Chapter 417: Fourth Party Force!
Cheng Yu didn't know that he was offered the same "price" by Qin Xu, so that when he was pushed out by the two soldiers who were full of evil spirits, his eyes were still full of unyielding and disdain.
Cheng Yu has always refused to admit defeat, especially this time when he was captured by Qin Xusheng, and he was really wronged. God knows that Qin Xu can't even cross the river here, and there are still dozens of miles away from the plain, how did Zhang Liao get the news, and he came so timely, almost didn't give people time to react, and he was captured in one face, which must not be regarded as Qin Xu's ability. Not to mention, he Cheng Yu used less than 1,000 food transport auxiliaries to force (shoot) the flying cavalry battalion for half an hour, although it did not cause many casualties. But just this humiliation for Lu Bu's elite cavalry, I'm afraid it's also the only one since Lu Bu became an army, right? Therefore, although Cheng Yu was captured this time, he did not feel the slightest sense of grievance, but felt honored.
"Mr. Gongda has to give birth to Ming Cao Gong this time, and it took such a big price to redeem this person, remember to watch it, but don't let it out casually!" For Cheng Yu's angry glare and the strange look in his eyes, Qin Xu didn't see it, standing at the dilapidated door of Pingyuan County, holding Xun Yu's hands, looking at it with a look of pity, and said with "affectionate" instructions.
"Shaft, how dare you insult me!" No matter how Cheng Yu said it, he was also one of the most intelligent and superhuman people in Cao Jun's forces, how could Qin Xu not understand his words. Although I don't understand how much "price" Xun You spent to redeem himself, this time there is a Cao Army banner with flags all over the sky, and Xun You, the mastermind of the Cao Army, is beside him. Cheng Yu's courage was sufficient again.
"Mr. Zhongde seems to miss Qin's life in the army! If this is the case, next time if Mr. Gongda comes to redeem him again, Qin will definitely double your ransom! Qin Xu sneered. glanced at Cheng Yu, who was about to jump off his feet, from the corner of his eye, and said lightly.
"You ......" After all, there are many soldiers of the Lu Bu army who are full of murderous aura and have not yet dissipated at the gate of the city, and Cheng Yu is actually just taking advantage of his tongue to put it bluntly. Seeing that because of the wild words just now, these soldiers, who didn't know what they were afraid of, looked at as if they were looking at a corpse, no matter how arrogant Cheng Yu was, he still knew the times after all. Xun You, who was on the side, gently pulled down his sleeves, climbed down the slope and got off the donkey, glaring at Qin Xu angrily. He kept his mouth shut.
"Qin Envoy Jun, Cheng Zhongde said unintentionally, I hope that Jun Jun will not take it to heart! When the servant returns to see the lord this time, he will definitely make the king's goodwill. Be sure to deepen the friendship between the two allies of Cao Lu! Please also ask Qin to rest assured! "Seeing Cheng Yu, once you can see the light of day. is lawless, Xun You feels that he has already done his best. Just pulled Cheng Yu, just to fulfill the friendship of colleagues, if Cheng Yu didn't understand his good intentions, Xun Yu also made up his mind not to pay attention to this old stubborn anymore. And seeing Cheng Yu relenting, Xun You finally breathed a sigh of relief. I really don't understand why Cheng Yu is so old and alone, why he is still so blind. If you say that you don't want to see Qin Xu, but half of the entire Cao army has suffered the loss of this guy. And it's not just Cheng Yu, you're alone. If it was true that Qianfu pointed out that he died without a problem, it would be the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Cao army who were defeated by this shaft. It's enough to make someone Qin die a few times back and forth. And why bother, why bother, you, who are only worth a penny of ransom, will appear here? And the current situation is chaotic, even the lord of his own family has to be different from this erection and wrongdoing, what is the use of saying these sour words at this time? Plain jokes.
"Mr. Gongda, rest assured! Qin knows! A good man was bullied by a dog and was chased and bitten, and my generation can't just take a few bites back for a moment of anger, right? "If you talk about poisonous tongues, in the entire late Han Dynasty, I am afraid that only the former Beihai Taishou Kong Rong's close friend, You Heng, who is known as a madman in the legend, can be compared. At present, Kong Rong has disappeared after being rescued, and You Heng, who must not be appreciated by others, does not know which corner to nest in at this moment to exercise eloquence, although Cheng Yu is also a famous strategist through the ages, but when he encounters Qin Xu, he deserves to be unlucky.
"Qin Zhongming! I swear to kill you! Ah...... "I heard Qin Xu Danfan talk about things related to him, and he couldn't do without a certain canine family, Cheng Yu should be stimulated even if he is a clay man." Cheng Yu, who had all his hair, almost jumped up, and wanted to rush over and fight with Qin Xu. But before he could take a step, he found that his waist and eyes were numb, and then he seemed to fly up out of thin air, and his feet immediately left the ground, and he was actually lifted up by the soldiers of the first battalion behind him.
"Forget it! Seeing that Mr. Gongda was so happy when he paid your ransom, Qin should also give Mr. Gongda face, but if he dares to be presumptuous again, then unless the ransom is doubled, he will not be spared, let it go! It wasn't until Cheng Yu's face, who was afraid of being thrown on the ground, turned purple that Qin Xu slowly ordered the soldier to put Cheng Yu, who was already weak-legged, on the ground in Xun Yu's wry smile.
"Thank you Qin Envoy Jun for your forgiveness! It was not early, and the servant was afraid that General Miaocai had been misunderstanding for a long time, delaying the two major events, and then he had to prepare grain, grass and gold silk to pick up the auxiliary soldiers of our army who were temporarily resting in the plains, and the servant would leave! "I'm afraid that Cheng Yu and Qin Xu will choke again, Xun You is really afraid that Cheng Yu will be angry with Qin Xu, and it will be difficult to explain to Cao Cao when the time comes, so seeing that Cheng Yu, who is always not worry-free, has come to this job, and even wants to force himself to say something about the scene, Xun You hurriedly rushed ahead of Cheng Yu and said thank you to Qin Xu.
"General Qin, just let Cheng Yu go?" It can be said that the elite flying cavalry battalion of Lu Bu's army was blocked in the river by suffocation and humiliation, so that a group of auxiliary soldiers (shot) for half an hour, Cheng Lian, as the commander of the first battalion, really didn't want Cheng Yu to go back so much, but after all, Qin Xu gave an order, and Cheng Lian also believed that Qin Xu would administer justice to the flying cavalry battalion, but when he really saw Cheng Yu swaggering away with Xun You, Cheng Lian still felt angry in his heart.
"A guy who is only worth a penny, is it worth being such a petty family?" Qin Xu didn't explain much to Cheng Lian, just one sentence had already made Cheng Lian laugh out loud, thinking about Cheng Yu's unbelievable appearance, when he just heard Qin Xu mention the issue of the ransom being "expensive" several times, there was still a look of pride in his face of shame, I don't know what the old man's expression would be after learning the truth. But when you think about it, you know that it must not be very good-looking, which is so relieving.
"What!" In fact, sometimes Cheng Lian's crow's beak is quite effective. In contact with Xiahou Yuan, he was anxious to inform Cao Cao of the defection of Montenegro. In order not to be attacked by others, Xun You, Xiahou Yuan and his party, but they really did a nursery rhyme circulated in Cao's army when Xiahou Yuan led the troops at the beginning: "Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days!" Thousands of people went upstream, and in less than two days, they returned from Pingyuan County to Cao Cao's camp where they were sending generals to transfer troops in an attempt to attack Hebei with superior forces. But after Xun Yu briefly talked about what he saw and heard in the plain. Not only Cao Cao, but even Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu didn't expect that what was originally a very simple warning plus deterring Qin Xu would cause so many twists and turns.
Especially Cheng Yu. I finally understood why Qin Xu had such a strange expression when he talked about the ransom, as if he was holding back a smile. At that time, Cheng Yu only thought that Qin Xu was moved by Xun You's words, and he was depressed about letting go of himself as a "big financier" who could exchange a large amount of ransom for him. But he didn't expect Xun You to sell himself at a high price. Even an ordinary auxiliary soldier is not as good as being asked for the usual ransom.
At present, although after experiencing the Yellow Turban, Dong Zhuo, and Xiliang two thieves, there are frequent chaos in the world, but because the Son of Heaven is sitting in Xuchang, there is quite a sign of prosperity, as the purchasing power of the Han five-baht coin, which has been inherited for 400 years, is still strong, and it has always been about 1,000 Wen, of course, the good copper five-baht coin may only be exchanged for more than 900 Wen, but no matter what. As a member of Boss Cao's think tank, he led the military position of the general of the Fujun army as a literati. The price of this penny is indeed outrageous, even if it is doubled as Qin Xu said, how much can it be? Cheng Yu would not have thought that this must be Qin Xu's humiliating means. In Cheng Yukai, Qin Xu was just worried about the alliance between Lu Bujun and Cao Cao's army, or there were other schemes, and he "didn't dare" to take his own life, so he could only use this kind of little trick to humiliate people to relieve his depression. Therefore, after this initial shame and anger, Cheng Yu was a little bit happy, since this was the case, why didn't he scold someone Qin at the gate of the plain.
"Zhongde doesn't need to worry, then Qin Xu's sharp mouth is that Cao Mou will have to suffer if he can't say it, but fortunately, someone in this Qin is still interesting, and it is not too difficult Zhongde You, it can be regarded as a lot more restrained than in previous years!" Regarding Cheng Yu's "encounter", to be honest, none of the people in the military tent really had the intention of avenging Cheng Yu, which shows how popular Cheng Yu is.
In fact, it is also true, and regardless of the fact that the Cao Lu family still has the name of an ally who no one takes seriously, although the Qin envoy is close to the border of Yanzhou this time, after all, he has not crossed the border to use force, but he is just looking for a place to trek across the river, and no one is invited to cause trouble, so you took dozens of grain ships and more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers with almost all the arrows in the inventory of Dongjun, and rushed to find trouble for others. The result is good, the trouble is found, and he relied on his own "advantage" to humiliate the flying cavalry battalion that belongs to the front-line battle sequence of Lu Bu's army, this is cool! Have fun! Get caught! Shame on you! Even if Cao Cao had the heart to cover up in this situation and wanted to dream of the sunrise on Mount Tai for this dream, he didn't say a word about the great strategist who came to defect, and there was nothing to say now.
"Lord, I just heard Gongda say that this time the Black Mountain thieves suddenly attacked, and the target was clearly aimed at our army and the lord, according to a certain point of view, maybe it was Qin Xu who did it on purpose! also said that he cooperated with the lord to work for the Han Dynasty and mediate the dispute between the two Yuans, but he didn't say that he must have taken a fancy to Jizhou, the land closest to Qingzhou. After all, Cheng Yu still has a bit of scheming, seeing that everyone in the account did not have the same hatred for the enemy as usual, and used their own grudges to hate everyone, especially in the silent attitude of Qin Xu, who was not very good at the reputation of almost the entire Cao army, he also knew that he might be too anxious, but for a while there was no good excuse to get rid of the embarrassing situation he was in, so he simply changed his words and transferred his "personal grudge" with Qin Xu to the public grudge of the Cao Lu family, and said with a reasonable look: "Lord." What Yu said is not groundless. You must know that Qin Zhongming is used to being a clever mouth, how arrogant and rampant the millions of yellow scarves in Qingzhou were at the beginning, but in the end. These millions of yellow scarf men and women have become the cornerstone of the population of the six counties and three places in Dingding, Qingzhou. It can be seen that although the shaft is arrogant and does not know the number of days, if you look at it from this aspect alone. There is hardly anyone in the world who can stand out from the right. In this way, it is very likely that Qin Xu will follow the example of the Yellow Turban at the beginning, knowing that the Black Mountain people have a close relationship with the lord. But he still spent a lot of money to persuade the Montenegrin thieves to turn against him. Yes, that's for sure! ”
"Then how does Mr. Zhongde explain why Zhang Liao, the leader of the cavalry battalion of the Lu Bu army, went to pursue the Black Mountain thief cavalry that had already broken away, and the thieves with blades were no less than our army? And there is something strange in our army in this battle! Although Xiahou Yuan also hated Qin Xu very much, after all, what he was discussing at the moment was that it was very likely that after the prelude to Cao Cao's army swallowing Hebei officially began, he would face the changes of the enemy. The danger of defection before the battle, coupled with the matter of Guo Yuan who met outside the plain city, made Xiahou Yuan notice something strange. It's just that Xiahou Yuan is a military general after all, and he doesn't know how to weave words, so that it sounds like he is "excunishing" Qin Xu.
"How. Did Miaocai make any new discoveries? "It's still the most intimate to play from childhood to adulthood. Although Xiahou Yuan's words were vague and a little incomprehensible, Cao Cao heard the meaning that his divine general was asking for expression.
"This time the Black Mountain thief rides, it's very strange!" Xiahou Yuan originally wanted to tell Guo Yuan's strange appearance, but the henchmen sent out did not investigate Guo Yuan's slightest abnormality, and the formation of the tiger and leopard cavalry, which was claimed to be not weaker than Lu Bu's army's trapped camp, was the most important thing for Cao Cao at the moment, and it was led by Cao Chun, who was the most outstanding in the army among the younger generations of the Cao clan, and rashly said his doubts in public. Even if Cao Chun upholds the public heart and does not complain, it is not too suitable for public and private. Therefore. After listening to Cao Cao's question, Xiahou Yuan thought about it for a long time before finally holding back his words.
"General Miaocai said this, the people of Montenegro have already secretly had contact with the lord, and they have the intention of surrendering, if there is no instigation of people with ulterior motives, how can they treat our army like this? Moreover, who knows if these thieves are deliberately playing a bitter trick with the Qin thief to show the lord, so that the lord will think that this matter has nothing to do with the shaft? Cheng Yu saw Xiahou Yuan's lips pursed for a long time, but in the end he just said these words, the corners of his mouth involuntarily showed a sneer, stroked his beard, and said.
Cheng Yu's cold words were not aimed at anyone, and all the generals in the account heard it, even Xiahou Yuan, who was refuted, was surprisingly not angry, but was thoughtful about Cheng Yu's words. It is undeniable that the reason in Cheng Yu's words is really far-fetched, but it is not impossible. After all, Qin Xu's uncanny and whimsical methods are always emerging, and there is also a history of successfully saying that he has descended a million yellow scarves in Qingzhou, which provides some credibility to Cheng Yu's conjecture here.
"My lord, the servant also thinks that as General Miaocai said, the Black Mountain thief is indeed riding strangely! But whether it is related to Qin Envoy Jun or not still needs to be verified, and it must not be sloppy. After all, the affairs of Hebei are becoming more and more complicated at present, although the lord has the Son of Heaven Festival and the name of righteousness in his hands, but after all, the northern land is different from the Central Plains, it is the place where the late Yuan Gong has been operating for many years, and there are not a few people who are watching, and the lord has to be cautious! In addition to asking Xiahou Yuan a sentence, Cao Cao has been listening to the generals and strategists under his command talking about it, but he has not said a word, as if weighing something, Xun You saw this, seemed to understand some Cao Cao's heart, paused slightly, and said: "The independent prince led the order of the Son of Heaven to mediate the affairs of Hebei, and since the Son of Heaven was stationed in Baima to the town of Buchen, first there was Qin Zhongming to go to the plains, and then there is now the matter of Montenegro, and many strange things are really difficult to deduce. Not to mention these, the news that the servants wanted to take Qin Zhongming's Youzhou Gongsun and Liu Bei wanted to cut down the plains to avenge their personal revenge, thinking about it at this moment, there are also a lot of difficult points, as if someone deliberately wanted a war between the lord and his allies, and it was impossible to guard against it! ”
"Gongda thinks that this time, in addition to my good son-in-law Qin Zhongming, who is equal to Na Lu Bu, and the Montenegrin rebels, there is a fourth force behind it?" Xun You's several questions made Cao Cao's eyes light up. Cao Cao was an extremely thoughtful person, and after hearing the descriptions of the three people who came back, he had this feeling of doubt. It's a pity that Cheng Yu was blinded by the hatred with Qin Xu, lost his correct judgment, and wanted to use the army to kill someone Qin to solve his hatred, and Xiahou Yuan was used to being rough and arrogant on weekdays, this time he seemed to have a lot of concerns in front of people, and he was not very good at words, and he was vague in what he said, but Xun Yu was worthy of being the mastermind of his own army, and he quickly said the point.
"Not bad!" Xun You's face was like a flat lake, his tone was flat, and he said: "Although Qin Xu has a lot of grievances with the generals and colonels in our army, they are all victories and defeats on the battlefield, and it is well known to the world that Qin Xu loves soldiers like sons, and it is also a major reason why he is the core of Lu Bu's army at a young age. Therefore, even if this time is really as Zhong De said, Lu Bu is suspicious that Qin Xu wants to plot against Jizhou and wants to get a piece of the pie in the hands of his own duke, he will definitely not joke with the lives of his own soldiers. The servants and the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion under the command of General Tong Miaocai have seen it with their own eyes, and the soldiers under the command of Zhang Liao, the commander of the Xiaocai Battalion stationed in the plain, fought bravely and suffered more than 100 casualties, and the guards of the Qin Someone, that is, the Xiandeng Battalion, which had been in Hebei and were famous for a while, were reduced by three percent. And the Black Mountain thieves rode over there even more unbearable, seven or eight thousand horsemen attacked, and finally broke away, only three or four out of ten, such casualties, if it is just for the treacherous trick in the mouth of Brother Zhongde, just to win the trust of the lord, then this Qin someone really has a lot of plans! ”
"According to Gongda, the so-called fourth-party force is likely to release the news of the attack on the plains, but in the end it is the Youzhou force that has never shown up?" Cao Cao knew the meaning of the song when he heard the strings, squinted his long and narrow eyes, and asked thoughtfully.
"From the perspective of the servant, it may not be ......" (to be continued......