See you in the picture!

Wu Liang had just felt that Liu Bei was too enthusiastic towards him, and that he was so attentive to him for nothing, that he might be either a traitor or a thief.

After a long time of fussing, they are actually waiting for me here...

To put it nicely, this might be called alms, but to put it harshly, isn’t this just asking for food?

"well……"

Just as he said this, Guan Erye, who had looked arrogant just now and wanted to fight Dian Wei to death, sighed softly, then lowered his head and rode his horse to retreat behind Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. It was hard to look at Wu Liang and Dian Wei again.

.

This is what makes a hero short of breath.

People are like iron rice or steel, even heroes have to eat.

Wu Liang could see that the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang were extremely embarrassed at this moment. Otherwise, given the temper of Master Guan and Liu Bei doing such a dishonorable thing in front of him, he might have broken off with Liu Bei.

Instead of being unable to hold his head up like now, it was obvious that he couldn't afford to lose this person.

But then again.

Wu Liang could also imagine that some of the things he had done before prevented Liu Bei from taking control of Xuzhou. The life of the three brothers must be more difficult than in history, but he did not expect that they would be reduced to this situation, and they could no longer even eat.

get up.

The biggest problem now is that the Hu army does not have much food left.

Behind the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang, there were more than 200 mouths waiting for food. Liu Bei's so-called "please bother the fourth brother to make more" is not a small amount. Under normal circumstances, one meal would eat nearly ten meals of the army.

rations, and this is a group of hungry men. If they eat with an open stomach, it may not be impossible to eat their rations for ten days in one meal.

But at this moment.

"Someone!"

"Stop them!"

"Take it!"

The soldiers behind Liu, Guan, and Zhang brothers suddenly burst out into a commotion, and then rushed out of the valley in a swarm.

Then soldiers rushed to Liu Bei and reported: "General, a group of carriages has come from outside the valley, with six people and four carriages in total. I have ordered people to surround them. General, please go and check!"

Six people and four cars?

Isn't this the number of people Wu Liang sent to the county and city of Changshan to buy grain?

Calculating the time, Yang Wanli must have returned with his people after purchasing food. But he didn't expect a group of uninvited guests to come to the valley, so he just rushed in?

"Brother, these should be my people, don't hurt them!"

Wu Liang quickly said to Liu Bei.

What he was worried about was that Yang Wanli and those soldiers were besieged inexplicably, and they would fight to the death without knowing what was going on. Liu Bei's troops would definitely not show mercy if they took action like this, and it would be Yang Wanli and others who would suffer.

And if Yang Wanli and others were injured or killed, Wu Liang would never talk nonsense to Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and they would definitely pay with their lives. However, even if these people were driven out and killed, they still could not save the lives of Yang Wanli and others.

This is still unacceptable to Wu Liang.

Therefore, before that, he would try his best to avoid this happening.

"Oh? I also wondered how could there be so many passers-by in this wilderness far away from official roads. It turns out they are our own people."

When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately said to the soldier: "Give me the order. Don't hurt those brothers. Please invite them in first to teach my fourth brother how to identify them!"

"promise!"

The soldier bowed his hands in response and hurriedly ran forward to deliver the order.

After a while.

Four carriages entered the valley under the escort of Liu Bei's troops, it was Yang Wanli and others.

The six of them were holding "Warring States repeating crossbows" and carefully guarded against the surrounding soldiers. They had a posture of being in the car and losing people, and if they disagreed, they would pull the trigger and fight with Liu Bei's troops until death.

"call"

Wu Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

Fortunately, we caught up, otherwise as long as Yang Wanli and others' "Warring States Repeating Crossbows" were launched, this war would probably have been unavoidable.

But now I'm afraid it's a bit unjustifiable not to invite Liu Bei to dinner.

Because the four carriages were all carrying grain, which was enough to feed the more than 200 people behind Liu Bei, "the landlord's family had no surplus grain" was no longer an excuse.

The most important thing was that he found that Liu Bei's eyes were straight.

Although Liu Bei's troops did not check what was in the sacks on the carriage, there were four carriages in total, and the horses had difficulty pulling the carriage. This was a considerable sum for Liu Bei now.

supplies, especially since Wu Liang claimed to be a merchant, and the carriage was most likely filled with goods he used to sell. This batch of goods could still be exchanged for a batch of grain.

"Sir, are you all okay?"

Yang Wanli also came all the way to see Wu Liang, but when he saw that he and the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang were standing facing each other on horseback, and that a simple fortification had been built near the camp of the Hu army, he immediately asked with concern at the top of his voice.

"Unscathed."

Wu Liang waved to him, and then said very generously, "Leave all the food on those four carriages to my three brothers to express my respect for them."

"Keep them all?"

Yang Wanli suddenly frowned.

Xin asked what exactly was going on. Since General Wu treated those three people as brothers, why did he leave food behind? Could this be General Wu's plan to delay the attack?

It should be so.

This group of people doesn't look like good people. They are probably Jianjing bandits from the nearby hills.

General Wu was always willing to do good, and was accustomed to be polite before fighting. Therefore, he did not want to be acquainted with them, so he sold these grains to them as a favor to ensure that everything would be safe.

Anyway, General Wu is now the Marquis of Yongqiu, and thousands of people in Yongqiu are his food fiefs, so he doesn't care about this little food.

I just hope that this group of robbers will stop when they see fit and not touch General Wu's bottom line. Otherwise, by then, they will not even have a chance to apologize...

Thinking like this.

Yang Wanli finally felt relieved and immediately ordered several of the accompanying soldiers to abandon their carriages and walk a few feet away to observe what happened.

And heard Wu Liang’s words.

"!!!"

Liu, Guan, and Zhang were immediately happy.

Even the soldiers behind them were full of excitement. If it weren't for military regulations, some of them would have raised their arms and cheered.

Just imagine, even Liu Bei's stomach is growling with hunger, how can those soldiers fare better?

Maybe it's been a while since I've eaten anything serious.

"Thank you so much, fourth brother. I didn't expect that fourth brother would be so generous. What I owe you today is what I owe you. I will repay you twice as much in the future and I will never break my promise!"

At this moment, Liu Bei's eyes towards Wu Liang had changed and he thanked him repeatedly.

But Wu Liang always felt that his eyes were not that innocent.

He felt that there seemed to be a little greed in Liu Bei's gratitude, just like the big bad wolf seeing a little fat sheep...

He knows very well the principle of benevolence and enmity.

Human nature cannot stand the test. Although Liu Bei is a historical celebrity, he is also a human being first. At this moment, he is in such embarrassment that it is not an exaggeration to say that there is no tomorrow.

But now he suddenly met a little fat sheep like Wu Liang, who was quite generous with his actions. As an ambitious man, Liu Bei would inevitably have some thoughts in order to survive and realize his ambition. After all, he now has more than two hundred people under his command.

, naturally thought that he had an absolute advantage and had the ability to do many things according to his own wishes, or against Wu Liang's will.

Just like the view of history that Wu Liang strongly agrees with: "Don't read the history of the Three Kingdoms with the standard of justice, they are not up to it; don't read it with the standard of orthodoxy, which is now outdated; read it from the perspective of human nature and behavioral results.

, this is real and eternal.”

then.

In order to prevent Liu Bei from being malicious, Wu Liang immediately handed over his hands with a simple face and said: "I can trust my elder brother, but this is almost all my property. I don't dare to ask my elder brother to repay him twice as much. I just ask him to wait until tomorrow for Shanjuncheng"

After the city gate is opened, the eldest brother can return the money in full, otherwise the life of these people in the caravan may not be easy in the future."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei was slightly stunned for a moment, and then he laughed and said, "Fourth brother, you can rest assured. Is the eldest brother the one who doesn't keep his word?"

Behind him, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other silently.

It can be seen that their expressions are slightly complicated...

What Wu Liang is best at is observing words and expressions. The micro-expressions of the three of them have already given him the answer. They have no ability to repay the food now.

But it can also be seen from another aspect.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had faith in their hearts. After listening to his words, they knew that they had no ability to return the food, so they felt a little guilty towards him, so they behaved like this.

But forced by the situation, they really had no other choice but to remain silent.
To be continued...