Chapter 67: Befriending Tian Kai
After Liu Bei finished the funeral of his second uncle, he hurried back to Gongsun Zhan's military camp, in Zhuo County, Gongsun Zhan's people would come over to sit and sit, send some food today, and send some clothes over tomorrow, on the surface, Gongsun Chan was caring for Liu Bei, but in essence, Liu Bei and Liu Deran were surrounded by Gongsun Zhan's eyeliner.
Gongsun Zhan's feelings for Liu Bei at this time are very contradictory, according to the quality of Rao, Liu Bei's talent is not under Gongsun Zhan, and even more than Gongsun Zhan, especially in the political field, Liu Bei's sensitivity to politics and insight into the political pattern are far from ordinary people's comparison, this is Gongsun Zhan's jealousy of Liu Bei, since Liu Bei can't be used by Gongsun Chan sincerely, then Liu Bei can't be used by others, if Liu Bei is killed, Gongsun Chan still can't do it now, after all, many years of friendship are related, Moreover, he was not dissatisfied with Liu Bei's temptation last time.
Since he doesn't kill him, then he can only be monitored and controlled in the palm of his hand at all times, if Liu Bei knows each other, then Gongsun Chan will not treat him badly, but if Liu Bei doesn't know him, then Gongsun Chan can only deny his six relatives and cut the grass to the roots.
Liu Bei and Liu Deran live in the shadow of Gongsun Chan all day long, some people come to see them when they eat, some people come to see them when they work, and they can hear the sound of Rao even when they sleep, except that they don't know if anyone is watching them when they go to the toilet, and at other times, Liu Bei and Liu Deran's every move is under the surveillance of Gongsun Zhan.
Now that Liu Zijing's funeral has been completed, they are not ready to stay in Zhuo County, after all, the psychological pressure in Zhuo County is too great, it is better to go back to Gongsun Zhan's military camp as soon as possible, first, to protect Zhang Fei around, and secondly, to reassure Gongsun Zhan.
As soon as Liu Bei arrived at the barracks, he came to Gongsun Zhan's camp tent, saw Gongsun Zhan and said, "General, Liu Bei is back." ”
"Oh, Xuande is back, why don't you stay at home for a while after you are busy with things at home, after all, it's hard to go back to your hometown." Gongsun Chan patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and said, "If there weren't too many things in the barracks, I would have gone to you in person, and I wouldn't have let Gongsun Yue go on my behalf!" ”
"Although Zhuoxian is my hometown, the memories I have given me are too painful, and I still came back well!" Liu Bei thought to himself at this time, if he continued to stay at home, he would be tortured by your people and become a madman sooner or later, but this kind of words naturally couldn't come out, so he said: "Brother Bogui looks up to Liu Bei so much, and it is already my Liu Bei's honor to let Gongsun come to mourn!" ”
"Where's the word!" However, for Liu Bei's hometown to recall the too painful things, Gongsun Zhan also understood what Liu Bei meant, and said meaningfully at this time: "It's good to come back, since you don't want to go back, then this is your home from now on, I am your relative, your brother, you and your people will always stay here." ”
Liu Bei said: "Thank you, brother." "Since Gongsun Chan is like this, then he will call him brother according to his pace, anyway, Liu Bei doesn't dare to say a word in front of Gongsun Chan now.
"Oh, by the way, from Zhuoxian to here, you should be tired, just go back and rest first, if you have any difficulties, you can send someone over with me."
Liu Bei also wanted to go back for a long time, after all, he hadn't seen his brothers for a long time, and now he didn't think about anything in front of Gongsun Zhan, he was afraid that if he said something wrong, the knife and axe hand outside the camp rushed in and cut off his life. ”
"Yes."
After finishing Liu Bei, he turned around and left.
"General, you're back." Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Jian Yong were extremely happy when they saw that Liu Bei was finally back: "When you are away, my brothers miss you!" ”
"You're okay, I miss you in Zhuo County."
"Brothers, everything is fine, but you and Deran, just now Deran has told us everything that happened to you in Zhuoxian, this ..... This Gongsun Chan has gone too far. At this time, Jian Yong deliberately lowered his voice.
"Big brother, Gongsun Chan and his army are not benevolent and righteous soldiers, and we will not end well with these people." Guan Yu said at this time.
"Yun looks right, big brother, let's go now." Zhang Fei was anxious to commit it again.
Liu Deran saw that Zhang Fei was so impatient, so he said: "Yide, this matter is not in a hurry, we were in Zhuoxian County before, and there were already groups of secret agents around us, not to mention that now we are in Gongsun Zhan's military camp, if we are too impatient to deal with this matter, we will lose all the games if we are not careful, once we are discovered, we will not want to leave." ”
"That'...... So what to do? Zhang Fei said with a glare.
Jian Yong didn't pay attention to Zhang Fei at this time, he said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, I think this matter still needs to be up to you to find a chance to break away, but you can't show it too obviously, so as not to startle the snake." ”
Liu Bei said at this time: "Brothers, you are all people who came out of Zhuo County with me, and you are also the people I Liu Bei trusts the most, please give me some time, you are still the same as before, train the army as usual, don't behave differently than before, and when I find an opportunity, we can leave here." ”
"Yes, General, we know."
"Report, General Qiyu, there are people outside asking to see you." At this time, the soldiers outside came in to report.
"Who?" Liu Bei said vigilantly.
"He claimed to be Tian Kai."
"Tian Kai?" Liu Bei remembered that this person was Gongsun Zhan's cronies, and when he got married, he had a relationship with him, but he didn't know what he was looking for him, so he said: "Hurry up, please." ”
Seeing that the guards walked out, Liu Bei deliberately said loudly: "Since we are General Gongsun's generals, we must think about General Gongsun everywhere, in the future, you must work harder to train the army, and in the future we will be the vanguard of General Gongsun." When Liu Bei said these words, he spoke louder and louder, for fear that Tian Kai would not hear them.
Liu Deran and the others understood it, and also deliberately said loudly: "Yes, follow the general's orders." ”
"Hahaha...... Brother Liu is really a loyal and righteous man, Tian Kai admires. As soon as Tian Kai entered the door, he heard Liu Bei's reprimand, and said with a smile at this time.
When Liu Bei saw Tian Kai coming, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I don't know that General Tian is coming, and he is guilty of missing the welcome...... This is the minister of General Gongsun's humerus, right-hand man, you don't hurry up to salute. ”
"See General Tian."
"Ah, yes, Brother Liu is really surprised, look at this...... Okay, well, Brother Liu really manages the army well. ”
"General Tian has won the award." Liu Bei turned around at this time and said to Liu Deran and the others: "You guys retreat first, I have something to say to General Tian." ”
"Yes."
After Liu Deran and the others left, Liu Bei said: "General Tian, please take a seat, I don't know what General Tian has to discuss with Liu Bei." ”
"Oh, it's nothing, I think we're old acquaintances, I heard that you went back to Zhuo County to hold a funeral before, and now you're back, you see that you just came back, Tian came to disturb you, I'm really sorry."
"General Tian is serious, it is really Liu Bei's honor that you can come to visit Liu Bei in person." Liu Bei wondered in his heart at the moment, what was the matter with this Tian Kai who was so anxious to find himself, but he was not so sticky after seeing it.
"I wonder if General Liu knows that some time ago, General Gongsun sent Gongsun Yue to lead a thousand Youzhou cavalry south to help and support Yuan Shu?"
"Well, Liu Bei listened to it, Yuan Shu IV and the third duke, the tiger is in Nanyang, and there are tiger generals like Sun Jian, General Gongsun can be an ally with him, it is really a thing worth celebrating." Liu Bei didn't know what Tian Kai wanted at this time, so he could only pick the good ones.
"Actually, General Gongsun and Yuan Shu formed an alliance, the purpose of which was to deal with Yuan Shao in Jizhou, this Yuan Shao was a sinister person, and promised to jointly divide Jizhou as a condition to deceive General Gongsun into sending troops, but as soon as he got Jizhou, he turned his face and denied people, he was really a shameless man."
At this time, Liu Bei listened to Tian Kai's words, and really wanted to give him a slap, what is the meaning of carving up Jizhou, it has to be so open, this Jizhou is the Jizhou of the Liu family, it is the Jizhou of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Benchu is a robber, isn't Gongsun Chan a robber, Yuan Benchu is a shameless person, isn't Gongsun Chan, they are all carved out of a mold, and there is no difference.
At this time, after Liu Bei calmed down, he said: "Yuan Benchu was ambitious and his character was not good, so General Gongsun should not have cooperated with him in the first place." ”
"Brother Liu is right, but since the matter has happened, it can only solve the current matter."
"The matter of the moment? What's going on at the moment? Liu Bei asked suspiciously.
"Encircling and suppressing Yuan Shao, don't hide it, General Gongsun has always wanted to kill Yuan Shao to relieve the hatred in his heart, but he suffers from his lack of strength, so he has been holding back until now."
"I don't know what General Tian means?"
"Brother Liu, Tian has always regarded you as a brother, and today I want you to help me do something."
"General Tian, but it doesn't matter, as long as Liu Bei can do it, he will do his best." Tian Kai is Gongsun Zhan's cronies, and if he has the opportunity to make friends with him today, he must seize the opportunity, and he may be of great use in the future.
"Tian wants to hope that you can propose a way to encircle and suppress Yuan Shao to General Gongsun, and send people to other states to open up another battlefield as a state assassin, so as to hold Yuan Shao's forces hostage, so that Yuan Shao has General Gongsun in the north, Yuan Shu in the south, and the Black Mountain Army in the west, so Yuan Shao will be defeated."
"It's really a good idea, but since General Tian has such a good suggestion, why don't you go yourself?"
"This?" Tian Kai wanted to speak and stopped.
Seeing Tian Kai like this, Liu Bei understood at this time, Tian Kai wanted to be the one who served as the state assassin, Gongsun Zhan's cronies were not Tian Kai alone, and Yan Gang, Shan Jing and others were all in terms of seniority, Yan Gang was first, Tian Kai was second, and Shan Jing was last, so he had to be direct, Tian Kai didn't want Yan Gang to be the one who was chosen, but he was afraid that he took the initiative to go to Gongsun Chan for a position, so he came to find someone who had some relationship with Gongsun Zhan, but couldn't compete with Tian Kai himself. Liu Bei became Tian Kai's object, but I don't know who came up with this idea, so Liu Bei said: "General Tian, I understand." ”