Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 563
Mrs. Liu said happily: "That's right, Shang'er is very filial to her husband. He also found this medicine with great pains. My husband has been taking it for half a year and his condition has improved a lot. It seems that after some time, he will be better." Then you will be cured.”

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said: "I know my situation well, I'm just delaying it."

"Although Xianfu's temperament and personality are the most similar to mine, the only thing I'm worried about is that his talents are slightly inferior, which makes him unable to convince the Yuan clan."

"If the world were peaceful, he would have no problem. However, now that the world is competing for hegemony and heroes emerge in large numbers, what he has done is not enough."

"And because I am conquering the world, I have to try to balance the relationship between all parties and subordinates, and I cannot be completely biased towards him."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu looked a little embarrassed and said, "With your husband here, the world will be peaceful sooner or later. When the time comes, can't it be enough for my husband to clear the way for Shang'er?"

Yuan Shao was silent, he thought that if he gave himself ten years, he would be able to pacify the entire world. The key is, can he survive until that time?

He said aloud: "I hope Xianfu can make great achievements in this attack on Yuan Highway and calm down the criticism a little bit."

"Otherwise, he will be left far behind by those two brothers."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu took the opportunity to say: "Yuan Xi, a self-made boy, is already deep-minded, so that's all. Unexpectedly, Tan'er also started to make decisions!"

"Did he not tell his husband about the things he did in Xuzhou?"

Yuan Shao waved his hand, "Don't mention it. I'm tired. I need to rest first."

Mrs. Liu heard this and said, "Today, my husband is resting in my concubine's room. Can you let me take care of you?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "No, neither of us can sleep well. I'll go sleep in other people's rooms."

After hearing this, Ms. Liu's eyes flashed with a trace of imperceptible resentment. She noticed that even though Yuan Shao was not in good health, he spent a lot more time staying overnight in the rooms of several concubines.

Of course Mrs. Liu knew the reason, and it wasn't because Yuan Shang had no heirs!

She lowered her head and retreated, her face gloomy. Fortunately, Yuan Tan had no male heir. Yuan Xi giving birth to a boy was a great threat, but he had already adopted Yuan Ji, so Yuan Shang still had a lot of time, otherwise If so, I must help Yuan Shang deal with Yuan Xi!
Yuan Shao looked at Mrs. Liu's back with mixed feelings in his heart. There were many things he didn't say to Mrs. Liu. In his opinion, Mrs. Liu had no idea how complicated the Yuan family's situation was now.

In fact, Yuan Shao had long known that Yuan Shang and Cao Ying had private contacts, and even knew about Yuan Shang's taking Wushi Powder.

But Yuan Shang is his favorite son. Sometimes it makes no sense to like one of his own children, even if his performance in some aspects is not as good as others.

Yuan Tan just didn't understand this kind of mood, so he was always unbalanced. However, Yuan Xi, combined with the knowledge of later generations, was very smart to see Yuan Shao's thoughts, so he took a step back when Yuan Shang was aggressive. Otherwise, he would not have been so easy to adopt. .

At the beginning, Yuan Shao thought that it would be ideal to train Cao Cao as a person to assist Yuan Shang, so that Yuan Shang could firmly suppress Yuan Tan and successfully inherit the Yuan family business. Therefore, when Tian Fengju, including Yuan Xi, advocated the elimination of Cao Cao , were all blocked by Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao still wanted to believe that Cao Cao cared about the old relationship between the two families.

But he later discovered that Cao Cao's thoughts were not that simple. He just had a close relationship with Yuan Shang, and now he seemed to be connected with Yuan Tan!

In this way, the nature of the matter suddenly changed, and Yuan Shao couldn't help but be frightened. What exactly did Cao Cao want to do?
But he couldn't figure it out for a while, but he didn't dare to discuss it with his counselors, because Yuan Shao discovered that some of his people were actually biased towards Cao Cao. For example, today Tian Feng's suggestion on Cao Cao's use of troops was criticized by everyone. Objection!
This made Yuan Shao suddenly wake up. Did he miss the best opportunity to deal with Cao Cao?
He tapped his fingers lightly on the desk. This most important matter can only be discussed behind closed doors between the Yuan family's closest people.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shangyou asked Cao Cao for help. The authorities were confused and their words were unreliable. Now it was Yuan Xi who had completely broken with Cao Cao. After the Shouchun battle, should he be allowed to return to Yecheng and fight with him? Have a good talk?
I heard that he has people who are good at stargazing. Maybe he really sees something that others can't?

When Yuan Shao thought of this, he felt his chest began to feel tight again, and he couldn't help but press on it tightly to stop the pain.

Ten years, no, five years, as long as you give yourself five years, you will definitely be able to eliminate Cao Cao as an unstable factor!

With the arrival of late autumn, a war broke out again in Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

Yuan Shu gathered nearly [-] troops and launched a brazen counterattack.

What surprised everyone was that he was not beating Cao Cao, nor Yuan Tan or Yuan Xi, but Yuan Shang, who had traveled south from Heishan to Sili and entered Yingchuan!
At that time, Yuan Shang felt that the march route was too long, and he was not the main attacker, so he did not bring too many troops. With the thousands of civilians transporting grain and grass, he only brought [-] soldiers at full count.

He went smoothly at first, and Yuan Shu had no time to take care of him. Lu Bujun, who was very close to him, also returned to his army because of the unstable situation in Huaicheng. Yuan Shang was even more happy and advanced all the way.

As a result, he was extremely happy and sad. He finally encountered Yuan Shu's army who was gathering for counterattack in Runan, and the two sides suddenly encountered each other.

Although Wen Chou and Zhang He led the army, there was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. In addition, the generals of Yuan Shu's army also knew that this was a great opportunity for them to perform, so everyone fought bravely to take the lead.

As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, Wen Chou saw that the situation was not right, and he and Zhang He desperately resisted the incoming waves of enemy troops. However, when they reached the back, the enemy's soldiers seemed to be endless, and they had to retreat hundreds of miles. Set up camp.

Wen Chou was roasting a rabbit on the fire at this time, and said angrily: "Damn, it's really evil. Why is the fight on the other side so fierce?"

"If they have this ability, how many other methods can defeat them?"

Zhang He cried and laughed: "Forget it, maybe we are the weakest after all."

"Cao Mengde won't talk about it anymore. He has so many powerful generals under his command that Yuan Gongliu is not willing to take advantage of him head-on."

"Although Mr. Xiansi did not have any generals under his command, he had many advisers and was good at fighting. It is said that he had more than [-] troops. Yuan Shu's army did not dare to cross the river on the east route."

Wen Chou was so depressed: "What about the remaining Master Xianyi? Don't they have fewer soldiers than us?"

Zhang He cried and laughed and said: "Master Xianyi does not have many soldiers, but they are all elite soldiers and strong generals, and he has Liu Guan and Zhang to help him."

"Those people are the most powerful generals in the world, very powerful." Wen Chou asked curiously: "Are they really as powerful as Jun Yi said?"

Zhang He nodded and said, "I have fought against them before."

"He is ashamed of himself."

"Otherwise Yan Liang would not have died in their hands."

"General Wen is already one of the best in the world in terms of military strength, but those three people can really threaten the general. If we encounter them in the future and become enemies with them, the general must be very cautious."

Wen Chou heard this and said disapprovingly: "Really?"

"I do not believe!"

"I will definitely discuss it with him if I have the chance!"

Zhang He's face stiffened, are you really excited?

Just as he was about to persuade him, a messenger came in and said that Yuan Shang had summoned everyone to discuss matters.

Wen Chou and Zhang He rushed to the camp, and everyone arrived one after another. Yuan Shang saw Pang Ji coming in and said, "Sir, things are not harmonious now. How can we make a decision?"

When he sent out troops this time, he only brought one counselor, Pang Ji, to show that he valued him. This was also done at the behest of Yuan Shao.

This is also true, because now Jushou has taken refuge with Yuan Xi, Tian Feng has lost power, Xun Chen has been clumsy, Xu You has suffered a loss in his affairs, and Pang Ji has become a person with a very high status among Yuan Shao's advisers.

In terms of qualifications, Pang Ji was the first to follow Yuan Shao to Luoyang, and he was the oldest. He also helped Yuan Shao capture Jizhou, so he was highly regarded. However, because he was the auxiliary minister left by Yuan Shao to Yuan Shang, his position was not high and he only served as a protector. The army ranked behind Tian Feng's Biejia and Shenpei's Zhizhong.

Pang Ji was later evaluated as "Guo" by Xun Yu, and he was able to ignore past grievances and take the initiative to reconcile with Shen Pei, who was originally at odds with him. He had a tact that many of Yuan Shao's advisers did not have. Now that he is assisting Yuan Shang, it can be said that Yuan Shao is Yuan Shang's future. An important guarantee for planning.

Seeing Yuan Shang's question, Pang Ji obviously had an idea in his mind, so he said: "The enemy's army is powerful and cannot be defeated. We should retreat immediately."

Yuan Shang's eyes flashed, "Retreat? Retreat to where?"

Pang Jidao: "Exit Yingchuan and return to Sili."

When everyone heard this, they thought, wouldn't this journey have been in vain?

Yuan Shang frowned, "It's just a temporary setback. Is it necessary to retreat like this?"

Pang Ji listened and explained: "Obviously, we have been targeted by the other party."

"If the other side is determined to beat us, we can't beat them."

"There are many reasons for this. First, we are indeed the smallest among the several armies."

He cleverly replaced the weakest with the number of people, avoiding the embarrassment of everyone present.

"Second, we are the most well-supplied among all armies. If we can be completely defeated, we will be able to obtain a large amount of food, grass and baggage."

"It is said that Cao Mengde and Mr. Xiansi don't have much food left at all. They are fighting Yuan Shu's army with their lives. Even if Yuan Shu's army repels them, there won't be much benefit."

"But we are different. If they defeat us, they may use our military rations to tide them over."

"So now we must retreat decisively, especially the food and grass supplies as soon as possible to avoid being captured by the other side."

"As long as there is no benefit to the other side, the army will not be able to hold on for a few days and will naturally retreat."

"When Yuan Shu's army goes to fight with other groups, we can wait for the opportunity and turn back again."

"Otherwise, if we were to block these armies, wouldn't the other groups take advantage of the situation?"

Yuan Shang had to admit that Pang Ji was very accurate, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll just follow what you said!"

He then said angrily: "It's really weird. I thought they were going to fight before, so I just went to fight Yuan Xi!"

"Yuan Xi stole Yuan Shu's path and even let him occupy Hefei. Why didn't Yuan Shujun eliminate this serious problem and instead came to deal with us?"

Pang Ji, Wen Chou, Zhang He and others also looked at each other. They couldn't understand this question either.

In Hefei City, Yuan Xi, Jushou Lu Xun and others stood in front of the map. Yuan Xi pointed in the direction of Runan and said: "Yuan Shu gathered so many troops, but he fought on the least important road. Regardless of his dizziness, the two of them What do you think?"

Jushuo said: "Looking like this, he looks like a drunkard who is not interested in drinking."

Lu Xun's eyes narrowed, and he pointed to a certain place on the map and said, "Sir, do you think Yuan Shu will attack here at this time?"

(End of this chapter)