Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 31 Bullying

Our group came to the gate of the Taishou Mansion, the halberd guards stopped us brutally, Guan Yu was furious, drew his sword and prepared to move, I hurriedly glanced at Guan Yu, stretched out his hand to block him, and if I couldn't bear it, I would make a big plan. In this little thing, you can't argue with the pawn.

I respectfully stepped forward to salute and said modestly: "Please inform me that after King Jing of Zhongshan, Beizhong Lang will be under Lu Zhimen, and Liu Bei, the captain of Zhuo County, will ask to see him." ”

Beizhong Lang General Lu Zhi is now coming to Jizhou, restraining Jizhou's soldiers and horses from attacking the Yellow Turban, and raising his old man's name, I don't believe that Bohai is too guarded and does not give face.

Sure enough, after a while, Taishou came out in a panic, followed by a few squire-like people. I dressed up and followed everyone into the palace after a tedious salute.

After the guests and hosts took their seats, Taishou began to introduce several squires around him, especially to one of the young men with a proud face: "This is Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Gongshao, the son of Xiansi, the fourth and third princes of the original duke, and the protégé is all over the world. Taishou then proudly added: "It is also from Yuan Gong's family. ”

Taishou bewildered me with this series of ancient sayings, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses. Yuan Gongshao, isn't it the first stupid person in the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shao, Yuan Yuan, Yuan Xiansi, the first stupid person. Oh my God, how did I be so unlucky to meet this father and son. It seems that this Yuan Tan must be playing tricks and not letting Taishou give us food and grass.

In history, after Yuan Shao's rise, the people who had a small relationship with him were all wiped out. This person is a phoenix chicken gall bladder, sheep tiger skin. While laughing and forming an alliance with others, he put a knife behind his back, ate Han Fu's food, seized Han Fu's territory, and destroyed Han Fu's door. As for his son Yuan Tan, he is a typical Chinese Football Association-style figure, an expert in the civil war and an outsider, a good hand at killing his brothers, and dealing with Cao Cao in a blink of an eye. When you meet such a person, you can't scold or beat, and if you don't listen to him, he'll still be confused, what should I do?

Without waiting for me to speak, Yuan Tan looked sideways and asked first: "Are you Liu Bei of Zhuo County, that is, the Liu Bei who sang in the mouth of the child 'I don't know Liu Xuande in my life, so I call the hero Tu Naihe'?" After speaking, he looked at me with a strange look and said sneeringly: "When I saw him today, he was just a martial artist, what qualifications did he have to be called a hero?" ”

Guan Yu was furious, drew his sword, and pointed at Yuan Tan angrily and said: "My brother was outside Bohai City, and when he fought 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves, he didn't see a single soldier from Bohai, where was your kid at that time?" My brother can't be called a hero, you kid can be called a hero. ”

As soon as Guan Yu said this, the Bohai officials in the hall all looked embarrassed. It's not good, I was shocked in my heart, the attack was too wide and would inevitably provoke public anger, so I immediately pretended to be angry and reprimanded Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, Hugh is talking nonsense, the yellow turban is powerful, and the county officials have the responsibility to defend the land, and if they can't stick to it, they will certainly deal with it." ”

When the county officials heard this, their faces were softened. Guan Yu was indignant and retreated silently. Looking at Yuan Tan's triumphant face, I said indifferently: "In the early years of Ben Chu Gong, he was a ranger in the world, and his aura was extraordinary, and he was known as the Meng Weijun of the world. Its treatment of people and things is well-known, causing the world's heroes to 'fight to go to their courts'. I have heard the name of Ben Chu Gong for a long time, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet, Ben Chu Gong is not called a hero, who can be called a hero in the world. ”

Hearing my compliment, Yuan Tan's face showed an invincible expression, and I slowly added: "Yuan Benchu is the fourth and third princes, and his family history is very young, and Yuan Gongzi is also extraordinary. Yes, what is sung in the mouth of a child, how can I be serious, am I a hero, and how can a child have the final say? ”

After I said this, except for Yuan Tan, who was still complacent, everyone changed color. On the surface, this is saying that what the child sings cannot be taken seriously, but in fact, he is scolding Yuan Tan for being an arrogant child. Everyone understood what I said, but the first fool of the Three Kingdoms was complacent.

A big man immediately rushed out of Yuan Tan's side, gritted his teeth and pointed at me and shouted: "The savage of Wunazhuo County dares to call Yuan Gong's original name, so there are no rules." ”

Ha, this guy heard the meaning of my words, and it was not good to remind Yuan Tan in person, so he had to take the opportunity to play, saying that I was not qualified to directly call Yuan Shao's table character original. Is there such a rule, I desperately recalled, it seems that when Ma Chao first surrendered to Liu Bei, he relied on the identity of the world-like official eunuch and called Liu Bei "Xuande", which caused Zhang Fei to be angry and wanted to kill Ma Chao, and after that, Ma Chao was not reused, as if it was because of this matter.

I looked back at Tian Feng, why didn't this fast mouth speak, he was born in a big family, he should know if I violated etiquette.

As soon as Tian Feng saw me looking at him, he immediately stood out and reprimanded him passionately and generously: "Who are you, my lord is talking to your master, what qualifications do you have to intervene." The lord of my family is the Han Shizong Miao, after the dignified King Jing of Zhongshan, he once served as a soldier in Youzhou, commanding more than 10,000 troops, and is now the captain of Zhuo County, waving the army to save Qingzhou. The ancestor of your master is no more than a third duke, and he is no more than a small official of the Han family, can't I call the lord of my family? ”

Okay, you sharp-toothed Tian Feng, how good this is to say, it really relieves the hatred in my heart. Compared with the ancestors, the ancestors of your father Yuan Shao are just Han officials, and they can't compare to me. Than a person, hum, when I was fighting on the battlefield, where were you Yuan Tan hiding? Your father, Yuan Shao, is hiding there again. This kind of behavior is not ashamed, but shouting here, which is really self-inflicted.

I pretended to call Tian Feng back, reprimanded him a few words without pain or itching, and asked Tian Feng to sit down. Seeing that the man was still standing in the middle of the field without embarrassment, he immediately played a round and said politely: "How do you call this man, look at your appearance, you must be a hero I met when I was a hero in the world, can you report your name, let me see the heroes of the world today." ”

Now is not the time to provoke Yuan Shao, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, I deliberately mentioned the word "original" lightly. Seeing me talking with Yan Yuese, the man bowed and replied, "A certain senior cadre is the nephew of Yuan Gong." ”

Gao Gan, listening to this name is a fool, I waved my hand at this future Bingzhou assassin Shi, looked at him with appreciation, and said: "Sure enough, it's a hero, I'll talk to Taishou, you go down first." ”

A vicious look flashed on Gao Gan's face, it seems that although I saved his face, he still holds a grudge against me, and villains are rarely guilty.

As Gao Gan retreated, there was a cold scene in the lobby, and everyone didn't know what to say. I'm ruthless, it doesn't matter, it seems that there is no food and grass today, so let him go. I arched my hand to Chong Taishou with a solemn face, and said: "Ming Gong, I have come here today to say goodbye, there is no food and grass in the army, and the soldiers are hungry, I am ready to quickly pull out the camp and go to Leling, hoping that Leling will have food and grass for the soldiers to eat." ”

Leling was still under the jurisdiction of Bohai County, Taishou glanced at Yuan Tan with an embarrassed face, and when he saw Yuan Tan's cold expression, he immediately replied curtly: "Bohai has been besieged for many days, and there is indeed a shortage of grain and grass in the city. If it weren't for Yuan Gongzi's efforts to send his family to the city to help in the battle, the city would have been broken long ago. ”

Full of nonsense, I marched less than 20 miles a day, and a few days ago I had already arrived in the Bohai Sea, with the military common sense of Zhang Niujiao, would he dare to forcibly attack the fortified city of Bohai before defeating me? At most, it is just a bluff to prevent Bohai from coming to the aid of our army. I didn't bother to expose this lie, so I got up and took my leave.

When Yuan Tan saw that I was leaving, he immediately said arrogantly: "In the battle outside Xuande City, did you capture the Yellow Turban soldiers?" ”

I looked at his lively face and thought hatefully: If you kid didn't have a good old man, I would have dismantled you now.

Holding back my anger, I nodded and replied with hatred: "Yes, our army has captured about 20,000 people."

Yuan Tan's chin was raised at Gao Gan, and Gao Gan immediately stepped forward and said: "When the Yellow Turban came, my uncle's family went to the city to help guard, but I didn't expect the Yellow Turban thief to be fierce, and I have many family members, my son-in-law is going to set up a sacrifice in the city today, I hope that Xuande Gong can borrow a few Yellow Turban thieves, so that we can pay tribute to the fallen warriors." ”

Borrowing? If you pay tribute, why do you borrow someone to pay tribute? I looked at Yuan Tan suspiciously, and asked, "I don't know what Yuan Gongzi is using borrowing these people." ”

Yuan Tan had an expression on his face that I borrowed from you to look up to you, and he shook his head impatiently to Gao Gan.

Gao Gan also said with a displeased face: "These people killed 20 of our family members, and we are going to borrow 40 yellow turban thieves from Xuande Gong to kill them in front of the altar, and use their blood to pay tribute to our warriors, Xuande Gong, don't say that you can't even take out 40 yellow turbans." ”

Oh, it's this kind of borrowing, I've heard of borrowing money and borrowing things, but borrowing people's lives, I've heard of it for the first time. If you want someone to come to pay tribute to your family, there are so many yellow scarves outside, grab them yourself, why are you looking for me.

I said goodbye to everyone indifferently, then turned and walked outside. Since I haven't gotten anything, you don't have time.

Jun Taishou hurriedly grabbed my sleeve, looked at me meaningfully, and reminded: "Xuande Gong, what's the pity of a few grass couges, why don't you bring a few thieves and make Yuan Gongzi a friend?" ”

I stood on my heels, held back a glance at the county guard, his face was servile and ugly, I looked back at Yuan Tan again, Yuan Tan looked at me with a sneer, and waited for me to bow my head and apologize to him. The county Taishou still hasn't mentioned the matter of grain and grass, it seems that it is really out of play. I immediately gave Yuan Tan a deep salute, and Yuan Tan accepted my salute without evasion.

Okay, I've decided, I'm not scared of you idiot, I'm not Liu Bei Liu Xuande.

Straightened up, I said with a straight face: "I Liu Bei often heard that Ben Chu Gong is bold to people, humble and polite, often hate to see each other, Yuan Gongzi's family learning origin, must be taught by Yuan Gong, today I see Yuan Gongzi show family cultivation, think Yuan Gong's cultivation must be extraordinary." ”

With Yuan Tanzhi's stupidity, I also heard the sarcasm in my words, and without waiting for him to turn his face, I continued to say in a mysterious way: "I don't know who Yuan Gongzi's family said to me, but listening to the meaning of this statement, it seems that it is not difficult to find a few Yellow Turban captives." ”

Yuan Tan heard that I seemed to have the intention of agreeing, and also realized that it was not polite for him to instruct his family to talk to me, his face softened, and just as he was about to speak, I interjected again: "I waited outside Bohai City, beheaded Zhang Niujiao, the leader of the Yellow Turbans, captured 20,000, and still 60,000 Yellow Turbans were scattered. According to the report of the sentinel, Zhang Niujiao has a high reputation in the Yellow Turban, the Yellow Turban Thieves are unwilling to fail, and are regrouping their people, at present, there are no less than 300,000 Yellow Turban thieves gathered around Bohai County, with Yuan Gongzi's martial arts, 300,000 Yellow Turbans are nothing, and there will be enough manpower to pay tribute to your family. How can you need me to do this small effort? ”

Zou Jing had been busy running to ask for food, and was shocked when he heard my half-truths, and hurriedly asked: "Xuande Gong, is this true?" Everyone was shocked.

I nodded, looking at the pale Yuan Tan and the county guard, I added another fire: "Yes, there are 300,000 Yellow Turban thieves who have been verified, and the Yellow Turban thieves vowed to slaughter the city, and marched into the Bohai Sea in two ways, one led by the general Poison, and the other led by the general Zhu Feiyan. ”

Yuan Tan's expression moved, and he gestured to Gao Gan with his eyes, and Gao Gan quickly summoned the surrounding family members. I saw Gao Gan's small movements, smiled secretly, and pretended to explain to Zou Jing: "Captain Zou, there are 300,000 Yellow Turban thieves verified, but there are also sentry detectives who say that there are as many as 500,000 Yellow Turban thieves. ”

When Zou Jing heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately urged us to return to the camp. Seeing this, the county prince didn't care to look at Yuan Tan's face, and the six gods took my hand without a master, and pleaded: "Xuande Gong, I am a major general in Bohai County, and the yellow scarves are only retreating and coming at this moment, if Xuande Gong goes again, how can I resist the 500,000 yellow scarves." ”

I looked at Taishou amiably, pretending to explain and comfort at the same time: "Taishou why do you need to panic, now that you are short of food and grass in this lonely city, what is the use of me staying here, if there is no food in the army, the soldiers will have no fighting spirit, and the city will be broken." Besides, our mission is to rescue Qingzhou, if we are trapped here, how can we explain to Zhuojun Taishou? However, with Yuan Gongzi here, Taishou doesn't have to worry. ”

After speaking, I shook my sleeves hard, grabbed it too stubbornly, and shouted one after another: "Xuande Gong, don't worry, I still have grain and grass in the city, which is enough to eat for a few days." After speaking, Taishou shouted hysterically: "Come on, open the city gate, let Xuande Gong's army enter the city, and arrange for them to eat." ”

When Yuan Tan heard this, he hurriedly shouted, "Wait." "Ran towards me while shouting.

Why, don't you want to give me food and grass when the time comes? I turned around and looked at Yuan Tan coldly, and the county guard hurriedly stepped in between us, shouting and scolding his subordinates: "Bastard, why don't you go and distribute grain and grass to Xuande Gong." ”

Yuan Tan shouted again in an anxious and somewhat pitched voice: "Wait." After speaking, he walked up to me and respectfully saluted me, and said apologetically: "The next person has no form, I have offended Lord Xuande, and I will apologize to Lord Xuande below."

I smiled faintly, is it just rude, but you kid is willing to admit his mistakes, I forgive you, after all, now is not the time to offend Yuan Shao. I saluted him shallowly, and said bluntly: "Where, what else does Yuan Gongzi want, as long as I Liu Xuande can do it, you can just open your mouth." ”

With Yuan Tan's arrogance, if he didn't ask for me, how could he be so respectful. Of course, I know what he wants. I intimidated him for a long time, and promised that I could break out of the encirclement, as long as this guts rat wanted to escape, he would definitely want to beg me to protect him. Besides, I just agreed with him to speak, but I didn't say that I had to say yes to him. If I'm not satisfied with his attitude, I'm sorry.

Yuan Tan became more and more respectful, and said again: "The little nephew just heard that Lord Liu was going to rescue Qingzhou, and I really wanted to see Lord Liu's martial arts, my father ordered me to travel to study in all directions, and the next stop is Qingzhou, can Lord Liu let the little nephew go to Qingzhou with the army to fight together?" ”

Okay, the children of the family are different from ordinary people, and they are so impassioned when they run away, I might as well do it.

However, it is my purpose to ease the relationship with Yuan Shao. Besides, this Yuan Tan was the assassin of Qingzhou in history, no matter whether I can capture Qingzhou in the future or not, it is always good to win over this second ancestor now. For the sake of him for a while, he has become a "little nephew", what if he promised him. I pretended to think and looked at Yuan Tan with a deep groan.

When the county taishou heard that Yuan Tan was not against him borrowing grain, he immediately helped and said: "This is very good, with Xuande Gong taking care of it all the way, Yuan Gongzi has no worries." ”

Fool, I look at the county guard with pity, you don't realize it until now, Yuan Tan wants to go with me, do you think he will stay in this dangerous city, and wait for me to defeat the yellow turban besieging the city before leaving?

Sure enough, seeing the county Taishou speak, Yuan Tan immediately climbed down the pole and said, "In this way, the little nephew will pack up his things and set off with Lord Liu." ”

This time, the county guard understood, and his face suddenly turned pale. Pulling my sleeve, he trembled and said, "Xuande Gong save me." There are few soldiers in Bohai, and if Xuande Gong and Yuan Gongzi leave again, Bohai will be in danger. The crowd pleaded.

In the end, there was a cry in the voice of the county guard. Okay, this is the end of the big family, the children who grew up in fine clothes and fine food, how can they care about a follower. I used my fingers and feet, and I didn't need it, but I was just a rag that was discarded casually.

Hmph, this Yuan Tan is really not ordinary arrogance, I have been muttering for a long time, he actually doesn't understand what I mean, I haven't agreed yet, he is about to pack his luggage. Thinking of this, I immediately called out to Yuan Tan: "Yuan Gongzi, slow down." ”

Yuan Tan turned around when he heard this, and said unhappily: "Lord Liu, what else do you have to explain?" ”

I stretched out my hand and stroked my chin, and said to Yuan Tan hesitantly: "Yuan Gongzi, our army has run out of food, and there are still 60,000 yellow scarves in front of me to intercept along the way. ”

Yuan Tan said angrily: "When you arrive in Qingzhou, my bones are already cold, and I still need you to pick me up." ”

Arrogant. I smiled faintly and said, "If Yuan Gongzi insists on leaving, then I will stay for Yuan Gongzi to defend the city, as long as Taishou supplies us with food and grass, I will not let the Yellow Turban break the city." ”

Hearing this, the county was overjoyed and shouted, "Okay, good." ”

Yuan Tan turned to Zou Jing angrily and shouted, "Zou Jing, are you leaving?" ”

Hearing Yuan Tan, a yellow-mouthed kid, call him by his name, Zou Jing also showed anger on his face, and shouted: "Yuan Tan, be respectful, my name is not your name." ”

Yuan Tan Yileng, this can offend us all, thinking of the consequences of doing this. Yuan Tan immediately showed the cultivation of the children of the family, turned his face and smiled faster than turning the book, and bowed to Zou Jing to apologize. Considering Yuan Shao behind him, Zou Jing accepted his apology and explained to him: "Now that there is no food in the army, the soldiers are unable to fight, if there is no Xuande Gong brothers, our army will not be able to get out of the Bohai Sea." Besides, now that the Zhuojun soldiers are all under the command of Lord Xuande, how can I go alone. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Tan immediately turned his face and apologized to me insincerely: "The little nephew is reckless, I hope Lord Liu will forgive me." ”

I immediately replied respectfully, saying: "Where, where, there is no food in our army, I just want to forcibly attack Leling, and I am afraid that the soldiers on the road will be hungry and unbearable, and they will flee in all directions. ”

Yuan Tan was really anxious, and immediately said generously: "Lord Liu has no food in the army, why don't you say it earlier, my father still has some acquaintances here, let me find them, and it won't be a problem to get some food and grass for the adults." ”

Why not say it sooner? Bastard, I've said it hundreds of times, just waiting for you to open your mouth to raise food and grass for us. Miser, if I don't knock you to the bottom today, I'm sorry for your stupid father.

I didn't care about Taishou's pleading, and pondered and said: "The 300,000 troops of the Yellow Turbans are surrounded, and there is a lack of horses in our army, if we encounter the Yellow Turbans, once we are entangled with them, we are afraid that the Yellow Turbans will surround us on all sides, and we are in the wilderness, and we cannot retreat, so it is not dangerous, it is better to rely on the city wall here and fight with the Yellow Turbans." ”

When the county keeper heard this, he immediately smiled. When Yuan Tan heard this, he smiled meaningfully and replied: "My family has some horses, if the adults are short of horses, I ask them to give up a few, how about it?" ”

How many horses will I look at? It seems that this miser intends to flee on horseback once he encounters the enemy, while we are entangled in the enemy, so he refuses to give more horses. Hehe, I'll work harder, take advantage of the fire, and squeeze this tin toothpaste.

I frowned, pretending to be worried, and said: "A few horses are enough, the Yellow Turban Army is spreading for ten miles, if you use a few horses to rush into battle, such as raising soup to stop boiling, scratching your boots, once the charging army is destroyed, ten miles away, it will take half a day for the fast horses to run, this work is enough for the Yellow Turbans to surround us." ”

Yuan Tan immediately understood what I meant, it was to warn him that there were not enough horses for us so that we could entangle the enemy army, and he would not even want to escape.

Zou Jing listened to what I said so seriously, thinking of our achievements along the way, he was immediately ready to refute me. Tian Feng, who had been paying attention to him for a long time, saw that he had the intention of opening his mouth, and immediately stepped on his feet and shook his head slightly at him.

Yuan Tan thought about it for a while, and asked in a panic: "According to Lord Liu's meaning, how many horses do you need to entangle the enemy army?" ”

Silently calculated, it is said that during the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao only had 200 cavalry (except for the horses ridden by the generals), Yuan Shao was the third prince of the world, I asked him 500 horses is not too much. I stretched out a slap in the face and swore an oath: "If you want to entangle the enemy and make our army break through smoothly, you need at least 500 horses." You must know that the enemy army is 60,000 and our army is 500 cavalry, and I am afraid that it will not work if there is less. Of course, if you can give me a thousand horses, these 300,000 enemy troops, I will break them one by one. ”

After I finished saying this, Tian Feng let go of Zou Jing's feet, Zou Jing vaguely understood my intentions, and immediately said solemnly: "Xuande Gong never said in vain, since Xuande Gong said that he could break the 300,000 yellow scarves, I, Zou Jing, am willing to be a pioneer." ”

As soon as Zou Jing said this, he immediately dispelled Yuan Tan's last doubt, and he immediately made an impassioned look and said loudly: "Okay, I will immediately gather my father's friends and gather 500 war horses for you today." After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and left.

Looking back, I looked at Taishou, he and everyone had a desperate expression, and these poor people now understood Yuan Tan's mentality, and they were suddenly in pain. As if grasping at the last straw, Taishou said to me sadly: "Xuande Gong, you just said that with a thousand war horses, you can defeat the surrounding yellow turbans, really? ”

I didn't want to pay attention to this snob, I really wanted him to taste the feeling of having no way to ask for help, but thinking that there were 500 war horses to take advantage of, I reluctantly forgave him, and replied categorically: "Seriously."

The county Taishou gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "Xuande Gong, please wait a while, I have heard the name of Xuande Gong for a long time, the prince came to my small county, I haven't entertained him well, wait for me to prepare a table of banquet for Xuande Gong, let's talk at the banquet, how about it?" ”

I frowned and said with a bitter face: "The generals and soldiers in the army are still starving, how can I continue to eat, I should go back to the camp and wait for Yuan Gongzi's grain and grass." ”

The county Taishou couldn't wait to confess: "Yuan Tan Xiao'er has food, how can I have no food?" Yuan Tan's grain is not from my Bohai Sea, if it weren't for this little boy's obstruction, I would have sent the grain and grass to the Xuande Gong military camp a long time ago. Come on, I will immediately send the military grain and grass to the Xuande public camp, and I will wait for the table to speak, and the table will speak. ”

That night, Zou Jing and I returned to the camp with toothpicks in our mouths. In order to comfort the county guard, I left Tian Feng in the city, and in order to appease Yuan Tan, I sent 200 cavalry to explore the road in the direction of Leling. After retiring everyone, Zou Jing and I lay in the tent and laughed.

Immediately afterwards, the two of us held a meeting to share the spoils, and the gifts of the county Taishou and Yuan Tan were half of each of us, and the 1,000 horses were each divided into 500.