Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 183

Taishan County, Fenggao City.

Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan County, and his younger brother Ying Xun waited quietly at the gate of the city.

Three days ago, Ying Shao received a summons that Liu Bei was going to Chenliu County via Taishan County.

Calculating the distance, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are not far from Fenggao City.

Since Liu Bei borrowed troops from Taishan County to save Kong Rong, the two sides have cooperated.

After that, whether it was Taishan County providing food and grass to Qingzhou, or Qingzhou helping Taishan County to retreat Liu Dai's troops, Liu Bei and Ying Shao had a lot of mutual assistance.

But Liu Bei and Ying Shao still only heard of him by name, but never met him in person.

"The harvest in Qingzhou is good this year, so Liu Qingzhou must be able to breathe a sigh of relief." Ying Xun's tone was full of admiration: "I didn't expect Liu Qingzhou to use the most difficult way to stabilize Qingzhou."

"Until now, every time I think about it, Brother Yu finds it incredible."

"If he makes a mistake once, Liu Qingzhou's efforts will fall short."

"Fortunately, it's finally time for the autumn harvest!"

"With this year's grain, Liu Qingzhou no longer has to walk on thin ice."

"When it comes to today's heroes, Liu Qingzhou must have a place."

Hearing Ying Xun's admiration and praise for Liu Bei, Ying Shao couldn't help laughing and said, "Ji Yu admires Liu Qingzhou so much, how about I give you five hundred soldiers and you follow Liu Qingzhou to Chenliu?"

Ying Xun shook his head: "I still don't want to go. Liu Qingzhou sent troops this time, obviously because he wanted to make Qingzhou's prestige a lesson and teach Yuan Shu, a traitor to the alliance, a lesson."

"If brother Yu also drives troops to follow, it is inevitable that people will underestimate Qingzhou."

Ying Shao smiled and said, "That's true. Qingzhou has been suffering from insufficient money and food, and the lack of military power."

"Yuan Shu reneged on the covenant unscrupulously because he bullied Liu Qingzhou and dared not send troops."

"Although Liu Qingzhou publicly stated that he would not be with Lu Shangshu, everyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just Liu Qingzhou's helplessness and has to do so."

"Otherwise the ambitious people will slander Liu Qingzhou and Dong Zhuo for collusion."

"And the cause of all this is because Yuan Shu betrayed the alliance. If Yuan Shu can't be hurt and scared, how can Liu Qingzhou be reconciled?"

Adjacent to Qingzhou, Ying Shao watched Liu Bei rise step by step.

For this descendant of the Han Dynasty who had never been promoted as filial piety, was not promoted as a great talent, and was not expelled by the government, Ying Shao only thought that Liu Bei had a heroic spirit at first, but he didn't think Liu Bei could really gain a foothold. Qingzhou!

It's not that Ying Shao underestimated Liu Bei, but that the difficulties in Qingzhou were too severe. Ying Shao compared his heart to heart, thinking that it would be difficult for him to gain a foothold in Qingzhou even in Liu Bei's position.

But by chance, Liu Bei gained a foothold in Qingzhou.

After the autumn harvest, the food crisis that plagued Qingzhou was temporarily lifted.

As long as Yuan Shu is defeated again, Qingzhou will truly rise!

"coming!"

Ying Xun's sharp eyes saw the banner ahead.

The banners danced with the wind, and Qingzhou's sharp soldiers were in order. Except for the sound of horses' hoofs and human footsteps, there was almost no loud neighing of war horses and whispers of soldiers.

"What a well-groomed army!" Ying Shao couldn't help but exclaimed, "I heard that Liu Qingzhou seconded a Dubo named Yu Jin from Prime Minister Jibei's command to train troops. I don't know if it's this army."

Ying Xun laughed and said: "It must be this one, Qingzhou probably can't afford a second elite soldier right now. After all, Yu Jin is still from Juping County, Taishan County!"

As the banner approached, Ying Shao and Ying Xun's sight became clearer.

I saw a general under Shuai's banner, with a white horse in armor and two swords hanging from his waist, it was Liu Bei, the shepherd of Qingzhou who came from Linzi City!

On the left side of Liu Bei, the white horse Confucian shirt and the feather fan scarf are Zheng Ping, the Qingzhou Biejia and marching military commander.

Behind the two riders, followed by two teenagers.

They were all strong and tall, one with a long sword on his waist, and the other with a long knife on his shoulders.

It was Zhuge Liang and Guan Ping who accompanied the army.

Afterwards, there were more than [-] people including the military commander Ma Manchong, the personal guard commander Guan Hai, and the partial generals Cui Hong, Fan Sheng, and Wei Gao.

Almost all the generals in Qingzhou were under Guan Yu's command, and Yu Jin was going to stay in Linzi City to train troops. The 2000 Qingzhou warriors Liu Bei led this time were almost all elite soldiers selected from the Qingzhou Ruishi camp.

"I have long admired Ying Xun's great name! Today, Liu Bei borrowed your way to disturb you!" Seeing Ying Xun waiting at the gate of the city with an extraordinary Confucian robed man, Liu Bei already guessed his identity and rode forward.

Ying Shao also rode his horse forward, bowed his hands in return and said, "I've heard about Liu Qingzhou's benevolence for a long time, and I'm lucky to meet you today, it's Ying's good fortune!"

Chat for a while.

Zheng Ping and others also stepped forward to salute.

Liu Bei asked Qingzhou Ruishi to continue marching in the direction of Dongping Kingdom, and then entered the city with Zheng Ping, Zhuge Liang, Guan Ping, Guan Hai and more than ten personal guards.

This will not delay the march.

Ying Shao also knew that Liu Bei would not stay in Fenggao City, so the banquet followed the standard of Qingzhou, only water was prepared for food, no wine.

Although it was only the first time they met, both Ying Shao and Liu Bei were good at talking, so they wouldn't stand in the cold.

When talking about Liu Dai, Ying Shao couldn't help being a little annoyed: "Liu Gongshan has been blinded by power. They are all court ministers, but Liu Gongshan arbitrarily killed Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Zheng Sui, the minister of Rencheng, and Cui Yan, the minister of Jinbei."

"Except for the time of spring plowing, when Chen Liuwen Ligong persuaded him to make peace, he temporarily stopped fighting, and the rest of the time he was thinking about conquest."

"Originally, I wanted to cultivate with the people, but because of Liu Gongshan's reckless killings, I had to conscript for military service to protect the environment and the people."

Ying Xun also said: "Liu Gongshan is currently stationed in Fanxian County. If Liu Qingzhou wants to go to Chenliu County, he can go to Lu State and enter Shanyang County, and then go to Economic Yin County to enter Chenliu County."

"If you go to Dongping Kingdom, I'm afraid Liu Gongshan will make things difficult for you."

Liu Bei shook his head, and his tone was a bit more forceful: "If you go to Lu State, not only will the road be rough, but the distance will be twice as long. As for Liu Gongshan in Fan County, Xianmou has already had a countermeasure."

Although Liu Dai is from Donglai County, the Liu family in Donglai also helped Liu Bei to become famous in the early stage.

But because of Liu Dai, the money and food donated by Yanzhou scholars could not be sent to Qingzhou, which was tantamount to rubbing salt on Liu Bei's wound.

This enmity cannot be compensated by Donglai Liu's kindness.

There was something in Liu Bei's words, and Ying Shao and Ying Xun couldn't help looking at Zheng Ping.

Zheng Ping shook his feather fan lightly, his eyes were burning: "Prefect Ying, I have a method to help prefect Ying lighten the tax and allow the people of Taishan County to recuperate."

Ying Shao became interested: "I've heard for a long time that Zheng Biejia is very intelligent and has a trick in his belly. I don't know what good strategy he has?"

Zheng Ping smiled softly: "If you talk about a good strategy, it's not really a good solution, it's just a relatively straightforward solution. Please also prefect Ying to screen out irrelevant people."

Ying Shao's eyes froze, causing the surrounding maids and servants to retreat one after another, and there were only Liu Bei, Ying Shao and other six people in the banquet.

Zheng Ping shook his feather fan lightly, and his tone became more murderous: "As the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao, Zheng Sui, and Cui Yan arbitrarily. It must be that the people of Yanzhou hate Liu Dai deeply. If that is the case, it is better to change to the governor of Yanzhou."

"Change Yanzhou Inspector?" Ying Shao was startled, and then looked at Liu Bei: "Liu Qingzhou insists on borrowing the Dongping Kingdom, is it because he wants to use false means to destroy Guo?"

"But Liu Dai is the governor of Yanzhou appointed by the imperial court after all. If Liu Dai is killed, won't Liu Qingzhou be infamous?"

Liu Bei looked at Zheng Ping, exchanged glances, and said, "Don't hide anything from the prefect. When the Son of Heaven ordered me to be General Zhenxi, he issued a secret edict to me. Allow me to send troops to suppress rebels from various courts in the west of Qingzhou. right!"

"Liu Dai confiscated the relief money and food that the people of Yanzhou gave to Qingzhou, and arbitrarily killed the prefect appointed by the court. Now he is standing still and allowing Yuan Shu's soldiers to invade Yanzhou. He is no longer qualified to be the governor of Yanzhou!"

"I was ordered by the emperor to hunt for thieves, so how can I bear the infamy?"

As soon as these words came out, Ying Shao and Ying Xun were surprised again.

Pursuing the order of the emperor to seek thieves?
Liu Bei actually has a secret edict from the emperor!

But soon, Ying Xun stood up excitedly: "Brother, since Liu Qingzhou has the emperor's secret edict, why hesitate? I will join forces and destroy Liu Dai together!"

"As long as Liu Dai is destroyed, and Yuan Shu who invaded Yanzhou is repulsed, the people of Taishan County will be able to live and recuperate."

Ying Shao had doubts: "Liu Qingzhou, with all due respect, do you really have the emperor's secret edict?"

Liu Bei nodded solemnly: "If there is no emperor's secret edict, how dare I go across the state to question Liu Dai? It's just that it's not the time to make public the secret edict, so please don't be suspicious of the eunuch!"

Seeing Liu Bei's seriousness, Ying Shao's doubts gradually disappeared: "Since there is a secret edict in Liu Qingzhou, how can I not help?"

"It's just that after capturing Liu Dai, who should be the governor of Yanzhou?"

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The governor of Yanzhou is naturally recommended by the people of Yanzhou and appointed by the emperor. I am only responsible for hunting down thieves under the imperial edict!"

Ying Shao asked again: "Does Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei, know about this?"

Liu Bei shook his head: "Although Bao Xin was recommended by me, he has a very close relationship with Yuan Shao. Only after Liu Dai is captured first can we tell about this matter."

Ying Shao nodded: "If Liu Qingzhou is short of troops, I can let Ji Yu lead the troops to follow."

Liu Bei chuckled: "That's not necessary. If Taishan soldiers go together, I'm afraid Liu Dai will become suspicious. The false plan to destroy Guo will not work."

"After Liu Dai is captured, I will send people to pass it on to the counties."

Wait until the banquet is over.

Ying Shao and Ying Xun personally sent Liu Bei and others out of the city.

Looking at Liu Bei who left, Ying Shao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In the past, the king of Zhuang of Chu was in power for three years and ignored the government affairs. You Sima advised the king of Zhuang of Chu, 'There is a bird in the south of the Fu, which has not had wings for three years, neither flew nor sang, Hey and silent, what is the name'; King Zhuang of Chu said, 'If you don't have wings for three years, you will grow your wings; if you don't fly or sing, you will watch the people. .The child releases it, but he does not know it'."

"So King Zhuang of Chu began to govern, saying, 'Ten people are abolished, nine are raised, five are punished and officials are promoted, six are officials, and the country is governed'."

"Then raise troops to punish Qi and dominate the world."

"Liu Qingzhou has been dormant for a year, and this is the first battle in Qingzhou, and he will point at Liu Dai."

"I'm afraid that no one in the world would have guessed that Liu Bei would use false means to destroy Guo at this time, so go ask Liu Dai!"

"Liu Qingzhou is about to be like that bird in the south. He hasn't sung for three years, and he's a blockbuster!"

Ying Xun also said: "I'm afraid even Liu Dai himself thought that Liu Qingzhou was going after Yuan Shu!"

"The candidate for the governor of Yanzhou, brother has to think carefully."

"Although Liu Qingzhou said that he would not interfere in the election of the governor of Yanzhou, he will definitely not let the next governor of Yanzhou be like Liu Dai."

"How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch!"

Fan County.

Liu Dai also received a summons from Liu Bei to make excuses.

But unlike Ying Shao, Liu Dai was not very happy with Liu Bei's arrival.

While stationing troops in Fan County, Liu Dai's intention was to become a fisherman.

Since he wanted to be a fisherman, he naturally didn't want new fishermen to intervene.

Liu Bei can be stopped, but Liu Dai is worried that Liu Bei will be mistaken for an alliance with Yuan Shu.

Confused, Liu Dai invited Cheng Yu to discuss countermeasures: "Mr. Zhongde, Liu Bei sent a messenger to go to Chenliu. But I don't want Liu Bei to go to Chenliu, and I don't want to be an enemy of Liu Bei. There is a good plan." Taught me?"

Cheng Yu was speechless.

Liu Bei now hated Yuan Shu to the bone, and directly summoned the states and counties to break off their ties with Yuan Shu, and even anyone who formed an alliance with Yuan Shu would be regarded as the enemy of Qingzhou.

If Liu Bei is prevented from going to Chenliu at this time, isn't that tantamount to making Liu Bei an enemy?

"Liu Shijun, forgive me for my lack of talent and learning, so it's hard to come up with a good plan." Cheng Yu said frankly.

Liu Dai also felt that this idea was too embarrassing, so he changed his mind and said, "Is there a way to delay Liu Bei's entry into Chenliu?"

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment: "If you just want to delay the time, there are many ways."

"Liu Shijun can hold a banquet in the city and treat Liu Bei with great hospitality. Liu Bei can't refuse, so he can only stay in Fan County."

"After the banquet, invite Liu Bei to visit the grain depot in Fan County, and promise to send the money and food donated to Qingzhou by the people of Yanzhou to Qingzhou one by one."

"Afterwards, invite famous officials from Yanzhou to a banquet and introduce them to Liu Bei. Liu Bei will definitely not be able to refuse."

"It's okay to delay it for a month."

Liu Dai clapped his palms and said with a smile: "It's so wonderful! It's hard to turn down the hospitality. Even if Liu Bei doesn't want to, he can't spoil the interest of the famous officials in Yanzhou."

Immediately.

Liu Dai adopted Cheng Yu's strategy, prepared everything in Fan County, and sent spies to find out Liu Bei's marching route.

Then he led the civil and military officials outside Fan County and went out of the city for thirty miles to meet Liu Bei.

When he saw Liu Bei's Qingzhou elite soldiers "disorganized", "war horses neighing" and "soldiers making noise", Liu Dai subconsciously felt contemptuous.

He also heard Liu Bei say that these elite soldiers were formed from the people who had been yellow scarf bandits among the people in the village, and Liu Dai felt even more contemptuous.

"Xuande, these people are all from yellow scarf bandits, but you have to keep discipline in the army, otherwise I will be in trouble too." Liu Dai couldn't help reminding.

Liu Bei laughed loudly: "Brother Gongshan laughed at me. Although their military appearance is disorganized, they are still very brave when fighting."

After a while of pleasantries that were neither painful nor itchy, Liu Bei followed Liu Dai into Fan County.

Liu Dai also introduced Cheng Yu to Liu Bei: "Although Zhongde is not an official in Yanzhou, he is my staff member, and he often advises me on weekdays."

"I have heard for a long time that Xuande has Zheng Xianmou, a well-known Beihai official under his command, so we can communicate more."

Zheng Ping approached, looked carefully at Cheng Yu, and asked with a smile, "I've heard for a long time that Mr. Zhongde can decide big things, and he has a lot of strategies. However, with Mr. Zhongde's talent, Liu Yanzhou can't even give up a second place. It will inevitably cause others to misunderstand Liu Yanzhou."

The very provocative words came from Zheng Ping's mouth, which immediately made Liu Dai and Cheng Yu's faces change.

(End of this chapter)