Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 709 Long Street Assassination
Guo Jia didn't know why Yuan Xi was so sure that Cao Cao would capture Jingzhou, and why he was so sure that there would be twists and turns in the process of capturing Jingzhou.

In Guo Jia's view, if the factor of inertia is thrown away, Yuan Xi is more like wishful gambling, betting on illusory possibilities.

But excluding these factors, if Cao Cao really captures Jingzhou, then this opportunity is indeed extremely rare. After all, if Cao Cao's development is not curbed, no one in the world will be able to control Cao Cao in another three years.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia also had a headache. Who would have known that Yuan Shao died of a sudden illness, leading to internal fighting among the Yuan family, and that Jizhou and Qingzhou were completely unable to fight against Cao Cao?
The problem before Guo Jia now is how to break through the heavy defense lines that Cao Cao had set up in Sili in advance. Zhong Yao from Huaicheng, Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang, and Yuan Shu's remnant army were all difficult to deal with, and Guo Jia was the most vigilant. It’s still Zhong Yao.

This man had been seriously underestimated by him and Jushou before. It was not until the dust of serving the emperor finally settled that they discovered that Zhong Yao was the best among the counselors in Cao camp in terms of strategy and military affairs. No matter which skill he showed alone, No worse than Jushou Guo Jia.

Although Zhang Yan died, the remaining troops were integrated by Zhong Yao. With the assistance of Ma Teng and Han Sui, Zhong Yao sent troops in the name of the emperor during this period to pacify Hedong Hanoi, forced Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, to surrender, and integrated The forces of Sili built the defense line against Montenegro like an iron barrel.

Even Guo Jia found it a bit tricky to deal with such a person. What is the opponent's weakness?

Yuan Xi saw Guo Jia thinking hard and said with a smile: "Sir, please go home first. I will patrol the city myself. After the New Year, I will ask you to discuss it with your husband."

Guo Jiazheng was thinking about it, then he waved his hand and said, "Young master, please go on your own. Please forgive me for not seeing you off."

Yuan Xi didn't take it seriously either. He went out and took Sun Li and other personal guards to the military camp outside the city to inspect the preparations of the troops and horses.

In the military camp, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others were sparring. They were all wearing thick armor, and they were slashing at each other with swords in their hands quickly and fiercely. It was actually a battle of real swords and spears.

Yuan Xi knew that the two of them were Lu Bu's old generals, and because of Lu Bu's death, they were holding back their anger and wanted to recover their blood debt in the future war. However, the intensity of this competition seemed to be far beyond his expectations?
A group of soldiers practiced for a long time, until it was getting late, Yuan Xi and a group of soldiers had dinner, and then took Sun Li and others into the city.

The city gate was closed behind everyone, because it was still early spring, and the sky was completely dark at this time. Yuan Xi and his guards were walking on the main road in the city. Because of the night curfew, there were no people on the road.

The horse's hoofs beat on the quiet stone road, which seemed particularly quiet. Seeing that he was approaching his mansion, Yuan Xi thought of the female relatives who were waiting for his return, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.

The next moment, the shrill wind sounded, and several feather arrows cut through the silence of the night, shooting towards Yuan Xi!

Yuan Xi reacted immediately. When he saw one coming straight towards his door, he subconsciously raised his hand to block it.

With a click, the arrow passed through the gap in Yuan Xi's arm armor and penetrated into the cowhide lining.

Yuan Xi felt a slight tingling sensation in his arm, and couldn't help but sigh that he was not very lucky. There was only a tiny gap in the arm armor, and the arrow was stuck in it!
But he had no time to think too much. Dozens of people instantly poured out from both sides of the long street. Some raised knives, some held guns, and some bent their bows and arrows, and they all surrounded Yuan Xi.

When Sun Li saw it, he quickly rode his horse in front of Yuan Xi. At the same time, he put his fingers in his mouth and blew hard.

The screams of whistles resounded through the long street, and among the people ambushed by the opponent, a leader-like person shouted sternly: "Kill people immediately!"

After hearing this, the others roared and rushed forward with shouts.

There were more than a dozen of Yuan Xi's personal guards. Under the command of Sun Li, they did not act rashly. Instead, they protected Yuan Xi from dismounting and put his back against the wall. The others formed a semicircle to protect him.

When Yuan Xi saw the other party's appearance, he did not panic. Instead, he laughed and said to the visitor: "You think that if you can kill Sun Bofu, you can kill me in the same way?"

The leader snorted coldly, did not answer, and rushed over first. Yuan Xi's bodyguard bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at him, but the arrow was bounced to the ground.

Seeing this, Yuan Xi's personal guards all looked solemn, and the other party was actually wearing armor!

And as soon as they fought, Yuan Xi's personal guards realized something was wrong. The opponent was not a man from the mountains of unknown origin, but a veteran who had a measured advance and retreat, and knew how to combine attacks.

And the gesture of drawing out the gun and sword turned out to be a soldier from Youzhou!

Yuan Xi also noticed this, and knew that the Youzhou Army was not monolithic. Although he had previously promoted literacy and other methods in the Youzhou Army, most of them were taken to Xuzhou by himself, and the rest of Jicheng except There are a small number of veterans, and most of them are recruits reorganized by refugees.

There are probably many elite soldiers among them, and Yuan Xi hasn't come back for a whole year, so he hasn't had time to screen the new recruits in Youzhou, so what happened today is not surprising.

Now the two parties were fighting each other. Yuan Xi saw the other party's iron spear piercing the gap of the guards in front of him and stabbing him hard. He ducked to the side and pulled out the ring-head knife.

The man wanted to stab him again, but Yuan Xi's bodyguard grabbed the barrel of the gun. He subconsciously grabbed it with force, but was held tightly.When he saw Yuan Xi stabbing him with the knife, he decisively let go, trying to lure Yuan Xi forward. Unexpectedly, another guard from the Youzhou Army reached out with his hand, grabbed his arm, and pulled the man away with a fierce force. come over.

For a moment, the man felt like the world was spinning. He was beaten to the ground and smashed to pieces, and then an iron spear pierced his throat.

The leader on the other side felt a little shuddered when he saw it. The actions of the other side's personal guards were similar to those of the Youzhou sergeants, but they were very different!
He was also troubled. This assassination had been arranged for a long time, and he finally found an opportunity where there were few people around Yuan Xi. However, for the assassin, there was a rather troublesome problem.

Yuan Xi doesn't drink.

The leader knew in detail how Sun Ce was assassinated. A large part of his success was because Sun Ce was drunk at the time, believed in his bravery, and did not have many guards with him, so he was seriously injured and died.

But the fierce tiger in front of him is different. His daily life habits are extremely restrained and cautious. Not only does he always bring many people with him when he travels, but he also lives a self-disciplined life. He never drinks alcohol and naturally has no experience of getting drunk.

This made it very difficult for the leader to take action. He started planning when Yuan Xi returned to Jicheng and did not take action until more than two months later. But obviously the chance was not very good, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

While he was thinking about it, he noticed that the young guard named Sun Li was slashing at him with a knife, and he immediately rushed towards him. He thought to himself that he had been in the army for nearly 20 years, but he still couldn't deal with a young boy like you?
Kill you first, then wait for an opportunity to break through the circle and kill the fierce tiger!
Yuan Xi looked at the attacking enemy and felt very calm.

Ever since he got the news of Sun Ce's assassination, he had anticipated this day. If the other party could assassinate Sun Ce, of course they would also attack him.

So he immediately stepped up his precautions and made many responses, just like the arrow that hit his arm just now, which might have been smeared with poison.

Yuan Xi had already dealt with this. Under the cowhide lining of his armored armguards, there was a layer of linen lining sandwiched with iron sheets. Although it was very troublesome to put it on every time, he could sail the Wannian Ship with care, especially After understanding that assassination is the cheapest way to target the lord.

He said to Sun Li: "Kill everyone except the leader. I want to interrogate them."

Sun Li shouted: "Understood!"

After hearing this, the leader sneered in his heart and said in a loud tone, do you really think I am a fish belly?
Sun Li took three steps forward and struck down the leader's head. The leader subconsciously raised his sword and stepped forward. When the two soldiers met, there was a loud noise that made the eardrums of everyone present buzz.

Before the sound stopped, Sun Li used the force of the counter-shock to raise his sword and chop it off on the head again. The leader was forced to step up again, and another loud noise was heard.

The leader was extremely horrified, how could the other party be so powerful!

However, before he could think too much, Sun Li had already struck out more than a dozen times like a storm, all of which hit the leader's ring-shaped sword!
Both knives were full of large and small gaps, but the leader obviously felt that his knife would break due to being unable to withstand it!
The reason for this is that Sun Li's Huanshou sword is much thicker than ordinary swords.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for the leader to resist. The thickness of the two swords is quite different, and the weight is even more different. In this case, the one with the thinner weapon will only suffer.

Yuan Xi saw it and nodded slightly. Sun Li had been with him in the past few years. Although there were times when life was difficult, most of the time, it was no problem to have enough to eat.

Sun Li was naturally gifted with strength. In addition, he had been eating well in the past few years, which at least did not affect his growth. So as he grew up, the advantage of his natural strength became apparent.

Now he was slashing with a knife, just like a king of hell urging him to kill the enemy in front of him into pieces!

Finally, after dozens of blows, the leader's sword snapped into two pieces. He reacted very quickly, rolled over, hid behind the crowd, and ordered: "If you don't get close to them, shoot them to death." them!"

After hearing this, the assassins retreated while drawing their bows and shooting. Yuan Xi's personal guards only brought a few shields, and they were immediately outnumbered and surrounded by danger.

At this moment, the door of Yuan Xi's mansion opened in the distance, and Lu Lingqi rushed out on a war horse, fully clothed.

She rushed into the group of assassins on horseback, her horse hooves flying, immediately trampling two people down. She drew out the short halberd in her hand and hooked one of them on the back of the neck.

As the war horse rushed forward, the huge force drove the halberd peak, slicing the man's back like tofu, and his head fell out and rolled on the ground.

At this time, the assassins were in chaos and fled away. Yuan Xi's personal guards took the opportunity to step forward and cut them down one by one.

The leader had already taken another knife in his hand. In front of him, Yuan Xi's bodyguard rushed forward, revealing a gap, knowing that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come!
He shouted loudly, passed through the gap in the crowd, and went straight to Yuan Xi!

(End of this chapter)