Lu's relatives

Chapter 402 Here Comes the One Who Finds Differences
Thanks to the timely arrival of Zhang Liao's reinforcements, the Flying Cavalry Battalion was safe and sound. Although it was covered by the arrow attack for half an hour, except for the small half of the people who were injured by the arrows, and a dozen horses were frightened and fell into the water, fortunately there was no danger. Too much loss.

But it's not so wonderful to come upstream after doing futile work.After Zhang Liao carried Qin Xu and others across the river in a flag boat, he brought the captives who were still flaunting their might to Qin Xu.Seeing the familiar face of this person, Qin Xu only had the urge to sing "Too Wronged" loudly for this person.

"Mr. Zhongde? It's been a long time. It's always been good!" Surrounded by soldiers from the Xiaoqi Battalion under Zhang Liao's command, the person who was fished out of the water and filled his stomach with "yellow soup" was none other than Qin Xu's old acquaintance. After Xi Zhicai's death, Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde were trusted by Cao Cao as his confidant.

I don't know if it's a conflict with someone from Qin, but in Qin Xu's few famous battles, Cheng Yu seems to have been involved, and they all played disgraceful roles.It seems to have fallen into a strange circle, and this time is no exception.

To say that Cheng Yu was wronged enough.This time Cao Cao used tricks to beg for the emperor's talisman, nominally acting on behalf of the emperor to mediate Hebei affairs.But it can be said that except for the young emperor, everyone knows that this is Cao Cao's method to plot the land of Hebei.But this time, Cheng Yu was actually ordered by Cao Cao to come to East County to urge the allocation of food and grass.

Cheng Yu was supposed to be unlucky, Cheng Yu, who was busy working on food and grass in Dongjun, heard the report from Tanma that a team of six to 7000 people was rushing towards Dongjun.There are not many troops in Dongjun, only 3000-[-] at full count. Before knowing the details of the incoming soldiers, Cheng Yu was planning to shrink his troops and hold on to the city to wait for an opportunity. The veterans who fought against Qingzhou were naturally "familiar" with Qin Xu, who made his master embroidered on the bottom of his robe.

This time, the evil fire in Cheng Yu's heart, which had been suppressed for a long time, coaxed Lao Gao to rise.In fact, Cheng Yu was also worthy of the title of resourceful man, and soon guessed the purpose of Qin Xu and his party.After hearing clearly that Qin Xu's boats were only small fishing boats that could only accommodate a dozen people, Cheng Yu, who sensed that an opportunity was coming, immediately rushed into Cheng Yu's mind with a bold calculation, and then heard Qin Xu's army start After wading through the river, Cheng Yu, who thought he was a godsend, no longer cared about his colleagues who stayed in Dongjun, and the persuasion of Dongjun prefect Chen Gong. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Cao Cao's serious troubles, and on the other hand, to avenge his humiliation.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhongde's luck was really not very good.Originally, the plan was very clever. Taking advantage of the convenience of the boats on the upper reaches of the river, it only took two sticks of incense to go down the river to join Qin Xu's troops. I thought that since Qin's army was in vain A big river must be inconvenient to move, or it is impossible to fight back at all. As long as you bring more arrows and hit it from a distance, even if you wipe out all the soldiers in the river, Qin Xu probably won't know that the flag has been pulled down, but the common warship Where did the attack come from.Of course, if Qin Xu sent his small fishing boat over to investigate in order to find out who the incoming soldiers were, under the cover of dense arrows, it could only be regarded as a supplement to the army.In this way, he can avenge his revenge without causing Cao Cao the trouble of flirting with his allies.

Unexpectedly, the ideal is full, but the reality is too skinny.Qin Xu was also too cautious. Although he ordered his soldiers to cross the river in vain, he also brought carts, luggage and other things. Although the burden was increased, the defense against arrow attacks was excellent.Cheng Yu collected almost all of Dongjun's stocks, and most of the arrows he carried were consumed. It took less than half an hour to barely break through the defense of the soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion in the river.But just when Cheng Yu thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and let go of the attack to compete for full power, something happened suddenly. Zhang Liao's warship seemed to fall from the sky, and immediately after the success, he gave Cheng Yu a severe blow.Not only were more than [-] warships transporting grain filled with dumplings, but even Cheng, who was escorted by his guards and jumped into the river to escape, was caught with a fishing net, and was thrown in the already In front of Qin Xu who successfully crossed the river.

"Hmph! Lizi, if you want to kill or kill, you can do whatever you want. See if Cheng will frown!" What a shame!At any rate, Cheng Zhongde, who was awarded the Ministerial Order by Cao Cao and was regarded as a high-ranking official of the court, was treated like a beast with his limbs and casually thrown in front of Qin Xu, who had captured him alive several times, listening to Qin Xu playfully. Cheng Yu's "greetings" made Cheng Yu die.

"Mr. Zhongde, what are you talking about? You and I are allies in the two armies, and we also serve under the emperor of the Han Dynasty. We can also be regarded as colleagues. How can Qin have the heart to hurt his colleagues? Mr. Zhongde is too worried! Don't worry too much!" Qin Xu walked around Cheng Yu twice while laughing, and said with a smile.

"Hmph! Don't be hypocritical! To avenge the humiliation of that day, Cheng did not think that the time would not be with me, and he would fall into the current situation. This is the defeat of God, and it has nothing to do with you!" Cheng Yu would not believe Qin Xu. These jokes.Colleagues?Have you ever seen a colleague who traps a person's limbs like a pig, and throws them on the ground casually, making people sweep away?After saying that he came from Cheng Qin, Cheng Yu was already mentally prepared.This time, even when it comes to the big sky, he, Cheng, was "disrespectful" first. In any case, the big hat of provoking the alliance without authorization and causing misunderstanding between the two families has actually been covered on Cheng Yu's head, and he did not do anything at all. Not fake.However, Cheng Yu was not too worried. After all, both Cao Cao and Chen Gong knew about the fact that he had come to Dongjun to transport grain, so it was not easy to hide it.As long as Qin Xu's Lv Bu army has not made a complete plan to turn against the court forces represented by Cao Cao's army, then he, Cheng Yu, is safe.Therefore, regardless of Cheng Yu's yelling one by one, he actually has other plans. If this matter can be turned into a personal grievance between Cheng Yu and Qin Xu, then it is completely sure that Qin Xu will be hindered by the fact that the two families are still there. The feeling of an ally, will not take his own life, it is a good calculation.

"Oh? Personal grievances? It seems that Mr. Zhongde is worthy of the title of a resourceful man, but he has already taken care of Qin's concerns!" Qin Xu looked at Cheng Yu playfully, and said with a smile: "But The question is, is it really just a personal grievance that Mr. Zhongde treated Qin so much this time?"

"General Qin, the man has been found! This thief, I thought someone didn't know him!" Just when Cheng Yu's face suddenly changed after hearing Qin Xu's pointed words, Cheng Lian made three steps in parallel. When he came to Qin Xu's side, he murmured a few words in a low voice, and squinted at Cheng Yu, which also had "bad intentions".

"Personal grievances! It really is a personal grievance!" Qin Xu nodded with a smile after hearing what Lian said, and looked at Cheng Yu full of teasing.

Meet old acquaintances in other lands!Originally, regarding what happened to Cheng Yu, Qin Xu really thought at first that Cheng Yu "accidentally" detected the movement of his march, and in order to avenge the humiliation of that day, he sent troops to attack Cao Cao's anger.After all, Cao Cao is not a fool. You should know that at the most critical moment of Hebei's ownership, he will never tolerate the occurrence of the enemy.It's just that no matter how much Cao Cao looked down on the courtiers in Xuchang, he still used the "wronged" thing to leave Xuchang with an excuse to do what he wanted to do.It can be seen that Cao Cao now has some scruples about big men and courtiers who have little strength but dominate public opinion.Therefore, with Cao Cao's intelligence and the wisdom of his counselors, Cao Cao's intelligence and the wisdom of his advisers will definitely not let people catch the pigtails so easily.

But what Cheng Lian said about the person who was discovered by accident brought a little change to this seemingly simple matter.According to Cheng Lian, when "cleaning up" the captured soldiers, he saw a person who should never have been here.

Forgive me!This was the only high-ranking Black Mountain bandit general who had ever spoken to Lu Bu and the others when Qin Xu plundered Yecheng with a plan, and when Cheng Lian, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao went to stop the Black Mountain bandits.Cheng Lian and Zhang Liao didn't recognize this person at first, they just thought they looked familiar, but they were guilty of not being able to stand up to this guy, they were just asking casually, but they showed their feet because of panic, and they regarded themselves as a big fish in vain. It was given to Cheng Lian who was forced to find an excuse to make Cao Cao unhappy and lawless because although there were no casualties in the Flying Cavalry Battalion, he was also passively beaten and humiliated.

"Hmph! Although you are deceiving the emperor and lucky to be in a high position, you are still a minister of the court. Why don't you give a certain pleasure to a certain person since it falls into your hands!" Hearing Qin Xu's words, Cheng Yu's eyes dodged a little, but he still insisted Calm, looking like he is going to die generously.

"Oh? Mr. Zhongde remembers that Qin is a minister of the court? I heard that you, Mr. Zhongde, were appointed by General Cao as a minister. Qin hasn't congratulated you yet. I'm sorry, I'm rude!" Qin Xu smiled. He coughed lightly, and suddenly his face turned cold, and he said: "Since Cheng Shangshu, you also know that you, as a minister of the court, are colluding with bandits, murdering colleagues, and brazenly attacking friendly troops, intending to provoke a conflict between the two armies. , isn’t something a high-ranking court official should do? Qin would rather believe that General Cao didn’t know about it!”

"What do you mean by what you say? I don't understand!" Cheng Yu's face turned pale, and panic flashed in his eyes, and he forced himself to say.

"Could it be that Qin has misunderstood? General Cao holds the emperor's talisman to mediate the war in Hebei, and second, he is responsible for exterminating the Heishan bandits who have caused disasters in Hebei for more than ten years. This is known all over the world. Even Qin's lord Lu General, I was also moved by the great righteousness of General Cao, and caring about the Heishan bandits and Hebei's chronic diseases, so I ordered Qin to send troops to help the meager strength. I didn't know that General Cao had already brought the Heishan bandits under his command, alas, it was extremely fast ! It may not be spread all over the world in the future, but it will be a beautiful story!" Qin Xu said with a sneer.

"Why do you want to commit a crime without excuse? Right now, someone Cheng is in your hands. If you say it is a Black Mountain bandit, it is a Black Mountain bandit. Who else can say anything else?" Although Qin Xu's words seemed to be admiring Cao Cao An act of righteousness to subdue the Black Mountain bandits.But Cheng Yu heard something different.Things are very strange in the world right now, and sometimes a little carelessness can ruin your reputation to the point where it is difficult to repeat it.Qin Xu found the Black Mountain bandit in his own army. Although he didn't know why he was so sure, Cheng Yu knew very well that if this word got out, it would undoubtedly deal a huge blow to Cao Cao's reputation.

without him.Everyone knows that the battle between Hebei Shi and Yuan Yuan has become fierce.As one of the neutral forces, the Montenegrin bandits, no matter which family seeks its assistance, will have a miraculous effect in changing the situation of the battle.But here lies the problem. Cao Cao was originally "ordered" to carry out his own unspeakable plan in the name of mediating the war between the two states. In the end, all the two states were placed under the "court", and even the Montenegrin bandits voted together, but no one would say anything else.

But the time is too short!Who would have believed that the Heishan bandits, who had caused disasters in Hebei for more than ten years and the imperial court had suppressed them for more than ten years, rushed to take refuge when Cao Cao arrived in Hebei, before he even had time to contact the righteous master?Is the black bandit finally being influenced by the court, or... he, Cao, has already surpassed the court in power?Is this easy to say?Although Cao Cao is strong now, he has the banner of serving the emperor to order him not to be a minister.But Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and even Lu Bu in Qingzhou are all forces that can compete with themselves.Before Cao Jun's strength had reached its peak, he had gained such a great reputation. Not to mention he became the top bird in the eyes of these families, even the courtiers who were not very peaceful at all had enough excuses to attack Cao Cao. It can be said that just such a "small matter" is enough to put Cao Jun's forces, who are not yet suitable for opposing the world, in danger of falling into a quagmire.It can be said that if Cheng Yu admitted that Cao Cao had indeed subdued the Black Mountain thieves, even if it did not make people doubt how the power of Cao Jun, who had never extended its tentacles to Hebei, had such a great charm, it would still make Cao Jun give it to others. It's an excuse to kill people.Unless Cao Cao kills Emperor Han to stand on his own right now, he will be dissatisfied with Cao Cao for monopolizing the emperor, and his soldiers, officers, and positions are even superior to those of the surrounding forces. In the end, he ended up in the same fate as Yuan Shu, otherwise, at least for now, even within two or three months, he would not be able to admit to death.

But then again, if he doesn't admit it, Qin Xu has already found out what happened this time, and he, Cheng Yu, will be in real trouble.Colluding with the black bandits to attack the friendly army, just for this one, even if he was sued in front of Cao Cao, Cheng Yu would become a scapegoat in order to silence everyone in the world.Under the balance of the two, Cheng Yu simply remained silent, neither admitting nor denying, and he always excused himself by saying that he wanted to incriminate the crime without excuse.

"Take Mr. Zhongde down, good hospitality, and send a letter to General Cao, let's see what he can teach you as an 'old man'!" Seeing Cheng Yu's stubborn mouth, Qin Xu laughed He ordered and said.If you don't speak, don't speak.It's not easy to deal with it if you open your mouth.After all, Cao Jun and Lu Bu Jun are still allies. Even if God knows how much gold this so-called ally has, it is not good to cross the line too much.What's more, Lu Bu sent Qin Xu to Jizhou this time, with the intention of planting a nail with the help of the Zhen family, taking advantage of the fact that Cao Cao had not yet launched any trouble.I don't want to have too much trouble with Cao Cao, who has the righteousness of the emperor.

"General Qin! Just... just let this old thief go like this?" Seeing that Qin Xu had no intention of collecting some interest from Cheng Yu from the beginning to the end, Cheng Lian asked a little puzzled.

"Don't be in a hurry! Don't be in a hurry!" Qin Xu said pointingly, which made Cheng Lian confused.

The army crossed the Yellow River, turned west, and entered the territory of Pingyuan.Because Pingyuan State is located in a very special area, although it is under the rule of Qingzhou, it is separated from Qingzhou by the Yellow River and adjacent to Jizhou.Therefore, this place became a test stone for Yuan Shao's forces and Gongsun Zan's forces against Qingzhou.It can even be said that there are no fewer spies from other forces in Pingyuan than in Qingzhou.The people in the plains actually don't have a strong sense of belonging to Qingzhou.In addition to the "legacy" of Liu Bei's tenure as Pingyuan Commander and the occurrence of two fraudulent cases, Pingyuan was involved, so it can be seen that if Zhang Liao hadn't led the army to guard here, it would have played a deterrent role, otherwise , I don't know what troubles are going to happen.

Therefore, when Qin Xu's army entered Pingyuan County, they did not receive the same treatment as other prefectures and counties in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. The fear and panic of the soldiers were not as eager as the people in other counties and counties, and even a few less-clothed or bright, or ordinary people, in the eyes of a few people dressed as soldiers from the Xiaoqi Battalion Under the scolding, he blatantly approached Qin Xu's troops without any fear, and any fool could see the intention of probing.

"General Qin! The land of the plain is mostly because of the people fleeing the war in the three prefectures of Hebei and You. The lord has ordered not to hinder the refugees from entering the city. Therefore, there are indeed many people with evil intentions mixed in. These people don't know what to do. , was concealed by the people of Pingyuan, and the governor of Pingyuan did not fail to perform his duties because of previous events, so he had no choice but to usurp the temporary county government. The only way is to send people to keep an eye on the movements of these people, and first try to keep the news from Pingyuan.” Seeing the strange look on Qin Xu’s face, Zhang Liao, a warrior on the battlefield, also blushed rarely, thinking of himself. After much deliberation, I just came up with such a stupid way, and I feel a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter! It's good that these people have such means. Qin wants to do something else, but he is worried that no one can use it..." Qin Xu also knew that Zhang Liao, as a veteran in the battlefield, was only sent to garrison in case soldiers came. Yes, but now that Pingyuan County Sheriff is "vacant", it is really difficult for this "hardcore" Lu Bu to hold two positions, he said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)