Chapter 2 Liu Zhang's Banquet
Chapter 2 will be delivered, and there will be Chapter 3 later.
Pang Tong walked over with a smile.
"Shi Yuan, is it appropriate to be so happy?" Liu Bei asked.
"My lord, I just got the news from Yang Huaigaopei. Liu Zhang came to work hard in person. This is a great opportunity! The lord only needs to ambush a group of swords and axe players, set up a Hongmen banquet, and capture and kill Liu Zhang! As long as Liu Zhang dies, Yizhou will inevitably have no leader. At that time, the lord can directly run to Chengdu! As long as he occupy Chengdu, it is only a matter of time for the rest of the place to join him!" Pang Tong said with a sarcastic look.
After hearing Pang Tong's words, Liu Bei was stunned for a moment. It was not until a stick of incense that Liu Bei spoke: "Shi Yuan, this plan must not be done! Liu Jiyu is my fellow disciple. If I killed him in order to seize Yizhou, I would probably be injustice!"
Next to him, Liu Chan had already captured all of Liu Bei's expressions. When Pang Tong proposed to set up a Hongmen Banquet to kill Liu Bei, Liu Bei was indeed moved. Liu Chan could even feel that Liu Bei was about to agree, but for some reason, but in the end, Liu Bei suppressed the impulse in his heart. Until now, Liu Chan could still feel the hesitation and reluctance in Liu Bei's heart.
When Pang Tong heard Liu Bei's refusal, he was stunned. Then he immediately understood Liu Bei's intention, so he asked, "My lord is worried that if he kills Liu Zhang, Yizhou, people will be dissatisfied?"
Liu Bei nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Shi Yuan, this plan is inappropriate and righteous, don't mention it again! If I want to take Yizhou, I will definitely get it with real swords and guns. Using this method is inappropriate!"
After hearing Liu Bei mention benevolence and righteousness twice, Liu Chan finally understood what Liu Bei was thinking.
Liu Bei lived for most of his life and has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness. A good reputation is Liu Bei's biggest advantage. It is precisely because of his good reputation that Liu Bei can gather so many talented people around him. Moreover, because of his good reputation, Liu Bei is like a dying Xiaoqiang every time. Every time he fails, someone will take him in, leaving behind the capital to make a comeback.
Let’s look at Liu Bei’s glorious history. Since he became the magistrate of Pingyuan County, he once defected to Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao. Speaking of which, when changing masters so frequently, is stronger than the so-called slave of the three surnames, Lu Bu. Liu Bei’s reputation should have been bad, but every time Liu Bei changes his master, his reputation will greatly improve.
All of this is inseparable from Liu Bei's proclaiming benevolence and righteousness all day long.
It can be said that in terms of reputation, Liu Bei is much better than Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Even Cao Cao, who hated Liu Bei, could not find out the faults in Liu Bei's character.
Liu Bei's reputation took him decades to accumulate. If Liu Zhang was set up today, he would probably have been destroyed by the reputation of benevolence and righteousness established over the past few years. Therefore, Liu Bei would rather send troops to attack Yizhou than do anything that would damage his reputation.
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Fucheng is not very far from Chengdu. A few days later, Liu Zhang arrived in Fucheng.
When Liu Zhang heard that Liu Zhang was coming, Liu Bei immediately ran to the camp to greet him with his civil and military soldiers. He saw dust flying from afar, and then a group of people came over, each dressed neatly, with bright helmets and armors, and was simply armed to his teeth. Liu Chan looked at the dust flying in the distance, and the sound of weapons colliding in his ears kept ringing. Judging from the footsteps of the soldiers and the splashed dust, Liu Zhang brought no less than five thousand people this time!
Liu Zhang was really careful! Liu Chan thought to himself.
At this time, the team finally came closer. The leader immediately came down with a man wearing golden armor. The man was slightly fat and his double chin was chubby. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like a general, but he was wearing golden armor, which looked inappropriate.
This person is Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou!
Beside Liu Zhang, there were more than a dozen civil officials and military generals, all fully armed and cautious. It seemed that these people did not look like they were here to attend a banquet, but to fight.
Liu Zhang got off the horse, and Liu Bei and everyone in front of him quickly met him. When he saw Liu Zhang, he smiled and said, "Brother Ji Yu, it's been a long time since I saw him!"
Liu Zhang also saw Liu Bei and hurriedly stepped forward to pay homage: "Liu Zhang has met his brother!"
Liu Bei and Liu Zhang were both relatives of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei was two years older than Liu Zhang, so Liu Zhang called Liu Bei the elder brother.
Speaking of which, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang met decades ago. In the late years of Emperor Ling, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out. Liu Bei, who was in Zhuo County, recruited five hundred towns to support Youzhou. At that time, the prefect of Youzhou was Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan. It was also that time that Liu Bei and Liu Zhang met each other, and it has been more than 20 years since then.
At this time, everyone had already dismounted. Liu Zhang looked behind Liu Bei and saw everyone wearing brocade robes. Even Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were just wearing swords around their waists. The only one among Liu Bei and his group was Chen Dao, the leader of Liu Bei's personal guard, but Chen Dao only wore a thin breastplate.
Looking at my side, he was full of heavy helmets and armor, and the sound of armor colliding when he walked. What was even more disgusting was that Ling Bao and others were carrying weapons such as big swords, and it was obvious that they were not here to have a banquet. Everyone could see this attitude, and they were on guard against Liu Bei, afraid that they would set up a Hongmen Banquet for themselves!
"Adou, come here quickly, meet uncle!" Liu Bei said to Liu Chan. Liu Chan quickly came over to greet Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei introduced: "Brother, this is the child Liu Chan, the nickname Adou."
As soon as Liu Chan came out, Liu Zhang's face suddenly turned red, and a hint of embarrassing expression appeared on Liu Zhang's face.
Liu Zhang turned his head and glared at Zhang Ren fiercely. He thought to himself, "You guys have a bad idea!" What kind of Hongmen Banquet, have you seen someone who came with a child? Liu Bei was kind enough to treat himself to the Hongmen Banquet, but he actually thought that Liu Bei was holding the Hongmen Banquet and was also guarding him everywhere. He was simply a judge of a gentleman's ambition by the heart of a villain. If this spreads, his reputation would be ruined!
Zhang Ren's face was also blushing. Although Zhang Ren had no good feelings for Liu Bei, Zhang Ren was still a little impressed by Liu Bei's open-minded behavior. If it were Zhang Ren himself, he would definitely set up a Hongmen Banquet.
Liu Bei introduced Pang Tong, Huang Zhong and others to Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang also introduced Zhang Ren and others to Liu Bei.
When the soldiers entered the seat, Liu Bei pulled Liu Zhang and sat down according to the main seat. During the Three Kingdoms era, he was required to kneel down, but now Liu Zhang and others were all wearing thick armor, so how could they sit down? Liu Zhang looked at Liu Bei's side, and they were all calm and leisurely. Then look at his side, Zhang Ren, Ling Bao, Liu Xu... All the generals were standing awkward because they could not sit down because they were covered in armor. Liu Zhang was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl in.
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Three days later, Liu Bei led his army to leave Fucheng and came to Jiameng Pass.
Just as Liu Bei entered Shu, a war broke out in the east. Cao Cao temporarily relieved Ma Chao's worries and then personally led a large army of 300,000 to Jiangdong. Due to Zhou Yu's new death, Jiangdong had no suitable person to command the troops for a while, so Sun Quan personally led his troops to resist Cao Cao.
Jiangling.
In the east of the city, there is a restaurant called Wangjiang Tower. A few years ago, Jiangling changed owners one after another. The situation is turbulent, so the owner of this store ran away with his family. Recently, the owner returned to Jiangling and sold the Wangjiang Tower. The current owner's surname is Zhou, which is Zhou Shan from Jiangdong!
At this time, Zhou Shan was holding a secret security from Shuzhong in his hand.
"So Liu Bei has arrived at Jiameng Pass! It seems that the new plan should be implemented..."
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Unexpectedly, Luofengpo caused such a big debate. Gengchuan certainly knew that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the official history records were different, but the impact brought by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was much greater than that of the official history of the Three Kingdoms. However, the literary value of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not comparable to that of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I personally feel that Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms is indeed wonderful and worthy of being the four masterpieces. If Gengchuan gives the four masterpieces a ranking, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms will definitely rank first.
Readers who have read Greedy "Chuangsen Three" must understand that Greedy's works in the Three Kingdoms are not exactly based on Romance, nor are they completely based on official history. Greedy likes to scatter the two more exciting places together, but there are always conflicts between Romance and official history, so when encountering this, Greedy often takes one of the two. As for which one is taken, it depends on the plot.
Gengchuan didn’t know whether the name of Luofengpo was first or Pang Tong died first. I don’t think this is a big problem. Such a thing should be left to archaeologists rather than readers. Moreover, Gengchuan also wrote that Adou did not find Luofengpo on the map, so there are two possibilities. One is that there is but there is no mark on the map, and the other is that there is no one at all. As for whether there is one, it depends on one’s opinion.
Chapter completed!