Chapter 15: Cao Cao and Yuan Shao
It is said that since Lu Bu went to meet He Jin and Zhang Rang, he has not been out of the mansion for several consecutive days, and this Lu Bu is practicing martial arts with his three righteous brothers in the compound. The housekeeper outside the door came to report that two young men claiming to be Cao Ying and Yuan Shao outside the house asked to see him.
"Cao Ying? Yuan Shao? Hurry up and please. Just invite them here. Lu Bu intended to let the housekeeper go, Cao Ying and Yuan Shao were brought to the compound, although they were a little looking forward to meeting the two heavyweights of the Three Kingdoms world, but after so many years of training, they did not show their inner excitement. After all, he is someone who even Emperor Yanjing has seen.
"Big brother, it's inappropriate to meet guests here." Gao Shun was a little worried.
"It doesn't matter, the two people who came here are not ordinary people. Besides, in the eyes of those children of the family, we were just mud legs from the border pass, and no matter how much we tend to be inflammatory, we will not change. Therefore, for the sake of the brother, it is also for the sake of the surname. Lu Bu put down Fang Tian's painting halberd and took out the treasure carving bow and shot an accurate arrow at the straw man on the side, not only hitting the straw man's head, but the straw man's head was also blown apart by the impact of the arrow, if it was changed to Chengren's head, I am afraid that a red and white flower would bloom.
"Good archery! General Lu is worthy of being a famous military general of my Han Dynasty. "It's a black dwarf young man who shouted," Cao Ying and his friend Yuan Shao met with General Fenwei. ”
"Meet General Fenwei." A handsome and mighty young man next to him also visited him.
"Hahaha, Bu and several brothers are rough people at the border. Please forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality, I wonder what is the important thing for the two distinguished guests to come here? Lu Bu put away the bow and took Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Fei to meet the people together.
"Today, I came to visit, but I admired the general's destruction of the Xianbei thief army, and I wanted to see the general's divine power in person, so I didn't invite my son to come." Cao Ying replied with admiration on his face.
"Hahaha, I see, so-and-so just did what a Han soldier should do, what is there to show off." Lu Bu was humble.
Cao Ying and Yuan Shao saw that this Fenwei general was very talkative, and the two of them let go. "The general can't say that, the number of Han troops in the world is not only millions, but also thousands of generals. But how many of them are like generals? Don't talk about it far away, just say that the state stabbed Shi Ding Yuan, with tens of thousands of border troops, can you make achievements when Xianbei comes to invade? Stealing is called the shame of the big man, and the coward in the army. Looking at the generals again, there are only a few thousand soldiers, and there will be no more than a few. However, he rushed to the aid of Jiuyuan City without hesitation, and also broke tens of thousands of Xianbei troops, boosted the prestige of our Han army, and raised the majesty of my Han Dynasty. Isn't that something to admire? Not much to say, General Lu, please accept Cao Ying's worship! Cao Ying said, and in his excitement, he actually bowed to Lu Bu.
Yuan Shao on the side originally only accompanied Cao Ying, and Cao Ying's words made him feel like a fire, and his face flushed. With Cao Ying also bowed to each other.
Gao Shun and others originally thought that the people who came to be the children of a family must have a higher heart than the sky and would be arrogant. So I wasn't ready to give them a good face, but I didn't expect this Cao Ying to worship his eldest brother so much. This made them very happy in their hearts, and after listening to Cao Ying's words, they couldn't help but feel that their eldest brother was too great, and as his righteous brother, he also had a light on his face. The faces of Cao Ying and another little white face softened a lot.
Lu Bu silently helped Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, knowing in his heart that these words were Cao Ying's heartfelt words, and Cao Ying recorded in history that his original dream was to follow Huo Hussar's example to drive out Hu Lu. It's just that the world quickly became a troubled time, and of course his dream was difficult to realize.
The mood for Yuan Shao and Lu Bu is also very complicated, in fact, Lu Bu really admires some princes of the Three Kingdoms, they may not be very wise. However, when it comes to the general interests of the nation, they would rather sacrifice themselves than hesitate to do so. For example, Gongsun Zhan, he is a patriotic general. When he was about to lose the battle for hegemony, he still retained tens of thousands of elite soldiers guarding the border passes, but he died with his whole family. Besides, after the defeat of Guandu, Yuan Shao could obviously find the Wuheng people who had always had a good relationship to help, but Yuan Shao not only did not bring in foreigners, but also added troops to the border garrison to prevent them, so as to prevent them from taking advantage of the fire to rob. And Cao Ying, the northern overlord, after losing the Battle of Chibi, could obviously use the border army to go south immediately to take revenge, but did he do it? The actions of these princes confirmed that they were worthy of being the children of the Han family and the descendants of Yan and Huang, which also made Lu Bu greatly admired.
"Both, please come to the hall with Bu to speak." Lu Bu invited Cao Ying and Yuan Shao into the hall to talk. The brothers followed them into the hall and stood around, driving away the servants and the butler.
"Meng De and the original daimyo have already heard about it, especially when Meng De was twenty years old, when he was appointed as the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, he set a 'five-color stick' and took office for a few months, and the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo was forbidden to walk at night and was killed by Meng De according to the law. It's really exciting. Lu Bu laughed heartily.
"This General Lu is actually," Cao Ying was about to explain.
Lu Bu waved his hand, "You don't have to be like this, I tell you the truth, although I let this person embark on a career through Zhang, but the general is secretly doing things for the general." I didn't expect that. Hahaha, after a while, you will naturally know that I hate eunuchs very much. ”
"General Lu is really wise, how can a group of people like General Lu look down on a group of eunuchs." Yuan Shao obviously believed what Lu Bu said.
Cao Ying frowned: "Does General Lu mean to be the eyes and ears of General He Jin in the eunuch party?" ”
"Yes, I have already made a discovery, and I am going to report it to the Great General after confirming it." Lu Bu said indifferently.
Cao Ying saw that Lu Bu no longer wanted to talk about this topic, so he changed the topic: "General, you are from the border pass, do you think there have been any changes on the grassland recently?" ”
Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "Meng De's words have reached my heart, and Yibu sees that the strength of foreign races has gradually risen, among which the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qian, Qiang, and Di, these five foreign races are all coveting the wealth of my Han Dynasty, and they want to pierce it. Now our Han is not the Han of Emperor Wu's time, but these five clans together are far stronger than the Xiongnu back then. If they come together from several directions, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
Yuan Shao asked incredulously: "General Lu, with all due respect, is General Lu's words a bit alarmist?" If nothing else, but this Xianbei clan, their kings have been beheaded by thousands of people led by generals, is there anything to worry about? Although Cao Ying didn't speak, he also looked at Lu Bu and waited for him to explain.
"Humph!" Lu Bu snorted coldly, "Stupid! What do you know? How much do you know about how dangerous this battle of Jiuyuan is? How much strength does this Xianbei have, and how much do you know? This time, the reason why Ben General went to assassinate the thief chief Bu Dugen was because he was going to issue the Golden Eagle Order of the Eastern Xianbei King and gather a large army to come to Jiuyuan City. How can I compete with only a few thousand? So I have to take this risk, so that they have no time to manage us for the sake of power, and if my plan fails, Jiuyuan City, Wuyuan County, and even Merge Prefecture will be attacked by Hu Lu. And this step root is only a force in the central and eastern Xianbei, he only became the king of the eastern Xianbei because of the golden bloodline of the Xianbei co-lord Tan Shihuai, and the power itself is not large, in addition to the step of the root, there are many Xianbei forces that are more famous and have Ke Bineng. Together, they are the strength of the entire Xianbei, among the five races, the Xianbei clan alone has the strength of the Xiongnu in its heyday, plus other slightly weaker races, do you still think it is alarmist? ”
Cao Ying, Yuan Shao, Gao Shun and others who said something were sweating like rain. "General Lu, wouldn't my Han want to say this" Yuan Shao really couldn't accept this statement.
Cao Ying was silent for a while and then suddenly bowed: "Since the general knows the situation at the border pass well, he must have a strategy to break the enemy, and I also ask the general to give advice for the sake of tens of millions of people in the Han Dynasty." ”
Lu Bu said helplessly: "There are many ways to break these grassland armies, but hey, now there is only one way to cure the symptoms but not the root cause." It is to divide and attack, and slowly plot. In addition, it is necessary to adjust the policy of the opposite side and prohibit the flow of iron tools into foreign tribes. Don't let them continue to be able to borrow the iron tools they lack from the Hu market of our great Han. The rest depends on whether the people in power can have the courage of Emperor Wu to lead the children of the Han family in a big war such as 'fleeing at night' and 'sealing the wolf Juxu'. Only then can we ensure that the Han Dynasty has no worries for hundreds of years. Hehe, it's a pity, even if we have these ideas, but the emperor doesn't adopt them, what can we do. ”
Yuan Shao sighed lightly, but Cao Ying secretly wrote down the strategy that Lu Bu said.
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