Chapter 44: Chaos (7)

Yan Bin had been guarding against Li Su as a lobbyist and said that the incident of surrendering to Lu Bu was caused. Therefore, he sent many scouts to investigate near Ding Yuan's camp. At night, he received a report that a man dressed as a rank general in Dong Zhuo camp rode a Red Rabbit Horse into Ding Yuan's military camp. Yan Bin immediately led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Wang Yue and the Chongqi outside the Ding Yuan camp. He ordered Zhang Fei to lead the Chongqi to ambush outside the military camp to serve, and he led Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and Wang Yue into the camp to seek to see Ding Yuan.

After being received by Ding Yuan in the Central Army's tent, Ding Yuan asked strangely: "What's the matter if Zhiping is so late?"

Yan Bin told Ding Yuan about the investigation of Li Su riding a Red Rabbit Horse into Lu Bu’s camp, and also told Ding Yuan the speculation that Lu Bu had been bribed by Dong Zhuo tonight. Ding Yuan shook his head hesitantly and said, “Although Fengxian is my adopted son, I am not bad to him. How could he do such a thing that kills his father and is scolded by the world?”

Yan Bin knew that it would be difficult to convince Ding Yuan to take action without any evidence, so he had to settle for the second best and said to Ding Yuan: "Duke Jianyang, do you think this is good? The four of us will be ambushed behind your camp. If Lu Bu doesn't come, it would be best. If Lu Bu comes and is ill-behaved, we can rush out to protect you immediately."

Seeing that Yan Bin was also kind, Ding Yuan agreed to Yan Bin's request and let Yan Bin hide behind his camp. But it was strange that he did not see Lu Bu coming until dawn. Yan Bin had to say goodbye to Ding Yuan in embarrassment. After Yan Bin and the other four left Ding Yuan's camp, he heard a noise in Ding Yuan's camp. Yan Bin's heart skipped a beat and immediately rushed into Ding Yuan's camp with heavy cavalry. Lu Bu held Ding Yuan's head in one hand and shouted to the soldiers in the camp. Seeing Yan Bin's heavy cavalry rushing into the camp, the guilty Lu Bu rode a Red Rabbit Horse and led a small number of troops out of the camp without saying a word.

It turned out that after Yan Bin and others entered Ding Yuan's camp, Lu Bu received a report from his confidant, so Lu Bu kept trying not to attack Ding Yuan. After Yan Bin left Ding Yuan's camp, Lu Bu immediately killed Ding Yuan and cruelly cut off his head to seek credit from Dong Zhuo. After Yan Bin was busy collecting soldiers in Ding Yuan's military camp, he had no time to chase Lu Bu for a while. After counting, more than 1,300 people were taken away by Lu Bu, including 700 infantry soldiers from Gao Shun's camp. The remaining soldiers were nearly 3,000.

The generals who ran away with Lu Bu were not only Gao Shun, but also six generals including Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng. Yan Bin was overjoyed. In Yan Bin's eyes, only Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were considered famous generals, and the others were just garbage. Compared with Zhang Liao, Gao Shun was very good at training troops, but he was just a foolish fool. Today, Zhang Liaojia, who had both civil and military affairs, could make up for the losses of Lu Bu's losses of some of the Bingzhou soldiers taken away by Lu Bu.

After bringing the remaining Bingzhou soldiers back to his military camp, Yan Bin found Zhang Liao and said to Zhang Liao with great sincerity: "Wenyuan, you have seen that Dong Zhuo was in trouble. Now Lu Bu killed his father and betrayed the Lord. Wenyuan, you are a loyal and righteous man, come and help me do our best for the Han Dynasty." After Zhang Liao, who was so excited by Yan Bin's righteous words, surrendered to Yan Bin, Yan Bin handed over the original nearly 3,000 Bingzhou light cavalry to the commander of Zhang Liao. In this way, Yan Bin's men deducted the losses of the battle with Dong Zhuo yesterday, plus the supplement of the Bingzhou soldiers, the number reached 8,500, and all of them were cavalry.

The next day, he took a rest for one morning. In the afternoon, Yan Bin led the 8,500 cavalrymen to Dong Zhuo's camp to challenge. Standing outside Dong Zhuo's camp, Yan Bin felt deeply guilty for his neglect and hesitation, and on the other hand, he felt extremely angry that Lu Bu's murder of his father and backed the master, causing the hope of saving the man was even more slim. He shouted loudly: "Lu Bu, you ungrateful slave of the three surnames, the Xiongnu bastard who killed his father and backed the master. Do you have the courage to come out to fight? Will you, a jackal beast in human skin, only kill your adoptive father in secret and have no courage to come out to fight with dignity? Bandit, let me dig out your heart and see if your heart and heart are red or black." Yan Bin's subordinates also began to curse in a mess, and Zhang Fei's thunderous voice even resounded throughout Dong Zhuo's camp.

In Dong Zhuo's camp, Lu Bu, who had just become Dong Zhuo's adoptive father, was scolded by the "three-class slaves and Xiongnu bastards" outside, so blood was only rushing to his forehead. Fortunately, Lu Bu did not have high blood pressure, otherwise he would have had a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot. Lu Bu asked Dong Zhuo for a fight: "Entertainment father, the child can no longer bear it. Please agree to me to go out and kill Yan Bin's vicious child."

Li Ru, a counselor next to Dong Zhuo, said to Dong Zhuo sinisterly: "My lord, let Fengxian lead his troops and our infantry to fight, and then let Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou lead the cavalry out quietly from the back of the camp. With Feng Xian's bravery, he will be able to delay the battle for a moment. When Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou go around Yan Bin's flank and attack them from three sides, you can destroy Yan Bin's children in one battle." Dong Zhuo nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Chapter completed!