Three Kingdoms

Either the east prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. This is no joke. Everyone who once regarded this sentence as a joke eventually turned into a joke at that point in time.

In fact, under the circumstances at that time, could people who were in the east wind or the west wind freely choose many things? When the wind upwind increases, how many people can remain as steady as a needle?

Liu Bei is no exception.

A strong wind is coming, and Liu Bei is just above the wind.

"Hahaha, big brother! I'm here!!"

Far away in the Chinese army's tent outside Xiapi City in Xuzhou, I could only hear the sound of laughter suddenly coming from the front camp. Straight into the Chinese army's tent, the thick cowhide tent felt was like a decoration. There is no sound insulation effect.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, he arrived in front of the Chinese army's tent. Then the guard opened the tent door, and a big man strode in. He saw a pair of red-phoenix and triangular eyes, and two willow-leaf eyebrows... Well, that's wrong. Oh, I went to the wrong set. He should be eight feet tall, with a leopard head and eyes, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard...

The light inside the big tent was a little dim. As soon as Zhang Fei entered the big tent, he cupped his hands towards Liu Bei and Guan Yu, then ran to the side with a few steps, grabbed the water jug, and raised his hand without using a wooden spoon. He drank half of the can, wiped his beard, smiled at Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and let out a big burp, "Ha, feel comfortable... I'm so thirsty..."

Guan Yu squinted his eyes, glanced at Zhang Fei, and then silently pointed at the table.

At this time, as his eyes gradually got used to the darkness in the tent, Zhang Fei saw that three bowls had been placed on the table, and four bean dishes were placed, containing some dried meat and dried fruits. Things, the most important thing is that there is a sealed wine jar next to the table...

What a big jar of wine!

"Oops..." Zhang Fei stared at the wine jar, then lowered his head and stared at the jug in his hand, then looked up at the wine jar, touched his belly, and finally let out a sigh of regret.

"Third brother, you should be more calm..." Guan Yu said with some dissatisfaction, "How many times have you said this? Now that we are in Xuzhou, we should be like this no more than in Pingyuan County..."

"Well, it's better to be calmer..." Liu Bei waved his hands and said with a smile, "But today, we are all brothers, so there is no need to be formal. Come, third brother, sit down..."

"Hey!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei quickly agreed, put the water jug ​​away, and then took two steps to sit in front of the table, looking at the wine jar eagerly.

"Well, let's open it..." Liu Bei pointed at the wine jar towards Zhang Fei, and then said slowly, "This time, let the two worthy brothers come. In addition to congratulating Cao Jun's retreat and the success of our trip, There is one more thing... I also want to discuss it with these two wise brothers... Well, let's pour the bar first..."

"You and I, brothers," Liu Bei picked up the wine bowl and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "from Taoyuan to Suanzao, then to Gaotang, the plains, and now to Xuzhou, all the way, thanks to the two virtuous brothers, we have been inseparable. Abandon, support each other...come, drink from the victory!”

Guan Yu finished his drink, stroked his long beard, and said, "Brother, if you have something difficult, you might as well speak up."

"Two worthy brothers..." Liu Bei pondered for a moment, put down his wine bowl, and said, "... Mi Zizhong came to visit yesterday and mentioned that Tao Xuzhou wanted to declare someone to be the governor of Yuzhou... to station Xiaopei..."

"Really! That's great! Hahaha...hehe...uh..." Zhang Fei suddenly beamed. After laughing a few times, he saw that neither Liu Bei nor Guan Yu was laughing, so he turned his laughter into a small smile, and finally He stopped laughing in embarrassment.

When Liu Bei saw Guan Yu frowning, he knew that Guan Yu had probably understood what he meant, so he turned to Zhang Fei and explained patiently: "Third brother... do you still remember the assassin in Pingyuan... In Xuzhou, he is even better? It’s a bargain…”

"That guy dares to touch Big Brother?" Zhang Fei subconsciously stared at his eyes and said. He didn't react until he was halfway through the sentence. He couldn't help but said "Ah" and continued to ask hesitantly, "Ah...Brother, what do you mean... …The noble nobles here in Xuzhou…”

Liu Bei nodded, sighed and said: "How big is the plain, and how big is Xuzhou? Neither the governor of Yuzhou nor the pastor of Xuzhou is that easy to be... Two worthy brothers, think about it, if it weren't for the situation in Xuzhou, it would have been so rotten. , why bother to come here to seek help from an outsider like this?"

Guan Yu nodded and said: "This matter is of concern to someone...Although Mi Zizhong is a biejia, he is a merchant...If Tao Xuzhou had no one available, how could he be hired as a biejia? Tao Xuzhou is unpopular. , it can be seen... What's more, if you colonize Xiaopei, you will be the housekeeper dog of Xuzhou..."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Tao Xuzhou mostly used people from Danyang, and it is reasonable to be slightly at odds with the people in Xuzhou... However, there are many outstanding people in the land of Xuzhou, including two in Guangling, Langya Zhuge, Lu, and others. The Lu family and others are all from a family of classics and have no official posts in Xuzhou. This is inevitable... In addition, there is also some chaos in Danyang... Biao is the governor of Yuzhou... This time he is going to fight against the fire. …”

After Guan Yu was silent for a moment, he suddenly said: "Brother... Cao Pingdong's father died on the way. There are many strange things about this matter..."

Liu Bei also nodded when he heard this.

There is no hatred without reason, and there is no love without reason. The longer you hang out in society, the more you understand that the hormone-driven emotion of love at first sight is so fragile, just like this area in Xuzhou. , the foundation under Tao Qian's throne is also crumbling in the face of reality.

Although Tao Qian is Xuzhou Mu, if we exclude those counties that are only nominally owned but have no actual control, then the territory Tao Qian can control is only two or three counties, and most of the rest are It's outside.

Tao Qian could not defeat Cao Cao, and he had not been able to completely control the situation in Xuzhou for so many years. This fact was almost as if it was on the table, and everyone could see it clearly...

Although there is no direct evidence, Liu Bei feels that Tao Qian was definitely tricked by the nasty murder that occurred in Tao Qian's territory.

Liu Bei asked Tao Qian about this matter, and found out that Tao Qian was about to send someone to send Cao Song to Cao Cao. Something happened, and Tao Qian smeared yellow mud on the inside of his crotch...

Why Tao Qian sent Cao Song to Cao Cao was undoubtedly because he wanted to ease the relationship with Cao Cao and release some goodwill. However, it was obvious that some people did not want to see this goodwill.

As for who did it, Tao Qian also had a guess, but there was no evidence.

And this Yuzhou governor was the answer given by Tao Qian, and it was also the question Tao Qian handed to Liu Bei...

Either the east wind or the west wind, anyway, the position of governor of Yuzhou is located in this strong wind.

It's just that the Xuzhou ruled by Tao Qian himself was in a mess, so how powerful could the Yuzhou governor he recommended be? Apart from a name, Liu Bei could not actually gain much benefit. Tao Qian also knew this, so he sent Mi Zhu to test.

Of course, if Liu Bei is willing, everyone will be happy. If Liu Bei is not willing, then it will be treated as if Mi Zhu's persuasion failed, and the two parties will not be embarrassed when they meet again...

The question is, knowing that the water on this road is deep, do you still want to go there?

After a long time, Zhang Fei suddenly laughed, poured wine for all three of them, and said: "No matter what, Yuzhou governor! After all, he has an official rank of two thousand dan! I only use this wine to congratulate my eldest brother! There have been so many before Wind and rain, haven't they all come over? No matter what the trouble is, as long as there is a horse astride the horse and a spear in the hand, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, the younger brother will still accompany the elder brother without any hesitation! "

Liu Bei nodded slightly, then looked at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu squinted his eyes, looked at the wine jar on the table, and said with emotion: "What the third brother said is true! Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​blood, I am accompanying my brother and will kill him all the way!"

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, then high-fived his hands, picked up the wine bowl, and said: "In this way, I have agreed to Mi Zizhong, and I will rush into this mountain of swords and fire! Come on, two worthy brothers, let's drink to win!"

The three of them picked up their wine bowls, touched them in the air, and drank them all together.

Guan Yu put down the wine bowl, lowered his eyes, glanced at Zhang Fei, and then at the wine jar next to the table. He sighed in his heart: Such an obvious answer, why should I think about it again and again... Although the third brother is rough, but this There are times when my thoughts are delicate...

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"Father, yesterday Mi Zi came to Liu Pingyuan's camp..." Chen Deng took the tea spoon and scooped up the tea soup from the cauldron, and then poured the black tea soup with unknown seasonings into the bowl. In the middle, he said calmly, "...Today Mi Zizhong will admonish the envoy Tao and ask Liu Pingyuan to be the governor of Yuzhou and stationed in Xiaopei..."

"Yuzhou Governor... Xiaopei..." Chen Gui stroked his gray beard, half-closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and suddenly sneered and said, "This old man... is quite good at contingency..."

Chen Gui looked up at the sky, smiled and continued to mutter: "The direction of the wind is about to change..."

After Dong Zhuo left Chang'an in the west, the princes of Guandong were divided, with Yuan and Yuan as the two major forces.

The land of Xuzhou happens to be sandwiched between the two Yuans in the north and south. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Biao belong to one faction, and Yuan Shu Gongsun Sun Jian belongs to another faction. Perhaps it is because Tao Qian and Sun Jian were more or less comrades in arms when they were in the northwest, or there are other considerations. Anyway, At first, Tao Qian felt that the second oldest member of the Yuan family had a greater chance of winning, so he took the side of Yuan Shu.

At first, Tao Qian allied with Gongsun Zan, Qingzhou Tian Kai, and Liu Bei in Pingyuan to attack the coalition forces of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Everyone knew the result. Not only did they raise an army and mobilize a large number of people, Cao Cao had to deal with it from beginning to end. If it weren't for Zhang Miao and Lu Bu. Having stabbed Cao Cao in the back, he might be completely defeated now...

Now Liu Bei is appointed as the governor of Yuzhou. What is his purpose? One is on the surface and everyone can see it. Xiaopei is in front and serves as the watchdog of Xuzhou. The other purpose is hidden in the dark...

Chen Deng nodded and said: "... My child thinks so too... However, father... Zhang Zibu is down south..."

"Zhang Zibu?" Chen Gui frowned.

Zhang Zhao is also a well-known figure in Xuzhou, so after Tao Qian arrived in Xuzhou, he recruited Zhang Zhao. He originally thought that Zhang Zhao's arrival would be a sure thing, but things did not turn out as Tao Qian imagined. Zhang Zhao not only refused Tao Qian's call, he even wrote a big-character poster and made many remarks, saying that Tao Qian was incompetent and not enough to rule Xuzhou...

Tao Qian thought he was insulted and ordered Zhang Zhao to be arrested. However, under Zhao Yu's protection, Zhang Zhao eventually fell into Tao Qian's hands, and his family moved south some time ago...

"Where did you go?" Chen Gui asked noncommittally.

Chen Deng said: "I heard that I went to Liyang..."

"Ah haha..." Chen Gui laughed, "So, Yuanda is in trouble..."

Yuanda is the character of Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu let Zhang Zhao go, and now Zhang Zhao actually went to join Sun Ce. Didn't he just make it clear that he wanted to fight Tao Qian to the end?

So what should Zhao Yu, who is still under Tao Qian, do?

If it’s not a problem, what is it?

Tao Qian is not a person who can take things easy, and he even has a tendency to retaliate. Recommending Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou has the same meaning...

Isn't this just a fine tradition of retribution? Who doesn't?

Tao Qian believed that Zhang Zhao had been despised and humiliated because he was not called up, but if Tao Qian arrested Zhang Zhao, why didn't Zhang Zhao think that he had also suffered a great humiliation?

Therefore, it is reasonable for Zhang Zhao to go to Sun Ce.

Although Yuan Shu did not express it directly, it can be inferred from various signs that the Sun family seems to have become a candidate for Yuan Shu to replace Xuzhou Mu Taoqian...

Tao Qian was from Danyang, and he commanded the Danyang soldiers. Some of the officials in Xuzhou were also from Danyang. It can be said that without Danyang, Tao Qian was like a tree without roots.

But Yuan Shu gave the governor of Danyang to Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing, and then asked Sun Ce to go to Danyang to recruit troops...

Sun Ce is now training his troops in Liyang, preparing to march to Jiangdong to attack Wang Lang and Liu Yao. If the expedition succeeds, where can he place the meritorious ministers?

Perhaps in Yuan Shu's eyes, since Tao Qian can't even defeat Cao Cao, the boss of the Yuan family, what's the use? Why don't you take a shit while occupying the latrine?

Yuan Shu, who wanted to be eliminated from the last position, might be used to it by later generations and considered normal. However, in the Han Dynasty, such behavior naturally caused Tao Qian to be extremely dissatisfied.

On the front, he worked hard for Yuan Shu's foundation, and his hometown was almost stolen. However, Yuan Shu changed hands and gave all the land and connections in his hometown to the Sun family. How could Tao Qian not have other ideas?

The cold-hearted Tao Qian announced that Liu Bei would be the governor of Yuzhou, which was a signal sent by Tao Qian.

Of course, the more important thing is that he can't defeat Cao Cao from the front. Liu Bei can stand up to the thunder or something in the front...

"Then..." Chen Gui smiled again, picked up the tea bowl, tested the temperature, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "In that case, I will send you some beef wine tomorrow to congratulate Liu Yuzhou!"

Chen Deng nodded and said, "Well, father... we..."

Chen Gui shook his head, pointed to the rock in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "The east wind and the west wind are unpredictable, but can the rock in the courtyard move? Contingency can only be temporary, and it cannot be guaranteed for a lifetime..."

This chapter is difficult to write... The author made changes three or five times... Maybe some people think this is not the Three Kingdoms, but so be it... By the way, when Liu Yao took office, he was initially helped by Wu Jing and Sun Bi , only then did he gain a firm foothold, but soon, perhaps because he was just trying to make a fool of himself, or because he felt that he already had some strength, Liu Yao immediately turned his back and began to expel the personnel appointed by Yuan Shu, that is, to the people who were appointed by Yuan Shu. Wu Jing and Sun Bi started... The conversion between east wind and west wind is so convenient. Why do I always feel loyal, loyal, and sentimental when watching Three Kingdoms? That’s because things are rare and valuable...