C209

The afternoon sunlight shone in from the Xuzhou's window and the room immediately became much brighter. Liu Bei threw away the document in his hand, stood up, stretched his body, and slowly walked to the window to look outside. The sun was shining brightly, and the bees and butterflies were dancing in the flowers, and a few birds were jumping around in the trees.

"Brother!" Brother! The latest news came from Jizhou! " Suddenly, a loud shout broke the tranquility of the courtyard, scaring away the birds that were in the middle of their chase.

"Don't worry Yi De, sit down and talk!" Liu Bei pressed his hands together for Zhang Fei to sit down, then he poured a cup of water and passed it to her.

Zhang Fei finished drinking the water in a single breath, casually wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and took out a letter to pass on to Liu Bei. He said in a solemn voice: "Brother, I came to report that Cao Mengde suffered a great loss due to Gongsun Xu, and escaped back to Yanzhou with a few thousand defeated soldiers! Now that Gongsun Xu has led the army back to the Qinghe County City, and joined forces with Gongsun Zan to attack the city, I am afraid Yuan Benchu will not be able to hold on for long! "

Liu Bei turned pale with fright, after taking the letter, he quickly opened it, and after reading through ten lines, his expression became even uglier. He dropped the letter on the desk and stood up, pacing and thinking, his dark eyebrows almost scrunching together.

Zhang Fei waited for a long time, but seeing that Liu Bei was still walking around without saying a word, he immediately became anxious and shouted, "Brother, don't walk around anymore, I'm dizzy watching all this! If you really can't think of a way, why don't you call the others over to discuss it! "

Liu Bei stopped his pacing and nodded: "Third brother's words are reasonable! Where is Yun Chang? "

"After second brother received the news, he went to the army camp. He said that brother might send troops to rescue Yuan Benchu, so he went to the military camp to reorganize his equipment."

A look of gratification flashed across Liu Bei's face, and he instructed: "Go and call Yun Chang back, then send someone to invite Chen Deng, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu, and Jian Yong over for a discussion."

"Me will go right now!" Zhang Fei stood up and walked outside. When he arrived at the door, he turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Brother, Chen Deng's stratagem is outstanding, Sun Qian and Jian Yong both have some skills, then Mi Zhu is just a mere merchant, there is nothing else in his eyes, why do I have to find him for meetings? Furthermore, that fellow had already agreed to give the little sister to brother as a concubine, and then turned around and said that the little sister had left home without knowing where she was. Such a person who goes back on his word is truly untrustworthy! "

"Shut up!" Liu Bei bellowed, he jumped in front of the door and looked outside. Realizing that there was no one outside, he heaved a sigh of relief, closed the door, stared at Zhang Fei and said: "Third brother, I don't want to hear such words, did you hear that?"

"Me knows!" Zhang Fei nodded his head gloomily, looking as if he did not care at all.

"Sigh." Liu Bei let out a long sigh, his expression quickly eased up, patted Zhang Fei's shoulder, and said respectfully: "Third brother, ever since we started fighting, there has been no place for us to stand on, and only until we took over the Xuzhou did we have our own territory. Do you know why?"

Zhang Fei did not even think about it, and blurted out: "Brother, brother is a man of great ability, that envoy Tao has the eyes of a wise man, and his son was too disappointing, that's why he handed the Xuzhou over to brother!"

"Absolutely wrong!" Liu Bei shook his head and sighed: "Yi De, think about it again. When did envoy Tao say he wanted to give Xuzhou Mu to brother?"

"I think so," Zhang Fei scratched his head and said uncertainly. "Probably around this time last year?"

"It was the second day of the third month of the previous year! Third brother, do you still remember who was present at that time? "

"This Tao Ying (Tao Qian), Chen Deng, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and the rest are all present, and there are a few other young officials who I can't remember!"

When envoy Tao said those words, Chen Yuanlong and the others were present.

"It seems like Mi Zhu spoke a few words of praise for brother and everyone else is quiet." When Zhang Fei said till here, he patted his head and laughed awkwardly: "No wonder brother thinks so highly of Mi Zhu, it's actually because of this reason!"

"Sigh!" Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei in disappointment and shook his head: "This is only one of the reasons. After that, Mi Zhu contacted Chen Deng, Sun Qian and Mi Zhu many times, and used his glib tongue to persuade them to support brother taking over Xuzhou's position. Only when envoy Tao envoy said that he wanted to give Xuzhou to brother did Chen Deng and the others express their agreement. If it wasn't for that, the three of us would still be wandering in the streets! Mi Zhu had done a great job in this matter, furthermore, he had offered a large amount of money and food to help brother. He had solved a few urgent problems for brother several times, such as being a loyal person, even if his abilities were lacking, he had to be used heavily. Otherwise, who would be willing to work hard for brother? As for the little lady from Mei Clan, she was even less worth mentioning. Women are like clothes, and brothers are like brothers, why would I, brother, care about one piece of cloth from Mi Zhu? I will say it one last time, you must have enough respect for Mi Zhu. Oh right, then, Jian Yong and Sun Qian cannot be underestimated, do you hear me? "

"I understand!" This time, Zhang Fei was truly enlightened, and laughed: "Brother, if you say that, then I understand. That Mi Zhu is brother's money bag and food bag, and even more so, values and trust him, he can set an example for others! Brother, don't worry. I will be kind to him in the future! "

"Sigh!" He mustn't say such words, or there will be disaster! "Go on!" Liu Bei sighed helplessly, and waved his hand, telling Zhang Fei to quickly go out and invite the others for a discussion. He was already too lazy to blame this rash and impulsive Third Brother, it was already too late. naked. How could a naked word be spoken?

On the other hand, Zhang Fei was not unhappy about it. After all, he had been used to being scolded by Liu Bei all these years. He grinned as he opened the door and walked out.

"This Yi De …" Liu Bei heard the sound of footsteps moving far away, and could not help but smile bitterly again as he shook his head. All these years, Zhang Fei had stirred up a lot of trouble, and almost gave up his small foundation on a few occasions.

Liu Bei walked to the wall, looked at the map on the wall, and started thinking.

Three years ago, Chen Deng was appointed as the standard farmer's Academy Officer and was in charge of the Xuzhou's agriculture. In the process of Liu Bei taking over Xuzhou as master, had also contributed a lot to the event. Liu Bei appointed him as the Military Instructor for the sacrifice of the wine, and at the same time also served as a Academy Officer for the farmers. As a result, Chen Deng was very busy with matters at hand, and came to the prefectural governor's mansion early every day to do official business. Hearing Liu Bei's summons, Chen Deng was the first to arrive at the second hall's living room.

"Your subordinate greets the lord!" Chen Deng was handsome, with every move he made he gave off a scholarly vibe.

"Yuan Long (Chen Deng) does not need to be so courteous, quickly get up!" Liu Bei stepped forward to help Chen Deng up, and laughed: "Yuanlong, are you still busy today?"

Chen Deng laughed indifferently: "Not really! May I know if you have any orders for me? "

"Sit!" Liu Bei made Chen Deng sit down, then walked over and gave the urgent military report to Chen Deng.

Chen Deng only took a glance at the letter before his expression turned grave. "Master, it's fine if Cao Mengde lost miserably, but Yuan Benchu can't be defeated by Gongsun Zanfuzi in such a way! Otherwise, Gongsun Zanfuzi's next target would probably be eighty-percent of the time. Nine is our Xuzhou! "

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, "Yuanlong is right, I agree too! 's lips turned cold, he absolutely could not lose! Yuan Long thought about what should be done? "

Chen Deng muttered to himself for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Logically speaking, Master should have sent troops to save Yuan Shao, but Lv Fengxian was eyeing the Xuzhou covetously. Once he found out that Master led an army to the Qinghe County, it is hard to guarantee that he wouldn't take advantage of the situation to attack the Xuzhou! Furthermore, Gongsun Zanfuzi is strong and strong, my Xuzhou only has 30,000 soldiers, even if we go to the Qinghe County, I am afraid we will still not be able to defeat Gongsun Zanfuzi's army! Furthermore, if Cao Mengde agrees to join hands and save Yuan Benchu, and with the two families joining forces to put pressure on him, then we can try to convince Lv Fengxian to come save Yuan Benchu too. Therefore, this subordinate suggests that we should temporarily not move, and send some people to Yanzhou to discuss this matter with Cao Mengde first before making any plans! "

"Yuan Long's words are true!" Liu Bei and I can still be considered to be friends. Cao Mengde had fought with each other many times for the sake of the Yanzhou and had already formed quite a few grudges with him. Furthermore, Lv Fengxian and Yuan Benchu also have quite a deep grudge, would he agree to the three families joining hands to save Yuan Benchu?

Chen Deng smiled slightly, and with a self-confident expression: "Lv Fengxian relies heavily on Chen Gong now, and the friendship between Chen Gong and Jian Yong is quite deep, if I let Jian Yong first persuade Chen Gong to agree to this matter, then there's a very high possibility of persuading Lv Fengxian to agree to three alliances!"

"The relationship between the Constitution and (Jian Yong) and Chen Gong is quite deep?" Liu Bei was a little surprised. He had never heard of this matter.

"That's right, Chen Gong and Xian were good friends when they were young. Although they each had their own master later on, their friendship was still deep. With the Constitution and the appearance of the Emperor, there is a sixty percent chance of success!"

"More than sixty percent! If we can successfully meet Gong Tai, I have an eighty percent chance of letting him persuade the three families of Lv Fengxian! " A clear and bright voice suddenly came from outside the room. Following which, a robust young man wearing a green official's robe walked in and bowed towards Liu Bei. This person had a grand appearance and a thick beard. He was none other than.

"Please take a seat!" Liu Bei smiled and helped her up.

"Thank you, my lord!" Jian Yong smiled and nodded to Chen Deng, then walked to Chen Deng's side and sat down.

Just as Liu Bei was about to speak, the sound of footsteps came from outside again, followed by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Qian and Mi Zhu who walked in together.