[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

A boy with curly hair dressed as a refugee staggered into Liu Bei's body.Liu Bei helped him up, but the other party grabbed his wrist.

"General, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

While apologizing, the homeless youth clutched Liu Bei's sleeve tightly.Liu Bei struggled lightly twice, but failed to break free.

Suddenly, an alarm bell sounded in Liu Bei's mind, causing his face to change suddenly, and he shouted in a low voice, "What do you want to do!"

The homeless boy kept a flattering and shrinking expression on his face, and kept apologizing.While bowing his head, he whispered quickly, "Liu Yuzhou, Marquis Dong is here to invite you."

Hearing "Dong Hou", the first thing Liu Bei thought of was Dong Zhuo.But Dong Zhuo died a long time ago, and few people call him Dong Hou.Liu Bei had no choice but to search for all the people who fit the honorific title of "Dong Hou" in his memory, and tried his best to recall for a long time, only to remember that a while ago, a man surnamed Dong was named Marquis.

——That was Dong Zhuo's former unit, General Wei Dong Cheng.

Knowing that the person who wanted to find him was Dong Cheng, Liu Bei couldn't help cursing in his heart, and greeted Dong Cheng from beginning to end.

He pulled back his sleeves abruptly, said "no problem", then turned around and left.

The young man still wanted to step forward, but Liu Bei drew out a small piece of his saber, with a serious expression on his face:

"It's just an ordinary collision. If you continue to entangle, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword drawn."

The young man was blinded by the sharp sword light, afraid to take any further action, and watched Liu Bei turn and leave.

This change was quickly reported to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was applying hot compresses to his panda eyes with wet sackcloth. Hearing this, he waved his hand to show that he knew about it, and asked his subordinates to step down.

"This Dong Cheng is really not a law-abiding person."

Henan Yin Dongzhao, who was coming to report on government affairs, bumped into this matter, so commented.

"Dong Cheng is just like Li Jue and Guo Si. If you want to worry about it, he still doesn't have the bravery and general talent of Li Jue and Guo Si, and he is worse than Li and Guo. Liu Bei is so clear, how could he accept him? Solicitation?" Cao Cao shook his head and smiled, "Such an act is a waste of hard work."

Obviously, Cao Cao was not surprised by Liu Bei's choice, let alone Dong Cheng's jumping up and down.

But despite this, no one wants to have a villain hiding in the base camp who is always ready to stab when he is fighting desperately on the front line.

"Let's put it on hold for now. Dong Cheng's matter will not happen until Lu Bu is conquered."

One sentence sealed Dong Cheng's ending.

The words are divided into two parts.

Since Liu Bei returned to Peicheng, he has diligently collected the old troops and secretly developed his forces.

Regarding his actions, Cao Cao seemed to have no grievances at all. He let him ask for food, grass, soldiers and horses, and tried his best to help him gain a firm foothold in Pei County.

The more Cao Cao showed trust, the more uneasy Liu Bei felt.

Some people who followed him saw that he was calm day and night, displeased and worried about Cao Cao's gift, and couldn't help asking in doubt: "Cao Mengde loves the lord, isn't it a good thing to ask for? Why is the lord unhappy?"

Liu Bei sighed: "Brother Li, do you know what to do if you cut your head off?"

How could he be happy about the last meal before his head was severed?

The man didn't believe it: "I heard that Cao Mengde is thirsty for talents, how could he..."

Liu Bei stopped talking.

The man didn't dare to ask any more questions, he didn't even dare to raise his head - he felt that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were standing on both sides of Liu Bei, would stab him to death, so he didn't have the courage to continue this topic.

The next day, this "Brother Li" bid farewell voluntarily.Liu Bei held back a few words symbolically, and seeing that he insisted, he gave some dry food and preserved fruit as a farewell gift, which also considered the short-term affection of the master.

It took about half a month for Liu Bei to gather the soldiers scattered by Lu Bu one after another.

He formed a team of these soldiers and the soldiers Cao Cao gave him, and personally led them to patrol around Peicheng.

One day, they encountered a sneaky convoy ten miles outside the city.Liu Bei immediately sent someone to stop him, rode his horse forward, reported his identity, and asked the other party "where are you from", "what is your identity", "what is in the car", "where do you want to go".

After hearing Liu Bei's inquiry, the convoy had no intention of negotiating at all.Before Liu Bei and others rode their horses to approach, everyone drew their sabers and looked fiercely.

The team leader shouted loudly: "Good dogs don't block the way, if you are sensible, step aside immediately. I have delayed your good deeds, I am careful, I will cut off two inches of your crotch with a knife."

After all, the rest of the team laughed.What it means is self-evident.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were furious.

"You are so humble and petty, yet you dare to speak out? Let your grandpa Zhang go first."

"Don't be presumptuous, Guan is here to teach you how to use swords!"

Not only Zhang Fei and others were angry, but Liu Bei was also secretly angry.Therefore, he never stopped Guan and Zhang from declaring war, but instead swept the formation for them in the rear.

After only three or five rounds, the leader of the team was beheaded by Guan Yu.

The rest of the convoy saw that the leader died so quickly, they were frightened, and there was no original arrogance.

Liu Bei immediately led his army to arrest people, and most of them were caught immediately.

At this time, Guan Yu came up on horseback with a sword in his hand, his expression was different.

Liu Bei suddenly had a bad premonition: "Why are you so eager?"

Guan Yu didn't answer, jumped off and pushed Liu Bei onto the horse: "Come quickly, brother! You'll know it at a glance!"

When Liu Bei came to the convoy, he found that there were crowds of people around the convoy, and there were noises in his ear.

The people gathered around the luggage left by the convoy, crowded and restless.

The ominous premonition in Liu Bei's heart gradually increased.

"Get out of the way!"

Guan Yu's voice was like a bell.Under the stern shout, the crowd paused and gave way to Liu Bei and the two of them.

When Liu Bei came to the luggage, he was almost blinded by the oncoming golden light.

Carts full of gold, like ears of wheat in the autumn fields, exude an attractive luster.

For a moment, Liu Bei felt dizzy.

This is not a dizziness of joy, but a dizziness with a chill down the back.

Even in troubled times, the value of money is far less than the value of food... These carts full of gold are attractive enough.If it wasn't for Zhang Fei's mighty power to frighten Xiao Xiao, these people would have already scrambled into a group.

But what Liu Bei is really worried about is not this...

"General, what should we do with these belongings?"

A very long sentence interrupted Liu Bei's thoughts.

Liu Bei scanned his surroundings slowly. Except for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, everyone looked at the frame with deep or shallow desire and greed in their eyes.

These people all saw wealth, but what Liu Bei saw was disaster.

Liu Bei ordered the prisoners to be brought over, and asked them, "Whose convoy are you?"

All the prisoners looked at each other, but no one answered.

Liu Bei changed the question: "Where did your convoy... plan to go?"

There was still silence.

Liu Bei said: "If you answer the truth, you may have a milder attack."

Hearing this, one of the bold captives spoke first: "We want to go to Xuzhou."

Xuzhou is Lu Bu's territory.

Liu Bei felt a sharp pain on his forehead.

He kept praying in his heart just now: It doesn't matter who owns this convoy, it must not be Lu Bu's... In the end, he was really afraid of anything.

"Brother Yi, what should I do?"

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not as thorough as Liu Bei, they were keenly aware of the unusualness of this matter.

Liu Bei smiled wryly: "Give this gold to all the brothers."

Otherwise, there is no choice.

"Here."

Liu Bei turned and left, the dark cloak being blown rattlingly.

He felt that today's facts were too coincidental, so unimaginably coincidental, and so coincidental that it made him aggrieved.

This place extends in all directions, why did Lu Bu intercept the convoy that secretly transported gold?It's all right to stop the convoy, but why is the leader of this convoy like a silly bandit, who is full of obscenities and provocatively when they meet each other?Take another [-] steps back, even if the team leader speaks outrageously and unreasonably... at least it will last longer.He was beheaded by his two righteous brothers in twos and twos, and the rest of them scattered like unorganized refugees. Lu Bu came out to transport gold soldiers and horses... Is this a virtue?

If Liu Bei came from modern times, he might express his grievance and anger by saying "I might have been jumped by a 'fairy'".

Liu Bei was walking like flying, and his righteous brother Zhang Fei was the first to follow: "Brother, this gold is different, why did you divide it up on the spot?"

"I already had a quarrel with Lu Bu. Today's matter... no matter how I handle it, I will offend him. It's better to scatter the gold and avoid a dispute."

The gold robbery has been robbed, and a leader has been killed, even if all the gold is returned to Lu Bu, what is the use?What's more, he suffered from Lu Bu's military misfortune some time ago, if he shows weakness to Lu Bu now, firstly, he will appear useless, secondly, it will easily make his subordinates think that his lord is weak and incompetent, and thirdly... Lu Bu will not believe it, only think that he has ulterior motives .

That being the case, why did he take so much effort and give his face to the enemy to step on?

"These soldiers and horses are gathered temporarily. If we don't split them up on the spot, they will definitely think that the three of us want to steal the gold alone... The money is touching. If they get together to snatch the gold-by then, the three of my brothers will be in danger." carry on."

No matter how powerful he, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are, they cannot fight against thousands of people with three people.Gold is just something outside of the body, how could it put the three of them in possible danger because of this thing?

Zhang Fei looked solemn, and silently stood by Liu Bei's side, and he admired him even more from then on.

Xudu, Sikong Mansion.

Cao Cao threw the finished Yuxi into the brazier, and his face was illuminated by the fire, showing a flickering smile:

"Liu Bei has intercepted the golden chariot, and everything is as expected by Gong Da and Feng Xiao."

The personal guard standing opposite Cao Cao saluted: "Please give me instructions on what to do next."

Cao Cao took out the longest two from the many silk books, which were copied from the advice of Cui Song and Xun Yu: "Arrange people according to the plan above."

"Here."

The guard retreated.

The library of Sikong Mansion returned to silence, as if everything just now had never happened.

Three days later, Lu Bu was furious when he learned that his golden chariot had been intercepted by Liu Bei, and sent troops to attack Liu Bei.

Liu Bei knew that Lu Bu would attack suddenly, so he didn't intend to face the enemy head-on, so he led his army into the dense forest and waited for the opportunity.

But Liu Bei never thought that the gates of the inner city he had arranged so tightly would be opened by those with ulterior motives, and Lv Bu's army was let in.

After only half a day, Liu Bei received the news that his wife and children had been taken away by Lu Bu again.

Liu Bei: ...

Too late to be sad, Liu Bei checked the spies around him overnight, led his army back to Peicheng, was defeated by Gao Shun, a fierce general under Lu Bu's account, and retreated with the remnant army.

On the way, he encountered reinforcements sent by Cao Cao.

Liu Bei showed gratitude on his face, but he was already suspicious in his heart.

Could all of this be calculated by Cao Cao?

The author has something to say: a windfall——

Liu Bei: ...the sky does not send windfall wealth, only windfall wealth.