When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 503: What old nest was destroyed?! (Four thousand)

Pingyuan County

Upon hearing the news of the fall of Jizhou, Yuan Shao fell into despair. With the constant persuasion of his close confidants, he broke out of his depression and finally convinced himself.

Although I lost most of Jizhou, Jizhou was not originally mine, but Bohai County is my hard work!

If Jizhou is lost, we may be able to take it back, but if Bohai County falls into Gongsun Zan's hands, how can I accept it? !
Therefore, Yuan Shao made up his mind to concentrate his forces to drive Gongsun Zan out of Bohai County first. After all, as long as Bohai County was there, the thought of Jizhou might also be there?
So Yuan Shao invited talented and capable generals to discuss the matter of rescuing Bohai County.

"Gentlemen." Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the main seat, looked up at the people present. Although the number of people was less than last time, it did not shake Yuan Shao's heart at the moment. "I think you have heard that Gongsun Bogui invaded Bohai County. I want to gather the elite troops of Qingzhou to repel Gongsun Bogui. What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other, lowered their voices, and discussed the matter in a low voice.

In the eyes of everyone, Bohai County is indeed very important.

Not to mention the wealth of Bohai County, the fact that Bohai County is like a wedge nailed between Jizhou and Youzhou makes it impossible to ignore.

According to common sense, Bohai County is difficult to capture.

Yuan Shao's prestige in Bohai County is extraordinary. Looking around Bohai County, almost all of them are loyal people who support Yuan Shao.

It should not be difficult to rush to Nanpi overnight and repel Gongsun Zan with lightning speed before Gongsun Zan captured Nanpi.

This is the candidate for the commander.
Someone couldn't help but wonder, so he stood up and asked, "Sir, who will be the commander?"

"Candidate." Yuan Shao looked at Zhu Ling.

Everyone was stunned and looked at Zhu Ling in surprise. Even Zhu Ling himself was stunned.

Someone muttered, "Zhu Wenbo? Zhu Wenbo is not even as good as a Sima. Can Zhu Wenbo do it?"

Soon someone refuted that person, "You may not know that Wenbo had defeated Gongsun Bogui long before Lu Fengxian!"

"This is a different time now. Why don't you ask Zhu Wenbo if he has the confidence to defeat Gongsun Bogui now?"

Various voices came one after another. Zhu Ling did not deny these words, and his face showed bitterness.

Although what they said was not so nice, Zhu Ling was reluctant to admit that what they said was indeed good.

He couldn't even defeat a mere Sima, let alone Gongsun Zan?
Maybe I was just lucky that time?
Zhu Ling couldn't help but smile bitterly. He looked away guiltily, not daring to look Yuan Shao in the eye.

Yuan Shao frowned and thought to himself: This is bad. It seems that Wenbo is indeed not suitable to be the commander. If the commander is so depressed, how can the soldiers be so depressed?
"Sir, I think that even if Wenbo cannot serve as the main general, he is qualified to be the deputy general. After all, Gongsun Bogui was once defeated by Wenbo." Amidst the discussions, Ju Su stood up and expressed his thoughts. He did not reveal all his thoughts, but smiled meaningfully at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was not a stupid man, so he naturally heard the hidden meaning in Ju Su's words.

Yes, there is no need to ask Zhu Ling to do this or that. As long as Zhu Ling goes with the army, it is very likely that Gongsun Zan's morale will be shaken.

Once morale is shaken, mistakes are bound to occur.

As long as they can seize Gongsun Zan's weakness, the possibility of winning this battle will be greatly increased!

After Ju Su's reminder, everyone present obviously understood this truth.

The endless arguments just now died down at this moment, and everyone agreed with this arrangement.

Zhu Ling's face showed a strange expression, as if he was surprised by the change in public opinion.

So the question is, who should be the main general?
The crowd, which had just calmed down, became noisy again, and one name after another came out of their mouths.

However, Yuan Shao's brows furrowed deeper as he listened. Although the candidates proposed by everyone were all brave warriors in the army, the problem was that even the most powerful ones among them, such as Chunyu Qiong, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, were still slightly inferior to Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Yuan Shao thought there would be no problem if they were allowed to serve as vanguards.

Once they were appointed as main generals, Yuan Shao felt that something was lacking.

After thinking it over, Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Don't argue. I have already made up my mind!"

The debate died down again, and everyone looked at Yuan Shao, waiting for him to reveal the name of the commander.

Lu Xiang couldn't hold back his joy. He clenched his fists and whispered, "I will be the commander this time!"

"You?" Lu Kuang shook his head and pouted, "I'm afraid you've drunk too much. The commander should be someone else!"

"What!" Lu Xiang was furious. "I respect you as my elder brother, how dare you compete with me for the position of commander!"

Chunyu Qiong glanced at them and had no intention of persuading them. What did the dispute between these two brothers from Dongping have to do with him?

"Silence!" Yuan Shao shouted. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were startled and quickly shut their mouths.

Seeing that the last trace of the dispute had disappeared, Yuan Shao finally relaxed his brows. Under the gaze of everyone, he took a deep breath and said confidently: "I will lead the army this time!"

what?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They all saw a hint of astonishment in each other's eyes. Did they hear it right? Yuan Shao was the commander?

Someone swallowed his saliva with his Adam's apple rolling, and stood up and said, "Envoy, your injury has not healed yet, you have to make another plan. Gongsun Bogui should not be underestimated."

"I am well aware of my own injuries. This time I have the help of General Gongsun of Liaodong and the wholehearted assistance of many talented people. Why should I be afraid of Gongsun Bogui?!" Yuan Shao was full of vigor and vitality in his every move.

Such a Yuan Shao made the old subordinates who followed him all the way moisten their eyes, and more than one person murmured to himself, "The envoy, the envoy is back."

The depressed atmosphere was relieved at this moment, and excitement and excitement spread like a plague. Even the most pessimistic people before now felt that they could drive Gongsun Zan out of Bohai.

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, a smile on his lips. Now that the morale is high and people's hearts are trusted, he can make Gongsun Zan lose a layer of skin no matter what he says!

It’s a pity that the development of things far exceeded people’s expectations.

A messenger hurriedly stepped over the threshold and rushed into the meeting room.

When everyone saw the messenger with beads of sweat on his forehead and a look of panic on his face, they immediately felt uneasy.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shao asked calmly.

The messenger gasped and said, "Envoy, something terrible has happened! Nanpi has fallen. No, the entire city of Nanpi has surrendered!"

The messenger's voice was like the sound of a bell in a temple, striking Yuan Shao and everyone else's heart hard, shocking them terribly and making their heads buzz.

南皮
surrender
Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom. Before this, no one would have connected these two words together. After all, all the officials and people in Bohai County admired Yuan Shao. They firmly believed that even if Yecheng surrendered, Nanpi in Bohai County would not surrender.

However, this impossible thing happened bizarrely.

What is going on?!
Everyone was puzzled.

Yuan Shao's face twitched and turned extremely pale. Everyone was silent. The meeting room fell into an eerie silence, so quiet that it seemed that only the sound of breathing remained. Yuan Shao tried his best to control his mentality and forced himself to calm down. He forced a smile, but even those who could not see the atmosphere clearly could see that he was forcing it.

Yuan Shao's mind worked rapidly and he blasted the messenger away.

"Ever since we started to raise troops to purge the emperor, we have repeatedly run into obstacles. We have seen Jia Wenhe's vicious methods more than once or twice. Even Zhang He was a spy arranged by Jia Wenhe. The flooding of Yecheng was the most vicious of all. I think this time was also Jia Wenhe's poison. It is not a big deal to speculate that it was a rumor spread by Jia Wenhe, or that Jia Wenhe's spies infiltrated Nanpi and opened the city gate without telling anyone."

"It's possible, it's possible."

The people present all started to echo the voices, starting with just one or two, and gradually increasing in number, until everyone's voices were completely unanimous.

"If that's the case, please leave." Yuan Shao seemed to have lost interest and waved his hand at everyone. Then, as if he had thought of something, he added, "Gong Yu, Tan'er, Xi'er, Shang'er, and Gan'er stay."

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment, but they still chose to obey Yuan Shao's orders. They bowed and withdrew, leaving only Ju Su, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, five high-ranking officials.

"Shang'er." After everyone left, Yuan Shao waved at Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang immediately understood. He quickly walked to Yuan Shao's side, held Yuan Shao's arm, and said with worry on his face, "Father."

Yuan Shao smiled and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed.

Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and other high-ranking officials, including Ju Shou, were all shocked. Yuan Shao's complexion had visibly deteriorated a lot. What was even more serious was that Yuan Shao felt a sweet taste in his throat and started coughing violently. Yuan Shang, who was closest to him, hurriedly patted Yuan Shao on the back. However, not only did Yuan Shang's action not make Yuan Shao feel better, but the next moment Yuan Shao screamed and spit out a big mouthful of blood. The shocking bloodstain on the ground made the five people's eyelids twitch.

"Asshole, what did you do?!" Yuan Tan glared at Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang was so frightened that his face turned pale. He shook his head repeatedly, his lips trembling, "I...I..."

Yuan Shao waved his hand, "It's none of Shang'er's business."

Yuan Tan's eyes darkened, but he didn't say much.

Yuan Shao looked at Ju Su, his pale face showing a trace of guilt, "Gong Yu, it is my fault that I ended up in this situation. I shouldn't have underestimated the heroes of the world. I feel bad for you. But the situation is not favorable right now, please teach me, Gong Yu."

"Alas." Ju Su sighed, "Sir, the only option now is to take root in Qingzhou and Bohai County."

In the end, Ju Su was unable to say the following words. They all knew that not only could they not drive out Gongsun Zan and take back Bohai County, they might not even be able to hold on to Qingzhou.

"I'll have to trouble you." Yuan Shao wanted to say something, but suddenly he noticed that Gao Gan's face was a little pale, so he summoned his few remaining spirits and asked, "Gan'er, what happened?"

"Uncle." Gao Gan hesitated to speak.

This made Yuan Xi frown slightly, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. Can it be worse than the current situation?!"

Yuan Tan also urged, "Just tell me! You are being so timid like a woman!"

"Go ahead, I'm fine." Yuan Shao smiled.

Seeing Yuan Shao say this, Gao Gan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Just now, just now after the messenger came to report, General Gongsun's face became much strange. I guess General Gongsun wants to go back to Liaodong."

The General Gongsun mentioned by Gao Gan is Gongsun Gong, the son of Gongsun Du.

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi's expressions suddenly changed. They thought to themselves that this was bad, it was awful, and it seemed that the already bad situation had become even worse!

I really shouldn’t have pressed the senior official for the specific reason just now!
Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi didn't dare to look at Yuan Shao's expression, for they knew it was too late to regret now.

The next moment, two shrill cries drew the brothers' attention over.

"Father!"

"uncle!"

"!"

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi looked at Yuan Shao in panic, only to see that Yuan Shao's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

The two men were shocked and panicked. They ran towards Yuan Shao like two headless flies, shouting in fear, "Father!"

Fortunately, Ju Shou thought of the countermeasures at the first time. He shouted: "Doctor, doctor! Someone go and call the doctor!"

The guards led the doctor to Yuan Shao in a hurry. After the doctor's diagnosis, he sighed and said, "Your old injury has not healed yet, and you are so anxious that you fainted."

"May I ask if the doctor has any good prescription to treat my father?" Yuan Tan, with bloodshot eyes, grabbed the doctor's sleeve.

The doctor was frightened by Yuan Tan's action. He shrank his head and said hesitantly: "I will prescribe a decoction, which needs to be taken on time. As for when the envoy will wake up, I don't know."

"Quack!" Yuan Xi's face was ferocious, as if he was about to raise his fist at the next moment, scaring the doctor so much that his legs trembled.

Fortunately, Ju Su spoke up and said, "My two lords, the envoy is a lucky person. I think he will wake up soon."

With Ju Shou's consolation, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi's expressions finally eased. Although they looked down on doctors, they respected scholars like Ju Shou. Not to mention that Ju Shou's ability was obvious to everyone.

"Step back!" Yuan Tan let go of his hand, and the doctor retreated aside tremblingly.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi didn't care about the doctor. They lowered their brows and faced Ju Su as if he were their teacher.

"Ju Biejia, what should we do? Please teach me!"

The two said in unison.

"Alas." Ju Su sighed, and said with a wry smile: "My two lords, first of all, please do not let the news of the envoy's illness leak out today."

Changshan County.

"Second brother, I never thought that Fourth Brother's elder brother actually looked exactly like Fourth Brother. If it weren't for their different temperaments, I would have thought it was Fourth Brother who came."

Zhang Fei was smiling as he walked side by side with Guan Yu on the ridge of the field.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and shook his head, "Third brother, third brother, how can an elder brother look like a younger brother?"

"It was a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue."

As they were walking, a messenger came quickly.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other, and they understood each other's meaning through their eyes. Could it be that something big had happened?
Following the messenger's words, everyone understood the general course of events.

Zhang Fei could not help but praise him, "Gongsun Bogui conquered Nanpi? In this way, Yuan Benchu's lair was destroyed! I thought Gongsun Bogui would be discouraged when he encountered setbacks, but I was wrong about Gongsun Bogui. It seems that he is only slightly inferior to my second brother, my son Long Shuzhi, General Huang."

"In short, he is worthy of being my eldest brother's elder brother! Gongsun Bogui is really amazing!"

(End of this chapter)