In a village about fifty miles northwest of Jinan City, Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong just got off their horses and quickly walked into a thatched house.
The village is located at the junction of Jinan and Pingyuan counties. It is very inconspicuous on weekdays, and even businessmen who come and go will not stay here for one step longer.
After Chen Deng pushed the door open and entered the room, he said with a smile on his face: "Haha, Brother Lao Xuande has been waiting for a long time. Yuan Long should punish himself with a drink to apologize."
The people in the room stood up, clasped their hands and said, "Mr. Yuanlong is too polite. I have been resting here for half a day. I was treated to wine and meat. I was so happy that I forgot about my worries. Why did I wait for you for a long time?"
The person who spoke had a fair face, big ears, a strong and slender figure, and his arms were obviously a little longer than ordinary people. He was actually the big-eared Liu Bei and Liu Xuande who had been frustrated under the White Horse General Gongsun Zan.
How could Liu Bei come near Jinan City and get involved with Chen Deng?
We have to start from the beginning.
Because of misunderstandings, several battles broke out between Lin Feng and Liu Bei in Xiaowa Mountain, Anxi County.
As a result, Lin Feng had a peerless tiger general named Zhang Laosan beside him. Poor Liu Da Er lost his wife and brothers. He hurriedly took the injured Guan Er Ye and resigned overnight, and went to Youzhou to seek refuge with his senior brother Gongsun Zan.
Originally, Gongsun Zan was very welcoming to Liu Bei. In addition to Liu Bei's outstanding abilities, he also had a sworn brother Guan Erye who was outstanding in martial arts. Therefore, Gongsun Zan initially planned to train Liu Bei as a commander-in-chief.
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Later, the conflict between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu deepened and deepened, until it reached the point where the two sides began to seize the territory openly and openly.
It was under this situation that Gongsun Zan began to alienate Liu Da'er. Not only did he gradually reduce the amount of food and salary he should be allocated, he also deprived Liu Bei of his military power and sent him far away to the Liaodong border to manage mutual trade with the grassland herders.
When he first arrived in Liaodong, Liu Bei kept comforting himself by saying, "Heaven will give great responsibilities to this people, and they must first strain their minds and muscles." However, the situation became worse and worse, and Gongsun Zan even began not to reply to his written messages.
Greeting letters.
Liu Bei was distressed and asked Jian Yong for advice. Jian Yong thought hard for several days and finally got his idea.
When Liu Bei learned that there was no solution to his current situation, he was stunned.
Why did Gongsun Zan alienate Liu Bei?
He deserves it, who lets Big Ears show off his family origins from the Han Dynasty everywhere every day, without even thinking about who Gongsun Zan's biggest enemy is.
Gongsun Zan was having an inextricable fight with Liu Yu, a real clan member of the Han clan, so how could he possibly trust Liu Da'er, who was also a clan clan member of the Han clan.
Liu Bei is in trouble now.
He continued to suffer under Gongsun Zan, with no hope of seeing the light of day.
Leaving Gongsun Zan
Looking for another way out, I don't know where to turn for a while.
Teacher Lu Zhi was forced by Dong Zhuo to resign and return to his hometown to retire. Among his fellow disciples, only Gongsun Zan had a successful career, and the rest were not as good as Liu Da'er.
In fact, Liu Bei knew very well that his family background in the Han Dynasty was nothing to boast about. Starting from Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and passed down for nearly four hundred years, the branches and branches of the old Liu family were frighteningly large. Just judging from the genealogy, Shao
It is said that there are more than 200,000 tribesmen.
Liu Bei is one in two hundred thousand. Although he has the blood of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, it is actually so thin that it is almost impossible to mention it. To put it bluntly, even if Liu Bei marries the sister of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he will not have any blood.
They are considered close relatives and cannot give birth to a stupid son with defects.
Of course, Liu Bang's family has inherited the bloodline of having stupid sons, so this is not included.
To be honest, Liu Bei was so worried that he lost a lot of his hair, and he had the shamelessness to defect to Cao Dabailian, who was in trouble with Chen Liu. It was a pity that on the battlefield to wipe out the Yellow Turban rebels, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were just
After nodding, even if Liu Bei recognized Cao Cao, he could not guarantee that Cao Cao would still recognize him.
If he had not turned against Lin Feng at the beginning, in fact, defecting to Pingyuan would be what Liu Bei wanted to do most now.
Liu Bei didn't care at all about being robbed of his wife. He really didn't care. But Guan Yu had always been worried about Lin Feng killing Zhang Fei. Liu Bei didn't dare to come to Guan Erye. If Guan Erye got angry, he would be in Pingyuan City.
The two brothers really had nowhere to hide, they were doomed.
Just when Liu Bei felt that his future was bleak and at a loss, a letter from afar made him see the light instantly.
Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, asked Liu Bei to go to Xuzhou to help. He also mentioned his importance to Liu Bei many times in the letter, which made Liu Daer burst into tears when he read it.
Don't say anything else. Liu Bei packed his luggage overnight and quietly went south with Guan Yu, Jian Yong and two hundred troops at dawn, without even saying a word to Gongsun Zan.
Yes, Liu Bei is now trapped with only 200 of his troops, and the rest are scattered and scattered, which makes Liu Bei's heart beat like a knife just thinking about it.
If you don’t raise them, you really can’t raise soldiers.
In accordance with the agreement with Tao Qian, Liu Big Er led his troops to sneak into this unknown village and temporarily stationed there. Most of the houses in the village were vacant, and the only four or five households were actually all spies secretly arranged by Chen Deng.
After Chen Deng saw Liu Bei, he also nodded secretly. Based on this relationship alone, Chen Deng was sure that Liu Bei would not be a thing in the pool in the future.
It wasn't that Liu Bei always exuded the aura of a king and domineering person, but when Chen Deng saw him, he shuddered and tried to bow his head.
But when Chen Deng saw several well-behaved elite soldiers behind Liu Bei, he could deduce that this man must be outstanding in training and leading the army. In addition, Guan Er, who was burly and with a cold face, was in front of him and behind him.
Standing behind Liu Bei with a sword in his hand, Chen Deng would naturally look at Liu Da'er involuntarily.
"Although Deng and Brother Xuande hit it off immediately and wished they could stay up all night drinking and chatting, but at this time I have official business, so I can only talk about business first and then talk about friendship."
Liu Bei immediately stood up and clasped his fists: "I have been favored by Tao Gong of Xuzhou. I wish I could lead the horse and ride behind him for Tao Gong. However, as Tao Gong has ordered, I also ask Mr. Yuan Long to make it clear that I will go through fire and water and not dare to back down even a step."
Good guy, after holding it in for several years, Liu Da Er finally hugged a big thick leg and swore in his heart that no matter what Mr. Tao wanted to do, even if he was sent to dig the grave of his ancestor Liu Bang, he would not hesitate.
Yes, on the way from Liaodong, he had even prepared shovels.
Chen Deng hurriedly stood up and held Liu Bei's shoulders: "Brother Xuande, please don't misunderstand me. I don't dare to read out the order on behalf of Tao Gong. I am just a messenger to deliver Tao Gong's secret message to my brother. Brother, please don't
In this case, Deng really can’t afford it.”
Liu Bei wanted to be polite to Chen Deng, but Guan Yu behind him couldn't bear it and secretly kicked Liu Bei's heel with his toe.
Fortunately, Guan Erye was tall and had long legs, so this little move was hidden from Chen Deng and also made Liu Bei calm down.
That's the bad thing about Liu Daer'er. Once he gets into a play, he gets easily carried away. He won't leave the play until he bursts into tears.
After being reminded by Mr. Guan, Liu Bei took a deep breath and accepted the letter handed over by Chen Deng.
There is not much complicated content in the letter, except for the first two or three greetings, which is that Tao Qian secretly ordered Liu Bei to assist Zang Ba in capturing Jinan City.
It wasn't that Tao Qian thought he couldn't deal with the Pingyuan Army in Jinan City without Liu Bei, but that Lin Feng's record was so unbelievable that Tao Qian felt unsure.
Ever since Lin Feng became an official, Lien Zhan and Lianjie had not suffered a single defeat. In addition to his own aura, the generals under his command were also looked at involuntarily.
Tao Qian didn't want to lose his troops under Jinan City. Although Zang Ba and the Four Bandits had some ambiguities, these people were still the most capable group in Xuzhou. They could easily defeat Jinan City with one or two discounts.
Tao Qian felt distressed for several days.
Therefore, under the conspiracy of the Chen family and his son, Tao Qian secretly summoned Liu Bei to Jinan. He did not want Liu Bei to lead the starring role and lead the army to capture the city of Jinan, but to use his conflicting identity with Lin Feng to make Liu Big Er do the job.
A bait destined to fail.
After Liu Bei read the secret letter, to be honest, he felt a little disappointed. Tao Qian did not provide him with additional troops, but only paid part of the food and salary to buy Liu Bei a chance to star.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yuanlong, he will definitely follow Tao Gong's instructions and lure the Pingyuan Army out of Jinan City as promised, so as to facilitate General Zang and others to attack Jinan."
Tao Qian planned to let Liu Bei go to Jinan City to challenge him, and then fake defeat to lure Guan Hai away from Jinan. In this way, if Zang Ba joined forces with the four major bandits, he would not believe that he could not defeat Liao Hua alone.
At the moment, no one knows that the unlucky boy Guan Hai is about to meet his fateful evil star Guan Yu and Guan Er Ye at the gate of Jinan City.