Chapter 244 Xiahou Lian’s hunting ground deliberately provokes Xiahou Dun to meet Cao Cao

Author: Tough Bronze

Chapter 244 Xiahou Lian’s hunting ground deliberately provokes Xiahou Dun to meet Cao Cao

At the end of the day, Xi Yu and others harvested a large amount of prey.

Xi Yu ordered people to light a fire on the grass and put the prey on the fire to barbecue. As generals, Dian Wei and Zhao Yun were very good at this barbecue.

Xi Yu, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others sat aside and waited, while Lu Lingqi leaned against a big tree, quietly and not talking to anyone.

Not long after, Xiahou Lian, a younger brother of Xiahou Dun, came over. This man was a general in the middle part of Xiahou Dun's army.

Xia Houlian and his party also came here to hunt today. They wanted to have a good time, but they never thought that Xi Yu and his party would also come here. Xia Houlian originally left, but felt it was too embarrassing, so he forced himself to leave.

After a day of hunting, almost all the prey here was snatched away by Xi Yu and others, and only a few rabbits were left.

As they passed by, Xia Houlian said, "After chasing deer, we only hunted some young rabbits. How should we and the dozen or so members of the clan divide them?"

When passing by, Xia Houlian said, "After the deer chase, there are only two young rabbits, how can we and dozens of other clan members share the food?"

Another person replied, "People with foreign surnames actually entered the hunting ground and harvested so much. But this hunting ground is only a place for clan members to enter. Oh, it is really sad and lamentable."

"It's tasteless to eat and it's a pity to throw it away. It doesn't matter if this little rabbit doesn't eat it."

Xia Houlian was about to abandon the two young rabbits. At this time, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang heard the conversation between Xia Houlian and others. Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang suddenly felt unhappy.

Dian Wei could hear it clearly from the side. He had a bad temper and immediately said in a cold voice, "I don't know which family's dog is barking here! It's really noisy to death!"

"The hunting ground is so vast, and everyone has to rely on their own abilities when hunting. Haha, in the end, I only caught two young rabbits. I'm afraid I couldn't shoot eighty steps with my bow, but every time I come back, I'm greedy for other people's prey!"

"It's not impossible to get prey if you want. If you come over and kneel in front of me, kowtow a few times and call me foster father, I can give you some prey. How about that?"

"You are a rude person. Who are you talking about?"

Dian Wei sneered and said, "Haha, whoever talks to me, who am I talking about?"

"Come here and kowtow. My foster father will give you prey now. Come here quickly."

After that, Dian Wei waved his hands towards the two of them. Of course, Dian Wei could tell that what the two said before was intentional, and he was clearly comparing the current world to a hunting ground.

It is intended to imply that Xiyu wants too much, so that the clan members cannot tell them apart.

However, the meaning behind these words is very obscure, and it is more of an expression of annoyance. It does not mean to provoke a fight, but it happened to meet a reckless man like Dian Wei. There were only a few reckless people in the late Han Dynasty.

Dian Wei is one of them.

Whenever someone dares to say something wrong with Xi Yu, it's fine if Dian Wei can't hear it. If he can hear it, he will never let this person go.

"General!" Xia Houlian immediately looked at Xi Yu, "I am a powerful general today, how can I be easily humiliated?"

"What a joke, I am a powerful general! When I was making military exploits in Jizhou, you and the Xiahou family were only guarding Yanjin!"

For a moment, Xia Houlian and Dian Wei were at war with each other, and Dian Wei stood up. He was as big as an iron tower, so Xia Houlian was immediately afraid.

After all, the generals around Xi Yu are all fierce men.

"What you just said is what you think in your own hearts, or is it someone who deliberately taught you to say this?"

Xi Yu suddenly looked at Xia Houlian and asked in a deep voice.

Huang Zhongli was not far away from Xiyu. When he saw this, he immediately held the bow and arrow in his hand firmly.

Zhao Yun's eyes immediately revealed a cold light. In this Huang family hunting ground, if Zhao Yun and others wanted to leave, even if another thousand or eight hundred people came, they would not be able to stop Xi Yu, Zhao Yun and others.

Xia Houlian just showed off his rhetoric for a while, but now that things have come to this, if he leaves in such a dejected manner, he will definitely be punished when he returns.

With this current situation, Xia Houlian had to say something.

Otherwise, when the time comes, he will really be unable to speak, and it will be difficult for him to speak out. Xiahou Dun, his elder brother in the family, will probably scold him to death and send him back to the front line in Jizhou.

In this way, since the words came to this topic, Xia Houlian simply continued, "Of course, what I just said is from the bottom of my heart. General, I was just quick-tongued, so I should apologize and admit my mistakes. However, there are some

It’s hard to speak quickly.”

Xi Yu immediately looked at Xia Houlian.

This man has a rough build, a flat face, relatively open and closed facial features, and a plump and broad forehead. He indeed has the appearance of a general.

Moreover, this Xia Houlian's arms were slender and strong, but his eyes were not very clear, and he looked a little more cunning and mean.

Xi Yu withdrew his gaze from the distance of the hunting ground again, and turned to look at the two generals of the Xiahou family who looked like they were complaining, but in fact they were emboldened to yell at him.

"Haha, tell me." Xi Yu sneered and said.

Xia Houlian immediately clasped his fists and said, "A few years ago, when we were in Qinghe County in the eastern part of Jizhou, our General Xiahou Dun sent troops to Qinghe to change defenses, so as to release General Zhao Yun's troops and horses so that he could attack Hejian County."

"However, General Zhao not only drove away General Xiahou Dun's soldiers and horses, but also took away the soldiers, armor, and food. The lord already knows about this."

"I wonder how the general will deal with this matter? From what I can see, the lord must be waiting for the general to report this matter. The general should also know that General Xiahou Dun is the lord's brother."

"This incident has always been a pain in the heart of General Xiahou Dun. General Xiahou Dun never mentioned it before. It was because he wanted to ensure the victory of the Northern Expedition. But in the eyes of our generals, this kind of armaments and ordnance are absolutely useless.

It is not a trivial matter, but if we indulge in robbery, it will definitely affect the unity within our army."

Xiahou Lian said righteously, and even glanced at Zhao Yun intentionally, as if he wanted Zhao Yun to stand up and confront him.

Thinking of that time, his soldiers and horses, Xia Houlian, were pointed at their noses and scolded by Qingzhou soldiers, which was very rude. Xia Houlian and his soldiers and horses suffered a great humiliation.

"General, there are still Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Jizhou. Jizhou has not yet been completely stabilized," Xia Houlian continued, "We still need to spend a lot of energy to drive away Yuan Shao's remaining soldiers. Otherwise, Yuan Shao will never be able to easily conquer Jizhou."

The land was surrendered.”

"If the general is thinking about the unity of the army within the lord, he should inform the lord of the matter as soon as possible and then return the corresponding military supplies."

"Is there such a thing?" Xi Yu immediately looked at Zhao Yun.

"There is absolutely no such thing, it's just something made out of nothing!" Zhao Yun replied solemnly.

"General Zhao, you are also the commander-in-chief of an army after all. An Neng can talk so freely, but dare not act?!" Xia Houlian said coldly.

Zhao Yun glanced back at Xia Houlian and said in a deep voice, "If I remember correctly, the person who came to claim the territory was named Jiang Qi."

"Yes, it's Jiang Qi!"

Zhao Yun then continued, "Haha, if that's the case, that's right."

"The armaments you mentioned were snatched by Jiang Qi from Yuan Jun. However, after they arrived in Qinghe County, they were robbed by bandits. We defeated the bandits in Qinghe County and robbed the armaments. Come back, this is the truth of the matter, why do you say that I, Zhao Yun, robbed Jiang Qi of his armaments?" Zhao Yun asked with a sneer.

"Isn't that what it is?!"

Xia Houlian suddenly became anxious, and secretly said in his heart: Well, Zhao Yun, the reason why you never reported it is because you didn’t take these armaments seriously at all?!

How is this different from a gangster?!

He didn't even mention this matter at all. If I, Xia Houlian, hadn't asked about it today, I'm afraid no one like you would have mentioned it from now on, and then the previous armaments would really be impossible to get back.

However, Xiyu's Xuzhou and Qingzhou were already very wealthy, and now there were nearly 70,000 more sets of armaments in the military camps!

In the view of Xia Houlian and others, Xiyu has so many reserve armaments, which are all obtained from the mining of ores by the people in the territory.

Moreover, after mining the mines, you can also get a lot of gold and silver ores. Xiyu is already very rich in armaments, and there are naturally a lot of other ores and other raw materials, so how can it be poor and barren.

Under such circumstances, Xi Yu refused to return the weapons. Xia Houlian felt that this was too much.

At this time, Zhao Yun tilted his head, looked at Xia Houlian, and said in a deep voice, "What if we didn't defeat the bandits? Will you report to the lord that the armament was snatched by bandits?"

"However, when we defeated the bandits and harvested these armaments from the bandits, we naturally reported this as captured proceeds."

"In the report to the lord last night, we made it very clear that these armaments have nothing to do with you. Why do you want to come out today and say that we have affected internal unity?"

Dian Wei also followed with disdain and said, "That's right! You can't even defeat the bandits, but you still have the nerve to come to our general to ask for armaments, and you don't feel embarrassed!"

"When this news comes out, I don't feel ashamed for your Xiahou family. I was robbed by bandits. Instead of attacking the bandits to get back the weapons, you come here to slander us?!"

"Do you really think that my lord has a good temper?" Dian Wei glared and continued, "However, my lord does have a good temper and usually doesn't get angry. However, once he gets angry, the consequences will be serious."

"So, I advise you to get away as soon as possible while my lord is still angry, otherwise... once my lord becomes angry, you will not be able to reap the benefits!"

"You...you guys!!"

Xia Houlian never thought that he would be scolded by Dian Wei, and his face suddenly turned green and red, and he became even more angry with embarrassment. However, what Dian Wei and Zhao Yun said was not entirely unreasonable, and Xia Houlian also understood the matter themselves. Deficit.

At this time, Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, "If Jiang Qi had a better attitude back then, I could have given him the weapons."

"But this person is talking nonsense, saying that Lord Shenxi is just a retainer of the Cao family, and furthermore, that these armaments and soldiers will be returned to the Cao family and Xiahou family sooner or later!"

"I'm wondering, is this Jiang Qi a member of the Cao family? Or does he recognize General Xiahou as his adoptive father? Serve General Xiahou every night?"

"Haha, if it is convenient, please ask General Xia Houlian to go back and ask me a question."

Hearing these words, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia immediately looked at each other and felt secretly happy in their hearts: They never thought that this boy Zhao Yun, who had been with them all these years and often quarreled with Dian Wei, would now be arguing with others.

His ability is quite extraordinary!

Zhao Yun was so hurtful at this time without using any curse words, which left Xia Houlian speechless.

When Xiahou Lian and other members of the Xiahou family heard what Dian Wei and Zhao Yun had just said, they were speechless and had to leave the hunting ground.

But everyone in this group of people had expressions of surprise and anger on their faces.

As several people left the hunting ground, within half a day, news of the hunting ground reached Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun was a very honest man, and he was extremely strict in running the army. Therefore, he was very strict with himself and would never hide property secretly.
To be continued...