Lu's relatives

Chapter 430 Ye City Changes Owner

Liu Bei's mood is very complicated now.In the current situation, Yecheng is clearly in sight, and the nearly [-] troops that are about to gather have added infinite confidence to Liu Bei. He is confident that he can take down this strong city in Hebei in one go.From then on, according to the great interests of Jizhou, he became a major event in his heart.

But God just seemed to want to test him.At this juncture, he was suddenly told that his third brother Zhang Fei, whom he relied on, fell into the Lu Bu army and did not know his life or death.The second younger brother Guan Yu was also disturbed by the guilt of "running away", and his energy and energy were greatly vented.

Liu Bei knew that there should be no chaos at this time.Even though he, Liu, has not read many books, he still understands the reason why mountains are so high that they fall short.

The Black Mountain Bandit was by his side, although he was persuaded by Kong Rong to join him, but Liu Bei couldn't get rid of the disheveled hair, the black mountain bandit leader who couldn't look like a general in a bright silver armor, this time General Du, who was sent by Zhang Yan to contact Liu Bei first, regarded Du as his own.

Liu Bei brought a total of 2 Youzhou soldiers. This is already the entire force that Liu Bei can dispatch under the limited military resources and food that Liu Bei secretly withheld.In this way, nearly 5000 people were lost in the Pingyuan incident, and only Guan Yu and his sentinel escaped.

Liu Bei can't guarantee that if Zhang Yan finds out about this, and knows that his [-] elite soldiers under the leadership of two generals can't break through a small plain town that he is very familiar with and has transferred Lu Bu away from the mountain, will he be like him? The words of surrender brought by Kong Rong's servants are just a few words of surrender that are not painful or itchy.

Liu Bei is not a child, not to mention the truth that if there is no benefit or strength, no one will serve, even children understand.It is almost predictable that Cao Cao wanted to restrict the development of his old friend Yuan Shao, and hidden in Hebei, how sensitive his mind would be after suddenly abandoning his master.Maybe if he finds out that his strength is actually not as strong as he imagined, God knows whether Zhang Yan will have the same thoughts about Liu Bei as he did for Cao Cao before.

What's more, at this moment, there are nearly 6 Black Mountain bandit riders around Liu Bei who were sent by Zhang Yan as vanguards, and there will be another [-] Black Mountain elites gathered one after another.With more than [-] people against less than [-], Liu Bei couldn't help but be careless.

What a double-edged sword!
Although I was also skeptical of Zhang Fei's life that I analyzed with Guan Yu, Liu Bei was in chaos when he first heard that Zhang Fei's life and death were unknown. Also want to know the news of Zhang Fei.But now Liu Bei can't allow Liu Bei to have time to care about his brotherhood. According to the report from the soldiers just now, the Black Mountain bandits led by Zhang Yan have assembled and are coming to Yecheng. Everything that has been done before and all the price paid will be in vain, and it is very likely that they will face the crisis of being annexed. Let's go through this first and then talk.

"Mr. Xuande, but what has changed in the army? If it is useful to someone, please say so! Since my eldest brother has joined under the command of Duke Xuande, my brothers and I will naturally look up to him!" No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a kind-hearted Yu Poison. After Liu Bei finally calmed Guan Yu's emotions, he told Guan Yu not to lose the chain at this critical moment. When he had just walked not far away, he approached Liu Bei with a warm heart and said loudly.

"Thank you, General Yu! It's just a trivial matter! You don't need to worry about it, General!" Liu Bei tried his best to kill the bandit in front of him who was called to be beaten by everyone a few days ago, but now he has turned into Yu Du of the Youzhou army. Suppressing the uncontrollable nausea, he tried his best to smile, and said: "General Yu is better off to rectify the army and improve the combat power of the soldiers. When General Zhang Yan arrives, he can also contribute to the victory of Ye City in one fell swoop."

"Don't worry about that!" Yu Du nonchalantly rolled his eyeballs like dead fish's eyes, and said with the corner of his mouth raised, "Yu has been here several times in Ye City, and our brothers have also stepped on plates before, as long as my family As soon as the chief elder brother arrives, I will guarantee you to enter Yecheng."

"Oh! Thank you so much for that!" I don't know if Yu Du did this on purpose or if he was so rude, such careless words as if he didn't take Liu Bei seriously, which made Liu Bei suddenly feel that even if he stayed by Yu Du's side For a moment, that was unbearable.When Kong Rong learned that the Black Bandits had joined forces before, the excitement he felt was already thrown out of the blue by Liu Bei.Seeing that Yu Du wanted to chatter on and on, no matter how good his endurance was, Liu Bei couldn't bear it any longer. He reluctantly gave Yu Du a smiling face, said a few polite words, and then went to inquire about Kong Rong without looking back. Has it arrived as promised.He didn't even notice the slight disdain flashing in the eyes of Yu Du, who looked like a villain behind him just now.

There was no sign of panic in Yecheng because of the arrival of Liu Bei's army.In the mansion of the Great General Cheqi who originally belonged to Yuan Shao, in the eyes of outsiders, the two brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, who would definitely fight each other when they met, were having a good time drinking and talking, as if they didn't care about the people outside the city who wanted to besiege the city at all. Soldiers and horses are in the eyes.

"Brother, those big troops outside the city, and that Liu Bei, if you knew that you already knew their purpose, I don't know what kind of expression they would have!" Sitting upright on Yuan Xi's lower seat, holding a wine glass in his hand, he persuaded Yuan Xi to drink with a smile on his face. When Liu Bei was mentioned, he showed disdain without concealing it.

"Xianfu has grown up too! It's not bad to be able to see my brother's plan! It seems that we have to thank our elder brother!" Yuan Xi slightly surprised flashed across his sullen face, and raised his eyebrows. , looked at Yuan Shang meaningfully, and raised the wine glass in his hands together, which was doubled as Yuan Shang's return, and said lightly.

"Father...Father really died at the hands of elder brother?" Yuan Shang was also taken aback when he heard Yuan Xi mentioning Yuan Shaolai at this time.After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out whether Yuan Xi's words were just out of feeling, or if he really knew something.Moreover, regarding his second brother, who used to be gentle and elegant, now he has become a little gloomy, and it also exudes a kind of uneasiness from the bottom of his heart.If it weren't for my old lady Liu Shi and the two gentlemen Tian Fengjushou who are still detained by Qin Xu in the army, when I left Linzi, I had to make sure to contact my second brother Yuan Xi, I am afraid that Yuan Shang would die He would not come to find the second elder brother who personally drove Liu Shi and Yuan Shang, who were orphans and widowed mothers, out of Yecheng, and talked to him in vain.And after hearing what Yuan Xi seemed to be pointing at, Yuan Shang couldn't bear his temper after all. After pondering for a long time, he finally asked what was in his heart.

"Oh, don't you think that it was because of my brother that I killed my own father? Don't you forget that at that time, the generals in the army, except Wen Chou and Zhang Jai, who understood the righteousness, but even you My cousin, the high-ranking official, who has never been close to us and other brothers, was all won over by the boss. As long as my father is gone, with the help of these people, wouldn't it be easy to get the inheritance left by my father?" Yuan Ximan took another sip of the muddy wine in the glass without caring, and continued as if mocking himself: "Besides, you may have also heard that before the death of father's funeral, our elder brother can't wait to come to the table and ask for help." He inherited his father's position as a general! As for what his father said before he died, and who he met, it doesn't really matter now! The things the boss has done, including attacking Jizhou in an attempt to silence him, are not clear evidence Is it?"

"Oh!" I don't know how much Yuan Shang listened to Yuan Xi's words, but he responded indiscriminately, changed the subject, and asked: "It's just brother, although you are stalemate with the eldest brother, after all, this is the case. Regarding the internal affairs of my Yuan family, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei, whether they are human beings or not, all want a piece of the pie in Hebei of my Yuan family. Moreover, Liu Bei is already at the gates of the city, but why? Is the second brother serious? Believe what the old man Kong Rong you admired said, then Liu Bei is here to support my Yuan family, right?"

"Heh, these days either I kill you or you kill me, it's natural disasters and military disasters, rituals and music have collapsed a long time ago! Only a fool would believe that there is another fool who doesn't want any benefits and goes to the thankless helper." Three idiots guarding the family business!" Yuan Ximeng poured down another glass of wine, sneered with a slightly confused look in his eyes, and said, "Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Xiansi! Which one would have no selfish intentions? It's you, Xianfu. Did you also come here with selfish intentions?"

"Second brother, I... am not..." Before Yuan Xi's words, Yuan Shang Lianlian nodded his head, but when he heard it, it turned out to be his own head.Although Yuan Shang was young, after all, when he was in Yuan Shao's tent, he was really afraid that Yuan Xi's words were probing. As long as he showed even a little bit of coveting Jizhou, countless swordsmen would rush out from behind the tent. Come.

"Ha! It turns out that you, Xianfu, who stayed unscathed for two months among the bandits in Heishan, will also be afraid! Don't worry, here are just you and my brother, two generals Wen Chou and Zhang Jai, who have also been killed by me. Please go prepare your military affairs. I will definitely not harm you!" Seeing Yuan Shang's cautious expression, Yuan Xi, who had a sullen expression on his face, seemed to have seen something very interesting, pointed at Yuan Shang and laughed: "Xianfu, you But I don’t understand! I’m just wondering that Boss Xiansi also doesn’t understand! I, Yuan Xi, didn’t understand before, but now I understand a truth!”

"Oh? I hope the second brother can enlighten me!" Hearing Yuan Xi say that there are no swordsmen, although he doesn't know whether Yuan Xi's words are true, but Yuan Shang is relieved, and hearing Yuan Xi's mysterious words, Yuan Shang laughed apologetically asked.

"Cao Cao! Lu Bu! Liu Bei! These people were either our father's attendants, or our father's enemies, and some of them were not even qualified to have a seat in front of our father. , I barely gave half a seat! Now that I think about it, how majestic and heroic our father was back then?" Yuan Xi seemed to be caught in the memory by the strength of alcohol, and he opened and closed his mouth. Foggy.

Yuan Shang could naturally hear who Yuan Xi was referring to. Cao Cao was indeed close to Yuan Shao when He Jin was in power; Not to mention Liu Bei, if Gongsun Zan hadn't interceded with Cao Cao in the past, Yuan Shao would almost have been chopped off by Yuan Shao for disrupting military discussions.If there were so many "ifs" at that time, Yuan Shang never dared to think about what role the old Yuan family would play up to now.

But Yuan Shang also knew that it was only if.Yuan Xi is not the kind of person who can only fantasize, there should be more to come, so Yuan Shang wisely did not continue the conversation, but listened to Yuan Xi who was almost insane and continued.

"When Daddy was around, no one dared to show any disrespect to my Yuan family, even our second uncle Yuan Shu did such treasonous things, with Daddy around, you can see that someone has said something bad about my Yuan family? "Yuan Xi slammed the wine glass heavily on the table in front of him, his tone suddenly became sharp, and he said angrily: "But now! That guy Yuan Tan is the eldest son in vain, and he doesn't think about how to revitalize the family business, but fights against him. Wanting to fully inherit my father's old plan, if that's all, it's nothing more than that, but even when my strength is insufficient, I made enemies on all sides, leaked my Yuan family's details, and made those random pigs and dogs want to share My Yuan family has double the soup, rotten wood! Completely rotten wood! Hmph! Don’t think that I don’t know that he has something to do with Cao Cao! Do you really think that Cao Cao promised him some benefits, so he can sit back and relax? Oh, Xianfu, you must have been caught too Lu Bu promised a lot of benefits, right?"

"Eh? Second brother, I didn't..." Yuan Shang waved his hands again and again, and hastily denied it.Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi approached and grabbed his arm, his heart trembled, but he heard Yuan Xi say: "However, Xianfu is different from the eldest son of our family. My brother knows about you in the letter from my aunt. Yes, well done, good strategy, good choice!"

"Brother, you..." Yuan Shang was a little confused this time.My mother has contact with Yuan Xi?Why don't you know?At the beginning, it was the second brother in front of me who personally led the troops to drive himself and his mother Liu out of Yecheng, and fled all the way to Qingzhou.Why do you listen to what Yuan Xi said, as if your mother has been keeping in touch with Yuan Xi?However, Yuan Shang vaguely remembered that when he was in Linzi, when he was wronged and told his mother what was wrong with his two elder brothers, his mother seemed to mention that he could not speak ill of his second elder brother.Although until now, I still don't understand why my mother would separate the elder brother and the second elder brother who were originally a compatriot of the same mother, and when I left Linzi, I repeatedly told me to contact my second elder brother Yuan Xi , Even if Lu Bu and Qin Xu are suspicious, they must do the same.

"Okay! Brother Yuan Hao, Gong and the two gentlemen also know the plan. I have to say that although there are similarities with Yuan Tan's plan, it is better. However, brother now has a plan. A better choice!" Yuan Xi didn't get too entangled in the topic of still being connected with the Liu family, he only vaguely mentioned a sentence, and then he didn't say anything, but talked about Tian Fengju's appointment of two great counselors as Yuan Xi. Xie's "tailor-made" strategy of borrowing chickens to lay eggs and Li replacing peaches to become stiff, seems to really know Yuan Shang's affairs very well.

"It turns out that second brother, you already have a plan to defeat the enemy from outside the city?" Seeing Yuan Xi's confident look, Yuan Shang's face became more and more puzzled.When he heard that Liu Bei and the Heishan allied forces were besieging Ye City, Yuan Shang was still terrified, but he still felt a little slanderous about Yuan Xi's heartless appearance.Now after listening to Yuan Xi's explanation, he was even more surprised.God knows how this second elder brother of mine seems to have so many wise plans in one night.He asked rather uneasy in his heart.

"That old man Kong Rong is no wonder everything fails! Not only was Beihai Jiye forced by a child to give up the administrative office and return to Linzi; This old man is too stupid!" Yuan Xi couldn't hide the smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and seeing Yuan Shang was confused, he picked up a glass of wine spilled on the table, took a sip happily, and said to Yuan Shang Said: "Everyone knows that Yuan Xiansi admires Kong Beihai's literary talents, and that old man Kong Rong is also convinced of this. To be honest, when the old man came to vote, I was really happy for a long time. If you stay by your side, you will be able to adapt to the occasion. Unexpectedly, this thief fights like Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei! The left and right are just trying to give away my Yuan family's foundation! What else can I say? Borrowing troops from Liu Bei to help me defend Yecheng, do you really think that I, the second son of Yuan, is a fool? Then Liu Bei has the posture of a hero, but even Qin Xu, who is relied on by Lu Bu, is extremely afraid of him. He came to Yecheng, needless to say a few days, I am afraid that Jizhou will change hands, and you and my brother will die without a place to bury!"

"Ah? Then, does the second brother want to do this?" In my impression, my second brother, although he was relatively close to Yuan Shao's subordinates on weekdays, was not a man with outstanding resourcefulness.Why has it become so scheming now?Could it be that all the previous actions were all about hiding one's own strength?The person who is extremely familiar suddenly changed his appearance, how could it not make Yuan Shang change color in astonishment.

"Don't be surprised, Xianfu, I will introduce someone to you!" Seemingly satisfied with Yuan Shang's expression, the smile on Yuan Xi's face became more intense, and he nodded mysteriously towards the dark and unoccupied place of the ear door. He nodded and said with a smile: "General Zhang, after listening to this for so long, why don't you come out to meet old friends?"

"Ah! Why is it you? Second brother, you...he..." Seeing the face of the visitor, Yuan Shang suddenly jumped up like a firecracker being ignited. Even the voice trembled, as if seeing something that scared Yuan Shang very much.

"Third son, don't you come here without any problems after a long time?" The visitor sat next to the chief seat of Yuan Xi without the slightest scruple, picked up the glass of wine and took a sip, facing Yuan Shang, whose face suddenly turned pale. laughed.

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(End of this chapter)