Chapter 4 Section 23 Looting

Zhang Fei and the ugly man fought, and after a while, the surroundings were crowded with onlookers. Gradually, the ugly man became weaker and weaker, and when he didn't pay attention, he was punched in the neck, turned over and fell softly, and if he didn't answer in his stomach, he also held back.

Immediately, Zhang Fei sat triumphantly on the ugly man.

"It's not fair", a voice came from the crowd, and before the words fell, the onlookers fled violently, revealing the person who spoke alone.

"Oh" Liu Bei asked in surprise: "Tell me, why is it unfair to the law?" ”

The man was slender, fair-skinned, and unusually handsome, almost suspecting that he was dressed as a woman. If you look closely, the submandibular larynx is protruding, and it is indeed a man.

Looking around, there was no one on the long street, and in the shops around, there were people watching from the probe, and the handsome young man swallowed and spat vigorously, and said: "When the adult's men are fighting with this person, the adult keeps asking him questions, asking questions as an adult, how dare the little people not reply." If you want to answer, you will be distracted. The adults seemed to see that the man was clumsy and laborious, so they kept asking him questions. The defeat of this person can be said to be defeated by the joint efforts of the adults and his subordinates. ”

Zhang Fei jumped up and screamed: "Boy, do you dare to say that I can't do it? ”

When the ugly man heard this, he lay on the ground and pounded the ground in annoyance: "I said...... I say...... Despicable......".

Liu Bei lowered his head and comforted the ugly man with a smile: "In today's troubled times, people in the world will do everything in order to survive, and if you are defeated today, you should also understand a truth: just with a handful of strength, in this troubled world, you can't see anyone who can survive."

Okay, I can hold on to Yide for so long, you have hired you, and in the future, if you mess with me, no one will be able to bully you. Wing, take him to my guard camp. ”

The man wept bitterly and whimpered, "5555...... It's despicable...... I...... Don't you want to ...... Be a soldier for you. ”

"And what are you doing here?" Liu Bei suddenly lowered his face and said coldly: "You came to the recruitment office, why are you not a soldier?" Don't tell me: I heard that you underestimated the people of Ningling, and you were not angry in your heart, so you went to this recruitment office to make trouble. Military law is ruthless, and if that were the case, I wouldn't be able to save you.

Hmph, Yide, take him to a bath, change him into a military uniform, give him a settling-in allowance, and from now on, he will be a member of my guard camp. ”

Turning his face and seeing that the handsome man was about to slip away, Liu Bei raised his voice and called: "You, stop for me." Yes, yes, very smart, can see the strange thing. Wing De, count him in, we now end the conscription. ”

Zhang Fei grabbed the table and chair with one foot, and shouted excitedly: "It's over, but, big brother, we only recruited two soldiers." ”

Liu Bei held back a smile and said lightly: "What I recruited is a tiger, not a sheep, here, it is enough to recruit two tigers, what is the use of a group of sheep?" ”

In the conference hall, Liu Bei looked at the roster of these two people with a smile: sure enough, the ugly man was Dian Wei, who was said to have "avenged and killed his friends, raised his head straight through the downtown area, and hundreds of people did not dare to approach". Suddenly, he saw that the banner under the tent was blown by the wind, and he was about to fall, and the soldiers held it hostage...... Wei dismounted...... Holding the flagpole in one hand, standing in the wind, standing still, Cao said: This ancient evil is coming! (Note: Evil comes - the courtier of Shang, known for his bravery)"

It is said that Dian Wei is the most powerful person in the Three Kingdoms, but his moves are clumsy, so he is not ranked high, so he has to be under Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun as the fourth fierce general of the Three Kingdoms. All of a sudden, the earnings have doubled.

That handsome man is not simple, he is the first mystery character of the Three Kingdoms: Chen to Chen Shuzhi, a native of Runan. It is said that in the Shu Kingdom, it is a figure on a par with Zhao Yun. There is his name in Shu Han's Tuogu Hall, however, he is mentioned in the history books, but only a few strokes, compared with Zhao Yun, and skipped it.

In the history books, Guan Zhang and other five tiger generals made biographies together, and this person was "often inferior to Zhao Yun", that is, he was a figure similar to Su Yu - he could not be a marshal, but he was the first general. It is a pity that there are very few accounts of such a figure in the history books, and there are different opinions and no evidence.

"The orders in the army are cumbersome, if you let a figure like Dian Wei learn all kinds of orders and signs in the army, I don't know when he will learn them, so let's let him be my personal guard, and the official title will not be awarded for the time being. Chen Zhima, a very smart person, took it back and sent it to the military academy. ”

Liu Bei finalized the placement of the two and asked: "Yuan Zhi (Xu Shu), after all the sentinels come back tonight, will our army leave tomorrow, pass through Liangguo County, Yuzhou, and enter Chuguo County of Xuzhou from the north of Pei County." Or take the north road, pass through Yanzhou Shanyang County, Dongping Kingdom, Lu County, and enter Taishan County. ”

Xu Shucha looked at the map and replied: "There are pros and cons to both roads: although the north road is far away, however, the Taishou and subordinate officials of Shanyang County, Dongping Kingdom, and Lu County in Yanzhou are all members of the coalition army, and they are all on the front line. However, if the alliance leader has the intention and orders to block it, we will not be able to move an inch in these places.

On the south road, Tao Qian did not participate in the coalition army, and the military strength was all in Benzhou. From here, the disadvantage is that in case he intercepts our army, our army will have to fight all the way. The advantage is: Tao Qian will not obey the orders of the alliance leader, once the lord goes to Xuzhou and shakes hands with him, the goods in Qingzhou will go south unhindered in the future, I suggest that you take the south road. ”

"Okay", Liu Bei stood up: "Immediately send two groups of men and horses, all the way to Qingzhou, inform us of the route of advance, and by the way, order the Donglai army to enter Langxie, and mobilize the whole county of Langxie people's army." Then go all the way to Xuzhou, ask Tao Qian for permission to cross, and tell him that he has a serious problem - the East China Sea pirate Zang Ba does not listen to temperance, and I am willing to get rid of him on the way. After I destroy Zang Ba, I ask him to march into the East China Sea and take over Zang Ba's territory. I invited him to Pengcheng, Chu State, to discuss future cooperation. ”

Pengcheng of Chu State, Liu Beicha looked at the military briefing, although Liu Bei could conceal his marching route, but Zang Ba still sniffed out the danger, Yiyuan City guarded Zhou Cang led the 23rd Legion, Laiwu City guarded Pei Yuanshao led the 24th Legion, Mengyincheng County Lieutenant Yang Feng led the 21st and 22nd Legions slowly pressed towards the front line, the whole county in the north of Langxi County was mobilized, and the overwhelming Guards pressed to Donghai County.

Seeing that the momentum was not good, Zang Ba, the cavalry commander, immediately ordered Sun Guan and Wu Dun, the former Yellow Turban bandits in Philadelphia, and Yin Li of Huaxian County to withdraw their troops from Philadelphia and Huaxian, and the whole army shrank back to Tanxian County, the administrative seat of Donghai County. However, Liu Bei, who had already been keeping an eye on them, sent Zhang Fei and Gao Ran to lead the Guards Corps, bypassing Tanxian far away, coming out of Cangshan, and raiding Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li in retreat, 5,000 cavalry launched a massacre of 20,000 foot soldiers, Sun Guan was captured and surrendered by Gao Lan, and Wu Dun and Yin Li were beheaded by Zhang Fei.

Zang Ba, who had no reinforcements, was trapped in Tancheng, Tao Qian, who got the news, immediately turned his face to Zang Ba, and Cao Bao's Xuzhou army, which was stationed in the south of Langxi, quickly marched south and entered Donghai County, Tao Qian raised 50,000 troops from Xiapi and surrounded Tancheng.

"How's the coalition doing over there?" Liu Bei raised his head and asked Xu Shu: "Since we came out of the Tiger Prison, the news of the coalition forces has not been clear, and now that we are about to return to Qingzhou, how can we not know what the coalition forces are doing?" ”

Xu Shu replied: "Our army has been moving, and now there are bandits in all directions, the roads are not quiet, the sentinels cannot go far, and the information is not smooth.

Besides, at present, the four county guards are participating in the battle, and the target of our army's investigation can only be the common people - when the people see the army coming, they will only hide, how can they care about who wins and who loses? The lord doesn't need to worry, after Tao Qian comes tomorrow, the situation of the coalition army will be known as soon as he asks. ”

The door curtain opened, Kong Rong walked in happily, and said, "Xuande Gong, I heard that there is a great sage in Pengcheng, Xuande Gong would like to visit?" ”

Liu Bei frowned and asked, "But Pengcheng Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zibu?" ”

Kong Rong replied repeatedly: "Exactly." ”

The state of Wu established by Sun Quan has two pillars, the so-called: "If you don't decide about internal affairs, you will ask Zibu, and if you don't decide about foreign affairs, you will ask Gongzheng." "Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu are the two pillars of the Wu State, and Liu Bei has long heard about it.

However, what Liu Bei wanted to establish was a martial regime, a court with strong martial habits that advocated conquest and plunder, and was far less enthusiastic about collecting literati than kidnapping military generals. Zhang Zhao, as a Confucian disciple with strong clan power, is exactly the person that Liu Bei avoids. Why don't you go to see Zhang Zhao? Now is probably not the time.

Xu Shu secretly stepped on Liu Bei with his foot, and Liu Bei immediately understood and agreed.

It is rare that Kong Rong wants to recruit talents for Liu Bei, and if he refuses, he will lose Kong Rong's face. Moreover, according to Zhang Zhao's fame, if Liu Bei does not enter the door, it will make people think that Liu Bei does not respect talents, which is likely to cause disgust among scholars in the world.

"Take my name and post it, I will visit Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu with Wenju (Kong Rong)." Liu Bei had a hearty smile on his face, and laboriously squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

Without waiting to approach Zhang Zhao's mansion, he saw people coming and going in the mansion from a distance, and it was a mess. Liu Bei asked curiously: "Wenju, why did so many people come to visit Zhang Zibu?" ”

Kong Rong paid attention to the observation, and hurriedly said: "Xuande Gong, it's not good, the courier name sticker." ”

After speaking, Kong Rong didn't seem to be at ease, took out his name sticker and attached it, and shouted loudly: "Please report, after King Jing of Zhongshan, Zhonglang will be under Lu Zhimen, the former lord of Izumo of the western Liaoxi subordinate country, Qingzhou Beijia, Qi Guoxiang, Liu Bei Liu Xuande of Zhuo County, together with Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong, ask to see Mr. Zhang Zibu." ”

When Kong Rong raised his name, Liu Bei looked around, and sure enough, he also found something strange: Zhang's family was packing up, and even the bed was moved to the carriage and horse, it seemed that he was planning to move his family.

After the roll call, without waiting for the housekeeper of Zhang's Mansion to reply, Kong Rong buried his head and hurriedly pulled Liu Bei into the hall of Zhang's Mansion, "It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence, Zhang Zibu, don't be in a hurry, see who I bring you?" ”

A thin, small, resolute man hurriedly rushed out of the hall and asked unceremoniously: "Are you Liu Qingzhou, Liu Xuande?" The general is also a hero in the sea, have you also heard of my name Zhang Zibu? ”

Liu Bei replied in surprise: "It's Liu Xuande, that's right, but it's not Liu Qingzhou, and I can't call General Liu." ”

To deal with an old-fashioned person like Zhang Zhao, you can't be fake. The title of the general is not enough, and the title of Liu Qingzhou means that Liu Bei has the official position of Qingzhou Thorn History or Qingzhou Mu - this official position cannot be called in vain.

Zhang Zhao raised his eyebrows and asked: "The imperial court has issued an edict, Xuande Gong has been promoted to Qingzhou Mu, General Yangwu, and Liehou." Xuande Gong still doesn't know? ”

"There is such a thing", Liu Bei asked: "That court?" ”

Zhang Zhao curled his beard and said angrily: "That imperial court? Of course, it's the Han court, is there any other court? ”

Liu Bei Zhengse replied: "Yuan Che rode in the Sour Zao Alliance, and from then on, the appointment and dismissal of officials will no longer be in the hands of the imperial court hijacked by Dong thieves. On the next march, no outside information was received. What I want to ask is, is this appointment from the hand of Yuan Cheqi, or the hand of the imperial court? ”

Zhang Zhao replied: "I received news that Duke Xuande had just retired from the Tiger Prison, and the appointment of the imperial court had arrived. At that time, it happened that Cao Mengde was in charge, and he did not dare to stop it, so he let the court envoy pass the tiger prison, and a few days ago, the court envoy had entered Qingzhou and read out the edict. ”

Liu Bei rolled his eyes, and immediately understood what Dong Zhuo meant: After Han Rong returned from the Tiger Prison, he must have known the information of disharmony within the coalition army, and appointed himself as the Qingzhou pastor, so that he could have the righteousness of arguing with Yuan Shao, so as to disturb the coalition army. Cao Cao saw that the annexation of the princes had begun, and he was selfish, so he let the envoy pass......

"So, what is the situation in Qingzhou now?" Liu Bei asked. Zhang Zhao was born in a big family, and it is impossible not to pay attention to the surrounding situation in this troubled world, he also has the capital and strength to find out the inside information of the high-level. Although, after the return of his own Guards Corps, these news can also be obtained, but it is always comforting to know a little bit earlier.

Zhang Zhao shook his head and replied: "The envoy entered Qingzhou to read the edict three days ago, and I only knew the news when Xuzhou merchant Mi Zhu returned from Qingzhou. In other cases, it is said that Yuan Tan drove more than 200,000 women and children from Jizhou into Qingzhou, and collected grain taxes in the plains, and the plains rebelled again, and Guan Hai Guan Bingyuan had been appointed as the commander of the third and fourth armies, and went to the plains with injuries to quell the rebellion. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he was worried. It seems that it was a mistake to play on your own this time. miscalculated Yuan Shao's sense of justice and was copied back. Qingzhou rushed to send troops before the war ended, and as a result, the left-behind personnel in Qingzhou were weak, coupled with Yuan Shao's fake name of the imperial court, he appointed his son to govern Qingzhou - thousands of years of education, so that although the people and officials were dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's behavior, they could only endure silently and did not dare to resist the "order".

Five years is far from enough to reform people's hearts, and Qingzhou is in danger, which is purely self-inflicted.