The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 114

After Ma Taifu and Zhao Qi returned to Beijing, Gongsun Zan also returned to Bohai with his troops, and recommended Liu Bei as the prefect of Leling.

In fact, it is a process.

The three counties of Leling County, Bohai County, and Hejian Kingdom were already under Gongsun Zan's actual control. Who he appointed as the governor was a matter of his words.

Originally, Liu Bei was the magistrate of Pingyuan County under the jurisdiction of Pingyuan County. Pingyuan County was one of the two counties that Ju Yi controlled when he rebelled against Han Fu.

After Ju Yi took refuge in Cheng Yuanzhi, Liu Bei gave up his post as county magistrate to join Gongsun Zan.

Liu Bei considered himself a man of great ambition, and disdained to be a mere district magistrate in Cheng Yuanzhi's territory.

With his abilities...

With his status—how can I say he is also one of the nineteen princes who attacked Dong Zhuo.

Now, Cheng Yuanzhi is in control of Yizhou, and he is still on the ground, just a Pingyuan order.

How does this work?
At least at the very least, I have to give it to a county prefect to be worthy of his clear identity...

But Ju Yi had surrendered for half a month, but no one came to inform him of his promotion.

Liu Bei suddenly felt unbalanced.

So he came to join Gongsun Zan, just in time for the meeting, and rescued Gongsun Zan.

The position of governor of Leling County has just come.

Sure enough, the tree is moved to death, and the person is moved to live!

Liu Bei was extremely grateful for his decision to abandon his official position.

Outside Bohai City, Liu Bei and Zhao Yunyiyi said goodbye, holding hands and weeping, unable to bear to leave.

Zhao Yun sighed: "In the past, I mistakenly believed that Gongsun Zan was a hero; now I see what he did. He raised an army out of anger and showed no concern for the people. He attacked cities and plundered the land and destroyed lives. How different from Dong Zhuo and others!"

Liu Bei couldn't take it.

Liu Bei himself was working under Gongsun Zan, so firstly it was not suitable for him to criticize Gongsun Zan, and secondly, even if he wanted to poach Zhao Yun, he couldn't open his mouth at this time, so he could only say:

"Hey, for the time being, Zilong stoops to do it, we will meet later."

So he waved goodbye.

Zhao Yun watched Liu Bei leave with a look of disappointment.He originally thought that when Liu Bei asked him out, he wanted to open his mouth to invite him to Leling County, so he went out of the city to see him off.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei didn't say anything, just took his hand and stroked it back and forth.

Zhao Yun suddenly thought of "Yuan She" again, counting his actions in recent years, except for the matter of looting food and saving the people, he never took the initiative to provoke any war.

Looking at him, he may not be as good-spoken as Liu Bei, but he is much better than Gongsun Zan.

I have released "Yuan She" pigeons twice before and after, and now I am against him, killing so many of his subordinates, it is really not a real man.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun heaved a long sigh, turned back to the city, and said to Gongsun Zan:

"General, the elder of the Yun family passed away a few days ago, so he bid farewell and returned home to serve his filial piety."

According to the custom of the Han Dynasty, when an elder in the family dies, he or she must observe mourning for three years.

Gongsun Zan was shocked when he heard the words, and stood up suddenly: "Zilong is gone, can he come back?"

Zhao Yun slowly shook his head: "Don't worry, General, even if Zilong does not return, he will never be an enemy of the General."

"If the general is here, Zilong will no longer come out of the mountains, and he would like to be a farmer in his former residence!"

Disappointed, Gongsun Zan comforted himself a little, and persuaded him, "Go, Zilong. I won't assume the position of commander again. I'll wait for you to come back in three years."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun was somewhat moved.

But in the end, Zhao Yun still took off his armor, took off the token of commanding Baima Yicong, and placed it gently on the table.

Then, he left the State Shepherd's Mansion with firm steps, rode his horse out of the city, and galloped away.

Disappeared in the dust and smoke...


Outside the city, Gongsun Zan looked at the direction where Zhao Yun left, until his back disappeared for a long time, he still did not look back.

He knew that he had lost this handsome man forever, forever.

.........

But he said that Yuan Shu was in Nanyang and was shocked to hear that Yuan Shao died mysteriously. Cheng Yuanzhi raised an army to avenge him and gained most of Jizhou. He suddenly felt warm and sour in his heart.

He knew that Cheng Yuanzhi and Yuan Shao had never been able to get along well, even so, Cheng Yuanzhi still chose to avenge Yuan Shao without hesitation and captured Jizhou.

He even forced Han Fu to death!
It can be deduced in turn that if the person involved in the accident was replaced by him, Yuan Gonglu, Cheng Yuanzhi would definitely not blame him.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu sent people to send a large amount of gold, silver and jewels to ask for a thousand horses.

Cheng Yuanzhi readily gave it to him.

After the news spread, many princes were shocked,
If two Yuans, one south and one north, are powerful, and so friendly...

Then what else is wrong with others in this world?
Especially Cao Cao, who actually controls Dongjun, is worried.

Originally, if Yuan Shao took control of Jizhou, he still had room to maneuver, and planned to use the conflict between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to make trouble out of it.Ally one side and suppress one side.

But now, it's difficult...

Cao Cao thought about it, so he sent an envoy to Hebei, where he hit it off with Gongsun Zan and became an ally.

At the same time, they secretly sent people to contact Liu Biao to resist the pressure brought by the alliance between the North and the South.

When Cheng Yuanzhi heard about this, he just laughed and refused to comment.

The situation is finally different!
In the original history, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao were allies.Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian formed an alliance.Divided into two factions wrestling with each other, checks and balances.

But that's all 191 years later.

But it's only the autumn of 190!
Cao Cao has only one county, so he is in a hurry to find allies?

Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at the news to check the other two major events that happened recently.

One is that Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang actually controlled Bingzhou - Shangdang and Taiyuan.

Because there are only these two counties left in Bingzhou and Han people.


The second is that after Yuan Shu learned that Cao Cao and Liu Biao had secretly formed an alliance, he ordered Sun Jian to capture Jingzhou.

Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou at this time, and the entire Yuzhou—from Huainan to Shouchun—was his domain in name.

But in fact, only two counties are under his control, and the other half of the land is in Yuan Shu's hands.

This was also one of the conditions Yuan Shu put forward when he announced that Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou.

The condition was that Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou in name, but in fact he was only temporarily borrowing the two counties of Yuzhou for shelter, and returned the two counties after he had a new territory.

This is the territory that was divided early when the two formed an alliance.

Sun Jian naturally has his own ideas, his goal is Jingzhou, and it can only be Jingzhou.

Because the governor of Yangzhou is the nephew of Liu Yao, the royal family member, and Liu Fei, the king of Qi mourning Hui, and the Taiwei Liu Chong.

At this time, the world was not completely in chaos, and Liu Xie of Chang'an was still respected as the emperor, so Liu Yu of Youzhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, Liu Yao of Yangzhou, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou all had amulets.

The difference is that the strength of the amulets of the four people is different,
Among the four great masters, only Liu Biao was the descendant of Liu Yu, king of Lu Gong in the Western Han Dynasty, and he was farther related to the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons.

Another reason why Sun Jian wanted to attack Liu Biao was that Liu Biao had just taken office in Jingzhou not long ago, less than three months ago, and his foundation was not stable.

The surrounding state shepherds or actual controllers are either close relatives of the emperor like Liu Yao, or a mess like Yanzhou, or have been in business for a long time like Tao Qian, with deep roots and difficult to attack.

Only Liu Biao is the least difficult.

Facts have proved that watching people order food has existed in all eras.

Not to mention that Sun Jian received Yuan Shu's letter and immediately mobilized troops to march towards Jingzhou.

But Cheng Yuanzhi was overjoyed when he heard that Zhao Yun had left Gongsun Zan and returned to Changshan County.

Immediately brought Sugai to visit.

To be honest, he had never cared so much about a person—a man.

This is the third time Zhao Yun has been invited.

No matter how respectful and virtuous the corporal is, they have already given enough sincerity here.

Cheng Yuanzhi was full of confidence and felt that he was safe this time. Handsome Zhao was already his man this time.

As the distance from Changshan County got closer, Cheng Yuanzhi's heartbeat became faster and faster.

It's like the first time a man meets a girlfriend whom he has longed for and has been dating online for a long time.

Expectations are directly off the charts.

……

But when I came to Zhaojia Village to have a look, how could there be Zhao Yun?
The villagers in Zhaojia Village handed over a letter left to him by Zhao Yun, which read:

"The day when the Duke dominates Hebei is the day when Zhao Yun reappears. At that time, he will come to the tent to obey orders. If he violates this statement, heaven and man will stamp it together!"

Holding the letter in his hand, Cheng Yuanzhi fell into deep thought.

Something doesn't seem right!

In the original history, Zhao Yun's elder brother died of illness in 193, so he left Gongsun Zan and went home to attend the funeral.

And it was only 190 years ago.

And when Zhao Yun and Liu Bei reunited in Yecheng, it was already 200 years after seven years.

What happened in the past seven years, the history books only mention it briefly, and did not go into detail.

But it's not hard to guess.

Because at this time point of 200 years, Gongsun Zan died.

Zhao Yun is a nostalgic person. When Gongsun Zan was alive, because there was a master-slave relationship, he chose not to work for anyone.

And Liu Bei experienced the ups and downs, joys and sorrows of life during the seven years of parting from Zhao Yun.

From Yuzhou Governor to Xuzhou Mu, from General Zuo to the well-known "Uncle Liu Huang".

However, he was quickly picked up by Cao Cao. He lost everything overnight and was beaten back to the starting point.

With no soldiers or generals, he was alone, and once again lived the life of being dependent on others.

It's just that this time it was even worse, because Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others also left Liu Bei in this Xuzhou battle.

Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, Zhang Fei lost contact, and his two wives were also captured by Cao Cao...

Liu Bei hated Cao Cao very much, and it happened that Cao Cao was fighting Yuan Shao at this time, so he decisively took refuge in Yuan Shao.

Intending to take revenge.

Hearing that Liu Bei came to vote, Yuan Shao went out of the city for two hundred miles to meet him, and gave him the ultimate treatment of a huge salary and casual fishing.

The younger brother is gone, and the wife is gone. Liu Bei deeply understands the difficulty of starting a business.

I planned to just hang out with Yuan Shao like this, and it would be nice to fish with a high salary.Unexpectedly, in Yecheng, he met a man whom he hadn't seen for many years——Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, for so many years, I have been inquiring about your whereabouts, but there is still no news. Where have you been all these years? How are you doing? Do you think of me occasionally?"

Faced with Liu Bei's enthusiastic inquiry, Zhao Yun blushed and was at a loss for a while: "My lord, this matter is a long story."

In this way, the two set up a table of food and wine, chatting while eating, all night long.

In the next few days, the two were even more inseparable, sharing the same table when eating and sharing the same bed when sleeping.

Liu Bei seems to have found his first love again... Ah no, the feeling when he just became sworn brothers with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

On this day, Zhao Yun asked, "What's the master's plan for the future?"

Liu Bei smiled wryly: "What other plans do you have? Yun Chang and Yi De don't know whether they are alive or dead. I don't have a soldier or a soldier now. What else can I do? Just mess around!"

Zhao Yun persuaded: "My lord, don't give up the treatment, at least you still have me."

"Then what do you say?"

"I've also saved a bit of savings over the years. I plan to sell all my ancestral property and recruit some soldiers for my lord to dispatch. By the way, I will send someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Yunchang, Yide and the two mistresses. I believe this. Difficulties will never fail the lord."

After hearing this, Liu Bei was very relieved, so he regained his confidence and regained his fighting spirit.

……

So, this time I ran for nothing again... Cheng Yuanzhi set off on the return journey a little glumly.

"Why does the commander-in-chief never forget this person?"

Su Gai was very puzzled, Zuo Zuo was just a general with better looks, higher martial arts skills, and better temperament.

It is necessary to beg people to defect over and over again.

I really can't figure it out.

Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at Su Gai, and said in a deep voice:
"Xiao Ying, the reason why you still like women is because you haven't met a man who makes your heart beat..."

Sugai opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, but secretly thought:

No wonder the handsome man still doesn’t have a family.

I seem to know something.


　PS; Liu Bei's paragraph was originally intended to be included in the writer's note on the end page, but unfortunately my word count exceeds [-], which is too big to fit, so I put it in the main text.

　　
　
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