With a military parade, Liu Bei earned back face, and Sun Jian didn't dare to hold it anymore, so he invited Liu Bei and others to a banquet in the Taishou Mansion to wash the dust for Liu Bei.

Originally, Sun Jian was a martial artist, and he lived in the military camp outside the city on weekdays, but this time in order to catch Liu Bei and wash the dust, he set up a banquet in the Taishou Mansion.

Sun Jian took the main seat, Liu Bei sat on the head, and the rest of the people accompanied him, drinking and eating, so happy. Sun Jian raised his glass and said: "You can't drink alcohol in the army, but today in order to welcome the prince, Jian made a special exception, fortunately, it is not in the military camp outside the city, and please don't have to be polite, just let go of the wreckage." ”

Sun Jian personally served wine to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei repeatedly and four excused himself, but it was best not to refuse, so he had to catch it and drink it all. Subsequently, Liu Bei thanked Sun Jian, raised a glass in return, and Sun Jian also drank it all.

Sun Ben, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others all stepped forward to toast Liu Bei, but Liu Bei did not shirk, they all took it and drank it all.

Liu Bei's generals also stepped forward to toast Sun Jian, and Sun Jian did not shirk, and they all drank it all.

Sun Jian and Liu Bei have already made an appointment with their in-laws, although as soon as they met, they fought for the distinction of priority and priority, but it was also a point to the end. At the banquet, the two of them made a posture of working together to go to the national disaster, which can be regarded as the joy of the guests and hosts.

During the banquet, Liu Bei looked at Sun Jian's generals and frowned slightly.

The generals under Sun Jian, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai are considered foreign generals. In addition to these people, all the generals under Sun Jian are surnamed Sun, either Sun Jian's younger brother, cousin, clan brother, or nephew, etc., and finally there is a person surnamed Wu who is not surnamed Sun, or Sun Jian's brother-in-law Wu Jing.

It's really virtuous and doesn't shy away from relatives!

When Liu Bei saw it, he secretly thought to himself that Liu Bei employed people, mainly people with foreign surnames. For example, Liu Bei left the state and county several times, either using Guan Yu to watch his family, or Zhang Fei to watch his family, and never used his cousin Liu Deran, just to not give the world the impression that Liu Bei used his own family and cronyism.

Now it seems that the era of the Three Kingdoms is really an era of cronyism, and the Cao and Sun families employ people. Under Sun Jian, his younger brother Sun Jing, brother-in-law Wu Jing, nephew Sun Ben and others all occupy important positions. Cao Cao also reused his own Cao family and his in-laws Xia Hou's family, what Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Xuan, and Xiahou Yuan.

Liu Bei always complained that there was no one available in his house, and he only had one cousin, Liu Deran, who had studied with Lu Zhi, and was barely available, and envied that Cao Cao had Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and other generals to help, and Sun Jian also had a bunch of help surnamed Sun, and there was no one under him, and now it seems that he is a little harsh.

Although Liu Bei's clan is not prosperous, and he himself is mixed to the point of selling straw sandals, he is not a real ordinary person, his grandfather and father Shishi Prefecture County, and the whole country is filial piety, but Liu Bei's father died early, and this is the middle of the family. However, Liu Bei also has more than 100 clan relatives, although it is not too much, it is not a lot.

Moreover, as a later generation, Liu Bei understood that the genius of a military strategist is born and depends on talent, but qualified ordinary officers can be standardized and mass-produced.

Liu Bei's uncles, when they are old, can be a rich man at home with peace of mind, Liu Bei's cousins and nephews can become good talents through education, and through Cui Meng's affairs, Liu Bei also feels that there is no need to deliberately look for famous generals and ministers of the Three Kingdoms in history. Ordinary talents can still be cultivated, and since you have this idea, why turn a blind eye to your own family.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei suddenly felt that it was really wise for him to send those twenty cousins and nephews to study, not only would he not let people say that he was nepotistic, but he could also get a group of available talents that could be trusted in the future, so he was in a good mood.

When the banquet was over, Liu Bei said goodbye to Sun Jian and returned to his camp, Liu Bei asked Xi Zhicai: "From Mr. Zhizhi's point of view, what kind of person is Sun Wentai?" ”

Xi Zhicai also drank some wine, Liu Bei personally took a hot towel and covered his face for Xi Zhicai, and Xi Zhicai smiled at Liu Bei to express his gratitude. This kind of small action of buying people's hearts, Liu Bei did it extremely naturally, and there was no deliberate meaning at all, in fact, this is also Liu Bei's journey for a long time, and he was not a rich and noble person before he crossed, and he had no shelf on his body.

This kind of thing, once or twice, can persevere, it can really be called undressing and pushing food, and Liu Bei has been getting along for a long time, and the military generals under his command can't help but rise up a feeling of "the soldier dies for his confidant".

Xi Zhicai wiped his face with a hot towel, and then said: "The minister has only seen Wu Chenghou, how can he know what kind of person Wu Chenghou is, but looking at his appearance, Wu Chenghou looks at the eagle and can be described as a fierce general." Although he was defeated by Dong Zhuo, he was not discouraged, he still dared to fight, and today he is fighting with the lord, which shows the strength and fierceness of Wucheng Hou. ”

Fierce man, Liu Bei smiled, if nothing else, after Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo, he would soon die at the hands of Liu Biao. 's own butterfly effect, I'm afraid it won't affect Liu Biao and Sun Jian, therefore, Liu Bei looks at Sun Jian just to see a dead man, and he doesn't have too many ideas, he just wants to follow him to brush up on the reputation of defeating Dong Zhuo, and Liu Bei doesn't care too much about the rest.

So Liu Bei smiled and said: "Sun Wentai, Jiangdong Tiger." This fierce general is naturally indispensable to the fierce spirit. ”

In fact, Sun Jian died on top of his fierceness, Sun Jian has always been fatal in battle, and every time he fights, he personally charges into battle. When he was playing the yellow scarf, he was seriously injured and almost died. When fighting the Xiliang rebels, he was also beaten and even lost his seal, and when he beat Dong Zhuo, he was also seriously injured and fell off his horse, hiding in the grass, if it wasn't for Sun Jian's horse being smart, he went back to the camp and called Sun Jian's subordinates, Sun Jian would have hung up a long time ago. When he beat Liu Biao, Sun Jian's good luck finally ran out and he died at the foot of Da Xian Mountain.

Liu Bei is talking about Sun Jian, Sun Jian is also talking about Liu Bei, and the person who talks about Liu Bei with Sun Jian is his brother-in-law Wu Jing.

Sun Jian's wife is Wu, and when Sun Jian heard that Wu was talented and beautiful, he wanted to marry her. However, Wu's relatives thought Sun Jian was cunning and wanted to refuse this family business. However, Wu knew that Sun Jian was not easy to mess with, so he said to his relatives: "Why do you want to cause trouble for the sake of cherishing my little woman? If he treats me badly, that's how I should be. ”

Wu's parents died early, and Wu Jing was Wu's younger brother, much younger than Sun Jian, and he was often around Sun Jian since Wu married Sun Jian. Sun Jian is from a humble background and is cunning, so the relatives of the Wu family are unwilling to marry Wu to him, but the Wu family is willing to marry him, so he and the Wu family have always been in love, for his brother-in-law Wu Jing, he also loves the house and Wu, Sun Jian can say to Wu Jing that he is both a brother-in-law and a father and brother. Therefore, many words can be said directly between the two of them, and they do not shy away from anything.

Sun Jian said to Wu Jing: "I know that I come from a humble background, and I really can't compare to the knowledge, demeanor and family reputation of those scholars. However, this time I sent troops to fight against Dong, I fought bravely to kill the enemy, did not avoid hardships and dangers, and in the future, the name of loyalty and righteousness spread all over the world. ”

Wu Jingdao: "What my sister-in-law said is very true, there is no need to wait until the future, now my brother-in-law's name of loyalty and righteousness has spread all over the world, Liu Zhengdong does not also know the name of my sister-in-law, and I am willing to marry my sister-in-law, join forces with my sister-in-law, and discuss Dong Zhuo together." ”

Sun Jian laughed and rejoiced.

The next day, Liu Bei invited Sun Jian to meet in the camp, and when the two met, they first praised each other, and when they were full of wine and food, Liu Bei invited Sun Jian to lie down and sleep on their feet. This kind of lying down together and sleeping on your feet is the highest way for two people to express friendship, which means complete trust in each other.

Liu Bei and Sun Jian talked for a few words, and when it came to the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei asked Sun Jian: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and I don't know how long the grain, grass and ordnance in Yuzhou can support." ”

Sun Jian and Liu Bei, Liu Bei is a guest army from afar, although Sun Jian is the assassin of Yuzhou, but he can only control one Yingchuan County, Runan is Yuan's hometown, and all counties in Yuzhou are affected and controlled by Yuan Shu. Sun Jian and Liu Bei joined forces together, with a total of tens of thousands of people, and the people ate and chewed, which consumed a lot. Yingchuan alone simply cannot provide sufficient supply.

In the army, the first priority is to gather grain, and the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

It is impossible to expect Liu Bei to transport grain and grass from Qingzhou here, Liu Bei is not surnamed Lei, he brought people to Yuzhou, just to eat the grain of Yuzhou people, just like last year, Liu Bei led soldiers and horses to eat Yanzhou's grain. It was even more impossible for Sun Jian to transport grain from Changsha thousands of miles away, so Sun Jian and Liu Bei had to eat in Yuzhou and Nanyang, in fact, they relied on Yuan Shu to provide it.

Yuan Shu has no talent to govern the place, he only knows arrogance and lasciviousness, expropriates and extorts money from the people under his rule, does not cultivate the law, uses money and plunder, and is insatiable, but because of this, Yuan Shu's money and food are not lacking in a short period of time, and his support for Sun Jian is still very large.

Liu Bei and Sun Jian united, so naturally they couldn't avoid Yuan Shu, so they sent Zang Hong out of the horse to send a letter to Yuan Shu. In the letter, Liu Bei praised Yuan Shu for his firm stance and refusal to give up the crusade against Dong Zhuo, believing that Yuan Shu was more qualified than Yuan Shao to lead the group, and was worthy of being Yunyun, the concubine of the Yuan clan in Runan.

Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, although they are brothers, but their brothers are not in harmony, Yuan Shu has always looked down on Yuan Shao, and is also jealous of Yuan Shao's reputation above him, received Liu Bei's letter, overjoyed, and can't care about anything, "Since the art has been alive, I don't hear that there is Liu Bei in the world." He sent Liu Bei's letter to the guests, and wrote back to Liu Bei, expressing his support for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei learned that Sun Jian was not short of grain, grass and armaments, so he discussed with Sun Jian about marching into the army.

Sun Jian said: "General Hou sits in Nanyang, there are many soldiers and horses under his command, and the soldiers are good and well-fed, I want to go to Luyang, join forces with General Hou, and jointly send troops to defeat Dong Zhuo, and I will definitely win a big victory." ”