Chapter 4 The Four Great Families in Xuzhou

"Liu Xijun!" Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and Zhao Yu salute together after entering the door, and Liu Bei also hurriedly replied. After the meeting, the guests sat down. Liu Bei sat in the main seat, Mi Zhu and three others sat in the guest seat, accompanied by Guan Zhang and Zhao Feng, and Prime Minister Guan Hai.

"I don't know why the three of them came to visit at night?" After a few polite words, Liu Bei asked directly. In fact, Zhao Feng felt that Liu Bei's sentence was more or less clear, but some scenes still need to be explained.

"You are really quick to speak, so we won't be in vain. Liu Shijun, our three families have discussed it, and they all feel that the governor of Xuzhou can't be the king. Mi Zhu looked at the two people who came together and said after getting their approval.

"The three are serious, and their talents and virtues are low. Now the plains are still afraid of being incompetent. How dare they touch Xuzhou? This rescue of Xuzhou is just to be careless. How dare you have his intention? If you say this to the public, do you doubt that Liu Bei has the intention of annexation? If you think of this, the emperor will not bless you. Liu Bei said with a straight face. At this time, Zhao Feng inevitably despised Lao Liu's pretentiousness, but on the way, maybe Liu Bei did not expect Tao Qian to be so generous that he would directly give him Xuzhou. God, this is a big state with a population of two million. It's really unexpected that this old man can have such courage.

Next, Chen Deng and other three people naturally took turns to persuade, but Liu Bei just refused to let go. Zhang Fei was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. Zhao Feng looked at it secretly funny. However, to Zhao Feng's surprise, Liu Bei proposed that they go to Yuan Shu in Huainan. As a result, Chen Deng directly pointed out that Yuan Shu was "a dead bone in the tomb". Zhao Feng remembers that Cao Qian once said in history when cooking wine and talking about heroes. It seems that the notoriety of Yuan Highway has been widely spread at this time, and it is not exclusively created by Cao Qian.

Finally, Chen Deng saw that Liu Bei refused to let go at this time, so he had to say, "Since you are so benevolent and righteous, we can't force you to be that unrighteous person. However, now it is said that in the city of Xuzhou, there are four rich families. If we and the three families did not save each other, we would have turned into ghosts under the knife. If you have an envoy, you should be dead.

"Three words are heavy." Liu Bei also replied. Zhao Feng's heart was moved and asked, "Do you dare to ask Mr. Yuan Long, is there one of the four major families in Xuzhou?"

"It turned out to be General Zhao." Chen Deng also arched his hand with a smile and said, "The four major families in Xuzhou are the Mi family that runs shops, the Zhao family in the East China Sea, the Chen family where I am, and the Cao family in the army."

"So that's it." Zhao Feng's heart suddenly lit up. The Mi family, the Zhao family and the Chen family all have their own sources of interests. If Liu Bei becomes the owner of Xuzhou, their family's income will not be affected, but will be improved by a more stable objective environment. Only the Cao family holds the military power of Xuzhou. Once Liu Bei's outsiders arrive, it is bound to affect his interests, so they strongly oppose it.

Unexpectedly, there are so many intricate families in Xuzhou City, and these four families have almost mastered the lifeline of Xuzhou City. Zhao Feng had a good understanding of history in his previous life, but he was shocked to really see the power of the family. However, it seems that Xuzhou is not the most exaggerated. Thinking about Wu County in Eastern Wu, there are four families of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang. They are so big-sized and divided so finely. Zhao Feng estimated that if he were Sun Quan, he would feel painful in the face of such a complex group of subordinates.

Wait, Lu Jia? Zhao Feng suddenly remembered that Lu Kang, the former patriarch of the Lu family, was just killed by Sun Ce in Lujiang City last year. The current patriarch should be Lu Xun. This boy should not have been reused yet. Should we take the opportunity to dig him up? Zhao Feng calculated secretly in his heart. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but be a little funny: Let's wait for Liu Bei to enter Xuzhou. Thinking of this, I looked up, but I saw Chen Deng looking at himself with a smile on his face, and I couldn't help but feel that Chen Deng really had some way.

After Chen Deng finished speaking, everyone talked a few more words and left one after another. After all, the enemy has not retreated now, and everyone has to prepare for tomorrow's war. Two virtuous brothers, Bo Tao Zhongfu, what do you think these three come from today? Liu Bei asked after the three people left.

"Master, as I expected, Tao Fujun knew that his life would not last long, and the second son under his knees would not be a weapon, so he would entrust Xuzhou to the lord. One of these three is to protect the interests of the family, and the other is not willing to have a master in Xuzhou, so they came forward to convince the lord. Zhao Feng speculated.

"I think so." Liu Bei nodded. It's okay for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to kill the enemy. This kind of analysis of the situation is not good. After listening to it, they can only nod. As for Guan Hai, er, it will be automatically ignored.

"Since Xuzhou wants to entrust Xuzhou to the eldest brother, why are you polite to the eldest brother?" Zhang Fei was a little impatient when he thought of this. The three generals are a little restless. In fact, although Tao Fujun and others want to entrust Xuzhou to the lord, this trip is not without the intention of testing. If the lord is too hasty, it will inevitably lead to the misunderstanding of those who have intentions. Zhao Feng continued to explain.

"It makes sense." Zhang Fei also nodded. At this time, Liu Bei seemed to react and turned to Zhao Feng and said, "B Tao, do you also want me to enter Xuzhou?"

"That's natural, Lord, why don't you want Xuzhou, which was sent to you for nothing?" Zhao Feng smiled and said that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Guan Hai nodded repeatedly and deeply agreed.

"We are here to save people. How can we covet other people's business? If so, what's the difference between me and that Cao? Liu Bei said urgently. Hearing Liu Bei's words, Zhao Feng couldn't help rolling his eyes. He knew that Liu Bei was timid for his reputation of "benevolence and righteousness" again. However, he, who is familiar with Liu Bei's surname, has long thought about it and said, "Master, Cao Yan is cruel and unkind, and poisons the people. The Lord is saving people from danger. How can it be generalized? And now the life of the Tao family will not last long. If the lord does not take charge of Xuzhou a hundred years later, will the two million people not be poisoned by Cao again? The lord is a patriarch of the Han Dynasty, and he has always taken Kuangfu to support the community as his responsibility. At this time, he should be benevolent.

"Brother, what Bo Tao said is not bad." After listening to Zhao Feng's words, Guan Yu also agreed. Zhao Feng couldn't help but be complacent. Unexpectedly, Second Master Guan, who was famous for his arrogance in history, agreed with me more than once. After listening to the two people's words, Liu Bei closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and then opened his eyes and said, "At present, Cao Bing has not retreated. Let's go through the current difficulties first."

"It should be like this." Guan Yu and Zhao Feng also agreed, and then rested separately to prepare to recuperate and cope with the upcoming war tomorrow. However, Zhao Feng knew that Cao Yan was about to withdraw his troops. Due to the impact of his own butterfly effect, Liu Bei sent troops directly from Pingyuan County to Xuzhou for rescue this time. It should have arrived a few days earlier than in history, but it is estimated that it is not far away. It is estimated that Cao Qian will soon retreat.

The next morning, Zhao Feng was awakened by the horn outside the city. Putting on armor as fast as possible, Zhao Feng and Liu Bei hurried to the head of the city to prepare for defense. At this time, Cao's army under the city was already lined up and was calling for battle. Previously, there were no generals in Xuzhou City. Such calls were all deaf ears and directly waited for the other party to attack the city before starting to fight. But now that Liu Bei is here, it is not his style to hide from being beaten. At least it is not the style of Liu Bei, who is less than 40 years old, who is relatively young and energetic.

Sure enough, Liu Bei said to Tao Qian, "Mr. Tao, I think Cao's army is here. If you let Bei fight with two brothers and other departments, it will also improve the morale of the army." Liu Bei was also a man who had a long time in the battlefield. He knew that it would not be detrimental to morale if he could not shrink, so he decided to fight first.

"Xuande, please do it." Tao Qian is indispensable, and now Liu Bei can be said to be his only life-saving straw. So Liu Bei picked up 2,000 people in the headquarters and led everyone to open the city to meet the enemy.

"Huh?" In Cao's army, Cao Jian was about to order a direct attack on the city. Seeing that a team of people came to take the initiative to fight, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but then he realized that it should be Liu Bei to come out to fight. Cao Qian turned his eyes and waited for the other party to set up the formation, but he took the initiative to drive the horse from the Chinese army to the front. He arched his hand and smiled at Liu Bei on the opposite side and said, "Brother Xuande, it's been a long time. Since I hurriedly said goodbye to Dong Zhuo, I haven't seen him for several years.

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