Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 368 Yuan Shu asks for help, Cao Ang’s response
Yuan Shu wanted to scold Sun Jian and Sun Ce at this time, but he couldn't. After all, Shouchun City still relied on father and son to defend it.

Sun Jian saw that Yuan Shu had a bad look on his face, so he explained: "Your Majesty, the current situation is that if we can defend Shouchun, it is already the best condition."

"The surrounding counties are only temporarily lost. As long as we persist until Cao's army retreats, the surrounding counties can be recovered."

After hearing Sun Jian's explanation, Yuan Shu's expression softened a little: "But does it really matter if Shouchun becomes an isolated city?"

"Your Majesty, please believe in us, father and son!" Sun Jian said with a serious face.

After Yuan Shu heard this, he sighed helplessly: "I believe you, but if Cao Ang keeps fighting, I am afraid that the entire Yangzhou will be lost, and then only Shouchun will be left, and there will be more What’s the use?”

When Sun Jian heard this, he fell silent.

Sun Ce, who was on the side, saw that his father was silent, so he took the initiative to speak: "Your Majesty, if you feel that you can't hold on, then ask for help!"

"Asking for help? To whom? Xiliang?" Yuan Shu frowned: "The Xiliang army is completely trapped in Xiliang now. It is unrealistic to ask them for help!"

When Sun Ce heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's not asking for help from Xiliang, but asking for help from Yuan Shao in the north!"

"Who? Yuan Shao?" Yuan Shu frowned: "Bo Fu, are you kidding me? After I became emperor, Yuan Shao immediately announced to sever ties with me and asked for help. This is not self-humiliation. ?"

When Sun Ce heard this, he analyzed: "Your Majesty, today is different from the past. At that time, Yuan Shao did not want to go to war with the Cao family and wanted to concentrate on dealing with Gongsun Zan, so he made his position clear."

"But now, Yuan Shao has been unable to capture Gongsun Zan, and in this battle with us, the power of the Cao family has not been weakened, but has been strengthened."

"Your Majesty, you can send a letter to Yuan Shao and analyze the pros and cons for him. As long as Cao Ang takes over most of the counties in Yangzhou, Yuan Shao will be the next one to deal with it!"

After hearing this, Yuan Shu lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then asked someone to bring a pen and paper: "Here, prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones. I want to send a letter to my brother!"

Soon, Yuan Shu wrote the letter and had many copies copied, all stamped with big seals, and sent out separately by the messengers.

……

As for Xia Houyuan, just when he was bored and sending people to call for formation, a group of scouts came back.

"General! We intercepted the letter from the rebels!"

"Oh? Letter?" Xia Houyuan received the letter in surprise: "Could this be the great contribution the young general mentioned?"

Xia Houyuan muttered, then opened the letter.

After Xia Houyuan read the letter, he couldn't help but frown: "This Yuan Shu, wants to ask Yuan Shao for help?"

Later, Xia Houyuan thought that by leading troops to attack Yuan Shu, they had brought out most of their family wealth. If Yuan Shao took the opportunity to send troops south, Yanzhou would be in danger!

Thinking of this, Xia Houyuan gave an order to withdraw his troops: "Withdraw!"

Later, Xia Houyuan found Cao Ang with the letter.

"Major General, something happened!"

"Uncle, what happened?" Cao Ang couldn't help but frown and asked when he saw Xia Houyuan's hurried appearance.

"Major General, look." Xia Houyuan said, and handed the letter into Cao Ang's hand.

Cao Ang took the letter, read it, and then asked the messenger to come. "You go back and tell my father to go to Yanzhou and resist Yuan Shao's march south. As long as he can delay Yuan Shao for two months and Yuan Shu is defeated, when my army returns, I will take care of Yuan Shao!"

The messenger ordered the soldiers to leave.

Xia Houyuan on the side couldn't help but asked with worry: "Major General, do we really not need to go back to support the horses?"

"Don't worry, uncle. Nothing will happen. I have left enough soldiers in the counties over Yanzhou to defend the city. It shouldn't be a problem to hold Yuan Shao off for three months."

Cao Ang reassured Xia Houyuan, and then he called another messenger and asked him to inform Zhang Liao that if the Xiliang army wanted to take the initiative to attack, then he would just defend the city.

As for his vanguard Zhao Yun, he fell back to Luoyang first to help Cao Cao resist Yuan Shao!

In fact, based on Cao Ang's arrangements, Yuan Shao's troops were not enough to pose a threat at all.

It's just that the Hebei Four Pillars are a bit tricky. He didn't leave Cao Cao with any generals who could resist these four guys.

Therefore, Zhao Yun could only be thrown over.

After all the messengers had left, Cao Ang sat on the handsome chair and murmured to himself: "Yuan Shao, I originally wanted you to stay for a while. Since your good brother dragged you into this, it's no wonder. Me."

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In Luoyang, after Cao Cao received the news from Cao Ang, he took the initiative to find Liu Bian and said that he would go to Yanzhou himself to prevent Yuan Shao from going south.

After Liu Bian learned the whole story, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Teacher, Yuan Shu just asked Yuan Shao for help. Will Yuan Shao definitely agree?"

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this: "Yuan Benchu ​​has been ambitious since he was a child. After becoming a prince, he wanted to dominate the world. If there is such an opportunity, he will definitely not let it go!"

When Liu Bian heard this, he couldn't help but sigh. There are so many people in the world who want to be emperor!

Cao Cao said goodbye to Liu Bian and took Dian Wei and a group of guards to Yanzhou, preparing to command Yanzhou's soldiers to resist Yuan Shao who was going south.

On the other side, after receiving Cao Ang's letter, Zhao Yun headed to Yanzhou without stopping.

Fortunately, the Zhaoye Jade Lion is also a thousand-mile horse. Zhao Yun can ride it alone, so he won't waste too much time on the road.

……

Yuan Shu, on his side, began to regret it after sending out the letter asking for help.

You must know that the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are famous all over the world. It is precisely because of the title of the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family and the head of the aristocratic family that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao can quickly recruit a team of people and establish their own power.

However, although both of them were from the Yuan family, Yuan Shu had always looked down upon his half-brother.

There was no other reason, it was just because Yuan Shu was the legitimate son, born to his first wife, so it didn't matter that Yuan Shao was older than him, he was not a concubine.

However, when one day, this concubine was able to be on an equal footing with his legitimate son, and even asked him for help, how did Yuan Shu accept this?

When Yuan Shu thought of this, he couldn't help complaining regretfully: "It's all my fault that Sun Ce made me ask Yuan Shao for help, so that I lost all face!"

(End of this chapter)