Chapter 60: Lü Bu is Coming

  Dian Wei beheaded Hua Xiong and carried his head into the tent.

  "The report said that General Wei only used one round to behead Hua Xiong under the horse. The messenger arrived at the big account before Wei, and when Wei came in, he threw Hua Xiong's head on the ground and said to Yuan Shao: "The alliance master, Wei is lucky not to disappoint the order."

  This is also the first time Dian Wei went to war after relying on Cao Cao, and the outcome was naturally clear. Cao Cao was overjoyed, this time Dian Wei really gave himself a boost, looking at the other dozen or so lords who weren't envious of him.

  "Good, Yan Wei is indeed a heroic warrior, he deserves the reward." Yuan Shao also looked at Cao Cao with envy, if this Yan Wei were to call himself his lord, how much would Meng De have benefited from having such a brave general. However, he took another look at Yan Wei's face and thought better of it, he still wanted to live for a few more years, who knows, one dark night, he might be scared to death by Yan Wei.

  "Here comes the reward, Tian Wei beheaded the enemy general with great merit, rewarded with 10 taels of gold and 500 sheep." Yuan Shao also had to give some rewards to buy people's hearts. Anyway, these rewards didn't need him to pay out of his own pocket, now he only needed to shout from the high platform, there were many people willing to offer these things.

  Sun Jian gathered his defeated troops and sent a messenger to Yuan Shao before rushing straight to the allied army's camp.

  Yuan Shao had just finished rewarding the officials and was about to enter the main tent when Sun Jian caught sight of Yuan Shu, and thinking of Zu Mao's death, his eyes brimmed with tears.

  "Yuan Highway, you despicable scoundrel. My Sun family army has been fighting at the forefront for everyone, why didn't you send me supplies, leading to our army's defeat and the loss of my brother Da Rong? Today, if you can't explain yourself in front of everyone, I'll kill this bastard."

  "Wen Tai, brother, how could you say such a thing? I have already sent all the grain and fodder that Sun Jian's army needs!" Yuan Shu's face was full of righteousness, but in his heart he was thinking of his own schemes. He couldn't let Yuan Benchu get the better of him, it seemed like he had to find a scapegoat.

  "Highway, you've done a good deed. What General Sun said, is it true or not? When I took over as the leader of the alliance, I said that those who do good will be rewarded and those who do wrong will be punished. Even if you were my own brother, if you did something wrong, you would still have to face punishment."

  Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu, with this little ability, you still want to compete with me for the position of alliance leader. Giving you a grain supervisor and you make mistakes, truly worthy of being my good younger brother, so cooperative with my work, thought Yuan Shao.

  "It won't do, I've already ordered the grain officer to take care of it. It must be that grain officer who got drunk and messed things up. I've often warned him not to drink wine. Ji Ling, go bring that fellow here." Yuan Shu gave Ji Ling a meaningful glance.

  Ji Ling was a trusted and beloved general of Yuan Shu, how could he not know Yuan Shu's thoughts? In an instant, the head of a stranger was thrown into the tent. This is a typical case of murder to silence someone. However, no matter what, Yuan Shu has shown his attitude and also gave an explanation. The various lords, constrained by their dignity, all came forward to mediate, and Yuan Shao, seeing that he couldn't bring down Yuan Shu with this matter, also made a big deal out of it and then let it go.

  After all, they are still allies on the surface and have a common enemy, so Yuan Shao praised Sun Jian for a while, and finally Yuan Shu compensated with some soldiers, armor, and food as compensation, and this matter was settled.

  Zhang Rui was stunned to see that no matter now or in the future, the procedures for doing things were all the same. Under Zhang Rui's instructions, Cao Cao had the cattle and sheep he rewarded to Dian Wei slaughtered and sent a portion to Sun Jian, after all, our position is to coordinate the relationship between various camps.

  The next morning, Cao Cao's distribution of cattle and sheep to Sun Jian had already reached the ears of the eighteen vassals. Yuan Shao just smiled, thinking that Meng De was always doing such trivial things, but Sun Jian, Kong Rong, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zan and others felt that Cao Cao was quite righteous, much stronger than the Yuan brothers, of course, this was limited to private relationships, and naturally could not be said openly.

  But when the news of Hua Xiong's death reached Luoyang, Dong Zhuo was furious. Li Ru and Lü Bu stood by his side, not daring to breathe a word, let alone offer any advice.

  "Come on, have all the old and young of Tai Fu Yuan Wei killed for me, not a single one left, this is the consequence of your opposition to me, haha!"

  "Father-in-law." Li Ru couldn't help but exclaim, was this still the same Dong Zhuo from before? The current Dong Zhuo was simply a murderous madman.

  "Worry, I know what you want to say, and I don't want to listen either. Get out." Dong Zhuo's low voice was like a sound from the nine layers of hell. Li Ru still wanted to say something, but seeing Dong Zhuo's eyes, he shook his head and left the Taishi Mansion.

  Li Ru left, a middle-aged scholar looked at Dong Zhuo and followed Li Ru out of the Taishi Mansion.

  "Wenhe, don't you think that my father-in-law has changed? He's become crazily violent, and at the slightest displeasure, he flies into a rage. He's no longer the Dong Zhongying of Xiliang, it's as if he's been possessed by evil spirits."

  "Haha... Wen You, I used to think you were quite clever, how come you can't turn around at this time? This time I came is to bid farewell to you, Luoyang is not a place to stay for long, I'm going back to Chang'an."

  Li Ru looked at Jia Yu leaving, was Wen He reminding me of something? Li Ru believed that this old friend was absolutely the smartest person in the world and he would never shoot without a target.

  The news of the slaughter of Yuan Yi's whole family was sent back to the Allied Army camp, and Yuan Shao immediately became so angry that he vomited blood and fainted. The crowd had no choice but to wait for Yuan Shao to wake up before speaking again.

  At this time, Dong Zhuo mobilized 200,000 troops and divided them into two routes. One route was led by Li Su and Guo Si, with an army of 50,000, stationed at Ziwu Pass. The other route was led by Dong Zhuo himself, with 150,000 troops, along with Li Ru, Lü Bu, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others, defending Hu Lao Pass. This news had already spread to the Allied Army's camp, causing a great stir throughout the army.

  Dong Zhuo has really arrived this time, everyone thought, just one Hua Xiong came and it was already so troublesome, the so-called number one general in the world Lü Bu doesn't know what he looks like, I don't know how to fight this battle, some of the timid lords have already regretted it, originally not participating probably wouldn't be a problem, really don't know what they were thinking at the beginning, why did they follow and come here?

  Yuan Shao had no choice but to lead the situation despite his illness, and it must be said that Yuan Shao was still quite capable at this time. He left a few vassals at Guandu Pass to deal with Li Jue, then led Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and more than ten other vassals to attack Tiger Trap Pass.

  Hatred has blinded Yuan Shao's eyes, he can't even remember Lü Bu anymore. Hua Xiong was so powerful but still got killed by Dian Wei with one move. As the saying goes, "two fists are hard to contend with four hands", a good man can't withstand many people. When the time comes, let Yan Liang and Wen Chou go up together, and there's also Dian Wei, they can exhaust Lü Bu to death.

  Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. As the saying goes, among men there's Lü Bu, and among horses there's Red Hare. Tomorrow I'll get to see this man and horse for myself, how can Zhang Rui not be excited? Having already met top-notch warriors like Guan Yu and Dian Wei, Zhang Rui naturally has high expectations for Lü Bu, who surpasses them both. He wonders if there are any other extraordinary beings beyond the Four Sacred Beasts.