The first day of the Wancheng princes' conference ended in a smoky atmosphere. For no other reason, Qin Yang, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu all wanted to be the leaders of the princes' alliance, and each had a group of princes who supported them. So.
First, in a situation where even the leader of the alliance could not be determined, let alone what strategy they could discuss to eliminate the rebellion.
It was night, and the north wind was blowing. The hall of the City Lord's Mansion, which had been noisy all day, was warm and cozy. Four people were sitting around the brazier, cooking wine and chatting. A big rat lying on the side with its arms and legs spread out was snoring loudly, and there was no time to reply.
Making a "squeaking" sound.
"Cao Cao is in control of the emperor, and he has the right to do so. Lu Bu, this guy, has recently been conquering the four directions one after another, winning many battles and winning the limelight, and he also has a kingly aura. It would be difficult for these two guys to insist on being the leaders of the alliance...
"Qin Yang poured a ladle of warm wine into the glass and said lightly.
"Your Highness, in fact, the only one who can compete with Your Highness for the position of leader of the alliance now is Cao Cao. As for Lu Bu, I think he is just here to muddy the waters." Guo Jia said with a wink.
"Oh? How do you say this?"
Guo Jia held the wine glass and smiled: "It's very simple. Your Highness has already seen it during the day. Although Lu Bu has kingly aura, he is actually the one with the least capital among the three of you. And almost all the princes who support him are
Some are much weaker. I think Chen Gong should also be able to see this. The purpose of their coming to muddy the waters is just like us muddying the world. They want to fish in troubled waters to gain the greatest benefits for themselves. I believe that tomorrow Lu Bu
I will definitely change my tune.”
"Change his words? Then who do you think he will support?" Qin Yang asked doubtfully.
Xi Zhicai, who was on the side, put wine into his flask and said with a smile: "You still need to ask? Whoever can give him the greatest benefit tonight will be helped tomorrow. The little liar is right, he is actually here today
The purpose of competing for the position of leader at the meeting is to show his influence."
Qin Yang suddenly said: "Cao Cao has the advantage politically. And we have the advantage in strength. If we are at a stalemate, we must win over Lu Bu, the backbone?"
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Your Highness is right. Now let's see what kind of conditions His Highness can offer to persuade Lu Bu to support His Highness tomorrow."
"Conditions?" Qin Yang touched his nose. He never thought that one day he would have to bribe Lu Bu, his unrepentant enemy?!
"Ha...yawn..." At this moment, Jia Xu stretched out, looked at Xiaodu who was drooling all over the floor with envy, and said: "Your Highness, it's getting late, you can go back to bed now."
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Guo Jia looked at the sky outside and said with a smile: "Sluggard. It's not past midnight yet. If you sleep, you won't get overtime pay."
Xi Zhicai said while drinking: "How can you go to sleep with such good wine? Let me advise you, why sleep for a long time when you are alive? You will sleep forever after you die... Let's continue drinking and chatting."
Qin Yang couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw Jia Xu acting like this. He knew that this guy usually only went to bed when he had an idea in mind. It seemed that this guy already had an idea.
Thinking of this, Qin Yang couldn't help but smile and said: "I'm talking about Jia Xu, do you have any good suggestions? If so, I'll let you go to bed now... Overtime pay will be included!"
Jia Xu rubbed out a piece of eye mucus and murmured: "What good suggestion? Didn't the two of them just say that His Highness only needs to give conditions. I will go and lobby Lu Bu."
Guo Jia smiled and said: "You lazy guy, don't be too pretentious. Aren't we now discussing what terms to give Lu Bu?"
Jia Xu rubbed his face and steeled himself and said, "The conditions? It's very simple. Give Lu Bu a vanguard officer for the Allied forces. We will provide the food and fodder for the march. Isn't this enough?"
Qin Yang was startled and said in surprise: "On these conditions can Lu Bu support us?!"
Jia Xu smiled and said: "This is generous enough. I think Cao Cao will definitely promise Lu Bu some high-ranking official and generous salary, and then cede land and enfeoffment. But his territory is adjacent to Lu Bu. Even if Lu Bu is stupid,
Chen Gong is not stupid either. Even if the tiger next to him gives him a large piece of meat, isn't he afraid that the tiger will eat him when it is hungry? But His Highness is not like that. We have fought against Lu Bu several times. If
I'm afraid Lu Bu doesn't believe the sudden generous conditions. I think these conditions are just right. In addition, we can also let Lu Bu know our next arrangements..."
When Jia Xu finished explaining all the reasons, Qin Yang's eyes gradually brightened up. Seeing that neither Guo Jia nor Xi Zhicai had any objections, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and said: "Okay, let's do it! Jia Xu, you
He is my plenipotentiary. He will talk to Lu Bu and the others in a moment. After the chat, you can go to bed."
"Okay!... Get up, let's go back to sleep!" Jia Xu immediately became energetic when he heard that he could sleep. He grabbed Xiaodu who was sleeping soundly and ignored him and made a "squeak" sound of protest.
, threw it directly into his arms and strode out.
In another mansion in Wancheng, the hall is still brightly lit.
Cao Cao was half lying down and said: "What Mr. Cheng Yu said just now is right. I wonder who among you is willing to persuade Lu Bu to stand on our side tomorrow?"
"Your Majesty Xunyu is willing to give it a try, but..."
“Mr.
Xun Yu shook his head and said: "The conditions given by the Lord are generous enough, but I am worried about one person."
"Alone? Qin Yang?"
"It's not Qin Yang, but Jia Xu. Everyone knows that Jia Xu is a eloquent person. He was the one who was entrusted by Yuan Shu to stir up the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Hanzhong and persuaded Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao to defend Qin Yang against the army of Lu Bu and the Yuan brothers.
And it was this person who instigated Zhang Xiu's rebellion not long ago and put the lord in danger. According to my estimation, his promotion to the throne of the second Yuan Dynasty should also be indispensable. The sophistry at this time is really terrible..." Xun Yu hesitated.
"Jia Xu..." Cao Cao's eyes flashed and he muttered: "Even if he is eloquent, Qin Yang would not be able to offer me such a high offer. It doesn't matter if you go alone..."
Early the next morning, all the princes once again gathered in the main hall of Wancheng City. The atmosphere today was much quieter than yesterday. In addition to Qin Yang, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu who showed great power yesterday, they must have also obtained three
People warned each other, so they sat quietly and watched the development of things.
"Everyone, Lu Bu offended some adults yesterday. I hope you will forgive me." This time it was Lu Bu who spoke first, and all eyes were immediately focused on Lu Bu.
Qin Yang and Cao Cao's eyes lit up when they saw Lu Bu speaking with such a low profile. Although they didn't get the final reply from Lu Bu and Chen Gong last night, seeing Lu Bu's performance today, he must have decided to give up the fight for the leader of the princes alliance.
location.
Sure enough, when Lu Bu saw that the hall had become quiet, he couldn't help but smile and said calmly: "Lu Bu was up all night last night. First of all, I would like to thank all of you for your love for me. However, for the position of leader, Lu Bu knows that he speaks lightly, but he has nothing to do with it.
Don’t dare to covet it.”
As soon as Lu Bu said these words, there was a commotion in the hall. After a while, Qiao Mao took the lead and said: "Master Lu Bu has unparalleled justice and does not covet this false reputation. I admire you very much. I don't know whether you think that the position of leader of the alliance should be given by
Who will take charge? We, the seven princes of the Central Plains, are willing to advance and retreat together with General Lu."
After Qiao Mao expressed his stance, the other six princes who originally supported Lu Bu nodded in agreement. Obviously, they had decided to follow Lu Bu's lead.
Lu Bu chuckled. Although he acted very humble, he still couldn't hide the arrogance deep in his bones.
"If in my opinion, Lu Bu, this person can serve as the leader of the world's princes and allies, and lead us to punish the two Yuan rebels, I have already made up my mind..." As Lu Bu said, his eyes swept over the faces of Qin Yang and Cao Cao.
Although Qin Yang and Cao Cao were calm on their faces, they were very worried in their hearts. Jia Xu and Chen Gong, one reasoned and the other tried to lure them. They didn't know which one Lu Bu really wanted.
However, everyone's hearts were already aroused. Lu Bu seemed to want to whet everyone's appetite and hesitated to tell the result. He stood up and walked slowly to Cao Cao, slightly clasped his fists and said: "Master Cao, your Excellency is
The Prime Minister of the Han Empire is a minister of the empire. And this time he is holding the emperor's sword and issuing the emperor's orders to summon the heroes. I, Lu Bu, have long admired me in my heart..."
Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and a smile gradually spread on his face. Just when he was about to smile and say a few words of humility, Lu Bu suddenly changed the subject!
"However, when it comes to conquering rebels, it's not just who has a high reputation who can lead the group. The two Yuan rebels were rebellious at the same time. They occupied almost half of the world and had no less than two million soldiers! Do they still fear the emperor?
So I, Lu Bu, have decided to fully support the Han Empire, Lord Qin Yang, the Marquis of Hanzhong, and ask Lord Qin Yang to assume the position of leader of the alliance of princes in the world, and lead us to clean up Yunei and kill the traitors!"
"Wow!" Lu Bu's words were sonorous and powerful. After the words fell, the whole hall was in an uproar! Unexpectedly, Lu Bu, who had been defeated by Qin Yang several times and was almost killed by Qin Yang, would openly support Qin Yang as the leader of the princes alliance.
?!
"Lord Lu is absolutely right! We are willing to accept Lord Qin as our leader among the princes in the world!" Qiao Mao and other seven princes were the first to react, and immediately followed Lu Bu's words and began to openly support Qin Yang.
"Lord Qin is invincible in battles and leads Guanzhong and Hanzhong. We all admire him! Please don't refuse, Lord Qin!" Naturally, Ma Teng, Gongsun Zan and other direct descendants of Qin Yang responded loudly, not wanting to lag behind.
"Haha, thank you for your compliments. Sir Cao, what do you mean?" Qin Yang chuckled and looked at Cao Cao, who had a frozen expression on his face.
"Uh..." Cao Cao gritted his teeth. Seeing that there was no way to save the situation, he could only say: "Master Qin is the one whom everyone expects. I, Cao Cao, will tell the emperor of tomorrow and respectfully invite Master Qin to serve as the leader of the princes alliance and lead us.
Punish the rebels..."
Qin Yang couldn't help but laugh loudly when he heard this, and said: "In this case, it is disrespectful for Qin Yang to reject the position of leader of the alliance! Let's vilify it up front. Since I, Qin Yang, am the leader of the alliance, then what I say is the meaning of all the princes!
If anyone disobeys orders while marching and fighting, he will be an enemy of all the princes in the world, and he will be an enemy of our 400,000-strong army in Hanzhong!"