Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 560 The world is ruthless
After hearing Yuan Yin's words, Yuan Shu's face became even more ugly. Although he talks about Yuan Shao's slaves every day, in the final analysis, he still suppresses his reputation and builds momentum for himself, but from the bottom of his heart, Yuan Shu has to admit that in today's world, Yuan Shao is already The most powerful person.

Whether in terms of territory or name, Yuan Shao has far surpassed other princes, and has almost unified the hinterland of the Central Plains. Without the rich Jianghuai, Yuan Shu would not be able to compete with him.

What made Yuan Shu even more humiliated was that Yuan Shao didn't even take the initiative himself in this crusade against him. It was all his subordinates and sons who took action!

Now Yuan Yin's meaning is very clear. Since Yuan Shu does not want to surrender, he can only choose other people, and these people are most likely Yuan Shao's subordinates and heirs. How can the face-saving Yuan Shu accept this?

Seeing Yuan Shu's expression, Yuan Yin sighed secretly in his heart and continued: "Actually, there are not many people we can choose."

"Liu Jingsheng had a good relationship with Yuan Benchu ​​and fought with us several times. I'm afraid he may not be able to survive."

After hearing this, Yuan Yao and Huang Yi nodded in agreement.

"Sun Bofu was once Zhonggong's adopted son, and now he wants to bow to him. I'm afraid Zhonggong won't be able to accept it."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu snorted coldly. He really couldn't lose face and was unwilling to admit that Sun Ce had actually surpassed him in terms of power.

Yuan Yin added: "Sun Bofu has captured most of Yuzhang County. Hua Xin, the prefect of Yuzhang, was forced to move to the south of Yuzhang. He has been completely isolated from the Jianghuai River. We cannot retreat to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Now we don't even have allies around us."

"Then the problem comes. If we want to join forces in private, the only option is to attack our forces and use this to drive a wedge between them and Yuan Benzhu."

"There are only three such candidates."

"Cao Cao, Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan."

Huang Yi spoke up: "I understand the first two, is it possible for Yuan Tan?"

Yuan Yin said: "As the eldest son, Yuan Tan was deprived of the right to inherit. It is impossible to say that he has no resentment in his heart."

"But it is true as you said, it is still difficult to make him betray Yuan Benzhu just by the temptation of an imperial title."

"If I want to seduce him, I'm afraid Zhonggong is the only one who has the territory now."

Everyone's faces turned ugly after hearing this. How could the situation be so bad!
If Yuzhou had been exchanged for a few allies before, it wouldn't be a big loss. After all, Yuan Shu still had Yangzhou. If he couldn't defeat him, he would just cross the river. At worst, he could conquer across the river.

But now that Sun Ce and Yuan Shu had severed their relationship, Yuan Xi raided Lujiang County and directly took away Yuan Shu's rear area, leaving Yuan Shu's trump cards gone!

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "Where are the other two?"

Yuan Yin said: "Although Cao Cao is named Yuan Benchu's subordinate, his heart is towards the Han Dynasty. The imperial title is quite hot for him, so he probably won't accept it."

"So the only ones that can make him interested are Yuzhou and Yangzhou."

Everyone felt bitter in their hearts. This Zhong family's imperial title has now become a curse. People without strength cannot keep it, and those with strength don't want it!

Yuan Yin immediately said: "But among all the people in the world, the only one who is interested in the title of emperor is Benchu ​​Gong."

Yuan Yao said in disbelief: "Why?"

Yuan Yin spoke up and said: "Just because he is the head of the Yuan family, shouldering the burden of honoring the ancestors, the fourth generation of the Yuan family, the third prince of the Yuan family, and the sixth generation of Qin State, who of the children of the Yuan family does not have this idea in their hearts?"

Everyone had to admit that the children of the Yuan family did think so. The Liu family was not born to be an emperor. The great ancestor made a fortune from a humble background, so the Yuan family had no reason not to do so!
Yuan Yin said again: "Yuan Benchu ​​thinks so, and the fierce tiger of the Yuan family is even more thoughtful."

"What he has done in the past few years shows that he may be more ambitious than Lord Benchu."

"Actually, in my mind, he is the most suitable person to move from Yuan Benchu's side to our side, both in terms of strength and situation."

"Being on good terms with him can improve our relationship with Lu Bu and Sun Ce and reunite the south of the Huai River. Only then can we hope to make a comeback!"

Yuan Shu listened and said slowly: "How can I bribe this person?"

Yuan Yin smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know either."

He looked serious: "But no matter what, it is always good to leave a way out for yourself."

"If you ask me, you can secretly try to make good friends with all parties and choose whichever side wins. Anyway, our side won't suffer."

Yuan Yao said: "If we befriend them, they will stop attacking us?"

Yuan Yin smiled bitterly and said, "Of course not."

"But if you don't hit the smiling person with your hands, if the situation is critical in the future, there may be a glimmer of hope."

"So I think we can use a multi-pronged approach, use the imperial title to befriend Yuan Benzhu, use Yuzhou to seduce Cao Cao and Yuan Tan at the same time to make them resent each other, use their previous friendship to impress Sun Ce, and use actual benefits to seduce the fierce tiger."

"Whether it's useful or not, now I can only seek medical treatment urgently."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu finally said helplessly: "That's all I can do. I'll leave it to you."

Yuan Yin quickly accepted the order. He thought for a while and said: "Qiao Rui is now seriously injured and has died. He is afraid that he will not live for a few days. He had a good relationship with the fierce tiger before. How about sending him to Hefei and sending him as an envoy on his behalf?" "

Yuan Shu thought for a while and said, "Yes."

He waited for everyone to disperse, but he didn't figure out a single problem.

This year's locust attack has obviously affected Yanzhou as much as Yuzhou. Why can Cao Cao raise so many troops? Where does his food come from?
At this time in Yanzhou, Yang Feng knocked down the soldier who was entering the house to collect food with one punch. Looking at the peasant woman lying on the ground in a pool of blood, murderous intent gradually appeared in her eyes.

These days, she traveled all over Yanzhou, and then took another road to Qingzhou to visit, staying at a farmer's house along the way.

The male owner of this farmer's family had been drafted into the army, leaving only an old woman in her late fifties who was very kind to others. Seeing that Yang Feng was alone, she let her stay.

As a result, early this morning, there was a quarrel at the door. Yang Feng heard that it was the soldiers collecting food. She originally didn't want to get involved, but when she heard the soldiers' words becoming more and more arrogant, she walked out of the house.

But unexpectedly, the soldier slashed directly at the old woman with his knife, splitting the old woman from her shoulders to her abdomen. The old woman snorted and fell to the ground.

Yang Feng couldn't catch up and stepped forward angrily. He twisted the soldier's wrist and removed the soldier's joints with a click. Then he raised his foot and kicked him to the ground.

The soldier on the ground still wanted to shout, but Yang Feng stepped on his throat. With a slight exertion, the other person's throat rattled. He waved his arms wildly. Seeing that his Adam's apple was about to be crushed, he quickly tried his best to make a weak voice and said: "Spare your life!" Yang Feng loosened his legs a little and said with a frosty face: "Why did you kill me?"

The soldier struggled and said, "Hero, spare your life!"

"The villain is just following orders. If you can't collect food, the villain will also be held accountable!"

Yang Feng sneered: "You dare to lie to me?"

"You kill people so you can harvest food? Obviously you did it on purpose!"

The strength on her feet was a little stronger, and the soldier hurriedly said: "Spare your life, I said so!"

He gasped: "The villain is also a local!"

"When I went to fight in the past, my family was also pressed to pay for food. As a result, the whereabouts of my wife and children were unknown!"

"At that time, the man who pressed for food in the village was the old man of this family. He must have killed the villain's wife and children in revenge for his personal vengeance!"

After hearing this, Yang Feng didn't know which side was right for a moment, so she had to help the old woman up first. She saw that she was seriously injured and was already dying. It seemed that she could not be saved.

She wanted to bandage the old woman, but the old woman raised her hand and said with a weak breath: "Thank you, girl. I know that my husband has sinned deeply, so there is no need to save me."

The soldier got up at this time. When he heard this, his eyes turned red and he screamed: "You are indeed the vicious beasts of this family!"

"I have no enmity with you, why do you want to harm my wife and children?"

The old woman gasped with difficulty, "Dazhuang, we and I have watched you grow up, how could we deliberately harm your family?"

The soldier said angrily: "What about them?"

The old woman sighed, "Dead."

The soldier's body trembled, "What mistake did they make?"

"why?"

The old woman shook her head slightly, "Their only fault is that they are useless."

The soldier's eyes were red, and he pulled out his knife tremblingly, "What happened to them?"

The old woman had a strange look on her face, "You don't know?"

"You were short of food at that time, right?"

"And among the miscellaneous grains, there's some dried meat, right?"

"They're right there."

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then his face turned pale, his stomach was churning, and he vomited it out with a loud sound.

His eyes were red, and he pointed the knife at the old woman, "I, I will kill you!"

"Why didn't you die? It was your family that did it!"

The old woman's shriveled chest couldn't stop rising and falling, "The reason why I didn't die is that I was seriously ill and my flesh was unclean."

"My old man and other soldiers were ordered to do this, and after doing such a thing, they came back and told me secretly."

"But after a while, he was never heard from again."

"It was all out of his control at the time, but he did commit evil, so he died a bad death, and I didn't say anything."

"If you want revenge today, come to me."

The soldier stood blankly, the hand holding the knife couldn't help shaking. The old woman gasped a few times with difficulty, and then her breath stopped.

Yang Feng slowly lowered his body to the ground, then stood up and stared at the other person coldly.

At this moment, two more soldiers came in. Seeing this scene, they thought that the strong soldier was going to kill people, so they smiled nonchalantly and said: "Hey, you are very brave today."

"But that's fine. It saves you a lot of trouble. Da Zhuang, it's still too late for you to wake up."

The two of them entered the house, rummaged through the place where they had fallen, and found a small amount of coarse grains in an old bag. They took it out and said angrily, "It's really unlucky. If this goes on, we won't even have enough to eat, so how can we pay for it?" grain?"

The two of them walked to Yang Feng. One of them looked at Yang Feng, shook his head and said: "The facial features are regular, but it's a pity that there are many scars."

"But Master, I've been holding it in for a long time. Just give it a try. Come on, follow me into the house."

He stretched out his hand to pull Yang Feng. Yang Feng shook his shoulder slightly and avoided the opposite palm.

The man let out a sigh and said with a smile: "How dare this bitch resist? Let's go together and have a nice meal after we kill each other."

The big and strong body trembled, "Have you ever eaten people?"

The two people laughed and said, "Da Zhuang, you are the only one who is stupid."

"Isn't this normal for our Qingzhou Army?"

Da Zhuang's body was trembling, but he saw Yang Feng suddenly raise his hand. He heard two snaps, and the two soldiers' Adam's apples were shattered. They held their throats and staggered a few steps before falling to the ground dead.

Yang Feng walked out of the door, leaving only a dumbfounded figure, like a useless person.

She felt extremely heavy. Whose fault is it that this world turns people into beasts?

(End of this chapter)