The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 244 Xiahou Lian Hunting Ground Deliberately Provoked, Xiahou Dun Meets Cao Cao

At the end of the day, Xi Yu and the others harvested a large amount of prey.

Xi Yu ordered people to light a fire on the grass and grill the prey on the fire. As generals, Dian Wei and Zhao Yun were very good at this barbecue.

Xi Yu sat aside with Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others, while Lu Lingqi leaned against a big tree, quietly, not talking to anyone.

Not long after, Xiahou Lian, Xiahou Dun's younger brother, came over. He was a general in the middle of Xiahou Dun's army.

Xia Houlian and his party also came to hunt today. They wanted to have a good time, but they never thought that Xi Yu and his party would also come here. Xia Houlian originally left, but felt that it was too shameful, so he bit the bullet and left.

After a day of hunting, the prey here were basically robbed by Xi Yu and others, and there were only a few rabbits.

When passing by, Xia Houlian said, "After the deer hunt, we only hunted some young rabbits. How should we divide them among the dozen or so members of our clan?"

When passing by, Xia Houlian said, "After the deer race, there are only two young rabbits. How should we share the food with dozens of people from our clan?"

Another person replied, "People with foreign surnames actually entered the hunting ground, and the harvest is so rich, but this hunting ground is only a place for clan relatives to enter. Alas, it is really sad and lamentable."

"It's tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to throw it away. It doesn't matter if this baby rabbit doesn't eat it."

Xia Houlian was about to discard the two young rabbits. At this time, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang just heard the conversation between Xia Houlian and others, and Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang felt uncomfortable.

Dian Wei could also hear it clearly from the side. He was short-tempered again, and immediately said coldly, "I don't know which dog is barking here! It's really annoying!"

"The hunting ground is so vast, and everyone hunts according to their own abilities. Hehe, in the end, only two young rabbits were caught. I'm afraid they can't shoot eighty paces with their bows, but when they come again, they are greedy for other people's prey!"

"It's not impossible to want prey. You come here and kneel in front of the general, knock your head a few times, and call your adoptive father twice. I can give you some prey, how about it?"

"You rude person, the implication is, who are you talking about?"

Dian Wei sneered, "Hehe, whoever speaks to me, of course I'm talking about who?"

"Come here and kowtow, foster father will give you prey, come quickly."

After all, Dian Wei even waved at the two of them. Of course, Dian Wei could hear that what the two said before was intentional, and he was clearly comparing the world today to a hunting ground.

The intention is to imply that Xi Yu wants too much, so that the clan members can't tell the difference.

However, the meaning of these words is very cryptic, more of annoyance, and it is not necessary to provoke a fight, but it happened to meet a reckless man like Dian Wei, and those few reckless people at the end of the Han Dynasty Dian Wei is one of them.

As long as someone dares to tell Xi Yu's fault, it's fine if he Dian Wei can't hear it, if he can hear it, he will definitely not let this person go.

"General!" Xia Houlian immediately looked at Xi Yu, "I'm General Fenwei today, how can I be humiliated so easily?"

"Joke, I am a dignified general of the guard! When I made military exploits in Jizhou, you waited for Xiahou's family to guard Yanjin!"

For a moment, Xia Houlian and Dian Wei were at war with each other, and Dian Wei even stood up. He was already as huge as an iron tower, so Xia Houlian was immediately scared.

After all, the generals beside Xi Yu were all fierce men.

"What you said just now, is it what you think in your own heart, or did someone teach you to say so on purpose?"

Xi Yu suddenly looked at Xia Houlian and asked in a deep voice.

Huang Zhongli was not far away from Xi Yu, seeing this, he immediately held the bow and arrow in his hand firmly.

Zhao Yun's eyes immediately showed a cold light. In this Huang's hunting ground, if Zhao Yun and others wanted to leave, even if there were 800 more people, they would not be able to stop Xi Yu, Zhao Yun and others.

Xia Houlian just now was just showing off his tongue for a while, but now that the matter has come to this, if he leaves in such a disheveled manner, he will definitely be punished when he returns.

With the current situation, Xia Houlian had to say something.

Otherwise, when the time comes, I really won't be able to speak, and if I have something to say, my elder brother Xia Houdun will probably scold him to death and let him go back to the front line of Jizhou.

In this way, since the words came to the present level, Xia Houlian simply continued, "Of course what I said just now was from the bottom of my heart, General, I just spoke quickly, so I should apologize and admit my mistakes, but, some Don't talk fast."

Xi Yu immediately looked at Xia Houlian.

This person has a rough figure, a flat face, relatively open and closed facial features, and a plump and broad forehead, which is indeed the appearance of a general.

Moreover, this Xia Houlian's arms are slender and powerful, but his eyes are not very clear, showing a bit of cunning and vulgarity.

Xi Yu turned his gaze away from the hunting ground again, and turned his head to look at the two generals of Xiahou's family who seemed to be complaining, but were actually clamoring with him confidently.

"Hehe, tell me." Xi Yu sneered and said.

Xia Houlian immediately clasped his fists and said, "A few years ago, in the eastern part of Jizhou, when we were in Qinghe County, our General Xiahou Dun sent troops to Qinghe to change defenses to release General Zhao Yun's troops so that they could attack Hejian County."

"However, General Zhao not only drove away General Xiahou Dun's soldiers and horses, but also took away the armor and food. My lord already knows about this."

"I don't know how the general will deal with this matter? From the point of view, the lord must be waiting for the general to report this matter. The general should also know that General Xiahou Dun is the lord's younger brother."

"This matter has always been a pain in General Xiahou Dun's heart. General Xiahou Dun has never mentioned it before. It was because he wanted to ensure the victory of the Northern Expedition. But in the eyes of my generals, this kind of armament, ordnance, is absolutely a thing of the past. It is not a trivial matter, if we indulge in looting, it will definitely affect the unity of our army."

Xiahou Lian said righteously, and looked at Zhao Yun intentionally, as if he wanted Zhao Yun to stand up and confront him.

Thinking of that time, his soldiers and horses of Xia Houlian were pointed at their noses and scolded their fathers and mothers by the soldiers of Qingzhou.

"General, there are still Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Jizhou, but Jizhou has not yet been completely stabilized," Xia Houlian continued, "We still need to spend a lot of energy to drive away Yuan Shao's remnants, otherwise, Yuan Shao will never be able to easily take Jizhou. The land is handed over."

"If the general thinks about the unity of the army and horses within the lord, he should inform the lord of this matter as soon as possible, and then return the corresponding military supplies."

"Is there such a thing?" Xi Yu immediately looked at Zhao Yun.

"There is absolutely no such thing, it is purely fabricated out of nothing!" Zhao Yun replied solemnly.

"General Zhao, you are also the commander-in-chief of the first army, An Neng is so open-minded, dare to do it but dare not be it?!" Xia Houlian said coldly.

Zhao Yun glanced back at Xia Houlian, and said in a deep voice, "If I remember correctly, the person who came to ask for the territory back then was named Jiang Qi."

"Yes, it's Jiang Qi!"

Zhao Yun then continued, "Hehe, if that's the case, then that's right."

"The armaments you mentioned were snatched by Jiang Qi from Yuan Jun, but after they came to Qinghe County, they were snatched by bandits. We defeated the bandits in Qinghe County, and General Bei snatched them. Come back, this is the truth of the matter, why do you say that I, Zhao Yun, robbed Jiang Qi's armament?" Zhao Yun asked with a sneer.

"Isn't it?!"

Xia Houlian became anxious immediately, and said secretly in his heart: Good Zhao Yun, the reason why you haven't reported it all the time is because you didn't take these armaments seriously at all? !

How is this different from a bandit? !
They didn't mention it at all. If I, Xia Houlian, hadn't asked about it today, I'm afraid no one would mention it from now on, and the previous armaments would really be impossible to get back.

However, Xi Yu's Xuzhou and Qingzhou were already rich, and now there are nearly [-] more sets of armaments in the barracks!

In the eyes of Xia Houlian and others, Xi Yu has so many reserve armaments, all of which are obtained from the ore mining by the people in the territory.

Moreover, after mining the mine, a lot of gold and silver mines can be obtained. Xi Yu is already very rich in armaments, and there are naturally a lot of raw materials such as other ores, how can it be poor and barren.

Under such circumstances, Xi Yu still refused to return the armaments, Xia Houlian felt that this was too much.

At this time, Zhao Yun tilted his head, looked at Xia Houlian, and said in a deep voice, "If we didn't defeat the bandits? Will you report to the lord that the armament was taken away by the bandits?"

"However, when we defeated the bandits and harvested these armaments from the bandits, we would naturally report this as seized income."

"In the report to the lord last night, we have made it very clear that these armaments have nothing to do with you now, why do you still want to bring them out today and say that we have affected internal unity?"

Dian Wei also followed with disdain, "Exactly! You can't even beat bandits, and you still have the face to come to our general to ask for armaments, and you don't feel ashamed!"

"When this matter got out, I felt ashamed for your Xiahou family. I was robbed by the bandits. Instead of attacking the bandits to get back the armaments, I came here to slander us?!"

"Do you really think my lord has a good temper?" Dian Wei stared, and continued, "However, my lord is indeed good-tempered and usually doesn't get angry, but once he gets angry, the consequences can be serious."

"So, I advise you to get away as soon as possible before my lord is angry, otherwise... once the lord is angry, you will have nothing to eat!"

"You...you!!"

Xia Houlian never thought that he would be scolded by Dian Weihao, his face turned blue and red, and he became even more angry from embarrassment, but what Dianwei and Zhao Yun said was not completely unreasonable, and Xia Houlian also understood the matter themselves wrong.

At this time, Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, "At the beginning, if Jiang Qi had a better attitude, I could have given him the armament."

"But this person is talking nonsense, saying that your lord is just a member of the Cao family, and that these armaments and soldiers will be returned to the Cao family and Xiahou's family sooner or later!"

"I was wondering, is it possible that this Jiang Qi is from the Cao family? Or did he recognize General Xiahou as his adoptive father? Serve General Xiahou every night?"

"Hehe, if it's convenient, please ask General Xia Houlian to go back and ask me a question."

Hearing these words, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia immediately looked at each other, and they were secretly happy: I never thought that this kid Zhao Yun, who has been by his side all these years, often bickers with Dian Wei, is now arguing with others His ability is very unusual!

Zhao Yun was so hurtful at this time, but he didn't use any dirty words, which made Xia Houlian speechless.

Xia Houlian and the other generals of Xiahou's family heard what Dian Wei and Zhao Yun said just now, but at this moment they were speechless, so they had to leave the hunting ground.

But the faces of this group of people were full of surprise and anger.

After several people left the hunting ground, within half a day, the news about the hunting ground reached Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun is very clean and honest, and he is extremely strict in running the army, so he is very strict with himself and never secretly hides property.

Therefore, this armament is like timely rain to Xiahou Dun. Now at least it can solve the urgent need to expand the army, and the soldiers under his command can also get the army for supplies.

If he, Xiahoudun, cannot meet the basic needs of the soldiers under his command at this time, then there will naturally be discussions among the recruits, and what's more, they may be resentful and no longer willing to work hard for him.

Xiahou Dun was very clear in his heart: as a general, the most desired situation is nothing more than the soldiers under his command willing to fight to the death for him, so that the combat effectiveness of the army on the battlefield can be fierce.

"That's what Xi Yu really said?" Xia Houdun looked at Xia Houlian and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, brother, we just ran into Xi Yu at the hunting ground. Out of courtesy, we wanted to go up to say hello to Xi Yu. Who would have thought..."

"Hey, if I knew it would end like this, why should I cause all these troubles? I didn't expect Mr. Xi's impression of us to be so bad. I thought nothing happened in the past few years, and we treated each other with courtesy. , the old grievances should have been resolved long ago."

Xiahou Lian thought carefully, added fuel to the situation at that time, and falsified what Zhao Yun and Dian Wei had said, so that after Xiahou Dun heard it, his anger shot straight up.

"It's so deceiving! It's just, why did you talk about such things with Xi Yu?!" Xiahou Dun wondered.

Xia Houlian couldn't help but change his face immediately, but such details were clearly seen by Xia Houdun.

"Hurry up and tell the truth, there must be no deceitful words. Although I am not good at strategy, I am definitely not a stupid person. How can I not know what kind of people you are?"

With that said, Xiahoudun went to the weapon rack and took down the pear blossom gun.

Immediately, this pear blossom gun was shining with cold light, showing its sharpness, Xiahou Dun's fierceness, bravely crowning the three armies, is notoriously tough.

If anyone makes him angry, no one can dissuade him, not to mention that he is the chief general, and his majesty has completely surpassed everyone a few years ago.

Xiahou Lian was frightened for a while, and he, who was kneeling on one knee, immediately knelt down in front of Xiahou Dun and said loudly, "Brother! I don't mean to embarrass you!"

"It's just that Mr. Xi hunted a large number of prey in the hunting ground, and even snatched the prey we wanted to hunt, so that we only got a few baby rabbits in the end. This situation is really embarrassing."

"It suddenly occurred to me that my eldest brother was being suppressed by Xi Yu before, and our Xiahou family was also suppressed by Xi Yu and others. I was so angry at the time, and I couldn't hold it back for a while, so..."

"That's why there is such a..."

Xia Houlian's face was filled with discomfort but also strong.

He knew very well in his heart that if he did not tell the truth, once Xiahoudun asked him out, he would be punished even more severely.

If he told the truth now, he would not be punished too severely.

"You, oh..."

Xiahou Dun's face darkened, and he waved his finger at Xiahou Lian who was kneeling on the ground. He didn't know what to say for a while, but his heart was full of grief and anger.

Xiahoudun's soldiers have been with him for seven or eight years, and many of them have grown from recruits to veterans. Although Jiang Qi is not a core general, he is also a veteran in the army. He was bullied at the time, and it is really hard to say .

"I already know about this, but you'd better not provoke Xi Yu and others, otherwise, it will be difficult for me to save your life!" Xiahou Dun said worriedly.

Hearing this, Xia Houlian suddenly became frightened, and said in a low voice, "Brother, that Xi Yu, don't you dare kill me easily? I am also a member of Xiahou's family!"

Xiahou Dun sneered helplessly, "Why didn't Xi Yu dare to kill you? Let me tell you, if you push too hard, then Xi Yu would dare even me. In this world, Xi Yu will only listen to one person. "

Moreover, this is an emotion piled up with affection, so he will listen to the words.

After that, Xiahou Dun left in a hurry, and after a while, he walked out of the barracks, mounted his horse, and went straight to Xuchang City all the way to the government office.

Now Cao Cao will handle affairs in the government office during the day and return to the prime minister's mansion at night.

Although both the front yard of the prime minister's mansion and the government office could handle affairs, Cao Cao would still come to the government office during the day, because it was larger than the imperial palace and very close to the imperial palace where the emperor lived.

Not long after, Xiahou Dun walked up a hundred stairs, guarded by soldiers standing on both sides, all the way to the outside of the main hall. After someone notified him, Xiahou Dun knew that Cao Cao was carefully reading the canons of states and counties sent by Xi Yu book.

Xiahoudun had no choice but to wait outside until he was passed inside.

After waiting for some time, someone brought Xiahou Dun in.

"Munde."

In Cao Cao's barracks, Xiahou Dun had already been a very important figure around Cao Cao because he had saved Cao Cao's life and was the leading general among his clan.

Over the years, they have had a close relationship with Cao Cao, and they have always called Cao Cao Meng De, and the two are like relatives.

Cao Cao has long been used to Xiahou Dun calling him that.

"Yuan Rang, what are you talking about here?" Cao Cao asked.

"There is indeed an extremely important confidential matter that I have to discuss with you in detail."

"Oh, Wen Ruo." Cao Cao immediately looked at Xun Yu.

"Here!"

Xun Yu immediately glanced at Xiahou Dun, and then called out all the people on both sides of the room. Then, he walked out of the hall and closed the door.

As a result, only Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao were left in the hall.

But Cao Cao still carefully looked at the books Xi Yu sent over at this time, familiarized himself with the maps Xi Yu sent, and understood the humanities in Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

Cao Cao has always enjoyed this matter without interruption.

"It's just the two of us at the moment. If you have something to say, it's okay. I'm listening."

Cao Cao said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)