Chapter 769 Price Increase
This cavalry general has a nice name, Pei Qing, and even has his own nickname, Yuan Shao.
So to a certain extent, the name Pei Qing offends Yuan Shao's taboo, but no one cares about Pei Qing, and they don't believe that this thief from Runan Yellow Turban will have such a nice name as Pei Qing. They all call him Pei Qing. He is big.
As a result, Pei Yuanshao became Pei Da.
Pei Qing had a relationship with Deng Dang and Lu Meng before. When Pei Qing fell ill in the mountains, these two people took care of him.
But later, Yuan soldiers attacked the mountain, and the surviving Runan Yellow Turbans had to be moved to the main road, while Pei Qing was left behind, and was finally captured by the Runan Zhou family. The then head of the family, Zhou Kang, saw that Pei Qing was so majestic, and there were also people from the Central Plains The riding skill was rare in the area, so he was recruited as a member of the team.
Later, Zhou Kang died in battle, and the Zhou clan's tribe was passed down to Zhou Fei's generation. Pei Qing also became an old man in the family and became a cavalryman of the tribe. However, Pei Qing was still called Pei Da. He was not qualified to be given the surname Zhou, at least. He has to wait until his son's generation to have the chance.
In the previous attack, fifty Zhou's cavalry were defeated by Ma Chao's sudden cavalry. At that time, only Pei Qing beheaded three people and escaped.
At this time, looking at the humiliated Pei Qing, the young Zhou Fei patted him on the shoulder and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it would be like this. I originally brought you here because I wanted the lord to promote you. But I didn't expect it to be like this. You go back to the battle first, and I have to go to the lord's tent to apologize."
After saying that, Zhou Fei left Pei Qing behind and hurriedly chased Yuan Shao and the others.
In fact, it is already shocking for a master like Zhou Fei to say sorry to Pei Qing. As for what is more, Pei Qing's own dignity? A domestic slave shouldn't talk about something that has never happened before, okay.
After Zhou Fei left, Pei Qing got up and walked back. He returned to his cavalry, where everyone was talking to each other. They were envious of Pei Qing's good opportunities. In their view, Pei Qing, who beheaded three heads, He will definitely be rewarded heavily by Yuan Shao.
But when everyone saw the whip marks on Pei Qing's body, they realized that this was not the case, and hurriedly gathered around Pei Qing to ask what happened.
These people were all Pei Qing's old subordinates, and they were also from the Runan Yellow Turbans. He went to find these people specifically and invited them to the Zhou family.
Therefore, Pei Qing has no reservations about these people. In the silence, Pei Qing suddenly broke out and cursed:
"Then Yuan Shao asked me why I didn't wear Yuan's military uniforms. He didn't ask himself first, did they give them to us? It's not like we never asked for them, but none of those military uniforms were ripped off from the dead. They They don't even want to starch them for us. What do they think of us? Some of the uniforms have blood on them, and the blood belongs to our Yellow Turban comrades, damn it."
Pei Qing's outburst only made everyone more silent.
Yes, these people who came from the Yellow Turbans are Yellow Turbans for a while and will be Yellow Turbans all their lives. Why are they still willing to wear the Yellow Turban placket and the Yellow Turban on their forehead?
Apart from having no other clothes to wear, the more important thing is that they, the lonely ghosts of Runan Yellow Turban, have to help each other. Only by wearing this can they form a stick and survive in the fierce Yuan army.
The more they are ostracized, the more they wear it, and the more they wear it, the more they are ostracized. This is an endless loop. Have they ever considered not wearing it? Yes, but no, because it has been clearly written on your military status that it is impossible for people like them to be promoted to warriors, nor can they be military officials.
If you don't become a warrior, you won't have land. This is why Zhou Fei originally wanted to take Pei Qing to meet Yuan Shao, because to make Pei Qing a warrior, Yuan Shao only needed one sentence.
But the last hope is impossible. From now on, Pei Da will always be Pei Da, and will never be called Pei Qing again. Because people who are not warriors do not deserve their own names.
Everyone sighed around Pei Da for a while, and then dispersed. After all, it was almost time for lunch, and they wouldn't be able to eat if they didn't go.
They are not as resentful as Pei Da. Compared with those Pao Ze who died in battle and had their heads cut off just now, they are the happiest thing if they can still open their mouths to eat and do something.
Pei Da was the only one who walked into the military tent holding on to his clothes.
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Yuan Shao was very angry, especially when he returned to Zhongda Zhang and saw the letter asking for help sent jointly by Li Tong and Li Zheng.
How dare they, how could they?
He left Zhang He's army alone in the center, saying that it was too late to rescue them and that he would send troops to rescue them.
After taking a look at Li's soldiers below, Yuan Shao suddenly loudly said:
"Mancheng, come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dian, the Zhongling Yamen general who had been guarding outside the tent, walked in with his armor on. He glanced at the tribesmen kneeling there with an expressionless face, and then knelt on one knee on the ground:
"The end will be here."
Yuan Shao snorted and said angrily:
"Mancheng, take this man's head across the river to find your cousin later, and ask him if your Li family wants to rebel?"
At this moment, Xu You who was next to Yuan Shao suddenly kicked Yuan Shao.
At the same time, someone started singing outside:
"The cavalry general has arrived."
The general who rides on the chariot is Yuan Shu.
After being reminded by Xu You, Yuan Shao realized that letting Li Dian go would not mean letting go of the hostages, so he said to Li Dian:
"Let's do this for now. You can take your Li family's soldiers and have lunch there. We will discuss the matter of crossing the river to rescue your cousin later."
Yuan Shaoteen, one more meal for the quasi-army.
Li Dian had no expression from beginning to end. After listening to Yuan Shao's words, he went down with his somewhat soft tribesmen.
As soon as he left the tent, Yuan Shu walked in with arrogant steps. When he passed by Li Dian, he looked at him specifically and then smiled inexplicably.
After that, Yuan Shu calmly sat under Yuan Shao's left hand and said to those around him:
"Bring me my honey water, we have to drink this."
A person holding a water jar approached from behind and quickly filled Yuan Shu with a glass of honey water, which was still chilled.
After drinking a glass of ice honey, the heat dissipated immediately. Yuan Shu praised him happily, then looked at his livid brother, shrugged and said:
"Benchu, let's withdraw our troops. This time I'm here to help you. Although the battle didn't end in the end, I still have to give you what you deserve after going back and forth. You also know that I am not short of military rations, nor am I If I need one, please give me Tongbai Mountain as a military reward.”
In front of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao was always emotionally stable. His tone was slow and he could not hear the emotion or anger, and asked:
"What do you want from Tongbai Mountain? And how did you know you were going to withdraw?"
Yuan Shu held his head high and smiled at Yuan Shao:
"At first, I thought that you would make progress after experiencing the great changes in the family, but in the end you still look down on me like this? What's the matter? Do you mean that I, Yuan Shu, can't see the current situation?"
Yuan Shu stretched out his finger and nodded, smiling:
"If I were you, I wouldn't do things so perfectly. Then Li Zheng, Li Tong, and Zhang He, the best generals, voted for you, and then you sent them to die. You really blinded these good guys. .”
At this time, Yuan Shu was very happy, and then saw that Ju Yi was not present. He regretted for a while and said: "And Ju Yi, half of your power was defeated by others. If you say you want to seize soldiers, you can seize them." If you say you want to punish others, then punish them. My Yuan family is also a member of the Yi family. How come you are so unkind and unjust? If I have someone like Ju Yi under my command, how about I just abdicate and let myself be in peace? ”
Yuan Shu spoke very fast and kept talking. He finally took the opportunity to mock Yuan Shao in front of his face and was very happy.
At this time, Yuan Shao finally broke through the defense. He slapped the case and cursed:
"Yuan Shu, shut up. You know I lost this time, can you Yuan Shu survive?"
Yuan Shu paused for a moment, put away his sneer, and looked at Yuan Shao uncertainly:
"Are you threatening me?"
Yuan Shao's face was ugly, and he said every word:
"I'm not threatening you, but telling you the fact. This time I will use all my troops to fight the Taishan Army. Once I lose, the military leaders of all the forces under my command will have different intentions. When the time comes, I will fall apart, and you can still be you in Nanyang. The earth emperor? You are still in a state of turmoil, you idiot.”
Yuan Shu's face was uncertain, he straightened his body slightly and asked Yuan Shao:
"No way, after the battle is like this, you still want to fight Zhang Thief? They are eager for you to cross the river. When the time comes, you will lose all your capital here, and you will be finished. Why don't you listen to my advice and just call it quits? Anyway, those who cross the river now are all outsiders, aren’t all your direct relatives here?”
Yuan Shao squinted his eyes and asked:
"This is what Yan Xiang in your army said."
Yuan Shu shrugged and did not refute.
Yuan Shao saw that everyone present was his own, he sighed, and finally expressed his concerns:
"I am definitely going to capture Kyoto this time. This is not only due to political considerations, but also from the perspective of the army and the government. In the original Jiangxia War, these warriors under my command did not capture anything, and they used all their previous savings. It’s all gone. If we fail like this this time, all my farms in Runan will go bankrupt.”
Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Shao in surprise. He had never thought about things from this aspect, and he did not expect Yuan Shao to be in such trouble.
He thought to himself, originally I was wondering why I started the army earlier than you, but ended up not being as good as you. It turns out that your farm system is like this. Fortunately, you didn’t learn it.
Thinking this in his heart, Yuan Shu asked:
"Then how are you going to fight this battle? I have heard that Zhang He's former bodyguards have been completely wiped out. Without this main force, can we win?"
At this time, Yuan Shao's brows furrowed. He looked at Yuan Shu seriously and asked:
"Tell me, how do you know this? My own military report only said that Zhang He was surrounded. How do you know that he has been destroyed?"
Yuan Shu realized that he had let something slip, and followed the words:
"What's the point? I also have scouts and eyes. Coupled with my analysis of the battle situation, isn't that obvious?"
Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Shu suspiciously, secretly wary in his heart, but still returned to the present:
"Even if Zhang He's former guard army was completely destroyed, it would not harm our army. In fact, I had previously transferred the two most elite troops of the former guard army to the central guard army, so the combat strength of the former guard army was not the same. Not strong. I am Tian Ji racing a horse. The enemy has lost his elite soldiers and I have lost his weak soldiers. Who will suffer? "
After hearing Yuan Shao's words, Yuan Shu was a little impressed with him. He didn't expect that this man had so many thoughts. After all, he was born by a maid and had evil thoughts.
At this moment, Yuan Shu weighed it carefully in his mind. He saw that Yuan Shao was determined to fight, but he didn't want to withdraw. It wasn't the principle that if the skin is not saved, the hair will be attached, but he really didn't want to miss out on entering Kyoto to share a huge profit.
As for fur, I, Yuan Shu, are fur, and you, Yuan Shao, are fur.
Having some concerns in his mind, Yuan Shu stretched out his finger and emphasized again:
"It's okay to fight. I'll take the Nanyang soldiers to cross the river with you, but the price has to change. In addition to Tongbai Mountain as I agreed before, I also want Jingzhou. When the time comes, I need you to give me Ju Yi. Lend me 20,000 troops. When I attack Jingzhou, you will also need to defend me."
Yuan Shao frowned and said dissatisfied:
"Don't have a big appetite, aren't you afraid of choking to death?"
Yuan Shu ignored it and just said:
"Just say whether you agree or not. If it works, I will go. If it doesn't work, I will take the Nanyang soldiers and leave now, but you have to give me Tongbai Mountain as promised."
At this time, Yuan Shao and Xu You glanced at each other, and then Yuan Shao said:
"Okay, just do as you said."
Yuan Shu nodded, then took out a roll of silk from his left sleeve pocket, walked to Yuan Shu and unfolded it:
"Well, this is the oath. I have written the items. You can seal it."
Yuan Shao looked at the silk cloth in surprise. Seeing that the conditions written on it were exactly the same as those mentioned by Yuan Shu just now, he said doubtfully:
"You wrote this in advance? What if I don't plan to type again?"
Afterwards, Yuan Shu smiled to himself, raised his right sleeve, and smiled:
"If you don't fight, I'll use the one on the right hand side."
Yuan Shao laughed angrily and felt that Yuan Shu really focused on small things. He was really smart in small things and confused in big things. It was really nothing to worry about.
Shaking his head, Yuan Shao picked up the seal and stamped it on the silk.
Yuan Shu quickly put it away, then cupped his fists at Yuan Shao and said:
"Then I wish you success and good luck in martial arts."
Then, he said to Yuan Shao:
"Then I will go back and organize the army. When will you set off?"
But Yuan Shao shook his head and said with a smile:
"There's no rush, we'll cross the river tomorrow."
Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and gave Yuan Shao a thumbs up:
"When it comes to the dirty mind, it has to be you Yuan Benchu."
Then, driven by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu went out, leaving only Yuan Shao and Xu You in the tent.
At this time Xu You was a little worried and said:
"Lord, I think it's better to withdraw the two men first, and then relieve their military power. Even if we cross the river again tomorrow, the risk of this battle is still too great."
But Yuan Shao, who was forced into a difficult situation, had already aroused his fighting spirit. He said to Xu You:
"A man would rather die in front of the battle than dishonor his name in the world. If I want to bring peace to the world, how can I live in fear of death? Needless to say, I will lead the main force across the river tomorrow. Don't tell me, I really want to see that person. Zhang thief, but he must be made a prisoner first.”
Speaking of this, Yuan Shao also made a joke:
"How can a tiger talk and laugh face to face if he is not in a cage?"
Xu You looked at the ambitious Yuan Shao, feeling both happy and worried.
I can only pray secretly in my heart that tomorrow's decisive battle will go smoothly.