It was night, and the eighteen princes' camps were brightly lit.
The camps stretched for hundreds of miles. From a height, the torches and bonfires covering the ground reflected the entire sky above them like daylight. Even the howling cold wind avoided this "hot" place.
The eighteen princes are celebrating!
What to celebrate? It’s not to celebrate the capture of Hulao Pass (ps: in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Hulao Pass and Sishui Pass are divided into two passes. They are actually the same pass with different names. We respect reality here), because they failed to capture Hulao Pass at all. Instead, it celebrates rescuing the Han emperor from the hands of the traitor Dong Zhuo.
During the meeting between the emperor and his ministers this afternoon, our leader Yuan Shao and Yuan Yuan requested an order to offer sacrifices to heaven again to thank God for his blessing. Then he held a banquet for all the ministers and rewarded the three armies to show the great grace of the emperor and at the same time to calm the emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, naturally would not refuse and readily agreed.
Before that, there was an interesting episode. After paying homage to His Majesty, Cao Cao held Liu Bei's hand with tears of gratitude and said, "Brother Xuande, thank you for your hard work. Brother Xuande worked tirelessly, fearless of hardships and dangers, and put righteousness first to save His Majesty from the dire straits and save all the people in the world from the dire straits. Meng Virtue cannot be repaid, please Brother Xuande, please accept Meng De's worship!"
Under the glaring gazes of all the princes, Cao Cao worshiped in earnest. After Liu Bei was stunned for a short time, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. When Cao Mengde was about to bow down, he helped Cao Cao up in a panic and said, "Brother Mengde said something serious, I'm scared. I don't dare to take credit." . The successful rescue of His Majesty is all due to Brother Meng De’s thorough planning and exhaustive strategy. It’s just a matter of running errands in case of failure.”
So, the two of them had a "sincere" polite exchange.
In this way, the first credit for rescuing the driver was passed on to Cao Cao by Liu Bei, and he himself was the second credit - Liu Bei was not stupid, on the contrary, he knew how to judge the situation very well! After a moment of confusion, he made the wisest choice. Because he knows very well the truth that "the trees are as beautiful as the trees in the forest, but the wind is destroying them". If he had elite soldiers and powerful generals at this moment, he would never let the credit slip away. But the reality is that with no more than three hundred soldiers and no generals, he is just a little fish a little fatter than a shrimp among the eighteen princes. Unless he wants to be the prey of the big fish, he will never dare to take the credit alone. Although Cao Cao was not very strong, since he dared to stand up and openly grab credit, Liu Bei simply gave him the credit. It is better to have fun alone than to have fun together.
After secretly praising "Liu Bei is really a wise man", Cao Cao smiled "haha" and said, "All the generals also contributed a lot", and gave part of the credit to Yuan Shao and other princes. Here comes a genuine person. "Everyone is happy".
Later, Yuan Shao proposed to hold a party to maximize "all the joy", which not only demonstrated his status as the leader of the alliance, but also prevented Cao Cao and Liu Bei from stealing the limelight, and also attracted all the princes. At the same time, it was also a request for Emperor Xian of Han Such a gesture of willingness to respect Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would not make Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty feel that he had no power because of his position as the leader of the alliance. It was really killing two birds with one stone!
Yin Kuang and others who were left aside looked at Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and others singing a drama of "Everyone is happy". They only felt that none of these politicians were simple, and they were all shameless and talkative. You can talk the dead into life, even if you don’t accept it.
Originally, Yin Kuang was thinking about doing some tricks on his merits, making Cao Cao and Liu Bei turn against each other, making Liu Bei the target of public criticism, etc. However, he never expected that Liu Bei was very shrewd and Cao Cao was very shameless. Give him a chance. Yin Kuang could only comfort himself by saying, "How can he be the future master of three parts of the world so easily exploited by me?" As for the credit? Yin Kuang and others no longer have much hope. He narrowly escaped death, but in the end he became the cheapest "errand boy". The original credit was not enough for the princes to share, so there was no share for them, "small fish and shrimps". Thinking about it further, it's good to have these achievements, but it's nothing to complain about if they don't. This time the action of "saving Emperor Xian of Han" has brought him enough benefits.
Naturally, if some people are happy, some people must be unhappy. And often, those unhappy people exist among those happy people. The happier those happy people are, the less happy they are. For example, Tagore, Chihuahua, Eisna, Justin, Kagome, and every student of Xishen. The reason why they were unhappy was because Yin Kuang's action of "saving Emperor Xian of Han" caused them huge losses. Yin Kuang's conspiracy was compounded by Yang's conspiracy, one link after another, one link was broken and another link was broken, opening several holes in the originally strong ship of Xishen, making them block this end and not care about the other end. Exhausted from the response, he suffered heavy losses and casualties in the end.
At this time, they gathered together.
The guards at the camp were very lax tonight, so Tagore and a group of Western God students successfully sneaked into the camp. Kagome, after being tortured by the scout camp under Gongsun Zan's tent, was also rescued by Chihuahua and others. Because of today's series of events, Kagome, a so-called spy, has long been forgotten.
"My lords!" Kagome, who had been tortured for a day, knelt on one knee in front of Tagore and others, "It was all because of my recklessness that I gave Yin Kuang the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and killed so many people. Companion... I have no shame to see the goddess again, I am willing to dedicate my soul to the goddess in order to be saved!"
Eisna said calmly, with a cold voice, "Kagome, get up. You have done nothing wrong. If we really want to investigate, we all underestimated Yin Kuang. At the same time, we were not thoughtful enough and never thought of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. That level. Many mistakes led to today's defeat. You cannot be allowed to bear the sin alone."
"But… "
Tagore said: "Get up! If you really want redemption, find a way to avenge those companions who died in vain. May they rest in peace in heaven." His voice was low, suppressing negative emotions, and he had an irresistible momentum. .
Kagome responded with a slight whimper, "Yes!" Then she stood up and retreated silently.
Tagore took a deep breath, looked straight ahead, and said: "More than two hundred people have died..." Xishen had more than a hundred people die in just one day today, and this number was like an awl nailed into Tagore's head. In the heart, it makes people want to go crazy. Yin Kuang! Everything is because of that Yin Kuang! Tagore was so angry that he almost bit his teeth into pieces, but he had to hold back. If he bit them into pieces, he would lose his teeth.
In addition to Tagore and Chihuahua, there are also Henry, Brown, and Letty in the account, a total of seven people, who belong to the decision-making team of Xishen University for this exam. Unlike Dongsheng, which has so many association heads and class leaders, Xishen's decision-making level is very streamlined.
Tagore's words made everyone feel depressed, and their faces were full of gloom.
Justin said: "A quarter of the people have died..." Justin didn't say it clearly, but everyone understood what he meant. Because according to the oracle of the Goddess of Light, if the number of deaths reaches 300, the battle against Dongsheng will be abandoned. Although everyone is disgusted with the word "give up", no one objects to the Oracle of the Goddess of Light. As for why the goddess gave such an oracle, it is not something that everyone needs to consider, as long as they follow it - this is the benefit of absolute unity and control.
Chihuahua said: "We still have a chance! This time we will not be careless or underestimate the enemy. Next, we must formulate a detailed plan to deal with Dongsheng. We will get back all our losses!"
Eisna's eyes also flashed with fire, and she said: "Well. Although we suffered a great loss this time, Dongsheng and the others did not gain much. The credit for saving Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was all divided up by those princes, not Yin Kuang and the others at all. points. At the same time, many problems of Dongsheng have also been exposed, which we can take advantage of. In addition, although the Han emperor was the emperor, the princes of the Han Dynasty are now everywhere, and the imperial power has been seriously weakened. We can also take advantage of this. It can be used.”
As a person from the Western democratic world, I had a subconscious disregard for the imperial system of ancient China.
Tagore stood up and said, "I'm going for a walk. Make a detailed plan and then submit it to me." After saying that, Tagore left. He felt that he really needed some quiet time.
As a result, Chihuahua, Eisna, Henry and others began to discuss the next action plan.
At the same time, in a tent in Cao Cao's camp, Li Shuangmu, Leng Huaping, Yin Kuang, Tan Shengge, Bei Dao and others also gathered together.
Oh, there is another person who has been ignored by everyone - Wang Ning!
They were supposed to be happy, but at this moment their faces didn't look happy at all. Instead, they were very distressed.
At this moment, a question related to the success or failure of the entire Dongsheng was placed in front of them.
In the entire Dongsheng, a total of 1,621 people participated in this exam. Among them, only more than 700 people are now willing to participate in the war. Among these more than 700 people, nearly 500 are from Japan. There are more than 600 people in Dongsheng who have disappeared out of thin air. Got it!
This is absolutely a huge irony!
These days, the job of Wang Ning and the 50 Hou Mansion hidden guards led by him is to uncover these more than 600 people. After these days of busy work, more than 300 people have been identified, and these people are now captured by the Hou Mansion. The hidden guards are locked up in one place.
The question now is, how to deal with these 312 speculators!