Nowadays, Futu has not been separated from the traditional fairy Tao of Middle Earth, Futu and the Queen Mother of the West, the same as the prince of the East, are scattered in various places, each has a blood food sacrifice of the gods, the Buddhist scriptures of the later generations are also similar to the Taoist classics after being translated at this time, Xuzhou has Liu Ying, the king of Chu in front of a place, and then there is the Xia Pi Xiang Rong, the way of the great worship of the Futu, so many people in Xu Fang believe in the Futu this is from a foreign land, I heard that it can protect the gods of the world.

Liu Bei was not surprised by Guan Yu's sneering attitude, he said calmly:

"This Futu Temple still has a lot of uses."

"What's the use of that?"

Guan Yu was originally anxious, but now seeing that Liu Bei's war was imminent, he was superstitious about Futu and ignored military affairs, he suddenly disliked it in his heart, and he didn't care about Liu Bei's face, and said his heart loudly.

Liu Bei was not angry, he asked with a smile:

"Zhenrong Da Chongfutu, believers gather every day, in the past years Xu Tu turmoil, his talent, reputation, and strength are not as good as others, but he can take away thousands of men and women, 3,000 horses, tossing and turning, slaughtering counties, Zhao Yu, Xue Li, Zhu Hao folded in his hands, Liu Miao was also defeated by him, you say this Futu can be useful?"

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he pondered for a while, but soon snorted coldly, and said firmly:

"That's just because of the hypocrisy and hypocrisy of Zhenrong, the stupidity and superstition of the people, and the vain fame of Zhao Yu, Xue Li, Zhu Hao, Liu Miao and others, which will make Zhenrong coerce the crowd of thousands of people, swagger across the border, kill officials and plunder the land. If you meet Yu, you only need a hundred horses, and you can break through the formation to kill this fang, and sacrifice your head in front of your brother's steps! ”

Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu boasted of having the courage of 10,000 enemies, and he relied on his own hands to fight his way out of this troubled world, so he has always been arrogant and high-minded, especially in the treatment of those celebrities and talents who have more false names than substance, rely on the reputation of famous families, and the shadow of their ancestors, he is even more disdainful, and even takes the opportunity to humiliate them.

Don't say it's Zhenrong, even Zhao Yu, Xue Li, Zhu Hao, Liu Miao and others, Guan Yu actually doesn't pay attention to it.

Liu Bei looked at the proud Guan Yu, couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, and said:

"Zhao, Xue, and Zhu may be mediocre people, but Yun Chang, you have to think about it, what made those people willing to drag their families and follow Zhenrong across the river to Jiangdong?"

Guan Yu didn't understand his brother's words, but he couldn't think of a rebuttal for a while, and while he was pondering, the two of them had already heard a loud and familiar voice sounding outside the hall.

"Two brothers, I'm here!"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu followed the sound and saw a young man from Angzang appearing at the door of the hall, with a stout figure and a tough face and thick beard, isn't it Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide among the three.

Zhang Fei, who was big-handed, grinned, came to the two of them with a smile, saw that neither of them spoke, and then saw Liu Bei's scrolled book, so he simply picked it up, he only looked at two lines, and immediately recognized that this was a Buddhist scripture, and immediately smiled and rolled it up again and put it back in its place, and said with a smile:

"Brother is so interested, what I read turned out to be Buddhist scriptures, Mi Jun also talked about these with me before, but unfortunately I am very stupid and can't hear the subtlety of the Buddhist scriptures, otherwise I can talk to my brother today."

Mi Zhu, as a strong man who controls the boiling of salt in a place, also believes in Futu, Zhang Fei is different from Guan Yu, and likes to socialize with scholars. But Guan Yu didn't have much of a good impression of Liu Yan and Mi Zhu under Liu Bei, he snorted and said with a cold smile:

"What's the use of talking about this kind of messy thing?"

Zhang Fei knew Guan Yu's temperament, and he also smiled, and did not refute, he also saw that Liu Bei and Guan Yu might have been arguing about this matter just now, and he was about to speak, but he heard Guan Yu's question.

"Yide, didn't I let you lead the soldiers and horses in the camp, why did you come to the state capital."

"Hehe, I'm not afraid that the two brothers will quarrel, and then the matter of ordering troops and training troops in the camp will be handed over to Xiahou Bo and Mi Zifang."

Zhang Fei said to Guan Yu with a smile, Guan Yu nodded, but still said in a deep voice:

"The big war is imminent, the Cao army is conscripting Lu Bu, and we will also send troops to capture Pengchengguo, the soldiers and horses are not enough, if those new soldiers don't step up their training, how can they go into battle and fight, I'm afraid that when I see Lu Bu's horsemen, I will be scared away. We must not be careless in military training, because this is a matter of survival. ”

Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei didn't speak, but Guan Yu looked serious, and after agreeing, he changed his tone and scolded with a smile:

"To say that this Cao Cao is really calculating, he gave the eldest brother an empty title of Yuzhou Mu, and allocated three thousand foot soldiers with incomplete armor staff to us, and then the court asked us to go and give him Pengcheng State, isn't this just asking us to die for him?"

Of course, Guan Yu knew that Cao Cao was going to use them, and he said in a deep voice:

"Three thousand foot soldiers can't defeat Pengchengguo, at least another five thousand people must be recruited Ding Zhuang to accompany the army, these people can be used to cut wheat in Xuzhou, build barracks, and when necessary, can also be used to supplement the shortage of the army."

Speaking of this, Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei, who had been silent, and asked aloud:

"Brother, what do you think?"

Liu Bei, who had a white face and a young beard, shook his head in front of the two brothers, he looked at the two and asked:

"Yun Chang, Yide, do you think that with these 5,000 people, Ding Zhuang, we will be able to defeat Cao's army or Lu Bu's army?"

Asked this question by Liu Bei, Guan Yu, who was worried about the military affairs, and Zhang Fei, who was very arrogant, were silent, although they once stood on the same level as Cao Cao, when Cao Cao occupied Dongjun, they also had a county in the plains, and when Cao Cao owned Yanzhou, they also got Xuzhou by chance, and Lu Bu was a lost dog they took in, but now, whether it is Lu Bu or Cao Cao, they are firmly pressed on their brothers' heads.

As proud as Guan Yu, he could only bow his head and admit bitterly:

"None of them can be beaten."

"Since there are 5,000 more people, we still can't defeat Cao Cao and Lu Bu, so why should we forcibly recruit 5,000 people and Ding Zhuang to accompany the army?"

Zhang Fei listened to Liu Bei's words and was puzzled, he thought that Liu Bei was a person who pitied Xiao Pei, and immediately looked at Liu Bei and said:

"Brother, this Xiaopei is sandwiched between Cao Cao and Lu Bu, and he can't defend it, why pity a little people, you know, the secret edict can order a regular march to capture Pengchengguo!"

Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei's thick arm and said with a wry smile:

"Yide, do you think that with 3,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 people, you can capture Pengcheng Kingdom?"

Zhang Fei didn't understand what Liu Bei meant, he glanced at Guan Yu, and then said firmly:

"Of course, my brother and I will lead the troops to fight, aren't you at ease, big brother?"

Guan Yu also accosted at this time:

"Brother, you don't need to worry, although the defender of Peng Chengguo is Gao Shun under Lu Bu, but he does not have many soldiers and horses, and Yide and I will definitely be able to defeat him and capture Peng Chengguo."

"No, if Pengchengguo is lost, Xiapi and Donghai County and other places will face the threat of soldiers, Lu Bu and Chen Gong are all people who know the soldiers, if we march, then Lu Bu will definitely send troops to save Gao Shun, Yun Chang, Yide, if Lu Bu comes with the main force on horseback, I will ask if I have captured Pengchengguo, and there is a chance of victory?"

"But the secret edict is that you want me to wait for troops to attack Pengchengguo?" Zhang Fei said.

"That's Cao Cao's mind." Liu Bei emphasized.

At this time, Guan Yu also heard what his brother meant, he looked at Liu Bei and said:

"What my brother means is that what Cao Cao wants is not for us to attack Pengchengguo at all, but to use our army to capture Pengchengguo to lure out Lu Bu's men and horses, and then make fighters for him to annihilate Lu Bu's main force in the wild?"

"That's right. These 3,000 foot soldiers were allocated to us by Cao Cao, and he knew better than us what would happen if he used this army to fight Pengchengguo, and there would be no rear army support at all. What he wants is not Peng Chengguo, but to treat us as outcasts, lure Lu Bu out, and then annihilate him in one fell swoop in the field. ”

"So, this battle, from the very beginning, I am destined to lose!"

"This, this Cao Cao is too vicious, he actually used us as bait!"

After listening to the conversation between Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei was angry and annoyed, and he said angrily, as if he had the intention of throwing off his hands and not obeying orders.

Guan Yu knew that with their current situation, they couldn't do this, and he couldn't think of a better countermeasure for a while, so he couldn't help but ask Liu Bei:

"Brother, what should I do, do I know it's a tiger's den, do I still want to go?"

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and suddenly said with a smile:

"Of course not, I was originally confused about this matter, but after seeing this Buddhist scripture, I suddenly realized that since it was an inevitable defeat, then why should we be defeated in Pengcheng, simply defeated in Xiaopei, so that even if I lose, I can prepare to leave early and escape with my life."

Guan Yu's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head again and said:

"In that case, aren't we going to lose even Xiaopei's last foothold?"

"This is the question I just asked you, just a Rong, but he can travel to many places, kill officials and plunder the territory, what does he rely on, not land, nor soldiers and horses, but those believers who believe in Futu and gather and follow them all the way, as long as we change our luck, this is the people's heart, this is the truth of the king's immortality."

"This-" Guan Yu smacked his tongue for a moment, he didn't know what to say, he could only ask:

"So what am I going to do next?"

"Use military rations to help the people, rescue the head of Qian, benefit the people, win the hearts of the people, and then secretly prepare to leave."

Liu Bei said decisively.

In reality, the officials and powerful oppressed and exploited at all levels, and the Yellow Turban Army's ideal of "bringing peace to peace" was disillusioned in the eyes of the people.

Even if Di Rong is a greedy person who "indulges in killing without permission, and sits on the judgment and loses" in the eyes of the upper echelons, and a cunning person with no talent and no virtue, but who cares about those believers, in their eyes, Di Rong is a benefactor who ideally guides them to the Pure Land of Bliss and provides them with food in reality, so they can follow Ji Rong to kill Zhao Yu, Xue Li, and Zhu Hao, which has no sense of disobedience.

Liu Bei's methods are naturally not as clumsy as Zhenrong, he will not use a corner of the floating slaughter to gather people's hearts, he wants to use, he will use the grand slogan of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty, Zhongxing is as prosperous as the former Han Dynasty, abandon the Han family of Huan Ling's chaotic government, he will benefit the people, he will use his own military food, he will use his own food.

In this way, with the hearts of thousands of people and their reputation of "benevolence", what if they lose Xiao Pei, as long as he is still there, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others are still there, they can still rely on these to take root and make a comeback.

Liu Bei's gaze at this time was unusually firm, Guan Yu thought about it, although it felt a little wrong, but over the years, he had also become accustomed to listening to Liu Bei's decision, and he didn't think about some things he couldn't understand.

Only Zhang Fei, who had been silent, suddenly spoke at this time, and he asked:

"Brother, although we can get out in this way, what if Cao Jun doesn't believe that we are defeated and fleeing?"

Zhang Fei's question made Liu Bei's determined gaze disordered, and Guan Yu also looked at Liu Bei when he heard this, wanting to hear Liu Bei's countermeasures, but only saw his brother's eyes flash a trace of pain, and then lowered his head silently.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei waited for a while before seeing Liu Bei raise his head again, at this time Liu Bei's gaze had become firm again, he looked at the two of them, and tried to squeeze out a smile and said:

"The two virtuous brothers can rest assured, when the time comes, they will naturally be able to convince Cao Cao that we will be invincible in battle, so we have to retreat."

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On the same day, thousands of miles away in Changshan Zhending, there was also a group of thieves under the banner of the Montenegrin Army who were in a hurry.

Under the leadership of their leader, this group of thieves originally wanted to attack a village outside the city at night and plunder the summer grain that the people had just collected, but they did not expect that when they had just broken through the inner gate together, they killed a small group of cavalry from behind.

Seeing the rout of the thieves, the people who beat the drums and begged for help rejoiced in their hearts, but they did not dare to pursue in the dark, but it was the cavalry that came from nowhere, but they carried torches all the way, chased closely, and caught up with the thieves who fled on only two legs in the fields on the outskirts, and the knights led by them charged and killed the leader of the thieves, and the remaining dozen thieves could only discard their weapons one after another, bow to the ground, and beg for mercy from this group of god-like cavalry.

There were not many horsemen in this cavalry, only seven men, seven horses, led by a young knight with a tiger body and ape arms and a strong voice, and after he had these thieves tied up their hands and feet, he decisively ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, and to leave quickly, without leaving any traces related to them.

But when he heard the young knight's order, another younger knight immediately cried out to him, and he said with a bitter face:

"Brother, this night of fighting thieves, chasing thieves, and returning, but you can't take the head of the thief head to the official temple to receive the reward, it's too much of a toss, right?"

When the young knight heard the young knight's words, he didn't look back, but said solemnly:

"Zhang Yan, the commander of the Montenegrin Army, was originally a Zhending person, and some of the soldiers here will still have secret dealings with the Montenegrin Army, Zhang Yan also ordered all Montenegrin troops not to harass and plunder this place, the thief knew at a glance that he was a nameless thief who pretended to be the banner of the Montenegrin Army, and you can't get a reward if you take his head, so hurry up and go back."

The young knight grinned, and said with a salivating grin:

"Then you can't get a reward, at least you can take the captured thieves back to that village, I'm waiting to save them, and I'm not lightly tired, it's not too much to rest with them, and replenish some rations and hay, right?"

It seemed that he had been annoyed by the young knight before, and the young knight came directly in front of him and whispered in his ear:

"Xiahoulan, you keep your eyes open and see where this is, this is the territory of Zhending, how many people here originally knew me and others, do you really want to be recognized, and then attract people from the pavilion or even the official temple?"

"Give me a sober up, this world has changed, you Xiahoulan may still be Xiahoulan, but it is not the original truth."

Although the young knight's voice was deliberately lowered, he still couldn't help but shout in an aggravated tone.

The young knight was yelled at by him, and his head, which was still high, couldn't help but droop, and the whole person fell silent, and the scenes of these years flashed in his mind.

The young knight's name is Zhao Yun, the young knight's name is Xiahou Lan, they are all Changshan Zhending people, when Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao fought for Jizhou, Changshan Zhending because Gongsun Chan had bravely resisted the Wuhuan cavalry that invaded Hebei, so most of the local people decided to take refuge in Gongsun Chan of Youzhou.

As a result, Zhao Yun, who had always been famous in Zhending, was elected as the leader of the local volunteers, and took Xiahoulan and others to the Gongsun Chan military camp to join the famous white horse general Gongsun Zhan.

Zhao Yun saw that Gongsun Zhan had gone, and killed Liu Yu, who was known for popularity, and his belief in his heart completely collapsed, knowing that he could only accompany Gongsun Chan to die in Yijing with Gongsun Zhan, so in the name of his brother's funeral, he quietly returned to Zhending's hometown with the remaining seven volunteers such as Xiahoulan.

It's just that Changshan Country is now under the rule of Yuan Shao, and everyone is very secretive about the matter of gathering volunteers to defect to Gongsun Zhan, and the past of raising the flag and swearing a vigorous flag is only a few years like it has been completely forgotten, and Zhao Yun and others who returned to their hometown have to be more careful to be people with their tails between their legs.

Xiahou Lan, who was inadvertently aroused by Zhao Yun, also changed his joking appearance, his face changed greatly, he spat on the ground fiercely, and scolded:

"it, what kind of world, when I went, he was a hero that everyone admired, he fought so many battles, died so many people, fortunately he didn't die in the hands of the enemy outside, but when he returned to his hometown by all odds, he couldn't even live as a normal person."

"Helping the villagers in the same county kill thieves overnight, but they still have to hide, afraid of being known by others, those cowards who dare not go to the war, but now they can have the courage to go to the official temple to report, but we are still worried that they have been harassed by thieves, and they have to risk death to attack and chase overnight. I knew that I would come back and live like this person, ghost and ghost, and it would have been better to die on the battlefield at the beginning. ”

Zhao Yun's body shook, and it seemed that his heart was also shocked, but he quickly turned around and grabbed Xia Houlan, and scolded viciously:

"You guy, what crazy words are you talking about here, you come back alive now, isn't it better than those brothers who died on the battlefield and couldn't even find their corpses, you went out to kill thieves overnight, and it was not anyone else who wanted to save them, but the families of those brothers who died in battle. If you want to die, I tell you, I desperately picked up your life on the battlefield, and I won't allow you to die. ”

Xiahou Lan, who had been scolded by Zhao Yun, finally closed his mouth, he drooped his head, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and when he raised his head again, he looked at the group of thieves who were tied to the tree not far away, thought about it, and still found Zhao Yun, who was already preparing to take people away, and whispered:

"Brother, is this how these thieves are handled, I didn't do this before."

Facing Xia Houlan's whispered inquiry, Zhao Yun was silent.

Of course, they didn't do this before, when they were under the command of Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan told them that this world is chaotic, people's hearts are broken, and wars are not stopped, and as warriors, there is only one way to restore the universe and the world is peaceful, that is, to eliminate violence, kill those Hu people and aliens with wolf ambitions, kill those riotous mobs who expose the banner as banners, and kill all the governors and county magistrates with bad intentions.

Later, Zhao Yun met a benevolent and heroic elder, and he told Zhao Yun that it was not right for Gongsun Chan to say this, they were not only martial artists, they also had to fight violence, but also be peaceful. Only by eliminating violence, they will only continue to export violence, and then the world will continue to breed new brutality, if there is still peace, then the output of violence will gradually decrease, and there will not be so much brutality in the world.

Zhao Yun has always kept the words of this benevolent and heroic elder in mind, if Zhao Yun is allowed to do today's affairs, he will carefully screen these thieves, kill the old thieves who are unscrupulous and have killed and plundered many times, and then leave those who are forced or helpless to obey the thieves and give them a chance to mend their ways.

But now there is no time, maybe there will be pavilion guards and village officials from the nearby township pavilion in a while, and this can only be the case.

"It's too late, so be it, life or death, it's up to them to die."

After speaking, Zhao Yun no longer hesitated, and immediately urged the others to follow him on the road and ride their horses out of this place.

They were all familiar with the country roads, so although they were in a hurry to go back, they were not too busy and were still able to return to their villages calmly.

Riding his horse and walking on the path, Xia Houlan looked up, and the full moon, which had been blinded by dark clouds, knew when it would reappear, and it illuminated the road clearly, so that they would not have to light torches while hurrying.

It's just that Xia Houlan looked at the full moon, but sighed, and asked leisurely:

"This kind of bullshit world, I really don't know when it will come to an end, the nest that was killed, and those who were not killed, also lived to suffer."

The taciturn Zhao Yun glared at him and continued:

"It's soon, when we left Zhenzhi back then, there were still Liu Dai, Kong Ling, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao, Zhang Chao, Wang Kuang, so many thorns and Taishou who divided the states and counties, and now there are only a few left, when these many names disappear, this troubled era will naturally end."

"It's a pity that the names of General Gongsun and Liu Fujun will disappear by then."

Hearing Xiahoulan say this, Zhao Yun glared at him fiercely again, and just wanted to scold, but when the words came to his mouth, he seemed to have turned into a thousand catties of boulders, heavy, and he couldn't spit it out, so he could only swallow it back into his stomach.

Zhao Yun has always thought that he is a person with a unique vision, not a person who goes with the flow, many people praised Yuan Benchu four times and five dukes, after the famous family, the fame, crusade against Dong Zhuo, destroy the family and relieve the difficulties, is a first-class and a famous man who protects the country and the people, but Zhao Yun looks at his words and observes his deeds, thinking that although Yuan Shao is famous, he has also written a lot of inspiring essays to circulate in the state and county, but he is anticlimactic to ask for Dong, and the leader of the alliance actually seeks personal interests halfway, and turns his head to seek Jizhou.

On the other hand, it is Gongsun Zhan, although his family reputation and personal reputation in Shilin are far inferior to Yuan Shao, but he is a brave general who resists Rong Di and protects the people.

Therefore, Zhao Yun took the initiative to defect to Gongsun Zhan with the volunteers, and said to Gongsun Zhan that it was also his own heart to represent the true father.

"The world is slanderous, I don't know which one is, the people have the misfortune of the county, the state is discussed, and the benevolent government is located, not for the neglect of Yuan's public and private generals."

But later, when facing the enemy, Gongsun Zhan, who fought bravely, was repeatedly defeated in the face of Yuan Shao, and later even did something that Zhao Yun thought was a complete "betrayal of morality" by killing Liu Yu.

Fortunately, at that time, Zhao Yun met the benevolent and heroic elder Liu Bei again, he was much earlier than Zhao Yun, and he talked to Zhao Yun about many things, and also taught Zhao Yun a lot of truths.

This made Zhao Yun feel that maybe Liu Bei, who had benevolence and righteousness, wisdom and bravery, was the one who could really stabilize this troubled world, but unfortunately when he returned to his hometown, he later heard that Liu Bei left Gongsun Zan and went to Xuzhou, but he was attacked by Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and others, and he was defeated and fled, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Gongsun Zhan, who is in the waning mountains and still doesn't know it, and Liu Bei, who is benevolent and righteous, and has been in a rough and difficult situation, when news about them comes, it always makes Zhao Yun's already heavy heart sink all of a sudden.

Those masters of troubled times who they originally thought could help the crisis and resolve the difficulties went to ruin one by one, which made Zhao Yun's belief in the peace of the country and the people in his heart also tend to collapse.

Therefore, he couldn't scold Xia Houlan, he could only look up at the bright moon in the sky and silently confide in his inner cry.

"I want to stay one day by inch, so I left home, joined the army and fought horses, hoping to serve the country and make contributions, and in four years, I have experienced nearly 100 battles, I don't know how much merit I have made, but in the end it is all in vain, and now I am sneaking back home, no one knows."

"Today's incompetent people are waving their flags and shouting, and they can still hold official positions, and we are waiting for strong men to fight thieves and people, but we can't eat a meal of wine and meat, and we are like people who steal chickens and dogs, and they are unaccounted for and hide people. Pity the former wife and children waiting for Baba, just waiting for me to make a contribution and return the good news, the eldest brother and sister-in-law passed away one after another, and the past kindness can no longer be repaid. ”

"Tonight, the moon is in the sky, everything shines, nowhere is seen, and there is something in my heart but I can only confide in the moon. Mingyue, Mingyue, where should I go! ”