Chapter 76: Insight, Insight
Liu Bei and Guan Yu couldn't be sure whether Liu Xuan could use divination, but in the afternoon, a battle report came from the front army, saying that Lu Bu and Li Dao's vanguard had encountered, had a battle, and won a great victory.
As soon as the battle report arrived, the people around Liu Xuan who had always felt strange were still the emperor, and they couldn't help but feel a little more in awe when they looked at the Son of Heaven - such a person who can know everything in advance is really scary, but fortunately, this person is the current emperor, and these people are loyal to the emperor.
But in fact, Liu Xuan himself was also very surprised, and asked the messenger: "There are almost no casualties in this battle, how did you win?"
This question is not only curious about Liu Xuan, but also several generals beside him.
It is not surprising that Lu Bu fought with the advance of Li Dao's army, and could win, but it was Lu Bu's record: 800 enemies were killed, more than 1,000 prisoners were captured, and what was even more terrifying was that his side only killed a few people, and a few people were slightly injured. Therefore, everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to know how the world's number one fierce general led the army to fight, and he would play such a record.
But as soon as the messenger spoke, everyone was speechless.
"General Lu rode into the thief army alone, and the thief army was frightened and collapsed, and then the tiger horse took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the thief army had no intention of fighting at this time, and only ran away, so our army had no casualties. "This expedition was launched on the grounds that Li Dao and Guo Yan did not obey the imperial edict, supported the army with self-respect, and had the heart of rebellion, so they called Li and Guo two thieves.
“......”
Several people felt that they had nothing to say after listening to the explanation, Liu Xuan was not surprised, but suddenly thought of something in his heart - although what the soldier said was not very clear, but vaguely Liu Xuan still guessed that Lu Bu Xiuwei had made a big breakthrough, so he was able to play such an exaggerated record.
After a little look at the reactions of the few people next to him, he saw that Zhang Liao looked indifferent, and he didn't seem to have any opinion on this matter, but Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Although Guan Yu, who was not far behind him, had a big red face and squinted his eyes, he didn't seem to have any expression, but he could still vaguely detect a trace of disdain, Xu felt that Lu Bu's battle really had no technical content, and it could only be said that Li Daojun was too hasty, and he was actually rushed and messed up his own position.
As for Zhang Fei's reaction, it was more direct.
"I also said that Lu Bu has a great ability, it turns out that it is nothing more than that, and I can do the same thing if I Zhang Fei does it. ”
This was too attention-grabbing, and everyone was listening to the soldier, and the surroundings were already quiet, and when Zhang Fei opened his mouth, almost everyone turned their heads and stared at this 'nonsense' person.
"Third brother, don't talk nonsense!"
Liu Bei hurriedly scolded, and then immediately said to Liu Xuan: "Your Majesty, don't be surprised, my third brother is a fool." ”
But Liu Bei was worried that Zhang Fei's words were too disgusting, especially the object of his ridicule was still the current emperor's very important general, the world-famous Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian, and what was even worse was that Zhang Liao next to him was from Lu Bu's account, and the two most relied on troops in the imperial court were directly or indirectly related to Lu Bu.
I think that although he Liu Bei has been recognized by the emperor and has the identity of such an imperial uncle, he still has no power in the court, and the only one who can contact and help each other is his teacher Lu Zhi.
In addition, there is no one close to him, and it is really not a wise choice to befriend people with real power at this time.
Although Liu Xuan couldn't completely guess Liu Bei's thoughts, he didn't care much about it, after all, he had already had a rough guess about Zhang Fei's character - this was a straight man, and he didn't have any malice when he said this, so he couldn't be disgusted by it.
However, he thought of something because of this, so he said to Zhang Fei: "In this case, how about I give Yide a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions?"
Liu Bei frowned, only when the emperor was dissatisfied with his third brother, and was about to open his mouth to explain two sentences, only to see the emperor turn his head and say to him: "Uncle Huang, don't worry, I have heard that Uncle Huang's righteous brother has the courage to be invincible, and taking the head of the general in the army is like probing for something, such a brave general staying by his side to protect is really condescending, this time there is an opportunity, if I can make a contribution, I will not be stingy with the name of a general." ”
Those few comments Liu Xuan said very sincerely, there was no hint of falsification, Liu Bei saw that the emperor's words should not be mocking, so he put his heart at ease.
At the same time, I thought about it deeply, although I was appointed by the emperor as the central protector and got a lot of power, but this position has a good name, but it is actually subject to many restrictions.
If the two righteous brothers follow him, I am afraid that it will be difficult to advance because of his own relationship, if he can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, break into a reputation, and be promoted to general, it will not be in vain that he will take his brother to the capital like this.
What's more, the authority of his own protector is still snatched from the hands of Huang Wan, the captain of Sili, and Liu Bei can't see this point that Huang Wan doesn't want to see - Captain Sili has the authority to supervise hundreds of officials in the court, if he is always looking for trouble, he can't stand it.
If the two righteous brothers are valued by the emperor because of this, then they can also be protected by the two righteous brothers, and their lives will be much better - he Liu Bei has already understood the way of this world, only if he has soldiers in his hands, he has the right to speak; without soldiers and horses, he can only wait to be bullied.
"Your Majesty values it so much, and it is also a blessing for Yide. ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fei, who was on the side, immediately couldn't hold back his words anymore, and asked excitedly, "I don't know what Your Majesty commands?"
These days, they kept a low profile in the capital, and later, although because Liu Bei corrected his identity and was proudly promoted to the middle guard, their lives were better, but he and his second brother Guan Yu only got the title of a tooth general.
Although the status is not many levels higher than when they were in the plains, but in the forbidden army in the capital, the two of them are extremely unpopular with those soldiers, if it weren't for the two brothers who are very brave and clean up a few disobedient ruffians, I am afraid that this tooth general should be unstable.
But even so, the two of them are not having a good time now, after all, there are more than 10,000 people in the reorganized forbidden army, and it is impossible to beat them one by one, right? Not to mention that you can beat these soldiers is not a skill, if you really want to convince them, you can either win a few battles beautifully, or kill a few famous generals one-on-one in front of the battle formation.
So when the emperor ordered an expedition to defeat the two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan, Zhang Fei was very excited, and said to his eldest brother at that time: "It is at this time to make meritorious contributions and become famous!"
is still looking forward to his own battle on the battlefield to capture the flag, and he doesn't want Liu Bei to poke his fantasy in a word: "The second brother and the third brother will follow me to protect His Majesty this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go to the front line." ”
The emperor's personal conquest is definitely not a trivial matter, although there are many things about the emperor's personal conquest in several dynasties, but there is no matter that the emperor really appears on the front line of the battlefield - if the emperor is already in a position that can be attacked by the enemy at any time, then it proves that the battle situation has been quite bad.
If it really reaches that level, I guess I don't have the heart to think about anything like that.
Therefore, whenever the emperor personally marches, he will arrange a large number of elite soldiers and fierce soldiers to escort him, and at the same time stay away from the front line...... As soon as Zhang Fei and Guan Yu heard that they were going to follow the emperor, they immediately understood that even if they went on an expedition this time, they probably would not have any chance to make great contributions.
I don't want to because of such a sentence, the emperor actually intends to entrust himself with a heavy responsibility, if it comes true, isn't it exactly what he Zhang Fei wants? Seeing Liu Bei open his mouth before, he was still anxious in the back, and he always wanted to take over the heavy responsibility, but his second brother kept pulling him - although he Zhang Fei sometimes made mistakes, he respected his two brothers very much, and he didn't dare to disobey at all.
Fortunately, after the next few words of dialogue, his eldest brother didn't seem to object anymore, and at this time he couldn't help it anymore and spit out the words that had been held in his mouth for a long time.
Liu Xuan didn't go around in any circles, and directly ordered: "Yide leads a thousand soldiers and horses to the forward army and helps them set up the camp of the army." ”
When Zhang Fei heard this, he muttered with an unhappy face: "Running to help with chores, what kind of burden is this?"
Guan Yu and Liu Bei next to him only felt embarrassed, Liu Bei was far away, so he could only cough to remind him, and Guan Yu stabbed him next to him, but although Zhang Fei understood what was going on, the expression on his face was still the same.
Liu Xuan didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but laughed: "Feng first caught so many soldiers, it must be troublesome to take care of, and there was a rush before, followed by a big battle, and the soldiers were already tired. If Li Dao's army comes to attack at this time, or if it sneaks up at night, it may be lost, so ......"
The more he talked, the better Zhang Fei's face looked, and when it came to the end, Zhang Fei's black face was already smiling like a flower, and finally he couldn't help but speak directly: "I will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty." ”
In fact, what he was thinking in his head at this time was: Since His Majesty said that he could fight with Li Dao, it also meant that he could take the initiative to find trouble with Li Dao, so as long as he led his troops over, then this battle was basically a matter of not running.
While thinking in his head, he happily ordered the soldiers and horses, and then hurriedly marched away from the brigade and rushed forward, although the soldier who had summoned the previous message did not treat this black face very well, but the emperor's task, and it was to help, so he was still quietly leading the way.
As soon as Zhang Fei left with the soldiers and horses, Liu Xuan smiled secretly in his heart, and then let the army stop and find a place to camp - not leaving.
In fact, he sent Zhang Fei to go over first, in addition to asking Zhang Fei to help Lu Bu, there was another important reason: since Lu Bu had broken through, the strength that Lu Bu could show now was enough to shock.
It doesn't matter if Zhang Fei is allowed to make meritorious service or not, the key is to let Zhang Fei go over and see what kind of power the exercises he teaches have.
"Open your eyes and see for a long time, so that you can be willing to contribute to me. ”
P.S: I arrived at home in the middle of the night last night, and I don't feel very comfortable today, so I'm just allowed to adjust it and start to resume normal updates tomorrow. Even if I owe you five chapters today, I will make up for them as soon as possible.