Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 457 The Infighting of the Yuan Family Brothers

Jizhou, Yecheng.

Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and Gao Gan held a very grand funeral for Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao's body had to lie in the mourning hall for a while before the burial.

When Cao Cao retreated, the four of them led the army to Yecheng.

But when they saw Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao's body was lying on the bed in good condition, and no wounds were found on his body.

At that time, Yuan Shang was the only one in the General's Mansion, so Yuan Tan couldn't help but wonder how Yuan Shao died.

In order to find out the cause of Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Tan asked many doctors and foremen to come to check, and they all said that Yuan Shao was not attacked by external force, but died naturally because his body was exhausted, which made Yuan Tan couldn't help but He became even more suspicious of whether Yuan Shang had tampered with it secretly.

The two brothers have long been in a state of tit-for-tat. When Cao Cao was there, they could still hold back their selfishness and unanimously speak out. After Cao Cao left, the contradictions between them could not stop and began to grow wildly.

In a somewhat luxurious house, Xin Ping and Judgment were sitting facing each other.

Xin Ping picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then slowly said: "Brother Zhengnan, why don't you say that Cao Cao chose to withdraw from the army instead of taking advantage of the victory to annex Jizhou?"

The judge frowned and lowered his head, watching the ups and downs in the teacup, the spinning and falling tea leaves, and then he said after a long while: "If I expected it, Cao Cao has spotted the relationship between the eldest son and the third son. Contradictory!"

Xin Ping lightly stroked his short beard under his jaw, nodded in agreement after thinking twice, and said, "As soon as the lord dies, the issue of the son's succession will arise. The lord's personal guards have approved the third son, and the current situation may be a bit unfavorable for the eldest son and us." what!"

The judge said with a smile: "When the lord was alive, he never made a clear choice for the son, nor did he leave any handwriting. Because the third son is deeply loved by the lord, he has been following the lord. A few personal guards, who knows if they have already Was it bought by the third son?"

Xin Ping felt that the judge's words were reasonable, and after drinking the tea in his hand, he said to the judge: "Let's go and explain the current situation to the eldest son. Now is the last chance. I missed it." There is no room for turning around!"

The two understood, got up and walked towards the general's mansion.

When Shen Pei and Xin Ping came to the General's Mansion, Guo Tu and Feng Ji also happened to arrive at the gate of the mansion.

After the four people bowed their hands hypocritically, they walked into the mansion together without saying a word.

Inside the General's Mansion,
The three Yuan Tan brothers, high-ranking officials, and many clansmen knelt on both sides in linen and filial piety.

All the places in the hall were covered with white cloths, and accompanied by the low sobbing of women, children and children, the Great General's Mansion was shrouded in a thick sadness.

"Report to the third son, Guo Tu and Feng Ji, please see me!"

"Report to Eldest Young Master, the two lords, Shen Pei and Xin Ping, are asking to see you!"

When Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan heard the words, they couldn't help but looked at each other. There seemed to be faint sparks flying between the eyes of the two brothers.

"Let them in!" Yuan Tan didn't seem to care that this was Yuan Shao's mourning hall, he seemed to want to break up the inheritance in front of Yuan Shao clearly.

For so many years, Yuan Tan, as the eldest son, was robbed of the limelight by his youngest son, Yuan Shang.

If it weren't for the support of himself and the judges and others, he might have died in some horned Gada for no apparent reason.

Whether it's out of hatred for Yuan Shao's partiality, or out of hatred for Yuan Shang for snatching what should belong to him, the accumulation of all these makes Yuan Tan become more and more violent.

"Brother, this is my father's mourning hall. If we have anything to say, we'd better go out and talk about it." Yuan Shang stood up, stared into Yuan Tan's eyes, and said neither humble nor overbearing.

"No! It's best to clarify this matter in front of my father and everyone!"

"Brother! Do you want to make trouble so that even your father can't live in peace?" Yuan Xi finally spoke.

To be honest, as the second child, Yuan Xi was the saddest.

Yuan Shao didn't like him, and no gentry group was willing to support him.

Youzhou, which Yuan Shao had just annexed back then, directly threw Yuan Xi over there.

At that time, Yuan Xi had important people, no one wanted money, no money, and it was really difficult to govern and appease Youzhou.

Fortunately, the Zhen family, a wealthy businessman, married their daughter Zhen Mi to Yuan Xi in order to protect themselves.

The two sides are also mutually beneficial, and each takes what they need.Now that the Zhen family had the protection of the Yuan family, no noble gentry from aristocratic families dared to make plans against them; and Yuan Xi had the money and contacts brought by the Zhen family, and only then did he gradually gain a firm foothold in Youzhou.

But Yuan Xi took control of Youzhou with great difficulty, and Yuan Shao couldn't wait to mobilize the troops from Youzhou to attack Cao in the south.

Guandu was defeated once, Cangting was defeated again, and the [-] army brought by Youzhou was almost lost.

The house leak coincided with continuous night rain, Wuhuan of the three counties saw the emptiness of Youzhou's defense and took the opportunity to break through and go south. The entire eastern part of Youzhou was devastated.If it weren't for Qianzhao leading the remaining defenders to hold the line of defense, Youzhou, which Yuan Xicai had worked so hard to straighten out, would have become a mess again.

But before Yuan Xi cleaned up the mess in Youzhou, Cao Cao sent troops to attack again, so Yuan Xi had to order Youzhou, which was half cleaned up, to lead his troops south again.

If you talk about a bitter word, who is as bitter as the second child Yuan Xi?
When the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang heard Yuan Xi speak, they immediately restrained themselves a little.Not for anything else, but because the army in Yecheng is the most powerful second son, Yuan Xi.

The Jizhou army led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang was wiped out by Cao Cao, leaving less than 2 people; Yuan Tan's Qingzhou army was beaten to the ground by Lu Bu, and returned to Qinghe County with only [-] defeated troops.

At this moment, the army that came to Yecheng was composed of Yuan Tan's 20 army and the high-ranking cadre's [-] army, plus the Wuhuan's [-] cavalry, Yuan Tan's [-] soldiers with low morale, and some more. There are [-] private soldiers and civilian husbands of soldiers.

The Wuhuan people were controlled by Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi's army, plus Wuhuan's 3 people, totaled 8 people.

So at this moment, his words must be taken seriously by Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.

Seeing Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang looking at him, Yuan Xi said again: "Brother, father's personal guards all agreed that the third brother is the heir." Relying on the Zhen family, it is not far away.

"Nonsense!!" Yuan Tan became anxious when he heard this, "I am the eldest son, so I should inherit my father's inheritance!"

"But you have been adopted out." Gao Gan's words were like a dagger piercing Yuan Tan's waist fiercely, and Yuan Tan was unable to refute for a while.

Both Yuan Xi and the senior officials turned towards Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, Xin Ping and Shen Pei stepped forward and persuaded Yuan Tan: "My lord, the situation is not good for us, Let's go back and discuss the long-term for now."

Indulging in all kinds of unwillingness in his heart, Yuan Tan finally chose to compromise temporarily and said, "Listen to the two gentlemen."

"Hmph!" After glaring at Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan coldly, Yuan Tan turned his head and left the hall without saying hello.

Yuan Shang also stared at Yuan Tan's back coldly, thinking: "No one can take what my father gave me!"

(End of this chapter)