Lu Dynasty

Chapter 684 The Disease of the North
Lu Bu left in a very reasonable manner. I untied Chen Lin from the pillar and said with a smile: "Kong Zhang, you have suffered. The proclamation you wrote back then made us brothers secretly hate, and Lu Bu vowed to kill you! Now You surrendered, I can protect you for a while, but not forever, think of a way to reconcile with the general! Before you reconcile, you should hide from the general!"

Chen Lin was covered with bruises, and he saluted me and said: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for saving my life. I wrote the proclamation back then, but I had no choice but to post it! Now that I am hated by the general, I can only blame my writing for being too poisonous! Someone reminded me a long time ago. He told me that the prime minister is not an ordinary person, and he wanted me to stay on top of everything, but I was superstitious about Yuan Shao's influence, so I didn't take it to heart, now it seems that I am the one who has eyes like blindness!"

To send away Chen Lin, who was beaten half to death by Lu Bu, I immediately ordered Si Li and Xi Zhicai to send people to Jizhou to deal with internal affairs and promote the law.Suddenly, Guo Jia came to me with the latest information from the Ministry of Intelligence and said, "My lord, Yuan Tan led his troops to plunder Ganling, Anping, Bohai, Hejian and other places. Hearing that Yuan Shang was defeated in Zhongshan, he led the army to attack. Yuan Shang Unintentionally fighting, he went straight to Youzhou to join Yuan Xi. Yuan Tan surrendered Yuan Shang’s defeated soldiers and wanted to plot against Jizhou!” I knew Yuan Tan didn’t really surrender in the first place, so Guo Jia ordered Yuan Tan to come to Jizhou, but how could Yuan Tan do it on his own? Throw in the net!He ignored my order, just giving me an excuse to clean him up.

I led the troops straight to Pingyuan. When Yuan Tan knew that my troops had arrived, he immediately wrote to Liu Bei and Cao, asking them to send troops to help.But Liu Bei and Cao knew that it was their turn after I dealt with Yuan Shao, and it was too late for them to set up troops, so how could they help a dying Yuan Tan?So both Cao and Liu Bei shirked.Yuan Tan had no choice but to abandon Pingyuan and retreat to Nanpi.I led the troops to chase after Nanpi, Yuan Tan had no choice but to fight.How can Yuan Tan's miscellaneous soldiers be the opponents of our army's elite in hundreds of battles? In just one battle, Yuan Tan was defeated and defeated.Yuan Tan was desperate and wanted to surrender again, so he sent Xin Ping to our army to discuss surrender matters.I knew Xin Ping's intentions, so naturally I wouldn't agree. Xin Ping had no choice but to go back to the city. Yuan Tan knew that Xin Ping had failed to discuss surrender with our army, so he pushed all the faults on Xin Ping, and said that the Xin family had taken refuge. Xin Ping also wanted to betray me, but Xin Ping was so angry that he vomited blood and died.Yuan Tan regretted not doing it at the beginning, but he was also very helpless when people died and could not be brought back to life.Suddenly, Yuan Tan realized that I love the people very much, so he distributed a weapon to each of the people in Nanpi. On the second day, he actually drove the people out of the city first, and he followed the people with his troops.

Yuan Tan is not the first to fight against the people, nor will he be the last.If I let Yuan Tan go today, I will be wiped out by Cao tomorrow.With Cao's viciousness, he will never know my weakness and not attack.I waved my hand cruelly, and our soldiers immediately rushed into Yuan Jun's formation.I have never seen such a fight among the common people. Some were killed by the soldiers of the two armies while fleeing, some were trampled to a pulp by people and horses, and some were crushed to death by fallen corpses.The people couldn't stop our army's charge, and Yuan Jun was quickly dispersed.The most unlucky one was Yuan Tan, who was bumped into by Dian Wei in the middle of the formation.Dian Wei was in a hurry to kill people. It would be too troublesome to capture Yuan Tan alive, so Dian Wei chopped Yuan Tan to death, cut off his head and tied it around his waist, waiting to use it to repay his meritorious service!

After Yuan Tan's death, our army occupied Nanpi. I was comforting the people in Nanpi City. Suddenly someone came to report that a troop had arrived outside the city. I personally led the men to meet the enemy. It turned out that it was Yuan Tan's generals Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch to surrender.I will seal both of them as Marquis of Guannei, and let them lead Yuan Jun to surrender.After packing up the Nanpi, I rushed to Youzhou without stopping.As long as Youzhou is conquered, I will replace Yuan Shao as the overlord of the north.Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi knew that they were not my opponents, so they immediately abandoned Youzhou and went to Wuhuan.Wuhuan King Qiu Liju was shocked when he knew that I had defeated Yuan Shao. At that time, Eryuan went to join him. Qiu Liju naturally took them in.When I learned that Er Yuan had defected to Wuhuan, Guo Tu and others advised me to withdraw. Guan Yu was even worried that Liu Bei would invade Sili.Guo Jia was my chief adviser, but he tried his best to persuade me to join the army.In fact, I also want to enter the army, but I suddenly discovered something that made my heart twitch.Yecheng belongs to the north, and Guo Jia felt a little uncomfortable when he came here.When I attacked Pingyuan, I already noticed that Guo Jia's expression was wrong.Now in Youzhou, Guo Jia not only has a different complexion, but also often coughs dryly.Obviously, Guo Jia is in poor health.I asked the military doctor to diagnose Guo Jia under the pretext of taking a rest. I didn't understand what was going on, but I knew that this matter was big or small!

Surprisingly similar to history, Guo Jia died of illness when Cao Ping settled the north.Cao in history was too careless, he didn't notice Guo Jia's abnormality, but I was always worried about Guo Jia's health, and often asked Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo to check him, so I discovered Guo Jia's abnormality.Although now is the critical moment to deal with the two Yuans, if Guo Jia's condition is delayed for the sake of Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, and Guo Jia's last plan to make Liaodong happen again, the loss outweighs the gain.I hesitated, I didn't know whether I should continue to chase.After a two-day stop in Nanpi, Guo Jia also noticed my abnormality. He found me and hoped that I would continue to chase Er Yuan.Looking at Guo Jia's pale face, I really wanted to withdraw my troops.Guo Jia thought that the idea of ​​chasing him was correct, but I didn't answer him for a long time. He coughed twice and suddenly understood why I hesitated.Guo Jia smiled and said, "My lord, I'm fine, it's just a minor illness. How can my lord affect my career because of my accidental ailment? Don't worry about me, my lord, let's go after me!"

"Feng Xiao! If you want me to chase after you, you must promise me one thing!" I looked at Guo Jia, who was acting very relaxed, and knew that he was holding on.

Guo Jia laughed and said, "My lord, you can talk and listen!"

"Hurry up and go back to Sili, let Zhongjing and Yuanhua show you!" Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo are the ones I trust the most, and I believe they can save Guo Jia's life.

"As the lord's mastermind, how can I retire without success?" Guo Jia knew that he was seriously ill, but he still didn't take it seriously.After all, he has been weak and sick since he was a child, and the current situation is not the worst time.

"If you don't leave, I'd rather give up Eryuan and withdraw my troops back to Sili!" I took Guo Jia's hand and said, "Because you are my most important schemer, I can't let you take risks. Being sick is a big deal." Xiao, if I lose you for the sake of Eryuan, even if I win Jizhou, I will lose more than I gain!"

Guo Jia saw that I was determined, so he smiled and said: "Then the lord will go after him first, and I will go back to Luoyang alone!"

(End of this chapter)