Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 591 Inadvertently planting willows and willows

At the end of November in the 24th year of Jian'an, there was heavy snowfall in Xiangyang and Fancheng, and Lantian arrived in Xiangyang by detouring Hanshui River.

Guan Yu braved the snow to greet him when he heard the news, and just after leaving the city, he saw the familiar figure, with leopard head and eye ring, swallow jaw and tiger beard, the third brother he hadn't seen for many years, it turned out that Lantian's surprise was Yide.

The two got off their horses almost at the same time, stepping on the shallow snow and galloping wildly in the wind.

"Second brother."

"Third brother."

Zhang Fei stretched out his hands and shouted while running, Guan Yu shouted with the same movement, and finally the two embraced each other's arms.

"Second brother, why do you have so many gray hairs?" Zhang Fei knelt down on one knee to salute Guan Yu, with both excitement and distress in his eyes, and tears leaked from the corners of his eyes.

Guan Yu hurriedly helped Zhang Fei up, suppressing the tears in his eyes forcibly, and then kindly replied: "Time makes people old, and you are no longer young, third brother."

The two of them walked towards the city hand in hand, each talking about the experience of the years apart, and some things that were not humane, they could speak freely between brothers.

Guan Ping greeted Lan Tian and Gao Shun on behalf of Guan Yu. He clasped his fists and bowed to both of them to apologize: "Uncle, Father forgets about seeing Third Uncle, please forgive me for neglect."

Lan Tian and Gao Shun looked at each other and smiled, "This is human nature, it doesn't have to be so frankly."

"Uncle, it has been snowing heavily in Xiangyang for the past two days, and there is a gust of cold wind outside the city. General Gao, please lead the trapped army into the city to rest. I have already arranged camping sites in the city." Guan Ping said, pointing in the direction of the city gate.

"Okay, then we will be disrespectful." Lan Tian clasped his fists in return.

"My nephew will lead the way for you." Guan Ping turned the horse's head and started slowly after speaking.

Gao Shun looked at Guan Yu in front of him and sighed: "The brotherhood between the two generals Guan and Zhang and the King of Hanzhong is so deep, I'm afraid there are no brothers."

"Boping is right. There are many brothers who can share weal and woe, but very few who can share wealth and honor." Lan Tian nodded in agreement.

"Perhaps it is precisely because of this, sir, that you choose to help the King of Hanzhong end the troubled times?" Gao Shun suddenly remembered what Lan Tian said back then, that he would end the troubled times with people of high character.

"Adversity sticks to its virtues, how can this kind of master not make people die?" Lan Tianxin said that Liu Bei's amazing adversity will shine brightly in the long river of history.

Gao Shun nodded lightly, looked at Guan Ping in front of him suddenly, changed the subject, and asked curiously: "General Guan has such a strong character, I didn't expect his son to be humble and polite, and his martial arts are also very good. In the future, his attainments may surpass his father's." ?”

Guan Ping relied on his young strength to draw with Xu Huang and Pang De. He is already considered the best of the second generation of generals. In history, he was killed at the same time as his father. Opportunity, so Lantian can't answer Gao Shun's question.

"It's hard to compare this matter, but Yun Chang has already shaken the world, and it's not easy for Tan Zhi to surpass him. In fact, although a strong character has obvious flaws, it can also bring infinite power to people. Being able to suppress opponents in aura is not something that everyone can develop.”

After Lan Tian finished speaking, he added another sentence in his heart: those who have the strength will ask God to feed them, and those who have no strength will ask God to feed others. The second master belongs to the former.

After listening to Gao Shun, he silently recollected that he himself is a standard commander and is good at dispatching troops to charge into battle, but fighting generals before the battle is not his style.

Guan Yu prepared a reception banquet for Lan Tian, ​​and Zhang Fei came at the same time, which made him even more delighted. Originally, Lu Chang's prefect's mansion became Guan Yu's residence, and Lu Chang himself and the new captive, Lu Meng, were imprisoned in the damp prison of Xiangyang. middle.

Xiangyang was originally the seat of Jingzhou, and the size of the city was comparable to that of Jiangling. However, after the Chibi War, the population of Xiangyang was twice that of Jiangling.

Back then, Cai and Kuai, the two great families from Jingzhou, defected to Cao Cao. After the war, they were relocated to the Central Plains in a large scale.

Guan Yu used tricks to win Xiangyang, and later, because he wanted to send troops to pursue Pan Zhang, he asked Meng Da, who had made great contributions, to guard Xiangyang.

This seemingly inadvertent appointment made those officials who were forced to surrender instantly sit on the wax, which had the good effect of inadvertently inserting willows and willows, because Meng Da was in the process of taking the three eastern counties, and Fangling prefect Kuai Qi was in the battle to defend the city. Although the death in battle was not done by Meng Da himself, he was indirectly killed by Meng Da.

In addition to being a member of the Kuai family in Jingzhou, Kuai Qi is also Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law.

At that time, Zhuge Liang followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to seek refuge with Liu Biao. Zhuge Liang's eldest sister married Kuai Yue's nephew Kuai Qi, his second sister married Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong, and he married Huang Chengyan's daughter Huang Yueying. (Mr. Pang De called Zhuge Liang Wolong, Pang Tong Fengchu, and Sima Hui Water Mirror)

Huang Chengyan's wife is the daughter of Cai Xi, a wealthy family in Jingzhou. Cai Xi is the father of Cai Mao, a general in Zhennan. His youngest daughter married Liu Biao as his successor. They were all involved, and made Zhuge Liang famous among the gentry in Jingzhou.

Now that the world has changed and the situation has changed drastically, the former Jingzhou clan has changed, and Zhuge Liang has become Liu Bei's first military adviser. It is said that Meng Da will be affected by Kuai Qi's incident, but Meng Da not only sent troops to help Guan Yu capture Xiangyang, but was also appointed For the temporary defense of Xiangyang City, this move is incomprehensible.

The officials in the city asked themselves that their background was not as good as Kuai Qi's, so Xiangyang became calm in a short period of time, and they could only bury Xiang Wei's thoughts firmly in their hearts, and did not dare to reveal half of it after Guan Yu returned.

It was snowing heavily outside, and a brazier was set up in the Xiangyang prefect's mansion. Guan Yu had someone prepare a 'traditional gourmet' shabu-shabu, and everyone ate the cooked food in the pot, enjoying the joy of victory.

The hall is full of generals in the army, and everyone is very particular about the rank of the seat, and the rank can be seen at the banquet.

Guan Yu is the one who faces the south. The difficulty lies in the second seat on Guan Yu’s right (in the Three Kingdoms period, the right is the most respected). According to the military position, it should be the right general Zhang Fei. Then it should be ranked behind Guan Yu.

The two heavy-numbered generals were hard to distinguish, and Guan Yu didn't know how to choose for a while.

Just when Lantian was about to go to the left, Zhang Fei grabbed his hand and muttered, "Ziyu, sit on the right quickly. You and your second brother are the masters of the Jingzhou battlefield. I'm just a guest you invited to Jiaozhou. Don't lose your courtesy."

"Uh, this." Lan Tian hesitated.

Guan Yu then said: "Ziyu, please take the seat. The three younger brothers belonged to you before, so it's up to him to sit at the head of you."

"Actually, it doesn't matter." Lan Tian said he didn't care.

"After eating dry food for a few days, I want to eat some hot food for a long time. Let's take a seat quickly, otherwise everyone else will watch." Zhang Fei took the first seat on the left.

(End of this chapter)