After this battle, all the princes of the world knew that Liu Bei was extremely powerful, a pair of double-strand swords were extremely strange, and his martial arts were very strong. And his two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, are rare fierce generals in the world, and both of them have the courage of ten thousand people.

After Chen stayed in the alliance, Liu Bei got nothing, but he was not discouraged, and when he met people, he said that he was a descendant of the royal family, and the alliance was to crusade against the rebels and the Han family, not to seek fame. No one believed this statement at first, but after saying too much, it was widely spread, and over time, Liu Bei fell into the name of loyalty.

Since then, Liu Bei has become famous, and his most praised place is his martial arts and loyalty.

Everyone in the world has a good name, and fame is a good thing.

In today's world, there are not a few ambitious people like Liu Bei who are pretentious but from humble backgrounds, but there are very few people who can really make a name for themselves in the world and use their fame to the extreme. So far, there is only Liu Bei, and there is no other semicolon for this one.

Since Tao Qian died of illness last year and handed over the six counties of Xuzhou to Liu Bei, Liu Bei has been very excited, and he can definitely be regarded as bitter and sweet, and he raised his eyebrows. Therefore, after completely taking over the counties and counties of Xuzhou, Liu Bei has the heroic ambition of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing the mountains at a glance", in his eyes, the sky above his head is extremely blue, and the princes of the towns are not afraid of him.

However, just when Liu Bei was full of spirit and pride, a small matter that was originally very inconspicuous or that he didn't pay attention to it at all made him angry, and he was deeply ashamed while being angry. This "trivial matter" is that Li Li actually rejected Tao Qian's deathbed recommendation. Not only did he not entitle him Liu Bei as the pastor of Xuzhou, but he was not even given the official position of Xuzhou Assassin, so that there was no mention of him in the edict of the world. It fell on deaf ears.

What made Liu Bei even more annoyed and angry was that if Li Li just rejected Tao Qian's recommendation, it would be Li Li's eyes red after seeing that he had won the six counties of Xuzhou without much effort, and deliberately made things difficult for him; But what made him unbearable was that Li Li didn't give him the title of Xuzhou Muci, but he rewarded Tao Qian's two sons with a big reward, and directly gave the two counties of Pengcheng and Guangling to Tao Shang and Tao Ying.

You must know that these are the two richest counties in Xuzhou. Liu Bei had already had an idea about the two counties, but after receiving the holy decree, he had to hand over the two counties to the pottery merchant and Tao Ying brothers. After all, he claims to be a descendant of the royal family, and he is still the "imperial uncle" of today's son in terms of seniority. How can you resist the will and disrespect? What's more, Xuzhou was originally Tao Qian's territory, and when the edict arrived in Xuzhou, Tao Qian's bones were not cold. Liu Bei as the successor of "picking up cheap". How can you not care about your own face, how can you embarrass Tao Qian's two sons?

It's just that??? If you can't embarrass others, then you can only wronged yourself. After receiving the edict, Liu Beiqiang personally sent the pottery merchant and Tao Ying to take office with a smile, and encouraged them bitterly when he parted. However, when the potter and Tao Ying brothers left, Liu Bei was furious and furious, and then smashed all the utensils on the main hall of the state pastoral mansion to pieces. Almost burned down the main hall.

After such a fuss in the edict, Liu Bei, who has been immersed in excitement and joy. It was like being poured a plate of cold water on the head in the cold winter wax moon, drenching from head to toe, and the whole body was cold. At this point, Liu Bei finally realized the power of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, and saw Li Liqiang's domineering and cunning side. Although the two brothers Tao Shang and Tao Ying would not dare to openly oppose him Liu Bei after they took up the post of Taishou of the two counties, they would definitely not be like their dead ghost father Liu Bei; When the time comes, the two will definitely turn against each other.

And this is not the most troublesome thing for Liu Bei. The thing that made him extremely embarrassed was that although he took over the six counties of Xuzhou, he was still just a small plain order. Every time the Xuzhou officials called him "Lord Zhoumu", he would involuntarily feel ashamed, and his ears were hot, as if he had been slapped twice.

At the same time, what distressed him the most was that he claimed to be a descendant of the royal family and a descendant of Gaozu, and if he did not get the official position of the Son of Heaven, he could not follow the example of other princes to add officials to himself and lead Xuzhou Mu. Otherwise, what kind of royal descendant is he, and what kind of face does he have to boast of the blood of his ancestors, and how different is he from the chaotic ministers and thieves who are currently separating the states? Moreover, if he dares to lead Xuzhou Mu or proclaim himself an official position, then how can he justify himself in front of the world? self-proclaimed Han clan relatives, keep saying that he is not for fame and fortune, but only loyal to the Han family; But in fact, he didn't think about the Han Dynasty, but he trespassed on Xuzhou without authorization. Isn't this tantamount to nakedly telling the people of the world that he Liu Bei is ambitious and has bad intentions, and he has long had the intention of replacing the Han family. If that were the case, he would be ruined and spurned by the world!

It was based on this unspeakable torture that after the news of the capture of Hedong County by the army of the Central Plains princes reached Xuzhou, Liu Bei finally couldn't sit still.

He immediately had a new idea: "Since it is hopeless to wait for Li Li to seal Xuzhou Mu to himself, then lead the troops into the alliance and attack Xiliang with the allies." If the princes' allies can defeat Li Li and his Xiliang army in one fell swoop, then everyone will be happy, and they will not only be able to get the official position of Xuzhou Mu, but also may be able to confirm the identity of the emperor's uncle. If the allies can't win, he can also use the power of the allies to force Li Li to obey and give an edict, so that his original intention of sending troops to Xiliang can still be realized. ”

So, when the Central Plains Allied army crossed the river and went to Loudiyuan to set up camp, Liu Bei personally led more than 40,000 Xuzhou soldiers to Hedong County, and recruited thousands of young men along the way, enough to gather 50,000 troops.

However, when he actually joined the allies, he learned that the alliance of the Central Plains princes was far from being as strong as he imagined, and although Shun Lì captured Hedong County, he was repeatedly frustrated and lost troops under Hangu Pass. At the same time, Li Li and the Xiliang army were not as easy to deal with as he imagined, and the bravery, strength and strength of their generals and the peak of their soldiers far exceeded his estimates. Defeating Li Li is easy to say, a matter of one sentence; But when he really faced Li Li and his Xiliang Army, Liu Bei really saw that the Xiliang Army's courage in the world was not in vain, and Li Li's prestige was by no means false, and his dominating posture was really amazing.

It's just that at this time, when the two armies are in a decisive battle, the loser does not lose the battle, even though Liu Bei was frightened, he had to pretend to be a posture that did not take Li Li in his eyes at all, because despising the enemy is equivalent to elevating himself.

"I haven't seen Li Thief before, but when I see it today, I know that the rumors are true. Li Thief is really arrogant and arrogant, no one in his eyes, in the face of my army of more than 300,000 princes, he still dares to be so rampant, I really don't know how such a self-respecting person can live to this day! ”

As soon as Liu Bei's words came out, all the princes, including Yuan Shao, turned their heads to look at him, and they were silent for a while, and after a while, they looked at each other, and then shook their heads silently and lightly, and sighed secretly: "Only people who don't know Li Li's power can be so ashamed, I can't imagine that Liu Bei, who is close to middle age, is so arrogant, it is really ignorant and fearless!" ”

Sensitively perceiving the different expressions of Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and others, Liu Bei said in surprise: "Why do you have such an expression, are you losing your words?" ”

"Xuande is too worried." In order not to discourage Liu Bei's enthusiasm, Yuan Shao shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice with deep feelings: "Xuande participated in the battle with the army of Li Thief for the first time, and he may not know that Li Thief is not only extremely strong in martial arts, but also insidious and cunning, which is really not to be underestimated!" Xuande also heard the exclamation of our allied soldiers when they saw Li Li coming out of the battle just now, this is not accidental, it is not that our soldiers are timid and cowardly, but they have all seen Li Thief's vicious methods, and they still have lingering palpitations. Therefore, Xuande must not despise Li Thief, otherwise he will definitely suffer. ”

Liu Bei said disappreciatively when he heard this: "How can the alliance leader grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige? At present, our allied army has a total of more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, which is twice the enemy's army. Moreover, among our allies, there are heroes and heroes from various states in the Central Plains, and there are dozens of famous generals alone; And although the generals under the command of Li Thief boast of being good at martial arts, they are actually arrogant and arrogant, living in a corner and not knowing the heroes of the world. Now that the generals of Xiliang have encountered the heroes of our allies, they will inevitably be dwarfed and ashamed, and I am afraid that they have already been frightened. Hehehe! ”

After speaking, Liu Bei laughed, but the expressions of Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Zhang Yan and others surprised him greatly, and the laughter suddenly stopped, making his cheeks red, so not embarrassed. But seeing Yuan Shao and the other princes of the Six Roads staring at him with stunned expressions, their eyes were extremely complicated, with doubts and surprises, mockery and disdain, and a little annoyance and hostility.

At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly woke up and knew that he had lost his words, and inadvertently offended the princes of the Six Roads around him. Because these six princes have fought with the Xiliang army one after another, but they have been defeated in the hands of Li Li one after another, and they have returned in disgrace. Therefore, hearing him denigrate Li Li and Xiliangjun like this, Yuan Shao and the others suddenly felt that Liu Bei's denigration of Li Li was actually insinuating that these princes were stupid and incompetent, so Liu Bei's laughter was a mockery for them, which made them lose face, and they couldn't help but be a little annoyed and angry.

"Humph!" Sure enough, some of the princes of the Six Roads immediately became mad at Liu Bei. I saw Lu Bu's face gloomy and he snorted coldly: "Liu Bei, don't just talk and don't practice, now is a good opportunity for you to defeat Li Thief." If you have the guts, even if you step forward to challenge Li Thief, maybe you don't need Li Thief to take action personally, just a random general under his command can defeat you, and you may even lose your life! ”

"Phew! Lu Bu dared to be rude to my brother, didn't he think that this snake spear in my Zhang Fei's hand would not dare to kill you? ”

―――――――――― (To be continued)(To be continued......

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