Three Caos fighting for a bride? Zhen Ji, I, Cao Zhi, will take her!

Chapter 295: Xinye Crisis

"My lord, there's someone blocking the road ahead!"

The scout bowed.

"Someone is blocking the road?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the scout.

Liu Bei was also confused at this time.

But soon, a look of joy appeared on Liu Bei's face.

"Could it be Feng'er and Ping'er?"

Liu Bei looked at the scout and expressed his guess.

When Liu Bei led his army north.

Liu Feng, Guan Ping and Zhou Cang were left behind to guard Xinye and protect the families of the people left there.

This place is only twenty miles away from Xinye.

So Liu Bei guessed that the people blocking the road were Liu Feng and Guan Ping.

"It's not Mr. Feng, my lord, you should go and see for yourself!"

The scout hesitated.

"it is good!"

The scout looked in distress.

Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

Then he jumped on the horse.

After bowing slightly to everyone.

He rode his warhorse to the front of the team.

"Brother, take your time. I'll go with you!"

Guan Yu shouted.

Then he also rode on the Red Hare.

Follow Liu Bei's pace.

……

In the blink of an eye, Liu Bei and Guan Yu had left.

Leaving everyone confused.

Zhuge Liang stood up at this time, looked at the soldiers around him, and said seriously:

"Everyone, rest here for a while, don't go too far!"

"But I have one thing to say first. If anyone dares to spread what happened today, I will kill them!"

After all the soldiers dispersed.

Zhuge Liang looked at Sun Qian and said with a fist:

"Mr. Sun, please find a doctor to treat Zifang and Junyi. If possible, please spare two carriages for them to travel with!"

"it is good!"

Sun Qian nodded and then hurried away.

After everyone left, only Zhuge Liang and Mi Zhu were left at the scene.

Zhuge Liang walked up to Mi Zhu and whispered:

"Mr. Mi, the Lord is a man who cherishes the past. He has always remembered how much everyone has given over the years!"

"I know, please rest assured, Military Advisor, I will restrain Zifang!"

Mi Zhu said solemnly.

……

At the front of the army.

When Liu Bei and Guan Yu arrived here on horseback.

What caught my eye were hundreds of ragged civilians.

There are men, women, young and old.

Everyone's face was full of anger, and it looked like they had been hungry for a long time.

Liu Bei noticed it.

Some of these people had injuries on their upper bodies.

Judging from the injuries, they were caused by weapons in the army.

Liu Bei couldn't help but frown.

"Is it Lord Xuande who is about to arrive?"

A white-haired old man, leaning on a crutch, walked out of the crowd.

"It is Liu Bei. May I ask who your father-in-law is?"

Liu Bei clasped his fists.

The old man walked tremblingly to Liu Bei's horse.

When he saw clearly that the person on the horse was Liu Bei, the old man immediately said excitedly:

"It is indeed Lord Xuande, Lord Xuande is back!"

"Lord Xuande is back!!!"

Along with the old man's words.

The people behind him knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Bei.

See this situation.

Liu Bei's doubts deepened.

However, after seeing that the people all looked pale and spoke weakly.

Liu Bei immediately ordered the soldiers behind him.

Bring Hu pancakes and water.

The people saw that it was food.

His eyes immediately lit up.

They took the food and started to gobble it up.

……

After one stick of incense.

After everyone has eaten and drunk enough.

Liu Bei then clasped his fists and said:

"Excuse me, sir, why are you here? Did something big happen in Xinye?"

"Xinye, yes, something big happened in Xinye!"

As if remembering something, the old man hurriedly said.

……

In the words of the old man.

Only then did Liu Bei find out.

When the news that he had occupied Xuzhou and Qingzhou reached Xinye.

Liu Feng, Guan Ping and Zhou Cang were all very happy.

Liu Feng even personally took out grain and wine from the warehouse and gave them to the people of Xinye, saying that he wanted to share the joy with them.

Just when everyone was overjoyed and celebrating for Liu Bei.

A group of people suddenly appeared outside Xinye City.

"Lord Xuande, these people claim to be from Jingzhou. They say Xinye belongs to Jingzhou. Since Lord Xuande has already occupied Qingzhou and Xuzhou, they want to take Xinye back. They want Master Feng to leave Xinye that very day!"

"Mr. Feng naturally disagreed with this and bargained with the man, saying that he would wait until Lord Xuande received the transfer order before discussing the matter of returning Xinye!"

"But that person said...he said Lord Xuande wanted to stay in Xinye and refused to leave. He said he wanted to capture Master Feng and his family as hostages and wait for Lord Xuande to come with gifts to redeem them!"

"Later, an argument broke out between the two sides, and General Zhou Cang captured the ringleader. Just as General Zhou Cang was about to execute him, Master Feng stepped forward and said that he was from the Cai family and could not be killed!"

"Then Master Feng bargained with that man, saying that Xinye could be given to them, but Lord Xuande's family could not be disturbed. The man pretended to agree. After Master Feng and his men laid down their weapons, the man ordered them to be arrested. I don't know whether Master Feng and his men are dead or alive!"

"How dare the Cai family humiliate me like this!"

After hearing that the people of the Cai family were so unfaithful, Liu Bei was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

Guan Yu was also furious at this time.

He not only hated the Cai family for not keeping their word.

I also hate Liu Feng for being useless.

He was clearly in the upper hand, yet he still gave it away for free.

"The son of a moth is indeed useless!"

Guan Yu said with regret.

"Second brother, Feng'er did the right thing. If it were me, I would do the same!"

Liu Bei stopped the angry Guan Yu.

Then he looked at the old man and said in a deep voice:

"Since Xinye has been given to the people from Jingzhou, what are you doing, old man? You are just ordinary people. Are they going to attack ordinary people?"

"This... ugh!"

When Liu Bei brought up this, resentment appeared on the old man's face.

"When the news of Master Feng's arrest spread throughout Xinye, the people of Xinye spontaneously went to the county government office to plead for mercy for Master Feng and the others..."

"But, but they... said we wanted to follow Lord Xuande in rebellion, that we were troublemakers, and they sent soldiers to suppress us on the spot. All five hundred people who went to petition were massacred by them!"

"Seeing how ruthless they were, the remaining people wanted to help Master Feng, but they were powerless. So they had no choice but to swallow their anger, hoping that when Master Xuande returned, Master Feng and the others would be saved!"

"But within a few days, they sent soldiers door to door to plunder food, saying that when Lord Xuande was in Xinye, he deliberately reduced taxes to win over the people. Now that Xinye belongs to Jingzhou, taxes must be collected according to Jingzhou standards!"

"Lord Xuande, you know that since you arrived in Xinye, you have reduced taxes and levies, and have lived in harmony with the people. Because of you, everyone can still eat a dry meal every now and then, but even so, everyone still goes hungry every day. How can we give them extra food? When there is no food, they kill entire families and rape people's wives and daughters..."

"We wanted to resist, but we had no weapons, so we decided to take our families and seek refuge with Lord Xuande. We didn't know where Lord Xuande was, but we knew he was in the north. That's why we joined our relatives and neighbors and headed north!"

"But even so, they still didn't let us go. They called us traitors and rebels, and sent out teams of cavalry to capture us... To be honest with Lord Xuande, before we set out, there were a full two thousand of us, but now..."

At this point, the old man burst into tears.

The people behind the old man.

At this moment, I heard the old man talking about the past.

Everyone started to sob.

As for Liu Bei.

At this moment, after hearing what the old man said.

I had already felt murderous intent in my heart.

He didn't expect that he would run Xinye, which he had been running for nearly five years.

It was just destroyed by someone.

He didn't even expect it.

The people sent by the Cai family actually dared to raise their butcher knives against the people.

How is such behavior different from that of Cao Cao?