"Your Highness, please allow me to explain, but this arrangement was not the intention of the Great General. But it was a group of guests from the General's Mansion who came to offer slander, and I will rush back to Luoyang tomorrow to explain His Royal Highness's loyalty like the General! When Yuan Shao heard Liu Tianhao's tone, it seemed that he was going to pick and stop, and he was immediately anxious.

"Brother Benchu, don't be in a hurry to go back, I, Liu Tianhao, have a clear conscience, and I am not a person who covets fame, the general arranged for Dong Zhuo to restrain me, or if you want to trap me in a small country in Zhongshan, I don't care, even if it is a horse to confiscate my military power, I should give it away. These small tricks were used, but they made the world laugh! Liu Tianhao seems to want to open it, with an attitude that I am a loyal person, and I will not resist if you want to kill or kill me.

"Moreover, this person who gave the general an idea is interesting, he thinks that Dong Zhuo can be the same as me, only the general and the general of the chariot and the horse? If I'm not mistaken, Dong Zhuo will definitely not leave Xiliang to serve as the 'high-ranking official' of the history of the state assassination, but is this so, Brother Benchu? Liu Tianhao asked confidently.

Yuan Shao was speechless again, silent for a while, this time the general is really stealing chickens and rice, Dong Zhuo ignored the appointment of the imperial court and did not mention it, and was also recognized by Liu Tianhao, Liu Tianhao is now saying that he is loyal, but who has to guess what is inside. However, it must be much better than Dong Zhuo, at least this Liu Tianhao is on the same front as himself in terms of his attitude towards eunuchs and party members.

At this point, Liu Tianhao's study, Yuan Shao couldn't stay any longer, so he hurriedly confessed and sneaked back to his residence like his butt was burned by fire.

……

On the second day, Liu Tianhao had breakfast with Yuan Shao and Feng Zhen.

While eating, Yuan Shao raised his head and said to Liu Tianhao, "His Royal Highness, I have breakfast today, and I will rush back to Luoyang later." ”

Liu Tianhao didn't react yet, Feng Yu was surprised, looked up at Liu Tianhao, and found that Liu Tianhao was nothing; He turned his head to look at Yuan Shao again, but he found that something was wrong, Yuan Shao's eyes were red, his face was white, as if he hadn't slept well, and he suddenly felt refreshed.

Liu Tianhao didn't dare to be surprised that Yuan Shao was leaving, it was estimated that Yuan Shao thought to himself that if he stayed for a few more days, he would be played to death by himself, but he was clear in his heart, and he still had to say kind words, "Brother Benchu came all the way from Luoyang, and he was tired of saddle horses, why did he have to go back after only one night?" Why don't you stay a few more days, let me do my best as a landlord, and take you to enjoy the scenery outside the Seychelles? ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness, but I am the captain of Si Li, and I have a long way to go to protect Luoyang, but I can't delay it for a long time!" Yuan Shao was determined to leave this whirlpool land as soon as possible.

At this time, Feng Chen, who was drinking milk tea and eating cheese, suddenly came out of place, "If I want to stay in Cloud City for a few more days!" ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was immediately annoyed and angry, and said angrily, "You like to stay for a few days, I led the armor to escort the imperial court edict, and now the edict has been delivered safely, and I have completed the mission." As for you, do I care if you live or die? ”

Feng Zhen is directly blinded, although he and Yuan Shao are not eye-to-eye, but he has never torn his face like this, Yuan Shao was furious this time, and Feng Yu almost choked up, but seeing that Yuan Shao was already like a crazy beast, Feng Yu stopped the fire, this fucking angered Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao would not find a chance to slaughter him on the way back, right? After all, the armor soldiers who came with him were all deployed by Yuan Shao, and he was alone in the Yellow Gate, so he could really be killed by some excuse.

"Oh, why should the first brother be angry! Since you insist on leaving, how about I send you out of the city after breakfast? Liu Tianhao pretended to be kind and came out to be a peacemaker.

Feng Yu and Yuan Shao didn't answer when they heard it.

In the end, Yuan Shao and Feng Zhen left for Luoyang after breakfast. Yuan Shao couldn't stay any longer, Feng Yu had no choice, if he didn't go with Yuan Shao, he could only go by himself, and Liu Tianhao had no obligation to send troops to escort him.

……

successfully got Feng Yu, Yuan Shao and his party, Liu Tianhao was very happy all morning, but when it was almost sunset, Liu Tianhao was sad.

Because, Ding Yuan and Qubei are back, and the lost soldiers are back!

Before leaving, Liu Tianhao assigned Ding Yuan and 5,000 soldiers and horses to the northwest of the grassland, but now, Ding Yuan and Xianbei only brought back less than 2,000 soldiers.

Liu Tianhao hurriedly arranged for manpower to deal with the people who had been captured and returned, and arranged for emergency treatment from the military Lang, so he took Ding Yuan back to the county guard mansion hall.

"Brother Jianyang, what's the situation?" Liu Tianhao asked puzzled.

"I have betrayed the trust of the general, please punish the general!" Ding Yuan looked ashamed, he still didn't know that Liu Tianhao had been awarded the title of king by the imperial court, so he still called Liu Tianhao a general, Liu Tianhao and his subordinates were also concerned about the casualties of Ding Yuan's army and ignored mentioning it.

"Oh? Brother Jianyang, don't panic first, and tell all kinds of reasons one by one, and then it's not too late to make a decision! Liu Tianhao didn't know what happened, so naturally he couldn't confirm whether he should be punished or rewarded.

"I and Qubei, according to the strategy set by the general before departure, all the way to the northwest, all the small tribes are spared, if there is resistance, they will be shot, but all the way is safe." Ding Yuan spoke slowly.

"However, before this month, when we went northwest into the depths of the grassland, we saw a group of Xianbei men and horses, about 500 horsemen, escorting thousands of our Han people, also heading to the northwest. I couldn't help but say, Captain Qubei and I led the army forward, rushed straight to the five hundred Xianbei, slaughtered them all, and saved those people of my big man. ”

"Oh? Are those 500 Xianbei people strong? Can you fight 2,000 of us before we die? Also, what about the Han people who were taken captive? Liu Tianhao was even more confused, this casualty ratio would not be one to four, after all, the first school of Changshui is also composed of Southern Huns and Wuhu miscellaneous people, so the skills will not be so different, right? Moreover, listening to Ding Yuan's words, there is still no strategy at all, pure crushing is hard to hard, this casualty ratio should be about the same!

"The general misunderstood, we exterminated the five hundred Xianbei people, because it was a small number of grams, but the casualties were not large, only about two hundred people were lost." Ding Yuan saw that Liu Tianhao was already hesitant about why his five thousand people were so unbearable, and hurriedly explained and refuted.

"Could it be that there is something else?" Liu Tianhao had already vaguely guessed something.

"Exterminate these 500 Xianbei people, our army will not suffer much losses. Later, from the Han people who were captured by the Xianbei people, I learned that they were the Shuofang people, and two months ago, there were also a small number of Xianbei people who broke through the wall of our Han Pass, invaded the surroundings of Shuofang, burned and looted, and these people were captured by the five hundred Xianbei people to the grassland, and they said that they seemed to be taken to Zhuo Evil Mountain to be slaves. Ding Yuan paused and took a sip of water.

"Later, I discussed with Captain Qubei that if we continued to march into the depths of the grassland, we were afraid that there would be an accident if we continued to march into the depths of the grassland and let these tens of thousands of unarmed Han people return to their homeland alone, so we decided to escort them south back to Shuofang, but I heard that they said that Shuofang should not be peaceful, and they were also shocked and destroyed, so they were willing to follow us and wait for the east to return to the clouds."

Liu Tianhao already knew a rough idea at this time, and when he heard the Xianbei people ravaging Shuofang County, he couldn't help but be angry, and said in a deep voice, "You met the Xianbei people on the way back to Yunzhong? ”

"That's right, on the way back to the east, on the evening of the seventh day, when we were all tired and tired, a stream of Xianbei people came diagonally from the northeast, nearly 3,000 people and horses, and they were also escorting a dry Xianbei old oil women and children, and when the two armies met, it was too late to make any arrangements, and I and Qubei immediately led the army forward, threw off my big Han people who were escorted behind, and went straight to the Xianbei people; And the Xianbei people are also the same as us, but it is a little slower time. As soon as the two armies came into contact, they could only fight hard, and in the end, we still relied on the large number of men and horses, and also went first, and wiped out 3,000 soldiers and horses in Xianbei under the condition of breaking nearly 3,000 soldiers. Unfortunately, I met the commander of Xianbei head-on, there was a gap in martial arts, and he couldn't fight for a long time, so I immediately went to help the Xianbei commander in the double battle, although he was finally killed, however, the captain of the school was under the desperate death of the Xianbei commander, and almost lost his life! Speaking of this, Ding Yuan's face darkened for a while.

"Brother Jianyang, and relax, go to the Beixiao Lieutenant to check Langzhong, it should be no big problem, rest for a while, and recover. As for this battle... But it's not a pass, it's a work! Liu Tianhao saw that Ding Yuan became more and more depressed the more he spoke, and hurriedly threw out a reassuring pill to him.

"Since ancient times, the so-called war is an ominous thing, to go into battle to kill the enemy, since you can kill others, you may naturally be killed by others, and there is no mistake in the command of the commander in these two wars; Moreover, in the end, you still wiped out all the Xianbei people you encountered, and rescued the Han people who were captured by the Xianbei people in our Shuofang County. So, not only are you not at fault, but you also have credit! Liu Tianhao figured out what happened, so he naturally had to judge impartially.

"Oh, by the way, the Luoyang envoy just set off to return to Luoyang in the morning, but you didn't catch up. However, the reward for merit can't run, and because of the Yanmen resistance and meritorious service, the imperial court promoted you to Luoyang to serve as the captain of Jinwu. Congratulations! Liu Tianhao didn't know whether to congratulate Ding Yuan or what, but for a while, he couldn't come up with any other words, so he simply regarded it as a happy event.

As Liu Tianhao thought in his heart, Ding Yuan couldn't understand at all, how could he be promoted to Luoyang on an errand all of a sudden? Although Captain Jin Wu is indeed a high authority, there is no connection here!