Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 111
When Yuan Xi brought people back to the main formation, Yuan Tan's army was setting up camp on the spot and cleaning the battlefield.

In addition to sending hundreds of cavalry to pursue Tian Kai, most of them were too tired to move.

Soldiers stripped all usable things from the corpses on the battlefield, including weapons, armor, clothes, straw sandals, grain bags, and even hair.

Looking at the heavy trucks scattered all over the ground, Yuan Xi thought that there was no shortage of food and grass for the time being.

But this time, too many people died.

After half a day of fighting, tens of thousands of soldiers died here.

He rode by, and there were overlapping corpses all over the ground, and the pungent bloody smell lingered and lingered for a long time.

Yuan Xi entered the big tent, and Yuan Tan greeted him with a big smile, "Second brother, thank you for your hard work!"

He defeated Tian Kai this time, which means that most of Qingzhou is already in his pocket. It can be said that the situation is much better than he expected!
Yuan Xiqian said: "It's all about elder brother's ability to run the army well."

Seeing that Jushou was also there, he went up to meet each other, and Jushou returned the gift. Yuan Xi saw that the armor on his body was covered with blood, and he thought that Jushou must go to battle in every battle.

After Yuan Tan arranged for the generals to appease the soldiers and other matters, he said, "I plan to let the soldiers rest tonight and meet the other two reinforcements tomorrow morning."

"The two reinforcements, I'm not going to let them join, otherwise it will become a war of attrition."

"Among them, Kong Rong's army is about 4000. I will transfer Zhang He's army and Gao Lan's army, plus my second brother's own troops, to my second brother's total of about [-] troops."

"Early tomorrow morning, the second brother will go to the northeast to stop Kong Rong's army."

"I will lead the remaining 5000 soldiers and horses, together with Yan Liang, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang, to go south to intercept Liu Bei's [-] troops. After I defeat and eliminate them, I will go back to support my second brother."

All the generals nodded after hearing this. This arrangement is reasonable.

Yuan Tan noticed Yuan Xi's expression was hesitant, and said, "Why, the second brother is afraid that Tian Kai's defeated army will join Kong Rong's army, and it will be difficult to deal with it?"

"Tian Kai has become a bereaved dog, and he will definitely not join forces with Kong. Don't worry about the second brother."

"If the second brother feels that he has never led so many soldiers and feels uneasy, I can ask Mr. Jushou to help you."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi raised his hand and said, "I don't have any worries on my brother's side, but I'm just worried about my brother's side."

"The Liu Beijing is not what it used to be, it is not the same as it was two years ago, especially the two generals under him, Guan and Zhang. It is said that their strength has increased sharply. I am afraid that brother will make mistakes."

After Yuan Tan heard this, he didn't take it seriously: "Two years ago, Liu Bei and Tian Kai's troops were superior to ours, and I was still able to stop them. If the number of troops is twice as large, why should we be afraid?"

"My brother, don't worry, I will defeat him in one fell swoop!"

After hearing this, all the generals shouted and applauded.

Seeing everyone's high fighting spirit, Yuan Xi didn't want to say anything. After these few battles, Yuan Tan really commanded well. Maybe he was worrying too much?
Yuan Xi went back to his tent, Zhao Yun had already arranged the affairs and waited, and Zhang He and Gao Lan followed.

Yuan Xi ordered people to find an iron pot, put it outside the tent to cook porridge, and put some dried meat in it, and said to everyone: "We will march tomorrow, let's talk while eating."

He explained to Zhao Yun, and found that Zhao Yun felt relieved when he heard that he was going to fight Kong Rongjun. Knowing that Zhao Yun would meet Liu Bei on the battlefield, he still hesitated.

But this is also human nature. If Zhao Yun went up and killed Liu Bei without blinking, it would be scary.

As the firewood at the bottom of the pot burned, the rice porridge in the iron pot also burst into small bubbles, and a faint fragrance wafted out through the pot lid.

Yuan Xi counted the remaining soldiers and horses, and found that the loss was not small.

Zhang Yun had two thousand soldiers and horses, five or six hundred casualties, half of the cavalry were killed, and the situation on Gao Lan's side was similar.

Nearly a hundred of Yuan Xi's own hundreds of soldiers died, and nearly ten of the more than 30 knights died, which made Yuan Xi feel even more distressed.

Moreover, the corpses on the battlefield were mixed together and could not be distinguished, so they had to come back after winning the battle and bury them collectively.

Calculated in this way, those who have not been injured and still have combat strength are only three thousand, which is about the same as Kong Rong's army.

Gao Lan said indifferently: "Second Young Master, don't worry, this trip should be easy, and Eldest Young Master should have fully considered it."

"Kong Rong's army doesn't know how to fight, and the soldiers under him can't even beat the Yellow Turban Army, and they just stop them. The two armies confront each other, just delaying time with them."

"As long as the Eldest Young Master defeats Liu Bei, he can join forces with us, and none of Kong Rong's army will be able to escape."

Yuan Xi stared at the flames at the bottom of the pot, "Do you really think that Liu Beijun is so easy to deal with?"

At the same time, Zhang He and Gao Lan thought of the battle with Liu Guan and Zhang outside Fei County, and they were silent.

They are not sure!

At this moment, a voice sounded: "Why does Second Young Master think that Liu Bei is not easy to deal with?"

Yuan Xi turned his head to look, and hurriedly stood up with all the generals, and said, "I have met you, sir."

Jushou is here.

At this time, he had already taken off his previous armor and changed into a sackcloth. Seeing that everyone was cooking porridge, he squatted down rubbing his stomach, "It's just right, I'm hungry too, give me a bowl."

Yuan Xi smiled, lifted the lid of the pot, took out a wooden bowl of steaming porridge, and handed it carefully to Jushou.

Jushou took a few breaths, waited for the porridge to cool down a bit, put it to his mouth, and took a big gulp.

He touched the taste in his mouth and sighed: "My mouth is full of bloody smell, and now it's a bit diluted."

All the generals nodded one after another. On this day, too many people died. Apart from the previous battles, they had never seen such a death.

Seeing everyone standing, Ju Shou raised his hand and said, "What are you all doing standing there, I'm full from porridge?"

Then everyone squatted down around the pot, and each took out a wooden bowl to hold the porridge.

Ju Shou drank a few more gulps, and said to Yuan Xi: "It seems that you are not at ease with the arrangement of the eldest son?"

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "I'm far inferior to brother when I'm fighting, I'm afraid I'm thinking too much."

Ju Shou shook his head and said, "On the battlefield, it's about making calculations in advance, and I never thought about it."

"But the plot is not without evidence. I came here to ask why the Second Young Master made such a judgment."

Yuan Xi said: "Zhang Duwei feels the same way, he should understand better than me."

After hearing this, Zhang Yun hurriedly told about Liu Guanzhang's encounter outside Fei County. He finally said: "The general feels that Liu Bei and others are not what they used to be compared to two years ago, so we must guard against them."

Ju Shou drank another bowl, thought deeply, "So powerful?"

"Can you go from being defeated by the captain in two years to being firmly suppressed by you?"

Zhang He sighed: "He is ashamed, it is true."

"And those people haven't encountered a bottleneck yet, and they are likely to become stronger!"

Ju Shou put down the bowl and began to meditate.

Yuan Tan is strong and aggressive, which is an advantage on the battlefield, but it is also easy to suffer, but this time his performance is much better than before, which makes Jushou quite satisfied.

But Yuan Xi's performance this time was far beyond Ju Shou's expectations.

The bold idea of ​​dividing and destroying, and the subtlety of cutting strategy, can only be understood by a counselor like Ju Shou.

Yuan Xi was able to think of such a strategy on the spot, which showed that he was not as cowardly and incompetent as rumored!
Is he hiding clumsiness, or has he grown in the past three years?
Ju Shou was a little worried, Yuan Tan was good at soldiers and Yuan Shang was good at strategizing, if Yuan Xi intervened again, the three sons of the Yuan family might have some infighting.

The lord has not yet decided who will be the master, but wants his sons to lead each side. This is the way to bring disaster, and there will be troubles afterwards.

He stood up and said: "I will bring what Second Young Master said to Eldest Young Master, and let him be careful."

"I owe the second son a bowl of porridge, and I will pay you back when I return to Yecheng."

Yuan Xi and the others quickly stood up and sent Jushou back.

When Yuan Xi led the army to set off the next day, Jushou did not follow him, but stayed in Yuan Tan's camp. I don't know if Jushou listened to Yuan Xi's words and wanted to help Yuan Tan sit in the town, but he still felt that Yuan Xi's road was enough to deal with it. .

Yuan Xi didn't care too much. If Kong Rong's army was as he expected, the soldiers should not be as good as Jizhou soldiers. Apart from that, there should be only one troublesome place.

After he led the troops to march northeast for a day, he finally encountered Kong Rong's army in the early morning of the next day.

The good news is that Kong Rong's army did not rendezvous with the defeated Tian Kai's army. It seems that Tian Kai escaped by boat on the day of his defeat.

The bad news is that the striker on the opposite side is really who he guessed.

Speaking of which, this person is not a general or a general, just a small forward with hundreds of people, but in Yuan Xi's eyes, this person's value is higher than the 3000 people behind him.

Now that I have met him, I will not let him go at all costs.

He called Zhao Yun, Zhang He and Gao Lan over, pointed at the striker on the opposite side and said, "When the battle starts later, you don't care about anything else, just go up together, as long as you capture this man, you're done."

Zhang He was startled: "Gao Lan and I are considered to be dignified people, we besieged him, a bit invincible?"

He had never fought against Zhao Yun, so he automatically ignored Zhao Yun.

Yuan Xidao: "This man... shoots arrows very accurately. If you fight alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get close to him."

Gao Lan looked at the forward. He was about 30 years old, and his heart was older than himself. It is said that at this age, he is no longer at the peak. How can the young master be so afraid?

He stared at the other person's appearance, and suddenly remembered what Qu Yi said earlier to fool him.

Use double halberds to shoot arrows more accurately.
Damn it, Qu Yi, that bastard, has laid so many traps for himself.

He lied to the person he met, who was easy to deal with?

At this moment, Tao Qian's army's vanguard had already mounted his horse forward, with ape arms all over his body, he drew the longbow behind his back, and said loudly, "Donglai Taishici, now Kong Beihai's vanguard!"

"The generals of the Yuan family, is there anyone who dares to fight?"

Tai Shici, a native of Huang County in Donglai, was treated politely by Kong Rong and helped him to borrow troops from Liu Bei to solve the Yellow Turban's siege around Beihai.

At this time, although Tai Shici was nearly thirty years old, his reputation was not obvious, and he was not known to the generals of Jizhou.

Tai Shici yelled, expecting that the opponent would either ignore him or send a striker to fight him.

At that time, he is confident that with the hard bow in his hand, he can firmly suppress the opponent and dampen his spirit. If he can kill him, Kong Rong's army will be able to boost their morale and win the battle.

In this way, he repays Kong Rong's affection and can take his mother away.

Just as he was thinking like this, he saw the opposing general wave his hand, and three generals flashed out from the army formation, and they all rushed towards him on horseback.

Tai Shi is ignorant.

what's the situation?
I'm just a small forward!
(End of this chapter)