Han Xiang

Chapter 1 Brothers are like siblings (for collection)
Papa pa pa pa pa, torrential fall to the ground.

The raindrops in the sky were like arrows, and a pothole was smashed out on the vast wilderness in the Huaiyin Stone Pavilion area.

The gusts of wind are gusts, and the momentum is like a sharp arrow.

Wrapped in the fragrance of the soil, I got into the silent barracks.

In the main tent, the lights flickered.

The two sat around the table, staring at the mottled map, as if they were looking for the secret to victory.

The torrential rain on a summer night can't make people feel cool.

One has long arms and big ears, and the other has a red face and long beard. They are the celebrities of the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Bei and Guan Yu with obvious appearance characteristics.

At the beginning of the first year of Jian'an (AD 196), Cao Cao named Liu Bei as the general of Zhendong, named Yicheng Tinghou, and ordered him to conquer Yuan Shu in Huainan in the name of the emperor.

Yuan Shu and Cao Cao were defeated in several battles. This time the opponent sent Liu Bei who was weaker. He couldn't hold back the face of the famous family in Runan, thinking that Cao Cao was humiliating himself.

After being furious, with Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui as the generals, the two generals led [-] elite soldiers, and sent troops to Xuzhou to take Tancheng directly, preemptively.

Before Liu Bei took office as Xuzhou Mu, the state had been massacred by Cao Cao twice, resulting in a sharp drop in the population of Xuzhou and the decline of people's livelihood.

In just one year, Liu Bei's hastily accumulated soldiers, horses, money and food were far from being able to compete with the mighty Yuan Shu.

Facing the court's will and Yuan Shu's military threats, Liu Bei was unwilling to sit still and wait for death, so he left his third brother Zhang Fei to guard Xiapi, and he and Guan Yu went south to defend against the enemy in Xuyi and Huaiyin.

The stalemate lasted for more than a month, and they fought more than a dozen times, but it was a pity that the victors were few and the losses were many.

The mood of Liu Bei and Guan Yu was as gloomy as the weather, and their confidence was like the land outside the tent, which was riddled with holes by reality.

After a long time, Guan Yu knocked on the table with one hand, frowned and remonstrated: "Brother, Yuan Shu's soldiers have enough food, and the rain has continued recently, so it won't benefit the war if it goes on for a long time. We have to make plans early."

Liu Bei sighed: "Oh, Kong Wenju said in the past that Yuan Shu is a dead bone in the tomb. It wasn't until we fought against each other during this period that I realized that the Yuan family's dead bone is not light."

"Kong Rong? Hmph." Guan Yu snorted coldly, and then added: "This man is so boastful, why should he believe it? When I asked my eldest brother to save Tao Gongzu, he said those dirty words to someone, it made people laugh."

Liu Bei waved his hand gently, and answered with vacant eyes: "Brother took the initiative to send troops to the south, not because of Kong Wenju's influence. Xuzhou has been suffering from natural and man-made disasters in recent years, and it's hard to recuperate for more than a year. Seeing that the people in the state are about to harvest in summer, if Yuan Shu is allowed to invade the army Going north, I don’t know how many people will starve to death, so I have to try to persist until the end of the summer harvest.”

"I'm afraid that the food and grass will not be enough"

Guan Yu was about to talk about several defeats, and the impact of the heavy rain for several days, the army's food storage was running out, but he stopped in the middle of the conversation, because there was a dark shadow on the tent door from the corner of his eye.

Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu's expression was different, so he turned his head tacitly.

I saw the black shadow under the curtain, it was the third brother Zhang Fei.

At this time, Zhang Fei didn't have the arrogance of the past, and he was soaked in water, exuding an aura of embarrassment all over his body.

"Third brother?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up to meet him.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bei's heart was like fifteen buckets, up and down, and he wondered if there was something wrong with Xiapi?
"Brother." Zhang Fei stood there like a chicken, with tears and rain dripping down his face, like a child who made a mistake waiting to be punished.

Although Liu Bei had a bad premonition in his heart, he was unwilling to expose it, but he was very eager to follow Guan Yu behind him.

"Third brother, why don't you guard Xiapi well, why are you here?"

"Xiapi. Xiapi is lost"

Zhang Fei didn't dare to look directly at Liu Bei, but looked at Guan Yu with flickering eyes.

"What?" Guan Yu widened Danfeng's eyes.

Although Liu Bei's heart was surging like waves at this time, he still tried to keep calm. He held Zhang Fei's cold hand and asked in a deep voice: "There are three thousand guards in Xiapi, and the city is high and strong. I don't know who I am. Take the city?"

"It's the slaves of the three surnames." Zhang Fei gritted his teeth.

"Lu Bu? How many troops does he have? How come?"

Liu Bei's expression was very surprised. He placed Lu Bu, who came from a poor way to vote, in Xiaopei, and left Zhang Fei to guard the city before the expedition, but he and his second brother had just left for a month, and something happened in the rear.

"It's Cao Bao and Lu Buli who should join forces and let me."

Zhang Fei hesitantly explained the reason, Guan Yu understood his character very well, so he hurriedly asked loudly with cold eyebrows: "The third younger brother has never been afraid of Lu Bu, it must have been a waste of money, where is the sister-in-law?"

"They're all trapped in the city," Zhang Fei said, hanging his head like a defeated rooster.

"You..." Guan Yu wanted to punch Zhang Fei with his hands, but because Liu Bei was lying between them, he raised his leg and stomped hard, then shook his long beard, turned around and raised his head, unwilling to speak.

Seeing that Guan Yu was so angry, Zhang Fei felt ashamed of Liu Bei's entrustment, so he quickly reached out to draw his sword and committed suicide to apologize, but Liu Bei held his wrist tightly.

"Brother, let me go." Zhang Fei burst into tears, and was about to kneel down as soon as his legs loosened.

Liu Bei clasped Zhang Fei's hands for stability, and said sharply, "The ancients said, 'Brothers are like brothers and feet, and wives are like clothes. If the clothes are broken, they can still be sewn; if the hands and feet are broken, they can be continued?'"

"I..." Zhang Fei was speechless.

"Don't stand in the rain for a long time, it's easy to catch the wind and cold. The third brother quickly enters the tent and talks. Fengxian seized the city without reason. When brother returns to the army tomorrow, ask him what happened. Everyone is from the frontier. The family members in the city may not be a hindrance."

While helping Zhang Fei to the inside, Liu Bei wiped Zhang Fei's face with his sleeve, without any trace of blame.

Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu who was slowly turning around, and he turned around and clasped his fists loudly at Liu Bei: "If my sister-in-law is in the way, I will die in Xiapi to atone for my sins."

"Brother just said it, why did the third brother forget?" Liu Bei shook Zhang Fei's hand, looked at Guan Yu next to him, nodded and said, "Second brother, hurry up and make arrangements. Tomorrow morning, we will set up camp and return to the master's camp. .”

"Wei" Guan Yu cupped his fists at the command, and then strode out of the dreary main tent with raindrops.

Liu Bei brought more than [-] soldiers from Xuzhou. Although he lost several thousand during the stalemate with Yuan Shu's army, there are still more than [-] soldiers left. Guan Yu worried that the sudden loss of Xiapi would affect the morale of Xuzhou soldiers in the battalion.

Sure enough, on the way back to the army, when Liu Bei arrived at the border of Jiayu, the soldiers under his tent suddenly fled. Although the three brothers tried their best to restrain them, they only gathered about 2000 people in the end.

"Brother, just now I wanted to kill the deserters and stand up? Why did you stop me? How could such a small group of people go to seize Xiapi?" Zhang Fei threw down his horsewhip, his black face was full of confusion.

Liu Bei looked at the retreating soldiers, shook his head and smiled wryly: "Their family members are all in Xiapi. It's better to break up at this time than to mutiny in the city."

"Brother, it was too chaotic just now. There was not much ration left, but now it is gone." Guan Yu changed the subject, and then reminded Liu Bei: "Without soldiers and food, it may be disadvantageous to go to Xiapi."

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, then took out a map from his pocket, pointed at a place with a serious expression, and said: "At present, the soldiers are short of food and food, and the north is taken by Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu is chasing troops in the south. Only Guangling is in the east. Haixi can go”

"Our current rations may not be able to last." Guan Yu frowned.

After hearing this, Zhang Fei reminded in a low voice: "If there is a real shortage of food, can we learn from other princes and ask the people nearby to borrow some?"

"I've lost the city and the soldiers. If I don't even keep the only benevolence, I really can't stand up. The whole army is ordered not to disturb the people, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded." Liu Bei's face was stern, and the last word behead , said very resolutely.

"Uh, let me just say it casually, whoever dares to disobey the order of the elder brother, I will screw his head off first." Zhang Fei quickly added.

"Well, let's go." Liu Bei nodded slightly, then raised his whip and pointed to the east, and the gathered two thousand remnants started on the road with confusion.

Liu Bei headed back to Xiapi, followed by Liu Xun and Qiao Rui, and divided their troops to pursue.

Liu Bei marched eastward along Lingshui, and unexpectedly encountered Qiao Rui's troops near Huaipu in the southwest of Haixi.

One side has few soldiers and low morale, while the other side has enough fine food.

In a hasty battle, Liu Bei was defeated again.

After the war, Liu Bei's soldiers were less than a thousand. At that time, the food in the army was exhausted. Because of the military order not to disturb the people, those hungry soldiers had to eat the newly dead comrades who were seriously injured.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bei couldn't help but sighed sadly: "If someone can donate some food, I, Liu Bei, will repay it thousands of times and tens of thousands of times in the future."

"Brother, there is a new military situation." Guan Yu hesitated to speak.

"What?" Although Liu Bei was sad at this time, he still did not give up hope.

Guan Yu's face was full of bitterness, and he replied: "The scouts just came to report that the enemy was found two miles to the northeast."

"Northeast direction? How did Qiao Rui guess my intention?" Liu Bei was stunned.

"Second brother, how many people are there?" Zhang Fei asked with a frown.

Guan Yuxu raised his eyes and replied: "Although there are only two hundred people, but the armor is well-armored and the army is awe-inspiring, it is estimated that they are the elite of Qiao Rui."

"Bei is full of passion, why is heaven against me?" Liu Bei's long-standing tenacity suddenly loosened at this moment.

Zhang Fei didn't take it seriously: "It's only two hundred, we still have seven or eight hundred soldiers, why is this so big brother?"

"Seven hundred and eight tired and hungry soldiers, how can they defeat Yuan Shu's two hundred elite soldiers? Even if he wins, it will be a miserable victory. These hundreds of people are the last property of the elder brother." Guan Yu shook his head lightly.

"Brother and Second Brother, don't be upset, I was the one who caused the disaster, and I went to fight off the enemy alone." Zhang Fei left a sentence and shot out like an arrow with the Zhangba Snake Spear in hand.

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