Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 91 Letter from Liu Bei (sixth update, please subscribe)
In 193 AD, in order to repay Kong Rong, Tai Shici single-handedly broke out from the Yellow Turban Guanhai Army and went to Pingyuan Country to ask Liu Bei for help, thus getting acquainted with Liu Bei.

But after that in history, they never had any intersection again.

Because Liu Bei was in trouble in Xuzhou, he fought with Lu Bu and Yuan Shu every day in Xuzhou, while Tai Shici went south to Yangzhou after his mother died of illness in 195 AD, and went south to join Liu Yao, a fellow villager, and finally met Sun Ce and became a famous Jiangdong general.

But now history has changed a lot. Before Shen Chen left Xuzhou, he once told Liu Bei that Tai Shici was a fierce general and he could be invited to Xuzhou.

After Shen Chen left, Liu Bei once wrote a letter to Kong Rong, remembered what he said, and told Kong Rong about it.

It happened that Tai Shici's mother died of illness in 194 AD, and Tai Shici was keeping a filial piety at home. Kong Rong wrote to tell him that he could be introduced to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei after his filial piety was over.

After one year of filial piety, Tai Shici did not go south to find his fellow villager Liu Yao as originally planned, but came to Xuzhou with Kong Rong's letter of introduction.

At this time, after Liu Bei became the shepherd of Xuzhou, Zhao Yun resigned from him because his elder brother died of illness, and went north to Zhongshan to cook for his elder brother.

Liu Bei lamented that there was a lack of a general around him. Unexpectedly, Tai Shici came to vote and was overjoyed, so he appointed him as the subordinate supervisor.

And this time, it was also Liu Bei who sent Tai Shici to deliver a letter to Shen Chen in person.

Hearing that Liu Bei was struggling and Xiaopei was still thinking about himself, Shen Chen was very emotional, so he thanked Tai Shici, took the letter from him, and sat cross-legged on the table.

On the outside of the bamboo slip was written "Shen Chenchen", and when it was slowly opened, there were only 60 short characters inside.

Since there were no punctuation marks at the time, it was necessary to artificially divide the paragraphs. After reading, Shen Chen sorted out the following paragraphs.

"Sit down in front of the little gentleman: Say goodbye at the beginning of Yuanxia in Xingping. Suddenly Jian'an is cold. I haven't seen you for a long time. Is it okay now? I heard that Cao Cao went south to Zhangxiu. I knew that you were in Nanyang and couldn't sleep at night, so I ordered Ziyi to find the southern town first. In the midst of this, I entrust this letter. Every day is lush and green, and I don’t know what to say, so I hope that I will worry about myself.”

The meaning of this sentence is: Hello, Mr. Xingping, we parted in the early summer of the first year of Xingping, and now it is the winter of Jian'an year. I haven't seen each other for a long time. How are you doing?I heard that Cao Cao was going to attack Zhang Xiu, and I knew you were in Nanyang, so I was very worried, so I asked Tai Shici to go to Nanyang to find you, and to deliver this letter to you.Time is running out, I can't say enough, I hope you can take care of your health.

The letters in the Han Dynasty were actually not long. Due to the limited number of words on the bamboo slips, it was inconvenient to carry too many words, so the sender usually only wrote a few words or a few crosses when writing the content, and it was enough to explain the matter clearly.

Only silk letters can be written longer, but they are basically a few hundred words. Before there was no paper, ordinary people might not be able to write a letter for several years.

After reading this letter, Shen Chen was very moved.

Because it was very difficult to write a letter in the Han Dynasty, although there were post stations and postal services at that time, they were mainly used for official purposes at that time.

For example, tasks such as delivering official documents from various counties and counties, and notifying the imperial court of emergency military situations at the border.It is almost impossible to write private letters. Even the officials of the post station can't waste state resources to write home letters at will.

Therefore, in order to write this letter, Liu Bei used his personal power to deliver it.

He wrote the letter in January of this year, and then sent Tai Shi Ci all the way to Nanyang. It was very dangerous to eat and sleep in the open air along the way. It can be said that it took a lot of effort to deliver this letter to Shen Chen.

In the troubled times, the postal system collapsed, and Tai Shici could not get supplies along the way, so he could only rely on his own strength to come from Peiguo.

From this point, it can be seen that Liu Bei is still very concerned about Shen Chen's safety.

I'm afraid that if Tai Shici hadn't been an official who specialized in this before, with rich experience and superb combat effectiveness, Liu Bei probably wouldn't let his subordinates take the risk to send letters to Nanyang.

Seeing this situation, Shen Chen said with great emotion: "It's my good fortune that Mr. Liu can remember me. General Taishi, I will trouble you all the way."

Tai Shici smiled and said: "That's not true. I actually came from Runan. Before I came, Liu Shijun was appointed by the emperor as the shepherd of Yuzhou. The imperial court sent him to Peiguo to garrison. I heard that Sikong went south to conquer Zhangxiu, which made you very worried. Mr. Xiao is safe, so I was sent here, there is no danger on the way, but because of Sikong's war, he had to delay for some time in Runan."

After the Runan Yellow Turbans were purged, the law and order improved a lot, but now it is still very desolate, no different from ten rooms and nine empty spaces.Therefore, Liu Bei sent Tai Shici to come from Runan, which is still very safe.

It's just that Cao Cao is fighting, so he can only wait for a while in Runan, and he didn't dare to come here until Cao Cao's squadron returned to the court recently.

Shen Chen asked: "How is Shijun Liu doing now? Is he all right?"

Tai Shici said: "Your body is fine in daily life. He eats and drinks. It's just that last year he was attacked by Lu Bu's thief and lost Xuzhou. He sighs and mourns every day."

"That fellow Lu Bu."

Shen Chen frowned, Cao Cao was cruel, and Lu Bu was capricious.

The personalities of these two people are really not very good.

"After I left Xuzhou, I don't know Liu Shijun's experience in the past few years. General Taishi, can you tell me?"

Shen Chen asked again.

"Naturally."

Tai Shici told him Liu Bei's experience in these years.

It turned out that after Shen Chen left Xuzhou, Tao Qian died of illness not long after. Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others elected Liu Bei as Xuzhou Mu.

At that time, Liu Bei conscripted Chen Qun in Xiaopei, and Chen Qun advised him not to go. At first he remembered Shen Chen's words, so he didn't go, but he couldn't resist Chen Deng and Mi Zhu's persuasion, and finally went to Xuzhou.

But it's a pity that history still runs according to its track, and Shen Chen hasn't changed anything.

Xuzhou was originally a land of troubled dragons, coupled with internal and external troubles, no one listened to him as Xuzhou Mu, which made Liu Bei's strength actually very poor.

Except for Chen Deng and Mi Zhu who supported him from the local aristocratic families, Cao Bao and Xu Dan, the leader of Danyang elite soldiers left behind by Tao Qian, were at odds with him, resulting in his low control over Xuzhou.

In particular, the two Cao Xu and Xu Yang were obedient and vicious, and the soldiers that Liu Bei could control were actually only 4000 to [-] people brought from the plains under his command, and a few thousand new recruits from the local area, which added up to less than [-].

However, even so, Yuan Shu sent troops to attack Xuzhou, but Liu Bei stubbornly resisted and could not enter.

After Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao at the end of 195 AD and came to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei, the situation immediately changed.

Lu Bu was capricious, and when Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were at odds, he attacked Liu Bei and occupied Xuzhou.

Liu Bei was almost wiped out, so he had no choice but to take in the remnant soldiers and go to Guangling, but was defeated by Yuan Shu again. Finally, he got Mi Zhu's support and asked Lu Bu for peace, so he reluctantly stationed in Xiaopei to survive.

At the end of last year, Lu Bu came to attack Liu Bei again, and Liu Bei was defeated.

At that time, Cao Cao had already welcomed the emperor and made Xuchang his capital, so Liu Bei went to Xuchang to join Liu Xie.

At that time, he thought that following Liu Xie would be able to flex his muscles in the court, but he didn't expect that Liu Xie was just Cao Cao's puppet, and the two forces were secretly competing.

Liu Xie was also very happy to see him come. He thought that the power of the royalists had strengthened, so he searched for him according to the genealogy and recognized him as the emperor's uncle.

And Cao Cao also wanted to win over Liu Bei, and in order to prevent Liu Bei and Liu Xie from getting too close, he went to the court, named him Yuzhou Shepherd, gave him some food, grass, soldiers and horses, and asked him to return to Peiguo and continue to resist Yuan Shuhe. Lu Bu.

Many people think that Cao Cao here appreciates Liu Bei and is going to train him as a confidant, so he entrusts him with important tasks.

In fact, Cao Cao really appreciates Liu Bei, but it's a bit ridiculous to train him as a confidant.

First of all, it was Liu Bei's official position. From the beginning, he was Xuzhou Mu, the general of Zhendong, so in terms of arranging official positions, he must not be lower than Xuzhou Mu, and it happened that the East needed to defend, so he was declared as Yuzhou Mu.

Secondly, if he was really trained as a confidant, he would not be allowed to go to Peiguo, but would be taken with him to recruit Zhangxiu.

So in general, it is true that Cao Cao appreciates Liu Bei, but the main purpose is that he plans to conquer Zhangxiu in the south this year, and he is afraid that Yuan Shu and Lu Bu will come to make trouble, so he let Liu Bei act as a barrier to the east in Peiguo.

In this way, Liu Bei used him as a shield, and secondly, he was transferred from Liu Xie's side to prevent Liu Xie's royalists from becoming too powerful, which has great political significance.

However, in the current situation, after receiving Cao Cao's support, Liu Bei was finally able to take a breather, and he was stationed in Peiguo safe and sound.

Hearing this news, Shen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, not only felt lucky for Liu Bei, but also happy that he could continue to follow the track in history.

It wasn't that Shen Chen was afraid of changes in history, but that he felt that Liu Bei's character was still a big problem. If he hadn't been displaced for the past few years, and hadn't had the experience of being in the officialdom and temples, he might not have grown up.

If it's still Liu Bei with a fiery temper, that's not good.

of course.

As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Judging by his determination to avenge Guan Yu in his later years and launching the Yiling Battle, his personality has not changed much.

But even if it can make him handle things more smoothly, think more when encountering problems, and stop being impulsive like before, that would be a good thing.

So Shen Chen is very happy to see Liu Bei go through more hardships and grow step by step.

Hearing Liu Bei's experience in recent years, Shen Chen sighed to Tai Shici: "Liu Shijun is not easy, but auspicious people have their own help from God, I believe that sooner or later, Shijun will be able to come to life."

Tai Shici then said, "Does Mr. Xiao have anything to say to Liu Shijun?"

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "General Taishi, please rest in Huangmen Pavilion for two days. Allow me to go back and write a letter to thank the envoy. By the way, there are some things that need to be entrusted to the general to bring to the envoy."

"it is good."

Tai Shici nodded, he really needed to take a rest during this journey.

Shen Chen asked people to arrange the residence of Tai Shici and several knights. He originally planned to go south to Xiangyang today, but changed the date. He went back to think about writing a letter, and prepared some things for Tai Shici to send back to Liu Bei.

　Today, the first six chapters are 2 words. I can’t stand it anymore. The bad thing is that my friend gets married in two days and I have to go to the wedding. I will try my best to update the [-] words every day. Don’t worry, unless I die suddenly, I will never stop updating.

　　
　
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