Chapter 1448 Chaos


    Every time I am in a state of desperation, I always hope to find a way out of the chaos, clear the fog in front of me, and determine the direction of the future. the opposite direction.


    Liu Bei hopes to be able to settle down, to have a stable land, a stable group of friends, and a stable property, and then sleep until he wakes up naturally every day, and be able to be with three or five friends every day, um, not necessarily all friends, maybe Some Qing guests who only know how to flatter are fine, just like his ancestors, to be a carefree prince, sipping tea, blowing the wind, admiring the scenery, drinking wine, molesting beautiful girls...


    Liu Bei smiled slightly.


    However, to do this, one must have power and status. A farmer with a crew cut, facing the loess and back to the sky, is not even qualified to wear a hat, let alone enjoy these things. For his dream, Liu Bei has been working hard, but he found that the harder he worked, the more he deviated from the original hoped direction.


    Liu Bei''s smile gradually became stiff, frozen, and then disappeared.


    The letter in hand weighs more than a thousand catties.


    Although the text was issued in the name of Han Emperor Liu Xie, and it was also stamped with the seal of Han Emperor Liu Xie, Liu Bei did not believe it, or could not believe that this was what Liu Xie meant.


    Liu Xie was very dissatisfied with the general Yuan Shao, saying that the general Yuan Shao had no Han family, disturbed the world, corrupted the court, poisoned the local area, and asked Liu Bei to send his army north to conquer Jizhou.


    "Huh..." Liu Bei let out a long breath, and then ordered, "Go and invite the second general, and the third general, just say that you have something to discuss..."


    "Wei." The attendant took the order and left.


    It is not an easy task to attack Xuzhou. On the one hand, Liu Bei has little capital, and the total number of soldiers is only those brought from Xuchang. Be cautious, and you never take risks easily when you are not sure, so there is not much progress in this period of time.


    It can be said that Liu Bei came from Xuchang, and his main goal is still to develop his own strength, not to fight Ji Ling desperately. From a certain point of view, as long as he keeps Ji Ling in Xuzhou, for Cao Cao, It can also reduce some side pressure, so although Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was paddling, he didn''t express any opinions, just pretending that he couldn''t see it.


    With the gradual decline of Yuan Shu, most of Yuzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao. Even Runan, the old nest of the Yuan family, has basically become Cao Cao''s territory now. , it can’t be said that Cao Cao has pushed his troops to the front line of Jianghuai now...


    "Brother!" Zhang Fei outside the courtyard┗|｀O′|┛哩~~


    Liu Bei was thinking about things in a daze, and he was not prepared at all. Hearing Zhang Fei''s voice, he trembled and almost threw out the text he was holding...


    "Brother." Guan Yu nodded slightly, and bowed his hands.


    "Hahaha! Brother!" Zhang Fei opened his mouth wide, and the little tongue in his throat trembled wildly.


    "Yeah, here you go, sit down." Liu Bei forced a smile, then pointed to the seat and said. After Liu Bei inquired about related affairs inside and outside the city, he was silent for a moment, and then took the writing on the table for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to watch.


    "..." Guan Yu also fell silent after reading it, and then handed the text to Zhang Fei.


    Zhang Fei stretched his neck a long time ago, took it impatiently, glanced up and down a few times, and almost jumped up: "What! Want to hit Yuan Da?!" Immediately Zhang Fei looked up at Liu Bei, and then He looked at Guan Yu again, and said, "Big brother, second brother, this... this..."


    Liu Bei twitched the corners of his mouth, barely showing a few teeth, and said, "I''m looking for two virtuous brothers to discuss this matter..."


    "We now have five hundred cavalry, four thousand infantry, and two thousand auxiliary pawns..." Guan Yu stroked his beard and said slowly. If we send troops, it will only be worth a month..."


    "What? Second brother, do you mean that you really want to follow this order to attack Jizhou?" Zhang Fei widened his eyes and said, "There are many fortresses in Jizhou, the city is high and the river is deep. With our little force, it is considered a real investment." Going in, I''m afraid it''s just listening to the sound of water!"


    Guan Yu squinted his eyes, but did not answer Zhang Fei''s words.


    Zhang Fei saw that Guan Yu didn''t speak, so he turned to look at Liu Bei again.


    Liu Bei sighed, and said: "That''s true. If we march into Jizhou, the soldiers and horses we have on hand are indeed some... But, we know this, don''t others know?"


    Guan Yu suddenly opened Danfeng''s eyes, his brows and eyes were as sharp as the blades unfolding, and said in a deep voice: "It must be Cao Sikong''s plan again!"


    Liu Bei was silent.


    Zhang Fei said hesitantly: "This short boy is full of bad water! If you don''t listen to him! What can he do?!"


    Liu Bei grinned, pointed at the writing and said, "The problem is that the writing is not stamped with Cao Sikong''s seal, but... oh, so, if you don''t follow it, it''s going against the holy will... I just heard that His Majesty sent a letter reprimanding Yuan Da General, I never thought that Cao Sikong''s intentions would fall here..."


    Zhang Fei scratched his head when he heard it. Although Liu Bei understood the meaning of every sentence, it was difficult to connect the scattered information together. On the other hand, Guan Yu frowned, as if he had some insight.


    Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei and explained: "Cao Sikong and General Yuan have an old friendship... There were rumors before that General Yuan ordered Cao Sikong to **** His Majesty to Yecheng... If Cao Sikong obeys his order, His Majesty will come back again." Most of them have been reduced to court puppets, so His Majesty is also worried. Seeing that Cao Sikong has not made a clear conclusion, he forced Cao Sikong and General Yuan to split their seats... Originally, he thought that since he had issued a document reprimanding General Yuan, His Majesty would move north. Things came to an end, I didn''t expect..."


    Zhang Fei generally seemed to understand a little bit, and then asked: "In this case, why did you ask us to attack Jizhou?"


    Liu Bei laughed bitterly twice, and said, "Cao Sikong definitely thinks that the three of us are His Majesty''s foreign aid..."


    Zhang Fei was stunned, and said a little confused: "We are His Majesty''s foreign aid? Has Your Majesty told Big Brother about this?"


    "It doesn''t matter whether Your Majesty said it or not," Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said from the side, "Cao Sikong already thinks that we are His Majesty''s foreign aid, so it is useless to defend ourselves. What''s more, we are the people of the Han family. Naturally share your worries for His Majesty!"


    Liu Bei nodded and said, "That''s right! If the Son of Heaven is worried, it is the fault of the ministers! Although our military strength is small, it is our duty to share His Majesty''s worries! But... the strategy of marching into Jizhou still needs to be carefully considered. One or two..."


    Zhang Fei suddenly clapped his hands and said: "If someone leads the cavalry and imitates the method of conquering the west, and raids Jizhou, he can disrupt the rest and win!"


    Guan Yu laughed twice.


    In order to avoid Zhang Fei''s embarrassment, Liu Bei took up the conversation and said: "What the third brother said is also reasonable, but the cavalry under our command is not yet proficient in riding skills, so it can''t be like commanding the west cavalry...But what the third brother said, But Ling has an idea... how about this, what do you two think?"


    ………………


    Liu Bei faced a choice in chaos, and Yuan Shu in the south also faced a choice. Even from a certain point of view, the chaos Yuan Shu faced was much greater than that of Liu Bei!


    Crazy expansion, after the hustle and bustle, there are often wrecks left.


    Yuan Shu is the same.


    Starting from Runan, Yuan Shu first chose the wrong direction, and first tried to rush directly to Luoyang to solve the problem at once. Although Sun Jian made some progress, Yuan Shu actually dropped his belt chain at a critical moment, waiting for him to bend down When he picked up his underwear, he looked up and found that Sun Jian had run out of food and had to retreat, which led to the worst result from what was originally the best start, and also buried the signs of Sun Ce''s renunciation today.


    It was clearly Yuan Shu who took down Luoyang, but Yuan Shao took away the name of leader, Cao Cao took away the reputation of being an anti-Dong righteous man, and Yuan Shu only had Sun Jian''s supercilious eyes...


    Immediately, Yuan Shu chose the wrong direction again. Seeing that Cao Cao had just arrived in Yanzhou, he thought he was going out, adding Xuzhou Tao Qian''s generation, as well as Heishan, Runan Huangjin, etc. to help, and attacked Yanzhou from all directions. Cao Cao, the **** The descendants definitely had no other choice but to wait for the wind and surrender. However, they did not expect that the coalition forces would not be able to cooperate at all, and there was no coordination and discipline between the actions. As a result, Cao Cao made a mess in the end After defeating Yuan Shu''s main force, some of the remaining coalition forces heard the news of Yuan Shu''s defeat before they even had time to set off...


    Obviously Yuan Shu had made all the arrangements, but in the end not only failed to accept Cao Cao, but allowed Cao Cao to gain a firm foothold in Yanzhou, and at the same time let many people see clearly Yuan Shu''s slightly clumsy immortal demeanor under his outer robe...


    At the same time, because Yuan Shu and Heishan, Yellow Turban, and even the Hu people had a lot of business talks and close contacts, many members of the Yuan family in Runan and the local area were very dissatisfied with Yuan Shu''s actions.


    At this time, Yuan Shu''s footsteps stepped on another place in a strange way. After some conflicts with the Yuan family in Runan, Yuan Shu showed the arrogance of a member of the Yuan family. He didn''t bother to discuss any conditions with the Yuan family in Runan, or make any reconciliation, and resolutely abandoned it. The base area in Runan turned to Yangzhou and other places in the south of the Yangtze River. The key was not to take it by ourselves, but to send Sun Ce.


    Not only that, Yuan Shu saw that the civil strife in Xuzhou was uncertain, Tao Qian and Liu Bei were all out of his control, and he was very angry. Once again, he sent his subordinate Ji Ling to attack Xuzhou, and then came to the current situation. Two generals who are relatively capable of fighting, one is in Jiangnan and the other is in Xuzhou, and there are only a few three-legged cats left here, with some recruits who have not yet been fully trained, to resist the joint attack of Cao Cao and Liu Biao. defeat...


    Inadvertently, Yuan Shu became the Duke of Zhou that he admired the most. He was still the Duke of Zhou in the later period. The external princes were strong, but the backbone was weak. They are all allies, they are all their own people, from Xuzhou to Jiangnan, who else in the world has a bigger territory than him?


    Just ask who else?


    Yuan Shao?


    Yuan Shao’s concubine, Jizhou is the only one that can make do, Qingzhou and Youzhou are all bad, there is no good stuff, not worth mentioning!


    Levy west?


    How many people can there be in that desolate land that is so poor that it can only eat soil, and how much output can it produce? Don''t look at what seems to be good now, it''s a dry marsh and fish, and it must not last long!


    Cao Cao?


    Eunuchs too! If it wasn''t for whoever replaced Cao Cao and died, the withered grass on Cao Cao''s grave would be knee-high now!


    Liu Biao?


    Old thief ear! Don''t look at the arrogance now, in fact, Liu Biao is so old, like a grasshopper in autumn, there are only a few days to jump around!


    Yuan Shu looked around, and found that he was so proud and lonely, surrounded by a group of dung-like people. Under such circumstances, Yuan Shu wanted to make a decision again, one related to The choice of his eternal name...


    Shouchun City, Fuya.


    Master Yan Xiang was so anxious that sweat dripped down his forehead, "My lord! Don''t do this!"


    Yuan Shu frowned and said: "Yuan''s surname comes from Chen, and Chen''s surname is the descendant of Shun. Now that the fire and morality of the Han Dynasty has declined, it should be the second place to carry the fire with soil. Why not?"


    "My lord!" Yan Xiang said, "Now that the world is still uncertain, if you act like this at this time, wouldn''t you be in danger of making enemies on all sides? Please think again, lord!"


    Yuan Shu was very unhappy, he played with a jade in his hand, and kept turning it in circles in his hand, without saying a word.


    In the past two days, I heard that Yuan Shao was doing some kind of water virtue in Jizhou, which almost made Yuan Shu so angry that his nose was crooked. What kind of thing is Yuan Shao, a guy raised by a maidservant, what qualifications do he have to talk about water virtue?


    No, is there anything that can be called virtue?


    So, Yuan Shao wants to create a water virtue, and Yuan Shu wants to create a soil virtue. After all, the water is covered by the earth, so no matter how you say it, he must be a head higher than Yuan Shao!


    However, I didn''t expect that Yan Xiang strongly opposed Yuan Shu just when he asked Yan Xiang to raise it, and what was the reason for this objection?


    Make enemies on all sides?


    Where is there no enemy in a tough life?


    Isn’t it called Tude, these surrounding opponents will surrender one by one, and immediately turn enemies into friends? If this is really possible, then it is not impossible to not weigh it, but the reality is that no matter whether it is called or not, it is still necessary to fight!


    Since this is the case, why can Yuan Shao be called Shui De, but not Tu De in my place?


    Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang and said, "If a certain person doesn''t call Tude, would Cao thief and Liu thief be willing to surrender?"


    "This..." Yan Xiang was stunned for a moment. Are these two things related to each other?


    Yuan Shao turned his head away, waved his hands impatiently and said: "I know... You go down first, I have my own opinion..."


    (end of this chapter)