Bohai, Yuan Shaojun's camp......

Lu Bu entered the account and said to Yuan Shao: "Bu Xing did not disgrace his life, he rode into the thief army with hundreds of horses, rescued the general Gao Lan, and specially returned to Yuan Gong!" Seeing Lu Bu, who was covered in blood, appeared, Yuan Shao was also slightly taken aback. He had already dealt with the seal letter sent by Chen Nuo earlier, and he thought that it would take some time for Lu Bu to save people on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu's back and forth was only an hour or two, and it was really fast. While I was amazed at his speed, I noticed the blood on his body and the wolf-like killing aura in his eyes. The momentum of his whole person at this moment seemed to exist like a god, which made him feel shocked when he saw it.

Is this earthquake something to be afraid of, or something to be afraid of?

Yuan Shao didn't know, he only knew that there was a throbbing movement in his heart, which made him very uneasy.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Feng Ji saw Yuan Shao's uneasiness, for fear that he would show it, so he immediately reminded Yuan Shao with a coughing sound. Yuan Shao also seemed to come back from the shock all of a sudden, and after glancing at Feng Ji, he immediately withdrew his eyes and said to Lu Bu: "Oh, Wen Hou has worked hard!" Then he asked Lu Bu to bring all the soldiers into his tent, and put all the banquets prepared earlier on the table. Regardless of whether Yuan Shao wants it or not, likes it or not, he has to entertain Lu Bu in person today anyway. At the table, he couldn't help but comfort Lu Bu with a few words. said that Lu Bu was very good, but in his heart, Yuan Shao himself was also very puzzled, and when he thought of Lu Bu's previous appearance of being covered in blood and entering the account, he was not happy in his heart.

This unhappiness made his heart more and more uneasy.

"People like Lu Bu are probably not something I can control!"

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao regretted that he shouldn't have deliberately left him behind because of Chen Nuo's bad words. Now that he has just rescued Gao Ran, he wants to let him go immediately, but he is afraid that it will be inappropriate, because he regrets it, but he can't show it easily. What should be pacified is still to be appeased, and what should be said is still to be said. He drank a few glasses of wine with Lu Bu here, and the next head Gao Ran and the others couldn't forget their roots because they were saved by Lu Bu, so they had to personally toast Lu Bu with two glasses of water and wine at the banquet to express their gratitude.

In Lu Bu's opinion, although Yuan Shao has not officially recognized their relationship until now, he has not even emphasized the need to keep them again. However, with his self-confidence, he is not worried at all. Thinking of his achievements in the previous battle, Yuan Shao naturally saw it in his eyes, which was enough to reflect his value, and Yuan Shao would definitely leave them behind in the end. Yes...... When he first arrived, Yuan Shao's subordinates were not familiar with him, so he wanted to take this opportunity to get acquainted with them.

The rest of the people were just that, especially Gao Ran, Lu Bu thought that he was kind to him, so when Gao Ran toasted, it was all gone, and then grabbed Gao Ran's hand and talked to him about other things in a hurry. Gao Ran was grateful for his life-saving kindness, so he naturally did not refuse, and he talked to Lu Bu warmly, and he had no other scruples. The two of them looked at Yuan Shao's eyes, and Yuan Shao gently put the wine cup down, and frowned heavily.

"What a Lu Fengxian!"

Lu Bu, Gao Ran and the others didn't notice Yuan Shao's sudden expression, but Feng Ji saw it in his eyes and didn't make a sound.

Yuan Shao held a celebration wine here, but Gongsun Zhan, who was defeated, was furious.

"Get Zhao Yun for me!"

Zhao Yun escaped from the siege in order to protect Gongsun Zhan, but he suffered many wounds and bandaged himself under the tent. At this time, he was called by Gongsun Zhan, but he scolded him: "Let me ask you, where were you when General Ben was under siege, and why did you come here so late?" "Gongsun Zhan's blame is really unreasonable, I think that if Zhao Yun hadn't appeared in time at that time, I am afraid that he would have been smashed by Lu Bu's halberd. Some of the generals know, and they can't help but have to fight for Zhao Yunhug. Gongsun Zhanyan didn't understand this truth, he was only saved by a detective, and he was afraid of making outsiders laugh, so he deliberately called Zhao Yun out to say a few words, belittled him at the same time, so that Zhao Yun died to take credit.

Zhao Yunjiu is under the account of Gongsun Zhan, how can he not know? Although Gongsun Zhan obviously knew that he had some skills, he was young, second, he was not from a big family, and third, he was from Jizhou, so he didn't dare to use him with confidence, so Zhao Yun had not been able to reuse it under his account. And this time, Zhao Yun saved Gongsun Zhan, and it stands to reason that Gongsun Chan should reward him, but Gongsun Chan was unwilling, so he called him out, just to deliberately make it difficult for him, and make trouble in advance, so that Zhao Yun knew the difficulty and retreated. Zhao Yun saw his face, so naturally there was no need to argue with him, not to mention that he was extremely disdainful.

Zhao Yun didn't say a word, and let Gongsun Chan chirp crookedly.

scolded Zhao Yun down, and Gongsun Zhan seemed to be a little better. It's just that when he thinks of the current situation, he has a little headache again. Originally, he and Yuan Shao had been fighting in the Bohai Sea for several months, and although they had won and lost each other on the whole, he himself had to admit that in the local war, his side did not take advantage. In other words, the two of them were ostensibly deadlocked in the Bohai Sea, but the balance of victory had already quietly slipped to Yuan Shao's side. What's more, the bureau he laid out in Qingzhou was also because of Chen Nuo's sudden accession, which made the situation suddenly unfavorable to him. The death of Shan Jing, the siege of Tian Kai, Liu Bei's southward departure, and the withdrawal of Tao Qian's reinforcements made his heart tremble. Qingzhou's defeat, no matter how you put it, also affected his battle in the Bohai Sea. And on the Bohai battlefield, he had no chance of winning, and the moment Lu Bu appeared, it made him even more uneasy.

As soon as he thought of the brave Lu Bu rampage on the battlefield, he shuddered: "Yuan Shao, why is there always someone around him who is helping him, but I ...... here" Thinking of this, Gongsun Zhan couldn't sit still, "No, I have to find a way to find reinforcements as soon as possible, if there are no reinforcements to join, I'm afraid it won't be a problem for a long time." Gongsun Zhan's eyes rolled, and he couldn't pay attention for a while, so he asked people to call Changshi Guan Jing and others to let them find a way to come up with ideas.

However, after thinking about it, the reinforcements they could think of were really limited, and none of them could make Gongsun Zhan's heart move.

At this time, Changshi Guan Jing suddenly recommended to Gongsun Zhan: "General, what do you think of the joint Montenegro Zhang Yan?" ”

Everyone was stunned, to be honest, his idea was really bold. Gongsun Chan hadn't spoken yet, and Gongsun Fan next to him spoke impatiently first. I saw Gongsun Fan laughing, shook his hand and said, "I heard it right, Guan Changshi, you actually said Montenegro...... Zhang Yan? He deliberately bit the word Zhang Yan harder, just to make him understand how outrageous he said Zhang Yan's name. The other generals all looked at Gongsun Chan helplessly, hoping that Gongsun Chan would let Guan Jing shut up as soon as possible, his idea was real...... It sucks.

"Yes, Montenegro Zhang Yan!"

Guan Jing did not change his mind because of the questioning voices of Gongsun Fan and others, and still confided Zhang Yan's name word by word. Gongsun Fan laughed and said, "Guan Changshi, if you say Zhang Yan's name, aren't you afraid of others laughing?" As a long history, you can't even figure out the relationship between our army and Zhang Yan of Montenegro, right? It's okay, I can remind you here today...... Guan Changshi, the so-called Black Mountain Zhang Yan in your mouth is our great enemy. If nothing else, let's just say that in the previous battle, I accidentally killed his predecessor Montenegrin Zhang Niujiao. Thinking about coming to Montenegro, Zhang Yan is hated to kill us at this time to avenge their former marshal, where else is he interested in cooperating with us and sending reinforcements to us? ”

When Guan Jing heard this, he laughed and said, "May I ask General Gongsun, if it weren't for us to kill Zhang Niujiao, would Zhang Yan have been able to take over Montenegro so quickly and become the new marshal?" Gongsun Fan was asked by him, and was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Then you can't say that, if you say this, it seems that if I kill Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Yan will be grateful to us?" I thought it was ridiculous, so I looked at the other generals and laughed. Others, such as Yan Gang and others, all followed Wan Er and laughed coldly.

Guan Jing was not impatient, but looked at Gongsun Fan with a hesitant voice: "Zifei Zhang Yan, how do you know what Zhang Yan thinks in his heart?" As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and they were not in a hurry to laugh, even Gongsun Fan was slightly stunned, glanced at Guan Jing, and asked: "As Guan Changshi said, is Zhang Yan happy to see the death of Zhang Niujiao?" Guan Jing smiled: "I don't know if I'm happy or not, but I know that as soon as Zhang Niujiao dies, Zhang Yan will benefit the most." Since Zhang Yan is the beneficiary, what reason does he have to hate us? ”

Gongsun Fan's mind still didn't turn away, he glanced at Guan Jing, shook his hand and said: "I don't care about this, I only know that Zhang Yan of Montenegro has a grudge with us first, and now he asks him to send troops for help for no reason, but I am afraid that he may not be willing to come." Guan Jing laughed and said, "At this time and that time, how do you know that he refuses to come?" Moreover, it was good for Zhang Yan to have a grudge with us at first, but they also had a conflict with Yuan Shao. Although this contradiction is not very obvious for a while, as long as it takes a long time, it will always be a hidden danger, and Zhang Yan can't help but know it. ”

Gongsun Chan asked at this time, "Contradiction? What contradiction can Montenegro have with Yuan Shao? ”

Guan Jing smiled: "Didn't the general forget Yuan Benchu's origin?" At this point, Gongsun Zhan was confused, he stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Yuan Benchu's origin? "Hehe, doesn't he just rely on his background as the fourth and third dukes, and thinks he is superior?" What, what's the big deal about this? Guan Jing smiled: "Of course it's not a big deal, but general, think about it, with his noble background, can he tolerate a Black Mountain thief like Zhang Yan?" Not to mention anything else, since he entered Jizhou, he has been vigorously promoting and appointing the powerful families and suppressing those poor children, let alone thieves like Montenegro. I think if he hadn't been busy dealing with me and others, I'm afraid he would have taken Montenegro a long time ago. And we, just by taking advantage of this, can completely pull Montenegro to our side. Compared with the future of Montenegro, I believe that he, Zhang Yan, will never be entangled in the misunderstanding between our two families before, and is naturally willing to send troops to help. ”

When Gongsun Zhan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he thought about it for a moment, and then asked: "Guan Changshi's words are reasonable, but who is the one to do?" ”

Guan Jing arched his hand forward: "Guan is not talented, and he is willing to send an envoy to Montenegro." ”

Compared with the tense situation between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao on the Bohai Sea, Chen Nuo's Changguo is much quieter......

Tian Kai, since he retreated to Changguo, he seems to be determined to defend the city to the end, no matter how Chen Nuo challenges, he is not willing to fight easily. Chen Nuo did not have any anger because of Tian Kai's rogue actions. On the contrary, he calmed down, set up camp under the city of Changguo, and besieged the city.

The reason why Tian Kai is determined to defend Changguo is nothing more than the following two points:

First, the city of Changguo is tall, and the grain and grass in the city are abundant;

Second, I always thought that Liu Bei would lead the troops back to rescue him at any time, and then he could attack inside and outside, shoot Chen Nuo away, and turn the tables at any time.

In general, Tian Kai's first bit of confidence may still be there, otherwise he would not have resolutely pulled the army into Changguo City, instead of going south to join Tao Qian. However, as for the second point, as the days went by and the news faded, he gradually lost his faith.

"Liu Xuande, you said you were coming, you must not break your trust with me!"

When Tian Kai was on top of the city again, looking to the south, Chen Nuo under the city actually saw his thoughts from his face at a glance. He laughed, and the laughter was deliberately sent to the head of Changguo City. When Tian Kai heard this, his eyebrows furrowed: "Who is laughing at me?" This laughter was obviously against him, and when he followed the sound in surprise to find Chen Nuo under the city, he was stunned. He snorted and asked coldly, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"What are you looking at?" Chen Nuo said extremely simply, and asked him rhetorically.

"I see ......" Tian Kai was about to say what he thought in his heart, but then stopped: "Why should I say it?" When Chen Nuo heard this, he shook his head and said, "Then I'...... And why should you tell you? As he spoke, he turned around, ignored him, and was about to walk away. Chengshang Tian Kai looked slightly stunned, although he was angry in his heart, he didn't immediately spill out. Chen Nuo took two steps, suddenly turned around, and said to Tian Kai in a long voice: "That's right! General Tian, if you are waiting for Liu Bei's news, I think you should not waste your expression, he will not come to save the general. ”

"Humph!"

Of course, Tian Kai refused to believe it. Can he believe it? No! The biggest reason why he has persisted until now is that he is looking forward to Liu Bei's promise to him when he leaves, and looking forward to his soldiers and horses being able to come over to save him at any time. Even if sometimes he couldn't help but be disappointed because he didn't see Liu Bei, he would never think that Liu Bei would lose him. Because, the only person he can rely on now, the only one who can place high hopes on him, is Liu Bei.

"Never! Liu Xuande will never fail me! ”

Tian Kai shouted so in his heart, ignored Chen Nuo, and took people down to the city. As soon as Tian Kai left, Chen Nuo turned around again, glanced at the head of Changguo City, shook his head slightly, and smiled at the corner of his mouth. Speaking of which, he besieged Changguo and rarely took a strong attack, in addition to not wanting to consume too much combat power and seeing more deaths, he hoped to take advantage of a period of rest in Changguo to reorganize his troops and horses. After fighting again and again, he drove away Tao Qian and surrounded Tian Kai, and he also gathered a lot of soldiers and horses, which urgently needed time to digest. Of course, there is another reason, since he can understand that Liu Bei will not send troops over, and even if he comes, he will stop him halfway, because Tian Kai is trapped in this city, there is no rescue outside, even if there is grain and grass in the city, it will definitely not be able to support much time, even if he does not attack, Tian Kai will collapse sooner or later.

Since everything is not in a hurry here, why should he Chen Nuo be in a hurry?

But a few days ago, because Mount Tai produced a batch of yellow turbans, tens of thousands of men and horses came to the city of Dongpingling, Chen Nuo did not dare to be careless, so he assigned a group of men and horses to Zhao Xue, and let Zhao Xue take them to suppress the bandits. Of course, this was the first time Zhao Xue had led troops alone, and he was facing tens of thousands of yellow scarves, so for the sake of insurance, he deliberately transferred Zhu Ling and Pan Zhang to her side and asked them to assist her. I believe that the three of them are usually good together, and they will definitely be able to make contributions this time.

Of course, when Zhao Xue went, Mi Zhen, the little sister of the Mi family who was captured by Dian Wei, also followed Zhao Xue to Dongpingling. In this way, Chen Nuo didn't have to think about how to arrange her for the time being, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Naturally, Zhao Xue is handling the affairs of Dongpingling, and he is personally pressing the battle on the Changguo side, and all the problems in Qingzhou that can be put on the bright side are solved for the time being. And on the Bohai side, there is also new news because of his 'let return the letter'.

Yuan Shao did not mention the matter of printing the letter again, but borrowed Chen Nuoqingzhou's military exploits to make him the Marquis of Chen Guoting, which can be regarded as a commendation. There are many people outside who don't know, so they naturally think it's good, and only Chen Nuo smiled bitterly with the seal of 'Chen Guoting Hou' in his hand. Of course, Chen Nuo was very willing to accept the 'knightly reward' of this pavilion marquis, but in order to show his modesty, he naturally had to push back again and again, until he had done enough work, and then he reluctantly smiled.

"Chen Hou!"

"Chen Hou!" ……

Since he has the title in his body, when his subordinates see Chen Nuo, he is a strong 'Hou', Chen Nuo is not used to it first, but after listening to it a lot, his ears will be smooth, and he does not feel uncomfortable. Soon after that, the battle situation on the Xuzhou side reached Chen Nuo's ears.

After Chen Hou, Tao Gongzu and Liu Xuande returned to Xuzhou, they immediately organized soldiers and horses to counterattack Zang Xuangao. Zang Xuangao was unable to support and was shot away by Tao Gongzu. After that, Tao Gongzu joined forces with Liu Xuande and counterattacked Zang Xuangao in the East China Sea, and Zang Xuangao was defeated again. At present, although Zang Xuangao and they retreated to Kaiyang City, and Tao Gongzu did not want to let Zang Xuangao go, they immediately organized soldiers and horses to besiege Kaiyang City, Zang Xuangao was invincible, and the only way to hold on to this city was ......"

Hearing the news of Zang Ba in Xuzhou, Chen Nuo frowned tightly. Although Zang Ba is far away on the Kaiyang battlefield, the gains and losses on the battlefield there are related to the interests of his Qingzhou, and he can't help but interfere. Chen Nuo thought of this, and immediately wrote a book, and asked Gao Shun to send him, instructing Gao Shun to bring his letter, and a team of men and horses to go to the Kaiyang battlefield to support Zang Ba, and ordered: "The letter is handed over to Tao Gongzu, if he is interested, he will naturally withdraw from the army, if not...... Hum! ”

didn't say much, just let Gao Shun go to Xuzhou to be cautious, and Gao Shun took the order.