Chapter 29: Let the Seal Be Returned
At the moment when Yuan Shao's eyes swept over, Lu Bu was stunned, and a handful of sweat was pinched in his palms.
It can be said that Yuan Shao's words at this time will inevitably determine his future fate. If Yuan Shao left him behind, then he Lu Bu would have a foundation from now on, and he would not have to wander around for the time being, and the detachment of the soldiers would also be alleviated. However, if Yuan Shao did not agree to him staying, the consequences could be imagined. He rushed to Hebei from Guanzhong, and he didn't know how many soldiers were scattered along the way, and he couldn't kill them, and his morale was at a low point.
The confusion of the future made Lu Bu unable to help but be nervous about Yuan Shao's every word and even every action at this time.
Yuan Shao, what will he decide?
Nervous......
"Report!"
At this time, a soldier outside the tent shouted outside, pulling the heart of Lu Bu, who was nervous in the tent, as if he had been cut by a knife. Yuan Shao withdrew his eyes towards Lu Bu and glanced at Han Meng beside him. Han Meng took a step forward, pressed the knife and shouted, "Enter the account!" In an uproar, the soldier opened the tent and entered, walked straight to Yuan Shao, and arched his hand: "Report!" General Yuan, General Gao's men and horses are deeply surrounded by thieves and ask for reinforcements! "Gao Yan?" Yuan Shao was slightly stunned, and then waved his hand to indicate that he understood. Let the soldier go down, he looked at Feng Ji here, and asked: "Gongsun Xiao'er is trapped in my general, I don't know what Yuan Tu should do?" ”
Feng Ji was upright, and arched his hand: "At present, the generals of Chou, Yan Liang, Lu Yi, and Jiang Yiqu are all plundering the counties outside, and they can't send reinforcements here for a while, and General Gao Ran can't help it, and the generals available under the account are limited, and it is not enough to send other people to deal with Gongsun Bogui, and only Yuan Gong personally leads the troops and plans from the periphery to meet General Gao, so that it can be done." Yuan Shao listened, nodded, sighed lightly, and said, "It seems that only General Ben himself has gone out!" ”
On his side, he straightened up, deliberately glanced at Lu Bu, and was about to get up.
Lu Bu secretly said in his heart: "This is a great time!" Immediately bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Yuan Gong! This matter does not bother Yuan Gong to do it himself, but it depends on a certain means! Yuan Shao glanced at Lu Bu, and then looked at Feng Ji, Feng Ji nodded to him, and Yuan Shao immediately said, "This ...... This, Lu Fengxian is willing to relieve the worries of this general, and this general is of course not very honored. However, Feng Xian is not my general, but I am afraid that it is inappropriate to let Feng Xian go out, right? When Lu Bu heard this, he bowed down and hurriedly said: "I wish to worship the general as the lord!" ”
Yuan Shao hurriedly got up, stretched out his hands to support him, and said to Lu Bu: "I wish to worship a certain lord first, and I am overjoyed." However, Feng Xian was a general of Fenwu in the past, a marquis of Wen, and a fake festival and a triumph of etiquette, extremely rich, at this time he was suddenly under others, but Feng Xian was willing? Lu Bu hurriedly said: "What I have suffered in the past is insignificant, in a certain opinion, Yuan Gong can live a certain life, and he will recreate his parents, and he will be driven by Yuan Gong!" ”
Originally, Yuan Shao intended to accept Lu Bu because of his hatred of Chen Nuo's words. At this time, he also deliberately wanted to provoke him and make him willing to worship under his tent. However, when Lu Bu said 'Entong recreates his parents', Yuan Shao suddenly reminded him of what Chen Nuoxin persuaded him - the three surnames are slaves, and they are not enough to believe! I don't know why, at this moment, Yuan Shao fought evil in his heart, and suddenly had a sense of repentance, and blamed himself for making too reckless decisions. However, at this time, it has come to this point, and if he wants to regret it again, he will definitely not be able to.
Yuan Shao let out a snort, held Lu Bu's hand, didn't say a word, and swept his eyes to Feng Ji. Feng Ji is worthy of being Yuan Shao's confidant, he saw Yuan Shao's thoughts in the sudden look of disgust on Yuan Shao's face, and when he saw Yuan Shao's eyes sweeping, he immediately stood up and said to Yuan Shao: "Yuan Gong, at this time, General Gao is trapped in the thief army and urgently needs reinforcements, if you have anything to say, you might as well keep it later, I will see if we ...... first."
Yuan Shao followed Feng Ji's words and laughed: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault!" ”
Lu Bu originally followed Yuan Shao's meaning and expressed his sincerity to him. thought that Yuan Shao would definitely accept him now. But after waiting for a long time and not getting Yuan Shao's official recognition, he was slightly stunned and slightly disappointed. At this time, when Feng Ji came out to say, he also immediately reacted: "What a fool! Even if Yuan Gong wants to keep people, he will never leave some to eat rice, if I don't show my hand, how can I convince Yuan Gong? ”
Thinking of this, Lu Bu hurriedly straightened his body and said to Yuan Shao, "Yuan Gong! Saving people is like fighting a fire, and this matter cannot be delayed. Moreover, it has been said since ancient times that a gentleman does not erect a dangerous wall, how can he easily go to the encirclement with the body of Yuan Gong's daughter? I hope that Yuan Gong will not hesitate to hand over this task to a certain person, and a certain person will not live up to Yuan Gong! ”
Yuan Shao was said by Lu Buyi, his heart was a little comfortable, he glanced at Feng Ji, and asked: "Yuan Tu, look at ......" Feng Ji smiled and arched his hand: "What Wen Hou said is extremely true!" After all, the general is the commander of the three armies, and if he has to do so, he must not go to the siege of the thieves lightly. Since Wen Hou is willing to relieve the siege for the general, the general might as well let go of the fight, or try Wen Hou's methods! Yuan Shao heard this and nodded: "In this case, there is Lao Wenhou in this matter." ”
"Don't dare!" Lu Bu arched his hand and was about to retreat. Yuan Shao said again: "That's right! I heard that Wen Hou came this time, and there were only a hundred cavalry around him, which was too few. Wen Hou can first take the general's order arrow to the tent to lead thousands of soldiers, and go to battle with Wen Hou. When Lu Bu heard Yuan Shao say this, his heart suddenly moved. However, he telegraphed for a moment, and then said: "Hundreds of horses can prove a certain means, and many are useless!" Yuan Shao was quite domineering when he heard him, and he was also happy in his heart: "Even so, the general is putting wine under the tent, Hou Wenhou news!" ”
"Farewell!" Lu Bu arched his hand and immediately walked out of the tent.
Seeing that Lu Bu had gone down, Yuan Shao returned to the front of the case, sat down, and grabbed the letter from Chen Nuo on the case. Glancing again, brows together. looked at Feng Ji and asked, "Yuan Tu, you said that it was right to take in Lu Fengxian, is it wrong?" Feng Ji stretched out his hand to brush his beard and was about to answer, when another report from outside the tent interrupted his thoughts. Yuan Shao impatiently asked Han Meng to send someone into the account, and the person who came presented a package and said, "It was sent by General Chen Nuo." ”
Yuan Shao was slightly stunned, and smiled at Feng Ji: "Chen Ranzhi first asked Lu Bu to send a letter of recommendation, and now he has presented a package, what is he going to do?" "The package was placed on the desk, boxy, wrapped in cloth, and opened to a small box. The box opened, and two brocade boxes were lined up side by side. Next to the brocade box, there is also a book. Yuan Shao opened one of the boxes first, but what caught his eye was a seal.
"Chen Guoting?"
I opened the other side of the brocade box......
"Henan Yin Zhiyin?"
Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Feng Ji. At this moment, Feng Ji smiled in his heart: "Wonderful! Chen Ranzhi! He praised it and said, "Oh? Yuan Gong was not mistaken, it was indeed these two seals? Yuan Shao scolded with a smile: "Yuan Tu, are you dizzy when I am Yuan Shao's old eyes?" Naturally, these two sides are the same. Feng Ji nodded and said: "In this way, it seems that what Chen Ranzhi sent was the two seals that Lu Fengxian handed over to him, that is to say, he did not hide them, and Yuan Gong can rest assured." ”
What else is there to worry about, the seals that people should have gotten have been handed over, what else can he Yuan Shao say?
Yuan Shao glanced at Feng Ji speechlessly, and then opened the letter next to him and looked at it. It was also written by Chen Nuo, which is nothing more than saying that he was rewarded by the imperial court in the past, and he was accused of being Henan Yin and Chen Guoting. Now that the imperial court is controlled by the Xiliang thief, he Chen Nuo naturally does not want to be a thief's subordinate official, and he is willing to return the seal ribbon and hand it over to Yuan Gong to dispose of Yunyun. Yuan Shao looked before and after, Chen Nuo's language was pertinent, and there was no intention of being slippery, and he suddenly felt ashamed in his heart, and then thought that Chen Nuo had saved his life several times before, and his heart was even more ashamed: "Could it be ...... Could it be that I am too sensitive and don't trust Chen Ranzhi enough? ”
He thought left and right, and said to Feng Ji: "For this matter, Yuantu, you tell me honestly, what do you think?" ”
Feng Ji actually saw Yuan Shao's mind at the moment when Yuan Shao's face changed, and knew that although he was suspicious of Chen Nuo, but in this matter, Chen Nuo's actions were really beyond Yuan Shao's expectations, so that the only remaining bit of Yuan Shao's shame was also excavated, making him full of shame for Chen Nuo. At this time, he must have wanted to make up for Chen Nuo to express his apology. Feng Ji pushed the boat down the river and said: "If Yuan Gong asks Ji, of course Ji knows everything. Speaking of which, Chen Ranzhi's exploits in the First World War in Qingzhou should be the first, but he has not yet received the reward he deserves, and he has already made others look sideways. Now, he is dedicated to Yuan Gong, which shows the redness of his heart. If Yuan Gong accepts it calmly, of course there will be no hindrance. However, outsiders don't know, and they still think that Yuan Gong is robbing his subordinates, and it is the heart of the Han generals. But if the two seals are returned in the original package, it is not possible. According to the discipline, Yuan Gong can keep one of them and return one of them. returned it, which can be regarded as rewarding Chen Ran's Qingzhou for his military exploits, blocking the mouth of Youyou; What was left behind was naturally to show outsiders that Yuan Gong had your unique right to make decisions in this matter. ”
When Yuan Shao heard this, his eyes lit up: "Returning the seal ribbon to Chen Ranzhi to him not only proves my clear judgment to outsiders, but also rewards Chen Ranzhi with the reward he deserves." Yuan Tu said this, good! But...... Which party is left, and which party should be rewarded? When Feng Ji heard this, he smiled: "Now that Chen Ranzhi is also the Taishou of Bohai and the overseer of Qingzhou, what is the use of giving him the 'Henan Yin Zhiyin'?" It is his doppelganger who is weak, so it is better to reward it with Chen Guoting's waiting ribbon. ”
The reason why Yuan Shao was indecisive was that he was really confused for a while, and when he heard Feng Ji say it at this time, he immediately understood. He didn't feel sorry for Chen Nuo's lack of strength, but he suddenly remembered that Chen Nuo had originally run the land of Henan, and he was afraid that he would have too much influence in this area and would not be able to control him in the future. Now, if he returns the seal of Henan Yin to him in a daze, won't it just fulfill him? Yuan Shao was embarrassed in his heart, and smiled: "Yuan Tu's words are very true, so ...... According to your meaning, the 'Chen Guoting Hou' will be rewarded to Chen Ranzhi, which can be regarded as a reward for his achievements in the first battle of Qingzhou. ”
When Feng Ji heard this, he arched his hand and said, "Good! ”
Yuan Shao's tent was discussing the matter of Chen Nuo's return of the seal ribbon, and a fierce battle was going on more than ten miles away from here. Gongsun Zhan, personally supervised the men and horses, marched left and right, and besieged the general Gao Ran in the heart. Gao Ran couldn't break through for a while, so he naturally sent people out to inform Yuan Shao. Although the people who asked for help went out, after all, it was difficult to save the fire from far away, and Gao Ran was in a predicament, and the situation was very dangerous. In addition, Gongsun Zhan knew that this place was too close to Yuan Shao's base camp, and if he couldn't solve the problem of Gao Lan's troops in a short time, once Yuan Shao's reinforcements came, the fresh meat in his mouth would be in the soup.
"Kill! Kill me! ”
Gongsun Chan was behind, constantly commanding the soldiers to rush and kill, suppressing Gao Ran step by step. Gao Lan, seeing that the soldiers around him were fighting fewer and fewer, his heart was also cold. But he must not compromise in the slightest way in this dangerous situation. If you compromise at this time, it is tantamount to waiting for death. Gao Ran brandished a big knife, cut down a person, and shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, General Ben has already sent someone out to ask for help, Yuan Gong's men will arrive soon, please hold on with me!" ”
Although his voice was drowned in the sound of fighting, his own never-ending fighting spirit was undoubtedly the best stimulant, which deeply moved every soldier around him, so that he was with Gao Ran and fought endlessly. Fight...... is still continuing, however, Gao Ran is under siege after all, and Gongsun Chan has to die for him, and the situation is getting more and more dangerous. Even if Gao Ran's throat was broken and his strength was exhausted, the thieves around him were still endless, and correspondingly, there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and if he continued like this, sooner or later he would not be able to support it.
"Yuan Gong!"
While Gao Ran shouted Yuan Shao in his heart, Lu Bu's men and horses who had come over had already arrived.
"Wenhou, where are the people we want to save?" Hearing Hou Cheng's question, Lu Bu was also stunned. Where else is there anyone he wants to save, there are thieves everywhere. His subordinate Cheng Lian climbed a mound next to him, pointed to Lu Bu and the others and said, "Wen Hou! General Gao, who we want to save, is under siege at the moment, and there are only hundreds of people around him. Saying this, the generals were also shocked.
General Hao Meng's eyes wandered around the battlefield in the distance, before swallowing his saliva, he stepped forward cautiously, and said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, according to the last general's eyesight, this group of thieves should be no less than three or five thousand, and Wen Hou ...... There are only 100 people around Wen Hou, how can he be saved? Even Song Xian also said: "Yes, there are so many thieves, and there are many cavalry, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with." The last general dared to ask, why didn't Wen Hou let Yuan Benchu add some troops and horses to us when he came out? In this way, our chances of saving people have increased a lot. But now it seems that this ...... "Looking at some of the poor people behind him, Song Xian was speechless, and the rest of the generals were also talking.
When Lu Bu saw the thieves all over the field, it was impossible to say in his heart that he was not afraid and did not regret it. However, since it has come out, there is absolutely no reason to go back. Without saying a word, he pulled his horse and climbed the high hill next to him, and carefully observed the battlefield. From time to time, his eyes were fixed on the thief army's Zhongjun Daxu, that is, the position of Gongsun Zhan. In that position, Lu Bu stayed for a moment, his eyes rolled, and an arc immediately formed on his mouth.
Turning around and dismounting, seeing that the generals were still frowning and arguing, he said to the generals: "What are you arguing about, it is Ben Hou's intention not to let the soldiers increase, if you add troops, even if you win, how can you see the means of this Hou?" Wait ...... If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you will leave it for Ben Hou, and if there is still a trace of blood, you will kill it with Ben Hou! ”
These people all followed Lu Bu all the way from Chang'an to Hebei, and if they wanted to leave early, they would be afraid of death...... Even if you are timid in your heart, you can't say it.
"I am willing to fight with Wen Hou!"
"I am willing to fight with Wen Hou!" ……
Everywhere Lu Bu's eyes went, there was the sound of 'willing to fight', and there was no one to retreat. Seeing that his morale was available, he nodded, raised his halberd, waved forward, and shouted: "Follow Benhou...... Kill! He took the lead, and then the rest of the men followed. Suddenly, where the horses stepped on, there was a rumbling sound, and hundreds of riders and horses were killed, looking at the thieves in the array.
The shouts of killing rushed straight into the sky from the sloping valley.
"What's going on?" Gongsun Chan oversaw the army behind, and he was naturally on a high hill, and he had an unobstructed view of the situation on the entire battlefield. Seeing the Biao people and horses killed from the oblique stab, he was immediately stunned: "Is it Yuan Shao's reinforcements?" ”
But there are only hundreds of riders, and there is not even a banner, so it is really impossible to judge. Regardless of whether it was Yuan Shao's reinforcements or not, at this time, of course, he didn't want someone to stick a shot, so he immediately turned around and scolded a young general, saying: "General Li, I and I will immediately lead my troops to stop him!" The young general surnamed Li received the order, and as soon as he promised, he immediately turned the horse's head and shouted: "Come with me!" Two or three hundred men and horses were drawn out, and they rushed directly towards Lu Bu's group of men and horses.
"Whoever is coming, stop quickly!"
Lu Bu rushed forward with his horse, ignoring the scolding of the general surnamed Li at all, and waved the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand. The blow, with a bang, with a great wind to kill, immediately moved its head from its neck. When the soldiers behind the general surnamed Li saw it, they were dumbfounded at first and didn't dare to make a sound. When the blood from their general splashed on his body, his courage trembled, and he collapsed violently. Lu Bu, taking advantage of the situation, waved the halberd, chasing these soldiers is a slash, like chopping melons, and several people's heads disappeared in a moment. As a result, those soldiers who still wanted to resist did not say a word, and left one after another. The generals behind Lu Bu were not inferior to Lu Bu, and they followed the killing, and the momentum suddenly came up.
"This ......"
Seeing that the men and horses who rushed out just now immediately dispersed after encountering the thief, Gongsun Zhan's face sank and raised his eyebrows. The thief is so powerful, and the general is so cowardly, there is really no heavenly reason! Next to him, Jizhou Assassin Shi Yan Gang, frowned, pointed to Lu Bu and his gang below, and said, "General, judging from the direction in which the thieves rushed up, it seems to be quite bad." He...... He didn't want to rush to the general's side with hundreds of horsemen behind him, right? ”
Gongsun Zhan's face darkened, and he sneered: "I don't think I can do it!" Immediately shouted: "Where is General Zou Dan?" ”
"The last general!"
From the side, a young general, carrying a spear, pulled his horse forward and replied: "Please give the general's orders!" ”