The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 170

I am surprised, is Brother Manchester City such a person?

I said angrily: "General Feng, did you torture him to extract a confession?" Feng Li almost cried, thinking that he was a gentleman, it would be fine if he didn't torture me to extract a confession, who would dare to provoke him later.

"No, torture was never used."

I thought to myself, Li Dian should be a prudent person, why is it so absurd, could it be that he missed Cao Cao's transition, and if he got mad, I'll go and have a look, don't waste a first-class star.

Feng Li immediately led Xu Shugao and I to the dungeon to meet Li Dian. As soon as we arrived at the door, we heard a piece of Qin opera and crackling sounds, and occasionally greeted my ancestors. Li Dian was indeed there. It's making a fuss!

When I got closer, I almost died of anger. The guards in the prison couldn't bear this kind of torture. They all plugged their ears and hid in the corner, with pain on their faces.I don't know who locked who up? !
Li Dian was king and hegemony in the prison, even worse than the jailer. After greeting my ancestors, he scolded Wen Chou, who was Xu Shu. Xu Shu gritted his teeth and wanted to go in and beat him.

Feng Li was amused in his heart, but he didn't dare to show the slightest bit.Pushing open the last wooden door, he took the lead and walked in.There is a lot of dead grass under the uneven feet, and it is soft to step on.There are many dry black spots on the sallow withered grass, one drop after another, which should be the blood left after the torture of the prisoner.

The sound of iron chains clicking, and the sound of wooden doors creaking and twisting followed. When we looked up, we saw a handsome guy with a black, gray and unkempt face and a whole body wrapped in iron chains, grinning and singing.Li Dian.

Li Dian and I know each other, we had already met during Li Yang's battle.Seeing me come in, I was stunned. "Oh, Yuan Xi, what are you doing here?"

"Whoever locked General Li up with an iron chain, quickly, quickly let go." I reprimanded Feng Li hypocritically.

Feng Liwei said: "No way, my lord, if you let him go, he will beat and bite people." I thought to myself, this general really doesn't believe that the dignified Li Dian will become a mad dog. "open--"

Feng Li straightened his back and ordered the jailer: "Didn't you hear the Lord, hurry up and let go." More than a dozen jailers shrank back one by one and did not dare to step forward, as frightened as a mouse seeing a cat.It seems that Li Dian really committed a lot of crimes living in this place these days!

"Give me the key." I reached out to Feng Li.Feng Li said in amazement: "My lord, you have to go in person and return it. You should go at the end."

Feng Li took out the key from his pocket and walked forward, I stopped him and said, "I will go in person, give it to me, give it to me." Feng Li had no choice but to put the key in my hand hesitantly.The jailer boldly opened the cell door, and I stepped in.

Like a crazy lion in a zoo, Li Dian grabbed two tree stumps with both hands, shook his disheveled head back and forth, and yelled outside: "Let me go, let me go."

I raised a bunch of jingling keys in my hand, and said with a smile, "Isn't this great general here to let you go?" When Li Dian saw me coming in, he laughed loudly, shaking and rattling like a vicious dog. More than a dozen iron chains opened their mouths and bit me.

My mother, it really bites!

Li Dian came so fiercely that I couldn't dodge it, and I was about to hit my shoulder blades with a bite. I didn't wear any armor on my body, and blood gushed out immediately.I kicked Li Dian on the lower abdomen, and said angrily: "Li Dian, you are also a general, why are you so disregarding your status." Li Dian dragged the iron chain and couldn't avoid this kick, and was kicked three feet away.Both Feng Li and Xu Shu Gao Lan rushed in, drawing their swords to kill Li Dian.

I waved them down and said angrily, "Li Dian, I will break the iron chain for you, how can you repay your kindness?" Li Dian sat on the ground and said angrily, "Take my city and kill my brother, and say you are kind to me. I bother."

I said: "Don't worry about these things, first open your chains." Li Dian scolded: "Don't be so hypocritical, you want to bribe me, it's not that easy, if you dare to open the chains, I will run away immediately, and I will never surrender."

I thought to myself: I will open it to you first, and then you will owe me a favor anyway.

Li Dian stretched out his hands, and turned over the keyhole of the black, arm-thick iron chain on his wrist.I used the key to open it, then the lap.A dozen iron chains were let go one by one.Li Dian immediately regained his freedom.

"Let's go." I said generously.

Li Dian was dumbfounded, his head was full of question marks and exclamation points! !
"Why let me go, you are not afraid that I will continue to be your enemy." I sneered and said, "I am afraid, of course I am afraid." Li Dian said: "Even if you let me go, I will not show mercy in the future."

I sneered and said, "I think you are a famous general of a generation, and you will be famous in history, so I won't kill you. You can go back to Cao Cao's side." Li Dian was stunned for a long time, and forced out a sentence; "You think I dare not leave, Let's go." Turn around and walk out.

He creaked open the wooden prison door, and suddenly he heard someone behind him say: "After you go back, if Prime Minister Cao asks you how you escaped, what would you say?"

Li Dian didn't turn his head back: "I just said that you let me go—this—" Li Dian's face changed.

I sneered and said, "Do you think anyone will believe it? Even if someone believes it, they will suspect that you are a spy and will release you everywhere. It's not like you don't know Prime Minister Cao's temper."

The wounded left leg that Li Dian stepped forward slowly retracted and stood where he was.

Xu Shu said: "General Li is a general of the Han Dynasty. He is His Majesty's general. He should serve the court. Why should he serve the national traitor with a useful body?"

Li Dian turned his head and said angrily: "Xu Shu, keep your mouth clean, who do you call a national traitor?" Xu Shu looked at him without showing any weakness, and sparks sparked in the air; Country thief."

Li Dian dragged his injured leg and came over to beat Xu Shu: "You fart, what proof do you have that I say Yuan Xi is a national traitor, are you willing? Yuan Xi and his father are also national traitors."

Li Dian went too far, I coughed and said, "General, we have evidence, do you want to see it?" In Li Dian's heart, he was not very interested in whether Cao Cao was a national traitor. Whoever is a teacher of justice will hang out with anyone who does not harm the common people, whoever is an emperor does not sleep with a woman, really!But he was interested in the so-called evidence.

"Show me."

Xu Shu wanted to go out, but I stopped him: "Stay away, so as not to cause trouble." There were no copies back then, and if the original was destroyed, it would be a disaster.

Xu Shu thought to himself, the lord is quite considerate.He unfolded the scroll and stood five steps away, holding it over his head for Li Dian to see.Fortunately, Li Dian was not short-sighted. If he had been short-sighted, he might have been killed by someone.

Li Dian raised his head, stared, and stretched his neck to read the edict once, feeling a little sour in his heart, the emperor was really as miserable as the edict said!He knew the emperor's characters, and his general's edict and fiefs had these characters, which were indeed the notes of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.He asked himself in his heart, did the prime minister really push the little emperor so hard?
Xu Shu said in one sentence: "General Li, Xu Shu only asks you one question, are you finally Cao Cao or loyal to the Emperor of Han?" Li Dian was speechless.Normally, he would definitely say that finally the emperor and being loyal to the prime minister are the same thing, but now he can't say it, the prime minister has become a traitor.

I took the opportunity to say: "Even Lu Buna and other villains chose to be loyal to the Han Dynasty in the end, and killed Dong Zhuo for the emperor and the Han Dynasty. General Li Dian, a famous general of the country, understands righteousness, why is he not as good as Lu Bu?"

Li Dian said, "You want me to surrender?"

I sighed and said: "Actually, the general should know that you have nowhere to go, except to surrender or die. You can choose for yourself. It's not that the general will not let you go back, but let you go. Cao Cao will also guard against it." You. What kind of future do you have for a defeated general in the Cao army? Zhang Liao has recently been promoted to become the left general. You are a partial general. You are too far behind. You have to obey Zhang Liao when you go back, he can think highly of you Well, I will definitely give you small shoes to wear, think about it."

Li Dian and Zhang Liao were famous rivals, they walked across each other without speaking.Hearing that Zhang Liao was promoted to General Zuo, he gritted his teeth angrily. Zhang Wenyuan is an idiot, and Lu Bu's remnants are worthy of promotion. General Zuo, I'm sorry.What if—hmph.

Li Dian's complexion changed drastically, his cheeks bulged, and his chest heaved, as if his ribs were about to be broken by the hostility.Xu Shu added fuel and jealousy: "My lord had a confrontation with Zhang Liao the day before yesterday, and Zhang Liao even uttered wild words, thank you, my lord, for getting rid of your thorn in his side! The general will work with such a villain, and sooner or later something will happen."

Gao Lan said: "My lord's heart is kind, and he treats loyal ministers and generals generously. If the general can surrender, he will definitely have a much higher official position than Zhang Liao."

I coughed and said, "If the general is willing to surrender, I will be the general of the hussars. If not, I can give you my great general." Li Dian thought to himself, the general of the hussars is not small.

Xu Shu took a deep breath and asked, "Will the general surrender?" Li Dian thought again, he could only surrender, better to go back and suffer Zhang Liao's eyes, and turned over and bowed down: "Li Dian is willing to serve under the command of the lord, in order to repay the lord not to kill him. kindness."

"Okay, please get up, general. From today onwards, you will be the general of hussars. I will assign an army of troops to command you."

Xu Shu coughed suddenly, thinking, don't, it wouldn't be too bad if it was a false surrender like Zhang Ying.

Of course Li Dian understood Xu Shu's meaning. According to the usual practice, surrendering a general must show some sincerity, at least lead troops to fight for a while, and it is best to bring the head of a former comrade-in-arms. Only in this way can he gain real trust.

Li Dian said in a deep voice: "To fight Cao Jun in the future, the general is willing to be the vanguard." That's what Xu Shu meant, and he said in front of me: "The general, please go to Guandu with the army."

Before the man entered the account, Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu came out in a hurry: "See my lord, I am so glad that the lord is safe and sound." I got off the horse and said with a smile: "General Zhang Wenhe has worked hard these days, thanks to the two of you." Thank you Yuan Xi for supporting the overall situation." Zhang Xiu lifted up the curtain of the commander's tent while speaking: "There is an urgent military situation, please make a decision, my lord, hurry up." I took Li Dian's hand and walked into the army's tent. Looking at the two cups of tea and a military map on the opposite table, it seems that they are discussing the military situation just now.

Jia Xu said, "We have already sent people to invite Wen Chou and General Zhang He to arrive soon."

Zhang Xiu said, "I've ordered you to prepare a little wine, and we'll talk while we eat."

Zhang He, Wen Chou, Zhou Cang, Zhu Ling and other generals arrived in Shaoqing, and the rest fought against the enemy according to their own strongholds.When the four of them saw me coming back, they couldn't help but sighed and sighed, and then they swore to fight Cao Gong for the world.

The banquet is ready, and all the generals will be seated.The chief is naturally Yuan Xi, the general, followed by Zhang Xiu and Li Dian. These two have special identities and cannot be ignored.The rest don't matter, they are all old comrades in arms.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, I have already understood from the mouths of the generals the hardships that everyone has experienced these days, and took a glass of wine and said: "This general, in the future, I will help the Han Dynasty to sweep the world and rule the world. I will not forget it." All good brothers, today’s meritorious service.”

Everyone was taken aback, especially Li Dian, the great general Yuan Xi, who had no airs at all, didn't like to pretend, was easy to talk to, and even called his subordinates brothers like brothers, it was really worthwhile for these people to assist him for a while.So I racked my brains in my mind, thinking about showing off as soon as possible.

Zhang Xiu suddenly said: "Just now our military agents have a secret report, please have a look at it, my lord." The soldiers came over, took the secret report from Zhang Xiu and handed it up.Zhang Xiudao: "Xuchang made a report. Mao Jie has already prepared 50 hu of military rations and ordered General Lu Zhao to come to Guandu. After counting, the time has come. This batch of military rations was obtained by Mao Jie's painstaking efforts. In a short period of time, Xuchang will not be able to supply such a large amount of military rations."

I read the secret report and said that in order to raise enough military rations for 70 troops for a year, Mao Jie worked hard, and the Xuchang government treasury was exhausted, and the land tax was raised to 70 to [-].Although Xuchang has had a bumper harvest this year, almost half of the grain has been confiscated, and there are many complaints from the people. The food consumed by [-] people every day is almost a small mountain, so the search is not enough, so Mao Jie had no choice but to reach out to the gentry, wealthy businessmen, and big households in Xuchang and Luoyang, and 'begged' them to donate some of their family's food.

Because these big gentry families responded somewhat coldly to Mao Jie's request, Mao Jie had no choice but to take some measures with great determination: Li Qiu, a rich businessman in Luoyang, transported salt and iron from Bashu to the inland for a long time, and his family was as rich as an enemy country.In the war-torn era, the strategy of big fish eating small fish was fully carried forward to beat dogs in the water, cling to warlords and use political power to infiltrate business and make a fortune.His house was built more luxuriously than the imperial palace, with more servants than the prime minister's mansion, and his servants were more tyrannical than Xiahou Dun's family generals, and his daily expenses at home were enormous, reaching five or six thousand taels.It was such a person that even Cao Cao gave him three points.When Mao Jie had the cheek to ask him to donate some silver taels to finance the military.He rolled his eyes, showed the posture of being rich and powerful, pulling your hair out and crushing you to death, and said arrogantly: "If you can't fight a war, don't fight. If you don't have money to fight any war, you can do it if you want money. Let Prime Minister Cao fight for me." Zhang Lu, or else don’t think about it.” I thought, anyway, Zhang Lu is my brother-in-law, and Liu Zhang’s general Meng Da is still my brother, I see what you dare to do to me.

(End of this chapter)