After the crisis at the East Gate was resolved, Liu Bei immediately asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead a team of soldiers to support the North and South Second Gates.

The defenders of the second gate were already almost unable to hold on, but fortunately, the two rescued in time, and brought the news that the commander of the Yellow Turban Army had died, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders. In contrast, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was hit a little low.

Cheng Yuanzhi and Zhao Mu both got the news and were shocked and speechless on the spot. After a long while, separated by a city, two words popped out of the two of their mouths: "Fool! ”

They would never have thought that as the commander of Daqu and the commander of the army, Gao Sheng would personally go to the battlefield.

Of course, if he succeeds, naturally no one will say anything about him, and the whole army will still regard him as a hero. Unfortunately, he failed, and his head was cut off, poked on a stick, and the whole city was shown to the public.

It not only raised the morale of the officers and men, but also greatly damaged the morale of its own non-commissioned officers. Coupled with the fact that he has been doing nothing these days, Cheng Yuanzhi has some suspicions that Gao Sheng is a detailed work of the imperial court to break into the Yellow Turban Army.

This is just a mockery in his heart, naturally it is impossible, but it is enough to express Cheng Yuanzhi's anger towards Gao Sheng in his heart. Originally, he was about to break through the north gate, but as soon as the news came, the brothers at the head of the city were suddenly pushed back by the officers and soldiers. Now it is almost impossible to hold on, and if they do not withdraw, those brothers will all be confessed to the city.

"Mingjin withdraws his troops and asks the brothers to withdraw." Cheng Yuanzhi said a little unwillingly. Outside the South Gate on the opposite side, Zhao Mu also gave the order to retreat. The county seat of Zhuo was once again stubbornly held.

In Gongsun Zhan's mansion, a celebration banquet is being held at this moment. The protagonist is naturally Liu Guanzhang and the three of them, who have made great contributions to defending the city this time.

Originally, in such an emergency, few officials would have the heart to engage in such activities, but today is indeed a little different. One is to celebrate that the city is in danger and has been defended; The second is to celebrate the killing of the leader of the thief army.

The nobles and nobles in the city wanted to meet this thief-killing warrior so that they could get acquainted. What a merit must be to lead the leader of a 50,000-strong Yellow Turban Army and take down his head. If it is rewarded by the imperial court and the official is promoted, even if the marquis can't reach it, the marquis of Guan Nei is still more than enough.

At the banquet, Liu Guan and Zhang were seated in a row, Zhang Fei drank a big drink, and after a while, a jar of wine had bottomed out, but there was no change on his face.

"This Yide virtuous brother is really a hero, not only is his martial arts strong, but this amount of wine is also unique in ten thousand." Gongsun Chan sat on the main seat and said with a smile to Liu Bei, who was sitting in the chief position on his right.

Liu Bei also smiled: "Brother is right, my third brother is indeed a rare strong man. ”

Gongsun Zhan raised his glass and toasted Zhang Fei: "Come, Brother Yidexian, I will toast you." ”

Zhang Fei took another jar of wine to fill it for himself, and also raised his glass and saluted back: "Xie Gongsun County Order, I will do it first as a respect." With that, a glass of wine went down again.

"Ha, it's really enjoyable, I can't help it for a long time, since I started to resist the yellow scarf, my eldest brother doesn't allow me to drink more, so I haven't drunk so much wine for a long time, today is really happy, killing and drinking."

Gongsun Chan laughed when he heard Zhang Fei's words: "Hahaha, don't worry, brother Xian, the wine is enough, let's not get drunk today." ”

"Hahaha, I love to hear what you say, come and come, don't get drunk and don't return!" As he spoke, Zhang Fei took another drink.

Liu Bei persuaded beside him: "Drink less, we still have important things to do with the city defense." ”

"Hey, it's okay, don't worry, Xuande, the Yellow Turban Army suffered a fiasco today, I'm afraid they won't attack the city until they elect a new leader." Gongsun Chan said.

Zhang Fei also coaxed: "That's it, there won't be anything, big brother." Oops, this cup is too small to drink to your heart's content, give me a big bowl! ”

The magnates in the city also stepped forward one by one to toast Zhang Fei, and he did not refuse to come.

After the group had taken turns to drink and left, a man sitting at the head of Gongsun Chan to the left of Gongsun Chan spoke, he was dressed in a samurai uniform, his skin was dark, he had a mustache on his chin, and he was not outstanding in appearance.

The man's name was Gongsun Yue, and he was Gongsun Zhan's cousin. As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Fei was furious: "I thought what kind of hero he was, but it turned out to be just a reckless man who was drunk." When he spoke, he was a little unimpressed, but everyone who was loud heard it.

"Bastard, what are you talking about!" Zhang Fei stood up and yelled at Gongsun Yue. Now he has drunk a lot of alcohol, and his temper is more irritable than when he didn't.

Gongsun Yue also looked directly at Zhang Fei, and said slowly word by word: "Are you deaf, I said you are a drunkard and reckless." He relied on his brother to be Gongsun Zhan, and he was not afraid of Liu Guanzhang at all.

"You..." Zhang Fei was about to run away, but was stopped by Liu Bei. Yide, don't be rude, sit down for me! ”

Gongsun Chan also glared at his cousin angrily: "You drank too much, full of nonsense, don't apologize to Yide soon." ”

Gongsun Yue had no choice but to get up and apologize to Zhang Fei very perfunctorily: "It's nonsense after drinking, rudeness, don't worry about Yide, I will punish myself with three cups as compensation." After saying that, he drank three glasses of wine in a row and sat back down.

Zhang Fei was silent when he watched his actions, knowing that Guan Yu was dragging him a few times next to him before he spoke: "It's okay, I won't take it to heart." But he never touched the bowl again.

At the end of the hall sat a scholar drinking alone, and no one paid any attention to the man sitting at the end of the room.

He saw this scene in his eyes, and couldn't help but evaluate in his heart: This person named Zhang Fei is indeed a reckless man who ignores his situation and is irritable. But that Liu Bei, who was so humiliated, still didn't change his face, he was a character.

But after thinking about it for a while, his mind flew to the north: I don't know what happened to my parents, Jixian County was breached, whether they were safe; and the sister and brother-in-law who were far away, I wonder if there was such a rebellion in them; I don't know when this farce is a head; I don't know when I'll be able to go back.

The scholar is Zhang Hao's brother-in-law, Fang Zhu, who was just transferred from Jixian County to Zhuo County at the beginning of this year. He didn't expect that when he came to Zhuo County after the Chinese New Year, he would encounter such a thing.

Fang Zhu poured himself another glass of wine, no longer paying attention to what was happening in the hall, and then drank alone.

The banquet continued, but after such a small episode, the whole banquet was filled with a strange atmosphere, and it ended hastily.

Afterwards, Gongsun Chan slapped his cousin Gongsun Yue fiercely, and reprimanded: "You bastard, you embarrassed me in front of so many people, you have simply disgraced the face of our Gongsun family!" ”

Gongsun Yue didn't dare to play tricks in front of his cousin, so he covered his face and said aggrievedly: "Brother, I also drank too much, and I was confused for a while, so I spoke disrespectfully." ”

"You've drunk too much, so you're embarrassed to say that people are drunkards and reckless?"

"But I just can't get used to the triumphant appearance of Liu Guanzhang and the three of them, if my brother hadn't taken them in, maybe they would have died outside one day, how could they still make meritorious contributions." Gongsun Yue said unconvinced.

Gongsun Zhan slowly calmed down the anger in his heart and said: "Then Liu Bei is my fellow disciple, he brought someone to join me, so I naturally want to take him in." Moreover, the mentor is now the general of the North Zhonglang, responsible for the counterinsurgency affairs of the entire north. I don't want to ignore Liu Bei and be thought by my mentor that I don't care about my friendship. ”

Gongsun Yue's face was gloomy: "But now that they have made meritorious contributions, and in the future, they will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds, won't this Liu Bei run to his brother's head?" ”

Gongsun Zhan looked confident: "Don't worry about this, speaking of which, they are now my subordinates." My subordinates have made meritorious contributions, isn't it that my boss has a good way to do it? ”

"Yes, yes, this is all the work of my brother's majesty, if it weren't for my brother's attention, how could they have this opportunity."

Liu Bei's residence, Zhang Fei walked back and forth in the living room repeatedly, but the anger on his face couldn't be lowered.

Liu Bei was sitting on the side drinking tea, while Guan Yu was watching the Spring and Autumn Period.

His eyes were looking at the book, but his mouth was saying: "Third brother, don't you dangle back and forth anymore, it's better to sit down and have a cup of tea, or read a book, calm yourself down, what is there to worry about with that kind of villain." ”

Zhang Fei said angrily: "But I can't swallow this breath, Gongsun Yue, that bastard, if I hadn't taken someone to the north gate to rescue today, he would have died in the chaos of the army." Now he actually appeared at the celebration banquet in a grand manner, and dared to speak disrespectfully to me, if it wasn't for the eldest brother to stop me, I would rush over at that time and unscrew off his dog's head to vent the hatred in my heart. ”

Liu Bei put down the teacup and said earnestly: "We are sending people under the fence now, so we don't want to offend people too much, so we have to take care of it a little more." ”

"We shouldn't have come here to join this Gongsun Chan in the first place, if we had gone to other places, we wouldn't have suffered such a wretched spirit today."

When Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly cried bitterly: "It's all my eldest brother who is not good, I feel that my senior brother is reliable to come to defect, but I didn't expect to cause the two brothers to suffer humiliation, I am really useless." ”

Seeing this, Guan Yu hurriedly put down the Spring and Autumn in his hand, and stepped forward to comfort Liu Bei: "Brother, don't cry, this is not a big deal." Now that we have broken the Yellow Turban, we will definitely be able to make greater contributions in the future, so that we will not send people to the fence again. ”

Zhang Fei was no longer angry, his face was ashamed, he lowered his head and said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, it's not good for me, I shouldn't affect the big thing in our hearts for this little thing." Rest assured, one day, we will make the world dare not despise us. ”

Liu Bei finally stopped crying, and held the hands of the two tightly: "Good brother." ”