Chapter 177 Liu Bei is what the people want, and I can’t stop him

Liu Bei adopted Zhou Xing's strategy and ordered his people to write on a piece of cloth the words "Attack the West City in two days, and the people in the city will open their doors to the west to welcome them. We will implement a policy of reducing taxes and waiving taxes to benefit the people."

Thousands of cloth strips with the same words were written on them, tied to arrows, and Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci led hundreds of archers who were good at shooting. When it was almost dawn, they went under the city wall in the dark and circled the city and shot into the city.<

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Zhou Xing did not expect that the people in the city could break open the city gate. He just wanted to cause chaos in the city and let Liang Xiong gather heavy troops to defend the west city. At the same time, he also wanted to prevent the people from attacking the city gate.

In this way, attacking the city from the east will reduce the pressure, make it easier to break the city, and reduce the loss of your own men.

The reason why I wrote about attacking the city in two days is to give the people in the city time to spread the news, so that more people can go out of their homes and flock to the West City.

Liang Xiong knew that Liu Bei must attack Gaotang, which was a must-win area for the opponent to cross the river.

Therefore, he patrolled the city until midnight every day to prevent the enemy from attacking the city at night.

He took off his armor and lay down on the bed. Not long after he fell asleep, he heard someone shouting urgently outside the room. He quickly opened his eyes, put on his clothes and went out of the room to take a look.

A soldier held a few feather arrows in his hand and said in a panic: "Magistrate Liang, look."

Liang Xiong took a feather arrow in confusion and saw a small strip of cloth tied to the arrow shaft, and there seemed to be writing on the cloth strip.

After wearing out his armor, he went out to the room with a knife, but no soldiers came to report: "I only heard the sound of drums in the east, but no one came close to attack the city."

In Pingyuan City, Gao Tang and Liang Xiong were still arguing over whether to rescue Low Tang.

I know that Tu Xin’s tax reduction and tax exemption policy is better than a hundred thousand soldiers. A strong army conquers people with force, but Yan Liang conquers people with virtue.

I understand that the people outside the city must know what the words under the banner mean.

"Hurry, pass the order. Collect all the notes. They may fall into the hands of the common people. All soldiers are strictly prohibited from talking about the words under the banners. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Tu Xin hurriedly gave the order.

Low Tang is an important place to block Yan Liang. If we can definitely defend Low Tang, my plains will also be in danger.

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

The drumming stopped for a while, and it was daybreak.

Yuan Shao now only hopes to take advantage of the people's deep sleep to take away all the arrows shot back from the city and the cloth strips with writing on them, and strictly block the news.

The people must really be flocking to the west city, and there are no weak soldiers in the city to attack. If I can defend it, I just hope that Tu Xin can send reinforcements as soon as possible.

Immediately afterwards, no one came to report from the west, south or north. They all said that they only heard the sound of drums and no one attacked the city.

"Dong dong dong dong dong..."

Gaotang immediately sent people to leave the plains and rush to the lower Tang Dynasty, ordering Yuan Shao to advance his troops back to the plains. At the same time, he sent 8,000 troops to meet Yuan Shao.

Tu Xin only had less than 10,000 troops, but outside the plain city there were nearly 80,000 troops, twice as many as the enemy. Moreover, the battle was on the city, and they could not return to the city at any time. Having worries about the future, the soldiers would feel more at ease.
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"How many notes like that are there?" Yuan Shao asked slowly.

"What on earth is Tu Xin trying to do?" Yuan Shao muttered to himself, thinking it was Qing Yanliang's intention.

Of course, if Yuan Tan had not sent Liang Xiong to lead troops to help, I would have divided his troops to defend the lower Tang Dynasty. But now that Liang Xiong has led 20,000 troops and horses to help, I hope that Liang Xiong will lead the troops and horses to stay back and defend the lower Tang Dynasty.<

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At that time, no soldiers came to report: "Everyone in the city heard the drums and stood up. They were very panicked. The city was in chaos."

In the morning, the news had not spread throughout the city. Before Yuan Shao heard about it, he stood under the east city gate, looked at Yan Liang's barracks in the city, and sighed: "Yan Liang is what the people want, and I can't stop him."

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Liu Xian also said: "This is the worst."

Originally, Tu Xin had no reputation for benevolence, especially his policy of tax reduction and exemption, which was very popular among the people.

Although Gaotang was not very pleased with Liang Xiong's Japanese daughter, she was Tu Xin's most trusted general. I dared to show my anger and said, "Since General Yan and Liu Biejia said so, let Yuan Shao lead the troops."

You can't come back, but if Yuan Shao advances, Yan Liang may follow him across the river, so you can't send eight thousand men to the river to meet him."

Yuan Shao personally climbed down to the city gate tower to check, but there was no one in the city.

"General Yan, the lower Tang Dynasty must be saved. If the lower Tang Dynasty is lost, Yan Liang's troops and horses can cross the river, but the plain will be difficult to defend!"

It is precisely because of this that my trip to the west was so smooth. The cities heard the news and even opened their doors to welcome me. It was not because the people wanted to enjoy the tax reduction and exemption policy to benefit the people.

Liang Xiong praised again and again, silently nodding his head in agreement.

"It's bad. Tu Xin wants the people to get up and see the note, and hurry up to deliver the order and strictly prohibit the people from going out." Yuan Shao hurriedly issued the order again.

I dare to confront Yan Liang's troops directly, and I only hope to defend the city.

The same is true for the people of the Lower Tang Dynasty. We also want the tax reduction and exemption policy, and we also want Yan Liang to be the shepherd of Qingzhou, but Gaotang.

Liang Xiong was a general sent by Tu Xin, and he was only loyal to Tu Xin. I did not participate in the power struggle between the Yuan brothers, and I did not favor anyone.

"Liu Xiaoer wants to mess with your people's hearts, it's hateful!"

"Young Master, it would be more useful to save Low Tang than to let Yan Liang's soldiers and horses cross the river and wait for me to lead the troops to Pingyuan City. In this way, you cannot kill me all and save me once and for all. If you save Low Tang, you must also

Crossing the river, it's not easy. Moreover, even if Yan Liang can be attacked, he can't beheaded, which still leaves the previous trouble. Young master, if Liang Xiong is not here, if Yan Liang comes to the city, he will be killed!

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"What's going on? Go take a look."

When the Japanese girl in Gaotang thought about it, she felt that what Tu Xin and Liu Xian said didn't make sense.

Tu Xinxin was a little shocked, and while he ordered the soldiers to investigate the news, he quickly returned to his room, donning armor and holding a knife.

"We don't have Qimian City, so we probably don't have thousands of arrows like that." The soldier replied.

He took off the cloth and unfolded it by the light of the fire: "We will attack the west city in two days. The people in the city will open their doors to the west to welcome them. We will implement the policy of reducing taxes and waiving taxes to benefit the people."

Liang Xiong was shocked and quickly untied the cloth strips on several other feather arrows. They all had the same words written on them.

Although Yuan Shao forbids people to go out, I have so few people to patrol and monitor, and many people still go out.

Moreover, many county officials secretly spread the message under the note. We also hope that Yan Liang will seize the city.

Before Gaotang was defeated by Yan Liang for the next time, he was already afraid of Yan Liang.

Just as the soldiers left as promised, the sound of beating drums suddenly came from the city, and the sound seemed to be heard from all directions, and it was also accompanied by bursts of shouts of killing.

Since we are sending reinforcements, let Tu Xin abandon the city and lead his troops back to the plains, so that there will be no fewer soldiers and horses to deal with Tu Xin in the plains.

Don't drive Liu Xian and then said: "What General Yan said is unreasonable. If Tu Xin, Mingshijun, is finally eliminated as a minor problem, how about taking this opportunity to eliminate him? Then Qingzhou can all be in Mingshi."

As for the lower Tang Dynasty, it will be lost if it is lost. However, the magistrate of Liang County and the eight thousand soldiers and horses guarding the city cannot make me abandon the city and return to defend the plain together. I can also concentrate my forces to defeat Tu Xin."
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Liang Xiong did not have full confidence to defeat Yan Liang, or even kill Yan Liang.

I don't have eight thousand soldiers to defend the city. I was originally worried that the people would cause trouble, but now that Yan Liang has spread such news, if it can arouse the desire in the people's hearts and risk their lives to open the door to welcome Yan Liang, my pressure will be much less.<
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