Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 806 Disloyalty and unfilial piety

Yin Li saw Xu Huang's ax sweeping towards him like a thunderbolt. If he couldn't dodge this move, his head would be dislocated. This also aroused his fierceness. He roared and tried his best to raise the barrel of his gun to resist.

However, Xu Huang exerted a little force on his fingers, tilted the axe, and instead of hitting the gun shaft, he spared it. Then he exerted force on his waist and hips, turned his body, and pulled back suddenly.

Yin Li felt an irresistible force coming towards him. He could no longer hold the gun barrel and the spear flew out of his hand.

Frightened, he lowered his body, feeling that he was about to turn around and run away, but Xu Huang's ax arrived early and slapped him on the back. Yin Li screamed, turned over and fell off the horse.

He rolled several times on the ground and fell to pieces. When he looked up, Xu Huang's long ax had arrived earlier and struck him on the head.

Zang Ba was horrified when he saw this, and shouted: "Save someone under the axe!"

This was what Xu Huang was waiting for. Otherwise, Yin Li would have lost his head with the ax just now. The ax was reversed and pressed on Yin Li's shoulder, knocking him to the ground.

When Zang Ba saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He rode up on his horse, clasped his fists at Xu Huang and said, "General Yongwu, my men have offended many people. We lost this bet."

Xu Huang took back his axe, cupped his fists and said, "I accept."

Yin Li reluctantly stood up, speechless, wishing he could get in in an orderly manner.

In fact, his strength is not low, and he is also one of the top five thieves in Taishan, not much worse than Wu Dun who was killed by Xu Huang. Therefore, he initially thought that Wu Dun must have died due to siege, and he was aggrieved and wanted to test Xu Huang. Shine into glory and help the Taishan thieves regain their place.

In the end, this test didn't matter. He suddenly discovered the gap between the two sides. The opponent didn't even bother to use long-term fighting techniques, and he fought quickly. The difference in his own strength was just a qualitative difference. He almost died in the first three moves. !

Zang Ba actually didn't want to fight, but he just lacked an excuse, so he didn't stop Yin Li at first. He thought that the two sides would fight evenly and take the opportunity to make some maneuvers, but he didn't expect that Yin Li would be so vulnerable in front of Xu Huang. Even though I was struck, I also felt that my face was dull.

He felt a little unwilling. If he just negotiated peace and retreated, it would look like the Taishan thieves had been defeated and collected!

His mind was racing, but he didn't expect Sun Guanzong to run out of the formation and whisper a few words in Zang Ba's ear. After Zang Ba heard this, his expression suddenly changed.

What Sun Li told him turned out to be the news that came from the north overnight. Yuan Xijun raided the East China Sea dozens of miles behind Zang Ba overnight. He didn't know what method he used, but he silently broke through the city!

The Taishan bandit's escaped generals rushed to Zang Ba's camp in embarrassment, and just then they arrived and reported to Sun Guan.

Zang Ba felt bitter in his heart. The East China Sea was his rear area to store grain. Most of the baggage was in the city. He also left a lot of people to guard it. How could it be breached so easily?

He looked up and saw Xu Huang's expression across from him, and he seemed to realize that the other party had been waiting for him for a long time. Now that his retreat was cut off, even escaping was a luxury. The other party had already given face to him for peace talks!

Zang Ba had a bitter taste in his mouth, why did Yuan Xijun move so quickly, attack the city so fiercely, and destroy the city overnight? He had never seen such a powerful army!

He said to Xu Huang: "It is unknown which general led the army to conquer the East China Sea?"

Xu Huang smiled and said: "If it is normal, the lord himself will lead the troops to attack the city."

Zang Ba suddenly realized it and said repeatedly: "No wonder, no wonder, Zang's loss this time is not unfair."

"The God who makes you use soldiers, Zang has seen it this time."

Xu Huang said: "Maybe in half a day, the lord will be able to come and negotiate with the general."

"By the way, my lord is bound to win Langya County and Qingzhou this time. At this time, not only Donghai, but also Jiqiu and other big cities in the north, my lord has sent generals and troops to attack the cities."

"At this time, the general is surrounded, and the cities in Langya appear to be undefended in front of the envoy. I wonder what the general will decide?"

After hearing this, Zang Ba threw away the last trace of luck, clasped his fists and said, "Then Zang will just wait for the envoy to come."

Yuan Xi did not come overnight, but let the soldiers rest for a night. After all, it was too hard for the soldiers to attack the city overnight.

The next morning, he led his troops south to meet Zang Ba. On the way, he looked back at Jiqiu and said to Zhuge Liang: "Now the city with the moat connected to the river can no longer stop us."

He asked Zhuge Liang to perfect the tactic of entering the moat to serve as a siege cloud tower when attacking Shouchun. He modified the warships, thickened the defenses, and arranged siege equipment on the deck. With the mechanism designed by Zhuge Liang, the soldiers could Standing on the automatically rising cloud tower, climb directly to the top of the city to attack.

This frees up the hands used to climb the ladder. The soldier can hold a shield to block the arrows from the opposite side, and at the same time, he can cooperate on the lifting floor.

After these warships went into the night, after Yuan Xi's elite troops captured the river locks connecting the moat, they followed the river into the moat and went directly to the city. Then the warships raised cloud towers and hooked the city head, and the soldiers took the opportunity to file into the city.

All this had gone through quite a few drills, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, Yuan Xijun boarded the city. At this time, most of the Taishan bandit defenders on the city wall didn't even know what was happening.

They had never seen such tactics before. Yuan Xijun attacked again at night. Facing the well-trained and well-armed Youzhou elite, the Taishan bandits were vulnerable. Only half an hour later, Donghai was completely defeated.

Yuan Xi was not idle at this time. He asked Zhang Liao to lead troops to attack Jiqiu on the west road, Taishi Ci to lead troops to attack Liqiu on the east road, and Lu Xun to lead a fleet to attack the coastal towns of Langya.

Langya County was previously occupied by Yuan Tan. In order to weaken the Taishan bandits, he asked Zang Ba to lead his troops to leave Taishan County and come to Langya to garrison. He led his troops to station at the Qingzhou border to reorganize the remaining Taishan bandits. Although Zang Ba knew about Yuan Tan Thoughts were on the mind, but there was nothing to do, so I had to make do with it.

This time, he took advantage of the opportunity to attack Langya under the orders of Yuan Tan. He transferred most of his main forces to the vicinity of Qucheng, but unexpectedly, Yuan Xi made dumplings directly.

Without Zang Ba leading the army, only a small number of Taishan bandits were stationed in each city in Langya County. They were no match for Yuan Xi's Zhang Liao and other generals. According to Zhuge Liang's estimation, it would take less than a month to fully occupy Langya.

If Zang Ba surrenders, it will be faster. Now Yuan Xi brought Zhuge Liang to meet Xu Huang. He learned that Xu Huang defeated Zang Ba's men and severely defeated Zang Ba's arrogance. He smiled at Xu Huang and said: "Thank you Gongming for your hard work. Now there are not many choices left for the opponent." .”

While they were talking, the spies reported that Zang Ba had come with his men.

Everyone was a little surprised and thought that Zang Ba was quite courageous. Wasn't he afraid that they would turn against him and chop him?

When Zang Ba strode to the front of the tent, he saw several people waiting in front of the tent door. At a glance, he saw that the person guarding him was a young man with a tall and straight body and an air of calm and self-respect. He knew that this was most likely... Yuan Xi was surprised, and he quickly stepped forward and bowed: "Zang Ba of Mount Tai, I have met the envoy."

When Yuan Xi saw him, he quickly stepped forward and took Zang Ba's arm. He smiled and said, "I have heard about the general's name for a long time. When I meet him today, he is indeed worthy of his reputation. Please come in and talk."

Zang Ba followed Yuan Xi and found that there was a tall and handsome scribe beside him. After they were seated and introduced to each other, he realized that this man turned out to be Yuan Xi's military advisor, who looked like a military general.

But then he heard that the other party was from the Zhuge family in Langya, and it suddenly dawned on him. It turned out that Yuan Xi was interested in the other party's local power in Langya, and that's why he worshiped him as a military advisor, right?

Zhuge Liang took a quick look and knew what Zang Ba was thinking. He just smiled faintly and said, "Liang was born in Langya, which is not far from the general's hometown."

"How many clan members does General Unknown have?"

Zang Ba looked very unhappy after hearing this and said, "There aren't many left. Most of them died in the war."

Zhuge Liang spoke up and said: "Liang's people in Langya are not even ten out of ten."

"There are those who fled, and many died in the Xuzhou massacre in recent years."

"In a military disaster, no matter whether you are a wealthy family or a commoner, there is no way to survive. The general should understand this truth."

Zang Ba was silent, and then listened to Zhuge Liang: "The general's response is to gather the refugees, occupy the mountains as bandits, and use troops against troops."

"But has the general ever considered that this is not a long-term solution?"

Zang Ba sighed, "Of course I know, but is there any other way out?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Of course."

"Yuan Shijun relieved the people and put an end to the chaos. The general abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. This is the time."

At this time, Yin Li said: "The person behind the general is Cao Shijun who supports the emperor. I don't know what Yuan Shijun's identity is?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "That's a good question, general."

"Although everyone knows that Cao Cao is holding the Emperor hostage, when it comes to the status of the Emperor's edict, the Lord's side is definitely not as good as Cao Cao. After all, the Emperor is in his hands."

"But I want to ask the general a question."

"If status is really so important, why did you rebel in the first place?"

Yin Li choked at this and was speechless. Zhuge Liang took advantage of the situation and said: "And the one you are all attached to is still the Second Massacre of Xuzhou Cao Cao. I wonder what your dead tribesmen and ancestors will think if they still have spirits in heaven?"

"You rebelling and self-reliant are disloyal, and you are willing to obey the orders of enemies who slaughter your people, which is unfilial. Do you want to be regarded as disloyal and unfilial by the world?"

"It's even more ridiculous to talk about people who have taken refuge in you. Yuan Tan betrayed the Yuan family, Duke Ben Chu died without seeing his filial piety at his bedside, Cao Cao sent his father as a hostage, held the emperor hostage, and had no laws of heaven. These are all He is an unfaithful, unfilial, and ambitious person, but you are so willing to bow down. Liang is really sighing for it."

After saying these words, all the Taishan bandits and generals present blushed. Zang Ba thought to himself: Why is this military advisor so vicious and heart-wrenching?

He calmed down and said to Zhuge Liang: "We have no choice but to survive."

"According to what the military advisor said, if we take refuge in the envoy, the envoy will be able to clear our name?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Of course."

"As long as you have the power to rectify your names."

Zang Ba's expression was stern. The meaning of these words was very intriguing.

(End of this chapter)