The relatives had been by his side for a long time, and he became a little bolder, and he thought about it and whispered, "It's better to make the eldest prince suffer a loss, and it's ......."

"Are you Lu Bu Lu Lian?" Guo Tu asked rhetorically, "Lu Lian understands the stakes, and when he looks at Yuan Gong's affection, he doesn't dare to hurt the eldest son." ”

I didn't dare to ask if I met later.

What about Lu Bu?

A Lu Bu who can make Yuan Gong so angry that he doesn't even want his face and reputation, and sends assassins to hunt down and kill, what he wants and what he will do is completely unpredictable!

How can a person understand what a dog is thinking?!

These scoldings were not complained by Guo Tu, and the middle-aged scribe only stomped his feet hard in the end.

"What are you doing! Go down and get ready! ”

Chapter 210

It always takes time to mobilize an army, but fortunately, Lu Bu can afford to wait.

His convoy was going west along the Yellow River and Jishui for a long, long time, so he soon heard Yuan Tan's troops from the plains, preparing to attack him.

This does not need to be carefully infiltrated into the Plains City to quietly investigate, as long as the scouts run dozens of miles to the north and casually ask the people of Gaotang, they can hear about the details of the Yuan family's son's deployment of troops.

Because Yuan Tan also began to send scouts frequently, and after the Xianbei cavalry was greatly injured, he sent his own Jizhou cavalry to take charge of the front army.

Since the soldiers came out of the plains, went south to Gaotang, and then crossed the river to fight against Lu Bu's army, Gaotang was about to enter a wartime state immediately, and the Gaotang County Decree began to hoard grain and grass, and also requisitioned the people as people's husbands, and even repaired the city wall.

Therefore, even though Lu Bu was only a traveler passing along the edge of the Plains Counties, he could easily judge Yuan Tan's movements.

As night fell, the banks of the river were encamped, and apart from the sentries and scouts, the soldiers immediately enjoyed this rare time of rest.

The Xianbei attack did not cause much trouble to Lü Bu, on the contrary, the horses captured in this battle allowed him to replenish the size of his cavalry a little.

Poor animals that have been killed by arrows, poked to death by horses, or disemboweled with knives, though they have lost the glory of serving in the state army, can still fall into the bellies of these hungry state soldiers.

No seasoning is needed, just cut the horse meat into small pieces, thread it with a branch, roast it over the fire, and sprinkle a small handful of salt at the end.

Fresh and steaming. Such a piece of roast horse meat and a piece of wheat cake are enough to reward the hard work of these days.

Such a summer night is worth anyone to linger for a while, and Lu Bu also thought so, so he ordered someone to take the mat out of the tent and spread it outside, so that while enjoying the coolness, he listened to Gao Shun's report on the military situation, and watched his own soldiers prepare roast horse meat for him.

"I'm not going to hit him, he's going to beat me." Lu Bu was very puzzled, "What is the truth?" ”

"The general lent the banner to Lu Lian, and then he was disgusted with it, so that Yuan Tan could not attack Beihai for a long time," Gao Shun said calmly, "Therefore, it is also possible to hold a grudge." ”

"It's true that I borrowed her flag," Lu Bu came over with a bowl of wine, and after taking a sip, he squinted his eyes pleasantly, "But I didn't capture it." ”

“…… Yuan Tan may not know. ”

Lu Bu raised his head and looked at him innocently with his two eyes, "Then why did he dare to come to me?" ”

Gao Shun was a little confused by this question.

In the end, he could only sigh, "Maybe he doesn't know, the general's bravery is even higher than Tai Shici." ”

When this army, which was close to more than 10,000 people and Qingzhou soldiers, arrived in Gaotang, Yuan Tan had completely calmed down.

Why did he fight Lu Bu?

Because he desperately needs something to prove his abilities.

Yuan Shang has reached the age of the crown, this young brother was born handsome and extraordinary, between movement and stillness, radiant, is an extremely outstanding beautiful young man, everyone who has seen him praises him, so it is not surprising that he has been cherished by his father, and even Yuan Tan will think that if Yuan Shang is just born handsome, then he will also pity this young brother, and is willing to think about him in everything as an eldest brother.

But in addition to being handsome, Yuan Shang was also smart and studious, studied under several famous scholars, and was quite insightful in the history of the scriptures, so most of the scholars in Jizhou also had a very good impression of him;

In addition to being smart and studious, Yuan Shang is also good at martial arts, he can open several stones and strong bows on the horse, and he can carry a three-foot long sword when he gets off the horse, which has both courage and resourcefulness.

As a result, Yuan Shao's love for his young son's treasure gradually changed into an examination of the heir.

And what made Yuan Tan even more frightened was that Yuan Shang could withstand the scrutiny of the most critical father, he was intelligent and erudite, brave and good at fighting, elegant in demeanor, and a corporal of etiquette and virtue - the beauty of the jade tree has become insignificant under these advantages, but in the Han Dynasty, the appearance was also an indispensable item in the selection of scholars, not to mention that an eccentric father looked at his sons?

Yecheng gradually had a secret rumor: Yuan Tan is the eldest son, this is undoubted, if the elder is abolished, I am afraid that the Yuan Guild will lose the hope of the world, so can this eldest son be expelled from the inheritance sequence?

…… For example, the original eldest son of the Runan Yuan clan was not Yuan Shao, nor Yuan Shu, but Yuan Ji, who died when Dong Zhuo troubled the two capitals.

The eldest brother's entire family was killed by Dong Zhuo, and there were no descendants, and they could not enjoy sacrifices and blood food.

As Yuan Ji's younger brother, the most powerful person in the Yuan clan today, shouldn't Yuan Gong choose one of his descendants to pass on to Yuan Ji, so that his dead soul no longer has to worry and lament all day long?

Such a rumor is said to have originally been told to Yuan Shao by Mrs. Liu, and this secret pillow talk was quietly told to a certain guard by the maid in the house, and the imprudent lover walked it to every corner of Yecheng.

As for whether that lover had listened to the orders of any of the strategists to do such an imprudent thing, Yuan Tan did not know, but there was no doubt that whenever he thought of this rumor, his heart would surge with cold anger.

He is the eldest son of Yuan's generation, and he is his father's heir!

His father is Yuan Shao, not Yuan Ji!

His eccentric father, in order to remove the obstacles on the way to inherit the Yuan clan for his younger brother, who had never led an army alone, actually thought of such a method!

Yuan Tan felt as if he was standing on a chariot, constantly spurring his horse forward.

He didn't know what was waiting for him ahead, but he knew he couldn't stop, because once he stopped, his brother would catch up with him, overtake him, and fly lightly towards that infinitely bright, infinitely glorious future.

In any case, Yuan Tan needs a war, a victory, and a merit to show his worth.

——In front of the people of Jizhou, in front of the advisors around my father, in front of my father, my mother, and his younger brother.

"The state army is very good at cavalry and archery, and I was originally inferior, and now I have lost a cavalry, so I must be even more cautious."

He said to himself:

"I should delay Lu Bu and make him relax a little......

“…… How should I behave? ”

Yuan Tan's troubled and unfocused gaze suddenly calmed down.

"The teacher must be famous."

When it was not completely dark, Yuan Tan's envoy crossed Jishui and arrived at the barracks, where he brought Yuan Tan's letters.

The letter was written by a special scribe, neatly written, in a cold tone, but not brutal, and with great care.

Yuan Tan first said that he had played the Qingzhou Thorn History of the Imperial Court, and now he was guarding the plain, this was his territory, if Lu Bu wanted to pass through here, he should inform the master here in advance, why did he bring such a group of soldiers and horses into his territory, and also attacked his Xianbei scouts?

Lu Bu took the letter and fell into deep thought, Chen Gong glanced at him, and ordered someone to bring the messenger down and entertain him with good wine and meat. After the messenger left, he returned to the tent to ask Lu Bu.

"Why didn't the general reply?"

"Where are Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses scouts? It's clearly a rogue robber, and besides, I've beaten them all, how could he write me such a letter? ”

Hearing such incomprehensible words, Chen Gong frowned.

"Did the general ever think that the Xianbei cavalry might not have attacked on Yuan Tan's orders?"

Lu Bu raised his head with a look of surprise, "That means I was wrong, Yuan Tan actually didn't want to beat me?" Just discern it with me and let me go? ”

This direction of understanding made Chen Gong briefly silent for a while.

The candle in the tent suddenly burst into a spark.

"Gongtai?"

"General, since Yuan Tan has already stationed troops in the Tang Dynasty, he is not a general, so why did he come?"

"Then why do you say that the Xianbei people didn't get the order?"

"The general thinks about it, your thousands of mules and horses are walking by the river with their grain, grass and cloth, and their wealth is moving!"

Chen Gong's analysis like this little by little finally brought Lu Bu back to his normal train of thought.

"Yuan Tan wanted to come and beat me, but he didn't want to send Xianbei people to test first, it was those Hu'er who were greedy and bumped into me by themselves."

"Not bad."

"And now?" Lu Bu's eyes rolled for a while, and he suddenly understood, "Since he lacks cavalry and wants to fight me, he must take a long-term view and choose a suitable battlefield." ”

"Not bad."

As for what kind of battlefield is more suitable for his Jizhou soldiers with foot soldiers as the main force, Lu Bu thought about the surrounding terrain again, and suddenly had a little eyebrow in his heart.

"Yuan Tan wants to use a strategy to delay the army?" Lu Bu asked, "How should I break it?" ”

Chen Gong smiled, "Is there anything about the general, do you need to ask this Grand Prince Yuan?" ”

The middle-aged military general, who was wearing a muslin tunic and sitting cross-legged in the tent, tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head frankly, "No." ”

He really hoped that Yuan Tan could let him live well on the plains, but what was the use of his hope? He is also Yuan Tan, and he will not let go of such a baggage convoy full of goods.

"That's going to be easy." Chen Gong said lightly, "This letter, I will reply for the general, the general only needs to prepare in advance, when to prepare and stop, when to tell me." ”

The letter said that although Yuan Tan is the history of Qingzhou, this is after all the territory of the Han Dynasty, and Wen Hou is bringing tribute from Xuzhou, and he wants to go to Luoyang to welcome the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and he not only has no rudeness when he travels through Qingzhou, but Yuan Tan, who is the history of Qingzhou Thorn, should give him the most convenient passage conditions, so that he can reach Luoyang as soon as possible, which is the duty of a courtier of the Han family.

Although the princes were more or less dismissive of the Son of Heaven, except for Yuan Shu, no one was willing to make a head bird and show their contempt, especially the Yuan family.

It's just a rebel and thief, he Yuan Tan doesn't need to be the second, and he will make those scholars in Jizhou who are loyal to the Han family angry.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally wrote a second letter, the wording was more soothing than the previous one, the letter said that he was naturally a Hanchen, a loyal minister, and a pure minister, and he also heard that Lu Bu was now homeless, and it was very hard to lead such a group of soldiers and horses out of the house, not to mention, but also to disturb the local people, so it was better to leave these tributes, and he could send Jizhou people to take over the convoy and send them to Luoyang.

Yuan Tan even wrote at length in the letter how suitable his geographical advantages are to undertake this task, in a word-either you leave the baggage convoy behind and go back obediently, or don't blame me for being rude, I am a salute first and then a soldier.

"It's a shame that he is still the son of Runan Yuan, how can he write such a shameless document?"

Chen Gong glanced at him, "Is the general ready to stop?" ”

There is a mountain in the south of Jishui, which is called Gu Mountain.

Although the mountain is not steep, the mountains are continuous, and it is impossible to see the terrain of the vicinity without taking some time to run in person and ask the local mountain people clearly.

Although Lu Bu was careless in his treatment of others, he was often very careful when fighting.

At this time, he nodded, "Bosson will guard this place for me, and I will lead the cavalry into the mountain." ”

After hearing this, Chen Gong touched his beard, "In that case, we shouldn't wait any longer." ”

“…… I am the defender, if Yuan Tan doesn't want to attack, how can I force him to come out? ”

Regarding this question, Chen Gong answered quickly.

"The general only needs to reply to the letter in person."

Reply to the letter in person, Yuan Tan will go to war?