Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 221: Punch the emperor three times, I am the great general!
No one expected Lu Bu's sudden attack.

But there was only one exception - Chen Gong.

Chen Gong had followed Lu Bu for many years and knew Lu Bu's temper very well. The moment he saw Lu Bu take the knife from Gao Shun, he already felt the strong murderous intent in Lu Bu.

False emperor, danger!

There was no time to persuade or think carefully. Just before Lu Bu turned around and swung his sword, Chen Gong kicked Emperor Xian of Han hard!
Emperor Xian of Han, who was still in shock, was kicked sideways by Chen Gong. Lu Bu's sword slashed directly over his head, cutting off the emperor's crown and hair on his head, and then smashed it hard on the pillar behind him!

There was silence.

After a moment, the huge vermilion pillar that was as thick as a man's arms creaked, broke into two pieces with a snap, and fell heavily to the ground. The oblique cut surface was extremely smooth and flat.

Lu Bu actually cut off this pillar with one sword!

It is hard to imagine who in the world can take this knife, and who dares to take this knife. No matter who comes, he will die!

Emperor Xian of Han had disheveled hair and a pale face.

He looked at Lu Bu holding a knife in front of him, reached out his hand and touched his head with trembling hands, screamed in fear, rolled and crawled to the corner of the wall, holding his head and trembling.

"Chen Gong!!"

Lu Bu suddenly turned his head and looked at Chen Gong.

His eyes were red, and he pointed the nearly broken sword in his hand directly at Chen Gong, saying sternly: "You dare to stop me from killing the false emperor? Have you surrendered to the false emperor?"

There was murderous intent in Lu Bu's words.

At this moment, he was already blinded by anger. Not to mention Chen Gong, even if Diao Chan dared to stop him, he would kill her without hesitation!

A mere fake emperor actually dared to impersonate the Son of Heaven to deceive him, and he believed it and respectfully regarded him as the real Son of Heaven. This is simply a great shame and humiliation!
If he doesn't kill him, he will not be able to vent the hatred in his heart!
"General, please calm down for now!"

No matter how calm Chen Gong was, he couldn't help sweating profusely when facing the furious Lu Bu. He knew very well that if he didn't give a good answer, Lu Bu would definitely kill him.

Looking at the blade that was only an inch away from his nose, Chen Gong forced himself to calm down and said calmly: "General, the false emperor deserves to die, but you cannot kill him. You must hand him over to the emperor for punishment."

"What nonsense!"

Lu Bu was furious and glared at Chen Gong. "This fake emperor pretending to be the emperor, everyone should kill him! Why should Your Majesty bother with this?"

"If we don't kill him now, will he bring trouble to us?"

This fake emperor in front of us is of completely different nature from Yuan Shu and his ilk. Yuan Shu can be kept and sent to the emperor for disposal, but keeping this fake emperor will be a great disaster!
Chen Gong shook his head, walked up to him under Lu Bu's gloomy gaze, and whispered to him: "General, this fake emperor looks very similar to your Majesty, they are exactly the same. Don't you think it's strange?"

Lu Bu snorted coldly, "There are so many people in the world who look alike! What's so strange about this! This boy is just blessed by heaven to look like your Majesty!"

"It would be fine if he didn't fall into my hands, but he refused to take the road to heaven and broke into hell without a door!"

"He dares to deceive this general, how can I keep him!"

What Lu Bu hated most in his life was that someone deceived him. This false emperor pretended to be the emperor to deceive him, which touched his reverse scales at once. How could he tolerate this?

"General, calm down and listen to me first."

Chen Gong continued to persuade him patiently, whispering, "There is a secret about the palace. Have you heard of it, General?"

Lu Bu said impatiently: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why keep it a secret?"

Normally he could still speak to Chen Gong in a nice tone, but at the moment he was really not in the mood for that. He could no longer suppress his murderous intent to chop off the false emperor's head.

Chen Gong glanced at Emperor Xian of Han and said quietly, "General, you may not know that twins are not allowed to appear in the palace."

"As the saying goes, there can't be two suns in the sky. This is considered a bad omen. Therefore, if a queen or a concubine gave birth to twins, one of them would be drowned and only the other would be kept alive."

"There are indeed many people in the world who look alike, but it is extremely rare to find someone who looks exactly like the emperor, especially someone who looks exactly like the emperor."

"So I guess that this fake emperor is most likely your Majesty's twin brother, but Concubine Wang didn't have the heart to kill him after giving birth to him, so he wandered among the people and was eventually found to impersonate the emperor."

"Even if he is not a twin brother, he may have royal blood, or he may be the illegitimate son of the previous emperor... So do you understand, General?"

Chen Gong's tone showed some worry.

He originally thought that the false emperor and the emperor looked similar, but when he saw them today, he found that they looked more than similar, they were exactly the same!
If Gao Shun had not asked the soldiers about his background, he would probably have found it difficult to tell that this was a fake emperor in a short period of time.

They looked so similar, he simply didn't believe that they had nothing to do with the emperor.

That's why such bold speculation came about.

"Your Majesty's twin brother?"

When Lu Bu heard this, his face suddenly changed. He couldn't help but look down at the familiar face of the unconscious Emperor Xian of Han, feeling shocked and confused.

They look...exactly the same.

Chen Gong continued, "If he is really of the Han Dynasty bloodline, you, General, have no right to deal with him. You must hand him over to His Majesty for judgment. That's why I stopped you from killing him."

Outsiders have no right to dispose of the bloodline of the Han Dynasty.

When Gongsun Zan wanted to kill Liu Yu, he held the envoy Duan Xun hostage and asked him to behead Liu Yu on the grounds that Liu Yu had claimed the title of emperor in vain, but he did not dare to do it himself.

This is just a relative of the Han royal family.

Even the death of Emperor Liu Bian was only forced by Dong Zhuo to commit suicide, because killing the bloodline of the Han Dynasty with one's own hands would have a very bad impact and would inevitably lead to unanimous hostility and resistance from the clan members.

Even though Lu Bu was highly regarded by the emperor and had enough reasons to kill the false emperor, he would be targeted as long as he killed his clan relatives, because it was not something that he, an outsider, was qualified to do.

As for how to target them... putting aside other things, if Lu Lingqi wants to be the queen and her son wants to be the crown prince, the resistance will certainly double.

Lu Bu's reputation was never good.

We really can't add any more infamy.

Moreover, this fake emperor might not only be of Han blood, but also the emperor's brother, so he couldn't be killed. After all, who knew how the emperor planned to deal with him, and whether he knew about the existence of this twin brother?

After listening to Chen Gong's analysis, although Lu Bu still felt unwilling in his heart, he finally gave up the idea of ​​killing Emperor Xian of Han.

Chen Gong breathed a sigh of relief. Fearing that Lü Bu might go back on his word, he quickly said to Gao Shun, "General Gao, quickly take the fake emperor away and keep him under careful guard. Make sure nothing goes wrong! Take him to Yecheng on a chosen day and hand him over to His Majesty for disposal."

"promise!"

Gao Shun came back to his senses and clasped his fists tightly.

Then he led his men forward and picked up the frightened Emperor Xian of Han, and was about to take Dong Cheng away with him.

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, Lu Bu suddenly called out to Gao Shun, then walked up to Emperor Xian of Han with a gloomy face, grabbed him by the collar, and punched him three times in the face!

"I! I! I! Dog-footed I!"

"Today, I will teach you a lesson! Let's see if you dare to pretend to be the emperor again!"

Although Lu Bu did not kill him, he was quite strong. With three punches, Emperor Xian of Han was beaten black and blue. He passed out without even a sound.
After throwing these three punches, Lu Bu finally vented his anger. He asked Gao Shun to take him away, then turned around and strode out of the banquet hall.

He also had to deal with the remnant troops outside the city who had followed this false emperor.

……

Youzhou, Yicheng.

Prefect's Mansion.

Yuan Shao sat in the tiger-skin chair that originally belonged to Gongsun Zan in high spirits and started a new round of parliament with a group of counselors and generals.

The theme of the meeting was how to take Ji County (Beiping). Once Ji County was conquered, the entire Youzhou would fall into Yuan Shao's hands.

He himself also swept away the haze of the previous loss of troops and generals in Yecheng, raised the wine bottle and said:

"Everyone, please follow me and drink this cup to the full!"

After finishing the wine, Yuan Shao said: "There are only 10,000 remnants of soldiers in Ji County now, and none of them are good at defending the city. Once the food and grass are replenished, I will gather the troops and capture it in an instant."

He's back. The once confident general is back.

Yan Liang, Yuan Tan, Guo Yuan and others were all eager to make greater achievements.

Yuan Tan was the first to stand up and said, "Father, I am willing to be the vanguard in this battle."

"Good!" Yuan Shao was overjoyed and looked at Yuan Tan with appreciation, "My son has always led the troops in battle and should be a role model for other generals."

"You will be the vanguard in this battle, Yan Liang will be the main general, Qu Yi will be the deputy general, and Yuan Hao will be the chief strategist."

Yuan Tan, Yan Liang and Qu Yi all accepted the order with joy on their faces.

Only Tian Feng frowned and did not obey the order, as if he did not agree with Yuan Shao's battle deployment.

Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng and asked in confusion: "Does Yuan Hao have any objections?"

Tian Feng nodded, stood up and saluted, saying: "My lord, Gongsun Zan has already asked Zhang Yan for help, but we have not received any news from the Black Mountain Army.

Although Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army lives in the mountains and forests and does not occupy any city, it should not be underestimated.

Now that the lord has captured three counties in Youzhou, the most urgent task is to occupy other counties in Youzhou.

In this way, once our army arrives at the city of Jixian, Jixian will be surrounded, and even if Zhang Yan's army comes to support, it will be of no use.

In addition, although Ji County’s army is not large, its city is very strong, second only to Yicheng. Feng thought that in this battle, it would be enough to besiege the city, not to attack it by force. After three months of siege, Ji County will surely be conquered.”

When Yuan Shao heard this, his face, which had been full of joy, suddenly darkened.

Since the capture of Yicheng, his army has been victorious wherever it has passed.

He now only wanted to capture Ji County as quickly as possible and then lead his troops to attack Yecheng.

But Tian Feng's words were completely opposite to what he thought.

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "Three months, winter will come in three months. How can this general have the time to waste three months with Gongsun Xu!"

"As for the Black Mountain Army, they are just a group of Yellow Turban bandits roaming around the Taihang Mountains. Even if Zhang Yan had ten times the courage, would he dare to be an enemy of this general?"

"If he sends troops to help, I will overturn the entire Taihang Mountains to kill him!"

"Yuan Tan, Yan Liang, and Qu Yi, reorganize your troops and march to Ji County in three days!"

Seeing that Yuan Shao was determined to do what he wanted, Tian Feng immediately stiffened his neck and said loudly, "My lord, think twice!"

"Gongsun Zan is dead. How can Zhang Yan not be jealous of such a huge Youzhou? If the lord insists on doing it his own way, Zhang Yan will definitely come to help! Once the lord is entangled by Zhang Yan, Qingzhou and even Bingzhou will be at risk of being lost!"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao's face became increasingly ugly.

At this time, Yan Liang was also dissatisfied with Tian Feng's plan to besiege the city, and said, "Yuan Hao's words are too alarmist. Tell me, how are Qingzhou and Bingzhou at risk of being lost?"

Tian Feng said: "Lü Bu is loyal to the emperor, how could he not see that the lord is determined to capture Yecheng? If the lord is pinned down by Zhang Yan, how can Lü Bu not send troops to Qingzhou and rush to Yecheng!"

"Even though Qingzhou has 10,000 troops, without the eldest son in charge, how can they resist Lu Bu's fierce army?"

"Bingzhou currently only has 10,000 defenders. If Han Sui or Ma Teng invade, can Bingzhou hold out?"

Hearing this, Yuan Shao’s face suddenly froze.

He had considered Tian Feng's worries.

But Yecheng has become his nightmare.

He would always feel uneasy if he did not quickly resolve the war in Youzhou and return to Yecheng.

He still couldn't be 100% sure whether the emperor of Yecheng was true or not.

But he couldn't tell Tian Feng about his worries, and no one could help him with any advice on this matter.

Yuan Shao opened his mouth and decided to take a compromise approach.

"Yuan Hao, why not..."

"My lord!" Tian Feng saw Yuan Shao's plan and interrupted him, shouting:
“I know that my lord is anxious to return to Yecheng, but the most urgent task is to nibble away at and annex all the cities in Youzhou except Jixian, rather than rushing to capture Jixian.

In addition, the eldest son should be ordered to return to guard Qingzhou, and General Guo Yuan should be ordered to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Bingzhou.

Otherwise, once Zhang Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Lu Bu or even Cao Cao send troops to attack, the five armies will advance together and the lord will lose everything!"

Tian Feng's voice echoed in the meeting hall of the prefectural government.

Yuan Shao's face had turned completely blue.

Yuan Tan, Yan Liang and others all looked at each other with their eyes on the nose and their noses on the heart, not daring to say a word.

Although they thought Tian Feng's suggestions were too conservative, they also admired him.

Among the people present, he was the only one who dared to ignore Yuan Shao's attitude and go against Yuan Shao.

Sitting in the main seat, Yuan Shao's face turned blue and purple, and his chest heaved violently, obviously he was angered by Tian Feng.

Why do you want to refute your lord in public when you can just give your suggestions?

Where in the world can we find such a strategist?

After a long time, Yuan Shao, who was obsessed with returning to Yecheng, threw his sleeves and said coldly:

"Our army has been invincible in recent times, and morale is high. How can we be afraid of this or that?"

"Guo Yuan led 10,000 troops to guard Bingzhou. Yuan Tan led 5,000 troops to guard Qingzhou."

"The rest of you, follow this general and take Ji County!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the meeting hall.

However, Tian Feng was obviously not satisfied with Yuan Shao's compromise and shouted at his back:

"My lord, do you want to destroy the foundation you have built with so much difficulty?"

Yuan Shao paused, but did not turn back to pay attention. Instead, he quickened his pace and left, pretending not to hear what Tian Feng said.

Yuan Tan, Yan Liang and others looked at each other and all felt that there was nothing wrong with Yuan Shao's compromise decision. Instead, they thought that Tian Feng overestimated Zhang Yan, the Yellow Turban bandit leader.

Everyone passed Tian Feng and left the meeting hall one after another to carry out the orders given by Yuan Shao.

Only Tian Feng was still standing there, shouting:
"Although Zhang Yan's soldiers have families with them and are of varying quality, they still number nearly 100,000!"

"He has been active since the Yellow Turban Rebellion and has not been suppressed for a full fifteen years. This shows that he is definitely not an ordinary person."

"My lord, if you don't listen to my advice, you will regret it sooner or later!"

Hearing this, Yuan Shao, who was about to turn the corner, could no longer hold back and turned back, saying, "I am the general!"

(End of this chapter)