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

Chapter 90 Liu Bei enters the army, Lu Zhi and Zhang Fei arrive

"Xianmou, what are you laughing at?" Liu Bei was taken aback.

Seeing Liu Bei's question, Zheng Ping couldn't hold back his smile anymore, he shook his fan and laughed loudly: "Why is Fu Jun so angry?"

Liu Bei was even more puzzled: "This Jiaohe is going to cheat on me with the Yellow Turban, shouldn't he be angry?"

Zheng Ping shook his head, and there was a bit of sarcasm in his words: "Ren Yan has never had any friendship with the Fujun, yet today he sent his younger brother to inform Jiao He about the affair with the Yellow Turban."

"This is an incompetent person under the bully's command!"

"A villain who sees the wind and turns the rudder, he just wants to attract the governor to fight with Jiao He, so that he can profit from it."

"If there is a chance, let Yun Chang take advantage of the chaos and kill him."

"Otherwise, if he becomes a thief in the future, he will definitely assassinate the Monarch."

Using such trivial tricks is to despise Zheng Ping's intelligence.

Conspiring to kill Liu Bei is to challenge Zheng Ping's bottom line.

Now that he has chosen to assist Liu Bei, for Zheng Ping, whoever wants to assassinate Liu Bei is Zheng Ping's enemy.

Since it is an enemy, there can be no half-kindness.

Liu Bei was taken aback.

Just when he was about to ask, a thunderous tiger's voice sounded in his ears: "Mr. Xianmou, who dares to assassinate brother?"

Guan Yu had an angry look on his face, and his narrowed phoenix eyes also widened with anger.

As soon as he returned from the army, he heard Zheng Ping say that someone was going to assassinate Liu Bei. How could Guan Yu bear it?
"Yun Chang came just in time." Zheng Ping chuckled lightly, resting his feather fan lightly on his shoulder: "Your Majesty was humiliated by the thieves just now, and I'm trying to persuade you."

Guan Yu's finger bones creaked, and his eyes became gloomy: "Whoever dares to humiliate my elder brother, Guan will take his head!"

"Second brother, don't get angry." Liu Bei hurriedly comforted Guan Yu, then looked at Zheng Ping: "Xianmou, Ren Tao's delivery of the letter is a testament to Ren Yan's kindness. Could there be something hidden in it?"

Liu Bei has a benevolent heart.

In the absence of conclusive evidence, you will not give priority to doubting other people's intentions.

But Zheng Ping was about to kill someone, so Liu Bei couldn't help being more cautious about Ren Yan's letter.

There was contempt in Zheng Ping's tone: "Fujun. This appointment comes from the Ren family of the Bochang clan. When he was young, he was a Xiaolian. He served as Suanzao and Zhu'a county magistrates. He made some achievements, but later returned home because of the turmoil."

"Ren Yan is quite well-known in the countryside, and he is even called a sage in the world. Even the Yellow Turban admires his reputation and does not plunder Bochang."

"I have respect for Ren Yan, but Ren Yan sent Ren Tao here today, which made me lose my goodwill towards Ren Yan."

"This person was originally helping Jiao He. Seeing that Jiao He couldn't resist the Yellow Turbans, and Fu Jun broke through the Yellow Turbans of Pingyuan and Beihai, he wanted to show his friendship to Fu Jun, but he was afraid of Jiao He's blame."

"Therefore, with this kind of conspiracy, Jiao He led the Yellow Turban bandits to attack Leling City, so that the governor had no choice but to raise troops to attack Xu He."

"At that time, if something unexpected happens to Jiao He, Ren Yan will be kind to the Fujun, and welcome the Fujun to Qingzhou as Qingzhou Biejia, even the Fujun will have to be restrained by him!"

"Jiao He couldn't think of such a poisonous plan. Even if someone suggested it, Jiao He would never let outsiders know about it."

"With Ren Yan's sage reputation in the past, if he finds out that Jiao He is using this poisonous scheme, he should advise him."

"In the end, Ren Yan asked Ren Tao to meet the Fujun in private, which shows Ren Yan's vicious intentions."

Liu Bei was suddenly furious.

"This thief is so abominable! Doesn't he know that if the Yellow Turbans attack Leling City, it will not only make the people suffer, but also make the merchants in Jizhou look back on the matter of smuggling grain and grass into Qingzhou?"

If he was only deceived by Ren Yan, Liu Bei would not be so angry.

After all, Ren Yan is also trying to protect himself and survive, and Liu Bei can understand it.

But Ren Yan suggested that Jiaohe lead the Yellow Turban into Leling City, in order to stop Jizhou grain merchants from entering Qingzhou to sell grain.

If this is not handled properly, not only the grain merchants in Jizhou will be afraid of entering Qingzhou, but the grain merchants in Yanzhou will also be afraid of entering Qingzhou.

Then Liu Bei and Zheng Ping's hard work over the past half month has been in vain.

Seeing that Liu Bei was angry, Guan Yu pressed down on the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and said simply and directly, "Brother, let my brother go and kill this thief!"

Liu Bei suppressed his anger and bowed to Zheng Ping: "Show me your strategy, please teach me how to break the situation! If the Yellow Turban bandits really attack Leling City and kill the grain merchants in Jizhou, Qingzhou will be in danger."

Zheng Ping shook the feather fan lightly, without a trace of panic in his eyes: "Fujun, Yide has been in Youzhou for a long time."

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, and then exclaimed in surprise, "Xianmou means that Yide is going to arrive at Leling City?"

Guan Yu also had a serious look in his eyes, obviously quite confident in Zhang Fei: "If there is Yi De, why would Leling City be afraid of the Yellow Turban Bandits?"

Zheng Ping nodded: "Yide has been in Youzhou for many days, no matter whether he found Lu Shangshu or not, he should arrive in Leling by this time."

"If Lu Shangshu followed Yide to the south, then this Leling would be a nightmare for the Yellow Turbans!"

Liu Bei was excited when he heard this: "Xianmou, when are we going back to the plains?"

Lu Zhi's kindness to Liu Bei will never be forgotten by Liu Bei in his life.

Especially after Zheng Xuan pointed out Lu Zhi's intention of letting Liu Bei study in the past, Liu Bei respected Lu Zhi even more.

It is said that the kindness of a teacher is like the kindness of a father. For Liu Bei whose father died young, Lu Zhi is a bright light guiding Liu Bei's way forward.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei agreed with Zheng Ping's suggestion and asked Lu Zhi to preside over his wedding with King Pingyuan's niece.

"No hurry!" Zheng Ping lightly shook his feather fan: "At least we have to wait for Jiao He's transfer order to arrive. Ren Yan has put in all his efforts, and the purpose is always to preserve his foundation in Bochang."

"So the Yellow Turbans entrenched in Le'an, Qi, and Jinan are also targets that Ren Yan needs to get rid of."

"At that time, with Jiao He's transfer order, the Fujun can justifiably attack Xu He."

Zheng Ping's judgment was accurate.

Jiao He's transfer order was only one day later than Ren Tao's.

After getting Jiao He's transfer order, Liu Bei Jiao He and Ren Yan became even more angry.

This means that Zheng Ping's focus and He Renyan's judgments are both accurate!
Knowing that Jiao He recruited Liu Bei to hunt down the thieves, Kong Rong quickly dissuaded him: "Xuande, although the Yellow Turbans in Beihai Kingdom have been pacified, there are still a lot of Yellow Turbans in Donglai County."

"According to our previous deployment, we first repelled Guan Cheng in Donglai County, and then sent troops to conquer Xu He."

"What's more, Jiao He has always been arrogant and conceited, and has a lot of contempt for Xuande. Now he is recruiting Xuande to hunt for thieves, he must be uneasy and well-intentioned."

Knowing Kong Rong's good intentions, Liu Bei explained, "Don't worry about Mr. Wen Ju. If there is a conspiracy to follow the army, how can Jiao He's tricks be hidden from the conspiracy?"

"And counting the time, my mentor and Yide should have arrived in Leling."

"The mentor has already gone south, and it's time for the last yellow scarf in Qingzhou to be wiped out."

"Regardless of Jiaohe's transfer order or not, Xianmou and I have the intention to send troops."

Kong Rong was taken aback: "Has Lu Shangshu arrived in Leling?"

Seeing that both Liu Bei and Zheng Ping decided to go to Linzi City, Kong Rong knew it was useless to persuade him, so he said, "Xianmou, you have been busy traveling around since you came to Beihai, and you have not met A Su."

"Although this is somewhat inconsistent with etiquette, etiquette must also conform to human feelings."

"Before the expedition, let's meet A Su."

Zheng Ping was slightly surprised.

Kong Rong, who has always paid attention to etiquette, would say such words.

But Zheng Ping didn't refuse, as his daughter-in-law-to-be had nothing to lose if she saw her more often.

Two days later.

Liu Bei gathered two thousand troops, with Guan Yu as the vanguard, Zheng Ping as the marching strategist, and Tai Shici as the guard of the Chinese army, and headed for Linzi City.

And in Leling County.

The Yellow Turban thieves Wangying, Guo Zu and Congqian gathered more than [-] Yellow Turbans to attack Leling City under Xu He's order.

Deng Xu, the guard of Leling City, heard the news of the Yellow Turban attack and immediately ordered the four gates to be closed.

Deng Xu kept Zheng Ping's entrustment in mind, and if he saw the Yellow Turbans attacking, he just stood by and waited for help.

under the city.

Thirty thousand Yellow Turban bandits surrounded Leling City.

The thief commander Wang Ying, Guo Zu and Cong Qian gathered together, but there was resentment on their faces.

"Xu He, a smiling face, allowed his old subordinates to bully us. If Guo Shuai hadn't been so brave, we wouldn't have had the chance to fight this Leling City." Wang Ying was indignant.

I thought that after joining Xu He's camp, good days would come.

As a result, Xu He's old department was too xenophobic, and everyone wanted Wang Ying and others to be younger brothers.

But Wang Ying, Guo Zu, and Congqian all recognized Zhang Rao as the commander-in-chief before, but now they have voted for Xu He. It is okay to recognize Xu He as the commander-in-chief of Qu, but it would be too embarrassing for Xu He's old department to be the younger brother. .

Cong Qian also sneered: "The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and Xu He is not a good bird. In my opinion, after we beat Leling City, we will not go back to find Xu He, and we will go directly Pass Jizhou to Montenegro."

"The terrain of Montenegro is dangerous, and it is not afraid of being chased by officers and soldiers."

Guo Zu was carrying a machete, and his eyes were a little gloomy: "Since they are unwilling to go back to see Xu He, then the two brothers should not be afraid of losing their troops, and take Leling City as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, if the time drags on for too long, Xu and those old troops will probably come to rob the city."

"If they rob all the money and food, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in the future."

After Guo Zu pointed out his careful thinking, Wang Ying and Cong Qian looked at each other and said they would attack the city with all their strength.

But Deng Xu of Leling City had been through battles for a long time, and the county soldiers under his command also fought several victories with Zheng Ping.

Although the Yellow Turbans were numerous and powerful, neither Deng Xu nor the county soldiers at the top of the city showed any signs of fear.

"It's just a yellow turban thief, and it's not like I haven't killed it before."

"Hmph, we fought with the magistrate, which yellow scarf didn't kill randomly?"

"There is enough food in the city, and it will be no problem to guard for three months. Let's see if the yellow scarf dares to fight for three months."

"Three months? It's not bad if their food can last for ten days!"

"It's a pity, if the captain didn't allow us to leave the city, maybe we could kill thieves and make meritorious deeds again."

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Although the advantage of defending the city is good, Deng Xu was not negligent and rode his horse back and forth on the tower.

After all, when the Yellow Turbans attack the city, it is best to use the old, weak, women and children as the vanguard.

Many defense equipment such as Thunder Stone, Rolling Wood and Golden Juice cannot be used.

It's not that Deng Xu doesn't know the cruelty of the battlefield, but doing so will make it difficult for Deng Xu to stabilize the morale of the army.

Deng Xu was already ready to fight hand-to-hand with the Yellow Turban bandits on the city tower.

And outside Leling City, there is a secret camp.

This camp was Zheng Ping's first camp against Leling City, and Deng Xu had to rely on dangerous mountains and forests, water springs and trees to build the camp.

After defeating Sima Fear, the camp was not dismantled.

Zheng Ping secretly arranged ten county soldiers, who have been lurking in the camp all the time.

Now, this camp has become the garrison of Lu Zhi and Zhang Fei.

After inspecting the deployment of the entire camp, Lu Zhi couldn't help twirling his beard: "The location of this camp is not only hidden, but also has sufficient water sources and dangerous mountains and forests."

"Xianmou's selection of the camp site is more skillful than when we met in Luoyang."

Since borrowing troops and food in Youzhou, Lu Zhi and Zhang Fei went all the way south and arrived in Leling County two days ago.

However, Lu Zhi did not choose to transfer his soldiers and horses to Leling City, nor did he communicate with the guards of Leling City. Instead, he looked for a suitable place to camp outside Leling City.

Just happened to meet the county soldiers left behind by Zheng Ping.

Seeing the location of the camp, Lu Zhi immediately organized manpower to expand the camp, hoarding soldiers, horses, food and grass in the camp.

Zhang Fei and Tian Yu followed Lu Zhi, one left and one right, listening to Lu Zhi explain the site selection and layout of the camp.

This is much simpler and easier to understand than directly reading military books!
Seeing that Zhang Fei and Tian Yu were eager to learn, Lu Zhi didn't refuse to answer the superficial questions that Zhang Fei and Tian Yu occasionally asked.

As long as Zhang Fei and Tian Yu have doubts, Lu Zhi will seriously answer them.

Lu Zhi's talent, learning and honesty made Zhang Fei and Tian Yu's respect for Lu Zhi flow from the bottom of their hearts like a spring.

"Master Lu, do you have any explanation for the choice of this water source?" Zhang Fei looked like a curious baby.

The same is true for Tian Yu.

Listening to Lu Zhi's lectures is like spring breeze.

Lu Zhi laughed loudly: "This water source is the most important thing for marching and camping. Once the position is not good, it will consume the soldiers' physical strength, and the enemy will cut off the water source."

"therefore--"

In the future, a scout came in a hurry.

"Report! The Yellow Turban Bandits are attacking Leling City. Because they lack banners, it is difficult to judge the number of people."

Just as Zhang Fei was about to write down Lu Zhi's lecture, the scouts came. His heart became angry, and Zhang Fei's temper also came up: "Damn the yellow scarf thief, he didn't come sooner or later, but he came at this time."

"Master Lu, please give me a soldier. I will go and kill all the yellow scarves that attacked Leling City, and then come back to listen to Master Lu's lecture on the choice of water sources."

The more he listened to Lu Zhi explain the essence of marching and fighting, the more Zhang Fei could feel the mystery of this art of war.

This is not a simple line or a few lines in the Art of War book, but a specific principle that can be put into a thousand words.

Therefore, listening to Lu Zhi's lectures on the art of war every day was the most enjoyable thing for Zhang Fei during his southward journey.

But Huang Jin came to ask for trouble.

Seeing Zhang Fei's fighting spirit, Lu Zhi did not agree with Zhang Fei's request, and looked at the scouts with a slight frown: "Without a banner, can't we judge the number?"

"Whether the yellow turban thief is three thousand or five thousand, thirty thousand or fifty thousand, how many old and weak, how many soldiers, I don't know anything. What letter do you report when you come back?"

The scout was reprimanded and did not dare to look up.

Seeing this, Tian Yu asked for orders: "Master Lu, let me go and find out! Listening to Master Lu's lectures, I have benefited a lot, and I just happened to practice it."

(End of this chapter)