Chapter 141

Cai Yan nestled in Liu Bei's arms.

"Husband is a great hero who stands tall and is going to save the people; I am too happy to blame you. Just take care of your safety; you are about to have a child."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Rest assured, I will protect myself well. You are pregnant, so don't work too hard; let the servants do whatever needs to be done."

Cai Yan nodded sweetly.

Liu Bei also visited the pregnant Lady Gan,

And finally, the peach-blossom-faced Lady Zou. She seemed to have come with a mission, and after chatting hard for several rounds, Liu Bei felt refreshed.

Three days later,

Liu Bei held a swearing-in ceremony outside Taiyuan City.

"Dong Zhuo is lawless, poisoned the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of Emperor Hongnong, held the young Emperor hostage, and brought chaos to the court..."

Liu Bei glanced at the few beautiful figures on the city wall and waved his hand.

"The entire army, advance!"

Fifteen thousand cavalry marched south in a mighty force, crossed the Yellow River from Henei Commandery, and headed toward Suanzao!

In Suanzao, at the alliance camp,

Most of the warlords had arrived, even Gongsun Zan from Youzhou had arrived!

Yuan Shao raised his cup.

"Gentlemen, everyone has traveled hard; let us drink this cup together!"

The warlords responded by raising their cups.

Yuan Shu cursed inwardly.

"Yuan Benchu, you really think you're the boss!"

Gongsun Zan also looked down on Yuan Shao and thought secretly,

"Yuan Benchu is just borrowing the light of his family!"

Yuan Shao garrisoned Bohai Commandery, pointing his sword at Jizhou, which Gongsun Zan, who intended to control the north of the Yellow River, regarded as his number one mortal enemy!

The Administrator of Kong Beihai, Kong Rong, laughed heartily.

"To be able to gather with all the heroes today is truly a joy."

He looked around.

"Sigh, it's a pity that the great hero Liu Liu Xuande, who shook the nine provinces and assassinated Dong Zhuo, has not come!"

Tao Qian also said,

"Liu Xuande is better than his predecessor, and in my opinion, he is even more loyal than Brother Brother Zigan!"

The Marquis of Wucheng, Sun Sun Jian, drank a fierce cup of wine.

"I also want to meet this Liu Liu Xuande, who has such courage and strategy!"

Han Fu also said,

"Liu Liu Xuande wiped out the Southern Xiongnu and the Western Western Xianbei in Bingzhou, doing many good deeds for the people on the border; he is a hero!"

Everyone sighed; it was true, with a great hero like Liu Bei not coming, this alliance seemed to be lacking something!

Cao Cao's eyelids twitched. He was the first hero to assassinate Dong Zhuo, right? It seemed everyone had forgotten him!

"It's not like I didn't make Dong Zhuo bleed, and I even lost a precious sword!"

Cao Cao felt bitter in his heart, but on the surface, he laughed loudly.

"Gentlemen, rest assured, I have already sent an envoy to invite Brother Liu Xuande. He will arrive in Suanzao in a few days, and then we will all drink to our heart's content!"

Everyone nodded.

"Mengde is truly thoughtful."

"In the past, Mengde and Liu Bei endured humiliation under Dong Zhuo; it seems their friendship is quite good."

"Mengde has face!"

Cao Cao enjoyed the flattery of the crowd, but when he turned his head and found Yuan Shao's face was a bit dark, his heart skipped a beat. He had accidentally made this childhood friend unhappy again.

Cao Cao understood Yuan Shao's personality: outwardly broad but inwardly jealous, appearing to respect the worthy and condescend to the scholar, but actually jealous of the talented—the Yuan family's hereditary red-eye disease gene was at work!

"Gentlemen, actually, the envoy was sent by Brother Benchu's order. As soon as Liu Bei saw Brother Benchu's letter, he rushed over immediately."

Everyone naturally flattered Yuan Shao again.

Yuan Shao's face improved.

He hadn't expected Liu Bei to be so highly praised.

"Gentlemen, Brother Liu Xuande sent me a letter earlier; he is leading fifteen thousand cavalry and will arrive in Suanzao in a few days."