Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 71 Xuzhou Changes
When Wu Zhao heard the name Gao Lan from Zhen Rong, his breathing became short of breath.

She quickly held her breath and lowered her head.

That night, Zhao Yun came to Yuan Xi and told about Gao Lan's escape, and the two rushed out of the house.

Wu Zhao all saw it, and the news of Gao Lan's disappearance came out the next day.

When she saw Yuan Xiquyi's expression when he came back, she couldn't guess that Gao Lan was probably killed.

However, she didn't take it seriously, after all, seeing Yuan Xi's hurried appearance, it was obvious that Gao Lan knew something that was not good for him, and if he didn't act cruelly at this time, it would be tantamount to harming himself.

But Wu Zhao didn't expect that Gao Lan is the son-in-law of the Zhen family!
This is really a bad thing. The news of Gao Lan's disappearance will come back to Yecheng sooner or later. Will the relationship between Yuan Xi and the Zhen family be better?

Yuan Xi's face was stiff, and after a while, he said: "I have indeed seen it."

Zhen Rong still wanted to ask, but when he saw Yuan Xi hesitating, he came to his senses and smiled and said: "I'm confused, he followed Mr. Yuan, it must be a major military matter, how can we women find out, Concubine is rude."

Yuan Xi took the opportunity to cover up the matter, but Yuan Xing didn't realize what was going on, and happily pulled Zhen Rong to tell Yuan Xi something about the Northland.

Yuan Xi had no choice but to pick out a few twists and turns in the past three years of hunting with scouts, encountering horse bandits from the Huns, defending the city against the enemy, etc., and said it fascinatingly, which aroused the two women's amazement again and again.

Zhen Mi knelt behind Zhen Rong, feeling more and more uneasy.

From appearance to conversation, Yuan Xifang was much better than the children of ordinary aristocratic families. The three years of living in the Northland had added to him a sense of fortitude, which was impressive at first sight. Are not the same.

But Zhen Mi was keenly aware that when her sister Zhen Rong mentioned her brother-in-law Gao Lan, Yuan Xi visibly shook her hand.

The maid behind him who had changed her face looked even more unnatural.

Seeing Zhen Rong happily chatting with Yuan Xing, Zhen Mi's heart sank slowly.

She felt as if she had fallen into a pool of deep water, and she was a little out of breath, so she couldn't help pulling up the collar of her jacket.

When Zhen Rong saw it, he thought she was getting impatient, so he found an excuse to leave.

After hearing this, Yuan Xing asked Yuan Xi to send Zhen Rong out of the house.

Yuan Xisong sent the two girls to the carriage, stood behind the door for a while, then turned and left.

Zhen Rong put down the car curtain, and smiled at Zhen Mi: "How about it, I saw it with my own eyes today, are you satisfied?"

"I think his temperament and conversation are not like that of a gentleman, but somewhat similar to your brother-in-law. It seems that he has indeed fought in war."

Zhen Rong then sighed: "However, military generals also have difficulties as generals. They go out to fight all day and don't know when they will return. I have been married to him for more than a year, and we have been together for less than three months."

"Swords and swords are dangerous on the battlefield. Every time he fights with the army, I am always in fear."

"But our Zhen family is now in decline. My father was only a county magistrate and died early. It's just that the family has some surplus money in business, but the nobles pretend to be noble and don't want to marry us. I will marry your brother-in-law. It will be of great help to the Zhen family. , which is pretty good."

After hearing this, Zhen Mi bowed her head and said, "My sister has been wronged."

Zhen Rong took Zhen Mi's hand and said with a smile, "Why do you feel wronged, your brother-in-law is very kind to me."

"Little sister is different. She is well educated and reasonable, and has an outstanding appearance. I'm afraid there is no one in Jizhou that can compare to you."

"Besides, when you were a child, the fortune teller gave you an interview and said that you would be unspeakably valuable in the future. Shouldn't this be due to Mr. Yuan Xi?"

"My brother-in-law will at least be a state shepherd in the future. If the Yuan family wins the world, it won't be a problem to become king."

"Our Zhen family's future will all depend on my little sister."

Zhen Mi forced a smile, "I haven't written my horoscope yet, and my mother hasn't agreed yet."

Because the third brother, Zhen Yao, is still young, the mother of the Zhen family, Zhang Shi, is acting as the head of the family, and Zhen Mi's marriage is finally decided by Zhang Shi.

Zhen Rong smiled and said, "Don't worry, little sister, as long as the Yuan family proposes marriage, it's too late for mother to be happy."

"I think if it's soon, there will be news from the Yuan family in the next few days."

Zhen Mi felt more and more uneasy, she had a premonition that things would never go so smoothly.

Sure enough, before the Zhen family came to the Yuan family to propose marriage, a piece of news came that was beyond the expectations of most people in Jizhou.

Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, all the troops under his command, attacked Xuzhou!
Within a few days, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses arrived at Langya County and Taishan County adjacent to Xu Yan, and Fei County was captured that day, and the city was completely slaughtered.

The reason Cao Jun declared to the outside world was that Xuzhou Mu Taoqian detained his father Cao Song's family.

In Yuan Shao's mansion, more than a dozen counselors have been summoned, and they are discussing a lot.

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were sitting behind Yuan Shao, listening to the counselors' suggestions.

Seeing Yuan Shang's calm expression, Yuan Xi obviously took it for granted. He understood that Yuan Shao usually had to involve Yuan Shang in discussing major issues, and he could absorb the ideas of these many counselors. No wonder Yuan Shang was good at planning.

However, Cao Cao's dispatch of troops was very sudden this time, and he didn't know what Zhang Miao and Lu Bu were preparing for.

And the excuse for starting the war is even more strange. Cao Song was not killed by Tao Qian, but was detained by Tao Qian.

This shows that Cao Song's family probably hasn't been killed yet!

Yuan Xi couldn't figure it out, this reason seems a bit far-fetched?

My father is in the hands of others, so for the safety of the people I meet, shouldn't I have a good talk with him first?

Now that the army is overwhelming and massacring the city, isn't it afraid that Tao Qian will be in a hurry and kill Cao Song's family?

It's like I'm afraid I won't find the reason for the war!
Yuan Xi suddenly remembered that his plan to save Cao Song's family and spread his fame had only been mentioned to Yuan Tan.

At that time, Yuan Xi just said this idea casually, and he didn't think he would definitely be able to do it.

Except for Xun Chen, Yuan Tan is unlikely to tell anyone else.

Could it be that Yanzhou learned the news and rushed to send troops because they were afraid that Cao Song would be rescued in advance?

This casual remark of his own triggered the second battle of Xuzhou in advance?

Yuan Xi shook his head. This idea is a bit absurd. I don't have this ability yet, do I?
In Xuzhou City, Tao Qian looked at the urgent report handed over by his subordinates with an extremely ugly expression.

Fei County was massacred, almost none of the tens of thousands of people survived!

He was so angry that he threw the Jinbao Jinshu on the ground. Last year Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, from Pengcheng in the south to Donghai, and suffered disasters in several cities along the way.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty Tao Qian Biography": "Cao Cao attacked Qian and broke Pengcheng and Fuyang. Qian retreated to protect Tan. If he could not overcome the attack, he returned it. If he was too aggressive, he would kill him, Juling, and Xiaqiu."

There were enough people who died that time, and this time Cao Jun also changed the route to the north, obviously wanting to do what happened last year again and kill Xuzhou completely!

Tao Qian regretted it a bit, if he knew this, why did he bother to provoke this fierce god!

Right here, the guard hurried in and said, "Please see Liu Yuzhou!"

Tao Qian was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly said, "Please!"

After finishing speaking, he quickly jumped onto the couch, covered the quilt, rubbed his face a few times, and made a sick look.

(End of this chapter)