Li Pengfei, who was greatly relieved in his heart, was also in a much better mood, he pretended to be angry and glared at Zhang Fei, and said: "Yide must not talk nonsense!" ”

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Pengfei pitifully, and said weakly: "Big brother, what a certain said is the truth, why do you talk nonsense?" ”

Li Pengfei was overjoyed in his heart, but he couldn't see it on his face at all, he looked at Liu Bei helplessly, and said: "General Liu, forgive me, my righteous brother is too young to know anything. If there is anything offended, please do not take it to heart. ”

"General Li is too polite, what this general said is also true, Bei's family has been poor since he was a child, and he makes a living by weaving mats and selling shoes with his mother, so there is nothing to hide." Liu Bei pretended to be calm and said, but the loss in his words could not be hidden.

Seeing that Liu Bei could still hold back the anger in his heart under such circumstances, and said such a thing, Li Pengfei couldn't help but nod secretly, and he really deserved to be a famous person in history who could endure. is so tolerant, it is no wonder that he was able to be born as a commoner, but in the end he became the king of a country.

Li Pengfei laughed and said: "What General Liu said is very true, the background was brought by our parents, we have no choice, there is nothing to hide. Moreover, most of the heroes start from the reckless, thinking of my Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu was born in a peasant family, but finally replaced Qin Lihan and cast an immortal dynasty; The three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, none of them were born in wealthy families, but they all made immortal feats and went down in history. Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, was poor in his early years, often sent food from others, and eventually became the pillar of the Han Dynasty; Peng Yue is just a fisherman in Juye Ze, gathering a hundred and ten fishermen to do things, and he is also an adult; Yingbu is just a disciple of Lishan, what a violent thing! Xiang's murder was tens of millions, and Bu Chang was the first to abuse. The princes of the crown of merit use this to win the king. Therefore, General Liu does not need to be presumptuous, and now that the imperial court is not appeased, it is a good time for my generation to make meritorious contributions to the peace of the country and the people. ”

Liu Bei looked at Li Pengfei with a surprised face, he didn't expect him to say such a thing to comfort himself, he couldn't help but feel grateful, and he took a deep look at Li Pengfei and said: "General Li's words are from the bottom of my heart, and I should take this as my name and dare not slack off!" ”

Li Pengfei said with a smile: "General Liu is polite, but he is just because he feels it deeply and sends it from the bottom of his heart." ”

Liu Bei was confused and didn't know why Li Pengfei said that. As far as he knew, this Li Xiaoqi was born in a famous family, and as the grandson of Li Yuanli, who was the former leader of the Great Han Shi clan, how could he deeply sympathize with his grassroots life?

At this moment, a young man next to Liu Bei, who looked to be in his early twenties, reminded in a low voice: "Xuande, this place is not a good place to talk, let's invite the generals into the city." ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What Xianhe said is very true, and it is rude." General Lee, Brother Bogui, and other generals, please come with me into the city. ”

Li Pengfei nodded and motioned for Zhao Yun to lead the army to camp outside the city.

Liu Bei asked puzzledly: "General Li, although Zhuoxian is only a small city, one or two thousand troops can still be stationed, why don't you go into the city and settle down?" ”

Li Pengfei said with a smile: "Thank you General Liu for your kindness, although the city can be settled, but the army is inconvenient to enter and exit, and it disturbs the people a lot." Moreover, the army will soon move south to Jizhou, so there is no need to enter the city. ”

According to the military regulations set by Li Pengfei, the army under his command is not allowed to set up camp in the city unless it is to defend against the enemy's siege, this is to prevent disturbance to the people, second, it is also for the safety of the army, and third, it is natural to let the army develop a style of hard struggle. It's just that these things are not enough for outsiders, so he didn't explain them carefully to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took Li Pengfei and others into the city, prepared wine and food, and feasted them.

And after entering the city, Li Pengfei also understood why Liu Bei was able to rise suddenly.

It turned out that not long after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in February, Zhang Bao led a large army north to Youzhou, and Zhuo County was soon overcome, and the official roads along the way were also blocked by the Yellow Turban Army, so the merchants who came and went naturally could not pass.

Liu Bei's home was not in the city, but in a small remote village more than ten miles outside the city of Zhuoxian, there were no big families in this village, and the Yellow Turban Army did not go there to cause trouble, but survived.

It is precisely for this reason that this small village attracted two merchants.

These two merchants were famous merchants in Zhongshan, one named Zhang Shiping and the other named Su Shuang, who sold horses from the Xianbei and Wuhuan territories in the north to the mainland every year. Now that the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, they were blocked in Zhuo County, unable to advance or retreat, so they just threw themselves into Liu Bei's village to take refuge.

After talking to Liu Bei, the two felt that he was extraordinary, and thought that they would not be able to go north to do business in a short time, so they simply funded Liu Bei with the money and goods they carried.

When Liu Bei got this windfall, he became restless in his heart. He found his old brother Jian Yong and his cousin Liu Deran to discuss the plan to raise volunteers to do something big. Jian Yong and Liu Deran were very excited, especially Liu Deran, who persuaded his father Liu Yuanli to take out money to recruit troops with Liu Bei.

In this troubled era, the most important thing is the homeless, and the three of them used the money funded by the two Zhongshan businessmen, as well as the money taken out by Liu Yuanli, to pull up a team of 1,000 people.

However, this thousand-strong contingent is not much different from a rabble. Among the three, Liu Deran and Jian Yong are scholars who don't know anything about soldiers at all, and Liu Bei is also a half-witted person who knows nothing about military affairs. Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Army left behind in Zhuo County is also a rabble, and the eldest brother on both sides is not to mention the second brother, they are almost the same as each other. As a result, Liu Bei and the three failed to capture Zhuo County, and the Yellow Turban Army in Zhuo County failed to help Liu Bei.

After a stalemate for about three months, news came from the north that Zhang Bao, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, had died in battle, and the army had also been wiped out by the new Youzhou Assassin Shi and Li Yi, who was the commander of the army, and Li Yi was about to go south soon. The Yellow Turban Army in Zhuo County could not be stabilized, and the guard led the Yellow Turban Army to escape, but Liu Bei found an opportunity to defeat the Yellow Turban Army and successfully took Zhuo County. Under the surrender of the rebels, not only did they make up for the losses in the previous three months of fighting, but the size of the army also expanded, growing to 1,500 men.

In this way, Liu Bei occupied Zhuoxian until Li Pengfei and Gongsun Zhan led the army to arrive.

Knowing these news, Li Pengfei couldn't help but feel a little emotional, he didn't expect that this Liu Bei was really an immortal Xiaoqiang, and after he dug up the corner of the wall and knocked away Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he still made such a move.

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After the banquet, Li Pengfei and the others did not stay in Zhuoxian County, but rushed back to the military camp outside the city.

When he was on the road, Guan Yu whispered to Li Pengfei: "Big brother, why are you so polite to that Liu Bei?" ”

Zhang Fei next to him was also unhappy and said: "Yes, big brother, I don't think that big-eared thief is a good person." Originally, I was a little sorry because I accidentally knocked him down last time, but I didn't expect that person to be so shameless. ”

Li Pengfei smiled but did not say a word.

It turned out that at the banquet just now, Liu Bei actually took a fancy to Guan Yu and the others, and made all kinds of overtures and wooing him openly and secretly. As for Li Pengfei, he turned a deaf ear to this, as if he didn't see Liu Bei's intentions, and kept saying good things to Liu Bei, what kind of Han clan relatives, the mainstay of the revival of the Han Dynasty, etc., as if Liu Bei was amazing.

Seeing that Li Pengfei still looked heartless, Zhang Fei was anxious and said loudly: "Big brother, why are you like this!" Take your word for it, and the big-eared thieves have dug into the corners of the wall and dug in front of you. ”

Zhao Yun next to him smiled: "Second brother, Yide, you don't have to be anxious. The eldest brother can see it more clearly than anyone else, he just didn't see Liu Bei in his eyes, plus he trusted our brothers, so he pretended not to know. As for praising that Liu Bei, it's just a time for the eldest brother to use to kill him, and you haven't seen it, so how out of shape is Liu Bei after being touted by the eldest brother? ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Li Pengfei suspiciously, and Zhang Fei asked, "Big brother, is this really the case?" ”

Li Pengfei smiled slightly and said, "Is there any difference?" Don't worry too much about that. Only the weak always talk about their origins, and the strong always rely on themselves. Thinking that King Jing of Zhongshan has more than 120 sons in his life, in the past 300 years, God knows how many of his descendants? Not to mention the Han clan relatives, in today's Han Dynasty, how many people with the surname Liu are not Han clan relatives? ”

Guan Yu and the three suddenly realized. Things seem to be really like this, in today's Han Dynasty, there are millions of people surnamed Liu, and if they really have nothing to do with the clan, I'm afraid they really can't find a few. And isn't the eldest brother also from a famous family, but he almost never takes the initiative to mention his life experience to others. Now he is famous, and he also fought hard with his own ability, which is the real strong demeanor.