Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 379 New 3 Kingdoms 19

For Liu Bei, the most important thing at the moment is talent. Apart from the two generals, No-Brain and Unhappy, he does not have a decent counselor. Unlike Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who have a lot of people giving him advice, even Yuan Shu, who just died, is more popular than him.

"Brother, I don't accept it! My second brother and I followed you out of the mountains to achieve great things. But now we are hurt all the way. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu look down on us. Cao Cao's advisers and generals don't treat us as human beings. Now even a nameless pretty boy in Xuzhou dares to go against us. Brother, why don't we dare to fight this crappy anti-rebelion army in Xuzhou, ah!" Zhang Fei asked with great sorrow.

After hearing this, Liu Bei and Guan Yu both felt emotional. They thought back to when the three of them became sworn brothers in a peach forest for some unknown reason, and then the three of them rode straight to the camp of the coalition army against Dong Zhuo. Even Cao Cao appreciated the three of them and even offered them high salaries to recruit them.

The world afterwards seemed to not revolve around them. Their good start in killing Hua Xiong was robbed by an unlucky fellow who didn't even have a name. Later, they disobeyed military orders and attacked Lu Bu on their own, but before they could get any reward, they were beaten with thirty military sticks because of that unlucky fellow, and all three of them were left disabled.

Later, they lived under Cao Cao's roof. Cao Cao was nice to them, but other people didn't like them and kept trying to sow discord between them. Later, because Cao Cao dug up the graves of the royal family, they had to leave...

In short, we have experienced so many ups and downs along the way, but there is no sign of great achievement.

"Brother, Xuzhou showed no sincerity during the negotiations and colluded with Xun Yu and others under Cao Cao to exclude us brothers. Now it is deceiving our people. We have suffered enough!" Guan Yu added fuel to the fire when he saw some unusual movements by Liu Bei.

"You guys go down first, I'll think about it." Liu Bei waved his hand tiredly.

"Brother, I'll go and reorganize the troops and wait for your order!" Zhang Fei shouted this and left the room with Guan Yu.

Liu Bei looked at the backs of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as they left, then looked at the map hanging on the wall, and raised his hand to pinch his temple. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't angry about being poached, but no matter how much he disobeyed, his army was strong, so why would he fight against a stone just for the sake of a breath of air?

He thought about it all night without closing his eyes. At dawn, Zhang Fei pulled Guan Yu and ran to ask whether they had decided to send troops.

"Second brother, third brother, let's put the issue of sending troops on hold for the time being. Tomorrow I will entrust the political and military affairs to Xianhe Gongyou. You will come with me to Jingzhou." Liu Bei said with a pair of panda eyes.

"Brother, why should we go to Jingzhou? The Cai family is guarding against us like thieves. I won't go, not at all!" Zhang Fei got angry when he heard there was no war to fight.

"Third brother, don't be willful! We are going to Jingzhou this time to look for talented people in the countryside to employ us, not to look for Liu Jingsheng." It was rare for Liu Bei to say such emotional words, and it was rare for him to have any expression on his face.

"Brother, can't my second brother and I help you achieve your great cause?" Zhang Fei felt extremely aggrieved when he heard Liu Bei's words.

"Let me ask you, what should we do now?" Liu Bei asked coldly.

"Of course we should lead our troops to attack and poke ten thousand transparent holes in Chen Deng and a bunch of officials in Xuzhou!" Zhang Fei immediately jumped up and shouted.

"Let me ask you again, how many soldiers are there in Xuzhou? How many generals? How many counselors?" Liu Bei asked.

"No matter how many people there are, they are no different from a pile of straw in front of me, Zhang." Zhang Fei felt that this was not a problem.

"How many soldiers do we have? How many generals? How many counselors?" Liu Bei asked.

"My second brother and I are worth thousands of troops! My eldest brother is worth all the counselors in the world! As for the soldiers, they are a little few, but don't worry, my second brother and I just need to ride our horses over there and I guarantee that the Xuzhou army will be scared to death." Zhang Fei said, patting his chest.

"Hurry up and pack up, we will set off for Jingzhou soon." Liu Bei felt that it would be redundant to say anything.

"Brother, are we not going to attack Xuzhou anymore?" Zhang Fei didn't expect Liu Bei to be so unconfident.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, Jingzhou under the rule of Liu Biao was basically free from the fighting between the princes and was relatively peaceful. Therefore, many noble families settled down here, and some who had committed crimes in their hometowns ran here to hide.

Zhang Fei had no battles to fight, and had to go on a business trip with Liu Bei. He cursed all the way, but Liu Bei still didn't think it was wrong. The three of them rode on horseback to ask for information, and finally found a bamboo slip that was said to be a list of people in Jingzhou at a street stall.

The above covers the basic information of the noble families and various characters in Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang brothers and Ma brothers are all on it. The military generals include Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, etc.

Liu Bei got this unreliable list, but he had no way to meet them.

Because the people on the list are either local nobles who are now well protected by Liu Biao and have nothing better to do than to hang out with Liu Bei; or they are people who have no way to be visited, such as Zhuge Liang. Who knows where he is?

So Liu Bei read the list of characters till it was almost torn apart but to no avail, he was almost going crazy.

After being away for so long it was time to go back. On the way back I heard a man carrying firewood singing from a distance.

"When the heaven and earth are in turmoil, the fire is about to go out; when the building is about to collapse, a single tree cannot support it. There is a wise man in the valley, who wants to seek the wise master; the wise master seeks the wise man, but he does not know me."

Liu Bei reined in his horse and listened to the woodcutter's song thoughtfully, but Zhang Fei was not happy.

"Brother, this Jingzhou is indeed a place where corrupt scholars gather. Even a woodcutter's singing is so sour."

"Third brother, don't be rude."

As the man approached, Liu Bei saw the sword at the woodcutter's waist.

"Second brother, third brother, let's get off the horses!" Liu Bei said as he turned over and got off the horse.

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't understand, they had no choice but to dismount and stand properly.

"Who are you and why are you blocking my way?" Xu Shu put down the carrying pole on his shoulder.

"My name is Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, and these are my sworn brothers, my second brother Guan Yu, and my third brother Zhang Fei. May I ask your names, sir?" Liu Bei bowed and looked at the ground with a dead face.

"Are you Liu Xuande?" Xu Shu was surprised to meet the three of them here.

"That's right. My three brothers passed by here in search of talented people. We heard you singing and saw that you have an extraordinary demeanor, so we wanted to make your acquaintance."

Liu Bei said this, but his tone was not sincere.

"So that's how it is. Can we find talented people?" Xu Shu asked.

"There is no way and I have never found it. I wonder which person you are in the list of people in Jingzhou?" Liu Bei's nose seemed to be blocked.

"Jingzhou Characters List?" Xu Shu didn't know what this was.

"Oh! It's so hard for you to talk! My eldest brother bought a book, and it contains all the famous people in Jingzhou. They are either scholars or military generals." Zhang Fei lost his temper again.