Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 59 Princess Wei (please recommend)
Ao Cangling Chen Xi was patrolling the whole city surrounded by dozens of followers.

More than two months ago, hungry people appeared one after another around Aocang, and now no less than 5 people have gathered!

Now is the time when the crops are not harvested. Most of the people in Liang have eaten up last year's autumn grain, and the spring grain that has just been sown has not yet reached the harvest season. It is extremely heavy, so many people have already stopped, and they flock to Ao Cang one after another, asking Ao Cang to open the warehouse to release grain.

The world knows that there is grain in Ao Cang, and now these hungry people are saving their lives by pointing to the grain in Ao Cang.

Fifty thousand hungry people gathered around Aocang, how dare Chen Xi take it lightly?If Master Lu Ze, the governor of Sanchuan County, hadn't ordered to kill the common people, Chen Xi would have dispatched troops to forcibly drive away the common people. Ao Cang's food is public food from the state treasury, it's military food, and it's going to supply the army of the King of Han. Who would dare to beat the military food? idea?
Standing on the top of the city of Aocang and looking down the mountain, I saw fires scattered everywhere in the wilderness, and the faint cries of hungry people came with the wind. Hearing this sound, most people probably died of starvation up!In fact, in the past two months, hundreds of hungry people have starved to death every day. Human life is as cheap as a dog in troubled times.

Hou Chang, the doorman, couldn't bear it, and persuaded: "Sir, why don't you put some food?"

"No!" Chen Xi rebuffed flatly, "Once the warehouses are opened to release grain, the hungry people in the counties will surely come. In the entire Liang land, there will be more than a million hungry people without food? Although there is a lot of grain in the Ao warehouse, it will help millions of people. The hungry people can't last long at all, and the food is all eaten by the hungry people, so what will be used to supply the King of Han's army?"

Hou Chang sighed, and stopped talking, thinking that Ao Cangling really couldn't be blamed for being cruel.

After Chen Xi finished his inspection, he ordered Zhang Chun, his doorman, to say, "Zhang Chun, send messengers to Xingyang, Suoyi, Jingyi, Guangwu, and Chenggao cities respectively. Be sure to tell your lords that the people gathered around Aocang There are more and more hungry people, and the [-] defenders in Aocang City alone are not enough to deal with them, let them call in reinforcements immediately."

"No!" Zhang Chun, the doorman, suddenly agreed, and immediately took the order.

Chen Xi led a group of followers down the city wall and went straight to the government office.

As soon as he entered the gate, a small official under the gate stepped forward and said mysteriously: "My lord, there is a visitor."

Chen Xi has always been extremely courteous and virtuous as a corporal, even when facing farmers, he can show humility. When he heard that there was a visitor, he quickly straightened his clothes and carefully brushed off the dust and grass clippings that fell on his robes. Only then did he enter the hall, and at the same time asked the little official in a low voice: "Where did the guest come from?"

The little official under the door winked and said: "My lord will know it when he sees it."

Chen Xi didn't ask any more questions, and immediately strode into the living room of the government office.

Sure enough, there were two people standing in the living room, one of them was slim and enchanting, with a plain white cloth handkerchief on her head, and wearing a plain white deep dress with a cross collar and straight train, with black clouds and green silk flowing like a waterfall, she turned out to be a young lady, the other was a tall girl, The figure is strong, dressed in black and dark clothes, and holding a long sword, he looks like a warrior.

Hearing Chen Xi's footsteps, the two turned around.

Chen Xi felt his eyes suddenly brighten up, and saw the girl with picturesque features, like a fairy in the moon, so beautiful that even the dim living room became brighter because of her, when he looked at the man again, he was a The middle-aged man has a loyal face, and his face is full of wind and frost, and his figure is half a step behind the young lady. She is probably guarding him.

"My servant is Chen Xi." Chen Xi bowed deeply to the two of them immediately, and said loudly, "I have seen you two."

"I heard that my lord is a descendant of the Great Wei Dynasty and has always admired Lord Xinling, isn't that true?" The young lady smiled slightly, like a hundred flowers blooming, Chen Xi just stared at him, and forgot to answer for a moment.

"Presumptuous!" The middle-aged man was furious when he saw this, and he was about to draw his sword.

"Don't be rude, Dong Bo." But the young lady hurriedly stopped the middle-aged man.

Chen Xi just woke up like a dream, and immediately apologized: "I offended you a lot just now, forgive me."

"Little girls don't believe in the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and naturally there is no taboo of not looking at indecentness. If adults think that the little girl's beauty is still attractive, it's okay to look at it more." , became more and more coquettish, and said, "However, the lord has not answered the little girl's question yet."

However, Chen Xi didn't dare to look any further, so he looked sideways and replied, "It is true that I used to be from Wei, and I admire Lord Xinling very much, but now there is no Great Wei."

"Nonsense!" The middle-aged man said angrily again, "The royal family of the Great Wei is still alive, so Anzhi has no day of revival?"

"Dong Bo!" The girl frowned immediately, stopped the middle-aged man again, then turned to Chen Xi and said, "My lord, if Lord Xinling is here, do you think he will helplessly look at the fifty thousand hungry people under Ao Mountain?" Are you starving to death?"

Chen Xi sighed and said, "The food in Ao Cang is the public food of the state treasury, it is military food, and I have no right to dispose of it without authorization."

The little lady said again: "As the so-called emergency response, now the [-] hungry people at the foot of Mount Ao are waiting to be fed, and hundreds of hungry people die of hunger every day. You might as well release the food first, and then rush to report to the King of Han. The King of Han is benevolent and righteous, and the world We all know that if you think about it, you won’t blame your lord, and maybe you will appreciate your righteous deed of pleading for the people.”

"This..." Chen Xi was speechless for a moment. Although he knew what the girl said was wrong, he couldn't refute it. If he refuted it, wouldn't he be saying that Liu Bang was inhumane?He can't afford this crime!

"That's all the little girl said, adults think twice." After saying that, the little girl went straight away.

Chen Xi watched the young lady's slender and enchanting figure disappear outside the gate of the Yamen Office, until she could no longer see anything, then reluctantly looked away, but suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling of loss in his heart, he really wanted to catch up with the young lady and leave her behind. After coming down, he didn't hesitate to use force, but in the end he still controlled the desire in his heart.

In the final analysis, Chen Xi was an ambitious person, and he didn't want to destroy the image of a "corporate who valued talents" that he had built up with great difficulty.

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Outside the Aocang Order Office, Xiao Niang and Dong Bo were urging their horses to walk slowly.

Dong Bo asked as he walked, "Princess, do you think this Chen Xi will open a warehouse to release food?"

"I don't know, although this Chen Xi has a good reputation, I can't see through him." The girl shook her head, and then said quietly, "However, that's all I can do for the people of Wei."

Dong Bo Su Rong said: "Princess, if you are really thinking about the people of Great Wei, you should go up and summon the powerful families of Wei to restore the country for Great Wei!"

Xiao Niang shook her head again, and sighed: "Dong Bo, what Chen Xi said is right, there is no Great Wei now, even if we summoned the powerful families of Wei, even if we succeeded in restoring the country, it would be nothing more than provoking swordsmen. The people of Wei will bring even greater disasters." After saying this, the lady said again, "Also, Dongbo, don't call me a princess from now on. A daughter of a subjugated country, how dare you call me a princess in vain? Dongbo, from now on. After that, you should still call me Wuyang."

"This..." Dongbo said anxiously, "How dare this old slave."

The young lady sighed again, and said with a sad expression: "When my father died, I was only ten years old and I didn't understand anything. It was you who saved me from the sea of ​​fire. If it weren't for you, Dong Bo, I'm afraid I would have died sooner or later." I was burned to death, and later, you taught me how to read, and taught me to learn the elders of a hundred families, Dong Bo, you are my elder, and I am your granddaughter, okay?"

"Princess." Dong Bo was also moved, and said while wiping his tears, "If it weren't for the late king, this old slave would have starved to death when he was young. Protecting the children of the royal family, this is what the old slave should do, if you say that again, princess, the old slave will really feel ashamed."

The little lady didn't say any more, under the night sky, there was only a faint sigh.

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In Beiman Mountain, Xiang Zhuang was discussing with Wei Liao and Wu She how to capture Ao Cang.

Ao Cang was built by Qin Shihuang. Wei Liao was the former Qin Taiwei, and he visited Ao Cang several times. He has a good understanding of the terrain there. More than enough, there is a steep slope under the wall, and the clear height even exceeds ten feet. If you want to attack by force, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!
To make matters worse, it is unknown how many defenders there are in Aocang City!

The three of them were thinking hard for no time when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps. When they looked back anxiously, they saw that Gongsun Sui had strode into the cliff cave. General, the villain led people to spy on the situation of Mount Ao overnight, and found that tens of thousands of hungry people gathered at the foot of Mount Ao!"

"Huh!?" Xiang Zhuang frowned when he heard the words, "There are tens of thousands of hungry people gathered at the foot of Mount Ao?"

Wei Liao stroked his long beard, suddenly smiled and said: "General, God help me!"

Xiang Zhuang's heart skipped a beat, and he said in a deep voice, "The military master is saying that Qiao pretended to be a hungry man and attacked Aocang City?"

"Yes." Wei Liao nodded happily, "Aocang is built on the hillside, with high walls and thick walls, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. If our army doesn't resort to tricks and rushes to attack, there will be many casualties. , I’m afraid there will be only a few left.”

Having said this, Wei Liao said again: "Moreover, these tens of thousands of hungry people have brought another benefit to Da Chu. The general can take this opportunity to reverse the cruel and inhumane image of the Chu army in one fell swoop!"

Wu She said: "The military adviser is saying that all the food from the Ao Cang will be given to these hungry people?"

"It's not just the tens of thousands of hungry people, it's April right now, and it's the time when the grain is not harvested. Once the news spreads that the general has opened a warehouse to release grain, the people of Liang will definitely flock to it. In a few days, the grain in Ao Cang will be gone." The distribution will be exhausted, and the reputation of the Chu army's benevolence and righteousness will be established by then, even if Liu Bang sends a large army to come, he will not be able to recover the food from Ao Cang!"

"Haha, good!" Xiang Zhuang laughed loudly, "In this way, our Chu army will have the reputation of being a benevolent and righteous army in Liang, while the Han army, hehe, has become a brutal army of burning, killing and looting." Teacher, comparing the two, the people of Liang will definitely hate Liu Bang and the Han army, and Peng Yue will have a headache after returning to the teacher, hahaha."

(End of this chapter)