Huangfu Song honestly explained the current military situation to Zhang Wen, and told Zhang Wen what the current situation of the two armies was, and Liu Bei was also listening.

The current situation is that Huangfu Song wants to expel the rebels in the direction of Liangzhou, but the rebels are very tenacious, Huangfu Song has attacked many times, and the rebels have won and lost each other, but they have never been able to achieve the goal, and the two sides once fell into a tug-of-war, from Huangxian County to Meiyang County, it is the war zone of both sides.

Before Huang Fu Song once pushed the battle line to the position of Yu Elk County, but the rebels came to reinforce the troops, Huang Fu Song was caught off guard and failed, so he could only shrink the defense line, and later the court changed commanders, Huang Fu Song had no will to fight, and reluctantly controlled the front line in Meiyang.

Most of the cities in other areas were still in the hands of Eastern Han officials, and the rebels failed to capture the cities, but the battle line was indeed pushed to the vicinity of Meiyang, and the cities in most areas could only protect themselves and could not support the army.

At present, the rebels near Meiyang are the troops of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, and the other troops of Bian Zhang and Han Sui are in the rear, and they may come to Meiyang to support at any time, and the number of their soldiers and horses is probably not below the number of Han troops, and the two sides are evenly matched, which is very difficult to do.

"Where did the rebels get so many soldiers and horses? Did all the Qiang join the rebels? ”

After Zhang Wen learned of the current situation, his expression was very bad and he felt that the situation was very tricky.

Huangfu Song didn't care anymore anyway, but he didn't feel nervous, and even thought about it, and there was a little schadenfreude.

"There are definitely a lot of Qiang people who have joined the rebellion, and the Qiang people are already dissatisfied with the imperial court, but there are also many locals in Liangzhou who have joined the rebellion, and they are also quite dissatisfied with the imperial court.

Zhang Wen could only nod heavily and didn't say anything more.

Huangfu Song soon left with his own headquarters.

After going back this wave, Huangfu Song is estimated to be idle for a while, there will be no big problems, and small problems are indispensable.

Revenge on him is not a matter of a while, Liu Bei did not continue to pay attention to Huangfu Song, he put his energy into the current battle situation.

At the end of August of the second year of Zhongping, Zhang Wen sent troops to attack for the first time, with the goal of pushing the battle line back to the Yongxian area, driving the rebels out of the Guanzhong Plain, and entering the upper river valley area of Huangshui, striving to seize this area.

Zhang Wen's strategic planning for this wave was not ambitious, but Liu Bei felt that it was difficult for him to achieve his goal, and from the beginning, the Han army was not monolithic.

Zhang Wen was a member of the eunuch group, Dong Zhuo didn't know if he was proud of the identity of Yuan's former official, so he expressed disdain for Zhang Wen of the eunuch group.

Zhang Wen was very angry and reprimanded Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was not afraid, relying on Yuan Kui as a backing, sneering at Zhang Wen, and the scene was ugly for a while.

In the end, Liu Bei couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to play a round.

"All the kings are the pillars of the country, they are all people who serve the country, now the strong enemy is in front of you, but the kings want to fight, since ancient times, I have not seen an army that can defeat the enemy while fighting infighting, the so-called upper and lower with the same desire wins, now, we all have only one goal, that is, to defeat the rebels, worship the generals, isn't it?"

With Liu Bei's social status, political status and huge prestige, it is most appropriate to stand up and play a round.

It was only at this moment that Zhang Wen realized that Liu Bei's significance in this army was not as superfluous as he thought at the beginning.

At least Dong Zhuo is willing to give Liu Bei a face.

Liu Bei stood up to speak, Dong Zhuo restrained his temper and did not continue to sneer at Zhang Wen.

Obviously, Liu Bei played a role in bridging the contradictions between the two sides.

Zhang Wen's personality is not too strong, Dong Zhuo's personality is that kind of rough and strong, without Liu Bei standing up to play a round, it will be difficult for the two of them to get along.

Fortunately, the situation was brought under control, and Zhang Wen was able to issue orders as commander-in-chief, and made a series of arrangements for Dong Zhuo, Zhou Shen, and his own army.

When it was Liu Bei's turn, Zhang Wen hoped that Liu Bei would lead his own army as the central army, stay with him, and essentially act as a guard to protect Zhang Wen, and not charge on the battlefield unless necessary.

Liu Bei knew Zhang Wen's thoughts, but Liu Bei didn't like this, he needed military merits, and the acquisition of military merits could not be achieved by staying by the side of the coach.

So Liu Bei asked Zhang Wen to include his headquarters in the combat sequence, and the reason was also very sufficient, because he had taken the lead in the Hebei battle and had achieved several real combat exploits, he was not a simple Confucian student, he was also a general.

Zhang Wen was still worried.

"Xuande, isn't it equally important to live in the army and protect the commander? If you really have the heart to make a difference, it's the same. ”

Liu Bei was silent for a while, and then took off his shirt in front of Zhang Wen, revealing his sturdy upper body.

This was beyond Zhang Wen's expectations.

Zhang Wen originally thought that Liu Bei, as one of the leaders of the ancient literature school, should be at the level of a daughter's son, pampering and pampering is the norm, and he should be very rich, but this is not the case.

Liu Bei's upper body was very strong, more powerful than many strong officers and elite soldiers he had ever seen, and his sturdy body seemed to contain endless strength.

And more importantly, Liu Bei has many scars on his upper body, swords and scars, as well as scars left by arrows, which shows that Liu Bei has personally fought and injured many times.

"Xuande, this ...... These are ......"

"General, every scar in this is earned by preparing for life."

Liu Bei stroked the many scars on his body and said softly: "Every scar, Bei remembers how it was obtained, every time it is injured, Bei remembers why, every time it is injured, it hurts, it is dangerous, it may die, Bei was also afraid, but when it came to the end, he still rushed to the front." ”

"Why do you have to do that?"

Zhang Wen was quite puzzled and said in surprise: "With your talent, you don't need to be like this, Xuande, how eloquent are you?" Why do you need to do this? ”

"General, without this scar, there would be no Liu Xuande standing in front of you today."

Liu Bei put on his shirt again and said slowly: "The Liu Xuande you see is Liu Xuande with a scar, and Liu Xuande without a scar, you will never see it, because he is not qualified to stand in front of you and talk and laugh with you at all."

Because of the scars on this body, Bei can get rid of the cold time, because of this scar, Bei can get the favor of the teacher, because of this scar, there is the god of debate in Luoyang City, without this scar, Bei is just an ant. ”

Zhang Wen opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But when the words came to an end, he still didn't say it.

He remembered that Liu Bei's background was very low.

Zhang Wen's own background is also not high, but it is relatively not high, but his family is very rich, he is a local tyrant, and he is a local tyrant behind closed doors in the local area, and he has not suffered anything since he was a child.

But Liu Bei, it doesn't seem to be the case.

He couldn't fully imagine the days when Liu Bei was weaving mats and selling shoes, he didn't know what a hard time was, but Liu Bei, who was scarred, although he didn't have any emotional ups and downs, still shocked him.

He seemed to be able to understand why Liu Bei was able to become the Liu Bei he is today.

He lowered his head and pondered for a long time before raising his head and looking at Liu Bei.

"Xuande, I don't know how far your achievements can go, I can't speculate on your achievements, but when you achieve great things, I hope you don't forget today, don't forget me."

Liu Bei put on his clothes again and looked at Zhang Wen.

"If the general can fulfill me, he will be an important person for me to achieve great things, and I will be prepared to humble beginnings, and the most despised is ungrateful!"

"In this way, I am relieved."

Zhang Wen seemed to have a matter on his mind, showed a knowing smile, and patted Liu Bei on the shoulder: "In this case, I will focus on using you and your subordinates, Xuande, the battlefield is dangerous, be careful, if it doesn't work, don't force it." ”

"Thank you, General."

Liu Bei saluted Zhang Wen.

(End of chapter)