"It's about the territory of the Lu country, and Lone naturally won't back down." Liu Bei's face was resolute and his words were sonorous, but what he thought in his heart was unknown.

"I wonder how the king plans to deal with the Wei army next?" Sun Qian was relieved to hear that Liu Bei had no intention of ceding the territory, and asked instead.

Liu Bei's face was cloudy, and he had nothing to do in the current predicament, but to continue to fight against Cao Cao and wait for Wei to automatically withdraw his troops.

Sun Qian saw that Liu Bei didn't answer for a long time, and he was silent, his heart was full of guilt, as a minister, he couldn't share the worries of the lord, this was his dereliction of duty.

So, Sun Qian bowed and said: "The minister is willing to send an envoy again, and I also ask the king to agree." ”

Liu Bei's eyes were complicated, and he seemed to not know how to deal with it.

"The King, please." Seeing that Liu Bei did not respond, Sun Qian said respectfully again.

"Gongyou has just returned from the Tang Kingdom, and he has been tired of traveling and driving, so he will go down to rest first, and this matter will be discussed later." Liu Bei glanced at Sun Qian, but did not agree.

"King, it's still a dry ......"

Sun Gan was about to say something, but was directly interrupted by Liu Bei: "Gongyou, go down to rest first, you have to worry about it at this time." ”

After that, he didn't wait for Sun Gan to answer again, and left the house directly, leaving Sun Qian with a blank face.

Besides, Liu Bei, who came out of the house, was in a mess in his heart, walking aimlessly on the road, his eyes were almost out of focus.

At the beginning, he occupied Xuzhou, and it happened that Lu Bu came to vote and called Wang Jianguo, what a majestic and domineering man, but now, in the face of Wei, it seems so powerless, even the fate of the entire country has to be pinned on others.

"Providence makes people."

Liu Bei opened his confused eyes and sighed in his heart.

Suddenly, several screams woke up Liu Bei, who was in a trance, Liu Bei's eyes gradually cleared, looked at the surrounding environment, and found that he had unconsciously walked to the barracks.

Liu Bei then heard another burst of shouting, this burst of cheering, Liu Bei is very familiar, it is the voice of his third brother Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei to fight in the south and north since he started his army, and even devoted all his family resources to help him raise troops, and at the same time, he also made a lot of meritorious contributions in countless battles.

But the only thing that worries him about Liu Bei is that Zhang Fei is addicted to alcohol, and he often whips his soldiers when he is drunk, he has discovered this phenomenon more than once, and has persuaded him several times, but it seems to have no effect.

Now hearing the screams in the barracks, as well as Zhang Fei's explosion from time to time, Liu Bei faintly guessed.

Entering the barracks, following the voice, Liu Bei quickly found Zhang Fei's location.

At this time, Zhang Fei was holding a horsewhip in one hand and a wine jar in the other, and beside him, there were two soldiers, who took off their armor and knelt on the ground with their backs to Zhang Fei, the only underwear left on their bodies had been torn into strips of cloth, and their backs were stained red with blood.

"Stop!" Seeing Zhang Fei raise the horsewhip in his hand again, Liu Bei couldn't help but roar angrily.

Zhang Fei, who heard Liu Bei's voice, was obviously stunned for a moment, then opened his drunken eyes and glanced in the direction where the voice came from a few times before he reacted and said differently: "When did my brother come here?" ”

Then he put his hands behind his back and quietly placed the whip and wine jar in his hands behind him.

And the soldiers around Zhang Fei knelt down one after another, and bowed in unison: "See the king!" ”

"All the soldiers are exempt." Liu Bei just didn't see Zhang Fei's movements, looked at the kneeling soldiers and said, his tone was very calm.

"What crime did you two commit in any position in the army, and what crime did you two commit that you should be flogged in public?" Liu Bei turned his head to look at the two kneeling on the ground and asked.

The two glanced at each other, shook their heads, and said with a pleading face: "We haven't made a mistake, and I invite the king to Mingjian." ”

Liu Bei's face was instantly gloomy, and he looked at Zhang Fei and asked, "Are these two really as they said, didn't they make a single mistake?" ”

Zhang Fei hesitated for a long time, but he didn't say a reason.

Seeing Zhang Fei's appearance, Liu Bei had already guessed that it must be Zhang Fei who whipped the soldiers for no reason after he was drunk.

Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei didn't answer for a long time, so he scolded sharply: "Hmph, Gu has warned you several times not to let you get drunk, not to mention that there are enemy troops outside the city now, but you ignore military discipline, drink openly, and even whip the soldiers after getting drunk, you say, how should you deal with you!" ”

Zhang Fei's face was red and red when Liu Bei said, but his skin was dark, and he couldn't see the change in his complexion, but seeing Zhang Fei bowing his head, Liu Bei's tone slowed down a little, but his expression was more serious: "Drinking alcohol during wartime, whipping comrades, beheading according to the law, coming, dragging out of the gate, beheading the public!" ”

As soon as Liu Bei's voice fell, there was an uproar around, Zhang Fei is a general in the army, and now the enemy is currently in the army, and it is the time to employ people, I am afraid that killing him is painful for relatives and fast for enemies.

"King, think twice!" The surrounding soldiers knelt down and pleaded.

Liu Bei saw that the soldiers were interceding for Zhang Fei, his face softened slightly, but he didn't have any expression, as if he was not moved by everyone, and even Zhang Fei was taken aback by Liu Bei.

Looking at Liu Bei's expression, a trace of sadness flashed in Zhang Fei's eyes, and he said, "Brother, do you really want to kill me?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei, tears flowed from his eyes, and he choked up: "The third brother has committed a big mistake, and it is not enough to know the military discipline if you don't kill, but the third brother can rest assured, after you leave, my brother will immediately go down to accompany you, so as to fulfill the righteousness of you and my brother Taoyuan." ”

"Brother......" Zhang Fei couldn't cry when he heard this.

"Please look at the past merits of the three generals and spare his life!" When the surrounding soldiers heard Liu Bei's words, they were all moved, and they knelt on the ground to plead, and even the two who were whipped by Zhang Fei also followed suit.

"I beg the king's mercy!"

"I beg the king's mercy!"

The soldiers who rushed to hear the sound around fell to their knees in pieces, and in the blink of an eye, the entire barracks was full of shouts of intercession for Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei looked at the soldiers who knelt down, then looked at Zhang Fei, wiped his tears, sighed, and said: "Okay, for the sake of the soldiers interceding for you, this punishment will be recorded for the time being, and you will be allowed to wear the crime and make meritorious service, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and the rod will be punished with thirty military sticks, if you commit it again next time, you will not be spared!" ”

"No!" Zhang Fei replied expressionlessly.

Soon, there were law enforcement soldiers in the army, and under Liu Bei's cold watch, they beat Zhang Fei with thirty military sticks in public, and the turmoil was temporarily calmed down.

At night, Zhang Fei was in the tent.

"Yide, have you ever slept?"

In a drowsy state, Zhang Fei heard a sound and looked at it, but it was Liu Bei who entered the big tent and saw him holding a clay pot and walking over slowly.

When Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei coming to him, he immediately wanted to get up, but was pressed on the bed by Liu Bei.

"Wingmos is going to move." Liu Bei's tone was calm and his face showed concern.

"I'm causing trouble for my brother." Zhang Fei said ashamedly.

Liu Bei sighed and said, "You and my brother, why do you have to see the outside world like this. ”

"Come, this is the best white medicine, I'll give you some." Liu Bei lifted the futon on Zhang Fei's body, took some medicinal powder, and personally gave Zhang Fei medicine.