Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 376 New 3 Kingdoms 16

The reaction of all the princes to Yuan Shu's enthronement was rarely unanimous. Not to mention Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who jumped up and down, even Liu Zhang of Yizhou, Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong wrote articles to scold him.

Sun Ce announced his breakup, expressed his loyalty to the Han Dynasty and left Yuan Shu to work on his own; Liu Biao directly promoted Liu Bei and raised his salary, and asked him to lead his men to destroy Yuan Shu, the traitor.

All this seemed grand and spectacular, but in fact, there were only three forces that sent troops to attack Yuan Shu: Chen Deng of Xuzhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Cao Cao of Yanzhou.

Ma Teng was beaten by Yuan Shao to the point that he could not take care of himself. Yuan Shao was separated from Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu, and Sun Ce just broke away from Yuan Shu and worked on his own, so it was unrealistic for him to attack his former boss. As for Liaodong and Yizhou, they were too far away and he was powerless.

Although only three parties participated in the military campaign against Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's actions were too outrageous, and his troops were divided. It took only three months from his proclaiming himself emperor to Shouchun's capture and suicide. Now the three groups agreed to negotiate in Yuan Shu's former residence in Shouchun City to discuss how to divide the sphere of influence.

Cao Cao arrived first. He jumped off the newly built carriage and wiped the snack residue from his mouth and beard without any manners.

"Yuan Shu occupies the richest place in the world, but he is reckless and wants to be emperor. I am dying of laughter!"

"My lord, your opinion is profound. Yuan Shu's actions went against moral principles, so he deserves the disaster he is facing today." Xun Yu said this beside him.

"Where are Liu Bei and the people from Xuzhou? Why haven't they come yet?"

Cao Cao looked around and found that except for his people, the people from Jingzhou and Xuzhou were not there.

"My lord, there is still half an hour before the agreed time." Xun Yu reminded.

"What a big deal! Do you want me, Cao Cao, to wait for them? Go, tell them to come and see me quickly!" Cao Cao said coldly.

Xun Yu wanted to kill himself by banging his head against a wall. This campaign against Yuan Shu was spontaneous. We were equals and fighting on our own. Why should we let others come to see you? Are you so shameless?

"My Lord, let's wait for them to come. I think no one will be unpunctual in such an occasion."

"Well, I, Cao Cao, will not bother with them. Who is leading the troops in Xuzhou?" Cao Cao then remembered the important matter.

From the beginning of the expedition from Xuzhou to the capture of Shouchun, Zang Ba only said that he was the deputy general. The mysterious chief general never showed up, and even his name was unknown.

"My lord, we haven't found out yet." Liu Ye was still ashamed of the result of this mission.

Cao Cao was about to curse when he heard the sound of horse hooves. He turned around and saw a group of horses approaching slowly a hundred steps away. The three riders in front had a deadpan face, as if someone owed him money. The two riders on the left and right were one clueless and one unhappy. It looked awkward no matter how you looked at them.

"Liu Bei, long time no see, hahaha!" Cao Cao raised his hand and greeted him from a long distance away.

"Brother Cao, long time no see." Liu Bei immediately bowed and responded expressionlessly.

"Brother, this guy named Cao arrived earlier than us!" Zhang Fei was very unhappy when he saw that there was already someone at the door and it was Cao Cao.

"Third brother, today the three parties will discuss how to divide the garrison. Xianhe will handle it then, and you are not allowed to say too much." Liu Bei said in a low voice.

"Brother, in my opinion, there is nothing to talk about. All of Yuan Shu's territory belongs to us, and they can go back to where they came from. The worst that can happen is we have another battle. As far as I am concerned, I can poke a thousand transparent holes in them." Zhang Fei obviously didn't want to hear what Liu Bei said.

"Third brother, just listen to your eldest brother!" Guan Yu said, squinting his eyes and stroking his beard.

"Second brother, the emperor in Chang'an City is gone, so you should be the emperor. No matter if it's Cao Cao or that crap in Xuzhou, they should be your subjects. Don't you think so?" Zhang Fei was very unconvinced.

As the conversation continued in front of Cao Cao, Zhang Fei's words were clearly seen by everyone.

"Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor? What a joke. Don't you know that Yuan Shu's body was burned to ashes along with the imperial palace?" Cao Cao said sarcastically, his hands on his hips.

"Mr. Cao, I will not bother with you because you helped my elder brother at that time. Later..."

Zhang Fei raised his snake spear and pointed it at Cao Cao's face. Seeing this, Cao Cao's guards also surrounded him with weapons in hand. Next was Liu Bei's side. Suddenly, the situation at the entrance of the mansion became tense.

"Third brother, don't be rude. Put down your weapons!" Liu Bei scolded hypocritically.

"Brother, if we kill Cao Cao here, Yuan Shu's territory will belong to us, and we don't have to go back to Jingzhou to suffer the bullying of Liu Biao!" Zhang Fei really wanted to take action.

"General Zang Ba, this world is really just a big makeshift team!"

"What the butler said makes sense."

As this conversation entered the ears of everyone present, a large number of Xuzhou soldiers appeared and surrounded Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the middle. A dozen cavalrymen stood outside the encirclement, and the two people in the front of the cavalry, the one with a big beard was Zang Ba, and the other one was very young.

"Are you guys in Xuzhou planning to stalk the cicada while the oriole is behind?" Cao Cao's face turned cold.

"We are upright people and will not compare ourselves to insects, ants, and animals." Yu Xian raised his hand, and the archer raised his bow and arrow and prepared to draw the bow.

"You bastard, when I, Zhang Fei, rush over, I will poke a thousand transparent holes in you!" Zhang Fei saw the situation and felt that he could make a charge.

"Zhang the Cripple, stop making such a fuss. Liu Bei allows you to bite people everywhere, but I won't tolerate you!" Yu Xian pointed his gun at Zhang Fei.

"Ah~. I, Old Zhang, am going to kill you!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fei immediately lost his mind and rushed towards Yu Xian. In fact, not only Zhang Fei was upset by hearing this, but Liu Bei and Guan Yu were also furious.

The story began when the princes were fighting against Dong Zhuo. Zhang Fei's sarcastic remarks to Yu Xian, who had faked his death, sparked a fight. The matter was brought to the attention of Yuan Shao. In order to appease the people, Yuan Shao ordered the three men to be beaten and thrown out of the barracks.

During the execution, Zhang Fei was criticized for his foul mouth, and the soldiers struck him a little harder.

Although the three brothers were taken in by Cao Cao and sent to recuperate, they were beaten so badly that they all suffered varying degrees of disabilities. Zhang Fei, who was the most seriously injured, became a cripple and walked with a limp.

After this incident, he not only did not restrain himself, but became even worse, and thus earned the nickname "Zhang the Cripple".

"Sergeants, please move aside. I will fight this uneducated idiot!" Yu Xian shouted, raising his gun.

Upon hearing this, Zang Ba and a group of soldiers quickly reined in their horses and walked aside.

Zhang Fei arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye. He reined in his horse and raised his snake spear to chop at Yu Xian.

"Show off your skills in front of me!"

As Yu Xian spoke, he raised his spear and rushed forward. He heard a clear and pleasant sound, and Zhang Fei's snake spear broke into two pieces.

Zhang Fei's snake spear was broken, which no one except Yu Xian could have imagined. Because Yu Xian's spear head was made of alloy steel carefully refined when he was in the Lu family, Zhang Fei's snake spear was just ordinary steel, and its strength was far from enough compared to the spear head.

"This spear?" Liu Bei felt that the spear in Yu Xian's hand looked familiar and he must have seen it somewhere.

"How come the spear of that fierce general under Gongsun Zan appeared here?" Cao Cao pointed out its origin at a glance.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu's faces became even uglier, as that was a shame they did not want to recall for the rest of their lives.

Zhang Fei saw that the snake spear was just a bare stick, so he threw it towards Yu Xian's face, then drew his sword and moved forward to kill him.

Yu Xian used his spear to pry open the long handle of the snake spear, removed the spear and placed it on the saddle, then drew his Tang sword and rushed forward. With just one move, Zhang Fei's sword was also cut into two pieces.

"His speed is so fast that he completes the actions of unloading and hanging the gun and drawing the sword in a few breaths!" Liu Bei did not expect that this inconspicuous man who didn't even wear armor would have such high martial arts skills.

"It's him!" This time it was Cao Cao's turn to look unhappy.