Liu Bei was wearing a regular dress, standing with his hands behind his back, looking to the north.
The weather was getting hotter and he was not wearing much clothes, and he was not wearing boots on his feet. He was just a pair of straw sandals with his trousers rolled up, looking like a farmer who had just come from the farmland.
Unlike the farmer, he had a long sword stuck between his waist.
Jian Yong stood aside and reminded him, "Lord, Zang Ba is here."
Liu Bei nodded, withdrew his gaze and looked at Yishui in the distance. Several boats were down the water, and a group of people were standing on the bow of the boat, looking here. One of them was Sun Gan who was going to discuss with Zang Ba. .
"Xianhe, will Zang Ba form an alliance with me?"
"As soon as the Yuan army in Qingzhou went south, he was the first to be the one who wanted me."
"He won't surrender to Yuan Shao?"
"It's not that he refused, but that Yuan Shao refused to accept his surrender." Jian Yong laughed twice. "The prefect who wanted to kill his father Zang Jie was an old official of the Yuan family. Maybe there was Yuan behind that incident. The shadow of the clan. Besides, the generals under Yuan Shao’s command are not the great clan of Jizhou, and he is the place where the bandits of Mount Tai are established. Even if he is willing to surrender, he will not get the official title he wants and can only work hard for others.”
Liu Bei smacked his lips, wanted to speak but stopped, and finally just sighed.
Zang Ba is like this, so why isn't he like this?
"My lord, don't hesitate. Although Yuan Shao's military strength was very strong, it was just the afterglow of the sunset. As long as the lord can use Yunchang's plan, unite and block Yuan Shao's desperate bets and defend Xuzhou for the court, the future will be limitless."
Liu Bei looked back at Jian Yong and couldn't help laughing. "Xianhe, you have always been incompatible with Yun Chang, why do you admire Yun Chang's plan so much?"
"Because that is the only way for the lord to win." Jian Yong grabbed his messy beard and raised his eyebrows lightly. "Besides, this is not his plan, but the plan of the court and the emperor. If he learns it, I will Can't learn it?"
Liu Bei laughed. After a while, he said quietly: "It turns out that what Xianhe advocated is not Yun Chang, but the Emperor."
Jian Yong said: "With the young man, he can defeat Li Jue first and then the Xianbei, who would not praise such a wise monarch? Isn't the lord respectful?"
"I... of course I also admire it." Liu Bei sighed: "It's a pity that he may not be able to like me."
Jian Yong curled his lips, but he stopped talking.
Liu Bei submitted a document to report the victory, but the court did not respond, which disappointed Liu Bei. However, in his opinion, the court was unreproachable. It was because Liu Bei refused to express his attitude and only wanted to get more appointments and rewards from the court. Yuan Shao's army was approaching, and he refused to break up with Yuan Shao. How could he satisfy the court?
Zang Ba and others arrived at the ferry, got off the boat, and walked up the mountain.
Liu Bei caught a few steps and met Zang Ba.
Zang Ba is about seven feet, five or six inches tall. He looks rough and generous, but has a pair of slender eyes, which makes people feel uneasy.
"Envoy, I have been hiding for a long time." Zang Ba took the lead and saluted Liu Bei. He looked at Liu Bei seriously and showed a meaningful smile. "Everyone says that the envoy has a strange appearance, but it is indeed different."
Liu Bei laughed. "Xuan Gao, don't listen to the rumors of those villagers and women. I am not confused in my age and have accomplished nothing. There is no strange thing to say, but I am just a premature aging. Now that Yuan Shao's army is approaching, I want to be the court I was unable to serve, so I had to ask Xuan Gao to help me, and please don’t abandon me.”
Gu/span>Zang Ba smiled. "I dare not come if the envoy is summoned. But my troops are limited and my money and food are not sufficient. I am afraid I can't help too much, and I will disappoint the envoy."
"The soldiers are elite, not many. The Taishan soldiers are famous elites. With Xuan Gao's help, they will succeed." Liu Bei said, and enthusiastically invited Zang Ba to the table.
"How many people are there for you?" Zang Ba straight to the point.
"There are 30,000 elite soldiers here, and 10,000 are led by Chen Deng, in Long Kang."
Zang Ba looked at Liu Bei in surprise and couldn't help laughing out loud. "What kind of money has the envoy made recently? He can actually gather 30,000 elite soldiers?"
Liu Bei remained silent. "Working for the court, why do you have to use money? Or are you still worried that the court will let down the meritorious soldiers? Didn't you hear that Zhang Yang, Huang Yi and others were granted marquis in battle, and even Ma Teng's daughter
Because he killed the Xianbei general, he was granted the title of marquis as a woman."
"Is there such a thing?" Zang Ba was stunned for a moment, with a little more suspicious look in his eyes.
"It's true." Liu Bei followed the flow and told the story he knew.
Although he did not clearly submit to the court, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun passed the news and knew the movements of the court.
Zang Ba is in Xuzhou and has no relationship with the imperial court. He only knows that the emperor is in Bingliang to make contributions, but he does not know the specific news. He was surprised and happy to hear Liu Bei say this. What was shocking is that the emperor's actions are unfaithful and unbelievable, and happy to be happy
The emperor was invincible, and the Han Dynasty had hope of revival, and it was more attractive to follow Liu Bei to serve the court.
Scholars and women can be granted a title of marquis for military merits. I am a good man. Isn’t it natural for me to be granted a title of marquis for military merits?
After listening to Liu Bei's story, Zang Ba laughed. "The envoy knows everything about the court. Can you tell me when the court will send troops to attack Yuan Shao?"
"It's almost done. Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi, has entered Guanzhong and can go east at any time. Xun You, the guardian of Youyan, has also trained his troops and horses. He just waited for the autumn wind to come, and then rode his horse to knock on the gate until Youji."
Zang Ba pinched his fingers and calculated. "So, Yuan Shao only has two or three months."
"That is, as long as we can hold on for two or three months, Yuan Shao's death will come as soon as the imperial army comes out. Xuangao, you and I will separate our troops to defend, you will defend Langya and I will defend Pengcheng, how about it?"
"Okay." Zang Ba clapped his hands and agreed. "I dare not say it if I have too much, I'm sure I'm sure in two or three months."
"Happy." Liu Bei raised his glass and drank it all with Zang Ba.
After the two drank a few glasses of wine, Liu Bei ordered someone to sing and dance, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.
Although Zang Ba and others dominate the country, they are just bandits in the mountains. How could they often enjoy singing and dancing and drink fine wine? Today, they were invited by Liu Bei to form an alliance. They were originally worried that Yuan Shao was powerful and Liu Bei could not support him. Now they know that Yuan Shao was only for a while.
The scenery, and Liu Bei had 30,000 more troops, enough to defend Pengcheng. He immediately felt relieved, opened his stomach to drink, and his eyes couldn't control himself and looked around.
Liu Bei, Zang Ba and others exchanged cups and chatted and laughed, with a calm look on their faces.
Sun Qian was accompanying him, feeling uneasy.
Zang Ba and others did not know the truth. They believed whatever Liu Bei said. But he knew very well that not to mention the 30,000 elite soldiers, the total number of all the people under Liu Bei who could go into battle was less than 20,000.
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