Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 109 Crusade against Yuan Shu (2)

"The imperial decree has arrived!" A loud cry sounded outside Lu Bu's political hall, and the envoy of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty entered. Lu Bu and Chen Gong hurriedly knelt down to greet them.

The envoy opened the emperor's edict and read: "The emperor of the Han Dynasty said: Yuan Shu, the traitor, usurped and proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun. I ordered Li Song to be the general who protects the country. On my behalf, I will lead the kings of the world to attack the traitor Yuan Shu. General of the country, Liu Bei is the general of Anguo, Lu Bu is granted the title of General Zuo and Xuzhou Mu, and immediately leads the army to attack Yuan Shu together, hereby! The second year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, May!"

"Sir, Lu Bu receives the edict!" Lu Bu raised his hands above his head and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.

"Sir, do you think I should follow the order to send troops?" Lu Bu asked Chen Gongdao after sending off the emperor's envoy.

"Naturally, it is necessary to obey the imperial edict! Otherwise, we will become the same traitors as Yuan Shu. We are no stronger than Yuan Shu. The princes from all walks of life can't do anything to Yuan Shu, but they can attack us. Therefore, the imperial edict must be obeyed." But they want to stand still! Wait and see what happens!" Chen Gong said.

"Then sir, we have received an imperial edict, are we going to drive the person Yuan Shu sent to marry my daughter out of Xuzhou and sever ties with Yuan Shu?" Lu Bu asked.

"No! I only have [-] to [-] soldiers in Xuzhou. How can I be Yuan Shu's opponent? We can temporarily agree to Yuan Shu's request and not send your daughter to Shouchun." Chen Gong said.

"Hahaha! Mister! Even a rough man like me, Lu Bu, knows the truth of both ends. Could it be that Mister still doesn't understand, when the time comes, who will tolerate me, Li Song or Yuan Shu?" Lu Bu laughed loudly laugh.

"Of course I know that, now both Li Song and Yuan Shu are trying their best to win over Marquis Wen. As long as we do things just right, none of them dare to do anything to us. After all, none of them want to see Marquis Wen take refuge in them." The other side." Chen Gong said with a smile.

Chen Gong and Lu Bu had an exchange on how to get the best of both worlds between Li Song and Yuan Shu, and their conversation happened to be overheard by Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son who came here to look for Lu Bu. After the palace left, the father and son looked at each other and walked in very tacitly.

"Marquis Wen! Absolutely not!" Chen Gui and his son stepped inside and shouted.

"Why did you say that, sir?" Lu Bu and Chen Gong looked at Chen Gui and his son, and Lu Bu asked.

"In the past, Yuan Shu sent money to Marquis Wen. He planned to kill Liu Bei, but Marquis Wen shot a halberd with an arrow, which destroyed Yuan Shu's action of killing Liu Bei. How could Yuan Shu not hate Marquis Wen?"

"This time he sent someone to marry your daughter for his son. On the surface, he wanted to marry your daughter, but his real purpose was to take your daughter as a hostage and blackmail you, Marquis Wen! Now that Yuan Shu is plotting against you, Marquis Wen Then they become the family members of the rebels, and they will become the target of public criticism!"

"The princes from all walks of life dare not confront Yuan Shu head-on. It is because Yuan Shu is powerful. No one wants to work hard on their own, but become someone else's wedding dress. There are not a few princes who are stronger than Marquis Wen. They dare not treat Yuan Shu like , but dared to attack Wen Hou."

"If Marquis Wen is on both sides of the head rat, he will definitely not get any good fruit to eat. It is better to unite with Li Song to fight against Yuan Shu. In this way, Marquis Wen can occupy more of Yuan Shu's territory for the reason of the emperor eliminating thieves. Use this to strengthen your own strength." Chen Gui persuaded.

Chen Gui's persuasion to Lu Bu was not for Lu Bu, but for himself. Chen Gui's youngest son, Chen Ying, was captured by Yuan Shu and used to threaten him. He helped him, and even sent a public letter condemning Yuan Shu. If Lu Bu and Yuan Shu united, it would also benefit him, Chen Gui, and even the Chen clan, so no matter what, they could not be allowed to succeed.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Lu Bu was simple-minded, well-developed limbs, and mercenary. Hearing that he could take the opportunity to strengthen his power, Lu Bu asked without hesitation.

"That's easy. Yuan Shu's envoy, Han Yin, is still in the city. As long as Marquis Wen kidnaps Han Yin and escorts him to Li Song, it will be a disaster! Let them kill each other! While we wait for the opportunity, Take the opportunity to occupy more territory and strengthen yourself." Chen Gui said.

"Okay! It's just safe to let someone do this?" Lu Bu asked, but Lu Bu still didn't want to tear himself apart with Yuan Shu.

"If Marquis Wen doesn't dislike it! How about letting my father and son do it for me?" Chen Gui hurriedly asked Ying.

"Leave this matter to Mr. Ling and Master Ling!" Lu Bu got up and walked outside, turning his back on Chen Gui and his son.

"Yuanlong, I'm going to take Han Yin down, so you can use the fastest way to let Yuan Shu know about it." Chen Gui waited for Lu Bu to leave, and when he could no longer hear him, he said to his eldest son, Chen Deng.

"Father, don't worry! The child knows what to do about this matter. In this way, even if Lu Bu doesn't want to turn against Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu will definitely become angry and send troops to attack Xuzhou. When the time comes..." Chen Deng looked at Chen Gui when he said that. One glance and a knowing smile.

Li Song led the army to the Jianghuai border, Li Song did not immediately go to Shouchun City to kill, but set up camp here, and summoned the counselors to the Chinese army camp to discuss matters.

Li Song looked at the full tent of civil and military personnel, and said, "Chen Deng, a native of Huaipu, Xiapi, Xuzhou, escorted Han Yin, the envoy sent by Yuan Shu to marry Lv Bu, to our army. What do you think? Let's talk about it!"

"My lord! It's better to drag Han Yin into the army to behead his head and sacrifice the flag. First, it can boost morale, and second, it can make Yuan Shu hate Lu Bu even more, and take this opportunity to bring Lu Bula to our side." Liu Bowen said.

"What Bowen said is not wrong at all. The bigger the momentum, the better!" Xu Maogong said.

"You two have a good suggestion, come here!" Li Song agreed with Liu Bowen and Xu Maogong's suggestion, and shouted outside the tent.

Hearing Li Song's shout, the guards outside the camp entered immediately, cupped their fists and saluted, "I don't know what orders my lord has?"

"Order! Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin, who escorted Chen Deng, brought him to the front of the army, and Fa-rectification at [-]:[-] noon! Also, call Chen Deng to see me at will!" Li Song ordered.

"No!" The guard clasped his fists in salute, then retreated, passed on Li Song's order, Liu Bowen and Xu Maogong got up and saluted, and said goodbye to Li Song, after Li Song nodded, he retreated, "My lord! The minister waits to leave."

Not long after, the guards took Chen Deng to the tent of the Chinese army camp, met Li Song, Chen Deng bowed and said, "Deng, I have seen the general!"

"Are you here this time just to escort Han Yin? Nothing else?" Li Song looked at Chen Deng and asked.

"Report to the General! I came here to escort Han Yin to the General just incidentally, but mainly for the General's advice," Chen Deng said.

"Oh! I don't know what advice you have to come all the way to me in person?" Li Song asked. He knew in his heart that Chen Deng wanted to cooperate with him and win Xuzhou.

"Lu Bu is a jackal. He is brave but not scheming. He only seeks profit. He should act early, otherwise things will change!" Chen Deng said.

Li Song said: "Actually, I have long known about Lu Bu's wolf ambitions. He is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. Except for you father and son who know the situation in Xuzhou, you should respond to me and help me seek Xuzhou."

"As long as the general takes action, I will naturally respond internally and help the general seek Xuzhou." Chen Deng patted his chest and promised.

Li Song laughed and said, "Okay! I will play the role of the Son of Heaven, and give your father Chen Guizhi a salary of two thousand stones. You, Chen Deng, will be the prefect of Guangling."

"Thank you, General! In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Chen Deng set off immediately and hurried back to Xuzhou." Chen Deng hurriedly bid farewell to Li Song and wanted to return to Xuzhou immediately.

"I'll entrust you with the things in the east." Li Song stepped forward, took Chen Deng's hand, and sent Chen Deng out of the Chinese army's tent, and said to Chen Deng.

"Please rest assured, General! Deng, let me take my leave now! Wait for the good news from General in Xuzhou!" Chen Deng bowed his hands to Li Song, turned around and got into the carriage to leave. Li Song returned to the camp of the Chinese Army only after Chen Deng was out of sight. .

(End of this chapter)