Chapter Seventy-Six: Opponents Are Hard to Find
One Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses, and six Zhang Fei ......, this ranking list of brave generals is unanimously recognized by many fans of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, although some people still have some objections to the ranking of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, thinking that they should be higher; But no one has ever questioned Lu Bu's ranking, Lu Bu, the first brave general of the Three Kingdoms, deserves his name!
"Whew! ......" looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, Xiao Yi felt as if he was fully electrified, and his whole body was full of strength; The haze brought by the previous lovelorn was swept away, men, the first love in their bones is war, the second is wine, and the third is women, and now they have met a legendary figure like the god of war, just like a male beast suddenly smells the smell of another male beast, which makes people burn with infinite war intent, of course, it would be better if you could defeat this 'legend', the first in the world! …… That's what all hot-blooded men dream of.
After receiving the news, the reactions of the Chinese Wu Qunchen of the DPRK were also different, some believed that Ding Yuan's visit was a great help to the imperial court, which could just reduce the pressure brought by Dong Zhuo's Western Liang soldiers and play a restraining role; Other ministers believe that the generals of Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo and others in other towns are all raccoon dogs, who can only kill people with knives, and there is no good thing, and the two will join hands to control the court; For a while, all kinds of rumors, speculations, and suspicions flew all over the sky, and the situation in Luoyang City began to change unpredictably again!
When everyone was nervous, Dong Zhuo first played his first card, and a team of heavily armed Xiliang messengers ran all over the homes of all the important ministers in the DPRK and sent invitations---- "At noon tomorrow, Dong Zhuo, the Xiliang Thorn Shi, will hold a banquet in the 'Wenmingyuan', banquet for hundreds Chinese of military officials of the court, and there is a major matter to discuss!" ”
As a pivotal force in Luoyang City, the Xuanjia Army naturally also received Dong Zhuo's invitation, and it was not one, but two full copies!
This first copy is naturally for Taishou Zhang Yang, as the general of Anguo of the Han Dynasty, the real power figure in the four counties of Yanmen, Zhang Yang is naturally qualified to attend such a meeting, and the invitation is also very clear, "Order the party to guard Zhang Yang too much, and go to the banquet in Wenmingyuan at noon tomorrow!" Make no mistake! "It's not so much an invitation as an order; is completely a tone of superiors informing subordinates, and Dong Zhuo's domineering spirit is revealed between the lines!
Although he was a little annoyed, Zhang Yang didn't dare to attack, Dong Zhuo does have this arrogant capital now, the seven thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry stationed on the bank of the Luoshui River is his capital, and the tens of thousands of troops who are traveling day and night and rushing all the way are his capital, at this time, whoever has soldiers has the right to speak, and it is reasonable to speak louder!
There is also an invitation, but it was for Xiao Yi, that's right, the Xiliang messenger made it very clear, it was for Xiao Yi; The outside of the invitation is the same as the one Zhang Yang received, but the words inside are much more polite:
"Xiliang stabbed Shi Dong Zhuo, to His Excellency General Xiao, farewell for a few days, when I wanted to save the car in the north, I saw the general's brave posture, Zhuo Sansheng was lucky! Hasty acquaintance, failed to talk with the general about the wine, it is a big pity, heroes cherish, how can you miss it, so tomorrow in the 'Wen Ming Garden' special banquet, but also hope that the general will come, Zhuo will personally wait, short and deep, all in the words! ”
In turn, there are two lines of small letters on the back of the invitation, "Isn't it a pity that the sword is empty?" "The handwriting is rough and powerful, with a smell of soldiers, and it is believed that the messenger said that it is from Dong Zhuo's own handwriting!
"Huh! Interesting, really interesting! Although I don't appreciate Dong Zhuo's actions, I have to admire his vision and his attitude of cherishing talents; "Xiao Yi touched his chin and reminisced, 'Isn't it a pity to have a sword and an empty edge!' These eight words really touched a lot...... and at the same time, Xiao Yi had a new evaluation of Dong Zhuo in his heart, the world is only familiar with the cruelty and arrogance of this peerless murderer, but he often ignores his other side, that is, bravery and cunning!
People have two sides, and we can't completely deny some of the advantages of a person just because he does evil and has a bad character.
If you want to do bad things, you must have a certain ability, and those who are incapable can only steal, endanger a few people, and have a reputation as a thief; And those who are eloquent and strategic, but go to do evil, can become traitors who steal the world, and finally slaughter millions and endanger the whole world!
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Early the next morning, Xiao Yi was neatly draped, with a team of carefully selected soldiers and horses, to protect the Taishou Zhang Yang to go to the banquet, for the sake of safety, Xiao Yi also deliberately let Da Niu and Ma Liuduo prepare for battle in the camp, and once there was an accident, they would immediately lead troops to respond; After all, no one dares to guarantee that Dong Zhuo will not go on a killing spree at the banquet, such a thing cannot be done by others, but Dong Zhuo definitely can!
Along the way, from time to time you can meet the officials who went to the banquet, all of them were full of frightened looks, but no one retreated, and no one would not come to participate after receiving the invitation, the reason why this is the case, one is the fear of Dong Zhuo's military prestige among the civil and military officials, for fear of offending this butcher, in addition, Luoyang City has undergone this series of changes, the original interest groups have been completely broken, and the relatives and eunuchs have lost both, but the situation of confrontation has formed between the scholars and the local warlords from outside, so to speak, This banquet is a meeting to divide the spoils of interests, the strong get more, the weak get less, in short, as long as you come, you will get something more or less, if you don't come, then you will naturally get nothing.
These officials naturally refuse to give up such an opportunity, not to mention taking a little risk, that is, there are knives in the sky, and then their legs are discounted, and these guys will also top a board and crawl over little by little!
In front of the gate of Wen Mingyuan, Xiao Yi saw many court bigwigs, including Situ Wang Yun who was full of worries, the domineering Yuan family brothers, and Cao Cao with a flat face, raised his hand to greet Cao Cao slightly, and after exchanging some information with his eyes, Xiao Yi immediately set his eyes in the direction of the street, because where did a strong killing aura come from, and the character he had been looking forward to finally appeared.
With the sound of hurried horses' hooves, a team of sturdy men and horses came to the front like a whirlwind, led by an old man in his fifties, with a good face, fair complexion, three strands of long hair floating on his chest, wearing a red official uniform, a gold belt across his waist, and a three-foot Qingfeng sword hanging on it, and the elegant temperament of the whole person revealed a trace of fortitude.
Yanmen County was originally under the rule of Bingzhou, that is to say, theoretically speaking, Xiao Yi and his Xuanjia Army were also subordinates of Bingzhou Assassin Shi Dingyuan; However, as far as Xiao Yi knows, there seems to be a discord between his immediate boss Taishou Zhang Yang and Thorn Shi Ding Yuan; As for the reason! Ding Yuanguan worshiped the history of the state assassination, and naturally should control all the military and political power of the state, but in order to defend against the attack of the Xiongnu, the imperial court appointed Zhang Yang as the general of Anguo, to supervise all the military and political affairs of Yanmen, Shangdang, Yunzhong, and Taiyuan four counties, which is equivalent to dividing half of the right to merge the state from Ding Yuan's hands, how can the two not fight, one mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers!
Skipping Ding Yuan, Xiao Yi set his eyes on a person beside Ding Yuan, this person is nine feet tall, with a lofty spirit, a golden crown on his head, a hundred flowers robe, a Tang Yi beast face armor, a lion and a barbarian treasure belt on his waist, and a Fang Tian painting halberd made of 'desert meteoric iron' in his hand, looking at the heavy appearance, it weighs at least 100 catties, but what is played with in this person's hands is like a straw, light as nothing!
"Lu Bu! Lu Fengxian! Finally seeing the legendary god of war, Xiao Yi was so excited that his fingers couldn't help rubbing frequently; Then it was naturally put on the slashing sword on his waist, and a strong murderous aura was inadvertently exposed.
As soon as he mentioned the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, as a peerless general, Lu Bu felt the cold murderous aura at the first time, raised his eyes to search, and soon found the source of the murderous aura, a young man with a slightly dark face was staring at him with those dark eyes like a black hole, as if he wanted to pull his will into the bottomless aby......ss; Without hesitation, Lu Bu Rudian's gaze counterattacked, his eyes were facing each other, and a series of waves seemed to be stirred up in the invisible air, it was a contest of powerful battle intent!
For a long time, both of them put away their eyes full of war, and they recognized each other very much, Xiao Yi first beat his chest with his hands and made a military salute, a powerful opponent, not only very difficult to find, but also definitely worthy of his respect, which is also the honor of a warrior; On the other side, Lu Bu hesitated slightly, and also made a convenient military salute, although he had not really fought yet, but from the powerful battle intent just now, he felt that this was a powerful opponent!
Good friends are hard to find, but rivals worthy of true respect are even harder to find!