Pingyuan County Ya

"Great!" Liu Bei clenched the letterhead excitedly, stood up suddenly, brushed his robe across the table, and knocked the teacup to the ground: "God really help me!" ”

Standing beside him, Guan Yu saw that the eldest brother, who had always been calm, was so out of shape, and hurriedly asked, "Brother, what is said in the letter?" ”

Liu Bei calmed down, exhaled and said: "Cao Mengde raised tens of thousands of elite soldiers to attack Xuzhou, and Tao Gongzu's letter was for help!" ”

"Ahh How to save? When Zhang Fei heard this, he said loudly: "In a small county on the plain, there are only 3,000 soldiers, no more than 100 horses, and self-protection is not enough, how can we talk about saving people?" ”

Zhang Fei had something to say in his heart, and Guan Yu had always been quite strategic, as soon as he heard Zhang Fei's words, he shook his hand and said, "The third brother is wrong!" A small city on the plains, which is not a place of foundation; And Xuzhou is rich, if you can take this opportunity to take one or two of the city as a shelter, it is worth a fight! ”

"Hmm~~" Liu Bei nodded: "What the second brother said is exactly what the brother thinks, pass the order, do the soldiers of the whole city, and march to Xuzhou!" ”

Pingyuan County is already barren, there is a shortage of grain and grass, and the county can barely maintain a few thousand soldiers with grain, but some time ago, Liu Bei responded to Yuan Shao's attack on Jizhou, and wanted to share the pie, but he knew that the bamboo basket was empty, and all the stored grain was exhausted in vain. In order to send troops to Xuzhou, Liu Bei relied on his prestige among the people of the plains to collect dozens of days' rations, so that he could send troops smoothly.

In 194 AD, Cao Cao avenged the murder of his father, raised 30,000 elite soldiers, wore plain silk, erected two banners of "revenge" and "bloody", and entered Xuzhou in the east; Xuzhou Mu Taoqian sent an envoy to Luoyang to write Cao Cao's guilt, saying that he was not a subordinate, and asked the imperial court to send troops to suppress it; On the other hand, the heroes of the Quartet asked for help to help Xuzhou.

At the beginning of April, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as the vanguard, leading 1,000 troops to Xuzhou first; Two days later, Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou with 2,000 of his own; Five days later, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai and Beihai State Prime Minister Kong Rong, with 8,000 troops arrived in Xuzhou.

With more than 10,000 reinforcements, and relying on the high grain and sufficient benefits of Xuzhou City, Tao Qian also had more confidence in resisting Cao Cao. People from all walks of life arrived, and Tao Qian, as the host, should set up a banquet to entertain him to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

On the first night after the meeting of people from all walks of life, the lights were bright in the pastoral mansion of Xiapicheng Prefecture.

"Everyone!" Tao Qian smiled and stood up with a wine glass, and said in the style of an elder: "Today, Cao Cao has come for no reason, Xuzhou is in danger, fortunately with the help of the princes, if the people of Xuzhou are saved from this military disaster, humbly worship the grace of the princes!" With that, Tao Qian raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and then slowly bowed to the people in the hall.

All the people here, in terms of age, Tao Qian is sixty years old, which is the longest; In terms of official positions, Tao Qianguan worships Xuzhou Mu, which is the highest; Seeing this, everyone hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and shouted in unison: "Tao Gong is righteous!" ”

Everyone sat down, Tao Qian twisted his gray beard, thought for a moment and said: "According to the horse exploration report, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have arrived in Yuzhou, and the troops will be in my Xuzhou within five days. There is a small city named Xiaopei in the west of Xuzhou, which is the place where Cao Cao must attack, now I want to raise five thousand soldiers in Xuzhou, garrison Xiaopei, and the princes each lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and they are stationed around the city to make the horns of the momentum, what do the princes think? ”

Tao Qian's arrangement is quite meaningful, you must know that in this military array, it is taboo to make inconsistencies, if these forces are placed in one city, it is inevitable that there will be some friction, and the great enemy is at present, we must put the possibility of contradictions and friction to the minimum, and unanimously face the enemy.

Before Tian Kai, Kong Rong, and Liu Bei could speak, Zhang Fei in the banquet spoke first: "I'll send troops to help the war, and Tao Gong can arrange it, but I'll wait for me to travel away in a hurry, and this grain and grass must be arranged first!" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Liu Bei's old face immediately turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice: "Presumptuous!" Get the hell out of here! ”

"I~" Zhang Fei just wanted to continue, Liu Bei stood up suddenly, but his low voice couldn't hide the anger in his heart: "If you say it again, you won't have brotherly love, Yun Chang, drag him out for me and beat fifty boards!" ”

"Big brother~" Zhang Fei wanted to reply again, Guan Yu had already seen that Liu Bei was really angry, and hurriedly dragged Zhang Fei, and before Zhang Fei could continue, he dragged him out of the door.

Liu Bei's anger is also for a reason, thinking that after King Jing of Zhongshan, he could only make and sell straw shoes for a living in the first half of his life, and finally encountered the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was the time to show his strength, but he encountered Guan Yan everywhere, fought for several years, and worked hard, but he got a position as a plain county commander. This plain county is remote and has few people, and it is not a place to develop its ambitions at all; And this time Tao Qian asked for help, Liu Bei's mind came alive again: Xuzhou Yinfu is the place where the dragon rises, and leaving a good impression on Tao Qian is an important first step. But now Zhang Fei's reckless words are likely to disrupt the first step of his plan, how can Liu Bei not be angry?

After Guan Yu dragged Zhang Fei out, Liu Bei adjusted his mood and said forcefully: "My brother is reckless, he doesn't choose what to say, and the princes atone for their sins!" "Then bend down and make amends.

"Haha~~" laughed, and one of the people in the seat stood up: "Xuande Gong doesn't have to be like this!" ”

Everyone looked at it, it was no one else, it was Xuzhou Don't Drive Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu was appointed as a driver in Xuzhou, supplemented by Xuzhou political affairs, and he was originally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and the matter of grain and grass for the reinforcements had already been discussed with Tao Qian.

"Xuande Gong, I am in danger in Xuzhou, I have to help the princes, I should use the grain and grass, what General Zhang said is reasonable, Xuande Gong must not be angry!"

Chinese are particular about a subtle, this is reasonable, we sent someone to save you, you Xuzhou is very rich, then this use must be reported by you, in fact, this is all known to everyone, but the window paper is not very good.

The matter has come to this point, since Mi Zhu has given him the steps, Liu Bei can only smile and sit down.

This little episode made the atmosphere slightly awkward, Tao Qian cleared his throat and said: "If the princes have no objections, they will first arrange this way to resist Cao Cao." Ten days ago, the old man also wrote to the imperial court, asking the hussar general to send troops to punish Cao, presumably within a few days, there will be a response in Luoyang! ”

When it came to Guan Yan, except for Kong Rong, the people in the hall were all moved.

Let's talk about Tian Kai first, he is Guan Yan's "old chief", I think Guan Yan took dozens of generals to Qingzhou, but he was appointed as the governor of the district, and then remembered that he was the captain of Guan Zhong and led the army to conquer the Yellow Turban Army, but he was defeated and switched to Huangfu Song; Although there is a letter from Huangfu Song to intercede, this is always a thorn in Tian Kai's heart; Now that it has only been a few years, Guan Yan has actually been able to become a hussar general, punish Dong Zhuo, chase Lu Bu, and tilt the power towards the government and the opposition, which makes Tian Kai always feel bad in his heart.

Looking at Liu Bei again, compared with Tian Kai, he was also surprised by his soaring development; But there was more jealousy and even hatred in his heart. Since the grudge in Anxi County, Guan Yan has long been positioned by Liu Bei as the biggest enemy in his heart!

And the other person, Mi Zhu, has a lot of friendship with Guan Yan, and even knows the big secret of his yellow scarf! Although Mi Zhu is engaged in Tao Qian, from the perspective of Mi Zhu's businessman, Guan Yan's development is an important step that Mi Zhu is happy to see, and even plans for his family.

Everyone had their own thoughts, and no one responded to Tao Qian's words for a while, but fortunately, Kong Rong had no distractions, and replied with his fists in his hands: "Tao Gong rest assured, the hussars and the loyal people, if they know that Cao Cao is doing things, they will definitely be blocked!" ”

Tao Qian nodded, raised his glass and said: "Princes, Cao Cao's army is coming, it is useless to drink more, this cup is exhausted, we should be a strong soldier and a horse, stationed in Xiaopei, in case of Cao's army!" ”

Everyone replied: "What Tao Gong said is very true! ”