"I always feel like I've seen this guy before somewhere." Zhang Fei's unintentional words made Liu Bei's heart tense, and even Guan Yu, who had never cared about other things, looked at him.
But the portrait is a bit distorted after all. The artist's skills are already superb, and the painting has a certain charm. It's only been two years since they last met, and it was a quick glance at it. Zhang Fei really couldn't remember it at once.
"Think about it again, but did you see this person when you were in Pengcheng?" Liu Bei asked this for no reason, because when he was in Xuchang, Guan Yu kept murmuring Lin Mo's name as if he had some impression. Now Zhang Fei mentioned it again, which inevitably made him a little suspicious.
As soon as he mentioned Pengcheng, Zhang Fei's dusty memory was like a layer of fog blown away in an instant. He suddenly remembered all the things in the past, widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Yes, yes, it was in Pengcheng. Back then, this boy wanted to "
Then, he didn't dare to speak anymore. He bit his nails, his dark face turned red, and he looked at Liu Bei timidly.
If you tell your elder brother about this, he won't be particularly angry, right?
"What else do you want?" After getting the definite answer, Liu Bei slowly stood up and looked at Zhang Fei seriously, with a look of expectation on his face.
"He, he, he wants, he wants"
"Go on, third brother, what's going on?" Guan Yu couldn't wait any longer. He hated the broken dog the most.
"He wants to defect to you"
Zhang Fei lowered his head and his voice was as thin as a mosquito. This was the first time in so many years that he behaved like this.
Seeing that his two brothers were petrified and motionless after hearing his words, Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "Brother, this guy was guarding the gate of Pengcheng Mansion Office back then. I heard the guard said that he would stay there for a whole day. I suspected that he had ulterior motives. , so he was blasted away as an assassin."
My stupid brother, do you know what you did?
Liu Bei heard his heart being shattered, and the impenetrable defense line was crumbling inch by inch. It was very clear, very clear, so clear that his eyes were blurred.
Lin Mo actually came to vote for me?
Just in Xuzhou, just in Pengcheng.
This astonishing genius, in order to see me, stayed at the gate of the government office all day, just to assist me.
However, his third brother regarded him as an assassin and turned him away.
Oh my God, it turns out that it’s not that I haven’t been favored by heaven, but that I haven’t been able to keep the gift from heaven.
Starting from the sworn alliance in Taoyuan, Zhuo County beheaded the Yellow Turbans, suppressed Zhang Chun's rebellion, whipped the postal governor and lost his official position, and even later mistakenly trusted Lu Bu. These things all brought a great impact on his soul.
But he has always told himself that all these are tests given by God. When God is about to assign great responsibilities to people, they must first work hard and work hard. Therefore, he will only take it as a warning, but he will not feel regretful. Regret something.
And this time, it was the first and only time. He hoped that the two years were all a dream. When he opened his eyes, he was in Pengcheng. He walked out and saw Lin Mo waiting in front of him under the sunset. The former poet bowed his head and said: "I am Lin Mo, and I would like to help Liu Shijun support the Han Dynasty."
From then on, he was able to kill Lu Bu, destroy Yuan Shu, defeat Cao Cao, set foot on the territory of two states, and hold a hundred thousand troops. When the right time came, he planned strategies in the army, and the front was as strong as a broken bamboo. He faced Xuchang, welcomed the emperor, and restored the Han Dynasty.
such a pity.
All this is impossible.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei felt like his back was being pulled away, and he sat down with a weak snap.
"I should have killed this kid in the first place, and there would have been nothing like this!" Zhang Fei didn't know how to comfort Liu Bei when he saw his appearance, so he subconsciously blurted out what he was thinking.
Guan Yu quickly glared, "Third brother! Stop talking more!"
You are just rubbing salt into my brother's wounds.
Not to mention Liu Bei, even Guan Yu felt that this fact was a pity, and at the same time he blamed himself very much. No wonder he felt that this name was familiar at first. Zhang Fei had obviously told him about this matter. If he had been more careful to find Lin Mo It won't be like this when I come back.
No wonder they thought so. Cao Cao, who was at the height of his power at the time, was furious when he learned that Lin Mo wanted to defect but was intercepted by Lu Bu. What's more, what about Liu Bei who is now sitting in the new field?
His heart was bleeding, and he didn't understand why it was such a coincidence. Yunwen, you have been waiting for me all day, why did you go to face the third brother to confess instead of telling me directly.
The most painful thing in the world is nothing more than this.
He felt uncomfortable when his home was stolen from Xuzhou; he felt uncomfortable when Cao Cao kidnapped the emperor and ordered the princes to take away Peicheng; he felt uncomfortable when Anfeng was defeated.
But all these pains put together are not as much as one ten thousandth of the pain of losing Lin Mo.
Because he knew very well that what he lost was not Lin Yunwen, but half of his country.
Everything Lu Bu has now should have belonged to him, Liu Bei. How can this not make people feel sad, especially for an emperor's uncle who is at the end of his rope?
Tears fell silently. Liu Bei had cried a lot, but what really depressed his heart was that apart from An Feng and Guan Yu being lost, this was the only time he really felt helpless.
"Brother, I was wrong, you punish me!" Seeing Liu Bei's appearance, Zhang Fei felt distressed and knelt down in front of Liu Bei with a thud.
Now that things have come to this, it's futile to hate him. He can't really kill his stupid brother.
He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, walked up to Zhang Fei, helped him up, and choked with sobs: "Third brother should take this as a lesson from now on. Never again be reckless and neglectful of those who come to vote."
"Brother." Zhang Fei also had tears in his eyes. He didn't realize that losing Lin Mo was a big deal, but he just felt that what he did made Liu Bei sad.
"Just think that I, Liu Bei, am not lucky enough to be a genius from heaven." Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei's hand, and needed to comfort him in turn. There was really no one to talk to about the heartbreak in his heart.
After Zhang Fei's mood stabilized, Liu Bei asked the two of them to step aside, saying he wanted to rest.
How could he sleep in such a turbulent mood? After Guan Zhang retreated, he looked at the portrait in front of the desk and couldn't hold back his tears again.
How many young people with a halo have been missed like this. This will probably be the biggest sadness in this life.
Jizhou, Ye County.
The Yuan family's mansion was so magnificent that even Cao Cao sighed after winning the Northern Kingdom at Guandu. It was probably even more gorgeous than the imperial palace. No wonder scholars all over the world were willing to defect to him.
"When this Black Mountain bandit was expelled by Cao Cao, I thought of saving his life out of benevolence. Who knew he would avenge his kindness? Now I am inciting my generals to take advantage of the chaos to attack and kill me. If my subordinates had not fought with their lives, I would have died in Hanoi." !”
In the Yuan Mansion, a northern man with dark skin, a short beard and a resolute face was crying loudly and openly.
The Black Mountain bandit he mentioned was none other than the general Sui Gu. When this Sui Gu teamed up with Yuan Shu to attack Dongjun, Cao Cao was defeated. It was Zhang Yang who extended a rescue hand to save his life.
Unexpectedly, half a month ago, Sui Gu heard that he intended to defect north, but he launched a mutiny among his generals. After a bloody battle, Zhang Yang fled to Yecheng in embarrassment with only more than 800 people.
As for Sui Gu, he now occupied Hanoi, replaced Zhang Yang, and took the post of Hanoi prefect.
"Uncle Zhi, I heard that you have an old relationship with Lu Bu and have a close relationship. You have helped him several times before. Why didn't you surrender to him when the army was defeated? Instead, you surrendered to me?" Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the main seat, asked casually, looking out of the corner of his eye. But he was carefully observing the subtle changes in the other person's expression.
"Mr. Yuan is sitting on a land of 500,000 yuan from the four states. All knowledgeable people in the world are not clear about where this world belongs. Even if you are stupid, you still know what destiny is. Please accept it, Gong Yuan!" Zhang Yang bowed and buried his head in emotion. Sincerely.
In fact, Yuan Shao has gone very smoothly these years, so smoothly that he has become a little forgetful, but he is not so gullible just because of Zhang Yang's few words. In fact, he started investigating when he received the surrender letter.
Generally speaking, Zhang Yang's defection should be true.
First of all, Hanoi was the place where the Four Wars were fought. There were Huns in the north, insurgents in the west, and Cao Cao locked up the two directions in the southeast. He had no place to go.
Secondly, Zhang Yang has indeed offended Cao Cao several times in the past few years, and has also made articles in Dongjun, so the probability of defecting to him is low.
Another point is that Sui Gu is a black bandit and can do anything. How can a mountain bandit talk about friendship?
Taken together, there is indeed nothing wrong with Zhang Yang's actions.
Coupled with the sentence "Destiny", it was said in Yuan Shao's heart, and the scales in his heart suddenly tilted towards him.
"Okay, Uncle Zhi, you made the right decision to join me. After I defeat Cao and Lu, I will help you return to Hanoi. The position of governor is still yours!"
Yuan Shao raised his fingers and raised his forehead, "You go down and rest first. From now on, we will rely on your bravery to defeat the enemy."
"Thank you Mr. Yuan for your kindness!" Zhang Yang bowed his body and took a few steps back before turning around and leaving.
After he left, only the three fathers and sons of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shang, and Yuan Tan, who had just returned from Qingzhou, were left in the hall.
Yuan Tan came back in the name of supervising the food and grass management. Naturally, he told Yuan Shao that he missed his father.
In fact, he came back this time to show off.
A few days ago, after receiving Zhang Yang's letter, he discussed it with brothers Xin Ping and Xin Pi to win over Zhang Yang.
There are two reasons. First, a person who has been a prefect is very important in terms of connections and influence. Taking him under his command will be of great significance to the improvement of his power in the future.
The second is that he is sitting in Qingzhou, and he is likely to have a head-on conflict with Lu Bu.
It's not that he doesn't know about the relationship between Zhang Yang and Lu Bu, but there is another point that cannot be ignored, that is, Zhang Yang has a lot of friendship with everyone under Lu Bu's command.
In the future, once the two armies confront each other, there will be an opportunity to use Zhang Yang to make a fuss, lobbying or persuading surrender.
This is a double-edged sword, he knows it very well, but he is confident that he can use it well.
Yuan Tan's thoughts are not wrong. He is completely different from Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi. He has real military achievements. It was he who led the troops to take Qingzhou away from Kong Rong today.
Because of this, among the three sons, he has the highest prestige in the military.
Of course, there was another reason, an unexplained reason. He knew that Yuan Shang was getting more and more favored day by day, and as the eldest son, he felt threatened.
what to do? Military merit! He must defend his position as the heir apparent with unshakable military exploits, and will never allow the abolition of elders and establishment of younger ones to occur in the Northern Kingdom.
As long as he can successfully capture Xuzhou and defeat Lu Bu head-on, even if Yuan Shao intends to be partial, he may respond to everything and become a fear he has to worry about.
"You want to take Zhang Yang to Qingzhou?"
Yuan Shao stroked his short beard, frowned, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said: "Many of Lu Bu's subordinates have a history with Zhang Yang. Using him to shake the minds of the soldiers in Lu Ying is indeed a clever move, but there is one thing you need to keep in mind. Be careful of Zhang Yang, don't let him take advantage of you."
The meaning of Yuan Shao's words was already obvious. Although he felt that there was nothing wrong with Zhang Yang coming to the surface, he still had to be wary of the possibility of the other party pretending to surrender.
Yuan Tan obviously came well-prepared and bowed and said: "Don't worry, father. When he goes to Qingzhou, he will only be allowed to bring a few followers. The rest of the hundreds of people will be decided by father!"
He clearly knew how Yuan Shu was defeated. It was because of the hundreds of people Lu Su brought with him. It was precisely these hundreds of people who were disguised as trapped in the camp and became the sharp daggers that broke through Shouchun's defense.
With only a few followers, no matter how much fuss you make, there will be a limit.
Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, and before he could praise Tan'er for being cautious and worthy of my son, Yuan Tan continued: "Even when he arrived at the Qingzhou military camp, he would send someone to keep a close eye on who he saw and what he said. Everything you bring must be checked clearly.
Of course, the child will only do all this in secret. On the surface, I will give him the greatest respect. "
"good!"
This time, Yuan Shao applauded loudly. Yuan Tan was indeed a man who had achieved military exploits on the battlefield. He had thought of everything he thought of, and added what he hadn't thought of. Under such circumstances, there really shouldn't be any big problems. .
"Tan'er, you have made a lot of progress in Qingzhou in the past few years on your own, which makes my father happy."
Yuan Shao was not stingy with his words of praise. He also looked at Yuan Shang and taught him earnestly: "Shang'er, you should learn more from my elder brother."
"I will keep this in my heart, my child!" Yuan Shang said with a smile on his face and MMP in his heart.
"Father, let me talk a little more."
Yuan Tan did not forget to turn around and look outside the hall to make sure no one came in, then he took two steps forward and whispered: "May I ask if my father is going to let his children restrain Lu Bu, while he will personally lead the army to destroy Cao Cao, or to send troops on two fronts? Swallowing the Central Plains?"
This issue seems to be a choice of tactics and strategies, but for Yuan Tan, it is related to the military merits he values most, and it also determines how much autonomy he has and even how many troops he can command.
Yuan Shao held his chin and hesitated for a moment. Apparently he had been thinking about this issue.
"Okay, Tan'er, you can stay here for a few days first. After becoming a father, we can discuss the war and listen to the opinions of all parties before making any arrangements."
"Here!"
Thinking about it, of course he wanted to send troops together, but at the same time he also knew that neither Cao Cao nor Lu Bu was a soft persimmon and needed to be weighed.
Even if the troops were deployed on two fronts, the distribution of troops and horses, the mobilization of generals, and the proportion of ordnance would all need to be discussed. He alone could not take care of too much of these matters.
(End of chapter)
