The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 208 Yuan Cao Discord
Li Yuan nodded, ate something and returned to the guest room arranged by Dong Cheng to rest.

A few days later, Yuan Shao's troops also arrived in Luoyang, bringing 3000 soldiers and stationed outside the city. As soon as Yuan Shao arrived, Dong Cheng went to greet him and invited Li Yuan and Cao Cao to go with him.

Everyone came to the living room to divide the guests and hosts to sit down. Dong Cheng took the lead and said: "I waited for many days, and I finally got the three of you to come. With the help of the three of you, we will surely succeed in eradicating the traitor this time."

Having said that, there was something wrong with the atmosphere. Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao hadn't completely turned against each other, they both knew that they would become enemies. After Yuan Shao took away Gongsun Zan, the first enemy he went south was Cao Cao. They were both smart. People, naturally think of this.

"Lieutenant Cao, I didn't expect you to join in the fun, what a coincidence." Yuan Shao's words had ulterior motives.

"Hahahaha, it's my duty to assist His Majesty. How could I, Mr. Cao, not come? However, I heard that Yuan Taishou was busy attacking Gongsun Zan recently. I thought you wouldn't have time to come. It seems that King Qin's contribution is right. You are very tempting." Cao Cao sneered, "I just don't know if there is really His Majesty in Yuan Taishou's eyes. Gongsun Zan guarded Youzhou all year round to resist foreign enemies and made countless contributions, but Yuan Taishou exterminated him for personal gain. Could this be His Majesty's will? ?"

"Hmph, Cao Cao, don't do this to me. You drove Yuan Shu from Nanyang to Lujiang and occupied Beihai and other places. Is this also His Majesty's will? I don't think you have His Majesty in your eyes!" Yuan Shao immediately retorted.

In fact, everyone knows that there is no such thing as His Majesty the Son of Heaven in the eyes of these princes. They attack each other just to compete for territory and resources, and King Qin is only on the surface, but in fact it is for credit.

Dong Cheng's face was a little ugly. Although he knew that Emperor Xian was weak, it was definitely not Emperor Xian's will that these princes blatantly seized the territory. As an uncle of the country, how could he be happy? In fact, he didn't like these princes very much, but in order to deal with Han Xian and others, he had to rely on their strength.

"Hahahaha, Colonel Cao misunderstood, Yuan Taishou didn't mean that you don't see His Majesty in your eyes," Li Yuan patted his chest, "Your Majesty is in our hearts, as a man of the people, it's a matter of course to serve His Majesty, I don't need to argue here, the current enemy is Han Xian and others, don't hurt your peace because of some trivial matters."

"General Li is right. Let's first discuss how to deal with traitors like Han Siam." Dong Cheng was very satisfied with Li Yuan's performance.

"Uncle Guo, there is no need to discuss this anymore. I brought more than 2 troops from Hebei, and the commanding general Yan Liang was powerful in Hebei. If there is any difficulty in dealing with the Han Siam, just lead the soldiers and horses to capture them."

Yuan Shao is very confident. Since defeating Gongsun Zan, he has become more confident. He believes that there is no prince in the world who can stop him. The only person who makes him feel threatened is Li Yuan. However, Li Yuan has promised not to send troops to help him when he attacked Cao Cao. Cao Cao, so as long as he wins Cao Cao and occupies Yanzhou and Qingzhou, his strength will increase again, and Li Yuan will definitely not be his opponent by then.

"Although what Yuan Taishou said is reasonable, Han Xian and others are not easy to mess with. As far as I know, Han Xian has [-] soldiers under his command, Zhang Ji has [-] soldiers, and Yang Feng in Liang State also has [-] soldiers. Li Jue He and Guo Si have an army of [-] in Chang'an, and it is not easy to deal with them." Dong Cheng felt that the number of soldiers brought by Li Yuan and others was a bit small, and it was difficult to compete with Zhang Ji and others.

Cao Cao suddenly said: "By the way, why didn't you see Liu Jingzhou? Didn't he come?"

Dong Cheng nodded, "Liu Jingzhou can't send troops here, but he promised to repair the Luoyang Palace, which can be regarded as a kindness to His Majesty."

Li Yuan was not surprised when he heard the words. It was normal for Liu Biao's character not to come, and the promise to repair the palace was probably to compensate for the absence of King Qin.

"If Liu Biao doesn't come, why don't you come? We are enough to defeat Han Xian and others." Yuan Shao was happy to hear that Liu Biao didn't come, because there was one less person competing for credit.

Seeing that Yuan Shao underestimated the enemy, Dong Cheng couldn't help feeling a little worried, and said: "Everyone, wait until you bring troops to serve the king. Han Xian and Zhang Ji have already felt threatened. They have been busy training soldiers recently, and they are in Liang Guo. Yang Feng is also on his way after learning about it, these three people are not easy to deal with."

"In my opinion, it's not as good as this. There are three enemies in total. We will deal with them separately. I will lead the troops to capture Zhang Ji, Yuan Taishou will capture Yang Feng, Cao Xiaowei will capture Han Xian, what do you think?" Li Yuan suggested that he did this because it was not easy to mobilize troops from all walks of life. The three of them would not accept each other, so it would be more appropriate to simply fight each other.

"Okay, let's make a decision like this. I, Yuan Shao, will go to Liang Guo to capture Yang Feng in person tomorrow. I hope that you have already defeated Han Xian and Zhang Ji when I come back. Don't hold me back." Yuan Shao was very proud.

"General Li's suggestion is good, let's act accordingly." Cao Cao also nodded in agreement.

Dong Cheng was a little helpless, he didn't expect that the situation would be like this in the end, which was quite different from what he had imagined.

"Then I, Yuan Shao, will take my leave and send troops to attack Liang Guo early tomorrow morning." Yuan Shao left first.

Cao Cao looked at Dong Cheng, and seemed to have something to say, but seeing that Li Yuan was still there, he couldn't speak.Li Yuan had already found out that Cao Cao had something to tell Dong Cheng, but he had already guessed what Cao Cao was going to say, so he deliberately said, "Then I, Li Yuan, will take my leave first."

"General Li, go slowly." Dong Cheng had a good impression of Li Yuan, and said with his hands clasped.

Li Yuan returned to the guest room to rest, and when night fell, he took dozens of soldiers to Zhang Ji's barracks.

Zhang Ji saw so many princes coming to Luoyang, and knew that Emperor Xian wanted to deal with them, so he moved to the military camp just in case.

At night, Zhang Xiu led the soldiers to patrol and saw Zhang Ji's tent was lit. He went in to check and saw Zhang Ji's sad face. He couldn't help saying, "Why doesn't uncle rest at this late hour?"

"Oh, Xiu'er, how can uncle fall asleep if Emperor Xian wants to attack me?" Zhang Ji put down the book in his hand, and sighed, "Recently, three princes came to Luoyang, and my soldiers saw it with their own eyes. Dong Cheng greeted them, this must be Emperor Xian summoning the princes and kings, their soldiers and horses have already stationed in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, there are quite a number of them, adding up to nearly 6 people, it is difficult to deal with them."

"Which three princes are they?" Zhang Xiu asked.

"Li Yuan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao."

"Li Yuan!" Zhang Xiu's voice was full of surprise, he did not expect Li Yuan to appear in Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)