The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 166

Guo Yuan stood under the city tower and shouted to his uncle Zhong Yao: "Surrender, uncle, you have lost. There are less than [-] soldiers in the city. Why do you fight me? Surrender."

Meng Tan also shouted brazenly: "Yes, yes, surrender quickly, my lord, Yuan Jun treats the prisoners preferentially, and you will definitely give it to your high official."

Zhong Yao didn't even bother to say anything, and ordered the archers to shoot all arrows.Guo Yuan had no choice but to attack the city with his army.Hulaoguan is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the city wall is strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack.Coupled with the fact that Zhong Yao risked himself to command the battle without wearing armor, the moved soldiers were willing to die for him.Guo Yuan attacked for three consecutive days, but he couldn't succeed.

The meaning of Gao Gan is not as good as building earth mountains and flying bridges to attack the city.Jushou disagreed, as it would take time and effort, and it might not be effective.

The flying bridge is a kind of equipment to ensure that the siege troops pass through the moat outside the city, also called the moat bridge.Two long logs are used, and planks are nailed on the top, and two wooden wheels are installed on the bottom for the convenience of transportation. It is recorded in "Six Secret Teachings": There is a flying bridge across the ditch, with a width of one foot and five feet and a length of more than two feet.If the ditch is wider, the two flying bridges can also be connected with a rotating shaft to form a folding flying bridge.Fold one section on the bridge bed at the back when carrying it, put down the front section when using it, and put it on the opposite bank of the river ditch, it is a simple trench bridge.

Jushou means to use the catapult stone to cover the ladder to attack the city.Jushou designed and used a kind of smoke ball to shoot at the head of Hulao Pass with a hair stone machine. The smoke ball is made of three catties of gunpowder covered with a catty of Artemisia annua. Put the thick paper layer on the firing stone cart to launch, calculate the distance and burning speed, when the ball falls to the enemy camp, it just ignites the ball gunpowder and causes an explosion.The explosion was not powerful enough to hurt anyone, but the smoke ball contained poison and sulfur, weighing about five catties, and could smoke enemy soldiers with bleeding from their mouths and noses.Dizziness in front of the eyes, dizziness in the head.There is no way to shoot arrows and defend the city.

This method really worked. Cao Jun couldn't defend the city in the environment of poisonous smoke, the scenery in front of him was blurred, and he couldn't shoot arrows accurately. After two hours, Yuan Jun climbed to the top of the city.Zhong Yao fought hand-to-hand with Yuan Jun's soldiers with a knife and killed more than a dozen of Yuan Jun's soldiers. The soldiers and generals guarding the city were moved by his loyalty and fearlessness. , Three times, in one day, hand-to-hand combat reached 28 times, 28 times broke through the tower, and 28 times were forced back by Cao Bing who was not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice.Jushou began to respect Guo Yuan's uncle.This Zhong Yao is really strong, and he won't fall until he breathes his last.

With the lessons learned from the last time, Jushou was afraid that Wang Zhi of Sishuiguan would send troops to flank him, so he sent [-] high-ranking troops to guard the main road leading to Sishuiguan in advance.In order to isolate Zhong Yao.Sure enough, Wang Zhi sent troops to take advantage of the situation to attack the rear of Yuan Jun, but he was ambushed by the senior officials who had been waiting on the side halfway, and the lost troops retreated to Sishui Pass.

After three consecutive days of breakthroughs and more than 300 hand-to-hand battles, there were less than 5000 Cao soldiers left over 5000.None of the [-] people were injured.There were few minor injuries.There were no less than three hundred crossbowmen with only one arm, and dozens of crossbowmen whose abdomens were cut open and wrapped in white cloth to continue shooting.Inspired by Zhong Yao, this group of people turned into an army of death that was more ferocious than the tiger and wolf division.Yuan Jun suffered more casualties, almost [-] people were killed in battle. In siege battles, the attacking side always has more casualties than the defending side.

On the fourth day of the siege battle, the Cao army defending the city was completely dead and wounded.Serious injuries and exhaustion made them unable to even draw their bows and spears, and they would not be able to go out. The smoke balls fired by Yuan Jun into the city continued to play a role, and the Cao soldiers, who were already on the verge of falling, were smoked into a complete faint.

Guo Yuan sent 3000 men to avoid the sparse arrows, climb to the top of the city, and capture his uncle Zhong Yao alive.Open the city gate and put Yuan Jun into the city.As the victorious battles had been going on a few days ago, Xuchang did not send any reinforcements, Hulao Pass was suddenly captured, and Zhong Yao had no time to send the news. Afterwards, it was Wang Zhi of Sishui Pass who notified Mao Jie.Mao Jie didn't dare to neglect, on the one hand he sent Jia Xin to lead troops to resist the enemy outside Hulao Pass, on the other hand he quickly informed Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's face changed suddenly, and he said sharply: "How did you lose Hulao Pass, where is Zhong Yao?" The incense burner and the wine cups in front of him rolled to the ground, stood up, kicked the little one away, and said sharply: "The Chuanzhong will come in to see me."

Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Cao Hong, Xiahoudun, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Xiahoushang, Lu Qian, Li Tong, Yu Jin, Guo Huai and other generals and Cheng Yu, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Dong Zhao and other advisers gathered together in a short while.

Cao Cao went crazy: "Do you know that Hulao Pass is lost?" All the generals agreed in unison: "Yes, I know." Cao Cao shouted: "Just knowing that it is useful, is there any way to defeat the enemy?"

Yu Jin stood up and said: "The final general is willing to lead troops to retake Hulao Pass." Zhang Liao said: "The final general is willing to go." Cao Cao thought to himself, if they all go to Hulao Pass, what about Guandu?
Cheng Yu said worriedly: "Nowadays, the war crisis is not good for our army. It is not the best policy to use troops to lock in prison. It is best to dampen the enemy's spirit and let our army breathe a sigh of relief from repeated defeats."

Xu Chu refused to accept it, and said in his heart that he is a scholar who is useless. He said loudly: "Mr. Zhongde is poor. Although our army has lost, we still have 70 elite soldiers, far superior in numbers to Yuan's army. In a decisive battle, the enemy will definitely be defeated. Why bother?" Make others want to destroy your own prestige."

Cheng Yudao: "On the battlefield, it's all about the general's unity of purpose and flexible command. It has nothing to do with the number of troops. Although our army is large, its morale is low. Although Yuan's army is small, its momentum is like a rainbow. The soldiers and generals are inspired by the winning streak. The sharp sword unsheathed in the early morning is dazzling, cold and sharp. Yu means that our army can temporarily evade its sharpness, and wait for the veterans of his division to fight against it when they are tired."

Cao Cao smiled wryly and said: "Zhong De is right, and I know the truth of avoiding the sharp edge, but now it is inevitable, where do you want to avoid, Xuchang, or Luoyang?"

Cheng Yu said: "Why don't you follow the example of Emperor Qin Yingzheng and bribe Yuan's ministers with a lot of money to make them withdraw their troops?" Cao Cao frowned: "Yuan Xi is not a mediocre person, and besides, none of his ministers are greedy for money, lustful or desperate, you want to bribe them that one."

Cheng Yu laughed and said: "The generals under him are not greedy for money. We can find them among his brothers and wives. I heard that Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, is very ambitious. He is very dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's ascension to the throne. During the expedition, Jizhou is guarded by Yuan Shang. The prime minister can write a letter and prepare a generous gift, and send it to Yuan Shang, urging him to take the opportunity to stand on his own. Yuan Xi’s backyard is on fire, and he must return to Jizhou to fight for the throne. Our army will win without a fight. "

Cao Cao clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, I'm just afraid that Yuan Shang will not follow." Cheng Yu said: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, Cheng Yu still has a clever plan to force Yuan Shang to rebel, and he can't escape my plan." Cao Cao's eyes lit up; "Just follow Zhong De's advice But tell me first, what is the plan to force Yuan Shang to fight against him?" Cheng Yu looked around and said, "This—" Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhong De follows me—" Take Cheng Yu away into the internal account.Not long after, everyone heard a burst of laughter, and Cao Cao said loudly: "Little Yuan Xi, I'm dead today—"

Yuan Jun's soldiers, stimulated by the great victory in Hulao, were eager to try their hands, wishing to fight Cao Cao immediately and enter Xuchang.All the generals couldn't restrain the blood boiling in their chests, and came clamoring to ask for a fight.Cangba Zhangxiu and others who were stationed in Liyang couldn't bear the loneliness, and insisted on coming to the front line. Considering that the battle situation was basically stable, I made a decisive decision to let Zhang Yanzangba cross the river and stationed in Baimayanjin respectively, while Zhang Xiujun stationed in Suanzao, step by step. Push slowly.Gao Lan moved his troops to Cangting to guard the ferry of the Yellow River.

Cao Jun stood still for several days. Xu Shu said: "Our army's morale is high, and we just beat Cao Cao with a bang."When the army arrived in front of Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao's whole army came to meet him.The two armies faced each other and lined up.Cao Cao's front army of 30 soldiers formed a swallow-shaped formation in front of the stronghold, with Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry in the center, Xu Chu's armored army and Xiahou Dun's tiger and feather forest infantry on both sides, stretching out to the two wings like swallow wings.The first few rows of the Iron Armored Army and the Huben Army are all bowmen.With the sound of gunfire and the roar of war drums, Cao Cao's golden helmet and armor, brocade robes and jade belts, immediately entered the army.Arranged on the left and right are Zhang Liao, Xia Houdun and other famous generals.On the Lie Lie banner fluttering in the wind, the words Cao, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, are written in dragons and phoenixes.Cao Cao looked mighty and upright, with a long beard fluttering. He was squinting his eyes at the moment, watching Yuan Jun's formation with Cheng Zhongde beside him.

What Yuan Jun listed is Xu Shu's self-created 'fish-scale formation'. Cao Cao and Cheng Yu have never seen it before. his soldiers.Cao Cao rode a black horse with his left hand, and Hua Xin, who was dressed in a manly official uniform, suddenly took out a scroll from his arms and shouted: "Yuan Xi accepts the order."

At the gate flag of Yuan Jun's camp, I was dressed in black light armor and holding a bright silver gun, and I came out majestic and high-spirited.Zhang Xiu, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Chang Xi, Zhou Cang, Zhu Ling, Xu Shu, Jia Xu and others followed closely behind.

Hua Xin pointed with a sharp halberd: "Bold Yuan Xi, Your Majesty will not kneel down to accept the edict again." Xu Shu said angrily, "What you hold in your hand is clearly a false edict. My lord will never bow down to a national traitor."

Hua Xin was furious, raised the imperial decree above his head, and shouted violently: "The traitor Yuan Xi accepts the decree—" I glanced at the purge of Cao Jun's camp, and said with a sneer, "Where did you find such a piece of rag? The imperial decree, Mr. Hua has already become the emperor, and the imperial decree can be written at will."

Hua Xin was so angry that he thought whether he could accept it or not, and read aloud: "Following the fate of the heavens, the emperor said: Yuan Xi killed his father to stand on his own. He committed a heinous crime. Now he is raising troops to rebel. He is really an unfaithful and unfilial person. I really can't tolerate you Continue to do evil, and when the decree comes, go to the governor of Jizhou, Yehou, the position of general, and his younger brother Yuan Shang will take over. The imperial gift——Yuan Xi, did you hear me clearly? The crime of leading troops to rebel is unforgivable, Your Majesty Nian Zai, the fourth generation and third father of your family, couldn't bear to kill you, so he specially ordered Ben to take you back, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ying, soon tied up the commoner Yuan Xi, do you want to rebel too?"

Zhang He and Zhang Xiu spit on the ground at the same time: "Fuck your mother."

Hua Xin showed the utter loyalty of an imperial envoy to defend the imperial power, and said hysterically, "I am a servant of the minister and shot at the court official. Your Majesty's imperial envoy, if you dare to insult me, it is disrespectful to your majesty. Yuan Xi, you really are a traitor."

Hua Xin shouted to Yuan Jun's soldiers: "Your Majesty, if Yuan Xi persists in his obsession and refuses to repent, the Hebei soldiers can kill him with all his strength, and whoever can kill the traitor will be made the governor of Qingzhou, Marquis of Le'an. Hurry up, everyone." Be a loyal minister."

"Under the imperial decree, Yuan Xi accepts the decree." Jia Xu unhurriedly took out a volume of imperial edict from his bosom.I smiled in my heart, and it was time for acting, so I got off my horse and said, "Your Majesty, long live long live long live. Your Excellency, General Yuan Xi takes orders."

Jia Xu shouted as loudly as he could; "Following the heavens, the emperor said: Cao Cao deceived the emperor, harmed the country and the people, and incited soldiers to attack and harass the people. He went to the palace with swords, paid homage to unknown names, cultivated party members inside and outside the palace, and killed ministers indiscriminately. The government doesn't take this great Han emperor seriously. The Yuan family is loyal and powerful, and has been a general for generations, and you are the son-in-law of a great Han, a relative of the emperor. I hope that your love will not forget the country's kindness, and kill Cao Cao and a traitorous party , there must be no mistakes. It is bestowed by the imperial court."

I cried bitterly, crying heart-piercingly before the battle and moved God; "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you and I are as close as brothers, I miss you every day in my heart. I didn't expect you to be bullied by Cao thief so much. So much. Don’t worry, your majesty, even if I risk my life, my minister Yuan Xi will be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, tearing the corpses of the country’s traitors into pieces and skinning them to pay homage to you——” The emperor is not dead yet, it’s a mistake to cry . "To repay the country's great kindness to the Yuan family. My God, there are such treacherous ministers in the world. If you don't tell me, your majesty, I can't see that Cao Cao would be so vicious. Is he even more bastard than Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo—"

When Zhang Liao and Xu Chu heard scolding the Prime Minister, they shouted loudly: "You are so brave, shut up."

Trembling, I took the imperial edict from Jia Xu, stood up, turned around, and shouted sharply: "Cao Cao, today's general is serving the imperial edict to punish the thieves. If you don't get off your horse and accept the surrender, when will you wait?"

Cao Cao curled his lips: "Your clothes and belts are fake, it's a framing of the truth. Let me ask you, where did you come from that clothes and belts." I laughed and said: "It's true, everyone in the world You can tell at a glance, as for where it came from, it is naturally hidden in the belt of the winter clothes His Majesty gave me."

Hua Xin became angry from embarrassment; "Yuan Xi, you are no longer a general. It has been said in the imperial decree. Hurry up and hand over the seal and ribbon of the general."

I said angrily: "You are still a scholar. Seeing the country's thieves in power and His Majesty being humiliated, you don't want to stand up to serve the country. Instead, you help the evildoers. The sage's books are fucking read into the dog's belly, can't you?"

Hua Xin was so out of breath, her face turned blue and white, she opened her mouth and couldn't speak.His old friend Wang Lang, the imperial censor, was self-righteous, and rushed out to make a rescue out of the siege in order to show off.

Wang Lang was dressed in a coarse Confucian uniform, without armor, thin and bony, with bulging toad eyes, gray hair and beard, and thin lips. He looked like an eloquent orator.

In order to show his fearlessness in front of the generals of Cao Jun, Wang Lang galloped his horse from Cao Jun’s wall to the front of the formation, turning a blind eye to Yuan Jun’s archers who were about to shoot, and leaned forward on his horse, saying, “I’ve heard about Yuan Gong’s name for a long time, and it’s a pleasure to meet you today, Lang! There is something I don’t understand and I want to ask for advice, I hope Duke Yuan can teach me.”

I was taken aback; "Who are you?" Wang Lang said proudly: "No talent, I serve as Doctor Censor by His Majesty's side, and my surname is Wang Minglang."

Wang Lang!It was the one who was scolded to death by Zhuge Liang!

I understand, he is going to give me an excuse to persuade me to surrender, old man, your time of death is coming.I mentioned today that Mr. Zhuge accepted you, so as to save his old man from spitting. "Master Wang, please tell me something, I will definitely give you a very satisfactory answer." Wang Lang was disdainful in his heart, so frivolous, it is impossible to make a big deal, it seems that the rumors are too exaggerated, Yuan Xi is just a fool.

Wang Lang stroked his beard and pretended to be serious: "Since you know the destiny and the current affairs, why do you have an unknown soldier?"

Damn, this line is familiar, is it really——

I searched my memory, and followed Zhuge Liang's train of thought and said, "I was summoned to hunt for thieves. What does it mean to be an unknown teacher?" Wang Langxin said, who are you? Those who live here, this is the ultimate principle of the reincarnation of heaven. Since Emperor Huan and Lingdi, yellow scarves have been everywhere, and the world is in chaos. During the Chuping and Jian'an years, Dong Zhuo harmed the common people in the world. Li Jue and Guo Si treated him, and they were even more cruel and inhumane than Dong Zhuo. You The second uncle, Yuan Shu, proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun, and your father dominated Jizhou; Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou; Heaven and earth swept across the eight wastelands; all surnames fell in love with each other, and the four quarters admired it. It is really the destiny.

Today, I am the prime minister, with a million armors and thousands of good generals.Forgive you for the light of fireflies, An Neng competes with the prime minister's bright moon.The public can turn against him and surrender, and go with the prime minister to apologize to his majesty, and he will not lose his position as a marquis.Wouldn't it be beautiful to enjoy national security and folk music? "

I was amused, and thought to myself, it really is that set of rhetoric, although it has been slightly changed, but the meaning is the same.It seems that he is going to travel westward with a crane ahead of schedule.

"Shut up, I'll fuck your mother, go to hell, you old man, bah." Start the conversation, scold first, I am not the gentle Zhuge Liang.Wang Lang flourished in the Han Dynasty, and he always pretended to be a dog in front of others. Even Cao Cao was always polite to him. He had never been so insulted.His lips were pale, his face was red, his neck was thick, and he almost fell off his horse.

I said to myself, old man, this is just the beginning, and I still haven't brought out heavy weapons yet.

"Wang Lang, what did you just say, thieves are on the rise, treacherous eagles are flocking, right? Lu Bu, Liu Biao, you missed one is Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, he is the biggest traitor, the prime minister! Nonsense, he is the son of the emperor To make the princes plot evil and rebel against self-reliance, Cao Cao is the biggest thief in the world, you are a big white face."

I thought to myself that Wang Lang was dead this time: "Wang Lang, you clearly know that Cao Cao is ambitious to bully His Majesty, so why just sit idly by, you say. Is it for the sake of beauty, beauty and wealth? I thought that the senior ministers of the Han Dynasty would have some high-level remarks. How could you be so shameless? I have a word for you to listen to carefully: In the Huan and Ling periods in the old days, the great Han lost control and the eunuchs made disasters; , hijacked the emperor's brutal life, killed countless people and burned the palace. Do you know why these disasters happened?"

Wang Lang blushed, gasped and said, "Why do you say?"

I yelled violently: "It's just because above the temples, rotten trees serve as officials, and between the majesty of the palace, animals eat their salary; wolf-hearted and dog-like people are in power, and servile people who bow their knees are in power. As a result, the country is in danger and the people are dying. The general has always known about your virtues, Mrs. Wang Lang. You live on the coast of the East China Sea, and you are a filial and honest official for the first time; Fart, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is the destiny. Listening to your words, there is no doubt that you want to rebel. You have committed a heinous crime, and the world will not tolerate it! The people of the world can't wait to cook you and eat you!

Fortunately, the gods are immortal, my grandfather Yuan Fenggong and my father Yuan Shao are the loyal ministers of the country, and they are trying their best to turn the tide. Five generations of the Yuan family, in order to fight against you sycophants who eat vegetarian food, have worked hard and devastated the country.The emperor of the Han Dynasty admired my family's loyalty and unparalleled, and specially issued a clothes belt edict, ordering me to beg for thieves.The teacher of justice is here today, since you old man is a flatterer, you should shrink up like a turtle, eat and drink and live your life; how dare you come to the front of the two armies to fart!A handsome man, a gray-bearded old thief!You died under the Nine Springs today, what kind of face do you have to see the 24th Emperor!Go away, old thief!General Ben disdains to talk to people like you.

It's the same as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

After Wang Lang heard this, his chest was filled with anger, he yelled, and died under his horse.May be myocardial infarction.

Cao Cao was heartbroken looking behind him. Could it be that Yuan Xi knew sorcery, so how could he kill him.Wang Lang is really useless, he can't even bear these few words.Xu Chu, Xia Houdun and the others were also terrified. This Yuan Xi was so talented. Every sentence he said just now was like a knife piercing into Mr. Wang's heart, stabbing him to death.Cao Bing saw that Wang Lang had been scolded to death, and his morale was immediately depressed.The soldiers all thought I knew some magic.

(End of this chapter)