After this battle, the rest of the spoils are still secondary, and there is a big gift that Tao Qian promised to Liu Bei earlier is the highlight of today's dinner: four thousand Danyang soldiers.

"Cao Bao's greed for life and fear of death, not to mention the involvement of his brother, today in front of Tao Yuanjun, he actually reversed black and white, referring to his brother's cowardice!" The third master scolded fiercely, "My brother has been fighting for days, and it is really between life and death, how easy it is to talk about it!" If it hadn't been for my second brother stopping me, I'd have really thought-"

"He was born in Danyang, and he was originally a very important person for Tao Envoy Jun, so I shouldn't embarrass Tao Envoy Jun in front of him," Liu Bei was not angry, "Besides, since the war in Xuzhou is temporary, although I am poor, I can't afford to raise an idler, so let him go." As for the four thousand Danyang soldiers......"

There was a brief silence at the table, and everyone looked at the commander in chief with their eyes open.

"I want to separate Danyang Bing and divide it with you and others to teach and practice," Liu Bei said, "How do you divide it?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at the second master, the second master touched his beard, "This battle is the head of the fish, if he didn't notice that the thief Cao wanted to escape, and he could use the name of Yuan Shu to disturb Cao Jun with suspicious soldiers, how could there be today's situation?" These 4,000 Danyang soldiers should be ordered to choose the able-fitters among them first to enrich their army. ”

So all eyes were on her.

She was a little cramped, unconsciously scratching her hair and tapping the black blade in her head.

[How much should I have?] 】

[What do you want?] Dan Yang Bing? 】

[Yes,] she was a little excited, [I heard that they are very experienced mercenaries, and they have the reputation of "Danyang Mountain is dangerous, and the people are more fruitful", this time everyone asked me to pick first, how much should I want? Five hundred? Thousand? 】

The voice of the black blade was not so excited, but there was a meanness in his tone, [Generally speaking, I don't recommend you to snatch other people's dogs, especially when the owner is still alive. 】

【…… What are these words, you are too insulting, Dan Yangbing is not a dog. 】

[Just because Danyang Bing is a human,] Black Blade said, "So it's more troublesome than a dog." 】

They will conspire, they will conspire, they will be instigated, they are not a group of scattered sand, but a group of mercenaries with the same accent, the same habits, and each other's relatives, so that the relationship is extraordinarily strong. And she couldn't gauge how long it would take to undo Cao Bao's influence on the army.

"Hanging fish?" Liu Bei looked at her with a smile, "Have you thought about it?" ”

Lu Hangyu raised his eyes, "I don't want Danyang Bing anymore." ”

Liu Bei was shocked, and the second and third masters were also shocked, "You only have those three hundred people, don't want Dan Yang Bing, what do you want?" ”

Zilong, who has been eating and drinking, and rarely speaks, also had a hard time persuading at this time, "Suspicious soldiers are not regular soldiers, you still have to have a team of soldiers and horses who can fight with people in a dignified manner." ”

She looked at the bearded big brothers with worries written on their faces in this circle, "After this battle in Xuzhou, many homeless people are in need, I can recruit them." ”

Zhang Fei blinked, and then blinked again, "Haven't you had enough of the hardships you suffered last time?" Displaced people are not one in a hundred, and if they want to practice as soldiers, how easy is it to talk about it! ”

"I know this, but if the lord hadn't taken me in and you taught me a lot of strategies for leading troops, I would be no different from the homeless," she said humbly, "I still have to slowly explore this path of leading the army, and the homeless people are a match for me." ”

Everyone didn't have a hobby of forcing people, but they still talked about it, thinking that she was too humble, and she didn't want Dan Yang Bing, but wanted to be a homeless, which was simply asking for hardship. She maintained a calm and salted fish face, picked up a chopstick dish, stuffed it in her mouth and chewed it.

"Hanging fish doesn't eat fish on weekdays," Jian Yong changed the subject, "Today I finally know the freshness of raw fish." ”

…… She didn't notice just now, she was eating shredded raw fish, and now she was embarrassed to spit it out, so she could only stiffen her face, smile and nod, and swallow the mouthful of freshwater raw fish.

"If you are sincere and have made up your mind," Liu Bei said, "When Xiaopei is stationed, I will draw a training ground for you, so that you can train and train well." ”

Speaking of "Xiao Pei", Tian Yu suddenly reacted.

Since Tao Qian said that he wanted Liu Bei to stay in Xuzhou, Tian Yu's reaction has been a little abnormal, and now he finally took advantage of the staggered cups, sat up and made noise, and everyone was very happy to get up and admonish. There is only one center of advice: Xuzhou can't wait! Come on!

"Although the plain is lonely and poor, but only need to face Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao intends to go north in the past two years, the lord can slowly recruit troops and horses, and strengthen his strength," Tian Yu said, "Although Xuzhou is rich now, it is adjacent to Cao Cao in the west, and Yuan Shu in the south, and it is not known whether Tian Qingzhou is an enemy or a friend after that, it is a real place of four wars!" The lord has only a few thousand soldiers, how can he fight his neighbors with his own strength? Tao Gongzu today, it is not that we are waiting for tomorrow! The Lord should think carefully! ”

There was silence.

The second master frowned, the third master took a breath, Zilong looked at the lord a little nervously, and then looked at the third master, Jian Yong raised his eyebrows and shook the small fan, but he was not nervous.

"The country treats me honestly," Liu Bei was very calm and calm, "I also had to dissect my heart."

"Before coming to Xuzhou, I thought about this step. The Han family is declining, and since I want to help the weak and save the weak, I naturally have to fight with the heroes. If I am defeated here, collapsed here, or even die here, this is the will of God, and it is beyond the expectation of metrics like memorials.

"But, after all, I still have to try," the lord of the throne smiled quietly, "I can't stay in the Plains City forever and sit still, even if I am defeated in the future, how can I regret today's events?" ”

Tian Yu bowed deeply and didn't say anything more.

When he was drinking, someone outside came to look for Zhao Yun, saying that there was a messenger from Youzhou, so Zilong quietly left first. Everyone didn't pay much attention to it, but continued to drink happily. Among them, Jian Yong was the happiest, who directly moved a small pillow and lay down, and the case was also withdrawn, and a plate of fruits was placed next to him, and he just lay down and ate it.

…… I always feel that if this scene is seen by the disciplinary committee, it will be quite exciting.

But when she thought like this, Liu Bei, who was clucking and eating beans, suddenly beckoned to her.

After following the lord these days, she counted Liu Guanzhang's amount of wine a little, for example, she used an urn of wine as the standard, and the second master's tongue was a little straight after drinking, and his face was red, but his thinking was still clear; After the third master drank it, his eyes straightened, and he began to talk to people upside down, not knowing what he was thinking about in his head; After the lord drank it...... Except for the need to change clothes, there is no other change, the face is not red and the heart is not beating, the eyes are very steady, and now I can still hold a glass of wine, and talk to her slowly and leisurely, the content is mainly:

"The credit for this battle is yours, why do you want to shirk those Danyang soldiers?"

"I'm not good at interacting with people," she said, "and Dan Yang Bing has been following Cao Bao for too many days, and I am afraid that Cao Bao will get in the way and cause civil strife in the army." ”

Liu Bei nodded and took a sip of wine, "Do you think Cao Bao and I are not fellow travelers?" ”

"Hmm." She nodded, "My lord has to be on guard, too." ”

"You are excellent at swordsmanship, haven't you thought about finding a chance to kill him with a sword?"

…………………… Ha?

She blinked, feeling that the topic was going a little strangely, but the lord was looking at her seriously, neither like a joke nor a temptation.

"I've never done anything like that." She said honestly, "Naturally, I didn't think about it. ”

"Then what if Cao Bao commits the act of forming an army and rebelling against the army in the future, causing turmoil in the army?"

"Then of course I'll kill him," she thought about it after speaking, feeling a little suspicious, "Lord, are you trying to kill him?" Do you want me to help? ”

Liu Bei shook his head, "If I want to kill him, I will kill him myself, and I won't want to borrow your hand." ”

Oh oh oh, yes, the lord is also a veteran from a ranger, so it's no problem to kill someone. She felt a little relieved, and then she felt curious, "Then why did the lord ask me this?" ”

"You are still young, and you act with righteousness," Liu Bei thought for a moment, "but you have to remember that when you lead troops to defend one side in the future, you can't be too gentle." ”

"This," she blinked, "how do you understand this?" ”

"For example, you can treat the people with kindness, but you must be more careful with those generals, and you must not be merciful when you need to be ruthless - especially those generals from big families, they will not accept your affection, let alone appreciate your kindness."

The lord still seems to be a little drunk, at least he usually doesn't speak so clearly and coldly to others. He usually doesn't seem to care about anything, and when he is provoked, he passes with a smile, she thought, but in fact, he has always seen it very clearly.

But after she silently wrote it down in her heart, Leng Buding asked again, "Can the lord do it?" If you can really do it, on the night of the first day of the battle, you should kill Cao Bao, right? ”

The lord choked up, and after a while burst into laughter, so laughing that the people around him who were drinking and chatting turned to look at the two of them, so she silently picked at the mat with her fingers in the baptism of her eyes.

After picking at it, the lord finally spoke.

"I originally wanted to tell you two days that I had something to do with you."

"Huh? What does the lord command? ”

"Xia Pi State Harmony ......"

Her eyes lit up, "The one who believes in Buddhism?" ”

The lord was stunned, "How do you know?" ”

Ahem, it's not enough for outsiders either.

Xiapi Guoxiang, a loyal Buddhist, heard that Cao Cao was coming to attack Xuzhou not long ago, so he took his troops, defenders, and the people of Xiapi to abandon his beautiful Futu Temple, and went south to Guangling County together.

He not only took away the people in Xiapi, but also took away the grain and grass taxes that had been deducted in the past few years and not sent to Tancheng, which was very different. Although this person and Tao Qian are both from Danyang, they are considered to be Tao Yuanjun's serious fellow countrymen, but now that Xuzhou is in difficulty, Tao Qian must be unhappy when he hears that Zhen Rong absconded with money.

…… Speaking of which, she has a little sympathy for Grandpa Tao Qian, always trusting her fellow villagers, and always being deceived by her fellow villagers.

Therefore, Liu Bei took over this task, saying that he could send someone to find Zhenrong to "talk" and "invite" him back, at least to bring back the taxes of Xiapi for three years...... This candidate is Lu Hangyu.

She felt a little unbelievable after listening to it.

"Are you serious, my lord?"

The lord was a little confused, "What's wrong?" ”

Not really, she just thinks that sending a subordinate like her, who is not good at "talking" in words, but is good at "talking" in physical ways, to seek harmony may not be a bad thing for Xuzhou's financial situation.

…… But it's definitely not a good thing for Zhen Rong himself.

But she was a very frank person, and now that she had drunk a little, she was even more frank with a lord who was a little too drunk.

"All right," she said, "I'll pack up and go, but, my lord, are you going to die or live?" ”

Liu Bei was bowing his head and drinking, and when he heard this, he couldn't hold back, and the wine squirted out of his nose.

…… The scene was a little awkward.

"What is this," he said, in a sullen voice, covering his nose with his sleeve, "don't I know you yet?" But if you can bring back alive, you will definitely bring back alive. ”

"Okay," she nodded happily, "I'll try my best then." ”

After the military camp was moved to Xiaopei, she couldn't leave immediately.

There are really a lot of trivial things in the past two days, for her, first of all, those homeless people want to be placed near Xiaopei, of course, anyway, this place has been ploughed by Cao Bing before, and now it is very desolate, just enough to give the homeless people a place to settle down again, sisters and sisters also have to stay here, find a place to live in the city, now she has money, Xiaopei has fewer people, and the house is bought casually!

Secondly, the families of a small number of soldiers who stayed in Pingyuan and Boquan should also take advantage of the fact that the relationship between Qingzhou and Xuzhou is acceptable at this time, and move over quickly.

Finally, Boquan's house has to be dealt with...... She sent Li Er to do these two things together, and promised him that she would send him a golden cake after the matter was completed.

Li Er was very happy this time, and the reason was quite simple: he didn't have to rush by himself, just follow General Zilong and leave.

Two days ago, the messenger came to deliver the letter, saying that Brother Zhao Yun was seriously ill and asked him to go back.

Whether he is really seriously ill or Gongsun Chan thinks he needs to be "seriously ill", no one knows this...... After all, Zhao Yun was seconded, and sooner or later he would have to return it.

Therefore, under the reluctance of the lord and everyone, General Zilong was still tearfully preparing to embark on the return journey.

…… Sooner or later, she should still come back, she thought, after all, no matter how illiterate people are, they know that Zhao Yun still followed Liu Bei in the end.

These trivial matters did not affect her, she still arranged the people's accommodation step by step, distributed food, recruited displaced people into the army, left a group of veterans in the camp, and asked the second master to help take care of the recruits, and she brought 200 soldiers to prepare for departure.

The road from Xiaopei to Guangling is about four or five hundred miles, and it takes about ten days to arrive, so she has to bring a baggage and mules and horses when she goes out. Under the lamp, a roll of bamboo slips was counted and set off to carry supplies, Tian Yu suddenly came to the door.

"Ah, Guorang," she beckoned happily, "will you take a look at it for me?" ”

Tian Yu wanted to speak and stopped, but finally swallowed his words and nodded.

"You should be careful when you lead the troops out alone."

Although this man is hateful when he scrapes her money, he looks very cute when he works for her.

The light swept on the eyelashes, casting a shallow shadow that covered the dark circles left by the recent overtime, so that the appearance of intently checking the account books looked extraordinarily young and upright.

She brought tea and poured him a cup, but he ignored it, and was engrossed in counting the supplies for her, and added a few miscellaneous items that she might need when she was in a hurry, and asked her to go to the warehouse to get them.

"The heat is even worse when you go south," he said, "and you must ask the healers to prepare more herbs to prevent the epidemic, and if you are not careful, you will only bring one or two hundred men, and you will not be able to form an army in a moment." ”

"No problem, I'll listen to you," she immediately wrote it down and boasted casually, "Guorang is really reliable." ”

Tian Yu was silent.