In the face of everyone's criticism, Mi Zhu's face remained unchanged, listened patiently, and then turned his head and asked Zhao Yu and Wang Lang: "Do you also think that the closure is inappropriate?" ”

Although Zhao Yu had a good impression of Liu Bei and intended to support Liu Bei to take over Xuzhou, he still spoke from a fair position at the moment when Tancheng was facing a crisis of life and death. Zhao Yu said: "If the city is not sealed, when the Cao army comes, I am afraid that someone will flee to other places with soldiers and horses!" Now if you want to defend Tancheng, you have to have the courage to break the cauldron and sink the boat! ”

Wang Lang was originally from Tancheng, with a strong and generous personality, so he would never sit idly by and watch the Cao army break through Tancheng and kill the clansmen and the people of Xuzhou, he said loudly: "The city must be closed and defended!" If you just want to reserve a way out for yourself and don't dare to fight to the death, Wang is willing to take the children of the clan to the city and die! ”

Sun Qian wanted to support Liu Bei, but when he saw that the two most famous scholars in Xuzhou supported Mi Zhu, he said in a round: "After the city is sealed, if the situation changes, you might as well open it again." ”

Zhang Min is Tao Qian's old general, and now he is Cao Cao's mortal enemy, no matter where he flees to, it is safer to stay in Tancheng, he is of course the one who resolutely supports Mi Zhu to defend Tancheng. Zhang Min said: "Since Tao Envoy Jun entrusted Xuzhou to Lord Mi before his death, the affairs of Xuzhou should naturally be based on Lord Mi's intentions!" Since the adults said that they want to close the city, then there is a reason why they must be closed, how can we push back and obstruct it? ”

Mi Zhu thought to himself that Zhang Min had a bit of eyesight, and knew whose thighs he should hold at this time. A few spoke out against the lockdown, and Mi Zhu was supported by the majority. had to reluctantly agree to the lockdown.

Cao Bao thought to himself: Closing the city will close the city, anyway, my soldiers control the two city gates, and if they really encounter trouble at that time, they can also open the city and evacuate.

Chen Deng thought to himself: Fortunately, I tried to let the soldiers of the Chen family garrison the south gate of Tancheng, otherwise I would have been given success by Mi Zhu this time!

Liu Bei thought to himself: "Mi Zhu also has this vision, if you can't unify the military power, what is the difference between the closure order and the none?" ”

Mi Zhu saw that everyone no longer objected, so he said to Cao Bao and Chen Deng: "Please also ask General Cao and Yuan Long to write down the warrant, temporarily hand over the tokens on their bodies, and I will send people to block the doors!" ”

"Mi Zizhong. Don't you think! Cao Bao Huo Ran got up. Shouted and said.

"Lord Mi, this matter is absolutely impossible!" Chen Deng also got up slowly and looked at Mi Zhu coldly.

"For the safety of Tancheng, this matter is today. You guys have to start with! Mi Zhu's words had just finished speaking. I saw dozens of sturdy men rushing in from the back hall. A man at the head was tall, his eyes were burning, and he held a sword to Cao Bao's throat.

Cao Bao scolded Mi Zhu sharply: "Mi Zizhong." You are so bold, if this general can't get out of the state pastor mansion today, the 20,000 soldiers under my command will never let you go! ”

Chen Deng also said coldly: "If there is no contribution from General Cao and my Chen family, I am afraid that Lord Mi will not be able to defend Tancheng!" ”

The strong man who was holding a sharp sword and forcing Cao Bao suddenly spoke: "General Cao might as well think about it carefully, if I kill you with a sword now, and then Lord Mi hands over all the military power of Tancheng to General Cao Hong who is guarding the barracks, I wonder if he will avenge you?" ”

Cao Bao swallowed his saliva with some difficulty, and his face became very ugly. As the strong man in front of him said, if Mi Zhu beheaded him in the state governor's mansion, and then supported his clan brother Cao Hong to ascend to the throne, then the wood would be completed, and his treacherous and greedy cheap brother might not be able to avenge himself......

The strong man turned his head to look at Chen Deng again, and said with a cold face: "The foundation of the Chen family is in Guangling, and you are the weakest in Tancheng, you refused to agree to seal the city at first, because you were afraid that once the city was sealed, Cao Cao would turn south to Guangling, right?" You refused to hand over the seal letter, thinking that once Tancheng was about to fall, you would immediately open the south gate privately, and then return to Guangling with your soldiers, right? ”

Chen Deng was told that he was in his heart, and he was suddenly speechless, and his cheeks turned red.

Mi Zhu saw that Tai Shici's deterrence had worked, so he said: "The situation is urgent, Mi really has nothing to do, so I have to make this decision, and I ask you to bear with me!" This Tancheng is not my Mi family, guarding Tancheng, then guarding the foundation of Xuzhou, Mi put his words here, and when Cao Jun retreats this time, Mi will resign from all positions in the state, and then apologize to you! ”

Liu Bei originally wanted to do it, but when he saw the dozens of wolf-like guards in the hall, he had a very dangerous feeling in his heart, so he was the first to stand up and play a round: "Lord Mi is right, everything is important at the moment, and it doesn't hurt for General Cao and Yuanlong to be a little wronged, but Lord Mi said that he would come to the door to apologize in the future!" ”

Zhao Yu and Wang Lang also hurriedly stood up and persuaded them, for fear that in the future of Cao Jun, the guards in the city would be killed by their own people first.

In desperation, Cao Bao and Chen Deng sat down angrily, wrote down the warrant for the city gate defenders to move according to Mi Zhu's instructions, and at the same time took out the seal letter hidden close to them.

Mi Zhu then called Xu Sheng in, and then handed him the warrant and the seal letter, and said: "You are the person selected by Tao Envoy Jun before his death, and you can convince everyone to carry out the task of sealing the city!" ”

Xu Sheng nodded heavily, and said to everyone in the hall: "Please rest assured, Wen Xiang is not talented, and he is willing to live and die with Tancheng!" ”

After Xu Sheng finished speaking, he hurriedly left the meeting hall with more than a dozen subordinates.

At noon, Xu Sheng returned to report that the defenders on each gate had closed the city gate according to the order, and blocked the gate from the city, and no one could enter or leave Tancheng.

Mi Zhu asked his subordinates to deliver a meal, ate it hastily in the hall with everyone, and then said: "In order to motivate the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy, Mi is willing to open the treasury and reward the three armies!" Please come with me to witness it! ”

After Mi Zhu finished speaking, he withdrew from the hall and went straight to the treasury where the silver coins were kept, followed by a group of state officials. Everyone can now understand that Mi Zhu has put everyone under house arrest in the state pastoral mansion, and it seems that he has made up his mind to "share happiness and hardship".

In front of everyone, Mi Zhu asked the soldiers to carry half of the silver coins stored in the storehouse, and then pulled them into the battalions with dozens of carriages according to the total number of soldiers in the city. Soon, the generals of each battalion distributed the money according to the "meaning" of the main generals Cao Bao, Liu Bei and Chen Deng, and the soldiers who were originally a little panicked shared the money, and the low morale rose back a little.

In the afternoon, Mi Zhu carefully discussed with everyone how to defend the Cao army when attacking the city, and took the initiative to undertake the most difficult defense line of the West Gate, and assigned Chen Deng and Liu Bei the task of defending the north gate, Cao Hong the task of defending the east gate, and Zhang Min the task of defending the south gate.

If you analyze it carefully, you will find that Mi Zhu's arrangement has great meaning. Mi Zhu kept saying that he wanted to live and die with Tancheng, and of course the Mi family had to stand up to the most fierce side of Cao's army's attack, that is, Ximen, otherwise it would not be convincing to everyone. Chen Deng originally controlled the south gate, and the Chen family was in Guangling in the south, but now Mi Zhu asked Chen Deng and Liu Bei to defend the north gate with only one doorway, seemingly taking care of them, but breaking their thoughts of retreating from the south gate. Zhang Min now has no way to escape, let him guard the south gate, and it is estimated that he will not dare to let Cao Jun enter the city if he is killed. Allowing Cao Hong to defend the east gate that could be withdrawn to Qu County was a kind of appeasement for Cao Bao who was under house arrest, indicating that Mi Zhu really had no intention of annexing Cao Bao's soldiers and horses, just to defend Tancheng.

After assigning the task, Mi Zhu said to everyone again: "Some people are worried that after the closure of the city, Cao Jun may go to Xuzhou to plunder elsewhere, and Mi also considers this." Yesterday night, Mi has sent someone to Kaiyang secretly to contact Zang Ba, then he will personally lead the army to assist us in defending the city outside Tancheng, if Cao's army goes north, it will have to fight with Zang Ba, we can also wait for the opportunity to open the city gate to go to reinforcements, front and back! If Cao's army goes south, Guangling has Chen Lao, the father of Yuanlong, in charge, we can also send troops out of the city to reinforce, and attack back and forth! ”

Everyone saw Mi Zhu's thoughtfulness, and the resistance in their hearts was reduced a lot. Cao Bao then took the opportunity to say: "Now that everything has been planned, do you want to disperse and start preparing for each other?" ”

Mi Zhu shook his head and said, "Why is General Cao in such a hurry? When Cao Jun's soldiers come to the city, Mi will take everyone to the city to meet Cao Jun! ”

Cao Bao was unwilling, and said angrily: "If the soldiers and horses from all walks of life see that their master will not return for a long time, they are afraid that they will be suspicious, and the city will immediately be in chaos!" ”

Mi Zhu smiled and said: "Please rest assured General Cao, now that the soldiers have received the reward, why do you have any doubts?" ”

Cao Bao secretly complained in his heart, knowing that he was calculated from head to toe by Mi Zhu this time.

That night, news came out from the state governor's mansion that the adults in the state were still painstakingly studying countermeasures in order to deal with the arrival of the Cao army.

These soldiers who received the reward did not notice whether their main general had encountered a situation, because the state priest's mansion would be closed for a while, money would be sent, and the deployment would be adjusted, which was clearly the result of the joint discussion of the adults, otherwise how could it be so fast and efficient?

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not ordinary people, they vaguely feel that things are a little strange, but now is not the time to act rashly, since Mi Zhu divided their soldiers and horses of more than 2,000 people with the Chen family's private soldiers to the north gate, it means that Chen Deng and Liu Bei should have no problem, otherwise how can they let the two families get together?

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army to the north gate according to the notice, and on the other hand, they asked Jian Yong and Liu Deran to quietly stare at the front and back doors of the state pastor's mansion, and once the two found anything abnormal, they would immediately rush to the north gate to report to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

In Cao Bao's camp, Cao Hong looked at the large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, and his eyes exuded a greedy light.

"Hehe, my brother is really powerful, this time he went to the state pastor's mansion, and he actually asked for such a huge sum of money from the Mi family!" (To be continued......)