The autumn wind blew away the remaining summer, and the withered yellow leaves began to fall one after another, and a desolate scene suddenly appeared between the sky and the earth.
In Xiaqiu City, Liu Bei successfully bewitched the two thousand old and weak soldiers, and Guan Yu also asked Cao Hong for a month's worth of food and grass. So Liu Bei ordered the entire army to take off the Wei army's uniforms and put on vests yearning for freedom.
Started to march southwest with the army.
After a day's long walk, the army arrived at Gaixia in Pei County at night. They were exhausted and had to stop temporarily to rest.
After setting up camp, Liu Bei and others finally had a place to rest temporarily.
There is a wilderness everywhere, and the mountain wind howls through the camp, rolling up the remaining leaves and loess on the ground, making the team without any flags look particularly desolate.
In the big tent, Liu Bei sat at the top, followed by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tian Yu, Mi Fang, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and other old troops. They all sat together, feeling endless desolation in their hearts.
"Hey, I didn't expect that I, Liu Bei, would sink to this point!" Liu Bei sighed heavily, picked up the glass of wine in front of him, drank it in one gulp, and shed hot tears in his eyes.
"Brother, there is no need to be sad. Nine times out of ten things in life will be unsatisfactory. As long as we still have hope in our hearts, we will be able to achieve great things." Guan Yu saw Liu Bei crying and felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, so he comforted him bitterly.
Seeing this, Mi Zhu immediately raised his hands and said, "My lord, Sun Qian has already gone to Jingzhou ahead of us. With Sun Qian's knowledge and Liu Jingsheng's generosity, he will definitely be willing to accept us. The most urgent thing is to think about how to cross Yuzhou.
This Yuzhou is Yuan Shu's territory, and he has many soldiers and generals. Although we arrived with all our troops down, once Yuan Shu discovers our army, he will definitely lead his troops to stop it."
Guan Yu hurriedly said: "Brother, what Mr. Mi said is absolutely true. Our army now has 2,500 people, of which 2,000 are old, weak, sick and disabled, and have no ability to fight. Once the Song army attacks, those who have just attached to us will
The Wei soldiers will be defeated by themselves, so we must find a way!"
"Hmph! What's so great about the Song Army? What about Ji Ling? If Zhang Xun comes, I won't poke a few transparent holes in him!" Zhang Feihu shouted loudly with his eyes wide open.
"The three generals are brave when they are brave. However, the enemy army is very large in number. You have killed a thousand, can you kill ten thousand?" Mi Zhu asked in return.
Zhang Fei turned his head, glared at Mi Zhu, and shouted loudly: "What are you talking about? I can take the rank of general among an army of ten thousand people, but I can't kill ten thousand soldiers?"
Mi Zhu said: "That's wrong. The three generals are unstoppable, but no matter how brave a person is, there will be times when his strength is exhausted. If Ji Ling only surrounds you with soldiers, he will tire you to death."
"Hmph! Then I will go and kill Ji Ling first. As long as the general is dead, the others will naturally not dare to come near. If the Song army really comes, you should watch out for me and see how I kill Ji Ling.
"Yes." Zhang Fei said angrily.
"I'm afraid Ji Ling won't come..." Jian Yong sat aside, stroking his beard and said slowly.
Zhang Fei secretly said with joy: "I don't even dare to come even if I think of him, I'm here..."
Jian Yong directly interrupted Zhang Fei's words: "Three generals, I mean, Yuan Shu's Song army was fighting fiercely with Sun Jian's Wu army in Shouchun. Ji Ling was Yuan Shu's number one general. How could he not go?"
Li? Not only that, I believe that in order to compete for Shouchun, the main force of the Song army should gather there, and those who stay behind must be some shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Maybe our army can bluff and scare them away!"
Guan Yu said: "This method is feasible. Brother, I have sent scouts to search around. Once any abnormalities are found, there will be rewards. Please don't worry, brother."
"To report to my lord, my subordinates found a suspicious person outside the camp. I specially captured him and handed him over to my lord!" A captain of Liu Bei's soldiers walked into the tent and said loudly with clasped fists.
"It must be Cao Hong's spy, take him out and kill him!" Zhang Fei said angrily.
The soldier captain was startled and said hurriedly: "Third General, that suspicious person is still a child..."
"Child?" Liu Bei asked suspiciously, "Bring him in and let me see what kind of child he is, so bold!"
The captain of the soldiers cupped his fists and said: "No!"
Not long after, the captain of the soldiers came in pushing a child. The child was only six or seven years old, but he looked very fair. He was wearing a robe worn by scholars. At first glance, he looked like a child from an official family.
Liu Bei looked at the child and saw that the child had bright eyes, a face like a crown jewel, and a pair of eyes like torches on his young face. Those eyes looked very deep, so deep that it was impossible to see through the child.
What was he thinking? Seeing that the child's expression had remained calm since he entered the tent, and his movements showed a scholarly demeanor, he waved his hand to the captain of the personal soldiers and said, "You go down first!"
As soon as the captain of the soldiers turned around and left, Zhang Fei stood up, walked in front of the child, and shouted loudly: "Hey! Child, tell me quickly, are you a spy sent by Cao Hong to find out what is true about us?"
The child rolled his eyes at Zhang Fei, but ignored him. He stood there with his arms folded, turned his head to the other side, and scanned the entire tent with the corner of his eye.
"You little brat, you're asking for a beating..." Zhang Fei was furious. Seeing that even a child was doing this to him, he raised his hand to be beaten.
"Third brother, don't be so arrogant in front of elder brother!" Guan Yu saw this and scolded him hastily.
Zhang Fei turned around and said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, I don't really want to beat him, I just want to scare him!"
Guan Yu saw that the child's expression remained unchanged and he was very calm. He was secretly surprised and said, "Then are you scared? Why don't you step back and listen to what the elder brother has to say!"
Zhang Fei pouted, snorted coldly at the child, and said, "You're getting an advantage!"
When Liu Bei saw Zhang Fei returning to his seat, he observed the child again and asked, "Child, what is your name?"
After the child heard Liu Bei's question, he straightened his head and looked at Liu Bei carefully. Seeing that Liu Bei had a big face, long arms, and a white face with a green beard, he pointed at Liu Bei.
He opened his mouth and asked: "Are you Liu Bei?"
"Bold! You kid is too presumptuous. How can you call my eldest brother's name at will?" Guan Yu couldn't stand it any longer. He immediately sat up straight and yelled loudly.
When Liu Bei saw that the child's expression remained unchanged despite Guan Yu's scolding, he felt even more strange. He raised his hand to signal Guan Yu not to be angry, and asked kindly: "I am Liu Bei. What do you call me, sir?"
The child walked straight forward, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said loudly to Liu Bei: "General Liu, please accept my respects from Zhuge Kongming!"
The incident happened so suddenly that no one expected it. Even Liu Bei was shocked.
Everyone was confused, and Liu Bei was even more at a loss. After looking at each other and his subordinates, they were silent for a moment, and then hurriedly helped the child who called himself Zhuge Kongming up, and asked quickly: "Child, what are you doing?"
I'm confused..."
Zhuge Kongming said: "My surname is Zhuge, my given name is Liang, my courtesy name is Kongming, and I am a native of Yangdu, Langya County, Xuzhou. General Liu is confused, but I know very well in my heart that I came here to see General Liu today just to repay General Liu for treating me, Zhuge."
General Liu must not refuse the kindness of our family."
Liu Bei once again glanced at Zhuge Liang in front of him. Seeing that Zhuge Liang was quite elegant in conversation at a young age, and he was not surprised at all. His deep eyes were full of wisdom, so he asked: "Little friend Zhuge, I really don't know you."
Can you tell me in detail what you are referring to?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and then asked: "General Liu, do you still remember when Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou a year ago?"
Liu Bei nodded heavily. This incident has always been an indelible shadow in his heart. He had just arrived in Xuzhou with his men. Within three months, Cao Cao launched an attack on Xuzhou and defeated him in one fell swoop. Tao Cao
Qian also died of a sudden illness at that time, and he had to flee Xuzhou to Jizhou. He sighed and said slowly: "The memory is still fresh, and I dare not forget it!"
Zhuge Liang said: "I am after Zhuge Feng, the captain of the Han Dynasty, and my father Zhuge Gui is the prefect of Taishan in Yanzhou. When I learned that Cao Cao was going to send troops to attack Xuzhou, my father tried his best to dissuade me. Not only did Cao Cao not listen, he also killed my father."
He was beaten severely. In anger, my father resigned and returned home. He gathered more than 500 people from the clan in Yangdu to resist Cao Cao's army. Later, he was defeated by Cao Cao's generals.
Xiahou Dun was defeated in one fell swoop. Fortunately, General Liu arrived with his troops, killed Xiahou Dun and saved my father's life. After my father returned, he took my family and temporarily hid in a small fishing village on the seaside, and I was lucky enough to escape.
General Liu led the army and people of Xuzhou to resist Cao Cao's atrocities, and he was also my father's lifesaver. I should come to repay him and fulfill my father's last words."
After Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly remembered such a scene in his mind. At that time, he was defeated by Cao Cao and fled north with his remaining soldiers. When passing through Langya County, he saw Xiahou Dun blocking the road, so he led his army to fight out.
A bloody road. But
At that time, he was only focused on escaping, and he did not notice that Xiahou Dun was chasing Zhuge Gui and others. He was really unintentional. When he heard Zhuge Liang say the words "last words", he immediately asked: "You...you
Father, he..."
With a hint of sadness on his face, Zhuge Liang said slowly: "My father was so angry that he became seriously ill and never got up again. Fortunately, my uncle took care of us three brothers. I recently heard that General Liu arrived in Xia Qiu. My uncle
I am grateful to General Liu for his life-saving grace.
, then I brought my whole family to join the general. I never thought that the general had already left Xiaqiu. I had no choice but to chase after him. By chance, I met the general here. I hope the general would not give up and take my family in. I, the Zhuge family,
, and will definitely repay the general for his great kindness!"
Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang was so sincere, but he also had concerns in his heart, so he shook his head and said slowly: "I'm afraid it won't work. Now I have been reduced to a bereaved dog. I don't even have a place to live and settle down. How can I take care of your Zhuge family?"
"
Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "General Liu, you can rest assured. I am comfortable with Zhuge Xuan and the Marquis of Chu. Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, has an old past. As long as my uncle comes forward, Liu Biao will definitely accept the general, and the general will have a temporary place to settle down."
Liu Bei said happily: "Great, where is your uncle now?"