The banquet was still going on. What was originally a festive banquet instantly turned into a family recognition party for the old Liu family. Liu Yu and Liu Bei began to talk about their family trees. After several checks, Liu Yu turned out to be Liu Bei's uncle. Soon the uncle and nephew were both
The two of them began to talk freely about the country of the Han Dynasty. The two of them talked about their worries about the Han Dynasty. Unknowingly, they both shed tears. The uncle and nephew immediately hugged each other and started crying.
Except for Gao Fei, everyone present was moved to tears. So Gao Fei simply dipped his fingers in boiled water and wiped it on his face. It was better to pretend, than to be told that he was not worried about the country.
It is much better to be concerned about the people.
Gao Fei watched Liu Bei's heart-wrenching performance and almost vomited out what he had eaten. For him, Liu Bei was the most artificial person, a bit sanctimonious. He once thought about letting his subordinates
He went down to assassinate Liu Bei, but usually Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were always with Liu Bei. Even if Zhao Yun, the gold medal assassin Zhao Yun under his account, rarely found a suitable opportunity to kill, so he could only borrow the knife to kill, or try to separate Liu Bei and Liu Bei.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei.
"Sir, this is a banquet!" Gao Fei walked to Liu Yu and whispered.
Liu Yu understood it immediately, wiped his tears, smiled at Liu Bei, and then continued the topic, saying to Liu Bei: "Xuande Nephew, Gongsun Zan has taken the lead in this alliance, and Ziyu and I will also
Then I rushed to Youzhou. Youzhou must not be left unattended. I want to ask you to stay in Youzhou and take care of Youzhou for me. I will take Ziyu and his army as well as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Chenliu to form an alliance. I don’t know what you want.
How about next?"
As soon as Gao Fei heard this, he became energetic. This was clearly to break up Liu Guan and Zhang. He was making a wishful thinking in his mind. Once Liu Bei agreed, he would send Zhao Yun to assassinate Liu Bei, and finally put the responsibility on the Xianbei people.
Yes. When he thought of this, a burst of blood surged in his heart.
Liu Bei thought for a while and immediately replied: "My nephew should obey my uncle's instructions. However, my nephew is also worried about Your Majesty and wants to go to Chenliu with his uncle to join the alliance and play his part in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. Moreover, my nephew heard that Gao
The general has arranged the Youzhou border defense very well. Even if no one is left behind and the general manages the army with the strictness of the general, his subordinates will not make any mistakes. So the nephew can only refuse the uncle's kindness."
Gao Fei's originally happy mood suddenly plummeted, and he said slowly: "It seems that it will take a lot of effort to kill Liu Bei..."
Liu Yu said: "Well, what you said is not bad. Ziyu has already made arrangements, so there is no need for me to add any unnecessary extravagance. Let's do this, Xuande, you lead your subordinates and accompany us to the alliance.
Once all Ziyu's men have arrived, we will set off."
Liu Bei said "Promise" and bowed his hand to Liu Yu.
After a while, the banquet broke up. Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tian Yu, and Jian Yong to leave the Prefecture Mufu and stationed outside the city. Gao Fei supported the drunk Liu Yu and walked towards the back.
Go to the hall.
"Ziyu, what do you think of Xuande?" Liu Yu asked softly while walking crookedly.
Gao Fei didn't know what Liu Yu meant by suddenly asking this question, but he was still very careful and replied: "Xuande and I have only met each other a few times, and we don't know each other very well."
Liu Yu smiled and said: "Ziyu bullied me!"
When Gao Fei heard this, he immediately said: "Even if I have ten courages, I would not dare to deceive you. Please be careful."
Liu Yu said: "You don't have to be so nervous. I don't mean to blame you. Although I recognize Xuande as my nephew, I have met countless people in my life.
After some observation, Xuande was a very deep man in the city. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were his adopted brothers. I heard people said that the three brothers ate and slept together, and were almost inseparable. And from the looks of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei,
Come on, the two of them also have deep feelings for Xuande. When I asked Xuande for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, both Guan and Zhang had a look of displeasure on their faces, but on the other hand Xuande was as calm as water. This kind of person makes
People can’t figure it out, and such people are often extremely ambitious.”
After listening to this, Gao Fei let out a sigh of relief and said, "Your analysis is extremely accurate."
Liu Yu said: "Ziyu, Xuande and Gongsun Zan are very close. Gongsun Zan has always criticized me. I'm worried that he is someone sent by Gongsun Zan to stay with me. You should pay more attention to Guan Zhang in the future."
Since we are all enemies of ten thousand people, we need to pay even more attention to it. Only heaven and earth know this matter. You know it and I know it. Do you understand?"
Gao Fei said "Promise" and thought in his heart: "It seems that Liu Yu is still a waste. He still knows how to be wary of people, but it seems that he was wary of the wrong people. The real threat to you is me. If it wasn't to take advantage of you,
I kicked you away a long time ago. Maybe I am a little cold, but if I were not cold, how could I survive until now? Kill the governor of Liangzhou, the general of the Han Dynasty, the governor of Jizhou, the ten permanent servants, and even the dog emperor
I killed them all with my own hands, what the hell am I afraid of doing now?"
After sending Liu Yu back home, Gao Fei also returned to his official residence. After lying down, he looked forward to the arrival of Jia Xu, Xun You, and Hua Xiong soon, so that they could go to Chen Liu to join the alliance. With this opportunity, he could truly become famous.
The world.
In the next few days, everything went according to plan, and Liu Yu was actively preparing food and fodder for sending troops. This time Liu Yu led 10,000 newly recruited infantry, along with Gao Fei's 10,000 cavalry and Liu Bei's 2,000 infantry.
He had to prepare enough food and fodder for at least half a year to form an alliance, because he himself was not sure how long this battle would last and whether he could successfully drive Dong Zhuo out.
On the sixth day of July, the weather was crazy hot. As soon as the sun came up, the ground seemed to be on fire. Some gray air that looked like clouds but not clouds, like mist but not mist floated low in the air, making people feel suffocated. Street
The willow tree above looked as if it was sick. The leaves were hung with a layer of dust and curled up on the branches. The branches were too lazy to move and hung down listlessly.
There was not a drop of water on the official road, and it was dry and glowing with white light. Layers of heat rose from the ground, and the dust flew high, connecting with the gray air in the sky, forming a vicious gray sand array.
, burning the faces of passers-by. It was dry everywhere, hot everywhere, and suffocating everywhere. The whole Jicheng was like a burned brick kiln, making people breathless. Dogs crawled on the ground and stuck out their red tongues, and the nostrils of mules and horses were extremely wide. The vendors
They didn't dare to shout, and even the bronze plaques in front of the shops seemed to be being burned by the sun.
It has been almost three months since there has been a drop of rain, and the earth has begun to show cracks to varying degrees. Fortunately, the busy farming season has passed, and the wheat has been harvested in June. In ancient times, one acre of land, which relied on the sky for food, could not be harvested.
It's not much food, but it's better than having no harvest. Farmers have finished harvesting their fields and are waiting eagerly, hoping that God will rain heavily to relieve the heat on the ground. Some places have already begun to worship dragons.
Your Majesty, sacrifice to the Dragon King and pray for rain.
On this day, Jia Xu, Xun You, and Hua Xiong finally arrived in Jicheng. The three people and three horses arrived after a long and dusty journey. Their bodies were already wet with sweat. The scorching sun along the way made the three of them look darker than before.
many.
At the east gate of Jicheng, Gao Fei would come and wait for a while every day. Today he finally arrived with Jia Xu, Xun You, and Hua Xiong. He watched the three people jump off their horses and watched their bodies crack due to lack of water.
For my lips, I was immediately given a cold white drink.
Jia Xu, Xun You, and Hua Xiong were not polite. After paying homage to Gao Fei, they each took the water and drank it happily.
After finishing the drink, Hua Xiong was the first to speak: "I'm so happy. I've finished drinking all the water I brought along the way. The rivers on both sides of the road near Jicheng have dried up. We are really thirsty to death. Fortunately, we rushed today.
We’re here, if we don’t make it in time, the Lord probably won’t be able to see us in the future.”
After hearing this, Jia Xu and Xun You both laughed.
Gao Fei said: "Come on, stop being so talkative. You are one day late. I was going to punish you. Seeing that you have worked hard all the way, I will let it go. An army of 22,000 people in Jicheng is waiting for you. Look at you.
Is it a big deal for you?"
Jia Xu said: "My lord, there was an accident on Binhai Road when I came here. My subordinate's horse fell to the ground. In desperation, I could only ride on the same horse with Gongda until we entered Youbeiping."
After that, we spent money to buy three new horses. We didn't dare to stop and ran over non-stop. Unexpectedly, we were still a day late."
"Forget it, forget it, just come here. Anyway, there are still more than 20 days left for the alliance. From Jicheng to Chenliu, these 20 days are enough. You all come with me, Zilong, Ziyi
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you all, let’s celebrate today and officially set off for the alliance tomorrow,” Gao Fei said.
Xun You asked: "My lord called us here in such a hurry. We heard from Sun Li that the details were not clear. What happened? Why do we need to form an alliance?"
Gao Fei understood the feelings of Xun You and others very well. Liaodong was so far away and the road was not easy to travel. Moreover, it was in ancient times and there was no more advanced information transmission method. He immediately told Jia Xu, Xun You and Hua Xiong.
Ten of them talked about Dong Zhuo's visit to Beijing.
When Gao Fei finished speaking, Jia Xu stopped and said to Gao Fei: "My lord, it seems that Dong Zhuo has capable people under his command. I heard that Dong Zhuo has an eldest son-in-law named Li Ru, who is very wise. Dong Zhuo
He was able to enter the capital smoothly, and most likely he was behind the plan. Now Dong Zhuo has entangled an army of 200,000, and I think there must be many Qiang and Hu among them. In this way, Dong Zhuo's power must be the most powerful among the princes. It seems that Chen Liu will make an alliance
After that, there will definitely be a big war."
Gao Fei said: "I had expected it a long time ago, so I asked you to come here in time. All you brought with you are elite soldiers and generals. We must drive Dong Zhuo back to his hometown in Longxi."
After hearing this, Jia Xu and Xun You both laughed in unison, only Hua Xiong was worried.
Gao Fei saw Hua Xiong's thoughts and asked: "Dong Zhuo is your old master. If you can't do anything to him, then let Zhao Yun and Tai Shici be the vanguard. You can stay in the army to hold the battle."
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Hua Xiong said: "My lord, I never meant this, but I was just a little surprised. I didn't expect that Dong Zhuo still entered the capital without my lord's help."
Gao Fei smiled and said: "Perhaps we all underestimated his strength. We are here, let's go in. Zilong and Ziyi are still waiting inside."