Chapter 480: Liu Bei, Which Side Are You On?
"How dare a big-eared thief deceive me!"
Yuan Shao looked at the emergency military information sent by Baima, his face turned blue, and he kicked over the table in front of him in anger. Ling Qi Shuaiyin and others rolled to the ground, causing a group of civil and military officers to change color.
"Lord, Yu Baima Array beheaded Yan Liang, the ugly person, is it really Guan Yu?" Tian Feng's face did not change, ignoring Yuan Shao's angry eyes that wanted to kill, and asked.
"If it weren't for him, who in the world would be able to behead Yan Liang and Wen Chou?" Yuan Shao was angry, and he pushed back without thinking about it. He had witnessed the battle against Lu Bu under the Tiger Prison, although he refused to admit it, but in his heart he acquiesced to Guan Yu's toughness. What's more, there are hundreds of horsemen who have escaped back to testify.
As for Cao Cao...... How could there be such a strong general under Ah Pu Xiaoer?
"I'm afraid it's Cao Cao's divisive plan." Frustrated and thoughtful, he said coldly.
Yuan Shao was stunned, and immediately became unconfident again.
It is reasonable to say that it is Cao Cao's divisive plan, which is intended to divide him and Liu Bei, divide and disintegrate the two sides. According to his original thoughts, he must send troops to teach Liu Bei a lesson, first, to avenge Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and secondly, to tell the whole army that we will not deceive people, nor can we be bullied, and we must definitely return a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood.
In this way, the alliance with Liu Bei was bound to collapse, and only Cao Cao benefited in the end.
In line with the principle that whoever gains is the murderer, there is nothing wrong with frustration. Liu Bei was the weakest among the three parties, and there was indeed no reason to be willing to die for him and Cao Cao.
"Why don't you send someone to ask Liu Bei for an explanation, and then investigate more strictly. If it was really Guan Yu's doing, it would not be too late to question Liu Bei. Tian Feng thought for a while and gave his old opinion.
Yuan Shao hesitated, and he was not sure in his heart, so he pushed the boat down the river and immediately ordered someone to go to Liu Bei to ask for an explanation. At the same time, he also listened to Tian Feng's suggestion and escorted the hundreds of horsemen who escaped back to Liyang for detailed investigation.
I have to say that Guan Yu's image is too individual. Although not everyone has seen Guan Yu with their own eyes, they can't forget the Guangweizheng image of the general who killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Dan Fengyan, with a three-foot beautiful hair, a green dragon glaive knife in his hand, and a fire-like red rabbit horse. This has long been spread among Yuan Jun.
After finding out the facts, Yuan Shao was furious and was about to go crazy on the spot. This image is slightly different from the original Tiger Prison, but it is basically only a feather. The evidence is irrefutable and irrefutable.
At this time, the messenger sent out also brought back Liu Bei's handwritten letter. Liu Bei first expressed his deep condolences on Yan Liang and Wen Chou being killed in the letter, and made it clear that if Yuan Shao wants to take revenge, we have nothing to say, and immediately lead troops to kill him, and then expressed his incomprehension of Yuan Shao's questioning, and claimed that his second brother Guan Yu was ordered to stay in Donglai, thousands of miles away, how could he run to Baima to kill your Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and finally said that he immediately sent a letter back to Donglai for verification, if it was really the second brother Guan Yu, he was willing to go back and bring Guan Yu to Liyang in person to ask for guilt, and he wanted to kill him, and he had no complaints.
Liu Bei swore in the letter that he denied that Guan Yu had killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, which immediately made Yuan Shao hesitate and unconsciously agreed with this explanation. So he pressed his anger and waited patiently for Liu Bei's reply, and at the same time listened to Tian Feng's suggestion, and secretly sent scouts to Donglai to investigate.
After more than half a month, Liu Bei came to write again. The letter still first expressed deep condolences for the death of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and reviewed the past achievements of the two, and then expressed a little opinion on the current situation between the two sides, claiming that he had captured Luyang and was planning to attack Cao Cao's rear to make strong support for Yuan's army to go south, and finally said that his second brother Guan Yu definitely did not lead the troops to leave Donglai without permission, and ran to Baima to kill your Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
Yuan Shao believed most of it. Yan Liang, more than half a month has passed since Wen Chou's death, and those who should be grieved have already grieved, and those who should have been angry have also been angry. He was more interested in Liu Bei's imminent attack on Cao Cao's rear.
I never thought that Liu Bei's letter had just arrived, and the scout sent out to Donglai for an unannounced visit also came back, saying that Donglai had Lu Yao's general Tai Shici in charge, and Guan Yu was definitely not in Donglai.
Yuan Shao was suddenly furious again. Lao Tzu believes in your evil. It's all at this time, and you still dare to lie to me. He immediately ordered someone to go to Liu Bei again to ask for an explanation, and even Tian Feng and other ministers didn't go to ask for a plan.
More than half a month passed, and Liu Bei sent the letter again. The letter had a tone of Dou E's wrongdoing, first stating the friendly relationship between the two sides, and then counting how Cao Cao benefited from the collapse of the alliance between the two sides, and finally said that his second brother Guan Yu must be staying in Donglai, and at the same time vaguely said that the person you sent out was Erwuzai, deliberately sowing discord between the two sides.
Yuan Shao was unsure again and hesitated. If you want to say that the person sent out is not Erwuzai, he really can't guarantee it. Donglai has been "temporarily loaned" to Lu Yao. It was Lu Yao's territory, how dare he send his henchmen over to inquire about the news. Xiahoudun and Cao Hong, the lessons of the past are still in front of them.
It is not surprising that the people who were sent out were bought by Cao Cao and defected.
In desperation, Yuan Shao had no choice but to convene the civil and military forces again and threw this thorny problem to them. And then it's embarrassing. Among the civil and military forces, Tian Feng is not afraid of death, and is willing to go to Donglai as an envoy to find out the truth.
Frustrated, he was not afraid of death, but Yuan Shao was reluctant. Yuan Shao was deeply impressed by his previous remarks, and he decided that he would be the only candidate to replace Tian Feng, who would let Lu Yao take the opportunity to make trouble.
Tian Feng, frustrated was excluded, and the others didn't have that kind of awareness. Xiahoudun and Cao Hong are lessons from the past. Even if you don't talk about these two unlucky guys, if you look closer, these two or five boys are a living example. Everyone is confident that they can block the sugar-coated cannonballs and be loyal to the lord, but if they are hated by Yuan Shaoji because of this, they will not be able to make it.
Yuan Shao's face was a little ugly.
"Lord, I am willing to go to Donglai and find out the truth."
Suddenly, a person came out and took the initiative to ask for help. Yuan Shao was suddenly relieved. The person who stood up was none other than Xu You, who did not join Lu Yao with Zhang Jaw as a second or five boy, but returned alone.
Loyal ministers, great loyal ministers.
Yuan Shao immediately rewarded Xu You, promising that he would definitely reuse it when Xu You came back, and at the same time said that he needed it for this trip, but he asked for it and responded to it. Xu You was even more grateful, and said on the spot that even if the mission was lost, he would definitely find out the truth and never let go of the real culprit behind the scenes.
Xu You walked freely and came back quickly. When he came to Yuan Shao with a tired face, he showed his maniac demeanor on the spot, and scolded the scouts sent to Donglai to the point of blood, bluntly saying that he was ungrateful, betraying the Lord for glory, and being a beast inferior to pigs and dogs.
Yuan Shao believed it, and ordered someone to behead all the scouts sent last time to show the public, and then sent a letter of condolence to Liu Bei, saying that everything was a misunderstanding, we were deceived by the villain, and almost hurt everyone's harmony.
Liu Bei shouted in the air, saying that we can understand that resisting Cao is a big deal. So the matter was revealed, and the two sides joined hands again to fight Cao.