Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 565 Return of Emperor Xian
"The general followed the general to conquer the east and west, and he is already worthy of the general. Now his sons are fighting among themselves and digging their own graves. Is it possible that the general's good medicine will follow them and let them ruin their own future? Why don't you take this opportunity to fly away and save yourself? Find a way out?" Seeing the hesitation on Gao Gan's face, the general persuaded him.

"It's just that I've been fighting with Lv Bu's army for a long time, I'm afraid Lv Bu won't tolerate me." Regarding this general's proposal, Gao Gan was not indifferent, but felt that it seemed unsure to go to Lv Bu in such a presumptuous way. How could Lv Bu let himself go? in the eyes.

"General, the last time Master Yuan Shao led troops to attack Lu Bu, Lu Bu had already moved his mind about Hebei. The general has been in Hebei for a long time, and he is familiar with Hebei's geography and human relations. It is a rare talent for the prime minister. The prime minister will definitely be very excited when he sees the general. Huanxi, why can't you accommodate the general? It's just that the prime minister is busy with his affairs, and I'm afraid he won't be able to take care of Hebei's affairs. The general might as well go to Bingzhou to find General Gao Shun. When the prime minister goes to the north in the future, the general will naturally behave .” Seeing that the senior officials hesitated, the general continued.

"Your idea is not bad." Hearing what the general said, Gao Gan nodded, but he seemed to have sensed something and stared at the general with some playfulness and said, "You are trying so hard to encourage me, could it be that you are Lu Bujun?" Can't your spies succeed?"

"Hehe, why do you have to speak so harshly, General? The Prime Minister's prestige is strong. No one in the world wants to have a good future. I'm just planning for my own future." Seeing that the general had already said this, he didn't care. Without denying it, he explained with a smile.

"So I'll listen to you and go meet Gao Shun. I hope I won't be disappointed." Although, as the general in front of him said, Gao Gan has a deep understanding of the local conditions and customs of Hebei, and he also knows the situation in Yuan Shao's army like the palm of his hand. It will be very useful for Lu Bu to attack Hebei in the future, but Lu Bu has a lot of surrendered generals in Hebei. Zhang He Gaolan is much stronger than his senior officials, so the senior officials did not intend to go directly to Lu Bu, but wanted to go to Bingzhou , looking for his old rival Gao Shun.Naturally, the talent of a high-ranking officer is not ranked high in Lu Bu's hands, but a good job under Gao Shun is always possible, which is much better than staying in Youzhou and watching Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi fight in fear.

"Is General Gao Gan going to leave Hebei?" Just as Gao Gan was about to lead his troops to Bingzhou, there was a thunderous sound behind him, and then a tall figure appeared in front of Gao Gan. He was tall and tall, with a long knife in his hand gleaming coldly, and a cloth strip wrapped around one eye, but it was Xiahou Dun.

"What did General Xiahou say? Master Yuan Shao's kindness to me is as great as a mountain. How can I easily abandon it." Seeing that the person who came was Xiahou Dun, Gao Gan raised his heart to his throat at once, and said hesitantly.

"Don't fool me. Yuan Shao was defeated and lost. He was so angry that he left behind three useless sons. How can I serve them? I think they will be killed by Lu Bu sooner or later. If the general wants to Why don't you go to another place with me and make plans again." It turned out that Xiahou Dun saw Yuan Shao's death and knew that Hebei could not support him for long, so he wanted to leave Hebei. .

"General Xiahou's heart, I accept it with all my heart. It's just that Master Yuan Shao has been kind to me, and I still can't bear to leave at this time." Gao Gan has always avoided Xiahoudun, the evil star, as much as possible. Once Yuan Shao died, no one in Hebei could suppress Xiahoudun, and Gao Gan was naturally unwilling to go with Xiahoudun all the way, but he was still a little curious about Xiahoudun's whereabouts after leaving Hebei and asked, "I wonder where General Xiahou is going to settle down?"

"Jiangdong Sun Ce is young, but he is quite heroic. I planned to vote for him, but I heard that Sun Ce seems to be dead. So, I can only go to Jingzhou to find Liu Biao. I heard that he has enough soldiers and food. , should be able to compete with Lu Bu." Xiahou Dun didn't mean to hide anything about the senior cadre's question, and said directly.

"So that's how I say goodbye to General Xiahou. I wish you a smooth journey." Hearing Xiahoudun's words, Gao Gan secretly felt lucky. The possibility of Lu Bu is very small. If Xiahou Dun knew that Gao Gan was going to join Lu Bu's army, he might kill Gao Gan with one blow.

"Where is Xiahoudun going?" Just as Gao Gan was about to bid farewell to Xiahoudun, suddenly a voice came from behind, and a big man chased after him at full speed.Gao Gan took a closer look, and found that the person who came was none other than Yuan Shao's confidant, Wen Chou.

"General Xiahoudun, my lord Yuan Shao treated you well, why did you leave without saying goodbye? Are you doing this right to Master Yuan Shao?" Wen Choufang pointed at Xiahoudun as soon as he approached, and cursed.

"Hmph, I went to Yuan Shao that day, just to see that he had enough soldiers and food to fight against Lu Bu. How could I have thought that he was so incompetent that he could not defeat Lu Bu, but he lost all his soldiers and horses, so that he was depressed. And finally. Now that Yuan Shao has passed away, what's wrong with me leaving Hebei? How can I be sorry for Yuan Shao?" Xia Houdun didn't care about Wen Chou's questioning, and said confidently.

"Although Master Yuan Shao has passed away, his sons are still there. Once you leave, is it considered loyalty?" Obviously, Wen Chou came to chase Xiahou Dun to make Xiahou Dun change his mind and go back with him to protect Yuan Shao's sons, so that they can Gain a firm foothold in Hebei.

"Hahaha, Wen Chou, are you confused? Just because they want to order me Xiahoudun is simply wishful thinking. Let them practice hard." What more to say, turned around and walked away with all the subordinates who bombed him, unwilling to say anything to Wen Chou.

"General Gao Gan, are you leaving too?" Seeing that he couldn't keep Xiahou Dun, Wen Chou turned around suddenly and asked Gao Gan.

"Where is General Wen Chou? How could I leave easily? I have to regroup and avenge Lord Yuan Shao." He planned, maybe he would kill the high-ranking officials on the spot.

"Hey, it's hard to get this kind of time, you can still think like this." Hearing Gao Gan's words, Wen Chou sighed and continued: "Xiahoudun is leaving, our army has lost another strong general, and the situation in the future will be even more unfavorable. I'm going to talk to the young masters." After speaking, Wen Chou turned his horse's head and left.At this time, the high officials finally breathed a sigh of relief and led the troops away.

On this day, there were crowds of people outside Luoyang City, because there was news that Emperor Xian would return to Luoyang from Chang'an today, and many residents of Luoyang City came outside Luoyang City early in the morning, with the purpose of seeing this legendary The true face of the emperor in it.

"Have you heard, the emperor is coming back today, this is a big day, maybe we can see His Majesty the emperor." Some people in the crowd whispered.

"What I heard is different from yours. I heard that the last time the emperor framed the prime minister was exposed. This time he was brought back from Chang'an by the court's troops. Compared with when he fled Luoyang back then, I'm afraid it's not much better. .”

"No way, didn't you say that the emperor is the biggest? Does the court really dare to do something to the emperor?"

"Who knows? Let's take a look and talk."

Lu Bu sat on the Luoyang city tower, listening to the bubbling and noisy voices around him, and nodded secretly. Although everyone did not fully agree with Lu Bu's current actions, one thing has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, that is, in the eyes of the people, the imperial court and the emperor They are completely different things, and this is the biggest benefit of Lu Bu's placing the emperor and the court in Chang'an and Luoyang respectively.Although the imperial court and the emperor are about to merge into one again, the emperor is no longer so important whether in the imperial court or in the eyes of the common people. The imperial power has been replaced by the majesty of the imperial court to a certain extent.

"Look, the emperor's frame is coming."

At this time, everyone's gazes were all looking west at the same time. On the official road to the west of Luoyang, a group of figures were constantly approaching. The bright yellow guard of honor and the palace maids and eunuchs standing on both sides had already explained the identity of this group of people. , and surrounded by them, a tall carriage surrounded by a bright yellow guard of honor was the emperor's car.However, this car is obviously different from the frame of the emperor traveling in the eyes of Luoyang people in the past. There are many wooden strips wrapped with bright yellow silk and satin around the frame, which makes people feel like A prison car, just a bright yellow prison car, would give people a weird feeling.

As the carriage approached, people began to kneel in twos and threes. This was not because of the reverence for the emperor in the hearts of the people, but because in times like this before, there would be forbidden soldiers who would come forward to make the people kneel and greet the emperor's carriage. Today, there was indeed no roar of the imperial army. The people who had just knelt down realized that the soldiers on both sides of the road who were in charge of maintaining law and order did not bow down to the emperor's chariot, but more common people were scrambling towards the chariot. Looking around, I didn't notice the difference between today and the past.

But to the disappointment of the common people, no matter how hard they tried, they could never see the true face of Emperor Xian, because Emperor Xian was always sitting in the frame of the carriage, and did not stick his head out to greet the common people.

"Long live, long live, long live." Suddenly, someone among the people realized the abnormal atmosphere, and then shouted loudly, bowed down, and then more people bowed down, compared to the curiosity about Xiandi's true face, This kind of awe from the heart slowly occupied everyone's hearts, so more people knelt down and bowed down.

(End of this chapter)