Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Because the Liangshan bandits were too fierce, with the fall of Dongguan County, his connection with Xuzhou was cut off.
Moreover, in the past few years, Xuzhou has provided massive amounts of food and grass for the national war every year.
So these days, Liu Bei has been relying on Mi Zhu's wealth to support himself until now. However, even if he marches and fights, even the gold and silver will be used up.
Moreover, Qingzhou has a scarce population and it is not easy to recruit soldiers. The Liangshan Banner Soldiers, the elite force of the Liangshan bandits, were recruited from across time and space by Tiandao.
Song Jiang's innate skill is 'Hu Baoyi', which can quickly turn refugees into Liangshan bandits, a special force, and convert elite bandits into Liangshan tough bandits.
Therefore, Liu Bei was still injured even after the battle, and he really couldn't afford it.
Here is a brief introduction. The Liangshan troops under Song Jiang are divided into three categories:
Liangshan Bandit Soldiers: They are formed from ordinary civilians who have transferred their professions. They belong to special arms ranging from iron grade to bronze grade;
Liangshan Bandits: They are formed by Liangshan bandits who have experienced war growth and evolution or are elite bandits who have changed their profession. They are special arms ranging from bronze to silver and are equivalent to special county soldiers;
Liangshan Banner Soldiers: Liangshan elite soldiers brought across time and space by Song Jiang and his one hundred and eight generals. They can also be promoted from Liangshan tough bandits. They are special units of silver to gold grades and are equivalent to special state soldiers.
Since the Liangshan Army is a bandit army, and the sources of troops are quite different, the bandit soldiers' combat effectiveness and fighting will vary greatly.
If the general goes on an expedition to Qingzhou at this time and takes advantage of Liu Bei's contribution to protecting Chengyang County, and if he makes new achievements when conquering Qingzhou, it will be certain that he will be crowned the county governor.
If you can climb the high branch of the general, then it won't be a bad idea to rise to the top like Qin Ge.
"Haha! The champion Hou is invincible in bravery, the most brave in the world, and has unrivaled benevolence and loyalty. Now I can finally fight alongside him, haha!" Zhang Fei smiled while stroking his hands, stood up and raised his arms and shouted, looking extremely excited.
Guan Yu, who had always remained motionless, also showed a rare smile, stroking Ran's beard and smiled: "I heard that all the subordinates of Champion Hou are brave and good at fighting, especially the one named Zhao Yun. His battle with Lu Bu in Jizhou shocked the world. I didn't expect Youzhou. There is such a great hero, but our brothers actually missed him back then. We must find an opportunity to have a good discussion with him this time!"
Hearing this, Zhang Fei knelt on one knee in front of Guan Yu and said with a smile: "That's very good! That's very good! But if I meet the champion, I will have to compete with him in terms of drinking capacity first!"
Guan Yu held Zhang Fei's hand, and the two brothers looked at each other and laughed.
Liu Bei felt a little uncomfortable when he heard that the two brothers, who had always set their sights on the world and did not put the world's heroes in their eyes, actually respected Qin Ge so much. However, seeing the fighting spirit of the two sworn brothers so high, he said: "Yun Chang , Yide, since the two brothers are so eager to fight! Well! You will lead our two hundred thousand elite troops to march into Zhuxu County, and compete with Xu Shu's troops of Champion Marquis. When the general advances, the two Brothers can take advantage of the situation and march forward, join forces with Xu Shu, and wipe out the remaining bandits! And I will raise my troops to suppress the formation to prevent the Yellow Turban bandits from connecting with the Liangshan bandits! I am so anxious that I will jump over the wall!"
Guan Yu turned back to Guan Sheng and said: "Sheng'er, you help my elder brother to lead the army. After all, you are from Liangshan. It is unjust to betray the Liangshan bandits. It is even more shameless to defect now. You should not participate in this battle to capture the Liangshan bandits!"
Guan Sheng quickly stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My child, please obey your order!"
Liu Bei looked a little unnatural. At that time, he asked Guan Yu to persuade Guan Sheng to surrender. Guan Yu believed that this was the behavior of a villain, and it was really unjust for Guan Sheng to betray his elder brother.
If Liu Bei hadn't been stalking him, Guan Yu wouldn't have done such sneaky things.
This incident caused a gap between the two, and Guan Yu's words sounded like a slap in Liu Bei's ears.
However, Guan Yu's influence is now too great among Liu Bei's forces. Not only are a large number of evolvers fans of Guan Yu, but the addition of 100,000 elite Liangshan banner soldiers led by Guan Sheng, Xuan Zan, and Hao Siwen has made Guan Yu's reputation even more powerful, and he is vaguely aware of it. The situation of fighting against Liu Bei.
This makes Liu Bei sometimes have to look at Guan Yu's face to act, and Guan Yu has an arrogant and reserved personality and has very high moral standards.
Moreover, he was so arrogant that even when facing Liu Bei, he would raise objections as long as they conflicted with his moral principles, which made Liu Bei even more afraid of him.
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He Jin feasted in Yanzhou for half a month, and then led a mighty army toward Luoyang, which shocked the whole world.
Everyone expected He Jin to send troops to Qingzhou. Even Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was gearing up to eradicate the Liangshan bandits, and personally went to Yanzhou to bring a large amount of wine and meat to reward the army.
When they saw He Jin proudly heading to Luoyang without looking back, Tao Qian and Liu Dai were completely confused.
Before the general left, the two of them and a group of Yanxu nobles even knelt down and begged him not to leave. For the sake of the people of the world, they must eradicate the banditry at all costs, so as not to cause a catastrophic disaster like the Yellow Turban banditry in the past.
However, He Jin was full of confidence and said that with Qin Ge's presence, he reassured everyone that he would be able to put down the banditry in Qingzhou.
Now looking at He Jin's disappearing figure, the two feudal officials were speechless and could only shed a thousand lines of tears.
Behind Liu Dai and Tao Qian, the nobles and nobles from famous families in the two states became anxious, and some even began to curse. They all knew that Qingzhou had been stripped of several layers of territory by the Yellow Turban bandits.
Now Qingzhou is extremely poor, and all the people have become bandits.
What is the next target of this group of poor men led by the Liangshan bandits? It must be the nearby Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Jizhou.
When the autumn harvest comes this year, the Liangshan bandits will definitely swoop on the neighboring prefectures and counties like locusts. Wouldn't this cost the lives of these noble families?
Tao Qian was already at a loss. He said to an old man with a beard beside him: "Mr. Chen! What should we do? What should we do?"
This person, wearing a high crown and wearing a high attire, is Chen Gui, one of the leaders of the Xuzhou gentry.
Chen Gui stroked his beard and looked solemn at this time. Because Chen Gui was famous for his many good plans and strategies, everyone turned to him.
Chen Guisi sighed for a long time: "Now we can only place all our hopes on the champion! There is no one who is good at fighting in the world today than the champion!"
"Mr. Chen, are you kidding! Even if Qin Ge is a tiger, he can't stand up to the wolves! His hundreds of thousands of troops, in front of tens of millions of bandits, even if he is really the overlord of Chu. , I chewed him up until there was nothing left!" Liu Dai's face turned livid, this Chen Gui must be an old fool, and he actually said such nonsense.
Tao Qian knew that Chen Gui was scheming, so he stopped Liu Dai and turned to Chen Gui, wanting to hear his next analysis.
However, at this time, Chen Gui closed his eyes and remained calm without saying a word. All the clan leaders looked at Chen Gui expectantly. Some of them were so anxious that they almost stepped forward and slapped the old man twice. Now they were pretending to be serious.
Tao Qian gently pulled Chen Gui's sleeve and whispered: "Brother Han Yu! The Chen family is the largest family in Xuzhou. Aren't you anxious? Once the Liangshan bandits enter Xuzhou, the hundreds of years of Chen family's foundation will be destroyed." Once in a while!"
Chen Gui ignored Tao Qian and continued to close his eyes and remain silent.
"Master Chen means that we, the counties in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, should unite to respond to the imperial court's call and send troops to assist Qin Ge in conquering the Liangshan bandits!" Mr. Mei, who had been silent behind Liu Dai, spoke.
Tao Qian and Liu Dai both had grudges with Qin Ge. When they heard what Mr. Mei said, they frowned. Many nobles even focused on Mr. Mei.
Mr. Mei looked at Chen Gui, who was pretending to be serious, and wished he could go forward and give this old fox a beating. This guy knew about Qin Ge's grudges with the nobles of Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Although he thought of a plan, he just didn't say it.
He just hinted at everyone, for fear that his plan would make the leaders of the noble clans unhappy, so he found someone to tell it first to test everyone's reaction, and then he would propose a plan based on everyone's reaction. This damn guy is really good at being a person.
Although Mr. Mei and Qin Ge have a sworn hatred and wish Qin Ge could be chopped into pieces, all the properties of the Holy Shield Society are in Yanzhou. If Qin Ge loses and the Liangshan bandits invade, their business in Yanzhou will be destroyed. Once upon a time.
Mr. Mei could only serve as cannon fodder for Chen Gui and tentatively gritted his teeth and said: "Qin Ge's unparalleled performance in the national war is enough to prove his talent and strategy, and his generals Guan Zhong, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and Tian Feng are all capable of conquering. Take the Han Dynasty's Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army as an example. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, they were defeated and vulnerable. They even asked the emperor to rebuild the Eighth Battalion of Xiyuan and prepare to abolish the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army. However, However, in the hands of Qin Ge, the fifth battalion of the Northern Army showed amazing combat effectiveness, comparable to Huo Qubing back then! This is the power of a leader. If a sheep leads a group of lions, then this army will always be sheep, and a lion leads the sheep. It can burst out the power of lions! The Danyang soldiers and Yunjia soldiers in Yanzhou and Xuzhou are famous all over the world. The reason why they are retreating steadily in front of the Liangshan bandits is that there is no peerless commander like Qin Ge to lead the troops in battle!"
Tao Qian stroked his beard and said: "This is true. Last time Chen Deng led 200,000 Danyang soldiers to participate in the national war. Even facing the Goryeo Tartars who were like magic soldiers, the champion was able to fight thousands of miles with outstanding achievements! This champion is Although he is full of gangster spirit, he is really good at using soldiers, and I am afraid he will never be able to match him in this world!"
Liu Dai, who was psychologically shadowed by Qin Ge, nodded repeatedly when he heard this. After hearing Mr. Mei's analysis, all the noble officials nodded repeatedly, and suddenly felt that they were doing well again.
"Qin Ge cannot be defeated. Even if he cannot eliminate the bandits in Qingzhou, he must become a steel line of defense for us to resist the northward advance of the Liangshan bandits!" Chen Gui saw that the nobles did not reject his strategy and began to talk again.
Everyone turned their attention to Chen Gui and surrounded Chen Gui. Mr. Mei was instantly excluded from the circle. He was an evolver, but in the eyes of these nobles, he was just an ant, and he was incomparable to Chen Gui.
Mr. Mei was holding back his evil fire and was almost mad at Chen Gui, an old bastard.
Under everyone's expectant eyes, Chen Gui continued: "What I just said about counting on Qin Ge does not mean that we will just watch Qin Ge suppress the bandits alone, but that we Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou must fully support Qin Ge. Give him enough troops and food and supplies so that he has enough strength to fight the Liangshan bandits. Even if he cannot destroy the Liangshan bandits, he will block the Liangshan bandits for us. As long as the main force of the Liangshan bandits does not enter the three states, other We can still deal with the remaining bandits scurrying around!"
In recent years, there has been the Yellow Turban Rebellion, then the National War, and now the banditry in Qingzhou. These nobles have been bleeding for several years. When they heard that they would support Qin Ge in conquering Qingzhou, their faces turned green.
