Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 147 The fish can do what I want, and the bear's paw can do what I want!

——"Clang clang clang clang!"

The sword and the ax collided, and sparks that were extremely bright burst out.

In the first round, Xu Huang and Huang Zhong were both probing.

Xu Huang's martial arts are not weak.

He was able to face off with Guan Yu for dozens of rounds.

Although it was the first time he and Huang Zhong had fought...But Guan Yu, who is also good at using a broadsword, did not have much to learn from each other, and Xu Huang discovered...Huang Zhong's sword technique is similar to Guan Yu's. Said vigorously and calmly.

——"Boom boom boom..."

Beside the arena, the sound of drums gradually sounded.

With a resolute fighting spirit, Xu Huang stepped forward and rushed towards Huang Zhong.

...and Huang Zhong's eyes flashed with hesitation, but only for a moment, this hesitation turned into a cold light again!
The awe-inspiring cold light!
"Clang Lang Lang..."

Another round.

Xu Huang has already tried out the opponent's depth.

He frowned, a layman watching the excitement, an expert watching the doorway...

Two rounds, enough for Xu Huang to recognize...he is not Huang Zhong's opponent, and even the current Guan Yu is not his opponent.

"Come again!"

Huang Zhong snorted coldly, now he is 35 years old and at the peak of his integrity, not to mention his archery with a hundred steps, even a big sword is a rare opponent.

And Xu Huang was not stage-frightened, he was thinking about how to break the sword. Before confronting Guan Yu, he would often think about how to break his sword when he fought Guan Yu again.

In the end, Xu Huang found that... other than moving the "axe" so quickly that Guan Yu could strike out first.

Otherwise... as long as Guan Yu swings his sword, no matter how powerful his ax is, he is no match for him.

then…

Xu Huang chose to use fast breaking power. He trained his arms hard to seek a faster swing of the axe.

"Come!"

With a roar, this time Xu Huang charged first, clenched the battle ax tightly in his hand, and when he was about to come into contact with Huang Zhong, he let out a rage and swung the ax ahead of time...

Huang Zhong saw the speed of the opponent's swinging the ax suddenly increased, and quickly raised the knife, holding his mind, and met with the knife.

"when…"

Xu Huang's ax speeded up, and Huang Zhong's knife went even faster.

A knife and an ax collided in the air, sparks flew, and a huge force passed through the hands of the two.

Huang Zhong didn't expect that Xu Huang's power would be so great under such a quick attack, and Xu Huang also didn't expect that when the knife and ax collided, Huang Zhong's strength almost made the long ax in his hand fall out.

Under the collision of forces, the two quickly retreated... In the third round, there was still no winner.

"Come again!"

As the two stood firm, Xu Huang roared angrily with fighting intent in his eyes.

Huang Zhong looked at him with a ferocious expression, and finally accompanied by a "come", he raised the long knife...the two fought together again.

"Dong dong dong..."

The drums were like thunder.

In the entire arena, everyone's eyes were fixed on these two people.

Many discerning people have seen it.

...The success or failure of the two of them in this arena can already determine...the outcome of today's match.

Is it Liujun Shousheng?Still take the head of the Deng family as Yuntai Nanyang to win back a city.

"When, when..."

The swords and axes meet again and again, and they compete with each other again and again. Both Xu Huang and Huang Zhong's hands are bleeding, but they are too selfless to notice.

"kill!"

Xu Huang's expression became more and more determined...

He understands that today's arena...his battle is the most crucial one.

The third match... Hehe, Wenpin's match against Wei Yan in the third match, if the values ​​written by Liu Yu are used, it will only be... bad luck.

As Xu Huang charged again, Huang Zhong's face was already red, but he was fearless and shouted: "Come!"

This is Huang Zhong at the age of 35, not 65, and his physical strength is extremely abundant.

A knife is faster than a knife, and a knife is just harder than a knife.

however…

In this confrontation, Xu Huang's ax suddenly broke, and the ax blade flew out with half of the handle, and inserted into the floor under the ring.

Fortunately, half of Huang Zhong's strength had been taken off by the broken axe, and Xu Huang was not injured.

But even if the ax was broken, Xu Huang was still fearless, and his offensive became more and more violent.

On the other hand, Huang Zhong was forced to a desperate situation by the fatal blow, and the looming blue veins were all over his forehead!

"you wanna die!"

Huang Zhong yelled loudly, and raised the saber, "Clang clang clang clang clang..." The two made several moves in succession, the torches burst out from time to time, and at last the axes and the sabers of the two were against each other, and they were both slamming the blades with all their strength. into the opponent's shoulder.

At this moment, the two of them were competing for strength with ferocious faces, who... was more ruthless!

And both of them were injured, not only their hands, but the other's blood was slowly flowing between the knife and the axe.

Xu Huang looked at Huang Zhong ferociously with a red face, and Huang Zhong also looked at Xu Huang with a murderous look.

this moment…

Under the arena, there was an uproar.

"Playing for real..."

Liu Yu sighed softly.

Guan Yu was also a little surprised, the frown could be clearly seen on that eternally paralyzed face.

He knew that Liu Yu had been to Xiangyang during this period of time, the purpose was to win over this Huang Zhong.

It seems... the people who should be saved were also rescued, Huang Zhong should have feigned defeat.

only…

How could Guan Yu not see it.

At this moment, Huang Zhong not only didn't "hold his hand", but went all out, and was even forced by Xu Huang... to fight with his life.

"This is, is there a clear distinction between grace and righteousness?"

Guan Yu said softly...

For a moment, he couldn't help admiring Huang Zhong in front of him.

Everything Liu Junshou did was kind;

But before repaying kindness...he should repay "righteousness" first. In the Deng family these years, even in this arena today, he represents the Deng family in Nanyang. If he pretends to lose, it is injustice!
There is "righteousness" first, followed by "graciousness", and "righteousness" should be repaid first, and then "graciousness" should be repaid!
"Humph…"

As the two shouted loudly at the same time, under the intense force, neither of them could hold the weapon...

The big knife and the broken ax were released at the same time... and fell outside the ring.

And the two backed away one after another...

All the onlookers were stunned, and they even thought that this was the peak of the martial arts contest between the great men!
"puff…"

Xu Huang spit out a mouthful of blood, Huang Zhong didn't vomit blood, but it seemed... he didn't feel well either.

It's really boxing for the young!
But even though they already looked like this, the two still waved their fists and fought together again.

Blood…

There was blood in their mouths and scars all over their bodies, but neither of them retreated. Glory, loyalty... It seemed that these two rhetoric kept motivating them, and they would rather die than retreat.

This glory belongs to the two of them, and it also belongs to the two camps!

Kicked at the same time...the two of them flew to the ground again, this time they were really exhausted.

From weapons to bare hands, the two gave their best.

Xu Huang felt dizzy and dazed, his vision was blurred due to blood loss... After regaining consciousness, he stared blankly at Huang Zhong in front of him.

At this moment, he felt cold all over!
Why, why does this guy still have strength?Can you still stand up?He...he has already played so desperately!

"you lose!"

"Losing!"

Huang Zhong stood covered in blood.

And everyone in the surrounding arena, including the head of the Deng family, including the heads of the eleven generals of Nanyang Yuntai, were stunned.

"Won…"

"Won…"

Immediately, they cheered and jumped up.

This second arena was won.

Guan Yu rushed up to the arena to help Xu Huang up, while Huang Zhong walked down the arena step by step. A group of patriarchs surrounded him, asking questions.

But Huang Zhong tried his best to walk in front of Deng.

He bowed his hands to Deng Mou.

Deng Mou hurried to help...

However, Huang Zhong shook his head and said: "Mr. Huang has repaid the kindness of Patriarch Deng these years. From now on, Mr. Huang will no longer be part of Patriarch Deng. These years...Thank you very much."

Speaking of this, Huang Zhong turned around with his tired body, and stepped forward in the direction of Liu Yu under the astonished eyes of a group of patriarchs.

Liu Yu hurriedly supported him...

Huang Zhong still surrendered.

"Above the ring, Huang should go all out! This choice is not wrong, right?"

"Brother Huang..." Liu Yu opened his mouth, and he hurriedly greeted, "Come on, take Brother Huang and Brother Xu to the nearest medical office!"

"Here!"

A group of county officials responded quickly.

Huang Zhong couldn't support his tired body any longer, and with a "boom", he fell to the ground.

Even on the ground, Huang Zhong's eyes are still open.

Because what he thought of was what Wenpin said to him before coming here... To be precise, it was not what Wenpin said to him, but what Wenpin told Liu Yu.

——"Fish is what I want, and bear's paw is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who give up the fish will take the bear's paw."

——"Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You can't have both, and those who give up life for righteousness."

This is the words in "Mencius", and the meaning of Liu Yu bringing these words to Huang Zhong is to let him not care about the "Huo Yu" girl, and make his own "heart" choice.

From Liu Yu's point of view, winning the ring is more precious than Huang Zhong... this person!

...

This little episode was seen by Deng Mou.

Although a little reconciled and angry...

But in the end, there was nothing he could do. After all, this arena was enough for Huang Zhong to repay his favor.

"Humph…"

Deng snorted coldly, then turned to look at Wei Yan. "Didn't the head of the clan always complain about the lack of salary? If you win this competition, your salary will be doubled by the patriarch!"

"Thank you, Patriarch." Wei Yan cupped his hands, and immediately jumped onto the ring.

Wenpin had already stepped onto the ring and put on a stance.

"Lieutenant Wenjun, I have seen you wield a sword, and I am not an opponent of X, so let me admit defeat!" Wei Yan opened his mouth first, with a haughty tone.

"Don't try? How do you know who wins and who loses?" Wenpin said coldly... "The captain of this county has heard of you, but he doesn't know. How arrogant are the methods?"

"Hahahaha, is it easy to win you?" Wei Yanyin uttered a sentence, and immediately raised his knife and swung it out, Wen Pin came to welcome him!
"Clang clang clang..."

When the two knives meet... the metal collides, making an extremely crisp sound.

The same is true for laymen to watch the excitement, and for experts to watch the doorway...

In this round alone, Guan Yu under the ring saw something strange.

——Wei Yan didn't try his best!

Just as this thought arose, Guan Yu's eyes turned to Liu Yu's side...

At this time, Liu Yu squinted her eyes... the corners of her mouth raised her voice, and her expression... was like four words - ready to go!
At this moment, Guan Yu was stunned.

original…

Guanzhu Liu attracted everyone's attention to "Huang Zhong", but his real goal was never Huang Zhong, but... Wei Yan!

cheated...

Not only the enemy, but even Guan Yu was deceived and kept in the dark!
...

...

In Luoyang, in a wine shop, Yuan Kui, the imperial governor, had been chatting for a long time with a small border official.

Dong Zhuo's expression was already sad and hateful.

With a sound of "bang", he jumped up against the table and said loudly: "Teacher Yuan is serious? My father... my father and elder brother were really... framed by Duan Jiong and the eunuchs, and killed in prison?"

today…

What Yuan Kai said has overturned Dong Zhuo's cognition.

Twenty years ago, he returned to his father's hometown Xiliang with his elder brother Dong Zhuo and younger brother Dong Min following his father Dong Junya.

His father, Dong Junya, spent his entire life as the county lieutenant of Lunshi in Yingchuan County. He was the military attache in charge of arresting "thieves". This is a very small official.

But when he returned to Xiliang, let alone a petty official, his father had to charge forward to resist Hu Qiang.

And his father died in a lie about his military exploits!

In the frontier, there is an unwritten rule, that is, military achievements are often reported at "ten times" the number of actual beheadings, so... firstly, it can improve the morale of the frontier army, and secondly, it can also be exchanged for more court awards and rewards .

Dong Zhuo's father, Dong Junya, was not weak in martial arts, and the soldiers and horses he led had also made a lot of contributions. He was about to become a general like Yamen General who could command thousands of people.

But just at this time, he was reported, saying that he lied about his military merits and killed good men for false merits.

Falsely reporting military achievements is naturally catching the "ten times" number.

Killing the good and pretending to be meritorious is to say that the military merits belong to others. He killed the meritorious comrade-in-arms and pretended to be the military merits of the comrade-in-arms.

This was all nonsense, but after investigation, it turned out to be "conclusive evidence", and Dong Junya also died in prison inexplicably.

Afterwards, Duan Jiong approached Dong Zhuo specially, saying that the investigation made it clear that Dong Junya had been wronged.

Can…

The young Dong Zhuo has already lost his father.

Duan Jiong said he wanted to compensate him, so he was placed in the army since he was a child, and he was given a simple house.

"Ha ha…"

Yuan Kai sneered and said, "Zhongying, you still don't understand the officialdom. Duan Jiong belongs to the eunuch. How could he not know that your father belonged to our scholar-bureaucrats, and how could he give him military power and let him grow bigger."

"In Dahan, a county magistrate can be called a 'Marquis of Baili', who is in charge of life and death in a land of hundreds of miles, let alone a frontier general like Duan Jiong, one of the 'Liangzhou Sanming', who has the eunuchs in the court. It doesn't matter if you are guilty or innocent...he wants to kill your father, isn't that easy?"

Speaking of this, Yuan Kai took a sip of his tea, "Think about it, since your father died, Duan Jiong has taken you under his command, but you have made many military exploits these years, who is credited for these achievements? You In addition to the support of the people in Yongliang, besides those young people who spontaneously formed a troupe, is there any soldier Duan Jiong sent to you? He is just using you...to strengthen himself."

"In these years, he has used you to accumulate enough resources and troops at the border. Now he is an official in the court, and under the cooperation of the eunuch party, he ranks in the high position of Jiuqing. These years... Did he make you, or did you make him? , or he used you!"

This…

Dong Zhuo's eyes narrowed.

He recalled the scenes of the past twenty years.

Indeed, what Yuan Kai said is not false at all. Hasn't his father... and even himself been suppressed every year for the past twenty years?
With his military achievements, how could he only be a border official?
Over the years, Dong Zhuo has treated Duan Jiong as a benefactor in spite of him, he...he is about to recognize a thief as his father.

As for the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei in front of him, he said too much about his father.

All of a sudden, Dong Zhuo understood all the questions that had been raised over the years.

Because of the disaster of the party, Yuan Kai saved their Dong family, but the eunuch wanted to kill them all, so he joined forces with Duan Jiong from the frontier to kill his father.

call…

Dong Zhuo let out a long breath, he believed it...he completely believed it.

"Teacher Yuan, I, Dong Zhuo, want to avenge my father, want to... want to kill this group of eunuchs, then what should I do? I beg Taifu Yuan... I beg Taifu Yuan to guide me."

With a clatter... Dong Zhuo immediately knelt down.

His forehead hit the wooden floor heavily.

"Zhong Ying, there is no need to do this, there is no need to do this..."

Yuan Kai hurriedly helped Dong Zhuo up, "We are our own people. The 'ying' in your and your brother's names is your father's determination to join the scholar-bureaucrat camp."

"Even though the party is locked up and the power of eunuchs is overwhelming, the old man's father-in-law is Ma Rong, a great scholar after General Fubo Ma Yuan. Among his disciples are the world-famous Lu Zhi and the spiritual god Zheng Xuan. They are all the old man's juniors. "

"There is also the Yingchuan family who has a tacit relationship with our Yuan family in Runan, as well as the Sima family in Hanoi, the Yang family in Hongnong, and the Wang family in Taiyuan...Although we are now in the party, as long as we are united, we will sooner or later kill those 'eunuchs'." If it is destroyed, sooner or later we scholar-bureaucrats will be able to regain control of the court!"

Yuan Kai's words made Dong Zhuo's eyes light up.

For twenty years, he stayed in Xiliang, mingling with the leaders of the barbaric Hu and Qiang tribes every day.

But twenty years later, he returned to Kyoto...

Hearing Taifu's words, he was able to work with scholar-bureaucrats again, with these top-notch literati, this is a world of difference, this is the day my father dreamed about.

At the border, Dong Zhuo and the leader of Hu Qiang talked about beauties, money, cattle and horses, and swords.

And the scholar-bureaucrats will talk about Confucianism, Confucianism, integrity, and revival of the great Han.

Dong Zhuo could finally understand this moment.

Why did my father move his family to the Central Plains, to Yingchuan after he worked hard all his life? Because this place is close to the imperial capital, the people here are more senior, and the topics here are more high-end.

"Let's stay here first..."

Yuan Kai's words continued, "This old man introduces you to these scholar-bureaucrats in Luoyang City."

"When the time is right, the old man will recommend you to His Majesty, and let you go to Xiliang again with an official position. Your contacts, connections, and reputation are all in Xiliang. What you lack is an official position and an opportunity!"

Yuan Kai looked very far...

Today, the generals at the Xiliang Border Gate are all direct descendants of Duan Jiong, and they are allies of the eunuch clique.

But to realize the "further progress" of the Yuan family in Runan, it is necessary to defeat the eunuchs.

To defeat the eunuch, it is necessary to weaken its strength...

Xiliang generals made an alliance with the eunuchs, so he, Yuan Kai, had to let Dong Zhuo go and compete with Liangzhou warriors for resources.

only…

Dong Zhuo's eyes must have been fixed, "Teacher Yuan made such a plan for Zhuo, Zhuo thanked Taifu Yuan for his great kindness, but... Zhuo's achievements in Yongliang were all taken away by those eunuchs, how could Taifu Yuan recommend Zhuo as an official? Let alone... from the border Official! If you are young, you will not be able to compete with Liangzhou warriors; if you are old, Zhuo's seniority may not be enough."

Many worries leaked out from Dong Zhuo's words.

"Hahaha..." After saying this, Yuan Kai laughed, and he found that this Dong Zhuo was much smarter than he had imagined.

He patted Dong Zhuo on the shoulder, "Zhongying, there are many opportunities. You have prestige in Liangzhou, and the warriors in Shanxi admire you very much. Once there is a rebellion in the Han territory, you can raise your arms and raise thousands of warriors to quell the rebellion and stand up. Make great contributions, not to mention a frontier general, even the governor of Liangzhou and the governor of Bingzhou, I can fight for you!"

Having said this, Yuan Wei patted Dong Zhuo's shoulder again.

"Zhong Ying, be patient...everything is planned."

"Soon, there will be a rebellion in the world of Han, and this rebellion is a good opportunity for you to make meritorious service!"

"In the future, when you hold the military power in Liangzhou, when the time is right, the old man will ask the emperor to issue an edict calling you to lead troops into Luoyang. At that time, punish the eunuchs? Isn't it easy?"

Yuan Kai's words became more and more meaningful.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao could already understand his uncle's words.

Uncle's plan, to call Dong Zhuo from Xiliang to the capital, is not simply to punish the "treacherous party", but more importantly, to use this "Dong Zhuo" who has been supported by himself to help the Yuan family in Runan to take that step forward!
Uncle's game of chess is really big...

Not to mention the likes of Dong Zhuo and He Jin, eunuchs, generals...even the emperor was kept in the dark.

The world is like chess, everyone is a chess piece, and my uncle plays chess to plan the world!
and many more…

Feeling this, Yuan Shao's eyes suddenly flashed with worry.

He suddenly thought of someone...

Yulin Liulang——Liu Yu!
This guy who Yuan Shao had met before, this guy who helped Yuan Shao completely get rid of his status as a "bastard son", would he and his celestial master...will intervene to make this chessboard more variable and turbulent?

worry about...

Thinking of this... Yuan Shao's eyes were filled with endless worry.

This Liu Yu, he and his celestial master, must not be underestimated!
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(End of this chapter)