A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 403: The former crown prince has no honey, and meets the old subordinates again to control the monkey.

October
Yuan Shu took dozens of attendants and hid in Tibet all the way, and finally arrived at Ying County in Taishan County. Going further north, over Mount Tai, he could reach Zhu'a County in Pingyuan County.

Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou, has already stationed elite troops in Zhu'a County to welcome Yuan Shu and others who come at any time.

"You, go and heat up a can of honey soup for me. I want to keep myself warm!"

It was October, and the weather was already very cold. Four months had passed since I received Yuan Shao's reply in June in an unknown valley east of Shouchun.

Not only had the military rations been at their lowest for many days, but there was also no way to keep warm. This made it difficult for Yuan Shu, a great man of his generation, and even an "emperor" who had enjoyed the best things in the world, to endure it.

"Your Majesty, there is no more honey in the team. Why don't you go and make some snow for you to warm yourself up?" The only eunuch who followed him said submissively.

The dozens of people following Yuan Shu are all loyal soldiers who are loyal to him. They are the last support for him to live and work. And the eunuch is afraid of those soldiers who are like wolves and tigers, which is why he is so humble, otherwise Yuan Shu would have been on his way long ago. .

"You dog slave, I want to drink honey, I want to drink honey!" When Yuan Shu heard that there was no honey, he seemed to go crazy. He grabbed the eunuch's collar and stared at him with a pair of bloodshot eyes.

The eunuch was frightened out of his wits, and exclaimed with a look of fear: "Your Majesty, it's really gone. The honey I brought with you has been used up. It's really gone."

"I don't care, I want honey, I want honey!!!"

Yuan Shu pushed the eunuch to the ground and ran wildly in the snow, shouting to the sky. The scrawny sergeant on the side who was also hungry took out the saber from his waist and looked dangerously at the eunuch who collapsed on the ground like a pack of hungry wolves. As long as Yuan Shu ordered him to be executed, they would swarm him. , chop it into meat sauce.

Then today's rations are available, which is why in the past few months, there were more than ten eunuchs and maids in the beginning, but now there is only this one.

They are Yuan Shu's dead soldiers. They can no longer be called human beings. They have no thoughts of their own. As long as Yuan Shu issues an order, they can kill themselves on the spot. Therefore, in such a desperate situation, as long as it is beneficial to protect Yuan Shu, they can Do.

After going crazy for a while, Yuan Shu came back with his hair disheveled, and saw that he no longer showed any sign of his previous madness, but had a calm expression on his face.

"I saw a few families in front of me. They need food to cross Mount Tai. You go and get it. We will set off tonight."

After the dozens of dead soldiers in front of him heard Yuan Shu's order, except for the dozen or so protection personnel left behind, the rest of them were like vicious dogs, heading towards the direction where Yuan Shu came from just now.

The eunuch knew that he had saved another life.

Three days later, the tragic situation that occurred at the Tuntian stronghold where more than a hundred people gathered here was discovered by the Tuntian camp, and was reported to the top step by step.

The old Junhou looked at the bloodstains on the floor and the bloodstains on the walls in front of him, but he did not find a body, and all the houses were looted.

Veterans who have been in the military all year round can tell at a glance that the perpetrators have a military background, and they act very violently. They don't hide it at all. They just rush in and kill them. Their whereabouts can be seen as they walk towards the mountains. went.

"Trouble, the rebels are coming!" The old military lord looked at the civil servants in front of him with a solemn face. They were an investigation team sent by Captain Diannong.

The clerk also frowned and asked, "Are there many people?"

The old Junhou sighed: "It depends on the findings of several other young men, but there is little hope. The snow has been heavy recently, and the traces have been covered up."

"Marquis, we found traces of a small army staying five hundred meters away!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Junhou immediately went with the civil servants to the place where Yuan Shu and others stayed.

After carefully pushing aside the snow and searching, the old military marquis came to the civil servant and handed over a bandage left on the armor's stomach: "More than fifty people, wearing armor, don't look like rebels, but more like A certain general’s personal troops.”

The civil servant looked at the gathering place in the distance, then at this place, then at the majestic Mount Tai, and decided: "Let's go, we people are no match for them, go back and report it, and let the superiors decide how to deal with it."

One day later, when the captain of Diannong School in charge of this area learned about it, he immediately reported it to Bai Dian, the commander of Diannong. Two days later, Bai Dian, who received the report from the captain, thought about it again and again, and decided to send a team of 300 people and give instructions. The main focus was on the veteran military princes, who were ordered to follow the traces of the rebels into the mountains. They did not seek merit, but wanted to know the identities of these people.

The Lao Junhou was an old pawn who had followed Liu Bei for several years and had always served as a scout in the army. However, he was injured during the attack on Pei State and was assigned by Liu Bei to serve as a military lord in the Tuntian Camp. He enjoyed his old age in peace.

The search lasted for a week, and except for the sight of hundreds of people who had been killed in a natural hole in the mountain, there was no other news.

In the end, Bai Dian had no choice but to call a halt and ordered the troops in Yingxian County to increase their preparedness to guard against sneak attacks by the rebels in the mountains.

A few days later, a eunuch who had obviously experienced great stimulation came to Ying County to surrender and asked the county magistrate for Yuan Shu's reward.

After Bai Dian got the news, he personally brought his people and followed the eunuch into the mountains. One day later, he saw Yuan Shu's frozen body in a cave, as well as dozens of sergeants who had committed suicide at the entrance of the cave.

It turned out that after Yuan Shu killed hundreds of people and entered the mountains, the leading villagers deliberately led them astray, and they entered a famous mysterious forest in Mount Tai.

Although the guide was killed in the end, it was of no avail. In addition, Yuan Shu suddenly contracted the cold after entering the mountain. In the end, he had to die in this cave. Seeing this, the dozens of dead soldiers who accompanied him also left one after another. The eunuch was left shivering alone. Fortunately, the eunuch was clever and detoured, writing down the route and leaving marks at the same time. Then he walked out of the dense forest, and then surrendered decisively to Liu Beijun, hoping to get Yuan Shu's reward so that he could live the rest of his life.

As for why Cao Cao was not approached, compared with Liu Bei, Cao Cao was obviously more of a man of integrity.

Bai Dian crossed over the corpse of the sergeant who had committed suicide and was frozen to death, and came to Yuan Shu. He groped him expressionlessly, and finally he found a seal in his left pocket. He took it out and saw that it was indeed lost. The jade seal of the country.

Seeing that no one was watching, he immediately put Yuan Shu's body in his arms and ordered that Yuan Shu's body be taken back and the rest buried on the spot.

At the end of October, the old soldier, whose face was flushed by the cold wind and covered with white frost, returned to Xiapi and met his general.

"Haha, Lao Yu, why are you here?" Liu Bei looked happy when he saw the old Junhou, and kept patting him on the shoulder.

The old Junhou also looked extremely excited, not at all as deep as he was in front of others when he was in Ying County: "General, Lao Yu, I finally see you again."

"How is it? Are your feet feeling better?" Liu Bei led him into the palace, sat down in front of the stove, and let him warm himself.

"It's okay. Thank you for your concern, General. I'm just missing a foot. What a big deal. If General needs it, I can kill a few thieves for you."

Liu Bei was also very happy to see his old friend and chatted a lot with him, because as his status became higher and higher, there were fewer and fewer old brothers who came out from Zhuoxian or Youzhou with him.

Guan Yuyuan was training troops in Qingzhou, Zhang Fei was guarding Sun Ce in Guangling, Jian Yong was away all year round negotiating with other princes, and Bai Jin was busy with business affairs in various places. Only Zhao Yun was always appointed by him as the guard general Zhonglang and as the commander of his own soldiers. , stay with me.

"By the way, general, this is the letter our lieutenant general will give you!"

The old Junhou wiped the grease stains from his mouth and took out the letter from Bai Dian to Liu Bei.

After taking the letter, Liu Bei was about to open it and read it. When he saw the old military lord looking directly at him, he smiled and handed over the half-eaten meat.

The old Junhou took it over with a smile, and said while eating: "General, as you are now a minister, you must have a lot of meat. I am old enough to eat an extra piece, so it shouldn't be a problem."

Liu Bei laughed loudly and didn't care. Instead, he asked Zhao Yun to go and get more dried meat and some wine, and then read the letter by the fire.

After reading it, Liu Bei smiled and said to the old army lord: "Old Yu, I'm afraid you can't drink anymore. I have something to ask you to do immediately. Once it's done, I'll transfer you to my army as a Sima."

Lao Junhou immediately put down the meat: "Seriously!"

"You do not trust me?"

"Hey, General, please give me your orders. I am obligated to do so."

Soon, the old Junhou changed his horse and headed towards Qingzhou in the wind and snow with dozens of knights sent to him by Liu Bei.

A few days later, Liu Bei received the jade seal passed down from the country and read the words below: "As ordered by heaven, you will live forever!"

Liu Bei was a little moved, but in the end he suppressed his desire, wrapped it in fine silk cloth, and put it in a box that had been prepared.

In the days that followed, Liu Bei acted as usual, as if none of this had happened, and Yuan Shu's whereabouts also became a mystery. No one in the world knows where Yuan Shu went after the city of Shouchun was destroyed.

Five years of Jian'an
New Year
Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou who did not wait for Yuan Shu at Zhu'a, canceled Zhu'a's large garrison and reported the news to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao, who was dreaming of being an emperor, heard that he had not received Yuan Shu, which meant that the imperial seal was lost. He was very angry, but could not vent his anger.

Thinking of the routes Yuan Shu mentioned in his letter, they were basically in Liu Bei's defense area, so there was a high probability that Liu Bei would get them.

But he had no evidence, so he couldn't say that he had an affair with Yuan Shu. When the time came, Liu Bei denied it again, and then said that he had accepted Yuan Shu's imperial edict.

Xu Du would definitely not tolerate the emergence of a second imperial court, and the Bai Kingdom publicly refused to recognize it, and even Zhongjiaguo, who was opposed to Yuan Shu, would become the next Yuan Shu and be targeted by the public if this was revealed.

But since the guess is in Liu Bei's hands, and Cao Cao is across the Yellow River, it is difficult to attack. But Liu Bei is different. He occupies Pingyuan County and can attack Qingzhou from Pingyuan.

When the time comes, Cao Cao will definitely hope to see both himself and Liu Bei suffer, and will even join him in attacking Liu Bei.

So Yuan Shao began to summon his advisers and began to discuss the matter of attacking Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)