Can I get to the other side?

How are you?

Liu Xie said this in a friendly greeting, but his face was expressionless and his tone was indifferent.

Seeing the alienation and coldness between Liu Xie's eyebrows, Yuan Shao was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but feel angry.

"This lowly person! How dare you talk to me like this!"

Yuan Shao was used to Liu Xie's long-term respect and flattery. Now he suddenly faced him with such a high-handed attitude. How could he not be annoyed?

He is just a fake emperor!

But before Yuan Shao got angry, Lu Bu behind him scolded him first: "Bold traitor! How dare you look directly at your majesty's face? Kneel down quickly!"

Then he kicked Yuan Shao in the leg.

Just like kicking Yuan Shu at the beginning.

But this time he used less force, so Yuan Shao was only kicked to his knees, and his leg was not directly broken.

This kick also made Yuan Shao sober up - he and Liu Xie were not meeting alone at the moment, and there were a group of outsiders around.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao suppressed his anger, glanced at Lu Bu coldly, and saluted Liu Xie respectfully, saying: "Your Majesty, I, Yuan Shao, pay my respects to His Majesty!"

"Hmm?"

Everyone was a little confused when they saw this.

As a rebel who rebelled against the emperor, Yuan Shao could accept them no matter he cursed or looked at them coldly, but such a respectful salute made them feel unexpected.

But Liu Xie knew what was going on.

"He thought I was held hostage by Lu Bu and Yuan Xi, and didn't think I was the real emperor, nor did he suspect that I wanted to turn the fake into the real..."

It seems that the effect of the letters he wrote before was so good that Yuan Shao didn't suspect him at this point, and still believed that he was held hostage.

So in front of these "outsiders", Yuan Shao didn't say anything to expose his identity, but continued to cooperate and play the role of a loyal minister.

Liu Xie couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Benchu... is such a loyal man.

If you are like this, I want to give you a decent death.

And the fact is just as Liu Xie thought. After respectfully paying his respects, Yuan Shao sneered at Lu Bu and said, "You are a slave of three surnames! Are you worthy of saying the word traitor?"

As he said this, he swept his eyes to the people in the hall and cursed directly, "You are helping the tyrant to commit atrocities and colluding with Lu Bu to hold the emperor hostage! You, a bunch of traitors, will not have a good end!"

Yuan Shao's words were sharp and he kept cursing.

Such righteousness and momentum, like a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, made everyone doubt themselves for a while.

Who is the traitor?

"You are talking nonsense! This general is a loyal and good man of the Han Dynasty. When did I hold the emperor hostage? Do you really think that this general dare not kill you!"

Lu Bu was furious. How dare this traitor be so shameless when he was about to die!

If the occasion was not right, he would have wanted to tear Yuan Shao apart.

Yuan Xi also followed suit and glared and cursed: "Shut up! Shameless old thief, the world knows that you held the emperor hostage, how dare you bark and confuse right and wrong here?"

"In front of His Majesty, you are still stubborn! You can deceive yourself, how can you deceive all these loyal ministers?"

It would have been better if Yuan Xi didn't speak.

As soon as he spoke, he angered Yuan Shao.

"You evil beast! You are used by Lu Bu and you don't know it. How can you have a good end if you try to get the skin of a tiger? How could I give birth to such a stupid and shameless thing like you!"

"You killed your brother and brother with your own hands, and ruined the reputation of my Yuan family. How can you face my Yuan family's ancestors after you die!"

"Don't you want to kill your father? Hurry up!"

Yuan Shao was furious and stood up and forced towards Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi was forced by his momentum and could not help but retreat several steps, his face turning pale.

But when he saw that everyone and even the emperor were looking at him, he finally had a fierce look in his eyes, gritted his teeth, and was about to draw his sword to attack Yuan Shao.

"General Chariot and Cavalry, there is no need to waste time talking to this traitor. When the spring comes next year, I will kill him to sacrifice the flag after I recover Youzhou and Bingzhou."

At this time, Liu Xie, who had been watching coldly, suddenly spoke up and stopped Yuan Xi from drawing his sword to kill his father on the spot.

The impact of a son killing his father is too bad after all, and it is a bit wasteful to kill Yuan Shao just like that. If you want to recover Youzhou and Bingzhou at the lowest cost, you can't do without his help.

To kill him, it's not too late to wait until he has completely lost his usefulness.

Seeing that the emperor had rescued him, Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief, put the knife back, stared at Yuan Shao hatefully and said, "Old man! You wait for me!"

Yuan Shao sneered and didn't care at all.

At the same time, he couldn't help but look at Liu Xie deeply.

He felt a little relieved.

"This kid is still loyal to me."

He was a little unsure whether Liu Xie had chosen to serve Yuan Xi, after all, Yuan Xi also controlled Liu Xie's identity as a fake emperor.

But now it seems that Liu Xie is still loyal to him.

Otherwise, why would he stop Yuan Xi from killing him?

Liu Xie raised his hand slightly and said lightly: "First, take this traitor away, and wait for his punishment after Hejian County is recovered."

"Yes!"

Lv Bu clasped his fists heavily, and everyone bowed slightly.

Yuan Shao's eyes were slightly stern when he saw this.

As a person who has been in a high position for a long time, Yuan Shao can keenly perceive the difference between true respect and false respect.

When he held the emperor hostage before, his subordinates treated Liu Xie, the puppet emperor, and whether it was Ju Su or Feng Ji, they were only respectful on the surface.

But just now when Liu Xie opened his mouth, whether it was Lv Bu or Yuan Xi, Jia Xu, Cui Yan and others, the subconscious respect they showed was definitely not fake.

"What's going on? Wasn't he held hostage by Lu Bu and Yuan Xi? How could Lu Bu, Jia Xu and Xun Chen have such an attitude as a puppet?"

"What on earth is going on?"

Yuan Shao frowned and had countless questions he wanted to ask, but after he raised his head and glanced at Liu Xie, who had an indifferent expression, he swallowed it back.

Now, the time has not yet come.

After Yuan Shao was taken away, Liu Xie then looked at Qu Yi and asked Zhao Yun: "What happened to him?"

"Report to your majesty." Zhao Yun stepped out and cupped his hands and said: "The army that the scouts came to report before was Qu Yi who ran back to Lecheng County with Yuan Shao. When he saw me leading the troops out of the city, he immediately surrendered and surrendered, and tied up Yuan Shao. Send it.”

Although he didn't like Qu Yi very much, Zhao Yun did not conceal the fact that Qu Yi led Yuan Shao to surrender and truthfully reported it to Liu Xie.

"surrender?"

Liu Xie was surprised when he heard this and was slightly surprised.

This was something he didn't expect.

Qu Yi quickly said: "Your Majesty, the reason why I rebelled against Your Majesty's heavenly army before was because I was deceived by Yuan thieves and thought Your Majesty was being held hostage by Duke Wen and the Chariot and Cavalry Generals."

"Later, the guilty minister finally figured out that this was just an excuse for Yuan's rebellion, so the guilty minister found out that he had lost his way and deceived Yuan Shao into returning to Lecheng County, and captured him to plead guilty to His Majesty."

"The guilty minister knows that his sins are serious. This move is far from making up for the faults committed by the guilty minister, but it can eliminate a serious problem for His Majesty. The guilty minister is worth his death!"

Qu Yi burst into tears and his words were extremely sincere.

Liu Xie was about to speak when he heard this, but Zhang Yan couldn't help it anymore and said angrily: "Your Majesty, please don't believe this villain, he is obviously talking nonsense!"

Everyone looked at Zhang Yan.

Who is this person?

Seeing Liu Xie's gaze, Zhang Yan suddenly felt a burst of pressure, but he still gritted his teeth and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yan, see you!"

Zhang Yan!

Liu Xie suddenly understood and said with a smile: "It turns out to be General Pingbei. Why did you come to Lecheng County? And why did you say he was talking nonsense?"

Zhang Yan glanced at Qu Yi angrily, lowered her head and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I followed Your Majesty's imperial decree to delay Yuan Shao's army, but I was defeated and Yuan Shao's troops were withdrawn to Hejian County."

"I have always felt guilty about this and felt that I had failed His Majesty, so I have been looking for opportunities to make amends."

"I heard that Yuan Shao was defeated and fled to Youzhou, so I specially brought troops and horses to intercept him, hoping to get rid of this powerful enemy for your majesty."

"This villain was intercepted by the troops led by me. He must have had no choice but to flee to Lecheng County and chose to capture Yuan Shao and surrender!"

"Your Majesty, please don't be deceived by him!"

Zhang Yan explained everything he had done, but only concealed the fact that Qu Yi and others were fighting among themselves and killing each other.

Because he knew that Qu Yi actually wanted to capture Yuan Shao and ask for credit from the emperor, but as long as he killed Qu Yi and was forced to surrender by him, that would be a credit.

Qu Yi glared at Zhang Yan angrily and shouted loudly: "You are so slanderous! I have just returned from my lost way, and I just captured Yuan Shao to plead guilty to His Majesty. How can I be desperate?"

Zhang Yan scolded: "Since you want to surrender to His Majesty, why did you run away when I chased you?"

Qu Yi snorted coldly: "You Black Mountain Army are famous rebels. How can I not run away if you chase me?"

Zhang Yan was furious: "Rebel? This general is the Pingbei general conferred by His Majesty! You are the rebel! Your whole family is a rebel!"

The two of them were going back and forth, quarreling with each other.

It seems to be getting louder and fiercer.

Guo Jia's brows were furrowed, and he couldn't stand it anymore. He yelled, "What a shame! How unbecoming is it to make a noise? Is this the place for you to quarrel?"

Zhang Yan and Qu Yi were both shocked. Then they realized that the emperor was in front of them, so they quickly knelt down to apologize and bowed their heads deeply.

Looking at the two people kneeling on the ground in front of him, Liu Xie probably understood the context of the whole thing.

After thinking briefly in his mind for a moment, he said to Qu Yi: "Although General Qu once helped Yuan Shao, he knew his mistakes and could correct them, so there is no great improvement. Capturing Yuan Shao and surrendering this time is also a great achievement."

"I pardon all your crimes and confer the title of General Anbei."

General Anbei, one of the Four An generals.

Level one with Zhang Liao's General Anxi.

It doesn't matter whether Qu Yi planned to surrender from the beginning or was forced to surrender. What matters is that the credit belongs to him.

If such great achievements are not rewarded heavily, who will be willing to surrender in the future?

Liu Xie did this to buy horse bones for thousands of gold, so that he would have less resistance to conquer the world in the future.

Let the generals under the princes understand that surrendering to the imperial court is the right way!

"General Anbei!"

Qu Yi was stunned and shocked.

He originally thought that if he surrendered with Yuan Shao, he would be granted the title of a general with no title at most. After all, he was guilty of the crime.

But who would have thought that the emperor would actually grant him the title of General Anbei? He never dared to dream of such a reward. It was like reaching the sky in one step!

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"I am willing to die for Your Majesty!"

Qu Yi suppressed the excitement in his heart and kowtowed repeatedly.

Zhang Yan on the side heard that the emperor had given such a reward, and she was so jealous that her back teeth were almost broken, and her eyes were even red.

He killed and injured so many brothers in exchange for the official position of General Pingbei and the title of rural marquis. However, Qu Yi betrayed his master and surrendered to the enemy in front of the battle, but he received such a huge reward!

"This should be my credit!"

Zhang Yan wished he could eat Qu Yi alive.

His county prince!

After Liu Xie had someone untie Qu Yi, he smiled at Zhang Yan and said, "Although this was a misunderstanding, General Pingbei also made contributions by taking the initiative to send troops to intercept Yuan Shao."

"Promote him to General Zhenbei."

Liu Xie promoted Zhang Yan's official position by one level, from Pingbei to Zhenbei, higher than Qu Yi's General Anbei.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Yan thanked him a little bit.

Although he was promoted, he couldn't be happy.

Compared with the official position, he cared more about the title.

But everything is based on merit. He didn't capture Yuan Shao, but only had the merit of intercepting. This reward is already a gift.

If you want to blame someone, you can only blame Qu Yi for stealing his credit!

Otherwise, with the credit of capturing Yuan Shao, the county marquis would be in his hands!

Zhang Yan became more and more angry as he thought about it, and looked at Qu Yi hatefully.

He remembered this grudge.

After receiving the reward, the two of them left one after another.

After they left, Liu Xie could no longer hide his joy and laughed loudly, saying, "Hejian County was recovered and Yuan Shao was captured. This battle can be regarded as a great victory!"

"Pass the order down, I will give a banquet to the soldiers of the three armies to celebrate the victory!"

Yuan Shao has always been a mountain on his head, but now that this mountain has been removed, he feels unprecedented relief!

From now on, he will no longer be bound!

...

Yicheng, in the prison.

Tian Feng looked outside through the narrow window in the cell, and after seeing the falling snowflakes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's snowing, Hejian County should be safe."

Although he was in prison, he still paid attention to the situation outside through the news passed by the jailer, and naturally knew the news that Hejian County was besieged by Lu Bu's several armies.

So this heavy snow undoubtedly came very timely.

In winter, the war could not continue.

Lu Bu's army could only choose to retreat.

"Defending Hejian County, the lord's troops must have suffered heavy casualties... but they held on after all. Next, we just need to wait for Guo Yuan's troops to support us."

"Alas, I don't know when the lord will admit his mistake and let me go so that I can continue to give him advice."

"Ahem..."

Tian Feng muttered to himself and coughed twice.

His face turned a little paler.

The weather was getting colder and colder. He only hoped that Yuan Shao could return to Yicheng as soon as possible to admit his mistake to him, otherwise, with his body, he would probably die in this prison.

"Military Supervisor! Military Supervisor——!"

An anxious voice came.

Tian Feng looked up and saw the jailer running over in a hurry, saying to him in great panic:

"Military Supervisor, it's not good! There was news from Hejian County that Lecheng County had been breached, General Yan Liang died in battle, and General Qu Yi captured the lord and surrendered!"

"What did you say!"

Tian Feng stood up suddenly, his expression changed drastically.

The lord... was captured? !