In Liu Bei's camp in the territory of Chen State, Xuande heard the news of the scout's return, and he was both happy and worried.

The general Chen Xu really did not break his promise, and mobilized the soldiers and horses of the entire Bingzhou, so that Yuan Shao, who was eyeing the south, had to wave his troops north again.

Rao is like this, and now Liu Bei is still not happy.

Yuan Shao's strength is known to the world, even if he is forced to withdraw for a while, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not settle accounts in the future.

Although Liu Bei took advantage of Yuan Shao's inattention, he raided and defeated Chen Guo. But after that, in the process of attacking Liang State, he was repeatedly frustrated.

The only thing that made him feel at ease was that Sun Ce's army of 30,000 was also repeatedly frustrated when attacking Runan.

Just as Liu Bei was pondering, Guan Yu suddenly walked into the tent and said softly, "Yuan Benchu sent a messenger over to meet his brother. ”

Liu Bei raised his head and said in surprise: "Since Yuan Benchu sent a messenger over?" ”

This time, although Liu Bei was sent to the edict of the Son of Heaven, he raised troops to attack Yuan Shao.

In any case, it was he who was the first to provoke the war. Liu Bei still felt a little guilty about Yuan Shao in his heart.

Suddenly hearing that Yuan Shao had sent an envoy over, Liu Bei would subconsciously think that Yuan Shao wanted to send someone to ask him why he had raised troops for no reason.

Not only Liu Bei, but even Guan Yu also thinks so.

He opened his mouth and said, "Brother, now that you are at war with Yuan Benchu, where do you need to discuss anything with him?" In my opinion, it is better to directly expel Yuan Benchu's envoy from the country. ”

At this moment, a gust of black wind swept in, and I saw that Zhang Fei had already rushed in quickly.

He raised his voice and shouted: "My brother is the pastor of Yuzhou, but Yuan Shao snatched his brother's territory. Now they dare to send messengers, and they are really bold. ”

"Brother, don't worry, I'm going out to kill Yuan Shao's envoy and use his head to sacrifice the flag, so I want to capture the Liang Kingdom!"

Liu Bei suddenly changed color and rebuked Zhang Feidao: "Since ancient times, the two countries have been at war. If you kill Yuan Shao's envoy, what will the people of the world think of me? ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he had to shrug his head, not daring to say anything more about killing Yuan Shao's envoy.

Xuande got up and tidied up his clothes, and said, "Since I sent a messenger over at the beginning, how can I not treat each other politely?" I myself will go to the Adicostal Messenger. ”

Xuande met Yuan Shao's envoy, and after the two finished their salutes, Xuande asked directly: "Now that I am at war with Benchu, I don't know why Mr. came here?" ”

The envoy looked at Liu Bei carefully for a while, and asked: "In the past, the envoy served under the command of Gongsun Bogui, and repeatedly kept the soldiers and horses of Jizhou outside Qingzhou. ”

"Later, because of benevolence and righteousness, the envoy abandoned all his inheritance and went to rescue Tao Gongzu, which is really admirable."

"Looking at the king, he is not like the kind of greedy person. Why did the envoy invade our main city for no reason this time, so that the people of Yuzhou would suffer from war again? ”

Zhang Fei was immediately furious when he heard this, he had to open his hair, and said angrily: "My brother is the Yuzhou Mu who was personally appointed by the imperial court, so Yuan Benchu forcibly occupied my brother's city for no reason, shouldn't I take it back?" ”

Xuande also said: "It's not that Liu Bei is greedy and takes the initiative to raise troops. First, the Son of Heaven took pity on me and named me the pastor of Yuzhou, and asked me to guard one side for the court. Bei Xi is the pastor of a state, and he never dares to forget his duty. ”

"Second, the Son of Heaven issued an edict, ordering me to raise troops to recapture the Jizhou counties that were originally occupied. Bei is not only a relative of the Han Dynasty, but also a courtier of the Han Dynasty, so naturally he cannot violate the edict of the Son of Heaven. ”

"Rao is so, because of the preparation, the war in Yuzhou has recurred, and the people are living in the water and fire, and I am also at peace day and night."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei's eyes were red.

He tried to hold back his tears, but he couldn't. In desperation, he had to hide his face with his sleeves and secretly wiped the tears on his face.

After calming down a bit, Xuande forced a smile and said: "Don't blame you for losing your temper in front of your envoy!" ”

Yuan Shao's envoy's face was solemn, he got up and solemnly saluted Liu Bei, and said: "I have heard that Xuande Gong loves the people like a son, and he is kind-hearted. When I saw it today, I realized that the rumors were true. ”

"Xuande Gong is so considerate of the people, it is really admirable."

Liu Bei hurriedly got up, held the envoy's arm, and said: "Sir's words are wrong, no matter where you are, you just do what you should do according to your own business, how can you talk about loving the people like a son?" ”

Humble and polite, not arrogant or impetuous, kind-hearted, and sincere. I have to say that Liu Bei's impression on Yuan Shao's envoy was very good.

Since he had a good impression of Liu Bei, he naturally would not continue to take care of it, and immediately said: "My lord has always admired the reputation of Xuande Gong, and he has no intention of being an enemy of Xuande Gong. The previous time was just worried that Yuzhou would be occupied by other princes, so he rashly sent troops to occupy some counties. ”

"Since the Duke of Xuande has the intention to govern the entire Yuzhou for His Majesty, how can my lord continue to occupy these cities? I came this time to represent my lord and give up all the occupied counties and counties in Yuzhou, hoping to get the friendship of Xuande Gong. ”

The envoy's words shocked the three Liu Bei brothers.

They all thought that Yuan Shao sent the envoy to ask the teacher for guilt. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao was to return Yuzhou County.

Xuande was stunned for a moment, and asked incredulously: "Sir, isn't he playing Liu Bei?" ”

The messenger said: "In front of Xuande Gong, how dare I speak falsely? There is absolutely no falsehood in what is said above. ”

Guan Yu immediately interjected: "I don't know which counties Yuan Gong wants to return?" ”

The envoy said: "The State of Chen, the State of Liang, and the Runan County that occupies half of Yuzhou, my lord is willing to return them to the Duke of Xuande." It's just that the Pei State and Lu State occupied by Cao Mengde still need Xuande Gong to go and ask for it. ”

The envoy's words shocked the hearts of the three of them again.

They originally thought that Yuan Shao would be able to hand over Chen Guo, who was beaten down by Liu Bei, which was already very good. The three of them didn't expect that Yuan Shao would return Runan County and Liang Guo together.

Looking at the three people in disbelief, the envoy said: "Xuande Gong is the Yuzhou pastor of the Son of Heaven, my lord is loyal to the Han Dynasty, how can he take the foundation of Xuande Gong in vain?" ”

"As long as Xuande Gong is willing, we can return these three counties at any time."

Even after the envoy left, the three of them still felt a little incredible. At first, they thought it might be a delaying tactic.

However, when all the Yuan troops of the Liang State were evacuated, Liu Bei knew that this was a definite thing.

As soon as Liu Bei took over the Liang State, Zhang He sent an envoy over and said to Liu Bei: "Jiangdong Sun Ce is in a hurry to attack Runan, if my general rashly withdraws his troops, I am afraid that the entire Runan will be taken away by Sun Ce." ”

"Please also ask Liu Yuzhou to send troops to Runan quickly, as long as Xuande Gong takes over Runan, my general will lead all the soldiers and horses to withdraw. At that time, I also ask Xuande Gong to make a road to Yanzhou for my general. ”

Liu Bei naturally agreed, and then led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and his soldiers and horses into Runan.

At the beginning, Liu Bei was still worried that this was Zhang He's ploy and wanted to lure him to Runan to eliminate him. Along the way, Liu Bei and the three of them were cautious.

However, until Liu Bei led his troops to Shen County, nothing happened. After Liu Bei took over the defense of Shen County, Zhang He really led his troops to retreat as promised.

After Liu Bei took control of the entire Runan County, he still felt that it was a little unreal. When Tai Shici came to the city to call for battle, Liu Bei came back to his senses.

Tai Shici rode a white horse, looked at the banner with the character 'Liu' on the city wall, and frowned tightly.

Shen County has always been Zhang He on the defensive, and the city wall is also hung with the word 'Zhang' flag. Tai Shici didn't know when Shenxian changed the coach.

A partial general whispered to Tai Shici: "General, last night, the scouts under his command detected a wave of soldiers and horses entering the city, presumably the commander in the city changed at that time. ”

Tai Shici nodded, and there was no joy or anger on his face. He listened to the loud war drums around him, and suddenly felt his blood boiling all over his body.

I have to say that Zhang He is worthy of the title of 'Hebei Siting Zhu', and his comprehensive talent is even far superior to the other three.

It was Zhang He, an equal opponent, that aroused Tai Shici's strong fighting spirit.

The banners above Shen County separated, and I saw two generals surrounding Liu Bei. Xuande saw Tai Shici, who was riding on a war horse, majestic and talented, and immediately felt inexplicable.

In this era, because Guan Hai led the Qingzhou Yellow Turban to defect to Chen Xu. There was no such thing as Tai Shi Ci riding into the Beihai alone, and then going to ask Liu Bei for help.

Therefore, the current Liu Bei does not know Tai Shici at all.

Zhang Fei watched Tai Shici challenge under the city, and immediately said: "Brother, that guy is so arrogant and arrogant, bullying me that there is no one in the city?" I also asked my brother to allow me to go to war, go and kill the enemy general, so as to make a war feat. ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Sun Bofu doesn't know that Runan has changed hands, if the third brother rashly goes out to fight and kills General Sun Jun, won't he have a mortal enmity with Jiangdong." ”

"It's better for me to report my name first, if Sun Bofu insists on attacking Runan, it's not too late to fight him."

Guan Yu nodded secretly when he heard this, and Zhang Fei also stopped speaking.

Since Liu Bei had a plan in his heart, he immediately became angry and shouted at Tai Shi Ci: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but is it Tai Shi Ziyi, the general under the command of Wu Hou?" ”

Tai Shici's eyes froze, and he shouted in a deep voice: "It's me, who are you, report your name!" ”

Liu Bei said: "I am a relative of the Han Dynasty, Yuzhou Mu, Liu Bei Liu Xuande is also, why did the general invade my city for no reason?" ”

Tai Shi Ci was stunned when he heard this, and he was secretly shocked in his heart: "Isn't Liu Xuande at war with Yuan Benchu in the Liang Kingdom?" Why did you suddenly occupy Runan-gun? ”

The reason why Sun Ce dared to attack Runan County was precisely because he received an edict from the Son of Heaven asking him to expel Yuan Shao.

If Runan County was occupied by Liu Bei, the authentic Yuzhou pastor, they would no longer have an excuse to attack Runan.