The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 386 The Disgusting Yuan Shang
At the gate of Pengcheng, Sun Ce was waiting there with a team of guards.

From a distance, he saw a group of people walking towards this side.

The team that came over seemed to have about 600 people.

Seeing the team coming towards the city gate, Zhou Tai, who accompanied Sun Ce to greet him, said, "Yuan Xianfu really has a lot of style, it's not too far from Hebei to Xuzhou, and he actually brought so many Someone come over. Is it possible that the bandits along the way knew it was him and dared to rob the road halfway?"

"Since the Yuan family in Hebei defeated Gongsun Zan, they have become more arrogant day by day." Sun Ce replied: "Yuan Xianfu brought so many people to Pengcheng, just to let the Marquis of Chu see that the Yuan family is strong and strong, and he can even take him with him when he goes out. Come so many hands."

"The two sides are not going to fight, so what prestige is he playing in front of the Marquis of Chu?" Zhou Tai curled his lips: "If I really have the ability to kill more generals under Cao Cao on the battlefield, I will still agree with him."

"Cao Cao has many talents under his command, relying on Yuan Xianfu..." A strange smile appeared on the corner of Sun Ce's mouth, and he did not continue.

The approaching team was getting closer and closer, and seeing clearly that Yuan Shang was at the front, Sun Ce greeted Zhou Tai and led the guards to meet him.

When he arrived in front of Yuan Shang, Sun Ce bowed his hands and said, "General Xianfu came from a long way, and the Marquis of Chu should have come to greet him in person, but Xuzhou has too many affairs to spare, so General Ling is waiting here. Please don't blame Xianfu."

"Who am I? So it's Jiangdong Sun Bofu." Yuan Shang bowed back, smiling but his words were not pleasant: "I really want to ask you for advice, but I don't know whether I should ask it or not. "

"General Xianfu is a guest from afar. I will greet you on behalf of the Marquis of Chu. Of course, I must do my best to be a landlord." Sun Ce replied: "General, if you have anything to say, just ask. Yes, you must know everything.”

"What I want to ask, of course you can answer." Yuan Shang lowered his voice and asked Sun Ce: "You were very good in Jiangdong, why didn't you become the lord of Jiangdong, but voted for Lu Fengxian with the whole Jiangdong? He is an alliance, but I have heard that his reputation is not very good..."

What Yuan Shang asked made Sun Ce's face change.

Zhou Tai, who was following Sun Ce, heard this, his face turned cold and he was about to explode.

Before Zhou Tai could speak, Sun Ce gave him a wink.

The words that had come to his lips were swallowed back abruptly by Zhou Tai.

"General Xianfu asked this question, and I can only answer one sentence, you don't know much about the Marquis of Chu." Sun Ce's tone did not show any displeasure, and he replied neither humble nor overbearing: "The Yuan family and the Marquis of Chu have long agreed to an alliance, and now Xianfu has arrived Pengcheng, but he said he was not in front of Chu Hou's generals, if Yuan Gong knew, what would he think?"

Speaking of this, Sun Ce added another sentence: "I will not comment on how Chu Hou is a man. I just say that Xianfu said he is not good in front of me. How can he be a good man?"

Although Sun Ce's tone was not serious, but his words were not pleasant, Yuan Shang's face suddenly changed, and he gave him a hard look: "Sun Bofu, I respect you as a hero in Jiangdong, why do you speak against me? "

Before Sun Ce could respond, a person came up behind Yuan Shang.

This man was about 40 to [-] years old. After he came out, he said to Sun Ce with a smile on his face: "The third son always speaks straightforwardly. General Sun, don't take it personally."

The person who walked out was Cui Yan who had gone to pick up Tian Feng from the prison.

Someone was trying to smooth things over, and Yuan Shang, who also realized that what he said just now was inappropriate, didn't say any more.

Sun Ce also looked indifferent, and said to Yuan Shang and Cui Yan: "Xianfu and I are just talking about family affairs, it's nothing important. This is not a place to talk, Chuhou is still waiting, let's come with me Let's go see Chuhou first."

After talking to Sun Ce, but did not get any benefits, Yuan Shang's expression was not very good.

However, Sun Ce didn't follow up on that topic. Although he was upset, it was inconvenient to recover the loss of words.

"There is a Lauber Talisman." Yuan Shang cupped his hands towards Sun Ce.

Sun Ce stepped aside: "General Xianfu, please!"

Accompanied by Sun Ce, he entered Pengcheng, and Yuan Shang looked around.

Before coming to Pengcheng, he thought that this place must be very depressed, and there should not be many people on the street. After all, Xuzhou was a place where many battles were fought, and Pengcheng was even slaughtered by Cao Cao.

After entering the city, Yuan Shang discovered that his previous cognition was completely wrong.

Not only is Pengcheng thriving, but the people on the streets are also calm and indifferent, and they don't look like they are worried about Cao Cao's killing again.

"Are the people in Pengcheng used to wars? Why are the people so indifferent now that Xuzhou may be attacked by Cao Cao at any time?" With doubts in his heart, Yuan Shang couldn't help asking Sun Ce.

"Why do you worry about life and death when you know you won't die?" Sun Ce replied: "Cao Cao led the army to attack Xuzhou twice but returned without success. After the battle of Xiapi, he didn't even set foot in Xuzhou's territory. Pengcheng is the ruler of the Marquis of Chu, and the people here live in a very stable life, so why are you worried that Cao Cao will lead his troops to kill him?"

"In terms of military strength, Lu Fengxian should be much worse than Cao Cao." Yuan Shang said: "With the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, it may not be so easy to compete against Cao Cao. I think if we hadn't formed an alliance with our Yuan family, Cao Cao should have launched an army to attack Xuzhou long ago, and he will not have any scruples."

"What General Xianfu said is quite reasonable." Sun Ce smiled slightly: "It's just that, have you ever thought about it? The first two times when the Marquis of Chu repelled Cao Cao was when the Cao family and the Yuan family were in an alliance. Apart from Cao Cao, Yuan's parents The young master also used his strength to Xuzhou, what was the result in the end? Xuzhou was not damaged at all, and Cao Cao was defeated and retreated. As for the son of Yuan's parents..."

Speaking of this, Sun Ce smiled and shook his head: "Now that the Yuan family and the Marquis of Chu have reached an alliance, there is no need to mention those unpleasant things back then."

Although Sun Ce didn't go on, Yuan Shang knew very well that what he was talking about was Yuan Tan's crusade against Mount Tai. Although he got two cities, the cities belonging to the Yuan family in Qingzhou were captured by Lu Bu's soldiers. Yuan Tan took a lot of money to redeem the city.

His face became even more ugly, Yuan Shang said to Sun Ce: "I always thought that Bo Fu was a warrior on the battlefield, but I didn't expect that he was also a sharp-tongued guy."

"Thank you, General Xianfu, for your compliment." Yuan Shang said that Sun Ce was sharp-tongued, and Sun Ce was not only not angry, but thanked him with a smile.

He thanked him so much that Yuan Shang really didn't know what to say next.

Dazed for a moment, Yuan Shang asked Sun Ce: "Have you lived with Lu Fengxian for a long time, and even Bofu's temperament has changed?"

"General Xianfu and I didn't seem to be familiar with each other in the past." Sun Ce replied, "If they were the cousins ​​of the general's family, I would be very familiar with them, but those people don't have the prestige of General Xianfu now."

Of course, Sun Ce was talking about the princes under Yuan Shu's knees.

Back then, Yuan Shu in Huainan used tens of thousands of troops, and was once one of the most powerful heroes in the world.

It's a pity that he was short-sighted and couldn't stand the instigation of Yang Hong and others. After he got the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, he saw that the man's strength was about to become emperor.

Yuan Shu was the first hero in the world to proclaim himself emperor, and his actions also drew condemnation from heroes from all walks of life.

Lu Bu, who was still under Cao Cao's command at that time, found this excuse and led his army to attack Yuan Shu, and finally encountered Sun Ce who was planning to seek some benefits in the Central Plains, thus captured Huainan and subdued Sun Ce.

When Sun Ce mentioned Yuan Shu, Yuan Shang suddenly remembered that the jade seal passed on to the country was dedicated to Yuan Shu by the former Lord of Jiangdong in exchange for soldiers and horses to take back Jiangdong.

Taking out thousands of people to exchange for a jade seal that caused death, Yuan Shu really lost his fortune in that business back then!

Looking at Sun Ce, a cold smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Shang's mouth: "If you say that my uncle is not very close to our family, he even met his father in battle. The so-called cousins, what do they look like? Most of them are forgotten. What are they doing in Befuti?"

Cui Yan, who accompanied Yuan Shang to Pengcheng, saw that he was always at a disadvantage of Sun Ce in his speech, so he deliberately changed the topic: "Does General Sun know when the Marquis of Chu plans to attack Cao Cao?"

Cui Yan brought up the topic of Lu Bu's crusade against Cao Cao, and Sun Ce knew that he should not respond casually.

With Yuan Shang's ability, he can still deal with it. Cui Yan is indeed a celebrity today. Although his tone of voice is calm, every sentence is full of murderous intentions. No small trouble.

"Although I've been around Chuhou all day, some things are not very clear." Sun Ce replied, "I think it's better to ask Chuhou about this question."

Sun Ce refused to answer, so Cui Yan stopped asking.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shang didn't wink. Seeing that Sun Ce didn't respond directly, he asked, "Could it be that Lu Fengxian was afraid of Cao Cao and intended to break the covenant with our Yuan family?"

Sun Ce did not respond to Yuan Shang's rudeness and provocation.

He just smiled slightly, and said to Yuan Shang: "General Xianfu should see you leave Chuhou, and ask him personally."

Ever since I met Sun Ce, I haven't gotten any benefit from him verbally.

With Cui Yan's words, it was difficult to respond to Sun Ce's question, and Yuan Shang would not let it go easily when he got the opportunity.

He jokingly asked Sun Ce: "Could it be that I'm right?"

Knowing that if he talked to him, he would say even more unacceptable words later, Sun Ce ignored him.

Accompanying Yuan Shang and others to the vicinity of the official residence, Sun Ce said: "General Xianfu, please let the followers go down to rest first, and only take a few personal followers with me to see the Marquis of Chu."

"I heard that Lu Fengxian is extremely brave. Could it be that he is still afraid of the followers I brought?" Yuan Shang said: "If he is worried about my followers, it doesn't matter if I see him today."

"If General Xianfu is not in a hurry to see Marquis Chu, I will report back." Sun Ce refused to let him, and replied, "When Marquis Chu is free next time, I will invite General Xianfu to meet him."

"Sun Bofu!" Sun Ce didn't give in at all, Yuan Shang got a little annoyed and shouted at him.

Cui Yan who was next to him hurriedly said: "The third son has brought too many followers, and it is indeed inconsistent with the etiquette to lead all the followers to meet the Marquis of Chu. Please also ask the third son to allow the followers to rest first, and I will accompany you before Just go to meet Chuhou."

Before setting off from Yecheng, Yuan Shao had told Yuan Shang that no matter what happened, Cui Yan would take the lead.

Whatever Cui Yan asks him to do, he has to do it accordingly.

With Cui Yan helping to smooth things over, Yuan Shang didn't have much to say. He waved his hand and signaled his followers to leave with a group of Xuzhou troops led by Zhou Tai.

There were only five or six strong guards staying beside Yuan Shang and Cui Yan, so Sun Ce led them into the government without saying anything more.

Lu Bu has already received the news of their arrival, and has been waiting in the front hall of the government for a long time.

Seeing Sun Ce leading Yuan Shang and Cui Yan into the official residence, Lu Bu greeted him with a smile: "Xianfu and Cui Gong have come a long way, and they have worked hard all the way. I have too many things on my hands, so I didn't go out to meet them personally, so please invite the two of you." No wonder!"

"General Lu has a lot of affairs, and we can understand." Yuan Shang returned the gift, and then said with a cold face: "I came to Pengcheng this time, but I was actually ordered by my father to ask General Lu, when will I send troops to attack Cao Cao? "

"The troops should have been dispatched a long time ago." Lu Bu replied, "It's just that some accidents happened and it was delayed."

"May I ask what happened?" Yuan Shang asked again.

"There is something wrong with the armor of the soldiers in the army." Lu Bu did not hide it, and said to Yuan Shang: "The soldiers don't have enough armor. Even if I want to send troops, I can't. I can't bring a group of soldiers in civilian clothes to fight with Yuan Shang Cao Jun fighting? Soldiers also have wives, children and parents, since I follow me, I have to think more about their lives."

"I didn't expect General Lu to love soldiers like sons." Yuan Shang replied: "It's just that I don't quite understand. If you love soldiers, why would you sit and watch the armor of the lieutenant generals go wrong?"

"Many things are beyond my control." Lu Bu replied: "When I found out, the armor had already been distributed to the army. It was I who forcibly took it back and rushed to make it again, which delayed the dispatch of troops."

"Father and Cao Mengde made an alliance back then, but there were no such troubles." Yuan Shang said: "After all, something went wrong on General Lu's side."

"Xianfu is right. Something went wrong on my side." Lu Bu asked with a smile on his face, "Grandfather Yuan ordered Xianfu to come to Pengcheng, did he come to relieve my worries?"

Originally he had gained the upper hand in terms of rhetoric, when Lu Bu suddenly asked, Yuan Shang was taken aback for a moment: "I am just here to question General Lu on behalf of my father..."

"Interrogation?" Lu Bu chuckled, "I am just an alliance with Yuan Gong, not subordinate to each other. Dare to ask Xianfu, where did the word interrogation come from?"

Asked by Lu Bu again, he didn't know how to respond. Yuan Shang hesitated for a moment before saying: "Since our Yuan family and General Lu are already in an alliance, and the general has been reluctant to send troops for a long time, don't we have the right to question?"

(End of this chapter)