Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 185 Chapter 184
"Defeated? How did you lose?"

In Guangxian City, Yuan Tan was dumbfounded after receiving the Guandu battle report.

He could not accept the fact that the 40 troops of the Northern Kingdom were defeated by Cao Cao's [-] troops.

Before that, he had been in a state of anxiety, because after Wen Chou lost contact, morale was low, and with Tian Feng's death, the morale of the army was even more turbulent. Even if he had a hundred thousand soldiers in his hands, he could only stagnate .

But he was still lucky, thinking that as long as Yuan Shao at Guandu defeated Cao Cao, Lu Jun would fall into chaos, and he would win Xuzhou with all his might, after all, the merits would outweigh the demerits.

Now, the father he worshiped in his heart and regarded as a respected father since childhood has ended up in such a disastrous defeat.

Yuan Tan could even clearly feel that the belief deep in his heart was collapsing inch by inch.

Immediately, I only felt that the so-called meritorious service on the battlefield, prestige in the army, and even the position of the eldest son that I had been dreaming of all the time, became insignificant.

He put down the bamboo slips with his trembling hands, then he touched his eye sockets nonchalantly, what the hell.
It's not sadness, or in other words, the strange emotion occupying my heart at this moment is not entirely sadness.

What is that, what is that.
He was eager to know what kind of emotion this feeling of inner powerlessness was.

"Report!"

A sergeant ran in, and it was nothing more than an ordinary report, but Yuan Tan stood up suddenly from the handsome chair, holding the hilt of the sword with his right hand reflexively, and the sword was three points out of the sheath.

This action startled the sergeant.

"Quickly, what's the matter?" Yuan Tan glared at each other angrily, the hand that held the sword did not let go, on the contrary, it tightened even more.

"Master, Lu"

"Is Lu Bu here?"

"No, Lu Bu's messenger sent this letter."

The sergeant shook his head again and again, not daring to look directly at Yuan Tan, and said in a low voice, "We also returned more than 1 old troops of our army."

Hearing this, Yuan Tan's tense nerves were relaxed, he let out a breath, put the sword back into the scabbard, sat down and waved his hands, "Get back."

After the sergeant retreated, Yuan Tan didn't read the contents of the letter immediately, but raised his hand to touch his back, and suddenly found that he had already soaked through at some point.

I. I'm scared?

Is this scary?
He seemed to finally understand what the previous strange emotion was, yes, it was fear, fear from the bottom of his heart.

When the army was defeated, he felt uncomfortable; when Wen Chou lost contact, he felt uneasy; when Tian Feng died, his heart ached
But from beginning to end, I have never been afraid.

Why, because he knew that there was an indestructible backer behind him, which was his father, Yuan Benchu, the overlord of the four northern states.

As long as he is there, it doesn't matter if he suffers a crushing defeat, the general trend of the world will be unshakable after all.

But the contents of the Taiwan case battle report in front of him clearly told him that Yuan Shao was defeated, and the defeat was complete without any suspense.

In just one battle, all 30 troops were defeated in Guandu.

Moreover, Yuan Shaoji vomited blood every day and was seriously ill in bed.

His proud father's indestructible backing collapsed at this moment.

From now on, no one can protect him.

This matter hit him harder than defeating the army.

Yuan Tan leaned back on the handsome chair as if he had been emptied out, his eyes looking at the dome were extremely empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Not even the brothers Xin Ping and Xin Pi entered the council hall.

"My lord, I heard that Lu Bu sent someone to send a peace letter, what did the letter say?"

Yuan Tan nodded dumbly, but didn't express anything.

Of course, the Xin family brothers also knew the news of Guandu's fiasco, and were anxious about it. They were afraid that Lu Bu would take the opportunity to pester them, so they were very excited when they heard him send invitations and books, so they ran over.

Seeing Yuan Tan's appearance, he had no intention of reading the book immediately, and comforted him: "My lord, something has happened, and now the northern kingdom is in turmoil. As the eldest son of the lord, you should cheer up and set an example for all the lords." , this is the way of the Son of Man."

"I, I want to go back to Ye City. My father is seriously ill now, and I don't know what the situation is." Yuan Tan's voice was soft, or it was a kind of helplessness.

"Son!"

Seeing Yuan Tan like this, Xin Pi couldn't help coming forward and said earnestly: "My lord will not trust you to return to Yecheng in the future, once you leave, who will take charge of the overall situation in Qingzhou, and how should we deal with Lu Bu if he becomes malicious?

The more you get to this kind of time, the more you need to keep your mind steady. As long as you guard this Qingzhou, it is the son's greatest filial piety to the lord, and the lord will definitely understand! "

"Yes, young master, think about it, if you leave Qingzhou at this moment, if the enemy invades, this... won't this be an excuse for the third young master?" Xin Ping also echoed.

Although Yuan Tan was in a state of confusion, after all, what the Xin family brothers said was reasonable, even if it was uncomfortable, they could only dispel this idea.

Then he raised his forehead towards the bamboo slips on the table, "I didn't even read the ones that were delivered just now, so you can take a look."

Helpless, the Xin family brothers could only go forward and read it by themselves.

It was confirmed that it was Lu Bu's request for peace, and his attitude was more humble than the two of them imagined. To sum it up, Yuan Tan, you are the Qilin son of the Yuan family, and I, Lu Bu, would never dare to be your enemy. The pressure was forced to fight back.

Although I won a game by luck, as long as you Yuan Tan is willing, you can deal with me at any time. I am panicked, so now I want to ask you for peace. for you.

If you agree to my peace request, then write back a letter, and I will immediately take people back to Xuzhou. I will never dare to have any thoughts about the North Kingdom in the future, and as long as you Yuan Tan speaks, I, Lu Bu, will be willing to obey your orders.

It's not like winning a battle, it's clearly a desperate person begging for mercy.

However, the Xin family brothers didn't think there was any conspiracy here. It was true that Lu Bu had won, but it was also at the end of his battle. It would be foolish to counterattack with his little troops.

And the long-term confrontation on the front line will consume a huge amount of logistics, so it is reasonable for him to want to retreat.

"My lord, this is good news. Sending this letter of invitation to Yecheng is enough to reassure my lord about the situation in Qingzhou!" Xin Ping was very excited. This letter of invitation is actually enough to call for credit for Yuan Tan. up.

Of course, the current situation is not suitable for doing this, but the more it is at this critical time, the more it is necessary to show it, let everyone know that Yuan Tan is the son who can not mess up in times of crisis.

Yuan Tan raised his eyes to look at the invitation letter that Xin Ping leaned over to unfold, and finally there was a trace of waves in his eyes.

Lu Bu's attitude gave him a sense of security, especially the last sentence, he was willing to obey orders from now on, as if he had surrendered.

Of course he understood that this was a polite remark, but at least it gave the panic-stricken Yuan Tan some confidence.

Naturally, his messy heart began to feel a little at ease. He nodded and said, "Lu Bu also took the initiative to return the prisoners of our army. His attitude is indeed sincere. It seems that he has reached the end of his rope now."

"What you said is very true. In fact, Cao Lu has old hatred. This alliance is just a way to survive. Once we no longer set foot in the Central Plains, they will have a rift. Lu Bu's attitude, in fact, is also there. For future consideration, young master, you should seize this opportunity." Xin Pi gave encouragement at the right time.

"Mr. is right. I really should cheer up. My father is seriously ill now, and I should be an example."

He took a deep breath and began to regain his confidence, "The two gentlemen followed me to the military camp. These prisoners have just returned from Lu camp, and their hearts are fluctuating. I should go to them to appease them."

Hearing this, the Xin family brothers looked at each other with gratified expressions, and nodded in agreement, "I would like to go with you!"

My father is old now, he can no longer protect me, from now on, I have to rely on myself
Yuan Tan told himself over and over again in his heart, and encouraged himself.

Beiguo is now in danger of being turned upside down, and if he wants to inherit the big position, he should show the demeanor of the eldest son!
After receiving the letter from Yuan Tan agreeing to make peace, Lu Bu snorted coldly, "Does this kid think I'm really afraid of him?"

"I don't mean it when I look at it. Mr. Yuezhang thinks too much." Lin Mo smiled, he really didn't mean it, but he just said a few good words, for example, Wen Hou is a pillar of a great man, and he shouldn't be with the national traitor Cao Cao , I also know that Marquis Wen was deceived by the villain, let's just expose it this time, and I will not attack you in the future.

"According to my opinion, he will never retreat until he gives me a hundred and eighty thousand shi of food and grass!"

Lu Bu was still thinking about the issue of food and grass, but then he thought that this was originally arranged by his son-in-law, so there is no need to be angry, "You said you want to use this to open the chapter of entering the Northern Kingdom, but I didn't see you taking any action."

Lin Mo stretched his waist, and said bluntly: "Yes, yes, you haven't gone back yet, let our prefect of Langya go to the North Kingdom again."

"Zuo Rong?"

Lu Bu rolled his eyes and realized something extraordinary, "You have already sent him to the North Kingdom once before, and you said you were going to send a gift to the Yuan family. This person has not been activated yet, could it be because of the war situation?" Too smooth, this person as a backup?"

Lin Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just that the time has not come yet. This time when I enter the North Kingdom, besides contacting this person, I need to find two more helpers."

"That's a lot of money, right?"

Lu Bu knew that what Ruo Rong could do was nothing more than shady tricks like bribes and gifts that came in handy, and such plans were often accompanied by the use of large amounts of money, so he felt distressed in advance. "However, let me remind you that not everyone in Beiguo loves money, at least not everyone can be bought with money, don't be self-defeating."

"Master Yuezhang is not worried that I will be self-defeating, is he worried that the money is not enough?"

Faced with Lin Mo's ridicule, Lu Bu was not embarrassed, but pouted his lips and shook his head, "After this battle, our army has not won much, but the consumption has used [-]% of the government's inventory. After returning, the purchase of war horses, ordnance Maintenance and the pensions of the soldiers, these are the supports that cost money like water.

And right now it is still far away from the autumn harvest, I am now counting on your Liulichang to bring enough income, otherwise I have to let Xingba go back to the Yangtze River to be a Jinfan thief to subsidize the family. "

Lin Mo laughed out loud when he heard the words, Mr. Yuezhang is quite funny.

There is no way, I am afraid of poverty, this is understandable, after all, Lu Bu's subordinates do not have so many families following Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

After the Yellow Turban, the Xuzhou family had run away a lot, and then Ruo Rong had a lot of people, so the strength of the Xuzhou family was so weak.

"Master Yue Zhang, these two people must be found. Spending some money can save us a lot of trouble in the future."

Lin Mo rubbed his hands and sighed: "Everything you can buy is cheap, and I'm afraid you can't buy it even if you spend money."

"You always have your reasons. Of course I also believe in you. It's just that we need to be reminded that we are very poor now, so don't spend too much." Recalling the [-] gold that Zhang Yang took away, he still has some flesh It hurts, if it was given directly to Zhang Yang, he would not say a word, but it turned out to be just to find someone, which means the price is a bit high.

The battle that lasted for more than half a year was finally over, and the army began to return south.

In order to show sincerity, they did not even arrange garrisons on the front line of Linqu.

He said he won the battle, but Lu Bu didn't know what he had won in this battle. He would always envy Cao Cao for those benefits.

It is understandable to think so. After all, after this battle, there are only more than 4 troops left, which is a full one-third loss. The cavalry is the worst, with a sharp drop from 1000 to 200. More than [-] people.

In the past two years or so, this battle has been fought fiercely.

On the way back, Lu Bu took the initiative to discuss the issue of rewards with Lin Mo, which was nothing more than the issue of appointing an official.

In this battle, the three people who made the most contributions are naturally Jia Xu, Zhao Yun and Xu Shu.

Jia Xu was originally the prefect of the East China Sea, an official with two thousand shi, and his salary was so high, it was impossible to give him a false military rank after breaking the sky. After all, he also had to consider Zhang Xiu's feelings.

This time Zhao Yun can be directly promoted from the school captain to the general of the gangsters, just a miscellaneous general, but the salary has also been mentioned to be [-] shi.

Then there was Xu Shu. If it wasn't for his quick wit this time, something would have happened in the final battle. In addition, he was originally from Ziyang Academy, so Lin Mo proposed to directly worship him as the Prime Minister of Pengcheng County.

As a humble family member, he entered Ziyang Academy without any county magistrate, official, or meritorious service officer, and jumped directly to the six hundred shi county magistrate, which can be said to have risen steadily and soared into the sky.

One must know that the positions of officials in various parts of Xuzhou are currently extremely scarce. For these positions, the Chen family, the Lu family, and the Huainan gang headed by Liu Ye have all sharpened their heads.

Lu Bu didn't think too much, and nodded happily, "That's fine, by the way, I'll show off the signboard for your Ziyang Academy. It's a pity that the people inside are not clean."

Recalling that the Chen family extended their hands to Ziyang Academy, Lu Bu still felt very unhappy.

"It's not bad, it's only in Xuzhou. If it's in Yingchuan, I'm afraid it might not be possible to do it."

Lu Bu nodded with a dry smile, agreeing.

Then came the adjustments of Zhang Xiu, Gao Shun, Wei Yue, Gan Ning and others.

Wei Yue can be promoted to General Zhonglang. When he asks the imperial court for a decree, he agrees if he agrees, and worships if he disagrees. Last time he was injured in Anfeng, he should be given this position. After all, he was paid for it with his life. .

But Gao Shun was originally a general of Zhonglang, one level higher than the miscellaneous generals, and this time he didn't have much meritorious service, so he could only record it in the merit book first.

Zhang Xiu is also simple, he doesn't have any military rank in the court now, he directly helps to seal a Polu general like Zhao Yun, mentioning his status, anyway, he also came here from thousands of miles away.

What's more, the battles were also very fierce, Anfeng killed Li Tong in the battle, and Xiao Guan was wounded because of this, so this time it will be considered as a reward.

"In terms of military merit, Xingba probably won't be able to move this time." Lu Bu thought of Gan Ning at last.

　The next chapter is under review, and it will be released in the afternoon
　　
　
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