Yecheng.

Yuan Shao took a group of ministers to the outside of the city to greet the envoy of the imperial court, although he did not agree with the current Son of Heaven, but it does not mean that others do not admit it, it still needs to be done, of course, as soon as he heard that there is a big reward, he is still full of joy.

When the envoy read out the edict, Yuan Shao was overjoyed, although it was not like Guo Tu and Xu You said, the king worshiped the prime minister, but from then on, he Yuan family fourth and third dukes, can be changed to five and three dukes, which is a supreme honor.

As for the edict about recruiting Yuan Shao to Beijing to perform his duties, Yuan Shao didn't care, he used this little trick to trick me into going to Chang'an, are you a fool when I Yuan Shao is a fool? If I go, I won't be slaughtered by you Lu Bu.

Yuan Shao ordered people to entertain the envoys, and deduced that the people in Jizhou and other places could not do without him, and he could not abandon the people, so he could not go for the time being, and when the north was stable, he would definitely go to Chang'an to perform his duties.

The envoy had a full meal, received a little reward from Yuan Shao, and returned to Chang'an happily.

Yuan Shao happily stayed in his own mansion, thinking about Lu Bu's intentions, and wanted to slap him? Or are you afraid of him?

At the same time, the messengers rushed to Montenegro.

Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan, originally independently led a Yellow Turban Army, the strength is not very large, and later with another Yellow Turban Army Zhang Niujiao joined the army, and Zhang Niujiao as the leader, in a battle, Zhang Niujiao was wounded and died, so, Zhang Yan led his troops, the power is getting bigger and bigger, known as a million people, in fact, there are only 100,000 troops.

Jizhou, Bingzhou and other places suffered a lot, and when Emperor Ling, he fought several times, only because the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Yan hid in the mountains. Therefore, it cannot be destroyed. Later, Zhang Yan took the initiative to surrender. Emperor Ling named him a general in peace, and at this point, Zhang Yan changed from the leader of the rebellious Yellow Turban Army to a member of the imperial court.

Although Zhang Yan was recruited, his life was not easy, with an army of 100,000 people, he had to eat, drink, and make a sound. He Zhang Yan has no financial resources, what to rely on to supplement his livelihood, although the court made him an official, but this is just a helpless approach, how can he give him food and money, isn't this the same as raising tigers! Besides, the treasury of the Han family was empty, and he couldn't come up with any money.

Moreover, Zhang Yan did not have a city as a base, and it is still today. is still just hiding in the mountains, living a bitter life.

As long as the food is gone. Zhang Yan led an army of 100,000 people, like bandits, looting everywhere, and there was no grass in the realm he passed, so the people called him "Black Mountain Thief"

Jizhou is Yuan Shao's lair, with a sufficient population and wealthy people, so it has naturally become Zhang Yan's preferred target, and the two have clashed many times, which can be said to be the enemy of life and death.

Staying in the dilapidated camp tent, Zhang Yan and several generals drank turbid wine, ate hard dough, and said some yellow* jokes, which were extremely poor.

The soldiers outside were even more sad, they could only drink river water, eat moldy bread, or tree roots, and their faces were yellow and thin, but they exuded a fierce energy, which was terrifying.

When the messenger arrived with the edict, he mistakenly thought that he had arrived at the refugee camp.

"An emissary of the imperial court? What do they want to do? After sealing Lao Tzu as a broken official, he didn't care, but now what are you doing? When Zhang Yan heard this, she was furious.

Du Chang blinked his triangular eyes and persuaded: "Dashuai, let's see you, this kid Lu Bu has held the Son of Heaven hostage and dominated Guanzhong, and his momentum has been very strong recently." ”

Zhang Yan snorted coldly and asked the messenger to be brought in.

After the envoy came, he was very surprised to see that Zhang Yan and several generals were drinking, there were no big fish and meat, no delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they were not as good as an ordinary person.

He quickly came back to his senses and read out the edict, Zhang Yan and several generals did not stand up from beginning to end, and did not look like they received the order at all, the envoy did not care about these, he knew that these people were actually bandits, and they were planning more, that is, looking for death.

"Let me be the pastor of Jizhou, and I will be waited!" Zhang Yan didn't care at first, but after listening, she became dumbfounded.

"Congratulations to the marshal, promoted to knight!"

Du Chang, Yang Feng and others hurriedly rejoiced.

"Ha Lu Ha! Ha Lu Ha! I didn't expect me Zhang Yan to have today! Ha Lu Ha! Zhang Yan laughed loudly, so unexpected, he was poor since he was a child, and he dreamed of being a marquis, but he didn't expect that this day came too suddenly.

"Master Hou, Wen Hou also asked me to bring some congratulatory gifts to congratulate Lord Hou on his promotion to the knighthood." The messenger smiled faintly.

"Congratulatory gifts?" Zhang Yanhu asked suspiciously.

The messenger said, "Ten altars of palace wine, and ten fat sheep." ”

"There is wine and sheep, halu ha, great, I can have a full meal again today." Zhang Yan clapped her hands and laughed.

On the same day, Zhang Yan entertained the envoy with these congratulatory gifts, and had a big meal with some henchmen, and Zhang Yan asked the envoy with wine.

"My lord, I don't know if the Son of Heaven appointed me as the pastor of Jizhou, so what should Yuan Shao do?" Zhang Yan asked.

The envoy smiled indifferently, "Jizhou is in charge of you, Yuan Shao naturally left, and the Son of Heaven ordered him to be appointed as the imperial historian and recruited him to return to Beijing!" ”

When Zhang Yan heard this, he was overjoyed, and after sending the envoy away the next day, he summoned his generals to discuss the affairs of Jizhou.

Now that he has the edict of the Son of Heaven, he is the nominal Jizhou Mu, with such a good excuse, how can he not make good use of it, plus the food he looted is almost finished, so he is just right to do it.

Gongsun Zan in the north naturally received a similar edict, he recently got information from Jizhou, Yuan Shao secretly mobilized troops and prepared to attack him, how could he sit still and wait for death!

Qingzhou Mu! Hehe, Yuan Shao, I see how you die this time!

So, Gongsun Chan preemptively sent troops to the border of Qingzhou and took over Yuan Shao's territory in Qingzhou in the name of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Yan also used the name of Jizhou Mu to lead an army of 100,000 people to kill Yecheng like locusts crossing the border.

Yuan Shao was leisurely sipping tea, holding the book of war in one hand, pretending to look at it with "relish"

When several pro-soldiers hurriedly walked in and scrambled to say that Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zhan were coming, Yuan Shao squirted out a sip of tea, and was so angry that he tore up the military book.

After asking about the situation, Yuan Shao realized that he had been tricked by Lu Bu, and what rank was the third duke, he was not gilding him at all, but poisoning him.

In short, the north is lively, and Yuan Shao is busy.

However, it was said that Lu Bu returned to Chang'an with Xu Huang, Zhang Xiu, and Hou Cheng, and this time he not only won a large piece of territory, but also gained a general, Lu Bu's mood can be imagined, and he is naturally happy.

In Chang'an City, some people are happy and some are worried, Lu Bu's power is getting bigger and bigger, for some people, it is not a good thing, and the most important thing is that more and more poor people support Lu Bu.

All kinds of evil words about Lu Bu before have also disappeared, and Lu Bu's image has also begun to change.

Lu Bu returned with a great victory, and Jia Xu led the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces out of the city for thirty miles to greet him, which gave Lu Bu a strong momentum, and the people of Chang'an City also went out of the city to greet him.

"Strategist, you mentioned in your letter that there are great sages who have come to vote, I don't know where it is? Who is it? ”

After Lu Bu chatted with Jia Xu, he hurriedly asked about it.

"The old problem of the lord's anxiety still can't be changed!" Jia Xu Ha smiled and reached out to drag a scribe from behind.

The scribe was dressed in coarse clothes and had dark skin, revealing a delicate atmosphere, and Lu Bu was faintly a little familiar.

"Brother Gongda!" Lu Bu was surprised.

"Uh, I don't want to remember Wen Hou, it's really embarrassing to be here!" The scribe bowed deeply and replied respectfully.

For dozens of letters seeking talent, Lu Bu is most hopeful of Chen Gong, just because the two are partners in history, and then there is this person, Xun You, the word Gongda, known as the mastermind!

Xun You was an official under Dong Zhuo earlier, and Lu Bu had several fates, Xun You had tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo, but unfortunately failed, and after leaving Luoyang, he lived in seclusion in Jingxiang, waiting for the opportunity to come back.

During this time, he silently observed the general trend of the world, looking for the right master for him, among them, what he hoped most was to defect to Cao Cao, Cao Cao's reuse of the Magi is a point, and more importantly, Cao Cao has the world in mind and has the posture of a hero.

It's a pity that he and Cao Cao have never had a bridge, so they rushed to the past, and they seemed to be upside down.

Historically, it was his uncle Xun Yu who recommended Xun You, and Cao Cao wrote a letter to Xun You to recruit him, but now Xun Yu is still a petty official at Yuan Shao's office.

When Xun You lamented that the pearl was dusty, Lu Bu issued a letter of seeking talent in the name of the Son of Heaven, and everywhere in the world, Xun You had always held a grudge against Dong Zhuo and his family, how could he take refuge in Lu Bu.

At this time, Lu Bu's letter of seeking talent was delivered to him, which made Xun You's mood very complicated, looking at what Lu Bu had done since he took power, every one of them was very much to his appetite, and Xun You came up with the idea of defecting to Lu Bu.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo was also killed by Lu Bu, and now Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo can be regarded as having nothing to do with each other, thinking about it this way, Xun You felt much more relaxed, so he asked the scholar to pack up his baggage and rush to Guanzhong.

"I have to be a gentleman, like a high ancestor to have a ovary!" Lu Bu smiled heartily and patted Xun You's shoulder affectionately.

Xun You didn't dare to be, Lu Bu glanced at Jia Xu, saw that Jia Xu's expression was a little stiff, and hurriedly said: "Gaozu has three masters, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Han Xin, Wenhe is my Xiao He, Gongda is my ovary, I don't know where Han Xin is?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Jia Xu's expression was much better.

"Han Shin? I heard that under the command of the lord, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have extraordinary martial arts and excellent strategies, which are enough to compare to Han Xin! Xun You smiled lightly.

"If the two of them know this, they won't be happy." Lu Budao.

"On this trip, I got Komeito, and after I came back, I saw Mr. Gongda, what a happy event, we don't get drunk tonight!"

Lu Bu smiled secretly, Cao Cao's five great strategists and five good generals, four of them are already in my hands, see how he will fight me in the future!

Especially when I kidnapped Dian Wei over, Cao Cao had no bodyguards, but unfortunately, Zhang Xiu is with me now, and Zhang Ji also died in Puguan, they couldn't go to Nanyang and other places, otherwise Cao Cao ran to steal Zhang Xiu's aunt, and he wouldn't be killed by Zhang Xiu!

There are gains and losses!

Lu Bu sighed in his heart and led all the civil and military forces into Chang'an. (To be continued......)