Chapter 474
Liu Hong died, but Liu Hong did not do anything against Li Linfei before his death, but personally decreed that Princess Wannian was given in marriage to Li Linfei, and at the same time, Li Linfei's official position was raised a notch, Yangzhou Shepherd, General Zhannan, and Marquis of Shangyin County, which was still quite high, which was the last benefit of Liu Hong's cheap old husband.
Then He Jin, the butcher, just tried to pull together forces against Li Linfei as well as the Ten Permanent Servants, and was clicked by the Ten Permanent Servants, which was: saved Li Linfei a lot of time, and the Ten Permanent Servants were worthy of being good teammates in China!
Shortly afterwards, the Ten Permanent Servants were clicked by Li Linfei's good friend Yuan Shao Cao Cao and others, followed by the arrival of the Great Demon King Dong Zhuo in the capital and the deposition of the Young Emperor.
And Cao Cao's assassination of Dong was fast approaching, and finally it was soon said that Cao Cao's messenger had arrived.
And as Meng Dejun's good friend, Li Linfei personally received the messenger, not expecting that the visitor would be Cao Ren, Meng Dejun's right-hand man.
Although it was the first time the two had met, Cao Ren was still not unkind to Li Linfei, so I guess Cao Cao had talked to him about their relationship before he came.
During the time when Li Linfei was the pastor of Yangzhou, he did not forget to make good relations with his former gang of good friends. Whether it was Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, he would often send something over and there was a lot of correspondence.
Cao Cao, in particular, even wrote a few poems for him to bring over from time to time for Li Linfei to comment on, and if one didn't know better, one would think there was something fishy between the two of them!
"You are Zi Xiao, right? I have heard brother Mengde mention you many times, I never thought he would send you over here."
Cao Ren took the lead and gave a salute to Li Linfei, who similarly returned the -salute, I have to say that Li Linfei was still tired of these ancient Chinese rituals, they were just too troublesome.
"This is from my eldest brother, who entrusted Ren with sending this to the State Chancellor." Cao Ren respectfully handed Li Linfei the orthodox edict that Cao Cao had imitated, along with a letter from Cao Cao.
Li Linfei took the imperial edict and read it in general, and had to exclaim that it was worthy of the great and powerful Meng Dejun, who had written even an imperial edict with such literary grace.
But he seems to have forgotten that Liu Xie was still a child, how could he have written such a magnificent imperial edict, Dong Zhuo was not a fool, nor were the vassals, but he could still fool the people.
The vassals knew all about this, but Cao Cao's pretentious edict gave them an excuse.
Li Linfei then opened the letter given to him by Meng Dejun. There was certainly nothing unseemly here, and if there was really a base affair, he would not have let Cao Ren bring it.
The content of the letter was very simple, Cao Cao gave Li Linfei a talk about the great justice of the world, and a bunch of bad words about Fatty Dong, while saying that the two men had been benefited by the emperor in their lives and needed to repay the late emperor's kindness and so on, and pleaded with Li Linfei to send troops.
The content of the letter is still very simple, but the emotion in it is very strong.
Now Cao Cao was a young man with aspirations for the Han dynasty, and as for taking the wrong path afterwards. On the crooked path was the result of disappointment with the Han dynasty and the amplification of power ambitions.
"Zi Xiao, I have understood brother Meng De's meaning, I will now immediately dispatch my men to rush to the battlefield to help." Li Linfei said to Cao Ren after reading the letter.
Cao Ren was not surprised by Li Linfei's action. When Cao Cao dispatched him, he had said that Li Linfei would definitely take part in the battle, and in Cao Cao's eyes, Li Linfei was a loyal servant of the Great Han like himself.
After calling his subordinates to arrange for Cao Ren to rest, Li Linfei called his inner circle over. Nowadays, both Liu Wow He Qi and Cheng Yu had recognized Li Linfei as their lord, and some knowledgeable people could already see that the world was about to be in chaos, and Li Linfei was a potential stock, and under his governance, Yangzhou's overall strength was among the top among all the powers.
"Take a look, you guys!" Li Linfei did not show them Meng Dejun's private letter, and what he brought out was merely Meng Dejun's pretentious edict.
The chief dog-headed military commander under Li Linfei, Xi Zhicai, took the copy of the edict in Li Linfei's hand and looked at it together with Guo Jia Cheng Yu and the others.
"My lord, I think we should send out troops." After Xi Zhicai and the great sages looked at each other after reading the edict, Xi Zhicai stepped forward and said.
"Of course we should send out an army, but how many troops to bring and those who will go together, this is all for you to consider." Li Linfei said.
Dong Zhuo's Xilang army was not a vegetarian, Lu Bu among men, Li Ru, a poisonous scholar, and Jia Da.
"My subordinate thinks 20,000 soldiers plus 5,000 cavalry will be enough." Xi Zhicai was silent for a while and said the number he had in mind.
Li Linfei was slightly disappointed to hear this, now with more troops is not a good thing, now the whole Yangzhou get a hundred thousand soldiers and horses out of the pressure at all, but this affects the reputation, ah, and he did not want to go to be a bird of prey, 20,000 soldiers and horses, than they expected to be more.
"My subordinate thinks 10,000 troops and 5,000 cavalry would be fine." Guo Jia had been watching Li Linfei's expression and knew that his lord was dissatisfied with the proposal of the play: zhi cai, and immediately spoke up.
In the end, we discussed 5,000 infantry plus 5,000 cavalry to make up 10,000 soldiers and horses, and if the others ask, we will say that the Shan Yue people have recently rebelled again."
Li Linfei's 10,000 soldiers were still very powerful, after all, there were 5,000 cavalry among them, which were definitely more useful than 30,000 infantry on the plain battlefield, and his infantry were also stronger than the others' infantry, who had three meals a day in the barracks and could eat meat every week, so their physical quality alone was much stronger than other soldiers, and if they were to fight in single combat, they would definitely crush each other.
Chapter 475
The next day, Li Linfei took Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, who had been recruited not long before, and his old general He Qi, bodyguard Dian Wei, and military advisor Guo Jia, and led 10,000 men to Sour Jujube.
The alliance was to take place in Sour Date County, which was part of Chenliu County, a distant reference to Luoyang.
When the Yangzhou army arrived in Sour Date County, it had already been a month, and after a month's journey, Li Linfei's army did not show any sign of fatigue, which is the difference between an elite army and a rubbish army, and between eating two meals a day and three meals a day, and between eating meat and not eating meat.
Li Linfei was still dressed in a long shirt, his sword hanging from his waist, riding on a white dragon horse, while the curved moon spear was carried by his chief bodyguard, Dian Wei.
At the front of the army, a huge black banner stood in the wind, embroidered with the word Li. During the Yellow Turban uprising, Li Linfei and his Huijie army had already made a name for themselves, and I believe that from a distance, seeing the banner and the neatly organized army, one could tell that this was Li Linfei's army that had defeated the Yellow Turban.
According to the news from the scouts, the various lords had almost arrived, but were waiting for Li Linfei's arrival.
After all, he is now a big shot, a boss in terms of official position, title and status among the scholarly clan, and it is said that before the death of the late emperor, he had promised Princess Wannian to Li Linfei, so his status is even more noble.
The first time he arrived at this sour date, Li Linfei on his horse raised his eyebrows, looking around, a tent camp winding long, large scale, magnificent, he did not rely on the system can also estimate that there are at least 300,000 soldiers and horses here.
As soon as the Yangzhou army arrived, a small group of cavalrymen greeted them, and a voice came from afar: "Is it my Xiandi Lin Fei ahead?"
Li Linfei smiled faintly, he had long seen Cao Cao's arrival from his system and said aloud, "Brother Mengde, Yun is here."
Cao Cao knew that his arrival was almost a no-brainer, after all, the allied army must have scouts, and although Li Linfei had only brought 10,000 men with him, and was still walking down the main road, it was almost impossible to conceal his arrival from the eyes of the scouts.
In a few moments, dozens of cavalrymen rushed over, for none other than Meng Dejun, whom they had not seen for several years: "Xiandi, you are finally here, you have made brother wait so hard."
The two had a good relationship before, and Cao Cao did not call Li Linfei by his official name; Li Linfei's official position was much larger than Cao Cao's, and addressing him by his official position affected his feelings.
"The army of Yangzhou was used to suppress the Shan Yue people, but Dong Zhuo was brutal and unscrupulous, so Yun was deeply concerned about the righteousness of brother Meng De, and finally could only put together this 10,000 elite troops to come to his aid.
Li Linfei pretended to squeeze a few tears out of his eyes, no way, life in the world is all about acting, to participate in the vassal alliance is to save prestige. The first time he came to the meeting was to save his reputation.
Cao Cao nodded his head, he was wondering why Li Linfei was so slow in coming. He had some knowledge of the Shan Yue people, who had been rebelling from time to time since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and now that the central government of the Han Dynasty was weak, it was normal for them to rebel.
The 10,000 men Li Linfei had brought with him were elite, although a little less, but he thought they must have been assembled by Li Linfei with great difficulty, so it was understandable that Li Linfei had come late.
If he had known that the Yamakoshi problem had been solved by Li Linfei long ago and that he had become more docile than a kitten, he would have vomited blood. ,
"Where is Brother Ben Chu?" Li Linfei asked.
"He's waiting for you in the middle-army tent." Cao Cao said.
Earlier he had invited Yuan Shao - up to come out to greet Li Linfei, but Yuan Shao had refused, he also knew the way, Yuan Shao already had his eyes on the alliance position, but Li Linfei's prestige position had threatened him, not to mention that Li Linfei also had great military achievements, the small boat of friendship could turn over at the drop of a hat.
At that moment, Li Linfei ordered his army to set up camp, while he took his fighter Deng Wei and his expert Guo Jia with him, and followed Cao Cao to the middle camp.
"Long time no see, brother Ben Chu." As soon as he entered the tent, Li Linfei bowed to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao's official rank was much lower than Li Linfei's, and under Li Linfei's operation, the Yangzhou Li family has now re-established itself at the top of the family, in terms of land and money and grain is not much less than the Yuan family, what is missing is just the bottom, after all, the Li family was once copied, Li Linfei took the initiative to salute him, making him some self-condemnation and, guilt hurriedly salute, it seems that he is a bit too villainous, Linfei Xiandi is not as before this ah!
"Yun will definitely fight for my brother for the position of alliance leader of this alliance." Li Linfei whispered in Yuan Shao's ear as he returned the salute to himself.
At these words, Yuan Shao's body shook and his eyes looked at Li Linfei in a complicated manner before the corners of his mouth smiled faintly.
This made Li Linfei sneer, Yuan Shao is really notorious for his soft ears, I say one thing and you believe it, how quick to change your face, no wonder you will be defeated by Cao Cao later!
Chapter 476
The vassal allies met, sacrificed to the heavens, read an imperial edict, and then Yuan Shao, the allied lord, said some words of great righteousness, cursing Dong Zhuo and clouds.
The vassal lord Yuan Shao, the vice-lord Li Linfei, the warlord Cao Cao and the chief logistician Yuan Shu Yuan Lao Er.
The original history was eighteen towns of vassals, but now with the addition of Li Linfei it has become nineteen towns.
The first town was Yuan Shu, the second town was Han Fu, the second town was Han Fu, the second town was Han Fu, the third town was Kong Dian, the fourth town was Liu Dai, the fourth town was Liu Dai, the fifth town was Wang Kuang, the fifth town was Wang Kuang, the sixth town was Zhang Miao, the sixth town was Zhang Miao, the sixth town was Qiao Mao, the sixth town was Qiao Mao, the eighth town was Yuan Wu, the eighth town was Yuan Wu, the eighth town was Yuan Wu, the eighth town was Yuan Mao, the eighth town was Yuan Wu, the eighth town was Yuan Wu, the eighth town was Yuan Wu, the eighth town was Yuan Wu.
The ninth town, Bao Xin, Minister of Jibei, the tenth town, Kong Rong, Consul General of Beihai, the eleventh town, Zhang, Consul General of Guangling, the twelfth town, Tao Qian, Assassin of Xuzhou, the thirteenth town, Ma Teng, Consul General of Xilang.
In the fourteenth town, Gongsun Zan, the Shogun of Beiping, the fifteenth town, Zhang Yang, the Shogun of Shangdang, the sixteenth town, Sun Jian, the Shogun of Changsha, the Shogun of Wucheng, the seventeenth town, Yuan Shao, the Shogun of Bohai, the Shogun of Qi Xiang, and Li Lin Fei, the Shanyin County, the Shogun of Yangzhou, in the eighteenth town.
As for Liu Bei, he was only a soy sauce player under Gongsun. He had offended many of the family members during the Yellow Turban Uprising, and it was good enough that he was not expelled.
Almost all the vassals had put up at least 20,000 troops, some of them even 50,000, adding up to 400,000 troops.
Just as Yuan Shao was about to raise his arms and take a group of minions to beat up another big brother, Fatty Dong, he heard the drums beating loudly outside the city and a soldier ran in and reported: "Hua Xiong of Xiliang is leading 5,000 iron horsemen to challenge at the pass.
Alas, how can this be, we are an allied army, and allied armies naturally have many fierce generals, and first of all, Yuan Lao Er tuned out and said proudly, "I have Admiral Yu Shou, who has the courage of ten thousand men, and can cut down Hua Xiong."
Yuan Shao was delighted to hear this, although his brother was not particularly reliable, he believed that Yuan Shu's men were more reliable, after all, the Yuan family had a lot of resources in him, and the generals he could send out should be good, so he sent Yu Shibu to fight with Hua Xiong.
When Yu Shibu went out to fight, Li Linfei knew without thinking that Yu Shibu was dead.
Sure enough, a soldier soon came in and said in a trembling voice, "Yu Shibu was killed by Hua Xiong after he failed to fight him in three rounds."
All the lords were shocked and looked at Yuan Shu with strange eyes, and Yuan Shu also looked at them with a red face, which was a big loss of face.
At this time, Han Fu, the youngest brother of the Yuan family, came out and said, "I have a general, Pan Feng, who can kill Hua Xiong."
Yuan Shao nodded at his words, he knew Han Fu, he was a son of the old Yuan family, Yuan Shu had already lost face before, Han Fu should want to fight for the old Yuan family to save face, he would not send a hot chicken out.
When Li Linfei saw that it was another one looking for death, Pan Feng went out again. The lords were stunned when they heard the news, but was Hua Xiong really that good?
At that moment, Yuan Shao could only say with a stern face: "It's a pity that my general Yan Liang and Wen Chou have not arrived yet! With one of them here, there is no need to fear Hua Xiong!"
Upon hearing this, Li Linfei gave a disdainful smile.
After proving that Hua Xiong had the strength, the powerful and capable military generals among the vassals also started to jump at the chance, others couldn't, but they could!
Taking a kill is still a great feat! And it was a kill after a defeat. Sun Jian Guan Yu came out to ask for battle.
When Li Linfei saw that Guan Yu wanted to fight, he immediately turned his head towards Sun Jian and asked, "Does Wentai have confidence?" In his eyes, all other strengths were able to be let grow, but Liu Bei's forces were a no-go, and there was no way around it was to see the big-eared thief uncomfortable.
Who knew if he would one day woo and cheat his way into his territory.
Sun Jian was just about to ask for war when he heard the vice allies asking for him, his heart was overjoyed. Of course he has, he is a Jiangdong tiger, a mere Hua Xiong is not even in his eyes.
As for the previous general Yu Shibu, Admiral Pan Feng, they were all blown out of proportion, and were nothing in his eyes.
The two men who gave away their heads were blown out of the water, but Sun Jian and Sun Wentai were real killers and had real strength.
After Sun Jian received his orders, he directly led his own minions to kill. The strength of the two men was similar, to be honest, it was Sun Jian Sun Jian's strength was still above Hua Xiong's, but the lead was not much, it could almost be said to be between the two.
The various vassals had been waiting anxiously in the city, but there was a delay in the battle report, which gave Yuan Shao and the others some slight peace of mind. If the bad news came in less than a few minutes like before, the team simply could not be led.
After all, this is Sun Jian, the famous Jiangdong tiger, and the other side is only the number four general under Dong Zhuo, he alone is so fierce, what about the first and second?
He might as well go home and go to bed, now that Sun Jian has been out there fighting for so long, even if he can't beat him he can more or less salvage a little bit of morale, and if he wins that's even better.
Sun Jian went one better, sold out and then cut down Hua Xiong.
Yuan Shao felt that having cut down Hua Xiong, he should take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, so he said to the crowd, "Now that Hua Xiong has been defeated, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, I wonder which general is willing to lead his troops as the vanguard and go straight to Bixi Pass to challenge them, while the rest will take advantage of the danger to meet them."
Cao Cao opened his mouth at the side, but did not say anything, brother Ben Chu is a bit inflated, just cut Hua Xiong and scattered his men, and you want to take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack and defeat Bixi Pass.
Sun Jian took the victory, his mind is somewhat good, so he took the initiative to ask for battle: "Jian would like to be the front. "