As soon as the scout finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

There is a room full of county officials, some are happy and some are sad.

Zhou Xing looked on with cold eyes. The meritorious officer who had just answered Liu Bei did not show joy on his face, but was more worried.

Zhou Xing was not too surprised by this news. Although he had not expected it, Liu Bei and Guan Hai were bound to have a battle sooner or later. It would be good for the thieves to come to their door now, so as not to find them again.

Thinking so, he was actually a little worried. After all, there were too many thieves, more than 10,000 people, while Liu Bei only had more than 1,000 troops.

Of course there is no problem in defending the city. There is still food in the city anyway. The trouble is that Guan Tong has also come with him.

Guan Tong is the former prefect, and there must be many officials in the city who have received his favor. What I am afraid of is that these people will secretly open the city gate to meet the enemy.

Zhou Xing thought for a while, walked to Jian Yong, and talked in his ear for a while.

Jian Yong's originally worried face suddenly became slightly happy and left in a hurry.

Liu Bei kept looking at Zhou Xing, wondering what his young military advisor was doing, and cast an inquiring look at him.

Zhou Xing noticed Liu Bei’s gaze and the anxiety on Liu Bei’s face.

If it were anyone else, in Liu Bei's current position, they would inevitably feel anxious upon hearing such news.

If it was just Guan Hai who led the bandits to attack him, there would be nothing to be afraid of. It was the former prefect Guan Tong who made Liu Bei anxious.

Zhou Xing looked calm, smiled slightly, and gave Liu Bei an affirmative look.

Seeing this, Liu Bei felt a little at ease and silently looked at the expressions of the officials in the room and listened to their discussions.

"There are tens of thousands of traitors in Guanhai. How can we defend this city? We should retreat to Mouping quickly."

"That's right, when Lord Guanfu was here, the Yellow Turban thieves never came to attack. I didn't expect... Well, if this city is destroyed, I'm afraid the thieves will be violent and all the people in the city will be killed!"

"So what if there are tens of thousands of thieves? Mr. Xinfu is brave and good at fighting. He can lead his troops out of the city and destroy the enemy with one strike. Why should we be afraid?"

"Stop talking sarcastically, I heard that Guan Hai is very brave, not weaker than the two tiger generals in Xinfujun's army. Besides, there are tens of thousands of thieves, not three thousand."

"The Yellow Turban thieves only come to attack for money and food. It is better to hand over the money and food, and we will surely defeat the enemy."

"..."

"Shut up, shut up! Shut up, all of you!"

While the officials were discussing among themselves, the meritorious officer Li Ye suddenly roared at everyone.

Not only were the officials stunned, but Liu Bei and Zhou Xing were also slightly stunned, wondering what this meritorious officer was going to say.

"You are officials and people in the government, how can you be afraid of thieves! Although there are thousands of thieves, we have strong soldiers in the city, and Liu Fujun, the general of Zhendong, is here. Although the thieves are coming, there is nothing to fear.

! Mr. Liu is benevolent and righteous and loves the people. Since we are county officials, we should consider how to help Mr. Liu defend the city and how to protect the people, rather than how to compromise with thieves! Let alone be afraid of thieves!"

"But Mr. Guanfu is born with thieves..."

Among the officials, I don’t know who said anything.

When Guan Tong was mentioned, meritorious officer Li Ye froze for a moment and didn't know what to say. He just looked at everyone with a tense face.

Guan Tong recognized him as a meritorious Cao, which was his benefactor. Li Ye hated the Yellow Turban thieves in his heart, but he did not hate Guan Tong, even though he knew that Liu Bei would definitely be better as a prefect than Guan Tong.

"What does it mean that Guan Tong and thieves are both together?" Zhou Xing said at this time, "It means that Guan Tong colluded with the Yellow Turban bandits before, harming the people and causing chaos in Donglai. The Donglai rebellion started because of him!

Anyone who helps such a person is working with thieves and aiding the tyrants!"

"Guan Tong is a thief, and now he has turned into a thief. He not only owes the trust of the court, the kindness of Kong Shijun, the people of Donglai, but also you who have worked hard for him! So!

Even if he is kind, he can no longer remember him. He can just leave here. If he persists in his obsession, General Liu will capture and kill him to eliminate harm for the people! Anyone who communicates with him is a thief and will not be killed.

Pardon!"

Zhou Xing's words were addressed not only to Li Ye, the meritorious scholar, but also to those who wanted to secretly welcome Guan Tong.

Everyone looked at Zhou Xing, who was very young and dressed in robes with a long sword hanging on his waist. They knew that he was Liu Bei's military advisor and that he was a man who could speak effectively, so they did not dare to say anything.

The meritorious officer Li Ye's expression changed slightly, he looked at Liu Bei and nodded secretly.

At this time, another scout hurriedly came in and reported: "General, Governor Kong has sent 3,000 soldiers and horses. They have left Linyi and are heading towards Donglai."

Zhou Xing immediately beamed with joy and said loudly: "My lord, you asked Kong Shijun for three thousand soldiers and horses to help suppress the bandits. Kong Shijun did not break his promise. Now with these three thousand reinforcements, we can attack the bandits from both inside and outside."

, Hahaha, now I am afraid that the Yellow Turban thieves will not dare to attack the city."

Liu Bei was slightly stunned at first, thinking that I didn't ask Kong Rong for three thousand troops!

Then I thought that what Zhou Xing said to Jian Yong just now might be that he asked him to go out and wait for a while to spread false news to calm people's hearts.

"Yes, Commander Kong is true to his word, and he has lived up to me! Everyone, please disperse first and perform your duties. No one can leave the city without my order."

After Liu Bei understood this, he also pretended to be overjoyed and asked the officials to disperse.

At this time, all the officials looked at me and I couldn't believe that Kong Rong would send three thousand troops to help Liu Bei.

But believe it or not, Liu Bei asked them to disperse, so they had no choice but to leave at this time.

There was only one person standing still, and it was Li Ye, the meritorious officer.

Li Ye glanced at Zhou Xing, then looked at Liu Bei and asked: "Mingfu Lord, Kong Shijun sent three thousand troops to help, is it a lie?"

"What do you think?" Zhou Xing asked.

"It is absolutely impossible. As far as I know, Kong Shijun only has five or six thousand state soldiers, and there are rumors that the Yuan family in Jizhou will lead troops to capture Qingzhou. It is absolutely impossible for Kong Shijun to send troops here."<

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"Haha, we will know if it is true or not." Liu Bei did not admit or deny, and said with a slight smile, "Li Gongcao, the Yellow Turban thieves are coming, and the people in the city will be panicked. We still need you to stabilize people's hearts!"<

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Li Ye understood what Liu Bei meant, which was to stabilize people's hearts.

He glanced at Zhou Xing again. He had just seen Zhou Xing whispering to Jian Yong, and then Jian Yong left. He knew that it must be this person's plan. Although it was not very useful, at least it gave the people in the city

A glimmer of hope makes them less afraid.

"No." Li Ye responded and left.

"Lord, this Li Gongcao is available." Watching Li Ye leave, Zhou Xing said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded: "Well, this person can distinguish between right and wrong, public and private, so he can really be used."

In fact, Liu Bei knew how to read people better than Zhou Xing. Zhou Xing just understood history, so he knew more about some people whose names were left in history.

"Brother!"

"Brother!"

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both shouted, followed closely by Wang Xiu, Liu Zheng and others, and all Liu Bei's original team arrived.

Apparently they heard the news that Guan Hai and Guan Tong were leading troops to attack.

"My lord, did Kong Shijun really send three thousand soldiers and horses to help?"

Mi Zhu did not go to see Kong Rong with Liu Bei and was dubious about the news, but he hoped it was true.

Liu Bei looked at the crowd, shook his head, and his face began to look worried.

"Ah! I heard that there are more than 10,000 Yellow Turban thieves, so how can we defeat the enemy?" Mi Zhu said in shock.

Zhang Fei glared at Mi Zhu: "Hey, there are just thieves, what's there to be afraid of! Brother, give me five hundred soldiers and horses, and I can kill the leader of the thieves, Guan Hai, and Guan Tong."

"Yi De, don't underestimate the enemy. Guan Hai once besieged the city of Duchang in the past. This man is very brave and is not an ordinary bandit. If you want to retreat from the enemy, you must take a long-term approach."

Liu Bei turned to Zhou Xing and asked: "Commander, do you have any strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

At this time, Liu Bei only had more than a thousand soldiers and horses, while the Yellow Turban bandits had tens of thousands. Even Guan Yu did not dare to say that he would definitely win the battle. After all, the opponent had too many people and their momentum could make his own soldiers fearful.

Everyone else had no good strategy, and they all looked at Zhou Xing, hoping that the young military advisor could think of some good strategy to retreat from the enemy.

Zhou Xing seemed to be confident. He smiled slightly and said, "Lord, although we have few soldiers and horses, we can recruit troops. The men we have captured before can be used just right."

Only then did Liu Bei and everyone realize that the more than a thousand soldiers captured during the siege had not had time to deal with them and were still imprisoned.

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate. These prisoners are all soldiers of Guan Tong. How can we use them? Aren't we afraid that they will rebel?" Jian Yong said worriedly.

Zhou Xing laughed again and said: "Haha, of course you must first accept his heart before you can use it."

"How to calm down?" Liu Bei asked urgently.
Chapter completed!