Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 177
Guo Jia had a bumpy journey, and when he saw the outline of Beixin City on the horizon, he was glad that he could finally show his strengths by pointing out the battle situation.

As a result, the news brought back by the spies made his seven orifices smoke, and the black mountain bandits who besieged Beixincheng collapsed overnight!

He gave Yuan Xi an idea earlier, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici each took an army horse, went around the flanks and rear of the Black Mountain bandits to ambush, Yuan Xi led the leading troops to appear and harass the enemy camp at night.

As long as Yuan Xi procrastinates through this night, and when the enemy army is exhausted, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici can wait for the opportunity to sneak attack on the enemy's flank and wipe them out.

The idea was also recognized by everyone, and Zhao Yun and Tai Shici went around with their troops, but to Guo Jia's surprise, what happened was that Yuan Xi's tired army, which was used to lure the enemy, turned out to be Twenty thousand enemies fled!

Not long after, Guo Jia's carriage arrived at the base of the city, and Yuan Xi was instructing his soldiers to gather up the troops from the Black Mountain bandits. Seeing Guo Jia full of suspicion, he came up and said, "Something happened last night."

When Yuan Xi told what happened yesterday, Guo Jia was taken aback when he heard it, and he said after a while: "This kind of thing is too unbelievable, I'm afraid this black bandit believes in the prophecy of the way of peace." ?”

"However, the young master used fire to attack first, and then used to attack the heart, which is remarkable. The only regret is that all the young and strong people on the opposite side ran away."

"I think there are a lot of elderly, weak, women and children who have surrendered, and Beixincheng may not be able to afford it."

Yuan Xi said in a low voice: "After all, they are the children of the Han family. We can't just watch them starve to death."

After hearing this, Guo Jia swallowed back the suggestion that had just come to his lips. According to his original intention, it was best to reward the soldiers as slaves for these captives.

He thought for a while and said: "Although these people were coerced into attacking the city, if they were not punished at all, it would be difficult to convince the public. At least let them work for a few years before they can be treated equally with others."

Yuan Xi thought about it, and thought that Guo Jia's idea was quite advanced. Isn't this just reform through labor?
But this is already the best way at present, otherwise tens of thousands of old and young will come, and Beixin City will be eaten up.

He said, "According to what Mr. said, I asked the officials to settle him properly."

Seeing Guo Jia's tired expression, he said: "Sir, let's rest here, I will take people to chase the defeated army in Montenegro."

Guo Jia was taken aback, "Didn't the young master fight all night last night?"

Yuan Xi waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I've been asleep for two hours."

"If I don't take anyone there, I'm afraid Zilong and Ziyi may not be able to stop the fleeing Heishan bandit."

Guo Jia heard this, and said solemnly: "With all due respect, my lord's idea is very stupid."

"Even if it's true, you can't say it clearly. This is because you don't trust your subordinates."

Yuan Xi sweated profusely, and said: "The boy has been taught."

Guo Jia changed the subject and said: "More importantly, as the lord, you don't need to do everything yourself, and you must rush to the front line in every battle."

"No matter how powerful the young master is, can he stand up to a fierce general?"

"But you must understand that as the protagonist, the best thing you can do is to live long."

"In the past, the overlord of Western Chu always came forward in every battle, but he failed to defeat Gao Zu in the end."

"On the other hand, Gaozu was only three years younger than Shihuang, but he managed to wait until the fall of the Qin Dynasty before seizing the world."

"Huo Qubing always wins every battle, but he doesn't know how to keep in good health, so he died young. Otherwise, how many more years of peace will the big man have?"

"My lord, such a wasteful trip is not the way to live a long life."

Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "I have been taught."

He has a weird face, Guo Jia said it clearly and logically, but the key point is that he didn't do a good job himself?
But at present, he and his soldiers are indeed exhausted and urgently need to rest, so they can only hope that Zhao Yun and Tai Shici can stop Bai Rao.

Otherwise, let him escape back, and it will be another big trouble in the future.

Seeing that Yuan Xi was admonishing him like a stream, Guo Jia felt at ease, but in his heart, he also had a question that he couldn't let go of.

After he came to Beixincheng, he also got to know a force that could not be ignored.

Southern Huns.

It stands to reason that the current Southern Huns Shan Yufuluo has always been attached to the Han court and opposed Yuan Shao, and Yuan Xi killed his son Liu Bao last year, so there is absolutely no reason not to take revenge.

Especially now that Yuan Shao is attacking Gongsun Zan, it is a great opportunity. The Black Mountain Army has been dispatched. How come the Southern Huns, who have always been in contact with the Black Mountain Army, have not moved yet?

If the two armies come together, it's really hard to say whether Beixincheng can be defended.

Thinking that Liu Bao did not go directly north to Bingzhou last year, but took the Taihang Mountain passage at the turn of Bingji, Guo Jia had a vague guess in his heart, did something happen to the Southern Huns?

To the north of Changshan County, Bai Rao was fleeing in the direction of Changshan with thousands of soldiers, followed by thousands of civilians.

He was furious in his heart, and now only half of the more than [-] people who left Taihang Mountain remained!
The rest of the people either died in the chaos last night, or had already surrendered to Beixincheng.

Bai Rao felt aggrieved, Zhang Yan ordered him to bring everyone out as much as possible before leaving, but Bai Rao just mobilized more than 2 people hastily and set off in order to get ahead of the other two groups.

Now it seems that I am still careless!

Who would have thought that his subordinates would be bewitched by rumors and kill each other?

Thinking of this, Bai Rao's anger welled up, and he had been in the hands of a brat for no reason for more than ten years!
But he still has a chance, as long as he returns to Changshan and uses the name of the Black Mountain Army to coerce all the local people, in just ten days, he can once again pull up a team of tens of thousands of people!
Thinking of this, a smug smile appeared on his face.

However, his dream was soon shattered, and a sudden rain of arrows brought him back to reality.

Bai Rao looked at the archers on the hillsides on both sides and the enemy general blocking the middle of the road, his heart was cold, and he yelled, "Rush over together!"

Hearing the words, Li Damu who was beside him galloped towards the enemy general, only to see the opponent draw a big bow from behind.

Just listening to the continuous ringing of the bowstring, the opponent shot three sharp arrows as fast as lightning in the blink of an eye!
Li Damu just barely dodged the first arrow, and it was too late to react again. Immediately, two arrows from the opponent's back pierced his head and neck, fell off his horse and died.

When Bai Rao saw it, his whole body was icy cold, and Li Damu's martial arts skills were not inferior to his own, so he died like this!
Moreover, Bai Rao prided himself on his excellent archery skills, but compared with the other party, he was a heaven and an underground!
A thought flashed through his mind, he was invincible!

Thinking of this, he turned his horse's head and led the crowd to flee in another direction.

Tai Shici retracted his bow, seeing the direction in which Bai Rao was escaping, he thought to himself that the military adviser named Guo Jia had some skills, and he predicted the opponent's retreat route correctly.

Zhao Yun was already waiting for Bai Rao in the direction he was going, and Tai Shici was not in a hurry to catch up, but just led the crowd to follow behind, slowly using up the opponent's vital strength.

As a result, the soldiers at the end of Bai Rao's team complained endlessly, seeing that the situation was not good, if this continued, they would be slowly worn to death sooner or later, and they knelt down and surrendered immediately.

After running for a day and a night, Bai Rao finally escaped into the territory of Changshan County. He only needs to walk for half a day, and his base camp will be confirmed.

Then he was stopped by two thousand troops led by Zhao Yun.

According to the route that Guo Jia pointed out in advance, Zhao Yun took a shortcut from Yijing to ambush.

Zhao Yun's eyes flashed with anger, it must be his hometown, but since it was occupied by the Black Mountain Army, Zhending has suffered a lot. However, Zhao Yun was under Gongsun Zan's command at that time, and Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain Army were allies, so Zhao Yun was also powerless.

Now that he belongs to Yuan Xi, he can finally make a move without any scruples!
He rode out with his gun straightened out, and shouted: "Is it Bai Rao from the Black Mountain Army?"

Bai Rao stepped forward on his horse and said, "I am Bai Rao, the general of Ping Nan Zhong Lang (Zhang Yan)! Who is coming, and should I go?"

Zhao Yun said coldly: "The captain of the prefect of Zhuojun, Zhao Zilong of Changshan, come to seek rebellion!"

Bai Rao's face turned pale when he heard this. A few days ago, Zhao Yun had already made a name for himself in Beixincheng. After inquiring, Bai Rao found out that Zhao Yun was formerly a general of Gongsun Zan's army and had switched to the Yuan family.

And his hometown is his current headquarters, Changshan Zhending!

Naturally, Bai Rao knew what it would be like to be harmed by himself. The generals and officials under Gongsun Zan's command back then were quite dissatisfied because of Gongsun Zan's alliance with the Black Mountain Army.

Seeing that something was wrong, Gongsun Zan took advantage of killing Liu Yu to cleanse and kill all the generals and officials of the Zhending faction under his command.

At that time, Zhao Yun returned to Liu Bei temporarily, and Gongsun Zan regarded him as a thorn in his side. He wanted to use a knife to kill people and let Zhao Yun lead troops to attack Beixincheng. Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zan by virtue of his bet with Yuan Xi.

When Bai Rao saw Zhao Yun's name, he knew that he could not be kind today, so he shouted: "We are the generals of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan is the traitor of the Han Dynasty!"

"If you are sensible, get off your horse quickly and accept the surrender. I can recommend you to Mr. Zhong Lang for promotion and fortune!"

Zhao Yun was furious: "You are torturing the people, and you still have the face to call yourself a Hanchen!"

"Death!"

He shook the reins, raised his gun and rode his horse, leading the crowd to rush forward.

Bai Rao knew that he could not avoid this battle, so he also carried his horse, roared, and went up to meet him.

As soon as the two fought against each other, Bai Rao felt something was wrong. He had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, but his halberd couldn't get into the middle of the opponent at all!
After only a few rounds, Zhao Yun picked up the halberd, revealing his empty chest.

Bai Rao was out of his wits, and quickly dodged sideways, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yun didn't intend to kill him directly, and pointed out the spear, piercing his palm.

Bai Rao screamed and fell off his horse. He lay on the ground and watched his subordinates who were killed were routed, knowing that the situation was over.

He hissed: "General, please spare my life for the sake of being from the same hometown as General Zhonglang!"

Zhao Yun got off his horse, pointed a gun at Bai Rao and said, "Zhang Yan is also a real person, why did you let you poison your fellow countrymen?"

Bai Rao hurriedly said: "I want to teach the general to know that General Zhonglang was bullied by his fellow gentry back then, so he revolted in anger. I'm sure. I heard that the general also had this experience. Those people are very hateful. Revenge, General."

Zhao Yun shouted: "Nonsense!"

"Is it true that the people's lives are worse than death now, and they also bullied Zhang Yan?"

"You are just looking for excuses to commit crimes!"

Bai Rao saw that Zhao Yun's killing intent was overwhelmingly victorious, and begged for mercy: "General, please spare me! I am also an official of the imperial court, I..."

With a puff, the cold and sharp tip of the gun pierced Bai Rao's throat, nailing him to the ground.

Zhao Yun pulled out the tip of the gun, shook his hand casually, and drew a line of blood on the ground.

He thought that what Young Master said was right, most of the people in this world are hypocrites, people who fish in troubled waters, and there are very few who are truly determined to solve the people's poverty and save the common people from suffering.

The common people were forced to live and riot, but in the end they became the knives in the hands of these people, and they didn't live a good life for a few days until they died.

Someone must stand up and end this chaotic world.

Zhao Yun picked up his gun, mounted his horse and left.

From now on, you have to take a good look at your son's path, whether he can restore the world to a peaceful world as he said.

(End of this chapter)