Chapter 10 Loneliness
Ye Zhao looked at the group of people with some amusement and began to criticize Dong Zhuo's atrocities one by one. What's the point of saying this one day? Instead of wasting time on cursing people, it would be better to do something practical. Even if they go back to train troops, it is better to be better than this. So many troops gather here, and the money and food consumed for a day of delay are a terrifying number.
Bored, Ye Zhao leaned on Hu Shui and calculated the food and grass consumed by this small army of 300,000 plus the millions of people who transported food and grass in one day. He calculated it briefly. Not to mention the rations of his own army, even if he maintained the expenses of this coalition in the way of ordinary raising soldiers, the food consumed by the millions of people on the way is enough to make a wealthy state poor.
I'm afraid this battle won't last long.
In this case, the only one who is really attacking Dong Zhuo with practical actions is probably the prefect of Xihe, and King Chen Min Liu Chong is working hard.
What a pity, just by judging from the current progress that these people can fight for half a day when they die. If Dong Zhuo has finished killing these two teams, they may not be able to be beaten here. This is not a good thing. He wants to use Dong Zhuo, but at the same time he has to oppress Dong Zhuo. His people are still under Dong Zhuo's rule. If Dong Zhuo has nothing to do, his people will be in danger. He has to find a way to mobilize Dong Zhuo's enthusiasm.
"But I thought of something!" Ye Zhao was wandering around the sky, calculating the situation in front of him. The first Dongjun Prefect Qiao Mao, who arrived, inexplicably brought the topic to Ye Zhao: "Prefect Li returned to Yingchuan because he was snatched by Ye Hou's words. It was said that it was a sudden, but why did he meet Dong's men? Now Dong's men and horses are all hiding in Luoyang and rarely come out of seclusion. On that day, they happened to ambush on the road Li had to pass. Can Ye Hou explain it?"
"Hmm?" Ye Zhao looked up and looked at Qiao Mao with a blank look on his face: "How do I know? What does the Qiao Prefect mean?"
"I suspect that someone has an affair with Dong Zhe, who resented the rude words of Prefect Li, so he leaked the information of Prefect Li and killed him!" Qiao Mao looked at Ye Zhao with a burning look and said, "Otherwise, Prefect Li met Dong Zhe's troops as soon as he arrived near Yingchuan, which would be too coincidental."
"In other words, are you suspicious of me?" Ye Zhao looked at Qiao Mao with a smile: "Even if that's how are you going?"
"You..." Qiao Mao probably didn't expect Ye Zhao to admit it so straightforwardly. He had already thought of thousands of words, but now he was blocked by Ye Zhao's words. After a while, he blushed and pointed at Ye Zhao angrily: "Just because of his own personal grudges, he colluded with the traitors to harm the alliance. What's the face of being born in the world, your father..."
"Be careful when speaking~" Ye Zhao had a small crossbow in his hand, and pointed it at Qiao Mao and smiled: "It is not the demeanor of a noble man as a despicable person to be a good man. Also, I just say that even if it is, which ear has you heard me admit it?"
Qiao Mao's voice came to an abrupt end like a duck that was strangled.
Yuan Shao closed his eyes and Sun Jian also rubbed his temples. Ye Zhao's crossbow bow really never leaves his body. It seems that Ye Zhao likes to communicate with people in this way.
Cao Cao looked at the small crossbow in Ye Zhao's hand and smiled bitterly: "Ye Hou's crossbow bow seems to be a little more refined than before."
"Well, this kind of crossbow is easy to carry, and it is easier to fill in crossbow arrows and fire arrows. The only thing is that it is too easy to damage. The prefect of Qiao can continue to talk about it. Has the crossbow in my hand been damaged after a bet on a bet on it?" Ye Zhao looked at Qiao Mao and said with a smile.
"Ye Hou would better consider the consequences." Yuan Shu looked at Ye Zhao and said disdainfully: "There are so many people here, how many of your crossbow arrows can you kill?"
"I can't wait to hope that I can shoot the prefect of Qiao?" Ye Zhao suddenly pulled the trick, and the three-inch-long crossbow arrow broke out of the air, crossed Qiao Mao's ears, tore the tent apart, and didn't know where it shot.
"Puff~"
Qiao Mao's face turned pale, his legs became weak, and he slid down from Hu's bed. His eyes were staring at the front without any attention. A foul smell spread out, and everyone around him subconsciously avoided some.
"Did the shot missed?" Ye Zhao looked at Qiao Mao, then looked at the small crossbow in his hand, and smiled and took out a three-inch crossbow arrow from his arms, filling it up slowly.
"Mr. Ye, is that too much?" Yuan Shao looked at Ye Zhao in dissatisfaction and said angrily.
"I just hope everyone understands a truth." Ye Zhao looked at everyone and finally turned his eyes to Qiao Mao and said, "I am not a coward. If you have a grudge against me, I have nothing to say. Everyone will fight with a clear sword and a spear, and life and death will be in peace. You can also find a helper, and I will continue to do whatever I am."
Ye Zhao's eyes moved away from Qiao Mao, swept across Liu Dai, Kong Qi, Zhang Miao and others one by one, and his tone turned cold: "But if you don't like me, then you don't look at me. If you want to come to me to find some superiority, then don't blame me for disregarding the overall situation. This situation is not something that I can't care about by myself. I led my army to challenge Dong, because I came for justice, but I was not prepared to come to you for the leisure of you. As for you, if you can't like Ye, you can hold it in."
"Don't be angry at Ningxiang Hou, Yuan Wei was just worried about the death of Prefect Li and wanted to seek justice for him." Kong Rong came up to smooth things over and said that among the princes, the only old scholar should do whatever he should do on weekdays, and he did not hate Ye Zhao because of others' words. In this tent, except for a few people like Cao Cao, he was the only one who could talk to Ye Zhao.
"Try justice? He?" Ye Zhao heard this, sneered at Qiao Mao, raised his chin, and teased: "But tell me, then Li Min was really killed by me. What can I do in this way? I only dare to be arrogant to others. If I really have this intention, why don't I see him seeking trouble for Dong Zhuo?"
A look of shame and anger flashed across Qiao Mao's face, but seeing Ye Zhao aiming the refilled crossbow at him intentionally or unintentionally, he twitched in his heart and turned his head and did not dare to look here again.
"Forget it, since no one is welcome here, I am busy with military affairs, and I don't want to listen to you counting Dong Zhuo's ancestors here. You can continue to scold me here. As for the leader, I don't have to find me. I am not interested. You can decide for yourself." Ye Zhao stood up, stretched, ignored Yuan Shao's ugly face, and walked straight out of the tent. The surrounding princes avoided and allowed Ye Zhao to leave.
"Hmph!" Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were not very good-looking. Ye Zhao gave up the position of leader so easily. They should have been happy, but they couldn't be happy at this moment. Even if anyone of them finally took the position of leader, it felt like Ye Zhao wanted to throw it away, so they just sat on it.
"I heard about the name of Ningxiang Marquis. When I saw him today, it was really unusual!" Gongsun Zan said to everyone with a smile.
When the princes heard this, they shook their heads. The leader of the alliance? Anyone who understands knows that even if Ye Zhao sits on the table, who will listen to these princes?
But after Ye Zhao's disturbance, everyone felt that it seemed meaningless to scold Dong Zhuo there, so it would be better to say something real.
"Since Meng De is the initiator, Meng De should be the leader of the alliance." Yuan Shao saw that the atmosphere eased a little, he looked at Cao Cao with a smile.
"How can you be in this position?" Cao Cao waved his hand quickly, "What a joke? When there were only four princes at the beginning, it already caused a headache. At this moment, the seventeen princes gathered together, how could he care? He could see that his background, reputation, and finally his official title. He was not qualified. He smiled and said, "In my opinion, in the beginning, the highway was all descended from the three masters of the four generations and generations, with a high reputation. The scholars returned to their hearts. The choice of the leader should be chosen from the two of them to convince the public."
Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Cao Cao's superior path, but he just put Yuan Shu along with him, which made Yuan Shao a little unhappy.
Then there was a debate about the position of the leader of the alliance. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, one was the person that Yuan Wei valued, and the other was the legitimate son of the Yuan family. In terms of origin and reputation, each of them was suitable for the position of the leader of the alliance. Now it is only the competition between the two.
Cao Cao was speechless when he turned down the position of leader of the alliance. After turning off the position of leader, he left the tent and ran to find Ye Zhao. He had to ask Ye Zhao himself for some things.
"Xu Ming, tell me the truth, was it your death in Li Min?" After finding Ye Zhao, Cao Cao was straightforward. In front of everyone, he called Ye Hou, which was full of Ye Zhao's face, but in private, the two still called him "expression".
"Isn't there any result before?" Ye Zhao smiled and looked at Cao Cao.
"Hey, don't hide it from me." Cao Cao sneered: "You have never admitted it before, nor have you ever denied it. As Cao knows, you are so hiding your head and tail, I am afraid that it is inseparable from you. You never lie, but you will guide others! But you have not admitted that this is not what you do, I am afraid that it is inseparable from you."
"If you know me so well, aren't you afraid that I will kill people?" Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao with a smile.
"Will you kill me?" Cao Cao looked at Ye Zhao without any hesitation.
"Why can't?" Ye Zhao's crossbow appeared in his hand again, looking at Cao Cao and said, "Meng De wants to bet?"
Cao Cao just sneered, not afraid of Ye Zhao.
"You~" After a long confrontation, Ye Zhao shook his head and took back his crossbow and said, "You are really not a hero at this time, and it is not easy to kill. When you become a hero and you and I meet on the battlefield, if you have this opportunity again, I will kill you!"
"I won't be a hero!" Cao Cao said proudly.
"Things of the world are like chess. You and I are in the game, and there are many things that cannot be controlled." Ye Zhao looked at the soldiers practicing in the distance, shook his head and smiled.
"If this is true, why don't you kill me at this time?" Cao Cao looked at Ye Zhao and frowned.
"When you become a hero, you will understand it." Ye Zhao sighed: "A hero is destined to be lonely. It is rare to have a confidant. If you are not like you, Cao Mengde, you will be much inferior, and..."
Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao and smiled and said, "Did you forget that you are my chess piece. I can't bear to kill you until you have any value!"
Chapter completed!