Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 847 Exchange Conditions

As for Zhuge Liang's suggestion of who would host Langya's battle against Cao Jun, Yuan Xi thought about it and said, "Let Zhang Liao go."

Zhuge Liang was a little surprised after hearing this and said: "I know that General Wenyuan has great military exploits and is qualified as a general, but now it is a bit unstable for him to take charge of the defense of a region, especially when facing Cao Cao?"

Yuan Xi sighed: "But he is already the most suitable."

"And this battle doesn't require him to be very good, but to let him fight well enough that it doesn't matter if he suffers a small loss, as long as he can deceive Cao Cao."

"I can't send Boyan there. He has too many ideas and it's easy for Cao Cao to see that something is wrong."

"And Wen Yuan is not ignorant of advance and retreat. He will not let his soldiers die. As for being on his own, I believe he will have the ability sooner or later."

Zhuge Liang heard this and knew that Yuan Xi had inexplicable confidence in Zhang Liao, just like himself. There must be Yuan Xi's own reasons in it, and Zhuge Liang could guess some of it.

Excluding the factor of stargazing, if Yuan Xi takes Qingzhou next, the territory under his rule will expand rapidly. By then, there will not be enough civil servants and military generals. What Yuan Xi needs to do now is to train in advance the governor who can govern a state. The talents of a county.

Zhuge Liang casually discussed the follow-up matters with Yuan Xi and went out to arrange everything.

Immediately, seven or eight intelligence lines were put into operation. The spies moved forward by water and sent intelligence to all parties in the war zone as quickly as possible.

The pungent burnt smell arose, but Yuan Shang enjoyed it quite a lot. The pain in his abdomen tortured him day and night, making him almost numb. His hot forehead reminded him that he was not going to die soon.

Therefore, as the lord, the most effective way to control the war situation is to go to the front line in person, or to find talents worthy of the big task to lead the army alone, just like Yuan Xi expected of Zhuge.

That day, Yuan Shang's letter was taken out of Yecheng by a messenger and headed all the way to Qinghe County. A few days later, the messenger arrived at Julu at the junction of Wei County and Qinghe and presented Yuan Shang's letter to Yuan Tan.

Seeing the hurriedly mobilized soldiers, he knew that he would have nothing to do within a few days, and then he would have to wait for the outcome of the battle between Cao Jun and his men at Langya.

However, Yuan Xi could not relax. Different from the real-time communication methods of later generations, even if the information of this era was transmitted at the ideal fastest speed, there would still be a delay of several days or even ten days between the two states. This was difficult for the ever-changing war situation. It's still too slow.

"If I do this, at least the family property will not fall into the hands of outsiders."

However, Cao Cao's army was well prepared and dispatched more than a dozen generals from Cao's camp. Both sides invested tens of thousands of troops in total. With Kaiyang City as the center, they launched an extremely brutal attack and defense. In the end, both sides suffered more than tens of thousands of casualties, and Cao Cao's army was defeated. They were forced to retreat to Pingchang for repairs and at the same time forcibly recruited troops locally.

Moreover, when the spies found Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi had already led his troops to lurk at the junction of Qingzhou Plain and Qinghe River in Jizhou, and was marching secretly and slowly.

The kit had been opened and he had read the contents inside. Yuan Shang clenched the kit tightly and finally threw it into the brazier in front of him.

Therefore, the issuance of many orders is based on predicting the enemy's movements. If things do not develop as predicted, the entire battle situation will greatly deviate.

Yuan Shang said calmly: "I don't have long to live anyway. You all have children at home, so there is no need to accompany me to death."

He smiled helplessly. The strategy in this kit was indeed the most likely way for him to get revenge.

In Yecheng, Yuan Shang took Yuan Xi's secret letter and the wax-sealed brocade bag with a very troubled expression.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth. He originally fought for the family property to leave a way out, but Yuan Tan, you ignored the blood relationship and killed him, so don't blame me for being unjust!

When Yuan Shang told his advisers his plan the next day, all the advisers present were shocked and speechless.

The reason for this is that he is waiting for possible changes in Jizhou. As for when it will happen, he can only leave it to fate.

He is quite proud, because Jizhou is a populous state. The Qinghe area he currently occupies alone has more than 100,000 households and nearly 800,000 people.

Taishi Ci led his generals to let the soldiers and the people recuperate while reinforcing the defenses of Langya City. At the same time, he sent a letter to Yuan Xi to report the situation. When the message was sent to Yuan Xi, more than ten days had passed since Yuan Xi sent Zhang Liao to send troops to assist Langya. .

After hearing Yuan Shang's words, Shen Pei shook his head and sighed, Tian Feng had an angry look on his face, Xu You had a gloomy face, Xun Chen looked dull, but Xin Pi breathed a sigh of relief.

At that time, Yuan Tan was encroaching on Qinghe city by city on the pretext of opening up the grain route, and at the same time he was trying to find a way to prevent Cao Renle, who was accompanying him, from occupying the city.

In the days that followed, battle reports continued to come in. According to spies, the Cao army that entered Langya was attacked by the two armies of Zhang Liao and Tai Shici who arrived. Zang Hongchangfen and others who were defending in the city also took the opportunity to rush out.

Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao and others led soldiers to attack Pingchang City. After a few days, the city was defeated, Cao's army withdrew, and the crisis in Langya County was relieved.

If he hadn't been afraid of conflict with Yuan Xi's army who entered Bohai, he would have occupied Bohai long ago. You know, Bohai County has more people than Qinghe, nearly a million people!

He was quite disdainful, thinking that Yuan Xi was just a hypocrite. He talked about joining forces with Yuan Shang, but when he heard the news of the assassination of the other party, didn't he immediately start to rob Bohai County?

But I don't care anymore. Occupying Wei County where Ye City is located is better than anything else. Then I won't have to look at Cao Cao's face anymore!

Of course, Yuan Tan knew that Cao Cao would never let him get Ye City so easily, so he deliberately slowed down, first took advantage, and then waited for an opportunity to seize Ye City before Cao Cao could react!

However, what makes Yuan Tan depressed is that Cao Cao has flooded Ye City. Although the water level is not high, only more than a foot, many siege tactics cannot be used. This gives Yuan Tan a headache. How can he capture Ye City?

Now, there are all his advisers and generals here. Along the way, many wealthy families who were waiting to see Yuan Shang immediately defected to Yuan Tan as soon as they heard that Yuan Shang was assassinated, and many family members who wanted to become officials were sent to him.

Although Yuan Tan was disdainful, this was the time for him to employ people. If he captured Jizhou, he would definitely place his confidants in place.

Now, the person below was boasting, but it was Yuan Yao who had just defected. As the mastermind of the assassination of Yuan Shang, he was boasting with a proud face, completely unaware of the disdainful looks cast by others. At this time, a soldier came in and said that a messenger was coming from Yecheng.

When everyone heard this, they all fell silent. After a while, the soldiers brought the messenger up, and saw him presenting the bamboo tube with the secret letter sealed.

Guo Tu asked his soldiers to open the lacquer seal of the bamboo tube. When he saw that there was nothing inside except a roll of silk, he started to check it. He did not read what was written on it. After finding out the abnormality, he handed it over to Yuan Tan. .

After Yuan Tan took it, he smiled at everyone and said, "My brother has a very tough temper. It doesn't look like he is asking for peace, but he looks like he is scolding me."

Everyone hurriedly flattered him, saying that Yuan Shang no longer had the ability to fight Yuan Tan, and he was just a stubborn duck trying to cover up his weakness.

Yuan Tan took the silk and started to read it. As he looked at it, his originally frivolous expression became complicated. He unconsciously glanced at the people below before continuing to read.

All the counselors also felt that Yuan Tan looked wrong and looked at each other, and the place became quiet.

Yuan Tan looked at it several times, and finally, under the uneasy gazes of everyone, he sighed: "My third brother really gave me a big problem."

Everyone became confused, problem?

What else does Yuan Shang have now that can threaten Yuan Tan's capital?

Yuan Tan waved to Guo Tu to step forward, handed the silk book into Guo Tu's hand, and said, "Take a look."

Guo Tu was puzzled, but he immediately took it over to read the content. As he looked at it, the look on his face became wonderful.

Guo Tu didn't expect that Yuan Shang came straight to the point and wanted to surrender!

Yuan Shang said that if he fought to the death with Yuan Tan before his death, he was confident that he could stop Yuan Tan, but he was not going to die soon. The internal fighting of the Yuan family not only made the world laugh, but also ended badly for the Yuan family, so he thought about it. Go and decide to give up the position of head of Yecheng and the Yuan family to Yuan Tan.

Of course, this is not without conditions. First, Yuan Tan must ensure the safety of Yuan Shang's family, and second, he must hand over Yuan Yao, the murderer of Yuan Shang.

In addition, Yuan Shang of Bohai County has been given to Yuan Xi. After that, all counties in Jizhou are taken by Yuan Tan.

Of course, if Yuan Tan insists on pushing hard, Yuan Shang will surrender to the Cao army besieging Yecheng and welcome the opponent into the city, leaving Yuan Tan with nothing to gain.

After Guo Tu read it, he was shocked. Is this really an idea thought up by Yuan Shang's counselors?

Because this decision seems to be of no benefit to them at all!

In addition, the conditions set out in this letter seemed quite real. Not only did the murderer need to be tracked down, but the vicious tiger was also given benefits. The conditions were listed in such detail, and it seemed to be the result of careful consideration, at least from Guo Tu's perspective. Look, it doesn’t look fake at all.

Seeing Guo Tu finish reading, Yuan Tan said, "What do you think, Gongze?"

Guo Tu hesitated and said, "This..."

Yuan Tan said: "It doesn't matter, I can read out the public principles and let everyone listen and come up with ideas."

After Guo Tu finished reciting, Yuan Yao, who was sitting below, started shaking like chaff. He really didn't expect that Yuan Shang would trade Yecheng for his life in order to take revenge!

This kind of choice is something that any normal person knows how to choose. Now I can say that I am of no use to Yuan Tan. I can trade my life for Ye City and make a lot of money!

He knelt on the ground, kowtowed as hard as he could, and said in a tearful tone: "Please spare your life, please spare my life!"

At that moment, an official in the hall sneered, "How do you know that a person who betrays his master and commits an assassination will not betray his envoy again?"

Yuan Yao cursed in his heart, the wind direction was changing too fast, that was not what he said when he came here!

As soon as one person spoke, everyone began to discuss, most of them in favor of handing Yuan Yao over. After hearing this, Yuan Yao's face turned pale and he collapsed on the ground.

Yuan Tan said aloud: "This may be a divorce plan. I'll think about it carefully and take him down to take care of him first."

As soon as he spoke out, everyone knew that Yuan Yao was finished.

But no one Yuan Yao interceded, who would speak for such a person?

Yuan Tan was hesitating. He suspected that it was Yuan Shang's delaying strategy and wanted to think carefully before making a decision.

But something happened the next day that he didn't expect.

(End of this chapter)