Chapter Five Hundred and Three Planning Expectations
"Zhao's character is not worthy of praise, but his strategy is as clever as that of Xun." [Anthology of the Three Kingdoms]
"Take him down. Before the rooster crows tomorrow, you first go to Yuan Shijun and persuade him to instruct Qu Yi. Look at the two generals and make preparations in advance." Dong Zhao felt his lips dry and picked up the lacquer bowl again slowly.
He drank slowly and said casually: "Lu Bu's thoughts are unpredictable, and my servant has no loyalty. I think something will happen tomorrow."
Hao Meng agreed and lifted Lou Yi up from the ground. Lou Yi pretended to be struggling at the right time, which was a show. Dong Zhao held the lacquer bowl and looked at Lou Yi sideways, with a sneer on his lips.
Early the next morning, before preparing to go to Yuan Tan's camp to discuss military affairs, Lu Bu first invited Dong Zhao over and said sincerely: "Sir, I have worked with me for several years and we are close to each other. I have always been very respectful to you, sir.
My husband has always treated me conscientiously, so I have an important matter to discuss with him."
Dong Zhao pretended not to know, but after listening attentively, he suddenly smiled and said: "Taishi Ziyi? He is an old friend of the general. What he said must be credible. I wonder if the general can borrow the letter and read it?"
Lu Bu's expression suddenly became a little strange, but he still took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Dong Zhao.
Dong Zhao glanced through it briefly and found that the letter was full of ink marks. There was a long ink mark at the end of almost every word, as if he had absorbed enough ink when transcribing this letter.
After finishing it, it was as if it was hastily stuffed into the bag without waiting for the writing to dry.
"The ink is too thick, the words are written densely, and they are all rubbed together. How can you tell what is written?" Dong Zhao was a little stunned. The letter was stained by the wet ink. Even if he read it carefully,
I can only vaguely see words like 'Chaoting' and 'Xinyi'.
However, such words are enough.
Dong Zhao looked helpless in front of Lu Bu, but in fact he became more and more sure of Cao Cao's plan. Taishi Ci must have seen the revised letter. But he didn't expect that the nights were wet these days, and the newly written letter would not be there.
Waiting for the ink to dry and stuffing it into the bag hastily will only make the handwriting mixed together and difficult to read. Taishi Ci cannot blame Cao Cao for the trick here, and Taishi Ci may not have known that there was such an accident afterward.
"Lu Fengxian!" Suddenly there was a burst of shouts of people outside the tent, and Qu Yi was seen breaking into the tent with about 20 soldiers, followed by Hao Meng.
"Qu Yi? What are you doing here?" Lu Bu was confused at first, and then when he saw Hao Meng getting up, he immediately became angry: "It's you, you mediocre dog!"
Hao Meng was afraid of Lu Bu's intimidation and subconsciously shrank back.
Qu Yi turned his head and glanced at Hao Meng, curled his lips disdainfully, and said, "Shijun Yuan convened a meeting of the generals to discuss military affairs, but he has not seen General Lu for a long time. He was afraid that something had happened, so he specially sent me to visit.
Unexpectedly." He glanced at Dong Zhao, who had quietly retreated to a safe area, and the letter in Dong Zhao's hand, and said softly: "General Lu is really planning something big."
He and Lu Bu fought many battles in Qingzhou, with both sides winning and losing. Qu Yi once drove Lu Bu from Beihai to Donglai, and then from Donglai to Langye. Lu Bu also ordered Hou Cheng and others to inflict heavy losses on Qu Yi.
Lu Bu lost Qingzhou because of him, and Qu Yi lost more than half of his troops because of him. The feud was already deep. Even though Lu Bu has now joined Yuan Tan, the relationship between him and Qu Yi is still incompatible.
At this time, Qu Yi did not wait for Lu Bu to make any moves or words, and directly ordered: "Arrest him!"
Lu Bu lifted the desk and was about to run away when suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and he shouted repeatedly: "You are deliberately framing me! I want to see Yuan Shijun to prove my innocence!"
He knew that running away or resisting would definitely confirm his betrayal, but if he refused to recognize it through that vague letter, Yuan Tan would not be able to spare him.
So with this calculation in mind, Lu Bu was escorted to the Chinese army's tent where Yuan Tan was. Along the way, Lu Bu saw that none of his subordinates showed any signs of panic. It can be imagined that not only Qu Yi was suppressing him, but also Hao Meng was among them.
It played a key role. Thinking that he had accomplished nothing over the years and was finally used and deceived by his subordinates, Lu Bu felt extremely regretful.
Yuan Tan was sitting grandly on the couch, holding the letter with mottled handwriting in his hand, and asked: "Lu Fengxian, since you wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, why did you submit to me in the first place? Now that you have changed your family several times, you are not afraid of the people in the world.
Is it a joke?"
On the side, Kong Shun, a disciple of Yuan Tan's command and a native of Lu, said with a strange smile: "In less than ten years, General Lu will be replaced by the fifth master. It is really congratulatory."
Lu Bu was so angry that his face turned blue and white, and he forced a smile and said: "I have misunderstood! Tai Shici is an old friend I met in Qingzhou in the end. Recently, he has led his troops to the front of the army. Taking care of the past friendship, he wrote to me. Quan
I wanted to use this to recall the past. I wanted to use this to spy on Cao Cao's military situation and use it to help you fight. Unexpectedly, before I finished speaking, someone misunderstood the general's meaning and instigated Qu Yi to take me here. The inside story is also
I hope you will learn from this!"
Qu Yi snorted softly and turned a deaf ear to Lu Bu's blow.
"Is that so?" Yuan Tan raised his eyebrows: "If this letter is not stained by ink, I can trust it to a certain extent, but" he shook the letter: "How can I trust this?"
Lu Bu quickly said: "That was caused by the general accidentally splashing ink this morning. I hope you will..."
"Hmph!" Yuan Tan slapped the letter on the table and sneered: "To this day, you are still making excuses. Do you really think I will believe you?"
"Please be patient," Dong Zhao suddenly said.
Yuan Tan glanced at Dong Zhao vaguely and said gloomily: "What can Gongren say?"
Dong Zhao didn't seem to notice the suspicion in Yuan Tan's eyes, but he still said to himself: "It is unwise for our army to kill the general before the powerful enemy is defeated. It will easily disturb the morale of the army. Since Lu Bu has asserted that he has not conspired with Cao Cao, why don't you give him some advice?"
A chance for him to redeem himself?"
"Oh, does he still have a chance to redeem himself?" Kong Shun sneered.
Kong Shun is the closest person to Yuan Tan, and he has no other merits except flattery. Dong Zhao was polite to him in the past, but now he completely ignored him, which made him angry.
"Tell me first how to redeem yourself?" Yuan Tan's light words seemed to give Lu Busheng hope. Not only Lu Bu, but also Qu Yi and Hao Meng couldn't help but look at Dong Zhao curiously.
"First let him kill Lou Yi, the messenger sent by Cao Cao, with his own hands, throw Lou Yi's head in front of Cao Cao's gate, and state the details. Then Hao Meng will lead the troops and threaten him to go into battle to attack Cao Cao's camp. If he can kill one or two
General, Cao Cao will not tolerate him, and our army can also trust him." Dong Zhao said slowly, he is Lu Bu's subordinate, and Lu Bu has a rebellious heart. Even if he is not implicated, he should not speak for Lu Bu, but at this time he is
I don't worry at all that what I say will cause trouble for me, or that I won't get approval.
Because he knew that in addition to villains like Kong Shun and Hua Yan, Yuan Tan also had a smart man who could see the situation clearly and see Dong Zhao's inner plan.
Sure enough, just when Yuan Tan was still hesitating, his trusted subordinate Xin Pi from Yingchuan suddenly said: "This is exactly what Mr. Dong said. I second my opinion."