My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 344: Battlefront Challenge
"Thank you, Lord Jin, for your compliment!"

Dian Wei was a serious and taciturn person. When he heard Lu Yi's praise, there was no trace of emotion on his face.

He came before Lu Yi and bowed sincerely.

"Dian Wei was proud of his chivalry throughout his life. He had known the reputation of the Marquis of Jin for a long time. He had heard of him as early as when the Marquis of Jin was a knight in Wuyuan County. Later, when the Marquis of Jin defeated the 300,000-strong Xianbei army, Dian Wei had great respect for the Marquis of Jin and wanted to join him and fight for his fame with his sword and spear. However, he had to take care of his old mother at home, so he could not leave."

"Now that my mother has passed away, Dian Wei's mourning period has passed, so I have come to live with her. If the Marquis of Jin does not abandon me, I will swear to follow you until death!"

"Oh my, I have Dianjun, it's like adding wings to a tiger!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi was overjoyed and immediately stepped forward to help Dian Wei up.

"I heard that the Duke of Jin wants to challenge the rebels in Shandong. Dian Wei is a humble man with a little brute force, so I am willing to fight for the Duke of Jin!"

Dian Wei was grateful when he saw that Lu Yi did not despise him because of his humble background and treated him with courtesy. He immediately challenged Lu Yi to a battle.

Lu Yi originally wanted to send Xu Huang to pick up a few heads to accumulate some military merit so that he could be entrusted with important tasks in the future.

But unexpectedly, Dian Wei jumped out.

However, although Xu Huang was a martial arts master, his talents were more focused on his ability as a commander.

Compared with Dian Wei, the humanoid beast, it is still slightly inferior.

Since Dian Wei volunteered, Lu Yi took the opportunity to let Dian Wei, who had just joined his army, accumulate some military merits and gain a foothold.

Such a brave general is the best candidate for the leader of the personal guards.

However, if he promoted him rashly, it might cause confusion and dissatisfaction among other civil and military officials, so Lu Yi agreed.

"nice!"

When Lu Yi saw Dian Wei applying to go into battle, he felt relieved and immediately spoke to his left and right.

"Quickly bring my mount here so that Lord Dian can ride it!"

"slow!"

Dian Wei raised his hand and refused when he heard this.

"They are just a bunch of Shandong bandits, just scoundrels. Why should we use horses to deal with them? I would rather fight on foot and defeat the enemy!"

"Infantry?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the heroes under Lu Yi's command immediately felt disdain for Dian Wei.

"I don't know where this wild man Dian Wei came from. If it weren't for Meng De's recommendation, how could the lord attach so much importance to him?"

"But he is so good. The lord was kind enough to give his own mount to help in the battle, but he rejected the lord's kindness and wanted to show off his prowess in fighting on foot?"

"Even a peerless warrior like Fengxian wouldn't dare to boast that he could defeat us on horseback in a foot battle."

When Lu Bu heard the discussions of the many generals behind him, although he was also dissatisfied with Dian Wei's arrogance, there was no ripple in his heart.

"It doesn't matter!"

"I'll take action anyway!"

Lu Bu was confident that even if he was outnumbered by ten, he would surely win the duel.

Come to think of it, Guan, Zhang and Zhao have all been poached by Lu Yi.

Even a second-rate top general like Gongsun Zan was not in the coalition camp.

Lu Bu is naturally a symbol of invincibility.

Dian Wei was completely unmoved when he heard the discussions and sarcasm of the generals.

Since you look down on me, Dian Wei, I'm going to let you see my abilities clearly right now!

"In that case, I would like to ask Mr. Dian to fight!"

Lu Yi naturally knew Dian Wei's abilities.

Although his younger brother Lu Bu was the undisputed number one general in the Three Kingdoms.

However, there are also a few controversial generals among them, who were judged by later generations to be enemies of Lu Bu.

Dian Wei is one of them.

To be honest, if it comes to foot combat, Lu Yi himself has no way of being sure that he can beat Dian Wei.

He was able to hold up a Yamen flag weighing a thousand pounds with one hand. This kind of unreasonable strength could probably be surpassed by the unique Chinese God of War Xiang Yu.

"promise!"

Upon hearing this, Dian Wei didn't waste any words. He picked up his two one-handed giant halberds weighing a total of 80 kilograms, and rushed to Xiaguan to challenge him as fast as the wind.

And right now.

There was still constant noise in the allied camp outside Hulao Pass.

The princes who were not in harmony with each other in heart came together because of a dry political slogan.

But no one was truly an enemy of Lu Yi and wanted to rescue the kidnapped Emperor Shao Liu Bian.

The reason they came here was for only one purpose.

While preserving your own strength, try to gain as many benefits as possible.

Titles, official positions, cities, men, horses, and food, nothing was left out and nothing was left untaken.

Therefore, when Yuan Shao finally gathered these people into the coalition, the first thing he could do was not how to command these princes to fight.

Instead, he acted as a peacemaker and mediate the conflicts between the princes who had been quarreling among themselves for a long time.

"Old Tao Qian, where are the 3,000 Danyang soldiers that I spent a lot of money to ask you to recruit for me last year? You, old man, swallowed up my benefits and swallowed up my 3,000 Danyang soldiers. If I don't avenge this, I swear I will not be a human being!"

"Humph, you want to recruit 3,000 Danyang soldiers with that little money? Danyang is far away from your Qingzhou. I have done my best to recruit 1,000 Xuzhou soldiers for you. A man who knows the times is a hero. I advise you to take care of yourself."

……

"Liu Dai! You are the governor of Yanzhou, but you openly attacked my Yuzhou territory and annexed five of my cities! Now that you and I are both members of the coalition, you must quickly hand over the cities that you have annexed from my Yuzhou!"

"Hahaha, what a joke!"

"It was you who saw that Yanzhou was empty and started the attack first, but you didn't expect to be defeated by me. Instead of shrinking your head and avoiding me, you had the nerve to criticize me. This is really ridiculous!"

……

"Yuan Shu! I brought the troops to help you because of your family's personal vendetta. We agreed that you only had to bring the troops and you would be solely responsible for the army's food and fodder. I have joined the alliance for more than half a month, but why haven't I seen any food and fodder? Are you playing a trick on me, Yuan Shu, or do you look down on me?"

"Sun Jian! Don't be so arrogant. I just delayed the food supply for a few days. I won't starve you to death. Why are you barking?"

……

The quarrels among the princes became more and more intense, and there were even several ridiculous incidents of private fights among the princes in the coalition.

The covenant that they swore in blood half a month ago has now been thrown out of their minds.

If I had known this would happen, I would have fed the dogs those sacrificial animals that were killed for sacrifice.

Yuan Shao was very annoyed when he saw this, but now he needed the joint efforts of the princes to avenge his family.

But now, his uncle Yuan Wei, who was the pillar of the Yuan family before he raised the flag, was killed cleanly by Lu Yi.

Although the Yuan family has three officials in their family for four generations, human feelings are always there for the people, and they fade away when the person dies.

After Yuan Wei's death, the prestige of the Yuan family was no longer as high as before. Even though Yuan Shao was the successor of the Yuan family appointed by Yuan Wei, he could no longer continue to uphold the reputation of three officials in four generations of the Yuan family to command and control the princes remotely.

In the original time and space, everyone planned to rescue Yuan Wei so that Yuan Wei would return the favor and say a few good words for them in front of the emperor, thereby increasing the power of their family.

But now that Yuan Wei is dead, the motivation is naturally not as strong as it was in the same period in history.

But although Yuan was upset, he had to act as a peacemaker, otherwise he didn't know whether he could take Hulao Pass and capture Lu Bu alive.

However, he knew clearly that the coalition forces of 300,000 princes would soon start a melee in this alliance area.

"What happened to Lu Yi?"

"I deliberately pushed the coalition camp outside Hulao Pass, hoping that with Lü Yi's offensive, the princes in the coalition would temporarily put aside their internal hatred and unite against the outside world because of external forces, and use them for my benefit."

"But it has been half a month, and Lu Yi is still only defending and not attacking. If this goes on, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to me!" Yuan Shao was feeling unhappy while comforting the princes who were about to start the real-life chicken game.

"No, if we continue like this, not only will we be unable to attack Lu Yi and avenge the Yuan family, we won't even be able to maintain the coalition. Since Lu Yi won't attack me, I will attack Lu Yi tomorrow!"

"As long as the war starts, these people will be hated by Lu Yi and will have no choice but to follow me to the end!"

"Report, leader!"

"Lü Yi sent someone to the outside of the camp to select a general."

Yuan Shao was just thinking about it when suddenly a panicked messenger rushed into the camp from outside, stopping a group of princes who were about to fight.

"Oh?"

"Who is coming to challenge?"

"But what about Lu Yi's brother Lu Bu?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao no longer cared about appeasing the princes, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked nervously.

Lu Bu has become synonymous with invincibility.

If Lu Yi sent Lu Bu to challenge, no matter how many people his side sent out, they would be killed.

Even if Yuan Shao allowed morale to drop, he had to hang up the banner of not fighting. Otherwise, if he was killed by Lu Bu, it would not be a matter of whether morale was low or not.

That would mean total loss of morale!
"Your Excellency, Alliance Leader, the person challenging me is not Lu Bu."

Upon hearing this, the messenger immediately reported it.

"Oh? Could it be that Lu Yi is coming to fight in person?"

Upon hearing this, the deputy leader Yuan Shu was delighted and asked quickly.

If Lu Bu is foolish enough to come and challenge me alone, I will not need to talk to him about martial ethics and will just charge at him immediately. Even if Lu Yi is only slightly inferior to his brother Lu Bu, he is also a first-rate general who is the bravest of all the armies. If my 300,000 troops charge at him, they can easily wear him out.

Yuan Shao and other princes were shocked when they heard this, and quickly looked at the messenger.

"Deputy leader, it is not Lu Yi who came here in person."

"Oh? It's neither Lü Bu nor Lü Yi. Could it be one of his subordinates, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, or Zhang He?"

The princes were at a loss for what to do when they heard this, and asked in confusion.

"My Lords, it's not these people either."

"The man who came was just a burly man named Dian Wei. He brought only a few followers with flags, and said he came to challenge the coalition forces in the name of Lü Yi."

"Dian Wei?"

"You've never heard of this name?"

"Have you heard of it?"

The princes became somewhat confused upon hearing this.

"Humph, this Lu Yi actually sent an unknown person, it's simply an insult to my coalition army that has no one!"

When Yuan Shu heard this, he became furious and felt that his dignity was offended by Lu Yi.

But when Yuan Shao heard this, he felt something moving and couldn't help feeling happy.

This Lu Yi is so arrogant that he sent an unknown person to challenge my coalition forces. I am afraid that his purpose is to provoke my coalition forces and make them take the initiative to attack Hulao Pass.

In this way, Lu Yi's disadvantage of insufficient military strength was eliminated.

But Lu Yi had made all the calculations and didn't know that this was exactly what I was thinking.

It would be better to go with the flow, kill this man first, boost the morale of the coalition forces, and then attack the city immediately.

Even if we cannot capture Hulao Pass for the time being, we can still firmly control the coalition forces, and there will be no such situation of each fighting on their own in the future.

The plan is made in mind.

Yuan Shao immediately pretended to be angry and shouted.

"This Lu Yi actually underestimated us heroes, this is truly an unforgivable crime!"

"It would be fine if Lu Yi only looked down on my two brothers, but he also looked down on more than ten other princes. This is simply a crime worthy of death!"

Although Yuan Shao was not very smart, he made many stupid moves.

But the means of bewitching people are quite sophisticated.

He Jin, the once powerful general, was killed by him.

Now he has returned to his old ways and is trying to incite other princes.

The other princes also became furious upon hearing this.

Although they are not as high in status as Lu Yi, who has now become a general, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are local lords in their respective territories.

How could he be looked down upon by Lu Yi like this?

He immediately threatened to send his generals to fight and kill the unknown men sent by Lu Yi.

The soldier who was delivering the message couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw the princes were so excited.

There was one more thing he had not reported, for he was worried that if he said it, it might bring trouble upon himself and anger the princes.

"Ok?"

"You're hesitant, but do you have anything else to say?"

Yuan Shao noticed something strange about the messenger and immediately asked in a deep voice.

"Master, I dare not say anything."

The soldier was frightened when he heard this.

"If the leader asks you to speak, then just speak. Can the leader still eat you?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu, who was standing by, stepped forward curiously and asked.

Now that the Yuan family has been destroyed and their backers are gone, it is the time when the relationship between the two enemies, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, is the closest.

"Then... the general came without a horse, and he even said that even if he didn't have a horse, the allied princes with horses wouldn't be able to defeat him."

The soldier could only pretend to be brave and spoke fearfully when he heard that.

"What!?"

As soon as the soldier said this, the coalition forces in the big tent suddenly exploded again.

"This Lu Yi is so rude, he is unworthy of being a local lord."

"This Lu Yi has mocked and humiliated us so much. If I don't take revenge today, I will not be a human being!"

Not only the princes were furious.

Even the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were furious.

"Here comes the rampant one!"

"Who dares to fight the second general?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao could no longer hold back.

He was a person who cared a lot about his reputation. Now that Lu Yi had humiliated him in such a way, he couldn't help but get really angry. He looked at the princes under his tent with anger on his face and asked angrily.

"Alliance leader, calm down. My brother Bao Zhong is brave and good at fighting. He can defeat the enemy!"

Upon hearing this, Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin was inspired and immediately recommended his younger brother Bao Zhong to fight.

Now is the first battle of the coalition forces. If his younger brother Bao Zhong can kill the general and gain the merit, then I believe that the two brothers will be able to gain the first merit and will be able to be crowned as marquises in the future!

When Bao Xin's younger brother Bao Zhong saw that his brother had actually secured this godsend opportunity for him, he immediately went out to fight with excitement.

(End of this chapter)