Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 19
According to Gongsun Xu's plan, he will go to Yingchuan first, because there are great talents he has dreamed of, then go to Jingzhou, and finally return to Youzhou.Since the last Hedong incident, nothing special has happened.

However, I have been robbed a few times. After all, so much food and grass make people jealous, especially when the world is not stable, there are bandits in many places.Although there were many bandits, they were defeated by Zhang Fei and Xu Huang every time. Gongsun Xu did not let these bandits leave. After killing some leaders who were indeed guilty, Gongsun Xu kept these people, a total of more than 2000 The people are all young and strong. Because of the natural disaster, the old people in the family starved to death, so they became bandits as a last resort.Gongsun continued to ask Xu Huang to lead these people, one is to see Xu Huang's ability, and the other is to give Xu Huang a chance to perform.

After coming down several times, Xu Huang also tidied up these people obediently.History is not something to brag about, Xu Huang's ability to lead the army is beyond doubt.

When passing through a forest near Chenliu that day, a ranger reported that there was a huge boulder blocking the road ahead.As soon as Gongsun Xu guessed, he knew that he was robbed again.Everyone was not afraid, and continued to move forward. When they were a few hundred meters away from the boulder, hundreds of young men suddenly rushed out from the mountains on both sides.

The leader was a giant with an ugly face. Zhang Fei looked at this man's size and estimated his combat effectiveness in his heart.Seeing that the people were not panicked, the ugly man stepped forward and shouted, "Leave the food and let you pass."

Xu Huang and Zhang Fei had been dispatching this kind of matter. According to the order, Xu Huang should solve it this time. Xu Huangce immediately stepped forward and said: "If you have the ability, come and get it yourself. If you win, I will give you food."

After speaking, he rushed up, and the ugly man was unambiguous. He took out two big iron halberds from his back and rushed towards Xu Huang. And quickly separated.On the surface, the two are evenly divided, but Xu Huang knows that this guy's kung fu is superior to his own, and he can't let the other party suffer by taking advantage of the horse. Instead, he numbs his arm. Two points of spirit to meet.

Fifty rounds passed in a blink of an eye, Xu Huang gradually fell into a disadvantage, Gongsun Xu had already guessed in his heart who the person blocking the way was, and said to Zhang Fei: "This is a ruthless character, Gong Ming can't handle it, you go up and replace Gong Ming. "

Zhang Fei had already seen the extraordinaryness of this ugly man and rushed forward immediately. Xu Huang stepped aside knowingly when he saw Zhang Fei coming. Here, Zhang Fei fought this man, and both of them used all their abilities. After a hundred rounds of ping-pong-pong, there was still no winner. Gongsun Xu knew that it was pointless to continue the fight, so he shouted: "Stop."

When Zhang Fei heard Gongsun Xu's words, he said to the man, "Stop first, and I will have a good fight with you later."

"I'm afraid you won't succeed, let's see what you can do." The other party stopped and said.

Gongsun Xucui immediately stepped forward and looked at the ugly man carefully, "Sure enough, it is the same as what was said in history." Gongsun Xu sighed in his heart: "Large in appearance, with extraordinary physical strength, he is as evil as the ancients. The generals of tigers and bears are nothing more than that. "

After a while Gongsun continued: "Dianwei strong man, is there any need to continue fighting?" The other party's face flashed panic when he heard that the young man could call out his name, and saw that these people were wearing battle armor. , are all dressed as sergeants, and there are more than 2000 people behind the team, so they feel that the other party is here to catch him.

Immediately he said viciously: "I was found by you even though I kept my name here. It seems that if you don't catch me today, you won't stop." Gongsun Xu and the others were stunned when they heard this, and then they all burst into laughter.

Zhang Fei even laughed and said, "It was you who brought people to steal our things. How can you say that we found you. Seeing that you are good at martial arts, why is your brain so dull?"

When Dian Wei heard this, he was even more puzzled. At this time, Gongsun Xu said: "A good man, he has practiced martial arts. He doesn't go to the frontier to kill the enemy and serve the country, but here he does evil and brings disaster to the village. You still know what shame is. .”

Dian Wei and others bowed their heads in shame when they heard this, but Dian Wei still said: "The world is like this, what can we do, the bullies in the village oppress us, and the government pays miscellaneous taxes even more. How can we survive if we don't come out to grab some money from the family?" .I killed the bully in the village but I was wanted by the government. The world is so dark, what use is this shame."

Gongsun Xu knew Dian Wei's deeds, and saw that Dian Wei was also a famous man, so he said to him: "Now there is an opportunity for you to choose to join the army with me, and you will not be wanted by the government anymore. Support." Dian Wei was very moved by the self-confidence of this young man, he has been hiding for so many years, and he has long wanted to be an upright person.

But he still asked uneasy: "Who are you, what guarantee do you take?" Gongsun Xu stared at Dian Wei for a long time and said, "Youzhou, Gongsun Xu. With this gold medal as a guarantee, as long as you are willing to join the army under my command, the past Nothing will be pursued."

As soon as Dian Wei heard what Gongsun Xu said, he knew who the other party was.In the Battle of Liaodong, Gongsun Xu commanded thousands of troops to defeat the rebels at the age of 13, and killed Qiu Liju, the leader of the Xianbei. Such achievements have already spread all over the world. How could Dian Wei not know about it, and Dian Wei also admired it Gongsun Xu, just this courage is no less than his own! If it weren't for the dragging down of his family and these brothers, he would have gone to Youzhou to serve as a soldier.

After listening to Gongsun Xu's words, Dian Wei knelt down without hesitation and said: "It is an honor for me, Dian Wei, to meet General Gongsun in this life, and I would like to serve under the Lord's command." The brothers behind Dian Wei all heard the boss say so They all knelt down and shouted; "See my lord."

Gongsun Xu laughed loudly and said: "It is my honor, Gongsun Xu, to have everyone's help. Please hurry up, everyone will be brothers from today. After finishing speaking, he ordered to set up camp, and then asked Dian Wei to send someone to pick up everyone. The family, and finally arranged for these people and a dozen cavalry to escort the family to Youzhou with their own letters. After finishing all this, Gongsun Xu and others continued to set off towards Yingchuan.

Ever since Dian Wei joined, Zhang Fei had nothing to do with him, and he would compete with Dian Wei every day. The two usually fought on foot, and Zhang Fei was always suppressed by Dian Wei. Dian Wei rode to fight, and Zhang Fei didn't want to take advantage of others.

Gongsun Xu also promised to find a good horse on the grassland for Dian Wei that was no less good than Wu Zai.Everyone hurried and finally arrived at the destination, Yingchuan Academy.After arranging for the large army to set up camp, Gongsun Xu changed his clothes and took Dian Wei and Xu Huang to Yingchuan Academy to visit, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stayed in the camp.When you walk into Yingchuan Academy, you can hear the sound of reading, and you can clearly feel a literati atmosphere here.

Gongsun continued to come here for several historical celebrities.After Gongsun Xu explained his identity and purpose to the person in charge of the academy, the person in charge of the academy arranged a servant to lead Gongsun Xu to find the person Gongsun Xu was looking for. I heard a burst of laughter from inside the hut: "Did Feng Xiao secretly drink a lot of wine recently, or why he has been sleeping at home for the past few days."

"Haha, you, Xi Zhicai, are the only ones who steal wine. Do I, Guo Jia, need to steal wine? Naturally, someone will bring wine to your door." "You two drunkards, I'm here today to see you old friends You just brought such a little wine, you guys are fine, you don’t ask me if the journey is hard or not, you only know the idea of ​​drinking my wine, it’s really a mistake to make a bad friend.”..
Hearing the laughter in the house, Gongsun Xu already had a general understanding of the people in the house. After thanking the boy who led the way, he knocked on the door and said: "Gongsun Xu of Youzhou is taking the liberty to visit. I wonder if I have the honor to be with the three of you." Wine tasting." There was a sudden silence in the room, and then there was a sound of footsteps, Gongsun Xu knew that someone had come to open the door.When they were pulled away, Gongsun Xu saw a man who was eight feet three inches long and had a beautiful beard. This man led Gongsun Xu into the house, where there were still young people sitting on the ground drinking. It didn't matter much to Gongsun Xu's arrival. reaction.

The man who opened the door was also embarrassed, so he introduced it first. It turned out that the man who opened the door was Cheng Yu, the two who were drinking were Guo Jia, who was wearing blue clothes, and Xi Zhicai, who was wearing white clothes.Gongsun Xu didn't mind either, and sat directly beside the table, picked up the wine cup, filled it up and downed it in one gulp. After pondering for a while, he said: "It tastes sweet, it's a good wine, but it's a pity that it's not what men should drink."

Cheng Yu became interested as soon as he heard this, so he said: "I bought this for ten gold. It's because of my friendship with the wine seller. Usually don't say ten gold, it's twenty gold leaves." You may not be able to buy it, does the young master have better wine?"

"You don't know until you drink the wine." After Gongsun Xu finished speaking, he winked at Xu Huang. Xu Huang understood and took out a jar of wine from the box he was carrying. Dian Wei stared at the jar of wine with eyes straight Take the light, these are the fine wines that Gongsun Xu used distillation technology to purify during this period. The distillation equipment is not difficult to make. As early as in Luoyang, Gongsun Xu worked with those craftsmen to tinker with several distillation devices. Xu Rong from Liaodong took one, and another to Gongsun Zan, and kept the remaining two with him.

When he was free, Gongsun Xu would send someone to buy some grain wine to distill by himself, and then he would use it to fool Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were also good wine lovers. After drinking it, I feel that other wines have no taste anymore.

The same is true after Xu Huang and Dian Wei joined.Gongsun Xu distilled this kind of high-purity liquor to relieve hunger, and to clean up wounds. This thing is best used for disinfection.When Xu Huang put the wine jar on the table.

Gongsun Xu said to the three people: "This wine is at least worth a hundred gold jars, and it is absolutely priceless. The three of you should taste it carefully." After speaking, he slapped the clay on the seal, and a strong aroma of wine overflowed immediately. , Cheng Yu couldn't help saying: "Sure enough, it's good wine, but the smell is rare." Although Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai didn't speak, their expressions already expressed the same meaning as Cheng Yu.When Gongsun Xu filled the cups for the three of them, he immediately said, "You have to taste this wine carefully, if you drink it in one gulp, I'm afraid it will be a bit uncomfortable."

Guo Jia laughed and said, "I've drank countless alcoholic beverages, and I've never felt uncomfortable because of drinking."

After finishing speaking, he swallowed it in one gulp, which made it difficult for Guo Jia. After swallowing a mouthful, Guo Jia's face flushed immediately, with an expression of feeling a little uncomfortable and seeming to be enjoying himself.Xi Zhicai hurriedly asked: "How is it? Guo Jia didn't speak, but only glanced at Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu, the meaning is only known to you after drinking. These two drank without waiting for Guo Jia to explain. In the next cup, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia had similar expressions, and Cheng Yu coughed chokingly.

After a while Guo Jia sighed: "Thinking that I, Guo Jia, boasted that I drank all the fine wines in the world, but I was so ignorant that I never even drank such fine wines.

Those old wines were really not fine wines. "After finishing speaking, he grabbed the wine jar and filled it for himself, and then began to taste it carefully. Xi Zhicai didn't talk nonsense, and grabbed the wine jar and filled it up for himself. As for Cheng Yu, he didn't lose his manners like this, wait for the aftertaste After coming over, he said to Gongsun Xu: "The wine brought by the young master is really extraordinary, today I have learned a lot.I toast my son. "

Gongsun Xu also had a drink with Cheng Yu very politely.After a while, a five-jin jug of white wine was drunk like this, and the other three fell asleep except Gongsun Xu.In fact, Gongsun Xu drank two cups, and the rest were snatched by these three people.Gongsun Xu looked at the three people who were asleep, and didn't want to disturb them any longer. He picked up the clothes and covered the three people, and then left with Xu Huangdianwei.We got to know each other today, and Gongsun Xu plans to come back tomorrow.

After Gongsun Xu came back, he kept thinking about the characters of these three people and how he should subdue them. These three people were geniuses at the time, and he may not be able to subdue them now, but he must bind them together. One can subdue one of the great talents at that time with one blow of anger, not to mention there are three now.

"Cheng Yu is a child of a family, so he can only find a way to bind his family's interests with himself first. If he makes his whole family work for me, he will naturally be unable to escape. Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai are obviously arrogant today. And I understand that I go to them because I have at least the idea of ​​letting them go to Youzhou to serve, so I behaved like this today to consider me, and to leave room for myself. However, these two people are children of a down-and-out family, and now they are even more alone , as long as you find their weakness. Let’s have a showdown with them tomorrow, and they should have a result tonight.” Gongsun Xu thought to himself.

This is also the reason why Gongsun Xu is not in a hurry to express his intentions today. The king chooses the ministers, and the ministers also choose the king.I have enough fame and strength, the key depends on my personal charm and the three of them's own ideas.

The next day Gongsun Xu took Xu Huang and Dian Wei to visit again. The three of Guo Jia had been waiting in the house for a long time. After Gongsun Xu came, Xi Zhi was the first to speak: "Gongsun Gongzi brought us wine again, today we don't need to drink wine." Don’t go back drunk.” Gongsun Xu smiled without saying a word, took out a jar of wine and put it on the table and said, “The wine to save the three gluttons is right in front of you, the wine to save the lives of the three is right next to you, and the wine to save the world is right here. In the house, why do you avoid the important and take the light, sir?"

The expressions of the three of them changed when they heard this.Guo Jia poured the wine and said, "I would like to hear your master's opinion." Gongsun Xubu's mother-in-law put away her smile, stared at the three of them and said, "In today's world, the emperor is weak and incompetent, the eunuchs and relatives dominate the power, the nobles enjoy their lives too much, and the low-level people complain endlessly. Xianbei, The Xiongnu, Qiang, Wusun and other foreign tribes have never stopped plundering my great man. These years, natural disasters have continued, hungry people are everywhere, and there is a so-called great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao who founded the Taiping Road and used medicine to save people. Only Chen Sheng If people like Wu Guang rebel against the banner, the world will be in chaos, but Zhang Chun is no more than a frontier man who dares to proclaim himself emperor, when do you three think the world will be in chaos?"

Gongsun Xu's words had to be said to shock the world, but the three people who were drinking were only slightly surprised, and there was a flash of appreciation when they were serious.It seems that Gongsun Xu is now recognized by the three of them.

Guo Jia and the others were silent for a long while, and Cheng Yu couldn't help asking, "I wonder if my lord has a good recipe to save the world." Gongsun Xu smiled and said, "I just said that the good wine to save the world is in this room, why bother to pretend to be confused?" Everyone knows that people don't speak dark words. I wonder if the three of you are willing to go with me to Youzhou, where you will see the best way to save the world. Gongsun Xu's words are actually vague, but they are full of strong self-confidence.

Xi Zhicai is already moved, he is a lot older than Guo Jia, he has already succeeded in his studies, and he just waits to meet the Ming Lord, but Guo Jia doesn't want to just agree, he needs to see the heroes of the world before making a decision, and Cheng Yu also has family concerns.After the people in the room were silent for a long time, Dian Wei couldn't help but said: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, you really don't look like a man."

At this time, Guo Jia and the others noticed Dian Wei and Xu Huang, and after a careful look, they found that these two people were extraordinary, and they were generals of tigers and wolves. At this time, their evaluation of Gongsun Xu rose a lot, Xi Zhicai asked: How many generals like these two do you have under your command?"

Only now did Gongsun Xu realize that he had not revealed his strength and strength to these three people.

So he pointed to Dian Wei and said: "Among the thousands of troops and horses, I have eight of them who can easily take the head of an enemy general, and all of them can be ranked among the top ten generals in the world today."

Then he pointed to Xu Huang and said: "I am no less than four generals who can lead an army alone and be flexible in the face of battle. As for the commander who can command the three armies and command thousands of troops, count me in, at least now There are three people.

Liaodong has already been taken by me, and now there are two generals guarding it. When I left a year ago, there were [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. Now there will only be more, and I want to attack the central part of Xianbei when I go back this time. The navy has been formed, and it can cross the ocean to reach the other end of the world. As for now, the general Xu Rong I left behind may have captured the land of Sanhan long ago, but he has not reported to the court yet. "

The three of them turned pale with shock when they heard Gongsun Xu's words. With such strength, they could really rule the world.The six people in the room stayed together for another afternoon. Xu Huang and Dian Wei had long been excited by Gongsun Xu's words. They never dreamed that Gongsun Xu was so powerful. It can only inherit the position of Gongsun Zan.Now it seems that Gongsun Xu has deceived the world.

The next day, Gongsun Xu left with Xi Zhicai, and Cheng Yu also set off for home.Only Guo Jia has not made a clear statement.He stayed behind on the pretext of not finishing his studies.Guo Jia stood by the window looking at the sky and sighed, "I hope you don't let me down."

(End of this chapter)