Zhang Xiu chatted with Liu Bei's three brothers until late before arranging the three of them to rest in their own tent, and they ran to Zhang Ji's tent, and when they entered Zhang Ji's tent, they saw Zhang Ji sitting on the main seat and looking at him coldly. ”

Seeing Zhang Xiu's appearance, Zhang Ji sighed and said, "Bo Yuan, why did you compete with that black man, and you still kept those three people in your account?" ”

Zhang Xiu suddenly realized in his heart, and said secretly: "It turned out to be for this." Plain clothes stupidly said: "My nephew thinks that the three of them are heroes, and my nephew has never encountered such a powerful opponent since he left the school, but the spear is broken, otherwise I will have to fight with Guan Yu and Liu Bei." Seeing Zhang Xiu's eyebrows dancing, Zhang Ji said that Zhang Xiu is a teenager and likes to make friends, besides, as a martial artist, he naturally knows the temptation of a strong martial arts opponent, Zhang Ji doesn't want to blame Zhang Xiu anymore, but he still wants to be reminded.

I only heard Zhang Ji say: "Bo Yuan, don't you know that General Dong doesn't like those three?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu continued to pretend to be stupid, only to see Zhang Xiu scream in surprise, and then said, "Is that so?" What about the nephew? ”

Seeing Zhang Xiu's appearance, Zhang Ji shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, in my opinion, General Dong will not blame you for anything, but General Dong will naturally not give you a good face these days." General Fang Cai Dong has already written a letter of recommendation, asking you to serve in Jincheng, so you will come out tomorrow, and when the time is ripe, your uncle will take you to serve in the army, so good? ”

Zhang Xiu naturally knew that Dong Zhuo and the Yellow Turban had fought such a battle, and they were defeated, and then the crusade against the Yellow Turban was done by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, knowing that there was no battle here, and vaguely remembered that Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui seemed to have rebelled after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the original name of "Northland Gun King" in history was broken out at this time. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu nodded and responded,

When Zhang Ji saw Zhang Xiuying, he looked at Zhang Xiu with some relief, and the uncle and nephew slept together.

And after Zhang Xiu and Zhang Fei competed, Dong Zhuo's account was left with only Dong Zhuo and the thin scribe during the day, and a simple and strong black man.

I only heard the black strong man say: "Yuanjiang's nephew is really powerful, I'm afraid my martial arts in the Xiliang Army are the strongest." ”

Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "That's true, but this son is still young, and he still needs to go through some training before he can take on a big responsibility." ”

The strong black man nodded, and then asked: "However, the martial arts of those three people during the day are also extraordinary, and the martial arts of those black-faced and red-faced ones are probably better than Yuanjiang's nephew, why doesn't the lord use them?" ”

I saw Dong Zhuo squint his eyes and said: "Among these three people, the red-faced and black-faced ones are not to worry, if it were just the two of them, I would definitely take them into the account, but they are looking at the white-faced people, I'm afraid they can't be used by me." ”

The black strong man said strangely: "That white-faced martial arts is not bad, but it is not much different from my general of the Xiliang Army, how can the lord be jealous of this person?" ”

Dong Zhuo said: "This person is ambitious. Seeing the strange look on the black man's face, he continued: "I didn't ask them their names in the daytime tent, but only what their positions were, and when they answered, I pretended to be contemptuous, but in fact I was secretly observing them. The black-faced one is obviously angry, if it weren't for the white-faced one pulling him, I'm afraid he would have to shoot on the spot, this person must be a person who is broad and cool by nature, but this person must be righteous, they are all white-faced, I am afraid that this person will live and die with the white-faced person in this life. And the red-faced one seems to have a plain face, but in fact it is pretending to be so, I am afraid that if it were not for the generals such as you in the account, and a large number of soldiers outside the tent, this person would definitely be uplifted, and his heart was steady, and he looked directly at the general from the time he entered the account, and he must be a proud person, and it would be difficult for him to surrender after he recognized the Lord. ”

After a pause, Dong Zhuo continued: "Although it is very difficult for these two people to surrender, it is not impossible, the key is still the white-faced person who is there. This person can still have the same face as usual under my scornful words, and he can even hold the black face that is ready to burst out. Then slowly withdrew from the account, with a well-founded advance and retreat, and did not leave a handle with the general, this person is definitely an ambitious person. In fact, there were many ambitious people under Ben General's command, but this man was stoic and ambitious, and he was afraid that Ben Jiang would not be able to bear it, so he drove them out of the tent. ”

After listening to Dong Zhuo's words, the black strong man suddenly realized, and then asked, "Since this is the case, then why didn't the lord kill them?" ”

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Why should I kill them, the more ambitious people there are, wouldn't it be more beneficial to me." When the world is in turmoil, with the Xiliang Army in my hands, killing them is like slaughtering dogs, and it is not too late to clean them up when the time comes. ”

After hearing this, the strong black man smiled and said, "The lord is wise. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled, and then said to the thin scribe: "Li Ru, if you don't listen to your words this time, you have to be defeated, but you will be wrong." ”

This thin scribe was Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's right-hand man, and he only heard Li Ru smile and said: "Don't worry, although this battle is lost, there is no loss to the lord." And this defeat just cut off the previous merits of the lord, and I believe that the imperial court will only idle the lord for a period of time before it will be reactivated. The Qiang people in Xiliang are ready to move, and the court has to use the lord. Therefore, although this battle was lost, the lord not only did not suffer, but benefited. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "I have to be as worried as Gao Zu has to Chen Ping. ”

Li Ru smiled: "The lord praised it falsely. ”

I saw Dong Zhuo wave his hand and said, "Li Ru, Niu Fu, Ben Jiang has some private matters to discuss with you tonight." ”

The black strong man was Dong Zhuo's henchman Niu Fu, and the two of them were contemplating, but Dong Zhuo said: "I have two daughters under my knees, the eldest daughter is twenty-eight years old, and the second daughter is only a few months younger than the eldest daughter, but I want to match these two daughters with you, the eldest daughter with Niu Fu, and the second daughter with Li Ru, what do you want?" ”

Niu Fu smiled innocently and said, "Thank you, lord." ”

Li Ru thought for a moment before saying, "Thank you, lord." ”

Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "You still call me the lord, but you have to change your words." ”

The two glanced at each other and said in unison, "I've seen my father-in-law." ”

Dong Zhuo laughed for a while, and then said: "Wait for this matter, we will return to Xiliang and finish the marriage for you." ”

……

Dong Zhuo, Li Ru and Niu Fu are talking here, and the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew have rested early. After a night of silence, after eating the morning morning the next day, Zhang Xiu led the horse and found Liu Bei and the three who were preparing to leave with a military standard spear.

Liu Bei saw Zhang Xiu carrying his bags, and said strangely: "Why is Bo Yuan carrying his bags?" ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Uncle asked for a letter and asked Xiu to work in Xiliang Jincheng." Uncle Jia said that the Qiang people and horse thieves were rampant there, but it was a good place for embroidery and training, but today he left. ”

Liu Bei replied: "I see, Bo Yuan is here to protect the people on the border of my Han Dynasty and raise the prestige of my Han army." ”

But Zhang Fei shouted: "The kid actually went to fight foreigners, I am so envious." ”

Zhang Xiu laughed and said: "Yesterday, I heard that Brother Xuande and General Gongsun of Youzhou are classmates, and Brother Yide can follow Brother Xuande to find General Gongsun to crusade against foreign tribes. ”

Zhang Fei smiled and looked at Liu Bei. Liu Bei said: "We want to go to General Zhu this time, and destroy the Yellow Turban first, but the matter of foreign clans will be discussed later." ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "General Zhu is killing thieves in the south, but he is on the same road before going to Xingyang, so let's go together, how about it?" ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Wonderful." ”

After saying that, the three of them got on the horse together, and Zhang Xiu said goodbye to Zhang Ji before leaving the camp and looking south.

The four of them went south together, but along the way, Zhang Xiu and Guan Yu fought for a while, but after 80 rounds of fighting, Zhang Xiu was afraid that the spear would break again, so he stopped fighting. Zhang Fei said with a smile on the side, asking Zhang Xiu to build a good weapon as soon as possible, and then the next time the three of them have a good fight, Guan Yu smiled and said nothing.

Along the way, the four of them saw refugees everywhere, they all dragged their families homeless, and wandered around, but the four of them were full of emotion. Zhang Xiu was even more impressed, and said: "Xing, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer. Liu Bei and Guan Yu heard this, and even Zhang Fei sighed.

Along the way, Liu Bei also vaguely had the intention of recruiting Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu had other thoughts in his heart, and politely declined Liu Bei's solicitation. Liu Bei didn't care, he gave up when he saw that the solicitation was not successful, the four of them went all the way, and soon crossed the Yellow River, and arrived in Xingyang County on this day, but they arrived at the place of separation, Liu Bei and the three of them wanted to go south to Zhu Jun, but Zhang Xiu wanted to go west, passing through Sizhou, Yongzhou and then going to Jincheng in Liangzhou.

The four of them had a farewell drink in a tavern in Xingyang, and then went separately, but when they left, Zhang Xiu sighed: "The three Liu Bei brothers are really extraordinary, no wonder they can stand out among the heroes of the late Han Dynasty." ”

On the other side, Liu Bei said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Zhang Xiu and Zhang Boyuan will definitely be famous characters in the future." Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both nodded in agreement.

When he was in the camp, he met Dong Zhuo and other Xiliang people, and got acquainted with Sanying, and went to improve his martial arts, but Zhang Xiu benefited a lot in the past few months. At this time, he thought: "No wonder there are countless heroes in the late Han Dynasty, but no one can dominate the world, it's not that those heroes are not good enough, but there are too many heroes and heroes in the late Han Dynasty, self-made Liu Bei, Cao Cao, a traitor in troubled times, Jiangdong Sun, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Brother Yuan, Baima Gongsun, Xiliang Majia, Haoqiang Dong Zhuo...... Which is lighter and inferior. Thinking of fighting wits and courage with these heroes in the future, Zhang Xiu's heart couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm, and his heart was shouting: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, I'm here." And Xiliang Beidi is where I became famous. ”