Han Dao world

Chapter 283 It's Better To Go Back
Cao Cao wrote to Yuan Shao in reply.

After the war, Chen Liuhuang was left in ruins, his soldiers were short of food, and he was helpless.I would like to stay in Xu County, one to farm, and one to stop Yuan Shu for the lord.

The words were nice, and none of the soldiers were sent, but Cheng Yu, who was stationed in Fan County, was ordered to take precautions.

Nevertheless, the situation remains dire.

Just as Cao Cao was worried, the prefectures of Jiyin and Shanyang successively pledged their allegiance to Yuan Shao, either sending troops or sending food to support Yuan Shao's siege of Dongwuyang.Even Chen Guo, which belonged to Yuzhou, was not far behind, and Yuan Si, Prime Minister of Chen, directly pledged his allegiance to Yuan Shao.

No one took Cao Cao, the Yanzhou Mu, who was appointed by the court, seriously, and they were not even interested in informing him.

Even Chenliu County, where Xiahou Dun was the prefect, had discordant voices.

In this regard, Cao Cao could only open one eye, close one eye, and pretended not to see.

Before killing Bianrang, the Yanzhou people had already betrayed him.Now that Zhang Chao has been killed and Yongqiu slaughtered, the people of Yanzhou hate him to the bone, so there is no loyalty at all.

He shrank his main force to the Yingchuan and Chenliu areas, watching the development of the situation anxiously.

At the end of the first month, Yuan Shao personally led an army and surrounded Dongwuyang.

He sent someone to persuade him to surrender again, hoping that Zang Hong would not be stubborn and burn everything.

Zang Hong once again rejected him.

Yuan Shao thought that he would come here in person to give Zang Hong enough face, Dongwuyang would be defeated without a fight, and then he would be able to cross the river and sweep Yanzhou.Unexpectedly, being embarrassed by Zang Hong, he became a little annoyed, and immediately ordered to attack the city.

Soon, Yuan Shao regretted it.

Zang Hong's preparations were more adequate than he had imagined. Dongwu Yangcheng was impregnable and repelled more than a dozen attacks in succession. Yuan Shao lost his troops and lost his generals.

Yuan Shao was unable to get off the tiger, and became more and more furious. He ordered a fierce attack and called the counties of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou to help out.

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Cao Cao felt relieved when he learned that Yuan Shao's siege was frustrated.

To siege a city is to go all out in one go, then decline again, and exhaust three times.If you can't see success with one blow, it must be a difficult siege battle.

At this time, news came that Yuan Shu sent General Qiao Rui to attack Chen Guo.

Chen Xiang and Yuan Si were originally placed by Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu always regarded Chen Guo as his territory.Yuan Si surrendered to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu felt that he was embarrassed and sent Qiao Rui to lead his troops to seize it.

Yuan Siben was a scholar, so he didn't know how to march and fight, and he knew that Yuan Shu was unreasonable, so he ran away before Qiao Rui entered the country.

Cao Cao was in the middle of his arms.

He led his troops into the state of Chen and sent letters to Yuan Shao.

Please be at ease to attack Dongwuyang, the leader. Chen Guo has me, and he must not let Yuan Shu move forward.

A few days later, Cao Cao met Qiao Rui in Chen County.After a fierce battle, Qiao Rui was defeated and left. Cao Cao not only took Chen Guo, but also captured most of Runan.

When Yuan Shu heard the news, he was so angry that he cursed, but he didn't dare to send troops to confront Cao Cao again.

After thinking about it, he sent someone to Xuzhou to contact Lu Bu.

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Xiaopei.

The red rabbit and horse flitted across the grass like the wind. Lu Bu opened his bow and set his arrows. The stringing sound continued, and the feathered arrow had already hit the prey.

A fat deer fell to the ground with an arrow, rolled on the ground, twitched twice, and then stopped moving.

Lu Xiaohuan rode his horse and rushed over, flew off the horse, saw Lu Bu's arrow shot from the deer's left ear and shot out from the right ear, he couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding.

"Ah Weng, you are really accurate in shooting, when will I be able to practice such an arrow technique?"

Lu Bu reined in his mount and laughed. "I'm afraid I won't be able to in this life."

Lu Xiaohuan was furious, snorted, jumped on the horse, and took the two maidservants to a distance.

Lu Bu stroked his short beard under his chin, his eyebrows dancing brightly.Only when he goes hunting with his daughter can he feel better.

Ever since he was forced to withdraw from Yanzhou and live in Xiaopei, his life has not been very good.

The fierce tiger in the past can only curl up in a place like Xiaopei and act as a guard dog for people. This is something he never thought of anyway.

But the situation was like this, and there was nothing he could do.

He can compete with Cao Cao for Yanzhou, but he doesn't have the strength and courage to confront Yuan Shao.

The influence of the four generations and the three princes made him frustrated even thinking about it.

Where to go?

Should he accept Zhang Yang's invitation and return to Bingzhou to serve the emperor, or should he stay in Xuzhou and wait for an opportunity?

Lu Bu was at a loss.

When he first received Zhang Yang's letter, he was really moved.It was just that when he thought that he had been ordered by Dong Zhuo to dig the imperial tomb outside Luoyang City, he felt guilty again.

It is too naive to poke people's ancestral graves and want to live in peace with people.

What's more, that person is still the emperor.

Even if the Son of Heaven can spare him his death now, he will find an opportunity to take revenge on him in the future.

Zhang Yang's intentions are good, but he is too loyal to see the danger behind it.

Lu Bu looked at the distant horizon and sighed several times.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Liao rode over and reined in his mount.

"what's up?"

"The horses we bought were intercepted by Dong Zhao, the prefect of Hanoi."

Lu Bu was startled, and then became furious. "Who is Dong Zhao, dare to intercept my war horse?"

Zhang Liao looked at Lu Bu, waited for a while, and then said: "It is said that the emperor has ordered that all war horses passing through Hanoi are not allowed to pass."

Lu Bu suddenly turned back, staring at Zhang Liao again and again. "Is it the emperor's edict?"

"Yes, I have asked again and again, and there is no doubt about it."

Lu Bu became a little anxious. "What does the Son of Heaven want to do? Why did he issue an edict to stop the trade of war horses for no reason? Without war horses, how can I compete with the Yuan brothers?"

Zhang Liao let out a sigh of relief. "The emperor wants to compete with the Yuan brothers with war horses, so the emperor naturally wants to compete with the Yuan brothers with war horses. The emperor is in Bingzhou, and the only thing he can rely on is cavalry."

Lu Bu's eyes flickered, he pondered for a long time, and his anger gradually subsided.

He knew that Zhang Liao and others wanted to go back, but because of his face, no one said it clearly.

"Wen Yuan, do you also think we should go back?"

Zhang Liao nodded. "Your Majesty, the imperial court employs people properly, and the emperor must be able to forget his faults and remember his merits. Even if the emperor is wrong, he is not like Li Jue or Guo Si. If the emperor can forgive Guo Si, he must be able to forgive the emperor. And the fox died first , We are originally from Bingzhou, even if we die, we should die in Bingzhou, how can we bury our bones in a foreign land?"

Lu Bu let out a sigh of relief and remained silent for a while.

Zhang Liao's sentence "Fox died first mound" hit his weakness.

They are from Bingzhou, people from Bianzhou whom the Kwantung scholar-bureaucrats looked down upon.Not to mention Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's descendants, even Zhang Fei, who also came from nearby states, looked down on him and clashed many times.If it weren't for Liu Bei's general knowledge and loyalty, the fight might have started long ago.

No matter how good Xuzhou is, there is no place for him.

Seeing Lu Bu's intention, Zhang Liao struck while the iron was hot, and added another sentence. "Your Majesty, Yuan Shao has gone south and is besieging Dongwuyang."

Lu Bu frowned. "Yuan Shao fought Dong Wuyang for Zang Hong, what has it to do with me?"

Zhang Liao smiled wryly. "Zang Hong has nothing to do with the emperor, but Liu Bei has something to do with the emperor. When Liu Bei ruled Xuzhou, he sent Chen Deng to Yecheng to pay tribute to Yuan Shao. Now that Yuan Shao is going south, how can Liu Bei not respond? Even if Liu Bei should not, Chen How can Deng and the others just sit and watch the king sit in peace?"

Lu Bu's face changed slightly.

He was not worried about Liu Bei, but he had to worry about Chen Deng and others.After all, Xuzhou is the Xuzhou of Xuzhou people. Tao Qian before and Liu Bei today dare not ignore the attitude of Xuzhou people.

Yuan Shao wanted to kill him before, and if the Xuzhou people wanted to use his head to ask Yuan Shao for credit, Liu Bei would be powerless to stop him.

"Wen Yuan?"

"Your Majesty, it's better to go back." Zhang Liao bowed.

(End of this chapter)