Seeing Liu Bei's unwillingness, Lu Peng smiled faintly: "Now that the prestige of the imperial court no longer exists, Yuan Shao can proclaim himself the pastor of Yizhou, and Gongsun Zan just a few days ago, he actually announced that several of his subordinates are Yanzhou Thorn History, Qingzhou Thorn History, Yizhou Thorn History, who still regards this world's false name as a thing?" Take a look, the thorn histories that Gongsun Chan sealed out are just in vain, at this time, there is a place as his foundation, and he has the financial power of the place, the military and politics, which is the fundamental. ”

In fact, there is no need for Lu Peng to say this, Liu Bei has known it for a long time, but there is just no justifiable excuse and opportunity, at this time, when I heard Lu Peng poke this matter out directly and put it in broad daylight, I had to think about it carefully. In the end, he said unwillingly: "Leaving Senior Brother Gongsun, after all, there is no excuse." ”

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Lu Peng was overjoyed in his heart, which proved that his words still made Liu Bei fall for it, so he said solemnly: "Yuan Shao and my father-in-law's battle, in the end, my father-in-law will fail, at this time, Xuande Gong should take the initiative to stand up and apply to go out." Then he snapped his fingers at Xu Jie, who was inseparable behind him.

Xu Jie immediately ran over and took out a map on his back.

In this era, the map is definitely a militaristic weapon, and ordinary people will immediately be arrested by the government and punished for the crime of treason, and the three clans will be exterminated.

The governors of each state and county are only allowed to have a map of their own district, and if they own other states and counties, they are regarded as trespassers and must be dealt with strictly.

But in Youzhou, under the rule of Lu Peng, maps have become a very common thing, while the Jinyi Wei is spying on intelligence in various places, one of their most important tasks is to draw maps of various places, hooking up the merchants of the world, they can use the topographic maps in their memories, in exchange for the share of scarce salt and iron, so that they can earn more wealth.

After taking a map of Qingzhou, Lu Peng spread it out in front of Liu Bei, regardless of his surprise, and then pointed: "Now Gongsun Chan has sent his most powerful subordinate Tian Kai to make the history of Qingzhou Thorn, of course, this is a bit unjustifiable, but in front of Gongsun Zhan's strong military strength, Qingzhou has fallen into his hands, what should Xuande Gong do at this time?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Lu Peng, his thinking really couldn't keep up with Lu Peng's thoughts.

"That is, in this war, after the defeat of my father-in-law, you asked to assist Tian Kai to defend Qingzhou, and Pingyuan County, located in the east of Yuan Shao, relies on the sea, has the advantage of fish and salt, and the land is fertile and vast, after several slaughters by the Yellow Turban Army, the family has long been wiped out, and when the time comes, you will implement my policy, collect the displaced people and distribute land to them, and recuperate their energy in order to ambition in the future."

"But—"

Lu Peng looked at the map, didn't look at Liu Bei at all, and directly found an excuse for Liu Bei: "You can tell that senior brother of yours to let him give you 5,000 men and horses, give you Pingyuan County, and let you contain Yuan Shao in the east. Then he cherished the map and handed it to Xu Jie in Liu Bei's greedy gaze.

"Tian Kai, a mediocre person, if you can't even put him on the table, then I can't do anything."

"What do you want?" After pondering for a long time, Liu Bei thought that this was definitely the most beneficial strategy for himself, but there was no free lunch in the world, Lu Peng gave himself this idea, he definitely had his purpose, and this matter must be clarified. Through dealing with Lu Peng several times, Liu Bei has already learned Lu Peng's treachery, and he must ask clearly, in exchange for conditions, he can't suffer any more.

Lu Peng stared at Liu Bei's eyes tightly: "If I say that it is for the future cause of Xuande Gong, for example, your future development is Kong Rong in Beihai, Xuzhou in the future, and Jingzhou in the hinterland of the Central Plains, then you will say that I am very false, in fact, in a word." When he said this, Lu Peng faced the south wind: "I really feel for my brother's feelings." ”

When he said this, Lu Peng's eyes were full of tears, and he was already sincere.

Liu Bei carefully thought about the path that Lu Peng had planned for himself, and found that all his plans were for his own good from a strategic height, and he really couldn't think of any conspiracy he had, so he held Lu Peng's hand tightly with tears in his eyes, and cried: "If one day, I am willing to sweep the world with my brothers." ”

Lu Peng held Liu Bei's hand tightly, "May my brothers remember today's promise, and our brothers will work together to secure the world." But when he said this, he lamented in his heart: "When I go back, I must find a Chinese medicine doctor, and this trachoma that weeps in the wind must be cured." ”

After teaching everything that should be taught, Lu Peng patted his ass and stood up, looking at the vast fields under his governance, and there was a feeling of being a good teacher in his heart.

Looking at Liu Bei's thoughtful figure, Lu Peng spat fiercely: "If I don't need you, how can I teach you to be smart, am I idle?" ”

This is Lu Peng's dark mind, in fact, this is very outrageous, but in troubled times, it can only be like this, interests first, survival first, understandable.

After walking in the base area with Liu Bei for a few days, Liu Bei saw that Lu Peng really didn't want to send troops, so he asked Lu Peng very solemnly: "What is Mr. going to do recently?" ”

Lu Peng smiled and said, "I took you to my Savage Valley base, and you also saw that I built two thousand light chariots.

Liu Bei nodded, first relieved by Lu Peng's trust in him, everyone knew that the Savage Valley was Lu Peng's secret base, even some of his important ministers were not allowed to enter the valley, but they took themselves into the valley to visit.

At that time, I did see that in the carpentry base of the Savage Valley, thousands of carpenters were working day and night to build a kind of four-wheeled chariot, which was not the kind of wide and bulky planks, but a light carriage made of rattan that could be seen everywhere.

At that time, I was still secretly laughing at Lu Peng's boredom in my heart, what can I do if I can't turn around, has no protective ability, and has been eliminated by history?

But at this time, Lu Peng asked, of course, he replied sincerely: "I saw it, but I don't know what that thing is for." ”

Lu Peng said firmly and seriously: "My chariot has been built, and when my father-in-law and Yuan Shao fought for life and death and had no time to take care of me, I prepared to go out of the grassland and destroy Wuhuan." ”

With such a decision, Liu Bei, who was surprised at the time, almost dropped his jaw.

In Liu Bei's opinion, the Han people's active attack on the nomads was all a matter of the Han Wu Emperor before, and now, to be able to prevent foreign races from not penetrating into his hinterland, is it a blessing to invite the heavens and take the initiative to attack? You're looking for death.

But of course Liu Bei won't say this, in fact, in his heart, he still wants Lu Peng to die, if Lu Peng dies in the grassland, maybe he doesn't have to go to Qingzhou, and directly take over Lu Peng's foundation, wouldn't it be more provincial and provincial? So he used the most passionate words and the most sincere blessings to wish Lu Peng a successful victory and restore the glory of Emperor Wu.

When he saw that Lu Peng really took Zhao Yun and 20,000 soldiers, drove the strange-looking chariot, and swore to go on the expedition, so he returned to Fengyuankou to meet Zhang Fei with confidence, thinking about what Lu Peng said, it was also heartwarming, especially since he actually had no effect here, so he left hundreds of old and weak people to respond to the story, and he took the army to chase Gongsun Zan to brush his sense of existence.

(End of chapter)