Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Newborn Calf Is Not Afraid of the Tiger (Part II)
Dong Zhuo took his eyes off Liu Xie in Min Gong's arms and slowly landed on the person who grabbed his wrist. He is a brave man with unparalleled strength, in the late period of Emperor Huan, he served as Yulin Lang in the court, and he was good at wearing two pairs of quivers, and he opened the bow left and right when riding a horse, which was very powerful. Dong Zhuo's career is inseparable from his good martial arts.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo was grabbed by the wrist, and his first reaction was to break free. Unexpectedly, he couldn't break free with seven or eight points of strength, and then he carefully looked at the person who blocked him, and saw that it was a young official who looked young and was a little taller than him.
Dong Zhuo was careful, and in an instant, he saw the green ribbon on the man's waist, and then knew that it was an official of 2,000 stone or 'more than 2,000 stone'. However, this person Dong Zhuo didn't know, when he was not a military lieutenant with more than 2,000 stones in the court, although he didn't wear a crown on his head, he could guess that nine times out of ten he was a foreign county guard.
At this time, the only one who had the courage to grab Dong Zhuo's wrist and make him unable to get out for a while was Xu Chu.
Xu Chu saw Dong Zhuo looking at himself, and his heart was really a little empty. Feeling the strength of Dong Zhuo's hand gradually increasing, Xu Chu took advantage of the situation to withdraw his hand. At this moment, two generals in Dong Zhuo's army arrived together, and with two bells, they both drew their swords and glared at Xu Chu.
Seeing this, Le Jin and Li Quan's hearts were turbulent, Dong Zhuo's cavalry was thousands, if he really started, he would retreat from all odds. But one of the two is now a subordinate of Xu Chu's account, and the other is young and has a chivalrous name, and after a little hesitation, he also showed his weapon, between Dong Zhuo and Xu Chu.
Lu Zhi, Bao Xin and the courtiers couldn't help but gasp, especially Cui Lie, Dong Zhuo's words of 'believe it or not, I cut off your head' were still in my ears, how could I not panic.
The atmosphere froze instantly, Dong Zhuo squinted at Xu Chu and the others, and the corners of his mouth sneered.
Xu Chu swallowed his saliva, knowing that Dong Zhuo was waiting for him to speak first. Xu Chu staggered Dong Zhuo's gaze and turned to look at Lu Zhi, only to see Lu Zhitie's face blushing, looking very angry, but he couldn't attack for a while because Dong Zhuo was strong and strong.
Xu Chu was also reluctant to face Dong Zhuo's real sword soldiers, and when he saw Dong Hou Liu Xie in Min Gong's arms, he had a plan, and bowed to Liu Xie: "Dong Hou is willing to ride back to the palace with Dong Bingzhou?" β
Liu Xie was only eight years old, but he was much calmer than his brother Liu Wei, who was the Son of Heaven, Xu Chu's words fell, and Liu Xie shook his head suddenly, "I want to ride with Min Peng." β
Dong Zhuo's smile was even stronger.
Xu Chu then looked back at Dong Zhuo, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Dong Bingzhou also heard it, Dong Hou wants to ride with Min Jun." β
"Vertical dare to hear!" A person beside Dong Zhuo scolded, and then drew a knife to face Xu Chu.
Xu Chu didn't expect Dong Zhuo to speak, his subordinates dared to do it to themselves, and just about to draw the knife, he saw Le Jin's figure blocking in front of him, the ring knife was out of the sheath, and the two knives hit each other when they were not allowed to fire, and the buzzing sound was endless.
Le Jin and the man each took a step back, and the man was angry when he saw that Le Jin was short-looking, but he was blocked from taking a step back. So he came forward to fight again, and this time with all his strength, the sword was killed.
Le Jin blocked a few times, which also aroused anger, he was superior in martial arts, and he suffered a little compared to that person in terms of strength, and he was much better in terms of skills. After a few rounds, he saw that Le Jin's ring knife was very agile, but the man was a little overwhelmed and retreated repeatedly.
Just as he was about to divide the victory, Dong Zhuo's side had another person with a halberd to join, but it was a halberd that separated the two people who had fought in a group.
Dong Zhuo's face sank like water, and he said: "Before the Son of Heaven drove, Wencai was rude!" "Dong Zhuo boasts of his martial arts bravery, and the generals he promoted are all strong in martial arts, but in front of the Son of Heaven and the ministers, he is just a 'nobody', and his face is suddenly gloomy.
Hu Zhen, a talented character and a native of Wuwei. Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen and Xu Rong are the five generals that Dong Zhuo currently relies on the most. That is, it was Hu Zhen who started with Le Jin, and it was Xu Rong who separated Hu and Le.
Hu Zhen was repelled by Dong Zhuo and stood aside to look at Le Jin, while Dong Zhuo stared at Xu Chu with interest and said, "Who are you?" β
Xu Chu pressed the knife with his hand and replied: "In Xiayingchuan, Xu Chu is too guarded, and he is ordered by Yuan Sili to escort the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou back to the palace." β
At this moment, the ministers' gaze at Xu Chu was obviously different from the beginning. Including Bao Xin and Lu Zhi, I have heard that Xu Chu is brave, and I don't want his command to be extraordinary, and he can fight alone with the generals under the 'notorious' Dong Zhuo without falling behind, and it can also be inferred that Xu Chu must not be weak in leading troops.
Dong Zhuo looked at Xu Chu for a moment, and his killing intent suddenly appeared.
Xu Chu looked at him, and Le Jin and Li Cheng around him waited strictly and did not back down.
After all, for the sake of the overall situation, Dong Zhuo was unwilling to startle the snake too early. Then he said: "It turned out that it was sent by Yuan Benchu." Hearing Yuan Shao's name, Dong Zhuo's expression was lacking, and he was afraid in his heart. Therefore, in Luoyang City, only the soldiers and horses in Yuan Shao's hands could compete with him. What made Dong Zhuo even more unhappy was that he rushed to the foot of the mountain day and night to greet the Son of Heaven, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to send people over a long time ago. According to his brother Dong Min's report, at this time, Yuan Shao should be busy cleaning up the eunuchs inside and outside the palace, and he should not have time to take care of the exiled Son of Heaven.
Even so, Dong Zhuo still took the lead, Xu Chu only led a hundred, although there were the Son of Heaven, Dong Hou and all the courtiers, what could he do?
Dong Zhuo gave up the idea of riding back to the palace with Liu Xie because of Xu Chu and Liu Xie, but asked Xu Rong and Hu Zhen to take the cavalry to surround the Son of Heaven, Dong Hou, Xu Chu and others. Afterwards, Xu Chu learned that Dong Zhuo wanted to ride with Liu, which was of great significance.
And he did not forcibly drive Xu Chu away from the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou, which surprised Xu Chu. Xu Chu inevitably wondered: Will Dong Zhuo question his original judgment of the situation in Kyoto because of his appearance.
Xu Chu thought too much, when the general He Jin and Yuan Shaomi entered Beijing, Xu Chu's name was learned by Dong Zhuo. When he first heard Xu Chu's self-introduction, Dong Zhuo did have a sense of vigilance, but it was only a moment, and his heart was put back in his stomach.
Dong Zhuo hurried into Beijing, wanting to do trespassing, not because he didn't put the heroes of the world in his eyes, but in his eyes, now in Luoyang City, such as Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and other heroes have no soldiers in their hands, and those who have soldiers such as Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao are either pampered and pampered, or have few military exploits. Xu Chu is an exception, he has fought a few battles with He Yi, Huang Shao and other Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan, but this is what kind of battle is in the eyes of Dong Zhuo, who has been in the army for many years and has made great achievements.
If it weren't for the Yuan family's 'Four Worlds and Three Dukes', the protΓ©gΓ©s and officials would be all over the world, and Dong Zhuo would not even be able to serve these little bits.
On the way back to the palace, Dong Zhuo from time to time to the Son of Heaven, Lu Zhi and others to declare his martial bravery, his cavalry includes both Han and Hu people, all of whom are capable of fighting.
All the courtiers were frightened, and they all moved closer to Xu Chu, and stayed next to Xu Chu's tiger guard, so that the fear was alleviated.
Xu Chu knew that he had offended Dong Zhuo miserably, but fortunately, he had pulled Yuan Shao's tiger skin as a banner, and since he was ordered by Yuan Sili, Dong Zhuo would feel that Xu Chu was against him because of Yuan Shao's instructions. In fact, not only Dong Zhuo, almost everyone thought that Xu Chu dared to confront Dong Zhuo in public, although there were Xu Chu's own factors, most of the reasons were because of Yuan Shao's backing.
Therefore, when he walked to Xianyang Garden, Dong Zhuoqiang left the Son of Heaven, Dong Hou and everyone to rest here, and quietly sent people out of the city to urge the follow-up infantry west of Luoyang to speed up the march.
During this period, Taifu Yuan Kui arrived and was shocked to see Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses surrounding the Son of Heaven in the middle.
He was shocked, and Xu Chu and Bao Xin were even more speechless. Yuan Kui actually came with only a few henchmen and dozens of soldiers, which showed that Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao were completely unaware of what Dong Zhuo was going to do. And the two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, can't even see their figures. Xu Chu and Bao Xin could also guess what they were doing, it was nothing more than the remnants of the party who were still chasing the eunuchs.
When Qiangzhen entered Beijing, the Yuan family did not actively deal with it, but did something trivial that had nothing to do with the overall situation, which made Bao Xin extremely disappointed. If Dong Zhuo wants to seize power and break the dynasty, he must hold the Son of Heaven and the court in his hands. And stopped at Xianyang Garden, and after a little thought, he knew that he was waiting for reinforcements. When the reinforcements come, the strength changes hands, and the outcome of this stage can be imagined.
After Yuan Kui arrived, he met the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou, so he could only stay in Xianyang Yuan and wait. After nightfall, the generals under Dong Zhuo's command arrived with thousands of soldiers, and Dong Zhuo invited the Son of Heaven to drive back to the palace.
Everyone followed Dong Zhuo back to the palace, and after the Son of Heaven settled down, they went back to their homes.
Xu Chu was also in a hurry, on the one hand, he wanted to see Yuan Shao to tell him about the situation, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would make a temporary decision and leave him behind.
Bao Xin walked with Xu Chu, and saw that all the passes in the palace were garrisoned by Dong Zhuo, and he sighed and was depressed. Xu Chu was not so depressed, what he should do and what he could do was basically done, and how to deal with Dong Zhuo after that depended on Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao was in the Taifu Mansion at this time.
Taifu Mansion is one of the Three Princes' Mansions, covering a huge area, and almost half of the square is occupied by the Three Princes' Mansions. In the back house of the house, Yuan Kui has returned, and there is a group of people discussing it. The two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, also found a house to discuss with their henchmen.
Xu Chu met Xi Zhong in front of Taifu's mansion, and then entered the mansion with Xi Zhong. Let Xi Zhong follow, because I want Xi Zhong to listen, so that he can make a judgment in his favor afterwards.
was led by a servant to the house where Yuan Shao was staying, and entered the house, which was similar to the situation when he first entered Luoyang - the lights were bright and there were many talents. But the mentality of these people now is very different from that time, not to mention anything else, Yuan Shao's face is long, and he is not at all high-spirited when he first met.
Seeing Xu Chu, Bao Xin, and Xi Zhong coming in, Yuan Shao's spirits were slightly lifted and he beckoned the three of them to take a seat.
Xu Chu's relationship with Dong Zhuo at the foot of the mountain has been known to Yuan Shao and others at this moment. Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Xu Chu saying that he was ordered by him to protect the Son of Heaven, and this incident made him invisibly overpower Yuan Shu. But at present, this is all a trivial matter, except for making Xu Chu's perception of Yuan Shao slightly better, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, Dong Zhuo occupied the palace city and coerced the Son of Heaven, and the situation was already very unfavorable to the Yuan family.
There are still those people in the hall, Cao Cao, Xu You, Wang Kuang, Gao Gan, Xun Yu, etc., they are all a little amazed and a little ashamed of Xu Chu, who made great contributions to this battle and then competed with Dong Zhuo.
These people are famous, big and small, they are all 'celebrities', and Xu Chu's performance left a deep impression on them. Especially to be able to show no cowardice in front of Dong Zhuo's male soldiers, at that time, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty were on their side, and no one had Xu Chu's courage, which was particularly valuable.
Cao Cao even left the table to salute Xu Chu and praised: "If you were born a few years earlier, there will be no more Dong Zhuo's troubles." β
This is quite a high praise, Xu Chu said very modestly in front of the heroes: "Brother Meng De has won the award, I don't dare to be it, I really don't dare to be it!" β
Yuan Shao also praised Xu Chu a few words, and after Cao Cao and Xu Chu returned to their seats, they asked Xu Chu: "Dong Zhuo's cavalry and infantry elite, how many people are there?" β
"About three thousand." Xu Chu got up and replied respectfully.
Xi Zhong's status is low, and he sits at the end, but it is also convenient for him to observe everyone. He saw that Yuan Shao's side looked obviously relieved, and said, "If it's only three thousand, then there is still room for things to turn around." β
Xu Chu also looked at the person who spoke, but it was Xu You.