Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 711
All the officials were actually very confused about visiting Yuan Xi at this time. After all, it was appropriate to come or not, and they didn't have much hope in seeing Yuan Xi. After all, Yuan Xi was recuperating from his injuries and it was normal not to see outsiders.

The biggest worry in everyone's mind is that if Yuan Xi doesn't come out to see people, might it be because he is too seriously injured?

If this is really the case, if he dies from his injuries like Sun Ce, will Youzhou be in chaos?

In this case, is it better to find a way out, or at least relocate the family?

Although not all officials have this idea, they account for a considerable part. This is also human nature, everyone has selfish motives, and no one will give unconditional loyalty.

Everyone's doubts were quickly answered. Sun Li came out and said to everyone: "Young master, you are destined to go in as a group of five."

He then added: "Don't make any noise. If you see someone, just leave."

When everyone saw that it was Sun Li, they believed it at first. After all, Sun Li, as a personal guard of Yuan Xi, had always stayed with him.

The people who were called entered the mansion one by one, and all the way into Yuan Xi's house, they saw Yuan Xi with his head wrapped, most of his face exposed, and linen wrapped around his neck, and there seemed to be blood oozing out.

Everyone hurriedly leaned over to salute, and saw Yuan Xi saying a few words in a hoarse voice. Zhen Mi, who was standing aside, said to everyone: "My husband was stabbed in the throat, and he still can't speak."

After hearing this, all the officials knelt down to apologize and quickly withdrew.

After they came out, they saw another group of people entering, and they all wiped the sweat from their foreheads in unison.

Although Yuan Xi doesn't look too good, he should be fine, and the injury on his throat should be real, and the newly oozing blood cannot be faked.

Then everyone's doubts disappeared and everyone went home. The people's hearts in Jicheng were temporarily stabilized.

People visited from time to time in the next few days, and Zhao Yun and Sun Li also stayed in Jicheng. This dispelled everyone's last doubts. After all, they are the most powerful people around Yuan Xi. Their stay in Jicheng shows that they are indeed protecting Injured Yuan Xi.

But no one expected that Yuan Xi had already left for several days.

The reason why the people in Jicheng were not alarmed was because there was no large-scale mobilization of troops this time. When he left, he only took hundreds of sergeants with him.

For people who don't know the inside story very well about Jicheng, where tens of thousands of soldiers come in and out every day, they can't detect the clues at all.

The reason for this is that almost no one knows that the Youzhou Army has already started to leave.

Since winter, Youzhou soldiers have entered Montenegro one after another disguised as ordinary people, and then hid in various places in Montenegro with the help of Yang Feng's old troops who were familiar with the environment of Montenegro.

What they are waiting for now is Yuan Xi's arrival.

Yuan Xi left the city the day after his assassination.

What he left behind in the house was his dead soldier stand-in. After dressing up, the stand-in already looked exactly like Yuan Xi. But when Guo Jia came over, he frowned and said something about his voice. His features are somewhat different from those of Yuan Xi, so he might be noticed by others.

After hearing this, the dead man calmly took out the thorn in his hand and stabbed directly into his neck, injuring his vocal cords.

Yuan Xi quickly asked his confidants to come over for treatment and said, "Why are you doing this?"

The man said in a hoarse voice: "The villain's family was about to starve to death. Fortunately, the young master saved us and survived."

"We people of Yan and Zhao are very particular about repaying kindness. If a villain can be useful to the young master, we will be satisfied."

Yuan Xi felt heavy, "Maybe someone will come to assassinate you later..."

The man hissed: "It doesn't matter. If you let the villain die, the villain will die. If you let the villain live, the villain will live."

Yuan Xi patted the man's shoulder silently, speechless for a moment.

When he finally left, he turned around and said to the man: "Don't worry, I won't let you die."

"And you and your family will be able to live a good life in the near future."

Now Yuan Xi is riding a horse, galloping side by side in the Black Mountains with Lu Lingqi. Behind him are two newly joined generals, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. Among Yuan Xi's subordinates, the movements of these two are the least likely to attract attention.

The road to Heishan is completely open. After Yuan Xi sent someone to notify Yuan Shang of the previous southern passage a few years ago, Yuan Shang asked all the Jizhou soldiers to leave the southern passage of Heishan. The Youzhou army immediately entered and blocked each pass. At the same time, Yang Feng With the cooperation of his subordinates, he began to search for suspicious persons and spies within Montenegro.

After a winter of hard work, Yuan Xi is now in control of Montenegro. Although he dare not say it is monolithic, it can be said that it is difficult for the news to spread.

It was not difficult to block the news and rush to the Black Mountain Pass. What was difficult was the period of time during which the army gathered at the Black Mountain Pass, hid, and waited.

News will leak out at any time during this period. As long as Cao Cao is alert, his actions in Nanyang may deviate from the historical trajectory.

This is also a headache for Guo Jia in the carriage.

He was holding the wine bottle in his hand and was racking his brains and guts to come up with the next solution.

Guo Jia even felt that his hair had turned a lot whiter these days. Yuan Xi's request was a bit too outrageous!
In the current chess game in the world, the chess pieces are intertwined and fighting each other. However, many places are shrouded in fog, making it difficult to see clearly.

Then a chess piece moved first.

What no one expected was that Sun Quan was the one to move first.

He had only inherited the Sun family for more than a month, but with the support of Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, he brazenly sent a dozen Jiangdong generals, with Zhou Yu as the commander, leading tens of thousands of naval troops, to go up the river, invade the Lujiang River, and simultaneously attack Ruxukou and Wankou!

Because of the convenient waterway, the news quickly spread northward to Yingchuan, Yuzhou.

After Cao Cao learned the news, he laughed at Xun Yu, Xun You and others and said, "Jiangdong rats are really short-sighted!" We want to unify Jiangdong to establish our authority."

Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "Ming Gong is right, this guy is too short-sighted."

"But this way, Fierce Tiger has a little too much to take care of."

Cheng Yu, who was wearing a fur coat, said: "This person will definitely retaliate. It is best to lead troops to attack Jiangdong directly. Then we will have no worries."

Chen Qun immediately said: "It depends on whether there is any news about ferocious tigers in the Black Mountains."

"How could he know that he was not taking action to blockade Montenegro?"

Cheng Yu replied: "It's also possible that they are trying to create suspicion to contain us."

Everyone in Cao camp was silent. Cheng Yu was right. The truth is the most troublesome. In the final analysis, it was Yuan Xi who covered up a lot of news in Youzhou, making it impossible for everyone to judge.

Cao Cao said: "What news is there in Jicheng?"

Cheng Yu coughed a few times and said, "The assassination failed, but I heard that the fierce tiger was seriously injured."

He cursed in his heart, it would be better if the arrows were poisonous and suffered the same fate as Sun Ce!

Cao Cao said: "Is the news reliable?"

Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment, "I heard that his personal bodyguards and Zhao Yun have been guarding the mansion."

Xun You breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Whether he is injured or not, at least Zhao Yun is not here, for us..."

He looked up and saw that everyone looked embarrassed, especially Cao Cao, who looked like he was constipated. Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake and quickly shut up.

Zhao Yun was not easy to mention in front of Cao Cao. Cao Cao wanted to capture Zhao Yun alive in Xuzhou, but Zhao Yun killed several generals of Cao's camp and almost completely defeated Cao Cao's army. This has become a past event that Cao Cao does not want to mention.

Cao Cao snorted coldly, "The situation is great right now, but we are just wasting our time here because we don't know the reality of the evil tiger!"

"He just used all the troops in Youzhou to defeat him from Heishan. How can I be afraid of him?"

"I thought I was defeated several times, and a few hundred people could still make a comeback. Now I have an army of tens of thousands, why am I so timid again?"

All the counselors bowed their heads and said nothing. Isn't this because they had never taken advantage in the battle with the fierce tiger?

Although thanks to the efforts of Cao Ying, He Zong, Lian Heng and internal affairs are much better than Yuan Xi, but these means can only be accumulated and cannot determine the final outcome.

The final word is always the outcome on the battlefield, which is why Cao Ying's counselors resorted to assassination methods against Sun Ce and Yuan Xi, two opponents who were difficult to defeat on the battlefield.

Seeing that no one else was willing to speak, Xun Yu spoke up: "Jiangdong's attack on Lujiang is good news for us. At least it can contain the fierce tiger's actions."

Chen Qun said: "But Fierce Tiger did not have no response to this. He put Taishi Ci and Lu Xun in Shouchun before the New Year."

"This position is very good. It can not only go south to support Wancheng, but also go west to threaten Yingchuan and Jingzhou."

Xun You sneered: "But this also means that you can't take care of both sides at the same time!"

"If Sun Quan attacks Wankou and we attack Jingzhou, how should he choose?"

Cheng Yu coughed twice and said with a smile: "Gongda is right. Jiangdong is sending troops at this time. God is really helping my lord."

Everyone looked at Cao Cao. Cao Cao began to think deeply. After a while, he raised his head and asked, "How is Sili doing?"

Xun You replied: "Yuan Shu is still stationed in Yin, Henan, north of Yingchuan, and is plundering the local area, waiting for us to open the way back to Shouchun for him."

Everyone listened with disdain. Yuan Shu could be said to be a scheming agent, but in fact he was Cao Ying's chess piece to block Heishan and contain Shouchun.

When it loses its use value, it will be discarded like worn out shoes.

Xun You continued: "Some Xiliang soldiers returned to Liangzhou to spend the winter, while others were stationed near Huaicheng, guarding each other with Zhong Yao."

"I heard that Ma Teng is going to marry the Yang family of Hongnong, and his son Ma Chao will marry a girl from the Yang family."

Cheng Yu said leisurely: "Ma Teng and Han Sui have great ambitions. If they are not restricted, I'm afraid it will cause disaster in the future."

Everyone nodded together. Ma Teng could betray Han Ting, how could he know that he would not betray himself?
Cao Cao asked: "Is there any way?"

Xun You replied: "My subordinates think that Ma Teng's character has something that can be exploited."

"He is fierce in appearance but soft in heart. He bullies the weak and fears the strong. Now that we have asked him for help, he has the courage to negotiate terms with us."

"But if our strength far exceeds his, he will give in."

After hearing this, Cao Cao said: "So the most important thing right now is to increase your strength!"

"I want to enter Nanyang personally and recruit Zhang Xiu to surrender!"

(End of this chapter)