Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 635 Change of the City Gate
Yuan Xi whipped his horse and galloped all the way on the bluestone road. His horse was beaten so hard that it foamed at the mouth. His hoofs hit the stone road like dense raindrops. He ran all the way and finally arrived at Yuan Shao's mansion.

Yuan Xi called the door of Yuan Mansion open, and immediately rushed in. Jumping off his horse, he ran straight to Yuan Shao's house. Along the way, the maids saw Yuan Xi dressed in military uniform, like a killer star, and they were so frightened that they ran away.

Yuan Xi stepped into Yuan Shao's house, strode towards Yuan Shao's bed, and said, "Yuan Xi is here."

Mrs. Liu on the side saw Yuan Xi's appearance and screamed, "Why did you bring a knife in? What do you want to do?"

To Liu's surprise, Yuan Shao said: "Except for Xian Yi, everyone else is going out."

After hearing this, all the counselors and generals withdrew one after another. Mrs. Liu said: "Husband, this..."

Yuan Shao shouted: "Get out."

Mrs. Liu's expression changed, with a look of resentment on her face, and she got up and went out unwillingly.

Yuan Shang stood up, glanced at Yuan Xi with a complicated expression, and followed Liu out.

Yuan Xi took a few steps forward, knelt in front of the couch, and said softly: "Father, I'm here."

Yuan Shao turned sideways with difficulty and faced Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi found that Yuan Shao's eyes were dim and dull, his pupils were not even focused, but his sight was beyond his shoulder.

Yuan Shao said: "Is it Xian Yi?"

Yuan Xi bit his lip, "It's me."

Yuan Shao stretched out his hand, "Where's Xiansi?"

Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, then held Yuan Shao's hand and said, "He didn't come."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao sighed, "I should have guessed it a long time ago."

The atmosphere fell into silence for a while. Yuan Shao retracted his hand, raised his head absently, and murmured: "At the beginning, I thought of one person governing a state, but now it seems that it may not be a good idea."

"Now that things don't end well, it's up to you."

Yuan Xi understood the implication of Yuan Shao's words. If he was around, he could convince everyone with his prestige, but once he was gone, Yuan's situation would be extremely dangerous.

After a long time, Yuan Shao finally said: "Xian Yi."

Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "I'm here."

Yuan Shao sighed, "I don't care about Wu Shisan. If you found anything in Yuan's family, just let it go."

Yuan Xi was slightly startled, but still lowered his head and said, "I understand."

Yuan Shao stretched out his hand again and approached Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi quickly stretched out his hand to hold it.

Yuan Shao said with difficulty: "There is no holiday in the year. If you can give me another year or two, I will never reach this point."

"It's a pity that we ran out of time, leaving you with a mess."

Yuan Xi endured his sadness and said softly: "My father was just unlucky and was deceived."

Yuan Shao shook his head slightly, "Don't comfort me. I know that I am not as decisive as Meng De. Unfortunately, at that time, I still thought that he could help show his wealth."

"If Liu Bei hadn't told me that Cao Mengde had different intentions, I really wouldn't have believed... Mengde would betray me. It doesn't make sense."

"Heroes" records: Cao Cao had a secret secret with Liu Bei, intending to reveal it to Yuan Shao. Shao knew that Cao Cao had his own agenda, so Cao Cao licked his tongue and bled, so as to warn future generations by his blunder.

Yuan Xi's body was shocked. It turned out that the cause of the Battle of Xuzhou was like this. Cao Cao regarded Liu Bei as a confidant, but Liu Bei reported Cao Cao to Yuan Shao, which made Cao Cao hate him so much that he bit his tongue and made his ambition clear. No wonder Cao Cao turned his back on Xiapi and attacked Liu Bei!

Yuan Shao said with difficulty: "If I am really unlucky, I hope your luck is better."

Yuan Xi felt that the power in Yuan Shao's hand was getting weaker and weaker. He knew that Yuan Shao would die at any time, but his mood was complicated and he was speechless for a while.

Yuan Shao breathed hard, "Xianyi. I know that among the three of you, you have the greatest ability and ambition."

"After I die, I only hope that for the sake of you and Xianfu being brothers."

"When he is in trouble, give him a hand."

"If he is really unbearable and cannot help Yuan, you..."

At this time, his arm slowly slipped from Yuan Xi's hand and fell on the couch.

Yuan Shao opened his eyes and stopped breathing.

Yuan Xi held Yuan Shao's hand tightly, feeling the warmth in his palm drain rapidly, and then gradually turned cold.

He knelt on the ground, motionless.

After an unknown amount of time, he reached out his hand, helped Yuan Shao close his eyelids, stood up slowly, and shouted to the door: "Here comes someone!"

"Ben Chu Gong,"

"went!"

Everyone rushed in cheering, and when they saw that Yuan Shao had died, they all bowed their heads and worshiped. Yuan Shang fell to his knees on the ground with a plop and began to cry bitterly.

Mrs. Liu wiped the corners of her eyes with the lapel of her clothes and wanted to ask Yuan Xi what Yuan Shao said before he died, but she saw that Yuan Xi just bowed to Yuan Shao's body three times, then turned and left.

She was furious in her heart. She was about to say that Yuan Xi was not fulfilling her filial piety, but then she remembered that the other party was Yuan Ji, the head of the family, so she knelt down next to Yuan Shang angrily and began to cry.

Yuan Xi raised his head and walked into the courtyard, looking at the dark sky, feeling indescribably depressed.

Yuan Shao's death was untimely.In a few hours, the news will spread outside the city. How will Yuan Tan, who is ready to make a move, choose?
Yuan Xi felt that his best choice now was to leave the city immediately, lead his troops away, and let Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang handle the internal affairs of the Yuan family by themselves?

When the time comes, it doesn't matter to Yuan Xi whether both sides suffer losses or one side wins, because Ye City is not his anyway.

But if this situation leads to chaos in Jizhou, will Cao Jun take the opportunity to make a comeback?
Although Yuan Shao's insistence on abolishing the elder and establishing the younger was criticized, since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there has been no rule that it is necessary to establish the eldest son. It is the choice of the family head to establish the elder and the virtuous.

Moreover, many families support the establishment of virtuous people. After all, if the eldest son fails, how can he ruin the family property?

Most of the battles between virtuous and virtuous elders will be due to the confrontation of forces behind them. Otherwise, so many family heads are confused when they abolish the elders and establish the younger ones?
And with Yuan Tan's personality, replacing Yuan Shang may not be a better choice in the minds of many people, including Yuan Xi. However, Yuan Shao asked Yuan Xi to help mediate the situation in Yecheng. This is not an easy task!

Moreover, Yuan Xi thought to himself that although he was good at fighting, he was actually far behind Cao Cao in terms of internal affairs strategy.

Compared to Cao Cao who used unknown means to win over Yuan Tan and Yuan Shu, and possibly even Ma Teng and Han Sui, Yuan Xi's current allies only include the weak Liu Bei and the unreliable Sun Ce.

Moreover, both of them are south of the Huai River, and Cao Cao's combined forces are near Jizhou. In this area of ​​the Central Plains, Cao Cao has many advantages.

The key point lies in Yuan Tan's position. What he wants to get is the position of the head of the Yuan family, which has a natural conflict with Yuan Shang!
An idea arose in Yuan Xi's mind, it would be great if the relevant people could be killed directly!
But thinking about it, this kind of thing is not realistic. As a prince, there are countless guards around him, and sporadic assassins can't even get close, so how can they assassinate?

Yuan Xi heard the faint crying coming from the house and thought that it was useless to stay in the city. He had to leave the city and return to his camp to wait for the opportunity.

But once out of the city, I am afraid that I will never be able to get back in. Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are really going to fight, and my plan to rush to Huaicheng will be delayed even more.

He suddenly remembered, wasn't Jushou in the city?
Why didn't you show up from beginning to end?

He called Sun Li and asked, "Do you know where Mr. Gong and Mr. Yu are?"

Sun Li immediately replied: "When the young master entered, the master sent someone and said he would wait at the young master's residence."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi immediately got on his horse and said, "Let's go find him!"

Sili Huaicheng.

The convoy that transported grain and grass to Lu Bu's camp on the front line every day encountered problems when leaving the city. It was jammed at the gate of the city, causing a lot of trouble inside and outside.

Zhang Yang came with his troops and horses and ordered the soldiers to clear the passages and clear the roads as soon as possible. Under his command, the chaotic convoys gradually began to leave the city in an orderly manner, but they were jammed again outside the city.

Zhang Yang saw the chaos on the suspension bridge outside the city, so he led his troops to separate the people. When he arrived outside the city, he found that several cars had broken axles and fell on the suspension bridge outside the city. Food bags fell all over the ground, covering the entire building. The drawbridges are all blocked.

When he saw this, he couldn't help but cursed: "These are some kind of craftsmen who cut corners and cut corners!"

"Hurry and move the bags away. Marquis Wen is waiting to transport the grain. If there is a delay, can you afford it?"

Upon hearing this, the peasants who were pushing the grain quickly picked up the bags, carried them across the suspension bridge, piled them on both sides of the road, and then came back to push away the broken carts.

Zhang Yang felt relieved when he saw that the suspension bridge was gradually clearing up. At this moment, he suddenly heard some strange noises coming from the distance. He felt strange and crossed the crowd to the road to look at it from a distance.

A moment later, a group of cavalry without flags appeared on the road in the distance, approaching quickly!

As soon as Zhang Yang entered, he realized that the other party was definitely not a soldier of Lu Bu's army, because the horses and uniforms of these cavalry were completely different!
He reacted immediately and shouted: "Everyone retreat to the city, pull up the drawbridge and close the city gate!"

As soon as the villagers heard this, they ran back one after another. When Zhang Yang saw it, he knew that the suspension bridge could not be saved, but it didn't matter. Anyway, once the city gate was closed, the other side couldn't get in!

However, when he turned around, he was suddenly stunned. He didn't know when the city gate had been closed!

He immediately rode to the city gate and shouted boldly to the city tower, "What are you doing?"

"Open the door!"

However, the soldiers on the top of the city just cast indifferent eyes, as if Zhang Yang did not exist.

Zhang Yang saw the enemy cavalry getting closer and closer behind him, and couldn't help but feel cold all over. Something happened!
This grain truck is a trap from beginning to end!
At this time, the enemy cavalry came from the opposite side and had already rushed within a hundred steps. Judging from the darkness, there were probably more than a hundred people. The civilians fled in all directions, shouting. Zhang Yang looked at the dozens of guards around him and gritted his teeth: "Fight them!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yang's guards all shouted and pulled out the swords from their waists. They stood guard at one end of the suspension bridge and were ready. However, the panic in their eyes still betrayed them, because they knew that this time it would be a disaster!
They were first greeted by hundreds of feathered arrows, and a dozen people were immediately hit by arrows. The remaining people were in panic. At this time, the enemy troops had already rushed forward. Several of the people in front of them rushed onto the bridge on horseback, holding long guns. Poke it at everyone!

Spears were everywhere, screams were heard, and the formation of Zhang Yang's guards was instantly overwhelmed. Those who were shot fell to the ground and died. The others retreated towards the city gate unconsciously, and were crowded in the doorway for a while.

In the city gate, the two wings were blocked, so it was not easy for the local cavalry to come in, so they dispersed to both sides. Behind him came a man who looked like a man with an iron tower. He jumped off his horse, holding two black iron halberds, and rushed forward with a roar. .

Zhang Yang ordered his guards to stop him and shouted: "Where are you from? Don't you know this is the emperor's feet?"

"I am General Anguo, Marquis Zhang Yang of Jinyang, retreat quickly!"

The visitor laughed loudly, thrust out both halberds, and stabbed the first two guards down. Then he picked up the iron halberd and whirled them to kill them. "Whether you are General Anguo or General Chaosuo, you will die here today!"

Zhang Yang saw the guards around him falling down one after another, and there was no movement at the city gate behind him. He couldn't help but grit his teeth. Seeing the opponent rushing forward, he raised his sword to chop at the opponent, but the opponent knocked the knife away with an iron halberd.

Zhang Yang was still trying to dodge, but another iron halberd pierced his abdomen from bottom to top, pushed his feet off the ground, and nailed him to the city gate.

There was a gurgling sound in Zhang Yang's mouth, and blood spurted out in streams. He tried hard to hold the halberd pole and tried to pull it out, but another iron halberd had already landed on his throat.

In Zhang Yang's frightened eyes, the person on the other side smiled ferociously and said: "Remember when you go down, the one who kills you is Dian Wei!"

He slashed the iron halberd hard, and Zhang Yang's head flew into the air, and the blood in his cavity stained the city gate red.

Zhang Yang's head fell to the ground and rolled a few times. He still refused to close his eyes to death. Dian Wei stepped on his head and shouted: "Kill them all!"

He took out his iron halberd and banged hard on the city gate, "Open the door!"

"Cao Shijun enters the city!"

(End of this chapter)