Chapter 246

He had to go to Qingzhou. Just as Guo Jia said, others could choose not to go, but Liu Bei was the model of loyalty and righteousness and also had an idol's burden to maintain.

The most critical point was that although Bingzhou was developing well,

its population was still too small compared to the territories of the warlords in Guandong.

Qingzhou had a population of nearly four million. With the recent Yellow Turban chaos, at its peak, the Yellow Turban Army claimed to have reached nearly a million!

Although that was somewhat exaggerated, one in four people in Qingzhou was a Yellow Turban soldier.

But the number was still extremely large.

This batch of Qingzhou soldiers was eventually taken by Cao Cao, immediately making Cao Cao wealthy; he selected three hundred thousand Qingzhou soldiers, and the others became farming people.

Liu Bei thought of this and stood up tall,

"Kong Beihai helped me in the past, and now that he is in trouble, I must go to help."

"Fengxiao, Yide, Zilong, Chen Dao, and Jian Yong, you all follow me to Beihai."

"Yes!"

"This time, in addition to the five thousand personal guard cavalry, Zilong and Yide, you each lead five thousand cavalry."

"Yes!"

"Ju Shou, you are responsible for coordinating Bingzhou affairs in Jinyang City."

"Zhang Liao will guard Wuyuan Commandery, and Ju Yi will be responsible for Yanmen."

"Gao Shun and Zhang He will be responsible for Hedong Commandery and keep an eye on the movements of Dong Zhuo's army."

"Xu Huang will guard Shangdang, and Jia Kui will serve as the Shangdang Commandery Assistant."

"Yunchang will guard Zhixian, assisted by Xu Shu. Xu Rong will station troops in Henei's Boxian and be responsible for the safety of the Henei people who want to go to Bingzhou."

"Yes."

Governor's Mansion backyard,

Liu Bei hugged Cai Yan,

"Yan'er, your husband is going on an expedition again and won't have time to accompany you."

Cai Yan shrank into Liu Bei's embrace and said admiringly,

"My husband takes the world as his own responsibility, with benevolence, virtue, loyalty, and righteousness. I love you too much to complain, but you must pay attention to your safety so that others at home don't worry."

Liu Bei nodded, "By the way, you have also finished your confinement."

Cai Yan smiled faintly, her cheeks slightly red, "Husband~!"

Liu Bei understood.

That night, Liu Bei went to comfort Lady Gan, who had even fairer skin.

Three days later,

Outside the military camp in Jinyang City, Liu Bei waved his hand,

"The whole army, set off!"

The sound of hooves was constant, dust flew, and fifteen thousand cavalry marched out of the camp in a grand manner.

Liu Bei looked back at Jinyang City in the distance, the few beautiful figures looming on the city tower making his heart warm.

Guo Jia let out a long sigh,

"My lord, I have finally left Jinyang City!"

Liu Bei??

"Fengxiao, why do you look like you're about to let yourself go?"

Guo Jia smiled bitterly,

"My lord, you will never understand the pain of having a fierce wife at home!"

Liu Bei laughed loudly,

"Fengxiao, a wanderer like you should be kept in check."

Guo Jia glanced at the city tower behind him and waved at a beautiful figure.

Hedong, Anyi City,

Pei Mao sighed with emotion,

"My lord, Du Ji is indeed a great talent. With his help, the people of Hedong live even more prosperously."

"He encourages farming and mulberry, encourages the people to raise cattle and horses, and solves old cases. A talent!"

Liu Bei laughed. Could a talent who achieves first place in performance every year and leads the people to a moderately prosperous life be bad?

Du Ji was so praised that he felt a bit embarrassed and cupped his hands,

"My lord, it is mainly due to the support of Governor Pei that I dared to let go and do things."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Hedong has you two; it is the blessing of the people. I have noted your merits."

Du Ji wanted to say something but hesitated,

Liu Bei laughed,

"Bohou, if you have something to say, just say it directly."

Du Ji cupped his hands,

"My lord, my old friend Xun Gongda, together with Zheng Tai and He Yong, conspired to kill Dong Zhuo but failed and were imprisoned."

Liu Bei?

"Xun Gongda? Xun You? He is also a loyal and righteous person; they cannot be allowed to die unjustly in prison. Rest assured, I will immediately send people to find a way to rescue them."

Du Ji bowed deeply,

"My lord is righteous, I thank you!"

Liu Bei nodded. Xun Yu had already followed Cao Cao, and this Xun You was not bad either, with plans to behead Yan Liang and Wen Chou and countless strategies for conquering Hebei.

Competing for supremacy at the end of the Han Dynasty, without the children of the cultured Xun family by one's side, the prestige would still be a bit lacking.

The Xun family and the Zhuge family both had an idea, which was not to put all their eggs in one basket.

Both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had strategists from the Xun family under their command.

Liu Bei had someone notify Bai Yuekui to rescue Xun You and the others at all costs.

Yecheng,

Yuan Shao looked at the bamboo slips before him,

"Liu Bei is going to aid Kong Beihai? Passing through my Jizhou?"

Jian Yong cupped his hands,

"Alliance Leader Yuan, my lord would like to invite the Alliance Leader to go to Qingzhou together to rescue Kong Rong."

Yuan Shao??

He didn't want to go. He and Brother Brother Gongsun Zan Zan were fighting happily; where would he have the energy to rescue some Kong Rong?

And that Kong Rong didn't display the spirit of yielding pears by yielding Qingzhou to him!

Moreover, Qingzhou claimed to have hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers; it was very chaotic!

Yuan Shao coughed,

"It's not that I don't want to, but that Brother Brother Gongsun Zan Zan keeps attacking me, leaving me exhausted and unable to spare any troops."

Jian Yong bowed,

"In that case, my lord will lead twenty thousand troops to pass through Jizhou at that time. I ask Alliance Leader Yuan to make it convenient."

Yuan Shao was shocked. Could this Liu Bei be playing some trick of borrowing a path to conquer a state!

Xu You interjected,

"Governor Liu aiding Kong Beihai, passing through Yanzhou seems closer, doesn't it?"

Yuan Shao also nodded,

"That's right. Since Kong Rong's situation is critical, it would be better for Xuande to take Yanzhou."

Jian Yong sighed,

"My lord would like to, but Yanzhou has been plagued by war recently, and I'm afraid it's hard to buy grain. My lord doesn't have much grain with him, and I'm afraid it's difficult to sustain until Qingzhou."

Yuan Shao was almost choked to death. After all that talk, he was still here to borrow grain!

"Didn't I just give Xuande one hundred thousand shi of grain!"

"Alliance Leader Yuan, my lord accepted hundreds of thousands of people from Feng Yi, and now we are already living beyond our means."