The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 84

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Linzi City includes two parts: Linzi Old City of Qi State and Linzi Old County City.

Today's Linzi city is a famous county in the country. It used to be the former site of the national capital. Go, but see its magnificent city, antique taste, beautiful scenery, it really lives up to the name of the county.

A few dozen li away from the south gate of Linzi City, Yuan Tan led his subordinates Hua Yan, Kong Shun, Wang Zhao and other confidantes, including a general in the city, and over a thousand people, to meet Yuan Shang's troops here.

After exploring Ma Nan for twenty miles, he found out the news of Yuan Shang and others marching, and quickly turned around to report to Yuan Tan.

"Eldest son, the army and chariot battle under the command of the third son has already marched ten miles to the south. The soldiers and horses of his troops are dispirited, the momentum is not high, the flags are down, the helmets are scattered, and all the soldiers are all ashamed. Look at it. It seems like I just went through a hard battle."

Yuan Tan heard the words and said in a deep voice: "How is the condition of the third son? But is there any damage?"

The spies reported: "This subordinate was ordered to go to the army of the third son and tell the eldest son to meet him here. However, the person who spoke to this subordinate was General Zhang Jaizhang who was with the army. The third son never saw him in person from the beginning to the end. I."

Yuan Tan frowned when he heard the words. Logically, he was here to greet him. The envoys he sent could almost represent Qingzhou's greetings to Yuan Shang. Reception in person, but let Zhang Jaw deal with it, this move is a bit of a loss of thorough etiquette, with Yuan Shang's birth, it is impossible not to understand this truth.

There is only one reason for this kind of mistake, if you think about it carefully.
Yuan Shang himself, what happened!
Thinking of this, Yuan Tan couldn't help but burst into ecstasy. If this son really died young, it would be God's mercy!If this is the case, there will be no obstacles to inheriting the father's business in the future, and there will be no obstacles in holding Hebei, sweeping the world, and the dream of standing in the Central Plains is just around the corner!
Yuan Tan tried his best to suppress the restlessness in his heart, and still said in a low voice to the spy: "Lead the way ahead, I will go forward five miles to pick up my brother back to the city!"

"promise!"

In less than half an hour, the troops of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang finally met and joined forces thirty li away from Linzi.

Yuan Tan piled up a very simple and straightforward smile, stepped forward on his horse, bowed his hands to salute the leader in the front, and said with a hearty smile: "General Zhang! It's been a long time! I haven't seen you for a long time, General Zhang still looks good, and he is very gratifying Hey."

Zhang Jaw was full of exhaustion and covered in dust, but he couldn't conceal his innate heroic spirit. At this moment, he took a deep look at Yuan Tan, and then lowered his eyes, with a faint hint of something in his eyes. Share search meaning and deep suspicion.

"Eldest Young Master, you are wearing the armor with your jaws open! You can't fully salute the Young Master, but I hope the Young Master will forgive you."

Yuan Tan laughed, shook his head and said: "General Zhang is too polite, why is this between you and me, what a layman? My third brother Xianfu, why didn't he come? Could it be that he is leading the army behind us?" ?”

A strange look flashed across Zhang Jai's face, he put his horse forward, and said in a low voice, "My lord, can I take a step to talk to Jaw?"

Yuan Tan was taken aback when he heard the words, then he turned the horse around and took a few steps to the side, keeping Zhang Jaw away from the others.

"What did General Zhang say? Could it be that something happened to my third brother?"

Zhang Jaw's face tightened, and sorrow and remorse suddenly appeared on his face. He tremblingly said to Yuan Tan: "Eldest son, the last general is incompetent. He didn't protect the third son well. He will be punished by death!"

Yuan Tan's heart turned sharply for a moment, but his face was straight and straight, and he said righteously: "General Zhang doesn't need to do this, but why should he? What's going on, you have something to say slowly!"

Zhang Jaw choked with sobs, and said in a low voice: "At midnight last night, our army set up camp in a valley north of Jishui. The soldiers traveled back to Hebei from the Central Plains and were tired all the way, so they slacked off and never took precautions against night defense! When you don't want to sleep But something went wrong, a black mountain army came from nowhere that night, took advantage of our unpreparedness, took advantage of our army's unpreparedness, searched for an opportunity to rob the village, burned and killed wantonly, our negligence, and put the soldiers in a dangerous place for a while!"

"The Heishan army robbed the village?" Yuan Tan pretended to be shocked and puzzled, and muttered, "Then what about my third brother, could it be that he was given by the thieves from Heishan?"

Zhang Jai shook his head and said: "Although the Black Mountain Army came in a hurry, but fortunately the third son commanded well, the final general fought bravely with Gao Lan and other generals, and finally repelled them after hard work. I don't want misfortunes to come singly. Another group of hundreds of white cavalrymen came from nowhere, riding on our army and the Montenegrin army, and came to take advantage of it! Not only did it break, I waited for a lot of soldiers and horses, but also...returned. "

Yuan Tan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "What's the matter?"

"Also kidnapped the third son!"

"What? That's really the case!" Yuan Tan's tone trembled, and there was a hint of joy in his grief and indignation.

Zhang Jai continued: "The last general hastily repelled Black Mountain and chased him for several miles. However, the enemy army was too many and the leading general was very cunning. Zhang Jai went through many twists and turns, but he couldn't catch up. The last general did not dare to speak up. Therefore, on the one hand, he quickly sent people to search around, and on the other hand, he hurriedly led the army to Linzi, and asked the eldest son, as the governor of Qingzhou, to quickly order Zhuoge counties to investigate the whereabouts of the white horse, so as to rescue the third son from the tiger's mouth ah!"

White Horse Cavalry? !
After Yuan Tan pondered carefully for a while, his heart burst into ecstasy!
This white horse cavalry, Yuan Tan has also heard of it, seems to be the remnants of the white horse cavalry in Youzhou in the past. They probably have about three to five hundred riders. Hijacking food and grass, and specifically fighting against the Yuan family, but because the opponent's number is quite small and good at wandering, the states have never paid attention to it, and did not send troops to conquer and kill.

It's just that what I never expected was that this army and horse actually did such a big thing as picking up Yuan Shang today!
After the Yuan family and Gongsun Zan killed each other, now Baima Yicong's remnants have kidnapped Yuan Shang. It is expected that this boy must be dead but not alive. He borrowed a knife to kill him. He wanted to use the Black Mountain Army to end the boy. Unexpectedly, the Black Mountain Army did not When he used it, he managed to kill a white horse follower halfway through. Although it was beyond his plan, he arrived at the same goal by different routes, and the result also satisfied him greatly.

Yuan Tan was very happy in his heart, but his face was full of sorrow. He gritted his teeth and said, "Bold thief, how dare you kidnap my brother? I swear to destroy him! General Zhang, you have the right to follow me to Qingzhou Tunza to rest! I will immediately send People notified all the counties and counties in Qingzhou, and ordered them to send people to find the whereabouts of the white horse cavalry, and to write a letter to my father, asking him to send troops to conquer and rescue the third brother! He must not be harmed in the slightest!"

Zhang Zhe's face softened slightly, he cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Eldest Young Master, for your trouble! If the Third Young Master can be rescued safely, even if the last general ends up being doomed by the Master in the future, he will have no regrets!"

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "General Zhang is a famous general in Hebei. An Neng's dejected words. The fact that the third brother was kidnapped was unexpected. What has it to do with General Zhang? Don't worry, if father really blames the general in the future On your own, Yuan Tan will advise you on your behalf!"

Zhang Jah choked up when he heard the words, he clasped his fists heavily and said, "Thank you, Eldest Prince, for your kindness!"

Yuan Tan supported Ma Xu with his hands, but unconsciously a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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After placing the soldiers and horses of Zhang Jai and others in the south camp of Linzi City, Yuan Tan immediately ordered to send out multiple scouts to find out Yuan Shang's whereabouts, and wrote to the counties and counties of Qingzhou to try his best to find out the traces of the rest of the Baima Yicong, and Immediately wrote a letter and ordered people to send it to Jizhou as soon as possible, asking Yuan Shao to mediate, send troops to search, and help Qingzhou's various ministries to rescue Yuan Shang.

After finishing all these tasks, Yuan Tan immediately rushed back to the prefect's mansion, and summoned his cronies Hua Yan and Kong Shun to the mansion to discuss their concerns.

In the study, Yuan Tan finally couldn't hide his inner joy anymore, raised his head and laughed loudly: "God help me! Really God help me! A white horse righteous follower, Xianfu, Xianfu, this is not because you are vicious, but because your luck is bad, and you are destined to have this solution! What a pity, what a pity! Hahaha—”

Below Yuan Tan, his confidant Hua Yan cupped his hands and bowed to him, and said joyfully, "Congratulations, sir, congratulations to your son, the rest of the white horse righteous followers have a vengeance with our army for killing the master and seizing the land, how much is their grievance?" We cannot live together! Now that the three sons are in their hands, there is absolutely no reason for them to survive! Now Yuan Shang is bound to die, Yuan Xi is weak and has no monarchical style, and Yuan Mai is too young to inherit the rule. From now on, the land of Hebei, There will be no one who can compete with the Eldest Young Master for the throne, and with the great talent of the Eldest Young Master, after a few years, he will surely achieve his ambition to rise above the clouds, and my subordinates and cronies will depend on the blessing of the Young Master for the rest of our lives from now on!"

Yuan Tan nodded when he heard the words, his face was full of joy and joy, pointing at Hua Yan and said: "Well said! Well said! But I should not be too complacent, I still have to do a good job of superficial skills. Yes! Especially in the matter of hunting down the White Horse Army, the generals, spies, and scouts in the army have to show great energy to my son, and post notices throughout Qingzhou, promising Great reward, you have to find out this white horse army for me no matter what you say! It’s also for my father in Yecheng to see how affectionate my brothers from the Yuan family are, and how much respect and love they have for each other!"

His confidant Kong Shun hurriedly said after hearing this: "My lord, this alone is not enough. You might as well call yourself sick in a few days, on the grounds that you can't find your younger brother, and then Zhuo Wangxiu writes a sacrificial oration in advance, so that the third lord's identity can be confirmed in the future." The news of the death, get back the body, the young master will go back to Yecheng with the coffin in his hands, weeping and reading the sacrificial oration, when the time comes, he will welcome all the officials and scholars of Yecheng back to his heart, and let the lord feel at ease, why not do it?"

Yuan Tan nodded when he heard the words: "Okay, okay! Unexpectedly, just after Yuan Xianfu died, your ideas came out one after another. Just as Kong Shun said, Shiling Wang Xiu wrote a sacrificial article. It must be touching and heartbreaking. Liver and intestines! In addition, the servants in the mansion started to spread words, saying that because of the pain of missing my younger brother, my son contracted a cold and couldn't afford to be sick. It's not long to die!"

When they heard the words, they both bowed together and said, "No."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the trusted guard outside the study suddenly speak to Yuan Tan, "Young Master, the scouts sent from outside the East City have entered the mansion and have something important to report to the Young Master!"

Yuan Tan frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the rush? Didn't you see that my lord is discussing something important?"

The guard hesitated for a moment, and said, "But Eldest Young Master, what the scout brought was the news of Third Young Master!"

(End of this chapter)