54. Expedition to Qingzhou
The oil lamp in Liu Bei's study was very bright, and at this moment he was holding a roll of bamboo slips and looking at it. At this time, Han Fei lifted the curtain and walked in, Liu Bei saw that it was Han Fei who came in, put down the book and beckoned to him, and motioned for him to sit down.
Han Fei was also not polite, came to Liu Bei and sat down and said, "What book is the lord reading?" ”
Liu Bei smiled and handed the bamboo slip to Han Fei and said, "It's just "Spring and Autumn"!" Han Fei took the bamboo slip and saw that the first column had the title of the book: "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period". In fact, this book is not the original revised version of Confucius, but the historian of the Lu State, Zuo Qiu Ming, based on the important political, economic, military, diplomatic and cultural events and historical facts of various countries in the early 254 years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, used to annotate Confucius's "Spring and Autumn" historiographical masterpiece, and is also a historical masterpiece of China's research on pre-Qin history and ancient Chinese literature. It can also be called "Left Biography"!
Although "Spring and Autumn" is short, it is an accurate original record of time, place and people, and "Zuo Chuan" makes up for the shortcomings of "Spring and Autumn" with a large number of detailed and rich historical facts. During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the distinction between "Spring and Autumn" and "Zuo Chuan" was very clear, and "Spring and Autumn" had a different meaning from "Zuo Chuan". After the Han Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period was revered as a sacred book written by Confucius, and had a supreme status in politics and scholarship. Therefore, Liu Bei said that he was watching "Spring and Autumn".
Speaking of this, Han Fei suddenly remembered that after Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao, he had read "Spring and Autumn" at night, and then comprehended the Spring and Autumn Sword Technique, and finally the Sword Technique was completed. So this is the book Guan Yu read? Thinking of this, Han Fei hurriedly asked Liu Bei about the origin of this book.
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then told him that this book was given to him by his teacher Lu Zhi. Since winning this book, Liu Bei has often benefited from reading it. This book has a total of ten volumes, two of which were borrowed by Guan Yu, so Liu Bei still has eight volumes here.
Han Fei nodded and said, "Lord, can you lend me this book?" I also want to see how this "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography" is different from that "Spring and Autumn". ”
Liu Bei smiled after hearing this: "But it's a coincidence, I only brought two volumes with me this time, so you can take this volume away and read it!" Liu Bei said as he picked up the book on the low table and handed it to Han Fei, who was overjoyed and got up and took it with both hands.
At this time, Liu Bei opened his mouth and asked, "Zicong, you came here late at night, but you have something important to look for me?" Han Fei casually stuffed the bamboo slip into his arms, and then said: "Lord, now that Taishan County has been recovered, it's time to take over the entire territory of Qingzhou!" ”
"This ......," Liu Bei muttered, "Beihai Kong Rong treats me very well, I really can't bear to take it!" ”
"Hahaha!" Han Fei laughed when he heard this.
Liu Bei sank his face and said, "Why is Zicong laughing? ”
"Lord, in addition to Beihai, Qingzhou also has four big cities of Luguo, Changyi, Langya, and Donglai, and there are three or five county towns under the rule of each city. As for Beihai City, don't take it. ”
Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This plan is very good, how to ask Zicong to teach me!" ”
Han Fei nodded and said, "The lord now has a few strong soldiers and strong generals!" It can be divided into four teams, and each team will take a big city, so that you can sweep all over Qingzhou in a short time! Of course, how to assign this personnel depends on the decision of the lord! ”
Liu Bei nodded after listening, Han Fei had finished saying everything, and immediately got up to say goodbye and turned back to his room. Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, Liu Bei convened everyone to discuss the matter. On the spot, Zhang Fei led 3,000 people from his headquarters to take Langya, Zhang He and Yin Li led 3,000 people to take Donglai, Zang Ba and Chang Feng led 3,000 people to take Lu State, Liu Bei led Dian Wei Wu Dun to take Changyi in person, and Han Fei also followed suit. Sun Guan led 3,000 men to stay in Tai'an City.
When the distribution was over, everyone went into action. People from all walks of life went out of the city one after another, and Liu Bei also brought Fu Zhu, Han Fei, Dian Wei and others to Changyi.
Changyi City is the county seat of Qingzhou, not far from Beihai City. However, at this time, Changyi was still in a dilapidated state, and most of the residents of the city were the families of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. The leader of the Yellow Turban Army in the city is named Li Damu, who had previously besieged Beihai City with Guan Hai. As a result, Guan Hai was captured by Guan Yu, and he fled back when he saw that it was not good.
I thought that Liu Bei would go back after relieving the siege of Beihai, but I didn't expect to hit the city of Changyi! How's that going to work? Li Damu didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly found his leaders. Everyone discussed and decided to fight first, and if they couldn't win, they would surrender!
I didn't hear that Liu Beijun called for a battle in front of the city, and Li Damu took his leaders to the outside of the city to line up. Li Damu saw that there was no Guan Yu's banner on the other side, and his heart suddenly settled, and he said in his heart: "As long as Guan Yu is not here, Liu Beijun has nothing to fear!" ”
At this time, he looked back at the leaders around him and said, "Fortunately, Guan Yu on the other side is not here, who of you is going to challenge?" ”
"Big Boss, let me go!" Li Damu saw that it was Meng Jie, a leader under him, who was good at wielding a big axe and had a lot of strength.
"Okay, the first one will be up to you, and I will reward you with two jars of good wine!" Li Damu promised.
Meng Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this, wine is a good thing! He grinned at the moment and said, "Don't worry, big boss!" I'm sure I'll win! With that, he urged the horses to rush to the front of the two armies.
Liu Bei looked back at Han Fei and said, "Who did Zicong let fight?" Han Fei looked at the one who ran out on the opposite side, and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, this Qingzhou Yellow Turban turned out to be just some farmers, I think this person has some strength at most, so let Mi Fang fight!" ”
This Mi Fang has always been the leader of Han Fei's personal guards, and he rarely has the opportunity to come out and show his face, but today he saw that the person opposite was generally forced, and Han Fei planned to let him go up and pick up a bargain and earn some military merits.
Liu Bei nodded after hearing this, and said to Mi Fang: "Since Zicong recommends it, then you can take the lead!" ”
"Yes, my lord!" Mi Fang jumped out in response, brandishing a big knife in his hand and coming straight to Meng Jie.
The two did not talk nonsense and fought on the spot. As Han Fei said, this Meng Jie relied on his own strength, and danced the big axe to the wind, rushing towards the top of Mi Fang's head and upper body. Mi Fang didn't fight hard, and dodged the fierce axe with the horse to the side, and then slashed at Meng Jie's chest with a big knife in his hand.
Meng Jie was shocked, and the big axe hurriedly retreated to survey and block Mi Fang's big knife. With the sound of "dang", Mi Fang's big knife was slashing at Meng Jie's axe blade. The huge force made the two of them tremble.
Mi Fang had already tried out the depth of this person after this knife, and his moves became even bolder, and he suppressed Meng Jie in a few faces. After another five combinations, Mi Fang's subordinates stepped up, and a knife was slashed on Meng Jie's shoulder.
"Ahh With a scream, Meng Jie's hand let go of the big axe and fell to the ground. Mi Fang seized the opportunity and slashed the person off his horse with a swing of his sword.