Overlord of the late Qin Dynasty

Chapter 230 The Battle of Chenliu ([-])

"Brother Ju is too alarmist! Then even if Liu Ji knows that I am cheating on Qin Jun, give him some courage, in my opinion, he will not dare to wait for me!" The Yun family who had been at odds with Ju Sheng Patriarch Yun Xing looked at Ju Sheng and immediately retorted.

"Brother Yun doesn't know that Liu Ji is like that starving wolf? If given the chance, he wouldn't swallow us whole?" Seeing Yun Xing's rebuttal, Ju Sheng also questioned with a half-smile.

Just when Yun Xing was about to refute Ju Sheng, the Patriarch of the Lian Family, who was already in his sixties, was ready to speak out to tell them to stop arguing.

"Brother Yun! Although Brother Ju is a little cautious, he is thinking about me. I hope that the two virtuous brothers will not be jealous, and should work together to tide over the difficulties!" Seeing Ju Sheng and Yun Xing Some swords were on the verge of breaking out, Lian Zheng, the Patriarch of the Lian family who had been acting as a peacemaker in the whole group, said.

"Brother Lian is right, you two virtuous brothers, don't hold any grudges!" Tai Yan, the head of the Tai family who belonged to the same neutral faction as Lian Zheng, also spoke out to persuade him.

After Lian Zheng and Tai Yan finished talking, Yun Xing did not refute but said: "If Brother Ju invited me here for this purpose, then forgive me for not accompanying me!"

Afterwards, Yun Xing stood up and cupped his hands to all the Patriarchs in the hall, saying, "Farewell, everyone!"

All the small families who followed Yunxing also got up and bid farewell to Ju Cheng.

There were only a few people left in the hall, such as Ju Sheng and Shang De, and the whole hall became deserted for a moment.

"Brother-in-law! Look at this!" Seeing that there were only a few families left in the hall, Shang De didn't know what to say.

Ju Cheng waved his hand, and said to the family heads who were still sitting, "Let's all go!"

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"My lord! Ju Sheng called at least two-thirds of the families in Shanfu City to discuss matters with their families, but most of them left within a short while!" Wu Ru cupped his hands and reported to Liu Ji.

"It seems that Ju Sheng has a good brain!" Liu Ji said with a smile after hearing this. "But even if he has a good brain, can he stop what is scheduled tomorrow?"

"My lord is right!" Seeing what Liu Ji said, Wu Ru had no choice but to cup his hands and said.

"Send someone to watch over those families who survived to the end, don't let them run away!" Liu Ji straightened his body and ordered to Wu Ru.

"Here!" Wu Ru clapped his hands in response.

That night, each family in Shanfu City felt that someone was watching them.But it was too late when they found out, and they had no time to prepare or escape from Shanfu City.

The next day, Shan Father's Mansion was full of people.All the big and small families in Shanfu City, powerful and rich households have arrived.

Acquaintances entered the palace in groups of three or four, and those small families also went to find out why Liu Ji called all the families in the city to come.

And those who have evil intentions, like Shang De and others, are all covered with cold sweat.

Everyone was waiting for Liu Ji in the positions they had arranged long ago, while Shen Shiqi and Cao Wushang were receiving and comforting everyone.

"Father Shan is here!" A loud shout soon made all the families present to look at the place where the voice came from.

Liu Ji entered the hall under the guard of Xi Juan and Cai Wu.

All the Patriarchs stood up one after another and greeted Liu Ji.Liu Ji also nodded in harmony with them, and took his own seat with a smile.

After Liu Ji sat down, the hall was suddenly quiet.Everyone looked at Liu Ji, who was at the top, thinking about why he summoned everyone to come.

Seeing that everyone was focusing on himself, Liu Ji said solemnly: "Everyone should know that the Qin army has captured Chenliu. Now that they are preparing for the final battle with Zhou Xiangguo's army, the general thought he should send troops to help Zhou Xiangguo. But Just when I was about to dispatch my troops to Chenliu, I found out that someone in my Shanfu city had been having an affair with the Qin army. This made me very unbelievable!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Ji stopped to look at the heads of the families and patriarchs.

When Liu Ji talked about having an affair with the Qin army, all the participating families were terrified; what's more, some of them were sweating coldly.But Lian Zheng and Tai Yan looked like they had nothing to do with them, which made Liu Ji and others look a little different.

"Bring up the prisoner who had an affair with the Qin Army!" Seeing that the preparations had been done well, Liu Ji shouted out.

"Here!" Someone shouted outside the door.

Lu Wan brought the captured criminals inside, bowed to Liu Ji and stood aside.And more armored soldiers came running outside the door, waiting for Liu Ji's order.

"Tell me, who is your master? What is your purpose of leaving the city?" Liu Ji asked sharply, pointing at the prisoner kneeling on the ground.

"The villain's master is Ju Wu, the relative of Ju Sheng, the head of the Ju family. He took the city defense map to contact the Qin army under the order of my master." The man kneeling on the ground said truthfully, trembling.

"Oh? Why did your master ask you to contact Qin Jun?" Liu Ji pretended to be surprised and continued to ask.

"Because father-in-law Shan, after you came to Shanfu, you have to ask for food and grass from the head of my family every month. Now the house is unable to make ends meet, and the head of the house is afraid that the whole house will perish in his hands if you keep asking for it like this." Ju Wu secretly Looking at Ju Sheng, he made up his mind to continue speaking in order to survive.

After Liu Ji finished listening, he looked at Ju Sheng and asked, "What can the master of the house say?"

"Since this servant has told the truth, I, Ju Cheng, have nothing to say!" Looking at Liu Ji, Ju Sheng knew that he and his family would be doomed today, so he replied stiffly.

"The head of the house is worthy of being the head of the clan, and he is courageous enough." Liu Ji first praised Ju Sheng, and then told Lu Wan: "Send someone to search the house, and remember not to leave a blind spot!"

"Here!" Lu Wan cupped her hands and walked out.

What Liu Ji did made the participating families very afraid, thinking that they might be the next one to be ransacked and wiped out.

But after Lu Wan went out, Liu Ji didn't say a word, which made all the Patriarchs tremble even more.

Seeing that it was almost done, Liu Ji said: "I want to go to Chenliu, but my soldiers and horses are not well equipped, and the food and grass are even more scarce. I wonder if you can help me?"

Liu Ji's words immediately aroused the desire for survival of those family heads who thought they were going to die, and they all stood up and expressed how much equipment and food they would donate to Liu Ji.Only Lian Zheng and Tai Yan each produced some food, grass and weapons to fool them!

Sending Cao Wushang to send away the family representatives in Shanfu City, Liu Ji waited for Shen Shiqi and Wang Xi to count today's income.

After a long time, Wang Suxi handed the bamboo slips to Liu Jigong with a smile on his face and said, "My lord! This time it can be regarded as a bumper harvest!"

"These weapons and leather armor are enough to arm an army of ten thousand people, but it is a big harvest!" Liu Ji looked at the numbers on the bamboo slips, clapped his hands and laughed.

(End of this chapter)