OBS Chapter [147] Arriving At The Jiange
Chapter [147] Arriving At The Jiange
Hearing that Sun Ce was going to form an alliance, Liu Bei was naturally very happy.
Now being labeled as an anti-thief, Liu Bei can be said to be struggling, as can be seen from the divorce.
There is also the matter of accepting Yuan Shu, Liu Bei also put aside past grievances and tried his best to win more allies.
In the past, he and Sun Ce had a friendship, and they dealt with Lu Bu together, now that Sun Ce wants to come to form an alliance, Liu Bei didn't even think about it, and said: "Of course we can form an alliance, I very much agree.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other with smiles on their faces, obviously they had expected this result.
In Sun Ce's view, since he had friendship with Liu Bei in the past, there must be no problem in forming an alliance between the two, but the problem is considered from the aspect of relationship.
But Zhou Yu is much more rational. He judged Liu Bei's current predicament and must be very eager for allies.
"Mr. Xuande, let's attack Jingzhou together." Sun Ce was also impatient, and directly stated the purpose of the trip, "After the attack, we will divide Jingzhou equally."
There are no bad guys in Jiangdong, the little overlord Sun Ce is the biggest bad guy, and with the help of Zhou Yu, he quickly took the land of Jiangdong.
After winning Jiangdong, Sun Ce was not satisfied, and was eager to continue to expand his territory and strengthen his strength. Jingzhou was undoubtedly a good choice.
But Jingzhou has strong strength, and has been operating Jingzhou for many years.
Sun Cecai won Jiangdong, but his strength was still weak, and he was unable to attack Jingzhou alone.
But Sun Ce didn't want to calm down and develop his strength patiently. It happened that Liu Bei was in Huainan, so Sun Ce wanted to form an alliance with Liu Bei and attack Jingzhou together.
Hearing Sun Ce's straightforward invitation, Liu Bei was also taken aback, unable to react in his head.
"Uh... Bofu, Liu Jingzhou is also a clan member of the Han family, how can we attack without a reason?" Liu Bei tried to change Sun Ce's mind.
"Oh, what can't you fight?" Sun Ce was a little anxious, the most stupid didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only turn his head to look at Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, tell me.
With a smile on his face, Zhou Yu got up and cupped his hands and said to everyone: "I haven't introduced you yet, but next week, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin will meet you."
Liu Guanzhang and others got up one after another, bowed their hands in return, and then sat down again.
"Today there is great chaos, and the feudal lords are rising together. It is nothing but the weak and the strong eating their ears." Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Xuande always talks about morality in his affairs, but in fact he is too pedantic.
"Gong Jin's words are wrong." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I and Liu Jingzhou are both relatives of the Han family, how can we fight in the same room?"
"Hehe." Zhou Yu chuckled and said, "Mr. Xuande regards Liu Biao as a roommate, but Liu Biao regards Mr. Xuande as a traitor.
"Whether Mr. Xuande is a member of the Han family or not is actually not important anymore. The emperor issued an edict to deny it. Even if you are really a member of the Han family, it is equivalent to being expelled from the family tree now. Your insistence is meaningless.
Liu Bei was silent when he heard the words, Zhou Yu's words were harsh, but they were telling the truth.
Now that Liu Bei insists on being a clan member of the Han Dynasty, he is actually deceiving himself and others, and no one will believe him if he says it.
"Mr. Xuande, may I ask what your ambition is? What is the purpose of your cavalry?" Zhou Yu continued to ask.
"Help the world and revive the Han Dynasty." Liu Bei said without hesitation.
"Just relying on the two counties in Huainan? Or the tens of thousands of soldiers in your hands?"
Faced with Zhou Yu's questioning, Liu Bei remained silent. Obviously, Liu Bei also knew that relying on just two counties and more than ten thousand soldiers could not help the world at all, nor could it revive the Han Dynasty.
"Mr. Xuande, forgive me for your words, helping the world depends on strength, not benevolence and righteousness." Zhou Yu continued: "Your pedantic benevolence and morality have become the biggest obstacle to your helping the world."
"As long as you persist in benevolence, righteousness and morality, you will not be able to help the world and revive the Han Dynasty in your whole life."
Liu Bei's face was solemn. When ideals and ethics conflict, should we give our all for ideals, or stick to the bottom line for ethics.
"In today's world, Yuan Shao is in Hebei, Cao Cao is in the Central Plains, and Lu is not coercing the emperor to make the princes dominate the Northwest. These three people have risen to power. What is Xuande going to do to counterbalance?"
"Time waits for no one!" Zhou Yu said solemnly: "There is not much time left for Duke Xuande. If you don't develop the power under your command, you will lose the opportunity to help the Han Dynasty."
"Now that Lu Bu is trapped in the northwest, he is still unable to attack the Central Plains."
Yuan and Cao are evenly matched, facing each other across the Yellow River, neither of them dare to act rashly, now is the best time for us to expand!"
"Liu Biao of Jingzhou has no ambitions and is old and feeble. Does Duke Xuande expect Liu Biao to help the Han family?"
"It's not as good as you and my two families working together to win Jingzhou. The land in the north of the river belongs to Duke Xuande, and the land in the south of the river belongs to us. You and my two families will help each other and preserve a ray of revival for the Han Dynasty."
"The north has been divided by Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao. We can only contend with it by combining the strength of the southern kingdom.
Zhou Yu's remarks were deafening, but Liu Bei remained silent, obviously thinking in his heart.
"The matter is very important, and I need to think carefully about it." Liu Bei finally said.
"Of course." Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Although time is not waiting for me, there is still time for Xuande to think about it.
"My plan is for our two families to take Jingzhou before Yuan and Cao go to war."
"After the war between Yuan and Cao, we may go north to recover the Central Plains, or go west to take the middle of Shu.
Liu Bei nodded, and told Sun Qian: "Bo Fu and Gong Jin have come from a long way, take them down to rest first, and hold a banquet at night to cleanse them up."
"Then don't bother Duke Xuande, let's have another drink tonight." Sun Ce and Zhou Yu got up and saluted, and then were led away by Sun Gan.
"This young man..." Liu Bei looked at Zhou Yu's back and murmured, "It's limitless."
"Brother, I think what this kid said makes sense, what do you think?" Zhang Fei couldn't wait to ask Liu Bei's attitude.
"Brother, this is indeed an opportunity. If we don't take any action, it will be tantamount to sitting and waiting for death." Guan Yu also persuaded: "Could it be that the three of us are just guarding Huainan and waiting to die?"
"I already understand the intentions of the two virtuous brothers." Liu Bei nodded, "Let's talk about it in the evening. y
Liu Bei was moved, and he was persuaded by Zhou Yu.
Different environments create different experiences.
Compared with Uncle Liu Huang in history, Liu Bei's identity as an anti-thief has undergone great changes, and Liu Bei's attitude and choices will naturally change.
On a winding mountain road, a caravan is on its way.
The leader is tall and burly, and there is a short scribe by his side.
These two are naturally Lu Bu and Zhang Song, and the caravan behind them is pretending to be trapped in the camp.
"The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky!" After walking there in person, Lu Bu has a personal experience of the difficulty of the road to Shu.
Zhang Song looked up at Lu Bu, and said, "For Duke Ming's body, the road to Shu is indeed more difficult, but my body has an advantage."
Zhang Song seems to be laughing at himself, but he is actually telling the truth. 537
Zhang Song is notoriously short in stature, very short compared to ordinary people, not to mention compared to Lu Bu, his height is only around Lu Bu's waist.
The plank roads in Central Shu are all built on the mountain walls. In many places, you have to bow your head, or you will hit your head on the rocks, but Lu is not embarrassed. The soldiers carried Lu Bu over.
On the contrary, Zhang Song's short stature can easily slip through no matter where he goes.
"Sir, how far are we from Jiange?" Lu Bu asked out of words.
"It will be there soon, a quarter of an hour at the most."
"Accelerate the whole army!" Lu Bu ordered immediately.
In less than a quarter of an hour, after a cup of tea, Lu Bu saw the pass of Jiange.
Before the emergence of thermal weapons, a pass that had never fallen.
Zhong Hui led an army of 100,000 and couldn't defeat them. In the end, Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping and went around.
"Jiange is towering and Cui Wei, one man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it." Lu Bu blurted out looking at the pass in front of him.
"Duke Ming has a good literary talent." Zhang Song praised immediately.
There are steep mountain walls on both sides, and the pass is located in it, and only one narrow path can pass through it.
This means a frontal attack, each time less than ten soldiers can rush to the pass at the same time, such a small number of people rushing over is tantamount to death.
Less than ten soldiers rushed to the front of the pass, and even if there was an army of one hundred thousand behind, they could only stand in the back and watch. When the soldiers in front died, there would be less than ten men to make up for it.
Passes of this level existed like bugs in ancient times.
Without Zhang Song to lead the way, Lu Bu really didn't have the confidence to win Jiange.
"Ming Gong, let's go there."