Liu Bei had already moved his base camp to the county of Runan County. ∈↗，

Pingyu is also the nest of Liu Bi, the big leader of the Yellow Turban, but at this time, Liu Bei is setting up a feast in the line and is feasting Liu Bi and Gong Du, the two big leaders of the Yellow Turban.

Originally, everything was fine.

But in the end, due to a proposal by Liu Bei, the two sides broke up unhappily.

That's the case, Liu Bei wants to place a group of veterans in Liu Pi Gongdu's army, serving as mid-level officers such as the commander and the captain of the army, of course, Liu Bei's excuse is also very high-sounding, that is, let this group of veterans be responsible for training Liu Pi Gongdu's troops to improve combat effectiveness as much as possible.

Liu Bei actually wanted to set aside Liu Pi and Gong Du and control the army of the two.

Liu Bei did this but also out of helplessness, although Cao Cao borrowed him 8,000 soldiers, but also sent Wang Zhong Liu Dai as the main deputy general to lead the troops alone, which means that the 8,000 Cao army under his Liu Bei is only a guest army, after the battle is over, the 8,000 Cao army will return to Zhudu, and he Liu Bei will have nothing to do with it.

In other words, Liu Bei's family background now is only a few hundred remnants brought out by Xuzhou.

Liu Bei didn't think about taking away Wang Zhong and Liu Dai's military power, but the division was unknown.

Without a name, he took away Wang Zhong and Liu Dai's military power for no reason, Liu Bei couldn't do this kind of thing, and he didn't dare to do it, because if he took Wang Zhong and Liu Dai's military power now, it would be to turn his face with Cao Cao.

Although Liu Bei had the mind to calculate Cao Cao, he didn't dare to turn his face with Cao Cao immediately.

Therefore, Liu Bei wanted to seize Liu Pi Gongdu's army in the name of military training.

In any case, there must always be a descendant army in hand that is completely obedient to his orders. Isn't it?

But I didn't expect it. This move was met with a fierce backlash from Liu Pi and Gong Du. Without saying a word, the two immediately brushed their sleeves away.

Seeing that Liu Bigong had the intention of turning his face, Guan Yu gave Liu Bei a look again and again, as long as Liu Bei made a head, Guan Yu dared to chase Liu Bigong out and hack Liu Bigong to death on the spot, and then directly accept the two of them, which is much faster than planting veterans in the army of the two and slowly infiltrating. The effect is also much better.

Liu Bei actually wanted to do this in his heart, but in the end, he still didn't have the head of Dian.

It wasn't until Liu Bigong had already walked away that Guan Yu returned to the lobby and complained to Liu Bei: "Brother, why didn't you let the younger brother kill Liu Bigong just now?" ”

"Hmmm, slashing people?" Zhang Fei, who was drinking happily, immediately came to his senses and shouted loudly, "Brother Zhong, who to cut?" Well, it doesn't matter who to cut. I've got to be the one who counts as one. ”

After speaking, Zhang Fei stood up. He drew his sword in his hand, turned and rushed out.

"The third brother is messing around!" Liu Bei hurriedly stopped Zhang Fei, sighed again, and said to Guan Yu, "Second brother, Liu Bigong and Gong both raised troops to vote when you and I needed it, if we killed the two of them because of a disagreement, it would be an unrighteous move, how would the people of the world think of you and my brother at that time?" ”

Guan Yu paused and said: "Brother is soft-hearted. ”

Zhang Fei echoed and said: "Yes, the eldest brother is soft-hearted. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, but some words were not easy to say to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, because they couldn't understand it.

It is not so easy to compete for hegemony, today, almost all the princes are born in wealthy families, such as Yuan Shao, such as Sun Ce, such as Ma Teng, such as Liu Biao, all of them were born in famous families, Cao Cao belonged to the eunuchs, and his background was low, but his grandfather Cao Teng was also a famous eunuch, and the Cao family's power was also not weak.

And he, Liu Bei, is really from a humble background, and it is difficult.

Although Liu Bei tried his best to give himself the identity of "the emperor's family", the bloodline of "the great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing of Han" was still too far away after all, and almost no one in the world would buy his account.

Without the remnants of his ancestors, Liu Bei could only rely on himself.

And benevolence and righteousness are the foundation of Liu Bei's struggle for hegemony based on troubled times!

Liu Bei knows very well that if he abandons the most fundamental position of benevolence and righteousness, he will inevitably be abandoned by the world, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this troubled world from now on, so no matter how unhappy and angry he is in his heart, he has to endure it, and he has to endure the word "a knife" in his heart, and he can only achieve great things if he can't bear it! Br!

This is what I said earlier, while benevolence and righteousness brought great political dividends to Liu Bei, it also caused serious constraints to Liu Bei, causing many Liu Bei to want to do what he should do, but in the end he couldn't do it!

For example, after Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, he persuaded Liu Bei to take Jingzhou, because it was contrary to benevolence and righteousness, Liu Bei did not dare to do it, so that he missed the opportunity to let Cao Cao take Jingzhou, and finally took advantage of Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi, although Liu Bei took Jingzhou, but also formed a mortal enmity with Eastern Wu, laying the groundwork for the defeat of Guan Yu and Liu Bei's defeat in Maicheng!

For example, Xichuan, also because of benevolence and righteousness, Liu Bei did not dare to raise the butcher's knife to Liu Zhang.

In the end, Pang Tong was forced to be helpless, and could only sacrifice himself at the expense of Liu Bei, giving Liu Bei an excuse to crusade against Liu Zhang, Pang Tong's death triggered a series of follow-up chain reactions, Pang Tong died, Liu Bei had no choice but to transfer Zhuge Liang into Sichuan, Zhuge Liang into Sichuan could only hand over Jingzhou to Guan Yu, and then there was no then.

Therefore, benevolence and righteousness are a double-edged sword, which can kill the enemy and hurt oneself.

Liu Bei is a hero with great political ambitions, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't understand this truth, so it is difficult for them to understand Liu Bei's indecision, such as at this moment.

So Guan Yu brought up the old words again, and said: "Brother, you won't let Liu Pigong be killed, is it always okay to beat Yuan?" This Runan is your brother, no one is allowed to rob it, and it has been three days since we arrived in Pingyu, and we should also enter Xincai, please give my brother an order, the younger brother only needs 3,000 elite soldiers, and he will behead Yuan or not in front of his brother. ”

Zhang Fei also echoed loudly: "Yes, if you beat Yuan, count me in!" I'll go too! ”

"Second brother, why did you mention this again?" Liu Bei was really anxious this time, frowned and said, "Although Yuan is young, if you underestimate him because of this, you will suffer a big loss, Yuan will first defeat Tai Shici, and then defeat Sun Ce, and finally defeat Zhou Yu, who is known as a soldier, in Qiaojiawu, how can it be easy to be with him?" ”

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair under his chin and said: "Tai Shi Ci, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and others are just vain, although Yuan Que defeated them, it is nothing, brother, if you are not willing to give me 3,000 elite soldiers, you can only give the younger brother 500 school swordsmen, and the younger brother can also cut off Yuan Nuo's head and dedicate it to his brother." ”

"Nope." Liu Bei flatly refused, "We can't rashly start a war with Yuan Wei!" ”

"Why?" Guan Yu was very puzzled, "Yuan Nuo has already occupied more than a dozen counties in the south of Runan County, and Runan is the hometown of the Yuan family, if my brother doesn't do it again, I'm afraid that most of Runan will fall into Yuan Nuo's child's pocket, and besides, isn't my brother here to crusade against Yuan Nuo?" Now that Yuan is in Xincai, why is his brother unwilling to enter the army again? ”

"For no reason, if I can't go to war, I can't go to war, at least not now." Liu Bei flatly refused.

In fact, Liu Bei also wanted to tell Guan Yu the truth, he borrowed troops to go to Runan this time, just to avoid trouble, just to leave Xu Du and avoid the disasters that might be brought about by the edict, as for the crusade against Yuan Nuo or something, it was just an excuse, Yuan Quan was a threat to Cao Cao, but not to him Liu Bei.

If there is a war with Yuan, there will be no good result in victory or defeat.

Even if he finally won the battle, Cao Cao would inevitably summon him back to the court, what would he do at that time?

If he is unfortunately defeated, he may be captured by Yuan Wei, and the best result is to flee back to Xudu, isn't this contrary to his original intention?

So for Liu Bei, the best result is to confront Yuan in Runan.

Just keep confronting each other, so that he doesn't need to go back to Xudu, and when Cao Cao and Lu Bu start a war, and there is no longer any time to take care of him, he will no longer be afraid of turning his face with Cao Cao, he will be able to kill Wang Zhong and Liu Dai by thunderous means, and take Cao Cao's 8,000 elite soldiers, because he has the edict of the Son of Heaven in his hand, and the crusade against Cao Cao belongs to the edict to beg the thief, but it takes the righteousness.

Then, it is time to move westward to capture Xu Du to rescue the Son of Heaven, and then unite with Lu Bu to defeat Cao Cao.

As for Yuan No, if he is willing to cooperate with him, he might as well make a statement to the Son of Heaven, show him to inherit Yuan Shu's position as the rear general, and then join forces to crusade against Cao Thief, if Yuan Quan is unwilling to cooperate, then there is nothing to say, directly attack and kill!

This is Liu Bei's overall plan, and it is also Liu Bei's ambition.

Therefore, Liu Bei insisted that there must be no war with Yuan Wei now.

Liu Bei not only didn't want to start a war with Yuan No, he even secretly sent Sun Gan to Xincai to see Yuan No, and also asked Sun Gan to bring a handwritten letter from him, which was sincere, Liu Bei believed that after Yuan No's saw his handwritten letter, he would definitely reach a tacit understanding with him, and the confrontation in Runan would continue for a long time until Cao Lu started a war.

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't agree to start a war with Yuan Ren, Guan Yu was also anxious, and said loudly: "Brother, you are so indecisive, how can you achieve great things?" ”

"It's not that I'm indecisive, it's really ......" Liu Bei was about to explain, when he suddenly saw a person enter the hall, and the servant knelt on the ground and cried, "Lord, lord, lord, lord, where is ......?"

Liu Bei hurriedly looked at it, but found that the person who came in was actually Jian Yong's entourage.

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, and asked anxiously: "Why did you come back alone, where is Xianhe?" ”

"My lord, sir, he, he......" Jian Yong's guard said incoherently, "he's dead." ”

"What?" Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Xianhe is dead? How did he die? ”

"Let Huang Shao kill him." Jian Yong's guard sobbed and said, "Huang Shao not only sent someone to kill Mr., but also forced the villain to bring back Mr.'s head. After finishing speaking, Jian Yong's guards untied the burden from their backs, and then untied them in front of Liu Guanzhang, and the one inside was Jian Yong's head.

"Kenwa!" Liu Bei let out a sad sigh and knelt down in front of Jian Yong's head. To be continued