Lu's relatives

Chapter 412 The Fourth Force!
Cheng Yu still didn't know that he was being offered such a "price" by Qin Xu, so that when he was pushed out by two soldiers who were full of evil spirits who had first entered the camp, his eyes were full of unyielding and contempt.

Cheng Yu has always refused to admit defeat, especially this time he was captured alive by Qin Xu, and he was really wronged for losing.God knows that Qin Xu can't even cross the river here, and there are still dozens of miles away from the plain, how did Zhang Liao get the news, and it came so timely that there was almost no time for people to react, and he was captured in a face-to-face, so Qin Xu must not be counted. ability.Not to mention, he, Cheng Yu, used less than a thousand people to transport food and auxiliary troops, and forcibly (shot) the Flying Cavalry Battalion for less than half an hour, although it did not cause much casualties.But this humiliation to Lu Bu's elite war cavalry alone is probably the only one since Lu Bu became an army?Therefore, although Cheng Yu was captured this time, instead of feeling aggrieved at all, he felt honored.

"Mr. Gongda wants to tell Mr. Cao well this time. It took such a high price to redeem this man. Remember to be careful, and don't let him out!" Standing at the dilapidated doorway of Pingyuan County, holding Xun You's hands, Qin Xu seemed to be reluctant to say goodbye, and said with "affectionateness".

"Zhuzi, how dare you insult me!" No matter how you say it, Cheng Yu is one of the most intelligent and scheming men in Cao Jun's forces. How could Qin Xu not understand what he said in a roundabout way.Although I don't understand how much "price" Xun You spent to redeem himself, but this time, with the flags of the Cao Army flying all over the sky, and Xun You, the mastermind of the Cao Army, beside him, Cheng Yu's courage is full again.

"Mr. Zhongde seems to miss Qin's life in the army a lot! If so, next time Mr. Gongda comes to redeem him again, Qin will definitely double your ransom!" Qin Xu sneered and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. Cheng Yu, who was about to jump, said calmly.

"You..." After all, there were quite a few soldiers from the Lü Bu Army who were full of murderous intent gathered at the gate of the city. To put it bluntly, Cheng Yu was just trying to use his tongue.Seeing that because of the arrogant words just now, these soldiers who don't know what to fear at all have begun to look over as if they were looking at a corpse. No matter how arrogant Cheng Yu is, he still knows the current affairs after all. Pulling down his sleeves, he immediately got off the donkey, glared at Qin Xu angrily, and then kept silent.

"Emissary Qin, Cheng Zhongde's unintentional words, I hope that the envoy will not take it to heart! This time, when I return to the lord, I will definitely express my kindness to the lord, and must promote the friendship between the two allies of Cao and Lu! I also invite Qin Let me rest assured!" Seeing Cheng Yu's lawlessness as soon as he sees the sun, Xun You felt that he was being benevolent and righteous.Just pulling Cheng Yu was just out of friendship, if Cheng Yu didn't understand his good intentions, Xun You also made up his mind not to pay attention to this stubborn old man.Seeing Cheng Yu restraining himself, Xun You finally breathed a sigh of relief.I really don't understand why Cheng Yu is so old and alone, why he still has no eyes.If you don't want to see Qin Xu, half of the entire Cao army has suffered from this guy, and it's not just Cheng Yu alone.If it is true that the accusations of thousands of people died without a problem, the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Cao army who were defeated by this scorpion were enough to make someone from Qin die a few times in a serious manner.And why bother you, a dignified Fujun Zhonglang who is worth a penny of ransom, will show up here?Moreover, the current situation is chaotic, and even my own lord has no choice but to succumb to this hypocrisy. What's the use of saying these sour words at this time?It's a joke for no reason.

"Mr. Gongda, don't worry! Qin knows! A good man was bullied by a dog and bitten by being chased. We can't just bite back a few times just to get angry?" The close friend of Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, Mi Heng, who is known as the madman in the legend, can stand shoulder to shoulder.Now that Kong Rong has disappeared since he was rescued, Mi Heng, who must not be appreciated by others, does not know where to hone his eloquence at the moment. Xu's two lives as a freak of human beings also deserved to be unlucky.

"Qin Zhongming! I swear to kill you! Ah..." Hearing that Qin Xu can't do without a certain canine family when he talks about himself, even if Cheng Yu is a clay figurine, he should be aroused a bit fiery Come.Cheng Yu, who was full of beard and hair, almost jumped up, wanting to rush over and fight Qin Xu desperately.But before he could take a step, he felt a numbness in his waist and eyes, and then he seemed to fly out of thin air. His feet left the ground immediately, and they were actually lifted up by the waist by the soldiers who had first boarded the camp behind him.

"Forget it! Seeing how happy Mr. Gongda was when he paid you the ransom, Qin will take it as a face for Mr. Gongda, but if he dares to be presumptuous again, then unless the ransom is doubled, he will not be lenient. Come down!" It was not until Cheng Yu's face turned purple that he was afraid of being thrown on the ground, Qin Xu slowly, amidst Xun You's wry smile, ordered the soldier to stand Cheng Yu, whose legs were weak, on the ground.

"Thank you Qin Shijun for your forgiveness! It's not early, and I'm afraid that General Miaocai will be waiting for a long time to misunderstand, which will delay the important affairs of the two families. Besides, we have to prepare food, grass, gold and silk to bring back our auxiliary soldiers who are temporarily resting in the plain. Farewell!" Xun You was afraid that Cheng Yu and Qin Xu would choke again, and Xun You was really afraid that Cheng Yu would be angry with Qin Xu, and it would be difficult to explain to Cao Cao, so he saw Cheng Yu who was always worrying. Yu was already at this point, but he still wanted to force himself to say something, so Xun You hurriedly beat Cheng Yu, and thanked Qin Xu and said goodbye.

"General Qin, just let Cheng Yu go like this?" It can be said that the elite flying cavalry battalion of Lu Bu's army was blocked in the river, and a group of auxiliary soldiers (shot) for half an hour. Cheng Lian really didn't want Cheng Yu to go back like this, but after all, Qin Xu gave the order, and Cheng Lian also believed that Qin Xu would uphold justice for the Flying Cavalry Camp, but seeing Cheng Yu blatantly follow Xun You to leave, Cheng Lian Still feel angry.

"A guy who is only worth a penny, is he worthy of being so petty?" Qin Xu didn't explain to Cheng Lian, and Cheng Lian laughed out loud just by saying that. When Qin Xu mentioned the issue of "expensive" ransom several times, he still had a look of shame and arrogance hidden in his face. I don't know what the old man's expression will be after learning the truth, but thinking about it, I know it must be It's not very pretty, it's just too depressing.

"What!" In fact, Cheng Lian's crow's mouth is quite useful sometimes.In contact with Xiahouyuan, Xun You, Xiahouyuan and his party, who were eager to inform Cao Cao of the defection of Heishan, so as not to be attacked by others, really did a nursery rhyme circulated in Cao's army when Xiahouyuan first led the army, "Dian Military Academy Yu Xiahouyuan, five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days!" Thousands of people went upstream, and in less than two days, they returned from Pingyuan County and were dispatching troops to attack with superior forces. In Cao Cao's camp in Hebei.But after Xun You briefly explained what Ping Yuan had seen and heard, not only Cao Cao, but also Xia Houyuan and Cheng Yu did not expect that such a simple matter of warning and deterring Qin Xu would turn out to be so many. twists and turns.

Especially Cheng Yu, finally understood why Qin Xu had such a strange expression when he talked about the ransom, as if he was holding back a smile.At that time, Cheng Yu only thought that Qin Xu was persuaded by Xun You, and felt depressed about letting go of such a "big benefactor" who could get back a large ransom for him, but he didn't expect that Xun You didn't sell himself. The high price was even worse than the usual ransom for an ordinary auxiliary soldier.

Although there are frequent chaos in the world after the Yellow Turban, Dong Zhuo, and Xiliang thieves, the purchasing power of the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty, which has been passed down for 400 years, is still strong and consistent. It's about one thousand Wen, of course, the five baht coins made of high-quality copper may only be exchanged for more than nine hundred Wen, but anyway, as a member of Boss Cao's think tank, and as a literati, he led the Fu army. The military position of General Zhonglang, the price of this penny is indeed outrageous, even if it is doubled as Qin Xu said, how much more can it be?Cheng Yu never thought that this must be Qin Xu's humiliation method.In the case of Cheng Yukai, Qin Xu was simply concerned about the alliance between Lu Bujun and Cao Caojun, or had other plots, and "dare not" to take his own life, so he could only use this little trick to humiliate others To relieve depression.Therefore, after the initial shame and anger, it made Cheng Yu feel a little bit. If this is the case, why didn't he scold Qin at the gate of Pingyuan for such a good time.

"Don't worry about Zhong De, Qin Xu's sharp mouth, even Cao will suffer if he can't say it, but fortunately, this Qin is quite knowledgeable, and he didn't make too much trouble for you, Zhong De, and you are more restrained than in previous years Quite a lot!" Regarding Cheng Yu's "encounter" this time, to be honest, among the people in the military camp, none of them really wanted to avenge Cheng Yu's revenge, which shows how popular Cheng Yu is.

In fact, it is true, not to mention that the Cao and Lu families still have the name of an ally who no one takes it seriously, although Qin Shijun is close to the border of Yanzhou this time, after all, he has not crossed the border and used force. , It’s just to find a place to trudge across the river. You didn’t recruit anyone and didn’t cause trouble, so you took dozens of grain ships and more than a thousand auxiliary soldiers with almost all the arrows in Dongjun’s stock. People are looking for trouble.The result was good, the trouble was found, and he took advantage of his own "advantage" to severely humiliate the Flying Cavalry Battalion, which belonged to the front-line battle order of Lu Bu's army. This is great!Have fun!Get caught!What a shame!Even if Cao Cao had the intention to cover up in this situation, and wanted to say something for this great counselor who dreamed of the sunrise on Mount Tai and came to defect without saying a word, he has nothing to say now.

"My lord, just now I heard from Gongda that the bandits from Montenegro suddenly attacked, and the target was clearly aimed at our army, the lord. According to someone, it might be that Qin Xu did it on purpose! What did you say to cooperate with the lord to serve the big man?" To mediate the dispute between the two Yuans, one must have taken a fancy to the fertile land of Jizhou, which is the closest to Qingzhou." After all, Cheng Yu was still somewhat scheming, seeing that the people in the tent did not share the same hatred as usual, Taking his own hatred as everyone's hatred, especially his silent attitude on the matter of being an enemy of almost the entire Cao army, Qin Xu, who has a bad reputation, he also knew that he might be in a hurry, but there was no good excuse for a while Getting rid of the embarrassing situation that his family was in, he simply changed the subject, transferred the "private grievance" between himself and Qin Xu to the public grievance between the Cao and Lu families, and said with a reasonable appearance: "My lord, what Yu said It's not groundless. It must be known that Qin Zhongming is always a clever talker. How arrogant and rampant the millions of yellow scarves in Qingzhou were at the beginning, but in the end, these millions of yellow scarves men and women have become the cornerstone of the population of the six counties and three places in Dingding, Qingzhou. This shows that, Although that Zhuzi is arrogant and does not know the number of days, if you look at it from this aspect alone, there are few people in the world who can surpass him. In this way, it is very likely that Qin Xu will follow the example of the Yellow Turban and know that everyone in Montenegro is the same. The lord has a close relationship, but he still spent a lot of money to persuade the black mountain bandits to turn against each other. Yes, it must be like this!"

"Then how does Mr. Zhongde explain why Zhang Liao, the leader of Lu Bujun's Xiaoqi Battalion, went after the retreating Heishan bandit cavalry, and the number of thieves he killed was no less than that of our army? Moreover, there were some in our army in this battle. Strange!" Although Xia Houyuan also hated Qin Xu very much, after all, what is being discussed now is the possibility that after the prelude to Cao Cao's army's engulfing of Hebei officially kicked off, he will face changes in the front and back, the danger of defection before the battle, and the fact that Cao Cao's army will swallow up Hebei. What happened to Guo Yuan outside Pingyuan City made Xia Houyuan feel a little strange, but Xia Houyuan is a general after all, and he doesn't know how to weave vocabulary, so it sounds like he is "excusing" Qin Xu .

"Why, does Miaocai have some new discoveries?" Fa Xiaoer, who has been playing since he was a child, is the most considerate. Although Xia Houyuan's words are vague and some of his words are not expressive, Cao Cao has recognized this general of his own. Ask for the meaning to express.

"This time the black mountain bandits came here, it's very strange!" Xia Houyuan originally wanted to tell Guo Yuan's strangeness, but the confidants who came here did not investigate the slightest strangeness of Guo Yuan, and claimed that he was not weaker than Lu Bujun The formation of the tiger and leopard cavalry trapped in the camp is the most important thing for Cao Cao at the moment, and Cao Chun, the younger generation of the Cao clan who is the most outstanding in the army, is leading him. It is Cao Chun who upholds the public heart and does not add resentment, and it is not very suitable for public or private.Therefore, after listening to Cao Cao's question, Xia Houyuan thought for a long time before finally holding back these words.

"What General Miaocai said is that the people in Montenegro had secretly contacted the lord and intended to surrender. If there were no instigation by someone with ulterior motives, how could they treat our army like this? Besides, who knows if these thieves did it on purpose. Are you playing a bitter trick with that Qin thief to show the lord, so that the lord will think that this matter has nothing to do with that scorpion?" Cheng Yu saw Xia Houyuan's lips pursed for a long time, but in the end he just said these words, and the corner of his mouth involuntarily showed a trace With a sneer, he stroked his beard and said.

Cheng Yu's sarcasm was not aimed at anyone, and all the generals in the tent could hear it. Even Xia Houyuan, who was refuted, was surprisingly not angry, but thoughtful of Cheng Yu's words.It is undeniable that the reason for Cheng Yu's words is really far-fetched, but it is not impossible.After all, Qin Xu's methods of appearing and disappearing like a powerful and unconstrained style are always emerging one after another, and he has a record of successfully lowering Qingzhou's million yellow scarves, which provides some credibility for Cheng Yu's conjecture here.

"My lord, I also feel that, as General Miaocai said, it is indeed strange that the black mountain bandits are riding here! But whether it is related to Qin Shijun or not needs to be verified, so it must not be sloppy. After all, the affairs in Hebei are becoming more and more complicated now. There are the emperor's festival and the name of righteousness, but after all, the Northland is different from the Central Plains, it is the land that the late Yuan Gong has managed for many years, and there are definitely not a few people who spy on it, so the Lord has to be careful!" After Cao Cao asked Xia Houyuan, he went on He had been listening to these generals and counselors under his command talking, but he didn't say anything more, as if he was weighing something. Seeing this, Xun You seemed to understand Cao Cao's heart, paused, and said: " Since the Duke took the order of the Son of Heaven to mediate the affairs of Hebei, and held the Banner of the Son of Heaven to station in Baima to suppress the ministers, first there was the matter of Qin Zhongming going to the plains, and then there was the matter of the present Montenegro. Said that before the servant wanted to capture the news that Qin Zhongming's Youzhou Gongsun and Liu Bei wanted to conquer the plains to avenge their personal revenge, thinking about it now, there are quite a lot of difficulties. It seems that someone deliberately wanted the lord to be with his family It's like a war between allies, it's hard to guard against!"

"Gongda thinks that besides my good son-in-law Qin Zhongming and the Montenegrin rebels, there is a fourth force behind this time?" Xun You's questions made Cao Cao's eyes shine.Cao Cao was originally a very thoughtful person. After hearing the descriptions of the three people who came back, he felt this kind of doubt.It's a pity that Cheng Yu was blinded by the hatred with Qin Xu, and lost his correct judgment. He only wanted to use the army to kill Qin to solve his hatred. It seemed that he had some concerns in front of others, and he was not very good at words, and his words were vague, but Xun You was worthy of being the mastermind of his own army, and he quickly said something.

"That's right!" Xun You's face was as flat as a lake, and his tone was flat, "Although Qin Xu has a lot of grievances with the generals in our army, it's all because of each other's victories and losses on the battlefield, and Qin Xu loves soldiers like a son." This is a well-known fact in the world, and it is also a major reason why he was at the core of Lu Bu's army at a young age. Lu Bu was not confused, and regarded his own army as more important than his own life. He is the husband-in-law of his only daughter, so he will not be allowed to lead an army here alone. Therefore, even if it is true what Zhong De said this time, Lu Bu doubts that it is Qin Xu who wants to plot Jizhou and wants to get a piece of the pie from Lord Zi If he did, he definitely would not joke about the lives of his own soldiers. Pu Ketong, General Miaocai's subordinates and the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion all witnessed it with their own eyes. Someone from Qin’s guards, who had once traveled across Hebei and was famous for a while, went to the camp first, and their staff was reduced by [-]%. The black mountain bandits were even more unbearable. Seven or eight thousand cavalry attacked, and finally retreated. Three or four out of ten, if this kind of casualty is just for the treacherous trick that brother Zhongde said, just to win the trust of the lord, then this Qin person really has a lot of schemes!"

"According to what Gongda said, the so-called fourth party might have released the news of the attack on Pingyuan, but in the end it was the Youzhou faction that never showed up?" With small narrow eyes, he asked thoughtfully.

"From my servant's point of view, maybe not necessarily..."

(End of this chapter)