Everyone's expressions changed when they heard what Guan Yu said. This was clearly accusing Tao Qian of being afraid of the enemy.
"Yun Chang, how can you say that? Yesterday, Captain Tao and General Chariot and Cavalry had a quarrel due to disagreement over their strategies. It was understandable that they were depressed and did not send troops," Liu Bei said anxiously.
Tao Qian waved his hand and said: "Xuande doesn't need to defend me. It was indeed wrong for me to abolish public service for personal reasons last night. Yunchang's blame is justified."
When Cui Niupi saw that Tao Qian was not angry, he was too embarrassed to be too obvious, otherwise it would arouse Liu Bei's suspicion, so he cupped his hand and said nothing more.
"General Guan killed Marquis Li Wen with all his strength. Normally, with this merit, he would be granted the title of Tinghou at the lowest level. However, I'm afraid General Guan will be disappointed this time." Tao Qian said with a sigh.
The joy on Liu Bei's face flashed away, and immediately turned into anger and confusion, "Why is this?"
"I heard that early this morning, General Chariot and Cavalry sent people to take away the Qiang and Hu soldiers captured last night. I'm afraid these people's lives are hard to save."
After hearing this, Liu Bei became even more confused. Tao Qian was not a good person, and he was indispensable for his contribution to the capital of Quyang. He could be cruel to his own people, but how could he show mercy to those foreigners?
Tao Qian saw Liu Bei's confused look and explained: "After these people are killed, who can prove General Guan's military merit?"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this.
"No way?" Liu Bei murmured, "Does the general of chariots and cavalry still covet Yun Chang's military exploits?"
"Huh, no one else can do this, but he can do it! He is not coveting General Guan's military glory, but has other selfish motives. If General Huangfu were here, he would never let a great talent like General Guan be buried."
Tao Qian said bitterly.
"Old..." Before the six words were spoken, Cui Niupi immediately changed his words, "I have achieved such great military exploits, how can a general of chariots and cavalry conquer the world with just one hand?"
"General Guan, don't be angry. If you are in front of the two armies and countless soldiers are watching, then you can't hide it. But this time it was a sneak attack by the thieves and it was night. When General Guan killed the thieves, were there other people present?
?" Tao Qian advised.
Cui Niupi was speechless for a moment. He was hiding behind him at that time, so he naturally did not see the scene of Guan Yu killing the thieves. However, he later heard that Guan Yu was in the lead and was invincible.
"Several of my brothers can testify, isn't that enough?" Cui Niupi asked.
"If the cavalry general says that you are all colluding to seek military glory, what can you do? There are many ways to die. It may be death from a sudden illness, or being trampled to death by a horse in the chaos of the army. In short, there are many ways to die. This is
It has nothing to do with General Guan." Tao Qian asked.
Cui Niubi probably also understood that if Zhang Wen was determined to distort this matter, the others would be powerless and could not help but feel guilty for Guan Yu.
"However, with General Guan's skills, he will be successful sooner or later, so why rush for a while." Tao Qian advised.
Liu Bei was actually happy in his heart. If Guan Yu made him a marquis because of this incident, he probably wouldn't be able to catch up with him in the future. No matter how thick-skinned he was, he would be embarrassed to pat people on the shoulder every day and call him brother. Seeing that Guan Yu's matter of making him a marquis failed,
So he pretended to comfort him: "Don't be discouraged, Chief Yun. Didn't General Chariot and Cavalry say that there will be a formal decisive battle when the snow stops? When the time comes, you will kill Beigong Boyu and see who can still covet your military exploits."
"What a big deal you are, you are just Marquis Li Wen. When I killed Zhang Jiao in Quyang, not only did I not receive a reward, but I almost killed my elder brother. What does your little credit mean?" Zhang Fei also muttered,
"However, that Xiahou Dun didn't get military honors either. The death of this horn was actually changed to death by illness by those eunuchs. Haha, he was trying to steal military honors from me at the beginning. This is called breaking the dog food bowl, and no one can eat."
When everyone heard that he had cursed himself, they all smiled bitterly and shook their heads.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. I called General Guan here this time just to inquire. I heard that in addition to General Guan, there was also a fierce general who killed everyone last night?" Tao Qian asked with great interest.
Cui Niubi's mood came and went quickly. After all, it was not his military merit that had been robbed. Besides, the brothers themselves didn't care much about the court's rewards, so they didn't worry about it. After hearing Tao Qian's question, he saw Liu Bei again.
He also had a curious look on his face, and couldn't help but want to brag a bit. He cupped his fists and said, "General Zhou's men are all talented people. Generals like me can carry out battles. I wonder who General Tao is asking about?"
"Oh, General Zhou really has many talents under his command. Can General Guan tell me about them in detail?" Tao Qian also became interested.
Cui Niupi laughed while stroking his long beard. Usually he had no chance to touch Guan Yu's long beard. One time he pulled one out to measure its length, but Guan Yu slapped him twenty times on the neck and was not allowed to do so from then on.
He touched it again.
"That's a lot, let me just give you a few examples. Let's talk about brother Cui first. This person's surname is Cui and his name is Niu Pi. He is very capable and is the number one person under General Zhou. Ahem." Cui Niu Pi thought to himself.
, I don’t have a good reputation, so I want to brag about it this time and let them go out and spread the word.
"Haha." Zhao Yun couldn't help laughing, "General Guan was talking about the man who was with you in Zhaojia Village that day. He was a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He always stood behind you to encourage you, but he didn't dare to fight.
It seems like a coward, General Guan is exaggerating."
Seeing that Zhao Yun had exposed Cui Niupi, he was so angry that he said bitterly: "How can Zilong judge a book by its appearance! This man's kung fu is unfathomable, especially his horizontal kung fu that no one can match. I didn't take action that day because I was afraid of hurting you. You
Do you know why he is called Niubi?"
When Zhao Zilong saw that Guan Yu was angry, he didn't dare to laugh. He shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"He's called Niupi because he has thick skin and thick flesh all over his body. He is invulnerable and can't be hurt by ordinary weapons!"
"Hmph, is there anyone who is invulnerable in the world? I see you are always talking nonsense today. First you asked me, Mr. Zhang, to burn his face with hot water, and now you are talking nonsense about being invulnerable. If you let him come over another day, I will stab him a few times first.
Let’s talk about the transparent hole.” Zhang Fei said with disdain.
Cui Niubi was already prepared. He reached out and took out the other dagger from his body, and casually inserted it into the thick desk. The dagger came in and penetrated the desk one by one.
"What does Yunchang mean?" Liu Bei asked in confusion.
"What a knife!" Tao Qian praised.
"Is this knife sharp enough?" Cui Niubi asked everyone.
Everyone was puzzled and nodded in unison.
Cui Niupi stood up, like a showman, cupped his hands and said, "I really admire Brother Cui for his extraordinary skills, and I also begged him to teach me a few tricks. But Guan is stupid and only learned one skill."
Currently, only the chest area is invulnerable to fur, so I will demonstrate it to you today."
"Absolutely not, it's too dangerous! Why don't you try it with Yunchang's wooden sword? If something happens to you, my eldest brother won't be alive either." Liu Bei was about to cry as he spoke.
Cui Niubi waved his hand, "Brother, don't worry, I can't show off my abilities with a wooden sword!" As he said that, he stabbed the dagger towards his chest.
The sword moved so fast that no one had time to stop him. Liu Bei was so frightened that he closed his eyes.
With the protection of dragon scales, Cui Niuxi was naturally safe and sound, but everyone was shocked that it was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
Cui Niubi slowly raised the knife for everyone to see, "Look, it's okay, there's not a drop of blood. Alas, it's just that my qualifications are dull. If Brother Cui were here, you would definitely become his apprentice directly."
Zhang Fei was the most curious, so he stood up, walked over to Cui Niuxi, and punched his chest twice with his fist. In fact, he was testing to see if he was wearing iron armor underneath.
So Zhang Fei didn't notice anything strange, "It's weird, I thought you were wearing iron armor. Are you really invulnerable?"
Although these two punches were not forceful, they almost beat Cui Niupi until he vomited blood. His blood surged from the beating, and he did not dare to reply, so he had to slowly walk to his seat. Everyone felt that he was unfathomable at this time.
"Congratulations to Yun Chang for obtaining this magical power. I will feel more at ease on the battlefield in the future." Liu Bei said with a smile, "This Cui Niubi's skills were taught by Zhou Cang? I heard that Zhang Jiao is used to using some magical powers."
"Brother, I can tell you this without him having to answer it! It must not have been passed down by Zhang Jiao. I stabbed him through with one shot at that time. If he knew the magical skill of being invulnerable, how could he still be stabbed to death by me?
"Zhang Fei said loudly.
Liu Bei nodded, "Indeed, if the Yellow Turban Thief had such magical powers, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly. It seems that this Cui Zhuangshi must be a strange person. We should make good friends with him someday."
Cui Niubi felt proud when he heard this, but he was still breathing and speechless for a moment, so he nodded to Liu Bei quickly.
Tao Qian was not interested in Cui Niubi, but he was indeed curious after seeing the invulnerable magical power, and asked aloud: "We have remembered this Cui Zhuangzi, but are there other capable people?"
Cui Niubi pretended to think, this old boy Tao Qian must have bad intentions when asking about these things. How could he expose the details of his brothers? Then he said loudly, "Let's not talk about others, just Brother Zhou, he also has a unique skill."
"Are you afraid of being beaten by him? On the battlefield that day, you were thrown to the ground by him with a bamboo pole. It was really powerful, haha." Zhang Fei laughed unscrupulously.
Cui Niupi was not annoyed, "Whenever I let my third brother try the taste of bamboo poles, I think you will be convinced."
"If I meet him one day, I will give him seven or eight more transparent holes with the spear in my hand!" Zhang Fei was naturally unconvinced.
"Third brother, don't say that. Zhou Cang is not weak. I heard that Ju Yi was defeated by him. Third brother always looks down on people like this, and he will suffer in the future. You must know that there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the mountains.
The truth is, you must never underestimate your enemy." Liu Bei said sadly.
Hearing this, Zhang Fei could only nod his head in agreement.
"Well, the eldest brother is still wise. Ju Yi was also very arrogant at the time. In the end, he failed even three moves under Brother Zhou. In the end, he was convinced by Brother Zhou." Cui Niubi also said in agreement.
Tao Qian couldn't help but frown when he saw this. If he was as verbose as Guan Yu, he wouldn't be able to finish his words even after dark, so he couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Zhou Cang has a general named Gan Ning? Is his father Gan Ding?"