In Wuyuan County and Taishou Mansion, Ma Chao was discussing with the soldiers.

Jia Xu analyzed the current situation: "Young master, the scout has come to report, Your Majesty learned that the Yellow Turban Thief was huge, and he Jin was the general, leading the five battalions of Yulin to stay in the capital pavilion, and the weapons were ordered to guard the Beijing Division; In addition, from the Hangu Pass, Otani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, Kopingjin and other Kyoto Passes, set up the garrison of the Commandery; He ordered all prefectures and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, count weapons, and gather rebels. ”

Hearing his words, the generals looked at each other, and Su Dingfang took the lead and said: "Young master, we should respond to the call of the imperial court, send troops to fight the thieves, and help Sheji." ”

"Dingfang's words are extremely true, but according to his opinion, how to send troops and where to fight, there is a lot of knowledge in this."

Ma Chao was thinking about how to send troops, but Jia Xu first proposed a plan: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Erecting the map, Jia Xu circled the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan, and said: "The current situation, these eight prefectures are the main battle sites of the Yellow Turban thieves, and they are not directly related to the annexed prefectures where we are located, so our army can wait for the situation to change before making a decisive attack." ”

He pointed to the three regions of Jizhou, Yingchuan County, and Nanyang County, and continued: "The main force of the Yellow Turban is in Jizhou, and the army led by Beizhong Lang General Lu Zhi is fighting; Huangfu Song, the left middle general, and Zhu Jun, the right middle general, attacked the Yellow Turban thieves in Yingchuan County; The Yellow Turban thieves in Nanyang County were attacked by local officers and soldiers and volunteers. ”

Zhang Liao found a problem: "Could it be that the imperial court's troops are stretched?" ”

"Not bad!"

Jia Xu continued: "Due to the disaster of the party, the power of the imperial court has been seriously weakened, and the rebellion throughout the country this time, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court can only defend themselves, and the real main force is the county soldiers of our various states and counties, as well as the private soldiers of the big families, and the powerful volunteers from all over the country. ”

"Next, let's look at the distribution of yellow turban thieves."

"Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Bao are in Jizhou, so this is the main battlefield; Bu Ji led a team of Yellow Turban thieves in Yanzhou Dong County, and Bo Cai and Peng Tuo led a team of Yellow Turban Thieves to be active in Yingchuan, Runan, and Chenguo, and were the main force in the East of the Yellow Turban Army; Zhang Mancheng led a group of Yellow Turban thieves to gather in Wancheng and became the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the south. ”

"The rest also have Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Youzhou Yellow Turbans, etc., but they are not the main force."

Sima Cuo summed up Jia Xu's remarks: "In the final analysis, in fact, the only two we can choose the target of the expedition are either Youzhou or Jizhou!" ”

"Report!"

And the state assassin mansion came to envoy, Ma Chao then led the crowd to greet Dong Zhuo's warrant: "Welcome the messenger!" ”

The envoy hurriedly helped Ma Chao up: "Young Lord, due to last year's battle of Merging Prefecture, the Assassin Shi Mansion has made outstanding contributions, and Lord Thorn Shi has been awarded the imperial court, worshiped as the Dongzhong Lang General (4 permanent products), led the Bingzhou army into Jizhou, and will go out together with the Beizhong Lang General Lu Zhi. ”

"Lord Thorn Shi went to the court, and Lord Bai was a young man to please General Kou (5 miscellaneous numbers), congratulations!"

"What!"

Ma Chao was taken aback, he was suddenly promoted from the lieutenant of a county to a general of the 5th rank and miscellaneous number, and the speed of promotion was so fast!

The messenger laughed and said, "There is one more big thing! ”

"Tell me about it!"

"What Lord Assassin Shi means, if he goes to Jizhou and asks General Kou to go to Youzhou, it will be better, and it will strengthen the influence of the state on nearby states and counties!"

Ma Chao took a deep breath: "I am willing to obey the order of Lord Dong!" ”

After bidding farewell to the envoy, the generals congratulated Ma Chao first, and Jia Xu said worriedly: "It seems that the performance of our army in the battle of Bingzhou is too eye-catching, which has aroused Dong Zhuo's vigilance. ”

Zhang Xiu scolded and scolded: "Damn! If it weren't for Dong Zhuo's birth and death, how could he have today's scenery? was actually worshiped as the general of Dongzhong Lang, this is a 4-grade permanent general, and it is the highlight of the grade! ”

Ma Chao shook his head: "Since Dong Zhuo has given an order, even if he is wary of me and prevents me from competing with him, Youzhou is still a good choice." ”

said so, but Ma Chao thought in his heart that if he went to Youzhou, he would be able to meet Gongsun Zhan, and he would also be able to meet the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang Taoyuan.

Maybe...

If you're lucky, wouldn't it be nice to snatch Zhao Yun over first?

Since Dong Zhuo had made a choice for Ma Chao, Ma Chao prepared soldiers, horses, military rations, and equipment, and prepared to set out for the Youzhou Yellow Turban on a certain day.

On the other hand, Youzhou Zhuo County (later changed to Fanyang County).

There is a descendant of the Liu royal family here, after Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Bei.

Let's talk about Liu Sheng first, this person has no other ability, that is, he is particularly able to give birth to sons, and the "Book of Han" records that there are more than 120 sons...

Then, the highlight came, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, in order to weaken the rights of the princes and kings in various places and strengthen the centralization of power, a "Tui En Order" came out.

Tui En Ling, probably means that after the death of the princes and kings, his feudal state will be distributed to all the sons of the descendants, forming a smaller vassal state, and in the long run, the vassal state will become smaller and smaller, and after a few generations, it will naturally become a common person like Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is miserable, his ancestor Liu Sheng gave birth to more than 120 sons, a push order to go down, the Eastern Han Dynasty has not yet arrived, Liu Bei has become a common person.

Liu Bei, when he was young, he and Gongsun Zan and others, together as Lu Zhi's students, Tian Yu and Zhao had a lot of friendship with Liu Bei at the beginning, and they had a close relationship with Liu Bei.

Moreover, he was good friends with Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai, and successively served as Yuzhou Thorn Shi, Xuzhou Mu, Yuzhou Mu, and then killed Xuzhou Thorn Shi Che Zhou, and then got Xuzhou and united Gong Du.

It can be said that Liu Bei's beginning is not as miserable as in the novel, with horses running around, and only 2 people with him.

It's just that he didn't grasp it himself, and all the people ran away, took Xu Shu with him, and all went to Cao Cao.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang's significance to Liu Bei's group is like heaven's help.

Liu Bei has been quite ambitious since he was a child, and he played under the tree with the children of the same clan, pointed to the mulberry tree crowned like a car cover and said: "I will definitely take such a feather covered car in the future!" ”

Yu Bao covers the car, which belongs to the etiquette of the princes and is exclusive to the princes, which shows that he has great ambitions since he was a child.

On this day, he was strolling on the street, and suddenly saw an official announcement posted in front of him, and Liu Bei squeezed into the crowd to watch, with a notice written on it to recruit volunteers from the township to jointly crusade against the Yellow Turban thieves in Youzhou.

He sighed heavily: "Hey! ”

A black-faced male man beside him frowned and shouted: "The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, since he should serve the imperial court, when he encounters a rebellion, he should gather righteousness to fight for thieves and make meritorious contributions, why do you want to sigh here for a long time, it is not like a hero!" ”

Liu Bei turned his head and found that although the black man in front of him was five big and three thick, he looked at his body shape, muscles and tendons all over his body, and carried an eight-foot-long snake spear on his shoulder.

Then he said respectfully: "Dare to ask the name of this strong man? ”

"A certain surname Zhang, the name Fei, the word Yide! A local butcher in Zhuo County. ”

Liu Bei replied: "My surname is Liu, my name is Bei, the word Xuande, I am after King Jing of Zhongshan, but now I am just making up tables for people and selling shoes, asking for a livelihood, therefore, although I often have the heart to serve the country, but I have no way to serve the country, it's a pity!" What a pain! ”

"Oh?"

Zhang Fei raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect to catch a royal descendant on the street casually!

Zhang Fei was surprised, and immediately grabbed Liu Bei's hand: "Go!" I'll take you to meet a real hero! ”

The two of them walked quickly all the way into Zhang Fei's Zhuangzi, where a red-faced man was waving the Qinglong Dadao in his hand, his face was like a heavy jujube, and the beard on his chin was particularly eye-catching.

"Who is this strong man?"

Guan Yu put away the knife, hugged his fists and said: "A certain surname Guan, name Yu, the word cloud is long, a person from Xie County, Hedong, who accidentally killed someone because he helped relatives and friends, committed an accident, fled here, and came here as a guest for several days, and has a deep friendship with Yide. ”

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "This is Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, a descendant of the royal family!" I have always hoped to serve the court, no, the opportunity has come! I see you both are very eye-to-eye, go! Go behind Zhuangzi! ”

The three of them went hand in hand all the way, behind Zhang Fei Zhuangzi, there was a large peach tree garden, it was February at this time, and the peach trees had not yet bloomed.

People say "on the third day of March, the peach blossoms bloom", but the peach trees in Zhang Fei's garden are actually full of large and full peach blossoms, which are connected into a large piece, and the eyes are full of pink and tender peach blossoms, which is very beautiful.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Yesterday, there were not a few flowers and bones in this peach forest, but today it actually fills a whole peach orchard!" Any idea what the reason is? ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "I wish to hear the wings and talk about virtue!" ”

A small sycophant slapped up, Zhang Fei came to the momentum, and said: "This shows that God wants us to gather here, call me brothers, go out to the world, and make contributions!" ”

"Good!"

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard, and applauded loudly: "In this case, why don't we make an oath with this peach orchard and become three brothers?" ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's hands, and said, "There are two righteous brothers here, why worry about the great cause?!" ”

Zhang Fei then set up a desk in the middle of the peach orchard, prepared a black ox and a white horse, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, burned incense and worshipped, and became brothers with different surnames.

The three of them knelt on the ground, holding incense, and said: "The sky is above, the thick soil is a mirror, we and the three of us, righteous knot Jinlan, life and death together, do not seek to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day!" ”

After the ceremony, the three of them laughed, Liu Bei is a descendant of the royal family, and the eldest, the elder brother; Guan Yu is the second, and Zhang Fei is the youngest.

In the Han Dynasty, the best relationship between brothers and friends, the way to express the feelings of iron buddies to each other is to sleep and eat together, full of affection.