Chapter 198: The Dispute over Xuzhou (8)

Subsequently, the two armies faced each other in front of the formation, but Liu Bei's generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun were all listed. But when he saw Liu Bei, he immediately scolded: "Lu Bu, you ungrateful, I kindly took you in, and let you wait for the garrison in Peicheng; I never thought that you would take advantage of the danger of people to take my city, I really hate that I would take in people like you who were blind before! ”

At this time, Liu Bei looked angry, completely losing the image of a benevolent and righteous gentleman in the past, and he was indeed angry. This is also the case, and he was suddenly stabbed in the back by an acquaintance, and no one can calm down this kind of thing.

In this regard, Feng Xian said: "How can you speak in the same tone as Cao Cao; This was originally the Han family city, when did it become yours again? You people have heavy troops in your hands, and you are divided into one side, but in your hearts you only think about establishing your own hegemony, and you have no regard for the stability of the country and the safety of the people; Now that he keeps scolding others for being ungrateful, how do you know how to write the word "shame"? Have you ever thought about your subordinates and their families? Just for the so-called meritorious deeds in your mouth, and ignoring their life and death, do you still have the face to say that you are a benevolent and righteous gentleman? ”

"You-" Although Liu Bei was very angry when he heard this, he was immediately unable to refute it.

At this time, I said: "I have something to warn you, the soldiers under Liu Bei, you must know that you should join the army to protect your family and defend the country and drive out the prisoners, and you should not fight and kill others for personal gain; Now that your family is in the city unharmed, as long as you are willing to surrender, you can live to be reunited with your family. ”

Suddenly, Liu Bei's subordinates couldn't help but look at each other, and some of them seemed to be very shaken.

Xu Tan, who was on the side, also stepped forward in time and said: "Soldiers, the two generals are good people, you have to believe in them; If you don't believe it, look over the city. ”

When Liu Bei's subordinate soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but look up. I saw that their families had appeared at the head of the city at this moment, calling their names. When some of the sergeants saw their families, they immediately burst into tears and threw away their weapons in surrender.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bei's face couldn't help but suddenly become a little ugly.

At this point, I couldn't help but chuckle. Relying on so-called benevolence and righteousness to win the attachment of others is just a small trick. Others will be attached to you because of righteousness, and one day they may abandon you because of righteousness. It's like if a man is with a woman just because of her beauty, one day he will abandon that woman because of her beauty.

Subsequently, others were also somewhat shaken. Seeing that those who had surrendered had been reunited with their families safely, they threw away their weapons one after another and surrendered, including some generals. Immediately, Liu Bei's subordinate formation collapsed for a while.

The so-called attack the enemy first strikes the heart. People in this era are still more concerned about their families, as long as they can make the other party understand that surrender is the right choice, then they will not hesitate to choose to surrender for the sake of their families. Of course, even if they are not willing to surrender, we cannot embarrass their families. At present, playing a family card is just to break the other party's military heart.

Liu Bei saw that the situation was not good. He didn't dare to stay longer, and immediately led his troops to retreat. When we saw them fleeing, we did not pursue them with our troops.

Seeing this, the women's corps on the side couldn't help but laugh and said, "I fled before this battle was fought." There are really timid enough people. ”

After that, we collected our troops and returned to the city, and then began to assign duties, roughly the same as when we were in Yanzhou. The difference is that Feng Xian promoted Gao Shun to the post of governor. Responsible for maintaining discipline in the army. In addition, Zhang Liao was appointed as the minister of Lu and Gao Feng as the governor of Lu. The two of them went to Lu County to take over the affairs of Lu State, and recruited soldiers and horses on their own according to the situation.

Because we have just come to Xuzhou and have not yet gained a firm foothold, we cannot easily recruit soldiers and horses at the moment, so as not to cause people's hearts to fluctuate. In addition, we are not nominally the legal administrators of Xuzhou, so we can only let Feng Xian temporarily act as the assassin of Xuzhou. After the matter was dealt with, he had to send another envoy to meet Liu Xie and ask him to add another edict of appointment.

At this time, Liu Bei's cousin Liu Zhi was also captured by our army. He was ordered by Mrs. Gan to come to visit and asked Feng Xian: "General Lu, I came to inquire at the order of my sister-in-law, I don't know if the two families have made a number of family affairs before?" ”

Feng Xian groaned, but said, "I have broken with Liu Bei, do you think you can still count?" ”

Liu Zhi said: "I know that General Lu is determined to support the Han family, but my cousin does not intend to abandon the Han family; In any case, the cousin is always the Liu family, even if he really intends to stand on his own and dominate the industry, then the world is still the world of the Liu family, and in the final analysis, it is not considered to have abandoned the Han family; Moreover, you and I have no grudges, but because of our different views on national affairs, although national affairs are important, the faith between individuals also needs to be observed; I wonder if the general agrees with this reasoning? ”

"Hmm." Feng Xian couldn't help but think about it for a while, and then said, "Okay, the family affair between the two families before is still counted; It's just that you have to advise Xuande so that he doesn't always think about establishing any hegemony, it's just adding to the chaos. ”

Liu Zhi suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, General Lu's words have been written down; Haoyang must have been willing to persuade his cousin to pacify the chaos in the world. ”

Bong nodded and said, "Well, that's the best." ”

After Liu Bei retreated, he wanted to go southeast to capture Guangling, but was defeated by Yuan Shu due to weak troops and lack of food. Immediately, he had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to Haixi City, four hundred miles east of Xiapi. Thirty miles east of the city, there will be the sea.

Soon, Liu Bei's army was hungry and poor, and Mi Zhu ordered someone to get money and food from his family to fund military salaries, which was temporarily relieved. Then, because Mrs. Gan became a prisoner of our army, Liu Bei suspected that she had met with an accident, so Mi Zhu gave his sister to him.

Speaking of Mrs. Gan, she is also a rare beauty, her skin is as white as jade, and she is radiant. When ordinary men see her, they can't help but think about her.

Because Hao Meng has not been in our army for a long time, and he is not a direct subordinate of Fengxian and us, he can only be regarded as a guest army, so he can not abide by the discipline in our army. He coveted Mrs. Gan's beauty very much, and one night he went to harass Mrs. Gan while he was drunk, but Mrs. Gan would rather die than give in, so he did not succeed.

Later, Liu Zhi reported the matter to Feng Xian, wanting Feng Xian to uphold justice. Feng Xian is now the head of a state, and he feels very gloomy when something like this happens under his rule. Although Hao Meng is a guest army, the laws and regulations that should be obeyed still have to be followed. So, Feng Xian ordered Gao Shun to punish Hao Meng according to the regulations. Hao Meng's crime is "attempted rape", although the crime is not very serious, but the impact is very bad, so he was punished with a hundred military sticks to set an example.

A few days later, Liu Bei sent an envoy to ask us for peace. Feng Xian asked Wei Xu to prepare the carriage and horses, and took a few brothers with Liu Zhi to meet Liu Bei. When Liu Bei came to the outside of the city, Feng Xian and I went out of the city to greet him in person.

After meeting, Feng Xian said: "Xuande, the misunderstanding of the past has been revealed, let it disappear with the wind, and the family affairs of you and me are still counted; Like this, I don't know what you think? ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Liu Bei should be blamed for this matter, not Brother Xian; I am willing to do my best to help the virtuous brother assist the Han family and calm the world. ”

Feng Xian immediately held Liu Bei's hand and said, "Brother Xuande can say this, I'm so happy; Now that thy wife and children are well in the city, thou shalt go into the city and be reunited with them. ”

Liu Bei was immediately moved to tears and said, "Brother is so benevolent and righteous, I am ashamed!" ”

Immediately, everyone returned to the city, and Feng Xian ordered someone to prepare a banquet to entertain Liu Bei and others. After that, Liu Xie sent the servant Tai Chongzhi Festival to appoint Feng Xian as the pastor of Xuzhou, and Feng Xian recommended Liu Bei to Tai Chong as the assassin of Yuzhou in due course. So, Liu Bei led his subordinates into Peicheng.

Liu Bei planned to appoint Mi Zhu as the commander of Yuzhou, and appointed Chen Qun, the former driver, as the county commander of Zhexian County. In this regard, Chen Qun thanked the appointment, and then returned to his hometown in Yingchuan.

At this time, his father Chen Ji couldn't help but say: "General Lu and the young general are bent on supporting the Han family, and now they are in need of talents, so why don't you go and serve under the two of them." ”

Chen Qun said: "The child has this intention, and the child also plans to take his father and the family to Xuzhou together. ”

Chen Ji said: "That's fine. ”

Subsequently, the father and son packed up their belongings and took their families to Xuzhou together.

At this time, Yuan Shu, who was in Guangling, learned that Fengxian had officially entered Xuzhou, and he couldn't help but feel worried. At this time, Hao Meng was dissatisfied with the previous punishment, so he sent someone to contact Yuan Shu, saying that he could help him capture Xuzhou. In this regard, Yuan Shu was worried that it was a counter-strategy, while Zhou Yu thought that what Hao Meng said was credible.

As a result, a conspiracy to seize Xuzhou began. (To be continued......)