Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong were waiting outside the door. The three of them were extremely excited. Meng Yi was their only hope now. Otherwise, the entire Pingyuan County would have been reduced to ruins.
"Yes, sir is here." Jian Yong said excitedly when he saw Meng Yi's figure.
"Sir, you're back?"
"I'm back." Meng Yi looked at Liu Bei's sincere expression and realized that he somewhat liked this feeling.
Meng Yi recounted what he had seen and heard along the way. When he heard that Meng Yi had agreed to be the Black Mountain Thieves 'military advisor, the atmosphere turned strange.
"Advisor Jun, you won't really become a bandit, will you? "Zhang Fei mumbled.
"Are they really bandits in your eyes?”Meng Yi turned his gaze to Liu Bei.
" Sir, you must have your reasons for doing this." Liu Bei's expression did not change at all.
" Military Advisor, my elder brother is a relative of the royal family. If he has any dealings with bandits, in the future…" Guan Yu spoke up.
After all, people in this era viewed fame as something more important than life.
"In fact, they are just ordinary people who are forced to make a living. Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain Army in Zhangyan. Most of them are strong. If they can be used by big brother, big brother can revive the Han Dynasty and have great achievements.”Meng Yi did not force them to accept it immediately and smiled.
"That Zhang Yan is now several times stronger than us. How can we use her?”Jian Yong said.
"That Zhang Yan is a smart person. She knows that it is not a long-term solution to keep robbing. As long as big brother can be the governor of Jizhou, when Zhang Yan comes to surrender, with the money and food left in Jizhou and more than 200,000 soldiers, she will be able to achieve great things.”
The current Jizhou Prefecture Overseer and Jizhou Provincial Governor were both Han Fu. The two officials were in charge of different things, but they were of the same level.
Meng Yi's sonorous and forceful words confused Liu Bei and the others, especially Liu Bei. He was only a Plain Field Commanding Plate, how could he become the Jizhou Provincial Governor? How could he make Zhang Yan surrender?
"No need to doubt, I already have a plan in my heart. Right now, the first thing we need to do is to tightly grasp Guan Chun's men in our hands.”
"Although Guan Chun respects me, it's only temporary. He's extremely loyal to Han Fu.”Guan Yu said, somewhat ashamed.
"Don't worry, I have a way…"
Guan Chun's bladesmanship had improved quite a bit recently. Although he didn't dare to achieve great success, he had almost reached his limit. The only thing left was to try his skills on the battlefield.
"General, something bad has happened. Zhang Yan has led hundreds of thousands of bandits from the Black Mountain straight to the Anping Country.”A messenger soldier scrambled in anxiously.
"What is it? This group of bandits is simply lawless. Tell my generals to gather.”Guan Chun almost shouted out loud. The Anping Country was where the Jizhou Prefecture was located. Han Fu and almost all the military and political officials of the Jizhou Prefecture were in the Anping Country.
Guan Chun hurriedly gathered 10,000 soldiers and was about to set off.
"Where did General Guan go?"
Guan Chun turned around and saw that it was Liu Bei. He cupped his fists and said," Lord Liu, please don't blame me. I have just received urgent news that Zhang Yan has hundreds of thousands of bandits preparing to attack Anping Country. Guan Chun is the general of Jizhou.”
"General, why do you look at Liu Bei like this? That day, Liu Bei borrowed troops from the prefect to wipe out the bandits and return the peace to Jizhou. Today, the bandits attacked, but the general acted on his own.”
"Lord Liu, please don't take offense. Guan Chun panicked for a moment and I hope Lord Liu doesn't take offense.”
Guan Chun really couldn't understand what Liu Bei was trying to do. Although he had been busy practicing martial arts recently, he had heard a lot of rumors. Liu Bei had no intention of exterminating the bandits at all. Moreover, he had seen no signs of advancing these days.
"I, Liu Bei, am a descendant of the royal family. How can I go back on my word? General, please take a look."
Liu Bei pointed his finger forward and Guan Chun looked in the direction he pointed. He saw a large army rushing over, kicking up a cloud of dust. The leader was none other than Guan Yu.
"Liu Bei knows that the military situation is urgent. Our plains only have one county. Together with the 3,000 troops I borrowed from General Gongsun, we have a total of 5,000 troops. Today, we will hand them all over to the general, including my second and third brothers."
Now, it was Guan Chun's turn to be moved. Liu Bei had even given him the command of the troops he had borrowed from Gongsun Zan, as well as his two generals.
"Your Excellency, I can't do that. General Guan taught me the saber technique, which is a great favor to me. Moreover, General Guan is ten times more talented than me.”
"General, please do not decline. You are the general of Jizhou, and Liu Bei is just a county magistrate."
"Well, General Guan and General Zhang are both heroes. Now that our two armies have 15,000 soldiers, we will each take 5,000 soldiers.”
" That's good. Someone bring me my armor." A guard came over and put it on Liu Bei.
"I'm out on an expedition, so the military advisor will be in charge of everything in Pingyuan County.”
After Liu Bei gave the order, he galloped off. The 15,000-strong army galloped on the road to Anping Country.
Guan Chun was so excited. This time, he could finally express his loyalty to the Provincial Governor.
Jizhou Prefecture.
This was a different scene.
"Sir, the An Kingdom is about to be attacked by the Black Mountain Bandits. What should we do now?”
"Liu Bei might come to help. As long as he comes, with the hatred between Liu Bei and these bandits, there is no need to worry about them not fighting.”
Xun Chen still did not give up and wanted to trick Liu Bei.
"But Mister, I still feel that something is not right. If Liu Bei also harbors ill intentions, won't we be attacked from both sides?”
I'm afraid that Liu Bei can't be judged by common sense. We've been secretly competing with each other several times, but we haven't been able to gain any advantage.
"Expert? Mister, are you referring to that Meng Yi?"
"That's right. In the past, when Liu Bei was under the rule of Jizhou, even with Gongsun Zan as his strong support, he was still very dutiful. But ever since this guy came, things in Jizhou have become very strange.
"Then his 15,000-strong army…"
"Milord, Zhang Yan's rebel army has the advantage in numbers. Liu Bei's Pingyuan County is difficult to defend, so he wants to take our place.”
"Sir, why do you say that? I still have forty thousand soldiers here, and they are defending the city. Liu Bei has more than ten thousand people, and he doesn't have any siege weapons. How can he attack the city?”
Xun Chen saw that Han Fu was still confused and immediately said anxiously,""Milord, the reason why Liu Bei did not bring any siege weapons was to numb us.”
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