Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 92
Liu Bei originally wanted to go south and take the initiative to intercept Yuan Shu, so that he could escape far away after the incident was completed, and he could also gain a foothold in Geyang or Anfeng by taking advantage of the situation.

As a result, Zhu Ling, who was traveling with him, disagreed. Although Liu Bei was in charge of the army in name, Zhu Ling had the soldier talisman.

Helpless, Liu Bei could only follow Zhu Ling's orders and wait for Yuan Shu to throw himself into the net at Jieshan.

Jieshan is the only way for Nanyang to enter Shangbingzhou, Hanoi. You can't go wrong waiting here.

Yuan Shu's speed was surprisingly slow. According to the previous scout's military report, they should have arrived at Jieshan long ago. They had to wait six days longer before arriving at Yuan Shu's army.

It is said that the army even praised Yuan Shu. When I was in Xuchang, I received a battle report that Zhang Xun led more than 8000 soldiers and horses to the north. But when Liu Bei and the three brothers took the vanguard to see, no matter how good the guy was, the number did not exceed a thousand. ah.

Moreover, they didn't even have a large banner, their armor was mostly broken, and many sergeants didn't even wear tasseled helmets. This is not an army, they are clearly deserters.

Encountering Liu Bei's Three Thousand Pioneers, they put down their weapons in a tacit understanding, crouched down with their heads in their arms, and accepted the surrender.

Even Zhang Xun just stood still and didn't intend to resist.

"General Highway is safe and sound."

Liu Bei was still very self-cultivated. He rode his horse and came to Yuan Shu, bowing his hands together: "I heard that when you escaped from Anfeng, you had more than 8000 people with you. Why are there only so few left?"

The only person in the whole team who was still riding a horse was Yuan Shu. His hair was disheveled, his beard and hair were a bit grizzled, and his brows were deeply depressed. An old man who is in his dying years.

That is to say, the python robe on his body still stubbornly declares the identity of the owner, but there are seven or eight holes visible to the naked eye.

Yuan Shu's eyes were cloudy, his lips were chapped, and he wanted to say something, but it was extremely difficult, and finally he could only utter two words, "I am thirsty."

Zhang Xun on the side lowered his head and choked with sobs: "I protected His Majesty to escape from Anfeng, but I didn't bring much food in a hurry, and I ran out of food after passing Geyang. It's been a long way."

He couldn't go on with the rest of the story, but he could think of what happened with his toes. You have no money or food, how could people still be willing to follow you, there must be deserters along the way.

More than 8000 people came to Jieshan, and only this thousand people were left.

Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu, and sighed, a generation of heroes also ended up in such a miserable state, time is fate.

But Zhang Fei on the side was not so self-cultivated, so he widened his eyes and blurted out: "My God, let me tell you about you, your ancestors are four generations and three fathers. A year ago, you still had no less than 20 soldiers, and you were called emperor!" Now that he can't even eat, he is ashamed to join Yuan Shao.

As far as your Yuan family's peeing is concerned, you will be looked down upon by him when you go there."

Yuan Shu was just holding on with a sigh of relief, hoping to enjoy his old age in Bingzhou, but after being humiliated by Zhang Fei, his Taoist heart collapsed immediately, and even the horse couldn't sit still and fell straight down. Supported by Zhang Xun, it is estimated that His Majesty will be buried soon.

"Third brother!"

Liu Bei glanced at him, "He has fallen to this point, why bother to make trouble."

Zhang Fei snorted, and said disdainfully: "He was very powerful when we cut off our food and grass in the Hulao. Later, when the elder brother won Xuzhou, this guy sent Ji Ling to rob Guangling. He deserves to end up like this."

After meeting Liu Bei's stern gaze, he shut up reluctantly.

Liu Bei got off his horse and came to Yuan Shu. He said in a deep voice, "I was ordered to take you back to Xuchang, but if you go to Xuchang, you will probably be humiliated by others. It is up to you to decide where you go."

After finishing speaking, he turned his back to Yuan Shu.

This hint was clear enough, Yuan Shu took a deep breath, stood up with difficulty with Zhang Xun's support, and then slowly drew out the sword at his waist and hung it around his neck.

The cold light on the sharp edge of the sword reflected the scene when he proclaimed himself emperor. He heard it, he heard it, someone shouted "Your Majesty will last for ten thousand years", the voice is so loud that it makes people's hearts flutter.

In the sound of His Majesty's ten thousand years, the sword edge slashed, Yuan Shu fell down, and the loyal subordinates around him knelt down in unison, some choked up and wiped their tears, some cried bitterly.

"Brother, this damn Yuan Shu didn't bring any food and grass, what should I do?" Everyone died, but Zhang Fei was still not angry.

The point is that they were looking forward to gaining some autumn wind from Yuan Shu, but they found out that he was poorer than themselves, so they were inevitably a little bit annoyed.

Liu Bei glanced to the east, then to the south, and finally shook his head, "Go back to the camp first."

After Yuan was buried, Liu Bei returned to the barracks again and reported the matter to Zhu Ling.

Zhu Ling laughed triumphantly, it was inevitable that there would be a celebration banquet.

That night, Liu Guanzhang, Zhu Linghe and the Lieutenant Colonel of the camp started to drink in the tent of the Chinese army. By midnight, most of them were too drunk to stand still.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all looked outside, confirming that the sergeant on duty outside the tent had been replaced by theirs, so they looked at each other and suddenly launched an attack.

The two drew out their swords at their waists and turned on the slaughter mode. Cao Ying generals, who were not Guan Zhang's opponents in the first place, were drunk and hated before they even figured out what happened.

In order to ensure no accidents, the eight captains in the camp were also cleaned up before dawn, and the remaining army commanders had no serious problems, and they could not afford to make any waves.

After dawn, Liu Bei summoned the army, and at the same time took out Zhu Ling's soldier talisman, claiming that Sikong ordered him to go south secretly to occupy Anfeng.

The sergeant without a backbone looked at each other in blank dismay. Although he was suspicious, he chose to obey in the end.

In fact, Jieshan is within the scope of Nanyang. No matter the distance or the degree of affluence, there is a difference between Anfeng and Nanyang, but Liu Bei dare not stay in Nanyang.

Zhang Xiu is a lesson learned from the past, staying in Nanyang is too close, for this kind of people, Cao Cao should not be too easy to counterattack.

Both Liu Biao and himself are descendants of the royal family, but from the perspective of Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao is too weak. The 10,000+ people on hand actually let the other party mess around in front of his house without any action. Obviously, he relied on relatives to seek asylum. is not going to work.

After thinking about it, Anfeng is still far away from Xuchang, and Cao Cao's sending troops cost a lot. Now that he is preparing his army to conquer Xuzhou, he may not be willing to be distracted.

Furthermore, Anfeng is adjacent to Jiujiang, and Jiujiang is Lu Bu's territory. Cao Cao led an army to come, and Lu Bu will most likely not be indifferent, unless he wants to ambush a powerful army in his backyard.

Before Liu Beicai left Nanyang County and entered the Geyang territory, a scout who was in a three-hundred-mile rush rushed into Xuchang's palace, regardless of being in the early court at this time.

This news was like a ladle of cold water being poured into boiling oil, and immediately the officials above the court exploded. Some abused Liu Bei's rebellious ministers and thieves, some scolded him for betraying Sikong's trust, and some whispered and didn't know how to discuss it. What.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Cao Cao waved his hands and said with a smile: "Zhu Ling has six thousand soldiers in his hands, six thousand! Liu Bei can't wipe them all out without bloodshed!"

In the court, no one responded to Cao Cao's gaffe questioning.

The three-hundred-mile rush can only be issued by the county government office or the garrison pass. If the investigation is not clear, who would dare to send three hundred miles to make a joke for Sir Sikong.

Inside the Golden Palace, a needle could be heard falling, and the ministers all lowered their heads and dared not speak, probably only Liu Xie was secretly delighted.

Now, Liu Bei is the only one he can rely on and pin his hopes on.

Hope is a good thing, it can support you to move on in the most desperate and difficult times.

What Liu Xie needs most now is hope.

"What do you think Your Majesty should do?" Cao Cao suppressed the anger in his heart.

"I'd like to hear your opinions." After soaking these days, Liu Xie also began to learn Tai Chi.

Cao Cao sneered and turned to look at Baiguan.

He didn't speak, but everyone knew he was asking for opinions.

"Your Majesty, Liu Bei only took away a mere 1 horses. Even if he flees southward, it will not be possible in a short time. I think that the purpose of preparing for the war for several months is to win the six counties of Xuzhou in one fell swoop. If you are distracted at this time, you are afraid that you will miss it and destroy Lu Bu. opportunity.” The one who spoke was Dong Cheng, the uncle of the country, who protected Liu Bei under the banner of thinking of Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao skipped him directly, without staying for a moment, and walked directly in front of Xun Yu and the others.

"I think what Uncle Guo said is reasonable." Xun You said, it seems that his opinion is also to firmly conquer Xuzhou.

"My minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister also seconded the proposal." Chen Qun, Cheng Yu and others expressed their opinions one after another.

The only ones who didn't speak were Guo Jia and Xun Yu.

According to Cao Cao's understanding of them, they can only hold the opposite opinion if they don't speak. It's just because the Yingchuan gentry are in the same spirit, and they generally don't sing the opposite tune in the court.

Especially when this kind of consensus is external.

Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia and Xun Yu, "Okay, both of you support, that's enough."

He turned around and looked at Liu Xie on the dragon chair. He didn't care about looking up at the king as the assassin king and killing him. He said in the middle of the day: "I suggest that you send troops to chase and kill Liu Bei! And send a powerful army to destroy him with the force of thunder! "

Listening to the sonorous and forceful words, Liu Xie was terrified and trembled slightly.

When Cao Cao came to Dong Cheng's side, he stopped deliberately, and then looked at him playfully, "It's not for anything else, just to tell the world that whoever dares to betray the emperor will set himself on fire."

When Cao Cao spoke, there would generally not be a second voice from the court, and those who had previously persuaded Liu Bei to attack Lu Bu stopped speaking.

"Let's do everything according to Sikong's opinion," Liu Xie said weakly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After retiring from the court, Cao Cao sent someone to send a message to Xun Yu and Guo Jia to go to the Sikong Mansion to discuss military plans.

It's not about how to fight, but I just want to hear from these two people who have been silent all this time whether they have other ideas.

"Sikong, I agree to chase and kill Liu Bei. He has Sikong's military talisman in his hand. It stands to reason that it is the most convenient to station in Nanyang, but he chose to go south. Obviously, he intends to gain a foothold in Geyang or Anfeng. If he sits idly by, he must If you are entangled with Lu Bu, you must not allow the two of them to join forces to repeat the old incident in Xuzhou!"

Xun Yu's words were in line with Cao Cao's intentions. From the overall situation, it is very likely that Lu Bu will gather him to increase his strength against him in the future.

"The most important thing is that Yuan Shu has been extravagant and lustful in Huainan these days. His subordinates have defected and the counties are divided. Even if Liu Bei arrives in Anfeng, Geyang, he will not have time to gain a foothold. At this time, he will attack quickly and win!"

After Guo Jia finished adding, Cao Cao no longer had to worry about the future, and immediately said to the messenger at the side: "Follow Xiahou Dun to come."

"Here!"

Cao Cao completed the two tasks of ordering soldiers and ordering generals that day.

Liu Bei only took away 2 people, and [-] people are enough to hunt him down.

Considering possible accidents, such as Lu Bu or Liu Biao intervening, Cao Cao still sent 3 people.

And it is the most elite [-] troops under his command, including the tiger and leopard cavalry newly trained by Cao Chun.

As for the generals, apart from Dian Wei who was recuperating, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Le Jin and Xia Hou brothers, who can be said to be the most capable fighters under his command, all went.

Because Xuchang has been in a state of preparation for war, and now 3 people have to be dispatched, and the start-up time is less than three days, which can be called amazing speed.

As Guo Jia expected, after entering Anfeng, Liu Bei was completely dumbfounded.

This is Huainan?
I also believe you said this is Xiliang.

I saw that in Anfeng County, the seat of Anfeng County, there were broken eaves and walls everywhere, as well as burned houses. There were few pedestrians on the street, and they all fled in a panic after seeing the army.

It's over, it's over now, how to station in this kind of place, how to resist Cao, Liu Bei's heart has cooled a lot.

In the end, Guan Yu, who took 3000 people to investigate, came back and reported that Anqing County, thirty miles east of Anfeng, was well preserved. The county magistrate also expressed his willingness to accept Liu Bei's name, which made Liu Bei's heart rise again. hope.

After entering Anqing County, Liu Bei's heart hung up again.

This is just a small country of a hundred li, the height of the city is less than three feet, it is all rammed earth and there are many damages, cavalry can even go straight into it.

And this Anqing is not rich, it should have been looted, but was repelled by the county magistrate.

The most serious problem is that there is not enough food and grass to feed a [-] army.

"Brother, don't worry, I just heard from the county magistrate that there are many mountain bandits around here, I will take someone to pick a few of them, won't the problem of food and grass be easily solved?"

Zhang Fei's proposal is good, this is indeed the fastest way to get money and food, even Guan Yu nodded in agreement, "Brother, what the third brother said is reasonable, and you are familiar with the county magistrate in the city, and the third brother and I The troops are divided into two groups, and it is no problem to pick a few cottages of him every day."

Liu Bei sat on the steps of the simple martial arts platform in the school grounds, with a bitter smile on his face, "This is not a long-term solution after all."

After a while, he frowned and said anxiously: "Besides, I suspect that Cao Jun is already on his way."

This is the disadvantage of having no money and no one. If you don't have money to support an intelligence organization, you don't even know the other party's actions.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also stopped talking. They were taken in in the past, so there were no such problems. Now that they have come out to fly solo, the problems are one after another. Only then did they realize that it is not easy to fight the country.

After a while, Liu Bei stood up with his knees propped up, "For now, we can only ask Lu Bu and Liu Biao for help."

Hearing Lu Bu's name, Zhang Fei showed disdain, and muttered a word about the three-surnamed family slave in a low voice.

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Lu Bu is rich and powerful now, and there is a gap between him and us, I'm afraid he may not be so generous."

He didn't mention Liu Biao, because everyone knew that Liu Biao was in Xiangyang, and it took more than ten days for letters to come and go, and people didn't reply immediately, so he had to think about it, right?
Thinking about it this way, in the current situation, only Lu Bu can save himself.

Of course, there is another way to cross the Yangtze River in the south and go straight to Cangwu, Jiaozhou. The prefect Wu Ju is his best friend. Going there can not only save strength, but also solve the problem of food and grass.

The disadvantages are also obvious. Once you cross the river, you don't know when you will have the opportunity to return to the Central Plains.

Obviously, Liu Bei, who had just escaped from Xuchang with the emperor's blood letter in his arms, didn't want to do this.

"I personally wrote a letter to Lu Bu, I just hope he can remember the kindness of taking him in that day." Liu Bei walked to the military tent beside him, took down the bamboo slips and wrote quickly, specifically ordering to send it to Jiujiang as soon as possible.

He knew that Lv Bu was in Guangling and Zhang Liao was in Jiujiang. He wanted to inform Lv Bu as quickly as possible, but only Zhang Liao could do it.

Now, the only thing he can do is wait.

Wait for Lu Bu's decision
(End of this chapter)