Chapter five hundred and eighteenth rainstorm
"Hahaha! General Song quickly asks you up, what are you doing?" Liu Bei looked at Song Xian who was kneeling in front of him and kowtowed without stopping. He looked at the other party with a calm expression, stretched out his hands to help him up and said slowly.
Song Xian dared not ask his lord to reach out and help him up. When the other party was about to touch him, his figure retreated like an old dog. At the same time, he said again, "Lord, if you do not forgive the sins of a certain family, I will kneel on the ground and never get up!"
The smile on Liu Bei's face slowly dissipated. His dark eyes looked at Song Xian who was unable to kowtow below and flashed with a cold murderous intent. However, when he thought that he still needed military generals to guard the city, he could only suppress the murderous intent in his heart. "Hahaha! General Song Xian got up quickly, when will I blame you?"
When Song Xian heard this, he dared to stand up tremblingly, stared at his lord Liu Bei with his big eyes, and let the scarlet blood on his forehead flow down his cheeks quickly, even if it drips on his body, he didn't care.
Seeing that the other party's wound was still gushing out with blood, Liu Bei hurriedly shouted to the soldiers around him, "Come here quickly and lead General Song Xian to the best doctor in the city to treat him, and be sure to stop the blood!"
The soldiers around him woke up as if they were in a dream and quickly came to each other, carefully supporting the pale face Song Xian and walked towards the stairs in the distance.
When Yang Hong and others saw General Song Xian leave, they could finally put down the big stone that was raised high in their hearts, for fear that the lord would send the other party to lead their troops to the camp of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran at night. Not to mention whether it could be successful, at least they knew that this person could not survive. After all, which of the generals I just saw was not above the other party's strength. How could it be possible for the patrol at night without the generals guarding it? Going to the camp was like joining the network.
"Hey! Dukes, we are now surrounded by the enemy. I wonder if there is any good plan to solve the crisis in front of us?" Liu Bei looked at the busy figure in the distance, and a solemn expression appeared in his eyes. Faced with the gap in strength and the gap in military strength, it was obvious that the human and the harmony of the people were not on his side. As for the right place and the right time, could he occupy it? Thinking of these two factors, a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.
"Lord, the only thing we can do now is to guard the city. After all, the surplus grain in the city can be used for the first half of the year. It is conceivable that the enemy can use the surplus grain through the barrier policy!" A general came out and bowed slightly with his fists. Who is Cao Xing?
Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, but he didn't think so in his heart. Even if he followed Yang Hong's barrier policy to transport all the surplus grains in the county town of Taiyuan County to the city, resulting in no surplus grains within a radius of hundreds of miles, how could Zhou Qi, a child who owned half of the Han Dynasty, be stumped because of this little thing?
"Lord, we now have no advantage in military generals and military forces. Only as General Cao Xing said, there seems to be hope for success in defending the city, or waiting for the arrival of reinforcements!" Yang Hong, the current military advisor of Liu Bei, also came out and said loudly.
Everyone around saw Yang Hong speak, and they all agreed like kowtow bugs, and the voices of approval were heard one after another.
"Since all the officials think so, I don't know who wants to take responsibility
When is the task of guarding the city this time?" Seeing that everyone agreed with Cao Xing's suggestion, Liu Bei simply did not put forward the opposite opinions and directly expressed another difficult problem in front of him.
When everyone around heard this, look at me and look at you. For a moment, no one dared to stand up and take the initiative to volunteer. This shows how much fear he was about Zhou Qi, the son-in-law of the Han Dynasty.
"Hmph!" Liu Bei couldn't help but snorted coldly as he looked at the people around him, his eyes like an eagle and falcon staring at everyone for a moment, as if he was looking for a suitable candidate.
Seeing this, Yang Hong and others turned pale one by one, and dripping cold sweat dripped down their cheeks quickly. Even if the collar in front of them was wet, they would not dare to react at all.
"How about General Cao Xing not as good as Ruo guarding the city during the day?" Liu Bei looked for a long time and had to stay on Cao Xing who had just spoken. At the same time, he was dissatisfied with the number of military generals under his command now. Why is Zhou Qi so many children? Instead, he has fewer and fewer people.
Cao Xing's pale face turned pale the moment he heard his lord Liu Bei's inquiry, and he was about to say politely refuse, but when he saw the other party's cold appearance, he could only swallow the words at his mouth, showing a smile that was even worse than crying, "Lord, it is an honor for a family to be able to share your worries!"
"Hahaha! OK! OK! OK! Look at General Cao Xing. If you can have such thoughts as General Cao Xing, I will not be so embarrassed!" Liu Bei laughed with satisfaction when he saw the other party agreeing.
When everyone around heard this, they all showed embarrassing smiles on their faces and echoed, "What the lord said is so much!"
Liu Bei rolled his eyes helplessly, and hated these guys under his command. If the other party were not the leaders of some aristocratic families, he would have ordered people to push them out and kill them long ago.
"Since the guards during the day have been arranged, I wonder who is willing to take charge of the guards at night?" Liu Bei removed the distracting thoughts in his heart, and his dark eyes looked at the people around him again and said slowly.
The smiles on the faces of Cao Xing's schadenfreshed after hearing the words of his lord Liu Bei, fearing that the next unlucky guy would be himself. Fortunately, a burly general came out at this time, and he bent with his fists and bowed slightly and said, "Lord, the general is willing to lead the troops to guard the city, and never let the enemy take a step forward!"
Everyone around saw a look of surprise on the faces of the visitor. The reason was that this person was Hao Meng, the popular man who was Ding Yuan when he was alive. Because when he stole the former cemetery of His Majesty in Luoyang, the eastern capital, he opposed his lord Liu Bei everywhere. After Liu Bei became the lord commander of Bingzhou, Yi Wen had become a marginalized figure.
When Liu Bei saw Hao Meng, his eyes flashed and his smile remained unchanged. A easy-going voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Since General Hao Meng wants to guard the night, I naturally want it. However, because the enemies often ambush and conquer the city at night, I have to add another general. Tuoba Qinfeng, you and General Hao Meng are guarding the night together. If there is an enemy who dares to attack the city, I will send an alarm as soon as possible, do you understand?"
"I understand!" Hao Meng's eyes showed a hint of surprise when he heard Liu Bei let him guard the city at night.
His expression, as if he was afraid of being seen, would disappear in the next second, but Liu Bei, who was interested, could see clearly, so Tuoba Qinfeng, who was behind him, guarded him together.
"You should go back to the mansion and rest first. If there is an enemy attack, come to support you as soon as possible!" Liu Bei looked at the heads of the aristocratic families around him and said loudly.
"As for the order!" Everyone would not disagree when they heard this. They all bowed and took the order one by one, quickly turned around and walked towards the stairs behind them, as if there were some fierce beasts chasing them behind them.
Time passed day by day. For some reason, since the eldest son-in-law Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran besieged Jinyang City, he had no intention of rushing to attack. Instead, he sent a general and a team of soldiers to stand in front of the city gate to persuade him to surrender.
Liu Bei looked at the soldiers who were trying hard to surrender in the distance, and frowned unconsciously, "Yang Hong, why did Zhou Qi do this? Is it because Jinyang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack and will suffer heavy losses if it wants to conquer?"
Yang Hong frowned and formed a big Sichuan character on his forehead. No matter how he guessed it, he could not think of what Zhou Qi thought. Sending troops and horses to persuade him to surrender was like a waste of time. It would be better to directly send the reality of the unparalleled generals under his command.
"Boom!" Just as Liu Bei was about to ask again, the sky, which was originally clear and clear, suddenly became dark clouds, and could not see his five fingers, as if the worldly demon king was born, giving people a feeling of depression like black clouds swaying the city.
Yang Hong's originally frowning brows were seeing such a scene in the sky, but not only did not relax, but it deepened a little bit again. "Lord, looking at such a weather, there may be heavy rainstorms coming, and I have to prepare in advance!"
"Storm?" Liu Bei was slightly stunned, then as if he was thinking of something, he stretched out his slender palm and slapped his head heavily, and hurriedly ran towards the edge of the city wall, leaned forward to look at Zhou Qi's camp in the distance.
There were no figures of the other party and his soldiers. I didn’t know when I moved to a high mountain. It was obvious that heavy rain would come. "Yang Hong, you said Zhou Qi's son would not want to use it..."
Before Liu Bei could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yang Hong beside him, "Lord, such a bad thing, I think Zhou Qi's son should not do it. After all, doing so will cause a huge blow to this person's reputation!"
"Is this really the case?" Liu Bei's doubts in his heart not only did not disappear, but instead deepened a little bit again. "Why did I hear that this man used a water attack in order to conquer Shanyueman as soon as possible. If he used it once this time, he would just return to his old career!"
Before Yang Hong could speak, Cao Xing, who was standing beside him, had already taken the lead. "Lord, you can use Shanyueman. It is completely the other party, not the Han people. If you are not my race, you will have different intentions. So there will be no burden to kill. However, the people in the city are all Han people and the people of the Han Dynasty. How could Zhou Qi, as the prince-in-law, wave the butcher knife in his hand to his people?"
"Lord, what General Cao Xing said is reasonable. The Jingzhou Army is famous for caring for the people. How to harm the peace of the world will definitely not do it!" Song Xian, who left a blood scar on his forehead, also echoed...to be continued
Chapter completed!