In the back hall of the Chu Palace, a conversation continued.

Nie Zefeng continued to ask: "What did you do at Yuan Shao's office in Jizhou to have such self-cultivation?"

Yuan Mai then answered honestly: "Your Majesty, my father is the current Yuan Shao. I am Yuan Mai, the youngest son of Yuan Shao..."

Nie Zefeng was startled and remained silent for a long time, because he did not expect that the young man in front of him was actually Yuan Shao's biological son. He originally wanted to reward this young man, but now to reward this young man would mean admitting his own mistakes.

Nie Zefeng didn't answer, which caused the whole hall to be filled with whispers.

Yuan Mai stood waiting with neither humility nor arrogance, waiting for punishment or reward from Nie Zefeng, the high-ranking King of Chu.

Nie Zefeng finally spoke, but as a king, Nie Zefeng had to give a reply, a correct answer, because he wanted to confirm a voice, that is, the voice that the ruler wanted to confirm. Nie Zefeng said: "So you are the famous Yuan

Buy, the youngest son of Yuan Shao. It is really rare for a young man from a noble family to not have the licentious, arrogant and extravagant habits of noble children."

When Yuan Mai heard Nie Zefeng's words of praise, he seemed even more humble, and then hurriedly replied: "This is what slaves are like. Before she was alive, my mother always taught slaves to have the fundamentals of being a human being."

Nie Zefeng looked at the guard and hurriedly ordered: "Take him down to wash and bathe, change his clothes, and let him follow me to feed the horse and drive the car. From now on, he can be a guard by my side. After a while, he will follow me to Guandu City to supervise the battle."

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After hearing the appreciation from King Nie Zefeng of Chu, Yuan Mai was stunned, because he did not expect that a king could tolerate the son of an enemy, and also appreciate him, and began to trust and use him.

Of course, it was not only Yuan Mai who was shocked, but also the women. At this time, the women were whispering to each other in shock.

Just when I was shocked, I saw people from the palace running in in a hurry, crying, kneeling on the ground and reporting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good! Mrs. Zifeng fainted again! The imperial doctor said..."

After Nie Zefeng moved to Xuchang, he took girl Zifeng into his residence. Girl Zifeng's life was unstable. In order to repay this girl's life-saving grace, Nie Zefeng gave this woman everything he could. Of course, as the king of the world

Women are naturally plotted against each other, and Nie Zefeng has been paying attention to the war ahead. Due to a moment of negligence, girl Zifeng was plotted against by other women, and she contracted a strange disease, a disease that caused red sores all over her body.

Seeing that the maid under the seat didn't say a word, and then seeing that he was just staring at her, she ordered: "Come forward."

The maid whispered the message into Nie Zefeng's ear.

Everyone's eyes turned. When Nie Zefeng listened, his face changed from the rosy face to an angry face, and he was startled and said: "What?"

However, Nie Zefeng immediately controlled his emotions, then waved his hand and said: "Stand back!"

Nie Zefeng turned around and left, heading towards the main hall in the backyard.

Seeing this scene, the guard simply ordered: "Let's... come here now... let's disperse! You... tell me, come with me!"

The guard took Yuan Mai to the changing room at the back.

Yuan Mai didn't know what to say, because he didn't know what could make the king, who was chatting and laughing in front of thousands of troops on the battlefield, develop such a serious disease because of one thing. Yuan Mai immediately

He had an incredible look.

The eyes of the entire Xuchang City, Guandu City, and even Jingzhou and Huainan regions are now focused on the Hebei battlefield ahead.

On the battlefield in the direction of Yecheng, Jizhou.

In the vast desert, in the thickets of thousands of jungles, on the rugged and difficult rocks.

General Lu Bu led the generals of the Chu army to inspect the terrain on the edge of the desert.

A Chu army scout cavalry returned and passed by.

A Yuan Shao prisoner had his hands tied behind his back and was riding on one of the soldiers' horses.

General Lu Bu looked at the prisoners and motioned to the captain leading the army: "Wait!"

After hearing General Lu Bu's order, the captain ordered the scouts behind him to stop.

General Lu Bu asked the captain leading the army: "Where did you catch this?"

The captain of the reconnaissance cavalry saw that Lu Bu wanted to ask a question of his own, and replied: "We were ordered to conduct reconnaissance, and encountered a small group of Yuan Shao's cavalry on the way. This one was shot and killed by me on horseback, and then I caught him with my own hands.

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After General Lu Bu heard the report, he quickly ordered: "Untie him!"

The captain directed the scout cavalry to dismount and help the prisoner down. Then, he directly drew out the long sword from his waist and cut the ropes tied behind the prisoners of war. In this way, the cavalrymen loosened the ropes for the prisoners of war.

General Lu Bu took the water bag, took a sip, and then asked: "Which part are you from?"

In response to the question from the God of War Lu Bu, the prisoner turned his face arrogantly, unable to even look at this middle-aged general with his hair bound in a golden crown.

The cavalry colonel was already angered by the arrogance of the prisoner of war. He raised his foot and kicked the arrogant prisoner of war on the butt, shouting: "General Lu Bu is asking you a question, be honest!"

General Lu Bu hurriedly dissuaded the Taoist cavalry captain and said: "Don't do this, give him water!"

General Zhang Bao, who was standing next to him, casually took off a water bag and handed it to the cavalry captain. The captain threw the water bag to the prisoner, and he started to devour it, drinking all the water in the water bag.

Done.

After the prisoner drank the water, he changed his arrogant view, then looked at General Lu Bu and asked: "Are you General Lu Bu? The commander-in-chief of the Chu army?"

General Lu Bu saw the prisoner of war who had changed his attitude, and then looked forward and replied: "Yes, then you are..."

The prisoner replied: "I am a personal soldier of General Yuan Shao and a member of the general's personal guard."

General Lu Bu was keenly aware of Yuan Shao's main force, but now he pretended to be normal and replied: "Oh? Then why were you sent here to conduct reconnaissance?"

The prisoner explained: "General Yuan Shao has a habit of only trusting the reports of his own soldiers, so I was temporarily sent to conduct reconnaissance."

General Lu Bu had nothing to hide at this time, but asked directly: "So your General Yuan Shao is right opposite me?"

The prisoner laughed, and then said confidently: "Since you are General Lu Bu, I advise you honestly to give up your attack! Your attack is in vain! Your cavalry cannot cross the Ye River in front of you. There is no water in the river.

It is possible to defeat our Jizhou cavalry who are competing for supremacy in the world. This is the heroic soldiers of Jizhou given to me by God!"

General Lu Bu asked in surprise: "How did you know we were going to attack from here?"

After the prisoners heard this, they became even more proud and said: "Have you forgotten that our General Yuan Shao is the supreme overlord of Jizhou and the number one prince in the world? Give up your attack! I am doing it for your own good. If you don't believe it,

, then just wait and see, our General Yuan Shao is personally leading our most elite division in Jizhou and is waiting for him over there! Go back, don’t wait until your corpses are lying in the yellow sand, without a place to bury you!"

The captive soldiers became more and more excited, and even started laughing as they talked.

General Lu Bu waved his hand, curled his lips, and replied: "Thank you for reminding me, take him away!" The cavalry captain waved his hand and ordered several scouts to work together to escort the nagging prisoner.

Gone.

General Lu Bu said a few words with a sullen face: "General Yuan Shao... is right in front of you!"

The generals Zang Ba, Zhang Bao, Zhou Cang and others behind him all looked at each other and whispered.

Lu Bu led all the generals back to their stronghold.

Night, unknowingly, has arrived, shrouding all living things under the sky.

General Lu Bu commanded the general tent.

At night, the entire Chinese army's tent was enveloped, the entire camp was enveloped, and the fire in the Chinese army's tent was very strong.

All the generals were waiting with eager eyes, waiting for the arrival of General Lu Bu.

After a while, General Lu Bu walked in from the outside wearing the chill of summer, stretched his hand on the basin of fire, and looked at the generals.

General Lu Bu said excitedly: "I didn't expect that in summer, the weather in the north would still be so cold!

Zhang Bao, the Jingzhou general next to him, also sighed helplessly: "I only heard about the bitter cold in the north in Jingzhou before, but I didn't expect that it would be such a bitter cold after summer."

However, Lu Bu quickly got to the point and said excitedly: "Congratulations, generals. Based on the intelligence reports from all parties, we are facing General Yuan Shao's main force in Jizhou!"

After hearing the news, the eyes of all the generals became lively.

General Lu Bu also said with some pride: "The king asked me to attack with a partial force, but instead I collided with General Yuan Shao's main force in Jizhou. It's not that enemies don't meet. I, General Lu Bu, met Yuan Shao on a narrow road. This can be regarded as God's will!"

Huang Zhong, one of the generals, couldn't help but chuckle.

All the generals couldn't help but look at the veteran.

Huang Zhong looked up at the generals around him and began to say jokingly: "If General Chen Dao finds out, how will he feel?"

General Lu Bu said calmly: "There is nothing ridiculous. The battlefield is changing rapidly and is full of chance. Therefore, the task of being a soldier is to follow the enemy's wishes, engage with the enemy consistently, and kill generals from thousands of miles away. This is the skill that can accomplish things."

After Huang Zhong heard Lu Bu's words, he stopped talking, and the generals were also silent.

General Lu Bu also advised the generals: "You have also heard that Yuan Shao's Jizhou cavalry was arrogant. You must also know why a sergeant of Yuan Shao dared to speak arrogantly to me, the commander of the Chu army?"

After finishing speaking, General Lu Bu walked towards the map, tapped the map on the ground and said: "There are only two reasons. One is that our Chu army cannot cross the barrier of the river in Yecheng; the other is that they have already deployed elite troops there.

They are waiting for us in a leisurely way!"

General Lu Bu's eyes roamed over the generals.
Chapter completed!