At this period in history, Liu Bei would indeed not surrender the Yellow Turbans. He would wait until he reached Runan.
Not only was the prestige of the imperial court declining, but more importantly, Liu Bei now understood the importance of strength. Reputation was very important, but strength was even more important.
However, now that Chen Yuan is here, he has been instilling in Liu Bei the concept of putting people first and that the Yellow Turbans are poor people. As a result, Liu Bei now has no psychological pressure at all when cooperating with the Yellow Turbans or even recruiting and surrendering the Yellow Turbans.
Bao Xin told Zhuge Gui his thoughts, and Zhuge Gui naturally had no objection. It would be better to have food.
After that, Bao Xin went to persuade the powerful people in the county and city.
This guy Bao Xin still has something.
At first, he didn't talk about Liu Bei's affairs, but directly asked these powerful men to provide food and troops.
How could this powerful man agree? This would simply cost them their lives.
Even if Bao Xin brought Zhuge Gui out to threaten them, it would be useless.
Zhuge Gui is very powerful. Not only does he have great family connections, he is also very powerful in his own cultivation.
But as local powerful people, they are not afraid of Zhuge Gui.
In terms of connections, who doesn’t have a few relatives?
As for his cultivation, he can't beat Zhuge Gui one on one, but he has nothing to fear when united.
Moreover, Zhuge Gui practices the Divine Soul Path and is not good at attacking.
Seeing that everyone disagreed, Bao Xin did not force him.
He said directly: "Since you are unwilling to send troops, then provide double the amount of food to offset the sending of troops. This is the county's final bottom line. If you do not meet even this condition, then everyone will break up. I will directly
If you and Zhuge Juncheng abandon the city and leave, we will see who will suffer the greater loss."
As soon as Bao Xin said this, the expressions of these powerful men suddenly changed.
At this time, Taishan County was completely supported by Bao Xin and Yu Jin. If these two people left, these powerful people would definitely not be able to hold on.
Therefore, these people had no choice but to bring out food.
After Bao Xin got the grain from the powerful, he immediately returned to the county magistrate's house and explained the matter to Zhuge Gui.
Zhuge Gui didn't waste any time and sent someone directly to the post house to invite Liu Bei.
When Liu Bei learned that Zhuge Gui had sent people to the post house, he smiled at Chen Yuanyi and said, "Zichu, the plan has been completed."
Chen Yuan nodded lightly: "My lord, don't delay, go see Zhuge Juncheng quickly."
Liu Bei said no more. After tidying up his clothes, he went straight to the county magistrate's mansion with the person who brought the order.
Arriving at the Juncheng Mansion, after seeing the ceremony, Zhuge Gui went straight to the topic: "Xuande, the Yellow Turbans of Mount Tai have invaded again. There are not enough troops in the city, so I want to ask Xuande for help. I wonder what Xuande wants?"
Liu Bei did not refuse: "The Prime Minister's words are serious. Xuande, as a court official and a clan member of the Han Dynasty, naturally cannot sit back and watch our Han Dynasty city be invaded by bandits. I am willing to help the Commander-in-Chief defend the city."
Zhuge Gui was overjoyed: "Xuande is a truly benevolent and virtuous gentleman."
Indeed, Liu Bei did what he did and did not take advantage of the opportunity to make any demands. This is not what a gentleman is.
Fortunately, Zhuge Gui is also an open-minded person: "Xuande is so generous and righteous, Gui is very ashamed. Now all the aristocratic families in the city have contributed a thousand stones of food to defend the city. I know that Xuande is short of food, so all the food will be given to Xuande."
, I hope Xuande will not refuse."
Liu Bei's expression suddenly changed, he stood up and said righteously: "What are you doing, Lord? I, Liu Bei, am willing to help the Lord defend the city out of justice and my duty as a court official. How can I ask for the Lord's food?"
It’s definitely not feasible.”
Zhuge Gui and Bao Xin were both stunned.
They never expected that Liu Bei would refuse.
Aren't you short of food?
Why are you given food but you don’t want it anymore?
However, they soon felt ashamed.
Liu Bei is really benevolent and righteous. Not only did he not care about their previous refusal to provide food, he helped them defend the city without asking for food. He is really a good person.
You must know that as a cavalry captain, Liu Bei's mission was to rush to Beihai and rescue Kong Rong. Strictly speaking, he had no obligation to help Zhuge Gui and others defend the city.
Even if Taishan County fell, it had nothing to do with Liu Bei, and he would not be punished.
no!
Liu Bei is so benevolent and righteous. If word spreads that they really do nothing in the future, Liu Bei's reputation will be better, but they will most likely end up with the reputation of a villain.
Therefore, this food must be given.
Therefore, Zhuge Gui also became serious: "What Xuande said is wrong. I know that Xuande is very righteous, but is it unjust for Xuande to trap me?"
Liu Bei frowned: "What do you mean by this?"
Zhuge Gui said: "Xuande has no responsibility to defend the city. We want to borrow Xuande's power. How can we be empty-handed? If we tell it, we will become unjust people who are greedy for small profits. Therefore, Xuande
De must never refuse the food and grass I provide, otherwise we would rather not borrow Xuande's troops."
Zhuge Gui has said all this, what else can Liu Bei do?
I can only accept it.
One thousand shi of grain, that is, one hundred thousand catties, can easily supply three thousand people for more than ten days, enough to support them all the way to Beihai.
After the decision was made, Liu Bei didn't waste any time. He turned directly outside the city and brought 3,000 Polu soldiers into the city.
At this time, Taishan County already had 7,000 soldiers and horses. Seeing the high morale and strong physique of the soldiers in Liu Bei's Polu camp, Zhuge Gui and the other three couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
Now even if Zang Ba leads all the strong men, he is not afraid anymore.
After doing this, Zang Ba led his troops to the city of Taishan. Fifty thousand yellow scarves surrounded the city of Taishan tightly.
We are all acquaintances, so there is no need to introduce ourselves.
However, the film didn't start directly, after all, Zang Ba was here to act this time.
In fact, Zang Ba had given up attacking Taishan County City long ago. It was really impossible to capture it, and he would have to lose troops and generals. It was not cost-effective at all. If he had the time, he could go to other places.
As for farming and so on, leave it to that.
Zang Ba had this idea, but most of the Yellow Turban generals had only one idea: grab, grab, grab.
Zang Ba is capable, but you must know that he actually has Guan Hai above his head. This is the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Daqu Commander designated by Zhang Jiao. Zang Ba is just a Xiaoqu Commander.
In Qingzhou Yellow Turban, he has no say.
Therefore, Zang Ba can only follow the trend and grab it!
However, Zang Ba was different from other Yellow Turbans in that he tried his best to grab some powerful landowners with extremely bad reputations, but Zang Ba did not touch some with good reputations.
There were also some very powerful ones, but Zang Ba didn't touch them either.
It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't beat him.
For example, the Li family of Shanyang.
There are two strongest Li clan members in Shanyang, Li Jin and Li Dian.
Needless to say, Li Dian was a famous general of Cao Wei.
This Li Jin has the strongest record, that is, he led his clan to block Lu Bu.