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- As for the local people in the surrounding area, they felt a little guilty when they heard that Liu Bei had made such a big sacrifice [ww My Search-<Piaotian Literature Registered Member Recommends this Work>-]Since Cao Jun cut off all the water and food in Longquan County , neither the soldiers nor the people in the city had enough food for a day. Liu Bei was like this. He also ate little on weekdays. The state capital only ate two meals a day, and the remaining food was supplied to the people or the military camp. It can be said that Liu Bei was hungry. Shaotian, in order to make up for this gap, he actually reduced one meal a day. This was not enough to maintain a person's body function. Within a few days, Liu Bei would be so hungry that he would be so weak that he would not even have the strength to move around. Come on, how can Liu Bei have the energy to command his soldiers to resist the 30,000 Cao soldiers outside the city?
Of course, the shortfall of twenty dans of food was too big. Even if Liu Bei voluntarily reduced the state's food use, it would only make up for it. Pan Feng narrowed his eyes and immediately followed Liu Bei's example and voluntarily reduced the state's food use. Liu Bei's righteous move seemed to be infected. Many soldiers followed suit one after another, and many soldiers even offered to volunteer to eat only one meal every two days to make up for this gap.
The old man, whom Liu Bei called Ling Gong, saw this scene in his eyes, sighed greatly, and said politely to Liu Bei.
"The prince is the leader of an army, how can he be hungry? The prince is so benevolent and righteous, how can I hide my secrets? I still have a lot of food in my house, so I voluntarily give ten loads to the people, and the prince can just give ten loads. "
?? Duke Ling is the clan leader of the Longquan natives, and since he is in charge of a large clan, he naturally knows how to prepare for a rainy day. He has a lot of food stored in the granary in his house in case of emergencies.
Hearing that Duke Linggong was willing to provide food to help, Liu Bei's sadness suddenly eased a lot. However, Liu Bei still accepted it only after making several excuses on the surface and because of Duke Linggong's insistence.
Liu Bei and Linggong talked for a while, and then secretly observed the surroundings. When they saw the corpses of many local people, Liu Bei's face changed slightly, and he suddenly pulled out the two swords at his waist. The Linggong didn't know what Liu Bei wanted, so he couldn't help but step back a few steps. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei held up his hands and handed the sword to Linggong.
"This sword is made of black iron and is worth hundreds of gold. Just now, because of the food robbery, Liu's soldiers killed many people by mistake, and many of them died. Liu knew that he could not escape the blame, but now I still have a heavy responsibility, so I can only use this sword as compensation first. Duke Ling can sell this sword in exchange for some silver to give to the relatives of the deceased. After the longquan problem is solved, Liu will definitely uphold justice according to the law and give you justice."
"You must not do it. This is your sword. How can you sell it, let alone sell it? The food robbery is all our fault."
"Don't say more. We soldiers are fighting on the battlefield to protect our country and save the people from the scourge of war. Now my soldiers are killing people. This is actually putting the cart before the horse. The crime cannot be forgiven. I hope Duke Lin will not postpone it. "Draw this sword"
Liu Bei showed off again and again. Duke Ling was so moved by Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness that the local people behind him also spoke out to persuade Liu Bei to take back his sword.
Liu Bei's successive acts of benevolence and righteousness extinguished the resentment of the Longquan natives. Not only that, many natives who had previously had the intention of rebelling secretly felt guilty and cursed their consciences for being betrayed by dogs. If such a benevolent and righteous king betrayed Without him, even if I could survive, I would never have peace of mind for the rest of my life.
Liu Bei's method of winning over people's hearts can be said to be extremely high. After the food robbery, the soldiers and civilians in the city were not like fire and water. Instead, they were united and willing to defend Longquan for Liu Bei, even if they sacrificed their lives.
A few days later, Cao Cao stood on a certain peak and looked up at the scene in Longquan City below. After looking at it for a long time, Cao Cao sighed with a bit of sadness.
"Who is this Liu Xuande? Longquan County has been deprived of food and water for nearly half a month. However, except for the incident a few days ago, there has been no movement in the city. And since then, the relationship between the military and civilians in Longquan County has increased rather than decreased. There is a situation of sharing life and death with the big-eared thief."
"My lord, Liu Xuande has always been good at using benevolence and righteousness to win over people's hearts. I'm afraid that the soldiers and people in this city will be deceived by him and become obsessed with him. They will even put life and death aside and are willing to sacrifice their lives for him."
Guo Jia, who was standing behind Cao Cao, looked like he was watching a good show with a smile.
"Benevolence and righteousness? I never thought that this method could still be applied in this troubled world. No matter how much he did, he would still be struggling to his death."
The corners of Cao Cao's mouth turned up, and the smile on his face was somewhat similar to Guo Jia's playful smile. Both the monarch and his minister gave people a sense of cynicism. Of course, both of them were talented. Being able to see through many things in the world and then control them gives people that cynical feeling.
While the two were talking, a poorly-armed and somewhat embarrassed scout general hurried over to report that Cao Cao had not looked back. However, when he heard the rapid and panicked footsteps, he knew what was going on, and he frowned slightly. He frowned and said coldly first
"The stubborn people in this city did not receive the secret message, but insteadAre you waiting for the arrow to be shot back? "
The scout general couldn't help being surprised. Before he reported, Cao Cao actually knew everything about him, and secretly slandered Cao Cao that he was really a god.
"My lord has a clever plan. It is true as my lord said. The stubborn people guarding the north gate not only did not accept the letter, but fired arrows randomly and shot many soldiers of our army to death. Moreover, they said that the prime minister slandered loyal ministers and hurt innocent people because of"
The scout general was halfway through speaking and did not dare to say any more. However, Cao Cao laughed and continued what he said.
"Are these stubborn people saying that Cao is a traitor to the Han Dynasty? And that there is no way they would collude with me?"
The scout general lowered his head and did not dare to answer, but his face showed that it was just as Cao Cao said. Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and made a gesture to signal the scout general to retreat. The scout general cupped his hand and retreated as ordered.
"It seems that this battle for the heart will continue for some time."
Guo Jia sighed somewhat unexpectedly, but Cao Cao laughed instead.
"Hahaha, it's interesting. It's really interesting. I want to see how long Liu Xuande's benevolence and righteousness can confuse these stubborn people. When life and death are getting closer and closer, people are often the easiest to lose their nature and reveal their viciousness. I, Cao Mengde, never believed that someone could reach the beginning. In the end, he endured the threat of death and sacrificed his life for others.¡±
Thirty thousand Cao Cao's troops consumed a huge amount of food every day. Cao Cao fought continuously, and there was not much food left in the army. It could only last for half a day at most. However, Cao Cao did not panic at all and would not rush to attack Longquan because once this happened, he would be successful. After Liu Bei's trap, Longquan County is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, Liu Bei's defensive measures are extremely sufficient. Even with 100,000 soldiers, it will be difficult to conquer Longquan within half a month. If Cao Cao loses patience and raises his troops to attack, he will surely suffer heavy casualties. Coupled with the food shortage, this will only force the army to withdraw in the end.
And to Cao Cao, Longquan County was just a small place, just like tasteless food and a pity to throw away. The reason why Cao Cao spent so much troops and food to attack Longquan was just to take advantage of Liu Bei's downfall. With lightning speed, he delivers a fatal blow to eradicate this serious problem.
But if this battle fails, Cao Cao will have to put aside the matter of annihilating Liu Bei, because next he will have to face the northern giant Yuan Shao, who is sitting in the three states and has nearly 700,000 soldiers under his command. Yuan Benchu ??is here At that time, Yuan Shao had mostly received the news that his brother Yuan Shu had been killed by Cao Cao, and that Xuzhou had fallen into Cao Cao's hands. After hearing this, Yuan Shao would definitely be extremely anxious and would not dare to allow Cao Cao's power to continue to expand. He would be eager to fight Cao Cao to the death.
Cao Cao knew in his heart that the battle between Yuan Shao and him would determine the position of the world's greatest hero. Whoever laughs last will be the king most likely to win the world's great cause in the future.
Liu Bei also understands this clearly. This is also his only hope. As long as he can hold on to this battle, he will have another chance to survive. While Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are fighting fiercely, he can secretly accumulate strength and make a comeback.
As for the Battle of Longquan, although it was not bloody on the surface, it was actually a fierce fight secretly. What Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought secretly was patience. Of course, the most important thing was the humanity of the people of Longquan. If the people of Longquan could withstand the lack of food, Without Shui's death threat, the loser will be Cao Cao, who has the upper hand, but if not, it will be Liu Bei who will be annihilated.
Time flies. For Cao Cao and Liu Bei, every day is a torment. Cao Cao has not taken any action for a long time. The morale of the soldiers in the army is inevitably declining. In addition, the daily food is decreasing day by day. Many soldiers guess that there is not much food left in the camp. , people's panic is unavoidable. For Liu Bei, the suffering he suffered can be said to be the most tragic. He is mentally tense almost every day. The food stored in the city is almost exhausted. The chiefs of the large native tribes in the city have already Although the local people in the city seemed to have few complaints after using up their stored food, as the hunger and thirst became more and more severe, many local people were so hungry that they went crazy. There were even several groups of local people. He wanted to rush out of the city gate and go out to look for food, but fortunately, he was stopped by Liu Bei's soldiers in time. Otherwise, if the city gate was opened and Cao Jun outside the city seized the opportunity and rushed into the city, the consequences would be disastrous.
One night, on the north gate city wall, more than a dozen native people were discussing in low voices. Then the night became darker and darker. Most of the native people guarding the city wall were yawning without realizing it, their eyelids were rolling, and they were thirsty and hungry. Hungry, most of them were in a semi-drowsy state. At this moment, a few agile natives tied the top of the city wall with hemp ropes and escaped out of the city through the cover of the night.
These few natives jumped to the ground and ran quickly outside the city. Soon they hid in a mountain forest. These people were really hungry and unbearable. They came out tonight to hunt some prey from the mountains to satisfy their hunger. Wandering in the mountains, everyone's eyes seemed to glow with a faint green light. As long as they could get rid of the hunger that tortured them to the point of death, they would not hesitate to fight even if a big tiger appeared at this time. Pounce and fight with the big tiger
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