If according to the theory of origin, the person on the suburban altar is really not a worthy of the festival, more than ten years ago, even if the princes in the lower place were not high-ranking officials of 2,000 stones, there were several officials of 600 stones in the family. When they went to Luoyang, there were Hao slaves to open the way, and they took the upper west gate, and they couldn't meet the Qianshou who lived in Guangyang Gate, even if they passed by a few domestic servants and slaves carrying pork on the road, they couldn't even look at it!

And now they stood in the cold wind, silently staring at the ordinary figure on the outskirts. It is also a bright and brilliant armor, which is worn on Yuan Shang's body to add color and glory, but when worn on Lu Lian's body, it does not show off the gorgeous and noble momentum at all!

She's the head of the Qian! It's a husband! It's the pig killer! It's a nameless woman!

How she deserves!

Wearing such armor, standing above 10,000 people, and receiving Liu Bei's thrift! Temperate the soldiers and horses of the four states!

There were attendants singing loudly.

The hearts of jealousy were crushed by clear minds, and together with their heads, they bowed respectfully to the people on the outskirts.

She watched it all calmly, and received their courtesy, with no uneasiness, no panic, no panic or arrogance as they imagined.

But another thought rose in their minds.

Lu Lian has won such glory, will the imperial court sit idly by?

"Do you want to know where this battle with Yuan Shao should begin?" The lord was beside her, smiling and asking softly.

"He must have thought about it," she turned to him naturally, "and he's going to fight me." ”

The news of Liu Bei's worship of Lu Lian as a general quickly spread in all directions, and the nearest and fastest stop was naturally the Jizhou military camp more than ten miles north of Zhecheng.

When he heard the news, Yuan Shaozheng was staring at the thing called the "sand table".

That thing was originally invented by Ma Yuan, and it was not accurate to use rice to pile mountains and draw rivers with fingers, so there were very few people who used it. But Lu Lian is very concerned about this thing, every time she goes to a place, she has to carefully explore the nearby mountains and rivers terrain, and come back to make a "sand table" with mud and loess, and there are various small flags placed on it, so as to distinguish the forces of the two sides and occupy the terrain.

This thing is good, and the people of Jizhou also use it after hearing it, but it is difficult to use it handy, because it is impossible for the coach to run out to reconnoiter the terrain by himself, only the scouts draw the terrain according to their vague feelings, which leads to a hundred scouts will pinch out a hundred terrains.

…… The big difference is naturally not bad, no one will paint the Yellow River as a smooth road, Huashan as a basin, but how high is the mountain, how many miles in radius, where is the mountain col, how is the slope steep and wide?

Thinking about it like this, Yuan Shao had to admire Lu Lian, how did she keep all kinds of complicated terrain in mind? With such a mind, why do you want to kill pigs? If she had defected to herself when she was in Luoyang, he would definitely not treat her badly!

When someone came in and told him about Liu Bei's visit to the altar, Yuan Shao did not express any surprise or anger.

"If she is under my command," said Yuan Shao, "I will also give her a thrift." ”

Beside them, the scribes glanced at each other.

…… I heard that Lu Lian is not as bad as Lu Bu except for his virtues, and other places are not very bad.

…… Considering that Lu Bu didn't do anything earth-shattering at the lord's office, he was so angry that he sent a soldier to assassinate him in the middle of the night.

…… Rounding it off, if Lu Lian is under the command of the lord, he may not be able to hold out until the time when he ascends the altar to worship the general.

Someone thought so, and someone coughed like this and spoke.

"Lord, Tian Yuanhao is still grounded by the lord and is not allowed to go out."

"Keep it closed, charcoal fire food and clothing must not be short of him."

"Lord ......"

Yuan Shao's expression didn't change at all, "When I defeat Lu Lian, I will release him and go, please don't drive Xun to the Zhongjun tent." ”

…… A very angry lord is right.

The news of the altar and worship also spread to Xiapi.

The courtiers reacted differently.

They didn't care too much about Lu Lian's humble background and whether he deserved such an honor, they whispered, and only felt that Liu Bei would hand over the military power, and it was not good to have to engage in such a big battle.

The Son of Heaven gave him a festival, this is true, there are only a few people in the old Liu family who can fight, and the Son of Heaven himself has no soldiers, so it is nothing to give an honor guard.

But where does he have the power to give Lu Lian a thrift? It's not private, but he built such a big earthen altar and issued it in front of his courtiers, isn't this a bit arrogant?

When they mentioned it, their noses wrinkled and their faces were full of disapproval.

When someone with a heart sees their expressions, they know it in their hearts.

At the court meeting a few days after the news reached Xiapi, a new face had a straight face, and kept telling Liu Bei about the transgression.

Even under the knife-like gaze of the counselor Zhang Fei, he was just trembling, and he stiffly stalked his neck.

The ministers who followed all the way from Luoyang to Xiapi glanced at each other.

"Things on the front line are originally changing rapidly," a minister snorted coldly, "Lu Lian is self-cultivation, and he is stubborn, what is wrong with Liu Bei letting go of troops with her?" ”

The eyes of the new face widened.

"Chen Deng died in battle before, and there are some suspicious things in it, but now Xiaopei's war is fierce, according to the minister's opinion," the minister suddenly turned the topic, "Your Majesty should be vigilant to the court, or there may be people with ill intentions." ”

The new faces were shocked and angry, and looked at the minister in unison, but when he raised his chin and looked back arrogantly, he still had a righteous and awe-inspiring face!

"That being the case," the Son of Heaven asked again, "Liu Bei's matter is also an ordinary soldier?" ”

"Yuan is menacing," Yang Biao said calmly, "The minister thinks that Shaofu's words are also." ”

The face of the Son of Heaven, who couldn't see clearly, turned to the courtiers who were born as local scholars in Xuzhou.

"Sweep away the responsibility of Yuan's rebellion against the same party in the city, and leave it to the counselor."

"No!"

Hearing Zhang Fei's hidden angry voice, several faces turned to ashes in an instant.

He didn't even raise his eyes.

Zhang Fei couldn't figure out what was going on in Xiapi City, if he asked Yang Xiu, maybe he would slowly figure it out, but it was obvious that the attitude of the Hanchen had changed after the death of Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son.

When Yuan Tan and Chen Deng were still in a stalemate, and Xiapi was as stable as a rock, some of them who opposed Liu Bei did want to put pressure on Chen Deng, but now that Chen Qi's father and son died at the same time, Xiao Pei was also in danger, and the situation was not optimistic, they immediately stood on Liu Bei's side again.

…… If Lu Hangyu knew, he would say that these people were playing with the scales and playing with the devil, always thinking about how to suppress Liu Bei and how to give Liu Bei a little sweetness, which was clearly a group of PUA players.

But it is true that the people who hate Liu Bei the most will not support Yuan Shao, and the difference between them and the part of people who support Liu Bei the most is only in what position Liu Bei will be given after the four seas are pacified in the future.

They don't have a friendship with Liu Bei! If the Son of Heaven really meditates, what good juice do they have?

But now the situation has changed.

Of course, Liu Bei was very grateful to the Chen family for helping him, but everyone died, and the position was still vacant;

Now that the position is vacant, all that remains to consider is how to brush up on the credit and occupy that position;

Now there is a serious credit here - there are indeed people in Xuzhou who secretly communicate with Yuan Shao, Zhang Fei can't understand that these people who have been fighting wits and courage with eunuchs for many years are experienced!

Then everything became easy.

Hand in hand to this group of buns to Zhang Fei's hands, eradicating the unstable factors around the Son of Heaven, this is not called friendship, what is friendship!

As for arrogance, it doesn't matter if you trespass or not, anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot of Lao Liu's house, and what you do is worthy of the first emperor of the Han Dynasty in the two temples!

Besides, you can make a note of the trespass now, and take it out to continue to suppress Liu Bei after the war in the future: Are your merits enough? Virtue can't pass? If you want to ascend the throne, you have to add money!

Some of them even went to Zhang Fei and asked him to transfer some of the defenders in Xiapi to support Xiao Pei.

…… Zhang Fei's expression at that time was very unsightly.

…… It's not anger or horror, there may be vigilance and vigilance, and a little confusion.

But after the minister visited the door three times and twice, Zhang Fei couldn't hold back and went to find Yang Xiu again.

"Don't worry, general," Yang Xiu said with a smile, "This time, they treat Liu Yuanjun sincerely. ”

Ten days after Xiaopei was besieged, Xiapi's reinforcements finally arrived.

Chapter 552

When the eyes of the whole world were focused on the battlefield of Zhecheng, Yuan Shao was also discussing the next step with his advisers.

He originally wanted to take Suiyang, because Suiyang has a convenient waterway, second only to Xiapi, and when the spring tide is approaching, it can be used as a base camp for logistics grain and grass.

But now he has changed his mind.

Liu Bei's main army is here, if he can crush Liu Bei with a decisive battle, when spring comes, he no longer needs to sit in the tent of the Chinese army to plan and dispatch, but can wave his army south to complete his last work.

So the next question jumps out, how to start this war?

The letterhead sent by Xia Picheng was placed on Yuan Shao's desk.

It wasn't the only letter that came out, but it was the only one that reached him. The rest of the letterheads went out of the city one after another, and one after another were detained, and then on a snowflake-like night, someone knocked on those magnificent doors.

There were the angry voices of old men, the crying of children, the screaming of women, the pleading of men, and of course the voices soon fell silent, except for the heavy objects dragging across the ground, and the howling of the north wind in the open night.

The evidence of their incriminating evidence was published the next day, and after the Son of Heaven had seen it, it was posted at the entrance of the most prosperous market in Xiapi, and everyone who entered and left the market could see the appearance of those people. In the past, they used to smile carefully in front of Liu Bei, be respectful in front of the Son of Heaven, and command in front of the common people, but now they will only bow their heads, cover their faces with their messy hair, and wait for the moment when the executioner will free them.

- The whole court has changed! The letter complained like weeping blood, those ministers are no longer ambiguous, they have abandoned all the Xu Zhou families who care about Ming Gong! Ming Gong! When will the king be able to arrive!

This terrible cry seemed to have reached the camp of the Jizhou army, so Ming Gong couldn't help but knock on the table with his fingers.

The scribes glanced at each other.

"Liu Bei is a relative of the Han family, so the courtiers naturally have a lot of favoritism towards him."

"Well," said Yuan Shao, "it's like an old thing." ”

…… Pretty much.

"I have been waiting for them for a long time, and I have exchanged letters with several of them," Yuan Shao said, "They only want to guard the emperor of the Han family, and no one will come to Jizhou to assist me." ”

"They are all like Zang Hong, swearing to defend the poor city without flexibility," Xin Ping said, "The lord doesn't have to pay too much attention to them, in the end, they are a group of incompetent people, and they are not worthy of meritorious deeds." ”

Yuan Shao shook his head, "I'm not looking for talent." ”

The scribes looked at each other again.

"The heart of the lord and the king must be known to the world," Xun Chen said, "It's better to repair Liu Bei, who will hunt in the wild, how about it?" ”

The lord's eyes lit up.

"Who's the messenger?"

The envoys were divided into two waves, the first wave was the kind of low-level civil officials who were specifically responsible for sending them to death, who ran over against the rain of arrows that might pour down, and asked Liu Bei if he would like to send someone to talk to Yuan Shao's envoy.

At that time, he was a very hot-tempered little officer in the city, and he immediately sprayed below, asking him if he was fighting like this, and talking about fart? It was still Hulugu who grabbed that person, picked and asked what to talk about, how to talk, when to talk, and ran to report to Liu Bei after asking clearly.

The generals were all in the barracks, and there were only a few strategists in the city who accompanied Liu Bei.

The irascible lord stroked his beard.