C18 Among Men

"About that, it's your son's gift!" Sun Jian walked up to Chen Ren. Originally, he wanted to say something to him. As a man, you don't have to be so ruthless. As the words reached the tip of his tongue, it directly changed into, "Gift!" Do it well! I think highly of you! "

"My lord!" Huang Jifeng rushed into the tent, bowing to Sun Jian as he said, "I just received news that Dong Thief personally led 200,000 elite soldiers to seize the pass after finding out that the Water Barrier had been broken!"

"Oh?" Chen Ren's eyes lit up as he hurriedly asked, "Do you know if Lu Bu is with you?"

After a long battle, the four generals were full of admiration for Chen Ren's wisdom. Therefore, Huang Gai respectfully replied to Chen Ren's question: "Dong Thief ordered Fan Jian to be the vanguard, Lu Bu and Li Ru followed the army, Li Gou and Guo Gou sat in Luoyang, Zhang Ji abandoned the tiger prison, and returned to the army to raise the village."

Chen Ren laughed and said, "Dong Thief, you are being too timid! You have not yet fought, and your fighting spirit has already been lost, so how can you not be defeated? "

Sun Jian quickly asked, "What is the reason for this?"

Chen Ren came to the drawing in the center of the tent and pointed to the location of the Tiger's Jail and explained, "The Water Jail, Tiger's Jail and Luoyang formed a triangular formation. If Dong Thief doesn't withdraw the guards of the Tiger's Cage, even if our alliance has already cleared the pass, we can't wholeheartedly attack Luoyang. We have to prevent the guards of the Tiger's Cage from attacking and cutting off my retreat! However, Dong Thief had withdrawn Zhang Ji, who was guarding the Tiger Jail, and transferred him to Hongnong. Naturally, it was to make a path for himself to retreat.

Chen Ren scratched his chin out of habit and snickered, "But there's a sliver of hope on Dong Thief's face. He's counting on Lu Bu's bravery to force the Alliance to retreat. If Lu Bu loses, wouldn't Dong Zhuo be able to run away quickly?"

Chen Ren laughed for a while and then said to Sun Jian seriously, "My lord!" Please put the three thousand cavalrymen and me in charge of the pass. The lord will dispatch another ten thousand elite troops and reorganize the troops and provisions that we have obtained from the few marquises these days. General Cheng Pu will lead them back to Changsha quietly and bring them back to Changsha. The lord then sent an order to Yuan Shao to bring General Huang and the others to the Tiger Jail! "

"Tiger's Cage?" Sun Jian and Huang Gai looked at Chen Ren with confusion, "Isn't that an unguarded checkpoint?" "Why are you still going to get him?"

Chen Ren laughed and said, "I expect Dong Zhuo to be defeated this time! If Dong Zhuo loses here, he would definitely not stay in Luoyang. He would definitely go to Chang'an! I wanted my lord to go to the Tiger Jail, but it's just a pretense. My lord only needs to land his feet on the Tiger Jail and immediately rush to Luoyang to kill him. However, we do not need to fight Dong Zhuo head on. As long as Dong Zhuo steps back, we will immediately enter Luoyang and obtain the first rank in Luoyang! "

Sun Jian and Huang Gai understood Chen Ren's analysis, especially Chen Ren's last sentence, which made their blood boil. Sun Jian immediately ordered the yellow cover down to prepare. Before the yellow cover left, Chen Ren specifically sent the yellow cover to ask Cheng Pu to come to the big tent. Sun Jian also lived up to his reputation as the greatest hero of his generation. He immediately regained his composure and asked, "But Zi Ci, seeing how the Dong Zhuo army is oppressing us, how could the Alliance Head agree to send troops to retrieve the insignificant Tiger's Cage?"

Chen Ren shook his head and said, "My lord really doesn't understand Yuan Shao. He's such a meritorious man, but he's jealous of him!" In the past, the leader had made a great contribution to the Yue Shui Pass. Although he now had the face of a wise man, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. At this point, Yuan Shao has already made a living bid for the lord to create a miraculous art, and the lord has taken the initiative to ask for you to leave the main battlefield, he's definitely anxious for the lord to leave immediately! "

After Sun Jian heard the explanation, he could not help but shake his head and sigh, "We have not gotten rid of the traitorous officials of the imperial court, but the alliance already has such internal strife. When will they be able to return the big man to the great man?"

Chen Ren was noncommittal towards Sun Jian's sentiments. Amongst the eighteen dukes, Sun Jian could be considered to have a disobedient heart, even earlier than Cao Cao. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of hiding and running away the moment Luo Yang obtained the Imperial Jade Seal. Of course, Chen Ren wouldn't reveal what Sun Jian was thinking, as he understood the logic behind being a vassal.

In a short moment, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao all rushed into the big tent at the same time. Once inside, Cheng Pu shouted at Chen Ren: "Master Chen! I disagree with your arrangements! "

Sun Jian frowned slightly, "De Gou!" "Don't be rude!"

However, Chen Ren waved his hand and said, "Master, there's no problem. "General Cheng, if you don't agree with my arrangements, can you give me a reason?"

Cheng Pu also knew that his earlier attitude was too unreasonable, so he lowered his voice and said, "Master Chen is of the opinion that the troops will be sent back to Jiangdong with food and grass, but he has no objections. However, our total number of Jiangdong Army is only twenty thousand. Master Chen said that he wanted to split half of his army to escort him, so how can we guarantee the safety of our lord? Besides, since the beginning of the fight between the lord and the king, the battles of large and small had never been lost. I refuse to accept this! "

Chen Ren laughed and said, "General Cheng, don't worry. Listen to me explain in detail." Surely General Wong Gai had told the generals of my plan. I can see that all the passers-by in this alliance have different intentions. As long as we force Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang, the alliance will disperse. There would be no more great and vicious battles in this war against Dong Ri, and it was enough to have thousands of soldiers at the side of the lord. Besides, I want General Cheng to escort this matter to you because there is an important matter General Cheng has to attend to! "General Cheng, please listen to my explanation. After General Cheng has escorted the soldiers and their rations away from this place, General …" Chen Ren was an old habit. He wrapped his arms around Cheng Pu's neck and put his two heads together to talk about small secrets. Cheng Pu was more than a head taller than Chen Ren, so with this hug, Cheng Pu had no choice but to bend his body and lower his head to be at Chen Ren's mercy.

Sun Jian and the other generals looked at Cheng Pu's bent body, and with Chen Ren's words, Cheng Pu nodded, said something, and nodded. He couldn't help but find it funny. However, the moment he finished listening to Chen Ren's words, everyone broke out in a cold sweat as they looked at Chen Ren's skinny figure with a weird expression.

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Everything was as Chen Ren had said. When Yuan Shao heard Sun Jian's request, his face lit up. However, after making a few false excuses, he agreed to Sun Jian's request. Moreover, the other dukes all had relaxed expressions. Of course, Yuan Shao wouldn't completely let Sun Jian leave, and asked Sun Jian to keep his army inside the Water Curtain. Sun Jian also followed Chen Ren's plan to keep Chen Ren and the three thousand cavalry soldiers. Yuan Shao saw that Sun Jian was listening to his words, so he assured Sun Jian and told him to go to the Tiger's Cage.

Before Sun Jian left, Chen Ren even left a few words in secret. Initially, Sun Jian thought that it would be too dangerous for Chen Ren to stay here, so he decided to bring him away instead. However, Chen Ren said he had other arrangements to make at the Water Pass, and Sun Jian gave up after thinking about all the strategies he had taken since he joined. After that, Chen led the three thousand cavalrymen directly to Gongsun Zan's camp, and drank with Zhao Yun all day long.

At this moment, Liu Bei already knew that Chen Ren was the Peach Blossom Immortal that he had been looking for. Unfortunately, Chen Ren had already pledged his allegiance to Sun Jian. Furthermore, his attitude was very resolute, so Liu Bei temporarily gave up. Besides, because of Chen Ren, Liu Bei also received a fierce general like Zhao Yun. Guan Yu was full of pride. After glancing at Chen Ren's extremely thin body, he didn't even bother to snort as he turned around and left. On the other hand, after Zhang Fei drank a few drinks with Zhao Yun and Chen Ren, those who found Chen Ren to be rather pleasing to the appetite frequently came to find him for wine. According to Zhao Yun, Chen Ren brewed a type of wine that was a hundred times better than the most fragrant wine on the plains. That saliva unconsciously dribbled down his throat, and every day, he would yell for Chen Ren to bring out the wine.

Just like that, several days passed in peace. Along with the resounding sound of the war drums, Chen Ren knew that Lu Bu had arrived!

It wasn't long before the soldiers came to report that Yuan Shao had invited the dukes to close the discussion. Chen Ren immediately set off for the palace. At this moment, Chen Ren's identity was representing Sun Jian, so he also held a seat among the other dukes. Yuan Shao sat in the middle of the row of dukes. The soldiers kept banging their guns on the ground or hitting their shields with swords and sabers. The leader was a mighty general. Because he was too far away, his appearance could not be seen clearly, only that he wore golden armor and was riding a red horse. The two long whips on his head swayed back and forth, making him look like a cockroach.

As Chen Ren often went to Gongsun Zan's camp, and Gongsun Zan could be considered to be a familiar face, so he immediately sat shamelessly next to Gongsun Zeng. Gongsun Zan was a martial artist, so he didn't care too much about it. However, he didn't notice that Chen Ren, who was usually dressed in cloth, was currently wearing full body armor and holding a steel spear in his hand. However, Gongsun Zan didn't mind. The other dukes didn't think the same way. They pointed at Chen Ren, either mocking him or mocking him. Unfortunately, Chen Ren completely ignored them and ignored them all.

"What a good Lu Fengxian!" He can be considered a peerless general, but unfortunately, he was cast in the dark and bright! " Gongsun Zan sighed in a low voice.

"Gongsun Jianwu doesn't mean anything to others! "My generals can go kill this Lü Bu!" He turned around and shouted, "Where is Fang Yue?"

The next official then shouted: "Fang Yue is here!"

Wang Kuang pointed at Lu Bu and said, "Quickly go and kill this general!"

"Here!" Fang Yue did not hesitate, she lifted her steel spear and rode out, closing the door behind her and rushing straight towards Lu Bu.

Unfortunately, Wang Quang's wish was good, but reality was cruel. After five rounds, Fang Yue was stabbed in the chest by Lu Bu, and she fell down, looking as if she lost her life.

"I'll go!" Behind Zhang Yang, the Party's prime minister, a military general with a gun on his head stepped down from his horse. "This is my famous general, Mu Shun," he said proudly. We can definitely cut down Lu Bu! " Before Zhang Yang could finish his sentence, he saw Mu Shun charge forward. Before he could even get close to Lu Bu, he was cut in half by Lu Bu's halberd.