The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 350 Zhen Mi
The vanguard was Dian Wei. After seeing Yuan Shao, he did not launch an attack, but instead sent a message to Qin Shou.

"Where is Qin Shou? Come out and answer me."

Yuan Shao held a long sword in his hand. Although his face looked bad, his eyes were bright and shining. He was wearing a suit of golden armor and looked extremely majestic. Even if he was defeated, he still showed the demeanor of a son of a noble family.

"Benchu, you lost."

Qin Shou looked at Yuan Shao in front of him calmly. The victor makes you a king and the loser makes you a bandit. Qin Shou had no sympathy for anyone in his heart. Born in troubled times, if he was defeated, his ending would be even worse than Yuan Shao's.

"If it weren't for Meng De's incompetence and Gong Lu's arrogance, how could you be where you are today?" Yuan Shao pointed the sword in his hand at him and shouted, "Prime Minister, you are the best general in the world, are you willing to give me a ride?"

Qin Shou remained silent after hearing this. Logically, he was the winner and had extraordinary martial arts skills. It would be a very happy thing for him to go forward to help the opponent and kill him with his own hands.

After all, the man in front of him was a descendant of three ministers for four generations and one of the top families in the Han Dynasty. He once controlled four states in the Han Dynasty and was the most powerful warlord in the world. He was also one of Qin Shou's powerful enemies.

It must have been a very happy thing for Qin Shou to kill such a person.

"Benchu, just go ahead and feel free! I will take care of your family." Qin Shou's eyes flickered, and he decided not to fight for this honor. Who knows what Yuan Shao wants to do.

When a person is about to die, no one knows whether he is willing to die or wants to die with him! I have a bright future, why would I fight with Yuan Shao?

"It turns out that the Prime Minister is also a person who cherishes his life."

Yuan Shao felt disappointed, but there was a hint of disdain in his voice, as if he despised Qin Shou's character.

"This old dog really wants to plot against me. It's possible that he wants to take advantage of the time when I go to kill him and then shoot me to death with a volley of arrows." Qin Shou was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he looked ahead with a serious expression.

The higher the position, the more precious one's life is. What if he is shot to death by arrows? Just like this old dog in front of him, he just wants to die with him.

After all, his son is still very young. Once he dies, his subordinates will not be able to seriously assist the young master, and may even swallow up Qin Shou's foundation.

How could Qin Shou let this happen? He raised the whip in his hand and swung it forward, and the cavalry behind him immediately attacked the enemy.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, thousands of crossbow arrows were seen shooting towards the Cavalry Army. They were so dense that it looked like rain, which made people terrified.

"Old dog, you really want to shoot me."

Qin Shou saw it clearly, and a look of shock and anger appeared on his face.

These crossbow arrows were clearly meant for a powerful general like him. If he hadn't decided to stay hidden, he would have been seriously injured if not killed by these crossbow arrows.

"Kill." When Yuan Shao saw Qin Shou hiding behind him, he immediately realized that his plan had failed. After a sigh, he ordered the attack without hesitation.

But he rode his horse quietly, looked around with eyes full of nostalgia, and finally took the sword.

“I, Yuan Benchu, am from a noble family. Even if I die in battle, I would rather fall into the hands of you Qin thieves and be humiliated by you.” Yuan Shao put the sword across his neck without hesitation, pulled it, blood spurted out, and his whole body fell down.

Yuan Shao, who had dominated the Han Dynasty's political arena for decades, committed suicide in Cangting.

Qin Shou looked at the corpse at his feet with a calm expression.

"Give him a good burial, and bury him at the bank of the Zhang River."

After all, he was a hero and his body should not be left exposed in the wilderness.

"My lord, you are merciful." Jia Xu and others also nodded. "Yuan Shao is dead. Go to Yecheng."

At this time, seeing Yuan Shao's body, Qin Shou's nervous heart suddenly relaxed a lot. From then on, the north would fall into his hands. The world would be divided into three parts, and he would occupy most of it.

Jia Xu and the others also showed joy on their faces. They followed Qin Shou, wasn't it to achieve merit and establish a career, and to have a wife and children? Although Qin Shou had the upper hand before, it was not obvious.

It was different now. Yuan Shao had died in battle, and there was no force in the entire north that could resist the Cavalry. The stronger the Cavalry was, the more benefits he and others would get.

Yecheng, the General’s Mansion.

A charming woman hurriedly walked towards the side yard, where Yuan Xi and his wife lived.

"Daughter, daughter, something is wrong, something is wrong."

The beautiful woman rushed in with a panicked look on her face.

In the courtyard, a beautiful young woman came out to greet him. She was Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, Yuan Xi's wife Zhen Mi.

"Mother, why are you here? What happened that makes you so flustered?" Zhen Mi frowned slightly and asked while supporting the beautiful woman.

"My daughter, the sky has fallen, the sky has fallen." The beautiful woman said with a sad face, "The cavalry has already attacked Yecheng. You should pack your things and follow me back to the mansion."

"The general was defeated?" Zhen Mi's face was pale, and she looked at her mother Zhen Zhang with fear in her eyes.

In fact, after Yuan Shao was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, Zhen Mi lost confidence in Yuan Shao and believed that Yuan Shao was definitely no match for Qin Shou, but she believed that Yuan Shao should be able to hold out for a while.

However, reality gave the other side a slap in the face. The second time they went out to fight, they were defeated even faster. They didn’t even last a month before the enemy arrived at Yecheng.

"Why hasn't the Second Young Master come back yet?"

Zhen Mi suddenly thought of something and asked quickly.

"Mi'er, why are you still thinking about him? That guy must have escaped long ago. There are only 10,000 people in Yecheng. We have no generals or soldiers. How can we resist the Prime Minister's army?"

Zhen Zhang said disdainfully: "My daughter, Yuan is finished, you can't be buried with her! Now that you haven't given birth to a child for Yuan, you are not a member of the Yuan family. Hurry and leave Yuan with me to save your life."

After hearing this, Zhen Mi looked at her mother quietly. She didn't believe that her mother would be so kind to call her home. It must be something important.

"Mother, what do you want your daughter to do?" Zhen Mi asked quietly.

After hearing this, Zhen Zhang's face suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment.

After a long while, he explained, "My daughter! At the beginning, the Prime Minister ordered that the noble families in Hebei should not support Yuan Shao. Anyone who supported Yuan Shao with food and grass would be charged with treason and beheaded."

Zhen Mi nodded, and immediately understood what her mother wanted to do.

"In order to curry favor with the Yuan family, you gave me to Yuan Xi. Now in order to protect the Zhen family, you are offering me to the prime minister, is that right?" Zhen Mi's face was cold.

Zhen Zhang became even more embarrassed, but soon returned to normal.

"My daughter, your beauty is known all over the world, how could the Prime Minister not know it? Once Yecheng falls, you will still belong to the Prime Minister. Unless you die, the final outcome will be the same. This is also for your own good. If you stay in the General's Mansion, Liu may not spare your life."

Zhen Mi's delicate body trembled and her face turned pale, because what Zhen Zhang said made sense.

(End of this chapter)