I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 681 Zhang Fei’s methods

At this moment, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu looked at each other with a smile, and the other looked at each other with annoyance. It was obvious that the relationship between them had reached the peak of tension.

Zhao Yun looked back and forth at the two people, seeming to have some hesitation in his heart.

Before he came, he also heard about Liu Jian taking Lu Bu under his command.

Zhao Yun and Lu Bu only fought against each other on the battlefield normally, and there was no deep hatred between them.

It didn't matter to Zhao Yun that Lu Bu returned to Liu Jian's command.

Although this person betrayed Zhang Yi and his behavior was despicable, he has now been replaced by Liu Jian.

According to Zhao Yun's opinion, Lu Bu may be a little half-hearted.

But under Liu Jian's rule, surrounded by so many elite soldiers and generals, even if there was any insincerity. I definitely don’t dare to show it.

It would be impossible for anyone to make waves under Liu Jian's command.

Lu Bu is no exception.

Therefore, Zhao Yun did not resent or care too much about Lu Bu's submission. In his opinion, it was just an extra general under Liu Jian's command.

Just like when Zhang Liao came to Bingzhou to take over his position, Zhao Yun didn't think it was anything special. Moreover, he saw that Zhang Liao was still a general, but he was happy for Liu Jian in his heart.

But today, when Zhao Yun saw that Zhang Fei and Lu Bu were so discordant, and even at odds with each other, he felt a little more worried in his heart.

Liu Jian recruited Lu Bu here today, making it clear that he wanted them to work together in the future.

Zhao Yun himself doesn't care, but looking at the state of Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, is it possible for the two of them to work together...?

But to be honest, Zhang Fei's performance today was much better than Lu Bu's.

At least he was relatively polite on the outside, although there was sarcasm hidden in his words.

As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, the anger in Lu Bu's heart exploded.

The words of this ring-eyed thief are too unpleasant.

Doesn't this make it clear that you are mocking me?

But Lu Bu forgot that he was the first to ridicule Zhang Fei, but himself.

Zhang Fei looked at Lu Bu with a look of dismay on his face, feeling very relieved.

In terms of skill, Lu Bu might be slightly better than him.

When it comes to talking skills, Lu Bu is still a little behind him.

But the problem is that now in front of Liu Jian, Lu Bu can't compete with him in martial arts, and from the standpoints of the two of them, there may never be a chance to compete in martial arts in the future.

That means that the two of them will always be verbally competing for supremacy from now on!

Zhang Fei felt so happy.

If he used his words to compare, he could piss Lu Bu to death.

And with Liu Jian as a guarantee, he wouldn't have to pay with his life even if he was angry with Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was really angry to death now. When it came to talking, he didn't know why he was not as good as Zhang Fei. They were all from border counties and were warriors who fought outside the Great Wall all year round. How did Zhang Fei have such a long mouth? Yes, how come you have such a long mouth? Why can't you scold him?

"Okay, what are you two doing here? Do you think I'm a dead person?"

Liu Jian suddenly spoke. Although his voice was not particularly loud, it also sounded the alarm in the hearts of Zhang Fei and Lu Bu.

However, Zhang Fei didn't take it seriously. After all, his brother couldn't really have any objections to him.

Lu Bu felt uneasy in his heart.

If you offend Prime Minister Liu, you will never have a good life in the future.

They saw Lu Bu and Zhang Fei cupping their hands towards Liu Jian at the same time and saying, "The general will finally realize his mistake!"

Liu Jian said seriously: "No matter what grievances you two had in the past, since you are both working for the imperial court now, you must abandon the past grievances. Otherwise, how can I trust you two to lead the army?"

Zhang Fei said: "What the Prime Minister taught me is that the general will know that he was wrong."

Lu Bu also said: "The general will finally realize his mistake, please ask the Prime Minister to punish him!"

Liu Jian said to Zhang Fei and Lu Bu: "We are both serving the country, and the grievances and grievances of the past should be put to waste. Come on, you two respect each other and give up the grievances of the past!"

When he said this, Liu Jian clapped his hands and shouted to the people outside: "Bring me two good wines!"

Not long after Liu Jian finished speaking, he saw his attendants coming to him with two glasses of wine on a tray.

Liu Jian winked at Zhang Fei, signaling him to be more generous and apologize to Lu Bu first.

Zhang Fei is very open-minded. His mind is completely different from when he was young. Although he hates Lu Bu from the bottom of his heart, this does not prevent him from becoming colleagues with Lu Bu.

Moreover, Zhang Fei felt like Ming Jing, there was no way his brother would let him be inferior to Lu Bu.

Then, Zhang Fei picked up the wine cup in his hand and said to Lu Bu: "General Lu, when I came out of the neighboring county, I acted arrogantly and spoke rudely. I was offended just now. Please don't blame me, General Lu!"

"This is my toast to you!"

Lu Bu also picked up the wine cup and raised it towards Zhang Fei.

"Bu Shicai made rude remarks, please don't take offense to General Zhang!"

After saying that, they saw the two people bowing to each other, and then drank all the wine in the prince.

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said, "Sit down!"

"only!"

The three generals followed Liu Jian's order and sat on the left and right sides of the hall.

Liu Jian sat high on the throne, looked at the three generals on both sides, and said: "The land of Liangzhou has always been a troubled place for our Han Dynasty. It cannot be abandoned. Now that I am in charge of the court, the first thing I have to do is, It is to stabilize the refugees, reset the industry, and enrich the warehouse. The second thing is to reopen the New Deal, add items, and make the country rich and powerful. These three things are to conquer Liangzhou..."

"And if we want to launch a successful expedition against Liangzhou, we need you to work together to open up the situation!"

"The land of Liangzhou, the Han Dynasty has been using troops for hundreds of years, but has never been able to completely pacify the place. It costs the Han Dynasty countless money and food every year. If there is no harmony between you, you will definitely fall into it. This loss will not only cost me, the Han Dynasty." National strength is your personal prestige!"

Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu hurriedly agreed and said yes again and again.

Seeing that the three people seemed to have some understanding, Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction.

"I plan to use troops against Liangzhou in half a year. During this period, I will leave all the deployment of the sergeants in Guanzhong, including the training of soldiers and horses, and the formulation of the strategy for entering Liangzhou, to the three of you. After half a year, I will see The sergeants in Guanzhong are fully prepared and can respond to the court's call at any time and send troops to march westward. At the same time, I want to see you come up with a mature offensive strategy!"

"As for the entire westward advance plan, as well as the preparations of the officers and soldiers of the three armies, you can tell me at any time who you need or what supplies you need in the past six months. As long as it is reasonable, I will never refuse and will definitely support it. ,Do you understand?"

The three men immediately responded together.

Then, Liu Jian looked around the three of them and said, "Yide, the imperial court has decided that you will be General Zuo. The military position will be announced the next day. I will make you the Protector-General, commanding the three armies, and responsible for uniting Xiliang. "

When Lu Bu heard this, his heart suddenly sank.

Zhang Fei protects the capital...

Liu Jian continued: "Fengxian and Zilong are deputy governors and are responsible for assisting Yide in training troops and horses, preparing weapons, and many other matters for the attack on Liangzhou."

"Here!"

"Here..."

The three men stood up and immediately accepted Liu Jian's military order.

Afterwards, Liu Jian stopped talking to them about court and political matters, and instead chatted with them about daily life.

After a while, Lu Bu saw that Liu Jian had nothing to say, so he stood up and left, but when he left, he seemed a little worried.

After Lu Bu left, Liu Jian looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Yide, can you see Fengxian's expression? He seems to be worried."

Zhang Fei said sternly: "Of course he saw it. I think he was worried about nothing else but me as the guardian of the capital."

Liu Jian said: "Yide, you have to understand that Lu Bu is the number one general in Bingzhou. He has been in the court for a long time and has a very high prestige in Guanzhong and the Bingzhou army. Moreover, his military ability is indeed second to none among the Han generals. The leader of the army, so I must use this person. I asked you to be the Great Protector and make him under your command. Firstly, I hope you will help me keep an eye on him. Secondly, I also hope that this person can make full use of his talents, and You are not being suppressed for this or that reason, do you understand?" When Zhang Fei heard this, he was immediately shaken.

He stood up in a hurry and said, "Brother, don't underestimate me. Although I can't stand Lu Bu and have fought with him several times on the battlefield, I am not a person who avenges public and private revenge!"

Liu Jian said: "I don't know whether you are a person who avenges a private vendetta. Anyway, I leave people to you to manage. As for whether you manage them well or not, it all depends on your ability!"

Zhang Fei knew very well that leaving Lu Bu under his control would not only allow him to keep an eye on Lu Bu, but would also be a huge test for Zhang Fei from Liu Jian.

"Brother, I will never let you down!"

Liu Jian smiled and nodded.

……

Lu Bu returned from the Prime Minister's Palace, and on the same day he went to the Bingzhou Army's barracks to organize soldiers and train his troops in person.

However, in the name of training soldiers and horses, he actually summoned a group of generals under his command to the military camp to discuss the matter in detail with them.

When the generals of the Bingzhou Army heard that Zhang Fei had actually become the Great Protector and would in the future guard all the soldiers and horses in the Governor's Pass, including them, they immediately became anxious.

It wasn't just Lu Bu who had a grudge against Zhang Fei, the generals of the Bingzhou Army also had a lot of hatred and prejudice against Zhang Fei.

In the battle of Sizhou, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue died in the Hebei army led by Zhang Fei.

These generals could not blame Liu Jian for the deaths of Wei Yue and Cheng Lian, so they transferred this prejudice to Zhang Fei.

"Brother Wei and Brother Cheng have not avenged their grievances, but now they want us to obey the orders of the ring-eyed thief? The ring-eyed thief has a big feud with General Lu. The prime minister's move makes it clear that he wants to use the ring-eyed thief. Fix it for me!"

The person who spoke was Song Xian.

Hao Meng on the side also said: "General Lu, do we have to listen to the orders of the ring-eyed thief? If we don't respect his orders, what can he do?"

Wei Xu on the side was shocked when he heard this.

He hurriedly said: "Brother, please don't say that. The prime minister defied all the opinions in the court and appointed Zhang Fei as the general of the left. What kind of favor is this? Now he has made him the protector of the capital. It is clear that he wants to protect the people in Guanzhong. The soldiers entrusted me, that Zhang Fei is a fierce general under Prime Minister Liu, and he is also his sworn brother, so you must not offend him."

"So what if I offend you?!" Hou Cheng said angrily: "If he has the ability, he will kill us all!"

Cao Xing sneered and said, "You still don't know who killed whom? At worst, we all turn against each other. Let's see if Zhang Fei can stop him or not?!"

Just when everyone was complaining, they suddenly saw a guard running into the handsome tent.

"General, Zhang Fei is here!"

"what!?"

Everyone present was shocked when they heard this.

Hao Meng was shocked: "What is he doing here? Is he looking for death!"

Wei Xu said angrily: "How presumptuous! He is the Zuo General of the imperial court, and now he is the Protector-General who is personally appointed by the Prime Minister. Don't do anything stupid, won't you let us all die without a burial place!?"

Lu Bu stood up slowly and asked, "How many people did Zhang Fei bring?"

The guard said: "Zhang Fei only led more than ten personal elite riders, but General Niu came with him?"

"General Niu? How did they get together?"

Lu Bu was stunned when he heard this.

As we all know, Niu Fu was captured alive by Zhang Fei in the past and was Zhang Fei's mortal enemy.

Why have these two become so good friends now?

Then, he frowned.

"Let them in."

Not long after, Zhang Fei and Niu Fu were seen walking into the handsome tent together.

"Hahaha, Fengxian, look who I brought to you?"

Niu Fu laughed heartily and stepped into the handsome tent.

"Feng Xian, General Zhang came to me today and said that he had just received the Prime Minister's order to become the Imperial Protector and the commander-in-chief of the entire Guanzhong army! He specially came to your Bingzhou Military Camp to have a look!"

After Niu Fu entered the commander's tent, he was stunned.

He looked around and found that all the main generals of the Bingzhou Army were there.

So complete?

Zhang Fei walked to the middle of the commander's tent, looked around at everyone, and then laughed loudly and said: "It's been a long time, everyone. I have just been appointed as the guardian of the capital. As usual, I inspect the camps. You Bingzhou warriors are famous strongmen in the Han Dynasty." Army, so the first one I inspect is your Bingzhou Army!"

"I came here today just to discuss the future with General Lu, but since everyone is here, this saves me the trouble."

Having said this, Zhang Fei clapped his hands outside the tent, and then he saw sergeants outside the tent carrying several large wooden boxes and placing them in the middle of the tent.

When the generals saw this, they were stunned.

Zhang Fei went to the Bingzhou Army camp in the middle of the night to patrol the camp. He didn't do anything serious. He packed a bunch of big wooden boxes and put them in the commander's tent. What does it mean?

Just when everyone was puzzled, they saw Zhang Fei ordering the sergeants to open the big wooden boxes one by one.

In an instant, all that flashed before everyone's eyes were golden horseshoes and jade.

There are also many expensive and valuable items.

Although the value of the items in these large boxes cannot be estimated at the moment, they are definitely far beyond the imagination of these Bingzhou soldiers.

You must know that Hebei needs industries in these years, sea salt as sea salt, Qingzhou brocade as Qingzhou brocade, ironware as ironware, grain as grain, population as population, and productivity as productivity.

It can be said that Liu Jian was the richest prince in the Han Dynasty. He is now richer than Yuan Shao.

As Liu Jian's good brother, Zhang Fei had made great contributions to Liu Jian over the years. Not only was he promoted in official positions by Liu Jian, but he also naturally gained a lot in terms of money and material.

Zhang Fei received countless rewards from Liu Jian. The value of these rewards was naturally not comparable to that of Lu Bu and his generals.

Although Lu Bu has been working for Dong Zhuo, the imperial court has been very poor these years. Dong Zhuo is also a man who collects money. Most of the goods he hoards are hoarded in Xiwu. Although his subordinates often have benevolence, they are not as good as Lu Bu. Compared with Zhang Fei, it is nothing compared to a big witch.

The rare treasures that Zhang Fei brought to the Bingzhou generals today can be said to be something they have never seen in their lives.

Then Zhang Fei said to Lu Bu and the Bingzhou generals: "I have long admired General Lu's reputation as a hero. At the same time, I also know that General Lu's men are all fierce generals who are accustomed to fighting. From now on, we will be comrades fighting in the Western Regions together." Okay, this amount of wealth can be regarded as a meeting gift given to you by me, the guardian of the capital."

These words shocked everyone present, including Lu Bu.

"General Zhang, are these treasures really given to us?"

Zhang Fei nodded firmly and said: "Can this be false? I always keep my word. If I say it is a little meeting gift for everyone, then it is a little meeting gift for everyone."

Having said this, Zhang Fei turned to look at Niu Fu and said, "General Niu also received it, didn't he?"

When Niu Fu heard this, he just laughed dryly.

Zhang Fei followed Liu Jian over the years and learned a lot about Liu Jian's methods.

Liu Jian once told Zhang Fei how to behave.

Treat your subordinates with sincerity. Only by exchanging true feelings for sincerity can you get the most sincere subordinates.

However, love is only one aspect. Money is also an important aspect.

People living in this world need to eat.

And money has a great attraction for everyone.

Especially for those who join the army, they put their heads in their belts and fight on the battlefield all year round. For what reason?

Isn't it just to keep his wife and his son? Isn’t it just to become famous? Isn’t it just to get material and resource enjoyment?

Zhang Fei felt that as long as these people were willing to work hard, there would be no problem in making them wives and wives, and there would be no problem in making them famous in the world.

But before that, wouldn't it be better to let them enjoy material and financial resources?

(End of this chapter)