The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 214 Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, one can be safe in the world
The shepherd boy led Liu Bei forward for two or three miles, dismounted in front of Lin Zhongzhuang, and went straight to the middle courtyard.

One person greeted them with a loud smile: "In a quiet place, suddenly there are magpies buzzing around the branches. Presumably there must be distinguished guests coming."

The shepherd boy pointed to the man and said to Liu Bei, "General, this is my master, Mr. Shui Jing."

Liu Bei looked at it with his own eyes, and saw its loose-shaped crane bones, and its utensils were extraordinary.He hurriedly approached and bowed his hands to salute.

After Mr. Shui Jing returned the gift, he pointed at Lu Ma with a smile and said: "Today is all thanks to this horse, the Duke can escape the disaster!"

Liu Bei was surprised in his heart, but he was silent in his mouth.Follow the water mirror to the thatched cottage, where the guests and hosts sit down.

Looking around, you can see that there are piles of books on the wooden shelf, pines and bamboos are planted outside the window, and the Hengqin is on the stone bed. Even in the winter, Zhuangzi still looks quiet and elegant, detached from the world.

Shui Jing finished pouring tea and asked, "Where did Ming Gong come from?"

Liu Bei said: "Passing by here when I have nothing to do, because the little boy pointed at me, I know that there is a great sage living here in seclusion, so I come to pay respects to Zunyan!"

Shui Jing shook his head and smiled, "You don't have to hide it, you must have fled here today."

Liu Bei's face was slightly embarrassed, so he told the story of Xiangyang.

Shui Jing listened, pondered for a moment, and asked again: "A long time ago, I heard about Minggong's name, why is he still in poverty?"

Liu Bei sighed: "The fate is too bad, the destiny is not blessed, so this is the end."

Shui Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "Otherwise, if the fate is not blessed, how can the Lord escape from death several times? Today's troubles are all because the general has no one around."


Liu Bei argued: "Although Bei is not talented, Xu Shu, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, and Jian Yong are assisted in writing; Wu Guan, Zhang, and Chen Dao are accompanying each other. They are all loyal and brave, so there is no one?"

Shui Jing said with a smile: "Guan and Zhang Yongwu can be called the enemy of thousands of people; Xu Shu can barely be regarded as a great talent. But Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others are just plain-faced scholars."

As soon as he mentioned talents, Liu Bei became energetic, and immediately said seriously: "Bei also tried to find talents from the countryside, and talents from the valley, but I have never met them."

Shui Jing said: "Zi Zeng said: In a city of ten houses, there must be loyal and trustworthy people. What does it mean that there are no one?"

Liu Bei cupped his hands and said, "Being a mortal with the naked eye, I don't know the real talent, I would like to ask you to enlighten me."

Shui Jing said: "Have you ever heard the children's ballads of the counties in Jingxiang? The ballad said: It began to decline in 13, and there were no survivors until [-] years. In the end, the destiny returned, and the dragon in the mud flew to the sky. This ballad began At the beginning of Jian'an: In the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Jingsheng lost his ex-wife, his second wife was in charge, and the family chaos arose. The dragon flies to the sky, and the cover should be in the body of the general."

Hearing this, Liu Bei was surprised.

He naturally knew, how could a five or six-year-old child know what destiny is?This rumor must have been spread by an expert to make it mysterious.Then he got up and said:

"Who taught this rumor? Bei'an dares to be like this! I also hope that Mr. Don't mention this matter again, just teach the sages to get acquainted with Bei."

Shui Jing stroked his beard and said, "Today's geniuses are all here, and you should seek them out."

Liu Bei anxiously asked: "Would you like to hear the name of the wizard?"

Shui Jing smiled and said, "Fu Long and Feng Chu, if we have one, we can settle the world."

Fulong, Fengxia...

Two strangers again!

To this day, it was the first time Liu Bei heard the names of these two people, and suddenly felt that he had been in Jingxiang for four or five years, as if he had been in vain. In one day, he heard several unknown great sages title.

Mr. Shui Jing, Pang Degong, Pang Tong, Wolong, Fengchu...

Then he asked again: "Who are Fulong and Fengchu?"

Seeing that Liu Bei was interested, Shui Jing clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay! Okay!"

Liu Bei was scratching like a cat in his heart, and was about to ask again, but Shui Jing said: "It's getting late, the general can stay here overnight, we can talk about it tomorrow."

After all, he ordered the boy to arrange food for entertainment, and the horse was brought into the backyard to feed.

Liu Bei drank the meal and slept in the thatched cottage. He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

After finally waiting until dawn, I adjusted my clothes a bit, asked to see Shui Jing, and asked, "Would you like to tell me who Fu Long and Feng Chu are?"

Shui Jing only smiled and said: "Good! Good!"

Seeing that he refused to reveal the truth, Liu Bei had no choice but to ask Shui Jing to help him and help the Han Dynasty.

Shui Jing declined and said: "I am an idler in the mountains and fields, and I am not useful in the world. Someone who is ten times or a hundred times better than me will come to help the Duke accomplish his affairs, and the Duke should visit him."

While he was talking, he suddenly heard someone outside the village shouting "horse neighing".

The boy came to report: "There is a general outside, leading hundreds of people to the door."

Liu Bei was shocked, and hurried out of the hospital to watch him. Seeing that it was Guan Yu, he felt relieved and happy, and asked why.

Guan Yu then told everything that happened at the banquet, including the threats to Cai Mao outside the west gate, the disappearance of Liu Bei after returning to Xinye, and the fact that he led his people to look for him all night.Finally he said:
"The military advisor is afraid that the Northern Army will attack. Please return to Xinye quickly and take charge of the overall situation."

Liu Bei heard the words, said goodbye to Shui Jing, and returned to Xinye with Guan Yu.

After a few miles, they saw Zhang Fei leading a team of horses to greet him again. The three brothers were overjoyed to see each other.

Liu Bei told them about Ma Yuetan River, which amazed them.Back in the county, discuss everything with Xu Shu and others.

Xu Shu said: "This matter is not important. You can write to Liu Jingsheng to tell the matter and let him make his own decision. What I am worried about is another matter."

Liu Bei immediately ordered Sun Qian to go to Jingzhou with the book.

Xu Shu's expression was solemn: "Xinye is a small place, and it is quite close to Luoyang and Xuchang. It has become a thorn in the flesh and a thorn in the side of the Northern Army. I am afraid that after the spring, the Northern Army will send troops to attack. For the present plan, the lord should think about retreating early."

Liu Bei sighed: "There is no way to retreat..."

He is a native of Zhuojun, Youzhou, and he has retreated to Jingzhou. Where else can he retreat?

Hearing this, everyone was silent.

.........

Cheng Yuanzhi conquered Liaodong and returned to Yecheng. Chang Si went south and sent Xu Huang to lead [-] troops to garrison Wancheng. He was the governor of Nanyang. Li Dian, Le Jin, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang led a total of [-] troops to garrison Fancheng. Across the river to the south, we can watch Jingxiang, and to the east, we can intimidate Xinye across the river.

Since Li Dian and Le Jin are surrendered generals, their status is not as good as that of Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang.At that time, the former two said to the latter two:

"Now Liu Bei is recruiting soldiers and horses in Xinye, Hedong, and accumulating grass to store grain. His ambition is not small, so we must plan it early. Since the two of us have surrendered to the prime minister, we have not made an inch of merit. I would like to invite five thousand elite soldiers to take Xinye and capture Liu Bei alive. Prime Minister."

Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang heard the words and found it difficult to decide on their own, so they reported the matter to the governor Xu Huang. Xu Huang thought that the left and right were just a small county in Xinye, and if they were beaten, they would be beaten, and there was no need to report it to Yecheng.They ordered Le Jin to lead [-] troops to defend Fancheng, while Li Dian, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang led [-] troops to fight in Xinye.

As soon as the five thousand soldiers and horses here crossed the river, there was a flying report to Liu Bei to know about the horses.

Liu Bei asked the generals and Xu Shu to discuss.

Xu Shu said: "since the enemy soldiers are coming, they must not be allowed to enter. You can order Yunchang to lead an army out from the left to block the middle of the incoming army; Yide lead an army to come out from the right to block the back of the incoming army. "My lord, lead the troops to meet each other on the front road, and attack from three sides, the enemy army will definitely be defeated."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he ordered Guan and Zhang to deploy troops and horses as ordered.Then he personally led 2000 troops, and went out of the city with Xu Shu to meet the enemy.

After a few miles, there was a lot of smoke and dust ahead, and the two armies met in the wild.Both sides stopped their momentum.

Liu Bei immediately stood in front of the formation and shouted: "Who is coming, and why are you violating our borders?"

Lu Kuang got out of his horse and said, "I am General Lu Kuang. I am here to arrest you by order of the prime minister!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he knew that Lu Kuang was an unknown general, so he personally went out to fight on horseback, and beat Lu Kuang back in embarrassment.

Lu Xiang wanted to urge the horses to fight, but suddenly he heard the sound of the middle army and the rear army fighting loudly, knowing that his ass was copied, he immediately had no intention of fighting, so he hurriedly led the army and left.

Liu Bei led his army to charge for a while, but Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang lost most of their troops. They were separated from Li Dian's rear army and hurriedly escaped.

After fleeing for less than ten li, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu stopped him again.

Zhang Fei and his horse charged Lu Xiang and Guan Yu to fight Lu Kuang with swords. Both of them were caught off guard, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knocked them off their horses and died.

The rest of the crowd panicked and ran in all directions.

Liu Bei urged the army to arrive, and led the three armies to massacre afterward, and most of the rest were captured.

Then the victorious squadron returned to the new field and rewarded the three armies with manuscripts.

the other side.

Li Dian led the defeated army back to Xu Huang and reported: "The last general is incompetent, Erlu was killed, and most of the sergeants were captured alive."

Xu Huang was shocked and said: "I don't want the enemy army to be so fierce. The second general died because he underestimated the enemy. Now it is better to stand still. You should quickly report the battle situation to the prime minister. It is the best policy to send a large army to conquer."

Li Dian was defeated for a while and knew he was wrong, so he wrote a battle report and sent it to Yecheng.

Hearing the news of defeat, Cheng Yuanzhi rose up against the case and said angrily: "Liu Bei beheaded my general, you are too deceitful!"

(End of this chapter)