In the fourth year of Chuping (193 AD), Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan, Siying Tu Ge, Yanmen Wuhuan fought in Changshan, after more than ten days of fierce fighting, Zhang Yan's army had many casualties, but Yuan Shao's army also showed fatigue, so the two sides stopped fighting.

In this battle, Lu Bu made great achievements, and all the generals admired it very much, and even Yuan Shao was full of praise. Then Lu Bu was very modest, and declined most of the rewards, and only accepted a small amount to his generals.

Yuan Shao praised this behavior, but he poured cold water on him.

Frustrated and admonished Yuan Shao: Lu Bu is brave and invincible, unparalleled in the world, and can treat his subordinates well, and his combat power can be known in this battle alone. In the eyes of the generals, Lu Bu is probably comparable to Han Xin beside Emperor Gaozu. And Lu Bu is not Yuan Shao's cronies, it is inevitable that once the generals fall in love with him in the future, Jizhou will not change hands.

And Lu Bu didn't care much about rewarding, and he suspected that he had greater ambitions. Judging from his past experience, leaving him is tantamount to raising tigers, and many heroes have been killed because of him.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao felt that what he said was not unreasonable, so he asked what to do.

Frustrated to advise Yuan Shao, Lu Bu came to vote in poverty, and now he has made a great contribution, if Yuan Shao drives him away at this time, he will inevitably be suspected of "a cunning rabbit and a dead lackey". Moreover, if Lu Bu is expelled in this way, it is tantamount to making more enemies for no reason.

After Yuan Shao's many inquiries, Fu Zhu finally said his thoughts "embarrassed": first quietly appease Lu Bu, wait for him to relax and find him a mistake, before he reacts, quickly do it, and then tell the world, saying that Lu Bu has bad intentions and is trying to seize Jizhou, and Yuan Shao has no choice but to do it.

In fact, Yuan Shao originally wanted to use Lu Bu's combat power to pacify Hebei, but with the deepening of his understanding of Lu Bu, Yuan Shao clearly realized that he couldn't control Lu Bu at all. Although he didn't know Fu Zhu's true thoughts, he and Fu Zhu had the same opinion on the matter of not being able to keep Lu Bu by his side.

So, Yuan Shao told Lu Bu a few days later that he hoped that he could lead his troops to completely exterminate the Montenegrin army. Of course, Lu Bu didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed, but because of the disparity in troops, he hoped that Yuan Shao could help him with another 10,000 soldiers and horses.

With Yuan Shao's strength, 10,000 soldiers and horses are nothing at all, but this just fell into Yuan Shao's strategy. Yuan Shao verbally agreed to Lü Bu, but secretly summoned Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and ordered them to take advantage of Lü Bu's unpreparedness to enter his camp outside the city and get rid of him.

And now, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were leading 10,000 horses and were quietly approaching Lu Bu's camp of only a few thousand people.

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The summer heat doesn't go away even at night, and tonight's light rain is refreshing.

The procession from Yecheng slowly marched on the muddy road.

Yan Liang rode on the horse, looked up at the sky, wiped the rain off his face with his hands, turned his head and said to Wen Chou: "The lord still can't tolerate him." ”

Wen Chou smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although the lord is more suspicious, he also blames Lu Bu for his great reputation and guest general, so it is inevitable that he will not be suspicious of the lord." ”

Yan Liang listened and suddenly laughed.

Wen Chou glanced at him and asked, "What did you think of?" ”

Yan Liang said leisurely: "Hehe, I just suddenly thought that if you and I hadn't been following the lord, I'm afraid we would have ended up like Lu Bu." ”

Wen Chou couldn't help laughing, "It seems that sometimes, it's not a good thing to be a 'famous general'." ”

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then stopped talking.

Soon after the march, they had approached Lu Bu's station.

Yan Liang lowered his head, his voice was a little lazy, "You go, I'll wait here." ”

Wen Chou looked helplessly at this brother who had known him for many years - as he expected, he couldn't bear it.

"Although some can't stand the lord, you and I still can't do such things in the end." After speaking, as soon as Wen Chou raised his hand, the soldiers behind him shouted loudly.

Although they had already fallen asleep, Lu Bu's troops quickly dressed up and lined up when they heard the sound. This is the result of strict training by Zhang Liao and others, and this team can enter the battle at the fastest speed at any time.

Wen Chou smiled approvingly and rode forward. Lu Bu also brought the horse out, his eyes full of doubts.

"General Wen, what is this?"

"Hehe, Fengxian, my lord ordered me to wait to take your life."

"Bastard! You ......" Zhang Liao was immediately furious when he heard this, and he wanted to drive him to fight immediately.

Lu Bu held a halberd in his hand, turned around and motioned Zhang Liao to retreat with his eyes.

"Wen Yuan, it's time for your temper to change, if General Wen really wants to attack my camp, how can he order his subordinates to shout and inform me in advance?" Lu Bu looked at Wen Chou with a resolute face, but his eyes shone brightly, "General Wen, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Fengxian, although we all respect you as a hero, and we are happy to be a general under the lord's account with you, it is a pity that my lord is not enough, and he listens to slander and is suspicious of you. Alas...... Let's go. Wen Chou sighed and said.

"But if the two generals let Lu Bu go like this, how will they explain to Yuan Shao after they go back?"

"Hehe, I have my own way. Our faithful lord will not doubt it, and he will not do anything to us if he still needs to rely on the force of the two of us. It's just that it is a big regret in life that I can no longer go to the battlefield with Feng Xian. Okay, let's not talk about it, let's hurry up and set off first. As he spoke, Wen Chou stretched out his hand to signal.

Lu Bu arched his hand at him and Yan Liang and said: "The great kindness of the two, Lu Bu remembers it in his heart, and Bu swears here, in his lifetime, he will never be an enemy of the two." ”

"Haha! Everyone says that the innate nature is simple, and when you look at it today, what you say is true. What will happen in the future is not up to you and me to decide, but neither of us nor do we want to face each other with Feng Xian's soldiers one day. Wen Chou laughed.

Lu Bu clenched the halberd, and said with a resolute gaze: "Lu Bu will never break his word, he will never fight against the two of you in this life, say goodbye!" ”

After saying that, he led the team to the west.

Wen Chou looked at the direction where Lu Bu's team was going, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Yan Liang came to his side and patted him on the shoulder with his hand, "Okay, don't think about it anymore, we still have something to do." As he spoke, he took the torch handed by the soldier next to him with his hand, threw it at the camp that was already empty, and said loudly: "Lu Bu is in this camp now, and the generals will kill with me!" ”

Watching his soldiers and horses attack the empty camp, Wen Chou smiled bitterly and rushed forward with his horses.

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To be able to remove one of Yuan Shao's fierce generals, of course he was happy, but for Yuan Shao's demise, this was just a trivial stroke. Frustrated with the hope that Zhang Feng could continue to plan for himself, but he never thought that Zhang Feng at this time had already followed Lu Bu's team on the road......

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Yangzhou, Jiangdu.

This is a secluded mansion in the city of Jiangdu.

In the main hall, Sun Ce was sitting respectfully on the mat, looking at the man in his forties in front of him.

"Sun Gongzi, now that your filial piety has been completed, it is time to take advantage of this dispute to complete the unfinished business of Lingzun." The man spoke.

"What the teacher said is true, but Ce'er is only a shallow learner, and I hope that Mr. will give me advice." Sun Ce said modestly.

"Hehe, why should the son be too humble. In fact, the son should also understand in his heart that in order to make meritorious deeds, he must recruit talents, accumulate grain and grass, and raise soldiers, and plan before acting. Now although the four generals Cheng, Huang, Han, and Zu are under Yuan Shu, they are all old generals of Lingzun, and the son will definitely respond when he raises his arms. And the people of my Southeast Hall will definitely support Childe's uprising, and there are many people who can plan for Childe. ”

"Ce'er has a reluctant request."

"Childe doesn't have to be polite, but it's okay to say it."

"Ce'er hopes that the three virtuous elders can also help me, with the wisdom of the three of them, Ce'er will definitely be like a god."

"Hehe, the old man and the seventh brother will naturally help the son, but I'm afraid that the tenth brother may not be willing to go out."

"I also hope that the teacher can help Ce'er with a word, if you can get the help of 'Erzhang' and "Langya Immortal Dao", the completion of the father's ambition will be just around the corner. With that, Sun Ce bowed respectfully.

"Son, please get up, then the old man will try his best."

"Thank you, teacher!"

"Oh yes, there's one more thing I want Gongzi to go back and inform your mother."

"Teacher, please command."

"Although Yuan Shu will not be able to become a great weapon in the end, but at the moment, if we want to achieve great things, we still can't be enemies with it. Therefore, when recalling the four generals, it is not possible to turn against Yuan Shu. ”

"Remember."

"Okay, if there is nothing else, please go back, lest Yuan Shu have a lot of eyes and ears and leak the news."

Sun Ce stood up and bowed respectfully.

……

The sixth sage elder Zhang Hong said in a low voice: ", come in?" ”

Just now, the fallen branches in the courtyard were trampled off, and the six sages knew that it was Ling Cao who had returned.

A man in his thirties with a bronze face came in from outside the door, "I've seen the six sages." ”

This person is the night handsome Ling Cao under the old men of the six sages. Unlike the people of the other main halls, all the people of the southeast main hall had to learn the command of troops and water warfare.

So unlike the assassins in the other branches, they were more like military generals, and they all had the aura of a leader in them.

The six sages and the seven sages Zhang Zhao were called "Erzhang", while the ten sages Yu Ji preferred to rely on education to recruit civilian forces, and was known as "Langya Immortal Dao" among the cultists. The ranking of Yeyu is not based on age, but through the study of qualifications, Zhang Jiao was still unknown at the beginning of the formation, so he was filmed at the end.

The six sages have been living in seclusion in this Jiangdu city, and all affairs are conveyed by Ling Cao, while the southeast hall is led by the seven sages Zhang Zhao and the ten sages Yu Ji.

This time, Sun Ce secretly met with Zhang Hong, in order to avoid Yuan Shu's eyes and ears, he only said that he was visiting relatives in his mother Wu Ninghui's hometown.

Ling Cao, the veteran of the six sages, called in and said meaningfully: "In the future, you go to assist Sun Ce, and the old man will hand it over to Qin Yu here." ”

Qin Yu was another of the Six Sages and one of the few Assassins in the Southeast Hall.

Ling Cao nodded and agreed: "I will follow the instructions of the virtuous elder, then I will send someone to inform Qin Yu later." ”

The six sages seemed to be a little reluctant, sighed and said, ", in the future, be on the battlefield, be more careful." ”

"Don't worry, Elder Xian."

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In the turbulent late Eastern Han Dynasty, a little spark fell on the southeast land. With just a little wind blowing, this spark will eventually become a prairie fire.