The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Yuan Shu turned his head to look at Eunuch Zhao, who was standing beside him bent over.

Eunuch Zhao did not know what Yuan Shao was doing, but since the Lord had called him, he obeyed the order, so he bowed his knees, walked to the edge of the table in front of Yuan Shu, and asked, "My Lord, is the tea soup cold? ?"

Yuan Shu did not answer Eunuch Zhao's question, he looked at Eunuch Zhao, and in front of many civil and military officials in the hall, he asked a question that surprised everyone, he said: "You are all over the dispute between Changshi and Ziwu just now. heard it?"

Eunuch Zhao didn't know what Yuan Shu meant by this question, and replied, "Yes, the little slaves have heard it."

Yuan Shu said: "Changshi and Ziwu each insisted on their own opinions. One asked me to immediately reinforce Luyang to defend against the invaders from Xun Zhen's troops; ?"

Eunuch Zhao was stunned when he heard the words, because he was so surprised that he even forgot the etiquette. He raised his head a little, looked at Yuan Shu's expression, and said, "Your lord is asking the little slave?"

Yuan Shu nodded and said, "Yes, I was asking your opinion. What do you think about it?"

Eunuch Zhao fell to the ground and said in a panic, "My lord, how dare a little slave talk about such a big event!"

Yuan Shu frowned and said, "Don't panic, I will ask you, and you will answer. What do you think about this matter? It's up to me to answer truthfully."

Eunuch Zhao still did not dare to speak.

Yuan Shu lost his patience and said angrily, "If you don't say anything, I'll have someone drag you out and beat you heavily!"

Zhao **** was forced to do nothing, so he had to say: "My lord, in the humble opinion of a little slave, if you reinforce Lu Yang to stop the chariot and chariot, this strategy is certainly desirable, but what Li Jun said is also very true, the chariot and Liu Jingsheng are two Road attack, Nanyang County is narrow, the north and south are three or four hundred miles in total, and the depth is not enough, I am afraid it is difficult to resist. On the right side, Nanyang is far away from Ye County, and Yinqi, Henan has troops stationed in chariots and cavalry. Even if the general sends troops to help, his reinforcements will not be easy to capture Henan Yin and threaten Yingchuan County. Therefore, if Nanyang is defended, Xiaonu is worried that it will not be able to defend sooner or later. Because of Xiaonu's stupid opinion, Li Jun decided , it seems to be the best policy to immediately raise troops westward and enter Chang'an."

Eunuch Zhao has served in the palace, and he has some knowledge. After speaking, it can be said that he is well-organized.

It's just that although he was organized, his call was entirely out of his own cowardice, and he did not look at the overall situation objectively. Hearing that Xun Zhen had already personally led his troops to attack Nanyang County, and that the vanguard of his troops would arrive at Luyang in two or three days at most, Zhao **** was terrified early on. He was famous for Xun Zhen's majesty for a long time. Therefore, he certainly wished Yuan Shu could quickly evacuate Nanyang and enter Chang'an in the west, so between Yang Hong and Li Ye's different suggestions, he naturally stood on Li Ye's side and agreed with Li Ye's strategy.

After Eunuch Zhao finished speaking his opinion, Yuan Shu waved him and told him to back away, his eyes fell back to the hall, looking at everyone, and said, "I have made up my mind, so I will use my subordinates to take care of this plan! Today, I will pass the news to all the ministries to prepare for entering Chang'an from the west. , After five days at most, the whole army will start!" Looking at Yang Hong, he said, "Changshi..."

With a shocked expression on his face, Yang Hong heard Yuan Shu's call, and subconsciously responded, "The subordinate is here."

Yuan Shu said: "You are right, when I lead the main force westward, Xun Zhenzhi may pursue him with troops. To stop him from chasing, I will give you 5,000 soldiers and horses, and I will ask you to stay in Wanxian and take him out for me. Stop with Liu Jingsheng; didn't you just go to see Lu Bu? I won't let Lu Bu go to court and make him listen to your restraint. Deye, I will give you both Nanyang County and Jiangxia Banjun!"

Yang Hongru was bombarded by thunder. Although he was lying on the ground, he felt that his legs were weak at this moment, and his posture of bowing down could not be supported. He repeatedly kowtowed and said loudly: "Ming Gong! !"

"You don't want to stay for me?"

"Ming Gong! Ming Gong! Nanyang must not be abandoned, and Chang'an must not be gone!"

Yuan Shu asked again, "Changshi, are you unwilling to stay behind for me?"

"As long as Duke Ming has an order, not to mention staying in Nanyang, it is to ask the servants to die. If the ruler wants the servants to die, the servants have to die, and the servants are willing to die. But Duke Ming, this Chang'an commission is really impossible, Duke Ming! Zhao Huan is a eunuch, what kind of military affairs does he know? How can Duke Ming listen to his advice?"

The officials on both sides stood up, including Shu Shao, Zhang Xun, and others, all bowed down in the hall, followed Yang Hong, and earnestly spoke out, persuading Yuan Shu not to listen to Zhao eunuch's words and adopt Li Ye's strategy.

If Yang Hong's words of persuasion were considered euphemistic, Shu Shao's words were not so euphemistic when he was agitated.

When Li Ye heard it, Shu Shao shouted loudly: "Duke Ming! How can you listen to the words of the **** and the villain? If Duke Ming wants to listen to it now, it will ruin the important affairs of Duke Ming, that is, the **** and the villain! Saying that, "Tongtongtong" kowtowed to the ground, blood dripping from his forehead.

Li Ye's face became clear and then white.

Eunuch, villain, who are you talking about? Eunuch means **** Zhao, who is the "little man" referring to? What's even more extreme is that Shu Shao didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. When he mentioned the two words, **** and villain, he spoke very fast. He almost connected these two words together, and when he heard it, he seemed to say " Eunuch villain". Eunuchs are crippled men, and because of the party's misfortune, scholar-bureaucrats hate eunuchs to the core. "Eunuch villain" is more insulting than a single "villain".

Mud Bodhisattva still has a three-part nature, not to mention that after Yuan Shu decided to adopt Li Ye's strategy of "entering Chang'an in the west", Li Ye's position in Yuan Shu's mansion can now be said to have finally surpassed Yang Hong and became the first person. How could he bear Shu Shao's innuendo insulting words like this? Li Ye got up angrily, grabbed his sleeves, waved abruptly, and said to Yuan Shu: "Ming Gong! At the Zhengdan Chao He dinner party, Shu Shao went mad with alcohol and disrespected Ming Gong, and today he made rude remarks. It's tolerable, but it's unbearable! The officials dare to ask Duke Ming to punish Shu Shao to set an example."

The officials who persuaded Yuan Shu not to adopt Li Yezhi's policy accounted for more than half of the total number of officials in the hall. Yuan Shu looked at the messy scene in the hall and felt that he really had to come up with some thunderous means, otherwise this scene It was out of control, and his plan to enter Chang'an in the west could not be realized, so he listened to Li Ye's words, brought up Yu Ruyi on the case, and threw it to the ground in front of the case.

With a crisp sound, the voices of all the officials in the hall to persuade slowly became quieter.

Yuan Shu loudly called the soldiers outside the hall to come in, and ordered, "Take Shu Shao's head!"

The soldiers outside the hall were Yuan Shu's personal soldiers. Of course, they only obeyed Yuan Shu's orders. As soon as Yuan Shu gave the order, more than ten soldiers rushed into the hall, dragged Shu Shao from among the officials on the ground, and dragged him along. He went outside the hall.

Yang Hong and others panicked.

Yang Hong hurriedly said, "Duke Ming! Shu Shao also speaks out of his loyalty. Hong dared to ask Ming Gong to be kind and save his life."

Li Ye said on the side: "Duke Ming, look at the officials below, where did Shu Shao come out of loyalty? He clearly did it out of ulterior motives! When Xun Zhen's army is approaching, and Duke Ming needs to make an immediate decision, However, he was frustrated with Duke Ming's intentions, and did not want Duke Ming to take good measures. What did he want to do? The officials heard that he kept writing letters with the DPRK, did he have taken refuge with Xun Zhenzhi? Did he want to keep Duke Ming? In Nanyang, do you want to exchange Duke Ming for his glory?"

There was a constant flow of correspondence with the DPRK, and this was indeed the case, but all the officials under Yuan Shu’s account were all named and clan right surnames. Which of them did not have a few old friends, clansmen, or in-laws serving as officials in the DPRK? In fact, it was more than Shu Shao, including Yang Hong, Li Ye and others, who communicated with the DPRK and China. It is far-fetched to accuse Shu Shao of being disloyal to Yuan Shu on this ground.

Yang Hong said: "Ming Gong, if it is said that writing letters with the DPRK means being unfaithful to Ming Gong, then Ming Gong knows that Hong has also communicated with Hong's old relatives and friends in the DPRK! Ming Gong, Shu Shao's loyal and righteous people are also , how could he have any disagreement with Duke Ming? Hong Qi asked Duke Ming to think twice, but he can't kill loyal ministers and righteous people in vain!"

Zhang Xun and other officials also approached Yuan Shu and pleaded for Shu Shao.

Seeing the chaos in the hall, Yuan Shu was furious, urged the soldiers, and said, "I ordered you to give me his head, where is Shu Shao's head?"

Urged by Yuan Shu, the soldiers hurriedly accelerated and pulled Shu Shao out of the hall. They didn't have time to wait to drag Shu Shao to some remote place. He took his head, found a tray, placed his head on it, and one of the soldiers carried it into the hall and presented it to Yuan Shu.

The pungent smell of blood spread, and the officials saw Shu Shao's dead head on the tray. Suddenly, Jin persuaded Yuan Shu's voice like a group of sails that were overturned by a big wave. If anyone makes any more noise, the hall is dead silent.

Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, "Take it!"

The military official who came to present with Shu Shao's head held Shu Shao's head again and backed out of the hall.

Yuan Shu looked in the hall and said, "I have made up my mind! As I said earlier, I will tell all the ministries today to make preparations for entering Chang'an in the west, and drive to Chang'an in five days at the latest! Chang Shi, I will give you five thousand soldiers and horses, and you will control them. Lü Bu and his generals, stay in Nanyang for me!" He asked the officials, "Who among you has any objection?"

There was silence in the hall, and many civil and military officials were silent.

It was Yang Hong, who didn't say a word at this time.

Yuan Shu grabbed the corner of his sleeve with his right hand, turned his back to his back, stood up, took a step, and went out through the side door to the back house.

Eunuch Zhao shook his legs, hurried to catch up, and followed behind.

Li Ye also left the hall and followed.

"Duke Ming's slaughter shows his majesty! Duke Ming, with Shu Shao as the head of one person, can set the hearts of the whole army! The subordinates can already predict, and Duke Ming's next use of troops, Chang'an, will definitely be Very smooth." Li Ye said to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu snorted and said, "Ziwu, if you want to achieve great things, you must kill them decisively. Although I have always treated people with kindness, but at this critical moment, I can only use this thunderous method."

Li Ye said, "Yes, Duke Ming, if you want to achieve great things, you must kill them!"

Yuan Shu said, "But Shu Shao has been with me for so long after all, and I had no choice but to kill him today." He instructed Zhao eunuch, and said, "Get some gold and silver, send someone to Shu Shao's house, and give it to him. wife."

The **** Zhao answered with a trembling voice.

Yuan Shu thought about it while walking, and after thinking for a while, he said to Li Ye, "Ziwu, Xun's soldiers and horses will arrive at our Nanyang County boundary in two days, and when my entire army is ready to go to Chang'an, they are not. It will take at least four or five days, which means that Luyang and other counties have to block the Xun thief and his subordinates for five days. You said that I had better send someone and his subordinates to assist Luyang in order to achieve this. Purpose?"

Just now, more than half of the officials in the hall supported Yang Hong and opposed him before Li Ye's eyes. He heard Yuan Shu's question, and without hesitation, he answered immediately, saying, "Ming Gong, in the humble opinion of the officials, there is only one person in this position. can handle it.”

Yuan Shu asked, "Who is it?"

Li Ye said, "It's Yang Hong, the long history!"

"Yang Hong? Ziwu, didn't you suggest that I use him to stay in Wanxian County to stop the thief Xun and thief Liu from chasing troops? I already gave him this order in the hall just now. what."

Li Ye peeped at Yuan Shu's expression, and received: "Ming Gong, this time, that time. Use Yang Hong to stay in Wanxian~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is indeed the suggestion of a subordinate, but considering the current situation, the next The officials thought it might be possible to change it.”

"Oh?"

Li Ye said: "Ming Gong, at this moment, it is not Yang Hong who is not enough to take up the task of reinforcing Lu Yang! After all, Xun Zhenzhi... Xun Zhen is good at using troops. His enemy, and Yang Hong has both resourcefulness and prestige in the army, if he were to use him to reinforce Lu Yang, the officials would be foolish enough to say that it would not be a problem to stop the Xun thieves for four or five days!”

"Okay, according to your opinion!"

On the same day, Yuan Shu issued an order to Yang Hong, ordering him to lead 2,000 troops to Luyang to help and defend against Xun Zhen's troops, and ordered him to set off immediately after receiving the order. When Yang Hong received the order, he hurriedly asked to see Yuan Shu, and wanted to make further remonstrances, but Yuan Shu did not see him. Yang Hong had no choice but to go to the camp, and with two thousand troops, he went out of Wan County to Luyang for help.

On the same day, Yuan Shu sent an order to Guo Si in Liguo County, and told him to prepare for the westward entry into Chang'an, and when he set off, his troops would be the vanguard. To prepare for the westward entry into Chang'an, it was decided that five days later, the whole army would set off and go to Chang'an. Wait, these need not be said.

In the afternoon of the same day, a military report came from the south. As expected by Yang Hong and others, Liu Biao's troops left Xiangyang and attacked Chaoyang.

It was originally expected that Liu Biao would send troops, and this military report was nothing more than that, but that night, another urgent military report was sent to Yuan Shu's mansion in the middle of the night. Yuan Shu was already drunk and put his arms around the Chen's daughter Li Yecai gave to him to sleep. Eunuch Zhao did not dare to disturb him, so he did not pass the news to the military officials. However, Yuan Shu woke up the next day and saw the officer who reported the news. He smelled the news, and his color changed in surprise.