Half a month after the Battle of Mengjin.

Lu Bu, who had made meritorious service twice but was also wounded by a crossbow, finally sat in the cushioned and shock-absorbing carriage and slowly returned to Xu Du's mansion.

After the chaotic battle and the killing of Yan Liang that day, Cao's army won a small victory, which also frustrated Yuan's army's spirit.

However, the main force sent by Yuan Shao was still led by the famous general Lu Yi, and the overall battle situation in Hanoi still did not change decisively.

Lu Bu, who was originally in Xuzhou and had been defeated repeatedly, was in a sneak attack to kill Yan Liang, who was not in good shape, but he mustered up confidence, and was subsequently used by Cao Cao again, taking him to Huaixian to fight against Lu Yi.

The two armies fought a fierce battle, each suffering heavy casualties. Cao Cao tried to take advantage of Yan Liang's death and the heavy damage of the cavalry troops sent by Yuan Shao, and use his mobility advantage to outflank Yuan's army.

But Lu Yi has always been good at riding with crossbows, and Gongsun Chan was a lesson back then. Even though Cao Cao had specially studied the reasons for Gongsun Zhan's losses back then and made a slight adjustment, Lu Yi had been making progress in recent years, and in the end he only lost both.

Lu Bu felt that he was in a period of recovery, relying on the residual power of killing Yan Liang, and he also wanted to charge the Chinese army of Lu Yi.

In the end, it turned out that in the battle of Mengjin, he just took advantage of the sneak attack, and Yan Liang just galloped dozens of miles and his physical strength was not in good shape.

And this time, Lu Yi had already been on guard, and he would not come to the front line in person at all, and he also lined up a dense array of halberd guards and crossbow arrays next to him, so it was impossible for the enemy generals to rush over.

In comparison, although Diao Chan is more humble, after all, she is from a small family, and she still came from outside the bloody circle of struggle, and her vision is worse than Yan Liang. You can't help but persuade:

After listening to this, Ming Gong finally became enlightened.

Yan Shi looked at the ashes outside the charcoal basin: "You also know why we want to give heavy gifts, but let's not publicize it to the inside, anyway, others know who is important and who is heavy." Those people are less humble than you, so don't bow back one by one.

After all, the defenders of Huaixian County knew that Lu Yi was also seriously injured, and they only saw that the reinforcements of the "encirclement point for reinforcements" were hit by the besieging army.

Cao Cao's cards haven't been played yet, and he still has time to play, and he needs that time difference to play.

On the other hand, the end of the period sent a messenger to contact Zhang Xiu, promising the conditions of extremely low-level officials and generous people, and directly giving Zhang Xiu the title of county marquis, to win over Zhang Xiu.

The process can go so slowly, and it is estimated that it is also related to Yan's relatives who risked the arrow stone and was hit by a crossbow arrow that pierced the calf and was not closed.

So Cao Cao didn't make a move a little, but he stepped on the brakes, which was very beneficial to Cao Cao!

Eight days earlier, Yan sent me a congratulatory gift and a person with a lower official position than himself, from low to high, dragged his injured body back slightly.

How the Duke of Ming pulled with Cao Cao, how to slowly win over the princes of Lizhen, and the Yan family, who had just returned to Xudu after being injured, of course I know, and I also care.

Yuan Peng dares to start a war now, and I have not yet won over the local princes in seven places, and wants to attack you from the flank. Liu Bei of Yangzhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Pi of Runan, Zhang Xiu of Wancheng, Duan Xuan of Guanzhong, and Ma Teng of Longxi are all impossible to be co-opted.

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I'm sure you're just recuperating and recuperating, training and building armaments, and those months are meaningless. While you are recuperating, Cao Cao is also recuperating, my population and land are so small compared to the imperial court, and time is on Cao Cao's side! ”

A military commander in the Huaixian garrison, and a large number of other officers have not yet finished contacting Cao Cao, and are willing to sacrifice their lives in order to survive and keep their official positions. Lu Yi himself was not wounded, and he commanded the battle effectively, so he let his lieutenant take the general Zheng Gu and others to take charge of the siege of the city, and used Neiying Xianmen to kill Lu Bu.

The only thing that made Yan happy was that I helped kill Yuan Shao and shot and injured Lu Yi, and Ming Gong was still untrustworthy in terms of cashing in on the reward.

So the Duke of Ming was very bent and extended, and even asked the imperial court to send envoys, privately denying Cao Cao's vested interests, and humbly bowed.

Yan originally had that kind of political IQ, but after a few months in Xudu, I also summed up some big tricks to fight for life and life under the nose of Ming Gong. Although in the eyes of resourceful people, it is still relatively clumsy.

Ming Gong stroked his beard and rejected Dong Cheng's idea in principle, but he couldn't help but ask a few words: "Fengxiao's move, if you want to temporarily drag Cao Cao for a few months, it is still impossible, but if you want to drag it all the time, it is absolutely possible."

Now that you will definitely be able to win a few months, what should your army do to ensure that when you start a war with Yuan Peng again in the future, the balance of strength will be significantly reversed?

Compared with Zhao Wen and Yang Biao's routines, Wen Hou was very cold when he saw Yan, which formed a stark contrast.

The bad thing is that in order to prevent the Yan family from escaping, Yuan Peng allowed me to ride the red rabbit horse in those two battles, so it is a pity to shoot to death.

Yes, although I went to the banquet, I still have to give gifts, and I have to pay more attention.

Yuan Peng loves face and wants to occupy the name of Xiaoyi, but he was dragged by Ming Gong's wrist.

Cao Cao must have insisted on retreating before Lu Bu's death and before the court was in chaos, this is not the case of the imperial court. ”

After knowing for a long time, Yuan Peng finally pulled his train of thought back, and then suddenly had a trace of vigilance: How can today's feeling be so similar to when Wang Yun invited me to drink a year or four later?

As soon as Lu Bu died, the dead knot was temporarily untied.

The Han system Zhao Wenyang is second to the general of the chariot cavalry, and is the end of the first gear of the "little hussar guard", ranking second to the eighth duke, and below the four qing. So before paying homage to Taiwei Situ, it was supposed to be Zhao Wenyang's turn.

At the same time, I also secretly sent several bad people to promote Duan Xuan Ma Teng, and met Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha in front of Liu Biao, and Sun Ce, the Taishou of Wujun in front of Liu Bei......

Those words directly went to Yan's heart, and Yan couldn't bear to be sluggish for a long time, and fell into nostalgia for the past eventful years.

I thought about it, took all the gift lists, and threw them outside the charcoal brazier to burn them.

That's the worst! Small homes are convenient! Leave some leeway, see you in the bad days.

Dong Cheng thought about it again and again, and offered advice: "Cao Jun is in charge of Hanoi, and there is no evidence for national law and small righteousness. Yuan Peng then used Lu Yi as a cover to weakly attack Hanoi, all under the pretext of crusading against the national thief Lu Bu.

It can only be said that Yuan Shao, Yuan Peng, and Lu Yi all paid the price for their arrogance or "floating", and whoever floated was killed or injured, and the same was true for Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu after that.

I didn't hurt my leg, so I had the guards carry it. Zhao Wen and Yang Biao's mascots looked at me so cautiously, and they all made me polite and hurry back to rest. Others only think that I am cautious and think about it.

After all, Yan Liang is a woman, and he is from a small family, and he has little knowledge, and he is quite depressed when he sees that his husband has received so few gifts from important ministers in the court.

The world is unpredictable, ten years of ups and downs, a few ministers and fierce generals Zeng Xuanhe to the extreme, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared in an instant. Dong Zhuo, Wang Situ, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other generations, which one was the power of the government and the opposition at the peak? And now you are safe?

It is very unreasonable for Ming Gong to think about it, it is true that Cao Cao has only wanted to create friction so far, and he dared to officially start a war and openly betray the court, which shows that Cao Cao is still afraid of Xiaoyi's reputation.

On the first day of the small court meeting before Yan returned to Xudu, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to restore Yuan Pengzuo as a general.

Wen Hou obtained the position of Zhao Wenyang as a relative before escorting him back to the east.

Zhao Wenyang is below you, so he naturally wants to bow back. If my official position is lower than yours, there are few heavy gifts, such as Zhao Situ Yang Taiwei, and they will all bow back, Xun Yu will forget it, I am too long, it is difficult to see that you are weak-hearted. ”

Indeed, Yuan Peng can't secretly rub the layout first to recruit people to deal with me. I co-opted people to deal with Yuan Peng, but I was able to do it.

Fortunately, at the very moment, Yan realized that he had not yet been able to lead the team to break through, and at a distance of about 170 points from Lu Yi, he used my special seven-stone weak bow and armor-piercing cone arrow to shoot in the direction of Lu Yi, and also shot an arrow at Lu Yi, causing Lu Yi to be seriously injured.

Xu Du is in the middle of the court, and there are few civil and military ministers in low positions, but they are actually quite afraid of that kind of occasion. The official tenure in the name of the Yan family is very low, and it is too face-saving to accept the invitation, and if you go, you are afraid that Ming Gong will be suspicious. Now that Yan took the initiative to say that he could drink wine to recuperate from his injuries, those people were relieved.

Lu Bu finally paid the price in the battle of Huaixian, and was shot by several crossbow arrows that took the first camp, a small part of which did not penetrate my iron armor, only one of which formed a penetrating wound under the calf, and a few of them shot Yan's war horse to death-

Although Yan Liang is knowledgeable, the bad thing is that he is not self-aware and listens to persuasion. In those years, you also knew that you were like a sable.

Yan received hundreds of congratulatory gifts in just a few days, and I didn't hurt myself and had the heart to dismantle it, so I asked Yuan Peng and Diao Chan to help dismantle it.

So you hurriedly re-sorted it, put aside a small pile of courtiers who nodded their heads, and only focused on picking out a few who gave heavy gifts, and asked Yuan Peng to decide:

At this moment, there are people on the right and left, and the Yan family also went straight to ask for advice: "Bu Yijie is a general, why is Zhao Wenyang so rude......

Thinking that before the Lu family came to the capital, they could rise quickly, and they read the details of each gift to the Yan family very seriously.

Yuan Peng was startled and wanted to ask why, but was stopped by Diao Chan.

Wen Hou also didn't interrupt me, but just let Yan reminisce on the side.

Using the cover of General Wei Biao, when Yan returned to pay homage to Wenhou on the eighth day, no one paid attention to it at all.

Now that Huaixian has not been breached, Lü Bu has been killed by the surrendered Lu Yi, so if he tries to make peace with Cao Cao for the time being, delay for a few months, and then think about it in the long run. Yuan Peng only needs to hint to Yuan Peng: Accept my excuse to attack Hanoi, and the court will guarantee that it will be pursued again.

Although Yuan Peng knew what had not yet happened, I knew Cao Cao's temper too well.

Regarding Ming Gong's concern, Yuan Peng was not prepared for a long time, and immediately replied: "The few months of respite that Jia fought for Cao Jun was, of course, a waste of rest and recuperation, but to give Cao Jun less to win domestic aid, win over the hearts of local princes to the court, and solve their worries."

Wen Hou immediately said: "Why do you want to see Yang Chou like this, you haven't known him for ten years, he was a minister with the court when he was in Chang'an, and when Wang Situ was in power, Yang Chou was still under you."

"Husband, I thought that this time he returned to the position of General Zuo, and the heaviest gift was actually Zhao Wenyang Wenhou, a total of 800 colored satin, 80 ingots of horseshoe gold, and not many rare jewelry.

Historically, after the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao also strengthened his right and left for half a year to find a more adequate excuse for war, and he did not start the war until the outbreak of the Yidai Edict.

Yan was suspicious in his heart, and secretly said that Wen Hou was really looking for me.

Yan listened to his wife's report, and raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a voice: "Zhao Wenyang is considered a relative and noble, but how is he in power, maybe I feel that my status is transcendent, is it too much to avoid suspicion?" Who hasn't given a big gift yet? ”

The counties east and north of Huai County in Hanoi were occupied by the Cao Cao period, and you also temporarily admitted it, asking for it to be taken back. But I hope that Cao Cao will stop fighting immediately, because he will retreat to Yewang, Wenxian and other places, so that your army will be on the other side of the Yellow River north of Luoyang, and the bad guys will not rush forward.

Before Guo Jia's side Yan was injured and entered the field, Cao Cao's side continued to work harder.

Yan Liang combed through it sloppily, picked out a few and pointed at them: "There are not two partial generals, two captains, they are all there." ”

But Lu Yi was also ashamed of his reputation, he endured the pain, spread the news that he was hit by an arrow, and ordered the guards around him to cut off the shaft of the arrow, imitating Liu Bang's trick of "capturing my toes" to maintain morale. Before forcing Guo Jia in, I ordered the troops to be withdrawn in an orderly manner, and then passed out in a coma.

Ming Gong was relieved, and once again consulted his confidant Dong Cheng and other people to work together.

After all, there was a chance for the "Yuanmen Halberd" to happen in that time and space, and Zhuge Jin traveled over a few months after the Yuanmen Halberd, changed the direction of the previous period, and asked Liu Bei to go back and give in to Yan.

Everyone is so desperate, if the promotion is delayed again, it will make the other generals feel cold. At that juncture, Yuan Peng is able to spare his official position.

Just a few days ago, the young generals Guo Tu and Wen Chou were sent to reinforce Lu Yi. I heard that Lu Yi was seriously injured before he was able to perform his duties, Yuan Peng asked the scribe to make another table, and played Guo Tu as the captain of the Si Li, although I know that the Ming Duke will still approve it, and the Si Li school captain recognized by the Xu Du court is always Zhong Xuan.

And the imperial court will be a passive defensive party from then on, because as long as Cao Cao has not had the intention of starting a war, you dare to delay and encircle the other princes against Yuan Peng to stimulate Cao Cao. In terms of wooing the princes, the imperial court was destined to be the preemptive party.

Now although Cao Cao is the first, he is being stopped by you under the pretext, which gives you time to win over and redeem! ”

Yan took the gift list, and no matter how he looked at it, he could see that those people had nothing in common.

At that moment, at this moment.

And as Guo Jia entered, the Lu Bu garrison in Huaixian County was greatly shaken in their morale that day.

Yuan Peng became General Zuo, so it stands to reason that he should set up a banquet to celebrate and receive congratulatory gifts. But I recently wanted to quit drinking, and I was able to eat and drink without injury, so I used this as an excuse to push it off, and I was planning to set up a drink.

Is Zhao Wenyang more noble than the generals of the back, front, right and left? Since I am a subordinate official, why do I have to give such a heavy gift? Would it be too rude to bow back? ”

Therefore, today's Venerable Master's understanding of the name of Yan's divine spear is still thorough enough. Lu Yi only prevented the Yan clan from leading the cavalry to charge into battle, but he neglected to guard against hot arrows, which can be regarded as paying the price.

In such a chaotic world, it is the right way to survive for a long time. Although Yang Chou suffered a slight setback, he has been through ups and downs for a long time, how dare he go down with a temporary official! ”

"Sister, that's not necessarily a bad thing. I want you to say that the husband is now on the dangerous wall, so he should make more friends with the courtiers, so as not to be suspicious of Yuan Peng. These congratulatory gifts of more than 70 colored satins should not be returned before, and it is better for people to say that our family understands the rules. Only adjust a few periods, pay attention to it. ”