Chapter 16 Chen Dao

Liu Bei quickly called Chen Dao and asked him to take dozens of personal guards to follow Liu Qi to Jiangxia immediately.

Chen Da, Chen Shuzhi, is from Runan, 7 feet and 8 inches tall, tall and standing tall, and agile. During the Battle of Guandu in the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei asked Yuan Shao to order him to Runan. Cao Cao was stabbed in the back. Although he was finally stopped by Man Chong and could not hold back Cao Cao's victory, the waves caused by Cao Cao really made Cao Cao feel worried. For Liu Bei, the most real gain was to incorporate a group of Yellow Turban veterans who had been fighting for the rest of his life, and also to get Chen Da, a native of Runan. Chen Da was only in his early twenties and is now under thirty years old. He was brave and good at fighting, and made many military achievements. He was very trusted by Liu Bei. Now he is on the left and right side of Zhao Yun, commanding Liu Bei's personal army. Liu Bei went out, and he always had to take one of them and the other stayed in the camp.

"Shuzhi, follow Boyu to Jiangxia. Follow Boyu's orders to help Boyu stabilize Jiangxia's army, gather the troops, and prepare for war." Liu Bei solemnly told Chen Dao, and then turned to Liu Qi and said, "Boyu, Shuzhi is young and promising, with high martial arts skills and long-standing battle formations. It will definitely help you. Please trust Boyu, just like trusting me."

Liu Qi knew that Chen Dao was like Zhao Yun. Although his official position was not high, he was a person Liu Bei trusted very much. He was very happy. He gave Liu Bei a deep gift and agreed on some things. He took Chen Dao farewell and headed straight to Jiangxia to deal with the soldiers who did not take him seriously.

Liu Bei saw Liu Qi away, returned to the inner room to sit down, and said to Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, "Sir, do you think what we are going to make arrangements here?"

Xu Shu looked at Zhuge Liang, saw Zhuge Liang nodding, then dipped his hands in tea, drew a circle on the table and said, "The city of Xiangyang is high and deep. There is the naval army in Cai Mao's hands outside, and the infantry of Kuai Yue inside. With the 10,000 naval army and 8,000 infantry in our hands, it is obviously impossible to attack the city. Therefore, we can only seek to operate in the city. After the eldest son returned to Jiangxia, with Shuzhi's ability, he would probably be able to gather the troops in one or two days. At that time, Shuzhi stayed in Jiangxia in Zhen, and asked the eldest son to bring his personal soldiers to Xiangyang, and asked Liu Jingzhou to visit him in the name of visiting the disease..."

Liu Bei listened to Xu Shu's orderly plan and nodded repeatedly. After listening to Xu Shu's plan, he raised his head and said to Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Kong Ming, you and the Kuai family and the Pang family have relatives. I will ask you to deal with these two families. If they are willing to help each other, they will naturally be unaware of it. Even if they cannot do it as they wish, even if they are neutral, it will be a good thing for us."

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Don't worry, lord, since there is such a great opportunity, Liang will naturally do his best. I will go to Xiangyang today."

"Mr. I'm sorry." Liu Bei thanked him repeatedly, thinking that if Liu Qi succeeded to the governor of Jingzhou and made great contributions, he would recruit troops and buy horses by himself, and food, grass and weapons would not be a problem. Maybe he could give himself a piece of land, and he would no longer have to watch the door for others like he is now.

He couldn't help but imagine that with soldiers, who am I afraid of?

Chen Dao followed Liu Qi to speed up his horse for two days and one night. The next day, before the sunset set, he arrived at Xiling City, Jiangxia County. He didn't have time to rest, so he asked Liu Qi to send someone to take him to check the environment of the prefect's mansion. Liu Qi asked someone to prepare the food and drinks. After waiting for a long time, Chen Dao walked in calmly.

"Uncle Zhi, what do you think?" Liu Qi asked while giving up his seat.

"I didn't expect that Huang Zu is a person who is afraid of death." Chen Dao smiled, "This prefect's mansion is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At that time, as long as those people come in, they will not be afraid that they can run out."

Liu Qi was a little hesitant. He knew that the outside was guarding the trustees, but he still couldn't help but look outside, as if he was afraid that someone would break in.

"Are you really going to kill?"

Chen Dao smiled secretly, then sighed and said, "Young Master is kind. You are just a messenger who is seriously ill and has not been around for many days. When this is extraordinary, you can only do this extraordinary thing. You entered Yicheng with a horse and killed more than 50 sect commanders during the banquet, and then settled down in Jingzhou. Why do you doubt that? You should follow the example of Youth, and make such a great contribution to Jingzhou."

Liu Qi experienced this incident in person and naturally knew the situation at that time. Thinking of his father's decisive heroic figure back then, the passion in his bones also burst out. He bit and slapped the wine glass in his hand on the table: "That's all, please don't worry, uncle."

Chen Dao nodded slightly and smiled: "The lord said something before he came, so I told him everything to follow the instructions of the young master. Of course, it is only the young master's leader. Now, I would like to ask the young master to invite people whom I can trust first so that I can make arrangements."

"Everything I heard from Uncle." Liu Qi nodded and drank the wine in the glass.

When he said that, Liu Qi was also decisive and acted decisively. That night, he brought his trusted generals from Jingzhou to the prefect's office to discuss matters. When the confidants who had been bullied by Jiangxia heard that Liu Qi was going to deal with those people, they looked at Liu Qi's blood-red eyes, and were surprised and excited. Not long after, they mobilized the most trustworthy people and handed them all over to Chen Dao to make arrangements.

The next morning, Liu Qi sent an invitation to invite all the generals who led Jiangxia to come for dinner in the evening, and to discuss the deal with Sun Quan who was eyeing Chaisang and Cao Cao who was coming from the north. The generals had completely looked down on Liu Qi in the past six months. When they heard that he was treating him, they didn't care much. As soon as the sky was getting dark, they brought a few personal soldiers to the banquet.

Liu Qi sat in the back hall, a little nervous and a little quick. He took a few deep breaths and looked at Chen Dao, whose eyes were slightly closed across the street, and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Zhi, where did those people have arranged, why can't I see any of them?"

Chen Dao opened his eyes and looked at Liu Qi with a slightly red face and smiled: "Don't worry, young master, many of them will appear when needed. Now if those people see suddenly there are so many innocent faces, it is for people to be suspicious."

Liu Qi was very curious. He had been in the prefect's mansion for more than half a year, and seemed not as familiar as Chen Dao. He could never remember where there were places in the prefect's mansion to hide people. The dozens of guards who could tell at a glance were the heroic soldiers of hundreds of battles were indeed not visible to those who could not be seen, otherwise anyone would know that there was a coincidence.

But where did they hide?

"Young Master, don't doubt it. The people in front are already all, so you should go out."

"Okay." Liu Qi nodded and stood up. He felt his heart beating very hard, and he heard it very clearly. He even felt his hands numb. When he thought of facing the soldiers who looked at him with squint eyes every day, he felt a little nervous.

Chen Dao straightened his body and raised his legs to stand up. His movements were very clean and his shoulders were not shaking at all, which made people feel an illusion that he was standing there and had never sat down.

"Please, please!" Chen Dao turned to Liu Qi.

"Okay, let's go." Liu Qi looked at Chen Dao and suddenly calmed down. He felt that with the person in front of him, today's affairs would definitely be resolved smoothly. Tomorrow, he would take the trusted general to Xiangyang. This time, see if Zhang Yun dared to stop him again.
Chapter completed!