It's a pity that Cao Cao has lofty ambitions and great ambitions, and Ding Xiao has not a stable foothold at this stage, so he doesn't dare to solicit at all.

You must know that although Cao Cao followed Lu Bu out of the city to challenge Dong Zhuo this time, just because he was a Han general, not for his Ding family, he was worried that once he found out, Cao Cao would leave immediately.

"If I don't find out, I can use him for a while longer." Ding Xiao thought in his heart, "So for Cao Cao here, let's go with the flow, and wait until the situation changes in the future to decide whether he will stay or not." ”

At this moment, a loud announcement suddenly came from outside the barracks.

"The holy decree has arrived-Ding Yuan, the general of the state and the state and the martial arts, Lu Bu, the captain of the military academy in the West Garden, the general of the five officials, and the lieutenant Bao Hong of the military academy received the order!"

The generals looked at Ding Xiao with puzzled expressions.

"This must be Dong Zhuo's counterattack."

Ding Xiao had a bad premonition in his heart.

"What then?"

Ding Yuan frowned and asked, "Shall we accept this holy decree or not?" ”

"Listen to the content first."

Now that Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor has not yet been completed, the order of the Son of Heaven is still justified, Ding Xiao has some scruples about Ding Yuan's reputation, although he is unwilling in his heart, he has to temporarily bow his head.

"Let them in." Ding Yuan ordered his subordinates.

In a moment, several eunuchs walked in tremblingly, and when they saw everyone, they immediately smiled apologetically.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are just acting on orders, please don't embarrass a few of us."

"What so much nonsense? Tell me something! ”

Lu Bu scolded a little irritably.

"Yes, yes."

The chief eunuch nodded again and again, and immediately took out the holy decree and read it.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Today, there is a Baibo army in the state of chaos, the people of Li can not bear the suffering, specially sealed and the state pastor, Fenwu general Ding Yuan is the general of Pingkou, quickly return to the state, lead the headquarters of the people, and calm the trouble."

"Feng Shang Military Captain, Wuguan Zhonglang General Lu Bu as Taiyuan Taishou and Zhenwu General, go to work on the same day to assist Ding Yuan in sweeping the Baibo Army."

"Sealed the military academy captain Bao Hong as the captain of the military academy, and led the Xiyuan forbidden army to return to Beijing on the same day. Chin this! ”

"Taiyuan Taishou? Hum! ”

Lu Bu said angrily, "Dong Zhuo obviously wants to take away my military power!" ”

"A good move to rise and fall secretly, Dong Zhuo's move was bloodless, and a crisis was resolved!" Cao Cao sneered beside him.

"Not bad."

Ding Xiao nodded and smiled bitterly.

Cao Cao is right, General Pingkou and General Zhenwu are both miscellaneous generals, according to the standards of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, one with three grades and one with four grades, it seems that Ding Yuan Lu Bu has been promoted, but in fact, these are all false positions, and even Lu Bu has seen that Dong Zhuo's move is to seize his military power.

In history, the Xiyuan Forbidden Army only existed for one year, and with He Jin's death and Yuan Shao's escape, he fell into the hands of Dong Zhuo, was disbanded by him, and was incorporated into various armies.

Now, history is about to repeat itself, which makes Ding Xiao depressed.

"Dong Zhuo is in a hurry to drive us away, so as to unify the Beijing Division, so as to command the world."

Hearing this, all the generals frowned, and only Bao Hong's face showed joy.

"Ask the three generals to take the order."

The chief eunuch whispered a reminder again.

"You wait first!"

Lu Bu reprimanded with disgust, then turned his head and asked Ding Xiao, "Brother Xiao, can we accept this holy decree?" ”

"Hey, if we don't leave, we will give him a handle and give Dong Zhuo a reason to raise troops to fight us." Ding Xiao said helplessly.

He knew that this must be Li Ru's poisonous plan again, but he had the trump card of the emperor in his hand, and he could make any moves he wanted, and he felt a little helpless.

"Dong Zhuo doesn't even have to do it himself, he just needs to borrow the emperor's order to issue an edict and order each county to send troops to conquer us."

"Not bad."

Cao Cao sighed on the side, "Now, Dong Zhuo has the emperor in hand, no matter what decision is made, it is justified, even if the county guards in various places are unwilling, they have to send troops to recruit us...... At that time, we will be attacked on our backs, and it will be difficult for us to last. ”

"It's more than that."

Ding Xiao shook his head, turned his head and glanced at Bao Hong, and said meaningfully, "Dong Zhuo's move is quite profound!" ”

He secretly scolded Li Ru in his heart for being too poisonous, not only to seize Lu Bu's military power, but also to take the opportunity to divide the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Uh, everyone, the emperor's order is hard to disobey, I think we should first receive the holy decree, and then decide to stay." Bao Hong said hurriedly.

"Humph! Bao Hong, if you dare to accept the order, I will immediately kill you here! Lu Bu threatened with a gloomy face.

"Lord Lu, you! Do you dare to disobey? ”

Bao Hong looked at Lu Bu in disbelief, sweating like rain.

"Brother-in-law, don't be impulsive!"

Ding Xiao hurriedly pulled Lu Bu, and then hinted, "We will definitely accept this holy decree, but whether the Xiyuan Army goes back with General Bao or not depends on his ability!" ”

"Huh?"

Lu Bu looked puzzled, "What do you mean by eliminating my brother?" ”

"You're ...... like that"

Ding Xiao attached himself to the other party's ear, whispered a few words, and saw a smile on Lu Bu's face again.

"That's all there is to it!"

After saying this, Lu Bu and Ding Yuan Bao Hong stepped forward to receive the holy decree, and then in the puzzled eyes of the generals, he ordered the sergeants to go out and gather the three armies.

Taking advantage of this gap, Ding Xiao suggested to Zhang Yang Cao Cao and other generals, "If you don't want to return to Beijing, resign here." ”

"That's exactly what I mean."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed.

But Zhang Yangchun Yu Qiong and other generals still didn't react, "Then where should we go in the future?" ”

"Don't worry, with all of you's great talents, if you are willing to deign to merge with the state, my father Ding Yuan will treat him well!" Ding Xiao Zheng color road.

"Not bad!"

When Ding Yuan heard what Ding Xiao meant, his face was overjoyed, and he immediately answered, "Now that Dong Thief is in power, he vainly talks about abolishing the emperor, and his crimes are worse than those of the Ten Standing Servants and others, and everyone in the world can be punished!" Besides, you have just followed Fengxian to fight with Dong Thief, and if you return to Beijing, you may be persecuted by him! If you don't give up, you can go back to the state with me and conspire against Dong! ”

"Zhang Yang is willing to follow the general back to the state and serve as a dog and horse!"

Zhang Yang was originally from Bingzhou, and his relationship with the Ding family was good, so he basically didn't think much about it, so he took the lead in expressing his position.

But others hesitated.

You must know that if they abandon their official position and follow Ding Yuan today, it is equivalent to saying that their identity will change from Han general to Ding family's retainers, so everyone is a little hesitant.

At this time, the three armies had been assembled, and Lu Bu stepped out, turned over on the red rabbit horse, walked to the front of the formation and said, "Today, I was ordered by the emperor to worship the Taiyuan Taishou and Zhenwu generals, and was ordered to go to Bingzhou to quell the Baibo Rebellion. ”

"Swear to follow the general!"

The officers and men of the three armies shouted in unison.

In fact, the vast majority of people are just used to carrying out military orders, and they don't know the deep meaning of Lu Bu's words, and Lu Bu is under the banner of "imperial order" at this time, and the generals don't think about it at all, so they agree in a daze.

"Good!"

Lu Bu was overjoyed, "The three armies work together, and they will be able to break the enemy in the future!" ”

In the big tent, Bao Hong's face changed suddenly when he saw this situation, and he immediately incited everyone, "Lu Bu is relieving our military power, why don't you go out and take your men and horses away!" ”

"I'll see who dares to move!"

Dian Wei got Ding Xiao's instructions, let out a loud shout, jumped to the tent door, put a pair of large halberds in his hands, and glared angrily.

"Whoever dares to take a step out of the big tent, die!"