Chapter 190: Driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf
"Gong Jin, you just fell into disgrace.
After walking out of the Nancheng Guardhouse, Sun Ce frowned and couldn't help but mention Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu knew that his words and deeds had offended Yuan Tan, so he leaned forward and responded: "I was provoked by Wei Zhongdao, and some of my blood was indeed welling up."
Sun Ce turned back to look at Yuan's group not far away, and said in a deep voice: "I think we are being used by him.'
Zhou Yu also looked over, nodded and said: "Yes, now think about it, Wei Zhongdao clearly regarded me as a spearman. Maybe Yuan wanted something from him and he couldn't refuse. It just happened that I bumped into him. This matter
My son blames me."
After a pause, he looked at Sun Ce and said worriedly: "Bo Fu, Wei Zhongdao is not a simple person." "Yeah.
Sun Ce nodded slightly, got on his horse, and said: "Wait a minute, wait until my father goes north to discuss it. Today you and I have underestimated the Wei family. Not only the Yuan family, but Dong Zhuo also sent Lu Bu here, and I must be keeping an eye on him."
Wei's big branch."
Zhou Yu's expression changed, he glanced at Cao Cao and Liu Bei who were walking out behind him, and said softly: "It's more than that.'
Sun Ce went back to take a look.
Cao Cao's originally gloomy face suddenly burst into laughter, and he invited loudly: "Bo Fu, this Qinghe Daqu brewed by the Wei family is really unsatisfactory. I heard that there are wine shops in the city selling this wine. How about you, are you willing to come with us and get a few more glasses?"
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Although Sun Ce wanted to refuse, he changed his mind and said with a smile: "That's what Ce had in mind, haha."
Cao Cao also laughed and got on his horse. The two of them were talking and laughing, just like close friends who have forgotten their years.
Behind him, Zhou Yu looked at Liu Bei who looked embarrassed, cupped his hands, and got on his horse. When Liu Bei saw this, he didn't move.
Because Guan Yu hasn't come out yet.
Inside the guardhouse.
Wei Cheng smiled and looked up at the two tall men in front of him.
Lu Bu and Guan Yu looked at each other and made a fist-clasping gesture at the same time.
Wei Cheng walked out of the guardhouse first and saw Liu Bei waiting at the door for a long time.
"Sir." Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
Wei Cheng said "hmm" and looked up at the flowing clouds in the sky, but was too lazy to pay attention to Liu Bei. Liu Bei held his hands in anger and didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Xu Ding led the two people out.
Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu's clothes were a little messy, and the same was true for Lu Bu. His collar was torn, and his leather armor was also a little messy.
"Second brother.'
Before Liu Bei could speak, Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "Brother, don't panic, it's just a simple discussion."
Lu Bu glanced at Liu Bei, walked up to Wei Cheng, clasped his fists and said, "In this case, Lu will stop nagging. Please leave first.'
Wei Cheng smiled and nodded, and told Xu Ding: "Take Lu Fei and his party to the inn to rest. All expenses will be charged to my account. Don't neglect our distinguished guests."
Wei Zheng bowed his hands in a salute, then greeted Dong Zhuo and said, "General, please come this way."
Dong Zhuo once again cupped his fists and saluted Heijia, then raised his eyes to look at Zhou Yu. The two men's eyes immediately separated in the air, and some fighting spirit had not faded away.
Wait until Dong Zhuo leaves.
Heijia looked at Meng Ming and Meng Ming and said, "I won't be polite to you. Coach Zhang has a house in the south of the city. You three brothers haven't seen each other for several months. I think you have a lot to say. After you talk about old times,
If anything happens, let's discuss it later.
Lu Bu cupped his hands and said, "Yes.
Zhou Yu clasped his fists and bowed, and responded gratefully: "Thank you very much, Master, for giving me the magic weapon. Guan will definitely keep your promise.'
Meng Ming smiled with satisfaction, got on the carriage, and walked away with Xu Chu without saying a word to Meng Ming the whole time.
Lu Bu and Meng Ming kept cupping their hands and clasping their fists until the black-armored carriage drove dozens of steps away before they stood up and let out a long breath.
Lu Bu asked hurriedly: "Second brother, how come you, Mr. Wei, have left you and Dong Zhuo alone?'
Meng Ming was still a little excited at this time. Hearing Lu Bu's question, he said excitedly: Master has agreed to help me build a magic weapon that I can use. The materials used are the same as those of Earthshaker's heavy weapons, hahaha.
"Seriously?" Lu Bu also looked happy.
After coming back to his senses, he frowned and said, "What about Meng Ming?"
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Dong Zhuo also came to ask for the magic weapon. The young master asked him to spar with me, and then he also agreed, but...
"but?"
"However, the young master has put forward a condition. Lu Feng needs to agree first before the young master is willing to spend precious meteorite iron to build a magic weapon for him... Brother, let's go to the third brother first. I have a question that I can't think of."
I’m afraid I won’t know the answer until I meet my third brother.”
A newly opened tavern in the inner city.
Sun Ce and Wei Yi sat opposite each other, with Mr. Yuan accompanying them.
After drinking three glasses.
Meng Ming said: "Bo Fu, what do you think of your proposal to go to Wei Zhongdao?"
Wei Hao clearly paused when he picked up the wine glass. Yuan behind him frowned slightly and looked at Sun Ce across from him warily.
After a while, Wei Huang said with a smile: "We have to wait until my father goes north to discuss everything. Why, Uncle Shi wants to go north?"
Meng Ming shook his head calmly, took a sip of wine, and laughed at himself: "The Northern Expedition is of great significance and requires tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Do you think Cao will be lucky enough to participate in it?'
Wei Min sneered in his heart, but said flatteringly on his face: "Hey, Uncle Shi's words are wrong. Uncle Shi can recruit 20,000 strong soldiers in just three months, and he has the emperor's edict in hand. If so, he still can't participate.
Among them, wouldn’t it be that I, Mr. Sun, can’t even drink the soup?'
Seeing Sun Ce's expression of resentment, Meng Ming said angrily: "Why, is it possible that Uncle Shi is not interested in Liu Bei's Tian Feng?'
Meng Ming's expression changed. Of course he wanted Tian Feng. If he could form 20,000 city guards like Liu Bei, then.
Looking up at Wei Min, Meng Ming was suddenly startled. Good guy, I almost fell into the trap of this junior. This Wei Hao actually dared to test me.
Seeing Meng Ming's unkind expression, he knew that he could not deceive the other party with his little tricks, so he simply said bluntly, "Yuan Shao agreed to the Northern Expedition. Killing one Xiongnu tribe can exchange for a thousand sets of Tianfeng. To be honest, it's very exciting."
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Sun Ce was stunned.
Meng Ming took the jug, added a glass to Sun Ce, poured another glass for himself, and said with a smile: "How about it, Uncle Shi, do you want to join forces with me? Let's go for a walk on the grassland while Meng Ming hasn't made any move yet.
Otherwise, when Yuan Shao alarms the Huns, it will be difficult for us to use our methods. Then we may face the Huns’ cavalry.”
Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the back, frowned. He didn't understand why Wei Hao wanted to cooperate with Sun Ce. In his opinion, Sun Ce was too deep-minded and not a good friend.
Sun Ce, on the other hand, raised his eyes and looked at Meng Ming. After hesitating for a moment, he laughed and raised his wine glass. When Wei Hao saw this, he also laughed and raised his wine glass as well.
The two toasted and drank together, and finally reached an agreement on cooperation.
It's not that they didn't know that Meng Ming wanted to drive away tigers and devour wolves, but the temptation of Liu Bei and Tian Feng was too great. If they could get Wei's black armor, they would definitely be able to create an iron-blooded team comparable to the city guards. Only then would they be able to
He has the strength to be on par with Liu Bei.
As for why it is easy to cooperate with the other party.
In fact, both of them knew that with their current strength, there was still a big gap between them and Meng Ming and Yuan Shao. Together they would benefit from both. Only by taking advantage of Guan Yu and Meng Ming's failure to react could they strike first.
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Wei Mansion.
A small red clay stove and a copper pot to cook mutton.
Since the trip to the Taihang Mountains came back, the price of beef and mutton in the market in Anyi has finally returned to normal. Not only can wealthy people eat mutton, but special people can also eat it once a month to satisfy their cravings with a little saving.
As for Liu Bei, it was even more difficult to eat meat.
After Hei Jia came back, he asked Aunt Niu to prepare a table with good wine and food, and even built a side stove, which was perfect for hot pot in winter.
Wei Cheng, Xu Chu, and the Wei family were accompanying each other. Hei Jia also asked his second uncle Xu Ding to come over and eat together. After three rounds of wine, the dishes were full of five flavors.
Xu Ding got down to business.
"Zheng'er, do you really want to use Tian Feng to hire them to conquer the Huns in the north?" He said and took a bite of cold vegetables to relieve his tiredness.
Heijia was more polite, picked up a cucumber strip, dipped it in some soybean paste, nodded and said: "The best way to divert conflicts is to create conflicts. The world cannot be in chaos yet. These people have nothing to do. Let them go."
It’s good to let off steam in the grassland.”
Xu Ding didn't quite understand.
Meng Ming, on the other hand, ate a mouthful of mutton, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "The second master is worried that the black armor the young master gave them is simplified. I know you are worried, but the young master has already done this.
There is a complete plan, and the second master will take care of it.'
Wei Cheng also intervened and said: "Young master's plan is called to drive away tigers and swallow wolves. Now Guan Yu in the capital controls the government, and there are more than a dozen princes outside who listen to the announcement but refuse to listen. What are these people thinking? Big guy.
The children are innocent. If they really let them fight, wouldn't it mean that the people would be in dire straits?'
"Yes, we can't fight. Good times have just begun." Xu Chu echoed Wei Cheng's remarks while eating meat.
Xu Ding couldn't help but nodded.
He looked at Heijia, frowned and said: "Then Yuan Shao really took over Jizhou and became the lord?"
Heijia ate the hot pot slowly and nodded and said: "Yes, according to the latest information, Cao Cao has already won over officials from all counties in Jizhou. With Yuan Shao supporting him behind the scenes, Han Fu was quickly eliminated.'
Xu Ding frowned slightly.
Wei said: "In fact, it is not just Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Gongsun Du of Liaodong, Kong Rong of Beihai, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Zhang of Shuzhong. Now, relying on the dissatisfaction with Guan Yu, the princes from all over the world are separatist and rule the roost. Even outsiders It seems that the same is true for Hedong County."
Wei looked at Meng Ming and saw Hei Jia eating hot pot with a smile, and said boldly, "In the eyes of outsiders, how is Liu Bei's self-respect for his troops and his occupation of Hedong County different from others? What's more, he even thought that he was led by the young master. What a good start.'
"Well:
.Hahahaha." Heijia heard the words and laughed out loud.
Everyone looked at him in confusion. Even the Wei family thought that he had made a mistake and hurriedly wanted to apologize. Seeing this, Heijia grabbed him and said: "Yuan Hao, there is no need to be like this. You are right, I did lead him." A good start.'
As he said that, Hei Jia looked at everyone with a bit of fun, put down the chopsticks in his hands, and said, "Why, are you scared?'
Heijia really took the blame. Even if he hadn't appeared, the feudal lords would have been divided. But now it's better, because of his intrusion, he became the leader.
Look, Liu Bei already cut off Hedong County, so how am I worse than him? Let’s cut a piece of land and live a small life.
Even Wei, a member of the family, thinks so, let alone outsiders.
Seeing Liu Bei's large-scale construction in Hedong County, whether any court officials dare to take up posts, Liu Bei is no different from the Tu emperor in Hedong County. Others who think that their strength is not inferior to Meng Ming are naturally excited.
Therefore, Cao Cao went to Bohai to take up a post and directly took the opportunity to occupy Jizhou. It seems that he was really inspired by Wei Cheng.
Now Cao Cao 'imitates' Meng Ming, but what about the others?
Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Sun Jian...which one is not ready to make a move?
To say that Heijia has taken a good lead is really not slandering him.
"These are all arrogant tigers."
Heijia raised the wine glass, looked at the wine in the glass, and said: "I don't care if they learn from me or not. What I care about now is that this big man's country cannot be in chaos. We, Hedong County, are still in the development stage, so, We have to find something for them to do."
"Aren't they coveting my Liu Bei's magic weapon? I can give it to them. I don't care about the earthly evil weapon because I have a better Tiangang magic weapon. In this case, why not use the trick and let them go to the grassland to fight the autumn wind? .”
Hei Jia said and drank the Moutai in the cup.
Everyone also drank together.
Heijia then said: "Let them focus on the grassland first. By the time they come to their senses, I, Liu Bei, have already built Hedong into an iron wall. It doesn't matter if they are beaten alive or dead, as long as they don't offend me, Hedong." I'll just turn a blind eye.'
Meng Ming was actually very helpless, because with his arrival, the progress of history has obviously accelerated. If this trend continues, an alliance to fight against Dong will be established soon. When the army is at the forefront, the people will surely be the first to suffer.
If you want to save the lives of more Han people, Heijia must get involved.
But he is not willing to be a participant in this game. He wants to be the rule maker of this game.
As long as his plan in Hedong is implemented steadily, two years at most will be enough.
Two years later, Heijia dared to confront the various princes forcefully and taught them how to behave without any bloodshed. But now.
Heijia really has no way to prevent their rise, so they might as well offer some benefits and shift their attention to the Huns. It doesn't matter how many outsiders dare not die, as long as the Han people don't die.
As for just a few thousand pieces of stab-proof clothing, Meng Ming could still afford it.
Moreover, people from all walks of life cannot agree to Meng Ming's conspiracy.
Just like the conflict at the guard station in the afternoon, no matter whether it was Yuan Shao, Sun, Dong Zhuo, Meng Ming, Lu Bu or others, they would not sit back and watch the other party obtain stab-proof uniforms, thereby cultivating an invincible and powerful army.
Liu Bei's city guard's record was vivid in his mind, and Heijia had no doubt that they would miss such a good opportunity, and instead watched helplessly as others got stab-proof uniforms to overwhelm themselves.
Therefore, as expected, after the Yuan family, more people will join the Northern Expedition game organized by themselves.
This is equivalent to Heijia issuing a dungeon mission to all the forces in the Han Dynasty, and the punishment is Meng Ming (stab-proof suit) that everyone covets.
If you want to get Tian Feng, you have to be willing to help me create a copy.