Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 69
When Gongsun Zan led his army to reach fifty miles away from Suanzao, it was the afternoon of No. 13 days after departure, and he wasted a lot of time in Bingzhou.The key is to arrange the response, Gongsun Xu left Gao Shun to take care of everything.

Bingzhou now has [-] regular troops, enough to deal with all emergencies.After dealing with Gongsun Xu's own affairs, the Youzhou army started to set off for Suanzao, and encountered an unsuccessful hero on the way. When Gongsun Zan saw this man, he lamented that he had buried the hero.

This person is none other than Gongsun Zan's righteous brother Liu Bei.It has to be said that there are always similarities in history, and Gongsun Zan still met him on the way to Huimeng.

The difference from history is that Liu Bei now does not have Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two righteous brothers, but he has met another historical titan, and this person is Chen Dao.

Both Chen Dao and his two elder brothers have recognized Liu Bei as the lord, and the three brothers even spent their wealth to build power for Liu Bei.So far, Liu Bei actually has more than 1000 private infantry under his command.

Coupled with the five hundred cavalry that Gongsun Xu helped him train at the beginning, Liu Bei is still quite capable.

After Liu Bei followed Lu Zhi to conquer the Yellow Turban, he did not give up building his own private soldiers. However, Liu Bei, just like Lu Zhi's evaluation of him, can't do anything without writing, how can he train the army, let alone build himself? army.

In the end, under Chen Dao's suggestion, he thought of a way to attack the small group of Yellow Turban remnants, and then slowly develop his own power.In fact, over the years, Liu Bei has done a lot of good things for the local people. At least, Liu Bei has been helping the people to attack the Yellow Turbans. In addition, Liu Bei is very good at life, so Liu Bei's reputation is still very good now.

It's a pity that Liu Bei is still unpopular, and he was designed by others even after becoming a county magistrate.If it weren't for the fact that there was a teacher who was a high-ranking official and a brother-in-law who was the governor, he would have been framed long ago.

Not only that, Liu Bei is not welcome, and his subordinates are also not welcome. Every time after defeating the rest of the Yellow Turbans, Liu Bei actually has the opportunity to expand his power and army, but unfortunately, Liu Bei cannot Provided he had enough food, his army could not expand.

In addition, Liu Bei didn't have a base of his own, so he couldn't form his own power at all. Therefore, in these years, Liu Bei was actually no different from a rogue. The only difference was that Liu Bei had been fighting rogues.In other words, he has been fighting bandits for a living.

Gongsun Zan really didn't want his righteous brother to be buried like this, so he persuaded him to go with him to attack Dong Zhuo.Liu Bei also had this intention, so he resigned his official position, led his five hundred cavalry and the rest of the infantry and followed Gongsun Zan on the road.

Along the way, Gongsun Xu often observed Chen Dao, his uncle's subordinate. After a few days of contact, Gongsun Xu discovered that Chen Dao was indeed the one who was called Liu Bei's minion along with Zhao Yun in history. The founder and commander-in-chief of Shangbai Er Jingbing.

Historically, in order to avenge Guan Yu, Liu Bei used all his troops to attack Soochow, but in the end he was completely annihilated. In the end, he had to play the role of Baidicheng Tuogu.

And this Chen Dao showed his strength in the pursuit of Lu Xun. He relied closely on his thousands of white-eared elite soldiers, coupled with the favorable terrain of the mountain, to resist the pursuit of Lu Xun's [-] troops.It also bought opportunities and time for Liu Bei and others to escape.In that battle, the white-eared elite soldiers were almost wiped out.

However, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that Liu Bei has already started recruiting talents to establish his own power. If the world is in chaos, Gongsun Xu feels that his side and this uncle may still be on the opposite side.

However, I can't control so much now. If I really go to the opposite side, there is no other way. What Gongsun Xu can do now is to make himself stronger.

Only in this way can Gongsun Xu ensure that he can gain an advantage in the process of fighting for world hegemony, and face the challenges of other heroes more calmly.Anyway, there is no chaos in this world, so Gongsun Xu won't think about it for the time being.

Gongsun Zan's team had already slowed down, and now they were less than fifty miles away from the meeting place, which was only an hour's time for the cavalry.You can't mess around now, or you might have conflicts with your allies. Gongsun Zan believes that the allied forces should know that he has come, so he can move slowly.

Sure enough, in less than thirty miles, a sergeant stepped forward and reported that fifty horsemen were galloping ahead.Gongsun Zan gave the order to stop the advance, and waited for the signal from the person ahead.

After a while, Cao Cao came galloping with his own soldiers, "Brother Bogui has come, all the princes of the world have arrived, and only brother Bogui and Youyan cavalry are left."

The host, Cao Cao, came to greet him in person, which is considered to have given Gongsun Zan enough face.Gongsun Zan also immediately returned the salute and said, "The delay on the road was too long. I kept Meng De and the heroes of the world waiting for a long time. I will punish myself with three cups later as an apology to everyone."

Cao Cao also laughed out loud when he heard this, "Brother Bogui is so proud, after this crusade against Dong Zhuo, I will definitely drink a thousand cups with Brother Bogui."

"Okay, hahahaha, Meng De don't break his promise." Gongsun Zan immediately responded.

After greeting Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao naturally noticed Gongsun Xu and Liu Bei who were beside Gongsun Zan. After gesturing to each other, Cao Cao led the way and took Gongsun Zan and others to the coalition camp.Zhao Yun and others led the soldiers to find a place to camp.Since the Youzhou army came the latest, the camps that were better or closer to the center had long been seized.There is no way, who said that there are so many coalition forces.

As soon as I entered the big tent, I heard the voices of people inside, and it was very lively.When everyone saw Gongsun Zan coming in, someone immediately shouted: "General Gongsun of Youzhou is here, now our seventeen princes are here, and we can discuss Dong Daye."

When everyone heard this, they all agreed, and someone had already offered up Gongsun Zan's seat.After everyone sat down, Cao Cao ordered the slaughter of cattle and horses, and the assembly of princes.After eating and drinking, everyone also felt that it was time to discuss serious matters.When Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, saw that the people were silent, he immediately took the lead and said: "We have a great cause together, and we should establish a leader so that everyone can obey the restraint and march together."

Everyone agreed, but no one noticed the sneer at the corner of Gongsun Xu's mouth.Wang Kuang belongs to Yuan Shao's faction, his words are too obvious, but it seems that Yuan Shao has also started to be so shameless in order to create momentum for himself.

Someone should choose Cao Cao, because Cao Cao initiated this alliance, and Cao Cao is the host.In addition, Cao Cao's righteous act of assassinating Dong Zhuo some time ago has already spread all over the world, so Cao Cao should be allowed to lead everyone.Of course, more people agree with Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, the four generations and three princes of the Yuan family, the disciples and old officials are all over the world, so the Yuan family should be the leader of the alliance.

Yuan Shao had already discussed with Wang Kuang about singing the oboe, but he was too embarrassed to speak up after everyone was arguing about it.Now it seems that Cao Cao and his younger brother are very likely to compete with him for the position of the leader. Fortunately, there are still many people who support him.

Cao Cao said: "Yuan Benchu's ancestors were three princes for four generations, and many officials were students of Yuan's family, so they can be the leader of the alliance." After so many years, he certainly knew what kind of person Yuan Shao was.I can't compete with him now.

Yuan Shao was very excited when he heard Cao Cao's words, but when he was about to resign, he heard a discordant voice, "My elder brother Gongsun Zan has guarded the border for the imperial court for many years. A Youzhou cavalry that can compete with Xiliang Iron Cavalry, my nephew Gongsun Xu is a Hussar General of the Han Dynasty and the governor of Bingzhou, I think the position of the leader should be my elder brother's seat no matter what."

After hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at the speaker, who was Liu Bei who was standing behind Gongsun Zan.It stands to reason that Liu Bei is not such a flamboyant person, but he also can't understand the faces of this group of people. Besides, Gongsun Zan's being the leader of the alliance is definitely beneficial to him. Liu Bei also hopes to earn enough fame and prestige through the war against Dong, but let Others would definitely not have the opportunity to be the leader of the alliance, but Gongsun Zan would definitely be the leader of the alliance.

Yuan Shao suppressed the anger in his heart, so he could only ask in a low voice, "I wonder who this is?"

At this moment, Gongsun Zan stood up and introduced, "This is my foster brother, his surname is Liu, his name is Bei, and his style name is Xuande."

Yuan Shao thought it was Gongsun Zan who was singing double reeds with his subordinates to grab his position as leader, so he continued to ask, "I don't know where your Excellency comes from, and what is your official position now?"

"The next Liu Bei is after King Jing of Zhongshan, and he has no official position so far." Liu Bei said neither humble nor overbearing, with no expression on his face.

"Oh, if that's the case, then you and General Gongsun are not on the same side. Come here and show Liu Bei a seat. If you think about it, Liu Bei is considered a prince along the way, how can you stand?" Yuan Shao was going to make fun of Liu Bei to make him acquainted.

A soldier ran up with a horse tie and placed it in front of Liu Bei. Seeing this naked provocation, Gongsun Zan couldn't stand it any longer. Just as he was about to refute, Liu Bei stepped forward and sat down naturally and generously. He did not forget to say: "Thank you, General Yuan, for your seat."

Yuan Shao was waiting for Liu Bei to get angry and then to fight back. He never thought that Liu Bei's patience was so good that he would not accept this trick.In desperation, he had no choice but to say: "I don't respect you, Liu Bei, but your royal status."

Everyone has already smelled the smell of gunpowder, and Cao Cao was also afraid that things would get worse, so he stepped forward to smooth things over and said with a smile: "General Gongsun is indeed powerful, but Yuan Benchu ​​is also known to the world. It's kind of hard to choose."

Gongsun Xu smiled faintly when he heard this, and everyone could understand the meaning of the words, it was nothing more than telling Gongsun Zan not to argue with Yuan Shao now. "General Cao is right. The position of leader is really not suitable for my father, but I don't think Yuan Benchu ​​is the only one who is suitable to be leader. I think General Yuan Shu is also very suitable."

(End of this chapter)