gnovel Chapter 82 Tian Yan's Arrangements
Chapter 82 Tian Yan's Arrangements
Chapter 82 Tian Yan's Arrangements
Beiyu City.
Outside a camp surrounded by numerous guards.
Li Hong, who wore a bronze seal and yellow ribbon around his waist and was still dressed in a long, flowing robe, stood anxiously outside, head bowed, waiting.
As time goes by.
His forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat.
As the sun gradually moved westward, the discussions in the tents gradually subsided, and many mid- to high-ranking officers emerged from within.
Then a servant came to Li Hong's side and said softly.
"The General invites you."
Li Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief and followed the attendant inside.
As soon as we entered.
Li Hong didn't even dare to look directly at Tian Yan, who was sitting in the main seat. With a thud, he knelt on one knee, clasped his hands, and whispered, recounting how Lü Ping had hung his soldiers in front of the camp.
That's all.
He said it again in a low voice, through gritted teeth.
"This Lü Ping, Lü Zizhi, is only humiliating Hong time and time again because he holds the rank of a military officer with a salary of 1,000 shi!"
"I implore you, General, for the sake of my lord, to lend Hong a hand!"
The words were finished.
Li Hong lowered his head even further.
After all... Tian Yan was a veteran general who had fought alongside Duan Jiong, one of the Three Bright Ones of Liangzhou. In the past, during the Han-Qiang War, he crawled out of a pile of dead bodies.
Furthermore, given his high position, if it weren't for Wang Zhi's prior arrangements, he would have been nothing more than a mere head of a troupe, and would never have dared to actively seek out Tian Yan.
Faced with Li Hong's request.
The middle-aged veteran, who had just finished discussing the general arrangements for this expedition beyond the Great Wall, sat in the main seat, his face expressionless and silent.
Tian Yan remained silent for a long time.
An extreme silence fell over the tent, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
The sweat on Li Hong's forehead grew thicker and thicker.
I don't know how much time passed.
Tian Yan finally raised his eyes, looked at Li Hong on the ground, and slowly spoke with a cold smile on his face.
A day has already passed.
That morning, Lü Ping had just come out of the camp of the Zhongshan horse merchants, explained the situation to Su and Zhang, and made general arrangements.
Behind him, Lü Bu, carrying large and small bags, looked delighted.
"Father."
"Will you really appoint me as a village head when I get back?"
"Indeed." Lu Ping nodded casually, recalling his conversation with Zhang and Su earlier inside.
"Cheng Lian has been promoted to the position of Qu Zhang. His former hamlet is currently short of a hamlet leader, so you can temporarily fill the position."
This statement came out.
The smile on Lü Bu's face suddenly froze for a moment.
"What?"
"You want to teach me how to become a platoon leader under Cheng Lian?"
"Father, do you know that back in Jiuyuan City, when Cheng Lian and I were wandering knights, I was always the elder brother?"
"Don't say another word." Lu Ping was too lazy to listen to his eldest son, who was now acting innocent after getting the benefits. He just sneered.
"Just tell me, will you do it or not!"
"If you won't even be a platoon leader, then you might as well go work as a soldier under Cao Xing!"
Hearing that his father seemed genuinely angry, Lü Bu smiled awkwardly. He looked up repeatedly, quickened his pace, and tried to catch up with Lü Ping.
"Father, don't be angry!"
"Made of cloth!"
The two walked one after the other toward their own camp.
As soon as he approached his own camp, Lü Ping's brows furrowed instantly.
"Is Li Hong really this ruthless to his own people?"
"All it takes is for him to lower his head, apologize, and he'll bring the person back. Why leave his own person hanging at the door instead of bowing his head and taking them home?"
All I can see is that...
At the entrance of the camp, the soldiers whom he had tied up yesterday—several men sent by Li Hong to cause trouble—had still not been claimed by anyone.
Even though Cheng Lian had sent people to let them rest and eat and drink a little, they were already somewhat fainting because they had been tied up for too long. Lu Ping had just finished speaking.
Cheng Lian, who had been standing at the entrance of the camp waiting for Lü Ping, looked anxious when he saw Lü Ping return and hurried over.
"Marshal!"
"Something terrible has happened!"
Upon hearing this...
Just as Lü Ping was about to personally step forward and put the soldiers down, he took a deep breath, glanced at Cheng Lian a few times, and then withdrew the step he was about to take.
He felt that he had heard this sentence from Cheng Lian at least three or five times!
Why... does it always have to be something really bad?!
"What is it now?" Lü Ping asked, somewhat helplessly.
Cheng Lian frowned deeply. He stood beside Lü Ping, and with just a glance at the soldiers around him, they all instinctively moved away.
He then spoke in a low voice.
"Wei Xu just returned from the General's quartermaster's place!"
"He relayed the message from the Lieutenant General regarding the arrangements made at today's meeting."
"The General Who Destroys the Xianbei said that the army will set off the day after tomorrow. Before the departure, he plans to replenish the soldiers who are missing a troop. According to the General, he will definitely send us a whole troop of elite soldiers!"
"Isn't this a good thing?" Lu Ping asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Wei Xu has been searching for that lieutenant general for so long, and he's finally willing to give us more men."
"If a real fight breaks out, we'll have more people and be able to make more contributions."
"Has another song been arranged in our camp?" Lu Bu, who was standing to the side, asked with a gleam in his eyes.
"I suppose there isn't a designated leader for this piece? Why don't we teach Bu to be the leader?"
"Sounds like a good thing!" Seeing that the Lü family father and son seemed completely unconcerned, Cheng Lian smiled bitterly.
"But...Brother Lü, this piece has a long duration!"
talking.
Cheng Lian then pointed to the group of people above, his bitter smile growing even deeper.
"And we all know the person who played this piece; he's one of the musicians from the ones hanging up there."
Upon hearing this...
Lu Ping's expression finally changed drastically, and he looked completely astonished.
"etc!"
"You mean, the General of the Central Army arranged for Li Hong to bring his repertoire to fill the gap in our repertoire with that piece?!"
"no..."
Lu Ping paced back and forth, his face full of surprise and doubt.
You see, he and Li Hong were already at odds, and this General of the Central Army had placed Li Hong under his command. If a war broke out, would he have to be wary of the Xianbei on one hand and this friendly army on the other?!
"What exactly is the General of the Central Army thinking?! What exactly is Li Hong thinking?!"
"This Li Hong dares to work under me?!"
"Could it be... that he's not afraid I'll find an excuse to execute him under military orders?!"
Seeing that Lü Ping's emotions had calmed down a bit, Cheng Lian, with a bitter expression, threw out another piece of news that made Lü Ping's heart pound.
"also."
"I heard from Wei Xu that the General Who Destroyed the Xianbei did not replenish our troops without reason; he did so on condition."
"What are the conditions?" Lu Ping took a deep breath; he was already mentally prepared.
"The General Who Destroyed the Xianbei said that the military commander has a great reputation and his soldiers are mostly elite," Cheng Lian said in a low voice, his face bitter.
"The day after tomorrow, when the army sets off, he will teach us to be the vanguard of the right wing."
"Let those Xianbei bastards see what the elite Han troops are like!"
This statement came out.
Lu Bu's face immediately lit up with excitement, and he was itching to make a move.
Knowing full well what this meant, Lü Ping slapped Lü Bu on the shoulder, his face full of anger.