Three Kingdoms: before lying flat, dragging Zhao Yun to defect to Cao

I simply don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth!

I saw Xia Houen smiled ferociously, and said:

"I know General Guan's martial prowess, but my uncle (referring to Xiahou Dun)'s big sword is already too hungry and thirsty."

"If I failed to go back, the big knife would have clicked, and it would have landed directly on the head of the Yan man Zhang Yide."

"How dare Xiahou Dun!"

Guan Yu's red phoenix eyes suddenly opened, and the aura of martial arts burst out.

Xia Houen was slightly shocked, but turned around and laughed again:

"I'm just a little character."

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"But if Zhang Fei dies, I don't know if you two feel distressed or not?"

"boom!"

Guan Yu's temper is not easy to provoke, he got up and wanted to kill Xia Houen.

Liu Bei quickly stood up and stopped Guan Yu.

"Yun Chang! Don't get angry!"

Compared to Guan Yu, Liu Bei was also very angry.

But he understood that if Guan Yu were to really kill Xiahouen at this moment, Zhang Fei would most likely die in Xiahoudun's hands.

So, he persuasively said:

"General Xiahou, please sit down and let's talk slowly."

Xia Houen snorted coldly, and looked at Liu Bei and Guan Yu with disdain.

The so-called newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and young people are full of vigor and vitality.

He won't respect Liu Bei and Guan Yu because they are so awesome.

You know, before coming here, Tong Fei specifically explained to Xia Houen.

Let him be as arrogant as he wants, Liu Bei can't cut him down.

If it is really chopped off, the big ear thief is not far from the end.

Therefore, Xia Houen, who was authorized by Master Tong, is in a bad position at the moment, his nostrils are always looking up to the sky, how inflated he wants to be.

The point is, if you are arrogant, be arrogant, and the other side has nothing to do with him!

Guan Yu wanted to eat Xiahouen alive now, but Zhang Fei was "in his hands". If he really did something to Xiahouen, Zhang Fei would definitely not survive.

"General Xiahou, why did your uncle send you here...?"

Liu Bei asked.

Although he was very annoyed in his heart, Liu Bei tried his best to restrain himself when he spoke.

"Zhang Fei was captured by my uncle. If you want to replace him, you need to collect [-] horses and send them there at once."

"what!"

"How dare you be so rampant!"

Before Liu Bei could speak, Guan Yu was already furious.

Five thousand war horses, this riding on the horses is simply killing them!

Qingzhou was not a rich place in the first place, and now that Liu Bei had just expelled Kong Rong, he had no extra financial resources at all.

Moreover, the [-] cavalry under Zhang Fei's command were already the entire possessions of the three brothers.

You know, Liu Bei hasn't accumulated anything over the years.

All his belongings are frugal in food and expenses, and he has spent all his efforts from Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, and cheated them with "mouth escape".

This time, it was all done by Zhang Fei's misfortune, and Liu Bei didn't even have a hair left.

"I don't care, anyway, my uncle said, there are only 20 days, if the [-] horses are not in place, the only way is to send Zhang Fei's head!"

"you!"

Guan Yu's face was much redder than normal.

At this moment, with Xia Houen's arrogant and arrogant attitude, his whole body was on the verge of exploding in an instant.

Fortunately, Liu Bei could barely keep calm at this time.

He said as calmly as possible:

"Five thousand war horses, isn't that too much?"

"Is there a lot? It shouldn't be a lot for Zhang Fei's head, right?"

Before the words fell, Xia Houen immediately retorted.

In fact, what he said was true. Five thousand war horses can only be exchanged for "one head" of Zhang Fei.

Of course, if Liu Bei is unwilling to exchange, even the head will not be returned to him.

However, Xia Houen believed in his heart that Liu Bei had no choice but to accept the exchange conditions given...

………evening.

Chapter 117 Yuan Tan is Coming, Liu Bei's Trick

Sure enough, as Tong Fei expected, Liu Bei finally agreed to the exchange.

At the price of [-] war horses, Zhang Fei returned.

The exchange location is set at the border between Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

As everyone knows, Zhang Fei has already been cut off by a knife.

What Liu Bei can get in the end is really just a head...

After Xia Houen left, Guan Yu asked Liu Bei with regret on his face:

"Brother, where can we find these five thousand war horses?"

The family knows their own affairs.

Guan Yu knew very well that there was no way to get these [-] war horses in Qingzhou.

So what should we do now in this situation?

You can't just promise Cao Jun, but you can't come up with something in the end, can you?

"Yun Chang, for the sake of the third brother, we can only ask Yuan Shao for help now."

Liu Bei let out a long sigh.

Yes, in Liu Bei's heart, he actually wanted to break away from Yuan Shao and go it alone.

Liu Bei is not a person who has lived under others for a long time. When he first proposed the strategy of helping Yuan Shao capture Qingzhou, he actually wanted to use Qingzhou as a base in his heart to establish his own hegemony.

But now, Zhang Fei was caught by Xiahou Dun, no matter out of affection or morality, he had to sell everything he could to save Zhang Fei.

Otherwise, Guan Yu will be disappointed with Liu Bei first.

If you don't even save your righteous brother, what kind of big brother is that?

But five thousand war horses is undoubtedly an astronomical figure for Liu Bei.

The only person who could bring out so many war horses at once, apart from his old master, Gongsun Zan, was Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zan occupies Youzhou, has a large number of horse farms, and beats Wuhuan all the year round, so there is no shortage of horses.

But now Gongsun Zan wished he could swallow Liu Bei alive, so why would he talk to him?

And Yuan Shao occupies the most affluent Jizhou, and Bingzhou next to it has a large number of horse farms, and [-] war horses can still be easily taken out.

It's just that although Liu Bei is Yuan Shao's subordinate in name, he has no obligation to "[-]" to give him so many precious war horse resources for nothing.

What's more, Yuan Shao is now thinking about how to get rid of Gongsun Zan every day, which is actually a state of stocking for Liu Bei.

I only hope that he can restrain Cao Cao's momentum in Qingzhou, and play a role in restraining Gongsun Zan.

If you want to get five thousand war horses for no reason, you will naturally have to pay some price.

Therefore, in order to persuade Yuan Shao to fund the war horse, Liu Bei decided to go to Yecheng himself.

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Yecheng Conference Hall

After Liu Bei briefly explained his intentions, Yuan Shao asked him to wait in the conference hall.

After nearly two hours, Yuan Shao, who was wearing a red casual robe, arrived late.

Behind him, there was a series of counselors, including Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu You, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xin Ping and so on.

In addition, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan and nephew Gao Gan were also in the queue.

A group of about ten people stunned Liu Bei.

"Hahahaha, isn't this Xuande, I've been waiting for a long time, I've been waiting for a long time."

Yuan Shao seemed to be in a good mood, wearing a bright red suit, with a smile on his face all the time.

"Yuan Gong, long time no see."

Liu Bei quickly returned the gift.

Strictly speaking, he and Yuan Shao do not have a monarch-minister relationship, but a subordinate relationship, just like Yuan Yi who was wiped out by Cao Cao.

So there is no need to call the lord.

"Hey, Xuande, you fought the battle of Qingzhou well. After you manage it well, you can attack Gongsun Zan with me."

"At that time, don't say that he is a righteous man, even if he is a righteous man, he will be wiped out!"

Hearing Yuan Shao praise him for his good fight in Qingzhou, Liu Bei's face turned paler.

Whether he played well or not only he himself knows.

After Qingzhou was pacified, all the family fortunes that had been accumulated with great difficulty were defeated by Zhang Fei in the first battle.

Now Liu Bei's subordinates are less than the guards, and most of the rest are the old Yellow Turbans brought by Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao.

Leaving aside the combat effectiveness, military discipline alone is enough for him to worry about.

This is not over yet, what's even worse is that Qingzhou is now poor.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Qingzhou was the key disaster area.

Coupled with the fact that it has never been rich, Qingzhou's financial revenue is far behind that of Xuzhou next door, and even Yanzhou is far behind.

Moreover, after Cao Cao's reforms, Yanzhou has begun to take off in terms of gdp, which is far from comparable to his small Qingzhou.

Originally, Qingzhou had the support of Xuzhou's major caravans, but now it's all right, Xuzhou belongs to Cao Cao, and Liu Bei didn't even leave a thread.

Those caravans, such as Mi's caravan and Chen's caravan, are now running to Yanzhou every day, and they can't avoid Qingzhou for him.

Therefore, for Yuan Shao's praise, Liu Bei felt ashamed from the bottom of his heart!

Seeing that Liu Bei's complexion was not very good-looking, Yuan Shao quickly stopped these small talk topics and started talking about serious matters.

He coughed, coughed, and asked:

"Xuande, that fellow Cao Cao now owns Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and my unworthy younger brother is far from his opponent."

"Looking at it now, my next opponent, Yuan Benchu, must be Cao Aman, who looked unremarkable before!"

Hearing what Yuan Shao said, Liu Bei almost burst into tears.

That's right, Thief Cao is extremely treacherous, and he's just an old bastard!

Liu Bei carefully recalled the past of himself being entrapped by Cao Cao and Tong Fei together.

Thinking about Zhang Fei being caught by "Xiahou Dun" under Cao Cao's command now, the whole person's mourning mood came up in an instant.

"Yuan Gong, the Cao thief sent his general Xiahou Dun to arrest my third brother, and threatened to take the land of Qingzhou into his pocket. You have to help me decide!"

While talking, Liu Bei directly started crying.