At the gate of Pengcheng, Sun Ce was waiting there with a team of guards.

In the distance, he saw a troop of men approaching this way.

The group of men and horses that came over looked like there were about five or six hundred people.

Seeing the team coming towards the city gate, Zhou Tai, who accompanied Sun Ce to greet him, said: "Yuan Xianfu is really not a small man, it is not far from Hebei to Xuzhou, he actually brought so many people over." Could it be that the thieves along the way knew that it was him, and they dared to rob the road halfway? ”

"Since the Hebei Yuan family defeated Gongsun Zhan, they are becoming more and more arrogant day by day." Sun Ce replied: "Yuan Xianfu came to Pengcheng with so many people, just to let the Marquis of Chu see that the Yuan family is strong and strong, and even he can bring so many people when he goes out. ”

"If the two sides don't go to war, what kind of majesty is he playing in front of Chu Hou?" Zhou Tai pouted: "If you really have the ability, kill more generals under Cao Cao on the battlefield, and I will still agree with him." ”

"Cao Cao's subordinates have many talents, relying on Yuan Xianfu's ......" A strange smile appeared on the corner of Sun Ce's mouth, and he didn't continue.

The team that came over got closer and closer, and saw that it was Yuan Shang at the front, Sun Ce greeted Zhou Tai and led the guards to greet him.

In front of Yuan Shang, Sun Ce bowed his hand: "General Xianfu came from afar, and the Marquis of Chu should have come to greet him in person, but there are too many affairs in Xuzhou to take his leave, so General Ling is waiting here, and please don't blame Xianfu." ”

"Who should I be, it turned out to be Jiangdong Sun Bofu." Yuan Shang returned the salute, and spoke with a smile on his face, but he didn't like it: "I really want to ask you for advice, but I don't know whether to ask or not." ”

"General Xianfu is a guest from afar, and I will greet the Marquis of Chu on behalf of him, of course, I must do my best to be a landlord." Sun Ce replied: "If the general has something to say, just ask, if you can't answer, I will tell you bluntly that it is inconvenient to respond, as long as you can explain the doubts to Xianfu, you will definitely know everything." ”

"Of course you can answer what I'm going to ask." Yuan Shang lowered his voice and asked Sun Ce: "You were good in Jiangdong at the beginning, why didn't you become the lord of Jiangdong, but voted for Lu Fengxian with the entire Jiangdong?" Although our Yuan family is an alliance with him, I have heard that his reputation is not very good......"

Yuan Shang's words made Sun Ce's face change.

Zhou Tai, who was following Sun Ce, heard this, and his face was about to attack as soon as he turned cold.

Before Zhou Tai could speak, Sun Ce glanced at him.

The words that had already reached his mouth were swallowed back by Zhou Tai again.

"General Xianfu asked this, and I can only reply, you don't know much about Chu Hou." Sun Ce's tone did not show unhappiness, and he replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The Yuan family and the Marquis of Chu have already agreed to an alliance, and now that Xianfu has arrived in Pengcheng, he said in front of the Marquis of Chu that he is not, if Duke Yuan knows, I don't know what he will think?" ”

Speaking of this, Sun Ce added: "How Chu Hou is a person, I won't evaluate it first." Just said that Xianfu said that he was not good in front of me, how good could he be? ”

Although Sun Ce's tone of voice was not serious, his words were very unpleasant, Yuan Shang's face suddenly changed, and he glared at him fiercely: "Sun Bofu, I respect you as a good man in Jiangdong, why do you speak to me?" ”

Without waiting for Sun Ce to respond, a person walked up behind Yuan Shang.

This person was about thirty or forty years old, and after he came out, he said to Sun Ce with a smiling face: "The third prince has always spoken straightforwardly, General Sun should not take it to heart." ”

The person who came out was Cui Yan, who had gone to the prison to pick up Tian Feng.

Someone played a round from it, and Yuan Shang, who also realized that what he had just said was inappropriate, didn't say anything more.

Sun Ce also looked indifferent, and said to Yuan Shang and Cui Yan: "Xianfu and I are just talking about some family things, and it doesn't matter. This is not the place to speak, Chu Hou is still waiting, so let's go with me to see Chu Hou first. ”

After saying a few words to Sun Ce, he didn't get any benefits, and Yuan Shang's face was not very good.

However, Sun Ce did not continue to talk about that topic, although he was unhappy in his heart, it was inconvenient to recover the loss he suffered in words.

"There's a Lauber charm." Yuan Shang arched his hand towards Sun Ce.

Sun Ce stepped aside: "General Xianfu, please!" ”

Accompanied by Sun Ce, he entered Pengcheng, and Yuan Shang looked at the left and right sides.

Before coming to Pengcheng, he thought that it must be very depressed, and there should not be a few people on the streets, after all, Xuzhou is a place of several battles, and Pengcheng was even slaughtered by Cao Cao.

After entering the city, Yuan Shang found that his previous perception was completely wrong.

Pengcheng is not only thriving, but the people on the streets are also calm and indifferent, not at all like they will worry about Cao Cao killing again.

"Are the people of Pengcheng accustomed to war, and now that Xuzhou is likely to be attacked by Cao Cao at any time, why are the people so indifferent?" With doubts in his heart, Yuan Shang couldn't help but ask Sun Ce.

"Why worry about life and death when you know you won't die?" Sun Ce replied: "Cao Cao's two expeditions against Xuzhou were in vain, and after the Battle of Xiapi, he didn't even set foot in the boundary of Xuzhou. Pengcheng is the seat of the Marquis of Chu, and the people here live extremely stable, so why are they worried that Cao Cao will lead the troops to kill? ”

"In terms of military strength, Lu Fengxian should be much worse than Cao Cao." Yuan Shang said: "With the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou and Yangzhou, it is probably not so easy to contend with Cao Cao. I feel that if it hadn't been an alliance with our Yuan family, Cao Cao would have raised an army to attack Xuzhou a long time ago, and he would no longer have any scruples. ”

"What General Xianfu said also has some truth." Sun Ce smiled slightly: "It's just that the general has not thought that the first two times the Marquis of Chu repelled Cao Cao, it was the time when the Cao family and the Yuan family ally together." In addition to Cao Cao, the sons and daughters of the Yuan family also made great efforts to Xuzhou, what was the final result? It was not that Xuzhou was not damaged at all, and Cao Cao's troops were defeated and retreated. As for the son-in-law of the Yuan family......"

Speaking of this, Sun Ce shook his head with a smile: "Now that the Yuan family and the Marquis of Chu have reached an alliance, there is no need to mention those unpleasant things at the beginning. ”

Although Sun Ce didn't continue, Yuan Shang was very clear, what he said was that Yuan Tan was crusading against Mount Tai, although he got two cities, but the cities under the Yuan family in Qingzhou were captured more by Lu Bu's soldiers, and in the end, Yuan Tan needed to take a lot of money before he ransomed the city.

His face became even more ugly, and Yuan Shang said to Sun Ce: "I always thought that Bo Fu was a fierce general on the battlefield, but I didn't expect that he was also a sharp-toothed man. ”

"Thank you, General Xianfu, for the compliment." Yuan Shang said that Sun Ce had sharp teeth and sharp mouth, but Sun Ce not only did not get angry, but also thanked him with a smile.

He thanked him so much, it really made Yuan Shang not know what to say next.

Stunned for a moment, Yuan Shang asked Sun Ce: "Has it been a long time since I followed Lu Fengxian, and even Bo Fu's temperament has changed?" ”

"I don't seem to be familiar with General Xianfu in the past." Sun Ce replied: "If it is the cousin and cousin of the general's family, I am very familiar with it, but those people do not have the majesty of General Xianfu now. ”

Of course, Sun Ce is talking about the sons under Yuan Shu's knees.

At that time, Huainan Yuan Shu played tens of thousands of troops, and he was also one of the best heroes in the world.

It's a pity that he was short-sighted and couldn't withstand the instigation of Yang Hong and others.

Yuan Shu was the first hero in the world to claim the title of emperor, and his actions also attracted the condemnation of heroes from all walks of life.

At that time, Lu Bu, who was still under Cao Cao's command, found this excuse to lead his army to attack Yuan Shu, and finally encountered Sun Ce, who planned to seek some benefits in the Central Plains, so as to capture Huainan and ambush Sun Ce.

Sun Ce mentioned Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shang suddenly remembered that the jade seal that had been handed down to the country was presented to Yuan Shu by the former lord of Jiangdong in front of him, in exchange for soldiers and horses to recapture Jiangdong.

took out thousands of people and horses to exchange for a piece of heirloom jade seal that caused death, Yuan Shu's business back then was really a loss!

Looking at Sun Ce, a cold smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Shang's mouth: "To say that my uncle is not very close to our family, he even met his father in battle. The so-called cousins and cousins, I have probably forgotten what they look like. What do they do? ”

Cui Yan, who accompanied Yuan Shang to Pengcheng, saw that he always fell behind Sun Ce in his words, so he deliberately diverted the topic: "Can General Sun know when the Marquis of Chu plans to crusade against Cao Cao?" ”

Cui Yan brought the topic to Lu Bu's crusade against Cao Cao, and Sun Ce knew that he shouldn't respond casually.

With Yuan Shang's ability, he can still deal with it, Cui Yan is indeed a celebrity today, although the tone of his speech is not shocking, but every sentence is secretly murderous, once any sentence is wrong, it is likely to bring a lot of trouble to Lu Bu.

"Although I have been by Chu Hou's side all day, some things are not very clear." Sun Ce replied: "I think it's more appropriate to ask Chu Hou this question. ”

Sun Ce refused to answer, so Cui Yan stopped asking.

Seeing that Sun Ce didn't respond directly, he followed up and asked: "Could it be that Lu Feng was afraid of Cao Cao and intended to break the alliance with our Yuan family?" ”

Sun Ce did not respond to Yuan Shang's rudeness and provocation.

He just smiled slightly, and said to Yuan Shang: "General Xianfu still saw that he left Chu Hou and asked him personally." ”

Ever since I met Sun Ce, I haven't gotten any benefits from him verbally.

Cui Yan said a word, and Sun Ce's question was not a good response, how could Yuan Shang easily let it go if he got the opportunity.

He jokingly asked Sun Ce, "Could it be that I'm right?" ”

knew that if he talked to him, he would say even more unacceptable words later, so Sun Ce ignored him.

Accompanying Yuan Shang and the others to the vicinity of the official mansion, Sun Ce said: "Please also ask General Xianfu to let his entourage go down to rest first, and only take a few personal retinues to meet the Marquis of Chu with me." ”

"I heard that Lu Fengxian is brave and fierce, could it be that he will still be afraid of these entourages I brought?" Yuan Shang said: "If he even worries about my entourage, it doesn't matter if I don't see him today." ”

"If General Xianfu is not in a hurry to see the Marquis of Chu, I will go and say a reply." Sun Ce didn't let him either, and replied: "When the Marquis of Chu has leisure next time, I will go and ask General Xianfu to meet him." ”

"Sun Bofu!" Sun Ce didn't let him go at all, Yuan Shang was a little annoyed, and he gave him a drink.

Cui Yan next to him hurriedly said: "The third prince brought too many entourages, and it is indeed inconsistent with the etiquette to lead all the entourages to meet the Marquis of Chu." I also asked the third prince to allow the entourage to rest first, and I would accompany him to meet the Marquis of Chu. ”

Before setting off from Yecheng, Yuan Shao had explained to Yuan Shang that no matter what happened, Cui Yan was the main thing.

But whatever Cui Yan asked him to do, he had to follow it.

With Cui Yan pulling the round from the middle, Yuan Shang didn't say much, waved his hand, and signaled his entourage to leave with a team of Xuzhou troops led by Zhou Tai.

There were only five or six sturdy guards left by Yuan Shang and Cui Yan's side, and Sun Ce didn't say anything more and led them into the official mansion.

Lu Bu had already received the news of their arrival, and had been waiting in the front hall of the official mansion for a long time.

Seeing Sun Ce leading Yuan Shang and Cui Yan into the official mansion, Lu Bu greeted him with a smile: "Xianfu and Cui Gong came from afar, and they worked hard along the way. I have too many things on my hands, so I didn't go out to greet them in person, so please don't blame the two of you! ”

"General Lu has a lot of affairs, and we can understand it." Yuan Shang returned the salute, and then said with a cold face: "I came to Pengcheng this time, in fact, on the order of my father, I came to ask General Lu when I will send troops to fight against Cao Cao?" ”

"It was long overdue to send troops." Lu Bu replied: "It's just that I encountered some changes and delayed it." ”

"Dare to ask what happened?" Yuan Shang asked again.

"There is a problem with the armor of the lieutenant general." Lu Bu didn't hide it, and said to Yuan Shang: "The soldiers don't have enough armor, even if I want to send troops, I can't." Can't I take a group of soldiers in cloth clothes into battle to fight Cao Jun? The soldiers also have wives and children, and since they follow me, I have to think more about their lives. ”

"I didn't expect General Lu to love soldiers like a son." Yuan Shang replied: "It's just that I don't quite understand, since I love soldiers, why would I sit back and watch the armor of the soldiers in the army go wrong?" ”

"There's a lot of things I can't control." Lu Bu replied: "By the time I found out, the armor had already been issued to the army. It was I who forcibly ordered it to be withdrawn and re-ordered to rush back to the system, which delayed the dispatch of troops. ”

"When my father and Cao Mengde were allied, there was no such trouble." Yuan Shang said: "Speaking of which, there is still something wrong on General Lu's side. ”

"Xianfu is right, something went wrong on my side." Lu Bu asked with a smile on his face: "Yuan Gong ordered Xianfu to come to Pengcheng, is it to relieve my worries?" ”

Originally, he had already gained the upper hand in words, but when Lu Bu asked abruptly, Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment: "I just came to question General Lu on behalf of my father......"

"Question?" Lu Bu smiled: "Yuan Gong and I are just allies, and we are not subordinate to each other, dare to ask Xianfu, where do the two words come from?" ”

Asked by Lu Bu again, he didn't know how to respond, Yuan Shang hesitated for a moment before saying: "Since our Yuan family and General Lu are already allies, and the general is unwilling to send troops, don't we have the qualifications to question?" ”