Liu Bei took one last look at the city wall of Pengcheng, and led the army to detour to the camp of Yuan Shao's army at the north gate of the city.

At the gate of Yuan Shao's military camp, Yuan Tan had already received the news that Liu Bei had led the army to take refuge.

At this moment, listening to the report from the scout, a large army was rushing towards this side, and Yuan Tan immediately brought the generals to greet him.

Not far out of the camp, I saw Liu Bei and others.

Yuan Tan hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Engong, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly dismounted, greeted him, and saluted Yuan Tan: "Liu Bei is at the end of the road to vote, how dare you bother the eldest prince to go out to greet him?" ”

Yuan Tan picked up Liu Bei and said with a smile: "Engong, don't say such things!" How can the kindness of the Duke of Grace to my Yuan Tan be expressed when I go out to greet him? ”

"Not to mention, now that we are in a stalemate with Jiangdong, Engong is sending charcoal in the snow, this is another great kindness!"

As he spoke, he took Liu Bei's hand and said in front of the generals: "Come on, come on, get to know Engong, these are all the generals of this battle." ”

He said to the generals again: "Princes, this is my Yuan Tan's engong Liu Bei Huang Uncle Liu." ”

"In the past, I was not yet a leader, but it was Engong who recommended me as filial piety."

"Without Engong, there would be no achievements of my Yuan Tan today!"

Everyone saluted Liu Bei and said, "Uncle Liuhuang! ”

Liu Bei watched Yuan Tan and the generals treat him so politely, and said with a smile on his face: "Liu Bei has seen all the generals!" ”

Yuan Tan and Liu Bei met, and then looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with a smile and said, "General Guan, General Zhang, it's been a long time!" ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also saluted Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan then pulled Liu Bei into the camp and said with a smile: "Engong, I will introduce you to a great talent." It's just that because he was injured, the medical staff didn't let him jolt, so I didn't take him out to greet him. ”

Liu Bei was curious: "Oh? I don't know who this talent's surname is? ”

Yuan Tan said: "The descendants of the Zhou family of the third prince of Lujiang II, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin!" ”

"Before, I thought he was young, and my father asked him to be my mastermind, just because of his identity."

"In these few battles, I realized that people have real talents and real learning."

"I also heard him say that this Jiangdong was originally from him and the little overlord Sun Ce's Jiangdong."

"It's just taken away by the villain's conspiracy."

Liu Bei was pleasantly surprised: "Zhou Yu of the Zhou family? I've heard that it's a real child of a big family! ”

Yuan Tan nodded approvingly.

The group came to Zhou Yu's tent.

Medics stood guard at the door.

Seeing that Yuan Tan came with many generals, the medical workers were busy entering.

After a while, an old medical worker walked out.

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "Old gentleman, I have a distinguished guest who wants to let Gong Jin meet. ”

The old doctor said: "It can only be a quarter of an hour." ”

Yuan Tan smiled: "No problem. ”

As he spoke, he beckoned Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others in.

In the tent, Zhou Yu had already sat up.

Seeing Yuan Tan come in, Zhou Yu was about to get out of bed and salute.

Yuan Tan stepped up a few times and stopped: "Gong Jin, you are injured, don't be polite!" ”

Zhou Yu thanked him.

This adventure to save him, although he almost died, but it was able to make Yuan Tan's attitude towards himself change greatly, and it was worth it.

Only in this way will he have a chance to regain Jiangdong in the future!

Yuan Tan pulled Liu Bei forward and said, "Engong, this is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin!" ”

Liu Bei smiled and saluted Zhou Yu and praised: "It is worthy of being a descendant of the Zhou family, young and handsome." ”

Zhou Yu looked at Liu Bei suspiciously.

Yuan Tan said: "Gong Jin, this is Liu Bei, Uncle Liu Huang, after King Jing of Zhongshan, the hero who fought against the Yellow Turban in the past. ”

"He was framed by Lu Bu before, and he had to go to Xudu to seek refuge with the Son of Heaven."

"Now, when he heard that we were at war with Jiangdong, he specially led 20,000 soldiers to come to the rescue."

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up slightly, and he said to Liu Bei: "It turned out to be Uncle Liu Huang who fought against the Yellow Turban Thief, I have heard of your deeds, you are really a hero!" ”

His eyes fell on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei behind Liu Bei, and Zhou Yu asked again: "These two strong men with extraordinary bearing are-"

Liu Bei said with a smile: "This is my sworn brother, the second brother Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, and the third brother Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide!" ”

Guan Yu glanced at Zhou Yu, and just lightly hugged his fists.

Zhang Fei ignored it.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "My two younger brothers don't smile. ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "It's okay! ”

After a pause, Zhou Yu asked again, "Where did Uncle Liu Huang come from?" ”

Liu Bei said: "I deceived Cao Cao's 20,000 troops from Xudu, marched all the way, killed the interceptor Che Zhou halfway, and then rushed here." ”

Zhou Yu was suspicious: "Then Uncle Liu Huang should pass by the west gate of Pengcheng City, what is the situation of the enemy army there?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned and said: "There are flags on the city wall, and there are many guards. ”

Zhou Yu squinted his eyes and said, "Uncle Liu Huang has fought with them?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and lied: "I'm worried that the eldest prince is in danger here, and I don't dare to slack off, so I made a detour and gathered with the eldest prince." ”

Yuan Tan was moved: "Engong~"

Zhou Yu lowered his head, and after a while, he said to Yuan Tan: "Eldest son, I have something I want to say to you alone." ”

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "Okay." ”

Looking at Liu Bei and the others, Yuan Tan said: "Engong, you go to the handsome tent first, I have already prepared a banquet, and I will go over later." ”

Liu Bei hugged his fists and left with everyone.

It wasn't until Liu Bei and the others disappeared outside the camp that Zhou Yu sighed and said to Yuan Tan: "Eldest prince, there are some things that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Yuan Tan was puzzled: "Gongjin, you have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Only then did Zhou Yu say: "Uncle Liu Huang is not a loyal person. If he could, the eldest prince would take away his military power to prevent change. ”

Yuan Tan was taken aback and said, "How can this work?" Moreover, Eungong is indeed a very good person! In my early years, he also recommended me as filial piety! ”

Zhou Yu said patiently: "The eldest son, you are the eldest son of Duke Yuan, after the fourth and third dukes, even if he does not recommend you, your father will find someone to recommend you as filial piety." ”

"Anyone who has a little vision will find a way to do this!"

"And he took the initiative to recommend you, and Yuan Gong owed him a favor."

"How precious is the favor of a man after the fourth world and the third duke?"

Yuan Tan: "."

Zhou Yu continued: "Let's talk about this Uncle Liuhuang, this person seems to be loyal on the outside, but in fact he is treacherous. ”

"Nine out of ten sentences of what he said just now are false!"

"Let's start by saying that he was defeated by Lu Bu and defected to the Son of Heaven."

"The Son of Heaven is now in Xudu, held hostage by Cao Cao, and he claims to be a royal nobleman, isn't it even clear about this?"

"As a royal nobleman, if he is loyal to the court, how can he fall into the net?"

"It shows that he is not ambitious, and the royal family is just an identity he uses."

"It is false that he defected to the Son of Heaven, and it is true that he wants to use Cao Cao's hand to eradicate Lu Bu for revenge."

"As far as he is concerned, as long as he can get revenge, as long as he can achieve what he wants, he doesn't care about anything at all."

Although Cao Cao was unbearable, he left him and let him take away 20,000 soldiers, indicating that Cao Cao regarded him as a confidant. Otherwise, how could a man who surrendered be qualified to command such a large army? ”

"However, Uncle Liu Huang abandoned it and defected to the eldest prince."

"Isn't that enough to show that he's ungrateful?"

"Just now, I asked him where he came from, and he said that he killed Cao Cao's general Che Zhou and came."

"This kind of person can raise a butcher's knife to someone he once trusted, and he will not hesitate to raise a butcher's knife against the eldest prince and Yuan Gong when he leaves the eldest prince and Yuan Gong!"

"Also, he led a large army to pass by the west gate of the city, saying that the city wall was full of flags and there were many garrisons."

"This is also false."

"He led an army of 20,000 to betray Cao Cao and went straight to Pengcheng, how could Cao Cao not know Xuzhou?"

"Xuzhou knows that Liu Bei betrayed, how can there be no large number of defenders at the west gate of the city?"

"Since there are a large number of defenders, how can we tolerate him leading his army to approach, and even see that there are many defenders on the city wall?"

"I'm afraid he hasn't come close yet, the army is already preparing for a big battle."

Zhou Yu let out a long breath and said: "Liu Bei's words show that this person came to seek refuge with the eldest prince is false, and it is true that he is desperate." ”

"He must have done something in Xu Du to endanger his life."

"So, he escaped from Xudu and came straight to us."

"However, he was afraid that he would lose the soldiers in his hands, so that he would not be able to use them as bargaining chips to get a higher position from the eldest prince and Yuan Gong, so he lied that he had not engaged the defenders in the west of the city at all."

"And Pengcheng, in fact, may only be a few defenders who are confusing us. In fact, the real main army has already evacuated Pengcheng and arrived at the next city. ”

Yuan Tan: "Huh? "Yes.

Then these people have been guarding an empty city?

Zhou Yu looked at Yuan Tan with a surprised look, shook his head and said, "If the eldest prince doesn't believe it, immediately lead the army to attack the city now, and the city will be broken!" However, before that, treat Uncle Liu Huang and them with a wine banquet. When they were full of wine and food, they paid their tiger talismans. After that, Uncle Liu Huang and his two sworn brothers were dispersed. ”

"Uncle Liu Huang can let him go to Duke Yuan."

"There are many talents in Yuan's office, and everyone will look at it."

"Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, respectively, appointed Sima from other departments and let them each command an army, so that they could not be contacted."

"I look at these two people, and their strength is quite good."

"As long as Uncle Liu Huang is separated and let them be used by the eldest prince, the eldest prince's strength will increase greatly."

Yuan Tan's expression perked.

He's in need of manpower!

It's just that Yuan Tan hesitated: "Will it seem too ruthless if I do this?" And what should I do if they don't listen? ”

Zhou Yu asked rhetorically: "If he really comes to vote, why should he care where he is an official, what do you think, eldest prince?" If they are unwilling to separate, does that not mean that they have bad intentions? ”

"Such an ambitious and ungrateful person, if you let him wait for the opportunity, eldest prince, can you ensure that he will not betray you like he betrayed Cao Cao?"

"I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?"

"There are times when people are negligent."

"Instead of being on the lookout all the time, why not stay away from the danger, or even extinguish it before it happens?"

"A spark can start a prairie fire!"

Yuan Tan fell silent.

After a long time, he nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

(End of chapter)