Lord Yuan

Chapter 221 General Yang of Du Liao continues his journey to Liaodong

Being exaggerated by his subordinates with high morale, even Zhou Cang himself became passionate.

Immediately, he galloped towards Zhao Yun.

However, under such an absolute disparity in strength, even though Zhou Cang had tried his best, slashing left and right with the sword in his hand, he had a powerful force that no one could stop, but in front of Zhao Yun, everything was in vain.

Under the light of swords and shadows, the surrounding bandits could only vaguely see that their leader was once again at a disadvantage, with several wounds appearing on his body.

Zhou Cang took advantage of Zhao Yun's movement and quickly turned his horse's head and walked away. Along the way, the blood dripping from the horse's back was buried in the ground.

"This guy is really unstoppable.!"

Zhou Cang took several breaths in succession. His tense mind just now made him completely forget that he was seriously injured. When he came back to his senses, the hormones in his body began to quickly occupy the nerves, and the continuous heart-breaking pain could not be relieved at all.

Pei Yuanshao's expression on the side was gloomy. He did not expect that even so, Zhou Cang was still in danger. He had no less than three fatal wounds on his body. Even the armor next to his chest was crumbling and blood was stained all over his body.

Zhou Cang, why aren’t you dead yet?
Pei Yuanshao immediately showed a comforting look. Under the eyes of many tribesmen, he walked straight to Zhou Cang and whispered admonishment: "I know that the leader of the village has done many brave things, but now I never thought that he would be killed by someone." The young boy was so shocked that he lost his mind and fell into despair."

Zhou Cang looked puzzled and was about to retort, you didn't really fight with Zhao Yun, you only talked behind him. If you had so many bullet holes in your body, you would have been killed long ago!
"Although the leader of the village is seriously injured, he needs to recuperate. Now that Zhao Yun is blocking him from plundering, if word spreads, all the people in the middle of our village will flee. How can they choose to support you, the leader of the village?"

"It depends on you, so what?"

Pei Yuanshao gave up and turned to point at the guard formation beside the carriage.

"There are about five thousand people in the middle of our village. The village leader relies on his bravery, but he also needs to understand that there is something beyond the sky. This Zhao Yunjin is just a man riding alone, and he can almost kill the village leader on the spot."

Zhou Cang's face instantly became extremely ugly. Even though he was unable to withstand Zhao Yun's successive attacks, he and Pei Yuanshao were in the same camp after all.

Now it seems that Pei Yuanshao is revealing in his words that he only relied on force to occupy the things in the stronghold, and now he has become dwindled when he encounters a strong enemy.

Even at this time, the eyes of the people in the middle of the village looking at him began to become confusing, and they completely lost the initial admiration and respect.

Even when the Yellow Turban Rebellion started, he had contacted many chivalrous and heroic people in the same county to unite and occupy the hilltop, which made him gain a lot.

However, once the harvest deteriorated, and the Yellow Turban Army in the nearby area was already torn apart under Yuan Shao's heavy blow, they could never recover to the feat of besieging Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty.

He sighed, but wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in Pei Yuanshao's gourd.

"You go ahead."

Pei Yuanshao smiled confidently and pointed at the carriage, "Although the enemy's army is elite, their men and horses are not as good as our own. Although the village leader's hasty attack disrupted my deployment and greatly reduced the morale of the people in the middle of our village, the advantage remains after all." In my hands, I only need to mobilize all the people in the village, like a tiger descending from the mountain, why bother to choose to tangle with Zhao Yun, otherwise the village owner will end up like this."

"Looking at the posture of his guards, it is obvious that the person in the carriage must have a high status. If we can capture him, we are afraid that Zhao Yun will not listen to our wishes. No matter how much we know about the benefits or the promise of huge benefits, we may not be able to capture him. For my use.”

As Pei Yuanshao finished speaking, the surrounding tribesmen all showed expressions of deep understanding. Even those tribesmen who had always been loyal to Zhou Cang began to lose their last line of defense.

"It's really not what a man would do to act like this." Zhou Cang hesitated again and again, but still did not intend to implement Pei Yuanshao's plan.

Suddenly, the tribesmen burst into sighs.

The more this happens, the happier Pei Yuanshao becomes.

"Don't you hear, why do men have to stick to the rules of ordinary people? The village leader's decision makes me very disappointed. You just want to be a man to support yourself, but we are still living, and everyone in the family has to support us. .”

After saying that, someone said angrily: "Master of the village, what the third master said is absolutely true. Nothing is more important than filling our stomachs. We are willing to follow the master of the village to gather here, but we do not want to do anything like a man. If the village If the Lord doesn’t allow it, I will go down the mountain and find another way out!”

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

Seeing the surrounding tribesmen being so beguiled by Pei Yuanshao's few words that they were about to disperse, Zhou Cang, who was already seriously injured, felt a surge of blood rushing to his throat.

"Third Leader, you, alas." Zhou Cang didn't know how to evaluate Pei Yuanshao.

At this time, Zhao Yun was shocked when he saw that Zhou Cang was picked up several wounds one after another by his bright silver spear, but he could still gallop forward.

Seeing that no one showed up for a long time, Zhao Yun immediately turned around and came to Yuan Shao's chariot.

"Who is that?"

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "My name is Zhou Cang. He is currently entrenched here and wants to plunder."

Zhou Cang can be said to be the best choice for a heavily armored warrior.

Like Zhou Tai, even if he is seriously injured, he can still gallop on the battlefield with his own will.

Yuan Shao suddenly showed an eager expression and looked at the vague figures on the top of the mountain.

"How did it feel to fight against Zhou Cang?"

"Although that man's moves are a bit reckless, and he often has the potential to open and close. If he were on the battlefield, he would be a fierce general. But now he has become a bandit and is entangled with a group of yellow turban thieves. It is difficult to achieve great things!"

"How does it compare to you?"

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment: "You can give me as much as you want."

Yuan Shao smiled and said: "Zilong made a mistake."

Zhao Yun smiled.

Before the two of them could continue talking, suddenly, the sound of galloping was heard not far away.

What came into view was the overwhelming dust, and numerous bandits in different costumes were shouting and shooing them down.

"Zhao Yun takes his life!"

"If you dare to hurt my village leader, you will have to pay with blood!" Yuan Shao's expression remained unchanged. He was about to step out of the carriage and climb onto the horse, but Zhao Yun immediately stopped him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yuan, just wait for me to charge and kill you, so we can resolve this siege!"

The two parties were in a stalemate, and it was unknown who was the first to move forward and kill. Suddenly, the shouts of killing were loud on the battlefield.

However, what Zhao Yun did not expect was that this group of people did not pay attention to his group at all. Many people immediately jumped over Zhao Yun and wanted to move towards Yuan Shao.

Zhao Yun looked angry and shouted angrily: "Where is Baima Yi from?"

"exist!"

The all-white war cavalry stood up in response.

"Don't let anyone rush in front of Yuan Jun, otherwise you will be recorded as a big demerit!"

In an instant, as Baima Yicong joined the battlefield, the situation was completely one-sided.

This group, mixed with the Yellow Turban remnants, has no other advantages except their large number.

Many of the bandit tribesmen, who rushed back after being hit head-on, showed frightened expressions. Compared with the war horses, humans were ultimately powerless.

Within a moment, the situation on the battlefield changed drastically.

Yuan Shao was not afraid, even though it was obvious that he was no more than a hundred steps away.

It can be said that although he is serving as a guard and living in the deep palace of Luoyang, his absolute foundation is still in Liaodong, thousands of miles away.

At this stage, Yangxu had actually begun to gradually enter the territory of Youzhou. Although he had not yet reached the territory of Liaodong, he could not help but be surprised by the many things he experienced along the way.

In Youzhou, which had been disturbed by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it had gradually begun to regain its vitality. The thousands of Li people who had been with the Yellow Turbans in the past also began to choose to take root in Liaodong and Liaoxi.

After completely opening up the distance between the two, eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning have actually become one. Although it is still far from the scene when Yuan Shao was there, it has begun to show its appearance thanks to the hard work of officials from all over the country. A thriving situation.

It can be said that under the premise that Yang Xu did not know the specific situation, as long as he did not make a mistake that was difficult to reverse, relying on the many conveniences in eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning at this time, and the officials' hands-on work, the Li common people reclaimed wasteland and had no fixed place to live. The refugees also began to have their own homes.

When his term of office expires and everything goes well, as a disciple of the Yang family, he will definitely follow Yuan Shao's path and be directly promoted from the original position of prefect to Jiuqing of Luoyang.

Starting from Yuan Shao's precedent, General Du Liao, who was clearly acting as a firefighter, began to undergo earth-shaking changes in his status. Even General Du Liao, who had always been criticized by officials in the customs, actually became an important officer. Most importantly, even Yang Ci chose to have a hand in this matter.

Not only can it weaken Yuan Shao's military power and relieve Liu Hong from potential crises hidden in the dark, it is also a good opportunity to greatly weaken the Yuan family's power.

In the party prison, in addition to the Yuan family who was able to survive and even rise to the top because of Yuan She, there was also Yang Ci who was the emperor's teacher. Yang Ci, who was the absolute backbone of the Hongnong Yang family, was naturally entrusted with important tasks by Liu Hong. , together with the Yang family, they even unlocked the achievements of the Four Worlds and Three Dukes before the Yuan family.

In the various contests between the two sides, overt and covert fights, in fact, the precursors of partisanship have appeared overtly or covertly in the court.

The Yang family has become a unique royalist. With the blessing of this special status, Yang Ci does not need to think too much. What kind of thighs can be thicker than Liu Hong's thighs?

In order to break this situation, the Yuan family naturally needs to unite the forces of all parties, and the Taiping Sect is also one of them. Of course, this kind of thing is done in secret, even if it is actually known to all, but for the sake of many The wealthy families were able to lift the ban on the party. It is not difficult to imagine how much risk the Yuan family's efforts paid.

Fortunately, the result was good. On the second day of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Liu Hong lifted the party's imprisonment at Lu Qiang's suggestion, and took advantage of the situation to activate Huangfu Song and others among the scholars.

In view of the fact that the Yuan family has been involved in a lot of activities, other aristocratic families follow his lead. Although they are not obedient, they seem to have begun to gradually move closer to him and concentrate their efforts as much as possible.

At this time, Yuan Shao, as the general of Du Liao, deserved to be noticed by those who failed to curry favor with the Yuan family.

As a result, Yuan Shao was recalled in confusion due to a rumor that started at an unknown time.

Although Liu Hong had his own considerations in this, in fact, the memorials below have been piled up, all praising Yuan Shao for his actions and deserving his Majesty's reward.

However, Yuan Feng, Yuan Wei and others were not satisfied with this result.

Obviously outside, he was able to give full play to the prestige of the Yuan family and develop absolute strength as much as possible, but with the help of a group of pig teammates, this arm was cut off abruptly.

Fortunately, in the end, the Yuan family received Jiu Qing as compensation, which in the eyes of Yuan Feng and others was a blessing in disguise.

After all, if you really calculate it, Wei Wei's authority is much higher than that of General Du Liao.

Now that Yuan Shao can serve as Jiuqing at such a young age, as long as he doesn't commit suicide, he can run it again in the future and spend a little money to unlock the fifth and third princes of the Yuan family.

However, under the premise of all this, Yang Xu could not discover that in addition to [-] elite cavalry, Yuan Shao also had a large and well-equipped crossbow cavalry battalion. Even the powerful local gentry had all switched their camps to Yuan Shao's side. , even Gongsun Du, the governor of Xuantu County at this time and the head of the Gongsun family, was more of a retainer of Yuan Shao in a strict sense.

These things cannot see the light of day at all for the time being.

The matter of the [-] cavalrymen can still be solved through the Yellow Turban Uprising, but the large number of crossbow cavalry battalions is completely unexplainable.

Therefore, when Yuan Shao left, he had already foreseen such an outcome in advance.

With the consultation of Yu Xun Chen, Xu You, Cheng Yu and others, Yuan Shao dared to go into battle lightly and rushed to Luoyang.

Yang Xu came now with the emperor's special will, and no one else knew about it except Yang Ci.

Whenever Yuan Shao committed any illegal acts or was reported to have attempted rebellion, Yang Xu had the right to kill him first and then report later. For these long-renowned generals in the frontier fortress, Yang Xu naturally had a sense of superiority.

This is the sense of superiority of being an official of Luoyang. In addition, this place is a bitter cold place that everyone knows. Compared with it, Luoyang is like heaven and earth.

It can be said that the appearance of Yang Xu did create a sense of crisis for Yuan Shao's arrangements in Liaodong.

As a competitor, Yang Xu will naturally not miss such a good opportunity. As long as he can successfully trip up Yuan Shao and make the Yuan family lose its mainstay, then the Yang family will naturally have an absolute advantage. .

Fortunately, Xu You and others are extremely resourceful people.

Although Yang Xu prides himself on being somewhat talented, he still has enough knowledge of his abilities. His mission is to collect as much evidence as possible about Yuan Shao's intention to rebel, so as to completely destroy the towering tree of the Yuan family. .

(End of this chapter)