Chapter 352: Constant strife
Liu Bei originally focused on the livelihood and development of Xuzhou, and had no time to pay attention to anything about the king, which seemed to be the work of a good monarch, after all, he always kept the life and death of the people in mind, but what Liu Bei didn't expect was that under his way of governance, Xuzhou would still be in chaos, and a bandit directly entered Xiapi without warning with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying.
And the combat power of the wandering army is quite strong, and the equipment on the body is also very sophisticated, along the way, Liu Bei can't resist at all, and finally Liu Bei panicked, he can only abandon his wife and children, and take Zhang Fei Guan Yu out of the city in a hurry, when he escaped, Liu Bei's subordinates hurriedly came to report that the person who attacked them was actually Lu Bu.
When he heard Lu Bu's name, Liu Bei was stunned, the world's first military general who showed his majesty in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, he still remembered it vividly at this moment.
But then again, Lu Bu has been merging states before, and there are Si Li's generation activities, Liu Bei can't figure it out, how can this Lu Bu run to his Xuzhou, I heard that Lu Bu fought with Cao Cao in Yanzhou before, but when Cao Cao developed, Lu Bu was completely defeated and was driven out of Yanzhou by Cao Cao.
Later, it was rumored that Lu Bu had plans to defect to Cao Xing, after all, he and Cao Xing were fellow villagers and had a good relationship, but Cao Cao forced Lu Bu away with a discordant strategy, and since then Lu Bu has disappeared, but now Lu Bu is killed from Xuzhou without warning, and with his world-beating bravery, Liu Bei was caught off guard.
After learning about this series of things, Zhang Fei's temper under Liu Bei was the most domineering, and he jumped like thunder, and said directly to Liu Bei.
"Big brother, I, Zhang Fei, usually don't like that three-surnamed slave the most, in my opinion, he is mediocre, why is he famous all over the world, so you give me a soldier and horse, and I will help you snatch Xiapi back!"
And Guan Yu also expressed the same meaning as Zhang Fei, obviously Xiapi was theirs, why did he let Lu Bu take it, but Liu Bei pondered after listening to the advice of his two brothers, and after a while, he directly found Jian Yong and asked Jian Yong to visit Lu Bu, listening to Liu Bei's envoy to see him. Lu Bu, who was immersed in joy, was also stunned, but he didn't refuse in the end, and asked Jian Yong to bring him in, but he ambushed the dazzling knife handrails on all sides, in Lu Bu's opinion, what did Liu Bei come to him for, it was nothing more than to condemn him from the righteousness, and Lu Bu asked Lu Bu to return Xuzhou to him.
Is this possible? Lu Bu's previous days as a wandering army made him miserable, Lu Bu has had enough of the life of a wandering army, and now he finally saw Xuzhou, a place where the defense is not strong, and snatched it over, do you think Lu Bu still has the possibility of returning it to you?
Originally, Lu Bu was ready to completely tear his face with Liu Bei, but what Lu Bu never expected was that Jian Yong came to convey Liu Bei's meaning, Liu Bei actually said that he wanted to take refuge with Lu Bu, and when Lu Bu heard the news, the whole person was completely stupid.
What is this called? Regardless of how Liu Bei's Xuzhou came from, anyway, now the world recognizes that he Liu Bei is Xuzhou Mu, and Xuzhou is his Liu Bei's, but Lu Bu snatched it in the name of bandits, Liu Bei should be sad, should cry, but what does Liu Bei mean by this, not only did he not show any chagrin, but also said that since you Lu Bu want to master the entire Xuzhou, you can master it, and he Liu Bei is willing to come to assist Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was a little skeptical that he had heard it wrong, but he thought about it again and again, could this be Liu Bei's fraud, no matter what, first arrest and kill Liu Bei's lobbyist.
However, when Lu Bu just wanted to kill Jian Yong, one person jumped out to stop Lu Bu's movements, and seeing this person appear, Lu Bu's temperament also restrained a little, because this person was none other than Chen Gong.
Chen Gong is what kind of person, that is also a famous person in the world, once in Luoyang area as an official, and later because he was not used to Dong Zhuo's autocratic power, ready to resign and go into hiding, but when he was preparing to resign, he met Cao Cao, who was also preparing to go out to establish his own power, and listened to Cao Cao's righteous crusade against Dong thief, Chen Gong's heart was moved, so he was ready to follow Cao Cao to do a great cause.
As a result, I don't know how to get to the back, anyway, the difference of opinion between Chen Gong and Cao Cao is getting bigger and bigger, and in the end, Chen Gong is also angry, and he left directly with a flick of his robe, no longer paying attention to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao did not stay, just like that, Chen Gong seems to be going to change back into an ordinary ordinary person.
However, what he didn't expect was that it didn't take long for his fate to take a turn again, when Lu Bu was coming out of Yanzhou with soldiers and horses, and happened to meet Chen Gong, and at this moment Lu Bu was also beaten badly by Cao Cao, and Lu Bu finally had a trace of regret in his heart.
It's just that after going through so many things, Lu Bu finally understood a problem, this world is not a world where he just fights and kills, even if he Lu Bu has superb martial arts, he doesn't know the slightest bit of politics, he doesn't understand the slightest bit of scheming, and the same will be played around.
So at that time, Lu Bu had begun to change, he used to disdain scholars, thinking that these were all nerds, but now he thinks that as long as there are knowledgeable scholars, they are worthy of respect, don't look at them without the power of the chicken, but there are millions of male soldiers in their chests, so when Lu Bu met Chen Gong, it can be said that it was like a familiar sight, seeing that Lu Bu was so sincere, Chen Gong also promised Lu Bu that he was ready to go out of the mountain to help Lu Bu.
Therefore, the capture of Xuzhou was actually Chen Gong's help to Lu Bu's strategy, and now Lu Bu's temper is committed again, and he is ready to kill people and sacrifice to the sky, but Chen Gong jumped out in time to stop Lu Bu, and he told Lu Bu.
This world is a world that attaches great importance to fame, if he Lu Bu only knows how to kill people blindly, then he will be condemned by the whole world, at least one person spits on you and drowns you, or Yuan Shu is the end, offending everyone in the world, as a result, countless princes come to find you trouble, can you handle it?
Now that Lu Bu has seized Liu Bei's Xuzhou, this is unjust, but this is also a matter of no choice for Lu Bu, after all, Lu Bu also needs a base land very much, so this matter will not be mentioned for the time being.
The key is that Liu Bei's approach is too unexpected, Liu Bei said that he is willing to serve Lu Bu with the gift of the monarch and ministers, become Lu Bu's subordinate, and help Lu Bu jointly manage Xuzhou, when a person is desperate to come to you, it should be very pitiful, but Liu Bei is so generous, if Lu Bu treats Liu Bei's sincerity as a donkey's liver and lungs, it is estimated that the reputation will be even more stinky.
So Lu Bu thought about it, and finally nodded, Liu Bei wanted to defect to him, so he would accept Liu Bei, but Chen Gong also warned Lu Bu to be wary of Liu Bei.
Therefore, Lu Bu's final resolution was to appoint Liu Bei as Xiao Pei's Taishou and garrison the gate of Xuzhou, and in order to show his sincerity, Lu Bu also returned all Liu Bei's wives and children to Liu Bei.
Although the battle of Xuzhou seems to be a little funny, then again, because the appearance of Lu Bu also completely fired the first shot of the battle.
Immediately followed by Cao Cao's actions, although Cao Cao now said that he occupied Yanzhou and Yuzhou, in fact, his Yanzhou was not complete, because a small force appeared in the south of Yanzhou.
That force also has a relationship with Dong Zhuo at the beginning, the leader is called Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu is actually a nephew of Zhang Ji to put it bluntly, Zhang Ji's martial arts are ordinary, the battle formation is loose, and he was finally killed by Cao Xing.
But Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu is a very capable person, it is said that Zhang Xiu came from a famous teacher, practiced a good marksmanship, and fought all over the world in the north, known as the king of guns in the north.
Once Zhang Ji also gave Zhang Xiu a soldier and horse, let her train secretly, Zhang Xiu successfully trained a pikeman, in this troubled world, Zhang Xiu also took advantage of the chaos, seized Wancheng, and became a small force, because the method of using troops used by Zhang Xiu is really peculiar, so Cao Cao was really taken advantage of by him for a while.
Now Cao Cao led the army to Wancheng again, in order to completely eliminate Zhang Xiu, but although Zhang Xiu is young, how can he be so easy to bully, his pikemen are not vegetarians, so it is said that Cao Cao fought with him, not a one-sided trend, but a mutual victory.
As for the most powerful princes today, it is none other than Yuan Shao, after all, Yuan Shao occupied two and a half states, namely Jizhou, Qingzhou and half of Youzhou, why is it said that it is half of Youzhou? Because Yuan Shao only conquered Gongsun Zan in Liaodong, but there is still a Gongsun family in Liaoxi, that is, Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Du's family is entrenched in western Liaoning all the year round, and its power is deep-rooted, and it is not easy to crusade at all, even the original Gongsun Chan is actually from this Gongsun family, but later for some reasons, Gongsun Chan became the son-in-law of Beiping Taishou, and finally gradually mastered Liaodong, so he rarely contacted this Gongsun family.
Because the power of the Gongsun family in western Liaoning is intertwined, and they are relatively closed, it is difficult for Yuan Shao to break in, so Yuan Shao temporarily let go of the Gongsun family in western Liaoning, and turned his target to the state, he wanted to seize the land in the state, Yuan Shao originally thought that Jizhou was a rich land, the soldiers were full of food, and the state was a bitter cold place, he wanted to take the entire state, it was only a matter of minutes, but he never expected that there was a Cao nature, and the power was so big, and now it has become his confidant. It was basically impossible for him to win the state and merge the state, after all, he had tried many times before.
This made Yuan Shao have some difficulties, the road in the east was blocked, and the west couldn't get in, where should he go? Could it be that he, the first prince in the world, has no use for it, right?
However, when something happened, Yuan Shao saw the opportunity of the war again, that is, I don't know what the Gongsun family in Liaoxi thought, anyway, Gongsun Du watched the princes of the world seal the king one after another, and he seemed to have written the king's thoughts, so before Cao Xing was crowned king, he took the lead in sealing the king, changed the name of the country to Yan, and called himself the king of Yan.
Gongsun Du only occupies a piece of land in Liaoxi, that place is relatively barren, and it is still harassed by Karasuma all the year round, so it has no strategic value, Gongsun Du's self-proclaimed Yan King can only be regarded as a small prince king, nothing is nothing, just like Ma Teng of Yongzhou later also proclaimed himself King Yong, and changed the name of the country to Yong, which is not a big deal, and it is not enough to attract the attention of the princes of the world, but Yuan Shao is not happy.
If it is said that Cao Xing's strength has gradually increased, and he is a self-proclaimed king, Yuan Shao can only endure this breath, but what is his Gongsun Du, just such a small piece of territory and dare to give himself the title of king, it is simply shameless, in this case, he Yuan Shao needs to clean up this Yan King, so Yuan Shao immediately sent troops to Liaoxi, he has only one request, Gongsun Du has no talent and no virtue, if he wants to quell the war, he will quickly cancel the title of King Yan.
Yuan Shao's condition seems simple, as long as the title is canceled, he Yuan Shao will retire, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a humiliating condition, if Gongsun Du accepts it, his reputation will be greatly damaged, and Yuan Shao's reputation will also soar.
So Gongsun Du naturally didn't do it, and put down his cruel words, since Yuan Shao wanted to fight, then come and fight, his Gongsun Du would definitely not be afraid to fight.
In this way, in the east, Yuan Shao completely began the war with Gongsun Du.
As for the fact that it is not peaceful in the south, after Sun Jian occupied Jianye, other major local forces came to recover, for no other reason, Sun Jian's reputation is already very great, and his bravery is the best in the world, so many people have come to vote.
Therefore, Sun Jian's power can be said to have expanded rapidly, starting from Jianye, and has been expanding to the territory of Lujiang, and the power can be said to have increased sharply, but Sun Jian's growth seems to have caused some people's dissatisfaction, because Lujiang River crossed the river to Jingzhou, and the gateway to Jingzhou is Jiangxia.
In Huang Zu's opinion, he is an old-timer who has been famous for a long time, Sun Jian is just a junior, why don't he even give him this face, so he once sent a naval army to attack Sun Jian, and Sun Jian was caught off guard, but with Sun Jian's violent temper, how can he bear it, he is known as the Jiangdong Tiger.
Since you want to fight, let's fight, Sun Jian also lives in Jiangdong all the year round, he thinks that his water war will definitely not be worse than Huang Zu, but Huang Zu also thinks that he is a convenient master of water war, so the battle between the two has started again.
Therefore, looking at the situation in the world, one can draw a conclusion. After a short period of subsidence, the Central Plains was once again in flames.