Three Kingdoms: I, Yuan Shu, Loyal Officials of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 92 The entire court is loyal to the emperor; how could there be any disloyal officials?
In Yuan's camp, this scene was praised by everyone in front of their lord, and Ji Ling couldn't help but laugh loudly. He also readily agreed and bowed down.

"My lord, do not worry, I am willing to go."

Guan Yu was merely a defeated general of some family; I regard him as nothing more than a target to be sold.

Last time he narrowly escaped with his life, but today he dares to fight again?

"I will surely behead him and hang his head at the East Gate to avenge my lord the deaths of Lei and Chen!"

Seeing his heroic spirit, Yuan Jun's morale was greatly boosted. He was just waiting for Ji Ling to kill Guan Yu, and then his army would sweep through Liu's camp like a tiger and wolf.

However, when faced with Ji Ling's request to fight, Yuan Shu remained silent and just stared at him.

The official sat high in the government office, his unfathomable eyes sending chills down Ji Ling's spine.

Ji Ling: "???"

Yuan Shu: "."

Yuan Shu was truly helpless.

Ji Ling!

The morale of the entire army rests on your shoulders. If you go out and are defeated by Guan Yu, this battle will truly be over.

Forget about Guan Yu, you won't be able to lift a finger in the future. As long as you, Ji Ling, stop fighting, you'll be the legendary warrior in my Yuan camp, capable of intimidating the enemy with a force comparable to Lü Bu.

Ji Ling, who might have been amazing with his hidden weapons when he made a move, was truly feared by the other lords as Guan Yu's reputation grew. He sat calmly in his tower, his face as still as a lake, without lifting a finger.

"My lord?"

After a moment of silence, in the deathly quiet hall, amidst Ji Ling's eager gaze and the expectant eyes of the generals, Yuan Shu let out a mournful cry!
"It hurts me too!"

He clutched his heart, rose from his seat, staggering, and looked mournful.

"Guan Yu?"
They actually lost two of my beloved generals?

This hatred is irreconcilable! "

As he spoke, he immediately called to his servants, "Bring me white mourning clothes!"

After the servants brought him mourning clothes and helped him change into them, he drew his sword and gave the order.

"Order the entire army: Liu's camp, kill the surrendered soldiers!"
Even a peerless general like Chen Lan could not escape death if he surrendered. Now we must fight to the death!

The entire army, clad in mourning, marched out of the city to avenge Generals Lei and Chen!

Upon hearing this, how could the generals not be filled with grief and fight to the death on the front lines?

All the generals bowed and said in unison, "Yes!"

When the army marched out of the city, a vast army of 100,000 men, all dressed in white robes and white mourning clothes, marched out of the city. The army was determined to fight to the death. How could a thousand troops and ten thousand horses not retreat?

Seeing Yuan Shu lead his army out, Liu Bei, worried about Guan Yu's safety, also led his army forward with Zhang Fei, and the two sides faced each other on the battlefield.

Yuan Shu stood atop a six-horse chariot, gazing at the man with large ears and hands reaching past his knees beneath the banner bearing the character "Liu," and sneered, ordering his soldiers to step forward and shout.

"You big-eared scoundrel! I spared your request for the loan of Yuzhou out of consideration for our years of friendship. How dare you break your promise and invade my territory without cause?"

When Liu Bei saw Yuan Shu riding in a six-horse carriage, he thought, "This is the emperor's imperial carriage. How dare a subject overstep his bounds?"
He immediately ordered his soldiers to shout and curse!

"I am acting on the Emperor's decree to punish the disloyal!"
Yuan Gonglu, you have enjoyed the Han dynasty's bounty and the emperor's favor for generations. How dare you steal the imperial seal, disrespect the emperor, and do such a deceitful thing?

What you've done now! Where does that leave the Han Dynasty? Where does that leave the Emperor? As the Imperial Uncle of the Han Dynasty, how can I tolerate you?

If you now bow down and surrender, presenting the imperial seal, I might be able to put in a good word for you before the emperor. It's not too late to admit your mistakes and correct them.

If you do not repent and continue to wage war, your crime is unforgivable. Even if I cannot kill you today, Heaven will punish you.

“Those who weave mats and sell shoes are truly shallow in their knowledge.”

Instigated and provoked by others, they are willing to risk their own foundation to fight against overwhelming odds.

The words about presenting the imperial seal are utterly laughable!
Where is the Imperial Seal of the State?

"When I said I had never seen it, I meant I never spoke in jest! If it doesn't exist, why present it to me? This puts me in a very difficult position."

"Traitor! Scoundrel! How dare you do this!!!"

Liu Bei's expression changed drastically, filled with shock and anger, and he angrily rebuked Yuan Shao's army of 100,000.

"Yuan Gonglu is a traitor to the country, deceiving heaven and earth. He is called a Han official, but in reality he is a national traitor!"

If you rebel and defy your superiors now, you will all be traitors in the future.

Why not set things right, support the greater good, assist the Han dynasty, eliminate the rebel leader, and have the three armies surrender?

"The emperor, being of enlightened virtue, will not implicate others."

However, after he finished speaking, Yuan's army fell silent. Only the 100,000 men dressed in white mourning clothes stood resolutely and determined to die for their cause.

To Yuan Jun, Liu Bei's words were truly laughable.

These 100,000 men had all won a great victory against Yuan Shu in Yingchuan and were just waiting to return to Shouchun to be granted titles and land.

To restore order? To eliminate the ringleaders?
What a joke! If we eliminate Lord Yuan, will you Han people recognize the titles and ranks we hold?
Who would be crazy enough to give up a perfectly good noble title to exchange for you, the Emperor of Bright Virtue, so that you wouldn't be implicated?

Moreover, the three armies have requested to surrender?

Given the precedent of Chen Lan's surrender, with his fine head still lying on the ground, eyes wide open in death, who knows if you will truly let these rebels go once you lay down your weapons?
Surrender or fight, we will die; the only option is to fight to the death.

The only thing that terrified these soldiers was Guan Yu, the peerless general who had killed Lei Bu and Chen Lan in succession.

Therefore, everyone is waiting! Everyone is looking forward to it!

We await the arrival of Ji Ling, the top general under Yuan Shao, hoping he will recreate the astonishing feat of defeating Guan Yu in three rounds.

If that is the case, they will no longer be afraid or timid, and will devour sheep like tigers and wolves!
Like Yuan Jun, Liu Jun was also looking forward to it.

Their invincible General Guan has already slain two peerless generals. If he can kill Ji Ling to prove his worth, the army will be in high spirits and fight to the death.

Just as the two armies were facing off and the tension was rising, they heard Liu Bei say that the three armies had surrendered and that the chaos had been set right.

Yuan Shu scoffed at it.

"You are acting on the Emperor's decree to punish the disloyal? This is a forged decree by Cao Mengde!"
The emperor is young, lacks virtue and is easily taken advantage of by wicked people, causing chaos and disorder in the court.

This is an old story about Dong Zhuo, Li Zicheng, and Guo Si!

Cao Mengde, nominally the Chancellor of Han, was in reality a traitor to Han. He held the emperor hostage and held high-ranking officials hostage. How was he any different from Li Zicheng and Guo Si? He was no different from the traitor Dong Zhuo!

You obey this forged imperial edict, claiming it to be for the greater good, but in reality it is foolish loyalty!
At this critical juncture when the Han Dynasty is on the verge of collapse and the nation is in grave danger, I, in the name of Grand General, shall assume the duties of Regent, take control of the court, save the nation from collapse, save the people, and restore peace.

I will face a thousand pointing fingers with a cold glare, yet bow my head willingly to serve the Han loyalists!

"Utterly shameless!!!"
If Ru Yuan is a loyal and virtuous man of the Han Dynasty, then there will be no one in the world who would disobey him.

"Nonsense!"

Clad in white, he stood alone atop his chariot, with ten thousand armored soldiers behind him, their shouts echoing to the heavens!
Yuan Shu looked down at Liu Bei with cold eyes, his sleeves fluttering as if he held the reins of the world and was about to devour the land of the Han Dynasty.

He chuckled and said:

"The entire court is loyal to the emperor; how could there be any disloyal officials?"

"How can the great Han dynasty tolerate such disloyal and rebellious individuals causing chaos and unrest among the people!"

Liu Bei could no longer tolerate it, and angrily pointed his twin swords at Yuan Shu, "Second brother! Can you kill this arrogant and rebellious traitor for me?"

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear!"

As Guan Yu charged toward them on horseback, Ji Ling, the general who had earned the respect of the people, was about to go out to meet him.

However, before he could even volunteer for battle, Yuan Shu had already given the order.

"Where is my son, Bo Fu?!"

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