Chapter 71: Into the City
"What? You said you defeated Dong Yue? Also, Ushisuke is also dead? This, how is this possible? Each of them has 350,000 soldiers and horses, and they were defeated by you, are you the god of war? Lu Bu was incredulous at Pei Qing's words, and asked with a surprised face.
"This is mainly because Dong Zhuo died, the Xiliang army lost its backbone, they are now frightened birds, the last general falsely claimed that it was the Kwantung coalition Yuan League's lord who led the army to attack, they were afraid in their hearts, so they left without a fight, so if you really want to talk about merit, this is not the credit of the last general, but the Son of Heaven Hongfu, the general's divine might, the last general has the head of Niu Fu here, and please take a look at the general."
Then Pei Qing took the wooden box containing the head of Niu Fu, came to the city in person, and waited for a bamboo basket to be hung from the city and put the box on it.
Lu Bu ordered someone to pull the box up, and after taking it out and opening it, he found that it was indeed Niu Fu's head, and immediately laughed and said: "It is indeed Niu Fu's head, this person is a big trouble for the imperial court, Pei Taishou has made a great contribution to the imperial court this time, by the way, you just said that Niu Fu was killed by his personal soldiers, I don't know where his personal soldiers are?" ”
"Don't hide it from the general, the soldiers who killed Niu Fu are all Yue's Hu people, and the leader of them is called Hu Chi'er, in order to save their lives and even be rewarded for their meritorious service, these people did not hesitate to commit the following crimes, killing the main general, such an act is really hateful, so the last general will behead them all to punish the unrighteous people in the world!"
"Haha, this is a deep match for me, even if they surrender to me, I will definitely kill them like Pei Taishou. I don't know if Pei Taishou has ever met my subordinate general Li Su? Although Lu Bu laughed heartily, his face twitched involuntarily, and he thought silently: "Killing the main general, the unrighteous person really deserves to die, but is this Pei Qing also secretly sarcastic me?" I killed Dong Zhuo, and I am also the one who betrayed the master, in essence, what is the difference between them? A small place Taishou looks down on me so much, how many people in this world can put me Lu Bu in their eyes? I'll kill Ding Yuan first, and then kill Dong Zhuo, although there is no hidden secret, but they only see me killing the old master, hmph, but so what? I am now a general of Fenwei, False Festival, Yitong Sansi, Wenhou, in the Manchu Dynasty except for Wang Yun, my status is high, even if you look down on me again, still worship me? ”
Of course, Pei Qing couldn't see Lu Bu's expression clearly from a distance, but he could hear a hint of vigilance from the other party's words, and after a little thought, he knew the reason, but he didn't care about this, anyway, he was just an official here, and he would leave after the matter was completed, as for the situation in Guanzhong, although he also wanted to try his best to avoid the arrival of war, but since he heard from Zhao Ji that Wang Yun had not made a proper arrangement for the Liangzhou soldiers, and Lu Bu's attitude towards them was only a crusade. And he gradually became less confident.
However, Pei Qing's surface still said very respectfully: "So that General Fengxian knows that the last general happened to meet General Li Su on the way, and after he learned that Niu Fu died, he went to the place where Niu Fu was stationed to clean the battlefield, where there are countless grains and grasses, and the thieves can't be cheap. ”
After finishing speaking, Pei Qing took out a pair of jade bibs from his arms, held them high and came to the city again, and was carried to the city by Lu Bu in the same way.
Lu Bu was overjoyed after getting the jade, this Pei Qing first did not grab supplies from Li Su, and then gave him the jade, which shows that he is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, such a person should be his friend, maybe his previous words Hu Chi'er did not mean to point to himself.
So Lu Bu decided to let Pei Qing enter the city, but it was impossible for Lu Bu not to be the slightest wary of the other party, so he laughed and said: "Brother Pei is really polite, Bu knows your sincerity in meeting the Son of Heaven, so he can't stop you from meeting, right?" However, the country has its own system, brother, you can't bring so many troops into the city, and you will station the army outside the city, I can make a special case for you, and allow you to bring a hundred personal soldiers into the city, which is already giving a lot of face, and I hope my brother understands. ”
Pei Qing knew that now that Lu Bu was in charge of the military alone in Chang'an City, it was impossible to allow a second army to enter, and in this case, Lu Bu could allow him to enter the city, which was enough to save face.
Therefore, after discussion, Pei Qing decided to leave his subordinate generals Deng Dang, Zhu Jun's subordinate generals Zhang Chao and Zang Ba stationed outside the city, and Zang Ba temporarily acted as the commander of the army, and he took Xie Yingdeng, Xu Xuan, Cai Zhaoji and others into Chang'an.
At this time, Zhao Ji disguised herself as an ordinary soldier, and Lu Bu didn't see any difference in her.
After entering the city, Lu Bu personally received him, after all, he got a pair of jade for nothing just now, Lu Bu was very enthusiastic about Pei Qing, but there was a trace of uneasiness in his expression.
This made Pei Qing very puzzled, Lu Bu is now the head of the military generals in the DPRK and China, why did he personally guard the city? Did something happen?
So Pei Qing said: "If the general has something, then go and get busy, the last general is not polite here." ”
Lu Bu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and then said embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from my brother, there are indeed some things, Your Majesty's sister Princess Wannian suddenly disappeared last night, and she couldn't find Chang'an, Your Majesty was very anxious, and sent me to look for it, but I haven't found it yet, this is really ......."
However, at this moment, I only heard a general running not far away, and said to Lu Bu: "General, there is news of the princess of Wannian." ”
"Oh? It's true? Where is it? Hurry up and invite them back, no, I'll invite them personally, Hao Meng, you personally arrange a place for Pei Taishou to live for them, you must be hospitable, and you must not be the slightest neglect. ”
Lu Bu commanded, then got up, and hurriedly said to Pei Qing: "Brother, I'm missing, I'm going to pick up this princess of Wannian, alas, I'm really not a trouble-free person, and I don't know who will have a headache for her in the future?" ”
After finishing speaking, Lu Bu left in a hurry, leaving only Hao Meng to arrange a place for him, Pei Qing knew that this Hao Meng had betrayed Lu Bu in history, and was finally killed by Lu Bu, and he was not interested in this person at all, so he just accepted Hao Meng's arrangement routinely, and expressed his gratitude to Lu Bu, and then returned to his residence.
After returning to his residence, Xu Xuan naturally tried to find a way to inquire about Zhu Jun's whereabouts and restore contact with him, so he left the pavilion, so that Pei Qing would be surrounded by his own people.
After Xu Xuan left, Pei Qing took Cai Zhaoji and Xie Yingdeng and others with makeup to walk around Chang'an City for a long time, and when they returned to the pavilion, they immediately gathered everyone together and solemnly put forward a plan to them.