Chapter 22 2. Three into Xiaopei

Soon after rescuing Kong Rong, Liu Bei received an invitation from Tao Qian to rescue him.Tao Qian and Cao Cao had a festival. Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was killed by local soldiers when he passed through Xuzhou under Tao Qian's jurisdiction.Now, even if Tao Qian jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean himself up.Cao Cao personally led an army to fight Tao Qian, and he even explained his funeral before leaving. This kind of menacing arrogance of a fight to the death could not but make Tao Qian terrified.Tao Qian thought of Tian Kai and Liu Bei in Qingzhou, so he sent someone to ask them for help.

At that time, Kong Rong asked Liu Bei for help because he knew that he had a reputation for benevolence.Tao Qian turned to Tian Kai and Liu Bei for help, depending on the political background at the time.At that time, the world was divided into two forces, the "Allied Powers" composed of Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, and Tao Qian, and the "Axis Powers" composed of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao. So when Tao Qian was killed, he naturally thought of the Allied Powers. Army Gongsun Zan's team in Qingzhou. Tian Kai generously agreed, and went to help out with Liu Bei.One of Liu Bei's characteristics is that miracles never happen to him, and he will never win when he should lose. Facing a strong enemy like Cao Cao, he can only be beaten to death.In fact, Tao Qian did not place much hope on Tian Kai and Liu Bei, and using Liu Bei was just a change of luck.Of course, since the opponent is Cao Cao, Tao Qian will not be lucky if he trades back and forth.Just as Tao Qian stretched his neck in fear and waited for Cao Cao to cut, Cao Cao's troops suddenly left overnight.It turned out that when Cao Cao bloodbathed Xuzhou, his backyard caught fire, and his friend Zhang Miao suddenly turned against him and betrayed him together with Chen Gong.Cao Cao hurried back to turn off the fire, and Xuzhou was lucky enough to avert the disaster.

Tian Kai led his troops back to Qingzhou, but Liu Bei couldn't leave for a while.Tao Qian and Cao Cao formed a bond, even if they relieved their anxiety for a while, they would never let it go, so he hoped that Liu Bei could stay and defend him one or two.He recommended Liu Bei to the imperial court as the "Inspector of Yuzhou". Since then, Liu Bei has been nicknamed "Liu Yuzhou".However, in fact, Yuzhou was not under the rule of Liu Bei. The counties and states under Yuzhou's rule had their own masters. Liu Bei only "led the whole state" in Xiaopei, the easternmost part of Yuzhou.

Soon afterwards, Tao Qian passed away, and when he was dying, he said to Xuzhou's farewell driver Mi Zhu: "This state cannot be settled without Liu Bei." Not only Tao Qian was optimistic about Liu Bei, but other prominent figures in Xuzhou had also heard of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.Mi Zhu and others came to Pei County with beating gongs and drums, and respectfully invited Liu Bei to serve as the governor of Xuzhou.Liu Bei refused repeatedly, so Chen Deng and Kong Rong came to persuade Liu Bei in person. Chen Deng is the lieutenant of Diannong in Xuzhou. He is very resourceful. He said: "The Han Dynasty is in decline, and the world is in chaos. Whether a man can make contributions depends on your choice. Xuzhou is rich and prosperous, with a household registration of one million. Please come here Be this Xuzhou shepherd." Liu Bei continued to decline: "Then how can I do it? Master Yuan Shu is near Shouchun, and he has four generations and three fathers' family background, you should let him be the state shepherd." Chen Deng was anxious: "As long as you give an order, we can gather a hundred thousand troops at your command. At the top, we can help the people and become the career of the five hegemonies. At the bottom, we can become the overlord of one party and leave a name in history. If you don't listen to my suggestion, then I will I don't dare to listen to you, so go and invite Yuan Shu."

Kong Rong also came to persuade Liu Bei: "Yuan Shu is a dead bone in the tomb. Why do you mention him? Mr. Liu, don't refuse." With the enthusiastic support of these people, Liu Bei no longer refused, so he agreed. The people of Xuzhou supported him, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu supported him, and Liu Bei lived happily in Xuzhou.However, some people saw that Liu Bei was getting more and more disliked, and they simply brought troops to deal with him. This person was the aggressive Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu is a very creative person, and he likes to crown himself an official.When Tao Qian was still alive, he called himself "Uncle Xuzhou". Seeing that Tao Qian died, Xuzhou did not fall into his own hands, but Liu Bei took advantage of it. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied with Liu Bei.Besides, Liu Bei, when others recommended him to be a Xuzhou herdsman, he was humble and humble, but he used himself as an excuse, so that he won the honorary title of "Bone in the Tomb", and was called a coffin by the people of Huainan at every turn Fuck, if you don't hit Liu Bei, it's hard to get rid of this turbidity in your heart.

In the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu led troops to Xuzhou, Liu Bei left Zhang Fei to guard Xuzhou, and himself and Guan Yu led the main force to face Yuan Shu.However, when Liu Bei was fighting Yuan Shu in the Huaihe River, news came from Xuzhou that Lu Bu had betrayed him in Xiapi. When Cao Cao was fighting Tao Qian, Lu Bu and Chen Gong rebelled against Cao Cao in Yanzhou. After being defeated by Cao Cao's return army, he had nowhere to go, so he came to vote for Liu Bei. Now, while Liu Bei and Yuan Shu are fighting, they are entangled in Xiapi The Danyang soldiers left behind by Tao Qian rebelled.It seems that Lu Bu is destined to be a person who fears the world will not be chaotic, and loves to cause trouble wherever he goes.

When Liu Bei's Danyang soldiers heard about this, they broke up.The battle with Yuan Shu was over, so Liu Bei hurried back to Xuzhou.Xuzhou has been occupied by Lu Bu, and Zhang Fei has also been driven out.Liu Bei had no way to advance or retreat, so he had to lead the remnants to retreat to Haixi.But the small county town of Haixi couldn't afford to support Liu Bei's thousands of troops.After a period of hungry and full meals, Liu Bei made a bold move, returning to Xuzhou to seek refuge with Lu Bu, who was originally his disciple. The stage of the Three Kingdoms will never be short of grotesque performances. Lu Bu actually took Liu Bei in and gave him Pei County.Yuan Shu just wanted to prevent Liu Bei from having a peaceful life, and soon came to Haixi to fight Liu Bei.At this time, the most bizarre thing happened. Lu Bu also knew the truth of "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold", so he led troops to help Liu Bei resist Yuan Shu.

Just like the current international situation, among the various political forces in the Three Kingdoms era, no one is an eternal friend, and no one is an eternal enemy.The situation is always changing, and the relationship between friends and foes can also change at any time, and everything depends on interests. After Yuan Shu left, Liu Bei settled down a bit, and then began to enrich his strength again, frantically recruiting troops in Pei County.Relying on his first-class reputation, Liu Bei soon recruited 10,000 soldiers.Obviously, although Xuzhou is in the hands of Lu Bu, the hearts of the people of Xuzhou are still towards Liu Bei.Lu Bu is not stupid, and he also saw this. Of course, he couldn't tolerate Liu Bei's wings growing again, so he led his troops to Pei County.

On the battlefield, Liu Bei has almost never been favored by the god of luck, and this time is the same.The first encounter with Lu Bu, Liu Bei was defeated and fled. The two years in Xuzhou seemed like a big dream. After finally getting a piece of territory that belonged to me, it changed hands in a blink of an eye.Once again, Liu Bei embarked on the road of wandering with empty hands. The only consolation is that his brothers have always been by his side. This may be Liu Bei's greatest spiritual support. With them, he will always have a comeback sunshine mentality. After Liu Bei hesitated for a while, he walked to Cao Cao's territory, and Cao Cao readily accepted Liu Bei.Now Liu Bei and Cao Cao have a common enemy called Lu Bu. According to the principle that the enemy of an enemy is a friend, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are now friends.Of course, Liu Bei once helped Tao Qian defeat Cao Jun in friendship, but at that time Liu Bei sent troops to help as Gongsun Zan's subordinates, so these old things can not be mentioned.

After Cao Cao took Liu Bei in, he sent him back to Peixian County ingeniously.Not long ago, Liu Bei was beaten away by Lu Bu from here, and now he is back, with the soldiers, horses, money and food given by Cao Cao.Lu Bu saw it, just beat you away and came again, you are really resilient, come and fight again!However, this time is different from the last time. As soon as Liu Bei was beaten by Lu Bu, he lost his wife and children and fled. Cao Cao personally led the army to rescue Liu Bei in the background.Lu Bu was more than capable of beating Liu Bei, but when he met Cao Cao, he had no choice but to capture him without a fight.

On the White Gate Tower, a scene with the characteristics of the Three Kingdoms was staged.Cao Cao and Liu Bei sat upstairs, while Lu Bu was tied up and led upstairs. The executioner is ready.Maybe it was tied too tightly, so Lu Bu asked Cao Cao to loosen the rope a little. Cao Cao said, "You tiger, you have to be tied tighter." Lu Bu died unwillingly, and said to Cao Cao, "All along, you Isn't it Lu Bu who is worried about me? Now that I have served you, the world will have no more worries. From now on, you will lead the infantry and I will lead the cavalry, and the unification of the world is just around the corner!" Hearing this, Cao Cao seemed a little moved. Liu Bei turned his head and said in Cao Cao's ear, "Have you forgotten how Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo died?" Cao Cao suddenly realized that Lu Bu was a white-eyed wolf. Lu Bu was executed. Liu Bei solved this stumbling block in one sentence, reflecting his heroic side. The definition of a hero can be as simple as wanting to do great things and being able to do great things.There were not a few heroes who rebelled in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but most of them were not so firm in their belief in fighting the country.Dong Zhuo was frustrated and built a Meiwu to retire in it. Yuan Shao gave up the chance to attack Cao Cao because his son was ill.Among the heroes, only Jiangdong Sun, Central Plains Cao Cao, and Liu Bei have a clear direction, a clear line, and a firm will.Among them, the story of Liu Bei is more typical. After wandering around and entering Xiaopei three times, Liu Bei and his brothers did not fall immediately after setbacks.