Chapter 1389 Fighting


    “You must have bad intentions!” Zhang Fei banged his head and hit the table with his palm. The Panwan Jiujue and others on the table jumped up on the spot, but Zhang Fei had to control his strength, otherwise they would all have escaped successfully from the table.


    Guan Yu talked about the key point and said in a deep voice: "Brother, why is Huang Zhonglang in the school grounds?"


    Liu Bei shook his head, but continued, "I asked Xianhe to go out and investigate..."


    It is not his home court. Many things can only be covered up by the troops coming to block the water and the earth. There is no prediction or plan at all. Although he has agreed in front of Cao Cao, Liu Bei still hopes to understand the reason. Be more detailed and thorough.


    "Mr. Cao..." Guan Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Does Gong Cao also have some good intentions?"


    Zhang Fei opened his mouth wide: "How can that short boy have good intentions!"


    "Don''t be rude!" Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei, frowned and said, "You have to call me Duke Cao! The court still needs to be dignified!"


    "Short... Mr. Cao..." Zhang Fei muttered.


    Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said, "Actually... I had a pretty good relationship with Duke Cao..."


    Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both a little puzzled and turned to look at Liu Bei.


    "Back then..." Liu Bei sighed softly and said, "Do you two worthy brothers know about Wang Wenzu?"


    “Wang Wenzu?” Zhang Fei had no impression at all.


    Guan Yu frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Could it be that one of the eight chefs? Someone who wants to rebel but kills himself when he fails?"


    Liu Bei nodded slowly and said: "Wang Wenzu originally had a clear name. In the ninth year of Yanxi, the party controlled the world, and Wang Wenzu was among them, and he was not allowed to be an official... Therefore, in the Central Plains, the clear currents gathered together and established three monarchs, eight Jun Ba Gu, Ba and Ba Chef, Wang Fen is one of the Eight Chefs..."


    In fact, except for the title of Sanjun, which is relatively rare, the other names such as Bajun and Bagu are simply overflowing. There are four versions of Bajun alone, not to mention other titles. Ba Chu is the type who is willing to spend money and be quick to do justice. For example, he is like Song Jiang.


    “Then the party rule was revived, and Wang Wenzu was listed among them again…” Liu Bei continued, “Later, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the party rule was eased, and Wang Wenzu was appointed as the governor of Jizhou. He stayed in the state for four years, and the people’s livelihood was prosperous. Later…”


    Liu Bei leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice, and said: "Wang Wenzu plotted rebellion due to the imprisonment of the party, and wanted to establish a marquis of Hefei as his replacement... At that time, Duke Cao was recruiting troops in Pei State, and Wang Wenzu sent people to contact Duke Cao... Unintentionally, he was Someone learned…”


    ???At that time, Cao Cao served as the Dian Army Colonel of the Eighth Army of Xiyuan. Although his rank was not very high, because he was newly appointed by Emperor Ling, he was closer to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to a certain extent than any other army. Although Liu Bei didn''t know exactly how Wang Fen wanted Cao Cao to cooperate, Liu Bei knew that it was definitely related to the duties of the Eighth School Lieutenant of Xiyuan.


    "Gong Cao sternly refused... However, Gong Cao did not report the matter to the court..." Liu Bei said this and was silent for a moment before continuing, "I thought it was inappropriate, so I sent a secret message..."


    “Brother!” Zhang Fei’s eyes widened, but he didn’t know what to say.


    "Third brother! The eldest brother has done nothing wrong!" Guan Yu said in a deep voice, "As a minister, you should be loyal to the emperor. If you know that you are planning to rebel but don''t do it, isn''t it a conspiracy?"


    "Uh...brother, that''s not what I meant...ha, I meant...well, that..." Zhang Fei scratched his head, not knowing how to say it better.


    Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "It doesn''t matter, you and I are both brothers, I understand. I was also extremely embarrassed at the time. If I didn''t say it, it would be disloyal, and if I said it, it would be unjust... Later, after thinking about it again and again, I will write I received the secret letter and surrendered to Duke Yuan..."


    “Yuan Benchu?” Guan Yu asked with a frown.


    Liu Bei nodded, sighed softly, and said: "Mr. Yuan and Gong Cao are friendly, and the Yuan family lives under Sanhuai... I thought that this way, I could not only protect Gong Cao, but also warn the court." Don’t… never thought… never thought… that my secret letter to Yuan Benchu ??was somehow seen by Yuan Gongli…”


    Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: “?!”


    "What happened later is almost what the second brother knew..." Liu Bei said, "Wang Wenzu committed suicide when he saw what happened... Cao Gong was also implicated. If Yuan Benchu ??hadn''t been the guarantee, he would have been jailed long ago... But it was also because In this way, the soldiers recruited by Duke Cao from Pei State were all dispersed and assigned to the other captains... The captain of the Dian Army had only a false name at that time..."


    Zhang Fei asked anxiously: "Then...does Mr. Cao know the secret letter written by his eldest brother?"


    Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said hesitantly: "I''m not sure, but... I think even if Duke Cao didn''t know it at the time, he should know it now..."


    Guan Yu frowned and said: "If this is really the case, how could Duke Cao give the eldest brother military power? This makes no sense at all?"


    Liu Bei nodded and said: "This is exactly what I am worried about..."


    ?But soon, Jian Yong, who came back from inquiring about the news from outside, put together the missing piece of the puzzle for Liu Bei.


    Jian Yong said: "Huang Zhonglang was transferred from the prison some time ago, and Captain Yu is his deputy..."


    ??The military training general Liu Bei saw in the school grounds yesterday was Huang Xian.


    According to the news from Jian Yong, Cao Cao greatly praised Huang Xian''s army leadership in front of Liu Xie, saying that such a great talent as Huang Xian should not be wasted and should play a more important role. At the same time, Cao Cao expressed his willingness to hand over the right to train troops to Huang Xian...


    Liu Xie agreed and sent Huang Xian to assist Cao Cao in training his troops.


    “Then who is the commander of the imperial guards at the moment?” Liu Bei asked.


    "Now there are three fake school captains in charge. One is the Xiahou family, named Chong, who is the son of Xiahou General Xiahou Yuanrang, the second is the Yang family, named Wu, and the third is the Peng family, named Yue..." Although Jian Yong rarely makes suggestions. Okay, but he is quite good at inquiring about these things. Even though he has never been to Xuchang, he can still find people and get the information Liu Bei wants.


    "Yang family?" Guan Yu asked, "But Hongnong Yang family?"


    "No." Jian Yong shook his head and said, "There should be no connection."


    ??Liu Bei nodded. He had no interest in Yang Wu, but expressed concern that Xia Houchong had become the commander of the forbidden area...


    "Your Majesty..." Liu Bei sighed.


    When anyone meets a pig teammate, the feeling is always the same. It''s like the top laner is pushing towers and junglers all the way. The head was killed, and the tower was also given away. The key is that when the spring water was resurrected, it was also ridiculed for not knowing how to rescue and cooperate, indicating that he would hang up and stop playing...


    Liu Bei has such a feeling now.


    What does Liu Xie want to do?


    ??The military power that was originally well under his control was so easily dismantled by Cao Cao!


    Liu Bei could generally guess what Liu Xie was thinking. He probably thought that in this way, he could join Cao Cao''s army. He thought that he would be like an official''s protégé and former official, as long as he controlled Huang Xian. People can allow Huang Xian to expand a large number of soldiers in the army...


    The ideal is beautiful, but in reality, the military and officialdom are two completely different things.


    Just like now…


    Liu Bei couldn''t help but suddenly realized when he thought of this, and said with emotion: "That''s it! That''s it!"


    Jian Yong asked: "What have you thought of?"


    Liu Bei said: "Everyone, yesterday in the school field, I also saw many Xuzhou soldiers... They were also assigned to... Cao Gong was trying to eliminate the bad and save the good... What a good method, a good method!" Liu Bei When he defected to Cao Cao, he naturally brought some soldiers with him. Some of these soldiers were Danyang soldiers and some were Xuzhou soldiers. The Danyang soldiers originally followed Tao Qian on a mercenary basis, and then followed Liu Bei. Now, Cao Cao has soldiers'' pay and food, but Liu Bei has none, so they naturally transferred to Cao''s army without hesitation.


    ?Anyway, the soldiers were eating food and receiving military pay. Without money and food, even though Liu Bei was distressed, there was nothing he could do.


    But for Xuzhou Bing, it was different.


    Because of the love-hate relationship between Cao Cao and Xuzhou, it was difficult for these Xuzhou soldiers to integrate into Cao Cao''s army, so Cao Cao simply removed them and gave them to Huang Xian for training, showing that Cao Cao himself was not deceived. Liu Xie had asked Huang Xian to train troops. On the other hand, he also took this opportunity to eliminate unstable factors in the army.


    If Liu Bei''s prediction was correct, among the soldiers Huang Xian said were training in the remote and hidden school grounds, the others were the soldiers who had followed Liu Xie all the way to conquer the West and the soldiers from Heluo from Luoyang and other places. …


    ?Zhang Fei''s eyes widened and he cursed loudly: "The short boy is indeed evil-hearted! The Xiahou family is not a good person either! We must deal with it when we find a chance!"


    ? Guan Yu glanced at Zhang Fei, but did not stop Zhang Fei from muttering. He just stroked his long beard and said nothing.


    Jian Yong took a breath and said, "In this case, aren''t we... aren''t we helping Duke Cao eliminate dissidents..."


    Liu Bei was silent.


    Aren''t you happy?


    Unhappy.


    Is there any way?


    no way.


    Liu Bei originally thought that Liu Xie could still be of some use, but he didn''t expect that Liu Xie was just a big empty sieve, unable to hold anything, and even the only remaining force in his hand was leaked out. How else to play?


    "Let''s go!" Liu Bei sighed, "Xuchang is not a place for you and me after all! We might as well follow Duke Cao''s wishes and fight back to Xuzhou! Maybe there will be a new world! Second brother, third brother, the newly arrived soldiers will be in good order, please ask the second brother Now, Xianhe, as for allocating money and food..."


    Jian Yong laughed and said, "Leave it to someone! I''ll go to the minister''s desk to pay for the writing!"


    Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also stood up to say goodbye and went to prepare, leaving only Liu Bei in the hall.


    Should we give Han Emperor Liu Xie some warning?


    Liu Bei walked back and forth in the hall for a long time with his hands behind his back, and finally made up his mind...


    ……………


    ??Cao Cao''s chariot was swaying, coming out of the Xun''s villa where Liu Xie was staying, and stopped at the place where he stayed at the guard.


    "Chong''er, have you ever gotten used to the forbidden position?" Cao Cao smiled slightly and looked at Xia Houchong who was standing aside.


    “I report to Lord Sikong, everything is appropriate for my humble position.” Xiahou Chong is the son of Xiahou Dun, so because of the relationship between the Xiahou family and Cao Cao, it is normal for him to call Cao Cao “sir.”


    "Well..." Cao Cao nodded and said, "I heard that Liu Yuzhou came to pay homage to Your Majesty again? Did you hear what he said?"


    Xia Houchong silently took out a wooden slip from his sleeve and handed it over.


    ???Cao Cao reached out to take it, glanced up and down a few times, suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled, put the wooden slip into his sleeve, and said: "Chong''er''s calligraphy has been improving recently... This hand embroiders small characters, which is quite elegant..."


    Xia Houchong said with some embarrassment: "This... this was not written by Beizhi... When Liu Yuzhou came, His Majesty ordered Beizhi to get some brocade silk as Liu Yuzhou''s farewell gift, and he was not present..."


    ??Cao Cao snorted and said, "Just take some brocade silk and use the small yellow gate. Why bother telling you to run around? Then who recorded this wooden slip?"


    Xia Houchong glanced back and said, "It was recorded by Song Hang, Song Zijing, a humble subordinate..."


    "Song Hang and Song Zijing?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know where he is?"


    “He is a native of Jingzhao, the descendant of Song Zhongzi. He moved to Chenliu due to the rebellion of the Western Qiang.” Xia Houchong said.


    "Chen Liu? Are you nearby? Call me to see someone." Cao Cao nodded and said.


    ?After a while, Song Hang and Cai Zijing came to Cao Cao''s chariot, raised his hands and saluted: "I have met Mr. Cao!"


    "No need." Cao Cao waved his hand, indicating that he would come forward to reply. He looked up and down a few times, then smiled and said, "He is quite a talented person! Why don''t you read scriptures and join the army?"


    “Reporting to Duke Cao, I have fallen into decline in my family. Although I have read a few books, I am unable to study them intensively, so...”


    ??Cao Cao nodded, squinted and said, "Zijing''s embroidery work is quite impressive. I wonder where he learned from it?"


    Song Hang raised his hands and said, "I don''t have any masters...I accidentally got a copy of "Cai''s Thousand-Character Essay" from Chen Liu, so I used this book as a copy, and I copied it a lot in my spare time..."


    "Oh? Do you have this book with you?" Cao Cao asked.


    Song Hang took out a scroll from the leather bag on his waist and held it up with both hands.


    The guard on the side took it and handed it to Cao Cao.


    ??Cao Cao unfolded the book and saw that there were many curling marks between the pages, which were obviously left behind by reading for a long time. He looked at the small words inside and couldn''t help but smile. There was some nostalgia in his smile...


    "The book is a good book, and the words are also good..." Cao Cao laughed, returned the book to Song Hang, and said, "It''s just that the words in this book were written by a woman... Zijing used these words as a sign, I have lost my masculinity..."


    “Huh?” Song Hang’s eyes widened.


    "If what I expected is correct, this is written by Cai Yan, Cai Zhaoji, the daughter of Cai Zhonglang..." Cao Cao said with a smile, "Since Zijing likes to read... Chong''er, I will bring some books to Zijing next time... I remember there are also some "Xi" You might as well give the rubbings of the Pingshi Jing to Zijing for the purpose of copying..."


    Song Hang was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.


    ??Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "It''s a good thing that you like to read... No need to say thank you, just make a living and do things..." Cao Cao glanced at Xia Houchong, nodded, and ordered the driver to continue moving forward.


    Xia Houchong and Song Hang quickly stood on the left side of the road and respectfully sent Cao Cao away. When Cao Cao''s chariot was out of sight, Xia Houchong smashed Song Hang''s shoulder and said: "I didn''t expect that my uncle would be so good at your calligraphy! You boy, you are so good! Follow me and work hard, and you will get the benefits." !”


    Song Hang lowered his head and cupped his hands in response, but there was a twinkle in his eyes.


    Cao Cao, who had already walked away, silently held the hard piece of wood in his sleeve. The smile and nostalgia on his face gradually disappeared, and it seemed that his heart gradually became harder...


    (End of this chapter)