Chapter 551

She moved backward, and Liu Bei's breathing suddenly stalled; Zhang Chunhua was also a sister who strove for progress!

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shang in the hall and thought inwardly.

"He really does look good; no wonder Yuan Shao loves this youngest son more."

"Yuan Shang, your father attacked us without cause, causing the people to suffer; what do you have to say for yourself!"

Yuan Shang was depressed in his heart; how did he get captured?

"Lord Xuande, I have nothing to say; the winner is king and the loser is the bandit; kill or slice me as you please."

Liu Bei was a bit surprised; this Yuan Shang still had some courage.

He laughed out loud, walked over, and helped Yuan Shang untie his bonds.

"My nephew is a person of great filial piety, taking the initiative to help Brother Benchu cover the rear; I saw it with my own eyes, and I admire it very much."

Yuan Shang was overjoyed in his heart; did Liu Bei not want to kill him?

He cupped his hands and said.

"Lord Xuande praises me too much; I was just doing what a son should do."

Liu Bei patted Yuan Shang on the shoulder.

"Good, Brother Benchu has a successor; Yunchang, release Yuan Shang's guards and let them escort their young master back to Yecheng."

"Understood!"

Yuan Shang cupped his hands.

"Thank you, Lord Xuande, for your great kindness."

Zhang Fei was anxious.

"Big Brother, this Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's most beloved son; perhaps Yuan Shao would be willing to trade Yecheng for him."

Liu Bei's mouth twitched; this third brother really dared to think 0......

Yuan Shang was numb; he wanted to say thank you to Zhang Fei and thought inwardly.

"This is thinking too highly of me; thank you, Zhang Fei!"

Liu Bei waved his hand.

"I stand tall and upright; how could I do such a threatening thing? Don't worry, nephew, I will definitely let you go back."

Liu Bei thought again.

"Nephew, take those thirty thousand routed soldiers and fifty thousand laborers back with you; they are the pillars of their families and should return home."

Yuan Shang cried.

"Lord Xuande, you are too benevolent and righteous!"

Liu Bei accompanied Yuan Shang back to the prisoner camp.

He said to the prisoners.

"Everyone, this is a war between me and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao; you were innocently implicated, and it is time for you to return home."

The routed soldiers and laborers were panic-stricken and uneasy; they didn't expect Lord Xuande to be so benevolent and righteous.

They knelt down one after another, moved beyond measure.

"Lord Xuande is benevolent and righteous; we are endlessly grateful!"

Liu Bei also gave them five days' worth of rations, enough for them to return home.

Eighty thousand people and Yuan Shang marched in a grand procession back to Hebei.

Zhang Fei looked at the dense crowd in the distance.

"Big Brother is muddled; we worked so hard to capture people before, why are we letting them all go back now?"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Not only will I let them go back to 5.7, but I will also let the laborers I captured before go back to Hebei."

Zhang Fei??

He was truly muddled.

Pang Tong cupped his hands.

"My lord is benevolent and righteous; the might of this great victory and the name of your benevolence will surely return to their homeland with the people of Hebei and spread throughout all of Hebei."

Xun Gongda also sighed with emotion.

"In the future, when my lord enters Hebei, these people will likely welcome you along the road."

Zhang Fei scratched his head.

"So that's what Big Brother was considering."

"But what about Yuan Shang? He won't welcome Big Brother into Yecheng!"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Yuan Shao loves his youngest son Yuan Shang and made him the Inspector of Jizhou, while his eldest son Yuan Tan is only the Inspector of Qingzhou; clearly, he intends to make Yuan Shang his heir. I'm letting him go back just to fight with Yuan Tan."

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up.

"When they've fought enough, we can go over and take over Hebei!"

The broadcast room's barrage also increased significantly.

"My Brother Bei is too treacherous!"

"Letting Yuan Shang go back to fight for the inheritance, and then reaping the benefits himself!"

"Not only that, he can't kill those captives, and keeping them consumes too much grain, so it's better to let them go back!"

"That eared thief is too sinister!".