After Liu Chang woke up, he found that there was some chaos in the camp. He found Zhao Di and found that he was sitting next to a fire with Zhang Fei and others with a haggard look. Liu Chang saw this situation and asked: "What happened?"

What happened?"

Zhao Di replied: "Last night, a group of hundreds of pursuers came to attack us at night. Fortunately, Brother Yide was brave, otherwise our losses would have been great."

Liu Chang asked anxiously: "What's the loss?"

Zhao Di replied: "The loss was not big, only dozens of newly recruited refugees died. The night watchman discovered it early last night, and then relied on Yide to directly defeat the enemy's momentum with one against a hundred last night.

.The rest of us swarmed up and wiped them all out. We also got more than a hundred horses."

Liu Chang patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder with approval and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Yide. When we take Zhongshan County, I will definitely give you a few bottles of good wine so that you can drink to your heart's content."

Zhang Fei said boldly: "The relationship is great, I will always remember these words."

Liu Chang continued: "Don't worry, I won't forget it. If you discover the enemy's soldiers last night, give them a reward."

Zhao Di replied: "Okay, we will reward him according to the rules we set before."

"Where did the pursuers come from?"

"I interrogated the prisoners last night. They said they were coming from the direction of Boling. After hearing that we had plundered Liwu County, the governor of Boling County was furious and sent people to chase us."

"Are there other pursuers?"

"They said there was no more. The county guard thought it would be easy for more than a hundred cavalry to pursue a group of homeless thieves, so he didn't send anyone else."

"Then let the soldiers rest for two more hours, and then we will hit the road again."

"Okay, what about the horses?"

"It's too hasty to form the cavalry now. Let the horses help carry supplies first, and then we will form the cavalry unit after we capture Zhongshan County."

In the next ten days, while the team continued to advance, Liu Chang watched people arguing online and invited people to dinner. When the team arrived in Zhongshan County, the number of people continued to increase by more than 2,000.

People who could not survive on the road joined Liu Chang's team one after another.

February 13, the seventh year of Guanghe.

Liu Chang's team arrived under the city wall of Zhongshan County. Liu Chang looked at the city wall several people high and said to Zhao Di: "We don't have enough troops now. If we let the soldiers climb the city wall, we probably won't be able to take it down. Even if we take it down, we'll probably lose some money."

It’s also very big. Do you have any good ideas?”

Zhao said: "Let's wait here for a few days. When Zhao Xin brings people over, we will take action. We will think about what to do in the past few days. According to Brother Liu's previous estimate, the great virtuous teacher will be here soon."

If we take action, they won't have reinforcements coming. We can take over this place slowly."

Liu Chang shook his head and said: "No, we have to capture this place as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the great virtuous master starts taking action and our power does not develop fast enough, it will be difficult to negotiate terms with the imperial court."

The team was stationed in front of the city in Dingzhou, Zhongshan County. Liu Chang looked at the city wall in the distance and thought about what to do. When the guards on the city saw a group of refugees coming, they immediately closed the city gate. After a while, they saw someone appear on the city wall.

A man in gorgeous clothes looked at Liu Chang's troops. He pointed forward and said something to the people next to him.

Liu Chang returned to the camp and sat at a table, thinking carefully about all the cases in the past and present of how to cleverly capture the city. See if there was any good way that he could use. After a while, Zhao Di walked in to Liu Chang.

Chang said: "A man came from the city and said he wanted to meet Brother Liu."

Liu Chang thought for a while and said: "Then bring him in and let us listen to what the people in the city have to say?"

After a while, Zhao Di came in with a middle-aged man in high crown and brocade clothes. After the middle-aged man walked in, he saluted Liu Chang and said: "General, I heard that you plundered Liwu County before, but...

We did not rob the city nor kill the magistrate of Liwu County. I think the general is also a kind-hearted person. We are here today with troops. But do you have any thoughts about our Zhongshan County? Why don't you send everyone away?

The governor recommends you to be the captain of this place, what do you think? Otherwise, when the army arrives, you will not be able to protect yourself."

Liu Chang thought for a while and said: "If I send everyone away, how can I be sure that you will not arrest me directly? The risk of this matter is very high."

The middle-aged man persuaded him earnestly: "Since the general is worried about this, why not retreat quickly? You can survive by staying in the mountains and forests. Why bother to stay in front of our Zhongshan County? The city here has plenty of food and reinforcements will arrive in less than a month.

At that time, it will not be easy for the general to survive."

Liu Chang said with a sad face: "Because of the lack of food, I'm afraid I won't be able to go anywhere. I wonder if you, sir, would be willing to give me some food. If so, I will leave immediately."

The middle-aged man said: "I can't make a decision on this matter, but since the general is determined to seek peace, I will go back and ask the county governor. I will definitely give the general a satisfactory answer."

Liu Chang said with a smile on his face, "If that's true, thank you very much, Your Excellency."

"Then I'll take my leave now. I'll give you good news soon."

After the middle-aged man left, Zhao Di asked Liu Chang, "Are we going to let him go like this?"

Liu Chang replied: "The two armies are fighting without killing the envoy. If we hope that others will treat us properly, then we cannot break the rules. And let him go back to confuse the people in the city so that they think we are unintentional."

The war is just to extort property."

Seeing that Zhao Di was a little confused, Liu Chang then said to him: "I thought of a good idea. Send someone to dig a tunnel to the city wall first. It doesn't need to be too wide. It just needs to be able to block the view of the people on the wall."

Zhao Di replied: "Okay, I will organize people to do it. What happens next?"

Liu Chang laughed and said: "I will have a clever plan later."

After Liu Chang woke up again, he went out and got a gas tank. After returning home again, he tied the gas tank tightly to his body. After trying to fall asleep, Liu Chang saw that the gas tank had followed him here.

At the same time, Liu Chang murmured to himself: "Carrying a gas tank is really a trivial matter for me. I will fix two more later."

A few days later, Zhao Xin also came here with more than 400 people. Zhao Xin asked Liu Chang: "Didn't the young master go to Boling? I heard that the young master changed his plan, so he rushed over with his people without stopping."
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Liu Chang explained to Zhao Xin: "Bo Ling will be the place of the Fourth War later, but there are fewer people on Taiping Road here. So I decided not to get involved there. Let's find a more stable place first.

Put down roots.”

Liu Chang patted Xin Zhao on the shoulder again and said: "The development has been good during this period. The number of people has doubled."
Chapter completed!