The sky was gloomy, with black clouds overhead. After a strong wind blew by, large raindrops fell from the sky, crackling down, and stirred up smoke and dust on the ground.
As the rain increased, the smoke and dust were quickly and completely extinguished.
The ground soon became wet.
Soon there would be water flowing, gurgling, gathering together, and flowing down the ravine into the river.
Because the rain was so heavy, there seemed to be a layer of mist on the ground.
This is caused by the fine mist splashed up by raindrops hitting the ground.
Liu Bei stood on the tower of Xiaopei, looking at the rain covering the sky and the earth, feeling extremely heavy.
The big man has completely become different!
He is completely different from the big man he was familiar with before!
Liu Cheng, that damn guy, became the King of Han.
I won’t talk about it today.
For people like the veterans of the Han Dynasty, it would be too much to support them from behind.
In today's world, this guy actually stands at the top.
Originally, I had been saying that Liu Chengnai was a disgrace to Prince Jing of Zhongshan and a scum among the Han clan.
However, at this moment, the other party is standing so tall.
Compared with him, the serious Empress Jing of Zhongshan seemed to be a fake.
His mood was extremely complicated, and for a while, it was difficult to express his feelings.
Could it be that the purpose of this world is to let villains succeed and heroes be humiliated?
Do you want to keep those treacherous people in high positions?
Thinking of the hatred between himself and the other party again, Liu Bei felt even more angry.
At the same time, there is still a lot of injustice that arises in my heart.
Because of Liu Cheng, his third brother died.
And I became an incomplete person because of him!
There is a white jade beauty, but I can only look at it and can't do anything.
So much so that at this point, I didn’t dare to get along too much with her.
I dare not face her calm look.
Thinking of these things, Liu Bei's mood became particularly heavy.
He was extremely angry and wanted to hack Liu Cheng to death.
It was all because of this damn guy that I ended up like this.
If it weren't for him, his third brother would never have died, and he wouldn't have become like this.
By this time, I can also straighten my back and behave as a human being.
It was quite high-spirited.
But now...
Liu Cheng became the King of Han, and Yuan Shu openly proclaimed himself emperor!
He doesn't take the big man seriously at all.
The attitude is extremely bad, and the impact is also extremely bad.
That fellow Liu Cheng, for all the things he has done, he still needs some dignity.
And Yuan Shu, this guy did all these things without giving up even half of his face!
It makes people extremely angry just looking at it.
A man who has lived for four hundred years has turned into this.
Could it be that we are about to collapse?
He stood here, looking northward at the vast misty rain.
My own Pingyuan County is gone.
In the north, Yuan Shao was there to conquer the world and compete for Youzhou.
Once it gets Youzhou, it can connect Jizhou and Youzhou into one.
With a place like this, Yuan Shao will definitely become extremely powerful.
Then they will inevitably send troops south to attack Qingzhou.
After that came Yanzhou and Xuzhou.
My Pingyuan County was completely lost, and now I could only live here in Xuzhou.
Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor and controls Nanyang and other places.
Jingzhou Liu Biao basically had Jingzhou completely under his control.
In the south, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Wentai also began to attack continuously at this time.
I heard that at this time, he was fighting Yan Baihu.
Yan Baihu, after all, cannot stand up to Jiangdong Tiger Sun Wentai.
Sooner or later, Jiangdong will all fall into Sun Jian's hands.
As for Liu Cheng, let alone that.
Guanzhong, Yizhou, Liangzhou, and many places in Bingzhou have already come into his hands.
Even more powerful are the troops and horses.
Now he conspired to seize the throne of the King of Han.
He is the most powerful person in the world today.
But looking back at myself, now, I have no place to stay.
Bao Xin, who had a close relationship with him, had also fallen into the hands of Liu Cheng's subordinates at this time.
Originally, with Bao Xin's support, it was easier for me to do things here.
As a result, now, he has cut off his own path...
Thinking about these things, Liu Bei felt more and more distressed and depressed.
I always feel that this guy Liu Cheng seems to be specifically against me.
It’s just to restrain yourself.
Then I remembered that this guy’s given name was Kede and his own name was Xuande.
Think again about his third brother Yide who was killed by this guy, and Cao Cao's Meng De.
Liu Bei seemed a little distracted for a moment.
I felt like I had discovered something extraordinary.
Is this thing really that powerful?
Are you really restrained by his name?
Thinking this in his mind, he couldn't help but shake his head.
These things are too mysterious. Zi Fuyu has strange powers and chaotic spirits, so he cannot think about them.
In fact, these are not the most important things. The main thing is that the strength gap between oneself and the other party is too large.
Even if he wasn't called by this name, could these things have been avoided?
To put it bluntly, these things are all choices you make step by step.
If I hadn't gone after him in the first place, many things might not have happened.
And this time, if he had not gone with Bao Xin and the others and followed Zhu Jun to attack Liu Cheng, then Bao Xin would not have died here.
Sometimes, people cannot use some illusory things to cover up their incompetence.
What you need to do is to work harder and work harder to make yourself stronger again.
When you become stronger, you will find that many things are actually false.
Even if Liu Cheng changed his name to specifically kill Liu Xuande, he still couldn't deal with him.
He might be able to counterattack easily,
After thinking about this for a while, Liu Bei stood on the tower and watched the wind and rain.
He walked directly to the city wall, amid the rain.
"Brother!"
When Guan Yu saw this, he quickly shouted.
With some concern.
I'm afraid that my eldest brother will get sick if he gets caught in the rain.
Guan Yu also followed him out. He was wearing a coir raincoat and took a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat to put on Liu Bei.
Liu Bei shook his head and waved his hand in refusal.
"Yun Chang, don't worry, my health is not that bad yet.
I, Liu Xuande, used to be a ranger from Yandi, and my swordsmanship is pretty good.
Second brother, please go back to the tower to take shelter from the rain, and let me be alone here.
I want to get wet in the rain."
After hearing what Liu Bei said, Guan Yu stopped wearing coir raincoats for Liu Bei.
He did not listen to Liu Bei's words and returned to the tower to take shelter from the rain.
Instead, he took off the bamboo hat and coir raincoat on his head.
Standing here, accompanying Liu Bei in the rain.
The rain came down hard, and the two of them were soon soaked.
The rain dripped down their hair, along their beards, and down their clothes and armor.
There are several peach trees outside the city wall of Xiaopei.
By this time, the days when peach blossoms are blooming have long passed.
The peaches on the peach tree are almost ripe.
Looking from above, there are many peaches with red tips.
At this time, there was a strong wind and rain, and the strong wind tore the peach trees, shaking them to this way and that.
Many peach leaves, as well as the peaches that were about to ripen on them, were torn and fell into the mud.
Let the wind and rain blow.
Some even rolled into puddles.
Floating and rising in the ditch.
Liu Bei didn't know what he thought of.
He stood here and watched for a while.
He quickly walked down Xiaopei's city wall, opened the city gate, and came to the peach tree.
Bend down to pick up the unripe peaches on the ground.
One after another.
One of them, which was carried far away by the water, was picked up.
And Guan Yu, when he saw his elder brother doing this, he couldn't help but do it as well.
Follow Liu Bei to pick up peaches on the ground.
At this moment, this ordinary peach seemed to suddenly become extremely different in their eyes and hearts...
After about half an hour, the wind stopped and the rain stopped.
But the peaches on these peach trees were almost torn apart.
Only a few are left hanging on the branches,
Liu Bei watched quietly, then found a hoe and dug a hole under the peach tree.
Put all the fallen peaches in the pit.
Bury carefully.
Guan Yu was at the side and helped without saying a word.
After the two buried the peach, they stayed here for a while.
Liu Bei sighed and returned to Xiaopeili.
After returning to Xiaopei, he changed into dry clothes, said some words to Mrs. Bai Yu, and then went out, preparing to beat the horse and leave.
As a result, Mrs. Gan chased her out.
"Husband!"
she shouted.
Liu Bei paused in his steps.
She turned around and looked down at Mrs. Gan and said, "Madam, what do you have to say?"
Mrs. Gan said: "I am here waiting for my husband to return me as soon as possible."
When Liu Bei heard this, he paused slightly.
Then he looked at Mrs. Gan and nodded: "Okay, Madam is at home, fine..."
After saying a few words to Mrs. Gan, Liu Bei rode away from here.
Behind him, Guan Yu also changed into dry clothes.
There are also some personal soldiers.
Not long after, the gate of Xiaopei City opened.
Liu Bei led Guan Yu and others on horseback, heading all the way towards where Tao Qian was.
It had just rained, so there was water on the road, and the mud in many places looked very soft.
But even so, Liu Bei's riding speed still did not slow down.
The war horses galloped past, splashing mud and water on the ground.
There was a line of mud prints left on the ground...
"Xuande, why are you here?"
Tao Qian looked at Liu Bei with a smile and said.
By this time, Tao Qian was very fond of his niece-in-law.
Because although this niece-in-law is not from a high family background, he appears to be very capable.
He is also knowledgeable and reasonable, and he is a good person.
Although this time, the crusade against Dong Zhuo and Liu Cheng failed again.
But his performance was remarkable.
Especially when Tao Qian was sure that his two sons were nothing like him.
He has a cowardly personality and appears to be even more stupid, making it difficult for him to achieve great things.
For this niece-in-law, it becomes even more different.
Originally, what he thought about marrying his niece to Liu Bei was different from what he thinks now.
But that's not important.
The important thing is that at this time, he found that among his descendants, except Liu Bei, the rest seemed to be unreliable.
"Liu Bei has met his uncle."
Liu Bei bowed his hands to Tao Qian with great respect and did not dare to show any slightness.
After the two said a few opening words, they quickly turned to the main topic.
"Yuan Shu actually proclaimed himself emperor. I wonder what my uncle thinks?"
Liu Bei looked at Tao Qian and said.
When Tao Qian heard this, he sighed heavily, and then slapped the table in front of him hard.
"The prince of the Yuan family is so rude!
Back then, some people said that Yuan Jiazhong's surname was Tianxia, but now it seems that the rumors were indeed true.
This thief from the Yuan family actually did such an outrageous thing!
For a disloyal and unjust person!
The Yuan family has been favored by the Han for generations, how could they have imagined that in the end, the first person to proclaim emperor and rebel would be a member of the Yuan family!"
When talking about this matter, Tao Qian became particularly excited.
It would be easier to say if the person who proclaimed the emperor was some kind of bandit.
But at this time, it was the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family who took the lead in raising the flag and proclaiming themselves emperor.
This was particularly difficult for him to accept.
After Liu Bei cursed a few words with Tao Qian, he looked at Tao Qian and said, "Uncle, what do you think we should do now?
Do you want to send troops to fight Yuan Shu?"
When Tao Qian heard what Liu Bei said, he couldn't help but sigh after thinking about it.
"I wish I could cut Yuan Shu into pieces with a thousand knives!
But I'm afraid it won't work now.
To the south was Sun Jian, who kept attacking and gained the land of Wu Commandery.
I don't know when I will go north.
Farther north, Yuan Shao fought against Gongsun Zan again.
Seemingly about to win.
This person is also an ambitious person.
And here in Xuzhou, we are in the middle, the place where the four battles took place.
Previously, in order to support Gongwei, a lot of money was spent on food and soldiers.
If we use troops one after another, I'm afraid we won't be able to sustain it.
If this continues, it will be even more difficult to protect ourselves.
We can only temporarily stop our activities and recuperate.”
When saying this, Tao Qian seemed very unwilling.
It can be seen that he really wants to send troops and horses to fight against the Yuan family who has proclaimed himself emperor at this time.
Liu Bei nodded after hearing this.
"What my uncle said is absolutely true. Under current circumstances, even if you want to make a difference, you are always restricted by various conditions.
Now, it is no longer the original.
Now everyone wants to capture their own place.
They only think about themselves and don't care about the big man at all.
Uncle, I came here this time to borrow some troops, horses, and food from your uncle."
Liu Bei looked at Tao Qian and told him the purpose of his visit.
Tao Qian heard this and said, "What is Xuande doing with the help of soldiers, horses, and food?"
Could it be that you want to attack Yuan Shu?"
Liu Bei shook his head: "That's not the case.
After all, this place is too far away from Yuan Shu's place.
Going to attack would cost too much, and we don't have the conditions for an expedition.
If we go on another expedition, Xuzhou will lose its foundation.
will be completely brought down.
Let the people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty lose their strength in the end.
My nephew-in-law wants to lead the army to capture Yanzhou and put it under the rule of my uncle. I wonder what your wishes are, uncle?"
