The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

【This is more today】

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Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were both used by Xun Zhen, one was the chief of guard Wu An and the other was the guard of Huang Wei. Although Guan Yu did not receive a prominent position in the local area, he was loved and loved by Xun Zhen. He is now serving in the righteous army, second only to Xu. Zhong, Xun Cheng, Xin Ai were several people, and they were shoulder to shoulder with Liu Deng, Wen Pin and others.

The three of them were separated into three places by Xun Zhen, and before they knew it, several months had passed.

In the past few months, at the beginning, the three of them often exchanged letters, but as time went on, Liu Bei became more and more busy in Wu'an, Zhang Fei also became more and more busy in Nei Huang, and Guan Yu was in the army. They were relatively leisurely, but they practiced day and night, and the correspondence between the three of them gradually decreased.

Jian Yong's words for Liu Bei to write to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had no other meaning. It was not that he saw that Xun Zhen deliberately placed Liu Guan and Zhang in three places.

It's not his fault, he couldn't see it was normal, but it would be surprising if he could.

After all, he and Liu Bei and others are from low backgrounds. He, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei all came from a poor family, and they are not comparable to the children of aristocratic families. In this era of "heavy families", they can have a place to live Jian Yong was very grateful to Xun Zhen for being able to get Xun Zhen's heavy use, and to be able to hold important positions in the military and government at the age of 20. Where would he think of anything else?

Not only did Jian Yong fail to see Xun Zhen's true intentions, but also Liu Bei, the main party involved.

Although the rebellion continued in the empire, at present, it was still a situation of great unity. Before the world was in chaos and the princes were strife, although Liu Bei had some ambitions, these ambitions were only to stand out and thirst for fame. Far from the "ambition" of "recovering the Han family" in the future, that is to say, so far, he has not had the ambition to "build a family of his own", neither does he have the ambition to "build a family of his own and restore the Han family", so he is not interested in Xun Zhen's personnel affairs. Liu Bei had no objection or dissatisfaction with the arrangement.

Xun Zhen's status in the court, official position, title and local reputation are much higher than Liu Bei, and there is no comparison between the two. Since Liu Bei is attached to Xun Zhen with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it is nice to say that Liu Bei They are Xun Zhen's "righteous younger brother". To put it mildly, they are Xun Zhen's "guests" and "subordinate officials." Xun Zhen can use them as he wants. Picky, according to the current point of view, Xun Zhen gave three of them, including Jian Yong, respectively, to give them prominent positions, and let them occupy high positions. This is a real and practical use, so whether Liu Bei or Jian Yong, they are both. Didn't think too much.

The reason why Jian Yong said those words was that what he thought in his heart was the same as what he said in his words. It was indeed because he missed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and that was all.

Liu Bei wrote letters and sent them to Xun Zhen, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

In Zhang Fei's place, Huang was the farthest from Wu'an, but Zhang Fei was the first to see Liu Bei's letter.

This is because after Li Hu was captured, in order to prevent Zhao Ran from counterattacking, the barracks in Ye County was under martial law. Thousands of righteous followers prepared for the battle. Guan Yu was ordered by Xun Cheng to lead troops to patrol around Ye County for 200 days and nights, focusing on supervising the Zhao family in Ye. A few manors outside the county, guarding against the change of the Zhao family soldiers, disciples, and apprentices in the village, are not often in the camp, so the receipt of letters is late.

Xun Zhen was constantly monitoring the movements of the Zhao family, and at the same time was busy urging the Junju Cao and the thief Cao to quickly force out the confessions of Li Hu and Li Hu, the assistant official. He was busier than Guan Yu, and had no time to read Liu Bei's letter.

When Zhang Fei received Liu Bei's letter, he had just sent away the visiting "Huangcheng Huangcheng" Cai Qian.

The story of Xun Zhen's arrest of Li Hu has spread all over the counties in Wei County. Cai Qian knew that the reason for Xun Zhen's arrest of Li Hu this time was because the Zhao family "couldn't buy Li Xiang", so he was very worried that the Zhao family would retaliate against Xun Zhen. And then to bribe Li Qiong, the "internal Huang Ling", and cause Li Qiong to make trouble—you must know that Cai Qian himself was also bought by the Zhao family. Fei, told Zhang Fei to do a good job in the city defense of Neihuang in the near future.

He said to Zhang Fei: "The county chief was arrested and imprisoned, and the county was shaken. Everyone in the county knows that the county chief is the running dog of the Zhao clan in Ye County. As far as I can tell, the Zhao clan will not let go. Li Ling in my county. Holding the old army of four hundred, the military discipline is not strict, and there will be chaos in the future. You and I will die in a small way. I am ashamed of the king and the marquis. Be careful and don't be careless."

Huang Ling, Li Qiong, was a thief of the Yu Poi Bandit Army. Although Xun Zhen had already disbanded his old troops, he still had 400 old troops. These 400 old troops were originally bandit soldiers and their military discipline was not strict. Qiong will not be bought by Zhao Ran. If someone in the 400 old ministries is bought and instigated by Zhao Ran, and chaos arises suddenly, the consequences will be disastrous.

Zhang Fei "respects scholars and officials", but his "respects" are limited to "literati officials". He doesn't look down on "repressing thieves" like Li Qiong and Cai Qian, but because he knows Cai Qian Zhenxin was honest, and Cai Qian was well-mannered and had a good character, so he and Cai Qian got along fairly well. He agreed with Cai Qian's advice and replied at the time: "As long as I am here, I will protect the inner yellow. Nothing, my son don't worry." ——"My son" means "zi", but it is more affectionate than "zi".

In the early years, when Liu Bei went to Zhao State to join Xunzhen, he brought dozens of young people from Zhuo County with him. Now some of these dozens of people are with Liu Bei, some are with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei sent Cai Qian away. , summoned the teenagers who were with him, and was instructing them to monitor Li Qiong and Li Qiong's four hundred old ministries, when Liu Bei's letter arrived.

The person who delivered the letter was also a young man from Zhuo County. He had known Zhang Fei for a long time. Zhang Fei was very happy to meet him. After reading Liu Bei's letter, he saw that there were not many words in the letter. He was deeply missed and deeply concerned, and Huanxi suddenly turned to melancholy. He put the letter on the case, walked to the door with his sword, looked in the direction of Wu'an County, and sighed: "I have been separated from my brother for several months." Seeing each other for a day is like March!"

The day after Zhang Fei received Liu Beixin, Guan Yu led his troops to return to the camp.

Compared with the camp, cruising outside the city is a chore, especially now that the weather is cold, and often staying outside the city will damage the combat effectiveness. In order to preserve the combat effectiveness of the patrol troops at all times, Xu Zhong and Xun Cheng stipulated: Troops are changed every ten days.

Guan Yu was the first to lead the patrol. After ten days, he could come back. The brothers Gao Jia and Gao Bing took his place on the patrol.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are enemies of ten thousand people, "the generals of tigers and bears". As early as when Xun Zhen was attacking the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou from Huangfu Song, Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Xin Ai and others had a certain degree of understanding of Guan and Zhang Zhiyong. , Zhang Fei spent a little less time in the volunteer army, Guan Yu has been in the volunteer army these months, Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Xin Ai and others have a better understanding of his martial arts, Xun Cheng commented in private: "Yingchuan Of all the masters, A Deng is the most fierce and fierce, but compared to Yun Chang, A Deng is not as good." In terms of foot warfare, Liu Deng may still be able to resist Guan Yu, but in cavalry warfare, Liu Deng is indeed not as good as Guan Yu. many. In any case, Guan Yu is one of the most dazzling generals in this era.

Xun Cheng was reminded by Xun Zhen, and he understood that the righteous soldiers were the foundation of Xun Zhen's foothold in Wei County. , Knowing Guan Yu's bravery, when Guan Yu returned to the camp, he personally went out to greet him.

It should be said that Xun Cheng had a "contempt" attitude towards the "wufu" people, which is far inferior to Xun Zhen's "Li Xian Corporal", but it is strange to say that Guan Yu's first impression of Xun Zhen was not good, but his impression of Xun Cheng was still good.

There are probably two reasons for this.

One is that although Xun Cheng "despised" and "Wufu", he didn't usually show it. This "contempt" only existed inside, and people like Guan Yu who were not very close to him couldn't feel his "contempt". despised".

Another is that Xun Cheng is more "human" than Xun Zhen. In other words, compared with Xun Zhen, although Xun Cheng also came from a noble family, he is more like a living person.

Knowing the future, Xun Zhen "has great ambitions" and "restrains self-restraint" at all times. Except for the next elephant show and drinking tea, he has almost no hobbies and no obvious shortcomings. Every day, he deals with military and political affairs and reads the scriptures. , practicing swordsmanship and archery, day after day, without tiring, and without showing emotions and anger, the city is very deep, it will make sensitive people feel that he is a little less "human", of course, this kind of "lesser" A little bit of human taste", in the eyes of "visionary" people, it may be a manifestation of "can achieve great things". Xun Cheng is not the case. Xun Cheng has both advantages and disadvantages. For example, he likes to collect and collect tile dang. Although it is a hobby like Xun Zhen's chess play, Xun Zhen plays chess very restrained and is only an occasional entertainment. However, Xun Cheng almost "integrated his love for tiledang into his life". Even when he was in Zhao County to pacify the thieves before, he did not forget to collect this thing along the way. No matter how you look at it, it is a bit unprofessional. Moreover, although Xun Cheng also has a palace, it is definitely not. Xun Zhen's "feelings are hardly exposed", which is much more "human" than Xun Zhen.

A person who has almost no flaws will be respected by people and appreciated by "people of insight", but at the same time, some people will "stay away" from him. On the contrary, a person with advantages and obvious shortcomings, It may not be appreciated by people of insight, but it will be approached by some people, but it will make some people think he is "cute".

If Xun Zhen is compared to the former, Xun Cheng is the latter.

According to Guan Yu's character, he doesn't like Xun Zhen, but between Xun Cheng and Xu Zhong, he should have a closer relationship with Xu Zhong. He is similar to Xun Zhen when it comes to dealing with people. For example, in terms of preferences, he and Xun Zhen have no special preferences. In the city government, he is also similar to Xun Zhen. Because his face is injured, he wears a black face towel all the year round, which makes people wonder what he is thinking. Also, he is similar to Xun Zhen when it comes to light wealth and righteousness. However, a person with a character like him is inherently dignified in the army, and can certainly gain the loyalty of his subordinates and the effectiveness of a soldier. However, in terms of "cuteness", it is not as good as Xun Cheng.

Because of this, among so many people under Xun Zhen's account, in Guan Yu's eyes, at present, only Xun Cheng can make him feel close.

At the gate of the camp, seeing Xun Cheng’s marriage coming to welcome him, Guan Yu jumped off his horse and bowed despite wearing armor.

Xun Cheng returned the salute and said with a smile: "It's almost the winter solstice, it's getting colder and colder today. It's freezing cold, and the cloud grows out to patrol for ten days. It's hard work!" , led him a horse and led him into the camp.

Guan Yu is cold to those he doesn't like, but not to those he likes or respects. He also has a "warm" side. He replied with a smile: "Yu's family in Hedong, and he lives in Zhuojun, whether it is Hedong or Zhuojun. , Speaking of the cold weather, it is much colder than the winter in Wei County. This coldness in Wei County is nothing. It is Jun, Jun's family Yingchuan, Yingchuan is in the south of Wei County. I think it should be warmer in winter than Wei County. Bar?"

"It's not too warm! To tell the truth, although I am from the north, I am not resistant to heat and cold. In the past, when I was at home in Yingchuan, in the middle of winter, I hardly stayed at home. The stove, and the bed with the quilt, I especially find it cold."

Guan Yu laughed and said, "So, in the past few years, Jun has suffered."

"Who said it wasn't? It's been nearly three years since Junhou left Yingchuan in the first year of Zhongping! In the past three years, I have traveled to various places to fight bandits. Even if it is snowing heavily in the deep winter, you have to fight against the cold, it is unbearable and unbearable!" Xun Cheng shook his head again and again with a look of pain on his face.

Guan Yu couldn't help laughing.

While talking, the two went to the camp and chatted for a while. Xun Cheng changed the subject and asked about the Zhao family's manor outside Ye County: "These days Yunchang is patrolling outside, is there anything unusual in the countryside outside the county?"

"Besides encountering some refugees, there is nothing unusual."

After Xun Zhen pacified the poison thief army, he dispatched Wen Ping and others to suppress the remaining bandits in the counties. Other counties were also stable and peaceful. Julu in the southeast of Wei County, Dong County in the east, Hanoi in the south and other counties were either in chaos by robbers or giant bandits. There are refugees pouring into the Wei County boundary.

Xun Zhen has already made deployments for this, and there are two deployments.

The first is to order the counties to do their best to settle these refugees, and try their best to settle these refugees in their own counties. First, this is a good deed, and second, “increasing household registration” is the highlight of the annual performance appraisal. Wei County has been in chaos for years, and the treasury is empty. Although this year's autumn harvest is not very good, at least it has made up for Wei County. Too many refugees can't settle down, and thousands of people can still be settled.

Of course, if there is a shortage of resources and cannot be accommodated, it is not forced, but porridge must be provided every few days. If there is no food for porridge, an application can be made to the county government, and the county government will allocate food for it.

The second is to order the county's "shouxianwei", county captains, and Wenpin, who leads the army to suppress thieves, to be responsible for the security of each county, so as to prevent the refugees from taking risks and gathering into thieves.

Xun Cheng is not very interested in refugees. He is now a "military", and it is not his responsibility to arrange the refugees. He mainly pays attention to whether there is any change in the Zhao family's manor outside the county. Putting down his snacks, he stopped talking about this matter. Seeing that he was about to reach the camp where Guan Yu lived, he stopped ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and smiled: "Chang Yun, go back to the tent to wash and change first. On the day of the sun, the toil is very heavy, and Junqing specially instructed me to prepare a banquet, wash the dust for you, and when the sun goes down, I will come back to invite you."

Guan Yu and Xun Cheng bid farewell to each other for the time being, and put them in the account.

A person in charge of documents in the tent took the letter that Liu Bei had previously sent, and presented it to him.

Guan Yu ordered to fetch clean water, washed his hands, knelt upright and sat on the table, opened the letter and read it carefully.

Liu Bei's letter to Guan Yu is similar to Zhang Fei's letter, and there are not many sentences, but the love of love is vivid on the paper.

Guan Yu looked at it, full of melancholy.

Someone outside the tent came in and reported: "The warm soup has been prepared, please take a bath."

Guan Yu did not go, nor changed his armor, but got up from the table and strode out of the tent. The two guards guarding outside the tent hurriedly followed, and one of them asked, "The warm soup is ready, you don't want to take a bath and change clothes, but where are you going?"

"I'm going to ask to see Jiang (Xu Zhong) and Xun Erjun, and I want to take a three-day leave."

"Begging for three days off, but why?"

"I'm going to Wu'an."

"Ah?..., Xiao Xun Jun said just now that the dust washing banquet has been prepared for you, why should you go to ask for leave now? Why not wait for Xiao Xun Jun to ask for leave after the evening banquet, so as not to delay your departure to Wu'an tomorrow morning."

"My brother and I haven't seen each other for a few months. My brother has written to me. I miss my feelings so much. It's too late for me to go to Wu'an to meet my brother. How can I wait until I get the evening banquet and then go tomorrow?" ( To be continued)