The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 51 Deep Questions

After the night banquet, the entire Runan County began to prepare for sending troops to capture Wancheng and Yingchuan. In the city, the soldiers were in great fanfare, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense.

It's no wonder, how can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch?This is true for both Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

In the early morning of the second day, Liu Bei summoned his subordinates, civil and military, to the main hall to discuss matters and arrange military preparations for the expedition.

Guan Yu, governor of the whole army, practiced for days to boost morale and strengthen the soldiers.

Mi Zhu has bought grain and fodder to enrich the military supplies, and it is ready to be called.

Sun Qian managed the officials of the whole monarch, pacified the hearts of the people, and comforted the people.

The personal guard Chen went to take charge of the public security in the city, and strictly rectified it, so as not to make any changes.

Zhou Cang cleared up the city defense and strengthened the defense.

Jian Yong recruited recruits to enrich the reserve of the rear army.

Guan Ping trained new recruits, ready to be called at any time.

Liu Bei is in charge of the overall situation, commanding and dispatching

The people in Runan County were very busy, and Yuan Shang was naturally not idle. After settling down in Runan County, Zhang Jai and Gao Lan did it by themselves. In order to be able to join the battle at any time.

As for Yuan Shang himself, after negotiating with Liu Bei and agreeing on the mutually beneficial strategy of sending troops to the north to attack Cao Cao together, he went out in person and led Yuan Jun, an elite hundred cavalry under his command, and a group led by Liu Bei's Zhang Fei. A group of Baiqi joined forces and went to Yangzhai, the capital of Yingchuan, to investigate the reality of Xia Houyuan's army, and see if they could find out the enemy's movements.

More than two hundred people traveled day and night, sneaking day and night, and finally arrived at the border of Yangzhai County, Yingchuan within two days.

After two days of getting along, Yuan Shang and Zhang Fei are quite familiar. Yuan Shang is humorous and talkative, while Zhang Fei has a resolute and forthright temper. The two temperaments from different parts of the world, when they meet together, they can be regarded as compatibility.

Therefore, the two of them did not speak as if they had so many scruples when they first met, and they were quite complacent.

It was precisely because of this that Yuan Shang asked Zhang Fei a question that he had buried deeply in his heart for a long time, but it was always inconvenient to ask Zhang Fei in public.
"May I ask General Yide, Zhao Yun of your army, where is General Zhao Zilong? I haven't seen him since I arrived in Runan?"

Zhao Yun is more or less Yuan Shang's little idol. When Yuan Shang came to Runan County, he really hoped to meet him, but after coming for a long time, it seems that there is no such person.

This question can be described as a huge knot in Yuan Shang's heart, and today he finally took advantage of the opportunity of being alone with Zhang Fei to ask about it.

Hearing Yuan Shang's question, Zhang Fei couldn't help narrowing his eyes as big as copper bells.

Turning his head and staring at Yuan Shang quietly for a while, Zhang Fei said slowly, "You also know Zhao Zilong?"

"Well, this." Yuan Shang pondered for a while, and immediately smiled and made up nonsense: "Back then, the two powerhouses in Hebei were fighting for supremacy. I am very familiar with them, I was fortunate enough to meet General Zhao on both sides of the battlefield, General Zhao has an outstanding demeanor and martial arts, admirable, Yuan Shang deeply admires him, if I want to make him stronger today, I wonder if I can do something convenient?"

Zhang Fei's expression darkened slightly when he heard this, because Yuan Shangshi mentioned Gongsun Zan.

When Liu, Guan, and Zhang were in the plains of Hebei, they had received a lot of care from Gongsun Zan, and they were considered old friends, and their relationship was not insignificant.

But the past is over, Gongsun Zan is dead after all, they can't embarrass Yuan Jun because of this, not to mention uniting with Yuan Jun and fighting against Cao Cao from the north and the south is the right way to survive.

Although Zhang Fei had some grievances in his heart, he couldn't take Yuan Shang's face too seriously because of Gongsun Zan's matter.

There was silence for a while, but I heard Zhang Fei say: "Zilong is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is good at commanding troops. He is not inferior to me and my second brother. What is even more rare is that he is calm and composed, courageous and resolute. My elder brother once said that he is not good." Having so many good talents is really the appearance of an admiral!"

With Zhang Fei's character, he was able to praise Zhao Yun so much, which shows his ability.

Yuan Shang was shocked, and hurriedly said: "In this case, I hope that General Yide can introduce me after I go back."

Zhang Fei looked at Yuan Shang in confusion, and said mockingly, "Who said Zhao Zilong is in Runan now?"

Yuan Shang's expression froze when he heard the words, and he wondered, "Then where is he now?"

Zhang Feibao rolled his eyes and said in dissatisfaction: "My lord asked me, but who am I going to ask? It was your Yuan family who invaded Youzhou and Yijing back then. You should know Zilong's whereabouts better than me. I don’t know, but where can I guess?”

Yuan Shang couldn't help frowning, stared at Zhang Fei seriously for a moment, and said, "General Zhang, didn't you hide him on purpose?"

Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Young Master Yuan said that, where can we hide such a big living person?"

Yuan Shang weighed it carefully for a while, seeing that Zhang Fei's words did not seem to be false, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

Logically speaking, at this time, Zhao Yun should have traveled thousands of miles to find Liu Bei and joined him, why is he not in Runan?Then where did he go?
What is the situation?
Yuan Shang couldn't help but began to ponder in his heart. Could it be that his time travel really brought about some so-called butterfly effect, which messed up some situations and situations?
It shouldn't be!I don't seem to have that much skill, do I?
Or is it because the comic book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that I read in my previous life was a pirated copy?Fuck, you really can't buy children's books blindly at street stalls, they teach children to be stupid, it's too cheating.

With this deep question in mind, Zhang Fei and Yuan Shang were finally able to see the seat of Yingchuan County, the city of Yangzhai County in the distance.

Yingchuan County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with outstanding people, especially the Yingchuan Academy, which has produced many talents to help the world, such as the eight dragons of the Xun family back then, and Guo Jia, Xun Yu, and Xun You under Cao Cao today. , The late Xi Zhicai, Xun Chen and Guo Tu under Yuan Shao's command all came from here. In a mere county, the talents are so thick, it can be said to be the best in the world.

Looking at Yangdi's city walls from a distance, I can see that its walls are thick and built on the Yingshui River. There are camps on both sides of the south and north sides of the city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhang Fei and Yuan Shang watched from afar for a long time, then looked at each other with worried faces, and remained silent for a while.

After a stalemate like this for a while, Fang heard Zhang Fei sigh, shook his head and said, "Sir Yuan, this city is not easy to attack."

Yuan Shang nodded, frowned and said: "Yes, not only is the city high and deep, but also there are camps on both sides of the city as protection. It seems that Xia Houyuan has worked hard to consolidate the city since he became the prefect of Yingchuan. If we attack by force, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties."

Zhang Fei nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Not only that, just looking at the size of the camps on both sides of Yangdi City, Xia Houyuan's soldiers are at least 2 people. Thirty thousand elite soldiers, the total number of soldiers and horses of the two sides is no less than fifty thousand, and the soldiers and horses under my elder brother's command and the young master's elite cavalry add up to no more than [-] at most, and it is still the side that wants to attack the city."

Yuan Shang raised his hand and scratched his head, sighed and said: "We are here to investigate today, not to formulate a strategy, we just need to report the situation of Yang Di to Duke Xuande, as for the matter of attacking the city, let's go back together Let's discuss it again."

Zhang Fei nodded when he heard the words, and said: "The third son's words are very kind, let's find a few more nearby people and inquire about them in detail."

Yuan Shang nodded in agreement when he heard the words.

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard bursts of cheerful female laughter in the air.

Yuan Shang looked up, but saw a few women in the forest not far away, dressed like butterflies and green bees, happily carrying bamboo baskets to pick mulberries, chasing and laughing, walking towards his side like a stroll Walking over lightly, each of them is quite leisurely and contented.

"It's so lively."

Yuan Shang touched his chin with a smile, and sighed with emotion to himself: "Everyone says to be born as a man, but I think it's still easy for a woman to live a life without worrying about beating or killing every day. Living in a family house, if you are bored and crooked, you can still form a gang with a basket to pick some mulberry leaves, and dodge cats and cats. It's so chic. Unlike me, since the Battle of Guandu, I have lived a miserable day, which is really far from it. "

Zhang Fei ignored Yuan Shang's muttering to himself, instead he stared at the group of women who were joking and picking mulberries with piercing eyes.

Among the women picking mulberries, there was a beauty about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in light yellow clothes, with star-like eyes, bright moon and white teeth, almond eyes and cherry lips. The exquisitely carved jade carvings make people unable to bear to hold them in their hands carefully, take care of them carefully, and cannot bear to hold them again.

Yuan Shang seemed to have also seen the woman in the goose-yellow dress, and nodded in appreciation with a smile: "What a beauty."

Zhang Fei turned a deaf ear and stared blankly for a long time before he could react.

But seeing the big man coughing slightly, he said to Yuan Shang with a serious face: "Master Yuan, let's go and inquire about those women and see how many troops Yingchuan Yangzhai has."

"what?"

Yuan Shang couldn't help being a little silly when he heard the words, he stared at Zhang Fei for a while, and said: "General Zhang, I have no objection to you finding someone to spy on the military situation, but should we choose some reliable candidates? This girl's hair has not faded, I have no objection if you ask them about the market price of rouge and gouache, but I don't understand if you ask them about the military situation."

Zhang Fei couldn't help but twitched when he heard this, and said in a naive voice: "We have been looking around the city for a long time, and there is not even a ghost. If you don't let me ask them, who am I going to ask?"

Yuan Shang's face collapsed, and he said: "Then you can't just look for it?"

Zhang Fei didn't talk nonsense with Yuan Shang, he pulled the reins suddenly, turned the black-tailed horse under his crotch, and said to himself: "Come on, if you don't go, then I will ask myself!"

After saying that, his legs were clamped suddenly, and he galloped forward, disappearing after a while.

Yuan Shang stared at Zhang Fei's back in a daze, sighed, shook his head and said, "It's time for no one to worry about it, and they are still thinking about picking up girls. I must mess with you."

After all, Yuan Shang raised his whip and shouted "Drive!", and the crowd followed closely behind in the smoke and dust left by the black-headed horse.
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PS: Are you familiar with this scene?Don't need me to explain it.

(End of this chapter)