"Brother, the scouts are here to report that the Yellow Turban Army is attacking the village fifteen miles ahead. Do we want to send troops to assist?"
"Yide, how many people are following us now?"
"It stretches for more than ten miles and can't be seen to the end. I really can't count how many people and villagers are following us."
"So is there enough food to eat?"
"How is that possible! We only took half a year's worth of food and grass when we left. It should be no problem to support us until Xuzhou, not to mention that old man Tao Qian also promised to send someone to greet us and give us some money and food when the time comes.
.So at the beginning, the people of Yuyang thought of their elder brother's kindness and were willing to accompany him thousands of miles away. Even jerks like Lao Zhang and I thought this friendship was too valuable to refuse, so they agreed.
But who would have thought that the Yellow Turbans are now resurrected in Qingzhou, and they are not as powerful as they were at first. Bandits have gathered, and the people are in dire straits. Along the way, hungry people continue to join our team, and my brother is unwilling to give up on them, so the consumption of food will naturally be huge.
And Qingzhou Yellow Turban
The situation is so strong, how can Tao Qian dare to go north when he has too much time to take care of himself? Big brother won’t let us attack the city occupied by corrupt officials. We have no income, and we have to feed and drink almost hundreds of thousands of people. Even if we reduce the rations, we
It won’t last long.”
"Is it...has it become serious enough...I, Liu Bei, am really sorry for the people who have followed me all the way?"
"Brother, don't say that. The third brother is just worried about the problem of food and grass. Didn't you see that he has eaten less and stopped drinking in the past few days? Isn't it just that he wants to save more food for the people? However,
Brother, the food problem has indeed reached a point where it cannot be solved unless it is solved. After all, if this problem is not solved, hundreds of thousands of lives will be at stake."
"Second brother, second brother, third brother, I don't understand. The number of people who follow us is less than 200,000 (approximately). How can hundreds of thousands of lives be affected if there is no food?"
"Third brother, what would you do if you were about to starve to death and saw a bad guy with food in his hand?"
"Then you don't have to ask. Grab the damn one! Even if I'm hungry and dizzy, Lao Zhang, I can still fight five of them!"
"Yes. Third brother, a good man like you will attack those who have food if he has no choice. What will those hungry people choose when their lives are not long? Eat human flesh? Or attack prefectures and counties? Join the Yellow Turban Army to cause rebellion.
?Escape into the mountains and forests and become a new bandit? In this way, this disaster will be greatly expanded."
"Then what does the second brother think?"
"No need to ask, of course they killed the corrupt officials and bullies along the way. They took out the grain they stored and distributed it to the people. They used the property they hid as military supplies. They bought grain and grass from local ordinary people and businessmen.
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"But what is the difference between our actions and those bandits who claim to 'rob the rich and give to the poor' and 'do justice for heaven'."
"Brother, what I admire most about you, besides your kindness to the people, is that you dared to kill the postal supervisor who made things difficult for you, and you also dared to lure those people who had fornicated with foreigners in Yuyang.
Kou's tyranny used thunder, but why now..."
"Hey... Brother, I also know that this will work very quickly, and I also know that this is a good way to solve the current dilemma. But, brother, have you ever thought about it, if we always use this method to solve problems, over time we will
We will become obsessed with this feeling that "force decides everything", and everything will become simple and crude in the end. In that case, what is the difference between us and those powerful men who do evil? Isn't this world still full of disputes, and the weak will always be weak?
Do you want to be bullied by the strong?"
"Brother!" x2.
"Forget it... I have a good relationship with Shan Jing, who was sent by Brother Bo Gui to explore Qingzhou. I think he should be able to accommodate me. In return, let's do what we can for him. In addition, I heard that Beihai Kong Wenju was from an aristocratic family.
Ming Confucian, Beihai Kingdom has also stocked up a large amount of food and grass. For the sake of the hungry people, I think they should be able to give us some for turnover."
"Just listen to big brother." "Hmm... it's not pleasant, it's really unpleasant."
"Haha, don't worry, Yide. When we fight against the Yellow Turban Army, we still need to count on your bravery, Yide."
"Hahahaha~ How dare the third brother complain about the elder brother? Hahahaha~ Brother, don't worry, those yellow scarf thieves can't escape from my hands, Lao Zhang. Maybe I can make those yellow scarf thieves give the stolen food to me when the time comes.
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"That's really good. If that's true, Third Brother, you will have made a great contribution."
"That's right. Don't even look at who my Lao Zhang's eldest brother is."
After that, relying on this kind of work-like behavior, hundreds of thousands of people, no, as the battle progressed, those ordinary people who originally participated in the Yellow Turban Army gradually joined Liu Bei's team.
The scale of the epidemic is still expanding - there is no large-scale starvation and riots, which is really incredible every time we think about it.
It's just that the resources that can be obtained from such behavior are limited after all. In fact, this team that has just crossed the Yellow River has not yet set foot in the relatively wealthy Qi State in the Qingzhou area. The pressure of food has already put this team in danger of collapse.
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To make matters worse, Beihai Kong Rong, who had originally agreed to provide them with some food and grass to tide over the current difficulties, was surrounded by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army who also lacked food and grass.
It seems that not even a fly can fly out from this layer of siege to deliver the news.
After all, compared to Qi State which has taller city walls and armaments due to its wealth and history, Beihai State's Prime Minister Kong Rong is not only a civil servant who has no ability to fight and can only boast and talk, but also a direct descendant of Kong Laoer
Later generations still looked down upon warriors very much. Unless you had a certain degree of literary talent and knowledge, then a suit of martial arts could still be regarded as a manifestation of might and courage. After all, there was one among the Confucian sages who was extremely brave.
But if he is just a crude warrior, then I'm sorry, how can a scholar and scholar think highly of such a vulgar person, and how can he associate with such a barbarian.
So over time, the sound of reading in Beihai Kingdom did become louder, but correspondingly, the county soldiers who could protect the land and the people became children who could only show their skills and embroider their legs. The country was naturally prosperous, but in this troubled times, it seemed that
When a child is walking in a busy city with a heavy treasure, when he will be robbed depends only on the mood of the thieves and the timing of their attack.
But the only thing that is impossible is to walk safely through the busy city and nothing happens.
Of course, although the city wall in Juxian County cannot be compared with that of Linzi in Qi State, it is still a big problem for the Yellow Turban Army who lack the ability to attack the city. Therefore, Juxian County, which has sufficient food and grass, does not worry about being attacked for a moment.
It was conquered but always surrounded by a group of mobs. For the scholars in the city who only focused on reading the books of sages, it was indeed difficult.
In fact, when Liu Bei received the exact news, several attacks and defenses had already been carried out on the top of the city. The Yellow Turban Army had even rushed to the top of the city twice. If it were not for the private soldiers sent by the powerful people in the city, especially those from the Zong family,
The young general Zong Bao took the lead. I am afraid that Jucheng had already been defeated and had provided the Yellow Turban Army with abundant supplies of all kinds.
Even so, Jixian County is already in danger. At least most of the people in the city do not think that the soldiers in the city can withstand the brutal attacks of the Yellow Turban Army, and their morale has hit new lows repeatedly.
From this you can also understand that when Liu Bei ordered his troops and horses and borrowed three thousand more elite soldiers from Shan Jing to go to the theater city to rescue the siege, he only saw the city with thick smoke and the somewhat familiar figure hanging on the city gate.
The reason for the corpse.
Even if Zhang Fei finally killed the enemy chief Xu He and dispersed the Yellow Turban bandits occupying the city, allowing Liu Bei and the soldiers and civilians who followed him to recover the city and obtain a large amount of supplies that the Yellow Turban Army had no time to move, it still could not offset Liu Bei's defeat.
The unwillingness and self-blame in my heart.
"They are all trying to harm Kong Beihai!"
If he could seize more time, if he could get the news earlier, if he could attack more Yellow Turban bandits, if... maybe Kong Rong would not die, maybe Juxian County would not be conquered, maybe the people would not
Will be bullied by the Yellow Turban bandits, maybe... Unfortunately, everything has become a doomed fact, and there is no possibility of changing it.
"Why, why is this like this?"
"Although I know it's not a good idea to say this, I still feel that my eldest brother is kind to a woman!"
"Really?"
Liu Bei's eyes were a little dull, and it was obvious that he was beginning to have doubts about his future path.
Speaking of which, although Liu Bei had a "prominent" background and could be related to the surname of the current dynasty, his family had already fallen into decline. It can be said that he has experienced the ups and downs of human relationships since he was a child. Therefore, in his heart, the most important thing is
In addition to allowing the surname Liu to continue to rule the world, this thing also allows the people of the world to live a stable life.
But this is not easy - just look at how Li Shushi conquered the country and conquered the country in order to keep the people of Bingzhou away from the disaster of war, and you will know how difficult it is to achieve this in troubled times.
As a child of the Liu surname, if you want the country to be stable, you must naturally rely on the power of the powerful family and cannot be easily offended. However, if you want the people to live a healthy life and avoid being bullied by the powerful, you need to maintain a certain degree of high pressure on the powerful family.
How do you choose to achieve your ideals?
In the past, Liu Bei chose the path of balance - for the more powerful aristocratic families and the more vulnerable common people, Liu Bei carefully maintained the balance between the two, lest he take a wrong step.
Although this allowed him to quickly accumulate a lot of reputation, only he and his brothers could clearly see the hardship involved.
But even so, now, this fragile balance seems to be unsustainable.
Liu Bei really felt more confused than ever before.
Perhaps, it's time to think carefully about how to walk the next road.
But before that.
"Master Taishou, this is a rabbit my boy accidentally picked up in the forest. Please accept it. You have worried so much for us ordinary people, and you don't even have enough to eat. I can't bear it."
Ah, you are the supporter of us ordinary people.
Zhu, if you have something wrong with you, we will have no hope of living. So you must take care of yourself. If it doesn't work, although the little old man is old, he still has a few taels of meat on his body that can be eaten.
Yes, please don't be polite."
Sure enough, I still can’t let go of these simple, cute people who make me want to cry!
Compared with the smiles of these people from the bottom of their hearts, everything else is just an accessory to this smile!
For some reason, Liu Bei suddenly thought of a friend with whom he once had a close relationship, but later drifted away due to various reasons.
The other party has a similar background to Liu Bei. No, at least Liu Bei still has a reluctant "Han clan clan" as a sign on his head, while the other party is completely an ordinary citizen. So that person chose in order to make a fortune.
Liu Bei's path was so "treasonous" in the eyes of the former Liu Bei. Even though he knew that the other party seemed to be an official who was loved by the people, he could not agree with the path he had chosen before from the bottom of his heart.
But now when I look back and look at the other party's past actions, although there is luck in it, I have to admit that the other party has at least been able to turn what he wants into reality. Little by little within his own sphere of influence
He sketched out the beautiful picture in his heart. On the contrary, Liu Bei himself was still confused and didn't know where to go.
He was even involved in the "Shura field between my senior brothers and my distant relatives" and was forced to leave his hometown.
"Maybe I should make some changes."
My eyes looked towards the western sky. Far away, there was a young man who had similar dreams to him, but took a different path. Now it seems that young man is more successful.
"But. Some things will never change no matter what, right? People like me."
Half a month later, under the design of some thoughtful people, the soldiers and civilians heading south led by Liu Bei had a fierce conflict with some powerful people along the way.
He has the inherent habit of bowing his head in front of a local snake like me. He wanted to scrape some oil and water from Liu Beijun who had just defeated the Yellow Turban Army.
Obviously Liu Bei's forbearance to the powerful local families along the way made these people unable to restrain their lust. It was only because there had been rumors that Liu Bei's army was short of food that it was unsustainable, so they did not dare to touch this
An extremely unstable "bomb", and now Liu Bei could just take a breath, but found that there was a group of piranha-like vampires around him.
It's just a pity that these people met Liu Bei, who had just planned to "change his work style to promote development" - although he still seemed to be kind to the people and laughed even if he was offended by his unintentional remarks, it was no longer the same as a few days ago.
Same person.
Speaking of which, there is such a kind of person who seems to be kind and tolerant on weekdays, but once he is angered and gets angry, he will definitely make huge waves and even fight to death - this is the so-called "honest person"
Get angry".
Liu Bei may be in such a situation today.
Not only was he asked to pay back the so-called "losses caused by the attack by the Yellow Turban Army", he even took away the young and beautiful women who followed Liu Bei's army south, and also killed and wounded innocent people who resisted.
countless.
Perhaps in their view, although Liu Bei has thousands of powerful troops, he is not someone they can easily anger, but Liu Bei is someone who wants to do big things, and the help they can provide is far beyond what ordinary people can match.
, even if most of the soldiers come from ordinary people, there are still a few of them, and they can form a large group at random.
Even if they ask Liu Bei for the goods obtained from wiping out the Yellow Turban Army, they are just asking Liu Bei to pay the price for making good friends with them. It is a necessary payment for possible cooperation between the two parties in the future. Otherwise, what can they do as landowners?
Can I safely do business with Liu Bei, an outsider like you?
Well, maybe this is just a difference in philosophy, as if you can never tell whether it is the so-called "simple" villagers who open their mouths to the local big companies, causing the companies to be full of resentment, or the big company stores to bully the local customers.
Huge damage was done to vulnerable villagers.
But as far as Liu Bei is concerned, this can no longer be simply described as death, but - great work. Death!
The result and so on... Speaking of which, with Boss Liu holding the battle, Third Master Zhang charging forward, and Second Master Pan beating drums and shooting black guns from the side, could there be a second ending?
However, that feeling is really enjoyable...
It feels so good...
What a pleasure...
Hurry...
ah……
"...Brother, we have discovered the specific location of the enemy's lair. This time we will definitely make those bastard bandits who are harassing the security of the surrounding villages completely disappear from this land!"
The familiar "roar" in my ears... Of course, it was indeed not deliberately making such a loud noise, it was just the "normal" volume of the other party's speech - although such an explanation would not be accepted by anyone whose ears have been tortured by such a sound.
There may be such a view, but as his most trusted eldest brother, Liu Bei can be sure that the other party did not mean it.
After all, Liu Bei, the opponent's really loud voice, had witnessed and "enjoyed" it with his own eyes and ears. He even remembered the entire details of how the young general sent by the enemy on the opposite side vomited gall and fell from his horse to death.
"...Huh? Yes! Have you found out clearly? Then send the news to General Yuan Long. According to the previous agreement, we will divide our forces and attack together. We must not let the bandit leaders escape again."
"Don't worry, brother, if you let a bastard escape, Lao Zhang will take off his head and let him play with it like a ball!"
"Nonsense, how can you and I make such a joke between brothers?"
"Hehe~ Big brother taught you a lesson."
Looking at Zhang Fei's retreating figure, Liu Bei suddenly realized that he was now in the military camp, standing on the wooden wall of the military camp, and the military camp was located in the Langye Kingdom of Xuzhou.
And the scenes I just experienced in my mind have been more than a few months since now.
"The chaos in the world comes from the chaos of people's hearts. To change the chaotic world, perhaps we must start by changing people's hearts. Use my hands to create a new world, a country of benevolence without bullying and sorrow!"
He jumped off the wall and mounted his horse. Behind him were familiar faces. They were the faces of his fellow villagers who had followed him all the way south to this place. But now, they have become the most loyal people around him.
"The whole army advances, attack for the sake of the world of benevolence!"
"oh!"
There was thunderous cheers, which was trust from the heart.
"Third brother..."
"What's wrong, second brother?"
Chapter completed!