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Chapter 640 Yuan Shao changes his attitude, the Luoyang incident ends (5K6)

Yuan Shao’s general’s tent.

"Shh-"

"Pfft!"

"Boom, bang, bang."

The scene that Chunyu Qiong imagined of his personal soldiers forming a battle formation and uniting to fight the enemy did not appear.

Instead, what appeared before his eyes was a scene of blood and broken limbs.

Those soldiers wearing armor and fighting bravely were defeated as soon as they came into contact with Su Yao.

Su Yao was like a dragon emerging from the sea, sweeping away the three soldiers who were trying to intercept him with incredible swiftness.

Chunyu Qiong didn't even have time to come to his senses before he saw Su Yao first rush into the arms of a personal soldier, chop off his head and then snatch a short spear.

Then, the champion marquis took a short spear in one hand and a long sword in the other, and attacked with both hands, and immediately he was invincible.

Although those personal soldiers were brave, they were as fragile as paper in front of Su Yao's terrifying strength and speed.

"Fuck!"

"So strong?!"

Chunyu Qiong's face changed drastically, no longer as calm as before, he found that he seemed to have made a mistake.

As the saying goes, an expert will know if something is there as soon as he takes action.

As a martial artist, Chun Yuqiong could tell at a glance that Su Yao's strength far exceeded his previous expectations.

He originally thought that no matter how strong Su Yao was, he was just a brave man. Under the siege of a large number of armored soldiers, he would inevitably be exhausted and would not be able to sustain.

However, the scene before him completely overturned his cognition.

Although the commander's personal soldiers were wearing iron armor and had excellent protection, it was not wartime after all, so they did not wear such thick full-body armor, but instead focused on important parts such as the breastplate and limbs.

Under normal circumstances, these armors would be considered intimidating.

However, the champion Hou was simply seeing a ghost.

Every move he made was accurate and precise, with such power and speed that it was beyond imagination, so that every strike was fatal and decapitated.

Those personal soldiers seemed like lambs to be slaughtered in front of him, completely powerless to resist.

A strong sense of fear surged in Chunyu Qiong's heart. He realized that if he continued to let Su Yao kill like this, all the personal soldiers in the general's tent would be slaughtered by him soon.

And with this little time, I'm afraid we won't be able to get support from people outside the camp.

"Hold steady, don't attack, defend with all your strength, save your life, and suppress his actions!"

Chunyu Qiong was horrified when he saw this, and he shouted loudly, trying to get the soldiers to change their tactics, focus on defense, and delay time to wait for reinforcements.

However, the soldiers had already been frightened by Su Yao's fierce attack and had no intention of listening to Chunyu Qiong's orders. They just instinctively waved their weapons, trying to resist Su Yao's attack, but it was all in vain.

Su Yao was like a tiger descending from the mountain, unstoppable.

As he swung his sword and spear, there were gusts of sharp wind. Wherever he passed, soldiers fell down one after another, and wailing sounds rang out one after another.

Chunyu Qiong, realizing that something was wrong, gave up resisting, turned around and ran. Seeing that Yuan Shao was still standing in the tent motionless, Chunyu Qiong stomped his feet, ignored Yuan Shao, and rushed out of the tent.

No matter what, the most important thing is to save your life first.

As long as the 100,000 troops in the camp are mobilized, this Su guy will not be able to escape even if he has extraordinary powers.

The only question is whether Yuan Shao will be taken hostage.

But it doesn't matter.

A leader who can be held hostage obviously does not have the bearing of a leader of other lords.

After all, Chunyu Qiong was a former captain of the Xiyuan Army, and he made his debut a few years earlier than Yuan Benchu.

As long as we can capture the Marquis of Guanjun and seize the capital, he will take the lead and then discuss the leader of the alliance.

As a result, Chunyu Qiong ran so decisively that he didn't even notice that Yuan Shao looked at him as if he was looking at a dead man:
Why do you think I didn't leave?
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——"Where are you going, you bastard!"

With a loud shout, the short spear broke through the air, bringing with it a whistling sound, and headed straight for Chunyu Qiong.

Chunyu Qiong felt a strong sense of crisis suddenly coming over him, and he subconsciously turned his head and tried to dodge.

As a result, he saw the pitch-black short spear rushing towards him and hitting him directly in the face.

Amidst a burst of severe pain and screams, Chunyu Qiong flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground. His face was covered in blood and flesh, and he was already dead.

This scared the soldiers badly.

They were already struggling to cope with the situation, and many of them were thinking of just running away.

Unexpectedly, the captain Chunyu Qiong who started the commotion was the first to run away and died at the door of the tent.

At this point, everyone's morale collapsed.

They all stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at Chunyu Qiong lying on the ground, expressions of horror on their faces.

Su Yao walked towards the door openly, took back the short spear from Chunyu Qiong's face, turned around and glanced coldly at the soldiers around him:

"Who else wants to try?"

Su Yao's voice was low and powerful, like a call from hell.

The soldiers were frightened by Su Yao's eyes and retreated one after another. No one dared to take another step forward.

Seeing this, Su Yao curled up a smile and turned his gaze to Yuan Shao.

Unexpectedly, before Su Yao could speak, Yuan Shao spoke first:

"Ouch!"

"Thank you, Marquis Guanjun, Su Cheqi, for helping to eliminate the traitors!"

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even know I was in the clutches of these thieves."

"???"

Looking at Yuan Shao who came over to him and held his hand affectionately, Su Yao felt speechless.

No, buddy, you change your expression too quickly, don't you?
"Thief, thief?"

Su Yao quietly pulled his hand away, but before he could say anything, Yuan Shao's own Chen Lin couldn't hold it anymore. For a moment he was stunned. Who was the thief in the tent?

"Of course it's Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong!"

Yuan Shao was furious and said:

"I thought that the rumor that Guo Tu colluded with the rebels in the city to fight against Lord Su without telling me was just nonsense."

"Who would have thought that today, it seems that he is guilty!"

"Not only did he secretly fight against Lord Su, he also colluded with Chunyu Qiong and others, and reached his claws into my tent, trying to hold me hostage and destroy the anti-Dong alliance!"

"It is truly audacious and extremely evil!"

Is this the self-cultivation of a politician?
Su Yao raised his eyebrows and looked around.

Yuan Shao's passionate speech made the officials and soldiers present look at each other in confusion.

Chen Lin opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but found himself speechless.

These people could never have imagined that Su Yao, the criminal who broke into the camp and killed people like crazy, would now be described as a savior by Yuan Shao, while Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong became traitors with heinous crimes.

The plot twists so fast that no one can keep up with the pace.

However, Yuan Shao seemed unaware of the crowd's astonishment. He continued loudly:
"Lord Su, you acted in time to eliminate the traitors and evildoers. Not only did you save my life, but you also maintained the stability of the Anti-Dong Alliance. I, Yuan Benchu, am grateful to you!"

As he said this, in the chaos, Yuan Shao actually bowed deeply to Su Yao, expressing his gratitude to him profusely.

"So, Lord Yuan actually doesn't know about these things?"

Su Yao suppressed his smile and asked the question even though he knew the answer.

Yuan Shao felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy and hurriedly explained:

"That's nature, that's nature!"

"What is the relationship between us? They don't know, but Lord Su, don't you know?"

Yuan Shao said as he held Su Yao's hand affectionately:

"We both sacrificed our lives in Bingzhou, shed our blood, and crossed mountains and rivers together to fight against the rebels!"

"How could I possibly do anything bad to Lord Su?"

"I was overjoyed to hear the good news that Lord Su defeated the thieves overnight. I was thinking all day long about when I could join hands with Lord Su again to defeat the powerful enemy together."

"However, the people under me don't think so."

As he spoke, Yuan Shao sighed:
"I guess they can't persuade me, so they want to kill me first and ask for my permission later."

"Look, we have caused such a big mess. If it weren't for you, Lord Su, who had the foresight to save me from the dire situation, I don't know how much time we would have to waste in the fight against Dong."

"Thinking of the days when Your Majesty was in the hands of that thief Dong and had to shed tears every night, Yuan, Yuan, I am really worried!"

Yuan Shao spoke earnestly, his eyes full of anxiety and self-blame, as if he really knew nothing about Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong's betrayal, and was full of gratitude for Su Yao's appearance.

Su Yao watched his performance and laughed secretly.

He naturally knew that Yuan Shao was acting, but since this suited his purpose, Su Yao was happy to play along with him:
"Since Lord Yuan said so, Su is relieved."

"I'm really worried that Lord Yuan will be misled by those treacherous villains and take advantage of the turmoil in the world to have some unreasonable thoughts."

"If that's the case, I, Su, can only be ruthless and punish the thieves for the country."

Yuan Shao was startled and quickly expressed his opinion:
"Don't worry, Lord Su. I know my limits and will never let such a villain ruin our cause of defeating Dong."

Next, Yuan Shao immediately stated that he would announce the crimes of several people to the world and hang their heads for public display.

Su Yao nodded. He was quite satisfied with Yuan Shao's statement.

"Mr. Yuan is very righteous, and I admire him."

Su Yao smiled and said:

"In that case, Su will not bother you any more."

"But when the army sets out tomorrow morning, I hope there will be no more people outside the city."

Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard this. He naturally understood the hidden meaning of Su Yao's words.

However, a man has to bow his head under the eaves. He didn't want to try whether Su Junhou's sword was sharp or not.

So he nodded in agreement, and then asked Su Yao to stay for a while:
"Lord Su has helped me so much, how can you just leave empty-handed? Wouldn't I be laughed at for not knowing how to entertain guests?"

"Your Excellency may wish to stay a little longer and let me show my hospitality."

Su Yao paused and glanced at Yuan Shao, wondering what he was up to.

Was he trying to find out his true intentions through this opportunity? Or was he trying to ease the relationship between the two parties by entertaining him?

However, Su Yao doesn't care about these.

The main purpose of his trip has been achieved, and the only thing left is how to leave the camp.

After dinner, it was a good idea to have Yuan Shao deliver it personally:

"Mr. Yuan's kindness is hard to refuse, so I will respectfully obey your order."

"Oh, Lord Yuan, I thought you were just trying to buy time."

Chen Lin stamped her feet and said:
"Why, are you really going to agree to him just like that?"

In another temporary tent near the general's tent, Yuan Shao and everyone else gathered together.

After leaving Su Yao behind, since the general's tent was already a river of blood and it was obviously impossible to entertain guests or discuss matters, Yuan Shao invited Yan Liang to take Su Yao to a nearby tent to rest temporarily or to accompany him on a tour of the camp.

Yuan Shao himself brought his confidants into the small tent and whispered.

What Chen Lin didn't expect was that Yuan Shao didn't mention any strategy to deal with Su Yao, but directly asked how to ask the coalition forces of princes to go back without losing face.

"How can this not hurt our reputation?!"

"This is a failure, this is a stain, it must be washed away with Su Yao's blood!"

Chen Lin's face was filled with indignation. He couldn't understand why Yuan Shao would bow to Su Yao so easily.

"Mr. Yuan, if you still have a bit of blood in you, you should take advantage of the fact that he is in my camp and call on the warriors to launch a siege!"

"He is alone, how can he be a match for my army of 100,000?!"

"Kong Zhang, be patient."

Yuan Shao sighed and waved his hand to signal Chen Lin to calm down:
"It's not that I don't have blood in my veins, but the current situation is not favorable for us, so we shouldn't act rashly."

"Mr. Yuan, Su Yao is so arrogant and domineering. If we don't teach him a lesson, he will only become more aggressive!"

Feng Ji on the side couldn't help but speak, with resentment and anger flashing in his eyes.

"Yuan Tu, calm down too."

Yuan Shao took another deep breath. He was well aware of the hostility these counselors had towards Su Yao, but now was not the time to confront them head-on:
"Su Yao is extremely brave, and he has Lu Zhi and others to help him. If we force ourselves to be his enemy, both sides will suffer, and Dong Zhuo will reap the benefits."

"Besides, you all saw how he slaughtered our warriors like chickens."

Yuan Shao sighed again and said helplessly:

"One hundred thousand soldiers may seem like a lot, but how many of them are really brave enough to risk their lives?"

"If he really kills his way through our camp, I'm afraid there will be a few cowards who will start shouting and the entire 100,000-strong army will scatter in an instant."

"That's when we're really finished."

"This"

Chen Lin and others were speechless.

Although they were counselors and did not know much about fighting, there was no doubt that the bloody scene of killing in Su Yao's tent just now really shocked them.

Then he thought that more than half of his 100,000-man army were probably auxiliary troops and newly mobilized militiamen. If a real fight broke out, no one seemed to dare to guarantee what the outcome would be.

This was not a sneak attack or an ambush, but a real head-on fight in the middle of the camp.

It would be fine if he was killed, but if Su Yao showed off his prowess and rushed out
Then their reputation would be completely ruined, and they would no longer have to think about dominating the world.

"For this kind of person, the most taboo thing is to act impulsively and fight with force!"

"Our focus should still be on strengthening our base."

Yuan Shao said earnestly:

"The only long-term solution for us is to find a foothold in Hebei as soon as possible!"

"But..." Chen Lin wanted to say something else but was interrupted by Yuan Shao.

"Okay, Kong Zhang, I've made up my mind."

Yuan Shao said in a deep voice:
"The most important thing right now is to stabilize the morale of the army and send these princes' coalition forces away as soon as possible to avoid more trouble."

Seeing Yuan Shao's firm attitude, Chen Lin, Feng Ji and others could only sigh helplessly and said no more.

They knew that although Yuan Shao seemed indecisive on the surface, once he made up his mind, it would be difficult to change it.

"Then how does Lord Yuan plan to get rid of the coalition forces of these princes?" Chen Lin asked.

"I will go meet them in person and explain the pros and cons to them, so that they understand that staying here will only increase consumption."

Yuan Shao said:

"At the same time, I will also promise to give them some compensation to appease their emotions."

"compensate?"

Chen Lin frowned:
"What compensation does Yuan Gong intend to give them?"

"Food, cloth, gold, silver and other supplies, as long as they are willing to leave, we can consider it."

Yuan Shao said:

"What we need most right now is time, not getting entangled with these allied forces of princes."

"Why bother?"

Feng Ji said:
"We just need to tell them that the rear is short of food and that the Marquis of Guanjun refuses to supply us with food. If they don't want to cause trouble on their own, they will have no choice but to retreat."

Yuan Shao thought it made sense, except that it seemed unpopular, so he discussed the specific details and the selection of generals with Feng Ji and others.

Everyone was discussing heatedly and no one would go into details. It was noon and Yuan Shao ordered a banquet to entertain Su Yao.

At the banquet, Yuan Shao and Su Yao chatted and laughed, as if nothing had happened before.

However, in this seemingly harmonious atmosphere, both sides were secretly planning their own plans.

After three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes, Yuan Shao finally mentioned the disbanding of the coalition forces and the selection of cavalry.

"Lord Su, I have carefully considered your proposal to disband the coalition forces and select cavalry."

Yuan Shao said:

"It is indeed not appropriate for the coalition forces to continue to stay here, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to Luoyang City."

"As for selecting cavalry to accompany you on your western expedition, Yuan is willing to send two thousand elite cavalry, led by Lieutenant Yan Liang, to lend a helping hand."

Su Yao smiled slightly when he heard this, and was secretly satisfied.

With Yuan Shao being so sensible, the incident in Luoyang City should finally come to an end.

"Mr. Yuan is indeed very righteous. I admire him."

Su Yao raised his glass and toasted Yuan Shao.

"However, Su has one more thing to ask of you."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao frowned slightly, but still smiled and asked:

"Oh? Your Excellency, please feel free to speak."

Su Yao smiled slightly:
"I've also heard of Captain Yan Liang's name, he's really a good guy."

"But, the important task of defeating Dong is something we should all work together on."

"In order to reassure the people of the world, I hope that Lord Yuan can personally lead these two thousand elite cavalrymen to join me in the Western Expedition. This will not only demonstrate the unity and determination of our coalition forces to fight against Dong, but also let the world know that Su is definitely not a person who is selfish and greedy for credit."

Su Yao looked at Yuan Shao with sharp eyes, his tone revealing a hint of unquestionableness.

When Yuan Shao heard this, his expression suddenly turned somewhat ugly.

He originally thought that Su Yao only wanted his cavalry, but he didn't expect that Su Yao actually wanted him to go out in person. Isn't this a trap for him?
Once he personally went to join the army, it would be equivalent to announcing to the world that he, Yuan Shao, approved of Su Yao's campaign against Dong Zhuo and was willing to support him.

What's worse, his plans would be disrupted. During this turbulent time, if he left his Hebei base and lost the advantage of taking the initiative, he might put himself in danger.

Immediately, Yuan Shao found various reasons to refuse.

But Su Yao's words were sincere and reasonable. He always insisted that he was the leader of the anti-Dong alliance, making it impossible for him to refuse.

Yuan Shao looked at the counselors sitting there, but saw that Feng Ji, Chen Lin and others were like old monks in meditation, not saying a word. Yuan Shao suddenly felt even more embarrassed.

In the end, Yuan Shao had no choice but to obey Su Yao and decided to personally take Yan Liang and two thousand cavalry with him on this mission.

As for the affairs of Hebei, he handed them over to his eldest son Yuan Tan, and asked Feng Ji, Gao Gan Wen Chou and others to assist him.

After personally escorting Su Yao out of the camp, Yuan Shao earnestly asked Feng Ji and others:

"My son is still young, so I will leave the affairs of Hebei to you during my western expedition."

"We must get a piece of land to build our foundation no matter what."

"I will also use the Western Expedition to gain some merit, so that after I rescue the emperor, I can help you gain the position of a local lord in Hebei."

Upon hearing this, Feng Ji, Gao Gan and others stood up, bowed solemnly and replied:
"Don't worry, Mr. Yuan. We will do our best to live up to your trust!"

Yuan Shao’s plan this time was very good.

Even if he did not gain any great military merit on the front line, as long as he helped Su Yao rescue the emperor, he would naturally have a share of the rewards.

He could then let his men help Yuan Tan seize Hebei, and when the task was accomplished he could return to his hometown without delaying anything.

As long as he can stay away from Su Yao in the end and let him deal with other princes, then Yuan Shao’s work this time will not be in vain.

However, he didn't know that Su Yao had already arranged another path for him.

That is.
"what?!"

"You mean the governor of Nanyang?"

Yuan Shao was shocked.

(End of this chapter)