After Liu Jue returned to his residence, he took Liu Biao's order and went to mobilize the troops and provisions in Xiangyang.
By the time the troops and rations were ready, it was already late. Liu Jue immediately returned to his residence and saw a person standing at the door. It was the servant girl who was with the Bu Lian Shi earlier.
"This servant greets Young Master!" The maid bowed and said.
"What are you doing here?" Liu Jue asked curiously.
The servant girl took out a jade pendant and handed it to Liu Jue. Then, she said,"My family's young miss knew that young master was about to go on an expedition, so she asked me to give this jade pendant to young master, hoping that young master could return safely.”
Liu Jue took the jade pendant and thought of Bu Lian Shi's delicate face. He could not help but feel a warmth in his heart. He said to the servant girl,"Go back and tell your Young Miss that I, Liu Jue, thank her for her kindness. If I return victorious this time, the first thing I will do is marry her.”
"Thank you, young master. I will definitely report this to my young miss.”After saying this, the servant girl bade farewell to Liu Jue and turned to leave.
Liu Jue put away the jade pendant and returned to his residence. He waited until the next morning before setting off with his army.
This time, apart from the 10,000 soldiers from Xiangyang, there were also Liu Jue's 5,000 elites, a total of 15,000 people.
After crossing the Han River, the army came to Fan City to meet up with Wenpin.
Fancheng and Xiangyang were separated by a river, and there were 30,000 soldiers guarding the city. Wen Pin received Liu Biao's order to leave only 5,000 soldiers to guard the city, while the remaining 25,000 followed Liu Jue north.
Liu Jue's destination was, of course, Xinye, where Liu Bei was.
Xinye would definitely be the first to bear the brunt of Cao Ren's army from Wancheng. Moreover, how could Cao Cao let Liu Bei off?
Liu Jue traveled day and night. Five days later, the army crossed the White River and finally arrived outside Xinye City.
At this moment, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Shu and the others were already waiting outside Xinye City.
Liu Bei looked over at the 40,000 strong army and couldn't help but feel envious.
Now, Liu Bei was trapped in Xinye, with only eight thousand soldiers under him. He only had Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Xu Shu as his advisor. It could be said that he was extremely poor.
This was only because Liu Biao had given him some financial aid that he could have 8,000 people.
Otherwise, with Xinye's small population of less than 20,000, no matter how aggressive they were, they would not be able to recruit an army of 8,000.
"If I could have the Jing State, people like Cao Cao and Sun Quan would be nothing to worry about!”Liu Bei thought enviously as he stepped forward to welcome the army.
Liu Jue was wearing the Scarlet Refined Armour, the Green Sparrow Saber hanging at his waist, and a three-meter-long Sea Dragon Colt riding on his back. He looked extremely handsome.
Hearing that Liu Bei had come to welcome him, Liu Jue smiled. He had wanted to meet him for a long time.
"Liu Jue greets Imperial Uncle Liu. I've long heard of Imperial Uncle Liu's great name. It's like thunder piercing my ears.”Liu Jue smiled and cupped his hands towards Liu Bei.
"Third Young Master is too polite! The Third Young Master defeated Zhou Yu in Wuchang and seized Chaisang. He was indeed a young hero!”Liu Bei also cupped his hands.
Although Liu Bei had a smile on his face, he could not feel happy seeing Liu Jue's extraordinary martial prowess.
If Liu Biao were to hand Jing Zhou over to this kid in the future, he would probably not have the chance to touch Jing Zhou.
Of course, Liu Jue did not know what Liu Bei was thinking. After exchanging pleasantries with Liu Bei for a while, he immediately looked behind Liu Bei.
"I've long heard that Uncle Liu's subordinates, Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide, and Zhao Zilong, are all enemies of ten thousand people. Military Advisor Xu Shu is also extremely intelligent.”
As Liu Jue spoke to Liu Bei, he sized up Guan Yu and the others. They really did look similar to what he had imagined.
"Third Young Master, you flatter me. They only know a little bit of martial arts. How can they be called the enemy of ten thousand people?”Liu Bei said humbly.
Of course, this wasn't because he was being humble, but because he was living under someone else's roof. He could only hide his strength to avoid arousing Liu Biao's fear.
Of course, Liu Bei himself knew that Liu Biao was more or less on guard against him.
"I'm not exaggerating! Being able to meet with the generals today was truly a great joy in life. He must have a drink with the generals later.”Liu Jue laughed.
At this moment, Liu Jue was thinking that if he could take these three people in, his strength would definitely increase greatly.
Unfortunately, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's relationship with Liu Bei, unless Liu Bei died or gave up his ambition and sincerely submitted to him, he would not be able to take them in.
Even if it was Zhao Yun, it was not that easy to get her hands on either.
It had to be said that Liu Bei had a way of buying people's hearts.
"Guan Yu would not dare to disobey Third Young Master's orders!”Guan Yu stroked his long beard and cupped his fists at Liu Jue.
"Third Young Master is indeed straightforward. Zhang Yide will definitely risk his life to accompany you.”Zhang Fei laughed out loud. He loved drinking.
"Zilong will accompany you as well." Zhao Yun cupped her hands and said.
Everyone liked to hear good words, even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. When they heard Liu Jue say that they had the ability to fight against ten thousand people, they had a good impression of Liu Jue.
Liu Bei chuckled and said to Liu Jue,""Third Young Master has traveled a long way. Please come to Xinye to rest first. I have already prepared a banquet and wine.”
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Liu Jue nodded and let Wen Pin lead the army to camp outside the city while he and Zhuge Liang entered Xinye City.
This time, the two sides were cooperating to deal with the enemy. Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were old friends, so the atmosphere at the banquet was naturally very harmonious.
After the banquet ended, Liu Jue and the others bid farewell to Liu Bei and returned to the barracks.
"Yuanzhi, what do you think of Liu Jue?" Liu Bei asked Xu Shu.”
Xu Shu frowned." This kid has an extraordinary bearing. I heard what he said at the banquet. It seems like he has the intention to fight for the Central Plains." Moreover, he had Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong under him. With these two people assisting him, he would probably become a vassal in the future.”
"Are Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong really that powerful?" Liu Bei asked worriedly.”
Xu Shu nodded and said,"Zhuge Liang is known as the Crouching Dragon, and Pang Tong is known as the Young Phoenix. Both of them have the ability to assist the king."”
Liu Bei was so jealous that he went crazy.”
Xu Shu shook his head." I'm far worse than them. I'm a dragon and a phoenix. I can settle the world with one person!"”
Hearing this, Liu Bei was very envious. He wished he could take the Crouching Dragon Phoenix for himself. Why couldn't he meet such a talent?
Xu Shu saw that Liu Bei was silent and thought that he was worried about the Cao army. He immediately comforted him,""My lord, don't worry. Now that Liu Jue has led his army here, we have nearly 50,000 troops. With Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's help, Cao Ren will definitely lose this battle.”
Liu Bei sighed and said,"I understand. Yuanzhi, you should go back and rest."”
"I'll take my leave." Xu Shu cupped his hands and left.
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