Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

The northern foot of the Qinling Mountains.

It is just south of Hu County.

On the dividing line between Fufeng County and Jingzhaoyin.

There is a forest.

A team of 5000 people hid silently in this forest.

The general who led the army was a young man who was not tall or strong, in his early twenties.

However, the young general's eyes were piercing, giving people a very refined feeling.

The young general is none other than Yizhou General Deng Xian.

At this time, Deng Xian was still young. Because of his high martial arts skills and lack of noble background, he was favored by Liu Yan, promoted to the ranks, and entrusted with the important task of guarding Yinping.

The one who was promoted with Deng Xian was not a general from a noble family, but a Leng Bao.

Leng Bao and Deng Xian, when Liu Bei entered Sichuan, were famous generals in Yizhou, almost as famous as Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.

Deng Xian stood on the outermost side, at the edge of the forest, looking in the direction of Chang'an.

At this time, a young general aged eighteen or nineteen came over and asked, "Brother, haven't you seen anyone from Chang'an yet?"

This eighteen or nineteen-year-old young general, named Deng Dang, is Deng Xian's younger brother.

Deng Dang is far less famous than Deng Xian in history.

However, Deng Dang has a brother-in-law, and his reputation is far greater than that of Deng Xian.

Deng Dang's brother-in-law is called Lu Meng, one of the four governors of the Eastern Wu, after Zhou Yu and Lu Su.

Originally, Deng Dang followed Deng Xian as a general in Yizhou.

Later, Liu Yan died, and Liu Zhang succeeded in ascending the throne.

As soon as Liu Zhang came to power, someone exposed that Liu Yan, Liu Zhang's father, and Zhang Lu were pretending to be against each other, but in fact they were unwilling to pay tribute to the court and had the intention of treason.

This matter caused an uproar in Yizhou, almost approaching Liu Zhang's position as Yizhou shepherd.

Liu Zhang has just come to power and has not fully controlled the power of Yizhou.

I don't know who gave Liu Zhang an idea, saying that if Liu Zhang could kill Zhang Lu's mother, Zhu Shi, and turn against Zhang Lu completely, the turmoil would be calmed down.

Liu Zhang was eager to clarify himself, and worried about changes in the regime in Yizhou, so he adopted this bad idea.

Although the Zhu family was not Zhang Lu's biological mother, but a stepmother, Zhang Lu couldn't help but take revenge.

Just like Zhang Xiu in Wancheng in history, the Zou family was just his aunt, and Zhang Xiu couldn't bear such a big humiliation, so he surrendered and rebelled.

And Deng Dang was a thoughtful person. Seeing Liu Zhang's behavior, he knew that he was not the master of the Ming Dynasty, so he left Yizhou.

At that time, Liu Biao in Jingzhou was also old. Deng Dang went east and met the young Sun Ce, so he defected to him.

At this time, Lu Meng was only thirteen or fourteen years old, still a minor.

Moreover, Lu Meng learned the art of war more than ten years later, and was stimulated by Sun Quan. Therefore, at this time, Lu Meng was only in the stage of practicing martial arts hard.

Deng Xian turned his head, glanced at Deng Dang, and frowned slightly: "The fourth son said in the letter that after we arrive according to the agreed time limit, the Champion Hou will send someone to meet him."

"But we have been here for half a day, and we don't know why the people sent by Champion Hou have not arrived?"

Deng Dang said with a smile: "I have heard the name of the champion for a long time, and it is like thunder. It is definitely not a false rumor."

"Looking at the current sky, it's not yet the appointed time, brother might as well wait a little longer."

"En." Deng Xian nodded, realizing that he was indeed a little too impatient.

Deng Xian led [-] old soldiers and marched all the way in a hurry. When they arrived at the appointed place, it was indeed more than half a day early.

At this time, a slightly short soldier came over with two jugs of water and said with a smile, "Brother Deng, brother-in-law, drink some water."

"Ziming?" Deng Dang immediately widened his eyes, looking at the soldier, startled and angry, "Why are you here?"

Deng Xian glanced at Lu Meng's clothes, and smiled: "I must have followed here secretly, Zhongqi, it seems that your brother-in-law is a bit negligent."

Lu Meng immediately apologized and said with a smile: "Brother Deng, I blame my brother for this matter. It has nothing to do with my brother-in-law. I followed him secretly."

Deng Xian asked with a smile: "Ziming, my brother was ordered to go north this time, not to fight, but to welcome the fourth son back to Shu. It is a mistake for you to follow here."

Deng Dang glared at Lu Meng and said, "Brother, this kid begged me when he came this time."

"But I also told this boy that this trip to the north is only to welcome the fourth son back to Shu, and there is no war."

"Originally, I thought that since there was no war, this kid would feel at ease, but he didn't want to..."

Lu Meng grinned: "Brother-in-law, I know that there is no war this time going north."

"It's just that I have heard for a long time that the champion Hou is an invincible general who has the title of the Great Han God of War. He is not weaker than the champion Hou Huo Qubing during Emperor Wu's time."

"That's why, my younger brother wanted to see the demeanor of the champion, so he secretly accompanied Brother Deng and brother-in-law here."

Deng Dang kicked his eyes again, and shouted: "What kind of status is the champion, how can you be a little man who can meet you just by saying it?"

Deng Xian said with a smile: "Zhongqi, Ziming has come here with us, is it possible that you still want to drive him back?"

"Zi Ming is a natural general, and he has experienced a lot of military affairs, which will definitely benefit his growth."

Now that Deng Xian said so, Deng Dang naturally couldn't scold Lu Meng again.

Lu Meng smiled and said, "Brother is right, and younger brother admires elder brother the most."

Deng Xian laughed and said: "Just now you said that you wanted to see the demeanor of the champion, and now you said that you admire me the most. It can be seen that what you said is not sincere."

Just when Lu Meng scratched his head and was about to make another sophistry, Deng Dang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Look, brother, there are two horses galloping this way."

Deng Xian and Lu Meng immediately looked to the north, and sure enough, there were two small black spots moving towards this side quickly.

Around the woods, Deng Xian sent dozens of scouts to check for news at all times.

But because the [-] old men needed to climb the mountain, they were all infantry, so naturally they couldn't outrun the horses.

Deng Xian looked left and right again, and there were only these two riders, so he nodded: "The agreed time is coming, and there are only two riders from the other party, so they must be the people sent by the champion."

After a while, the two riders got closer and closer, and gradually they could see each other's appearance clearly.

Suddenly, Deng Dang exclaimed: "Gan Ning?"

Gan Ning?

Deng Xian hastily looked over at the passers-by again, and sure enough, one of the strong men was Gan Ning, who was it?
Gan Ning was recruited from Liang by the Jinfan thief, and then he was an official to the prefect of Shu County.

In Yizhou, and even in the whole Han Dynasty, this kind of counterattack is extremely rare.

Therefore, Deng Dang was very interested in Gan Ning.

When passing by Shu County once, he paid a special visit to Gan Ning under the pretext of asking Gan Ning about martial arts.

In the end, Gan Ning was really too aggressive, and Deng Dang's fake advice turned into a real one in the end.

Chengdu, the seat of Shu County, is not far from Mianzhu, the seat of Yizhou, so Deng Dang often went to Gan Ning for advice on martial arts.

Later, Deng Dang left Yizhou, which can also be said to be related to Gan Ning's departure.

After a while, two riders flew up, one was Gan Ning, the other was Xu Shu.

"Brother Xingba..." Deng Dang shouted excitedly, striding towards Gan Ning.