Chapter Seventy-Six: Standing in the Princes (Part II)
"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! Come on, take it for me! The guard covered the corners of his mouth and shouted. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Take it! Take! Soldiers on both sides rushed out with spears in hand.
"Who dare?!" Without waiting for these soldiers to make a move, Zhang Fei shouted in a loud voice, and at the same time, the Zhangba snake spear in his hand moved forward so horizontally, and a few spears in his hand carried the momentum of thunder, and then looked at Guan Yu behind him, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife stood proudly, although the person did not move, the sound of the tiger roaring and dragon groaning faintly came from the knife, and for a while, the momentum of more than thirty soldiers was suppressed, and they stopped in place, not daring to move in the slightest!
Liu Bei and An Yi stood at the end, although the two of them did not have such a terrifying momentum, they were also fearless. Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, I only heard a rather loud voice say: "Alas, I think that when I went to Wang Situ's birthday banquet, I was also rejected because of my humble position, and I didn't expect that these strong men would encounter the same encounter with me today." ”
As soon as these words came out, An Yi was helpless, this person was none other than Cao Cao and Cao Mengde! Especially when he said that he went to Wang Situ's birthday banquet, he glanced at An Yi with deep meaning.
"Under Liu Bei, dare to ask Your Excellency?" Liu Bei saw Cao Cao's eyelids jump, and he took the initiative to make a move.
"Captain Xiaocai, Cao Cao." Cao Cao's dried fruit replied.
"You are Cao Mengde, who stabbed Dong alone?" Liu Bei seemed to have a little understanding of physiognomy, and at a glance, he could see Cao Cao's extraordinary.
"Cao has never made any contributions." Cao Cao directly belittled himself.
"Brother Cao's righteous deeds have long been famous all over the world, and Liu Bei admires them very much." Liu Bei said again.
Cao Cao didn't answer this time, just smiled, and said: "After I left Luoyang that day, I fled all the way to my father Cao Song, on the way I reflected on myself, and found that the assassination of Dong was just a reckless move, even if I assassinated Dong thief, but there are thousands of Dong thieves in the world, the country is uneasy for a day, and Dong thief has not been eliminated for a day." Therefore, I decided to sell my property and hold high the banner of righteousness to fight against the traitors, only in this way can I return the people to a stable life! ”
"Brother Meng's words made me ashamed, but I didn't expect that when I was still admiring Your Excellency's assassination of Dong, Your Excellency had already regarded it as a mustard." Liu Bei was able to build the Shu Kingdom, relying on definitely not only benevolence, but also means and city government. At this time, I don't know if what he said was true or false, but it was very decent.
An Yi looked at these two people who were the two of the three major overlords of the later generations, and he didn't expect that the first contact between these two was only in front of this small city pass.
"You don't have to be polite, Mr. Fan's talent is comparable to Guan Zhong, and since you can get his help, it must be extraordinary." Cao Cao pointed at An Yi and said. After speaking, he waved his sleeves and ended the conversation with Liu Bei.
Hearing this, Liu Bei and the others glanced at An Yi more, but I don't know if it was because of An Yi's name change or because of Cao Cao's praise. But An Yi smiled disdainfully in his heart, you must know that when Cao Cao heard that Xu You, a great strategist from Yuan Shao's department, came to join him, he ran out barefoot in the middle of the night to greet him. If in his eyes, he has the talent to manage Zhong, will Cao Cao let himself go so lightly?
However, Cao Cao couldn't hear the words in An Yi's heart.
Cao Cao just turned his face to the guard general and said solemnly: "This general, since you haven't heard of the names of these three generals, have you heard of me Cao Cao?" ”
"Cao Gong's name is like thunder, and the villain naturally recognizes it." The guard nodded.
"But before I assassinated Dong, they were generally just unknown people, how do you know that today's unknown people will be famous in the world?" Cao Cao's face was expressionless, and he couldn't see his thoughts.
The guard was shocked when he heard this, and said again and again: "What Cao Gong said is true! ”
Seeing the attitude of the guards, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and said to Liu Bei and the others: "Three heroes, Mr. Fan, enter the customs with me." ”
"Thank you, General Cao." Liu Bei, as Guan Zhang's eldest brother, naturally became the spokesman for the four.
"A few heroes, please!" This time it was not Cao Cao who spoke, but a person behind Cao Cao. Liu Bei's four people were listed with him.
This person may not be well-known at present, but he is an indispensable person by Cao Cao's side in the early stage. This person was Cao Cao's cousin Cao Hong. Although the text is not as good as Zhuge and the martial arts are not as good as Zhao Yun, if Lu Bu and others are top generals, this person is a first-class general, and if Xu You is a first-class scribe, he is a second-rate scribe.
But this person was trusted by Cao Cao not because of these, but when Cao Cao and Lu Bu were fighting, when he was in danger, he gave his mount to Cao Cao and blocked Lu Bu himself, which shows this person's loyalty.
However, the four of them had the leadership of Cao Cao and entered the customs smoothly. The armies of the princes of all walks of life have already been stationed in the pass, and the princes of the eighteen towns each have a garrison place. But the place where they were now going was not to any garrison camp, but to the handsome platform in the middle. At this moment, all the princes gathered there.
In front of the gate of Shuaitai, before a few people entered, a soldier reported loudly: "Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiao Cavalry, has led five thousand strong men from the family to join the alliance!" ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a laugh from afar, and said enthusiastically: "Hahaha, Mengde." You're finally here, and we're looking forward to you. ”
As soon as these words came out, someone chimed in: "Cao Mengde stabbed Dong alone, and he is famous at home, and he is here!" ”
"Meng De, now within 800 miles of the Central Plains, all of them are plastered with notices to take you, it can really be said that no one in the world knows you!"
At this time, Cao Cao stepped on the bright red carpet and entered the handsome stage. However, there are only some small princes and the like sitting on both sides of the door, and then go forward, you need to step through a staircase of four or five steps, and above this staircase is the real Shuai Tai Hall, where there are eight seats on each side, and the Tiger Hill Python chair is the treatment of the king. At the end of the red carpet there was a largest, highest seat, facing the door, and the upper seat was the upper seat, where the person who had laughed before was seated. His identity is self-evident, it is the initiator of this crusade against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao!
I saw Yuan Shao walking quickly down the platform to greet Cao Cao, and there were five people around him, who were on the platform, except for Yuan Shao, who were on the platform.
Cao Cao obviously knew these people who came, and raised his hand and said: "Brother Benchu (Yuan Shaozi), Brother Highway (Yuan Shuzi), General Sun Wentai (Sun Jianzi), General Gongsun (Gongsun Zhan), General Ma Teng (Ma Chao's father), Cao Mou has seen the salute!" ”
Cao Cao was very careful, and said the names and identities of these people one by one before making a salute. In the Han Dynasty, in addition to the person in charge, the number of people who followed him to greet him was basically five, because the Han Dynasty took five as the number of auspiciousness, and even the money made by Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was five baht money. At the same time, the people who are greeted must pay a visit to the people who greet them one by one, from the oldest to the smallest. As for the method of adding official positions to the table characters, it only means familiarity.
After seeing the ceremony, Yuan Shao smiled and pointed to a position and said, "Meng De, generals, please!" ”
When everyone heard this, they sat down in their seats. And what Yuan Shao was referring to was Cao Cao's seat, which turned out to be the seat on the handsome platform. It stands to reason that Cao Cao led no more than 5,000 troops, and the princes under the stage led the least 15,000 troops, and Cao Cao could not sit on the platform. However, judging from Cao Cao's title, he seems to be familiar with Yuan Shao, and I am afraid that he has already passed the qi. It's just that I don't know what the two of them are plotting, so they asked Yuan Shao to take the initiative to arrange Cao Cao in the upper seat.
Yuan Shao's seat was the farthest, and everyone else sat in their seats, Yuan Shao was just about to drop his buttocks, only to hear a loud shout from above the lobby: "Hey! Don't you see, my brother is here?! ”
The princes present should pay attention to what they say, let alone drink in the hall. When everyone looked over, they saw that the person who was drinking was eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, and a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers, was it Zhang Fei or who?