Chapter 199: I'd rather be a broken jade than a complete tile
As soon as the words fell, a guard came to report that Cao Cao had sent a messenger to ask for a meeting outside the palace.
Lu Bu shouted: "Tell him to wait, if you can't wait, tell him to get out, I don't lack people to sacrifice the flag for me." ”
After that, he said to Ding Xu: "What else do you have to say?" ”
Ding Xu straightened his neck, his face was flushed because of grievances, he was the age of young people's enthusiasm, how could he be willing to accept this unwarranted reproach, and for a while he left the majesty of the monarch and ministers behind, and glared and said: "There are a total of these people in Fangyuan craftsmen, I have ordered them to work day and night to make ships, but the construction period given by the prince is too tight, this is already the limit of what the craftsmen can do." ”
"Do you blame me for that?"
Ding Xu was in the midst of his enthusiasm, and he didn't notice Lu Bu's increasingly fierce eyes, and he still argued to himself: "My subordinates don't dare, every sentence is the truth." ”
Lu Bu suddenly changed color, and smashed the tea that was still warm in front of him at Ding Xu, Ding Xu did not back down and dodge, but just stood in place, grinning, looking at the angry Lu Bu without moving.
The teacup hit Ding Xu's cherry helmet, the tea was mixed with tea leaves, and Ding Xu's face was covered with a split head, and the tea was still warm, which made Ding Xu's already swollen face, more and more red, and faintly purple, looking very embarrassed.
The generals were anxious for a while, each lowered their heads, and did not dare to say more, and was even more surprised that Ding Xu, as a personal general from Lu Bu's mansion, should have been more considerate of the prime minister's intentions, how could he speak out in front of everyone, causing the prince to be furious, he only needed a gesture of admitting his mistakes, plus Lu Bu has always been generous, with steps, how could he be embarrassed by him.
refuted Lu Bu's face in front of the generals, even if he and Lu Bu were as close as sons and nephews, how could the prime minister give up in order to protect his face and dignity.
But Wen Lu Bu said sharply: "When you received my military order, you had no objections, patted your chest and assured me that you would be able to complete the task, and you did not report the progress to me during the period, and did not report any difficulties in time. If you have time here to talk and drink and have fun, but you don't take my military orders to heart, and you are convincing and sophistry, it is better for you to be the prime minister. ”
Ding Xu was agitated by the tea, and finally regained some clarity, only to realize that his actions were very inappropriate, and at this time, seeing Lu Bu again, he gave in to the prime minister's respect, only to feel cold sweat all over his body. Everyone has a foothold in this troubled era, and they all put loyalty and righteousness first, and it is really taboo for courtiers to turn the beginning and end upside down like this, and to have no respect or humility.
Although Lu Bu's words were not intense, they were heart-wrenching, undoubtedly igniting a fire at Ding Xu's feet, as if to warn him, you are so arrogant and disrespectful, and where do you put the law and discipline of the army and the majesty of the prime minister!
Ding Xu couldn't help but feel weak for a while, and his anger was frustrated, like a deflated ball, he fell to the ground, and said in fear: "Ding Xu doesn't dare, please calm your anger." ”
Lu Bu sneered: "Don't you dare, I see that you dare very much, and you have made some meager contributions, so you will be complacent from then on, the king of heaven is the first, and you are the second?" ”
After speaking, he looked around at everyone, and said in a more fierce tone: "Cao Cao Shang'an sat in Shouchun, unscathed, and tens of thousands of troops were deployed along the river, you say, what do I use to cross the river and attack the city, just rely on you arrogant and arrogant people?" Or do you want me to go into battle with Cao Jun in person? ”
The generals had never seen the prince so angry, and immediately came out to bow to the ground and said in unison: "The ministers are terrified. ”
Lu Bu got up and turned around in front of the generals, looked at the generals who were lying on the ground, and snorted coldly: "Ding Xu delayed the military situation, which hindered our army's expedition, and pushed it down and beheaded." ”
All the generals were shocked when they heard this, and Ding Xu was even more like a lightning strike, but he really didn't expect that he would have such serious consequences if he was so quick to speak, and he sat paralyzed on the ground in a trance.
The guards outside the hall were ordered, and each entered the hall with armor, and escorted Ding Xu, who had no heart of resistance, from both sides, and was about to be pulled out for execution.
A group of advisers Tian Feng, Yang Xiu and others saw that the big thing was out of control, and in a blink of an eye, it had reached the point of irretrievability, and they immediately came out to intercede for Ding Xu.
Yang Xiu said: "The prince can't, before the war, it is really a taboo for the soldiers, General Ding is only limited by the conditions, and he does not intend to disobey the military orders of the prince and the marquis, please see that he follows the prince and marquis from birth and death, and has made countless military exploits, so as to avoid his death." ”
Tian Feng was even more anxiously persuaded: "Yes, although General Ding has been ineffective, but he once commanded the Yellow River Naval Army, and is one of the few generals in our army who is proficient in water warfare. ”
The generals also said in unison: "Please think twice." ”
Lu Bu sneered: "Why, without him Ding Xu, my 100,000 army would not be able to cross this small Huai River?" ”
Zhang Liao also stepped forward to intercede: "General Ding's crime is not to death, I am willing to vouch for him, ask the prince to forgive his sins, and give him a chance to atone for his crimes." ”
Zhao Yun, Guo Yan, Zang Ba and other generals came out one after another: "We are also willing to guarantee, please think twice." ”
Lu Bu watched the generals prostrate on the ground, took a few steps back, sat in front of the seat, and pointed at everyone to laugh at themselves.
"Good, good, good! You pressed me together, and I obeyed you. But Ding Xu's capital crime could not be avoided, and he was sentenced to fifty military sticks and thrown into prison. ”
Everyone looked at each other, Lu Bu's execution in the army was extremely severe, ordinary people were punished with twenty military sticks by the cane, and they were already either dead or disabled, these fifty military sticks went down, where could there be a life, it was better to give him a good time with a knife.
Zhang Liao wanted to come forward to intercede again, but was secretly pulled by Yang Xiu on the side, and secretly used the color, telling him not to touch the prince's scales again, otherwise it would just add fuel to the fire, and it would only make the prince even more angry.
In the trembling of the generals, the guards dragged Ding Xu out of the hall.
Ding Xu seemed to have regained his senses at this time, woke up from the chaos, his eyes were red, and he scolded angrily: "Lu Bupifu, I have been fighting with you for several years in vain, and you are unable to go south, so you want to vent your anger with me?" You villain, you can't die well! ”
Lu Bu was even more angry, took off his shoes, and threw them at Ding Xu, but he didn't hit the target in his urgency, but instead knocked the helmet of one of the guards who escorted Ding Xu away, and the guards suffered a heavy blow, but they didn't dare to pick up the helmet that flew on the ground, and only cared about escorting Ding Xu out of the hall, lest he would be burned if he stayed for a while.
Behind him, Lu Bu's thunderous voice came: "Traitor, add fifty more military sticks!" ”
Ding Xu was escorted out of the hall, and the sound of unruly ridicule echoed above the silent hall.
All the generals trembled all over, and they crouched in the main hall, without making the slightest sound, and they didn't dare to touch Lu Bu's gaze like a raging beast.
Lu Bu calmed his breath and said coldly: "Spread Cao Cao's envoy to see him." ”
Not long after, Cao Cao's envoy entered the palace, and saw that everyone in the hall was kneeling on the ground, all of them concentrating and holding their breath, like frightened little quails, coupled with the movement in the hall that he had just heard outside the hall, he had a general understanding of the beginning and end of the matter, and he was also shocked for a while.
Fearing that Lu Bu's anger would not subside, he would be angry with himself, so he said respectfully at the moment: "The subordinate Dong Zhao came to pay homage to the Prime Minister on the order of General Cao. ”
Lu Bu didn't pay attention to it, and shouted to everyone: "What are you doing kneeling, do you want to show my foreign appearance and make people laugh?" ”
Only then did all the generals get up and return to their respective positions to sit down, but obviously they still had palpitations, and they didn't dare to have a little difference, so they straightened their waists one by one, but lowered their heads, as if a stone statue was born to be carved here.
Dong Zhao secretly spoke, Lu Bu is so majestic, these five big and three coarse, countless heroes and heroes who dominate in front of the battle, were actually subdued by him, like an obedient kitten, this majesty, not to mention the lord Cao Cao in Shouchun, who can do it?
Seeing that Lu Bu didn't intend to ignore himself, Dong Zhao could only raise his voice, and then said respectfully: "Foreign Minister Dong Zhao came to pay respects to the Prime Minister on the order of General Cao. ”
"I'm not deaf, why do you need to be so loud, did Cao Cao ask you to call the battle?"
Lu Bu said coldly, looking at Dong Zhao with disdain, as if he was standing on the top of the mountain, looking down on the beasts under his feet, and his fierce momentum gushed out from his whole body, which made people feel frightened for no reason.
Dong Zhao was terrified, and was about to explain the purpose of this, but he was startled by a miserable scream, his feet were weak, and he almost stumbled to his knees.
The screams came from outside the hall, and it was Ding Xu, who was escorted and tortured by the guards, but when he heard the sound of sticks falling one after another, the screams pierced into everyone's ear drums, making the soldiers in the hall stand their hairs on end in shock.
Thinking that Ding Xu entered and exited the battle array, he was also injured by the sword soldiers countless times, but he never snorted, but at this time, under the military staff, he made such a miserable and palpitating scream, it can be seen that the prince must have used the killing rod in this execution, and the killing rod is the most punishable of the stick, the rod body is densely covered with barbs, and it will bring up a piece of flesh and blood when it hits the person, and only one stick will open the skin and flesh, why do you need a hundred sticks, there is no living mouth under ten sticks!
At the beginning of the first few sticks, there was still Ding Xu's piercing scream, and after a few sticks, only the sound of the stick being shot down remained, and there was no sound from Ding Xu.
Zhang Liao couldn't sit down anymore, and hurriedly stepped forward and said with a crying voice: "The prince's subordinates are merciful, how powerful is the killing stick, Ding Xu is with the prince and the prince after all, how can he bear to let him suffer this great crime, these hundred rods go down, I am afraid that the bones will be gone." ”
Lu Bu sneered: "Ding Xu insulted me for no reason, if he is allowed to live, how can I command the three armies?" ”
Zhang Liao remembered that Ding Xu did speak wildly when he left the main hall, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to receive ten rods for General Ding to eliminate the anger of the prince and marquis." ”
Dozens of generals came out to bow to the ground, and said in unison: "We are also willing to be tortured for General Ding, please be gracious." ”
Lu Bu looked at the civil and military who were kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh: "That's it, you are all my left and right arms, how can I let you be involved." The cane punishment ended here, and Ding Xu was escorted to have his injuries examined. ”
In a moment, several guards carried the unconscious Ding Xu into the main hall, everyone looked from afar, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, only to see that Ding Xu from the waist down, there was no longer a complete skin, especially on the buttocks, there was already a blur of flesh and blood, and the broken clothes were mixed in the flesh and blood.
Dong Zhao, as an official of the Han Dynasty, naturally knew the power of the killing stick, and after seeing Ding Xu's injury, he couldn't help but tumble in his stomach and almost vomited. The fear of Lu Bu has deepened a lot, thinking that he can even do this to the people close to him, let alone others! At the moment, he could only tremble, trying to stabilize his body, and did not dare to move.
Lu Bu looked at Ding Xu, who was already unconscious after being carried into the main hall by the guards, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he frowned for a long time and said: "Drag it down to treat the injury, don't let people think that I deliberately took his life, then I can't afford it." ”
The guards carried Ding Xu out of the hall, Lu Bu waved everyone back to sit down, and then said to Dong Zhao: "What did Cao Cao ask you to do?" ”
Dong Zhao had palpitations in his heart, and he still couldn't forget Ding Xu's injury for a long time, and he couldn't remember a word of the words he had thought of when he came before, but he said in a trembling voice: "The prime minister's army is powerful, my general admires the prime minister's majestic posture, and the special envoy I came to make peace, hoping that the two families will stop the army and become brothers forever." ”
When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't stop laughing, and he couldn't help himself when he laughed.
Dong Zhao was shocked by this laughter, this sounded like a hearty laughter, at this time, Dong Zhao sounded as if it was a chant from hell, there was a kind of soul-seducing magic, which only made Dong Zhao secretly tremble.
Lu Bu stopped laughing, looked around at the generals with a frightened look, and asked, "What?" Isn't it funny? ”
The generals could only laugh, pouting, as if crying, only Guo Yan laughed.
Lu Bu stared at Guo Yan and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Guo Yan stopped laughing for a long time, and said loudly: "I laugh at this Cao Cao who is not ashamed, in the shape of a lost dog, but he came to call him a brother and brother with the power of the prince and the dragon and tiger, it is too shameless." ”
Lu Bu was noncommittal, and said to Dong Zhao, who was colorless: "Our army is in Shouchun, surrounded on three sides, Cao Cao has already inserted wings and cannot escape, why should he make peace with me, I will directly send troops to capture Shouchun and put Cao Cao in prison, wouldn't it be wonderful!" ”
Although Dong Zhao was frightened, he was able to risk his life as a messenger, and he had already put life and death aside, at this time, he heard the insulting words from the mouth of Lu Bu's general, but he calmed down, and said with courage: "Although the prime minister is strong and strong, but the general is by no means incompetent, it is not known who will kill the deer, and the two families will benefit, and the war will lose both, and the prime minister will insult my lord for no reason, which is definitely not done by a gentleman." ”
Lu Bu sneered: "Tell me what kind of conditions Cao Cao wants to make peace with me." ”
Dong Zhao said: "The general is willing to return the prime minister's young son, and only hopes that the prime minister will withdraw from Yangzhou, and the two families will strike from now on, and there will be nothing to do with each other." ”
"What if I don't obey?" Lu Bu said with a smile.
Dong Zhao took a long breath and cut the gold and cut the railway: "I'd rather be broken than broken!" ”
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