Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 162
The last time the Black Mountain bandits attacked Beixincheng, they were defeated and captured. After a month of hard labor, they were all sent back.

During the period, the rumors that were intentionally spread about it were also brought back to the Montenegrin Army with the return of these people, and began to spread.

Since then, there have been people from the Black Mountain Army in the Taihang Mountains, dragging their families to Beixincheng.

How to arrange these people has become a headache for Yuan Xi.

Guo Jia said: "Isn't this your original intention?"

Yuan Xi sighed: "I didn't expect to come so soon, our strength is still weak, what if the black bandits take the opportunity to retaliate?"

"You must know that the three cities are now mobilized to participate in the battle of Yijing, and the internal defense is empty. If the Black Mountain Army makes a big attack, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to take care of both ends."

His worry was not unreasonable. He thought that these rumors might take a year or so to bear fruit, but he did not expect that he underestimated the Taihang Mountains.Life was hard for the Montenegrin Army.

In less than a few months, people escaped one after another. Yuan Xi questioned the reason, and most of the answers were that the Black Mountain Army almost couldn't get enough to eat.

Thinking about it, it is indeed easy to hide in the mountains and dense forests, but it is not very friendly to farming and opening up wasteland.

The eight hundred li Taihang Mountain, the ancient Zhongshan Kingdom was established for more than a hundred years, with thousands of chariots, known as the eighth hero of the Warring States Period, but it was difficult to enter and difficult to exit, so it was finally annihilated in the long river of history.

Guo Jia hated iron but said: "It's not easy, you won't send people to negotiate peace first?"

"You and the Black Mountain Army don't have any unresolvable hatred. Even if the negotiation fails and you don't reach out to hit the smiling face, Zhang Yan should not do anything to you for a while."

"As for the peace talks, there's no need to rush. We'll procrastinate while we're at it. As long as we procrastinate for a few months and take Yi Jing down later, won't it be easy?"

"By the way, I heard that he is also from Changshan. Captain Zilong and his fellow countrymen may not be able to make a fuss about it."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said joyfully, "Mr. is right. I'm going to ask Zilong about Zhang Yan."

"Choose another person who is willing to go on an envoy, and go and talk slowly."

Guo Jia said angrily, "Can you ask me any questions?"

"You don't have any other military advisers?"

Yuan Xi answered honestly: "No."

Guo Jia was dizzy.

Yuan Xi excitedly went to find Zhao Yun, wanting to inquire about Zhang Yan's situation, but Zhao Yun pondered for a long time, shook his head and said, "I've heard of this person, but his aspirations are different, so I can't comment on it, but Zhang Yan is a person with both strategy and force. It’s not lacking, it’s not a simple character.”

Yuan Xi nodded, Zhao Yun is taking the road of leading his fellow countrymen to defect to the clan of the Han Dynasty and help the world.

But Zhang Yan took the road of gathering troops to rebel.

But Zhang Yan did have extraordinary abilities. His original name was Chu Yan. He gathered a crowd as a robber, joined forces with Zhang Niujiao from Boling, and respected Zhang Niujiao as the leader.

Later, Zhang Niujiao was shot and died. Before his death, he passed the leader to Chu Yan. After Zhang Niujiao died, Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang, which means that he recognized Zhang Niujiao as his father.

As a result, Zhang Yan conquered the hearts of the Montenegrin soldiers, and then made a very wise decision.

When the world was in chaos, he took the initiative to send people to Luoyang to meet Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and wrote a letter expressing his surrender. The governor of a state is no different.

And in this way, he escaped the war that the Han court launched the princes to wipe out the Yellow Turbans in the world, and survived successfully.

But Yuan Xi knew that although Zhang Yan held a high position, Zhao Yun actually looked down on Zhang Yan as a person.

Zhang Yan gathered a group of bandits, roared together in the mountains and forests, and harassed the people. Many cities and counties were tortured, and later turned into an official army, and ruled over the people he had abused. If Zhao Yun could accept it, he would not be Zhao Yun.

This is why some people in the Black Mountain Army fled to Beixin City one after another. The people who want to come there are not doing very well.

Moreover, although Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty canonized Zhang Yan at that time, there was also the helplessness of the Eastern Han court, but in fact it created a precedent of murder and arson with a golden belt. Bandits can become high-ranking court officials, so what else can they not do?
Since then, the Han court has become more and more corrupt, and various princes and warlords with evil intentions have taken turns fighting around the imperial power in an attempt to reap greater benefits.

From Dong Zhuo to today's Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others, the evil result of fighting for power and profit around Han Emperor Liu Xie is the evil cause planted by Han Ling Emperor that day.

Yuan Xi sighed: "But according to our strength now, we can't fight against it, we can only plan it slowly."

Zhao Yun's face became serious: "Yun understands, and will never spoil the young master's affairs."

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, and Zhao Yun said that nothing bad would happen, rather than obeying his own wishes, which meant that he really had a ruler in his heart.

He laughed: "Brother Zilong, I understand."

"The future may not be bright, but the road is very tortuous, but as long as we walk in the direction of light, at least we will live up to our own hearts, won't we?"

Zhao Yun understood, a gleam of light appeared in his eyes, and he nodded heavily.

The news that Jizhou mobilized the army to attack Yijing spread all over the world.

Except for Liangzhou and Yizhou, which is still far away, almost all the princes of the states felt a sense of uneasiness.

The situation in the world is about to change drastically.

Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, found Yuan Shu who was coveting on the border of Jingzhou, withdrew all the generals and troops, and transferred them to Yangzhou.

Liu Biao had joined forces with Yuan Shao in private a long time ago, and discovered something unusual from this incident, and while sending envoys to report to Yuan Shao, he strengthened the frontier defense.

As for playing Jingzhou to counterattack Yuan Shu, he would never do it.

Jingzhou soldiers have a very strong sense of defending the soil, which allows them to soar in combat power when defending their hometown, but letting them fight out of Jingzhou basically means repeated battles and defeats.

Although Yuan Shao seems to have many allies, most of them are Liu Biao who sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

There are very few people who can fight like Cao Cao and have indeed done a lot of dirty work for Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao has not been able to make up his mind to break with Cao Cao.

But what Cao Cao is doing now is beyond everyone's expectations.

Cao Cao's army invaded Chen State in Yuzhou and surrounded Chen County, where Chen Guozhi was located. Chen Wang Liu Chong asked for help from all directions, but no one could help him.

Before Yuan Shu coveted Chen Guo, Liu Chong and Prime Minister Luo Jun hated and worried, so they sent thousands of troops to Cao Cao to make friends, and wanted to use Cao Cao to restrain Yuan Shu.

However, what they didn't expect was that within half a year after Cao Cao took over the army, he turned his face blatantly, but Yuan Shu over there did not respond.

Only then did Liu Chong realize that he had been sold!

However it was too late.

As for Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, as Yuan Shao's counselor guessed, he avoided Cao Cao tacitly, turned around and went to Yangzhou to attack Liu Yao, and at the same time sent people across the Yangtze River to invade Guangling County in Xuzhou.

After Liu Bei heard the news, he hurriedly dispatched troops from Xiapi to guard Guangling.

He understood that Yuan Shao had no choice but to attack Yi Jing at this time, and he could no longer send troops to help him. Now he could only rely on himself.

Yuan Shu was sure of this, so he dared to attack Xuzhou and Yangzhou at the same time. After all, his desire for Xuzhou was no less than Cao Cao's.

The world began to become turbulent. It is hard to say how all these changes started, but when Yuan Xi heard the news, he was in a trance for a moment. This is far from historical changes, so it can't be related to him, right?
If he was still the cowardly and indisputable bastard in his previous life, he would just wait for Yuan Shao to attack Yi Jing three years later, and then go to Youzhou to be the governor.

Because he didn't threaten, Yuan Tan will be the one to adopt, and the relationship with Yuan Shang won't be so bad, and they won't be in trouble to the point where they are now in the same situation.

Not being jealous is a mediocrity. If he chooses this path, he is destined to encounter more attacks, but Yuan Xi did not expect Cao Cao's reaction.

Yuan Xi's insidious tricks a few days ago may have really made Cao Cao anxious, so he took advantage of Yuan's lack of time to make a move to expand his territory. It can only be said that Cao Cao is too good at finding opportunities.

Now Yuan Xi can only hope that Lv Bu's going to Sili will be slower, and that he will meet Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, at least until he captures Yi Jing before he can make a new layout.

On the other hand, Xuzhou's side is actually the most dangerous.

He estimated that Liu Bei was already very reluctant to block Yuan Shu.

However, there is another Cao Cao to the west.

After Cao Cao defeated Chen Guo, he would definitely take the opportunity to go to Xuzhou to get a share of the pie. At that time, Liu Bei would be in danger!
Yuan Xi hoped that Lu Bu could backstab Cao Cao, but he knew that this was too unrealistic.

Even if he used Yinhu's identity to persuade Lu Bu, he should have little hope, because Yinhu had asked Lu Bu to fight in Hanoi before, but now he backtracked, which would only make Lu Bu suspicious.

Moreover, if Lu Bu backstabs Cao Cao at this time, he will turn his back on Yuan Shu. According to Lu Bu's current situation, he should not take such a big risk.

Moreover, Yuan Xi got the news that when Qin Yilu went to Yuan Shu as an envoy, he gave a daughter of the clan named Liu as his wife. Qin Yilu agreed on the spot and they were married.

This married wife is naturally the main wife, which is tantamount to divorcing his previous wife Du Shi.

When Yuan Xi heard the news, he wondered if Qin Yilu had listened to his parting words and arranged Du Shi properly?

If not, it can only be that Mrs. Du is asking for more blessings. In troubled times, women can't help themselves, how many people can control their own destiny?

Xuzhou Guangling County.

Several cities on the border with Xiapi, including Guangling County, the seat of Guangling County, have been completely occupied by Yuan Shu's army, and the people in the city are all anxious.

No one thought that Yuan Shu's troops came across the river from Jiujiang County in Yangzhou, instead of attacking Xiapi, they occupied Guangling first!

In Guangling City, in a mansion, there is about twenty young generals, tall and handsome, bowing down to a beautiful woman, "Mum, Ce is late."

"Three Kingdoms" said, "Ce is a beautiful person, funny in speech, broad-minded in listening, good at employing people, and he is based on the opinions of scholars and people, and he will be dedicated to death."

The beautiful woman sitting at the top was in her early thirties, and she was extremely beautiful. She gently shook the swaddling baby in her arms, and the baby inside was already asleep.

She said softly: "It's good that Ce'er is here, but it's already unrighteous for you to invade Xuzhou without permission, so don't disturb and hurt the people."

The young general is Sun Ce, who now leads a total of 2000 newly recruited Danyang soldiers and his father's old troops, defeating Liu Yao all the way from Yangzhou and attacking Guangling, echoing the offensive of Yuan Shu's other generals.

He said in disbelief: "I heard that Liu Bei chased out my mother and almost killed my mother and younger sister. I will definitely demand the debt from him today!"

The beautiful woman was Mrs. Wu, Sun Jian's widow. She shook her head and said, "Speaking of which, it's not Liu Shijun's fault."

Sun Ce raised his head, wondering, "Why?"

(End of this chapter)