The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 67
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According to Yuan Shang's opinion, Lu Lingqi immediately arranged chariots and horses, settled Xiahou's family on it, drove the chariot to the south gate, and let them out of the city personally.

"Come here, raise the whip and let the horses go, drive them out of the city!"

After everything was ready, Lu Lingqi ordered loudly.

Yuan Shang looked at the slowly passing carriage with a full smile, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After this plan is completed, the battle to defeat Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan will be his last battle in Runan, and then he can return to Hebei.

It's been too long since I've been away from home, it's time to go back and rest.

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The story is divided into two parts, Yuan Shang captured Yingchuan Yangzhai and achieved a great victory, but on the contrary, Liu Bei's battle was a bit stretched, and it was already difficult for Cao Jun to resist the enemy.

Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan are now connected together, and all the Cao troops form a huge dense net, slowly advancing towards Liu Bei and the others vigorously and rhythmically. Opportunity to counterattack.

At present, although the situation is still a stalemate between the two armies, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Cao Jun has begun to gain the upper hand.

And this advantage will become bigger and bigger as time goes by. Unless Liu Beijun can use some clever tricks, defeating the battle is already a certainty.

History is made up of many inevitability and accident. The land of Yeyuan is the first place where Liu Bei, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Yuan attacked the fortress. And soon, it will still be on the land of Yeyuan. This battle will also be launched between Cao Jun and Liu Bei final confrontation.

At this time, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan led a group of generals, standing high on a mountain covered with dense forests, looking at Liu Bei's camp not far below the mountain.

The overall combat strength of Liu Bei's army is not as good as that of Cao's army, but the lineup of the camp is remarkable and worthy of the name of a hero.

Cao Ren nodded thoughtfully. Although Liu Bei's troops were not as many and powerful as his own, they had a lot of talented generals, but looking at the layout of the camps, they knew how to do it.

"Miaocai, how is your injury? Tomorrow I plan to launch a final offensive against Liu Bei, and I will try my best to fight. I wonder if you can join the battle?" In Cao Ren's mind, tomorrow's general offensive will not be too difficult without Xia Houyuan's help. Easy to fight.

Xia Houyuan's face was pale and bloodless. He was defeated by Guan Yu in the first battle in Yeyuan, and his body was seriously injured. Fortunately, Cao Ren led the army and rushed to kill Liu Bei and lead Guan Yu away.

"Don't worry Zixiao, I won't die with a little injury!"

Xia Houyuan towered above the clouds, his arrogance skyrocketed: "To attack and kill the big-eared thieves in the future, Zi Xiaoxiu orders you to leave the generals, and I will lead my own troops as a vanguard officer! Don't bother others!"

Seeing this, Cao Ren felt admiration immediately, and said, "Okay! If that's the case, you and I will join forces tomorrow and go out on the front line. The big-eared thief who will fight will be convinced, so that it will be difficult for him to be an enemy of the lord in the future."

Xia Houyuan laughed loudly: "That's natural!"

"Report—!"

Xia Houyuan hadn't finished his last word when he saw a scout riding a galloping horse approaching, his voice gathered in his throat, and he reported loudly: "General Xiahou, report from the rear, Yangdi City has been captured by Liu Bei's army. The guard of the city, Wang Bian, died in battle, and General Xiahou's family, headed by two sons, were captured and released by the enemy, and now they are driving a carriage to our camp, less than five miles away."

"What!" Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren couldn't help shouting at the same time.

But Xia Houyuan strode forward, grabbed the soldier who reported the report, and said angrily: "How is this possible? How is this possible! There are more than [-] soldiers under Liu Bei's command, and Yuan Jun's soldiers who entered the country together, barely [-] Everyone, now they have all rejected us here, where did he get the extra soldiers?"

Cao Ren also had a serious expression on his face: "Besides, the road from Runan to Yingchuan has been searched and blocked by our army. If there is any change, there will be rewards! How could Liu Bei send troops there? Could it be that Liu Jun fell from the sky? !"

The scout's shoulder was hurt by Xia Houyuan's pull, but he dared to snort, and gritted his teeth and replied: "Two generals, the scouts guarding the passage did not report anything, and the Liu Bei army in Runan did not make any movement. ! But the soldiers and horses that captured the city were indeed real, as if they had fallen from the sky, and came to Yangdi suddenly, they were definitely not from Runan County!"

"Bastard! I don't understand all this, what use are you for!" Xia Houyuan threw the scout away, and the wound couldn't help being affected by the force, and he became dizzy for a while, and almost fell to the ground.

Cao Ren's eyes were sharp and his hands were quick, he hurriedly supported Xia Houyuan, and said: "Miao Cai, don't panic, since your son and his family have arrived, you and I should go back to Dazhai quickly and ask your son about the situation."

Xia Houyuan nodded in grief and indignation, and then rode back to the barracks with Cao Ren and the crowd.

After returning to the commander's tent, Xia Houheng and others were already waiting in the tent. When all the family members saw Xia Houyuan, they all cried and complained to Xia Houyuan for their grievances.

Xia Houyuan was upset at the moment, how could he have time to listen to this, and then he waved his hand and shouted angrily: "Shut up! This is a military camp, not a women's camp. If anyone is crying, it will affect the morale of the army! Don't blame me Ruthless under the knife!"

Shouting a word, the crying family members fell silent immediately, and their mouths seemed to be sewn on the waistband of cotton trousers, and they didn't even dare to fart casually.

"Heng'er! Tell me! What happened to Yangdi City?"

Xia Houyuan pointed to his eldest son Xia Houheng alone, and ordered him to tell the cause and effect.

Xia Houheng has always respected and respected his father, and dared not hide his secrets when he heard the words, so he hurriedly pretended to be the enemy's Cao Jun and opened the gate of the city, killed the defender Wang Bian, occupied the prefect's mansion, and arrested and released Xia Houyuan's family members. Wait for things to come out one by one.

Xia Houyuan turned pale when he heard this, and said tremblingly, "In Yangdi City, how many soldiers and horses are there from the enemy to capture the city?"

Xia Houheng shook his head lightly, and said: "Going back to father, the child has never seen it with his own eyes, but only heard what the siege general said, that there are about [-] soldiers who captured Yangdi."

"Twenty thousand? Impossible!"

Xia Houyuan's eyes straightened immediately, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The big-eared thieves have all their soldiers and horses in Yeyuan, how can they change another [-]? It's absolutely ridiculous!"

Seeing Xia Houyuan's terrifying appearance, Xia Houheng immediately shrank his neck in fright, and said in a low voice: "My child also heard about it, but I really don't know the truth."

On the other hand, Cao Ren over there bowed his head and thought for a while, then suddenly came back to his memory, and hurriedly said to Xia Houheng: "Nephew, just now, when someone from our army asked you about the situation of Yangdi's enemy, you waited." But did you say it?"

Xia Houheng thought about it for a while, and said honestly: "My nephew didn't talk to outsiders about what my uncle said, but some school lieutenants and generals chatted with their second brother and other family members, and there may be something between the words."

"broken."

Cao Ren slapped his thigh dejectedly, sighed in disappointment, and said, "When this matter spreads out, the soldiers' hearts are frightened!"

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Not only did Cao Jun get the news of the fall of Yangzhai City, but the spies sent by Yuan Shang also sent the information to Liu Jun and others.

In the past few days, Liu Bei and others fought hard against Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, and they were secretly anxious and panicked. Now, after hearing the report from the messenger sent by Yuan Shang, everyone couldn't help but be shocked and speechless for a long time.

"Master Yuan San captured Yingchuan Yangzhai?" Liu Bei looked at the messenger in a daze and muttered to himself in disbelief.

The messenger heard the words and said: "Exactly, the third son not only captured Yingchuan, but also pretended to send Xia Houyuan's family back to his army, and secretly spread rumors, which greatly disturbed the morale of Cao's army. The third son invited Xuande Gong, At the time of Houyezi, the third son sent troops from Yangdi, and Duke Xuande sent troops from Yeyuan, attacking back and forth, robbing and killing Cao's army, the battle will determine the outcome!"

"Good! Good!"

Liu Bei slapped the table fiercely, his face was full of joy, and he said: "The third son is worthy of being the son of the original, he is really brave and resourceful, and has extraordinary courage, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people!"Now that the situation is reversed, it all depends on the strength of the three young masters alone, how fortunate it is to have the young master's help. But I don't know where the soldiers and horses that the three young masters attacked Yangdi came from? "

On the left hand side, Zhang Jaw smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xuande, long before we came to Runan, we placed an ambush in Yingshui, just for today."

Liu Bei nodded when he heard the words, and couldn't help feeling inexplicable in his heart.

Yuan Jun's envoy continued to talk: "Mr. Xuande, the third son also asks Mr. Xuande to quickly arrange manpower to go to Yangzhai to take over government affairs, military affairs, and government affairs. By the way, the surrounding counties will be stabilized, and Yingchuan will be thoroughly established."

"How can this be done!"

Liu Bei was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Yangzhai was brought down by the third son of Yuan. The lands in Yingchuan should belong to the third son. Can Bei'an pick up the ready-made? This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The messenger said with a smile: "The third son said that after this battle, our army will turn east to north, and return to Hebei. Yingchuan County will not benefit much if it does not join our army. It is better to give it to us." Lord Xuande, with the power of Lord Xuande, increased the number of soldiers and horses, and received more taxes, and in the future, we will unite with Yuan to fight against Cao, and save your Majesty from danger."

Liu Bei was very happy when he heard the words, but he still had doubts on his face, and said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"

Zhang Jaw on the side persuaded again: "Mr. Xuande, why should you be polite? I am here, and I have been taken care of by you. Even if it is to repay your kindness, it should be the same. Besides, there is a thousand miles across the Central Plains between Hebei and Yingchuan. How will we manage it when we go back? We all help the Han family, so why should we divide each other, Duke Xuande don’t refuse anymore!”

After listening to Zhang Jaw's words, Liu Bei smiled soothingly, nodded and said: "Since General Zhang also persuaded him in this way, Bei will not be disrespectful. When the Cao bandits are wiped out in the future, the land of Yingchuan should be returned to the Yuan family." Governance is never negative.”

Speaking of this, I heard Liu Bei say: "Come on, send people to Runan quickly to find Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and others to come to the army, and let them prepare their supplies, food, grass and weapons and rush to the army before tomorrow. One is to prepare for the attack on Cao Ren in the future, and the other is to go to Yangzhai immediately after defeating Cao Jun, take over Yingchuan, and arrange government officials!"

"promise!"

Liu Bei looked around at all the generals in the tent, and said, "I also ask all the generals to go back and prepare, pack up, and in the middle of the night, attack Cao back and forth with the third son!"

All the generals stood up together and said, "No!"

"Scatter accounts!"

After arranging the matter of attacking Cao Jun, the generals went back to their camps to arrange the matter of soldiers and horses.

On the way back to his own camp, Gao Lan was quite upset, and said angrily, "Liu Bei is such a hypocrite. He is obviously greedy for Yingchuan County, but he still pretends to be righteous and awe-inspiring. No, I had to wait for you to persuade him, Jun Yi, before I reluctantly accepted it, as if I was waiting to beg him!"

Zhang Jai smiled when he heard the words, and said: "The heroes of the world have always been like this, and it is reasonable. Besides, it is really useless for us to ask for Yingchuan County. It is not bad to go along with the flow and give Liu Bei a personal favor."

Gao Lan snorted, and said, "Anyway, I just don't feel very comfortable! The third son has worked hard and built a lot of favors with Lu Lingqi, but now he has given a county of Nuo Da to Liu Bei. It's really suffocating."

Zhang Jai laughed loudly, and said: "General Gao, when did you become like the third son? You can't afford to lose at all?"

While the two were talking, they saw the envoy sent by Yuan Shang hurriedly catch up and said anxiously: "Zhang, the two generals Gao stay here! The third son has something to tell me to convey to the two generals."

Zhang Jaw looked high and then turned his head.

The messenger ran over sweating profusely, panting and said to the two of them: "General Zhang, General Gao, the third son has an order to attack Cao's army at midnight, and General Zhang Jaw will command most of the troops to assist Liu Bei." Attack, General Gao does not need to participate in the battle."

Gao Lan opened his mouth when he heard the words, and said, "Why?"

The messenger smiled slightly and said: "The third son said that after the attack on Cao's army, we will not stop any longer. We will immediately send our troops eastward, go back to Hebei from Xuzhou, and ask General Gao to rush back to Runan City to pick up Deng Chang on the night of the battle." The old man's family of three and Miss Xiahou will collect some rent money from Liu Bei by the way."

Zhang Jai frowned, and said, "Rent money, what rent money?"

The messenger smiled slightly, and said: "The third son knew that General Zhang would ask such a question, so he asked the villain to pass the sentence to you intact-"Such a big Yangdi city, is it for nothing to give to Liu Bei?Why?If you don’t know, it’s easy to bully me when my surname is Yuan! ""

Zhang Jai and Gao Lan looked at each other, hey, after hearing these words, it was really the third son who said it.
Gao Lan turned his head and said again: "Did the third young master say how to charge the rent?"

The messenger coughed in a low voice, then whispered something to Gao Lan in a low voice
After finishing speaking, Gao Lan's complexion changed three times. He looked up at the sky and sighed: "The third son gave Liu Bei such a big gift before he left. My son, I will help you to accept it!"

(End of this chapter)