Chapter Ninety-Eight: Eighteen Roads Gather
"I heard that General Gongsun in Longxi is passing through Pingyuan County."
"Really? I heard that General Gongsun treats people very well, and he is also very good at leading troops in battle, if I surrender to him, maybe I can become an official."
"What a dream, General Gongsun has so many people, it's your turn to be an official."
"I'm just talking nonsense."
Liu Bei, the county lieutenant of Pingyuan County, who was wandering around in front of the city tower, happened to hear the chatting of the soldiers at the city gate, and then remembered that he also had a classmate named Gongsun Zhan, who seemed to be in the Longxi area.
Could it be that they are talking about him?
With the attitude of preferring to miss it and not letting it go, Liu Bei stepped forward to set it off, first sent a few copper plates, which made people smile, and then praised the extraordinary human weapons, he must be a big official in the future, and sold a dog leg by the way.
Sure enough, the soldiers guarding the gate didn't know that Liu Bei was the county lieutenant, anyway, they were happy in the clouds, and they trayed out the words they had told them.
"As I said, General Gongsun will pass by Pingyuan County in the near future, let us remember to open the city gate and let the army pass."
"What is General Gongsun's surname?"
"How can we know the name of this general, don't you be stupid?" Soldier A looked at Liu Bei pitifully, and he didn't know how to divide the dignity and inferiority of the people who were fighting.
Soldier B patted Liu Bei on the shoulder sympathetically, "Dude, go back and rest more, don't wait for General Gongsun to come, run over and recognize people." β
Liu Bei looked at him with two sympathetic looks, returned to the county governor's mansion, and told Zhang Fei Guan Yu about his classmates and the words of the soldiers in the city tower.
Guan Yu was very concise and to the point, one word, "Wait!" β
Zhang Fei's thick eyebrows were raised, and he wanted to pinch Guan Yu's neck, why is there so little talk about this girl!
"Second brother, can't you say one more word?"
Guan Yu was silent, "I can speak." β
Zhang Fei almost wanted to vomit blood, and looked at Liu Bei with a desperate expression, "Big brother, we are here waiting for that General Gongsun to come, if it is really your classmate, let's try to recognize each other, if not, we should take a look at the general from a distance." β
After thinking about it, it can only be like this.
waited anxiously for five days, and in the past five days, Liu Bei and the three of them had nothing to do at the city gate. The soldiers also changed a few waves, anyway, they didn't pay much attention to the abnormality of Liu Bei and the others.
"Coming, coming," the gatekeeper was the first to notice the billowing smoke and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and there was no need to think that General Gongsun must have come.
Liu Bei straightened his clothes, and then walked forward with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, standing outside the city tower, waiting to greet Gongsun Zhan.
"Hey! You three, get out of here! Soldier C scolded the three who didn't have long eyes,
However, Liu Bei ignored it, but Zhang Fei was suspicious of the quarrel, and was about to slap the person away, Guan Yu was one step faster than her, and said very naturally, "I'm my brother!" β
Zhang Fei shrugged, returned to Liu Bei's side, and mocked the two of them, "What about the soldiers, I don't even know the county lieutenant of this county!" β
County Lieutenant?!
An intact soldier, looking at the wailing soldiers on the ground, the county lieutenant had indeed never seen him, but, how could he be here today!
Before the two of them could continue to say anything, Gongsun Zhan's brigade had already reached less than 100 meters outside the city gate.
"Second brother, come back." Liu Bei squinted at the two soldiers, and said indifferently, he was also an inferior person, so he naturally knew that he was inflammatory, and he also knew the truth that little ghosts were difficult.
Since the superiors deliberately bypassed him and directly informed the soldiers defending the city, then why did they stay in this plain county?
If it were his friend Gongsun Chan today, they would go,
If not, he'll go!
"Drive!"
Gongsun Zhan saw the three people in front of him from a distance, and he didn't understand who this person was, why he was blocking the way, didn't they know that they were going to pass by?
The distance of 100 meters was very fast, and Gongsun Zhan only thought of a few possible thoughts, and arrived not far in front of Liu Bei and the others.
"Phew"
Gongsun Chan urgently pulled the reins to force the horse to stop, and then angrily pointed at the three of them and said, "Can't you see the team? What to do if you get hurt! β
Liu Bei smiled bitterly, "Bogui, don't you remember me?" β
When Gongsun Zhan heard the person in front of him talking to him familiarly, he looked at it fixedly, frowned, and asked in disbelief, "You, are you Xuande?" β
Liu Bei touched his face that had been running around for nearly a year, and said, "Exactly, Bogui looks very good, and Xuande is relieved." β
Gongsun Zhan looked at the city tower in surprise and asked, "You can't be in this plain county, right?" β
"Xuande is the county lieutenant of this Pingyuan County," Liu Bei became more and more bitter, his classmates and friends, about the worst of his mix, and then pointed at Guan Yu and said, "This is my sworn brother, Guan Yu, Ziyun Chang," and then pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "This is the third brother, Zhang Fei, Ziyide." β
Gongsun Zhan got off his horse and looked at Liu Bei carefully, "Xuande, why don't you look for me in Longxi?" β
"Longxi γγγγγγ" Liu Bei shook his head, "I want to fight in this world." "The implication is that Longxi is your territory, and I will not compete with you.
In this regard, Gongsun Chan disagreed very much, "Where is the world, just to survive, I see that you are not very happy in this plain county." Why don't you come with me? β
"Let's go? Where can I go? Liu Bei rejected Gongsun Zhan's proposal.
"Ridiculous, the world is so big, where can't you go! Do you want to waste your life in this tiny plains county? Gongsun Chan didn't know Liu Bei's thoughts, so he scolded him, hoping to wake up Liu Bei's ambition.
Then, Liu Bei pretended to be embarrassed and entangled, and then looked at Gongsun Zhan's firm eyes, and then nodded, willing to follow Gongsun Zhan.
The god of routines, Zhang Fei's jaw was about to fall off at that time, after all, everyone said that they would go with Gongsun Zhan, but the eldest brother actually refused, and it was really good to lose Gongsun Zhan, and persuaded a few more words, otherwise how would the eldest brother step down!
Liu Bei and the others followed Gongsun Zan to where Cao Cao was.
At this point, the princes of the Eighteen Roads have gathered.
Gongsun Chan was given two more days to recuperate, and then began to gather together to discuss the alliance.
Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang believes, "Since it is an alliance, there must be an alliance leader, otherwise what kind of system will it be!" β
The princes from all walks of life must have hoped that they were the leaders of the alliance, but they couldn't pull their faces and shirk each other, saying that they were ashamed, and shouted in their hearts, choose me and choose me!
At this time, Cao Cao said, "The first ancestor of Yuan Ben is the third prince of the fourth generation, and many officials are also protΓ©gΓ©s of the Yuan family, so they can be the leaders of the alliance." β
As soon as everyone heard it, it was okay, Yuan Shao's status was high enough to suppress people, and there was no difference, so this matter was decided.
Even if some people don't think so in their hearts, it can't be helped.