He lost his daughter and grandson and the last bit of the Southern Army after coming to Xiapi without any sense of existence, he is over sixty years old, the whole is a gray-haired old and decrepit appearance, noble status, reserved and silent. Zhang Fei would not take the initiative to make friends, and he would definitely not dare to provoke him, so he couldn't think of it for a while.

Now he thought of it, not only of this old man, but also of his old nephew and former nephew in the court.

He also had to find out what Fu Wan thought, whether he had an opinion on Liu Bei or the emperor, whether he was an extreme loyal minister who wanted to drive Zhang Fei away and let the emperor completely control Xiapi or was ready to sell it to Hebei for the emperor, whether he was doing things by himself or secretly poking and poking things with a large group of people.

And when those ministers see him, they always look just right.

Those with a kind temperament will behave kindly and patiently, and those with an arrogant temperament will behave detached and cautious, but each one treats him very politely, and every word, look, and action is in line with Zhang Fei's established imagination of the minister.

Each of them has their own ideas.

Each of them showed a high degree of consistency!

Even if there was no reminder from the emperor and Yang Xiu, even Fu Wan's performance would be perfect!

Which one is he going to catch?

Do you want to try them!

He didn't have any evidence to attack this group of grizzled ministers who followed the Son of Heaven all the way here, is he Dong Zhuo?!

No! He is not qualified to be Dong Zhuo! People in the world will say that it must have been instructed by Liu Bei! Liu Bei, who pretends to be a gentleman, is Dong Zhuo!

…… The three generals, who once wanted to get close to the Gongqing family, suddenly envied Lu Lianlai, who was marching in the ice and snow.

He really wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy, at least Yuan Tan's enemy was clear, and there was nothing wrong with fighting when he saw it.

Chen Deng looked at the tightly closed door and fell into shock.

The envoys sent from Xu Zhou had already come in three or four batches, and except for the first person who knocked on the door of Lu Bu's house, the others never knocked again.

This former famous general who has handed over military power lives like an old man in the winter of the cat, except for occasionally calling a few veterans to come to the house to eat and drink, or go to the veteran's house to eat and drink, the rest of the time is to avoid guests, Chen Deng's servant came to explain the identity of the guest, and was unceremoniously shut out of the door by the scar-faced veteran inside.

"Whatever you do, our general has seen too much!" The veteran shouted, "Whoever you like to find is to go!" ”

His voice was very loud, and as soon as he shouted loudly, the two broken doors shook slightly.

In addition to the old soldier's muttering and scolding, there was the occasional clucking of two or three hens.

If it weren't for Captain Lu Bai passing by, Chen Deng might have lost his face here for the rest of his life.

"The master of this household is only interested in asking for a place," said the girl on the horse, smiling, "if the envoy asks him to go on the expedition, he will be disappointed." ”

"How did he become like this?"

Lu Bai thought for a while, and seemed to feel that Chen Deng's confusion could not be explained clearly in three words.

Because she doesn't quite understand why Lian Po is still old enough to go into battle, but Lu Bu, who is still in the prime of life, is determined not to fight?

Chapter 545

It's noisy outside.

In this year, because the two Zhang brothers went out to rescue Zang Hong, Xiao Pei left a lot of people, and the whole city seemed to be much deserted.

This kind of desertion was just right for Lu Bu, there were fewer people, and there was less dust on the dirt road, so he could calmly pass by the dark and deserted alleys, pass by the sun-drenched streets, and stop in front of a stall that was very good at making soup cakes.

Na Shangjia is a native of Bingzhou, not only can make authentic hot and sour mutton soup cakes, but also knows many old stories of his hometown, which may be the moral story of a filial son, the love story of an amorous girl, or a family tragedy story full of gods and spirits.

Some of them Lu Bu had already heard, but he was not bored, and he was willing to continue listening. Not only listen, but also tell a version that you know after listening.

After eating the soup cake in one bite, it seems that he has turned out all the old memories of his childhood and basked in the sun, and then he can put down a few five-baht coins with satisfaction, with a round belly, lead his horse, and walk slowly around the city, find a hut where the veteran lived, bask in the sun on the couch that people moved out, and sleep for an hour's nap.

Since Zhang Chao returned with his troops, Lu Bu's fun has disappeared.

The city was filled with shouting and screaming, first the sound of soldiers returning home, crying with their parents, wives and children; In the next few days, they wept with their old friends on the streets, at the gates of the city, and in front of the soup and cake stalls; Finally, they met with their comrades at the winery, screaming, singing songs from their hometown, and crying.

They were so excited that when some of the Bingzhou veterans saw it, they scoffed, and then walked away silently.

Some of them have remarried here, some of them have picked up orphans among the displaced people as adopted children, and some are ready to provide for their old age, and some are not ready to start a family, they are in groups of three or five, farming, drinking, and living their own lives.

Lu Bu is also living such a day, and patiently waiting for the moment when Zhang Chao's soldiers will return the quiet Xiaopei after the passion of the soldiers fades.

…… Then Yuan Tan came.

There are merchants who keep bringing in grain, grass and materials, there are blacksmiths who keep knocking on the cutting board and pulling the bellows day and night, and there are women who put pieces of cotton cloth made of kapok into tung oil and soak them repeatedly and dry them repeatedly.

The whole city was filled with the smell of tung oil, and he didn't know where they had brought so much oil, which made Lu Bu scoff again.

Yes, after being dried into oilcloth, it is waterproof and thick, and can be made into tents, packages, stretchers, and can also be covered on grain and grass to prevent them from getting damp and mildew, but this thing is not fireproof. They were supposed to cut down the newly grown trees outside the city and bring them in one by one, so the tide of wood is not easy to ignite, and it is easy to use no matter how you use it.

Lu Bu wanted to remind him a little, but after thinking about it, this was Zhang Chao's city, what kind of mouth did he have?

…… Then in the past few days, Guangling Taishou Chen Deng came.

The whole Xiaopei changed from the smell of tung oil to the bustling noise of logs rolling everywhere and mules and horses neighing.

After Tian Yu led the troops back to Beihai, Qingzhou also sent some supplies together with the two counties of Langya in the East China Sea.

The official in charge of this errand was a handsome young scholar, and after handing over to Xiao Pei's officials, he did not go to the official residence to rest, nor did he go around, but let the servants carry a few packages and go to Lu Bai's women's camp.

The female soldiers in front of the camp gate were sweating profusely to strengthen the arrow tower, and someone saw that he had made it clear that he was looking for Captain Lu Bai, and immediately stabbed his companion with his elbow, and the companion craned his neck and looked at it for a while, and suddenly realized.

"I know him!" The female soldier waved the small hammer in her hand, "That little Langjun was snatched by our girl!" ”

The female soldiers around all stopped what they were doing for a short time and looked at her with a horrified expression.

"What do you mean by 'snatched'! That's Ming Media is marrying! Another veteran scolded, "And it's not for the girl herself!" That's a good son-in-law for a niece! ”

"How to marry! How to marry! Let's talk about it! ”

Liu Shilang was a little aware of the eyes of the female soldiers around him, and shrunk his neck uncomfortably, and the female soldiers immediately turned their heads back, and while working neatly, they took the time to exchange their heads and ears, commenting that although this nephew and son-in-law were timid, they seemed to be an honest person.

This Lang Jun was even more uneasy, and this uneasiness was not alleviated after seeing Lu Bai, although Lu Bai was very kind and cordial when he saw him.

"Yes, yes," he said, trying to stick his neck out of his neck, "everything is fine at home, and Da Lang is a little older, and he can recognize people when he sees it." ”

As he spoke, he compared the length of the other, and Lu Bai was very happy when he saw it, and hurriedly asked.

"So smart? It's time to learn literacy in a few days, right? ”

Liu Shilang was silent for a while, not daring to ask if Ah Cao was a year old to learn to read, but Lu Bai asked about the recent situation of Yang Siniang and the children, and asked about the things on the road, which made Liu Shilang put his heart back in his stomach again.

…… I really don't blame him for cowardice, after all, no matter who climbs this noble family, there will always be a little apprehension in his heart.

"It's all good on the road," he said with a smile, "especially on Fang He's side, I heard that I thought that a lot of homeless people were going to pour in, but now I see that it is well organized, and I can see that Zhang Taishou and the captain are planning and planning." ”

He was careful to compliment his cheap aunt, who laughed again when he heard it.

The atmosphere gradually became calm and peaceful, and Liu Shiro was able to leave the camp after answering a few more small questions on official business, and was full of joy to think about what new things to buy in the market to bring back to his daughter-in-law and baby, so he didn't pay attention to what was mixed in Lu Bai's smile.

Yuan Tan went south again, according to the style of every time he attacked Beihai before, he would definitely create a large number of displaced people, after all, the average standard of military generals in this era is like this, the upper limit is Lu Lian, and Qiu has not committed any crimes; The lower limit is Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Cao Boss, and the corpses are all over the wild people's heads; The middle file is Yuan Tan, who is not interested in massacre, but as long as he passes through which village or town, he will inevitably go through it like a grate, and he will not let go of a stitch and a thread of his fellow villagers.

Therefore, when he approached Xiaopei, the people of the nearby towns and villages would definitely start fleeing on a large scale, some of them fled without coming, and some of them were only left with a three-foot cloth after being plundered, and they had to go south to beg for food.

But this time it was unusual.

Except for the people who fled with their household furniture before the war, not many people escaped where Yuan Tan passed.

Of course, it may be because Yuan Tan captured those people as people's husbands, or was preparing to drive them to attack the city, but if this is the case, there will be scattered old people and young children who will escape, scatter everywhere, and even riot corpses in the wilderness, which is a normal thing after the war.

No one has seen it, no one has mentioned it, not even the scouts have ever seen such outcasts.

Liu Shiro's words indirectly corroborated her speculation.

The Jizhou army is getting closer and closer day by day, and Zhang Chao has selected a camp and prepared supplies for the reinforcements in Xiapi, but the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, which has made them feel uneasy.

This detail made Lu Bai's heart even more uneasy.

But she said to herself, calm down, if it was a sister, what would she think?

Yuan Tan's troops are twice as strong as them, but they have a city to rely on, and she repelled Yuan Tan in the drama city at the beginning, and there is nothing to be afraid of this time.

The enemy army came from afar, and it was not as good as them to wait for work, and there was a threat from Zang Ba's Taishan army on the flank, Yuan Tan would not press it with all his strength, and they did not have to take the initiative to attack.

So this has become a game of patience, food and grass, and time.

When she shared her idea with several other people, they also felt that it was a very correct idea.

The Jizhou army went south in three ways, and they also divided into three ways to resist the enemy, the one with the most prosperous military appearance was Liu Bei's middle route army, and the one led by a famous general was Lu Lian's west route army, so they didn't matter when they were horses!

There is a city to defend, and food can support two months, then that's it!

But after initially specifying this plan, Zhang Chao had another concern.

"Let's hold each other here, I don't know ...... court"

"Yuan Tan can't bypass Xiao Pei to capture Pi, Xiapi will be as stable as a rock," Chen Deng touched his mustache, "Could it be that the imperial court will have any complaints?" ”

As long as they can hold on, when Liu Bei and Lu Lian defeat Yuan Shao's main force, Yuan Tan will naturally retreat.

Isn't that obvious?

How can anyone sit still?

In a village thirty miles southwest of Fanghe City, a child peeked his head out of the window hole of a mud hut.

- Look at the man! He whispered to his sister, look at his clothes!

- Shiny! What kind of clothes is that! Can I touch it?

- Shhhh He's looking at us!

The whisper was tightly covered by the wheels and the horse's hooves, so Yuan Tan never heard the two ragged children discussing his big coat and armor.

He drove past the village, his gaze swept over the houses, the civilians who fell to the ground one by one, and finally landed on the lieutenant who was kneeling on the side of the road, with a timid face.

Yuan Tan motioned to the coachman to stop the car, and then slowly got out of the car, bent down and stretched out his hand, and helped the gray-haired old man up.

The old man was astonished, tears welled up in his cloudy eyes, his lips trembled, and he muttered something in praise of virtue.

Yuan Tan didn't listen carefully, but he still nodded at him gently.

If his right arm could exert some strength, he would have lifted the old man with both hands, and the picture would have become more beautiful and more remembered by the people under Liu Bei's rule - although for Yuan Tan, they were really similar to ants, like this old man with skin like tree bark, what power did he have? Can he draw a bow and shoot arrows, can he go into battle in armor? He was born into a family and had knowledge and fame, so he had thousands of disciples to drive him?

If not, how can he gain his respect?

After the old man's words were finished, he ordered his family to take out a bowl of hot wine and respectfully handed it to Yuan Tan.

There are staff members around who are complimenting.

- This is not a pot pulp, what is a pot pulp!