Although Tao Qian was old, he still heard something in Jian Yong's words, and quickly asked: "Do you have a countermeasure, sir?"
Jian Yong said with a smile: "If you want to find a countermeasure, you must first know who is spreading these rumors. If you want to know who is spreading these rumors, you must know who will benefit the most after these rumors are spread."
Tao Qian pondered: "When Xuzhou is in chaos, Cao Cao naturally has the opportunity to take advantage of it. Are these rumors spread by Cao Cao's people?"
Jian Yong waved his hand and said: "No, no. Once these rumors spread, Cao Cao will naturally be in trouble, but it will also make everyone in Xuzhou take precautions. Cao Cao is good at using troops, how can he not know how to win by surprise? And
How can you lose the opportunity?"
Tao Qian nodded and said, "In your opinion, sir, who did it?"
Jian Yong bowed and said: "My lord, please stand back and let me below dare to speak."
Tao Qian couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed. Could it be that the person who leaked the news was by his side? However, he still believed Jian Yong's words and waved his hand to ask people to leave.
Jian Yong then took a step forward and whispered: "My subordinates have received a secret report that Langya Zangba, Sun Guan, and Pengcheng Zuirong all have different intentions. If there is chaos in Xuzhou, the three of them will have the opportunity to take advantage of it. My subordinates thought that spreading
The informant must be among these three people!"
Tao Qian was a man who disliked the poor and loved the rich. Both Zang Ba and Sun Guan were from poor backgrounds. In order to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, Tao Qian had to use them as a last resort. He didn't have much trust in them. Moreover, Cao Song was hiding in
Within Langya territory
, it is also very possible that he secretly interacted with Zang Ba and Sun Guan. As for Zuo Rong, although he was a fellow villager of Tao Qian, Tao Qian also entrusted him with important tasks, but Tao Qian knew that this man was greedy by nature, would he
No one can say for sure if there will be any alienation.
Seeing that Tao Qian was hesitant, Jian Yong continued: "For the current plan, we must be on guard against Zang Ba. Sun Guan has an alliance with Cao Cao. My lord can order Xuande Gong and an army to secretly go to Langya and capture these two people. Details
I’ll make more inquiries, and then I’ll go to Xu Tuzhe Rong.”
When Tao Qian was seriously ill, he wanted to cede his position as pastor of Xuzhou to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei refused. How could Tao Qian have thought that Liu Bei would now seek to seize Xuzhou from him? Therefore, Tao Qian expressed his disapproval of Liu Bei, Jian Yong and others.
People are convinced.
After listening to Jian Yong's suggestion, Tao Qian thought about it briefly and agreed. He immediately ordered Liu Bei as the special envoy and plenipotentiary representative of Tao Qian to go to Langya to recruit troops and inspect Langya's defense to prevent Cao Cao's surprise attack.
Liu Bei received Tao Qian's secret order, gathered five thousand troops and horses, and left Xuzhou with Guan Yu, heading for Langya.
Along the way, panicked people could be seen coming down from time to time. These fleeing people suddenly saw such an army hurriedly heading north, which further confirmed the rumors that Cao Cao was going to raise troops to invade. In this way, even some originally
People who still wanted to stay at home began to commotion.
Seeing this scene, Liu Bei felt uneasy and ordered his soldiers to separate into nearby villages and spread the word to the people that the so-called Cao Cao invasion was just a rumor spread by people with ulterior motives. He asked everyone to go home and work on farming in peace.
When Liu Bei stationed his army in Xiaopei, he did not do any harm to the people of Xiaopei. However, his great reputation only stopped in the area of Xiaopei. Going further north, how could the people believe his words and continue to make chaos?
A ball.
Liu Bei had no choice but to let the people go on their own, and he knew in his heart that in a few days, Cao Cao would really attack, and by then he would be reviled by thousands of people.
Zang Ba and Sun Guan had already received the news that Liu Bei was coming to labor, so they brought their personal guards and marched fifteen miles out of the city to greet them. Although Tao Qian didn't like them very much, he appointed them one as the prefect and the other as the capital.
Wei, who was in charge of 30,000 infantry and cavalry, guarded the northern gateway of Xuzhou. He was also a man of great promise in Langya County.
Liu Bei was riding on his horse, and he saw a large group of dark people in front of him from a distance. He knew that it was Zang Ba, Sun Guan and the others who were coming. He got off his horse before he could see him, walked forward, raised his hands and said, "Generals, how dare you bother me?"
Welcome from afar!"
Although Zang Ba and Sun Guan were also from poor backgrounds, they managed to cultivate a few acres of thin farmland. They felt that they were much better than Liu Bei, who weaved mats and sold shoes. Therefore, they both looked down on Liu Bei from the bottom of their hearts.
However, this time Liu Bei was on behalf of Tao
Qian came and had the responsibility of inspecting the city defense. Zang Ba and Sun Guan did not dare to be too slight to him, so they came so far. When Liu Bei spoke, they both raised their hands and said: "Master Liu represents the lord.
Come, how dare you be disrespectful!"
Guan Yu's red face felt a hint of anger secretly, and he snorted coldly. How could he not see that these two people said they did not dare to be disrespectful, but they clearly did not take Liu Bei seriously. Guan Yu held the Qinglong Sword in his hand.
He couldn't help but mention it, but saw Liu Bei's hands behind his back, secretly making a gesture of patience towards him. Guan Yu took a deep breath, calmed down, and slowly put down the Green Dragon Sword.
Liu Bei didn't show a trace on his face, he laughed and said: "Two generals, when Liu came along, he saw that the people were all panicking and heading south. Could it be that something happened to Langya?"
Zang Ba glanced at Sun Guan, raised his hands and said: "Reporting to your lord, the general is also worried about this matter. I don't know who is spreading rumors here recently, saying that Cao Cao is about to invade. I think Xuzhou and Cao Cao have always been on good terms.
River water, He
Moreover, Cao Cao's strong enemies are Liu Xin from Jingzhou and Yuan Shao from Jizhou. How could he attack Xuzhou for no reason? The general has already sent people to investigate secretly. Once he knows who is making trouble from Zhongxingfeng, he will be captured and sacrificed.
Lord."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "That's it, generals don't need to pay attention to those clowns. Generals, please see, these are brought by the Lord to reward the soldiers of the three armies. Please take charge of them personally!"
Sun Guan was stunned, then he raised his hands and said, "Sir, why do we need to deal with such a trivial matter personally? According to the rules set in previous years, just ask a few soldiers to check the accounts casually."
Zang Ba also said: "Sir, I will wait in the city to prepare some water and wine to catch the wind for you. Please move on, and leave this place to the people below."
Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "Liu is entrusted by the lord, how can he borrow help from others? If the two generals are not willing to do such a small thing, then please ask the two generals to wait aside and send a few soldiers to accompany Liu to do the counting.
That’s it.”
His words were soft and yet hard at the same time. Zang Ba and Sun Guan looked at each other, but they couldn't help but disagree with him, so they had to say in unison: "General, just obey your orders!"
So Liu Bei went in front, followed closely by Zang Ba and Sun Guan, and walked into the ranks of laborers together. They saw large carts loaded with wine, cloth, gold and silver and other items. Liu Bei took out a bamboo slip in a serious manner, and according to the bamboo slip
The lists recorded in the book were delivered one by one to Zang Ba and Sun Guan.
Sun Guan originally had some doubts about Liu Bei's insistence on handling the delivery in person. Now that he saw that all these things had been delivered without any mistakes, he couldn't help but feel relieved, stretched himself and said, "Master Liu
, everything is correct and correct, now you can go to the city with confidence."
Liu Bei smiled and said, "I'm not busy. My lord also asked Liu to send fifty cows and a hundred sheep to reward the three armies. Two generals, please come over here and take a look."
For Zang Ba and Sun Guan, mutton is not a rare item, but beef is rarely available. Because this society is still in the agricultural economy, cattle are very important production tools and generally cannot be slaughtered. Only
When rewarding the three armies and offering sacrifices to ancestors, they would kill one or two cows to suit the occasion. Tao Qian had always attached great importance to agricultural production, and in previous years he would reward soldiers stationed in various counties, but he would only bring some sheep and drive some cows over.
First time.
Zang Ba had already seen that behind the row of carts, there were indeed soldiers driving a group of cattle and sheep. He couldn't help walking towards it and said with a smile: "My lord has really invested a lot of money this time. General Sun, if you and I
If you can't guard Langya well, you won't be able to face the Lord."
Sun Guan also walked and said: "Master Liu, since these sheep have been delivered, the general will not be polite to you. I will pick up a fat cow and kill it later, and I will ask Master Liu to be the chief."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the wind behind his head, and a voice said coldly: "Before I kill the cow, I'll kill your dog's head first!"
Sun Guan has also been on the battlefield for a long time and climbed out from the pile of dead people. Although his martial arts skills are not top-notch, his reaction is extremely fast. When he heard the wind, he felt that something was not good. Sun Guan's heart tightened, and he rushed forward and pulled him easily.
He passed a soldier and stood behind him. Only
Hearing a "pop" sound, Sun Guan rolled on the spot and stood up. When he looked back, the soldier had been split in half on the head, and blood spattered all over him. Sun Guan raised his head.
, then he saw a flash of cold light, and a big sword slashed at him from the waist, which was unstoppable.
Zang Ba was walking in front, heard the noise behind him, and turned around in a hurry. He saw the red-faced man who was following Liu Bei, slashing at Sun Guan with a knife. In desperation, he wanted to talk to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei was nowhere to be found.
Only then did they know that Liu Bei had lured them here, and the items he counted were fake, and taking their lives was the real one.
Sun Guan was already in danger over there. Two of his soldiers had to fight to the death to block him, and they rolled and crawled to escape the attack. In fact, with Guan Yu's martial arts skills and his sudden attack, Sun Guan would never be able to dodge him.
The sword. It’s just that Guan Yu came from behind, so there is
Several large cars blocked the front, and he shouted loudly while striking, which alerted Sun Guan and prevented him from succeeding. Although these two swords did not kill Sun Guan, they also killed the three soldiers around him.
He killed Sun Guan and scratched one of his arms.
Guan Yu was furious when he failed to succeed with two swords in succession. He slapped the saddle with his left hand and jumped up from the horse. He jumped into the air and swung the Qinglong Saber with one hand and slashed it down in the air like a god. The horse he was sitting on
After eating this, he staggered twice and fell to the ground, which shows how powerful Guan Yu was.
Sun Guan was already in a very awkward position trying to dodge those two swords just now, and now he was even more helpless. A fat sheep happened to be bleating beside him. Sun Guan didn't even want to pick up the sheep and raised it above his head to greet him.