When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 525: Can't figure it out? If you can't figure it out, just blame it on Jia Xu. (Four thousand)

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Liu Chong smiled awkwardly, "General Qiao, please continue."

Although Liu Yao was his adopted son in terms of seniority, he was not his biological son, but they were quite familiar with each other.

However, as they had not been in contact for many years, he knew very little about Liu Yao's current situation, so he did not dare to speak rashly.

Qiao Rui continued, "Yangzhou Governor Liu Zhengli originally wanted to set up the provincial capital in Shouchun, but the Yuan bandits led their troops to attack. The Yuan bandits were powerful, and Liu Zhengli knew he could not resist them, so he simply crossed the river and made Qu'a the provincial capital. Qu'a was under the jurisdiction of Wu Jing, and Sun Wentai's adopted son, Sun Bofu's cousin Sun Ben and Sun Boyang happened to have troops stationed there."

"Liu Zhengli ordered Sun Boyang to evacuate Qu'a, but Sun Boyang refused. A battle broke out and ended temporarily with Sun Boyang's defeat."

"After taking Qu'a, Liu Zhengli took steady steps, defeating Wu Jing, Sun Boyang one by one, and drove Wu Jing, Sun Boyang and others to Lujiang County. It didn't take long for Liu Zhengli to take over the entire Danyang County."

"In order to resist the Yuan bandits, Liu Zhengli ordered Fan Neng and Yu Midong to station at Hengjiangjin, and Zhang Ying to station at Danglikou."

"At this time, the Yuan thief invited Wu Jing, Sun Boyang and others. Wu Jing, Sun Boyang and others were unwilling to accept defeat after suffering a great defeat. In the end, the two sides reached a consensus. The Yuan thief provided food, supplies, and troops, and Wu Jing, Sun Boyang and others joined the Yuan thief and helped him resist Liu Zhengli."

"Then there was the matter of the thief Yuan declaring himself emperor. I'm sure you all know about this."

After listening to Qiao Rui's words, Liu Bei couldn't help laughing. If his third brother was here, he would surely applaud. First, Sun Wentai was seriously injured and couldn't get up. Then, Sun Bofu repeatedly ran into obstacles. Even his uncle suffered. Not only was he beaten by Liu Zhengli and fled, but he also joined Yuan Shu's army at the wrong time.
"Hahaha! Wonderful! Wonderful! You are worthy of being Brother Fang's son, and worthy of being my good adopted son! I think you are only slightly inferior to me!" Liu Chong laughed out loud. Liu Yao's father was named Liu Fang, and Liu Fang's brother was also named Chong. When he met Liu Chong by chance in Luoyang when he was young, he plucked up the courage to call them brothers.

But as he was laughing, he suddenly realized that the looks people gave him became subtle.

"? What happened? Is there something on my face?" Liu Chong touched his face, looking more and more confused.

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled, "It is because of your generous character that you reminded me of an old friend."

Liu Bei did not deceive Liu Chong. To be honest, Liu Chong gave him the feeling of being a bit like Zhang Fei. However, Zhang Fei only seemed reckless, but in fact, he had a delicate heart. There is a proverb in the fairyland: Zhang Fei threading a needle - rough but delicate.

This is a very appropriate description of my third brother.

As for Liu Chong
Liu Bei had the illusion that he was facing Liu Xie and Liu Bian together, but upon closer thought, he realized that Liu Chong was a talented person.

He resisted robbers and protected the country and the people in troubled times, and the people under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment compared to other warlords.

Liu Chong did not live a luxurious life on weekdays, and one of his few hobbies was playing with a crossbow and archery.

Although the government affairs were handed over to Luo Jun, he set an example by not breaking the law or wasting the people's energy for his own selfish interests.

Liu Bei remembered that Liu Chong mentioned when he came that there was a governor worth one coin before him. He was also a relative of the Han Dynasty, and his name was exactly the same as Liu Chong's.

It’s just that the other party is the descendant of King Liu Fei of Qi.

When this gentleman governed Kuaiji, he abolished many of the harsh taxes and levies that were originally imposed on Kuaiji, and used tough measures to suppress illegal activities.

Before long, the politics of Kuaiji County was restored to clarity.

When the people of Kuaiji learned that this gentleman had been promoted for his merits, they were very reluctant to let him go. However, the promotion was a done deal and no one could change it. When he left, the people took out a hundred coins and gave them to him to express their gratitude.

Seeing that the people were having a hard time, the gentleman wanted to refuse, but he could not resist the people's enthusiasm, so he only took one cent from each of them.

The young Liu Chong had always admired this gentleman, and when he learned that he had been promoted to Luoyang, he immediately went to visit him.

Soon the two became close friends regardless of age difference, although Liu Chong could not reach such an extent.

But remember this gentleman's teaching, and treat the people well.

Liu Chong was good at bows and crossbows, but he was not good at state affairs.

As the saying goes, when the moon is full it wanes, and when the water is full it overflows.

Even he couldn't do everything perfectly, so how could he expect Liu Chong to be flawless?

As long as you have the people in your heart, you are better than thousands of others.

"Old friend? Which old friend?"

"General Wei? Brother Wenyuan? Brother Gongming? Brother Ziyi? Why don't you say anything?"

"Are you trying to guess alone?"

"I guess it's General Guan Yu and General Zhang Yide?!"

"Haha! It seems that I guessed it right! In that case, General Wei, why don't you and I become brothers with different surnames? No, let's become brothers with the same surname!"

Liu Chong's words startled Liu Bei, and his wandering eyes were instantly drawn to Liu Chong's face.

Looking at Liu Chong's excited expression, even Liu Bei's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

He deliberately used the term "old friend", so how could he associate it with sworn brothers?
This is definitely for the sake of sworn brotherhood!
Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Taishi Ci looked at each other. They understood Liu Chong's feelings, but...but it was really inappropriate!

Qiao Rui leaned his head close to Liu Chong's ear and whispered, "My king, before you left, Prime Minister Luo told you to put public affairs first. Why not wait until after you defeat the rebels before discussing this matter?"

"Since it is Prime Minister Luo's request, let's talk about it after we defeat the rebels." There was a hint of disappointment in Liu Chong's words, but fortunately the disappointment went away quickly as it came.

As Liu Bei slowly spoke out his thoughts, Liu Chong gradually straightened his back, pricked up his ears, and listened attentively.

"It seems that Wu Jing and Yuan Ze are not of the same mind, but are caused by a variety of reasons."

"So I think Wu Jing can fight for it."

"One more friend is better than one more enemy."

"Why don't we help Liu Zhengli and Wu Jing get together and make peace for the time being? After we defeat Yuan the thief, we can find another way to ease the feud between the two sides."

Liu Chong asked nervously, "General Wei, what if Wu Jing doesn't agree?"

"Don't want to?" Liu Bei's expression suddenly became serious. He grasped the sword at his waist. He exerted force with his hand, and the veins in his arm jumped. "If you don't accept my toast, I'll drink the wine for you. If that's the case, my sword is not bad either!"

The aura exuded by Liu Bei suddenly changed drastically, from a kind and generous young man to a general with murderous intent.

Such a rapid change caught Liu Chong off guard.

Looking around, leaving Qiao Rui aside, everyone, including Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Taishi Ci, had a calm expression, as if they were used to it.

In astonishment, Liu Chong then remembered that Liu Bei was also a fierce general who could kill generals and seize flags.

Maybe. Maybe Wen Yuan and others were imitating General Wei by charging into the battle line and killing the enemy!
No wonder, no wonder he was so calm.
Liu Chong took a breath, calmed himself, and asked, "General Wei, how can we make a connection?"

"A letter?"

Hearing these four words, Liu Chong fell into a brief silence. He was not sure whether a letter would work. After struggling for a moment, he had an idea, "General Wei, why don't you let me go visit Liu Zhengli? I don't know about Wu Jing, but I am confident that I can convince Liu Zhengli."

"My king, are you serious?" Liu Bei did not reject Liu Chong directly, but looked at Liu Chong seriously with questioning eyes.

Liu Chong was never timid at this time. He nodded vigorously and said, "Of course I take it seriously!"

"But the journey is difficult and dangerous." "General Wei, I am in good health!" Liu Chong patted his chest, making a muffled sound.

Liu Bei could see Liu Chong's determination, and after several attempts to dissuade him, he no longer stopped Liu Chong.

However, Liu Bei was still somewhat worried about Liu Chong's trip. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang wanted to besiege the city, so they definitely couldn't move. Qiao Rui was old and was Chen Deng's father-in-law, so he was really not suitable.

Finally, Liu Bei looked at Taishi Ci and said, "Ziyi, I know that you are a skilled warrior and wise. If you go with the king this time, we may be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. What is your plan, Ziyi?"

"I am willing to go with King Chen!" Taishi Ci agreed without hesitation. He could see that Liu Bei was worried about Liu Chong's safety, and he also had some good feelings for King Chen, who ruled with integrity.

"Zi Yi."

Liu Chong looked at Taishi Ci, whom he had a deep impression of.

It’s not that Taishi Ci was so brave, but that Taishi Ci did what he couldn’t do.

He once had a conversation with Taishi Ci. Although Taishi Ci was wearing armor, his knowledge of classical literature was beyond his imagination.

Leaving aside Liu Bei, who was a disciple of the great scholar Lu Zhi, Taishi Ci was perhaps the most proficient in classics among all of them.
Therefore, Liu Chong labeled Taishi Ci as a Confucian general in his heart. It was not because Taishi Ci was not brave, but in his eyes, Taishi Ci, a Confucian general, was much inferior to Zhang Wenyuan, right?
Even slightly inferior to myself?
So the question is, what was the reason why Liu Bei asked Taishi Ci to go with him?
Confucian General Confucian General
Liu Chong suddenly realized, doesn't a so-called Confucian general mean someone who is well-versed in both civil and military affairs?
Isn't the answer obvious? If he can't convince her, Taishi Ci will come forward.

Yes, yes! It must be so!

In that case, I will take good care of Ziyi on the road!

Liu Chong patted his chest and assured Liu Bei: "General Wei, rest assured, I will definitely protect Ziyi on the road!"

"what?"

Questions popped up in Liu Bei, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Qiao Rui's minds one after another: What does it mean that King Chen protects Zi Yi's safety?

Taishi Ci was stunned. What? King Chen protected me? Me? Did King Chen misunderstand?
Could it be that King Chen is very confident in his own bravery?

As the plan was finalized, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Huang to launch a feint attack on Shouchun.

Zhang Liao was wearing armor and holding a precious sword at his waist. He stood under the banner, and the cold wind blew in his face, making his banners rustle. But he was like a stubborn stone, unmoved.

Now that he is in charge of an army of tens of thousands of people, it would be a lie to say that he is not nervous.
According to Liu Bei's request, we need to attract reinforcements from the surrounding areas, but we cannot actually attack the city.
It is not an easy task indeed.
But the opportunity is rare,
I will definitely not let my lord down!

Zhang Liao secretly cheered himself up and his expression became more determined.

Xu Huang, who was standing beside him, said seriously: "Wenyuan, I will do my best."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Gongming." Zhang Liao smiled back at Xu Huang.

The next moment, Zhang Liao issued an order to the three armies, "Catapults, fire!"

At Zhang Liao's command, the catapult that had been prepared for a long time let out an earth-shaking roar, and threw stone bullets towards Shouchun City.

Seeing this, the Shouchun guards' pupils shrank and they became panic-stricken in an instant.

Fortunately, when Zhang Liao was preparing the catapult, their scouts had already discovered the clue. So when the catapult fired the stone bullet, the guards' superiors began to yell at the top of their lungs:

"Avoid the stones, avoid the stones!"

Thanks to the proper reminder, the guards crouched down, lowered their heads and dodged the stone bullets.

However, the moment the stone bullets hit the city wall, the guards all changed color.

"No, no, there's something wrong with these catapults! Why are they so powerful? They are at least 30% stronger than the previous catapults!"

"It's bad, it's bad. We have been deceived! How can these soldiers be soldiers of the State of Chen? They are clearly the army of the imperial court!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I participated in the battle between Huang Hansheng and Wen Chou before. Huang Hansheng's catapult was just that powerful!"

The guards kept spewing out words of fear, which repeatedly shocked the heart of the general who stayed behind in Shouchun. He murmured, "Didn't they say that Liu Xuande only had tens of thousands of troops? Could it be that Liu Xuande wanted us to let our guard down and use some of his troops to consume us first?!"

"Attack the city. They are pushing ladders to attack the city!"

Following a guard's loud shout, the general who stayed behind looked outside the city. When he saw the soldiers rushing towards Shouchun, his heart was filled with shock!

"That's right, I'm not mistaken. They can't fool me. It's leather armor. Under the leather armor is armor. It's armor!"

"They... they must be coming with a large army, and these... these soldiers must be used to consume our energy!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, someone, hurry up and urge the other generals to rush to Shouchun!"

The general who stayed behind was in a state of confusion. With a pair of red eyes, he kept urging the generals under his command.

He was very familiar with the rumors about Liu Bei!

If they surrendered, the others might be able to survive.

But he.
According to Liu Bei's request, the things he did would probably cause him to die several times!

Even if it wasn't for money and official position, for his life he couldn't let Liu Bei capture Shouchun!
The general who stayed behind was very worried. He tightly grasped the sword at his waist, the veins on his forehead popped out, his face was ferocious, and he stomped his feet hard, "Come quickly, come to help Shouchun! Come quickly, you boys!"

"Wenyuan."

Xu Huang walked up to Zhang Liao with a serious face. Even though Zhang Liao was familiar with Xu Huang, he couldn't guess what his old friend meant. "Gongming, what's wrong?"

"Wenyuan, some cavalry just rushed out of Shouchun City. As expected, they were the cavalrymen who came to ask for help."

"Huh." Zhang Liao breathed a sigh of relief. "Gongming, you almost scared me to death."

After saying this, Zhang Liao suddenly thought of a very important point and asked hurriedly: "Gongming, you didn't kill the cavalryman off his horse, did you?!"

As they were used to charging and fighting in the Western Regions, Zhang Liao was afraid that he would make mistakes, so he asked Xu Huang to lead the cavalry to pursue.

Xu Huang nodded. "I let go of a wounded cavalryman in each direction."

"That's good, that's good." Zhang Liao suddenly became nervous when he saw Xu Huang nod. After hearing what Xu Huang said, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. He couldn't help but think that Gongming had also learned to joke.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Since the lord's request has been fulfilled, let the soldiers stop attacking the city for the time being."

Xu Huang said: "Very good."

Following Zhang Liao's order, the court army, which had been so aggressive, suddenly stopped and retreated like a tide.

This made the generals who stayed behind confused about the current situation for a while, "Strange, strange. Why did they suddenly retreat? Could it be a trick of Jia Wenhe?!"

As a general under Yuan Shu, he knew very well that everything that seemed strange but incomprehensible could be attributed to Jia Xu's tricks. This was the consensus of everyone in Yuan's army.

(End of this chapter)