Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388
Only more than half of the [-] soldiers brought by Qiao Rui came in. When the people behind were still entering the city, they were attacked by soldiers on both sides of the city gate pretending to be soldiers. They were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

These pretended soldiers are Yuan Xi's subordinates. They wear a layer of sackcloth to cover up their armor. They look like ordinary soldiers. If it is daytime, Qiao Rui and his subordinates may still be alert, because if you look carefully, It's still quite unnatural, after all, its body is a lot thicker.

But it happened to be night, and Qiao Rui was afraid of being suspected by Yuan Yao, so he rushed to seize the city gate and defeat the resisting soldiers, but he led his troops in without paying close attention.

After all, his idea is very simple. There are not many soldiers and horses in the city. If he leads his own troops and surrenders them, he still can't defeat the remaining people who want to resist?

In the end, when he found out that he had been duped, it was too late. The back road was cut off by the trapped camp. Yuan Xi's personal guards at the gate of the city suddenly launched an attack. With their excellent equipment, they defeated Qiao Rui's rear army in an instant, and then closed the city gate again.

Qiao Rui led his subordinates to rush left and right, but they were all blocked by Gao Shun's trapped camp. He found that the opponent's defense was impeccable, and he couldn't find any chance!

In the houses on both sides of the street, cold arrows were constantly being shot, and people kept falling down. Qiao Rui only had one chance now, that is, Zhang Xun outside broke through the city gate and attacked the back of the camp, so that he could break through!

However, this vague expectation was completely shattered with the sound of gold ringing from outside the city and cheers from the top of the city.

"The enemy has run away!"

"The enemy is defeated!"

Yuan Xi walked behind Qiao Rui with his personal guards, and said, "I didn't expect General Qiao to go out in person, and this time I took advantage of it again. I'm ashamed, ashamed, haha."

"Now that the general situation is gone, why bother to increase the casualties of soldiers?"

After hearing this, Qiao Rui let out a long sigh, threw the ring-shou knife on the ground, and called his men to surrender.

Gao Shun ordered someone to tie up Qiao Rui and take him away, and said to Yuan Xi, "Your wise plan, I admire you."

"What orders does the young master have now?"

He saw that Yuan Xi played Wei Xu, Yuan Yao and others in the palm of his hand. To admire others, a military general can only rely on his achievements. Now that Yuan Xi has proved his ability, Gao Shun has become more polite in speaking.

Yuan Xi thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Brother Gao, why don't you go and kill Wei Xu with me?"

Gao Shun was startled, then bowed down and bowed, "Shun understands your son's intentions, but Shun can't betray Marquis Wen."

"Although Marquis Wen will definitely not be happy with what happened today, Shun still wants to explain clearly to Marquis Wen face to face."

"If you kill him and follow what you did tonight, you will be a rebel, and you can't justify it."

Yuan Xi shook his head and said with a smile, "That's really a pity."

He secretly thought it was a pity that as long as Wei Xu was killed, Gao would be even more suspicious by Lu Bu, because then it would be impossible to prove whether Wei Xu was innocent or not, it would all depend on one side of the story.

At that time, Gao Shun couldn't argue clearly at all, so he could only go to himself.

To be honest, even though Wei Xu and Song Xian's forces were cleaned up, Yuan Xi wanted to kill them, but Chen Gong Gaoshun had to keep them alive.

Only in this way can he prove his innocence in front of Lu Bu and show that he has no second thoughts.

But in Yuan Xi's heart, he really wanted to get rid of Wei Xu. After all, he had both sides and put the blame on Wei Xu.

But Yuan Xi can't tear himself apart. If he disregards Chen Gong Gaoshun's objection and forcibly kills Wei Xu and the others on the spot, it's not impossible, or directly assassinates Wei Xu, and Gao will not be able to be washed by jumping into the Yellow River by the way. .

But in this way, the fragile alliance with Lu Bu may break down, which is very detrimental to the Lu Bu Youzhou coalition forces who are now fighting against other forces in Anyi.

Gao Shun is not a fool, if he guesses his intentions, he will despise himself as a human being, so that he will not be able to get his sincere allegiance.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi said to Gao Shun: "Just follow Brother Gao's wishes."

"One more thing, please."

"I want to interrogate Qiao Rui."

After Gao Shun listened, he agreed wholeheartedly. In his opinion, Yuan Xi respected his own ideas very much. Although he was rejected several times by him, he didn't show any dissatisfaction, which made Gao Shun feel very sorry.

Now that the interrogation general has such a small request, he has no reason to refuse.

Before leaving, Yuan Xi said seriously to Gao Shun: "I know Brother Gao and Mr. He Gongtai are not on good terms, but the two are in similar situations, and may not always be similar. Brother Gao can think about where to go in the future."

When Gao Shun heard this, he didn't take it seriously at first, but then he suddenly seemed to think of something, and his face became serious.

Yuan Xi had already turned around and left.

Qiao Rui was taken to a mansion room, and several soldiers stood guard at the door of the house.

He is ashamed now, he lost his life inexplicably last time, this time it has been less than half a year, and he was captured by the same person in almost the same way, almost at the same location of the city gate.

Although he was not as good as Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others, he was still the top general in the platoon, but he was arrested twice in a row. Could it be that Yuan Xi was his nemesis?
After more than an hour, when his hands and feet were numb from being tied up, the sound of footsteps came.

Yuan Xi took Sun Li into the room, and seeing Qiao Rui staring at him unkindly, he smiled and said, "The general and I are really destined."

He ordered the soldiers to untie Qiao Rui, and Qiao Rui stood up and moved his hands and feet. Seeing that the soldiers were full of energy and staring at him, he put out the last thought of running away.

Yuan Xi motioned Qiao Rui to sit down, and said, "I came this time to ask about the deployment of Yuan Yao's barracks."

After hearing this, Qiao Rui sneered and said, "Am I a betrayer?"

"You might as well kill me right now!"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry, General, if you really want to die, you won't be caught by me, right?"

"At that time, a horizontal knife wiped the neck, wouldn't it be all over?"

After hearing this, Qiao Rui said in a deep voice, "How can I turn around and kill my colleagues because I am greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"I owe my son two lives, but now I only have one, just take it."

Yuan Xi laughed even more after hearing this: "The general is a loyal person, but I'm afraid Yuan Shu is not worthy of the general."

"The general has also seen Yuan Yao's ability. I'm afraid he will kill the general sooner or later."

"And now that the general is captured by me again, do you still want to go back?"

"Last time when I let the general go back, Sun Bofu was a loyal person, so he could not be held accountable. Now that I let the general go back, can Yuan Yao not be suspicious of the general?"

He leaned slightly, "The general follows Yuan Shu, so it may not be possible to have a good death. I am short of a few generals. If the generals come to vote, I will wait for them. How about it?"

Qiao Rui was moved when he heard this, but he still shook his head dejectedly, "Thank you for your kindness, for showing respect to an incompetent person like me. If I were alone, I might have voted for you now."

"But I still have a small family. If Yuan Gonglu knew, my family would be miserable."

"So I would rather my son kill me, and my family will be treated kindly."

Yuan Xi's eyes flashed, "The general values ​​his family so much?"

"In today's troubled times, in order to survive, it is common for people to abandon their wives and children, but the general still misses his family?"

"And as far as I know, the general doesn't have a male, only two daughters, Joe, right?"

Qiao Rui was startled, "How does Shi Jun know?"

He then smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty knows all about this kind of thing, I don't deserve to lose."

Yuan Xi wondered, it's just that your two daughters are very famous.

Thinking of her daughter, Qiao Rui said: "My wife passed away early, let me take good care of them when she was dying, and I don't want to be a dishonest person."

Yuan Xi sighed: "I didn't expect the general to be a person who values ​​love and righteousness. It's just that the general follows a person like Yuan Shu. I'm afraid that his family will not have a peaceful life, right?"

"Is Yuan Shu about to proclaim himself emperor?"

"When the time comes, isn't the general afraid that all the heroes in the world will attack him?"

"At that time, with the strength of the general, can you stop it?"

Qiao Rui said helplessly, "The Shijun is right, but I can't turn back."

Yuan Xi listened, and said: "I can show the general two clear paths."

"One is that I will temporarily imprison the general, and then secretly send someone to bring the general's family."

"The second is to wait for Yuan Yao to retreat and the general promises not to be my enemy, so I will send the general back. If Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, the general will go to Sun Bofu to save his life."

After hearing this, Qiao Rui was stunned for a while, and said, "What good will this do for the envoy?"

"I know how many catties I have, which is much worse than Shijun's generals. Why can Shijun be so humble?"

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "The general's martial arts skills are not very strong."

Qiao Rui heard Yuan Xi say so bluntly, and suffered a critical blow, but he had nothing to say, who let himself be arrested twice?
Yuan Xi said again: "The reason why I like the general is because of the friendship between the general and Bofu. To be honest, I admire Bofu very much, and I don't want to become an endless enemy with him in the future."

"If the general can mediate from it, I think it will be the best if the two parties can turn their hostility into friendship in the future."

Qiao Rui was taken aback, so the opponent had such an idea?

But this reason sounds very reasonable, and there is no reason to deceive yourself!

He hesitated and said: "Bo Fu is Yuan Shu's subordinate now, and the two Yuans are fighting with each other. With Yuan Gonglu here, I'm afraid Bo Fu won't show his kindness to the envoy."

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

"Yuan Gonglu is greedy and cruel in his actions, treats his subordinates harshly, raids the common people, and makes the heavens angry and the people resentful. To stand on his own is to risk the disapproval of the world. I don't think Bofu will be so stupid as to die with him."

Qiao Rui deeply felt the same way. Yuan Shu insisted on doing things his own way. In fact, many people were not optimistic about Yuan Shu's proclaiming the emperor, but they were all dazzled by the promised benefits. On the contrary, Qiao Rui, who had no ambitions and gradually lost power, had already sprouted. Back off.

Seeing Qiao Rui's expression, Yuan Xi knew that he was moved, so he finally said: "People who lose their way will be attacked by the whole world. Even if the general dies for him, not only will he not get the name of loyalty, but he will also be infamous for thousands of years."

"Nowadays the world is fighting, and nowhere is safe, but I am in Guangling, Xuzhou, but there is a way out."

"Even if you encounter a military disaster, you can escape by sea boat, and you can go anywhere in the world."

"If Mr. Qiao doesn't want to follow me, I won't force it. I just need to work hard to make an alliance between my side and Bofu. How about I let the general go back?"

Qiao Rui hesitated and said, "But Sun Bofu's side."

Yuan Xi waved his hands and said, "It's okay, the general will do his best, and it's good to have a clear conscience."

Qiao Rui hesitated and said, "Isn't Shijun afraid that I'll go back on my word when I go back?"

"Since I can let the general go back, I naturally don't care about the general breaking his promise, not to mention the person who can keep his promise to the deceased wife, I am still very willing to believe."

After hearing this, Qiao Rui dispelled the last trace of doubt, and said: "Rui owes the envoy two lives, and is willing to go and persuade Bofu for the young master, in order to repay the envoy for not killing him!"

After Yuan Xi heard this, his mind was settled, and Qiao Rui was considered the most suitable person to contact Sun Ce at present.

The next two years will be the time to plot against Yuan Shu. If Sun Ce decides to fight against him, not only will Yuan Xi not get any benefits, but Sun Ce may disturb his good deeds.

After all, Yuan Xi was still guilty about Mrs. Wu's matter. The ghost knows how Sun Ce will react when he learns the truth.

(End of this chapter)