Under Liu Bei's blood-red glare, Zhang Fei showed no mercy and used all his strength to execute Liu Bei.

After being flogged thirty times, Liu Bei was unable to stand up!

"Big brother, are you alright?"

When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei's mangled buttocks, tears welled in their eyes, and they shouted in unison.

Is my current situation considered good?

Liu Bei, covered in sweat and enduring the pain, shouted to Guan Yu, "Second brother, execute Yide!"

"I understand, brother!"

Guan Yu nodded, "Third brother, bear with my stick!"

"Second brother, come here!"

Zhang Fei stuck out his buttocks.

Liu Bei had already accepted the punishment, so Zhang Fei naturally wouldn't renege on his promise.

After Guan Yu slapped Zhang Fei's large buttocks hard, Zhang Fei's face turned bright red, and he shouted, "Second Brother, did you not eat?"

"Push harder, I, Old Zhang, can take any amount of strength!"

Upon hearing Zhang Fei's words, Guan Yu frowned, raised his hand high, and prepared to strike again.

"stop!"

Liu Wei suddenly spoke up, telling Guan Yu to stop.

Everyone looked at Liu Wei with puzzlement, wondering what he was up to this time.

"This will not delay the march. The remaining lashes will be noted down for now. When we reach the battlefield in Youzhou, we will exchange them for the heads of Hu centurions and above!"

"One head is worth one lash!"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, he spurred his horse and rode away, with Tian Kai, Zhao Yun, Zhang Yan, Murong Ping, and the others hurriedly following.

The army moved immediately, proceeding in an orderly fashion, leaving the three brothers standing there bewildered.

"Brother, that bastard Liu Wei is so unpredictable, punishing people whenever he wants. It's simply outrageous!"

Zhang Fei was hit five times with a stick, and he was in so much pain that he grimaced. As soon as Liu Wei and the others left, he complained bitterly, "They still want me to go and fight the enemy? I'm not going to listen to them!"

"If it weren't for my eldest and second brothers persuading and stopping me, I would have definitely poked three hundred holes in him."

"Third brother, you really need to change your temperament! Didn't you realize that this prince was giving us a warning today? If we pass his test, we can be given important positions under him in the future, and your elder brother can also achieve great things!"

Guan Yu immediately showed a look of anger at his brother's lack of ambition, saying, "If my brother had listened to my advice back then, he wouldn't be in this state today."

Liu Bei was also filled with regret: "I regret not listening to Yun Chang's advice. I became arrogant and complacent after gaining some fame and benefits, and almost made a big mistake."

"Fortunately, I took the initiative to accept the punishment today, and my two brothers cooperated very well. Otherwise, King Yunzhong would not have valued us!"

"Brother, I just don't understand why we have to be fixated on him?"

"A lord like this, who punishes people without cause, is not worth serving. Let's take our brothers and go somewhere else to seek refuge!"

Zhang Fei was nowhere near as insightful as Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and he still doesn't understand why!

"If we want our elder brother's status as a member of the Han imperial family to be confirmed, we still need this prince's approval."

“If we leave, even without this prince saying a word, his men will immediately spread rumors that they do not recognize our elder brother’s status as a member of the imperial clan, and Liu Yu and the other members of the imperial clan will not accept our elder brother,” Guan Yu patiently explained.

"Then let's go and join this prince's enemy!" Zhang Fei was still unconvinced.

"The title of imperial relatives and eunuchs is far more despicable than that of a prince. We made great contributions in defeating the Yellow Turbans, but my elder brother only got the title of county magistrate of Anxi. This shows that they are only after profit."

Guan Yu shook his head. "How can this prince appoint my elder brother as a colonel and military advisor as soon as he arrives? If he dismisses him, we'll have to start all over again!"

"Can't we go back to the plains? We still have people there!" Zhang Fei said.

"Third brother, we accept the punishment. You should also fight well and earn merit!"

Liu Bei waved his hand, trying to lighten the mood, and said, "Do you think the 100,000 refugees in Pingyuan City are just refugees?"

"Help me onto my horse! From now on, I must be careful with my words and actions, Yun Chang, you must remind me often!"

"Okay, big brother!"

Guan Yu helped Liu Bei up and laid him on the horse's back, inwardly cursing.

Why didn't I remind you before? But you wouldn't listen!

Zhang Fei had only taken five blows and was not seriously injured, but his buttocks hurt and he couldn't ride a horse, so he and Guan Yu helped Liu Bei along, one on each side.

"Second brother, you really went too far with me. If you had really hit me thirty times, my backside wouldn't be any better off than my eldest brother's!"

"Third brother, how dare you say that? Didn't you treat your eldest brother ruthlessly?"

"My brother told me to hit him. He got angry if I didn't hit him hard. How can you blame me for that?"

"......"

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In Fanyang City, at the governor's office.

Liu Yu, along with a group of officials including Qi Zhou, Wei You, Cheng Xu, Gongsun Ji, Sun Jin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Zan, Wei Dun, and Zhao Gai, welcomed Liu Wei's army outside Fanyang City.

In addition, Liu Yu's son Liu He, along with Yan Rou, Xianyu Yin, and Xianyu Fu, led 5,000 troops and were surrounded by Hu people in Ji County.

Liu Wei ordered the Taiyue Army, Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, Imperial Guard Battalion, and Yan Yun Eighteen Riders to set up camp outside the city.

He led Zhang Yan, Tian Kai, Zhao Yun, Wang Fangyi, Yan Da, Murong Ping, and other civil and military officials into the city.

Liu Bei and his two companions caught up, but Liu Bei had an injury to his buttocks, so Zhang Fei helped him back to camp, while Guan Yu went into the city with Liu Wei to await orders.

Both sides arrived in the main hall of the yamen in a grand procession, and Liu Yu and Liu Wei yielded to each other for a while over who should sit in the main seat.

"Your Excellency, this is not the Flying Phoenix Pavilion!"

Liu Wei joked, "You are the host, so you should naturally take the head seat."

"Don't refuse anymore, everyone's standing!"

Liu Yu immediately recalled the time when Liu Wei and Liu Biao had competed in poetry and literature for the top seat at Liu Hua's Feifeng Tower.

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