Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 171
In the south of Xuzhou, at the junction of Xiapi County and Guangling County, Liu Beijun and Sun Cejun have fought several times, and no one has taken advantage.

It was Guan Yu who fought with Sun Ce. After a month of fighting, the food and grass ran out. Guan Yu retreated to Tancheng, and Sun Ce led the army back to Guangling City, and each went to collect food and grass.

When Guan Yu returned to the city, seeing Liu Bei and Zhang Fei came out to greet him, he sighed, "I didn't expect Sun Ce's son to be so difficult, and Yu is ashamed to treat his elder brother."

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Second brother is not at fault, it's because I have fewer soldiers."

The three of them were in a heavy heart. The situation in Xuzhou was very bad. They thought that Yuan and Liu would form an alliance and Xuzhou could recuperate for two years, but they didn't expect that while Yuan Shao was attacking Gongsun Zan, restless monsters and monsters would appear.

Sun Ce, an inexplicable lunatic, was fine. Originally, he was supposed to be ordered by Yuan to fight Liu Yao in the two counties of Wujun and Danyang in Yangzhou. For some reason, he suddenly went north across the river to fight Guangling County!

Originally, Sun Ce only occupied a few cities in the south of Guangling, and the threat was not great, but Liu Bei did not dare to counterattack with all his strength, because Cao Cao's army entered Pengcheng in Yuzhou from Rencheng in Yanzhou to the west of Xiapi!
Pengcheng is only two hundred miles away from Xiapi, which means that soldiers are approaching the city. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had to lead most of their troops to garrison west of Xiapi to prevent Cao's army from attacking.

The current situation of several parties is extremely delicate, and any change in any party will determine the direction of the situation, but Liu Bei knows that he is dealing with two hungry wolves at the same time, which is too bad for him!
He regretted not listening to Chen Qun at the beginning. With his current strength, it is really difficult to keep Xuzhou!
Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Now we need to concentrate our forces and drive one side out first, otherwise, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shu, they will only continue to increase their troops and drag us down."

Of course Liu Bei knew, but he couldn't change his troops. The biggest hidden danger was that he still hadn't digested the faction of Danyang soldiers left by Tao Qian.

Tao Qian's former subordinates were either Danyang soldiers or remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and they were extremely rebellious.

Not to mention the yellow scarves, most of the Danyang soldiers came from mountain bandits in Shanyue, and they were extremely difficult to restrain. The former Tao Qian generals led by Cao Bao and others were even more wild and often disturbed the people, which ran counter to Liu Bei's approach.

Although Liu Bei wanted to rectify, but he was afraid of irritating the generals of Danyang, so he could only compromise and deal with it, which was quite helpless.

Liu Bei felt extremely uncomfortable. Two years, no, one year, as long as he was given one year, he could replace Cao Bao and others with his confidants, but the enemy didn't even give him this time.

He sighed: "Second brother, let's rest for a few days. There is not enough food in Xiapi. I have sent people to Haixi to collect food. If I want to come to Sun Ce's side, I won't attack for a while."

Guan Yu nodded, feeling a little regretful in his heart, and remembered the group of people who went to expel at the gate of the city that day. There might be Sun Ce's family among them. If he could keep them at that time, maybe he could avoid the disaster of Sun Ce's invasion of Guangling. It's a pity.

Mi Zhu returned to the mansion, called Mi Fang, and said, "The envoy wants to send someone to collect grain in Haixi, and I have already suggested that you go there."

Mi Fang is now an official, knowing that the situation in Xuzhou is not good, she immediately said: "So I will take people away today."

Mi Zhu hesitated, and said, "Take your sister with you."

Mi Fang was a little surprised: "Why?"

Mi Zhu looked solemn, "Xiapi City is in a bad situation now, with Cao Cao's army on one side and Yuan Shu's army on the other."

"Although it is unlikely that Xiapi will be shot down, if there is an emergency, I can escape on horseback. The little sister is a woman, and she is inconvenient to move. Who in the chaos can take care of her?"

"Although I may be thinking too much, it's better to plan ahead than to sit still."

After hearing this, Mi Fang hurriedly said: "Brother is right, I'll go find my little sister and ask her to pack her things."

Seeing Mi Fang leaving in a hurry, Mi Zhu sighed, thinking that maybe he really was worrying unfoundedly, Liu Guan and Zhang are both fierce generals in the world, so it's not like they can't even defend Xiapi, right?

In Guangling City, Sun Ce also returned to the mansion. He took the swaddling baby from Mrs. Wu's hand, and played with the baby inside for a while, but couldn't do anything, the baby burst into tears.

He hurriedly stuffed the swaddle to Mrs. Wu, and resentfully said, "My little sister won't kiss me."

Mrs. Wu said angrily, "What are you fussing about with the three-year-old?"

She had a worried look on her face, "If things go on like this, it will be difficult to conquer Xiapi with the help of the cities of Guangling. Why don't we go back to Jiangdong and make plans again?"

Sun Ce shook his head and said, "No, I must take down Guangling."

"Only by occupying Guangling, can we try to get back Wujun, the ancestral land of my father and mother."

"Yuan Shu, that bastard, promised me to take down Jiujiang for him, and declared me to be the prefect of Jiujiang, but he broke his promise!"

"Now that I want to take down Guangling, he can't just take it away from me, right?"

Madam Wu sighed in her heart, once there was a second time, Yuan Shu was capricious, he was really a villain, but he happened to be the lord of his late husband Sun Jian.

Back then, Sun Jian killed a lot of gentry, and he did some things that were criticized, so now Yuan Shu is the only prince in the world who is willing to accept Sun Ce.

Madam Wu felt a little sad when she thought of this, her husband died, leaving her orphans and widowed mother, and she didn't know how many ups and downs she would have to go through to raise a few young children.

Thinking of 20 years ago, Sun Jian came to ask for marriage when he heard that he was both talented and beautiful.

But the Wu family is a big noble family, Mrs. Wu's father was the prefect of Danyang, and Sun Jian's ancestor was a melon farmer.

At this time, Mrs. Wu's parents died young and she was living with her relatives. The relatives of Wu's family naturally disagreed and thought Sun Jian was cunning and frivolous, so they scolded Sun Jian face to face.

However, for some reason, several members of the Wu family disappeared inexplicably within a few days, and the Wu family was panicked.

Mrs. Wu stood up at this time and said: "Why do you want to cause trouble just to cherish this little girl like me? If he treats me badly, it's my fate."

So Mrs. Wu married Sun Jian, and gave birth to Sun Ce that year, followed by the three sons of Sun Quan, Sun Xu, and Sun Kuang, and now the infant Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Quan's three sons are now staying in Jiujiang. Mrs. Wu took Sun Shangxiang with her. She always felt that Sun Ce's surprise attack on Guangling was a self-defeating situation. She urged Sun Ce to return to Danyang several times, but Sun Ce was still stubborn.

Seeing Mrs. Wu's appearance, Sun Ce comforted, "Don't worry, Mom, I've already found someone to help."

"I have a good relationship with Gongjin Qiaorui, and now I have sent someone to deliver a letter, asking them to bring troops, horses, food and grass to help me take down Guangling!"

When Madam Wu heard this, she felt relieved. Qiao Rui is Yuan Shu's general, and Zhou Yu is even more talented in planning. With the help of these two, even if Xiapi cannot be captured, it will not be a problem to defend Guangling.

Yuan Shao's attack on Yijing changed the situation in Xuzhou in the east, as well as in Hanoi in the west.

Yuan Shang in Yecheng is now worried and troubled. He is not only responsible for the mobilization of soldiers, horses, food and grass in the entire Jizhou, but also to prevent the dangers of Xuzhou and Hanoi.

For Yuan Shang, the problem in Xuzhou was not very serious. Even if Liu Bei lost Xuzhou, the situation would affect Yecheng, and he was still several counties away.

What worries him even more now is the changes in Hanoi County!
Lu Bu was originally Yuan Shao's subordinate, but later he had a bad relationship with Yuan Shao and was assassinated by Yuan Shao.

Originally, inside the Yuan family, everyone thought that Lu Bu was a bereaved dog and had no territory of his own. No matter how powerful he was, what waves could he cause?
To everyone's surprise, Lu Bu instigated Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others to turn against Cao Cao under Yecheng's nose!
This was tantamount to a fire at home. Although Cao Cao was in a panic, Yecheng also felt threatened. After all, although Chenliu County and Yecheng were separated by the Yellow River, the distance was only two to three hundred miles.

Yuan Shang had long thought that he was the next head of the Yuan family, and regarded Yecheng as his personal property, so he was extremely concerned about Lu Bujun's movements.

When Lu Bu and Cao Cao talked about making peace, Yuan Shang was still relieved. Now Lu Bu should go to the most prosperous Jingzhou to fight, right?
As a result, what Yuan Shang didn't expect was that Lu Bujun went to the relatively barren Sili Hanoi!

Especially according to the recent news that, except for some of the Lu Bu army who stayed at Chenliu, most of the main force has already gone to Hanoi County to meet Zhang Yang.

This change made Yuan Shang very worried, not only because Lu Bu and Zhang Yang had a good personal relationship, but also because to the north of Hanoi County was the Tianxing Mountains where the Black Mountain Army was located!

If Lu Bu's army and Heishan were united, they would be able to enter Jizhou directly from the west without the Yellow River blocking them, and they could threaten Yecheng. When Yuan Shang thought that he might face an army of [-], he felt a little uncertain.

Thinking that Cao Cao's army in the south was also ready to move, Yuan Shang gritted his teeth, the pressure on his side was too great!

Damn second brother, if he hadn't persuaded my father to attack Jizhou, I could have prepared for another year to make the situation more secure!

All Yuan Shang could hope for now was that the Battle of Yijing would end quickly, and Yuan Shao would bring his army back to aid Yecheng. Otherwise, if the enemy came to attack Yecheng, Yuan Shang was really not sure that he would be able to stop it.

The more he thought about it, the more troubled he became, and he unconsciously opened the cabinet at hand, and there were a few more bottles in it.

He raised his hand to pick up one, pulled out the stopper, sniffed it a few times under his nose, and immediately felt his body relax a lot. There seemed to be something floating around in front of his eyes, and he forgot his troubles for a while.

It took him a while to come back to his senses, thinking that these alchemists do have some skills.

Thinking of the Kun Dao from Taiping Dao who was invited last time, he used a variety of methods to treat his hidden illness. Although Yuan Shang still did not regain his glory in the end, he felt that there were signs of movement in his body.

Maybe after further treatment, I can turn back into a normal man!
He didn't dare to let Yuan Shao know about his hidden illness, because once it was exposed, his successor position would be overwhelmed.

His mother, Mrs. Liu, knew a little bit, but in order to protect her children, she would naturally hide it from Yuan Shao.

But this kind of thing can't be kept secret for a lifetime, and you can't openly ask a doctor for consultation, otherwise it will definitely leak out.

Fortunately, Mrs. Liu also had some relationship. Under her leadership, Yuan Shang joined the remaining Taiping Dao alchemists with yellow scarves.

Yuan Shang thought that the biological mother is still reliable.

When Liu was the official wife and was in control of Yuan Shao's house, at this time in Hanoi County, Lv Bu's official wife, Yan, was doing similar things.

(End of this chapter)