However, it was said that Gongsun Zan led the troops back to the camp, rewarded the sergeants, and set up a banquet to comfort Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun.

During the banquet, Gongsun Zhan said: "If it weren't for the Xuande brothers who came to save me, I would be almost embarrassed." ”

Liu Bei said: "I found out that my senior brother was fighting with Yuan Shao in the plains, so I brought troops to help with Yun Chang and Yide, and I didn't want to be one step too late, so that my brother would be in danger." ”

Gongsun Zhanbei said about yesterday's battle situation: "If it weren't for Zilong arriving in time, my life would have been suspended!" Asked Zhao Yun again: "I heard that the people of Jizhou are attached to Yuan Shao, how can only Zilong be lost?" ”

Zhao Yun stood up and saluted the audience: "Zilong was entrusted by the county guard to recruit Changshan County volunteers, intending to assist the Ming Lord, support justice, and protect the people. If there is chaos today, the people are in danger of hanging upside down, but Zilong doesn't know who is the master. After deliberation and discussion, the people of Changshan decided to follow the leader who could implement benevolent government, be loyal to the monarch and love the people. I heard that Yuan Shao gathered righteousness to beg for thieves and the people, and wanted to defect to serve. Later, he learned that he was neither loyal to the king nor loving the people, so he abandoned him and joined the general, not because he wanted to alienate Yuan Shao and favored the general. ”

Liu Bei saw that Zhao Yun was brave and invincible in the battle array, polite to others, neither humble nor arrogant, and very respectful, saying that he hated to see each other late; Zhao Yun listened to the introduction of Gongsun Zhanhu's Taoyuan brothers' "Three Heroes and Lu Bu", and admired Liu Guanzhang very much, saying that it was like seeing a brother. The two pushed the cup and changed the lamp, their expressions depended on each other, their eyes exchanged, and their mutual respect was overflowing.

Gongsun Zhan said: "Now that Zilong has the help of Xuande, I am not afraid of the courage of Yan Liang and Wen Chou!" ”

Zhang Fei drank it all: "Lu Bu is brave, the world knows everything, and I am not afraid." Beneficial virtue is here, what are Yan Liang and Wen Chou Pifu afraid of! ”

Gongsun Zhan talked about yesterday's battle formation: "Our vanguard general Yan Gang has the courage of 10,000 invincibles, beating the drum from the hour to the hour, and the enemy army still does not attack. When the enemy was about to come out, Yan Gang rushed over, and the ambushes on both sides did not move. Until it went deeper, a cannon was suddenly heard, crossbow arrows were fired, the vanguard was beheaded, and the first battle was defeated. Only a few hundred crossbowmen can thwart the elite of my vanguard. The battle formation is rigorous, and the tactics are measured, which should not be underestimated. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he remembered that he participated in the Daxingshan battle to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army for the first time, and he had a lot of feelings: "I didn't expect that the thief generals Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao were killed, and the thief army was not chaotic, and the advance was regular, and the retreat was orderly, and he actually retreated safely with the corpse of the thief's head." ”

Zhang Fei said: "At that time, if it weren't for the second brother of Yun Chang's mercy on the thieves, who were all innocent and suffering people, and couldn't bear it, wouldn't he have killed him personally. ”

Zhao Yun said: "What Brother Yide said is not bad, the brave are invincible. ”

Guan Yu said: "I secretly think that only if we suffer together, our hearts are strong, and we still have the effect of proper deployment and proper drills." ”

Zhao Yun said: "What Elder Brother Yun said is extremely true. righteousness, people are attached; and unrighteousness, and people scatter. The key to winning a war is that strategy depends on strategy, battle formations rely on exercises, tactics rely on training, tactics rely on changes, and battles rely on bravery. There will be no more but bravery, and there will be more soldiers than fine. However, there are only brave generals and no elite soldiers, only radicals and no troops, and there is no chance of victory. People are the foundation of victory. ”

Liu Bei heard Zhao Yun's battle theory, and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "The lessons of the previous car should be remembered. ”

Everyone drank and talked for a while, and the wine was strong until the evening.

Besides, Yuan Shao lost for a while, and seeing that Gongsun Zhan was very brave and brave in Zhao Yun, and with Liu Guanzhang's help, it was difficult to win, so he couldn't hold on.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan refused to fight for more than a month, Dong Zhuo heard that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan were fighting in Panhe, listened to Li Ru's words, and pretended to use the edict of the Son of Heaven to send Taifu Ma Riyan and Taifu Zhao Qi to mediate between the two, so that they felt virtuous and obedient to him.

Yuan Shao heard the news that the Taifu Ma Riyan and the servant Zhao Qi came to preach the edict of the Son of Heaven, and hurriedly rushed to Baili to go out to greet him, and then pay homage to the edict.

The two went to Gongsun Zhan's camp to announce the edict. Gongsun Zhan sent a letter to Yuan Shao, made peace with each other, and recommended Liu Bei as the prime minister of the plains, and left Zhao Yun to listen to it before the tent.

Before leaving, Liu Bei and Zhao Yun were reluctant, saying to each other, "See each other for a day", and said goodbye with tears. Gongsun Chan took Zhao Yun's class back on the same day.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei bid farewell to Gongsun Zan and led 1,000 men and horses from the headquarters to return to the plains. Along the way, I saw countless people fleeing the disaster and taking refuge, and the villages I passed through were full of devastation and unbearable to see.

In the middle of the line, Liu Bei saw a woman crying in the ditch with her young son in her arms, dismounted and asked her, saying that her husband was killed in battle, homeless, and wanted to give her two-year-old son to be fed, but no one wanted it.

When Liu Bei heard this, he burst into tears and helped the woman to the side of the road. When the infantry sergeants in the rear saw Liu Bei helping a woman on the road, they all gathered around, and the cavalry in front also turned their horses and turned around, and many sergeants wept sadly.

Suddenly, I saw a cavalry roll down and dismount, kneeling down in front of Liu Bei: "The lord has mercy on the people, and the soldiers all admire." This mother and son are really pitiful, I can't bear to abandon them on the road, and it is inconvenient to bring them in the army. I have an eldest brother who is in his thirties and has not yet started a family, and if the lord rewards this woman to my brother as a wife, it will save her mother and son from fire and water, and second, it will relieve my brother's boredom of not being able to marry a daughter-in-law, and my whole family should be grateful. ”

Liu Bei asked the name of this cavalryman, his home, and when he joined the army? The cavalry replied: "The surname is Deng Minggang, and his family lives in the countryside near the plains." Because of his huge body and brute strength, he can eat a meal for three people at a time, and I heard that the lord treats his subordinates leniently and is kind and generous, so that he can join the army this spring, so that he can fill his belly and receive some money to support his family. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he could use this to appease the army, so he called the military Cao and said loudly to the soldiers: "Our army is a benevolent and righteous army, and the military discipline is strict, and the people must not be disturbed. When they returned to the plains, they all informed the military officers of their names and home addresses to register and make a register, so that if there were casualties in the future, it would be convenient to pay bereavement expenses and comfort their families. ”

All the sergeants raised their weapons and shouted: "Death retribution!" Liu Bei helped the mother and son onto Deng Gang's war horse and led the army to continue to move forward.

Liu Bei returned to the plains, and ordered Deng Gang to settle the mother and son in the plain prime minister's mansion first, send them home one day, marry his brother, and ask Deng Gang to live in the prime minister's mansion in order to take care of them.

It turned out that this Deng Gang was Deng Tun's monk, and he and Yin Kui followed the Taoyuan brothers to the plain. Deng Gang infiltrated Liu Bei's army and waited for an opportunity to assassinate the enemy. Yin Kui lived inside the city and answered outside. For more than a few months, there has been no chance, and according to Deng Sheng's strict instructions to ensure his own life, he did not dare to act rashly. On the way, he met the mother and son who were in distress, and lied that he was near the plain of his home, and begged for his brother in order to get close to Liu Bei.

Deng Gang returned to the plains to find Yin Kui and explain the situation in detail. The two discussed, Yin Kui first found a place to live in the nearby countryside, and then prepared a carriage, and Deng Gang took the mother and son to settle down, and after assassinating the enemy, they returned to Deng Tun together.

Within a few days, Yin Kui found a place to live in a village fifteen miles northwest of the plain. The village is almost uninhabited, and the easternmost family is secluded and secluded by the woods, and the lock on the gate of the house is rusty. Yin Kui changed the door lock, and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find Deng Gang to report the situation.

The gatekeeper asked him, saying that he was a merchant in the city, and he had come to discuss with Xiangguo about raising military funds.

In ordinary times, Liu Bei often talked with some people, including the common people, and sometimes sat at the same table with the people and ate together. The sergeant guarding the door didn't care, and told him where Liu Bei lived.

Yin Kui came to the door and saw that Liu Bei was eating and drinking alone, so he stepped into the room, closed the door, and stretched out his hand to pull out a short knife and stab.

When Liu Bei saw someone coming, he couldn't help but shout and ask: "The strong man came by appointment, what do you want to do?" ”

Yin Kui saw that his whereabouts were leaked, and when he heard the sound of footsteps outside, he hurriedly retracted his hand, grabbed the food on the case and stuffed it into his mouth.

Deng Gang and other sergeants pushed the door in, only to hear Liu Bei say: "Look at this strong man as if he is hungry, sit down and eat slowly, so as not to choke." ”

Yin Kui didn't answer, just nodded, and still kept filling his mouth with food.

Liu Bei saw that it was about to snow, so he asked Deng Gang to find a cotton coat, take some food, and instructed Deng Gang: "Good life to send this strong man out." ”

Deng Gang sent Yin Kui out and went to a quiet place: "It's so dangerous today." If you have a good one, how do you explain it to the owner? ”

Yin Kui said: "The shelter and horses have been prepared. I asked you to inform me of the situation, and when I saw that Liu Bei was the only one, I didn't want to miss the opportunity. Seeing Liu Bei so generous and benevolent, he couldn't bear it. ”

Deng Gang said: "Fortunately, Guan Zhang went out to recruit troops, otherwise there would be your life." Go back quickly, and tomorrow I will take the mother and son to you." ”

Yin Kui said the detailed location and went straight to the north gate of the city.

Deng Gang was about to return to his house when he suddenly saw two sergeants riding up: "Where was that person just now?" ”

Deng Gang said: "The lord asked me to send it away, why do you want to find him?" ”

The sergeant said, "I suspect that the enemy has sent an assassin, so I asked the two of us to chase after him and ask who instigated it." ”

Deng Gang said: "Rushed to the south gate in a panic. When the sergeant saw this, he turned his horse's head and pursued him at the south gate.

When Deng Gang returned home, he saw that Liu Bei was meditating on the leftover soup, and hurriedly called someone to reorganize the meal. When the meal came, Liu Bei asked Deng Gang to sit down and eat together.

Just after eating, the second sergeant came back to report, saying that he had chased him out of the city and was nowhere to be seen.

Liu Bei said: "Since I came, Liu Ping, a subordinate official, has been dissatisfied and has threatened to retaliate. It was instigated by Liu Ping. A little grudge, don't worry about it, just come to the door tomorrow to make peace. ”

The second sergeant Qi said: "With such generosity and mercy, we will definitely serve the general with all our hearts." Waiting for the second sergeant to go out, Deng Gang said: "Today evening, send the mother and son home early tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Bei said: "How can I go back with such heavy snow?" ”

Deng Gang said: "My home is twenty miles east of the city, and I set off on horseback early in the morning and return in half a day. ”

Liu Bei said: "Bring cotton clothes and quilts to prevent frostbite." Deng Gang thanked him again and quit.

Let's say that Yin Kui went out of the city gate, seeing that the sky was getting later and later, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and in the white wilderness, except for the whistling sound of the cold wind wrapped in the flying snow, all he could feel was the sound of his own snow stepping faster and faster on the thick snow.

Seeing that he was almost in the woods, he suddenly noticed a large white snow ball in front of him swaying slowly forward on the snow. Yin Kui couldn't help but slow down and follow closely behind. When they reached the woods, the "snow ball" descended the main road and moved slowly towards the woods.

Yin Kui hurriedly pulled out the short knife in his waist and quietly followed behind. When he was about to reach the courtyard that Yin Kui was looking for, the "snow ball" suddenly stopped and sank slowly. Yin Kui stopped, looked at it suspiciously, and saw that the "snow ball" slowly floated again, shrugged upward, and then squirmed and squirmed close to the courtyard gate. What made Yin Kui even more strange was that when he arrived at the courtyard gate, the "snow ball" was split into two halves, and half of it writhed and slowly turned into a black shadow. The black shadow stood upright, stepped forward and gently patted the courtyard door a few times, perhaps seeing that the door was locked, and curled up next to the other half, and slowly the other half also turned into a black shadow.

Yin Kui concluded that it was not a "snow group", let alone a monster, but a person who wanted to enter the courtyard with something on his back. Yin Kui hurried over, holding a knife and shouting, "Who is it?" It's dark and snowy, what are you doing here with your stuff on your back? ”

The black shadow who had just knocked on the door stood up: "This strong man, my brother is seriously injured and sick, and he is already unconscious. He did not dare to go into the city to seek medical treatment. I walked more than 20 miles on my back, and I was really tired and unable to walk. On the way, I heard the horses barking here, and I forced myself to come here, wanting to find some tea and food, and I hope for help. ”

When Yin Kui heard this, he squatted down and looked at the black shadow lying on the snow, and sure enough, his breath was dying. Yin Kui didn't think much about it, hurriedly got up and opened the door, turned around and carried the patient into the room with the man, and put him on the bed. Yin Kui respected his hard work for his brother, and he was also a good man with deep affection, so he took out the items brought by the horse, lit the oil lamp, first smeared the wound medicine on the patient, and then poured the herbal pills into the stomach with water, and then took out the wine, food and food. The two chatted while drinking, recounting their experiences and confiding their feelings to each other, as if they had a sense of seeing each other and hating each other.

At dawn the next day, Deng Gang rode a horse to send the mother and son. Yin Kui introduced the situation of the two, saying that they were a pair of righteous brothers, homeless, and willing to go to Dengtun to live and recuperate.

Seeing that the situation had changed, Deng Gang felt that he couldn't stay here for a long time, so he instructed Yin Kui to go back quickly and explain the situation to the owner, so that he could settle the mother and son and the brother, and he still went back to Liu Beijun's army and waited for the owner's order. So, everyone helped the mother and son and the sick man into the carriage, Yin Kui rode forward to lead the way, and the good man drove the carriage and then rushed back to Dengtun in the snow.

Deng Gang sent Yin Kui and others away, returned to Liu Bei's army, continued to lurk, and won Liu Bei's trust.

But it is said that Yuan Shu, the word highway, the son of Sikong Yuan Feng, and the younger brother of Yuan Shao. Sun Jian killed Nanyang Taishou, and Yuan Shu took the opportunity to occupy Nanyang.

Nanyang is a large county with a population of one million, but Yuan Shu is tyrannical, extravagance is rampant, and the people are miserable. When Yuan Shao and Han Fu premeditated to establish Liu Yu as the emperor, they wanted to win Yuan Shu's participation, but they were entrusted with justice by Yuan Shu, and refused to reply with "fists and hearts, only know how to destroy Zhuo, and don't know anything else", so they made friends with Liu Biao in the south.

Yuan Shu and Liu Biao did not get along, so he befriended Gongsun Zan in the north. The brothers have their own ambitions, and they are all close to each other, and the contradictions are deepening day by day.

When Yuan Shu heard that Yuan Shao forced Han Fu to occupy Jizhou, he sent people to Jizhou to ask Yuan Shao for a thousand horses, but Yuan Shao refused to give them and was very angry; He also sent someone to Jingzhou to borrow 200,000 yuan of grain from Liu Biao, but Liu Biao did not give it, and he was very angry, so he repaired the book to Sun Jian: "Liu Biao intercepted Sun Gong to ask for the jade seal, which was my brother's original idea. Now Ben Chu secretly discussed with Jingsheng to invade Jiangdong. Sun Gong can quickly send troops to crusade against Liu Biao, and I will crusade against Yuan Shao for Sun Gong and avenge our two families. You take Jingzhou, I take Jizhou, each has its place, don't delay. ”

Sun Jian read Yuan Shu's letter, gathered the crowd to discuss, and said: "Liu Biao cut off my way back in the past, and if I don't avenge this revenge, it will be difficult to eliminate my hatred." ”

Cheng Pu said: "Yuan Shu is deceitful and unbelievable. ”

Huang Gai also said: "Yuan Shu has always been ambitious, and he must not fall for the plan of 'sowing discord'. ”

Sun Jian said: "I want revenge myself, do I still want Yuan Shu's help?" ”

Sun Jian was eager for revenge, so he did not listen to the advice of the audience, and sent Huang Gai to arrange warships, load more weapons, grain and grass, load the big ships with war horses, and march into the army.

Liu Biao was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly gathered the civil and military to discuss, so that Huang Zu led the Jiangxia soldiers as the forerunner, and personally led the Jingxiang troops as the backup, and raised troops to meet the battle on the same day.

Sun Jian urged the warship to the shore, and Huang Zu's crossbowmen who had been ambushed by the river in advance were full of arrows. Sun Jian ordered the sergeants of the warships not to move lightly, lurk in the boats, and urge the warships to swim back and forth to lure the enemy.

For three days in a row, Sun Jian's warship came and went to the shore dozens of times. When Huang Zu's crossbowmen saw that the ship was coming, even if they released arrows, they didn't realize that the arrows were exhausted, and Sun Jian got hundreds of thousands of arrows, and when the wind was down, he ordered the sergeants to release the arrows together and shoot them back to the shore.

Sergeant Huang Zu couldn't support it and had to retreat.

Sun Jian took the lead and led the army ashore. Cheng Pu and Huang Gai divided their troops into two ways and took the Huangzu camp directly. Behind Han Dang's fierce attack, three-way attack, Huang Zu was defeated, abandoned Fancheng, and retreated to Dengcheng.

Sun Jian ordered Huang Gai to hold the ship, and personally led the army to pursue the victory, directly approaching Deng Cheng. Huang Zu went out of the city to set up a formation to meet the battle, and even folded several generals, saw Cheng Pu coming on a prancing horse, rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, lost his armor, and fled in panic among the infantry.

Sun Jian covered up the defeated army, crossed the Han River, and surrounded Xiangyang.

Liu Biao closed his door in Xiangyang without fighting, and according to Kuailiang's strategy, he sent Huang Zu out of the city at night to mobilize soldiers, and ambushed 500 crossbowmen in Da Xian Mountain.

When Huang Zu returned according to the plan, Liu Biao sent Huang Zu out of the city to fight Sun Jian. After a few battles, Huang Zu was defeated and fled into Da Xian Mountain alone.

Sun Jian brought thirty horsemen to pursue. Huang Zu did not go straight in the mountains, circled and twisted, and made roundabouts, leading Sun Jian into the ambush circle. With the sound of a gong, the cannon roared, the stones on the mountain poured like hail, the arrows in the forest flew like bloody thorns, Sun Jian's head was smashed, his body was pierced by arrows, and the star fell, and the knights he led did not survive. It is a pity that a generation of tiger generals died in Da Xian Mountain and lived at the age of thirty-seven! Alas!

Liu Biaocheng heard the Lianzhu cannon and ordered the generals to lead the troops out separately, and the Jiangdong army was in chaos.

Cheng Pu protected Sun Ce and rushed left and right to resist. When Huang Gai heard the shouts, he abandoned the boat and went ashore, and led the water army to kill. The two armies fought each other until dawn, and each withdrew its army. Sun Ce was surrounded by the generals and boarded the ship and returned to the other side.

Sun Jian has a younger brother, whose name is Jing and his name is Youtai. Sun Jian's wife, Mrs. Wu, gave birth to four sons and one daughter. The eldest son and grandson are Bofu, the second son is the right to Zhongmou, the third is the son of Yi Shubi, and the fourth son is the word Ji Zuo; The second wife, Wu, the sister of Mrs. Wu, gave birth to a son and a daughter, grandson Lang, the word good morning, daughter Sun Ren; The grandson of the Yu family in the room is a public gift. Before Sun Jian crusaded against Liu Biao, his younger brother Sun Jing led several children to persuade him, but Sun Jian did not listen, and the eldest son Sun Ce said: "If my father insists on going, my son is willing to accompany him." After Sun Jian agreed, Sun Ce boarded the boat and set out with the army.

When Sun Ce heard that his father was killed by random arrows, but his body was carried into the city by Sergeant Liu Biao, he couldn't help crying loudly, and all the sergeants wept in grief.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, the three generals who had followed Sun Jianchong to kill the battlefield since childhood, couldn't bear to see Sun Ce, who was not yet seventeen years old, grief-stricken, and discussed exchanging Huang Zu for Sun Jian's corpse, and then returned with the army, so he sent an envoy to negotiate with Liu Biao. Sun Ce welcomed back his father's coffin, and the generals led the troops back to Jiangdong, and after burying his father in Qu'a (now Danyang, Jiangsu), the family moved to Jiangdu (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), recruiting talents, condescending to others, and heroes from all directions. Exactly: the tiger will fall on the mountain, and the overlord god of war will shake Jiangdong. Predict what will happen next, and see how it will be broken down next time.