At this moment, Liu Bei was expressing his opinions in front of everyone, and was affirmed by everyone. He was in a happy mood. With the support of everyone, he felt that his ideas could be fully based on the current situation, but he did not expect that Liu Jian did not support him.
I don't know why, but I saw Liu Bei was a little weak.
Liu Jian also felt that it was inappropriate for him to prevent Liu Bei from coming to Taiwan, but the matter was urgent and he could not allow him to beat around the bush to give Liu Bei face, as that would delay the important matter.
Liu Bei is still young now and cannot see the correct ideas when looking at problems!
The current situation is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but it is definitely not Liu Bei's approach.
There is no time to explain to Liu Bei. We have to quickly wash the brains of those brainwashed by Liu Bei back.
"Deran, what's wrong with what I just said?"
Liu Jian's expression became very solemn: "This is a big matter. It involves Xianbei's invasion of the hinterland of Youzhou. We will report it to Gongsun Zan. If the matter is untrue, it will be unreasonable to talk about border troubles. Gongsun Bogui is far away to take up his post.
He was suddenly involved in such a big incident. If something goes wrong, it will not be him that will be ruined, but our future. If there is even the slightest oversight in this matter, we will be blocked on Zhuoxian Road from now on."
Zhang Fei didn't quite understand the meaning of Liu Jian's words, and the other servants were even more confused, but Jian Yong understood the three-part truth and lowered his head to think carefully.
Liu Bei was quite unconvinced: "Deran, these bone arrow clusters are clearly made by the Xianbei people. They have joined forces with the Taihang bandits and intend to invade the hinterland of Youzhou. There is no suspense about this matter. How can it be untrue?"
"Although the three tribes of Xianbei are foreign captives, they are powerful enemies of the Han Dynasty. Tan Shihuai is a rare talent in twenty years. Now we can only speculate on Xianbei's intentions based on a bone arrow. Is what we see real?
? Maybe Xianbei did join forces with the Taihang bandits to invade the hinterland of Youzhou, but it is also possible that it was just a coincidence, or that the person who left this bone arrow was just a Xianbei refugee. Did Tan Shihuai intend to invade? Is it possible that a bone
Can an arrow be set?"
Liu Bei took a deep breath and said: "De Ran, you don't understand the meaning of being a brother... I want to inform Gongsun Bogui of our guess, but how to make a specific decision, he will go and talk to Uncle Fang, Lord Fu and others.
The question is, what does it have to do with us?"
Liu Jian rubbed his hands and looked at Liu Bei's serious expression, and suddenly felt an inexplicable impulse in his heart.
He really wanted to shave his cousin's ear, it would hurt so much... to wake him up.
Jian Yong stepped forward, patted Liu Bei on the shoulder, and sighed: "Deran is right, we cannot easily report this matter to Gongsun Bogui. Unless we are sure, otherwise, if we make a mistake, we will end up destroying ourselves."
The road to self-recommendation is blocked.”
"Xianhe, you said that too?" Liu Bei looked at him in surprise.
"Xianbei's intention to enter the country. If it can be verified, it will be a great achievement for Gongsun Zan. He will treat us favorably because of it. But what if this matter is untrue? It is not our fault that Gongsun Zan has lost face in front of the prince.
Yes, but he has an arrogant temperament, how can he not anger us? Even if he doesn't say it on the face, what will he think in his heart? If this is the case, our self-recommendation path to him will be blocked."
After a pause, Jian Yong added: "For now, Gongsun Zan is the first way for our brothers to get ahead. Can we afford to gamble?"
Hearing this, Liu Bei was speechless. After a while, a look of regret appeared on his face.
After Zhang Fei thought about it, he looked at Liu Jian and said with admiration: "My brother is still thoughtful!"
"Good brother..."
Liu Bei walked up to Liu Jian and apologized: "It happened that I was greedy for credit and rushed forward. I didn't think carefully and acted impulsively. Fortunately, my brother had foresight. I was wrong!"
"alright."
Liu Jian reached out and patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and said: "Whose son is not a bit bloody? Besides, I may not be right, so don't blame yourself!"
"Then, what do you think, brother Xian, of this matter now?"
Liu Jian turned to look at the corpse on the ground, and suddenly said: "The matter of Xianbei is our guess. If we want to be sure of it, we have to take the risk to catch him alive and tie him to Gongsun Bogui.
He will conduct self-examination, so that no matter what he decides afterward, it will not contaminate us. This is the right way to achieve meritorious service, not just relying on guesswork!"
"What? Want to capture the Xianbei people?" As soon as he said this, not only others, but even Zhang Fei was shocked.
"Deran, would this move be too risky?"
"It is not a man to cherish your life while doing great things! Although you cannot do anything rashly at the moment, you must not not do it! Do you dare to give me a try?"
For a while, the venue was quiet for a while.
After a while, I suddenly heard Zhang Fei say loudly: "If you ask me, it is Brother Jian who is the hero of our Zhuo County! I followed my brother, and it turned out that I was not following the wrong person. Isn't it just a few Xianbei spies? Just catch him."
If you catch me, what’s the big deal! I’ll go with you!”
Sure enough, the youngest Zhang Fei was the most courageous at the most critical moment.
"I am willing to follow you, young master!"
"I am willing to do great things with you, Young Master!"
"Catch him alive! Are you still afraid of barbarians?"
After a discussion just now, Liu Jian won the hearts of everyone present, both for his resourcefulness and courage, and although everyone was hesitant at first, they soon expressed their willingness to believe him and responded one after another.
Liu Bei stood there silently for a long time and said: "Deran, what you want is that if we can capture one or two Xianbei people alive, escort them to Gongsun Bogui, and hand them over to his own trial, then no matter what the Xianbei people say,
What is it that he found out through his own interrogation and has nothing to do with us?"
"That's right, we just have the ability to capture the strong thieves who entered the country alive, that's all."
Liu Bei thought thoughtfully: "If the secret matter is revealed in the interrogation, we will not be blamed for the contribution. If the secret is not revealed in the interrogation, we are not to be blamed."
Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction. After some advice from him, Liu Bei really got the idea.
Jian Yong asked again: "Then what should we do now?"
Zhang Fei hurriedly took over, eager to try: "The bandit just said before he died that the horses and swords were in the north of the river..."
As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.
The bandit said this just before he died. No one thought much about it. However, after checking the corpse, everyone basically understood the bandit's intention. He deliberately wanted to lure people to the Xianbei people.
If you go to any place, you will be entering the den of tigers and wolves!
As long as you are not a simple reckless man, you can't figure out the truth behind it.
"What are you thinking about? Leave quickly!" Zhang Fei shouted.
Jian Yong glanced at Zhang Fei helplessly: "If you are unprepared, your life may be in danger. It's okay to say that there are only rogue bandits there. If there are really Xianbei, there are only fourteen of us."
Liu Jian asked Liu Bei: "What do you think, brother?"
Liu Bei shook his head: "I have no idea, I will listen to you."
"What? Are you still angry because of what happened just now?"
"How is that possible! Do I seem to be a narrow-minded person?"
Liu Jian looked at Liu Bei seriously for a moment: "If you don't tell me, I still can't tell. But once you tell me, if I look carefully, it looks a bit like him."
Liu Bei was really anxious: "What time has it been? Are you still making fun of me? I really have no idea. If you have any idea, tell me quickly. I'm so anxious!"
Liu Jian saw that Liu Bei had indeed returned to normal, so he said seriously: "In my opinion, there should be two groups of people there, one is Xianbei, and the other is Taihang bandits. According to common sense, the Xianbei people have strong fighting power.
The reconnaissance power is strong, but those Taihang rogue bandits are all poor Guizhou soldiers who have fled into the mountains in recent years and have not yet formed an army. They are a burden to the Xianbei people. Although we are just knights and bravery, we are not without any chance of victory."
"Ajian, what do you think our chances of winning are?" Jian Yong thought about it and felt that this was courting death.
"The weather, the right location, and the people are all on our side." Liu Jian said firmly.
Jian Yong asked in confusion: "Why didn't I see it?"
Zhang Fei interrupted him impatiently: "What do you think, or is it Brother Liu? If you are afraid, go back to Zhuoxian as soon as possible! Don't be bored here!"
Jian Yong was sincere and well-educated. Zhang Fei's words were like a slap in the face, but he didn't know the pain.
"Brother Zhang Xian, there are more than a dozen of us here. It's easy for me to ask clearly. After all, these more than ten lives are not a trivial matter. I am not a person who is afraid of trouble, but I don't want you to give up your lives in vain.
, this is correct after all, right?”
What Jian Yong said was reasonable, and Zhang Fei could not refute it, so he could only turn his head and not look at him.
Liu Jian answered Jian Yong loudly, and at the same time informed everyone present: "What Brother Jian is asking is, let me tell you that the weather is with us today, because it is night, the sky is dark, and the other party does not know our reality."
"The geographical advantage is mine, because this is the territory of Zhuoxian County after all, and we are familiar with the terrain. If we miss a hit, we don't have to be brave and just run away. I'm afraid they can't do anything to us."
"As for this person and the Xianbei people, although they are brave, they are foreign invaders who have sneaked in and dare not act openly. They know that this place belongs to the Han people and have evil intentions in their hearts. They are inevitably restrained in their actions. This gives us an opportunity to take advantage of."
!As long as you plan properly, you won’t have to worry about big things happening.”
Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Deran, what are your plans?"
"Among the gifts I brought to Gongsun Bogui this time, there is something that will come in handy."
…
In the dark night, three miles away to the west is Yili Village. There used to be no less than thirty families living here, and it was considered small and large. However, in the past two days, the entire village has been completely lifeless.
Thirty families were all killed by the vicious Taihang bandits and Xianbei people just two days ago.
There is no special reason, just because they need food and a place to rest, that's all.
It was late at night, with the waning moon in the sky, and the village was completely silent. Most of the people had gone to sleep. There were only faint sounds of shouting and crying in a thatched cottage.
I don’t know how long it took, but I saw the door of the thatched cottage suddenly pushed open, and a peasant woman covered in blood and half-covered in cloth ran out crying and screaming. Her half-exposed body was covered with bloody scratches, her hair was disheveled, and her feet were bare.
Running wildly on the dirt ground, even if the soles of his feet were scratched by stones, he did not stop at all.
The woman did not run away, but ran towards a dead baby body not far in front of the door. While crying, she shouted the baby's nickname, and bent down to hug the already cold baby.
Body.
But soon, I saw another naked man with a big waist and a beard running out of the thatched cottage. He bent his bow and arrow, listened to the sound, aimed at the woman's back with a bone arrow, and then shot an arrow.
It shot out and hit the woman's back.
The woman who had just picked up the baby's body suddenly lost her voice, her cry suddenly stopped, and then she knelt down on the ground with a 'pop'.
Before dying, the mother still reached out to touch the already cold baby's body, with a sad face, calling the child's name, and after a while she buried her head in the soil, and there was no more sound.