Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 572
Regarding the attack on Shouchun, Yuan Xi did not want to force the siege. After all, he had spent a lot of effort to train soldiers, and he was really reluctant to suddenly fill them in tomorrow during the siege.

But he didn't want to delay the situation to avoid changes, so since fighting was a supplement, he could only plan.

The most direct way was to create a dissension plan, first to muddy the waters in the city, and then there was a plan to spread rumors and alienate the Yuan family.

But as for how much results he can achieve, Yuan Xi has no idea. He can only look at the response of the Yuan family in the city. In addition, he used the Zhen family caravan to make arrangements. Now that there are changes in the city, it is time to add more firewood, and then It's time to watch the show.

So for the next two consecutive nights, someone tried to break into Yuan Yin's mansion, but was repelled by the guarding soldiers. The first time Yuan Yao didn't take it seriously, but the second time he finally woke up and realized where this was coming from. People, want to rescue Yuan Yuanyin?
Could it be that Yuan Yin still raises dead soldiers?

He was horrified and immediately mobilized all the forces in the city to conduct a thorough investigation. Finally, he found that the two people who tried to rush into Yuan Yin's mansion were all servants of the Zhen family's caravan!
Although the other party fled without a trace after the incident was exposed, a lot of evidence was left behind, so Yuan Yao justifiably sealed up all the Zhen family businesses in the city and confiscated all their belongings.

At this time, a letter from Yuan Xi to Yuan Yao was delivered outside the city.

The first half was about recruiting people to surrender. He told Yuan Yao that Shouchun was now over and hoped that Yuan Yao would be aware of current affairs.

But the second half of the writing was vague and unclear, saying that he hoped Yuan Yao would treat Zhen's Firm and some related people well, otherwise Yuan Yao would have to pay the price for what he had done.

The tone of the letter contained a threat, which made Yuan Yao completely angry. How dare you, a mere bastard, threaten me, a prince, despite your fierceness?
He could naturally guess who the relevant person mentioned in the fierce tiger's letter was, it must be Yuan Yin!
As he expected, Yuan Yin might have colluded with Fierce Tiger a long time ago, and he was afraid that it was his father's idea to lead troops to attack Jingzhou!

Its real purpose is to take away my father, then cooperate with the fierce tiger inside and outside, betray Shouchun, and then rise to power himself!
Thinking of this, Yuan Yao broke into a cold sweat. He stood and walked around the room. During this time, he didn't think about whether this was a plan to alienate someone.

Later he figured it out, isn't this what he needs now?
Although Yuan Yin may be innocent, wasn't it just to prevent his prestige from getting too high when he banned him?

Now that the best opportunity has arrived, if I don't take the opportunity to eliminate those officials who support Yuan Yin, if something unexpected happens to my father by then, and if those officials recommend Yuan Yin, who has a higher prestige, what will he have to do?
What's more, he was excluded from the previous bribery from the Zhen family, but Yuan Yin was involved. Was he taking the opportunity to bribe the Yuan family's children?
Thinking of this, Yuan Yao decisively summoned soldiers and began to hunt down officials and subordinates who were closely related to Yuan Yin and held important positions.

City gate officers, city guards, side generals, and chief clerks were constantly arrested and imprisoned, and then replaced by Yuan Yao's own people.

In fact, the situation has developed to this point, and the situation is still within a controllable range. After all, as the prince, Yuan Yao has arbitrary power. Although Yuan Yin is nominally the supervisor of the country, everyone knows that Yuan Shu must be biased towards his son.

Therefore, when those officials who were arrested saw that they were not imprisoned but were ordered not to leave the mansion, they still held some luck in their hearts. They thought that this was just right. Defending the city was dangerous anyway, so they might as well wait for Yuan Shu to come back and then go out on their own. The grievances of these people will naturally be resolved.

However, that night, the situation suddenly changed and Yuan Yao was assassinated!
The two dead soldiers took advantage of Yuan Yao's return from patrolling the city and launched a surprise attack. After hacking to death several of the guards around Yuan Yao, they successfully raided Yuan Yao's side.

Although Yuan Yao's soldiers finally surrounded them and hacked them to death, Yuan Yao was still stabbed. After checking the identities of the two people, they found that one of them turned out to be a slave of Yuan Yin's family!

In addition, Yuan Yao's injury was a place he cared about very much. Yuan Yao's anger was completely ignited, and he immediately led his troops into Yuan Yin's house to execute him on the spot.

Although Li Ye and others tried their best to persuade Yuan Yao, who was in a rage, Yuan Yao still drew a knife and hacked to death several of Yuan Yin's subordinates, and imprisoned Yuan Yin and his associates.

At this time, the officials in the city were completely panicked. They still couldn't figure out whether Yuan Yin really colluded with Xiu Hu in secret!
Normally, this slightly clumsy alienation plan would not cause such a big chaos, but when Shouchun was attacked outside and could fall at any time, the minds of the officials in the city began to waver.

They knew Yuan Xi's evil reputation and had not worshiped him in the past few years. Moreover, it was said that he was not kind to those who resisted to the end. His most famous thing was that after killing Gongsun Zan, he brought his widow into the palace, which was no different from Cao Cao's behavior. .

Moreover, in the eyes of the nobles, this kind of behavior is more terrifying than massacre of the city. Even if he is dead, his family members will become the enemies of the enemy, and the reputation of the entire family will be completely ruined!

So when Yuan Xi led his troops to attack the city, many gentry officials were already planning a retreat. After all, nothing would be lost if they died. They originally took refuge in Yuan Shu in order to get promoted and make a fortune. Now that their lives were about to be lost, what else could they talk about?
In this atmosphere of fear and uneasiness, the officials who were willing to surrender were already at the limit of their hearts, but they were completely detonated by Yuan Yao's clearing operation in the city.

Most of them are friends with Yuan Yin. Who knows whether the knife raised by Yuan Yao will fall on his head?

Driven by this mentality on the verge of collapse, during an operation to arrest an official, the official panicked and tried to escape, but the soldiers missed and accidentally killed him.

At this time, the city was completely in chaos. These officials were all nobles, and their families had a large number of domestic slaves, ranging from dozens to hundreds. After several days of collusion and conspiracy, they finally got together one night and went to Save Yuan Yin and attack the arsenal on the one hand.

When Yuan Yin saw the people who came to save him, he stumbled and sighed, saying: "You want to trap me into injustice!"

There were several children of the Yuan family among the officials, and they said: "Master Fu, now the sword has fallen on our head, we are just protecting ourselves!"

Yuan Yin thought to himself that your thoughts are so obvious. The sword you are talking about is not only Yuan Yao's, but also the fierce tiger's outside the city, right?After all, these people are still afraid of death. They are really afraid that they will be killed by fierce tigers after the city is broken, so now they just need a high-sounding excuse to surrender!

But Yuan Yin is also riding a tiger now. He naturally understands that the situation in the city has deteriorated and cannot be saved. Moreover, when Yuan Yao doubted himself and imprisoned him, he was destined to have a different fate no matter whether he won or lost. It will be better.

Therefore, Yuan Yin, like other officials, needs an honest excuse if he wants to save his life.

And the fierce tiger outside the city has now given himself this excuse.

Of course Yuan Yin knew that this was most likely a divorce plan by the fierce tiger, forcing him to go down this road of no return, but did he have any other choice now?
My situation couldn't get any worse. Surrendering was the only way out. At least the fierce tiger was still a son of the Yuan family. As long as I surrendered the city, even if the other party wouldn't reward me lavishly, at least I wouldn't be killed.

The only obstacle is, of course, Yuan Yao. As the prince, his status will definitely not be as high as before after surrendering, so he resisted the most fiercely. Now the officials in the city have seen this clearly and decisively rebelled, not preparing to fight with Yuan Yao. Yao was buried with him.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yin smiled bitterly in his heart. The children of the Yuan family are really in disarray.

At the end of the internal fighting, there is only one way left. I am afraid that the fierce tiger planned it from the beginning to the end. It is really scary to see everyone forced into this situation.

He looked at the officials in front of him, knowing that if he disagreed with them, they might chop him to death on the spot. After all, no one wanted to fight in the face of death threats.

In other words, people who are willing to live and die with the city will not appear in front of him.

Yuan Yin hesitated for a long time and finally said: "Gather the soldiers and go into the palace to persuade the prince."

Everyone cheered, and Yuan Yin's vest was soaked because he just saw and heard that many people dropped their hands on the handle of the knife.

Yuan Yao was awakened from his dream, and the guards rushed in, saying that there was chaos in the city, the arsenal had been occupied, and the soldiers in the city were divided into two groups and started fighting!
After hearing the cause and effect, he couldn't help but feel shocked and angry. Yuan Yin really had different intentions, and he should have killed him in advance!
Yuan Yao shouted angrily: "Let's go out with me to quell the chaos!"

In the camp outside the city, Yuan Xi received the news from the city, gathered everyone overnight, and said: "Now is a great time!"

"The whole army breaks out and attacks the city, giving the city a surprise!"

On top of the city, Ji Ling and his generals saw the dense crowds pouring out of the camp outside the city, the trebuchets began to fire stones, and the warships began to enter the moat to build bridges. They couldn't help but cursed: "What the hell!"

Due to the chaos in the city, almost all of his soldiers were transferred away, and the transferred people also joined the two factions to attack each other. Now there are only a thousand soldiers on night watch on the city. In a hurry, where can I find them? Reinforcements?

He turned around and said, "Where is Chen Ji Qin Yi?"

The generals looked at each other, and someone said, "Did you help those two?"

Hearing the rumbling sound, Ji Ling saw that the pontoon bridge had been erected by the warships below. Yuan Xijun quickly approached the city gate under the cover of flat cars, and he became more and more agitated.

He ordered: "Rolling stones, archers, aim at the bottom of the city gate, they must not be allowed to break through!"

As a result, before he finished speaking, the city gate under everyone's feet made a creaking sound and actually opened outwards!
I heard someone yelling from inside the doorway: "We are ordered by General Qin to welcome you all into the city!"

"What a bastard you are!" When Ji Ling heard this, he not only cursed loudly, "You bitch, you're so quick on your knees!"

He was completely paralyzed, because Shouchun was not one city gate, but two gates behind the Wengcheng. Even if one was broken open on the opposite side, the Wengcheng gate behind would have to be attacked by force, which would inevitably lead to heavy losses. Without a day or two, they would not be able to defeat it at all. The second way.

But now that the outermost one is open, the next two must also be open. Now it's completely over!
Yuan Xi was a little surprised when he saw the city gate on the opposite side open. He thought that the spy he had planted in the Zhen Family Chamber of Commerce had played a decisive role this time.

A few dozen people can stir up the situation in the city like this. And if the hundreds of thousands of Taiping Taoists hidden among the people in the world are controlled by a certain force, how much trouble will they cause?

(End of this chapter)