【Fame】

In the second year of Chuping (191), Liu Bei and Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai fought against Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao, Liu Bei was promoted to the county order of Pingyuan County because of the establishment of meritorious service, and then led the plain state minister, after that, Zhao Yun and Tian Yu also came to take refuge in Liu Bei, of which Zhao Yun also commanded the cavalry for Liu Bei.

Later, Zhao Yun left Liu Bei because of the death of his brother, and Tian Yu followed Liu Bei south, and after Liu Bei became the assassin of Yuzhou, he also left Liu Bei in order to take care of his old mother.

During the governance of the plains, Liu Bei was a thief outside, and he was kind and charitable inside, even if he was not an ordinary person who was a scholar, he could sit at the same table with him, eat in the same basin, and would not choose the food, because of Liu Bei's pro-people measures, many people came to join.

According to the Book of Wei, Liu Ping, a native of the Plains, had always looked down on his uncle and was ashamed of being under his jurisdiction, so he sent assassins to assassinate the first master, but the assassins could not bear to do it, and informed the first master of his origins, and then left. At that time, Liu Bei had won the hearts of the people to such an extent.

Later, the Yellow Turban Yu Dang Guan Hai led the army to attack Beihai, and Beihai Xiang Kong Rong was surrounded by a large army, and the situation was critical, so he sent Tai Shici to break through the siege and ask Liu Bei for help. Liu Bei replied in surprise: "Beihai Xiang Kong Rong actually knows that there is Liu Bei in the world!" He immediately sent 3,000 elite soldiers to Beihai with Tai Shici to rescue. When the Yellow Turban Army heard that reinforcements were coming, they all scattered and fled, and Kong Rongchai was able to break the siege. After this battle, Liu Bei's reputation grew.

Since then, many wars have broken out between Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei has also been involved.

【Participating in the Battle of Xuzhou】

In the third year of Chuping (193), Cao Cao's father Cao Song was killed by Xuzhou soldiers, Cao Cao avenged his father and invaded Xuzhou.

At that time, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao were in a state of hostility, and Tao Qian was an ally of Gongsun Chan, and Cao Cao was an ally of Yuan Shao, as Gongsun Zhan's subordinate Tian Kai sent troops to support Tao Qian. Tian Kai and Liu Bei immediately led their troops to Xuzhou, and when they arrived, it happened that Cao Cao's army had run out of food and had to retreat.

On the one hand, Tian Kai, as the assassin of Qingzhou, could not stay in Xuzhou for a long time, and on the other hand, Tao Qian knew that Cao Cao's retreat was only temporary. In order to keep Liu Bei, Tao Qian even transferred the four thousand Danyang soldiers in his hometown to him, which is not only an increase in strength for Liu Bei, but also a great favor, and Uncle Huang can't refuse at all.

When he went to Xuzhou, Liu Bei only had more than 1,000 soldiers under his command and the cavalry of some ethnic minorities in Youzhou Karasuma, and in the Xuzhou area, Liu Bei added thousands of people from the disaster victims and farmers, and it can be said that the 4,000 Danyang army was equivalent to Liu Bei's entire strength at that time. But on the other hand, we also have to explain that these four thousand Danyang soldiers are something that Liu Bei can't digest, because these troops are Tao Qian's hometown soldiers, as long as Tao Qian doesn't die, under normal circumstances, even if Tao Qian transfers them to Liu Bei, Uncle Huang has no way to really control this army. But this is still a great supplement to Liu Bei's military strength.

Tao Qian transferred all the soldiers from his hometown to Liu Bei, which shows how much Tao Qian has expectations and trust in Liu Bei. In this case, Liu Bei had no way to refuse Tao Qian, and Tian Kai had no way to let Liu Bei go back, so of course, Liu Bei was dug up by Tao Qian.

Subsequently, Tao Qian asked Liu Bei to be the assassin of Yuzhou and asked him to garrison in Xiaopei.

But it's a pity that even if Liu Bei tried his best, there was no way to stop Cao Cao's footsteps, the fall of Xuzhou was already in sight, and just when Tao Qian was about to flee in despair, Cao Cao had to retreat because of problems in the rear.

This is undoubtedly lucky for Tao Qian and Liu Bei.

【Entering Xuzhou】

In the first year of Xingping (194), Tao Qian was seriously ill, and before his death, he said to Mi Zhu (i.e., Elk Zhu) in the state: "Except for Liu Bei, no one can stabilize the state." Since Tao Qian's two sons did not enter the official career, Tao Qian actually entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

After Tao Qian's death, Mi Zhu immediately led everyone in the state to welcome the emperor's uncle, but the emperor's uncle was humble and did not accept it.

Chen Deng, a native of Xiapi, said to him: "Today, the Han Dynasty is declining, the world is in chaos, and the achievements are today." Xuzhou is a solid and rich land, with a population of one million, and I hope that you will be in charge of state affairs if you are wronged. ”

Liu Bei replied: "Yuan Highway is close to Shouchun, his family has four generations and five ministers, and the people of the world are admired, you can entrust him with state affairs."

Chen Deng immediately said: "Yuan Highway is arrogant and conceited, and he is not a talent to govern troubled times. Now we plan to recruit 100,000 infantry and cavalry for you, so that you can support the imperial court, calm the people and help the world, and make achievements in the five hegemons; Retreat can be cut off to dominate, and the merit will go down in history. If you don't agree to our request, then it will be difficult for me to accept your opinion. ”

Kong Rong, the minister of Beihai, also said to Liu Bei: "Yuan Highway is a person who worries about the country and forgets his home!" He was nothing more than a dry bone in the grave, not worth mentioning. In today's situation, the people support the virtuous and powerful people for the Lord to say goodbye to God, and it will be too late to regret it in the future. ”

Later, Chen Deng also persuaded Yuan Shao and asked Yuan Shao to stand up and intercede with Liu Bei.

So Uncle Huang took over Xuzhou and became the lord of Xuzhou for the first time.

【Starting Point】

There are many similarities between what happened to Cao Cao and Liu Bei in history.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei were either because of their own backgrounds or because of their family downfall, so their tutors when they were children were not very good, which also made these two people a little unprofessional and naughty since they were children.

Moreover, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's first official positions were both county lieutenants, Cao Cao was the northern lieutenant of a large county (Luoyang), and Liu Bei was the county lieutenant of a small county.

And these two people can become princes because of the accident of the former princes, Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai was killed in battle, Cao Cao was able to become Yanzhou pastor, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian died of illness, and Liu Bei was able to inherit his position.

After Liu Bei took over Xuzhou, this can be said to be the closest to the strength of Liu Bei's group and the strength of Cao Cao's group in history.

At this time, Liu Bei had just appeared in the eyes of everyone as an emerging prince, and the Cao Cao group was facing the crisis of extinction and fell into the lowest point in history, it can be said that at this moment, at this moment, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are actually on the same starting line.

God is fair, at least he has pulled Cao Cao to the same starting point as Liu Bei in history. It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to complete the transcendence of Cao Cao in one fell swoop, but instead let Cao Cao distance himself again, throwing Liu Bei farther and farther away, until Liu Bei couldn't even see Cao Cao's figure.

So who forced Cao Cao into a desperate situation, why did Liu Bei stagnate, and how Cao Cao threw Liu Bei farther and farther away, please see the breakdown later.

ps: Recently, I watched a little bit of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I like it and listen to the following breakdown of this sentence, I will also use it. Tomorrow Cao Cao's chapter will be resumed, and Liu Bei's content will come to an end for the time being.