Chapter 237 Who dares to make a mistake and pass my brother first
Chapter 237 Whoever dares to make a mistake must get past my brother first
As expected, Lu Bu failed to withstand Dong Zhuo's temptation.
With the promise of a high-level official position, a red rabbit horse, and fame, Lu Bu quickly agreed to Li Su's betrayal of Zhang Yi, and within the agreed time, he set fire to Zhang Yi's military camp as a signal and beheaded Zhang Yi. His head was used as a means of getting close to Dong Zhuo.
On the appointed day, Lu Bu led his close associates Wei Xu and Song Xian to rush into Zhang Yi's camp, beheaded him, and used his head to recruit other troops from the Bingzhou Governor's Department.
However, Lü Bu was not the only one working under Zhang Yi. There were also two close men working under Zhang Yi, Li Ji and Wang Shi, who led some officers and soldiers of the Bingzhou Army who were loyal to Zhang Yi to fight against Lü Bu.
Although Lu Bu's prestige in the Bingzhou Army was extremely high, it was not able to respond to every call. Especially during Zhang Yi's tenure as the governor of Bingzhou, he was quite successful. In particular, he treated his soldiers particularly favorably and was quite popular. Therefore, some of Bingzhou's sergeants were Don't buy Lu Bu's blame and don't be solicited by him.
The Bingzhou army was divided into two and began to fight internally.
At the same time, Hu Zhen and Niu Fu of the Xiliang Army arrived again with their troops.
They merged with Lu Bu and severely wounded those Bingzhou sergeants who refused to surrender with Lu Bu. Zhang Yi's confidant Wang Shi was stabbed to death by Lu Bu during the battle.
Another confidant, Li Ji, had no choice but to lead a group of sergeants who were loyal to Zhang Yi and fled eastward.
Lü Bu originally wanted to pursue him, but Hu Zhen, fearing that he would steal his credit, immediately ordered the enemy not to pursue him, and asked Lü Bu to accompany him back to Luoyang to meet the Prime Minister Dong Zhuo.
When Lü Bu first defected to Dong Zhuo, he naturally could not disobey Hu Zhen's order, so he temporarily let go of Li Ji and other rebellious soldiers who had merged with the state army, and returned to Luoyang.
Li led his troops to the east, but before they had gone twenty miles, they encountered the Jizhou army who had returned and was stationed here to block his retreat.
Seeing the Jizhou army blocking the road, Li Jiyang screamed sadly, secretly thinking that the sky really cut off his escape and did not want to give him a chance to survive.
At that moment, they saw Li Ji pull out the sword from his waist and kill himself with the horizontal sword, but suddenly he heard someone shouting:
"Mr. Li, please don't look down on yourself, we are not the ones who want to kill you!"
Li Ji looked at the opposite side in confusion, and saw a general from the Jizhou Army galloping towards him single-handedly. Although they were a little far apart, Li Ji still recognized him.
"Are you Gao Shun, Gao Zhongsui?"
"The lowest official, Gao Shun, has met Mr. Li!"
At that time, Gao Shun also served in Jiuyuan County of Bingzhou together with Lu Bu. Although his official position was low at the beginning, he gradually became famous because of his bravery and proficiency in fighting, and was later transferred to the Bingzhou Governor's Department.
And Li was also an elder in the Bingzhou Governor's Department. When Lu Bu and Gao Shun came to the Bingzhou Governor's Department, although their military positions were low, Li was very optimistic about them and felt that they could become great people, so he was very fond of them. Support.
However, Gao Shun was later summoned by Liu Jian to the Yueqi camp in Luoyang, and they never saw each other again.
But even so, Gao Shun's support to this senior of that year is still engraved in his heart.
Li Ji looked at Gao Shun, who had great momentum and extraordinary demeanor, and was filled with emotions in his heart.
Lu Bu and Gao Shun were both military talents who came out of the Bingzhou Governor's Department, but they took two completely different paths. Gao Shun was loyal and would repay kindness. On the other hand, Lu Bu was greatly favored by Zhang Yi, but he only wanted fame and fortune. To betray his master and take his head personally, Cheng can be described as a wolf-hearted villain.
Li Ji looked at the Jizhou troops standing behind Gao Shun and asked, "Are you here today to represent Liu Jizhou?"
"yes!"
"What do you mean by Liu Jizhou?"
Gao Shun said loudly: "My family, Liu Jizhou, has received the decree from the imperial court. It is said that Uncle Zhang Fang is a rebellious person. He specially ordered my envoy to return to the army. He will first help the army of Luoyang Capital to defeat Zhang Fangbo's people, and then send his troops to Qingzhou."
Hearing this, Li Ji sighed and said: "It's better to die in your hands than to die in Lu Bu's hands. Zhong Sui, you and I can be considered acquaintances. Today I will use my head."
, I will fulfill your great achievements and pave a bright future for you, so you can use my head to take the credit!"
After saying that, Li Ji slowly closed his eyes.
But for a long time, I didn't feel Gao Shun make any move.
Li Ji frowned, opened his eyes and looked at Gao Shun: "What are you waiting for?"
Gao Shun shook his head and said: "If I really came here for this reason, I would not come to Mr. Li alone!"
Li Ji looked at Gao Shun doubtfully.
Gao Shun cupped his hands and said, "Although I don't know what kind of person Zhang Fangbo is, I do know that Mr. Li is of high moral character. He is loyal and affectionate. He can distinguish between right and wrong. Anyone who can make Mr. Li willing to assist and follow him must be my man."
A brilliant man! Ever since he knew that Liu Shijun was going to attack Zhang Fangbo's army in the name of the imperial court, Shun had been pleading with him. Fortunately, Liu Shijun was an open-minded and generous man. He believed in Gao Shun and also believed in Zhang Fangbo and Zhang Fangbo.
Mr. Li and others are not rebellious people."
Li Ji did not expect that Gao Shun would say such words when he came in front of him.
After the previous attack and killing with Lu Bu, he was already exhausted mentally and physically, even to the point of despair. Now after hearing Gao Shun's words, he was overcome with emotion and burst into tears.
"Oh, this man, once he is in a desperate situation, you will know who is the real loyal person. You and Lu Fengxian entered the Bingzhou Governor's Department at almost the same time, and you two had the best relationship back then, but now look at
, you two are just as different as each other!"
Gao Shundao: "Mr. Li, don't mention that ungrateful person to me. If Mr. Li believes in me, he will go with me to see Mr. Liu. With Mr. Liu's behavior, he will not embarrass Mr. Li!"
Li Jidao: "Now that the matter has come to this, what other choice do I have? Let's go!"
Liu Jian was standing in the rear of the army.
Not long after, he saw Gao Shun leading Li Ji to the front of the formation.
Gao Shun introduced Liu Jian.
Liu Jian then raised his hand and said: "Li Zheng, Mr. Liu is a clan relative, and he was the minister who was specially left to care for the emperor when he passed away. The court has an order, and Liu has to come. Please forgive me for this."
Li Ji hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
"However, although my soldiers and horses came, they only blocked Li Gong's path here and did not attack your army with Lu Bu and Hu Zhen. It's just because I also knew in my heart that it was not Zhang Fangbo who rebelled against the court at this time, but actually the Yuan family.
The dispute with the Dong family has reached this point. It would be too unfair to put the title of rebellion on Zhang Fangbo!"
Hearing this, Li Ji felt very emotional.
I was also very touched at the same time.
He cupped his hands towards Liu Jian and said, "Uncle Zhang Fang is dead. There is no way out for me and the three thousand Bingzhou soldiers under me. It would be a great blessing if we could be protected by Ambassador Liu!"
Liu Jian nodded and said: "No matter what the grievances between the Yuan family and the Dong family are, the matter has been settled. Your three thousand Bingzhou warriors will follow my Jizhou army. If anyone dares to make trouble,
I, Liu Jian, can deal with you freely. If I, Liu Jian, can't deal with you, you still have to get through my brother!"
At this moment, a scout was seen galloping up to Liu Jian's side and said: "General! Niu Fu and Lu Bu are here with their troops!"
Li was shocked when he heard this and looked at Liu Jian hurriedly.
But Liu Jian smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Li. Let your soldiers accompany me and Gao Zhongsui to the east first. Don't worry about the rest of the matter. My brothers will take care of it."
"brother?"
Li Ji looked at Liu Jian with some confusion.
What brother? Are you so awesome?
…
After Lu Bu met Dong Zhuo, he was taken into his arms by Dong Zhuo, who comforted him and praised him, and allowed him to serve as a captain.
Later, Lü Bu reported that thousands of Bingzhou troops had fled with Li Ji. Dong Zhuo immediately ordered Lü Bu and Niu Fu to pursue them together, and either surrendered or killed them all.
The two men led their troops straight to the east. Suddenly, they saw a group of soldiers blocking the road ahead.
And right in front of the Biao army stood seven people: Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Xia Houlan.
Among these people, Lu Bu had fought against several of them, and Lu Bu knew the other party's capabilities best.
Just taking a quick look at this configuration, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a chill from head to toe, and felt a little panicked in his heart.
His throat rolled up, he swallowed softly, and turned out to be surprisingly silent, without making a sound.
Regardless of this, Niu Fu stepped forward on his horse and looked back and forth at the generals who were lined up in a row on the opposite side.
"Who are you, and why are you blocking the road here?"
Liu Bei cupped his hands and said: "We are members of General Zuo's command. We just stopped a Bingzhou rebel army here, wiped out all of them, and captured their leader alive. The matter here is over, please go back."
Report this to Dong Xiangguo!"
Niu Fu glanced at Liu Bei and the other seven people coaxingly for a while, and said: "The Prime Minister did say that he indeed invited Liu Shijun to attack the Bingzhou rebels together, but those thousands of rebels can be considered a strong force.
You guys can defeat them all? Are you deceiving me?"
Zhang Fei laughed loudly: "What an ignorant person. Do you know who I am?"
"I am Zhang Fei, the captain of the Liyang camp of the Han Dynasty! The captain who commanded the northern heavy camp of Gyeonggi Province! The seven of us here are all warriors who are good at using troops to fight a hundred, let alone thousands of Bingzhou troops.
, it’s easy to catch a bastard like you who is worth eight thousand yuan! Go back and report to Dong Xiangguo as soon as possible, don’t make any noise here and make people annoying, as if to show how capable you are!”
Liu Bei sighed softly and glanced at Zhang Fei helplessly.
Ever since he pawned two thousand stones, this boy's temper has become even better. He has to lash out at anyone he doesn't like.
I don’t know who Zhang Fei was practicing with, and his words were so irritating.
If he were not ungrateful, one hundred to a hundred people would have their lungs blown out by him.
Lu Bu didn't react at all. After all, he had dealt with Zhang Fei and knew to some extent that this ring-eyed thief was unforgiving.
Niu Fu didn't know what Zhang Fei was and was unprepared. Hearing this, he was furious.
Damn you...the two-thousand-stone Lieutenant of Liyang Camp is making a fool of himself!
He took a deep breath, raised his fingers at Zhang Fei with a half-smile, and said, "Come here! I didn't hear what you said? Come on, come on, come closer."
Zhang Fei snorted, then casually picked up the reins of his horse and rode off in the direction of Niu Fu.