Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 11
After the Xuzhou drama ended, everyone sat back in their seats.

After Tao Qian looked around for a week, he asked, "Cao Cao retreated back. Duke Xuande won the pursuit first and then lost. Do you think this is Cao Cao's trick to lure the enemy?"

Chen Deng pondered and said: "It seems that Cao Cao did have a problem in the rear. If it was a trick to lure the enemy, he would not let Duke Xuande come back."

"Yes, those soldiers and horses should be Cao Cao's leftover troops. It seems that Xuzhou is safe for the time being."

Mi Zhu also agreed with Chen Deng's opinion, the reason is very simple.

If Cao Cao had used the trick to lure the enemy, then he had successfully deceived Liu Bei's troops and half of Tao Qian's troops out, and he would never let them back.

You must know that after the Battle of Pengcheng, Tao Qian's main force was almost killed, and there are only about [-] soldiers in Shan County now.

When Liu Bei came from Qingzhou, he brought about 2000 regular troops and more than 3000 refugees picked up on the road, plus Kong Rong's [-] people.

In this way, the total strength of the two sides is 4000 on paper, and the troops that can really fight are only in the early 8000s. At that time, Tao Qian sent a total of [-] people out of the city to pursue them.

If Cao Cao was not stupid, setting up an ambush with a large army could directly wipe out the entire army of Liu Bei and Xu Dan, so how could he miss this golden opportunity?
So as long as you have a normal IQ, you can easily understand that Cao Cao really retreated this time, not playing tricks.

Both Chen Deng and Mi Zhu thought this was the case. Tao Qian finally let go of his hanging heart. He looked at Shen Chen who was sitting quietly in the corner with piercing eyes, and said happily, "Where is the child?"

"Morning."

Shen Chen stood up and bowed solemnly to Tao Qian like a little adult.

Tao Qian pointed to Shen Chen and introduced to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, we have Xiang Luan and Gan Luo from Xuzhou. It is this Shen Chen who told me that Cao Cao's rear will be chaotic, so that we can turn the crisis into safety."

"Oh?"

Including Liu Bei, everyone's eyes were on Shen Chen. At least today, all the senior officials in Xuzhou remembered his name and appearance, and his reputation would naturally spread.

Chen Deng also looked at him very curiously, and saw that Shen Chen was about five feet eight inches tall, about 1 meters tall, with a white face like jade, and an immature appearance, but his eyes were firm, and he was not timid under the prying eyes of everyone. Like a teenage prodigy.

Tao Qian once said before that someone told him that there might be chaos in Cao Cao's rear. At that time, Chen Deng refuted this point of view. He didn't expect someone to be right, and he was an eight-year-old child, which is amazing.

Shen Chen bowed earnestly and said, "Grand Tao praised it absurdly. It's just because Chen often crouched in the countryside and listened to people chatting about world affairs. He learned that Cao Cao killed many famous people in Yanzhou, and analyzed that the rich and powerful families in Yanzhou must be dissatisfied with him. This time he came out in full force, which is the best opportunity for the Yanzhou family."

Tao Qian said with a smile: ""Huainanzi" once said: "If you are young and big, you will know the end of the year when you see a leaf falling.Although the child is young, he can see things clearly, and he can be called a hero in the world. If you were born 30 years earlier, entered the temple and ruled the world, how could this big man be in such a mess? "

This was a very high praise for Shen Chen, almost suspected of killing him.

Shen Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Tao is too famous. Chen is just a trivial trick. How can he get into the temple of the Son of Heaven? Besides, the laws of development in the world are not the same. I just made a guess. If the Yanzhou family does not If you dare to do it, it will naturally prove that Chen's deduction is wrong, won't it?"

"This"

When Tao Qian thought about it, what he said really made sense.

For example, if a person says that it will rain tomorrow, and it really rains the next day, everyone will think that he is a master of predicting things.

But what if he was just blind and right?You can't define a person's sex because of one thing.

So Tao Qian thought for a while and said, "Children, this time there is trouble behind Cao Cao, do you think it is an opportunity for Xuzhou?"

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "Grand Tao should deal with the civil strife in Xuzhou first, besides, I think Yuan Shu may come."

"Why?"

Tao Qian asked.

Shen Chen said: "Before Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, I told Mr. Tao that Yuan Shu could be used to check and balance Cao Cao. But that was because Yuan Shu himself had coveted Xuzhou. If Cao Cao was here, he would also be worried about Cao Cao's strength. Don’t dare to send troops rashly. But Cao Cao is gone, Xuzhou is weak, how could Yuan Shuruo let go of this opportunity? So although Cao Cao’s rear is chaotic, it is rare for Xuzhou to be peaceful in the place of the Fourth War.”

History has proved this point. Cao Cao and Lv Bu fought to death, and Yuan Shu immediately sent Ji Ling to invade Xuzhou.

Although Ji Ling and Liu Bei have been stalemate in the Xiapi area, and the two sides have won each other without a result, it also shows that Yuan Shu has long intended to take advantage of others' dangers.

Therefore, if Tao Qian wanted to attack Cao Cao when Cao Cao was in civil strife, he would never even think about it.

Don't you know how strong you are?

Being involved in the struggle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu, there is Yuan Shu behind him who is eyeing Xuzhou covetously, and he doesn't know how to die.

Hearing this, Tao Qian nodded in disappointment and said: "Zhizi is right, we should deal with the civil strife in Xuzhou first. I will write to Zang Ba and Xiao Jian later and ask them to lead the crowd back. I hope they You can still obey my orders."

After the meeting, Tao Qian made a keynote that Cao Cao's affairs should be ignored for the time being, and Xuzhou's internal affairs should be dealt with first. While sending people to Xiapi to appease the remaining people, he also sent people to Langya Kingdom to summon Zang Ba and Xiao Jian. .

There is also Guangling, who hates Ruo Rong and Tao Qian so much that he withholds food, grass and money from the three counties. After Cao Cao came, he ran away with his head in his arms, and ran to Guangling to harm the local people.

It's a pity that Tao Qian can't protect himself now, otherwise he would have sent troops to wipe out Ruo Rong.

After coming out of Tao Qian, Shen Chen planned to go back.

This time, Tao Qian brought up the old story again, hoping to call Shen Chen into an official position in Xuzhou, so that he would accompany him and offer advice to him.

Shen Chen declined again.

After leaving the State Shepherd's mansion, he happened to see three people standing awe-inspiringly outside the door leading their horses.

One of them was wearing a green brocade robe, nine feet tall, with a face like a jujube, and holding a Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand. His appearance was extremely mighty, and he must be Guan Yu.

The person next to him is eight feet tall, with dark skin, leopard head and eyes around the eyes, with a powerful Kong Wu, holding a Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, it should be Zhang Fei.

The last one was eight feet tall, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and an extremely handsome face. He was wearing a bright white silver armor, and the spear in his hand was shining with a sharp luster. Zhao Yun was none other than Zhao Yun.

Seeing these three people, Shen Chen sized them up very curiously. He had only seen these three Five Tiger Generals of Shu Han from books or TV dramas before, but now that he saw real people, he became interested for a while, and his eyes kept wandering around them.

When the three saw a child coming out of the state pastoral mansion, they thought it was a child of Tao Qian's family, but they didn't care.

As a result, Liu Bei came out, saw Shen Chen, and immediately greeted him politely, "So it's this little gentleman, isn't the little gentleman home yet?"

Seeing Liu Bei being treated so courteously, the three of them immediately looked at Shen Chen, their eyes full of surprise.

Hearing that Liu Bei had given him a nickname, Shen Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, please first. Prefect Kong once gave up Li when he was a child. The villain is the youngest, so the elders should go first."

Kong Rong, who came out with Liu Bei, laughed and said, "I didn't expect anyone to remember this little thing. You are really interesting. I plan to go back to Beihai in a few days. Would you like to go with me? I would like to The books in the family collection are presented to you."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "Thank you, Prefect Kong, for your kindness. The Central Plains is already in chaos. Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are fighting against each other, and Beihai is not a happy land. I predict that in the next ten years, the Kanto will be destroyed by wars." It is empty, only Jingzhou is a little more stable, and the boy decided to move to Jingzhou with his clan to avoid disaster."

Liu Bei was surprised and said: "Mr. Xiao has few talents and is from Xuzhou. Don't you want to contribute to your hometown and protect the environment and the people?"

Shen Chen said helplessly: "Chen is too young to be able to convince the crowd, so there is nothing he can do."

The two thought it was the same.

Liu Bei and Kong Rong came to rescue Xuzhou, they should have been respected and respected by the people of Xuzhou.

As a result, because Tao Qian reused Liu Bei, his subordinate Xu Dan and others felt threatened, and now they can make the intention to kill with a knife, and it is thanks to Liu Bei's own ability that he escaped.

And Shen Chen is only eight or nine years old. If Tao Qian reuses him, he will be envied like Liu Bei. With his age, how can he avoid open and hidden arrows?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei sighed and said, "Mr. Xiao, let's live in Xiangben. It is far away from Shan County. The world is not good now. I will send Mr. Xiao there. When Mr. Xiao is about to leave Xuzhou, tell me, I will help you." They will send someone to escort you away."

"Thank you Mr. Liu."

Shen Chen didn't refuse, he still wanted to know more about the real Liu Bei, this was a very good opportunity.

In fact, he once thought about getting to know the real Cao Cao.

But the year he traveled was wrong. He was born in the fourth year of Zhongping, that is, in 187 AD, and he was 6 years younger than Zhuge Liang.

This means that his actual age is 7 years old, but the ancients had a false age saying, such as 7 years old after his 8th birthday, so he barely said he was 8 years old.

And at this age, he can't do anything and can't do anything.

Therefore, he can only learn about the major events in the world through hearsay and passers-by, and then make judgments based on his own memory.

Shen Chen really wanted to know if Cao Cao would really slaughter the city, and really wanted to know if he was really so cruel.

But when news of the Pengcheng massacre came out last year, he knew it was all true.

Maybe this is the way it is in troubled times.

If people are not ruthless, they cannot gain a foothold, and Cao Cao is also forced to do so.

But Tucheng alone cannot be forgiven and whitewashed.

Because it will remind people of another city that suffered the same suffering before the advent of the new era in the later generations.

So after knowing the truth, Shen Chen never had the idea of ​​defecting to Cao Cao.

Seeing Liu Bei now, he naturally had to examine his abilities.

Shen Chen got into the carriage prepared for him by the clan, Liu Bei got on the horse, took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun with him, and escorted him away to Xiangben.

(End of this chapter)