Chapter 66: Liu Bei Wants Someone
Liu Bei lingered in front of Gongsun Zan's camp, and finally waited for this opportunity. According to Gongsun Zan's personality, he would definitely leave some troops for himself, and the most important thing was that he could openly ask Gongsun Zan for Zhao Yun. He originally wanted to tell Gongsun Zan just now, but before he could say it, Gongsun Zan had already left? It is unknown where he went.
"Brother Bó Kuí, you've finally returned! Where did you go? Why didn't you say a word beforehand?" Liu Bei hastily went to greet Gong Sun Zan as soon as he saw him return.
"Meng De, do you see that I'm leaving tomorrow? Are you sincerely waiting for me in front of the camp? You're indeed my good brother. How about it? What are your plans, will you follow me back to Beiping or stay here?" It's clear that Gongsun Zan has misunderstood.
"Brother Bao, you know me, I've always taken it as my duty to support the Han dynasty. Now that Dong Zhuo is acting so outrageously, of course I won't let this villain off scot-free. Moreover, with Lü Bu being so formidable now, if both of you brothers were to follow me to Beiping, our allied army would be completely finished." This Liu Bei is still as shameless as ever, speaking such grandiose words.
"Hum, easy to say, but aren't you just trying to take advantage of my family's General? People like Yan Gang under Gongsun Zan are all scornful, it seems that Yan Gang and the others don't have a good impression of Liu Bei either."
"Alright, Xuande. I initially decided to befriend you because of your unyielding spirit, and I always thought you would succeed. Don't worry, after I leave tomorrow, I'll leave 2,000 soldiers with you as a token of assistance, but they can only be infantry."
Gongsun Zan is indeed a generous person, always giving people things. This time he left 2,000 men to help Liu Bei expand his influence. Liu Bei was overjoyed in his heart, and it turned out that he had guessed correctly - Gongsun Yan had left him some soldiers. This way, he wouldn't be too embarrassed, and the 2,000 men could form their own army.
"Bohu, that's perfect. However, Bohu still needs to borrow one more person from you." Although the two thousand people were delighted, Liu Bei's ultimate goal was this man.
"Xuande wants to borrow someone, first say that General Yan is not available for borrowing." Gong Sun Zan was also puzzled, what's going on today, why does everyone want to borrow people from him?
"Don't worry, how could I not know that General Yan Gao is your trusted and beloved general? What I borrowed was not General Yan Gao, but a small captain under Bo He's command, named Zhao Yun."
"Hmph, you're dreaming if you think I'll lend it to you," Yan Gang thought.
"It's Zhao Yun again, what kind of god is this Zhao Yun? Brother Xuande, I'm afraid I won't be able to agree to this." Gongsun Zan thought to himself that today was really a bad day, everyone was asking him for people, and they all wanted Zhao Yun. What made this Zhao Yun so special? However, looking at General Yan Liang, he didn't seem to have any attachment, probably because he wasn't very capable.
"Oh? I don't know why, Brother Bo. Liu Bei thought to himself, it's unlikely that Bo has discovered Zhao Yun's true abilities, but if he had, he definitely wouldn't still be treating him as a small officer, there must be another reason."
"Oh, actually nothing much. Just went to General Zhang Fei's camp earlier and had a couple of drinks, General Cao asked me about the method of training White Horse Yizhong, and then Zhao Yun was treated as a training general and sent to General Cao. So at this moment, Zhao Yun should be considered under Cao Cao's command, if Zhuge Liang wants him, he can only go ask General Cao now. Haha..."
"What? Sent to Cao ****." Liu Bei's face turned iron blue with anger, that bastard Cao Cao, how could he do this again, one step ahead of himself. The key is this Gongsun Zan, this fool actually sent the most powerful person in his own camp to others and still smiled foolishly, it really made me furious. I wonder what I saw in him at first, why did I choose to be friends with him, but Liu Bei didn't think about it either, Gongsun Zan was from a noble family, the Gongsun family in Liaodong was also a big family, they didn't despise you for being a shoemaker, and you were still picky.
"What? Is my General going to give his subordinates to someone else and still have to ask County Magistrate Liu for permission?" Yan Gang saw that Liu Bei's face was iron-green, seemingly having some reservations about Gongsun Zan, and said discontentedly. The words "County Magistrate" were naturally spoken very loudly.
As soon as Yan Gang spoke, all the small school officers under Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Bei together. This guy Liu Bei, even if he couldn't tell what was real or not, couldn't say anything now.
"There's no need to be polite, Liu Bei and Guan Yu are like brothers. How could he have any complaints about Guan Yu? Since Guan Yu has already given away that Zhao Yun, then it's settled. If Guan Yu can leave 2,000 soldiers for me, Liu Bei is already deeply grateful."
"Xuande, I hope you can make a name for yourself at Tiger Trap Pass and achieve your dreams soon." Gong Sunzhan seemed to have not noticed Liu Bei's expression earlier and was still being very friendly towards him.
"Brother Bao, it's getting late, you have to march tomorrow, so pack up early and I won't disturb you." Liu Bei said, then led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei back to his own camp.
"My lord, this Liu Bei has been following us all along, trying to take advantage of us. Just now, he clearly showed his dissatisfaction with you in his words, and his face turned iron-green in an instant. I really don't understand why you still want to leave him with 2,000 soldiers." Yan Gang, as a general under Gongsun Zan, naturally couldn't understand why Gongsun Zan would do such a selfless act.
"Yan Guang, do I not know what kind of person Liu Bei is? He's using me, but am I not also using him? Can't you see the two men behind him? Today's battle has shown that they are incredibly brave and can even rival Lü Bu. According to reports, the three of them have a very good relationship. Since I can no longer persuade the other two to surrender, I will naturally focus on Liu Bei. If he sincerely follows me, it would be equivalent to having two top-notch warriors."
Gongsun Zan is proud of his own actions, and I am clever enough to think of this curve-saving-the-country method, haha...
"Hmph. My lord, I couldn't even tolerate one top-notch general, let alone two. If my lord had two top-notch generals under his command, would he still use me so heavily? It seems like I'll have to think of a way to get rid of those three Liu Bei people after all, or else they'll ruin my good fortune." Sheng thought to himself.
"The master is truly wise, Yan Guang's admiration for the master is like the Yellow River flowing endlessly. It seems that Yan Guang has also learned from Zhang Rui after meeting him, and has already learned to say such words after just one drink."
Gongsun Zan had never seen this before, and in an instant he was flattered by these words to the point of being on cloud nine. His subordinates saw that this approach was effective and followed up with a couple more sentences. In no time at all, Gongsun Zan was so flattered that he didn't know who he was anymore.
"Alright, alright! If you all continue like this, I won't know who I am anymore. We set off tomorrow, hurry up and pack your things."
"Yes, I will obey." The generals all bowed to Gongsun Zan and then headed towards the camp.
These guys must have learned this from somewhere, but it still sounds pretty good. "Ah-choo" must be the girls at home missing me, thought Zhang Rui who was chatting with Zhao Yun...
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