Chapter 336: The greatest humiliation in Liu Bei's life
Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to defect to Jiangdong Sun Jian, but Liu Bei was now a little discouraged and did not want to accept Zhuge Liang's suggestion to persuade him to defect to Wu. After all, he had been wandering for half his life, most of the time living under the shelter of others, and Liu Bei was quite tired of this wandering life.
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However, Zhuge Liang and others have been persuading them earnestly and tirelessly, hoping that Liu Bei would not give up completely. Faced with their ardent expectations, Liu Bei could firmly oppose them at first, but after repeated attempts several times, Liu Bei finally couldn't bear to refuse them all.
In the end, he finally embarked on the journey to Jiangdong half-heartedly.
After setting foot on the land of Jiangdong, there was another face among Liu Bei and his party.
The Jinfan Thief——Gan Ning.
When Liu Bei and others were crossing the river by boat, Gan Ning suddenly led his water thieves to intercept them, intending to steal money. However, with Zhang Fei by Liu Bei's side, even the Jinfan thieves would definitely not get any benefits.
Gan Ning did not know that Liu Bei and others were in the boat, otherwise he probably would not have carried out the robbery.
After the water thieves broke into the ship, Zhang Fei quickly killed half of them. When Gan Ning saw this, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he fought Zhang Fei himself. After a hundred rounds, the two barely managed a draw.
In fact, although Gan Ning's martial arts is good, it is still a notch behind Zhang Fei. He can even fight with Zhang Fei on the deck. If the two of them were to fight on horseback on the flat ground, Gan Ning might not be able to fight under Zhang Fei.
Survive one hundred rounds.
But as the saying goes, there is no acquaintance without fighting. After this battle, Zhang Fei and Gan Ning felt some sympathy for each other. In addition, Gan Ning had also heard of Liu Bei's reputation and had some respect for him. Therefore, after the battle,
So he surrendered to Liu Bei.
In Jianye City, Sun Jian received the news that Liu Bei had come to seek refuge. He was surprised at first, but then he felt relieved.
Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and turned against Liu Biao. At this time, he was completely desperate. What else could he do if he didn't rely on himself?
Sun Jian was still a little happy about Liu Bei's surrender. Although Liu Bei was at the end of his rope, he still had a peerless general like Zhang Fei beside him. In addition, Zhuge Liang's reputation at this time had gradually spread, and
Xu Shu, Chen Gong and others are also very resourceful. Getting Liu Bei is equivalent to getting these talented people in civil and military affairs.
What's more, Liu Bei's status as the emperor's uncle is of great significance.
Sun Jian asked Zhou Yu to receive Liu Bei with the highest etiquette and standards.
Liu Bei entered the Wuhou Mansion under the guidance of the waiter. As soon as he stepped into the mansion, Sun Jian brought Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and a group of civil and military officials from Jiangdong to greet him. Such a grand welcome actually made Liu Bei feel a little flattered.
"How virtuous and capable is Liu Bei? I'm bothering the Marquis of Wu to do this." Liu Bei bowed and saluted Sun Jian and said. Although he didn't want to live a life of dependence on others anymore, since the situation forced him to be like this, the superficial etiquette should still be in place.
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"General Liu, why do you still call my Lord Wu Hou?" Although Liu Bei's attitude was very respectful, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yu's voice sounded immediately.
Liu Bei was stunned and didn't understand what Zhou Yu meant.
Zhuge Liang's expression suddenly changed after hearing Zhou Yu's words.
Zhou Yu could only hear Zhou Yu continue to say: "Since General Liu has come to serve Jiangdong, he should be like us and call my lord your lord."
After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Liu Bei could not help but feel a trace of anger flashing across his face.
He clearly said "to surrender", but Zhou Yu casually changed it to "to surrender". One word difference, the meaning is completely different!
Since joining the army, Liu Bei has never called anyone "lord". When he first surrendered to the army and faced Liu Yan, Liu Bei just called him "general". When he lived in Xinye, Liu Bei also placed himself on an equal footing with Liu Biao.
He called Liu Biao "brother Jingsheng" and never regarded himself as Liu Biao's subordinate.
Even when he was in Xuchang, when he faced Cao Cao, the most Liu Bei could do was address him as "Cao Gong".
But now, Zhou Yu's son actually wants to regard Sun Jian as his lord, and wants to call Sun Jian his lord!
How unreasonable! How abominable!
At this moment, Liu Bei really wanted to walk away. How could he endure such humiliation!
Not only Liu Bei found it difficult to accept Zhou Yu's words, but even Sun Jian himself was surprised.
He himself had no intention of accepting Liu Bei as his subordinate at the beginning, nor did he give such an order to Zhou Yu. In his opinion, since Liu Bei came to surrender, he would allocate a small city to him so that he could help him when something happened.
That's enough.
It is impossible for a person like Liu Bei to succumb to others.
It can be said that what Zhou Yu said was completely arbitrary on his part.
However, Sun Jian did not dissuade him. He believed in Zhou Yu, just like Liu Bei believed in Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu would not make an unreasonable decision, and he must have his purpose when he said this.
Sun Jian fully believed that Zhou Yu must have considered Jiangdong's interests when he said these words. If this was the case, what reason did he have to dissuade him?