When the topic of first merit came up, Huangfu Song waved his hand and declined, giving it to Lü Bu and others.

Subsequently, Lü Bu, Dian Wei, Sun Jian, and others were summoned into the tent.

Huangfu Gui looked at Lü Bu with a kind smile and asked with a smile, "Fengxian, I wonder who the leader was who was killed last night?"

"This..." Lu Bu was taken aback, then said, "This humble general does not know!"

"Um?"

Lu Bu's words startled Huangfu Gui and everyone else in the tent.

Huangfu Song stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the general, last night some people said that the bandit leader was killed by Dian Wei, some said that he was killed by Sun Jian, and some said that he was killed by Yuan Shao...!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Huangfu Gui was also somewhat bewildered, and then looked at Dian Wei, Sun Jian, and Yuan Shao.

Sun Jian was the first to step forward: "Reporting to the general, last night I was so focused on killing the enemy that I didn't notice that the bandit leader was probably killed by Yuan Shao!"

Dian Wei replied, "Me too!"

In a panic, Yuan Shao hurriedly said, "General, the bandit leader's head was indeed in my hands last night, but it flew over suddenly. I did not kill him; it must have been Wentai and Bowei who did it!"

Bowei was a courtesy name given to Dian Wei by Chen Fan at Liu Hong's special request, meaning steadfast and protective.

Huangfu Gui's expression turned serious, and he immediately asked, "Killing the bandit leader is the greatest achievement. The three of you must be careful with your words. Who exactly killed that bandit leader?"

"It is the Primordial One!"

Sun Jian and Dian Wei said in unison.

Dian Wei and Sun Jian were both extremely proud men. Since they couldn't kill the bandit leader on their own, they simply decided not to.

“It’s Wentai and Bowei!” Yuan Shao quickly added.

Yuan Shao understood the reason behind this and naturally did not want to claim credit for it, lest he attract criticism.

Seeing the three men refusing to yield to each other, Huangfu Gui and the generals in the tent were at a loss for what to do.

Huangfu Gui thought for a moment, then said, "In that case, how about the credit for killing the bandit leader be divided among those eighty soldiers?"

"That's wonderful!!"