The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 39

On September [-]th in the fifth year of Jian'an, outside the gate of the Suspension Bridge in Xicheng, Nandun County.

The five thousand soldiers of the Yuan Army, who have been nourished and recharged, have food for their people, food for their horses, enough water and food, and bright armor. They hold all kinds of fighting swords and swords in their hands. Facing the strong wind, they are majesticly preparing to head towards Runan. advance.

A group of officials in the county lined up in two rows outside the city gate, bowing their heads silently to see Yuan Jun off. Each of them looked silent and reluctant, but in their hearts they wished they could beat gongs and drums, wave pennants and send off loudly.

These fucking bastards are finally gone!
It's no wonder that these county officials have duplicity, hating Yuan Jun so much that their teeth itch. Since these 5000 people refused to stay in Nandun County, they first "killed" Deng Chang and Deng County's magistrate, established their prestige, and then ate their drinks every day. They also donated the rice in the county that was supposed to be given to the high officials of the county to the Jiuli bandits!What do you say to make grain seeds for the people affected by the disaster?

What's even more exasperating is that they left as soon as they left. Before leaving, 5000 people still packed their bags one by one, and even took food for them. It was as shameless as possible.

Especially the leading little general, how could there be such a shameless person in the world.

Of course, the officials of Nandun County who didn't know it had already put all this account on Runan Liu Bei's head.

Just when the five thousand catastrophes were about to set off, they saw a black horse slowly coming out of the team, and immediately a young general in silver armor looked at the county government officials with a serious expression. His handsome face was full of reluctance.

"Good officials of Nandun County, I have been bothering you a lot in the past few days. I am deeply ashamed that your food in Nandun County is delicious. The emperor will remember your merits!" Yuan Shang looked serious. He bowed his hands to the county government officials, with a very sincere expression.

The officials in Nandun County were also hypocritical, with red eye circles and reluctant faces: "General, you don't have to be so polite. Uncle Liu Huang is the son of the emperor and the people below. We are so lucky to be able to serve the emperor's soldiers and horses! "

Yuan Shang nodded heavily: "Okay, well said, all the gentlemen are indeed good ministers of the emperor and good sons of my man! I, I will miss you all!"

All the officials in the county government also looked sad and inexplicable, and some of them even shed a few tears.

"I can't bear to wait for the general! I can't bear to be the emperor's teacher of benevolence and righteousness!"

Yuan Shang couldn't help himself: "My lords!"

All the officials burst into tears: "General!"

"Since we are all so reluctant to part with each other, otherwise, I would have stayed here for a few more days, right?"

All the officials: "."

After a long silence.

"General, Uncle Liu can't live without you! You should go back quickly! Don't be silly!"

"That's right, it's still more important to recover the Central Plains and rescue the emperor!"

"General, you have to prioritize."

"Yeah, I can't let the old thief Cao Cao continue to be arrogant! General, hurry up and go to King Qin!"

"General, don't forget the instructions on the clothes and belts. The time has come, let's go quickly! It's not good for the teacher to set off late."

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard the words, turned his head and said to Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan with emotion: "See, there are so many loyal ministers who care about the emperor in a small county of hundreds of miles, and they all talk about rescuing the emperor. , put it in our hearts, we are really ashamed of ourselves, we are not as good as you are! You need to be encouraged."

Zhang Jai's face twitched when he heard the words, and he lowered his head, with a strange expression that he couldn't help but wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Gao Lan raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his brow, and said with a dry smile, "My lord, don't make trouble, the second brother is a bit ashamed to face people.

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Under the gnashing of teeth and resentful eyes of all the officials, Yuan Jun's soldiers and horses slowly moved towards Runan.

On the way, Yuan Shang had nothing to do to chat with Zhang Jaw.

"General Zhang, what kind of person is this Liu Bei?" Yuan Shang unknowingly developed a strong interest in this legendary Uncle Liu who was generous and benevolent, who loved the people like a son.

Hearing the words, Zhang Ja stroked his beard, thought for a while, and then seriously summed up six words: "kind, decisive, benevolent, restrained, cunning, and vicious."

"Oh?" Yuan Shang suddenly became interested when he heard the words, and said, "There are still such people in the world? These six words seem to be able to represent six kinds of people, and they don't fit well."

Zhang Jai smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Yes, most people can only have one of these six temperaments at most, but in Liu Bei, they can be completely harmonious and complex. It is not comparable to Cao Cao, but the third son can rest assured that although Liu Bei is in Runan now, strategically, he needs to unite with our army from the north to the south to fight against Cao Cao. If we are malicious, on the contrary, we will definitely treat each other warmly, but whether he will send troops to help us, the end is unknown."

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard the words, and said: "To be honest, if Liu Bei can send troops northward at this juncture and go straight to Xudu, it will definitely shake the Central Plains. At that time, Cao Jun will have no time to take care of us, so we can take the opportunity to find our way north. Returning to Hebei, the embarrassing situation of being away from home is easily resolved."

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai lowered his head for a while, and said, "With Liu Bei's personality, this, I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

"No, he will!" Yuan Shang patted his chest in a vow, his eyes sparkling.

"Why are you so sure, my lord?" Seeing Yuan Shang's confidence, Zhang Jai couldn't help being curious and puzzled.

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard this, because I just knew it.

After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao and Liu Bei did have a big battle on the Runan side, and of course Liu Bei was the loser, that is, this battle forced Liu Bei to abandon the city and abscond, ran to Jingzhou, and hibernated in Xinye For seven full years, it was also from then on that he started the splendor and brilliance of the second half of his life for the nine counties of Jingxiang.

Of course, Yuan Shang couldn't say these words to Zhang Jaw.

"Because you have said just now, General Zhang, that Liu Bei is not an ordinary person. Since he is not an ordinary person, he must have the insight and awareness that he is not an ordinary person. The key reason why Liu Bei has been able to develop smoothly in Runan until now is because of Cao Cao. You have been concentrating on talking to our Yuan family, and now our army has withdrawn to the north, General Zhang, if you were Cao Cao, would you still let Liu Bei mess around in your backyard?"

Hearing the words, Zhang Jaw immediately blurted out: "Of course not!"

"If you don't know how to do it, then Cao Cao's old thief will not be able to do so. Therefore, if Liu Bei wants to survive, the only way out is to take advantage of the fact that Cao's army has not yet returned from the northern border, and attack Xudu quickly. I won’t just sit around and wait for Cao Cao to force his troops to crush him.”

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai was stunned, cupped his hands and praised: "Young master has a good opinion, but the general will not be able to catch up."

Looking up at the sky, it was already noon, Yuan Shang changed the subject and said, "General Zhang, how many miles have we traveled?"

Hearing the words, Zhang Ja made a guess, and said, "It's about fifty miles since we left Nandun County, right?"

Yuan Shang frowned slightly, dissatisfied: "What's wrong with the horse! We started to set off at Mao, and it's already noon now, why did we only walk fifty miles? It's an outing! Why don't you feel any sense of urgency at all!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai sighed, and said: "General, there is no way. Before going to Nandun County, our army ran wildly day and night to avoid Xia Houyuan's pursuit. People couldn't support them, let alone horses? When we arrived in Nandun County, our army More than [-] horses died of exhaustion due to the long-distance running, and now these soldiers without horses are all walking on foot, so the journey is delayed, so... "

"What?" Yuan Shang frowned immediately when he heard the words, and said: "Our five thousand soldiers are all elite cavalry, how can we have no horses?"

Hearing this, Zhang Jai sighed: "The general is aware of this, but there are almost no war horses in Nandun County, and the horses cannot be replenished. For the time being, this is the only way to go."

"No way! If the horses are not replenished, what if we are overtaken by Xia Houyuan's soldiers, or run into other Cao troops? Should we fight or run? If we want to return to Hebei safely, we must have horses as our foundation! Otherwise, it would be too much of a disadvantage! Immediately send scouts to investigate the surrounding counties and counties to see where we can replenish war horses, and arm our own soldiers first, it is the right thing to do!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai immediately dispatched his scouts to scout in all directions to see if there were nearby counties to replenish the horses.

As the saying goes, there is no book without coincidences. In time-travel novels like this book, the so-called chance coincidences are even more rampant.

When I was young, I saw a scout galloping back on a galloping horse. The scout's face was full of smiles, and he shouted loudly at Yuan Shang: "Young Master, Third Young Master, happy event! Great happy event!"

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said: "What is so happy? Make you happy like this?"

The scout rushed forward, bowed his hands at Yuan Shang, and said happily: "Third son, what a happy event! On the small road ten miles to the south, there is a group of merchants who are driving hundreds of horses to the south. Those horses It looks like a top-notch horse!"

When Yuan Shang heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Hundreds of horses? Hundreds of horses? Hundreds of horses? Make it clear!"

The scout thought for a while, and said, "It's not less than three hundred!"

"More than three hundred good horses?" Yuan Shang's eyes suddenly glowed green.

But after a while, Yuan Shang vented his expression, shook his head and said, "No, absolutely not! We can't move those horses."

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai wondered, "My lord, why is this?"

"It's still the same sentence. We are teachers of benevolence and righteousness. We rob officials but not people. Since it is a caravan, it must be local people. We can rob the officials of counties and counties, but we cannot rob the people! It cannot be ruled out!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai straightened his face, cupped his hands and said: "Young Master Gao Yi, I will admire you at the end!"

But seeing the scout hesitate, he tentatively said to Yuan Shang: "Third son, please forgive the villain for speaking boldly. Although the villain thinks that the caravan driving the horses is dressed as a merchant, they are all sturdy and fierce. Ordinary people, especially the leading man, with beards, scars on his face, murderous aura all over his body, and the smell of a thief, he is not a good person at first glance."

Yuan Shang was refreshed when he heard the words, and said, "What do you mean?"

"The villain suspects that the group of merchants is nothing but thieves pretending to hide people's eyes, and those war horses should also be stolen goods. Of course, the villain is not completely sure, and the young master needs to personally judge."

Yuan Shang's face suddenly smiled like a flower, and he patted the scout's shoulder across the horse, and said with a smile: "You are not bad, you share the worries of the Lord, you are very discerning! It's a pity to be a scout. When I went back to Hebei, I promoted a The captain will do it for you!"

The scout was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Secret me as a school captain? Third Young Master, you are not lying to me, are you?"

Of course I lied to you, if you believe all these words, you are destined to be a scout.

"General Zhang, order the whole army to immediately rush to the front of the caravan to ambush. If they are really not good people, I will kill the people today! Take the horses for the people! Out of this bad breath for the people!"

Zhang Jaw: "."

(End of this chapter)