Three Kingdoms Bandits

Chapter 775
Xuzhou City, State Shepherd's Mansion.

Liu Beigao took the first place, but his expression was not good.In recent days, all kinds of discordant voices in the city have played out, which annoyed Liu Bei too much.

"General Cao Hong, you must not fall for the tricks of the Wuling Army. Now that they cannot attack the city, they can only resort to some tricks to disturb the morale of our defenders." Chen Deng came out and said.

Opposite him was Cao Hong who was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him.

Why are you angry? It's not because Xuzhou's army gossips about Cao Jun, and it goes too far. They actually say that they are cancerous tumors and come to harm Xuzhou.

How could Cao Jun, who was used to pride, endure this kind of treatment? A few grumpy generals of Cao Jun led dozens of Cao Jun to beat up those Xuzhou soldiers who spoke rudely.

This is a stab at a hornet's nest. The Xuzhou army is not as elite as the Cao army, but you still beat our people on our territory, so don't worry about anything else, just fight back first.

This time the fighting incident, from a small-scale friction of dozens of people, almost turned into a fight between two large armies.

Fortunately, Liu Bei dispatched white soldiers to suppress it in time, which calmed down the friction between the two sides.

Cao Jun came to help in the battle, and Cao Hong was very angry when this happened.

"This is not a trick of the Wuling army, but your Xuzhou generals and soldiers' rude words!" Cao Hong still said indignantly.

"General Cao Hong, our army knows from top to bottom that your army is here to help Xuzhou. How could you say such hurtful words. There is a black-clothed guard in the Wuling army who is elusive and vicious. Chen Deng dares to kill you." Guaranteed, this matter must be inseparable from the Wuling Army." Chen Deng said solemnly.

Seeing that Chen Deng was like this, Cao Hong recalled what Cao Cao told him before leaving: Liu Bei's Xuzhou could not be destroyed, and Cao's army was seriously injured. It needed time to recover its strength and space to buffer the pressure.

Obviously, the existence of Liu Bei in Xuzhou can prevent the Wuling army from entering Qingzhou, so Cao Cao tried his best to pull Liu Bei and ask Xuzhou to help him block the pressure from Yizhou.

So now, although Cao Hong was angry, when Chen Deng gave him the steps to go down, he followed them down.

"Okay, I just believe what Mr. Chen said, it's just that this kind of incident should not happen again." Cao Hong said.

"General Cao Hong, don't worry, he will definitely not." Chen Deng said with a smile.

"Uncle Liu Huang, Cao Hong bid farewell!"

Liu Bei didn't say a word during the whole process, and Cao Hong didn't know what Liu Bei was thinking after losing his powerful general.He only hoped that Liu Bei could cheer up and lead the Xuzhou army and civilians to intercept the Wuling army here.

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"My lord, Wu Shun has already started to make arrangements. The guards in black are really hard to guard against." After Cao Hong left, Chen Deng said to Liu Bei.

"That's right, can Yuanlong stop the gossip in the city?" Liu Bei asked.

Due to the siege of Xuzhou City and the implementation of military control in the city, all supplies were collected and distributed uniformly.

There are rumors that Xuzhou is short of food, and it will not be long before the army will no longer distribute food to the people.

There are also rumors that Liu Bei's distribution of food to the people now is to let the people go to the city wall to fight against the wolf-like Wuling army, increase the consumption of the local area, and reduce the consumption of the defenders in the city.

In this way, the number of Wuling troops can be consumed, and the supply of resources in the city will last longer after more than half of the people are killed or injured due to their weak strength.

Some people even said that Chen Deng had secretly defected to Cao Cao, and that he brought Cao's army to Xuzhou City in order to force Liu Bei's camp to join Cao Cao's command.

All kinds of rumors and gossips filled the city, the common people were skeptical, the soldiers were wary of each other, and even Liu Bei became suspicious of Chen Deng.

For a local big family talent like Chen Deng, he always puts the interests of the family first.If Liu Bei can't protect the interests of their family, then there is no doubt that they will flee to others.

The Chen family turned to Liu Bei halfway, and they did not have Liu Bei's complete trust in the first place.Now that such rumors are spreading, it is understandable that Liu Bei, whose temperament has changed greatly, has doubts about the Chen family.

"My lord, the rumors only stop with the wise, the people in the city are in panic, and I still need my lord to clarify." Chen Deng said.

As long as Liu Bei implements the previous plan of defending the city, the rumors will be self-defeating.With Cao's army around, when the Wuling army attacked the city, the common people didn't need to fight, they just needed to help deliver the fighting supplies.

In this way, the rumors that Liu Bei wanted to entrap the people were untenable.

As for the Chen family's problem, Chen Deng didn't know why Liu Bei would think about it.Only he knew that his father really wanted to fall for Cao Cao.It's just that he feels that before Liu Bei's downfall, the Chen family had better not make a decision lightly.

Now is the time when Liu Bei is weakest. If the Chen family left at this time, would Cao Cao dare to take him in?Would Cao Cao be afraid that the Chen family would abandon him again when he was weak?

"Since this is the case, we should put up notices all over the city, telling the soldiers and civilians in the city that the rumors and gossips during this period are all caused by spies of the Wuling Army, so they cannot be trusted." Liu Bei said.

"My lord is wise!"

Liu Bei made a decision, and Chen Deng said something out of habit.

Soon, in Xuzhou City, the defenders posted the notice in a conspicuous place, and some people spread the word after seeing it.

In Xuzhou, Liu Bei's popularity is still quite high, and the people in the city are willing to believe what he says.

It's just that after the notice was posted, there was an evil trend in the city. Anyone who dared to say anything bad about Liu Bei would be arrested and handed over to the government.

In special times, Liu Bei will not be merciful to these people, and many people who have been tortured have their heads cut off to show the public.

After many people died, no matter the soldiers or civilians in the city, they dared not discuss issues casually, and only dared to speak in a low voice when they had something to say.

This situation became more and more serious, and in the end, when two people met on the street, they didn't dare to say hello, or even nodded their heads. The atmosphere in the city was extremely weird!
Chen House, Chen Deng looked gloomy, he knew the things in the city very well.Originally he thought that you would stop those rumors after this happened, but who knows that things have gone too far, and now everyone has become a frightened bird.

"Can't make up your mind? Liu Bei has become like this, and it is no longer worthy of the Chen family to follow." Chen Gui said.

As the helm of the Chen family, Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui has the greatest power in the family.It's just that Chen Deng is talented, and Chen Gui likes to discuss many things with his son.

"Father, my son still says the same thing, Liu Bei's perish, my Chen family can leave." Chen Deng said.

Chen Gui was more concerned about not damaging the family too much, while Chen Deng was more concerned about the future development of the family.

"Now Liu Bei has already suspected my Chen family. If he makes trouble, my Chen family will be in trouble."

Chen Gui said: "He has already started to move."

"What action?" Chen Deng asked puzzled.

"The cavalry of some families in the city have been swallowed up by Liu Bei, and he also asked several families to contribute money and food." Chen Gui said angrily.

As early as when the Chen family defected to Liu Bei, the Chen family's private soldiers had already contributed half to Liu Bei.

Fortunately, Liu Bei did not touch the Chen family, otherwise Chen Gui might turn his back on him.

(End of this chapter)