Lu Dynasty

Chapter 716
The general who went out of the city to fight with Liu Bei was Wenpin. Although he once fought side by side with Liu Bei, but now he is wearing a helmet and armor, and Liu Bei didn't recognize him for a while.Humans, as they age, change.Wenpin and Liu Bei haven't seen each other since they teamed up to attack Wancheng, and it's normal if they don't recognize each other.As for why Wenpin hasn't seen Liu Bei for a long time, thanks to Cai Mao.

Cai Mao is the governor of Jingzhou, and Wenpin can be regarded as his subordinate.After Liu Bei entered Jingzhou, Cai Mao kept seeing him unhappy, so he often made trouble for him.But Cai Hao also has self-knowledge. He knew that he couldn't handle Liu Bei, so he wanted to ask Wenpin for help.Originally, Cai Mao looked down on Wen Pin's background, and Wen Pin looked down on Cai Mao's incompetence. Regarding Cai Mao's express order, Wen Pin pushed it as soon as he could, but later he couldn't push it away, so he ran to Nanyang with Kuai Yue.Although Wenpin ran away, Cai Mao did not intend to let him go, and whenever he had the opportunity, he asked him to clean up Liu Bei.Wenpin was helpless, as long as Liu Bei was present, he would not show up.In case Cai Mao made him fight Liu Bei.In this way, although Wenpin and Liu Bei were in Jingzhou together, they had no chance to meet, but Wenpin had a lot of disgust for Liu Bei. After all, the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms were still an era that emphasized loyalty. People who are betrayed by others are not treated well by others.There was a joke in later generations that said: Lu Bu is the godfather killer, Liu Bei is the boss killer, and all the bosses Liu Bei has ever followed will end badly.If Cao hadn't driven Liu Bei away, it is estimated that he, the northern overlord, would also be in danger!Coupled with the attitude of Shamoke and Wei Yan when they attacked Wancheng, Wenpin disliked Liu Bei even more.However, Liu Bei didn't recognize Wenpin, which doesn't mean others couldn't recognize him either.Liu Pan and Wenpin in Liu Bei's army used to be good friends, because they had a good relationship with Huang Zhong. If Huang Zhong hadn't come to Luoyang, it is estimated that Wenpin would have worshiped Huang Zhong as his teacher, so Liu Bei would know that it was just a little talk from Liu Bei. Wen hired!
To be honest, even though Liu Bei was confused by the beating, he still liked the general who beat him up very much.It's not easy to keep their lives in the hands of Sha Moke and Wei Yan.Someone once said that, as long as he can last three rounds in Lu Bu's hands, with at least [-] force, and can survive under the joint hands of Sha Moke and Wei Yan, at least it will not be too bad.After Liu Bei praised Wenpin, he ordered someone to inquire about Wenpin's details, and wanted to see if he could recruit him.Just as Liu Bei's men were about to respond, Liu Pan smiled and said, "Uncle, most of the Yuan generals are Wen Zhongye. If you can't capture him alive, it will be difficult for him to surrender voluntarily, unless he is optimistic about you!"

"Wenpin?" Liu Bei was surprised. It wasn't that he had never seen Wenpin before, but he didn't recognize him.He didn't expect that the young general who followed Kuai Yue like a scribe would be so powerful, he deserves to be called the general of Jingzhou!Liu Bei asked suspiciously: "Didn't you say that Wenpin resigned from office and rested at home? Could it be that he is from Jiangling?"

Liu Pan was really difficult to answer Liu Bei's question. He couldn't say: "Uncle, Wenpin treats you as an invader and is waiting to deal with you!" Tore him apart.But when Liu Bei asked, no one could answer.Zhuge Liang saw Liu Pan's embarrassment, and he also wanted to help Liu Bei win over Liu Pan, a general.Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "My lord, Wen Zhongye is from Nanyang Wan. After the fall of Wancheng, he moved to Xiangyang with his family. In my opinion, the reason why he came to Jiangling must be threatened or deceived by Cai Mao."

"Then won't I win a great general again?" Liu Bei was overjoyed. Except for Sha Moke and Wei Yan who were sworn brothers, Chen Dao defected by himself. Didn't the others surrender because they felt his benevolence? The man is still the subordinate of Liu Bei's former enemy.Of course, I am not included here, if all the generals under me can be poached by Liu Bei, then I will not be confused!
Liu Pan shook his head and said, "Zhongye is loyal, and he is not the one to surrender! If his uncle captures him alive and then asks the eldest son to persuade him to surrender, maybe he can give it a try. Otherwise, with Zhongye's character, he can only talk about surrendering after his uncle occupies the whole of Jingzhou. Can succeed!"

"So ignorant of good and evil, wait for me to smash his celestial spirit cover, why do you need to be a big brother!" When Sha Moke heard that Wenpin refused to surrender, it can be said that both old and new hatreds came to his heart.Back then in Wancheng, Wenpin looked down on him as a barbarian, and now he leads troops to fight against him, how could Shamoke not hate him?

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense!" All the princes like loyal generals, and Liu Bei is no exception. A wise, courageous and loyal general like Wenpin, not to mention Liu Bei, even I am greedy. Liu Bei was naturally unwilling to kill him.In order to prevent Shamoke from really doing Wenpin, Liu Bei said displeasedly: "General Wen is loyal, and he is someone whom Bei admires! If the third brother fights with him, he must not be rude!" Liu Bei's words made Shamoke A burst of dizziness, what is meant by not being rude when fighting, is it possible that Shamoke and Wenpin should salute each other before fighting?In fact, Sha Moke misunderstood, Liu Bei told him not to be rude after capturing Wenpin alive!
Seeing that Liu Bei valued Wenpin so much, Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "If my lord wants Wen Zhongye to surrender, it's not too difficult. You only need to spend some yellow and white things!"

"Oh!" Liu Bei said pleasantly, "Does the military division have any plans?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Since ancient times, if you want the opponent's generals to join you, you only need to let him be disappointed with his lord, or even resent him. Wen Zhongye is not from a family, we just need..." Zhuge Liang suddenly saw Liu Pan sitting beside him, He remembered that Liu Pan and Wenpin were good friends, so Zhuge Liang changed the subject and said: "This plan is not right, let Liang think about it, and then offer advice to the lord!" After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei a wink.

Liu Bei is a shrewd person. Seeing Zhuge Liang's expression changed, and seeing Zhuge Liang's eyes on Liu Pan, he smiled and said, "Since the military master didn't think about it, let's stop here today. Second and third brothers, Liu Pan, You go to rectify the military affairs first, Feng'er stays to serve, and I will discuss it with the military adviser." Sha Moke and Wei Yan left, Liu Pan naturally couldn't stay, but he knew Zhuge Liang was powerful, and he didn't want his friend to be like this been counted.Liu Pan hesitated to speak. He looked back at Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang who were having a good time talking, he couldn't help sighing, and left without looking back. After all, the revenge of Liu Biao's murder was more important to him than the relationship between him and Wenpin. Friendship is more important, because Liu Biao is not only Liu Pan's uncle, but also Liu Pan's lord.If Liu Biao was killed in battle, it wouldn't be considered hatred, but Liu Biao was poisoned to death by Cai Mao. Regardless of public or private, Liu Pan would choose to kill Cai Mao, even if the process of killing Cai Mao would hurt Wenpin, he would not hesitate.Because he knew that since Liu Bei wanted to persuade Wenpin to surrender, at least Wenpin's life would not be in danger!

(End of this chapter)