With a deafening roar, the thick city gate of Shouchun was shattered by Guan Yu's greatsword!

He was sent flying backwards at random, and before the people behind the city gate could react, they were crushed to death on the spot. It was quite a tragic scene!

Both those inside and those outside were stunned, realizing that it was no wonder they were just soldiers while he was a general; his martial prowess was truly impressive!

Guan Yu broke through the city with a single move, and then, disregarding the large number of soldiers inside, charged straight in.

When the soldiers in the city saw him coming alone, they mustered their courage and charged at Guan Yu.

But Guan Yu charged recklessly, taking down a whole group with a single slash. The Green Dragon Crescent Blade was made of some unknown material; anyone who touched it was either dead or killed.

At Liu Bei's command, Zhang Fei and his soldiers rushed into the city, but there were no enemies left at the city gate.

The crowd surged into the city, stepping over countless corpses. Led by Zhang Fei, they soon reached Yuan Shu's palace.

The soldiers inside the palace were terrified. Even with the generous rewards promised by the generals, they dared not step forward. They regarded Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as gods and demons!

Humans experience fear, and fear can spread.

Just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who could charge in and out of a massive army seven times without any effort.

Nobody wants to be enemies with someone like that.

The ending was predictable: Yuan Shu ultimately burned himself to death in the palace he had spent a fortune building.

The region he governed included three provinces and eleven counties, including Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou. Although Cao Cao had taken five counties from him in the past year, the remaining six counties were naturally taken over by Liu Bei.

After taking over, Liu Bei submitted a memorial to the court, requesting that he be posthumously granted the title of Governor of Yu Province.

According to Guo Jia's assessment, Cao Cao would absolutely not dare to attack him at this time.

As expected, Cao Cao now faces the formidable enemy of Yuan Shao, and is powerless to stop Liu Bei, whose power is gradually growing.

Yuzhou was the third richest of the thirteen provinces of the Han Dynasty, after Jizhou and Jingzhou.

However, Yuan Shu also caused them great harm. They only had a surplus of grain, and the rest was gone. The people of Yuzhou were also suffering greatly, and there was no trace of prosperity left.

After Liu Bei was appointed Governor of Yu Province, he should have rested and recuperated until the people's livelihood was basically restored before pursuing his hegemony. However, Guo Jia suggested that while there was still food, they should wipe out Sun Ce and his ilk in one fell swoop and take control of a large area of ​​land, including Jiangdong. In this way, the land east of them would be connected and there would be no more war!

Guo Jia's move was incredibly astute. He had already foreseen that Sun Ce could gain his freedom by presenting the imperial seal, and that this man would definitely be a major threat in the future. If he didn't take advantage of the current strength of his army and the fact that Sun Ce had just established himself, it would be extremely difficult to get rid of him in the future!

His idea was excellent; he even had a reason in mind: Sun Ce had presented the imperial seal to Yuan Shu instead of the court, indicating that he harbored rebellious intentions.

Liu Bei stopped pretending and directly submitted a memorial to Cao Cao, asking him to be posthumously granted the title of Governor of Yangzhou.

Cao Cao, far away in Xuchang, wished he could tear Liu Bei to pieces. Taking advantage of his weakness, Liu Bei demanded all sorts of benefits, which was simply inhuman!

However, the strategists advised that the real enemy was Yuan Shao, who had already prepared for battle, not Liu Bei.

Why not let Liu Bei and Sun Ce fight to the death, so that Cao Cao can focus on fighting Yuan Shao?

With the imperial edict issued, Cao Cao's army marched north to Guandu, while Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead their army eastward.

More than half a month has passed quickly.

Sitting in the main hall, Liu Bei looked at Sun Ce, known as the Little Conqueror, and his brother Sun Quan, with many Jiangdong generals tied up behind him. He couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Back then, he only entered the Suanzao Alliance because of Gongsun Zan's reputation. At that time, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu were simply enormous figures to him.

Since meeting Meng Fan, he has risen through the ranks, not only getting the emperor to acknowledge his status as the imperial uncle, but also eliminating the arrogant Yuan Shu. Now, even Sun Jian's descendants and a group of generals have been captured by him!

He knew that all of this was given to him by Meng Fan, and he felt no sense of superiority.

Perhaps it was because Meng Fan had used many magical arts in front of him that he realized he was not on the same level as Meng Fan at all. Therefore, he always kept a wooden statue of a young man in his room.

He carved the statue himself and has always worshipped it sincerely, praying to it three times a day, which shows that his respect for Meng Fan is truly pure.

Whenever he drank with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he would think of the scene of the Five Barbarian Invasions they witnessed that day, and his personality changed slightly because of it.

He remained kind to the common people, but became much more indifferent to the enemy.

All of this stemmed from his desire to unify China as soon as possible and lead his second and third brothers to slaughter all the foreign tribes!

Liu Bei ignored the curses of Sun Ce and the others, and said directly, "Kill!"

At the order, Sun Ce and the others were filled with disbelief. They never imagined that Liu Bei would be so ruthless, not even sparing his own brother!

In just six months, Liu Bei defeated Sun Ce, unified Jiangdong and most of Yangzhou, and his fame spread far and wide. In terms of strength, he was among the top warlords.

Meanwhile, Cao Cao's side had only been at a stalemate for several months, with neither side rashly launching a war.

Liu Bei no longer needed to worry about Cao Cao's retaliation, so it was time for him to truly recuperate and rebuild his life.

Even if they don't rest and recuperate, it won't work. Liu Bei came from humble beginnings and doesn't have his own core group. Now his territory is too large, and he doesn't have many civil officials under his command. Even if Guo Jia is very smart, he can't be in two places at once.

Therefore, Guo Jia was in Shouchun today, and two days later he went to Kuaiji, and two days after that he went to Wu County. He was very haggard, and his health was deteriorating day by day.

Not to mention Liu Bei, even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt heartbroken looking at that figure that seemed to fall with the wind.

Liu Bei forcibly summoned Guo Jia to his residence and ordered his confidants to invite Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, but both shook their heads, indicating that Guo Jia was now beyond medical help and would only have a month left to live.

Liu Bei lamented the injustice of fate, that Guo Jia, such a brilliant talent, should die so young!

However, he still had a last glimmer of hope. He knelt before Meng Fan's statue every day, praying that Meng Fan would appear and save Guo Jia.

Guo Jia looked at Liu Bei, who prayed for him every day, and was moved, realizing that he had been completely accepted by the three brothers Liu Bei.

Perhaps it was Liu Bei's sincerity that moved Meng Fan, or perhaps Meng Fan also had some goodwill towards Guo Jia, because the wooden carving Liu Bei had made emitted rays of light, and something shot out and landed steadily in his hand.

"This is the tea we drank!"

Liu Bei was very excited and ordered someone to quickly bring Guo Jia over, so he could personally drink the tea that Guo Jia had carefully held in his hands.

Although the tea had cooled down, it did not affect its effect. Guo Jia recovered naturally. While he might not be as strong as an ox, he was certainly capable of taking on a first-rate general!

Guo Jia was deeply moved and immediately wanted to acknowledge Liu Bei as his elder brother. Liu Bei did not refuse and called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to recognize this fourth brother together!