When Liu Bei was about to leave, he also made arrangements for Xuzhou’s defenses. Chen Gui, father and son, Cao Bao, and Qin Yi guarded the four gates, and Chen Gui led the overall situation. Hearing Chen Gui’s dispatch, Cao Bao, Qin Yi knew that it must be for the defense of the city, so he didn't dare to neglect at the moment, so he hurried over.
Cao Bao and Qin Yi had just stepped into the hall, before they could give the ceremony, they heard Chen Deng standing beside Chen Jue cry in a deep voice: "Where is the sword and axe, take these two quickly,"
Following this order, dozens of swordsmen and axemen gushed out from behind the screen, pressing Cao Bao and Qin Yi to the ground, and tied them up.
Cao Bao shouted: "What does Master Chen mean?"
Chen Jue laughed and said: "The two generals, from Chen's perspective, Xuzhou must not be guarded. My father and son have already decided to surrender Director Liu, so let's use them as a gift, if there is any offense. , Please forgive me, come and take them down,"
It turned out that Chen Gui was responsible for the defense of Ximen. After sending Liu Bei out of the city, Cao Bao and Qin Yi turned around, but Chen Deng stayed. Chen Gui was old and Chen Deng was not at ease. He had to personally assist his father in arranging the city defense. Returning to the south gate of his own defense, it is foreseeable that there will be the focus of the Jingzhou Army’s offensive.
With this little effort left, Chen Deng also persuaded Chen Gui that Liu Bei might abandon the city, but Chen Gui thought that Liu Bei’s family members were still in the city and shouldn’t do such a thing, father and son. There were some minor disputes over this matter, and then I heard a faint call to kill from the west of the city. The call to kill only lasted for a short time, and I couldn't hear it anymore, but Chen The hearts of the father and son, Gui and Chen Deng, were both tense. This at least shows that Liu Bei is in trouble there.
Chen Deng finally couldn't help but persuade again: "Father, Liu Xin is powerful, and Xuzhou City must not be guarded. Father should consider the whole Chen family, it is better to..."
Chen Gui's mentality has also quietly changed. He waved his hand and stopped Chen Deng's words and said, "Cao Leopard and Qin Yi are Liu Bei's confidants, so let's get rid of these two first."
Chen Deng was overjoyed and said: "These two people who have no plans, can be captured with all hands."
The father and son didn’t know that Cao Bao was almost dismissed by Liu Bei at the beginning, giving gifts and offering daughters, and then he escaped. As for Qin Yi, he and Liu Bei hate his wife. How could the two of them be possible? It was Liu Bei’s confidant, but Chen Gui and Chen Deng had no time to consider whether Cao Bao and Qin Yi were loyal to Liu Bei in order to separate themselves and keep their Chen family.
Suddenly, when Cao Bao and Qin Yi came to understand that Chen Gui and his son were about to surrender Liu Xin, they wanted to tell them that he was willing to surrender Liu Xin, but his mouth was already full of banners. In one word,
Seeing Cao Bao and Qin Yi being pushed back, Chen Gui and his son were about to discuss sending someone to invite Liu Xin to surrender. Suddenly, a soldier ran in panic and bowed and said, "Enjoy the two adults. , Jingzhou Army is less than five miles south of the city."
Chen Gui said in shock: "It came so fast, I don't know who is the leader,"
The soldier arched his hands and said, "Master Hui, it looks like Zhang Liao,"
Chen Deng caressed his palm and smiled: "It turned out to be General Wenyuan, it really helped me."
Zhang Liao has been in Xuzhou for more than two years, and he has many contacts with civil and military officials in Xuzhou. Since he is an old acquaintance leading the army, this exchange is much easier.
In fact, Zhang Liao and the other five troops set off earlier than Guan Yu, but they had to conquer the city and plunder the land along the way. Everywhere they went, they would calm the people and help the victims, so they fell behind Guan Yu. However, they All the way to the attack, it was really like a broken bamboo, especially Zhang Liao, who came to the city of Xuzhou almost without blood.
This is due to the fact that during the two years when Zhang Liao was stationed in Xuzhou, his five thousand soldiers often went to help the common people with farm work and treat patients. Their reputation among the common people was much better than that of the local army in Xuzhou, even though Liu Xin repeatedly stated My own army is the army of the great Han, but when the people saw the attire of Zhang Liao army, they still shouted "Jingzhou army, Jingzhou army," and then they greeted each other. The main force of Xuzhou was concentrated in Xuzhou City and Runan. On the border, the counties under the jurisdiction of Xiapi County are mainly guarded by the temporarily recruited Minzhuang. Many Minzhuang in the counties even killed the county officials and opened the city gates to welcome the arrival of Liu Xin’s army.
The only thing that caused trouble to Liu Xin’s army was Xiaopei. Xiaopei was the place where Liu Bei was stationed in the army. During his years in Xiaopei, Liu Bei did not offend with Minqiu and won the hearts of the local people. The local people are learning about the Jingzhou army. After the news of the infringement, one after another spontaneously rushed to the top of the city, hoping to fight Liu Xin's army to the death.
However, Xiaopei is a small town after all. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city tried their best to stop Liu Xin's army from attacking. Tai Shici, who was in charge of attacking Xiaopei, paid more than 2,000 casualties after a day of fierce fighting. Finally rushed into Xiaopei. More than half of the people in Xiaopei have been killed or injured. Many houses have been demolished, and all the bricks, stones and wood have been moved to the top of the city for the purpose of defending the city.
After the city was broken, Xiaopei’s people fought in fear, fearing retaliation by the Jingzhou army, but the massacre they were worried about did not appear. After these young soldiers in black clothes and black armor entered the city, the military discipline was strict and no one abused them. No one snatches property or rapes women. As long as Xiaopei’s people stay at home obediently, nothing will happen.
Zhang Liao, who first arrived in Xuzhou, entered the city without a single shot. As soon as many people in the city opened their homes, they saw the army lined up from the street. The people in Xuzhou couldn't help but see the army lined up in black and black armor. After running to tell, the Jingzhou Army came back. In the past six months, the northern counties have been massacred by Cao Cao, and the Xiapi and Guangling counties have suffered an unprecedented food shortage. Now, all this is over, with the Jingzhou Army’s Protection, they are safe,
At about noon, the other four soldiers and horses also came to station outside Xuzhou city one after another. Liu Xin, under the protection of Xu Chu, drove into the city. In addition to Jushou and Mi Zhu, he also brought Diaochan, Yan Rui, and Cao. Hui and the others brought over.
The first time Zhang Liao entered the city, he took the big house occupied by Liu Bei and ordered people to clean it up. This is the old house of Mi's family. Before it was returned to Mi Zhu, it became Liu Xin's temporary residence.
In the hall, Liu Xin looked around the civil and military, and said with a smile: "Han Yu, Yuan Long, your father and son dedicated to Xuzhou, so as not to be overwhelmed by life, you should remember a great achievement. Liu has always rewarded and punished clearly, so he ordered your father and son. The two are the prefects of Xiapi and Guangling, and they will take up their posts on the day."
Chen Gui and Chen Deng were overjoyed. In this way, they not only kept the position of the Chen family in Xuzhou, but also strengthened them. They quickly got up and thanked them.
At this time, the guards escorted Cao Bao and Qin Yi up. Liu Xin didn't know these two people, and could not help but asked in a deep voice, "Who is Cao Bao?"
Although Cao Bao was tied up like rice dumplings, he still struggled and bowed and said loudly: "The little man is willing to fall, the villain is willing to fall,"
Liu Xin sneered and said, "Last year, Mr. Mi moved to Jingzhou with his family. You were chasing after him, but now you are here to ask for your surrender. It is too late."
Cao Bao said hurriedly: "The villain was under Tao Qian's order and he couldn't help himself. He also asked the adults to observe carefully. The villain's son-in-law Guan Yu is very brave. If the adult can spare the villain, the villain would like to say Guan Yu is here to descend,"
Jushou, Zhang Liao and others in the hall burst into laughter. Guan Yu’s allegiance to the big man has been kept strictly confidential. Liu Bei didn’t have much detail in various places, so it’s impossible to know. For Cao Bao vowed to say that he wanted to surrender Guan Yu, Liu Xin even more. It’s funny, what kind of character Guan Yu is? How can you say that Cao Bao surrendered? Liu Xin took a lot of effort to fool Guan Yu into agreeing to be loyal to the big man.
Liu Xin glanced at Cao Bao contemptuously, and said, "Do you know where Guan Yu is now? To tell you the truth, he has given my general order to arrest Liu Bei."
Hearing that Guan Yu had been sent to capture Liu Bei, Cao Leopard was not surprised, but said with joy, "Hehe, my son-in-law is a handsome man who knows current affairs. It turns out that he has already served as an adult. My son-in-law is a master of martial arts. Please look at my son-in-law's face, and please spare the villain for a while."
Liu Xin heard him calling Guan Yu "my son-in-law" one by one, and couldn't help but feel disgusted, and said in a deep voice, "Cao Bao, but you are wrong. If Liu's expectation is good, Guan Yu considers his brother's old righteousness. Now Liu Bei should have been released. gone,"
Liu Xin said this understatement, but it sounded like a thunderbolt in Cao Bao’s ears. He was dizzy and changed his mouth again and again: "The adult is aware of it. Of course, the villain married his daughter to Guan Yu, but he was intimidated by Liu Bei’s partner. It’s not out of the original intention, and the villain has nothing to do with Guan Yu on weekdays. The villain is really willing to surrender. I hope the adults will show favor."
Liu Xin looked at Cao Bao’s face and sneered secretly. If he followed his temperament, he would push this Cao Bao out and behead it. However, Cao Bao just mentioned his daughter. Liu Xin couldn’t help but weigh him again. Guan Yu was able to force Guan Yu to express his allegiance to the Han family, and gave him the opportunity to split the love between Liu Bei and Guan Yu brothers. It was Cao Hui who took care of Guan Yu’s flesh and blood. If Cao Leopard was killed in this way, it would inevitably cause Cao Hui to be sad. At any rate, it didn’t break the big event of subduing Guan Yu.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin smiled again and said: "Cao Bao, you should be thankful that you have given birth to a good daughter, otherwise Liu will not forgive you."
Cao Bao was overjoyed. The meaning in Liu Xin's words was obviously that he did not intend to pursue him, and it was not because of Guan Yu, but because of his daughter Cao Hui. Cao Bao was quite confident about his daughter's appearance. After the fall of Guangling, it was rumored. Guan Yu’s whereabouts are unknown, but his daughter must have fallen into Liu Xin’s hands in the city. They all said Liu Xin was lustful and his daughter fell into his hands. Is there any secret between them