Chapter 154: Lao Liu, Lao Cao invites you to drink tea in Xuchang
Besides, after Liu Bei and Sun Ce conquered Runan, they failed to find Yuan Shu. The cooked duck flew away...
Seeing that Cao Cao had not picked up the credit they had "asked" for them to pick up, Sun Ce and Liu Bei really had no shame in asking the emperor for credit.
After venting their anger on Yuan Shu's soldiers, both sides had no choice but to lead their troops back to their hometowns.
Fortunately for Sun Ce, he still had a relatively stable foundation in Jiangdong. Although he did not achieve his final goal, he at least gained a lot of fame in the process of defeating Yuan Shu.
But when Liu Bei regretfully returned to Guangling County, a horseman came galloping to deliver the order, bringing Liu Bei a huge piece of bad news!
The messenger came to Liu Bei on horseback. With a mournful face, he reported: "My lord, something bad has happened! My lord!"
Liu Bei stopped his horse, looked at the messenger in astonishment, and asked, "What's going on?"
"Xuchang... People from Xuchang came, saying that they were Xuzhou Mu Che Zhou, and they wanted to take back control of Guangling County! Our hometown is going to be gone! Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." The messenger started to feel sad when he mentioned the sad part.
started to cry.
When you go out for a trip, your home is almost gone?
When Liu Bei heard this, he became unsteady and almost fell off his horse. Guan Yu beside him stretched out his hand to help Liu Bei.
Zhang Fei exploded directly on the spot, like a thunder on the ground, and shouted: "Damn Cao Cao! We spent countless soldiers' money and food to help him attack Yuan Shu, and he actually stabbed us in the back? I, Lao Zhang, will go find him now.
Seek justice!"
After Guan Yu helped Liu Bei upright with his left hand, he held the Green Dragon Sword tightly in his right hand and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, Guangling County is our final foundation. We must not let Cao Cao take it back!"
Liu Bei had quickly stabilized his body and mood. He knew that he must not lose his position in the face of such a major event.
Liu Bei thought for a moment and felt that Cao Cao could not do such an unjust thing, so he asked the messenger: "What else did the envoy from Xuchang say?"
The messenger wiped away his tears, recalled it carefully, and then replied: "By the way, the messenger said that he will wait for you to return, my lord, and he also said that he will have good news to tell you."
"Huh? Good news?" Zhang Fei was a little confused at the moment and said to himself: "So is this bad news or good news?"
The messenger shook his head and said: "I don't know what the news is. He said he would only tell the news when the master returns."
Zhang Fei stepped forward and couldn't help but slap the messenger on the back of the head, complaining: "You bastard, why did you only speak half of your words? It scared me so much that my heart skipped a beat!"
The force of Zhang Fei's slap was extraordinary. He almost ordered the soldiers to slap him with stars in their eyes, and he almost slapped his horse down.
Guan Yu glared at the reckless Zhang Fei, stretched out his hand again to straighten the messenger, and said to Liu Bei: "I don't know what kind of medicine Cao Cao is selling in this gourd...Brother, I think we should go back as soon as possible to find out.
Some are better!”
Liu Bei also felt that he could not delay any longer, so he said to Guan Yu: "Okay, second brother, please pass on the order and march quickly. We must return to Guangling within three days!"
Guan Yu nodded, reined in his horse and turned around, shouting: "Soldiers, listen to the order, march quickly, target Guangling!"
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By the way, the envoy from Xu Du has been waiting for almost half a month.
During this time, accompanied by Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and Jian Yong, he traveled around and watched songs and dances, and he lived a happy life.
Today, Sun Qian and others once again invited the envoy to come to the meeting hall to watch singing and dancing, but the envoy looked solemn from beginning to end, as if his mind was not on the beautiful wine and beauty in front of him.
After so many days, the envoy still maintained the same attitude as at the beginning. No matter how Sun Qian and the others tried to "please" or "corrupt", the envoy remained silent.
The atmosphere in the hall was a little weird, but Sun Qian and others couldn't change it.
They had tentatively asked many times before, but the envoy always only said that Guangling County would be taken over by Xuzhou Mu. As for the reason and the good things mentioned later, he remained tight-lipped and said nothing.
Just when Sun Qian and others were secretly anxious, someone from outside came to report, "Report! Stay away, Chang Shi! The lord has returned with his army and will be here soon!"
"Great! The lord is finally back!" Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and Jian Yong finally felt relieved after hearing this.
Jian Yong waved to the singers and said, "You all can go down now!"
When the singer left, Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into the meeting hall.
Xu Du, who was sitting first under the throne, came to see Liu Bei return. He stood up calmly, raised his hands and bowed to Liu Bei and said: "I, the Prime Minister, Guoyuan, have met Liu Yuzhou!"
When Liu Bei saw this, he subconsciously raised his hands and returned the greeting: "Liu Bei, see you... eh?"
But in the middle of the conversation, Liu Bei suddenly realized that something was wrong with what the other party called him!
"Brother, my eldest brother is Xuzhou Mu, why do you call him Yuzhou Mu? You have to remember it, and don't call him wrong next time!" Zhang Fei kindly reminded.
Guan Yu felt that the other party's call was definitely not accidental or intentional, so he quickly grabbed Zhang Fei, cupped his fists and saluted to apologize: "My third brother is ignorant, I hope the angels will not blame him."
Zhang Fei kindly reminded the other party, but was forced to apologize by his second brother. At this moment, his mind was full of questions and he muttered: "Second brother, how can I..."
When Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei still wanted to refute, he immediately gave Zhang Fei a sideways glance.
Seeing the somewhat scary look in his elder brother's eyes, Zhang Fei stood behind him angrily and stopped talking.
Guoyuan didn't pay attention to Zhang Fei's rudeness. He continued to say to Liu Bei: "The imperial court has appointed a new Xuzhou Mu. In order to unify management, the imperial court hopes to take back Guangling County and hand it over to Xuzhou Mu Che Zhou."
Hearing this, the expressions of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei all changed.
But this time Guoyuan did not give the three brothers Liu Bei a chance to speak. He continued: "Because General Liu has made great contributions in the attack on Yuan Shu, the Prime Minister is grateful for General Liu's great help, so he goes to the emperor to express his gratitude to General Liu as the general of the left to lead Yuzhou. Mu.”
The expressions of Liu Bei's three brothers all changed again, but this time they were happy.
When Zhang Fei heard this, he thought it was a good thing! He immediately smiled and said to Guan Yu, "This Cao Cao is really a righteous man."
When Liu Bei heard this, he felt a little relieved.
Xuzhou was lost by Liu Bei himself. After taking most of Xuzhou from Cao Bao, Liu Bei, the Xuzhou herder, actually existed in name only.
If Cao Cao wanted to take Guangling back by force, Liu Bei really had no choice but to stop him. After all, the court was extremely merciful by not holding Liu Bei accountable.
What Liu Bei didn't expect was that he didn't even get Yuan Shu's head, but Cao Cao still went to the emperor to confer him the title of General Zuo and lead the Yuzhou Shepherd.
This kind of kindness made it difficult for Liu Bei to have a good impression of Cao Cao.
Guan Yu also showed a hint of joy on his face. Seeing that Liu Bei was still in a daze, he couldn't help but poke Liu Bei's waist with his finger and whispered: "Brother, please thank me!"
Liu Bei was poked by Guan Yu. After hearing his words, he realized what he said. He quickly bowed and saluted: "Liu Bei, thank you! Your Majesty, Prime Minister, you are so kind!"
Guoyuan nodded to Liu Bei and said: "In that case, Liu Yuzhou will pack his luggage as soon as possible, follow me to Xuchang to pay thanks to the emperor, and then officially take office."
"Going to Xuchang?" A trace of doubt flashed through Liu Bei's mind.
However, because Yingchuan County is under the rule of Yuzhou, and the center of Yuzhou is now Xuchang, it is reasonable to go to Xuchang first, so Liu Bei quickly ignored this doubt and replied: