Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133 Plan ahead
Hearing Yuan Xi's words, the girl was quite unconvinced, and argued: "Father has a very good reputation among scholars in Qingzhou. Everyone says that Father is a famous scholar in the world."

Mrs. Kong Rong quickly pulled the girl's arm and said in a low voice, "Needless to say."

Yuan Xi smiled slightly: "It's okay, Qianyuan is very interesting, I really like reasonable girls."

When the girl heard this, her face blushed slightly, and she shrank back towards her mother.

Yuan Xi raised a finger: "Young lady, do you think the Yuan family in Runan is more famous, or Duke Wenju is more famous? If scholars evaluate both sides, who might be right?"

The girl hesitated for a moment: "It should be the Yuan family in Runan? But I think that my father should be similar."

Yuan Xiyou said: "What about the Yuan family plus the Taishanyang family? What about the Yingchuan Xun family?"

Only then did the girl come to her senses, and stammered, "How can this be counted?"

"With so many families, isn't it unfair to my father?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "But what the girl said just now, the reputation of Wen Jugong among the scholars was also raised by the scholars together."

Mrs. Kong Rong listened thoughtfully.

"So the reputation of scholars may be one-sided words. No matter how many people say one-sided words, they are also one-sided, and have nothing to do with whether they are correct or not."

The girl hesitated and said, "What does the young master mean to say that the reputation of scholars cannot actually be used as a benchmark for judgment?"

"Not necessarily, nor does it mean that it is definitely not possible." Yuan Xidao: "What I mean is that words and deeds are not necessarily consistent with deeds."

"Then the rumors about the young master in Yecheng are all false?" The girl was very happy. She remembered that the private rumors about Yuan Xi among the nobles were a bit unbearable. !
"No, most of them should be true."

When the girl heard this, she shrank back in fright.

Mrs. Kong Rong held the girl in her arms, and gave Yuan Xi a resentful look, "Sir, don't scare the little girl."

She said in a low voice: "The concubine knows that the son is quite disdainful of his husband abandoning the concubine's mother and daughter."

"But even if the husband really did something wrong, the concubine can only accept it."

"This matter does not violate the etiquette, and the world is beyond reproach, but I am still very grateful to the young master."

Only then did the girl understand, and she couldn't help opening her eyes wide.

Yuan Xi thought to himself that Mrs. Kong Rong is really smart, sighed, and said, "It's because of my emotions."

He yelled, the carriage stopped, Yuan Xi closed the door, asked the guard for a horse to ride on, and the team started moving again.

Mrs. Kong Rong put her arms around her daughter, and thought to herself that the second son of Yuan was really just acting on his own will.

She is a little resentful.

If you have always been so bold, you will be fine in Tancheng, but now you are not up and down, what is this?
Although Yuan Xi's trip was very secretive, rumors of his trip to Xuzhou spread to Juancheng in Dongjun.

Now in Cao Cao's mansion, Cao Cao is sitting at the top, and the counselors and generals are sitting at the bottom, discussing the truce with Lu Bu.

After receiving Yuan Shao's soldiers, horses and food, Cao Cao finally repelled Lu Bu again, blocking him between Chenliu County and Dong County.

Now that both sides have been exhausted from fighting, they have begun to contact in private and secretly, and they have temporarily ceased fighting and started bargaining.

The mastermind is still talented, but the smell of gunpowder among the advisers is a bit strong.

Ever since Xun Yu found out that Cheng Yu tied Guo Jia and gave it to Yuan Xi privately in order to meet Yuan Xi's conditions during the negotiations in Dongwuyang, he was very angry, and now he mentioned this matter again.

He snorted coldly: "Zhongde, I really misjudged you!"

"How can you do such injustice?"

Cheng Yu's expression remained unchanged: "It's just a son of the Guo family, why can't it be exchanged for the lord's heir?"

Xun Yu said angrily, "You are using unscrupulous means!"

"If the matter gets out, Duke Ming's reputation will definitely be damaged!"

Cheng Yu said coldly: "I did this alone, and it has nothing to do with Minggong."

"If there is criticism in the world, it is only me."

"I heard that Wen Ruo is acquainted with the son of the Guo family, it can't be a personal relationship, just use it for personal reasons!"

Xun Yu was even angrier when he heard this: "Zhongde, you have changed, you were not so bottomless before!"

Cheng Yu also became angry, "It's useless to talk about these things, I have a clear conscience, and everything I do is for Ming Gong."

Xun Yu wanted to say more, but Xi Zhicai coughed violently a few times, and after listening to both sides, he calmed down.

Xi Zhi coughed for a long time, then slowly recovered his breath, and said, "Don't argue, this is the end of the matter, we can only look forward."

"I'm afraid that my life will not be long. In the future, I will have to rely on you to assist Duke Ming and accomplish great things."

All the counselors were upset when they heard this.

Xi Zhicai said slowly: "Now we have internal and external troubles, if we can't work together, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to go on in the future."

"Yuan Shao in the north has always wanted to annex us, Lu Bu in the west opened his mouth, and Tao Qian was replaced by Liu Bei in the east. Although we occupy more than half of Yuzhou in the south, we are surrounded by Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao and Yuan Shu at the same time, so it is difficult to expand."

"I called you here on behalf of Duke Ming this time. I want to hear what everyone thinks. What should I do next?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Xun Yu said, "The north and the south are hard to fight now. There are two easier ways, one is to completely defeat Lu Bu, and the other is to attack Xuzhou."

All the counselors nodded.

Xi Zhicai said, "Since that's the case, which one is easier?"

The crowd fell silent.

Some time ago, everyone agreed that Yanzhou should be pacified first, because this is the foundation of Cao Cao's foundation.

That's why Cao Cao did not hesitate to send his family to Yecheng to exchange money and food for soldiers with Yuan Shao, hoping to defeat Lu Bu in one fell swoop.

But until now, Cao's advisers were surprised to find that Lu Bu's preparations were much more adequate than they had imagined!

According to the news sent back by the detailed work, Zhang Miao and Lu Bu, like a prophet, hoarded a large amount of food in advance, so when the locust plague came, the loss was very small.

In contrast, Cao Cao's side was in a lot of trouble. If Yuan Shao hadn't borrowed food, their side would have collapsed long ago.

Moreover, although Cao Cao's army was united and defeated Lu Bu several times, the opponent somehow, as if he had taken a reassurance, did not rush to fight back, but stuck to Chen Liu, which made Cao Cao quite helpless. feel.

Later, the counselors of Cao's family got the news that Lv Bu was suspected of being assisted by an expert!

Cheng Yu said, "The rumors about Yinhu are true?"

"Is there really a prophet who foresaw the plague of locusts and the death of Taozhou Mu?"

Everyone was even more uneasy. If this was the case, wouldn't the other party know their movements like the back of their hands, so how could they fight?

At this time, Cao Cao, who was at the top, spoke for the first time.

"I just wish I couldn't let this person be used by me."

The counselors were even more unhappy.

Xi Zhicai said: "Now it seems that Lu Bu cannot be defeated in a short period of time."

"The other way is to negotiate a truce with them first, and make every effort to attack Xuzhou."

"Although Liu Bei has acquired Xuzhou, he can't suppress the Danyang soldiers. What's more, he was defeated by Yuan Jun just now, and he is weak. He is far easier to deal with than Lu Bu."

"When the time comes when we occupy the land of Xuzhou, we can advance to attack, retreat to defend, and then turn back to deal with Lu Bu, what do you think?"

Xiahou Dun also said: "Although the revenge of the eyes has not been avenged, I also agree to beat Liu Bei first."

A few days ago, when he was rescuing the three cities, he was shot blind by Lu Bujun, which made the generals quite sorry.

Xia Houyuan said bitterly: "Then Liu Bei is cunning. I don't know what method he used to take Xuzhou, and now he is negotiating peace with Yuan in private!"

"If we really let him negotiate, wouldn't we have no excuse to do it!"

"I also heard that it was the fierce tiger of the Yuan family who went to Xuzhou for peace talks!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, because Yuan Xi's name had gradually spread in Cao's camp in private.

Originally, this man was not well-known, he was just a little-known son of Yuan Shao, but he rose up like a shooting star, and made the Cao family suffer from being dumb several times!

First, Xuzhou rescued Cao Song, destroyed the excuse of attacking Xuzhou, robbed a large amount of property, and continued to become famous in the First Battle of Qingzhou, defeated Tian Kai and Kong Rong, helped Yuan Tan occupy Qingzhou, and expanded Yuan's territory to Xuzhou !

Moreover, during the negotiation, the Cao family suffered a lot of humiliation, while the Guo family son was insignificant. The key point is that Yuan Xi actually took Mrs. Huan's mother and daughter and kept them in his mansion. Doesn't this mean that he put a hat on the lord?

Thinking of this, everyone dared not go to see Cao Cao. Although Mrs. Huan was a widow, she had already been accepted as a concubine by Cao Cao. Now that fierce tiger is doing this, it is slapping Cao Cao naked in the face!

Only Cao Cao accepted other people's wives and daughters, but he had never seen his wife and daughters taken in by others. When everyone thought of this, they suppressed the expressions on their faces, lest Cao Cao would lose his temper.

Cao Cao sighed: "At the beginning, this son's ability really surprised me."

"If Ang'er can be like him, what else can I worry about?"

"If he can really be used by me, why not send him a few concubines?"

Everyone thought that he was worthy of being Ming Gong, and he was really generous.

Xi Zhicai's face was solemn: "This son is hiding something, so we must guard against it. There is news that he is about to arrive at Xiapitan City. In all likelihood, he wants to negotiate with Liu Bei."

"The time left for us to use troops against Xuzhou is running out."

Cheng Yu said decisively: "Zhicai is right, if Yuan and Liu Bei negotiate peace, we will have no excuse to use troops against Xuzhou!"

"I propose to negotiate peace with Lu Bu immediately, and then quickly attack Liu Bei and occupy Xuzhou!"

Xun Yu hesitated, "Is there no other way?"

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice, "The current situation is very bad."

"Yuan's purpose is to let us take care of ourselves so that we can attack Gongsun Zan with all our strength in the coming year."

"If Gongsun Zan fails, the Yuan family will definitely expand to the south. Whether it is from Xuzhou in the east or Sili in the west, we will not have a foothold in the future. We can only defend Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and there is no possibility of turning around."

"If Xuzhou Yuan Liu reconciles, we can only seize the last chance."

Cao Cao heard the words and said, "What chance?"

Xi Zhicai said decisively: "No matter what happens to the Yuan family in the coming year, as long as its army attacks Gongsun Zan and the two sides are at a stalemate in Yi Jing, we have only one choice."

"Assemble all troops, cross the Yellow River, and attack Yecheng!"

"Preemptive strike!"

(End of this chapter)