Before Liu Bei left, he also made some arrangements for the defense of Xuzhou. Chen Gui and his son, Cao Bao, and Qin Yi were assigned to guard four gates, and Chen Gui was in charge of the overall situation. When he heard that Chen Gui sent someone to invite him, Cao Bao,
Qin Yi knew that it must be to defend the city, so he did not dare to neglect and hurried over.
Cao Bao and Qin Yi had just entered the hall. Before they could salute, they heard Chen Deng, who was standing beside Chen Gui, shout in a deep voice: "Where are the swordsmen and axe-wielders? Take these two down quickly!"
Following this order, dozens of swordsmen and axemen emerged from behind the screen, pushed Cao Bao and Qin Yi to the ground, and tied them up with five-flowered buns.
Cao Bao shouted: "Master Chen, what do you mean?"
Chen Gui laughed and said: "Two generals, from Chen's point of view, Xuzhou cannot be defended. My father and son have decided to surrender General Manager Liu, so I will lend you two as a gift. If there is any offense, please
Please bear with me. Someone, take them down!"
It turned out that Chen Gui was responsible for the defense of the west gate. After sending Liu Bei out of the city, Cao Bao and Qin Yi turned around, while Chen Deng stayed. Chen Gui was already old, and Chen Deng was not worried. He had to personally assist his father in arranging the city defense.
Returning to the south gate that we defended, we can predict that that will be the focus of the Jingzhou Army's attack.
With the little effort he had left, Chen Deng also persuaded Chen Gui that Liu Bei might abandon the city, but Chen Gui believed that Liu Bei's family members were still in the city and would not do such a thing. The father and son duo
There were some minor disputes over this matter, and then a faint cry of death was heard from the west of the city. The cry of death only lasted for a short time, and was no longer heard. But Chen
However, the father and son, Gui and Chen Deng, were both nervous. This at least meant that Liu Bei was in trouble there.
Chen Deng finally couldn't help but persuade again: "Father, Liu Xin is so powerful that Xuzhou City cannot be defended. Father should think about the entire Chen family, why not..."
Chen Gui's mentality has also quietly changed. He waved his hand, stopped Chen Deng's words and said: "Cao Bao and Qin Yi are Liu Bei's confidants. We must get rid of these two first."
Chen Deng was overjoyed and said: "These two people are fools, they can be captured with just one hand!"
The father and son didn't know that Cao Bao was almost fired by Liu Bei, but he escaped by giving gifts and offering his daughter. As for Qin Yi, he even had a grudge against Liu Bei for stealing his wife. How could these two people possibly do it?
Are they Liu Bei's confidants? However, in order to distance themselves from themselves and protect their Chen family, Chen Gui and Chen Deng did not have time to think too much about whether Cao Bao and Qin Yi were loyal to Liu Bei.
The incident happened suddenly. When Cao Bao and Qin Yi realized that Chen Gui and his son were about to surrender to Liu Xin, they wanted to tell them that they were also willing to surrender to Liu Xin, but their mouths were already stuffed with strips of cloth. How could they say anything?
Words come.
Looking at Cao Bao, Qin Yi was pushed back. Chen Gui and his son were about to discuss sending someone to ask for Liu Xin's surrender when they suddenly saw a soldier running in in a panic, bowing and saying: "I'd like to report to you two adults.
The Jingzhou army is less than five miles away from the south of the city."
Chen Gui was shocked and said: "It came so fast! I wonder who is leading the army?"
The soldier raised his hands and said, "Sir, it seems to be Zhang Liao."
Chen Deng put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "It turns out to be General Wenyuan. God is really helping me."
Zhang Liao had been in Xuzhou for more than two years and had many contacts with the civil and military officials in Xuzhou. Since he was leading the army with an old acquaintance, it was much easier to have such contacts.
In fact, Zhang Liao and other five armies set out earlier than Guan Yu. However, they had to attack cities and plunder lands along the way. They also had to appease the people and provide relief to the victims wherever they went, so they fell behind Guan Yu. However, they
The attack was really overwhelming all the way, especially Zhang Liao's troops, who reached Xuzhou City almost without a single blow.
This is all due to the two years that Zhang Liao was stationed in Xuzhou. His five thousand soldiers often went to their respective places to help the people with farm work and treat patients. Their reputation among the people was far better than that of the local army in Xuzhou. Although Liu Xin repeatedly stated
, his army was the army of the Han Dynasty, but when the people saw the uniforms of Zhang Liao's army, they still shouted "Jingzhou Army! Jingzhou Army!" and then lined up to welcome them. The main forces of Xuzhou were concentrated in Xuzhou City and Runan.
On the border, the counties under the jurisdiction of Xiapi County mainly relied on temporarily recruited minzhuang to serve as guards. In many counties, minzhuang even killed the county magistrate and opened the city gates to welcome the arrival of Liu Xin's army.
The only one that caused trouble for Liu Xin's army was Xiaopei. Xiaopei was where Liu Bei stationed his troops. During his years in Xiaopei, Liu Bei did not make any infringement with the people and won the hearts of the local people. When the local people learned that the Jingzhou Army
After hearing the news of the invasion, people spontaneously rushed to the top of the city to fight to the death with Liu Xin's army.
However, Xiaopei is a small town after all. Even with the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city trying their best, it was difficult to stop the attack of Liu Xin's army. Taishi Ci, who was responsible for attacking Xiaopei, after a day of fierce fighting and suffering more than 2,000 casualties,
They finally broke into Xiaopei, but more than half of the people in Xiaopei City were dead or injured. Many houses were demolished, and all the bricks, stones, and wood were moved to the top of the city for the purpose of defending the city.
After the city was broken, the people of Xiaopei began to tremble in fear, fearing retaliation from the Jingzhou army. However, the massacre they feared did not occur. After these young soldiers in black clothes and armor entered the city, the military discipline was strict and no one abused them.
Even though they were killing people, no one was robbing property or raping women. As long as the people of Xiaopei stayed at home, nothing would happen.
Zhang Liao, who was the first to arrive in Xuzhou, entered the city without using a sword or a gun. As soon as many people in the city opened their doors, they saw the army marching past in the street, in black clothes and armor, in good order. The people in Xuzhou couldn't help but
People rushed to tell each other that the Jingzhou Army was back! In the past six months, the northern counties have been massacred by Cao Cao, and Xiapi and Guangling counties have suffered unprecedented food shortages. Now, all this has passed, and the Jingzhou Army has
Protect, they are safe!
It was almost noon, and the other four soldiers and horses also came to station outside Xuzhou City one after another. Liu Xin, under the protection of Xu Chu, entered the city on horseback. In addition to Ju Shou and Mi Zhu, he also brought Diao Chan, Yan Rui, Cao Cao with him.
Hui and others were brought over.
As soon as Zhang Liao entered the city, he seized the large mansion occupied by Liu Bei and ordered people to clean it up. This was the old mansion of the Mi family, and it became Liu Xin's temporary residence before it was returned to Mi Zhu.
In the hall, Liu Xin looked around at the civil and military officials and said with a smile: "Han Yu, Yuan Long, you and your son have made a righteous sacrifice to Xuzhou to avoid causing loss of life. We should record it as a great achievement. Liu has always made clear rewards and punishments, so I ordered you and your son to do so."
The two of them are Xiapi and Guangling prefect, and they will take office immediately."
Chen Gui and Chen Deng were overjoyed. This not only saved the Chen family's position in Xuzhou, but also strengthened it, and they quickly stood up to thank them.
At this time, the guards brought Cao Bao and Qin Yi up. Liu Xin did not know these two people, so she couldn't help but asked in a deep voice: "Who is Cao Bao?"
Although Cao Bao was tied like a rice dumpling, he still struggled, bowed, and said loudly: "The villain is willing to surrender, the villain is willing to surrender!"
Liu Xin sneered: "Mr. Mi moved his family to Jingzhou last year, and you were the one chasing after him? Now you've come to ask for surrender. It's already too late."
Cao Bao hurriedly said: "The villain was under Tao Qian's order and could not help himself. Please be aware of it. The villain's son-in-law Guan Yu is brave enough that no one can match him. If the gentleman can spare the villain, I would like to say
Guan Yu is coming to surrender."
Ju Shao, Zhang Liao and others in the hall burst into laughter. Guan Yu's loyalty to the Han Dynasty has been strictly kept secret. Liu Bei did not do much detailed work in various places, so there is no way to know. As for Cao Bao's vow to surrender Guan Yu, Liu Xin even more
It was funny. Who is Guan Yu? How could you, Cao Bao, ask him to surrender? Liu Xin spent a lot of effort, but she just deceived Guan Yu into agreeing to be loyal to the big man.
Liu Xin glanced at Cao Bao with disdain and said, "Do you know where Guan Yu is now? To tell you the truth, he has already followed my general order to capture Liu Bei."
Hearing that Guan Yu had been sent to capture Liu Bei, Cao Bao was not surprised. Instead, he said with joy: "Haha, my son-in-law is a wise man who knows the current affairs. It turns out that he has surrendered to you a long time ago. My son-in-law is very skilled in martial arts, so he will definitely be able to capture him.
Please, sir, for the sake of my son-in-law, spare this little man."
Liu Xin couldn't help feeling disgusted when she heard him calling Guan Yu "my son-in-law" one after another, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Bao, you are wrong. If Liu's prediction is correct, Guan Yu should have put Liu Bei away now because of his old brotherhood.
Gone."
Liu Xin said this in an understatement, but it was like a thunderbolt from the blue in Cao Bao's ears. He immediately became dizzy and changed his words again and again: "My lord, you are aware of it. Of course, the villain married his daughter to Guan Yu, but he was coerced by Liu Bei's man. In fact,
It's not out of his true intention, and I have nothing to do with Guan Yu in my daily life. I am sincerely willing to surrender, and I hope you will be merciful."
Liu Xin looked at Cao Bao's villainous face and sneered secretly. If he followed his will, he would definitely push Cao Bao out and behead him. However, Cao Bao just mentioned his daughter, and Liu Xin couldn't help but reconsider it.
Guan Yu was able to force Guan Yu to declare his allegiance to the Han Dynasty and gave him the opportunity to split the brotherly relationship between Liu Bei and Guan Yu. It was all because Cao Hui was pregnant with Guan Yu's flesh and blood. If Cao Bao was killed like this, it would inevitably make Cao Hui sad. What if someone
At any rate, it doesn't ruin his major task of conquering Guan Yu?
Thinking of this, Liu Xin smiled again and said: "Cao Bao, you should be lucky that you gave birth to a good daughter. Otherwise, Liu will not let you go."
Cao Bao was overjoyed. Liu Xin's words obviously meant that he did not intend to pursue him anymore, and it was not because of Guan Yu, but because of his daughter Cao Hui. Cao Bao was quite confident about his daughter's appearance. After the fall of Guangling, there were rumors that
Guan Yu's whereabouts are unknown, but his daughter is in the city, and she must have fallen into the hands of Liu Xin. People say that Liu Xin is lustful, and her daughter fell into his hands. Is there any ulterior secret between them?