found that the food was in the hands of the people?" ”
Chen Lin was taken aback, yes, Duan Zhongming will definitely grab grain for the sake of the stability of the army, and the process of grabbing grain is definitely a disaster. Chen Lin was shocked into a cold sweat, fortunately there were two people, if he really did this, the people of Huayin didn't know how many people would die because of themselves. Looking at Chen Lin's ashamed appearance, Jia Xu said: "Lord, if Liu Xuande doesn't come, he can't distribute the grain to the people, but if Liu Xuande comes, the lord might as well distribute some of the grain to the people in advance." After Jia Xu's unfathomable treacherous smile, Fa Zheng was also happy, laughed, and rushed out: "Wenhe, you are too bad." Chen Lin thought about it, and he could also figure out the key to it, Liu Bei Huayin, which means that Liu Bei will definitely defend Huayin, and it is unlikely that Duan Zhongming will be able to enter the city. Then Chen Lin distributed the food in the city to the people in advance, and the people would definitely be grateful to Chen Lin, so that it would be considered to rob Liu Bei of his credit, this is a good time to spread his reputation, and besides, he used things that were used by others, so why not. figured it out, Chen Lin also laughed out loud with hahaha, the scholar is a pit person.
Over there, Liu Bei waited for the messenger's return after half a day, and Liu Bei and the others were taken aback: "What, 200,000 stones, give it to so-and-so?" Liu Bei's first reaction was impossible, Chen Lin was crazy. Guan Yu admired Chen Lin again, and the envoy said again: "General, Lord Chen said that I am short of food in Henan, and at this time, Lord Chen specially gave the general a big gift, hoping that the general would make a decision as soon as possible, because Lord Chen's army will give up Huayin soon." ”
Liu Bei was shocked again, gave up Huayin, what the hell did Chen Lin do, Sima Fang calmed down, asked a few questions again and again, and finally had no value, and waved the messenger back. Sima Fang said to Chen Lin: "Lord, Chen Zhoumu is here to take back Lantian, he doesn't want to have a hard fight with Duan Zhongming, but he prefers to teach our army." ”
Liu Bei's face was fixed, and he returned to normal and said: "Yes, but our army has to go, this is really a temptation, 200,000 stones, if you don't go, I'm afraid that this Chen Bozhi will really burn these grains and grass." Liu Bei only saw the countless grains in his eyes, and without waiting for Sima Fang to speak again, Liu Bei shouted: "Come on, Pegasus will return to Guguan and order General Zhang to lead 500 troops to guard Tongguan." Turning his head to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, bring all the people who can fight in the pass, go to Huayin, knowing that there will be a hard battle, I can't wait." Sima Fang saw that Liu Bei had officially ordered, what else could he say, and Sima Fang himself also felt that it was harmful and beneficial to go or not to go to this matter, and it didn't hurt to go. Besides, the thing that Liu Bei said to the world to take a good look at is not just happening.
In the battle against Dong, Liu Bei was almost regarded by the world as an opportunistic villain, specializing in the achievements of others. At that time, Liu Bei had no soldiers and no generals, which was indeed the case. The First Battle of Hanoi was Liu Bei's unprovoked invasion of other people's territories, and at that time, Wang Kuang was a serious Hanoi Taishou. Now use the Huayin War to justify Liu Bei's name, and let others see that Liu Bei is also loyal and patriotic, and he also came to the aid of the Chang'an Imperial Court in the most critical time.
Liu Bei's movements were very fast, he hoped to meet Chen Lin, but on the Huayin side, as soon as Chen Lin got the news that Liu Bei had sent troops to Huayin, he immediately ordered: "Send the granary grain to the people in the city, one stone per person, and the army will immediately assemble, bring all the wounded, and take away the valuable, but not burdensome." In an instant, the more than 2,000 people under Chen Lin's command did not form a large army, but were like an escort of people, all of them were big bags and small bags, carts and horses, and they were all too happy to spend.
The people in the city are even more like the Chinese New Year, every household is crazy, a stone of rice, and the uninformed people began to ask: "Alas, which adult is this?" The person who knew next to him was as proud as if Chen Lin was his own father: "I don't know, let me tell you, this is the famous Yizhou Mu Chen Bozhi Chen, do you remember the Bishui Pass back then-" I didn't expect this person to be an insightful person, and he could even talk about the matter of fighting Dong Zhan, which aroused the envy of the surroundings.
Chen Lin watched a soldier almost want to throw away his weapon in order to get something more valuable, and was scolded by Chen Lin. Chen Lin hurriedly yelled at Huang Yan: "It's messy, it's messy, Huang Yan, let everyone expropriate the cars in the city, and the people's families will exchange money for it." All people are not allowed to have anything else on their bodies except weapons, all of them are carried by car, and those who can't be moved by car are not allowed to carry them on their backs, and those who violate the order will be beheaded. ”
Liu Zhao saw that Chen Lin was really angry, these are all people from Lantian, Liu Zhao didn't want to be courtized by Chen Lin, so he hurriedly rode on the horse and turned around and shouted, and if he was disobedient, he swept directly with a horsewhip. It is better for Liu Zhao to give a few whips than to wait if he is caught by Huang Yan, it will really be beheaded, and military discipline will be restored immediately.
Jia Xu said to Chen Lin at this time: "Lord, leaving the city like this, I'm afraid that there will be chaos in the city." Chen Lin: "It's okay, Liu Xuande will arrive in two hours, just order a hundred people to guard the granary, and when Liu Xuande arrives, these 100 people will catch up lightly." "Chen Lin can't go if he doesn't go, the last thing Chen Lin wants to see is Liu Bei, if he waits for Liu Bei to come, Chen Lin is lazy in this way, Chen Lin himself is embarrassed to see Liu Bei.
When Jia Xu heard the helplessness in Chen Lin's tone, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, this idea was made by Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, but he could only let Chen Lin bear it, who called him the lord.
Chen Lin looked at the east, the direction where Liu Bei came, and muttered in his mouth: "Don't come so soon, I'm afraid of you now." "Yin people don't bring this, if it weren't for Chen Lin's lack of people, I am afraid that the beams and giant trees of Huayin County Mansion will be demolished by Chen Lin. Liu Bei got a lot of food, but if he saw Huayin's appearance, he was afraid that he didn't know how much he scolded Chen Lin in his heart, but Chen Lin took all of Duan Zhongming's things, and the people praised Chen Lin because of the food.
When Liu Bei entered Huayin, he said exactly the same thing as what Chen Lin said when he left: "I'm afraid of you." ”