Chapter Seventy-Five: The Imperial Court Rewards
Lu Bu and Yuan Shao have had a grudge for a long time, so they will naturally be targeted.
And Ding Xiao's original strategic plan was to destroy Yuan Shao first, otherwise, with the prestige of the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao would quickly gather a large number of talents, resulting in a serious waste of resources.
"Brother-in-law, don't worry, when Dong Zhuo is destroyed, we will be the first to deal with Yuan Shao."
"Good!"
Lu Bu shook up a momentum that looked at the world, and said proudly, "When the time comes, I am willing to be a pioneer and kill Yuan Shao's armor without leaving behind!" β
"The last general is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses and help the lord dominate the Central Plains!"
After Xu Huang pondered for a long time, he bowed solemnly.
I have to say that Xu Huang is very smart, he knows that by tonight, Hua Xiong will send someone to pass down the holy decree, so he officially declared his allegiance to Ding Yuan before receiving the decree.
It must be known that this "lord" is of great significance.
He is tantamount to telling Ding Yuan that even if the imperial court gives him an official position, he still takes Ding Yuan's horse as the head and obeys his orders!
In other words, he was first the general of the Ding family, and then the minister of the Han family.
The reason why he did this was because he was recruited by Ding Xiao, and he clearly understood that if he did not have the attention and trust of the Ding family, he would not have the status and power he has today.
On the other hand, the Ding family, led by Ding Xiao, has completely conquered his heart with the strength and means shown in just a few months, and he is more willing to believe and follow the Ding family than the weakened Han family, so as to display his ambitions.
"Oh?"
After Ding Yuan was stunned, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly picked Xu Huang up, "Haha, Gongming, please get up quickly, with Gongming's help, why worry about hegemony?" β
"Thank you for your kindness!"
Xu Huang got up and bowed again.
Zhang Liao, who was on the side, was a little surprised when he saw Xu Huang behaving like this, and at this time, he saw that Ding Yuan did not refuse the title of "lord", and his heart was suddenly shocked.
He naturally understood the meaning, and after thinking for a while, he followed and said, "Wen Yuan has followed the lord for many years, and the lord has not given up, and he trusts Wen Yuan in every way, and takes good care of him. β
"Haha, good! Good! β
Ding Yuan was overjoyed, "With Wenyuan's great help, looking at the world, who is still our opponent?" Ha ha! β
"Thank you two big brothers for your trust!"
Ding Xiao also laughed happily beside him.
He was not surprised by the return of the two, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
He couldn't help but glance at Lu Bu, and a hint of anticipation rose in his eyes.
"Haha, in this way, we will be a real family in the future!"
When Lu Bu laughed, he suddenly noticed Ding Xiao's gaze, and couldn't help but ask a little funny, "Brother Xiao, what do you think I'm doing?" β
Immediately, he asked in hindsight, "Isn't it...... You think I should say that too, right? β
"Brother-in-law said it was funny, what do you mean?"
After Ding Xiao replied with a smile, his voice changed abruptly, "But brother-in-law, in front of outsiders, you'd better change your name, otherwise, it will not be good for your father's majesty." Just like that Li Ru, he was also Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, but he always called Dong Zhuo 'general' in front of people, oh no, now it should be 'Xiangguo'. β
"Oh! I understand, I understand! β
Lu Bu suddenly realized, and then solemnly agreed, "Don't worry, from today on, like others, I will call my father-in-law 'lord'!" β
"Thank you brother-in-law for your understanding."
Ding Xiao grinned.
At this moment, a junior colonel came in to report that the holy decree had arrived.
The people looked at each other and smiled, and then they ordered the future to be invited into the big tent.
As Ding Xiao expected, this time Dong Zhuo added official positions to Ding Yuan, Xu Huang, Yang Feng and others who had made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and Bai Bojun also became a regular army in name.
However, the holy decree also required that Ding Yuan should hand over the 50,000 Baibo army to the commander of Huaxiong, and ordered LΓΌ Bu to return the Xiyuan forbidden army as soon as possible.
"Ministers and ministers are grateful."
Ding Yuan and the others stepped forward to receive the holy decree, stuffed some silver taels, sent the messenger away first, and then laughed heartily.
This time, Ding Yuan was named "General Pingbei", although he was still a third grade, he finally broke away from the list of miscellaneous generals and became one of the "Siping Generals", and his rank was finally included in the list of Shangqing.
And Xu Huang was named the five-grade miscellaneous "General Kou", and Cheng Lian was named "Partial General".
Even Yang Feng and the other four generals were all named the lowest-level miscellaneous generals.
In this regard, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao were envious, especially Zhang Liao, his official position was not as high as Cheng Lian and others, not to mention Lu Bu and Xu Huang, so he was quite embarrassed at this time.
Fortunately, Cheng Lian and the others were not present at this time, otherwise, Zhang Liao's face would definitely not be able to hang up.
"Brother Wenyuan, don't worry."
Ding Xiao stepped forward and said with relief, "We will have the opportunity to make contributions in the future, and I guarantee that your official rank will not be inferior to that of your brother-in-law at that time." β
"Well, I believe you!"
After taking a deep breath, Zhang Liao nodded solemnly.
"Brother-in-law, this holy decree has also been received, then we should also go." Ding Xiao took the opportunity to suggest.
It was very dangerous to go to win over Zhao Cen this time, so compared to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, he was more willing to bring Lu Bu, who was stronger in force and cultivation, and the safety factor was higher.
As soon as he heard this, Lu Bu, who was still a little depressed, suddenly showed a smile, turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Zhang Liao, looking a little proud.
"Hehe, although I don't have my share in the court's reward this time, this Zhao Cen belongs to me!"
"You!"
Zhang Liao angrily pinned his head to the side, pursed his lips and cursed secretly, "Hmph! The villain has a will! β
"You're jealous!"
Dropping this sentence, Lu Bu happily pulled Ding Xiao out of the big tent.
After changing into casual clothes, the two went straight to the stable, and Lu Bu stepped forward to lead the BMW Chitu out.
"Brother Xiao, if you can't talk about it later, the other party is likely to make a move, your cultivation is too low, and you don't have the power to parry, so you don't need to ride a horse, so I won't be able to rescue you."
Speaking of this, Lu Bu asked with a smile, "I suggest that you and I ride the same horse, how about it?" β
"To be able to sit in my brother-in-law's beloved Chitu BMW, Ding Xiao can't ask for it."
It is a matter of his own safety, Ding Xiao naturally does not dare to slack off, so there is no hypocrisy.
"Huh."
Lu Bu turned over and got on his horse, pulled Ding Xiao up, put it behind him, and grinned.
"Brother Xiao, you can sit tight."
As soon as the words fell, before Ding Xiao could reply, the red rabbit horse rushed out like an arrow off the string.
Ding Xiao only felt that the scenery in front of him suddenly blossomed, and the sound of "whirring" wind sounded in his ears, and his body was like a cloud, which felt extremely unreal.
"So fast!"
He sighed from the bottom of his heart, Lu Bu already had the characteristics of "Pegasus", and he rode this red rabbit horse, which was even more powerful, and the speed was not much more than that of the racing cars of later generations, and even his sigh was blown away in the air behind him by the cold wind.
It felt like it was only a moment before the red rabbit horse slowly stopped.
After a long hiss, a city and several military camps appeared in the sight of Ding Xiao and the two of them from a distance.
"Eliminate brother, the state and county have arrived."
Lu Bu stared into the distance and reminded, "Not far ahead is the Huaxiong camp, we can't go any further, otherwise we will be easily discovered by spies." β
"Hmm."
Ding Xiao shook his head, and after calming down, he nodded and agreed, "Then let's find our own people first, inquire about which camp Zhao Cen is in, hide the horse by the way, and then make a plan." β
"Okay."
Lu Bu slowly retreated to safety, and then galloped away in the original direction, and soon connected with his own side of the fine work, and understood the general situation.
"God help me!"
Ding Xiao found a useful information from it and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Brother Elimination, what is the joy?"
Lu Bu looked dazed.
"I'm worried about how we can get into the barracks so that we don't attract attention, but I didn't expect that as Xi Zuo just said, Li Su and Hu Zhen came out one after another in the afternoon and inspected around, but Zhao Cen never showed up."
Ding Xiao said with a smile, "Generally speaking, the coach doesn't have to do such a trivial thing as a night patrol, so I guess that tonight, Zhao Cen was arranged to patrol the night." β
"If that's the case, then it's easy to do!"
Lu Bu's eyes lit up, "Hehe, as long as he shows up on the edge of the barracks, I am sure to capture him alive!" β