Chapter Eighty-Seven: Liu Bei's Ambition

"Big brother, why did you say that you would smash the door and kill Ye Zhao's little white face and snatch the second brother back?" Youzhou, Zhuo County, State Pastoral Mansion, Zhang Fei, who was talking to Liu Bei, asked while holding a pork leg and gnawing on it.

Although both of them already have wives and even children, they usually eat, and they are still used to eating together with the brothers, although they know that they are going to kill Ye Zhao now, which is a bit far away, after all, Liu Bei's current situation is not optimistic, but this is not a formal occasion, bragging or something, Zhang Fei likes it more, and Gongsun Chan is gone, he feels that as long as Ye Zhao is killed again, Guan Yu will definitely come back, so Zhang Fei is very motivated to kill Ye Zhao.

Liu Bei took a sip of broth, sighed, then ate a bite of flatbread, looked out the window and said, "It's not easy to talk about, the current situation is not optimistic!" ”

When Liu Yu died, the three-legged situation he said had now been fulfilled, although Yuan Shao was still there, but if there was no Ye Zhao and Cao Cao here, Liu Bei believed that as long as he gave himself a year to recuperate, he would be able to swallow Yuan Shao with the newly acquired three counties of Hejian, Bohai and Zhongshan, plus the entire Youzhou.

However, the reality is that with the two giants of Ye Zhao and Cao Cao here, Liu Bei can't count on Yuan Shao's remaining territory, and it is likely that for a long time in the future, he will have to be a man with his tail between his legs, try to reduce his sense of existence, let Cao Cao and Ye Zhao The two great gods fight, plant their own fields, weave straw shoes, have time to have a few more sons, wait and see the two gods fight each other, maybe one day there will be a chance.

Anyway, among the many princes, the one who lacks the most patience is Liu Bei, because he is patient, so he waited until Liu Yu died under Liu Yu, got Youzhou, and became today's Youzhou pastor.

"Didn't Mr. Yan suggest that we join forces with Cao Cao yesterday to fight against Ye Zhao?" Zhang Fei took a bite of the pig's leg and looked at Liu Bei suspiciously.

"But what if you finish beating Ye Zhao?" Liu Bei sighed and said, "Cao Cao will deal with us when he changes hands." ”

After all these years of following Liu Yu's side, Liu Bei's overall view also has some, he knows very well that whether Cao Cao kills Ye Zhao or Ye Zhao kills Cao Cao, he Liu Bei has no good end, and now although he is the lord of a state, in fact, he is only trying to survive between Ye Zhao and Cao Cao.

"What then?" Zhang Fei said unpleasantly.

"Let's take Liaodong down first." Liu Bei thought for a while and said, the persimmons have to be pinched softly, and he can't pinch the two iron persimmons of Ye Zhao and Cao Cao, so he can only pinch them that are not as good as his grandson.

"What's the point of that?" Zhang Fei said a little sullenly, in his opinion, in that place in Liaodong, there is no money and no one, even if it is won, it will not be good for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei sighed, looked up at the sky, his eyes were a little red and said: "The third brother's mind, how do you not know for my brother, but now that my Han family is declining, my brother can only rely on this Youzhou to compete with the traitorous ministers, Youzhou can be said to be the last pure land of my Han Dynasty, if because of a momentary mood, even this last piece of my Han territory is lost, even if he dies on the battlefield in the future, under Jiuquan, I see my uncle, what face do I have to face his old man?" ”

"What the eldest brother said is very true, we will fight Liaodong, and then we will fight Ye Zhao." Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei's eyes were a little red, and hurriedly said, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, he was afraid of the old men crying, but every time Liu Bei cried, he couldn't cry, so he didn't feel girly at all, only sad, so when he saw Liu Bei's eyes red, he felt weak in his heart.

"Lord!" Yan Rou came in with Yan Zhi and bowed his hand to Liu Bei.

"It's Mr. Yan, have you eaten?" Zhang Fei stood up and handed the pork leg to Yan Rou.

"I've used it." Yan Rou looked at the pork leg that had been almost gnawed, the corners of her mouth twitched twice, and she refused with a smile.

"Sit down." Liu Bei got up and greeted Yan Rou over and said with a smile: "If it's not a yatang, there is no need to be restrained in Wenli, so it's in a hurry, but what's the matter?" ”

"Something really important." Yan Rou handed a copy of the list to Liu Bei and said, "This is the list that has just been sent to various states in the name of King Yong's Mansion, take a look." ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei opened the list and said with a smile: "But what did the Taiwei do?" ”

"Not bad." Yan Rou sighed and said, "But what this has done is very happy." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Fei leaned over to Liu Bei's side and looked at the list with round eyes.

After a long time, he looked at Yan Rou blankly and said, "The Xianbei people have been destroyed?" ”

"To be precise, it's Central Xianbei." Yan Rou said with a smile.

"Ye Zhao did it?" Zhang Fei said in disbelief.

"Not bad!" Yan Rou knew that Zhang Fei had not looked at Ye Zhao very much, and sighed: "After this battle, there is no need to worry about Hu in the next hundred years. ”

"He's that good?" Zhang Fei still didn't believe it: "It can't be a false report, right?" ”

"It shouldn't be, this kind of list is in the name of Yongwangfu, to announce to the world, if it is a false report, not only will it not increase its momentum, but it will become the laughing stock of the world, with Ye Zhao's ability, he will not do such things." Yan Rou shook her head and said.

"Wen Li can know ......" After a long time, Liu Bei looked up at Yan Rou and said, "As far as I know, there has been no large-scale transfer of troops and horses in the direction of Merge Prefecture recently, so how did Ye Zhao do this?" ”

As an unfriendly neighbor, and a behemoth that could be attacked at any time. Liu Bei has always been concerned about the troop mobilization on Ye Zhao's side, but Ye Zhao doesn't seem to have many soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, and it seems that it is to let Liu Bei and Cao Cao feel at ease to fight.

"Raze to raze." Yan Rou thought for a while and said: "In fact, when Taiwei was in Macheng, he also used a similar method, secretly controlling a small tribe, and then letting the small tribe grow stronger and fight with other tribes. Fight against the royal court while constantly plundering the population and resources of Xianbei. ”

"After all these years of scuffle, Xianbei is already weak, after a year of deprivation, almost weakened to the extreme, Kebi can take the initiative to join forces with Xianbei Wangting, wanting to destroy the tribal alliance promoted by Taiwei, the two sides have a big battle under Yanshan, and finally both are defeated, the tribal alliance has now been completely attached to Taiwei, and the remnants of Wang Ting and Kebineng were broken by the two generals of Ye Hou ordered Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to take advantage of the weakness, and the Xianbei clan in central China has been extinct since then."

"Damn, I know that this little white face has a bad stomach." Zhang Fei was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then cursed: "Those Xianbei people are too useless, they show their teeth and claws on weekdays, and when they meet a powerful person, they don't even see their families, so they are killed like this." ”

"No matter what, this battle can be said to have calmed the anger of the people in the north of my Han family for a hundred years, not only is it attached to the people of the state, but I am afraid that in Youzhou and Jizhou, the people's hearts will also increase their favorability towards Taiwei." Yan Rou said in a deep voice: "At this time, the lord can send someone to Chang'an to congratulate King Yong. ”

"Why, what does this matter have to do with us, and we still have to congratulate him Ye Zhao?" Zhang Fei said angrily.

"The third brother Hugh wants to talk nonsense, Wenli is talking about congratulating King Yong, not Ye Zhao." Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"What's the difference?" Zhang Fei said dissatisfied.

"There's a big difference." Yan Rou said with a smile: "Although this matter was promoted by Taiwei, but nominally, Taiwei is loyal to King Yong, and we will publicize it like this, although it will also make Taiwei's reputation soar, but it will also make a large number of talents pour into Guanzhong and defect to King Yong, and there are many people around King Yong, so he will naturally reach out to ask for power, so ......"

The corners of Zhang Fei's mouth twitched, he somewhat understood, although it was beneficial to himself, but this kind of practice always felt a little angry, he was not used to seeing Ye Zhao, but in this matter, Ye Zhao did a really happy thing, but before the news spread all over the world, some people had already begun to think about how to pull Ye Zhao down, even if he was an enemy, Zhang Fei suddenly felt a little sad for Ye Zhao.

Liu Bei nodded, and was about to speak, but saw Zhang Fei suddenly stand up and walk out the door.

"Where's Winged?" Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously.

"As soon as I heard Ye Zhao's little white face proudly, I was not happy in my heart, it's okay, big brother, you talk to him first, I'll go and breathe." Zhang Fei didn't want to make Liu Bei uncomfortable, so he grinned.

"The three generals are really temperamental." Yan Rou smiled at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded with a complicated face when he heard this, a brother of more than 20 years, what is Zhang Fei's mind, how could he not know?

But sometimes politics is dirty, he has been wandering the world for so many years, he has seen too much, he may be indignant when he is young, but now, he is not confused, he has a strong tolerance for these things, and even he himself has begun to do these things that used to make him feel dirty, people...... It's always going to become.

"Roar~"

Outside the door, there was a sudden roar like Zhang Fei's venting, Yan Rou turned her head suspiciously, a little puzzled, Liu Bei cleaned up her mood and smiled: "Don't blame Wenli, you also know Yide's temperament, you can't hide your anger in your heart, do you think we can follow that Ye Zhao and deal with Wuhuan with the same means?" ”

"I'm afraid it's hard." Yan Rou smiled bitterly: "Taiwei has the backing of Yongliang and Shu Prefectures, and has a lot of financial support, but now that I even have the grain and grass of my own soldiers receiving help from the Mi family, how can I cultivate the strength of my henchmen among the Wuhuan people?" ”

Ye Zhao's strategy does not seem to be difficult, but in fact, it requires the consumption of financial and material resources, if there is no means for Ye Zhao to digest cattle, sheep and horses, even if he is the lord of a state, he can't support it.

Liu Bei sighed when he heard this, but then he thought of Mi Zhu, looked at Yan Rou and said, "What if you can get the support of the Mi family?" ”

"Maybe." Yan Rou thought for a moment and said, "But you still need to think about it carefully. ”

"Okay, about the Mi family, I will send someone to contact Zizhong." Liu Bei said with a smile.