【Yangzhou Joins the Army】

"Big brother, along the way, I found that several places are recruiting." Guan Yu rode on the horse, walking with the mount, swaying from side to side.

When Liu Bei and his entourage passed through Yanzhou, they saw that many places were recruiting soldiers and horses, one was playing the flag "Bao", another was playing the word "bridge", and another was playing the flag "Wang", all of which erected banners outside the city gate, with great fanfare, recruiting talents, and recruiting troops.

"Yes, the teacher mentioned to me in the letter that He Jin summoned the world's heroes to approach the capital, and he recruited Bao Xin of Yanzhou as a cavalry captain, and asked him to go back to Taishan Pingyang to recruit soldiers and horses, and sent his palace Peng Wang Kuang to his hometown to launch strong crossbowmen, and ordered Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao to lead troops into Chenggao, and we saw this person just now." Liu Bei frowned, stared ahead and said.

"He Jin is really, now that he has a lot of power, is it enough to kill a few eunuchs?" Jian Yong moved his buttocks, obviously riding a horse for too long, and the pain in his crotch was unbearable.

"Xianhe, what's wrong with your ass?" Deran asked.

"Flutter~ It's not that there are nails on the buttocks, haha......" Zhang Fei laughed while holding his stomach.

"You reckless man, how many people in this world have butts made of iron like you!" Jian Yong said to Zhang Fei.

"Harm! I Zhang Fei is a person who practices martial arts, riding a horse and archery is commonplace, unlike you, hehe~! As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, he hit Jian Yong's mount hard with a snake spear.

"Ah~ Zhang Yide, you're going to die!" Jian Yong's mount was obviously frightened, and immediately rushed to the front, jumping up and down, so frightened that Jian Yong immediately grabbed the reins, and shouted in his mouth: "Stop, stop, ah~ help!" ”

"Yide, what are you doing here!" After saying that, Liu Bei stepped forward and caught up with Jian Yong, he grabbed the reins of Jian Yong's mount with one hand, shouted, and used all his strength to stop Jian Yong's horse.

Guan Yu and the others also followed behind, and in addition to being frightened, Jian Yong pointed at Zhang Fei and scolded at this time: "Zhang Yide, what do you want today!" ”

At this time, Zhang Fei glanced at Liu Bei next to him with a solemn expression, so he didn't come to quarrel with Jian Yong, and said casually: "Xianhe, just now I didn't expect your mount to be so indiscriminate, today I was wrong, you have a lot of adults, forget it!" ”

"Yes, Xianhe, you also know Yide, he has a big appearance on the outside, but in fact, his heart is still very warm, you see that he took the initiative to apologize this time, just forgive him once!" Guan Yu said with a smile.

"Yes, Xianhe, Nian Yide is a first offender, forget it!" Liu Deran also said at this time.

"If it weren't for everyone's sake today, I, Jian Yong, would not spare you, hum~" After Jian Yong finished speaking, he picked up the reins and touched the mount beside him, wanting to sit on it now, but he still had palpitations.

After Zhang Fei heard this, he glanced at Jian Yong and didn't say anything more.

"Yide, this matter, since Xianhe has forgiven you, then you are not allowed to commit it a second time in the future, you know?"

"Yes, big brother!" Zhang Fei reluctantly bowed his hand.

"Xianhe, get on the horse!" Liu Bei walked over, stroked Jian Yong's horse, and then stretched out his hand and motioned for Jian Yong to put it on him.

"Good!" Jian Yong took Liu Bei at this time and slowly mounted his mount.

"Let's keep walking!" After Liu Bei got on the horse, he said: "Everyone work hard, it will be here soon!" ”

"He Jin wants to kill the eunuch and make it known to the world, he is afraid that the eunuch will not know!" Guan Yu changed the topic at this moment.

Liu Bei felt pity for his uncle at this time, he had no strategy, no city in his chest, and he was so unassertive when he was a leader, he was used by his people again and again, and he was played by Yuan Shao and these people, and he actually got into the current dilemma. Now everyone in the world knows that He Jin is going to kill the eunuch, and the foreign relatives he represents have completely opposed the eunuch in terms of political position. Now if he kills the eunuch, he will also be killed by the scholar class; If he didn't kill the eunuch, the relationship between him and the eunuch would not be repaired as before, and when the eunuch jumped over the wall in a hurry, he might be killed by the eunuch. He Jin now whether he kills the eunuch or not, he has to die, pitiful, but these words can only be thought about in his heart, and it is not good to say it.

At this time, Liu Bei said: "If you want to kill the eunuchs, once the eunuchs learn about this, they will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, and they will vent if they seek the public, how could Dou Wu not be like this back then." The easiest way is to secretly send a jailer to arrest the culprit, and now that the whole world knows that He Jin wants to kill the eunuch, I am afraid that the plan will be difficult to achieve. ”

"Oh, why do you say that this court is full of these birdmen, all of them are useless guys, it is better to let my eldest brother do it." Zhang Fei was anxious, and when he heard that the court was so ridiculous, he complained again.

"Haha...... The third brother said well, which of the high-ranking officials in this court has our eldest brother's knowledge, I think I Guan Yu only respects three people in my life, one is the sky, the second is the earth, and the third is the eldest brother. Guan Yu said as he stroked his long beard.

"Second brother and third brother, don't talk nonsense." Liu Bei stopped.

"Big brother, I Zhang Fei admires you from the bottom of my heart, I don't say it's okay to open my mouth, but I think it's okay in my heart."

"Haha......" Everyone laughed when they heard Zhang Fei's words.

Liu Bei and his entourage of five people were also lively, talking and laughing, and soon came to Yangzhou.

All the way from Youzhou, there are ruins and broken walls along the way, and there are countless hungry people, but this Yangzhou is a different scenery. Just after the rain, the sky was clear, and the faint and alienated thin smoke shrouded the sky above the earth, and the simple buildings with white walls and black tiles were like undressed girls, standing slender on the riverside. The pale inky sky blends with the jagged stone arch bridges, and the rippling and slightly turbid river gently ripples. Awning boats float aimlessly on the river. It was blurred, just like a drop of ink gradually penetrating the rice paper, everything was merging and becoming blurred, leaving only a full light ink color, which is worthy of the beautiful Jiangnan water town.

Liu Bei came here for the first time, and forgot for a moment that he was still in the war era, he stood in Yangzhou in a daze, looking at the scene in front of him, he remembered the Yangzhou introduced to everyone by Mr. Lu Zhi of Songshan, it was really beautiful, comfortable, comfortable, and carefree life made Liu Bei recall the school life in Songshan back then, which was really unforgettable.

"Hey, big brother, it's the first time for Zhang Yide to come to Jiangnan, it's so beautiful, look at the lotus leaf, look at the lotus, oops, it's really like a graceful beauty standing on the pond, haha......" Zhang Fei admired the scenery and touched the back of his head with one hand and said.

"Indeed, such as the thirteen states today, only this Yangzhou has not experienced the baptism of war, and stepping on this land really gives people a sense of tranquility...... Let's not look at it yet, it's important to get down to business, let's go to Danyang Wanling to find Wu Qiu Yi. Liu Bei said ruthlessly.

"Hey~ Let's go, let's go, I don't know if there will be such an opportunity in the future!" Jian Yong said reluctantly.

"Yes! It's all the world of the big man, and we can come if we want to come in the future! Liu Bei sharpened his horse's mane, and then mounted his mount.

In order to recruit troops, Wu Qiu Yi made a lot of movements, which shows that the propaganda work has not been less, but it is also convenient for Liu Bei and his party to find him.

"Are you here to join the army?" The barracks guard said to Liu Bei.

"The little brother is tired of informing General Wuqiu Yi, and he said that Liu Bei from Zhuoxian County came to him." Liu Bei arched his hand.

The guard saw that Liu Bei actually knew the general's name, presumably someone the general knew, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he said, "Wait a minute." Then he sent someone into the barracks to report it.

"Look at the number of people he recruits!" Guan Yu leaned close to Liu Bei's ear and said.

"Yes, it's a pity that it's a waste of money and money, and nothing to do!" Liu Bei sighed.

Soon, the doorman ran and said, "You guys, the general asked you to come in with me." ”

Looking at the soldiers in this barracks, they have almost been recruited, everyone is training in their own teams, their movements are uniform, their shouts are loud, and they see the sentries standing guard everywhere standing tall and upright, and the military appearance of the entire barracks gives Liu Bei a new feeling, and secretly admires that this Wuqiu Yi is indeed a good hand in governing the army.

"The leader comes in, and the others stand outside the door waiting!" The doorman said.

Liu Bei walked into the camp tent and saw Wu Qiu Yi, so he said: "General, Liu Bei in Xiazhuo County has come to join the army." ”

Wu Qiu Yi glanced at Liu Bei and said lukewarmly: "You are Liu Xuande?" ”

"Yes, General."

Wuqiu Yi saw that Liu Bei's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, so he asked again: "I was ordered by the general to recruit soldiers and horses, and before I left, Lu Zhi recommended you to me, do you know?" ”

Liu Bei saw that Wuqiu Yi was strange and didn't know what he wanted to express, so he had to say: "I know that the teacher has written to inform me before, and asked my senior brother Gongsun Zan to convey it to me. ”

"You have a good relationship with your senior brother Gongsun Zhan." Wu Qiu Yi put aside the orange and said.

"Brothers in the same sect, the relationship is naturally harmonious."

"Then what do you think of your senior brother?" He broke off a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

"A generation of famous generals who are powerful in the north, and the ministers of the society who guard the country."

"Ridiculous! In order to prevent Liu Youzhou from quelling the rebellion, he did not hesitate to set up troops to plunder the border ethnic minorities, in order to prevent Liu Youzhou and Qiu Liju and other foreign tribes from reconciling, he did not hesitate to send people to assassinate the envoys, he did not hesitate to let the country continue to suffer from war and fame, and did not hesitate to let the people continue to suffer. Wu Qiu Yi spit out the seeds in his mouth.

"What?" Every time Wu Qiu Yi said a word, Liu Bei was stunned, and when Wu Qiu Yi finished speaking, Liu Bei was stunned, he couldn't believe that this was true, at this time Liu Bei said suspiciously: "How could Brother Bo Gui do such a thing, is this true?" ”

"It seems that you really don't know, he even lied to you, a junior brother, what a person with a beast's heart, do you know how many letters your teacher sent?"

"It's just me."

"Wrong, two letters, one is for you, and one is for Gongsun Zhan, one for you is for you to come to me, and the other is for reprimanding Gongsun Zhan, Liu Youzhou reported the situation and evidence to the imperial court, but the court situation was turbulent, and Gongsun Chan held a male army, so the imperial court let it go. Your teacher is famous, his face has been lost by your senior brother, and you are still singing praises for him here, which is really unreasonable. ”

Liu Bei didn't dare to imagine that Gongsun Chan had become like this after only a few years of entering society, could it be that the blood on Gongsun Yue's body that day was the blood of those messengers; He was furious when he received Liu Yu's letter that day, could it be because Liu Yu had just taken office to put down the rebellion that he had not put down for four years and robbed him of his credit, so he was angry, no wonder when he was parting with him, he told me that the teacher preferred me more, it turned out that the teacher wrote a letter to accuse him.

Liu Bei said at this time: "General, these things that my senior brother has done have really chilled everyone's hearts, Liu Bei hopes to join your command and serve the country, so as to atone for my senior brother." ”

Wu Qiu Yi listened to Liu Bei's words, and couldn't help but glance at Liu Bei suddenly, when he heard that his senior brother had committed a serious crime, he didn't think about breaking up the relationship with him for the first time, but took the initiative to take responsibility for the first time, no wonder Lu Zhi liked him so much, the reason why he asked such a series of questions just now, in the final analysis, was that he was worried that Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan were the same kind of people, and now he was relieved, and said calmly at this time: "Xuande, your senior brother belongs to your senior brother, you are you, since you are willing to stay, then you follow me, do it well, It's not in vain for your teacher's hard work. ”

He picked up an orange casually, threw it at Liu Bei, and said, "Then, it's quite sweet, you don't have it there!" ”

Liu Bei caught the orange, looked at it in his hand, and said, "It's such a big one, thank you general!" ”