Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 378 New 3 Kingdoms 18

"Xuzhou's pretty boy, I know you are a real man. Liu Bei, take your two brothers and get out of here. I will continue to beat you, pretty boy!"

Dian Wei became excited when he heard this, and started shouting and waving his short spear.

Except for Cao Cao himself, all the generals and counselors thought that this was a good idea. It was true that they hated Liu Bei, and it was also true that it was great to have one less person to share the territory with.

"Brother Cao, steward, my third brother's words don't count, just take it as a joke." Liu Bei felt that the land division was about to happen and he didn't care about keeping a deadpan face and spoke quickly.

"What the hell has Zhang Fei been saying for most of the time! The people who are in charge here don't say a word, but let an idiot jump out and make trouble. What do you, Liu Bei, think of our Xuzhou!" Yu Xian questioned, slamming the table.

"Liu Xuande, ah Liu Xuande, your mouth is not on Zhang Fei's body."

Xun Yu was also very dissatisfied with Liu Bei. He was still playing tricks on him at this time. Did he really think he could act cool just because he was the protagonist?

Cao Cao was very dissatisfied. He originally thought that Liu Bei was a hero. Today's situation was dominated by him and Liu Bei. The two of them were working together to fight against the rebel army in Xuzhou. The best thing would be to drive them out.

As a result, Liu Bei didn't say a word and let Zhang Fei bite and bark everywhere like a dog, revealing his flaws and becoming the targeted and suppressed one.

"Xun Yu, if you dare to offend my eldest brother, be careful or I will poke ten thousand transparent holes in you!"

When Zhang Fei saw Xun Yu calling him by name, he slammed the table and started shouting again.

"My lord, if my uncle has a headache or fever someday, it must be Zhang Fei's fault. Please stand up for my uncle!" Xun You thought the matter was not serious enough and added fuel to the fire.

"Third brother, get out of here!" Liu Bei could no longer control himself and slammed the table and cursed.

"Brother, they bullied you so much! I..." Zhang Fei felt very aggrieved.

"You are almost ruining my plan, second brother, take third brother out."

Liu Bei felt very happy when Zhang Fei insulted others, but he didn't expect that it would backfire on him today and he felt so uncomfortable. If he continued to make trouble like this, let alone negotiations, it would not be surprising to have a battle in Shouchun City.

"Big brother."

Guan Yu didn't want to go out, but when he saw Liu Bei's cold eyes, he had to pull Zhang Fei away.

The unhappy No-Brains all left, Yu Xian and Zang Ba looked at each other and confirmed that the arrangements they had made before were in place, and they felt more relaxed all of a sudden. When Guo Jia saw that Xuzhou was in trouble, he quickly winked at Dian Wei and the two of them found a lame excuse to follow him.

Then the formal negotiations finally started. Cao Cao felt that he had Xun Yu, Xun You and Liu Ye in literature, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu in military affairs. Liu Bei only had Jian Yong, and Xuzhou had no counselors at all. I was afraid that this would make me laugh to death!

One against two, the advantage is on my side!

Yu Xian felt quite relaxed. I have traveled through so many worlds and have seen all kinds of people. How could a bunch of people who play office politics and rely on stupid screenwriters and directors to show off be my opponents?

One against two, the advantage is on my side!

Liu Bei also felt relieved. Jian Yong made a living by talking, and he himself was a descendant of the Han Dynasty. This was purely natural political correctness. With the old scoundrel Liu Biao behind him, who would dare not give him face!

The advantage of one against two is mine!

The negotiation (dispute) lasted from morning to afternoon, and they didn't even have lunch. When the sun went down, the three parties finally reached an agreement and signed and sealed the covenant.

Although Jian Yong was very powerful, he was no match for Yu Xian and Cao Cao's advisers, so Liu Bei only had actual control over a narrow strip of Jingzhou and Danyang County. (Danyang Governor Sun Ce: Who do you think I am?)

After signing and stamping, Yu Xian had someone bring a sheep to be slaughtered on the spot and took its blood for an oath. The oath was not very hurtful but extremely insulting. Not to mention shameless people like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, even Xu Chu twitched his face after hearing it, and even laughed so hard that he was out of breath.

As a result, Cao Cao and Liu Bei had gloomy faces throughout the whole process.

After completing all the procedures, Yu Xian and Cao Cao returned to their respective barracks to mobilize their troops and prepare for war. The covenant I signed is like toilet paper if you don't recognize it. As for the oath just made, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will find reasons for everyone to make the oath invalid.

As expected, Yu Xian was disappointed by the two scumbags, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. They were driven out of Yuan Shu's mansion and were so angry that they disliked everything and even slapped a passing dog.

What's more, they fought fiercely with the anti-rebelion soldiers and Cao's army who were patrolling to maintain public order in Shouchun City. By the time the negotiations were over, nearly a hundred soldiers were injured.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both violent and verbal. Not only did they beat people up, they also ran into a restaurant and ate a free meal. When they were asked to pay the bill, they beat up the owner of the restaurant.

How can two people provide assists without cooperating?

So before the ink was dry on the contract, the anti-rebel army and Cao's army simultaneously beat the Jingzhou army in the city to death, and Liu Bei fled Shouchun in a hurry overnight.

The two sides had just driven Liu Bei away, and they fought without even a break. At dawn, Cao's army also fled Shouchun in a panic. Guo Jia didn't expect that he was the first to attack, but he still couldn't beat the rebel army. They were both carrying the same weight, so how could the Xuzhou army be so good at fighting.

However, no matter how depressed his subordinates were, it was none of Cao Cao's business, because he had to prepare for the decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

Yu Xian ordered to switch to infrastructure mode and digest the territory first. After Yuan Shu died, the great families who followed him would also suffer. The anti-rebel army took the list and began to confiscate their families, freeing up a large area of land, food and a lot of money.

In addition to reconstruction and emergency relief, Yu Xian also used these things to dig into the corners of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. As long as the people from those places came to him, he would give them land and exempt them from taxes for three years.

This measure caused Liu Bei to fail first. He got the least territory because of Zhang Fei's trouble and because he was the weakest. The troops under him were all from Liu Biao, and now that the battle was over, they had to go back.

Liu Bei could only recruit soldiers and train soldiers in the areas under his actual control to prepare for the attack on Danyang. But within a few months, he found that one-third of the people had fled, the population had dropped sharply, and there were also deserters in the army.

After some investigation, it turned out that all the people had fled to the area controlled by the Xuzhou Army.

"Chen Deng is too much of a bully! Not only did he break the contract and attack us in Shouchun, but now he is deceiving the people under my rule."

Liu Bei was so angry that his teeth were itching. Not only did you lie down, but you also spread the news everywhere, so that the people would not associate with people like me who seek progress. How could I, Liu Xuande, make progress?

"Brother, let's go to Xuzhou and poke a thousand transparent holes in Chen Deng!"

Zhang Fei felt that his elder brother Liu Bei was too soft-hearted. He did not take action when he should have, which led to the embarrassing situation today.

"Yes, brother. Xuzhou used tricks to catch us off guard last time. We should fight back!" Guan Yu agreed with this fight.

"Alas, second and third brothers, I also want to attack Xuzhou, but the current situation does not allow it. The first priority now is to train the army to attack Danyang, so that we can stabilize our hard-earned place of residence." Liu Bei also wanted to fight, but he really couldn't. The troops he had were not enough to fill the gaps in the enemy's teeth.