Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 489 Xuzhou Changes
When Mi Zhen and Lu Lingqi heard the soldiers shouting, their first reaction was that there was a rebellion in the city!

Then they thought at the same time that Guan Yu hadn't shown up today, and a thought that made them tremble with fear arose in their hearts at the same time.

Is Guan Yu going to do something to Yuan Xi?

Yuan Xi subconsciously said, "Lingqi, you and Sun Li protect the cotton seed box."

Lu Lingqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "If the enemy attacks, you'll lose your life, so why do you need seeds?"

Yuan Xi laughed dumbfounded, "I'm really confused."

He then jokingly said: "But even if I die, the girl from the Mi family will sprinkle seeds all over this land."

Mi Zhen's face turned pale slightly, "It's about this time, my lord, don't joke around."

There was a loud noise, and the door of the mansion was pushed open. Everyone looked at it, and suddenly their hearts tightened. They saw Guan Yu walking in with dozens of dead swords and axes holding the Qinglong Yanyue knife.

As soon as Guan Yu entered, he saw Yuan Xi beside the carriage, turned around, and strode towards the crowd.

Yuan Xi swallowed his mouthful of foam, and drew the ring sword from the carriage. When Sun Li and Lu Lingqi saw it, they also drew their swords and drew their halberds, and stood in front of Yuan Xi.

Mi Zhen panicked, took a few steps quickly to stand in front of the crowd, and said to Guan Yu, "What does the general intend to do?"

Guan Yu had already come to the front, he was slightly startled when he heard the words, first he cupped his hands to Yuan Xi and said, "I have seen the envoy."

"Today, Yu has something important to do, so I can't greet you far away, it's rude."

He said to Mi Zhen again: "Where is the eunuch?"

Only then did everyone realize that Guan Yu was not here to deal with Yuan Xi!
They all breathed a sigh of relief, Yuan Xi only felt that his vest was soaked, Guan Yu put too much pressure on him, if the other party was determined to kill him, all the people present couldn't stop him!
It's no wonder that Yuan Xi has no idea. Although Liu Bei is already a rare benevolent person in this troubled world, later generations also stabbed Liu Zhang in the back. When it comes to some critical moments of life and death, who knows what the other side will do?
Seeing Guan Yu's questioning, Mi Zhen replied, "My brother is accompanying the guests."

The sound of footsteps came, and Mi Fang came out drunk with a wine jue. Seeing Guan Yu coming, she laughed and said, "General Guan came just in time, take a seat and drink!"

Guan Yu's face was cold, "The war is urgent, and the prefect is still in the mood to drink. When I see my brother, I will definitely tell you what you have done!"

Mi Fang was startled, most of the time he was sober, his face was gloomy, "General Guan, how did I offend you, to target me like this?"

"It's not a waste of time to patrol the city, have I ever slacked off?"

Guan Yu snorted coldly, "It's not Donghai, but Xiapi!"

"What!" Everyone was shocked, Mi Fangjiu woke up completely, "What's going on?"

After Guan Yu said a few words, everyone realized that Yuan Shu had raised an army of tens of thousands to attack Xiapi!

Now Liu Bei and Zhang Fei tried their best to resist, but Yuan Shu's army was so powerful that the two men retreated steadily and retreated into Xiapi City, where they were surrounded by Yuan Shu's army!
Although Mi Fang broke out in a cold sweat, Yuan Xi was also extremely shocked and blamed himself a little bit.

I also regard Yuan Shu as the fish on the sword, it is too optimistic!
The opponent is sitting in a land of several states, has dozens of generals under his command, and is one of the strongest princes who can pull up an army of 30 to fight against Yuan Shao!

There are many capable people under his command, the whole house is full of counselors, no matter how unbearable Yuan Shu is, now his strength in the world is second to none, and once the emperor's edict to attack Yuan Shu is issued, how can the other party sit and wait for death?
From the perspective of counselor Yuan Shu, of course, when the five-way army is not assembled, it will be defeated from the weakest one!
Among them, Liu Bei is the weakest. The Xiapi where he is located is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It has changed hands several times, and it is much easier to fight than other directions, so of course Yuan Shu will take Liu Bei first!
Guan Yu said coldly: "As the prefect of Xiapi, I am the Sima of another department, and I have the right to order in wartime except for the envoy. Now I want to take away all the soldiers in Qucheng and rush to help Xiapi!"

Mi Fang panicked, "If the enemy comes, how will Qucheng be defended?"

Guan Yu snorted coldly: "This is the rear, where are the enemies?"

"If big brother loses, where do your Mi family want to go?"

"There are defenders in the cities near the East China Sea, and the eunuchs can go and deploy their own troops when the time comes!"

Mi Fang's face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally she could only cup her hands and said: "Lead the general's order."

Guan Yu nodded, turned to Yuan Xi and said, "Yu wants to go to Xiapi by water. The Han River is much closer than the outer sea turning into the Yangtze River, but half of it is in Guangling County, and the passage needs..."

Yuan Xi immediately took out a special token from his bosom, "This is my own, the general holds it as if I were personally present."

Seeing Yuan Xi's straightforwardness, Guan Yu's eyes flashed: "I am so righteous, thank you on behalf of Brother Yu!"

Yuan Xi waved his hand and said: "You are welcome, general. Since both sides are allies, they should be united in the same spirit. The general can go first. I will send a letter to Guangling now, asking Mr. Yuanlong to send troops to support Duke Xuande!"

Guan Yu clasped his fists fiercely: "Young master's righteousness is so generous to Yuntian, Yu bids farewell!"

He turned around and held the knife, strode out, and ordered his subordinates: "All the soldiers of Lieutenant General Zhaoji City, set off from the pier and go south in half an hour!"

Seeing Guan Yu leading the people disappear into the vast night, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling even more uneasy.

Yuan Shao aggressively attacked Xuzhou. If Xiapi was breached, the next target would definitely be Donghai and Guangling!
Yuan Xi was not in the mood anymore, and immediately called Jushou Lu Xun, and was about to return to Haixi by boat overnight. Before leaving, Jushou thought about it, and said to Mi Fang: "General, how many days will it take to transfer troops to the nearest city?"

Mi Fang was startled, and thought for a while, "At least five or six days?"

Ju Shou nodded and said, "It's best for the prefect to find someone now."

Mi Fang immediately realized, "What do you mean, sir?"

Ju Shou sighed: "In the past five or six days, the city of Qu is empty."

When Mi Fang heard this, she immediately realized that she had to ask someone to go to each city with a warrant to dispatch troops.

Yuan Xi saw him and said, "Brother Mi, don't panic, as long as you control the pier well, even if the enemy comes, you can protect yourself."

"If the enemy is powerful, you can take a boat to Haixi Wharf. There are still many soldiers in my city."

Mi Fang showed joy when she heard this, and thanked her repeatedly.

Yuan Xi said to Mi Zhen: "I'm going back to Haixi to set up defense now, girl take care."

Mi Zhen listened, nodded, and said in a low voice, "Young master, take care too."

Normally, Mi Fang might have joked a few words, but now he is not in the mood anymore, he sent Yuan Xi and others to Qucheng Wharf, watched the Zhen family merchant ship leave, and then returned to the mansion with a heavy heart.

Seeing that Mi Zhen was still waiting in the hall, he said: "What Jushou said is right, I've always been restless these few days."

"I have arranged a boat. If there is any danger at that time, you can go to Haixi by boat to join the fierce tiger."

Mi Zhen asked anxiously: "What about brother?"

Mi Fang gritted her teeth, "If Donghai is lost in my hands, the Mi family will not be able to hold their heads up!"

"I thought about it, and it's still too late to deploy troops. I'll go straight to the nearby city to regroup!"

Mi Zhen worried: "But just now brother promised to wait for reinforcements in the city..."

Mi Fang waved her hand, "Needless to say, if we keep counting on fierce tigers, what's the face of our Mi family?"

"I can't even handle this matter. Even if my younger sister gets married, she will be looked down upon by others!"

Mi Zhen still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Mi Fang, "Don't worry, little girl, I have my own measure, this matter must be done beautifully!"

"Guan Yu transferred all the soldiers away. I still have 300 slaves here. When the time comes, I will take [-] people to transfer troops and leave you [-] guards. You can wait for news from me in the city!"

Mi Zhen shook her head and said, "What if we encounter enemies?"

"Brother, it's better to take all the slaves away. If something happens to me, I will escape to the sea at worst!"

Mi Fang hesitated again and again, and said: "I will set off early in the morning, I will think about it first, and then make a decision at that time!"

The noise in Qu City lasted until midnight, Guan Yu recruited soldiers, boarded a boat overnight and went down the Han River, but the aftermath in the city did not stop, and rumors spread quickly.

Countless enemy troops have already attacked near Qucheng, it should be Langya's Taishan bandits heading south!

Seeing that the situation is not good, the guard of Qucheng has led his troops to abandon the city and flee!

In panic, rumors quickly spread to the city with a population of tens of thousands. Because the city gate was closed, many people fled from the waterways.

When Mi Fang was awakened by the soldiers in a daze, he saw that it was not yet dawn outside and was about to yell at him, but when the soldiers said about the chaos in the city, he jumped up in shock.

He galloped out, and found that the city was in chaos, and there were fleeing people everywhere, congesting the entire street.

The city gate has not yet been opened, but tens of thousands of people are crowding at the city gate, begging the soldiers to open the gate ahead of time, some of them can't hold back anymore, and start motivating others to attack the city gate.

Mi Fang saw it, and was about to send people to disperse it, when several soldiers rushed over, saying that something happened at Qucheng Wharf!

Mi Fang turned her horse's head and went straight to Qucheng Wharf, seeing the merchant ships of the Mi family's caravan leaning on the shore, the sailors were in a mess, Mi Fang went over to look, and began to curse.

Some of the smaller boats had their bottoms gouged out and almost capsized, while the steering rudders on the decks of the larger boats were all hacked off!
If this kind of rudder is to be repaired, it will not work within three to five days. Mi Fang is cold all over, and he doesn't know who the enemy is, but the other party has obviously started to act!

If the enemy can do this, he must know the city well, and he must know that there are no soldiers in the city!

Thinking that the other party will attack at any time, Mi Fang panicked, now he has two choices, one is to stick to the city, the other is to abandon the city and leave.

The first one is almost equivalent to waiting for death. Who can beat with only a few hundred slaves?
Now choose the second option, there are two options, one is to transfer troops to other cities, but it is very likely that the enemy will be ambushed halfway.

The second is to escape to Haixi across the river and seek refuge from Yuan Xi!

Originally, the sea route was the fastest, but the merchant ships of Mi's family were all destroyed, and the boats all escaped last night, so the only way to go is by land.

As long as you travel west along the Huai River from Qucheng for half a day, and cross the river at the ferry, you can reach Haixi!
Mi Fang led people away from the pier, seeing the crowd in the city getting more and more restless along the way, some people saw the team and rushed up to ask where the soldiers had gone.

Mi Fang kept a sullen face and didn't answer, looking at this group of people making trouble, she suddenly got a plan.

Don't you want to run?
I will fulfill you!

In the woods more than a dozen miles away from the city of Qu, a group of elite soldiers dressed as Taishan bandits were hiding in full armor.

The leader, however, is Xia Houyuan, General Cao Ying!

When he heard the news that the gates of Qucheng were opened and the people flocked to flee, he smiled to the generals of the Cao camp beside him, "Your envoy is really a clever plan. This strategy of knocking mountains and shaking tigers is really effective."

"Next, we will follow the envoy's plan to catch even bigger fish!"

(End of this chapter)