Chapter 21: Your sword is sharp, but mine may be!
"It was Yuan... The former general had a dispute with Gongsun Zan..."
After being stunned for a moment, Cao Hong quickly replied, his face full of an expression that said, "I was blind and didn't see anything just now."
Originally, he wanted to mention Yuan Shu's name directly.
Then he remembered that the leader Yuan in front of him was Yuan Shu's brother, so he changed the words to former general.
Yuan Shao looked at the overly deliberate expression on Cao Hong's face and felt an urge to chop Cao Hong with two swords.
I also want to leave here quickly and stay away from Cao Hong.
I was just not paying attention to my image for a moment and was bumped by this guy.
I could just pretend nothing happened, but this guy was overacting...
"What caused the dispute?"
Yuan Shao pretended that nothing had happened and stood up and walked outside.
I want to take this opportunity to get away from here.
Cao Hong said: "I heard that it was because of Bao Xin's troops. The former general went to Gongsun Zan to ask for them, but Gongsun Zan refused to give them..."
"What nonsense!"
Yuan Shao shouted angrily and quickened his pace, but he did not lose his dignity.
But thinking back to what he had just seen, when Yuan Shao heard his footsteps, he hurriedly knelt on the mat and straightened his clothes. Cao Hong always felt that this extremely dignified role model for the world, Yuan Benchu, was a little strange.
Cao Cao also followed Yuan Shao and headed towards Gongsun Zan...
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"Gongsun Zan, I'm going to ask you one last time, are you going to hand over the soldiers and horses of the Jibei Xiang?!"
Yuan Shu stared with his eyes wide open, his hand already on the hilt of the sword.
"Before the Prime Minister of Jibei was killed by that traitor Hua Xiong, he gave my brother Xuande some words of advice.
He said that if he unfortunately died, all his troops would be entrusted to me!
You come here now and make trouble for no reason, why? ! "
Gongsun Zan also put his hand on the hilt of the sword, confronting the enemy head-on and refusing to give in.
Zhang Fei behind him felt a little confused when he heard this.
Did Bao Xin say this before he died?
I was right there at the time, how come I didn’t hear it?
Liu Bei took a step forward without changing his expression, bowed to Yuan Shu and said, "Indeed, if the Jibei Xiang had not asked me to do so, how could my brother Bogui have gathered the Jibei Xiang's troops?
How can you be willing to follow my brother Bogui?"
Zhang Fei became even more confused.
Did Bao Xin really say this?
I should have said that.
Otherwise, why would my elder brother be so confident?
My eldest brother is an honest gentleman.
It should be Bao Xin who said this. The battle was fierce at that time, and he was only concerned with fighting with Hua Xiong, so he didn't hear it.
Looking at his elder brother's drooping ears, Zhang Fei became even more certain.
That's it.
My eldest brother has big ears and can hear sounds clearly.
Bao Xin said something, and his eldest brother heard it, so it was normal that he didn't hear it.
"Big Ear Thief! How can you interrupt me when I'm talking?!"
Yuan Shu looked at Liu Bei and shouted angrily.
Liu Bei had a blank expression . Zhang Fei was furious, but Liu Bei reached out and held him back, not allowing him to speak.
“clang!”
The sound of a sword being unsheathed was heard, Gongsun Zan drew the sword and glared at Yuan Shu.
"Yuan Gonglu, are you trying to deceive me by saying that my sword is not good enough?"
Gongsun Zan was born a bastard, so he had a rather extreme personality and liked to hold grudges. Naturally, he was displeased with people who were born to legitimate parents.
He was also a frontier general and had great prestige in western Liaoning.
Others were afraid of Yuan Shu, who came from a family of three generations of officials, but he was not.
In his opinion, if Yuan Shu did not have such a good background, he would be far inferior to him.
If he had Yuan Shu's background, he would definitely be the leader of the coalition now, not Yuan Shao, the bastard!
Yuan Gonglu is a man without any ability who relies on the family fortune accumulated by his ancestors to bully others here.
If someone provokes Gongsun Zan, how could he be afraid of such a person?
What can a legitimate son of the Runan Yuan family, who have been three officials for four generations, do? !
“clang!”
Another sound of a sword being unsheathed was heard, and Yuan Shu also drew his sword.
Yuan Shu had never seen such an arrogant person in his life!
"Your sword is sharp, but mine may not be so!"
Yuan Shu glared at Gongsun Zan and pointed the sword at him in a tit-for-tat manner.
When Liu Bei saw Gongsun Zan draw his sword, he let go of Zhang Fei, drew his own double-edged sword from his waist, and followed Gongsun Zan in glaring at Yuan Shu.
“ Clang clang clang…”
More people drew their weapons, and the situation became tense and tense.
"Stop immediately! Put down your weapons!"
Just at this moment, a shout was heard and Yuan Shao came on horseback.
"We came here for the sake of justice, to kill the traitor Dong and support the Han Dynasty. Now that the traitor Dong has not been killed, our own people are the first to draw their swords against us. How can this be tolerated?!"
Yuan Shao grabbed the reins, jumped off the warhorse, straightened his clothes, and swept his majestic eyes over Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan.
"What is this all about?"
Yuan Shu glanced at Yuan Shao and did not put away his sword: "Ask him!"
"Bogui, why is this?"
Gongsun Zan then told Yuan Shao about the troops that Bao Xin had entrusted to him before his death, and how Yuan Shu had now come to rob them rudely.
And out of respect for Yuan Shao, he put away the sword in his hand.
Maybe they felt that both sides were born as illegitimate children, so it was easy for them to identify with each other.
"He said he would entrust it to me, so he entrusted it to me?
I also said that when we first started the army, Bao Xin had told me that if he unfortunately died first, he would entrust his troops to me!"
Yuan Shu sneered.
"Gonglu, put down your sword first!"
Yuan Shao scolded him.
Yuan Shu simply turned his face away and ignored Yuan Shao's words.
This bastard actually puts on airs in front of his legitimate son. Does he really think he is the leader of the coalition?
“By the way, the Prime Minister of Jibei also said that he and Meng De are on good terms and can entrust his wife to him.
So he entrusted his wife, food, and military equipment in the camp to Meng De.
My brother Xuande and Mengde's general Xiahou Miaocai were present and can testify!"
Gongsun Zan said this as he looked at Cao Cao, who had come with Yuan Shao and jumped off his warhorse.