Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 632 Deception
Faced with the bait thrown by Zhong Yao, Zhang Yan thought about it again and again, and finally gritted her teeth and said: "Is it better to ask the emperor about this matter first?"

After hearing this, Zhong Yao sneered: "The general is so childish. If you want to kill us two, you can do it."

"The emperor has been deceived. As ministers, if we want to bring order to the chaos, we naturally have to use thunderous means."

"If the general goes to ask the emperor now, I'm afraid he won't even be able to come back."

He stood up and walked outside, "That's all. If the general really doesn't want to, I won't force you. Just don't hurt me and wait for something big to happen."

Seeing that Zhong Yao was about to leave, Zhang Yan felt anxious and quickly stood up to stop Zhong Yao, "Sir, what should we do?"

After hearing this, Zhong Yao turned around and suppressed the pride in his heart, "Okay, then I will explain my thoughts clearly."

A hundred miles south of Huaicheng, Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of troops stopped. In front of them was the camp built in advance by Lu Bu's army.

Yuan Shu had already heard the news that Shouchun had been conquered. His descendants and ministers were all captured by Yuan Xi and sent to Yecheng.

This was actually within Yuan Shu's expectations.

What was expected was that Shouchun would be lost sooner or later, but what was unexpected was that Shouchun was lost too quickly.

It was not that Yuan Shu had never thought about the fall of Shouchun. What he thought at that time was that a strong man would cut off his wrists and use Shouchun to hold Yuan Xi back. When things got out of hand, Yuan Yin and Yuan Yao broke out with important family members and went to Sili Round with yourself.

As for the other unimportant children of the Yuan family, just leave them to Yuan Shao. After all, Yuan Shao preached the name of benevolence and righteousness and had almost no record of killing prisoners, let alone the children of the Yuan family.

Therefore, even if some people in Shouchun City were captured, for Yuan Shu, it would only be a loss of face, which was still acceptable compared to the imperial seal that he still retained in his hands.

But what Yuan Shu never expected was that the worst thing was that no one escaped from Shouchun City, including Yuan Yin, Yuan Yao, and Yuan Shu's harem female relatives, they were all trapped inside!

When Yuan Shu learned that Shouchun's fall was actually because Yuan Yao suspected that Yuan Yin was involved in rebellion and destroyed the Great Wall, he couldn't help but beat his chest in anger, because if Yuan Yao could delay for a while, there might not be room for improvement, but now he lost almost everything. !

Thinking that his harem had been acquired by the lustful and rumored ferocious tiger, Yuan Shu felt like a light was coming out of his head, but now he couldn't care less about it. After all, the next step was the most important thing.

Previously, he led Chang Nu and other generals. Although he failed to attack Zhang Xiu, he still captured a lot of young men and grain in the wealthy Jingzhou.

Although Nanyang was not captured, Yuan Shu used this to regain a wave of blood. Just when he was considering whether to escape to Sili to occupy the territory, Cao Ying's secret message arrived.

Yuan Shu was actually almost desperate, so he saw the conditions in the letter, and after careful consideration, he decided to temporarily cooperate with Cao Cao and go north to Huaicheng.

What he has to do now is to defeat the [-] Lu Bu army blocking the road in front of him!

He recruited generals and subordinates under his command. Although the number was much smaller than that in Shouchun, there are still generals Chang Nu Zhang Xun and counselor Yang Hong Yan Xiang. It was Yang Hong who gave up Shouchun's strategy.

He said to everyone: "Now a great opportunity is right in front of us!"

"As long as we defeat Lu Bu's army, we can march straight in, capture Huaicheng, and force the emperor to abdicate!"

"At that time, I will be the one who is truly destined by destiny, and no one in the world will dare to resist me anymore!"

When Yuan Shu said these words, his generals Yuan Shu lowered their heads and were respectful on the surface, but most of them no longer believed it in their hearts.

In their view, Yuan Shu had done whatever it took to become the real emperor, almost to the point of being crazy. The key question was, did things really develop as he expected?
Breaking into Huaicheng, controlling the emperor, and making him abdicate. Every step of the picture described in Cao Cao's letter made Yuan Shu's men feel a little unbelievable, but Yuan Shu believed it.

But on the other hand, rather than saying that Yuan Shu is willing to believe, it is better to say that Yuan Shu can only force himself to believe. Otherwise, if he accepts the reality of his failure, he might as well let him die.

There were also officials who advised Cao Cao to be on guard, but this made Yuan Shu furious and ordered him to be beaten severely. The official died from his injuries the next day.

Since then, no one was willing to speak, and no one wanted to touch Yuan Shu's bad luck. In addition, their relationship with Yuan Shu was too close, and they could no longer look back. They could only take one step at a time.

But in private, it is difficult to say whether there are people who have different intentions, contact outsiders secretly, and prepare a way out for themselves.

Yuan Shu became more and more excited as he spoke, "Now our military strength is three times that of Lu Bu. There is no possibility of losing this battle!"

"Tomorrow the whole army will attack. If you can, we will do our best to recruit them. If they persist, we will kill them on the spot to rectify our reputation!"

Chang Nu and Zhang Xun looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. This is easy to say. Is Lu Bu that easy to kill?

But now, they have no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the order.

Early the next morning, the two armies went into battle. On Yuan Shu's side was Zhang Xun, a slave of Chang, while on Lu Bu's side he went out in person, accompanied by his deputy Zhang Liao and Chenglian.

Chang Nu felt much relieved when he saw it. In his opinion, the most difficult thing for Lu Bu to deal with was the trapped camp, but his leader Gao Shun followed Yuan Xi, and the other generals under his command, Hao Menghou became Song Xian and Wei Xu After rebelling, Cao Xing was injured and unfit to go into battle, leaving only Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian.Chang Nu and Lu Bu had fought several battles in Yingchuan before, but the two sides did not fight one-on-one. At that time, Chang Nu led a lot of troops and horses, and Lu Bu did not take advantage. Later, something happened in Huaicheng, and Lu Bu returned to the army. Win or lose.

Changnu saw that Lu Bu still had the same few generals, but with the help of Zhang Xun and others, he thought that there might be hope!

He said to Zhang Xun: "There are three people on the opposite side and two on our side. Although there are partial generals to help us, it is not easy to fight. I will send people out to test them first."

He casually selected a general as the vanguard, and when he got to the front of the formation, he started to fight. Not long after, Zhang Liao galloped out. After saying a few words to both sides, they both rode forward and started fighting.

Yuan Jun's forward used his spear, but Zhang Liao used a crescent halberd. The result was less than a few seconds. The spear was caught by the branch of the crescent halberd. Zhang Liao flipped his arm, took away the opponent's spear, and struck the opponent's neck with it. Draw.

The general covered his neck with blood gushing out, swayed on the horse for a few times, then fell off the horse and died.

Chang Nu's face was not good-looking. In the previous battles, Zhang Liao fought as a rear guard. Unexpectedly, as a forward in today's battle, Chang Nu suddenly discovered that the opponent was so difficult to deal with!

He was also unwilling to send other generals to die, otherwise it would increase the morale of the opponent. He immediately said to Zhang Xun: "There is no need to fight one-on-one. The whole army will press forward and win with numbers!"

At that moment, Yuan Shu's army marched with drums beating in the formation. Tens of thousands of people rushed forward and stood together with Lu Bu's army.

The battle lasted for a whole day. Although Lu Bu's army was at a numerical disadvantage, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao rushed forward several times and almost broke through Qiannu's central army. Yuan Shu's army fought back desperately and repelled it, but the losses were already considerable.

At the end of the day, both armies were exhausted and returned to their camps, leaving thousands of corpses on the battlefield.

The next day, the two armies fought again, and soldiers continued to die.

While the two sides were fighting to the death here to grind meat, no one expected that Cao Cao had led his army to approach the Black Mountain Pass.

In order to deceive others, he crossed the Yellow River from Yanzhou to the north, entered the Black Mountains, hid his tracks, and marched all the way until he finally arrived near Huaicheng.

As for the sentinels posted by Huaicheng near the Heishan Pass, they were all Zhang Yan's subordinates. They had listened to Zhong Yao's words and completely surrendered to Cao Cao, becoming a hidden thorn in Huaicheng.

Therefore, Cao Cao did not alarm anyone along the way. Now he has stationed thousands of troops and horses near the Black Mountain Pass, asking people to inquire about information from all sides, and be ready to march at any time.

As news came one by one, Cao Cao summoned Xun Yu, Cao Hong and others and said, "The time has come."

"Lu Bu is at war with Yuan Shu's army. Now that Huai City is empty, it's a great time for us to take action!"

"Let the sergeants have a good rest during the day today. We will march after nightfall and arrive at Huai City before dawn and enter the city to quell the chaos!"

The generals agreed with a roar, and Cao Cao thought of Liu Xie's clothes and the edict, and sneered in his heart, this little emperor who does not know whether to live or die, now he has to teach him a lesson, so that he will not be able to see the situation clearly in the future!

Xun Yu spoke out: "After entering the city, please do not neglect the emperor because of your likes and dislikes, so as not to be criticized by the world."

Cao Cao naturally heard the implication of Xun Yu's words, and immediately said: "Don't worry, Wen Ruo, I will only kill the sycophants around the emperor, and I will never do anything to the emperor!"

After hearing this, Xun Yu sighed in his heart, thinking that according to Cao Cao's style of doing things, he was afraid that things would be difficult to improve.

In Jizhou, south of Yecheng, Yuan Xi changed his previous style from his cautious use of troops the previous day. He integrated all his forces together and launched a fierce attack on Cao Jun.

Cao Jun, who was still stalling for time and trying to drag Yuan Xi into the quagmire, was caught off guard and faced the full force attack of the Youzhou Army, and was forced to flee south in embarrassment.

However, Yuan Xi did not stop and pursued all the way. Cao Jun's retreat could no longer be stopped. Under the desperate efforts of Xu Chu's men, the entire army retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River in embarrassment.

When Yuan Xi saw this, he no longer crossed the river to pursue him, and immediately sent his troops north to return to Yecheng.

Along the way, everyone except Lu Xun was surprised. Although Yuan Xi was known for his quick actions, he was not impatient once he fought with the enemy. Most of them acted step by step and according to the plan.

But this time, everyone could clearly see that Yuan Xi was very impatient, and he obviously had something to hide!
However, in the eyes of everyone, this battle of Yecheng has come to an end for the time being, and the process was also remarkable. The pair of Yuan Xi and Lu Xun did not make any major mistakes throughout the process. Although their troops were inferior, they were still able to suppress them. Cao Jun fought and won the confidence of his generals.

After everyone walked for two days, when they arrived near Yecheng, they found that the situation had changed a lot compared to before leaving the city.

Yuan Tan is back.

Yuan Shang prohibited Yuan Tan from entering the city. Yuan Tan's tens of thousands of troops were stationed outside the city and blocked the city gate. There was great tension inside and outside Ye city.

Now the two sides are at war with each other, and a war will break out at any time.

(End of this chapter)