Xuzhou City, the Palace Palace.

Liu Bei sat in the first place, but his face was not good. In recent days, all kinds of disharmonious voices in the city have fought, which has made Liu Bei very upset.

"General Cao Hong must not be trapped in the Wuling Army's tricks. Now they cannot attack the city, they can only use some tricks to disrupt the morale of our defenders." Chen Dengletou said.

Opposite him was Cao Hong who was so angry that he was staring at him.

Why are they angry? It’s not because the Xuzhou army is talking about Cao’s army, and they are getting too far and wide, and they actually say that they are cancer and are here to harm Xuzhou.

How could Cao's army bear this kind of treatment? Several irritable Cao army generals led dozens of Cao army to beat the rude Xuzhou soldiers directly.

This time, I stabbed the hornet's nest. The Xuzhou army is not as elite as the Cao army, but if you still hit our people on our territory, then don't care about anything else and fight back first.

This fight almost evolved from a small-scale friction of dozens of people into a fight between two armies.

Fortunately, Liu Bei dispatched Baizhang troops to suppress him in time, which calmed down the friction between the two sides.

Cao's army came to assist in the war, and Cao Hong was very angry when such a thing happened.

"This is not the trick of the Wuling Army, but your Xuzhou soldiers are rude!" Cao Hong said angrily.

"General Cao Hong, our army knew from top to bottom that your army was here to help Xuzhou, so how could it be that he would say such a kind thing. There was a black-clothed guard in the Wuling army, who was elusive and vicious under his means. Chen Deng dared to use his head as a guard. This matter must be inseparable from the Wuling army." Chen Deng said confidently.

Seeing that Chen Deng was like this, Cao Hong remembered Cao Cao's explanation to him before leaving: Liu Bei's Xuzhou could not be destroyed, Cao's army was seriously injured, it took time to recover its strength and space to cushion the pressure.

It is obvious that the existence of Liu Bei in Xuzhou can prevent the Wuling army from entering Qingzhou, so Cao Cao tried hard to help Liu Bei and let Xuzhou help him block the pressure from Yizhou.

So now, although Cao Hong was angry, when Chen Deng gave him a step, he followed.

"Okay, I just believe Mr. Chen's words. It's just that such incidents cannot happen again." Cao Hong said.

"Don't worry, General Cao Hong, I will definitely not." Chen Deng said with a smile.

"Uncle Liu, Cao Hong said goodbye!"

During the whole process, Liu Bei did not say a word, and Cao Hong didn't know what Liu Bei, who had lost his powerful general, thought. He only hoped that Liu Bei could cheer up and lead the military and civilians of Xuzhou to intercept the Wuling Army here.

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"Lord, Wu Shun has already started to arrange the arrangements. The black-clothed guard is really unpredictable." After Cao Hong left, Chen Deng said to Liu Bei.

"Yes, Yuanlong can stop the rumors in the city?" Liu Bei asked.

Since Xuzhou City was surrounded and military control was implemented in the city, all supplies were collected and distributed uniformly.

There are rumors that Xuzhou is short of food and will be short of food in the future. At that time, the army will no longer distribute food to the people.

There are also rumors that Liu Bei is now sending food to the people, just to let the people go up to the city wall to fight against the Wuling army, which is like a wolf or a tiger, increase local consumption and reduce the consumption of the defenders in the city.

In this way, the number of Wuling Army can be consumed. After the people are not strong enough and most of the casualties are killed or injured, the supply of resources in the city will last longer.

Some people even said that Chen Deng had secretly defected to Cao Cao and led Cao's army to Xuzhou City to force Liu Bei's camp to join Cao Cao's command.

All kinds of rumors filled the city, the people were skeptical, the soldiers were wary of each other, and even Liu Bei became suspicious of Chen Deng.

I think that local talents like Chen Deng have always put the interests of the family first. If Liu Bei cannot protect the interests of their family, then it is undoubtedly a matter of escape to others.

The Chen family was halfway towards Liu Bei, and they had not received the full trust of Liu Bei. Now that such rumors are rumored, it is understandable that Liu Bei, who has changed his temperament, has doubts about the Chen family.

"Lord, the rumors stop at the wise man, and the people in the city are panic, and the lord needs to come forward to clarify." Chen Deng said.

As long as Liu Bei followed the previous plan to defend the city, the rumors would be self-defeating. With Cao's army here, when the Wuling army attacked the city, the people did not need to fight, but just helped transport combat supplies.

In this way, the rumors that Liu Bei wanted to harm the people would be untenable.

As for the Chen family's problems, Chen Deng didn't know why Liu Bei would think. Only he knew that his father really wanted to turn to Cao Cao. But he felt that before Liu Bei fell, the Chen family would be better not to make a decision easily.

Now is the time when Liu Bei is the weakest. If the Chen family leaves at this time, will Cao Cao dare to take him in? Will Cao Cao be afraid that when he is weak, the Chen family will abandon him again?

"Since that's the case, I'll post a full list of notices in the city, telling the soldiers and civilians in the city that the rumors and spies in the Wuling Army were all being the ones who were responsible for this period, and it's not trustworthy." Liu Bei said.

"The lord is wise!"

Liu Bei made the decision, and Chen Deng said something habitually.

Soon, in Xuzhou City, the defenders posted the notice in a conspicuous position. After some people saw it, they went to spread it.

In Xuzhou, Liu Bei's people's hearts are quite high, and the people in the city are willing to believe what he says.

However, after the notice was posted, a bad trend appeared in the city. Whoever dared to say a word from Liu Bei would be arrested and handed over to the government for handling.

During the special period, Liu Bei was not ruthless to these people, and many people who were criticized were cut off and displayed in public.

After many people died, no matter the military and civilians in the city, they dared to discuss issues at will, and they only dared to whisper in a low voice.

This situation becomes more and more serious, and it turns out that two people meet on the street, not daring to say hello, or even nodding, the atmosphere in the city is extremely strange!

Chen Mansion, Chen Deng looked depressed. He knew very well about the things in the city. Originally, he thought that you would stop the rumors like this, but the matter had gone too far, and now everyone has become a frightened bird.

"Can't you make up your mind? Liu Bei has become like this, and it is no longer worthy of the Chen family's continued followment." Chen Gui said.

As the helmsman of the Chen family, Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui had the greatest power in the family. However, Chen Deng was talented and Chen Gui liked to discuss many things with his son.

"My father, the child is still the same thing. Only when Liu Bei is destroyed can my Chen family be separated." Chen Deng said.

Chen Gui was more considering that the family should not be damaged too much, while Chen Deng was considering the future development of the family.

"Now Liu Bei has doubted my Chen family. If he attacks, my Chen family will be in trouble."

Chen Gui said: "He has already started to move."

"What action?" Chen Deng said in confusion.

"The cavalry of some families in the city have been swallowed up by Liu Bei, and they have also asked several families to pay for their money and grain." Chen Gui said angrily.

As early as when the Chen family defected to Liu Bei, the Chen family's private soldiers had contributed half of them to Liu Bei.
Chapter completed!