Chapter 117 Liu Bei questioning Liu Huangshu (two-in-one asking for a monthly pass)
"It's so cold today! It's sunny and cold!"
Here at Bishui Pass, Liu Cheng turned his head and looked at the row of rats that had been caught, pinched open their mouths, pulled out their tongues, and stuck them on a broken iron knife, their bodies suspended in the air, and they were struggling wildly.
Sigh out loud.
For a moment, I actually felt some sympathy for these unfortunate rats.
Because he knew that the feeling of having his tongue stuck with iron was not pleasant at all.
The reason why he knew so clearly was because one winter in later generations, he went to the Northeast for work, and then a friend told him that the Northeast was special and the iron here was sweet.
Of course Liu Cheng didn't believe it. After being bullied and booed by people saying, "If you don't believe me, try it." Liu Cheng, who was still relatively new to the world, actually tasted the iron in the Northeast in winter.
In winter, the iron in the Northeast is really sweet, not only sweet, but also sticky on the tongue!
If his friend hadn't been prepared, he poured the warm water in the thermos cup down the iron rod and rescued himself from the close contact with the iron rod. Liu Cheng felt that he really did that that time.
Too bad...
"Yes, it's really cold today. It wasn't this cold years ago. It's almost the end of the first year, but it's getting colder!"
Li Jinjin, who was standing next to him, answered the question.
"The key is that it's so cold, it's okay to have some snow. The most outrageous thing about this day is that the sun is shining in the sky, there aren't even any clouds, and it's still so cold..."
Liao Hua also spoke.
Li Jin and Liao Hua, the two generals who were the first to be subdued by Liu Cheng, were all in Sishui Pass at this time, and they no longer went out to ambush as before.
The move of breaking out of seclusion and ambush, attacking from both sides, can only be used once.
If used again, the risk is too great.
In all likelihood, those who go out to ambush will be eaten by the enemy.
After all, there are many smart people across the street.
He had suffered such a big loss at his own hands not long ago, so it was impossible not to guard against this move of his own.
Liu Chengcai was reluctant to take such a big risk and took his headquarters outside to do such a risky thing.
"It's so cold that the Yellow River will be covered with ice. If people can walk on the ice, the natural chasm that hinders Yuan Shao and others will become a smooth road."
"In this way, the number of points at which he can choose to attack will become very large, and he will no longer be suppressed, but will be limited to only a few points."
"People like Yuan Shao have been blocked here by us for the past few days. They have been defeated one after another. They can't make any progress. I'm afraid they have already gone crazy!"
"Now that he has such a great opportunity, he will definitely not miss it and will definitely take action..."
Liu Cheng withdrew his gaze from the row of rats hanging there with their tongues stained and enduring torture, and cast his gaze into the distance.
After watching for a while, he spoke slowly like this.
Li Jin and Liao Hua heard this and nodded in agreement.
"In a moment, I will send people to strengthen the defense behind the pass and increase the intensity of patrols to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack."
"Although the terrain here at Sishui Pass is extremely steep. Even if the Yellow River freezes, it will be extremely difficult for someone to go around and conduct a sneak attack. However, we still need to be prepared."
Liu Cheng said aloud.
Li Jin and Liao Hua nodded.
Then Liao Hua asked: "Lord, do you want to send someone to remind Hulao Pass behind and Luoyang further behind to let them take precautions?"
Liu Cheng thought for a while and shook his head: "No need to do this, these are people who are used to using soldiers. They will know such things without reminding them.
If we talk too much, sometimes it will make others unhappy and offend them in vain.”
Hearing this, Liao Hua nodded and said nothing more on this matter.
Liu Cheng immediately found Li Su and told him that the Yellow River was frozen and he was worried that someone would go around behind and attack Sishui Pass.
Then Li Su was sent to organize his troops and horses, and to set up defenses in the back to prevent thieves from coming.
Li Su naturally agreed to Liu Cheng's order.
After receiving the order, he immediately began to arrange manpower, and according to Liu Cheng's instructions, he went to the back to set up defenses...
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"Lord, look!"
The next morning, Liao Hua pointed to the place east of Sishui Pass and said aloud.
Upon hearing this, Liu Cheng followed Liao Hua's instructions and looked there, only to see some smoke in the distance.
Liu Cheng stared there for a while and was basically sure that there was a flame burning there.
Moreover, the burning location is almost the same place where Liao Hua and Li Jin hid their figures with their soldiers and horses last time.
Liao Hua beside him secretly let out a sigh of relief and looked at Liu Cheng with eyes full of admiration and happiness.
After the last sneak attack, which was a huge victory and tasted great benefits, Liao Hua immediately requested orders again and wanted to lead his troops out to ambush again.
However, Liu Cheng, as the commander-in-chief, did not agree.
At this time, looking at the rising smoke, Liao Hua felt particularly lucky.
If the lord hadn't expected it in advance, he and the others would still be ambushing outside, and they would really be blind at this moment!
"It seems that enemy soldiers will be here soon."
Liu Cheng stood at Sishui Pass and looked at it for a while, then said aloud...
After a while, some soldiers appeared in the distance.
As these soldiers walked, they held fire starters and lit dry grass and other things.
It was obviously because of Liu Cheng's previous move of ambush and flanking attack, which gave him a long memory.
These soldiers were not walking fast, and the soldiers and horses slowly appearing behind them were even slower.
Because sometimes they need to wait until the flames burn some specific areas before they can move forward again.
It was not until the afternoon that these soldiers and horses arrived relatively close to Sishui Pass.
Liu Cheng, Hua Xiong and others often led troops, and Liu Cheng was good at arithmetic, so with a cursory glance, he could basically give an idea of the number of soldiers and horses coming...
Three thousand soldiers and horses are not a small number.
But compared with the number of soldiers and horses led by Sun Jian, Pan Feng, Fang Yue and others before, it was still a little small.
However, these three thousand soldiers and horses made Liu Cheng and Liu Kede, who had always seemed very indifferent, widen their eyes.
Because he has very good eyesight, he saw from a distance that among the group of people who had just arrived, there was someone wearing a cuckold!
These days, there are not a few people wearing green hats.
But there are not many people who wear a green hat, a big red face, a chest-length beard, and a big knife in their hand!
Especially after seeing the flag of "Pingyuan County Magistrate Liu Bei Liu Xuande", Liu Cheng became even more uneasy.
Even when he first came here, he killed Cao Mengde with a butcher's knife.
But at this time, when he saw this guy who was also Queen Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Chengxin still felt a little guilty unconsciously.
However, when he remembered that he was now in the Han Dynasty and the upright Uncle Liu was recognized by the emperor in front of many courtiers, Liu Cheng's back straightened immediately...
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"Brother, what should we do now?"
"How about I lead some soldiers and horses to scold the formation now and scold that scum out?!"
"Everyone has a background of killing pigs, but I want to see if this guy has an extra head than me!"
In front of the Bishui Pass, Zhang Fei, who had fair skin and a full beard, looked at the Bishui Gate and the flag indicating Liu Cheng's identity flying in the wind. He had been holding back his anger for a long time and couldn't help it.
He opened his mouth and asked Liu Bei for a fight.
Preparing to provoke the general, Liu Cheng insulted him.
From the performance of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei during this period, we can see the difference in their personalities.
When many princes gathered together at Yuan Shao's place before, Zhang Fei, a usually impulsive person, basically never acted impulsively.
On the contrary, it was Guan Yu, a man who usually cared about soldiers and ordinary people, who generously asked for a fight.
At this time, when he came to the Sishui Pass and faced Liu Cheng, who was also a pig butcher, Zhang Fei changed his previous attitude towards Yuan Shao and other scholars and started shouting.
I can't wait to make the spear in his hand see blood.
On the contrary, Guan Yu, who had generously asked for a fight before, seemed relatively calm.
Guan Yu was arrogant but pitiful towards his subordinates, while Zhang Fei was just the opposite.
He respected those scholars who came from aristocratic families, but he was a little arrogant and looked down upon those who were not well-born.
Sometimes when you are in a bad mood or drunk, it is normal to whip your soldiers to vent your anger.
After Liu Bei looked around, he said: "Let the soldiers and horses set up camp first."
"We are luring the enemy this time, so we need to make the luring more real."
"Otherwise, if the other party sees through our plan, it would be a bit bad."
Although Zhang Fei couldn't wait to show off his big voice here at Bishui Pass, he still listened to his elder brother's words.
After all, his eldest brother studied more than he did, and he once studied under the famous scholar Lu Zhi and Lu Ziqian.
So, he began to convey Liu Bei's orders and let his soldiers set up camp.
Liu Bei, who had been waiting here for a while, staring at Bishui Pass, turned his head and saw that the soldiers were already busy, so he spoke again:
"Yun Chang, Yide, you two will lead some soldiers and horses and come with me to Sishui Pass to have a look."
"I want to see what Liu Kede looks like and ask him a question!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Jian Yong beside him and said, "Xianhe, I'll leave the matter of setting up camp to you. You can watch from here, I don't worry."
Jian Yong nodded to Liu Bei, indicating that he understood and accepted the matter.
Liu Bei and others have long been accustomed to Jian Yong's character. They know that he is informal and reliable, so naturally they will not take this matter to heart.
After seeing Jian Yong nodding, Liu Bei, together with Guan Yu who was holding a big sword, and Zhang Fei who looked excited, led some elite cavalry to leave the camp being built and headed towards Sishui Pass...
"Brother, don't get too close. Just come here. Pan Feng's soldiers who fled back said that the thief is good at shooting and can shoot his feathered arrows very far. If you are too close, be careful of that scum's cold arrows.
to you."
In a short time, everyone arrived at a place three hundred steps away from Sishui Pass.
Guan Yu was attentive. He remembered what Pan Feng's soldiers said when they fled back, and saw that Liu Bei was still going forward. He immediately issued a warning.
Liu Bei was heartbroken and wondered why he had forgotten this matter.
Immediately, his face did not change, and he stopped the horse without hesitation.
Zhang Fei also said very thoughtfully: "Brother, don't worry about the distance. The thieves at Sishui Gate can't hear me. I have a loud voice, so I will pass the message for you, brother."
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"Where are Liu Cheng and Liu Kede?!"
"Prince Jing of Zhongshan, great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are here. Do you dare to meet me?!"
Liu Bei held the horse's rein with one hand and the hilt of the sword with the other hand, and shouted at Sishui Pass with a strong voice.
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Liu Bei suddenly felt a little awkward.
Because he suddenly realized that his nickname was Xuande, and the nickname of this guy who was a shame after Prince Jing of Zhongshan was Kede!
Although the word "ke" is used in the name, "acquisition" means positive, more, and stronger.
But at this time, putting his own words and the other person's words together, Liu Bei still felt a little uncomfortable.
When Liu Bei's voice fell, under the gazes of Liu, Guan, Zhang, and the soldiers and horses behind them, there was movement on the tall wall of Sishui Pass.
Under the flag of the governor of Sishui Pass that was flying in the wind, a man walked out, came to the edge of the pass wall, looked from the crenel, and then opened his mouth, a voice sounded:
"What's Liu's virtue?"
The voice is not quiet, much louder than Liu Bei's.
Liu Bei had already prepared his words in his heart. He just waited for Liu Cheng to intervene and vented all the words and emotions he had been brewing in his heart for a long time to Liu Cheng.
In front of so many people, let's humiliate this scum among the Queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing!
As a result, a question came from Sishui Pass. Did you not hear your name clearly?
This made Liu Bei, who was about to spit out the words in his chest, choked up and felt depressed for a while.
"Liu Xuande!"
He had to hold back the many words in his heart, then raised his voice and said his name again.
On the wall of Sishui Pass, Liu Cheng exited again.
"What Xuande?"
Liu Bei, who had once again prepared his words, heard the resonant question coming from Sishui Pass, and was once again held back for a moment.
"Liu Xuande!"
He held the hilt of the sword, raised his voice to the loudest level, closed it against the water again, and spoke his name with all his strength.
"Liu Xuan what?"
When the water was turned off, Liu Cheng smiled, and then he let go of his loud voice again and asked serious questions.
Liu Bei, who was sitting on horseback in front of the Sishui Pass, heard this slightly different but still extremely irritating rhetorical question. He held a breath in his chest and almost didn't come back.
"Are you deaf?! My eldest brother's name is Liu Bei and Liu Xuande! He is the Queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing! His Excellency Emperor Xiaojing's great-great-grandson!"
Zhang Fei beside him couldn't stand it anymore and suddenly made a sound.
He shouted angrily at Sishui Pass.
He used all the energy he used to yell when he was killing pigs and selling meat, and his voice was as good as Liu Cheng's!
As soon as this guy opened his mouth, Liu Cheng, who was not sure about this guy's identity because of his too fair skin, immediately confirmed that this guy is a reckless and aggressive person!
Liu Cheng looked at the conditions of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and resisted the shock of Zhang Fei's skin color, which was so different from his impression, and immediately spoke again: "Oh! It turns out they are Liu Bei and Liu Xuande!"
Liu Cheng suddenly realized...
Such a state and tone made the anger on Zhang Fei's face subside slightly...
