Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

"Young master is leaving now?" Li Yang asked reluctantly.

"Well, since I decided to help General Liu, I can't stay here and work hard." Lan Tian said.

Li Yang was a little sad after hearing this. If the young man in front of him hadn't taught them how to farm and build a shelter, the Ganjiazhuang would not be what it is today. He would either starve to death or die from a sword.

Lan Tian saw that this fellow hesitated to speak, so he asked the accompanying soldiers to bring a few bags of seeds and soil to the car first.

"Xiao Lizi, do you have anything to say?" Lan Tian asked suspiciously.

Li Yang suddenly bowed down and said, "Master Shao, I want to go with you..."

"Xiao Lizi, I'm alone now, and the main purpose of going to Xiapi is to protect my sister, what's the matter with you following me?" Lan Tian said helplessly.

"I can do anything..." Li Yang continued.

"If you want to join the army, I can introduce you..." Lan Tianxin said that I have nothing, so I can't recruit a group of followers, right?That was too garish.

After hearing this, Li Yang shook his head and said, "I have learned a lot from you in the past two years, so I don't want to go to the battlefield to fight anymore. I just want to be with the young master. I feel that life is very stable. There are many people in the village. Everyone has this idea..."

Lan Tian was overwhelmed when he heard that, it seems that fame is really easy to use in this era. Although he is not famous among the gentry, he still has a high reputation among the farmers in Xiaopei.

Li Yang in front of him was so sincere that Lan Tian couldn't bear to reject this young man. After thinking for a while, he said: "Xuzhou is not a place for me to stay for a long time. If you really want to follow me, you might as well go to Jingzhou first. I have an appointment for two or three years." I will go there later, and we will meet again at that time."

"Jingzhou?"

"Well, Xinye County, Nanyang County, northern Jingzhou."

Li Yang scratched his head and said, "But we don't have anything, what are we going to do in Xinye County?"

Lan Tian smiled and said, "You know how to farm, where can't you live?"

Li Yang said with a smile: "It's still good for you to teach young master. There are 50 or [-] people in the village who have ideas with me. I'll go back and discuss with them first."

"Think about it carefully. After all, you are leaving your hometown, but don't force it. Don't show off these skills in front of others. The so-called wood beauty must be destroyed by the wind in the forest, so as not to cause trouble to the upper body." Lan Tian instructed.

"Don't worry, you should trust Xiao Lizi's behavior." Li Yang said with a smile.

After Li Yang left satisfied, Lan Tian also walked quickly to the entrance of the village, thinking that if these guys really went to Xinye, then there would be no need to teach them hand in hand.

Lan Tian came to join Liu Bei, but did not stay in Xiaopei to listen to him, which made Guan Yu very puzzled.

In the previous relationship, Guan Yu felt that Lan Tian was quite talented, and the strategies he offered were also very effective. Could it be because of the constraints of the Mi family?

After reading the secret letter brought by Chen Dao, Guan Yu knew Liu Bei's real thoughts. In the letter, Liu Bei said that Lan Tian was still young, and although he had small plans, he was very ambitious. He asked Guan Yu to take him with him to practice and observe, and he could not be awarded important positions at present. .

Guan Yu had a good impression of Lantian. After settling the two wives and their families, he took the initiative to find Lantian and said, "It's a good thing that Ziyu is willing to come to help elder brother. Now that I'm making a preliminary appointment in Xiapi, it's time to employ people. I don't know what Ziyu is good at? I can also arrange one or two for you."

Lan Tian said: "It's okay, I promised my adoptive father to protect my elder sister, the general can let me be a bodyguard."

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Ziyu is also good at martial arts? You really can't judge by appearances. I know you are quite good at farming. Why don't you take a job with Hu Cao? You can just persuade farmers to teach."

"That's fine too."

Chapter 45 Liu Bei Breaks the Enemy and Speaks Harshly

The county-level household Cao is in charge of households, sacrifices, marriages, farming and mulberry, corvee, roads, etc., and is a very important functional department.

Hucao's chief is Ji, the deputy chief is Shi, and there are more than a dozen subordinate officials. Although Lantian works for Hucao, he is also a subordinate official.

In the Three Kingdoms era, Lan Tian was a civil servant in the first-level functional department of the city. At first, he was full of enthusiasm and prepared to do a big job, but he found that his ideas were completely different.

Hu Cao's colleagues, including Hu Cao, all worshiped Lantian as a bodhisattva, and almost did not arrange anything for him.

Before Lan Tian took office, outsiders knew his background clearly.

General Liu's brother-in-law, who was born in a small farming family, enjoys the security and wealth through nepotism.

Although Lan Tian is new to the workplace, he also has a thorough understanding of the interpersonal relationships here through chatting and bragging.

Most of these colleagues are closely related to the Chen family in Xiapi and the Mi family in Donghai. It is almost impossible to find a small official from grassroots. Lantian has seen the control of local tyrants and aristocratic families.

The Chen family in Xiapi helped in the trapping and killing of Che Zhou, and Mi Zhu devoted all his family resources to help Liu Bei conquer the country. They are naturally the ones enjoying the benefits now.

Lan Tian finally understood that Liu Bei didn't want to go to Jingzhou, because it was not something he could do if he wanted to.

After thinking about all this, Lan Tian didn't worry anymore, he went to work every day, and read and wrote when he was bored.

Seeing that this guy is knowledgeable and interesting, Hu Cao also talked a lot with Guan Yu.

Lan Tian's main energy is still cultivating new varieties. In addition to digging the soil and farming in the backyard, he often develops some new dishes to share with Gan Qian. Mi Zhen is always envious of this sister-brother friendship.

Soon, Mi Zhu persuaded Donghai Changba to rebel against Cao, and nearby counties followed suit and joined Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's power was slightly stronger, his army strength reached tens of thousands, and his confidence became stronger.

Cao Cao was shocked when he learned that Liu Bei had attacked Xuzhou, but at this time the main force of Cao's army had marched northward to Liyang. Except for the general Xiahoudun guarding Xudu, there was no one available to attack Xuzhou. Zhong led the army to attack Liu Bei.

Cao Cao was serving as Sikong at this time, and Liu Dai was his confidant, but he had never led an army alone, so he was very excited about the crusade against Liu Bei.

Zhonglang general Wang Zhong is a supporter of the wind. When Li Jue and Guo Si rebelled in Chang'an, and there were years of famines, the people exchanged children for food. Wang Zhong also cannibalized people because of hunger. At this time, he is also eager to try as a lieutenant general.

The two didn't pay attention to Liu Bei, the left general, at all. They thought that Liu Bei followed Cao Cao to destroy Lu Bu and took advantage of it, so they were full of confidence in taking back Xuzhou.

They all competed to be the pioneers and wanted to take the first place. Under the circumstances of not giving in to each other, they could only make a decision by drawing lots in the end.

It's a pity that God's will tricks people in the end, and when the copper coin was thrown, it was inexplicably hung on a dead branch by the roadside.

Wang Zhong wanted to throw the copper coins again, but Liu Dai said: "It is God's will that we march at the same time, why not divide the troops into two groups and surround Xiaopei?"

So the two soldiers divided into two groups, the two armies were separated by thirty li, and marched towards Xiaopei at the same time, but there were no people along the way.

After finally meeting a living person, he turned out to be a blind person who was blind. The person said: "General Liu sent someone to tell that Cao Jun came to slaughter Xuzhou again, and there is a general who eats people in the army. You can hear it." Fear flees..."

Wang Zhong was so angry that he blew his beard. He was too ashamed to tell about this past, so he cut down the blind man with a sword and moved on.

It was dusk at this time, and the soldiers were tired from marching all day, so Wang Zhong had to set up camp and bury pots to cook food.

The fleeing people filled the well in the village before they left. Wang Zhong could only ask someone to dig the well temporarily to fetch water for cooking. It was impossible to capture Xiaopei at night. He sent scouts to pass on information to Liu Dai, but the other party's experience was also different. Not much.

The army camped out in the wild to guard against looting the village, but nothing happened at night.

At dawn, Wang Zhong received an arrow letter from Liu Dai asking for help, saying that Liu Bei led the army to rob the camp, and asked him to send troops to attack him, and he won the first victory today.

Wang Zhong was overjoyed when he read the book. He left the infantry to guard the luggage, and led the cavalry to help Liu Dai at high speed.

The cavalry met a young horse halfway, and the two armies were waiting to fight, only to find that the opposite was Liu Dai's cavalry, and the two sides took out their arrow books to realize the trick, so they joined forces and went to Liu Dai's camp.

When the cavalry of the two groups arrived, the camp and the luggage had been destroyed. Not long after, the remnants of Wang Zhong's camp also came to report that because Liu Bei's army suddenly came to rob the camp, the food, grass and luggage were burned, and the officers and soldiers guarding the camp broke up and scattered.

Where can we fight if we lose food, grass and supplies?Liu Dai and Wang Zhong had no choice but to lead their troops back to Xudu, but were almost captured when they encountered Liu Bei's ambush on the way.

After that Liu Bei laughed and said: "It seems like you and other rats, even a hundred people come here, all of them are like this; Cao thief came, it is still unknown."

Where did Liu Dai and Wang Zhong dare to respond, they could only twitch their horsewhips and run away, with only a hundred or so of them left.

Liu Bei was so proud of his victory that he asked Guan Yu to report the battle report to Lan Tian, ​​and said that Yuan Cao's battle was about to begin, and he planned to go west to Yuzhou to meet Yuan Shao.

After hearing this, Lan Tian advised Guan Yu, "Cao Cao is treacherous and resourceful. He will definitely use suspicious soldiers to contain Yuan Shao first. After cutting off the threat, he will fight a decisive battle. Brother-in-law must not let down his vigilance."

"Ziyu's words are very kind, so I'll write a book and send it to my elder brother." Guan Yu said.

After Liu Bei received Guan Yu's letter, he said to Mi Zhu: "Lan Ziyu is too cautious, not to mention my threat from Xuzhou. There is still Zhang Xiu in the south of Xudu. Attacking Xudu will surely save the Son of Heaven from danger."

Mi Zhu nodded and said, "Lan Ziyu is also showing good intentions, my lord still needs to recruit troops and buy horses to actively prepare for the battle."

"I'll save this, you and Zang Xuan are very familiar? Can you tell him to surrender again?" Liu Bei asked.

Mi Zhu shook his head and said, "Although this man was a cavalry captain when he was in the Tao Mansion, he has always been alone because he has a large army in his hands. It is not easy to say that he is surrendered..."

When the two were talking about Zang Ba, he had already entered Qingzhou under Cao Cao's order to prevent Yuan Shao's army from attacking from the east.

In September, Cao Cao left General General Jin, stationed troops on the south bank of the Yellow River to monitor the north, and divided his troops at Guandu in the north of Xudu, and then returned to Xudu to prepare to face Yuan Shao.

At this time, Liu Dai and Wang Zhong were defeated and had returned to Xudu. They knelt in the prime minister's mansion and waited for Cao Cao's punishment.

Cao Cao was in Liyang at the time, and he didn't think carefully about dispatching troops. He thought it was his own fault in employing people, so he only cut off the official positions of the two of them.

Cao Cao was furious when he heard Liu Bei's wild words, and he was eager to lead his army east to Xuzhou.

All the generals persuaded: "It is Yuan Shao who is now competing with the lord for the world. Now that the army from Hebei is suppressing the border, the lord is going to attack Liu Bei. If Yuan Shao takes advantage of the situation and attacks, what should I do?"

Because the generals dissuaded him, Cao Cao had no choice but to give up.

In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an, the Yidai imperial edict happened, and Cao Cao executed Dong Cheng, Prince Fu, Zhongji, etc., all of them were barbarians.

Liu Bei, who was an accomplice in Yidaizhao, surfaced, and the eastward expedition to Xuzhou was put on the agenda again.

Chapter 46 Liu Bei is defeated, Lan Tian holds the sword

Cao Cao was very angry about the clothing belt edict. In addition to killing people in Xudu, Liu Bei who was far away in Xiaopei was also a thorn in his heart.

Cao Cao summoned civil servants and military generals to conquer Xuzhou, but everyone persuaded Yuan Shao's troops to suppress them. Although Zhang Xiu led his troops to surrender at the end of last year, if Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Liu Bei, the consequences would be disastrous.

Cao Cao sighed: "Liu Bei, you are a hero, if you don't attack him today, you will be troubled in the future."

When the ministers were silent, Guo Jia, the military adviser, came out of the squad and said: "Yuan Shao is slow and suspicious, even if he comes from the south, he doesn't have to be too fast. Liu Bei's new acquisition of Xuzhou is at a time when the people's hearts are unstable. If the lord is quick Send troops to attack them, and they will be defeated."

Cao Cao slapped his thigh and said: "What Feng Xiao said is exactly what I want. Liu Bei has made a lot of nonsense before. He once said that I will be there in person, but he didn't know it. Now let him see my Cao's methods."

After all, Cao Cao ordered Qi's army and horses to go to Xiaopei.

The battle between the Yuan and Cao armies was imminent. At this time, Yuan Shao was strong and Cao Cao was weak. Many people in Xudu secretly surrendered to Hebei. The news of Cao Cao's eastern expedition soon spread to Yecheng.

Don't drive Jizhou Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao: "It will take a lot of time for Cao Cao to conquer Xuzhou himself. After the Lord Xingbing troops to attack in the south, he can destroy Xudu in one battle. This is a good opportunity from God."

At this time, the youngest son Yuan Shang was still ill, so Yuan Shao refused to attack Cao.

Hearing Yuan Shao's excuse, Tian Feng raised his stick and hit the ground with a long sigh: "Fortunate luck, how could the baby be lost because of illness? It's a pity..."

Liu Bei didn't listen to Lan Tian's words. A large part of the reason was that Yuan Shao restrained him. He thought that Cao Cao would not dare to take the risk of coming in person.

When he learned that Cao Cao had really come, Liu Bei was very flustered, thinking why this guy didn't use the soldiers according to the rules?

At this time, Guan Yu was still in Xiapi, and there was no one around Liu Bei to discuss how to defeat the enemy, so he and Zhang Fei conspired to defeat Liu Dai and Wang Zhong's plan to rob the camp.

They used up Xiaopei's soldiers and divided into two groups to attack Cao Ying at night.

Cao Cao has used troops for many years and is very experienced in the defense of camps and food.

After Zhang Fei rushed into Cao's camp, he found that it was an empty camp. He knew that he had planned to turn his horse's head and left.

Relying on his personal bravery, Zhang Fei broke out of the encirclement abruptly, with only a few dozen soldiers and horses accompanying him.

At this time, there were pursuers from all directions, and Zhang Fei was forced to go to the end of the road, so he had to go in the direction of Mount Mangdang.

Liu Bei's men and horses were also ambushed by Cao Jun. After the confrontation, the two armies were almost defeated at the touch of a touch. Not long ago, the bold words he left to Liu Dai and Wang Zhong were like burning smoke and dust drifting away with the wind.

After failing to rob the camp, Liu Bei fled to Qingzhou with the remnants of his troops, and was taken to Hebei by Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou.

Cao Cao conquered Xiaopei, captured Liu Bei's general Xia Houbo, and then marched to Xiapi with lightning speed.

Guan Yu was shocked when he heard that Xiaopei had fallen, and he organized troops in a hurry to meet the enemy.

Guan Erye is well versed in the art of war, he is going to lead an army to station outside the city, and order the lieutenant to guard Xiapi as a corner, just like Chen Gong's plan to Lv Bu back then.

During this period of time, Lan Tian fished and went to work, read books and grew vegetables on weekdays. The days passed very quickly. When the city became flustered and rumors spread, he suddenly remembered that Xiapi was about to be lost again.

Lan Tian made a kit and handed it to Guan Yu before leaving the city, saying: "General Guan is going, be careful, this kit can be opened in times of crisis, remember, remember."

Guan Yu took the kit with a puzzled expression on his face. At this time, the situation in Xiapi was extremely critical. He had to pay attention to Lan Tian's words, so he hid the kit next to his body, asked Lan Tian to take care of his two sisters-in-law, and then led the army out of the city.

Lan Tian returned to the residence of Gan Qian and Mi Zhen, and told them to pack their bags and not wander around. He got a sword from somewhere, and guarded the door as if facing an enemy.

"Brother, what are you doing, are there bandits coming to Xiapi City?"

After Guan Yu became the prefect of Xiapi, he often went out of the city to suppress bandits. At this time, the two wives did not know that Cao's soldiers had arrived.

Lan Tian: "It is said that when Cao Cao came to Xuzhou in person, he would send troops to Xiapi when he was young. At this time, the people in the city panicked, and General Guan has led his troops out of the city to defend against the enemy."

"My lord said that General Guan is invincible in the world, and he should be able to defend Xiapi if he wants to." Mi Zhen said indifferently.

"Brother, since Cao Cao has come to Xiapi, what happened to Xiao Pei? What will happen to your husband?" Gan Qian asked worriedly.

Lan Tian shook his head and said, "Although there are no scouts to report, I expect Xiaopei to have fallen, and we may not be able to defend Xiapi..."

"That husband..." Gan Qian worried.

"Brother-in-law has been in the army for many years and knows how to choose between advances and retreats. He should have escaped safely. His life is not expected to be in danger. Sister can rest assured." Lan Tian comforted.

Mi Zhen said speechlessly: "It looks like I'm going to be a prisoner again..."

The two are used to this kind of encounter. Although Gan Qian is worried about Liu Bei's safety, she feels inexplicably safe with Lan Tian by her side.

"At this time, to prevent civil turmoil in the city, you must not wander around." Lan Tian reminded.