The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

Young Master Liu Qi suddenly fell ill. It all started from the banquet three days ago.

It is said that after Liu Bei recruited Pang Shiyuan, Cui Zhouping, Shi Guangyuan, and Meng Gongwei, these four talents, the next step was to seize the military power in Jiangxia. The solution Liu Bei came up with was: poison. So he invited Liu Qi to Xiakou under the pretext of renewing his string. At the banquet, Liu Bei watched Liu Qi drink the poisoned wine with his own eyes. Because the amount of mercury was not large, Liu Qi did not become poisoned on the spot. On the way back to Jiangxia, Liu Qi gradually felt unwell, fell off his horse and vomited blood.

Liu Qi invited several doctors, but none could cure him. He believed that his end was approaching, so he did not seek medical treatment. He just locked himself in his room and waited for the arrival of the bull-headed and horse-faced face.

Huo Jun, the guard general of Xiling, decided to be loyal to Liu Bei under the lobbying of Fengchu Pang Tong. He took advantage of the opportunity of Wenpin to report on his duties in Xiangyang, launched a mutiny, and surrendered the entire city to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei successfully entered Jiangxia and replaced all the guards in Liu Qi's house, leaving Liu Qi alone. The Pang family in Jingzhou provided Liu Bei with a large amount of food and weapons, allowing Liu Bei to recruit troops. At this time, Liu Bei was still using the name of Young Master Liu Qi. He was worried that leakage of the news would lead to a two-sided attack from Cai Mao and Jiang Dong.

The Cai family is still the largest noble family in Jingzhou. Through the business of exchanging grain for military horses, they purchased a thousand Youzhou war horses from Fengxian Trading Company. As for the price, in addition to 100,000 shi of grain, Mrs. Cai's body was also included. The coquettish woman allowed Wei Xu to experience the fairy-like feeling several times.

Wei Xu came to Jingzhou with Fengxian Trading Company. On the one hand, he did business, and on the other hand, he followed Lu Bu's secret order to instigate three military generals. These three people were Wei Yan from Nanyang, Han Dang from Liaoxi, and Huang Gai from Lingling. As a prophet, Lu Bu told Wei Xu one by one the main strategies of instigating the three rebels.

Wei Yan rarely had great ambitions, but he never met his Ming lord. Granting him high officials and generous salaries would win him over, and granting him the rank of an army would win his heart.

Han Dang and Huang Gai had followed Sun Jian for many years, and they were each other's commanders in the army. In fact, they had always had doubts about Sun Ce's sudden death. When Sun Quan planned to attack Sun Ce's soldiers, a Mohist witnessed this scene with his own eyes. , reported the whole incident to Lu Bu. Lu Bu decided to use this incident to drive a wedge between the monarchs and ministers of Jiangdong. Han Dang and Huang Gai were neither from Huaisi nor from Jiangdong, and they did not have much sense of belonging to Sun Quan, the current ruler. This could be used. crack.

After the fall of Xiling, Wei Yan quietly returned to his hometown of Nanyang. He did not choose to report to Cai Mao or join Liu Bei. His ideal lord was a peerless hero. In Wei Yan's heart, in the world today, only Cao Cao and Lu Bu are worthy of his service. However, now he is just an unknown person, and it is difficult to be reused if he rushes to join them. He suffers from the lack of opportunities.

The arrival of Fengxian Trading Company made Wei Yan feel that it was an opportunity. He had long known that the person behind Fengxian Trading Company was Lu Bu, so he prepared gifts and came to visit Wei Xu at the Guanyi in Xiangyang in order to get an opportunity.

Wei Xu saw the person coming: he was eight feet tall and had a face as heavy as a jujube. His eyes were as bright as stars, and he secretly praised in his heart, "He is indeed the person that my brother-in-law wants to recruit. He is indeed extraordinary in appearance." He warmly welcomed Wei Yan to sit down and took out the imperial edict of King Yan.

In the edict, Wei Yan was awarded the position of Zhonglang General and promised that after the capture of Jingzhou, Wei Yan would be appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou. At the end, there was also the royal seal of King Lu Bu of Yan, which was genuine.

As if Wei Yan had obtained a treasure, he held Wang Zhao tightly in his arms, knelt down to thank Wei Xu, presented a gift, and said sincerely, "I would also like to ask you to speak kindly to your subordinates in front of King Yan."

Wei Xu hurriedly helped Wei Yan up. He had learned Lu Bu's way of treating talents with courtesy. Wei Xu said, "The general will be a sixth-ranked military officer in the future. You and I are on the same level, so there is no need to be so formal. Now I still need to go to Jiangdong, the general can wait in Nanyang, and when I return, I will return to Yecheng with the general."

Wei Yan readily agreed. He was a smart man and did not ask why Wei Xu was going to Jiangdong. He only needed to collect more information about Jingzhou during the waiting period for future use.

Under the escort of Qu'a, a poet from Jingzhou, Wei Xu crossed the Yangtze River in a small boat as a merchant and came to the Red Cliff Camp.

Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, went to Wu County to raise military supplies and was not in the camp. Cheng Pu took charge of all military affairs on his behalf.

Wei Xu claimed to be a fellow villager of Huang Gai and presented a handwritten letter from Huang Zhong. Huang Gai and Huang Zhong were both branches of the Huang family in Jingzhou. They were also childhood friends. When Sun Jian was serving as the prefect of Changsha in Jingzhou, Huang Gai joined his army. Since then he has become a member of the Huaisi sect. Huang Zhong explained in detail the real cause of Sun Ce's death in his handwriting, and sincerely invited Huang Gai to come to Hebei to work with him. Huang Gai was hesitant. On the one hand, he had followed the Sun family for many years, and on the other hand, Lu Bu promised to give Huang Gai a high salary and a certain amount of military power. This made Huang Gai, who was past the age of knowing his destiny, very interested.

As for Han Dang, it is more direct. He was originally from Liaoxi County, Youzhou. Because Goguryeo invaded western Liaoning, he was forced to leave his hometown and went to Huaisi. It happened to be that Sun Jian was recruiting troops, and he became the Huaisi faction by mistake. general. Now that western Liaoning has returned to the royal state and Goguryeo has been destroyed, Lu Bu also promised Han to become a high-ranking official and receive a generous salary.

Huang Gai and Han Dang discussed for a while and then decided to submit to King Lu Bu of Yan. Wei Xu immediately took out Lu Bu's secret order, which asked Huang Gai and Han Dang to cooperate with Mo Zhi to delay the invasion of Jiangdong Army. Jiangxia, and found the right opportunity to go south to Jiaozhou, cooperate with the Mohists in Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and seize the land of Lingnan.

The two accepted the mission and made a promise to Wei Xu to cooperate with Qu'a, the leader of the Mohist clan in Jingzhou. After completing this mission, Wei Xu did not stay any longer and returned to Nanyang to meet up with Wei Yan. The group escorted the grain and returned to Yecheng without encountering any obstacles along the way.

Over the years, Fengxian Trading Company has traveled north and south, and has established relationships with nobles, bandits and bandits from all over the country. This supernumerary army has made great contributions to the prosperity of Hebei. This is all due to Lu Bu's wise decision back then.