People are easy to get carried away when they are proud, which is perhaps the biggest difference between aristocrats and nouveau riche. Liu Xie is a nouveau riche, from the uncertain future at the beginning to the current hero, the change of mentality is inevitable. Although Liu Xie still knows to remind himself to pay attention, he is still inevitably proud when he is not drunk by others.

Not everything will go the way you envisioned it out in advance! Frustration taught Liu Xie an impressive lesson, and Liu Xie also had a new understanding of this person. At first, Liu Xie didn't care very much about the frustration, but after having Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, these super-first-class strategists, the attraction of the frustrated professor to Liu Xie was invisibly reduced, and the frustrated professor was loyal to Yuan Shao, Liu Xie felt that it was very difficult to persuade him to surrender, so he simply didn't bother with that god, and he didn't pay attention to it after taking advantage of the frustration.

Unexpectedly, today Fu Zhu took advantage of Liu Xie's light enemy, so that Liu Xie reacquainted with Fu Zhu. Liu Xie is very glad now, thanks to this frustration is only to ensure the withdrawal of the Yuan clan, if he is ready to design himself, I am afraid that the loss at that time will not be small. And this time, just let go of the Yuan army, and the Han army was nothing more than a lack of military exploits.

According to Liu Xie's orders, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and others who went out to fight were not embarrassed, and after defeating the 1,000 elites of the Yuan army who were responsible for protecting the safety of Fu Zhu, Fu Zhu was also captured. Even the rope was useless, so he directly escorted the person in front of Liu Xie.

Liu Xie couldn't help but smile when he looked at the frustration that was neither humble nor arrogant when he stood in front of him. Looking at the frustrated expression, this guy has put his life and death aside at this time. The people are not afraid of death, so why should they threaten them with death. This means that when a person is not afraid of life and death, it is not effective to use death as a means to threaten him. At this time, Fu Zhi was not afraid of death, and of course Liu Xieda didn't plan to kill him at the beginning.

"Mr. Frustration has good skills and has deceived many of us."

"Hmph, carving insect skills, why worry about it." Frustrated snorted coldly.

Sima Yi on the side also snorted when he heard this, "Why should Mr. Fu Zhu be modest, just based on today's events, if he can return to Hebei in the future, he will definitely be able to be reused by Yuan Xi." ”

If you hit someone, you have to slap your face, and if you scold someone, you have to expose your shortcomings. Sima Yi said this not because he was jealous and depressed, but because he deliberately said it disgustingly. After the frustration returned to Hebei, the matter that Yuan Xi could not be reused had already been known to Liu Xie and others, but it was precisely because of this general understanding that the boat capsized in the gutter this time, and he fell into the way of frustration. Who would have thought that a subordinate who would not normally be welcomed would be entrusted with a heavy task at this time.

"Hmph." Fu Zhi snorted coldly, looking disdainful of talking to Sima Yi.

Seeing this, Liu Xie couldn't help but feel dissatisfied in his heart, knowing that you are not afraid of death now, but if you put on an attitude of looking for a beating, you can't complain about others. Just because I don't kill you doesn't mean I can't beat you.

"Gongming, Zilong, Lingming, you go out for a walk with me. Zhong Da and the others may need time to discuss with Mr. Fu Zhu at this time, what kind of attitude they should have as prisoners. Liu Xie got up and beckoned Xu Huang and a few people to go out with him, leaving only Sima Yi, Fa Zheng and other civil officials. It's one thing to teach frustration a lesson, it's another thing to kill someone, Liu Xie didn't plan to ask for Frustration's life, but he didn't want to continue to see Frustration's lack of beating.

"You, what do you want to do?" There was a frustrated exclamation in the tent, followed by someone screaming, Liu Xie didn't hear the scream, and said to Xu Huang: "Although Hebei has withdrawn from the army at present, Gongming must not be careless, there are still capable people in Hebei." ”

"The last will understand." Xu Huang replied in a deep voice.

Drums don't need to be hammered! Xu Huang and Zhang Liao are both generals who can reassure Liu Xie, and they don't need Liu Xie to speak through at all, they can understand Liu Xie's intentions.

"As for Zilong and Ling Ming, you two quickly go and gather people, and when Zhongda and them finish educating them, we will set off." Liu Xie instructed Zhao Yun and Pang De again.

"My lord, what should I do with the frustration?" Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and asked Liu Xiedao.

“…… Send it to Chang'an. Although he ruined our affairs this time, it was not a bad thing for us, at least it reminded us that there are countless capable people in this world, and we should not underestimate the people of the world. Liu Xie thought for a while and said.

Zhao Yun didn't have a relationship with Frustration, he would ask Liu Xie what he was going to do with Frustration, but he felt that it was a pity if Frustration died like this, wasting his skills. And Liu Xie's answer made Zhao Yun very satisfied, and he was secretly relieved that his choice was right.

Liu Xie didn't care about Zhao Yun's psychological activities at this time, the matter has come to this point, regret is useless, instead of being annoyed at the beginning, it is better to look at the present and consider the future. When you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back. It is wishful thinking to take advantage of a small loss and take advantage of a big advantage for a lifetime, and it is already a blessing.

Although Yuan Xi let go this time, it can be counted as time, even if Yuan Xi led the army back to Youzhou, Gongsun Du will be in Youzhou for a while, unless Yuan Xi doesn't want Youzhou, otherwise he will not come to help Cao Cao again in a short time. Without Yuan Xi's help, it would be easier for Liu Xie to deal with Cao Cao, as long as Sun Ce was driven back to Jiangdong, then Cao Cao would become a loner.

But it was not easy to drive Sun Ce back to Jiangdong. Yuan Xi would withdraw his troops, and that was because there was a Gongsun Du in Liaodong who lit a fire in his backyard. And Jiangdong, those Shanyue people have already told Sun Ce to kill and fear, and they don't dare to rashly raise troops to resist, as for the families who run Jiangdong, they have also been obediently obedient to Sun Ce who has been killed or co-opted over these years.

Liu Xie wanted to repeat the old tricks, but he couldn't find a target like Gongsun Du. The coercion seems to be unsuccessful, so only the temptation remains, but Liu Xie doesn't want to use the so-called temptation on Sun Ce. Even if Sun Ce doesn't understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, presumably Zhou Yu beside him is also clear. And Sun Ce is obedient to Zhou Yu, a good friend in life, and Zhou Yu knows the stakes, which means that Sun Ce is clear.

Sun Ce's trust in Zhou Yu can even be said to exceed family affection. Even Sun Ce's old mother, Wu Guotai, sometimes doesn't speak as well as Zhou Yu. The reason why Liu Xie happily let Sun Quan return to Jiangdong was to provoke the Sun brothers to fight, which led to civil strife in Jiangdong, but in the end it failed because of Zhou Yu's persuasion of Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce did not assassinate Sun Quan and let him die, but now Sun Quan has neither power nor power in Jiangdong, and he can't even scare a dog, so naturally he has no use value.

Coercion doesn't work, and temptation doesn't work, so the rest can only rely on fists to speak. Liu Xie, who had just been frustrated once, urgently needed a punching bag. Looking for the weak to be angry seems to be tasteless, but it is appropriate to find Sun Ce. Sun Ce is known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, his bravery can be seen, coupled with the resourceful Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, then these two people are opponents, and they definitely don't have to worry about being accused of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

Sent Zhao Yun and Pang De to assemble the team, Liu Xie took Xu Huang back to the Shuai tent, and Sima Yi and the others had already finished educating them. Although Frustration is a well-known hard bone, as the old saying goes, one thing descends one thing, Sima Yi is obviously the nemesis of Frustration's life, and when Frustration faces Liu Xie again, that attitude is obviously much better than Fang Cai. At least he doesn't talk like he did just now, as if no one owes him money and won't pay it back.

Liu Xie looked at Sima Yi in surprise, as if he didn't expect him to have this hand, while Sima Yi looked at Liu Xie with a smug face.

"Uh-huh, Zhongda, the army is about to start, will you continue to stay here to assist Gongming, or will you go south with me to meet Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, who are known as Mei Zhoulang?" Liu Xie coughed lightly and asked about Sima Yi.

"Huh? Leaving right away? ”

"Well, Gongming wants to stay in case of Cao Cao's sneak attack and return with Yuan Xi in Hebei, but he is on the defensive, as long as he is not greedy for merit, there will be nothing wrong. But if you continue to stay here, it will be a bit overkill. ”

"Then if I leave, who will be the master of General Xu?" Sima Yi asked.

"Zhongda, what do you think I will do?" Fa Zheng said at this time.

"Huh? If filial piety is left, wouldn't it be equally overkill? ”

"Hmph, is it fun to tout each other?" The frustrated professor who was still in the tent snorted coldly. One sentence immediately attracted the eyes of Sima Yi and Fa Zheng.

"Come, send Mr. Fu to rest. Gongming, tomorrow arrange for someone to send him to Chang'an to hand over to Wen Ruo, I believe Wen Ruo knows how to arrange Mr. Fu. Liu Xie opened his mouth and commanded.

Frustrated that he was taken down, Liu Xie couldn't help but ask Sima Yi, "Zhongda, how did you repair him?" Why does he seem to be a little afraid of you? ”

"Lord, there's nothing strange about this, some people just owe a beating, and when they give a good face, they are used to kicking their noses in the face, and they are honest when they are beaten." Sima Yi replied without concealment.

In the face of such a violent Sima Yi, Liu Xie was a little speechless. But if you think about it carefully, I don't think it's any surprise, Sima Yi is not a weak scholar, as early as when he was studying at Shuijing Academy, he often teamed up with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Shi Tao to fight with Zhuge Liang, Meng Jian, and Cui Jun. Generally, they argue verbally first, and when they can't distinguish the winner from the loser, the two sides will stage a full-fledged martial arts, and the matter of convincing you and convincing you will be carried out very thoroughly. Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui had a headache about this, but he couldn't find a solution, so he could only let it go. Even later, Sima Yi and others left Shuijing Academy to join Liu Xie, and part of the reason why Sima Hui did not object was that he could finally clean his ears.

Sima Yi has always had a wish, that is, he wants to prove to the world that the reason why he can be reused by Liu Xie is not only because he had a good relationship with Liu Xie, but because he can be reused, by virtue of his true talent and learning, not just by relying on the word favor.

In order to achieve this wish, Sima Yi chose to follow Liu Xie south to Runan, of course, Fa Zheng also went with the army and did not stay to assist Xu Huang. From the current point of view, Hebei Yuan Xi is busy dealing with Gongsun Du, basically will not come to trouble the Han army again, and Cao Cao's strength is not enough to fight on two fronts at the same time, if he really dares to concentrate his forces to deal with Xu Huang's trouble-relieving army, Zhang Liao and Pang Tong, who are responsible for staying behind in Chen, will not let go of the fighters that appear in front of him. The main target of Liu Xie's troops this time was Cao Cao, and the ultimate goal was to eradicate Cao Cao's forces.

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The next day, when Fu Zhu was sent to Chang'an, he learned that Liu Xie had set out for Runan the previous night. Xu Huang was in charge of sending Fu Zhu on the road, and when he was leaving, Fu Zhu couldn't help but ask Xu Huang: "General Xu, what does the Holy Lord plan to do with Fu Mou?" ”

Mr. Fu went to Chang'an to know about this. However, Mr. Fu can rest assured that the lord had explained before leaving, and ordered me not to wait for Mr. to be embarrassed in secret. ”

“…… General Xu knows why the saint treats him so frustratedly? You must know that this time it is a good thing for you. ”

"Huh...... Mr. Fu, you are the wise man of the world, can't you still see the general trend of the world today? Xu Huang smiled when he heard this, and asked rhetorically.

“…… Is there a connection? Frustrated with a frown.

"How can there be no connection? If the Han family wants to prosper, the Son of Heaven will be the master. And as the master of Ming, how could he be good at killing a talent like Mr. Fu. Mr. Fu, you are one of the few people who can be deceived by the lord. You don't have to worry too much about this trip to Chang'an, when you see Xun Situ, he will settle you properly. ”

Seeing that Xu Huang refused to reveal the inside story, he stopped asking, bowed to Xu Huang, and got into the carriage. I didn't want that there was already a person sitting in the carriage, it turned out to be Chen Lin.

"Kong Zhang, are you also going to Chang'an?" Frustrated to know Chen Lin, it's just that one was reused by Yuan Shao before, and the other was not very satisfactory. And now they are all prisoners, so naturally there is no high or low.

Seeing that Fu Zhu took the initiative to say hello, Chen Lin bowed his hand a little embarrassed, and said to Fu Zhu: "Gonghe, please bear more on the way to Chang'an." ”

"Kong Zhang is polite." Fu Zhu hurriedly returned the salute.

To put it mildly, Chen Lin had mixed feelings about frustration at this time. If this guy hadn't asked him to go to the Han camp before, he wouldn't have fallen into the hands of the Son of Heaven, and he wouldn't have become a prisoner. But it was precisely because of the recommendation of the frustrated professor that Chen Lin's career had a slight turnaround.

Although Liu Xie doesn't pay much attention to literati, he will not despise others for no reason. Although Chen Lin is not good at fighting, his writing is excellent, even if he can't arrange to be in charge alone, it is more than enough to be a deputy. His literary talent is not inferior to Kong Rong, and his identity is destined to be as stinky and hard as Kong Rong's gang of clear streams.

Chen Lin is not worried about going to Chang'an, his family has asked Liu Xie to send someone to reunite with him, he has nothing to worry about in Hebei, anyway, when he was in Hebei, Chen Lin was a marginal person, although Yuan Shao loved his talent, but he would not discuss with him if there was a big matter, Chen Lin was a literati raised by the Yuan family, which was dispensable. As soon as Yuan Shao died, Chen Lin followed Yuan Xi from Yuan Shang first, and it would be even more extravagant to want to be reused.

As the saying goes, trees die, people move to live, although Chen Lin is unwilling to suffer from running around at such an old age, but it is not Chen Lin's hope to continue to stay in Hebei to eat and wait for death. Even if his life is over, Chen Lin doesn't want his next generation to be as idle as him, and judging from the current situation, Hebei will be defeated by the imperial court sooner or later. Now that there is an opportunity to transform his identity from a loser to a winner, Chen Lin naturally has to reach out and seize it.

Compared with Chen Lin, who is not worried about his future, his frustration is a little complicated. He didn't go back to Chang'an for the first time, he was a prisoner of the Han army last time, but he didn't expect that this time he was still a prisoner of the Han army. For his second entry into the palace this time, he really didn't know how to describe his feelings.

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There are two flowers, one on each branch

Runan County Guard

Zhang Ren, the commander of the White Army, looked indifferently at Xue Zong, the envoy of the Jiangdong Army who was standing in front of him, and he didn't listen to Xue Zong's words about what he would do if he didn't open the city and surrender.

In the past two months, Sun Ce has led the Jiangdong Army to attack Runan more than once, but until now, it is still the banner of the Han army that is fluttering at the head of Runan City. Sun Ce sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender at this time, and Zhang Ren couldn't guess whether this guy was angry and insane because he had failed to attack the city for several days.

Sun Ce's subordinates are not without fierce generals, in addition to himself, Zhou Tai, Lu Meng, Gao Chong, Ling Cao and others also have the courage of ten thousand people. But the problem is that Sun Ce has people under him, and Zhang Ren is not alone. Gan Ning and Tai Shici, who were ordered to come to help, gave the Jiangdong army a dismount as soon as the war began. Gan Ning shot Ling Cao, who led his troops to attack the city, with an arrow, and Tai Shici also made Lü Meng almost stay at the head of the city in Runan. In addition, most of the Tabai army under Zhang Ren's command had been following the old subordinates from the Western Regions, and Runan was solid under Zhang Ren's command.

Although Sun Ce had Zhou Yu's advice, Lu Xun, who was recommended by Liu Xie, was also a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and was not afraid of Zhou Yu's name at all.

When Xue Zong finally stopped talking, Zhang Ren asked slowly: "Xue Zong, has your lord Sun Ce eaten something unclean recently?" ”

"Huh? Why did General Zhang ask this? ”

"It's not because you eat something unclean, how can you break your brain, and whimsically think that you can say with your clever mouth that I will open the city and surrender?"

“…… Since General Zhang felt that he could hold Runan, he could directly refuse, so why should he be sarcastic? Xue Zong accused dissatisfied.

"Huh, what? Just allow you Jiangdong to send someone to entertain Lao Tzu, and don't allow Lao Tzu to talk back? Zhang Ren snorted coldly, stared at Xue Zong and asked.

Although the murderous spirit is invisible and intangible, it is real. Zhang Ren had been serving as the protector of the Western Regions before the formation of the Tabai Army, responsible for clearing out the remnants of those disobedient countries in the Western Regions, killing not 10,000 but 8,000 people. At this time, he suddenly issued a murderous aura towards Xue Zong, a literati who had never even killed chickens, and immediately frightened Xue Zong's face pale, and he trembled.

"Go back and tell Sun Ce that if you want Runan, you will bring troops to rob it. If you want Lao Tzu's head, then come and get it yourself, and don't think of some unrealistic ideas and make people laugh. Zhang Ren said disdainfully to Xue Zong.