Chapter 180: The Covenant
Kong Rong, Tai Shici and the others didn't understand Lu Bu's intentions, and they were extremely surprised when they saw the two talking about Yuan Shao's heir.
Chen Gong closed his eyes and recuperated, pulling a strand of sparse beard, thinking about it.
Yuan Tan was in the hall, the more he talked, the more excited he became, and he didn't shy away from these outsiders at all, degrading his third brother as worthless in his words, and scolding his father Yuan Shao by the way.
Xin Ping signaled Yuan Tan several times not to continue, but Yuan Tan didn't leave him, like a little daughter-in-law who had been wronged for many years, and finally found someone to talk to.
With a handful of snot and a handful of tears, Yuan Tan shared his mental journey with Lu Bu and others.
Lu Bu patiently listened to Yuan Tan finish saying these things, and then said angrily: "Since ancient times, abolishing the long and establishing the young is the way to take chaos, and the example of Qin Shi Huang four hundred years ago is still there!" How could he not understand the lesson! Virtuous nephew, uncle feels worthless for you! β
Yuan Tan nodded, his expression was depressed, and he said in his heart, if you Lu Bu are killed by me, or defeated by me, won't all problems be solved!
Lu Bu glanced at Yuan Tan and said, "Virtuous nephew, I won't tell you, after letting you go, I will wave my army north and enter the entire territory of Qingzhou!" β
"What? You're going to attack Qingzhou! Yuan Tan almost didn't jump up from his seat, most of Qingzhou was beaten down by him, it was his brainchild, if it was seized by Lu Bu, it would be better to kill him!
Xin Ping felt that he could no longer be silent at this time, and said: "Wen Hou, if you want to attack Nanpi, aren't you afraid of Yuan Gong's army?" You only have more than 20,000 people, but Yuan Gong has hundreds of thousands of people! And Cao Cao, who is staring at you. Once you attack your Nanpi. He's going to attack you from behind. When the time comes, you will be in the back of the enemy! β
Chen Gong said with a smile: "Cao Cao likes to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, if Wen Hou leads the army north, it is too late for him to be happy, how can he flank Wen Hou, he will definitely let Wen Hou and Yuan Gong fight to the death and then make a move!" β
Xin Ping was choked by Chen Gong's words, blinked, and stopped talking.
Yuan Tan was about to cry. "Uncle, I fought down most of this Qingzhou with great difficulty, if you take it away, what will I do!"
Lu Budao: "Virtuous nephew, being an uncle is not robbing your territory, but saving you!" Think about it, after you are defeated and captured, after I let you go back, what will your father think of you, your third brother. That is, what the future heir will think of you, if you own the territory. With troops, he will definitely be jealous of you, so he wants to get rid of you, if I take Qingzhou, you will not pose the slightest threat to your third brother, and he will not do anything to you!
On the contrary, he will let you live well! β
"For what?" Yuan Tan was dazed by Lu Bu's words, and asked stupidly.
"You were defeated and captured, and the territory you fought down was robbed by me again, what does this mean?" Lu Bu asked, for a long time, I didn't see Yuan Tan react, Lu Bu sighed, and said: "This shows that your ability to lead the army is very lacking, Yuan Shang keeps you just to contrast with you, the more useless you are, the more he shows his ability, then, his position will be more consolidated, I don't know if the virtuous nephew can understand?" β
Yuan Tan nodded as if he didn't understand, Xin Ping rolled his eyes, and admired Lu Bu's cunning analysis to the extreme.
"I don't want to live a mediocre life, and I don't want my father's family business to be seized by the hateful Yuan Shang, and I ask my uncle to teach me!" After a long time, Yuan Tan reacted, dizzy and turned to Luxia, and he asked Lu Bu for a plan.
Chen Gong and Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Without waiting for Lu Bu to speak, Chen Gong said: "Son, don't you understand, this is your housework, Wen Hou must not be managed, he just said so much, but for the sake of the relationship between uncle and nephew, I just reminded you." β
"Please teach me uncle!" After listening to Chen Gong's words, Yuan Tan hurriedly got up and went to the middle to ask Lu Bu for advice.
Lu Bu sighed and said, "Virtuous nephew, it's not that I don't want to teach you, it's just that this thing is difficult to do!" β
Yuan Tan heard the meaning of Lu Bu's words, and said: "As long as my uncle can help me inherit my father's family business, I am willing to submit to the imperial court and always obey my uncle's dispatch!" β
Lu Budao: "Alas, in order for the Han Dynasty to be eternal, then I'll intervene!" β
"Yuan Gong's current territory is nothing more than: Jizhou, Qingzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, among which Jizhou is Yuan Gong's base, the foundation is the most solid, and Jizhou is garrisoned by your cousin Gaogan, but not all of them are in the hands of Yuan Gong, Qingzhou's situation is exactly like this, and Youzhou, Yuan Gong and Gongsun Zan have been fighting for so long, but they have invaded part of the territory."
Lu Bu glanced at Yuan Tan as he spoke, and when he saw Yuan Tan's humble and teachable look, he nodded.
"Since there is no hope of inheriting Duke Yuan's family business, why don't you open up another world, the world will be determined in the future, at least you will be crowned a king and a marquis!" Lu Budao.
"Please let my uncle say it clearly!" Yuan Tan said.
Lu Budao: "You want to inherit Yuan Gong's family business, now, it's just a Jizhou, as long as you occupy Qingzhou, in fact, it is not much different from your father's territory, and in the operation, it may not be worse than your father's strength, do you understand what I mean?" β
"But, uncle, aren't you going to take Nanpi?" Yuan Tan somewhat understood, Lu Bu wanted him to raise soldiers for self-respect!
Chen Gong smiled, "If you want to do a great career, Wen Hou will naturally not encroach on Nanpi, but if you are willing to be mediocre, then Wen Hou will definitely take down Nanpi and save your life!" β
"Thank you, uncle!" Yuan Tan suddenly realized, knelt on the ground, and repeatedly thanked Lu Bu for his kindness.
Xin Ping sighed silently, it's over, Yuan Tan was fooled by Lu Bu into his thief ship, this Yuan Shao is not dead, brothers cannibalism, no, the tragedy of father and son cannibalism is about to be staged!
Lu Bu wanted to tie Yuan Tan to his chariot!
As long as Lu Bu unites Yuan Tan, coupled with the secret alliance between Lu Bu and Gongsun Zhan, the entire territory of Qingzhou is equivalent to being controlled by Lu Bu, and with the power of a state, it will be much easier for Lu Bu to deal with Cao Cao or Yuan Shao.
It's horrible! This Lu Bu completely forgot that his lair was in Guanzhong!
Xin Ping's heart was shocked, it had only been a long time for Lu Bu to open up the second battlefield. No. It's a second base!
Qingzhou and Guanzhong echo. In the future, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, they will not have a good life!
Next, Chen Gong analyzed his current situation for Yuan Tan, worried that Yuan Tan would regret it, or give him some encouragement, Lu Bu and Yuan Tan also signed a letter of alliance.
On the covenant, Lu Bu promised to help Yuan Tan sit firmly in Qingzhou. In addition, he also promised to capture Jizhou in the future, and also gave Jizhou to Yuan Tan, and named Yuan Tan as the king, at the cost that Yuan Tan must always obey the call of the imperial court.
Yuan Tan Zhilu said, signing this letter of alliance is equivalent to standing with Lu Bu. turned against his father and third brother.
But for the sake of glory and wealth, he had to do it. Fight!
The next day, Lu Bu gave Yuan Tan a grand reception, and then released him and Xin Ping, along with more than 10,000 Yuan soldiers.
Although Yuan Tan was put back, Zhu Ling was also locked up by Lu Bu, obviously, Yuan Tan left safely and soundly, and he forgot about Zhu Ling happily.
Yuan Tan in Gaotang, Dongjun and other places didn't have the heart to garrison, so he crossed the Yellow River with a large army and went back to Nanpi, claiming to be a bargaining chip for exchanging prisoners with Lu Bu.
Youzhou front, Yuan army camp.
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan's battle continues, the two sides have each other's victories and defeats, Yuan Shao is attacking with all his strength this time, trying to break Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop and encroach on the land of Youzhou, but there are too many worries recently, which makes Yuan Shao feel that this battle may stop.
The first thing is that LΓΌ Bu appeared in Yanzhou, and then ran to Beihai, Cao Cao has sent a letter to him, hoping that the two of them will join forces to block LΓΌ Bu's way to the west and completely block LΓΌ Bu.
The second thing is that his son Yuan Tan wants to attack Beihai, and he actually said that he wants to slash Lu Bu! This arrogance, well, makes him very happy! However, Yuan Tan will be Lu Bu's opponent?
Yuan Shao was like a statue, not moving for a long time, thinking about Beihai and the war in front of him.
The pro-army outside the tent sent the information in, Yuan Shao slowly stretched out his hand to take it, opened it and looked at it, and was shocked into a cold sweat.
His son Yuan Tan fought with Lu Bu and was defeated and captured!
"Damn! Damn Lu Bu actually captured my son! What a shame! Yuan Tan shouted angrily.
His prestige was completely ruined on Yuan Tan! What the fifth and third princes, it has become a joke!
"No, I want to lead the army to conquer Beihai and rescue Yuan Tan, and I have to give Na Lu Bu a little color to see, what is it to bully a junior!" Yuan Shao slapped the table fiercely.
Strategists who got the news flocked to it.
"The lord must not be angry, I don't expect that Lu Bu will definitely do anything to the eldest prince." Guo Tu was the first to comfort.
"Humph!" Yuan Shao ignored it.
Frustratedly, he said: "Cao Cao is staring at Beihai like a wolf and a tiger, Lu Bu is overwhelmed, how can he be willing to fight with the master, he will definitely let the eldest prince go!" β
"yes, yes! Our main focus now is still on Gongsun Zhan, an old horseman, and we can't give him a chance! Tian Feng persuaded.
"Tan'er will be fine, I know it, but I can't swallow this breath! What if Lu Bu's dog jumps off the wall in a hurry! No, I still have to lead the army to rescue, even if I put a little pressure on Lu Bu! Yuan Shao said.
Yuan Shao attaches great importance to his family, which has a historical basis, as can be seen from the fact that he arranged his four states to his sons and nephews, when Cao Cao conquered the south, Liu Bei once ran to Yuan Shao's place and persuaded Yuan Shao to take advantage of Cao Cao's absence in Xudu to send troops to attack, but Yuan Shao refused on the grounds that the child was sick and in no mood, and lost a great opportunity in vain.
Now, when Yuan Shao learned that Yuan Tan had been captured, he was so anxious that he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly over, although he preferred his third son Yuan Shang.
The persuasion of everyone was fruitless, and when Yuan Shao gave the order to pack his bags, lead the army south, and crusade against Lu Bu, another piece of information came, and Yuan Tan was released by Lu Bu.
Guo Tu, Fu Zhu and others breathed a sigh of relief, and Yuan Shao's mood also improved greatly.
"Although Tan Er has nothing to do for the time being, I still don't feel at ease, so let's do it, Tan Er sent someone to ask for reinforcements the day before yesterday, I didn't agree, now, I plan to send someone to lead the army to assist Tan Er, who of you is willing to go?" Yuan Shao looked around.
The generals bowed their heads and pondered, unwilling to agree, everyone knew that Yuan Tan was defeated and captured, and Yuan Shao was completely disappointed, and the position of this heir in the future is no play, if they go over now, it is equivalent to standing on the wrong team, and it will be difficult to go to the next level in the future.
Yuan Shao saw that no one was willing to go, and he was suddenly unhappy in his heart, so he directly named the general: "Zhang He, Gao Lan, the two of you will lead 10,000 troops to help Tan Er." β
"Nuo~~~" Zhang He and Gao Ran hugged their fists a little reluctantly.
Zhang He was originally stationed in Shangjun to defend Zhang Liao, but Yuan Shao went out to fight against Gongsun Zan and transferred his nephew Gao Gan to Bingzhou to garrison, and he was transferred back. (To be continued......)