Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 168
Liu Xie raised his head and took a deep breath. Although his situation has not changed at all, he is no longer the ignorant self he was a few years ago.

The news that Guo Si secretly ordered the convoy to return was reported to Liu Xie privately by someone.
Liu Xie will never return to Chang'an again. Guo Si seems to have already reacted to this, and he is gradually being isolated by Liu Xie!

Right now, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and even Zhang Ji are all beginning to move closer to Liu Xie. Although Guo Si is known as the leader of the crowd, he does not leave any room for things, and has begun to be betrayed by more and more people.

In fact, it is his former colleague Li Jue who really agrees with Guo Si. Although the two had a falling out at the beginning of the year, and Chang'an was dilapidated because of this, but after going around, they realized that other people are even more unreliable!

Therefore, Guo Si secretly ordered the convoy to return to the west, so it may not be that he did not intend to join forces with Li Jue again. Liu Xie had just escaped from Chang'an Tiger's Den, how could he be willing to go back again?
He must change the current situation dominated by Guo Bang and find a way to continue returning to Luoyang!
Liu Xie asked his left and right confidants to find reliable ministers separately, and brought his own oral instructions. Finally, Liu Xie announced to everyone that he would have a banquet with all the ministers in the evening.

After the news came out, all civil and military officials understood that something must happen.

Many people are both happy and worried. The happy thing is that these days, Liu Xie has shown amazing control over the situation. At this age, he is doing much better than most of his ancestors.

But some sober ministers are also worried. Liu Xie's personality is too rigid. Although he doesn't show his dew on the surface, he is actually very powerful in his heart. He is not willing to make compromises at all, and will often fight to the death with those who persecute him.

The banquet went on as scheduled, and Guo Si was holding a wine glass during the banquet, half threatening and half persuading, the convoy should not go east any more.

Facing Liu Xie, he raised his head and said: "Tianjia, the road ahead is dangerous, we can't go any further."

Liu Xie leaned forward slightly: "Why did the general say that?"

Guo Si had already prepared his speech, and said, "The Tian family, the previous convenience is Sili, and now it is in chaos. If we continue to go west, we will be affected by the flames of war and endanger the lives of the Tian family."

Liu Xie was surprised and said: "Oh? I heard that Jizhou and Yanzhou are fighting endlessly. Why is Sili also fighting?"

"what is the problem?"

Guo Si didn't expect Liu Huihui to pretend to be confused, and his face became gloomy.

Shameless to give you face, don't blame me for speaking out!
He raised his head and said, "Report to the Tian family, the rebel Lu Bu first rebelled from Yanzhou and occupied a county, and now he invaded Sili to the west, entered Hanoi to the north, and approached Luoyang to the west!"

"If Tian's family returns to Luoyang, Lu Bandit will definitely endanger Tian's life!"

Liu Xie's face remained unchanged, but his heart gradually turned cold.

That's Marquis Wen, whom I proclaimed, was forced to leave by you!
And Situ Wangyun was also killed by you!

Although Liu Xie has been hijacked and used by powerful officials since he ascended the throne, in Liu Xie's view, Li Jue and Guo Si are undoubtedly the worst gang, far worse than Wang Yun and Dong Zhuo.

No matter what Dong Zhuo said, he still used Lingdi's death as an excuse to abolish Liu Bian and support Liu Xie to ascend the throne.

Although Wang Yun and Lu Bu disagreed, he was still willing to delegate power. Just when Liu Xie thought that as he grew up, he could gradually grasp power and regain the glory of the Han Dynasty, Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou led troops into Chang'an and captured Liu Xie's troops. The dream was shattered once again.

They drove away Lu Bu, killed Wang Yun, completely controlled the Han court, and everything returned to the original point.

Now that Liu Xie sees Guo Si using Lv Bu as an excuse again, he threatens him confidently, but Liu Xie cannot publicly express his position on this.

He raised his head and looked around at all the officials below the hall, most of them bowed their heads in silence.

Wang Yun had problems with his ability to govern and had offended many people. When he was killed, many officials were watching the scene. Some of the officials in the hall even participated in the matter, so naturally they couldn't speak.

And some other people, although they wanted to speak out, were afraid of Guo Bang, so they also shrank their heads.

When Guo Si saw that everyone was speechless and triumphant, someone stood up.

He said loudly: "The former Situ Wang Yun and the former Sili Xiaowei Huang Wan have made great contributions to the country, please listen to Yun Gong and wait for their burial!"

Everyone was shocked, and they raised their heads one after another, and saw that the person who spoke was Sun Rui, a Wei Wei and Shang Shuling!
Scholar Sun Rui, a native of Pingling County, Youfufeng, rarely passed on his family business, and he was omnipotent.

During the period of Chuping, worshiped Shangshu Pushe, joined forces with Situ Wangyun, and Zhonglang General Lu Bu to punish Dong Zhuo.

Because Wang Yun only wanted to punish Dong Zhigong, when Luoyang was captured by Li Jue and Guo Si, Shi Sun Rui avoided revenge and was able to escape.

But he has long been a thorn in Guo Bang's side. He is upright and unafraid of death, and now he stands up resolutely when the court is silent.

When the civil and military officials secretly admired his courage, they also sweated. Guo Bang has soldiers in his hands. As long as he gives an order, Shi Sun Rui will be decapitated!
Sure enough, Guo Simu showed a fierce look, threw his hand, and said coldly: "The two rebels, why do we need to overturn the case, and the public wants to follow?"

Shi Sunrui also raised his eyebrows angrily: "Do you want to do what Luoyang did again?"

Guo Bang was furious, and pressed the hilt of his waist, and the guards behind also stepped forward.

Shi Sun Rui did not retreat but advanced, stepped forward two steps, and glared at Guo Bang.

However, Guo Si retreated. Over the past few years, he has been persuaded by his counselor Jia Xu, and he has become a little smarter. He is no longer the Liangzhou military general who blindly beheaded people before.

It is easy to kill the scholar Sun Rui, but it will inevitably arouse the resentment of civil and military officials and the emperor of the Han Dynasty. More importantly, it will give evidence to Yang Feng and Zhang Ji who have been spying on him.

He pressed the hilt of his sword, snorted coldly, turned around and strode away.

Although he would not personally kill Shi Sun Rui in person, there are ways behind it.

Seeing Guo Si leave, all civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that Guo Si would take revenge, and they looked at Shi Sun Rui with regret, knowing that it would be a disaster.

Shi Sunrui looked around at the officials slowly, with calm eyes, as if to say, everyone here, this is so unbearable!
Liu Xie didn't dare to look directly at Shi Sun Rui's eyes, he turned his face slightly, his heart was extremely complicated, was it worth it to hurt Shi Sun Rui like this?
Yuan Xi didn't know what happened in the Han court thousands of miles away, but in his plan, sooner or later he would cross paths with the Han court on his way forward.

Of course, this is conditional.

Defeat Yijing, occupy Youzhou, then defeat the Black Mountain Army, and open up the Taihang Mountain passage from Zhuojun to Hanoi.

Yuan Xi didn't know if he could do it in a year, and now he could only do it step by step.

The most important thing right now, of course, is to break into Yi Jing and defeat Gongsun Zan.

He looked at the faint outline of the city of Yijing in the distance. From a few miles away from the city wall to the hills at Yuan Xi's feet, stretching for more than ten miles, were Yuan Jun's camps all over the mountains.

He jumped off the horse sideways, and Sun Li came up and led the horse away.

Yuan Xi brought Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici into the tent, all the generals stood in silence, and the one sitting at the top was obviously Yuan Shao.

In this battle, Yuan Shao personally led the army and came to sit outside Yijing City!
Yuan Xi glanced around and found that except for Yuan Shang who was in Yecheng and a few counselors and generals, almost everyone else had arrived.

Yuan Tan, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong, Wen Chou, Zhang He
This is all in one effort!
Yuan Xi stepped forward and bowed: "Yuan Xi, the prefect of Zhuojun, led two hundred cavalry and three thousand infantry, and arrived on time according to the order!"

Yuan Shao nodded and pointed to Kong's position. Seeing this, Yuan Xi led Guo Jia and the others to stand still.

Yuan Shao said to Yuan Tan, "You tell Xianyi about the current situation."

Yuan Tan said: "Father and I joined forces the day before yesterday and arrived, and the two sides fought. Gongsun Zan's army was defeated, so we retreated into the city and stood firm."

"Now the artisans are assembling siege equipment, preparing to attack the city in the next few days."

"What everyone is arguing about right now is whether to besiege rather than attack, and wait for reinforcements to come and destroy it."

"It's better to attack the city and capture Yi Jing before the reinforcements arrive."

Yuan Xi was startled, Gongsun Zan still has reinforcements?
Yuan Tan seemed to see Yuan Xi's thoughts, and said: "We have received news that Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army has dispatched an army of [-] troops, and is preparing to go three ways to Yijing for rescue."

Yuan Xi was startled, he walked forward, and the Black Mountain Army moved behind him?
And if there are really 10 soldiers, even if there are only [-] soldiers among them, the pressure on Yi Jing's side will not be small.

It suddenly occurred to him that if the 10 people were scattered, the Black Mountain Army would collapse, and the Taihang Mountain Passage would be vacant?

He immediately drove this thought out of his mind, he couldn't become a fat man with one mouthful, and Zhang Yan was not an ordinary person. He fought Yuan Shao's army for several years and was not wiped out, but he was still very capable.

Ju Shou said: "Calculating the distance from the Black Mountain Army to Yi Jing, if we try our best to defeat Yi Jing before Zhang Yan's army arrives, it will only take about a month at most."

"In this case, all the towns on the way will be abandoned."

"If we divide our forces to defend and block the passage of the Black Mountain Army out of the Taihang Mountains, we must divide our troops and start to block them now."

"In this case, we will not be able to attack the city with all our strength. If Yi Jing cannot be defeated and the Black Mountain Army cannot defend, we will return without success."

After hearing this, everyone started discussing and expressing their opinions, but after talking for an hour, they still couldn't come up with any clues.

Yuan Xi knew that although for him, the battle of Yi Jing was almost an open-book exam, but there was a big difference between the prediction and the actual practice, and the history of later generations could not be exactly the same as this world, and if there were subtle mistakes, the results might be very different Don't.

The focus of everyone's dispute is whether they can take down Yi Jing by attacking the city with all their strength.

Although Yuan Shao claimed to have an army of [-], Gongsun Zan also had tens of thousands of people in the city, defending the city with all his strength, and with the abundance of food and grass, it was indeed difficult to defeat him.

Unless there are variables.

Yuan Xi doesn't care about it now, he only has one goal now, to defeat Yi Jing as soon as possible.

He said: "We must find a way to lure the main force out of the city and destroy it, so that we can enter the city."

It is reasonable for everyone to say this, but the key point is, how did the other party come out?

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "The early stage is definitely a war of attrition. The key point lies in the few days before the arrival of the Black Mountain Army."

He talked about his idea, and everyone shook their heads when they heard it. This idea is too risky!

Yuan Xi said: "If we don't divide our forces to resist the Black Mountain army, if we let the two sides fight, our army will definitely feel uncomfortable."

Tian Feng said: "Even if your master's plan is successful and our army enters the city, it will not be easy to capture the hundreds of watchtowers. It may take a month."

Yuan Xi said something again, and everyone's eyes lit up. This method sounds really feasible!

Jushou was very surprised, he had proposed this method to Yuan Shao in private, but Yuan Xi thought of it too!
He said: "But a few days are too short. If the Black Mountain Army marches faster, it will block us in the city, and we will be in a dilemma."

Yuan Xi said: "So someone needs to hold them back, but it doesn't need to be too far away, just a few days away."

After hearing this, the counselors felt more and more that this idea was feasible. Yuan Xi finally said: "Of course, this is only a last resort. Maybe the city was breached first?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao showed a smile on his face: "Xianyi's words are the most reasonable, if we don't fight first, who knows what will happen?"

"The siege will begin the day after tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)