Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 661 anticlimactic
Outside Yecheng, after Yuan Tan sent away the two descendants of Yuan Shu's branch who were lobbyists, he looked a little ugly and said to Guo Tu and others: "I didn't expect that Yuan Shang could conquer the people of Yuan Gongli's branch."

"Now that he has this group of people helping him, my momentum in the Yuan family is far behind."

Guo Tu was also very depressed. Originally, he planned to use the strongest method to kill Pang Ji, which would be equivalent to breaking off an arm of Yuan Shang. In this way, Yuan Shang would have few people to help him in Yecheng, and he would have problems sooner or later if he was unable to support himself.

Although Shen Pei is also Yuan Shang's counselor, he is stubborn and does not know how to adapt. He is afraid that he will soon offend everyone else in Ye City. In this way, the hearts of the people in the city will gradually become more favorable to Yuan Tan.

You must know that Yuan Shao had just passed away at this time. Although Yuan Shang succeeded him, he had not yet established his prestige and urgently needed to make achievements to prove himself. If there was a big mistake at this time, it would establish an image in the minds of the Yecheng nobles that it was difficult to achieve great things.

Especially when it came to killing Pang Ji, Guo Tu originally thought that the other party would become angry, but Yuan Shang endured it in the end. This made Guo Tu alert. Yuan Shang was not as impulsive as he thought!
Especially the subjugation of Yuan Shu's side branch this time, although there are advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantages may not be apparent until the long term, but in the short term, Yuan Shang can use this power to suppress the Jizhou nobles and stabilize the situation in Yecheng, which is a clever move.

While he was thinking about how to solve the current situation, Xin Ping, who had already had differences of opinion with Guo Tu, spoke up, "Shijun, Pang Yuantu died violently. Master Xianfu can endure it, which is already a big concession."

"If you can't show corresponding sincerity, I'm afraid you will fall behind Mr. Xianfu in terms of people's hearts."

After hearing this, Yuan Tan looked unhappy, but he had to admit that he was indeed a bit aggressive at the moment.

He killed Yuan Shang's mastermind. No matter what, this matter will not be revealed easily. It is also the time for him to show his sincerity, otherwise he will fall far behind Yuan Shang in terms of winning the hearts of Yecheng.

He said: "In Zhongzhi's opinion, what should we do?"

Xin Ping said without hesitation: "Nowadays, Jizhou is suffering from internal and external troubles. It is difficult to recover from internal and external troubles. However, foreign troubles are glaring at us, but they are imminent and we have to face them first."

"Since both sides suffer from internal fighting, it's time to temporarily stop fighting, join forces to fight against foreign enemies, and defeat Cao Cao!"

Yuan Tan remained silent, but Guo Tu understood and said: "Zhongzhi's thinking is too simple."

"Yuan Shang's thoughts are unpredictable. Even if the two parties reconcile, who knows whether Yecheng will stab you in the back after the emperor leaves?"

Seeing the look of approval on Yuan Tan's face, Xin Ping said anxiously: "This is just Gongze's guess!"

"Let's join forces to attack Cao Cao. Yecheng proposed that you send troops from the direction of Qingzhou and the other side from the direction of Wei County. The two sides are hundreds of miles apart. How can it be so easy to attack by surprise?"

"The previous borrowing of the road was just a stop-gap measure to fight for Yecheng. Now there is no profit to be gained from Yecheng, and Cao Cao has completely broken up with the Yuan family. We can't stop eating because of choking, leaving the enemy alone, and think about dealing with it first. One of our own, right?"

"If this continues, even if we capture Yecheng, will we be able to defeat Cao Cao?"

Guo Tu couldn't help but feel angry when he heard the hint of blame in Xin Ping's words, and sarcastically said: "According to Zhongzhi's statement, could it be that the monarch provoked Yecheng and led to the current situation?"

"Zhongzhi is afraid that because George (Xinpi) is assisting Yuan Shang in the city, he is afraid that a fight will damage his family's harmony, right?"

"As far as I can see, Zhongzhi didn't consider the issue from the standpoint of the envoy at all."

Xin Ping was originally dissatisfied with Guo Tu's behavior of secretly colluding with Cao Ying. Now that he saw Guo Tu criticizing him, he lost his cool and said, "Wen Ze, what you said has no conscience!"

"You and I loyally assisted the envoy because we were dissatisfied with the father-in-law's abolition of the elders and the establishment of younger ones. If I am suspected because of my brother, won't Zhongzhi be the same?"

"In terms of family roots, Zhongzhi, the Guo family you belong to is not only of the same clan as Guo Jia, the fierce tiger's subordinate, but also has good relations with the Xun family, Cao Cao's subordinate. Does that mean that you and the fierce tiger Cao Cao are connected?"

After hearing this, Guo Tu blushed and shouted: "Zhongzhi, don't spit on others!"

"Ben Chugong has many people in Yingchuan. In addition to me, there are also Chunyu Qiong, and your brother Zhongzhi and Saji!"

"Are you saying you are a traitor?"

Seeing the two of them quarreling, Yuan Tan said angrily: "Okay, what a big deal, do you also want to learn to fight within the discipline?"

The two people quickly apologized, but at the same time they were startled. What did Yuan Tan mean by saying this?
Yuan Tan saw the confusion in the two people's minds, but he did not explain the reason.

The day before yesterday, he received a secret letter privately sent by the trial matchmaker. Yuan Tan did not expect the content of the letter.

"Han, Jin, Spring and Autumn" - (reviewed by the reviewer) At that time, the fierce minister was disobeying the discipline, pretending to be a snake, making flattering remarks, and interfering with each other. The general (referring to Yuan Tan) was furious, and when he failed to punish him, the general also Following orders and decrees, he was subjected to adultery and punishment.

To put it simply, Shen Pei completely ignored the feelings between Pang Ji and his colleagues, highly affirmed Yuan Tan's killing of Pang Ji, and also scolded Pang Ji for "flattering words and promiscuity."

When Yuan Tan got the letter, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. He had already heard about the infighting among Yuan Shao's advisers, but he didn't expect that before Pang Ji's body was cold, the judge would make trouble.

Although his purpose is unknown, and he may be testing Yuan Tan, it is more like showing his favor to Yuan Tan, and based on Yuan Tan's intelligence, this person is not as clean as he appears.

A lot of secret evidence shows that the judge behind the matchmaking is no less greedy and cruel than Xu You, and he also violates the law and hides prisoners, which can be said to be audacious.When Taizu broke up in Ye, he lost his official status and his family's property, which amounted to tens of thousands. --"The Revised Biography of King Wei Shu"

He judged the clans and even hid the sinners, becoming a fugitive master. --Wang Chen's "Book of Wei"

Although Pang Ji is dead, Yuan Shang now has two advisers to review Xu You, but neither of them is a fuel-efficient lamp. There is probably a lot of overt and covert fighting. Yuan Tan thinks that if he were Yuan Shang, he would also have a huge headache.

What's more, Yuan Shang is still inexperienced, and he may not understand the relationship at all, and he will make a big mistake sooner or later.

In fact, what alarmed Yuan Tan more was Yuan Xi, who was the first to arrive at Yecheng. Not only did he not take the opportunity to occupy Yecheng, he also did not take away any of Yuan Shao's great advisers.

When Yuan Tan learned about it at that time, he was puzzled. Looking back now, did Yuan Xi know something, so he didn't want to recruit these counselors with many problems?

Thinking of this, he said: "Staying here in Yecheng any longer is not an option."

"I have a large army now, and food is also a big problem."

"If we don't attack the city, it will be meaningless no matter how many soldiers we have. I would like to ask you two, what are the chances of capturing Ye City now?"

Xin Ping hesitated and said, "Less than [-]%."

Yuan Tan looked at Guo Tu and saw the expression on his face. He knew that his estimate was worse than Xin Ping's, so he said flatly: "That's it."

"Cao Cao can stop fighting for the time being, but Qingzhou needs to be reorganized. What I'm most afraid of is that Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang will join forces to plot my Qingzhou. By then I won't even have my home, so why fight?"

"It's better to retreat as an advance and let Yuan Shang shed some blood in exchange for our retreat."

"As for Yanzhou, let him go and fight first. If the war is not going well, we will stand still. If Yanzhou cannot withstand it, we will take the opportunity to send troops to expand our territory."

Guo Tuxin heard the comment and knew that Yuan Tan had an idea, so he bowed his head and accepted the order.

Yuan Tan thought that since Yecheng was in such chaos, he should let his third brother take over first. When the time comes, the good and bad people under him, with their own agendas, might not stop fighting. The harder the fight, the better, so that he would have a chance.

Today's world is like a dozen fighting cocks in a deep pit. Whoever shows fatigue first will be attacked by other people. In the face of interests, there are no permanent allies. After all, there is only one position.

Yuan Tan was not disturbed when he thought of being sent to Yanzhou to marry the daughter of a descendant of the Cao family. In his eyes, everything was just a chess piece that could be used.

Although he and Cao Cao were secretly married, if Cao Cao died that day, he wouldn't mind stabbing him a few times.

As Yuan Tan agreed to stop fighting with Yuan Shang and discussed attacking Yanzhou later in the year, Yuan Tan temporarily retreated to Qingzhou. Although both parties knew that this promise might be no different from fart, after all, Yuan Tan's withdrawal was a relief to both parties.

But in this Yecheng dispute, neither of them got a satisfactory result. Yuan Tan failed to obtain the Yuan family head and Yecheng that he wanted, Yuan Shang lost his mastermind, and Yuan Tan took advantage of him.

At this time, Yuan Xi was resisting Cao Cao's coalition forces alone at the Black Mountain Pass, facing harassment from the Ma Teng and Han Sui coalition forces every day.

Seeing that late autumn was about to enter winter, Yuan Xi, standing on the simple fort at the Black Mountain Pass, felt a fire in his heart as he looked at the provocative Xiliang army galloping below.

It was this group of people who killed Duan Xuan, whom they wanted to recruit and befriend, and even conspired with Cao Cao to kill Lu Bu.

He once sent a message to get Lu Bu's body back, but Cao Cao guessed something and was not in a hurry to return to Yanzhou. He only let the Xiliang army attack and harass the Black Mountain Pass.

Regarding the Xiliang army led by Ma Teng, Yuan Xi felt extremely complicated, because the Ma family in Fufeng and the Yuan family had a very close relationship.

The Ma family of Fufeng was first famous as Ma Yuanqi, a famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His descendant, Sun Ma Rong, was a famous Confucian scholar with more than a thousand disciples. Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan were all his disciples, and Ma Teng's daughter Ma Lun was Yuan Wei's wife.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the relationship between the Fufeng Ma family and Yuan Shao's clan should be extremely close, but the bad thing lies in Ma Teng's father's generation.

Ma Teng's father, Ma Ping, because of his poor family background, married a Qiang girl and gave birth to Ma Teng. This was actually tantamount to lowering his status, so he was very unpopular among the Ma family in Fufeng.

The mental imbalance in this situation may be even worse than being a concubine, so Ma Teng has a very weak sense of belonging to the Ma family, and then he brazenly rebelled and became a bandit, regardless of his ancestors who were Han ministers.

Yuan Xi had no intention of having anything to do with Ma Teng, especially Ma Chao, who was galloping below and participated in killing Lu Bu.

He pointed at Ma Chao and said to Taishi Ci and other archers: "Set an arrow and shoot him to death."

(End of this chapter)