Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 243 Princes
After the city gates opened, Yun Que and her men walked into the city on foot, not fearing the soldiers and drivers within. They were confident in their own strength, and even if the soldiers turned against them, they could suppress them. After all, the Wu Clan warriors were nearby, and any sign of trouble would likely lead them to their aid, so they felt reassured.

Lu Bu carefully accompanied Yun Que in. Although Yun Que was extremely beautiful, Lu Bu had no such intention at all. Just now, Yun Que threw the weapon in her hand aside casually because it was inconvenient for her to enter the city. As a result, a big hole was directly smashed on the ground. Although Lu Bu had not tried the weight of this weapon, he knew it was not fake when he saw the big hole. He could lift it up, but it was still unclear whether he could lift it up, let alone waving it back and forth like Yun Que. They were simply not on the same level.

Yunque took a tour of Hulao Pass and found nothing special, so he ordered the Wu clan to leave 10,000 people to guard the coalition forces, and the rest to pursue Dong Zhuo and capture all these princes in one fell swoop.

After Yunque left, some princes, such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others, became restless and prepared to unite with other princes to kill the guarding Wu soldiers and escape.

But when they contacted Cao Cao, they were angered by the look in Cao Cao's eyes that looked like fools.

"Cao Aman, what's with that look in your eyes? Don't you want to escape? Or are you one of them?"

Yuan Shu shouted loudly.

"Haha! If you want to escape, then go ahead! I won't run away. Let's not even talk about whether I can escape for now. Even if I can escape, what can I do? Gather the soldiers and fight them? Can I win? I will still be captured, and whether I can survive by then is another matter."

Cao Cao said sarcastically.

"This! This! That's better than being a coward. Are we just going to surrender like this?"

Yuan Shu was still a little angry, but he lowered his voice.

"What else can we do? Haven't you seen how powerful their mounts are? There are nearly ten thousand of them left here! These monsters alone can wipe us out. How can we fight them? Use our heads? With all these monsters around, we have no cavalry. Are we going to rely on infantry to fight these monsters? Don't be ridiculous. I don't want my soldiers to die on such a meaningless road."

Cao Cao said unhappily.

"Aman, what are you going to do next?"

Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao.

"What can we do? Just do what the female general says! Although I don't know who they are, they are definitely not from our Central Plains. They must have come here for some purpose. As long as we don't get in their way, there shouldn't be any danger. Isn't that the case now? After we surrendered, they didn't do anything to us, right?

"In my opinion, we should just stay here and wait for them to accomplish their goal, and then we will be released. Rather than throwing away our lives for so-called pride, I feel that my life is more important. Anyway, I will not send troops."

Cao Cao said seriously.

Seeing that Cao Cao had made up his mind, Yuan Shao sighed and left Cao Cao's tent. Yuan Shu glared at Cao Cao fiercely and followed him out.

"Hmph! Four generations of three officials! I hope you won't mess around. These people don't care about your reputation. If you do, they will really kill you."

Cao Cao waited until the two Yuan Shu brothers left, then murmured softly. After Yuan Shao emerged from Cao Cao's tent, he returned directly to his own. Yuan Shu, however, remained unwilling to give up and went to the tents of other vassal states. Some clever vassal states directly rejected Yuan Shu's request, while others, more naive, agreed to it, promising to follow Yuan Shu in his counterattack against the remaining Wu clan members once he raised his army.

Yuan Shu also returned to his military tent with satisfaction and began to order his soldiers to prepare for the uprising.

In the military camp of the princes, there are three special existences, that is Liu Bei and his three brothers. They came alone without any soldiers, and the princes looked down on them. Originally, Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao had some good feelings towards them, but because of the appearance of Yun Que and others, they directly ignored the three brothers, so the three brothers are still sleeping in the camp.

"Brother, if you ask me, we should just fight our way out. There's not even a place to sleep here."

Zhang Fei spoke to Liu Bei in a loud voice.

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense. We three brothers can't fight our way out. Don't you see that with so many princes and their troops, we dare not stand up to them? If the three of us go up, we will die in vain. Forget about escaping. I don't think we will even leave a complete corpse. Let's just stay here and see what these princes are going to do. If they are not in a hurry, then we should be even less anxious."

Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei and then said to his two brothers.

"Brother, that's right. Third brother, don't talk nonsense. I've carefully observed this group of people. Every one of them is a brave and skilled general. We can't defeat them at all. Let's listen to you, brother. Let's wait for the princes' reactions and then make a decision!"

Guan Yu Guan Yunchang stroked his beard and said seriously.

Zhang Fei snorted coldly, found a place at random, and lay down, sulking.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu analyzed the strength and origins of the Wu clan.

Sun Jian, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong, is educating his son.

"Bofu, if that female general recruits us, we should surrender immediately and not offer any futile resistance, as it's like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. Although saying this may seem a bit disheartening and demoralizing, it's the truth. Apart from anything else, the mounts these people ride are powerful enough to wipe out all of our vassal states. If we can earn the favor of that female general, perhaps we can join them and lead this incredible force into battle. Making great achievements in the future wouldn't be a dream."

Sun Jian patiently spoke to his eldest son.

"Father, is this a bit embarrassing?"

Sun Ce asked somewhat depressedly.

"Hahaha! What's face worth? Look at the Yuan family, with three generations of officials, Cao Cao after a eunuch, and Kong Rong after a sage. Which one of them is not a famous and prestigious family? Do they care about face? No, they care more about their own lives. Bofu, you must remember this: everything else can be thrown away, only life is of vital importance. As long as a person is alive, everything can be regained, but once a person dies, there is nothing left."

Sun Jian spoke to Sun Ce patiently.

(End of this chapter)