Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 295 Liu Bei's Spring

At the north gate of Jingzhou, when Liu Bei led his army to arrive, Liu Biao led a group of his confidants, civil and military, to go out to greet him personally at the north gate.

This treatment is not ordinary, a little too grand.

Liu Bei's heart trembled, he rolled off his horse from a long distance away, and rushed over quickly. After more than ten steps, Liu Biao fell to the ground, and said in panic, "How can Bei be so good, and my brother is so safe?" Courtesy!"

"Xuande please get up!"

Liu Biao took two quick steps, stepped forward to support Liu Bei, and took a closer look. Seeing Liu Bei's expression of sincerity and fear, he couldn't help being very satisfied. We are both relatives of the Han Dynasty, so we should be brothers and sisters to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty together, come, come, Xuande and I will introduce me, a talented person from Jingzhou!"

Liu Bei continued to be modest, and under Liu Bei's recommendation, he met with a group of Jingzhou sages.

Finding that the Jingzhou gentry were not so enthusiastic about him, he became more humble and completely lowered his posture.

Only when they entered the city did they have the opportunity to introduce Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and others to Liu Biao and the Jingzhou gentry.

Liu Biao obviously didn't care much about Jian Yong and Guan Zhang, so he just dealt with it casually.

Although Guan and Zhang were not well-known when they were begging for yellow scarves, for people like Liu Biao, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are no different from ordinary people. Save face.

As for the Jingzhou gentry, they didn't even bother to speak, they just nodded.

Zhang Fei saw that his eldest brother was always smiling at everyone, while the Jingzhou gentry were lukewarm, so he couldn't help feeling depressed for a while, so he turned his head away, lest he couldn't help but get angry again and cause trouble for his brother.

Guan Yu was also very upset, but he didn't dare to write it on his face, and followed Liu Bei expressionlessly.

After entering the city, Liu Biao arranged a big banquet to welcome Liu Bei.

The silk and bamboo are melodious, and the sheng and reeds are singing together.

Amidst the melodious dance music, a group of dancers came in, presenting graceful dance postures.

Liu Bei's eyes were shining, and he applauded again and again, but his eyes were deep but there was a trace of depression and helplessness.

Keeping one's strengths and hiding one's sight, to put it bluntly, is to pretend to be stupid.

Liu Bei didn't want to, but he had to do so, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Liu Biao and the Jingzhou gentry.

During the banquet, cups were exchanged and cups were exchanged, and the atmosphere was very warm.

When the banquet was about to end, a small official hurried up to the hall, bypassed the side door, walked directly to Liu Biao and whispered a few words in his ear, Liu Biao's face suddenly changed, and he lost his voice: "Is this true?"

"Exactly!"

The little official nodded quickly, his face very solemn.

Liu Biao waved his hand, and the little official quickly retreated.

Seeing Liu Biao's unsightly expression, Kuai knew that something important was going to happen, so he quickly dismissed the singing and dancing girl.

The hall quickly fell silent, everyone looked at Liu Biao, not knowing what happened.

Liu Bei was also guessing secretly, wondering why Liu Biao was so ugly.

But thinking about it would not be a good thing, otherwise Liu Biao would have laughed.

The banquet ended soon, and Liu Bei and the others were arranged to rest in a separate courtyard.

About half an hour later, someone came to tell him that Liu Biao asked him to discuss something important.

Guessing in his mind, Liu Bei followed the little official to another courtyard.

Entering the inner hall, you can see not only Liu Biao, but also Kuai Yue, Han Song, Huang Zu and others.

"I don't know if my brother is calling, what's your order?"

Liu Bei hurriedly cupped his hands and glanced at everyone calmly.

Liu Biao frowned tightly, motioned Liu Bei to take a seat, and then said, "Changsha made an urgent report just now. Changsha prefect Zhang Xianmu gathered Chang'an, Lingling, and Guiyang to rebel. The people of Jingzhou are in danger of destroying the county. Hey!"

"This……"

Liu Bei was taken aback, but didn't say anything, he had already guessed Liu Biao's intention.

Sure enough, I heard Liu Biao say, "Xuande made a lot of achievements in the battlefield when he was begging for the yellow scarf in the past, and the three thousand soldiers under his command are all warriors who are good at fighting. I wonder if you can beg for me to put down the rebellion in the three counties of Jingzhou, so as to bring peace to the people?"

Liu Bei's thoughts changed sharply, he knew that Liu Biao was trying to test himself, although this matter is dangerous, but if it is done well, it will have great benefits, so he immediately said: "If my brother does not give up, I am willing to lead my troops The horse works for my brother!"

Liu Biao's expression immediately relaxed, and he laughed and said, "Xuande is also a true righteous man!"

Danyang, the north gate of Wanling.

The scorching sun hung high, and the people lined up in long lines, waiting to enter the city.

At this moment, more than a dozen fast horses rushed to the outside of the city gate like a whirlwind, and the people waiting in line saw this group of people in fresh clothes and angry horses, and they knew that they were either rich or expensive, so they hurriedly stepped aside to avoid being caught by the horses. Trampled.

The leader is a handsome young man in his twenties, with a very strong and powerful personality. There is a frightening light in the opening and closing of his eyes, and he has a charming demeanor and an extraordinary bearing.

Just when the dozen or so riders rushed to the bottom of the city, someone from the city had already come out to welcome them.

"Bofu!"

The young man in the lead was equally heroic and handsome, and he bowed his hands.

"Gongzheng!"

With a smile on his face, Sun Ce got off his horse, stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Yu's arm, looked him up and down a few times, and then laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you still have the same demeanor. I can teach you to be envious!"

Zhou Yu said calmly: "Bo Fu, stop making fun of me, and go into the city!"

Sun Ce sighed and said, "I won't enter the city. This time I was ordered to inspect the Shicheng camp. I still have military affairs, so I have to go to Qu'a as soon as possible, and then go back to Wu County. Shicheng is not far from Wanling, so I came to see it." Look at Gongjin!"

Zhou Yu didn't ask any more questions, and said, "In that case, I won't keep you!"

Sun Ce nodded, and suddenly leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Have Gongjin been to Qiao's Mansion recently?"

Zhou Yu showed a smile, and said in a low voice, "Why don't Bo Ce go with me today?"

Sun Ce's eyes were moved, and he shook his head and sighed: "I have to go to Qu'e later. Today's time is too tight, and I haven't prepared any presents, so I won't go. If you want to go, please send my greetings to Duke Qiao." Just one click."

Zhou Yu nodded and asked, "How is the construction of the Stone City Camp going?"

Sun Ce said: "It's almost there, but the military adviser said that our navy is too weak and the warships are too broken. It is difficult to use more than 3000 people. He proposed to build a navy stronghold and recruit young men who are familiar with the navy to train. An elite naval force is used to block the waterways of the river, so that we can attack the north of the river when we advance, and defend against the natural dangers of the river when we retreat!"

Zhou Yu strongly agreed: "The military advisor has an excellent opinion, our army really needs to build a water fortress."

Sun Ce asked in surprise, "Gong Jin also thinks so?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "I was waiting for you to come and talk to you about this matter. Since the military adviser brought it up, it must have been decided. I don't know where the naval camp will be built. Have you ever decided?"

Sun Ce said: "It has indeed been decided, but where to build a water camp is still more troublesome. This time I came out to inspect the Shicheng camp, and another task is to check on the spot to see where the water camp can be built. Do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Yu said: "Chai Sang can set up a naval camp!"

Sun Ce said: "Gong Jin and the military adviser have the same idea, and the military adviser also said that it is better to build a water village in Chaisang!"

Zhou Yu said again: "However, Chaisang is too far away from Shicheng. If there is a war, I may not be able to support the Shicheng camp in time. We can build another naval camp in Niuzhu, echoing Chaisang's water camp. In this way, the river can be completely blocked. !"

Sun Ce thought for a while, then said, "Gongjin's suggestion is very good, I will tell my father about it later!"

Zhou Yu asked, "Are you really not going to the city?"

Sun Ce said: "No, so-and-so is leaving now. If you are going to Qiao's mansion, please don't look around and send a voice to say hello to such-and-such!"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely bring you my greetings!"

Sun Ce laughed three times, then left Zhou Yu, and took a dozen or so riders away like a whirlwind.

Zhou Yu watched Sun Ce leave, stood at the door for a while, and then turned back to the city.

When I got home, I practiced fencing for a while and broke out in a sweat.

I want to go to Qiao's mansion, but I look at the sky, the sun has already set, even if I get to Qiao's mansion, I have to go back before I can sit a stick of incense, I think about it, forget it, and plan to go tomorrow.

Early the next morning, I greeted my uncle and set off with twenty soldiers.

The sun has not yet risen, and there are not many people entering the city, only a few sparse ones.

Zhou Yu left the south gate of Wanling and rode slowly south along the official road.

Half of the twenty personal soldiers were in the front and half in the back, protecting Zhou Yu in the middle.

There was a shortage of horses in the south, and Sun Jian wanted to form a cavalry, but he couldn't get enough horses.

These days, war horses are the most important strategic resource, no less important than the strategic weapons of later generations.

Although war horses were produced in the north, this strategic resource was tightly controlled by the princes. Even if the princes in other places could buy some horses, most of them were inferior horses, and no one sold the real high-quality war horses.

Even if you buy some bad horses, it will cost a huge price.

Although Zhou Yu came from the Wang clan and had a rich family background, it was impossible for his soldiers to be equipped with war horses.

Even Sun Jian's personal guards had only a pity one hundred cavalry, and the rest were all infantry.

Early in the morning, there were not many people to be seen on the official road, it was very clean.

After a lot of effort, Sanzi and Niu Er caught a fish weighing three catties from the river, cleaned it, put it on a fire and roasted it on top of it, Sanzi grilled the fish, and Niu Er took a broken net, Continue to catch fish on the edge of the dam.

"Damn it, I eat fish every day, and now I feel like throwing up when I see fish!"

The third son cursed softly, really doubting the taste of Guan Rou!
I have been fishing here for nearly ten days, and I can't bear to eat stuff every day. What's worse, people from the government have come to inquire twice. It's not good to treat him and Niu Er as refugees.

The third son has already decided that if the big fish doesn't show up, he will talk to the boss tomorrow and two people will come instead.

After all, if I and Niu Er stay here for too long, it will be troublesome if the government pays attention.

He was flipping through the grilled fish absent-mindedly, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a group of people walking slowly on the official road not far away.

Lian Pang turned his head to look, and immediately widened his eyes.

"Niu Er, come quickly!"

The third son looked excited and called out quickly.

"What's wrong?"

Niu Er ran over with the broken net, but it was empty!
"The big fish is here!"

The third son said, seeing that Niu'er was about to scream excitedly, he hurriedly cursed in a low voice: "Damn, don't you bastard barking, and don't look around, get those firewood quickly, don't let me go!" Probe into the brain."

Niu Er agreed, and immediately hugged a pile of half-dried firewood beside him.

The third son grabbed a handful and threw it on the fire, and soon smoke rose from the fire, causing the third son to curse at his mother.

on the road.

Zhou Yu looked at the two refugees who were grilling fish dozens of steps away, and said a little strangely: "Since my uncle guards Danyang and ordered the government to do good to resettle the refugees, why are there still refugees outside the city?"

A soldier replied: "Maybe he escaped recently?"

Zhou Yu nodded, not paying attention, and soon went far away.

Even in a peaceful and prosperous age, there are people who can't survive and flee, let alone this chaotic world.

South of Wanling, thirty miles away on the west bank of Lengshui.

Here is a dense bamboo forest, covering an area of ​​tens of acres.

Amidst the green hills, a small house sits among green bamboo forests, which looks like a different world.

In an abandoned manor three miles away from the southwest corner of the bamboo forest.

Hei Mazi quickly rushed into a courtyard where most of the surrounding temple had collapsed, looked left and right, and after making sure that no one was watching, he quickly pulled a few times under the northern wall, and a wooden board was immediately exposed on the ground.

Hei Mazi opened the wooden counter, and shouted inside: "Head, the big fish has come out!"

"Grass, it's finally here!"

There was a lot of cursing in the underground kiln, and soon someone climbed up.

Wang Heixiong crawled out first, pulled the withered grass off his head, and looked around vigilantly.

Soon, more than a dozen Xiliang soldiers all crawled out of the underground kiln.

Wang Heixiong had just left the yard when he saw Zhao Da, Li Heizi and others who were hiding in other dilapidated houses also came out.

There was nothing to say, as soon as everyone met, they immediately ran towards Qiao's Village.

NO.60 Zhou Libo avoided several villages along the way, and soon approached Zhusen.

The bamboo forest is deep and quiet, and there is a crisp music sounding in the manor, like the ding-dong of spring water.

The gate of Qiao's Mansion was closed tightly, and there was no one in sight in the surrounding area.

Soldiers from Xiliang are all unrecognizable and unrefined, and they have no musical ability, so they don't know how to appreciate the beautiful piano sound. Zhao Da made a gesture, and the No. 20 people under him immediately went around and blocked each other. Zhuangzi's front and back doors.

Li Heizi and Wang Heixiong rushed directly to the gate with 40 people under their command.

"Boom!"

A soldier from Xiliang stepped forward and slammed the gate of the manor brutally.

"Who?"

There was a porter's voice from inside. Hearing the voice, he must be quite old.

Then, the door was pulled open from the inside.

"Your grandpa!"

Wang Heixiong let out a grin, and kicked hard on the gate.

The door panel slammed back, and the doorman standing behind the door couldn't defend himself. He was knocked to the ground at that time, blood flowed out of his forehead quickly, and he screamed loudly. He still didn't understand what happened.

Xiliang soldiers rushed forward, and they were about to kill the porter with a knife.

"Grass, don't kill people!"

Wang Heixiong scolded: "If you make the local people dirty, how can you let the big fish go to the ditch? Damn, arrest all the people, only kill those who dare to resist, and find a place to lock up the rest and tie them up first." Hands and feet, cover your mouth, don't let anyone make a sound."

(End of this chapter)