"Your Majesty, do you really want to abandon Yuzhou and go to Xuzhou?" Chen Qun asked as soon as he saw Liu Bei.
At this time, Liu Bei and Zhou Ping were sitting in the hall talking.
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Yes."
"No." Chen Qun said anxiously.
"Why not?" Liu Bei was quite puzzled.
"Yuan Shu is in Huainan. Although he was defeated by Cao Cao before, his army is still strong. When you go east to Xuzhou, Yuan Shu will come to fight. Lu Bu is now in Yanzhou, but it is difficult for him to defeat Cao Cao. If he loses, he may attack.
After you, if you do this, even if you get Xuzhou, nothing will happen."
"Not necessarily." Without waiting for Liu Bei's reply, Zhou Ping said first, "Don't say what you said, Yuan Shu will come to fight. I also agree with this. Although Yuan Shu has many soldiers, he is not popular with the soldiers and the people, and his subordinates may be in trouble."
Fight to the death with all your strength, and if a fight comes, I can send my troops to drive it back. Lu Bu and Cao Cao are fighting for Yanzhou, and I also think that Lu Bu will be defeated, but I will prepare troops to defend him, so Lu Bu has nothing to worry about."
Chen Qun also said: "If you prepare more troops, it will be difficult to defeat Yuan Shu; if you prepare few troops, it will be difficult to defend against Lu Bu..."
Zhou Ping interrupted him: "We can repel Yuan Shu first, and Lu Bu will come later. If they don't attack at the same time, Xuzhou will be safe."
Chen Qun was speechless for a moment.
"Hahaha..." Liu Bei said with a smile, "Mr. Wen'an has already expected this. Changwen, with your talents, if you can help me, Xuzhou can ensure that everything is foolproof. I wonder if you are willing to follow me to Xuzhou?"
Zhou Ping once mentioned to Liu Bei and asked him to ask Chen Qun to follow him to Xuzhou.
However, Zhou Ping didn't have much hope for this, and even Liu Bei knew he had little hope.
Chen Qun is talented and well-known. If he is willing to accompany him, his father Chen Ji may also come to help. Chen Qun's grandfather, Chen Shiguan, was not a big official, but he was very virtuous and famous. He was repeatedly recruited by the imperial court to serve as the Three Dukes, but he always refused.
When he died, the whole country paid tribute to him. More than 30,000 people from all over the country went to mourn, and thousands of cars were carried. Even Sikong Xunshuang came to hold the ceremony of his descendants.
Chen Changwen's father, Chen Ji, is also very famous. After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang and established the new emperor, he was appointed as Pingyuan Prime Minister. He did not leave until the dispute between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. Speaking of which, he was Liu Bei's predecessor when he was Pingyuan Prime Minister.
As expected, Chen Qun rejected Liu Bei: "The Qun family is in Xu and they don't want to leave the state."
With the reputation of the Chen family in Yingchuan, and Chen Qun being a person who cares about status, Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, so it would be great if he could serve as the governor.
If he follows Liu Bei to Xuzhou, then he can only be Liu Bei's subordinate or guest like Jian Yong, Tian Yu and others. However, Chen Qun still has a grudge against Liu Bei's background and is unwilling to bend down to accompany him.
Although Zhou Ping just said that Lu Bu could be defended, Chen Qun still believed that Liu Bei could not defend Xuzhou, so it was even less likely that he would follow Liu Bei.
Chen Qun saw that Liu Bei had decided to leave, so he said goodbye and left without further persuasion.
"What a pity! What a pity!" Liu Bei looked at Chen Qun's leaving figure and sighed.
On November 25th of the first year of Xingping, Liu Bei left Xiaopei with Buqu and the Danyang soldiers given by Tao Qian.
Liu Bei was riding on the horse, with Zhou Ping beside him, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei following closely behind, followed by Chen Dao, Zhang Wu, Jian Yongtian Yu and others, and Gan Qian and other family members of the tribe followed behind in a carriage.
But as soon as he left the east gate of Xiaopei, Liu Bei was stunned, and even Zhou Ping was shocked.
I saw many people standing outside the city, lined up on both sides of the road, and they were full and stretched for several miles.
Many people carry baskets in their hands, which may contain eggs or fruits and vegetables, but the quantities are not large. These may be what they can take out. Occasionally, some people carry chickens or ducks.
"Liu Shijun, don't leave!"
"Liu Shijun, please stay!"
"Liu Shijun, we can't bear to have you leave!"
"Liu Shijun, it will be easier for us as long as you are here!"
"Shijun Liu..."
When the people saw Liu Bei leaving the city, they shouted for him to stay. Many people had tears on their faces and were full of reluctance.
Liu Bei reined in his horse and drove slowly, looking at the people on both sides with tears in his eyes.
Zhou Ping looked at the people on both sides and couldn't help but shed tears at this moment. He was once again pleased that he had chosen Liu Bei.
There were many people who were retained by the people when they left office, but among the princes, Liu Bei was perhaps the only one.
Suddenly, a dozen old men rushed into the road and knelt in front of Liu Bei's horse.
Liu Bei hurriedly reined in his horse, jumped off, and stepped forward to help the kneeling man up.
But when Liu Bei helped one person up and then went to help the other one, the person he helped up in front of him knelt down again.
"Liu Shijun, not long after you took office in Yuzhou, we were hit by a locust plague this year. We were about to starve to death with no food to eat. It was only because you gave us food to help us that we could survive! Such a great kindness,
We must not forget it! Your kindness is unparalleled in the world, and we the people of Yuzhou are reluctant to let you go, so just stay!"
An old man with gray hair and beard knelt down and said.
Liu Bei couldn't help everyone, so he stopped helping them. He held his hands to everyone and said: "Dear fellow villagers, what Liu Bei did is just what we should do. How can we talk about great kindness? Bei didn't want to leave Yuzhou, but Xuzhou was in chaos and the people were in trouble.
Life is more difficult, and I, Liu Bei, are needed even more. I only regret that Liu Bei cannot do two things, and now I can only let the folks of Yuzhou down!"
"Old man, you all get up quickly, get up quickly." Liu Bei went to help everyone up again.
These old men knew that they could not keep Liu Bei and that there was no point in kneeling down. They all stood up with tears in their eyes and retreated to the roadside.
Liu Bei got on his horse, and the people on both sides of the road put their things into the hands of the accompanying soldiers. When Liu Bei saw this, he raised his hands to the people on his horse and said loudly: "Fellow fellows, Liu Bei understands your thoughts. In the year of disaster,
It's not easy for you to save anything before it's all gone, and Liu Bei can't accept it."
"Send the order and you are not allowed to accept anything from the people. Anyone who accepts it will be dealt with according to military law." Liu Bei turned around and ordered.
So, the military order was loudly shouted all the way: "The general has an order not to accept things from the people. Violators will be punished according to military law."
The soldiers who had already received the things, when they heard the military order, quickly pushed the things back into the hands of the people, and refused to take them no matter how hard the people pushed them.
Liu Bei urged his horse to move forward slowly, arching his hands all the way and looking at the people on both sides of the road with tears in his eyes.
Among the people seeing him off by the roadside, Chen Qun nodded secretly and sighed in a low voice: "You are truly benevolent and virtuous!"
"That's right." A commoner crowded nearby heard Chen Qun's sigh and took over the words, "I have long heard that Liu Shijun had a reputation for benevolence when he was in the Qingzhou Plain. Now that he has arrived in Yuzhou, he knows his name.
It’s true, but it’s a pity that your envoy has to leave Yuzhou now!”
Chen Qun only glanced at the man, stopped talking, and turned to leave.
Liu Bei bowed his hands to the people as a courtesy and walked two or three miles. At this time, a soldier in front of him rushed towards him, lapping his horse and reported to Liu Bei: "General, there are two to three hundred people blocking the way ahead, and they all have weapons in their hands.
"
Now Jian Yong, Tian Yu, Chen Dao and others all call Liu Bei their lord, lord. This is a treatment only given by tribes. Ordinary soldiers in the army can only call Liu Bei general.
