Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 514 Parting ways
Dai County, the eastern suburbs of Pingcheng.

Liu Bei invited Xianyu Fu to go out of the camp to hunt, and the outer knights drove the herd of animals and surrounded them on a hill.

Liu Bei wore a narrow-sleeved archery coat and a neat leather hat on his head. He stood on a high hill on his horse, holding the bow arm with his left hand and pressing the arrow with his fingers.

He raised his right hand to cover his brow, squinting his eyes and carefully observing the movements of his prey.

In early July, the grass and trees are lush. Not to mention the short wild boars, even roe deer, elk, gazelles and the like are hard to spot because they hide among the bushes and grass.

Xian Yu Fu was also dressed similarly. He was the first to notice the unusual movement and immediately drove his horse down the hillside. Several of his personal riders spread out to the left and right to cooperate in the hunt.

Liu Bei also noticed something and was about to ride his horse down the mountain to hunt.

At this time, Liu Bei noticed several knights appearing on the opposite hillside. Looking at the black horses and the majestic appearance more than a hundred steps away, he recognized them as Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei stopped on the slope and looked around. He looked at Liu Bei for a moment, then turned around to look for Xianyu Fu.

"not good!"

When Liu Bei saw Zhang Fei riding his horse down the mountain, he immediately turned his horse around and headed for Xianyu Fu.

Xian Yu Fu had alarmed his prey, a pair of elk, which were now jumping and running away.

Xianyu Fu followed behind at a leisurely pace, consuming the elk's energy, while the riders on both sides sped up from time to time to block the elk's escape direction and prevent it from escaping into the depths of the mountains.

"Dog thief!"

Xianyu Fu heard the shouting behind him and turned his head suddenly to see Zhang Fei riding a horse and galloping towards him with a spear in hand. Xianyu Fu immediately kicked the horse hard in the belly, turned around on the horse and was about to turn around to shoot.

But when he saw Liu Bei following behind him, he immediately lowered the arrow, but the arrow was picked up by Zhang Fei's spear and flew away.

"Yide, stop it!"

Liu Bei shouted, and the brave riders accompanying him on horseback had already rushed to Zhang Fei's side, but they did not dare to stop him rashly.

With the horse running at such a fast speed, anyone who falls down will have to lie down for at least half a month.

The cavalrymen on Xianyu Fu's left and right were all brave knights from Youzhou and were not afraid of Zhang Fei.

The cavalrymen on both sides of Zhang Fei also raised their spears and accelerated, charging together with Zhang Fei.

In an instant, Zhang Fei knocked down one person, and three of his own cavalrymen knocked down two people, and two were also knocked down.

The horses collided with each other, and Zhang Fei turned around and knocked down the last of Xianyu Fu's followers with his spear.

At this time, Xian Yufu had already rushed to the ridge on his horse, pointed his bow at Zhang Fei and said, "General Yide, what do you mean by this?"

"How dare you, a traitor, plot to assassinate the Grand Marshal!"

Zhang Fei pointed his spear sideways, glaring: "It makes it difficult for my brother to be a good person!"

Seeing Zhang Fei's first exposure, Xian Yu Fu shouted: "He pretended to be a royal family member, claiming to support the Han Dynasty, but he is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty! The late emperor died for his country because he lightly violated Xu Du and forced Cao Cao to harm the Supreme!"

"When did the Grand Marshal call himself a royal family member?"

Zhang Fei questioned, and then shouted: "You harmed Gongsun Bogui last time, and now you want to make my elder brother turn against the Grand Marshal. What is your intention?"

Liu Bei also approached at this time, and Xian Yu Fu put down his bow and arrow and asked loudly: "Lord Xuande, has the Grand Marshal ever pretended to be a member of the royal family?"

Liu Bei took a deep breath and looked up at Xianyu Fu. At this time, the knights on guard outside had begun to gather here.

Several knights who came with Liu Bei also dismounted and began to treat Zhang Fei's personal soldiers. Zhang Fei pointed at Xian Yu Fu and said, "When did the Grand Marshal claim to be a member of the royal family? How come I didn't know?"

"After he impersonated King Chen, everyone in the world knew about it!"

"Humph! The Grand Marshal was granted the title of Marquis of Liang, but he never built a family temple, let alone worshipped King Chen. How can he pretend to be someone like that?"

Zhang Fei pointed his spear at Xian Yu Fu and said, "Don't bother talking about the Grand Marshal anymore. I want to ask you, the Grand Marshal was fighting against the Hu people and stabilizing the border counties, but you put the people of Youzhou in dire straits for your own selfish reasons. Do you have a clear conscience?"

"The black thieves who worship Huang Tian are the thieves who usurp the Han Dynasty!"

Xian Yu Fu did not listen to Zhang Fei at all, and also shouted angrily: "This villain has no regard for the country and the sages. He relies on evil magic to deceive the ignorant people and allows violent soldiers to abuse the people and persecute the officials! All the virtuous people in the world are indignant! I wish I could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin!"

He couldn't hear clearly, and didn't want to hear what Zhang Fei was yelling. When he was boiling with anger, he didn't care about anything else, just thought Zhang Fei's face was hateful, and immediately filled his arms with strength, pulled the bow to the full string, and shot an arrow.

Zhang Fei attacked with his spear but missed. The arrow hit him right in the chest, causing his body to sway. The arrow was bounced off by the heart guard and flashed past Liu Bei's eyes, leaving an afterimage.

Liu Bei turned his head sharply to look at Zhang Fei, and seeing that he was fine, he immediately raised his hand and pointed at Xian Yu Fu: "Go, I won't kill you this time!"

Xianyu Fu took a look at the personal soldiers who had fallen off their horses and were seriously injured, and were struggling to sit up or stand up with the help of their spears, and he immediately sighed, turned his horse around and left.

Zhang Fei tried to chase him, but Liu Bei grabbed his cloak and he lowered his voice: "Brother, we have become enemies now, how can we let it go!"

"Let him go. If he doesn't leave, it will be hard for Da Sima to accomplish anything."

Liu Bei looked at Xian Yu Fu's injured soldiers and said, "This is our business. You can focus on healing your wounds."

He looked at Zhang Fei again, and Zhang Fei understood, and drove his horse back with Liu Bei to where the curtain was set up.

They were silent all the way, and Zhang Fei knew that he had to wait for Liu Bei to calm down.

Inside the curtain, Sun Qian and Xu Shu were playing chess together. When they saw Liu Bei coming in with a gloomy face, they became very angry. They drew their swords and cut off a layer of the top of the branches that were stuck in the ground to provide shade.

Then he threw the sword to the ground, the blade sank several inches, and the hilt trembled.

Xu Shu and Sun Qian looked at each other, put down the chess pieces in their hands, stood up and stood aside with their hands behind their backs.

Zhang Fei raised his hand to touch the sunken breastplate on his chest. Liu Bei sighed helplessly and asked, "How did Yide know that Xianyu Fu and I went out hunting?"

"I went out of the camp to relax and saw some knights blocking this place. I saw they were the central army, so I followed them."

Liu Bei forced a smile and said, "Then why did Yide suddenly want to leave the camp to relax?"

"I feel bored staying in the camp, so I want to go out and relax."

Zhang Fei simply sat down on the ground, stiffening his neck: "Big brother, do you want to ask Zilong or second brother? It's none of their business. You've seen it too. Xianyu Fu dared to shoot arrows at me. He clearly didn't have big brother in his eyes. If the situation changes in the future, he will definitely do something that big brother dare not think of."

Xu Shu and Sun Qian then noticed the changes in Zhang Fei's chest mirror. Xu Shu's face changed and he immediately said, "My lord, the heroes of Youzhou are decisive and good at making decisions. The camp at Chanhepi is not very strong. Please move the camp to Pingcheng."

Sun Qian also said: "That's right. This matter cannot be delayed. Otherwise, Pingcheng will be in turmoil, Juyongkou will be cut off by the rebels, and we will become a tree without roots."

Liu Bei nodded and said to Xu Shu, "Military Advisor, please send a message to Yun Chang and order him to enter Pingcheng immediately. I will march with Yide afterwards."

Zhang Fei must be kept under observation. Zhang Fei was hit by the arrow in vain. If Zhang Fei is allowed to return to the camp alone, he will definitely lead his troops to hunt down Xianyu Fu.

A bloody battle might break out in the Chanhebi camp. With Guan Yu and Zhao Yun taking sides while Zhang Fei cooperates with them in a pincer attack, Xianyu Fu's troops would surely be wiped out.

It’s not that you can’t kill, it’s just that you can’t kill in this way.

Xu Shu turned around to prepare military orders, and Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei again: "You don't ask why you came here today, but I'll tell you the truth. This alliance is a choice given to me by the Grand Marshal, and it is also a choice for the people of Youzhou. Now it seems that the people of Hebei also want to join the game. If the Grand Marshal is delayed and cannot return to Guanzhong within the year, then Jingzhou will be lost, and Yizhou will not be far away."

Zhang Fei took a few breaths and looked at Liu Bei suspiciously: "Brother, did you know this a long time ago?"

"I don't know. I only noticed it after I passed through Juyongkou."

Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu who was approaching: "The military advisor has sent someone to report to the Grand Marshal, but there was no reply. Perhaps the Grand Marshal also sent an envoy to see me, but was robbed and killed."

Liu Bei was not sure whether the other party sent someone to inquire, but he really sent someone to explain.

Zhang Fei's eyes turned and he suddenly asked, "Brother, do you think the Xianbei people will suddenly turn against us when they are supporting Da Sima from Yunzhong and cooperate with the rebels to attack Da Sima?"

The closest to Dai County is Budugen, whose base camp is around Yunzhong.

As for the relationship between Xianyu Fu and others and the Xianbei people, there is no need to verify it. In the process of these border county tyrants becoming rich and powerful, the Hu people played a key role.

Liu Bei narrowed his eyes, thinking about the possibility of Xianbei intervention, then turned around to grab the hilt of the sword.

At this time, Xu Shu advised: "You can send an envoy to inform the Grand Marshal that our army should not move rashly."

Liu Bei's eyes fell on Sun Qian's face, but quickly glanced away. Youzhou was too chaotic right now, and Sun Qian was too conspicuous.

Then he looked at Xu Shu and said, "Send more people this time, at least three groups."

(End of this chapter)