Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 64
Xu Sheng had just joined Ye Xiao, and a few days later he followed Ye Xiao and Lu Qiling to the East China Sea.

Ye Xiao arranged for the Mi family caravan from Ju County to hire a horse-drawn carriage to take Xu Sheng's mother and all his luggage to Xiapi.

Several dilapidated houses were temporarily handed over to the staff of the Mi family to take care of them.

During the few days of contact, Xu's mother knew that Ye Xiao attached great importance to Xu Sheng, and disregarded Xu Sheng's objection and asked him to go to the East China Sea to perform the mission.

Fortunately, Xu Sheng recovered from his injuries quickly after he relieved his worries, and his diet was adequate and nutritious, gradually showing some majestic demeanor.

Ye Xiao saw that Xu Sheng didn't have a nickname yet, so he gave him the nickname "Wenxiang" without saying anything. Anyway, it was historically correct.

Xu Sheng and Ye Xiao gradually became familiar with each other during the contact. With the encouragement of their mother, they happily agreed to the word "Wen Xiang" given to them by their lord.

The direction of literature is to carry the Tao, and it is brilliant to the wind.

Feeling Ye Xiao's expectation, Xu Sheng gradually had a new goal in his heart.

Starting from Ju County, two rides became three rides.

Xu Sheng's injury was just right, and the wound hadn't healed yet, so Ye Xiao had no choice but to slow down and head towards the East China Sea.

"Wen Xiang!"

Ye Xiao and Xu Sheng chatted continuously, and found that the other party was indeed familiar with military books and had a quick mind, so he couldn't help but want to test the other party. "Donghai City has a strong army and is under the control of General Ji Lingpian at this moment. If Kaichun gives you three thousand soldiers, is there a way to win them?"

Xu Sheng's eyes lit up. At the age of 16, he was familiar with military books. Under the influence of his father, he often dreamed of being a general.

"My lord, don't attack by force unless it is absolutely necessary. If the enemy has a strong city and a large army, Sheng thinks it can be outsmarted."

Ye Xiao smiled and asked: "How to outsmart? Now I guess the defense of Donghai City is like an iron barrel!"

Xu Sheng immediately showed a pensive expression. He had been to Donghai City. After Ji Ling's army came, he heard that Yuan Shuqiang was collecting taxes and arresting young men everywhere, causing public resentment.

"My lord, if it is too difficult to attack from the outside, why not break it from the inside. Take the lead in sending people into Donghai City, inciting the people to riot, and cooperating with the inside and outside, and grab the gate, Donghai City can be broken."

Ye Xiao thought about it, Xu Sheng's idea had some elements of luck, Pengcheng could cheat to open the city gate, it's hard to say about Donghai.

Seeing Ye Xiao's serious face, Xu Sheng continued to explain: "My lord, I have been familiar with the layout of Donghai City since I was a child, and I know many local people. Now that Yuan Shu is implementing tyranny in Donghai, I think many people are already dissatisfied with him."

Ye Xiao's eyes lit up. It's normal for Yuan Shu to extort money. If people's hearts are available, and Xu Sheng's advantage of knowing the terrain well, he might have a chance.

"Wen Xiang, your proposal is feasible, but it is extremely risky, but without someone who is as familiar with Donghai as you to implement it, it is impossible to talk about it."

Xu Sheng patted his chest and said to himself: "My lord, I can do it!"

Ye Xiao shook his head slightly, feeling that he still didn't want to take risks.

"Let's look again, Wen Xiang, your value is greater than Donghai City in my eyes. If you accidentally damage it here, I will regret it to death."

Hearing this, Xu Sheng's eyes were slightly hot, feeling Ye Xiao's importance to him again, and he secretly planned in his heart.

"My lord, I will die for you. Sheng's late father said that a man dies for his confidant, so I am not afraid of death."

Ye Xiao still shook his head. After all, the plan was not mature enough. "Wen Xiang, don't worry, let's take another look. If there is a chance, I won't stop you."

Ye Xiao believes that talents must be used, and the chances of rewards are higher if they are released at the right time, instead of blindly making people do things, which is too risky.

"Husband, there seems to be something wrong in the village ahead!"

Lu Qiling pointed to the sky ahead, where several streaks of black smoke were burning.

Xu Sheng said quickly: "I've been to that village, and the people in it are very nice, my lord, let's go and have a look, I'm afraid we may have encountered bandits!"

Ye Xiao looked at the black smoke, about a mile away, and couldn't see clearly what was going on inside the village.

"Follow me. Hide your horse in the woods and enter the village quietly. Remember our mission and don't reveal your identity at will!"

"It's the lord."

Lu Qiling and Xu Sheng followed Ye Xiao and turned into the forest near the village.

After setting the horses down, Ye Xiao gestured, and the three took out their weapons and slowly approached the village.

At this moment, the village is full of turmoil, and a group of food requisition soldiers is searching the houses of the villagers.

"Master Jun! This is impossible, this is our winter ration!"

The civilian husband took the soldier's hand and begged bitterly, just wanting to keep the half bag of coarse grain.

The soldier was full of hostility, kicked him away, and scolded: "If you dare to pester you again, I will kill you!"

The man fell to the ground and screamed, and the family members, young and old, did not dare to come forward. They could only cry loudly.

Old man Li Zheng was pleading in front of the grain requisition officer, but the other man didn't care at all on his horse.

"The lord has an order! All the food must be collected. Xiapi Lv Bu has already broken with us. If you want to live, take out the food for us as army rations!"

Li Zheng hated in his heart, you can just fight the war, why are you robbing us of our winter food.

"My lord! We have already paid this year's quota last month for military ration collection, so the whole village will starve to death."

The grain requisition officer flicked his horsewhip, almost hitting Lizheng's body, causing several villagers to back away in fright.

"Stop talking nonsense! I said I haven't received it yet! If you can't collect the army rations, you can give them to me. Five strong men can be exempted from taxes in your village."

Immediately, all the villagers were so frightened that they hurried back home, not daring to continue pestering them any longer. The rest of the village was crying helplessly, watching the soldiers continue to dig out the only remaining food.

After a while, the grain requisition officer came back to face him, and said in a dark voice, "Old man, your village doesn't have enough food, and I need three strong men! Do you do it yourself or should we do it?"

Hearing the words, Lizheng fell to the ground as if struck by lightning, and said nothing more.

The grain collection officer sneered and waved his hand to let the soldiers rush in again.

"Catch! Catch three strong men!"

The unlucky three middle-aged men were escorted to the food requisition officer, with their crying relatives behind them.

The food requisition officer saw that the three strong men were in good health, and nodded with satisfaction and led the men out of the village, leaving behind a mess and crying.

"Doing evil" Li was sitting slumped on the ground, staring at the sky blankly.

Xu Sheng was firmly pressed to the ground by Ye Xiao, preventing him from moving. The three of them approached the village as early as just now.

What happened fell into Xu Sheng's eyes, and he wanted to rush out angrily to fight for his life. These people were all innocent villagers, some of whom he knew.

Naturally, Ye Xiao couldn't let him be impulsive, and held down Xu Sheng to watch in the snow.

"Wen Xiang, listen to me, if you go out now, you will never be able to save these villagers!"

Xu Sheng was shocked, Ye Xiao's words made him think a little bit more clearly, if he didn't drive away Yuan Shu, if he could save the villagers once, he wouldn't be able to save the villagers a second time.

The young man gritted his teeth and clasped his hands tightly in the snow.

(End of this chapter)