Chapter 24 People can't help themselves in troubled times

"No, no, no, I don't want to do it, but I don't know why Ming Gong is like this?"

While explaining, Chen Deng quickly started brainstorming in his mind, thinking about his words. Xiapi City covers a vast area, the terrain in the city is intricate, the inner city and the outer city are intertwined, the river is vertical and horizontal, there are water and land channels between the residential neighborhoods, the bridges are many and the roads are mixed, if you are not a native of the local people, you will get lost when you enter the city.

What's more, after the flood floods the city, the roads and low-lying places will be covered by stagnant water, and Cao Jun rashly entered the city, not knowing where there was danger and where there were pitfalls.

If there is such a marked map in hand, not only will the people in the city have nothing to hide, but also the road conditions will be under control, and Cao's army will be able to come and go freely, greatly reducing unnecessary casualties.

But Chen Deng didn't want to mark this picture.

Obviously, after marking the residential points and road conditions on the map, once Cao Jun was sniped by the people, the retaliation would be very quick and serious.

"In order to avenge his father, the former Ming Gong slaughtered Xuzhou twice and lost popularity; If you slaughter again today, I am afraid that you will lose the hearts of the people of Xuzhou. If Lu Bu is broken by this method, when the Ming Duke leads the army to return to the north, Sun Ce will cross the river to attack, who can stop him? ”

Chen Deng was half explaining, half exhorting, hoping to dispel Cao Cao's murderous intentions.

Hearing this, Cao Cao suddenly hesitated: "Hmm... What Yuan Long said is reasonable, but the 100,000 people in the city are determined to help Lu, if they are not eliminated today, won't the casualties of the officers and men of our three armies increase sharply? ”

"Ming Gong, please listen to me!"

Chen Deng gave Cao Cao a deep sigh, and said earnestly: "The people in the city were deceived by Lu Bu, and they didn't know that Ming Gong had the world in mind and was sympathetic to the people, so he helped to abuse him. A certain talent, willing to rely on the three-inch tongue, for the Ming Gong to disperse Lu Bu's wings, just wait for the city to break, I only need to climb the heights and shout, and then call the people of the city to eat pot pulp, out to welcome Ming Gong! ”

"Oh? If the people do not obey you, and still resist stubbornly, what can they do? Cao Cao frowned and asked.

"Nadeng will draw this map for Ming Gong!!"

"Good! It's up to Yuanlong's plan! ”

Cao Cao laughed loudly and made a decision on the spot.

It's not that he is benevolent and loves the people of Xuzhou, but that what Chen Deng said is indeed reasonable.

His troops entered Xuzhou this time, and the people were terrified, and up to now, hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Jiangdong with their families; became a citizen under Sun Ce; If Xuzhou is slaughtered again, it will not only lose the hearts of the people of Xuzhou, but also make more people flee to Jiangdong.

In this way, wouldn't it have made Sun Ce pick up a big bargain and gain hundreds of thousands of people for nothing again!

This is also one of the main reasons why Sun Ce was willing to lend grain to Cao Jun.

As long as the war in Xuzhou continues, the people of Xuzhou will continue to go to Jiangdong because of the war. Even if Lu Bu will be defeated because of this, a situation will eventually be formed in which "Cao Cao gets the land of Xuzhou, and Sun Ce gets the people of Xuzhou".

It is clear who loses and who earns.

Which is more important, land or population, for a prince?

If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost; If you have lost land, you will save people.

Besides, the dream is just a dream after all, although Cao Cao is a "theist", but with only three dreams, he slaughtered the people in the city with ferocity, which is indeed a little unreasonable.

So he pushed the boat down the river and obeyed Chen Deng's persuasion.

Chen Deng let out a long sigh of relief.

As a native of Xuzhou, he is actually reluctant to defect to Cao Cao, and the ideal lord in his mind has always been Liu Bei.

But Liu Bei had just controlled Xuzhou for less than two years, and before he could stand firmly, he was taken away by Lu Bu and ended up with a guest Xiaopei.

After Liu Bei was defeated and retreated, his forces were extremely weak. At this time, taking refuge in Liu Bei was not enough to help him retake Xuzhou, and it was difficult to leave his homeland, so Chen Deng pretended to be Lu and took the opportunity to make Xu Du secretly connect with Cao Cao, who was more powerful, and Mingtu Lu Bu was actually unhappy for Liu Bei, and by the way, he ended the situation of the warlords in Xuzhou and returned the people of Xuzhou to peace.

Chen Deng and his father Chen Si first separated Yuan Shu and Lu Bu to prevent "Xu Yang from joining forces", and when Cao Jun advanced eastward, he used a series of tactics to trap Lu Bu in Xiapi.

From beginning to end, the father and son did not treat Lu Bu as a human being, and treated Lu Bu like a baby, playing with it in the palm of his hand.

Frankly speaking, Chen Deng and Lu Bu have no grudges, and even among the three princes of Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao, Lu Bu is not the one with the worst character.

There is only one reason why he will plot against Lu Bu so fiercely, that is, Lu Bu is brave and scheming, and he is not like a hero. Throughout the latter's journey, he first killed Ding Yuan and voted for Dong Zhuo, and then joined Wang Yun to punish Dong Zhuo, and then was expelled from Guanzhong by the rest of Dong Zhuo, voted for Yuan Shu, voted for Zhang Yang, voted for Yuan Shao, and then voted for Zhang Yang, attacked Yanzhou, attacked Xuzhou, and everything he did was short-sighted, and he forgot his righteousness. Once he followed Lu Bu, then his fate was predictable, and he would die sooner or later.

Rather than doing this, he simply finished Lu Bu with his own hands in exchange for promotion.

If you want to blame, blame the chaos of the world, and blame Lu Bu Taicai.

But if Lu Bu is more resourceful and has a brighter future, he Chen Deng will not fall to Cao Cao, who slaughtered Xuzhou twice.

……

Chen Deng's thoughts, Lu Bu didn't know.

In Lu Bu's eyes, Chen Deng is the most unforgivable Erwuzai, and there is no one. As long as Cao Cao is defeated, the first thing he has to do is to settle the account with Chen Deng, the Guangling Taishou he personally appointed!

Otherwise, how can this hatred of being besieged for several months be repaid?!

But that's all for later.

The top priority is to immediately start the fifth simulation, gather the five immortal points, and marry Du... Ahem, get a surprise, defeat Cao Cao at the lowest cost, and live in peace.

[Born and Born... Click...】

"Husband~"

Just as Lu Bu was about to enter the simulation scene, a soft body burrowed into his arms and interrupted the simulation process strongly.

At the same time, Yan's soft and sweet voice sounded in his ears.

Lu Bu silently glanced at the coquettish Yan, psychologically he wanted to teach her an unforgettable lesson, after all, he had been in the simulation scene for a month before, and he had already passed the stress period.

But I can't do it.

Lu Bu pushed Yan away with an expressionless face, and reprimanded with a tiger face: "I still have to defend the city tomorrow, how can I indulge in this?" You rest on your own, and don't bother me! ”

Yan was stunned by the roar, looked at Lu Bu blankly, and was a little confused for a while, wasn't he the person from the Yunlan Sect who was the third before?

I called her Britney in the middle of the night, and now I'm telling her to go to bed by myself?

After being stunned for a while, Yan flattened his mouth aggrievedly, silently retracted to the other side of the bed, wrapped himself in a small ball with the futon, and soon fell asleep with a sullen breath.

Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief.

It felt like the whole world was clear.

Hurriedly called out the system, selected the fifth save, that is, the one that failed to recruit Zhao Yun, and started the fifth real-world simulation.

It is a matter of life and death, and this matter must not be sloppy, and it must be simulated seriously without distraction.

Accompanied by the familiar opening voice, the light alternates between dark and bright.

Lu Bu opened his eyes and found that he was already in Zhaojia Village, Changshan, and the time had come to March 1, the fourth year of Jian'an (the time in the simulated scene).

He carried Fang Tian's halberd and stood outside a confined wooden house, looking at Zhao Yun across the wall.

"Zilong, will you go out of the mountain with me to save the people of the world?"