The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 33

The second uncle's body twisted into a twist in an instant.With a cold face, I felt the pulse of his left hand, squeezed his belly, then opened his mouth with both hands, glanced at it with the light, and said loudly: "Bring the strong wine." Yan Xiang greeted immediately The maids and servants standing outside the door came in and told them to go and get the strongest wine.No matter how poor the second uncle was, there was still some wine, and after a while, the rescue came.The second uncle's face has turned blue and purple, and it seems that he is dying.I wanted another bowl, poured the wine into the bowl, signaled Chen Lan with my eyes, and lit the spirits with an oil lamp.Chen Lan was sweating profusely, and handed over the oil lamp with trembling hands.Yan Xiang snatched it over, put the lamp into the spirits, and lit the spirits with a bang.

I took out a round jade ball that was bigger than an egg from my waist, and untied the silver needle I carried with me from my waist, put them together on the blue flame ignited by shochu and grilled them, and then told Yan Xiang and Chen Lan; " Press your hands." Then he said to Lei Bo: "The general squeezed his legs tightly. There is another person to hug His Majesty's head. No matter what happens, he must not let go. Do you hear me?" The glorious task of scratching the head, Naturally, it was going to fall on Yuan Yao, and no one else dared to catch him except him.

I stuffed the jade ball into the second uncle's mouth as hard as I could, propped his mouth up, and stabbed the reddish-yellow silver needle that was burning on the flame of spirits in my right hand into his throat.A puff of blue smoke immediately came out of the second uncle's mouth, exuding a strange smell of burnt flesh.Others haven't figured out what's going on. "Let go, it's over." Then he blew out the flame in the shochu bowl.The second uncle's twisted legs, feet, and arms relaxed, and he lay lazily and motionlessly on the dragon bed, and a stream of black mucus began to flow out of his mouth, making it extremely disgusting to watch.The maid wiped it carefully with a towel.At this time, the second uncle gradually opened his eyes.Everyone discovered this great turning point at the same time.There was a gleam of fire in his eyelids, signifying the return of life.Like a ray of soft and vibrant sunshine falling through a crack in the cloud of haze.I turned my eyes full of tears, and said to the maidservants, "Bring cold water." I thought that no matter how bad the second uncle is, he will always be my second uncle. I never thought that he would end up in this situation after half his life. .

After pouring a few sips of cold water, the second uncle immediately recovered a little bit of energy.He sighed and said, "I can't live anymore, Xi'er, Second Uncle knows that you can save me once, but not the second time, will such a thing happen again? Tell me the truth, what is it? Illness." My tears could no longer hold back, and I said choked up; "Second Uncle, what you have is—arthralgia syndrome, which is the disorder of Qi and blood caused by depression, and the syndrome of obstruction—I, I don’t have it. There is a way to save you—Second Uncle—" I burst into tears, and the generals next to me also wept. Although Second Uncle is usually domineering and doesn't know how to be considerate of his subordinates, after all, he is the lord I have followed for many years. Emotional.

The second uncle is worthy of being a hero of a generation. When he faced death, the heroism hidden in his heart was completely stimulated, and he said coldly; When you are crying? Xi'er, get up and obey orders." Looking at the rare kind expression on the face of my second uncle Yuan Shu, my heart felt like a knife was piercing, and I didn't know what to say.Did He Shibi harm him, or did his disregard for brotherhood lead him to a dead end?When a person is about to die, his words are good, the second uncle sighed; "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, I have been arguing with Benchu ​​all my life, the dispute between the sons and daughters, the dispute over the interests of the land, and when I was dying, what I was thinking about was actually This big brother who hasn't seen him for more than ten years, it seems that we brothers will never meet again in this life. This jade pendant was given to me and my big brother by my father when we were young—" He took a piece of dark green from his waist with all his strength "This is half of your father's other half. It is a pair with your father's other half. This is the wish of your grandfather Yuan Fenggong. He hoped that our brothers could be as friendly as jade and help each other. On such a road of no return—" I tremblingly took Yujue and said, "Second Uncle, I'll send someone to call Second Aunt." Yuan Yao was already crying so hard.The second uncle suddenly reprimanded loudly; "Shut up, both of you shut up. Now is the time for children to grow in love. Yuan Xi obeys orders—" I was stunned, and immediately cupped my hands and said, "Second uncle ordered."

The second uncle's face turned blue again and he said out of breath; "The situation in Huainan has been defeated. Uncle is willing to put this place under his father's command. It is inconvenient today. I order you to inherit the title of Marquis of Yangdi, the prefect of Huainan from my left general, and command the soldiers of the five counties here." Ma, fight against Sun Ce in the south, chase Zhang Liao in the north." Then he said to Yan Xiang, "Get the seal and ribbon." Yan Xiang took the seal of General Zuo and the golden book of Marquis of Yangzhai bestowed by the emperor, and taught it to me.I thought to myself, in this situation, if I want to keep Huainan and Hefei from being divided by Cao Cao and Sun Ce, I can only do this. If I have no power in my hands, these prefects and generals in front of me will immediately scatter like birds and beasts. Those who voted for Cao Cao voted for Cao Cao, voted for Sun Ce I voted for Sun Ce, no, I can't let this kind of thing happen, even if I lose, I will lose vigorously, like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the failure of the second uncle and the old man is too useless to make people breathless.I'd rather be a hero than a worthless hypocrite.Without further ado, he knelt on the ground and took Yinshou over.Yan Xiang was angry when he saw it, thinking that you are not the lord's son-in-law, no matter what, you should be polite, it's outrageous how you used to rob, and kept rolling your eyes at me.I saw it and pretended not to see it.Anyway, I don't care about false fame, the most important thing is to have a chassis and a source of troops.

The second uncle's body began to twitch and twist again, his eyes lost their luster again, and there was another whining sound from his throat, as if a dog had been wronged. He pointed at me and said to his subordinates; Work together to help my Yuan family keep Huainan. Before my elder brother takes over, everyone must obey Yuan Xi's command, and don't be negligent—" The second uncle looked at Yuan Yao stretching out his hand, as if he wanted to touch his head, and seemed to want to speak, his eyes were full of misery sad light.But as soon as the hand was stretched out and the words were not spoken, the person started to toss again.This time, as soon as my spirits were ignited, his body stopped churning. I felt for the pulse with my hand and found that he was gone.Immediately weeping, the voice was so loud that even I couldn't believe it, why did I have such a deep relationship with my second uncle? This is what people often say, 'Is blood thicker than water'.

After taking care of my second uncle's funeral, Zhao Yun and Guo Jia Xunyu came to see me.I was walking in the garden, and I said I was walking, but I was full of thoughts. I didn't even see the pool in the garden, and I almost fell and drowned.Zhao Yun grabbed me; "Second Young Master, it's not good, something happened."

Guo Jia said angrily; "Cao Cao plotted against Liu Pi, and Liu Pi has surrendered Cao Cao in the city of Runan." Xun Yu said, "This incident is not surprising. I guess Cao Cao must be afraid that we will unite with Zhang when he wants to fight the lord. Xu Chang was harassed by Xu Chang, and the route from Shouchun to Wancheng must be through Runan, so he lured Liu Pi to surrender." Guo Jia said; "Also, Shouchun has no food at all, so we can't stay long, tomorrow at the latest We’re going to leave.” I frowned and said, “Where are we going?” Guo Jia said, “I’ve done a careful study, Hefei is close to Jiangdong, and people’s lives are relatively stable, and last year’s drought was slightly lighter than other places, so there should be food, but Let the army garrison for some time, but the time should not be too long." Zhao Yundao; "That would mean handing over Shouchun to Zhang Liao." Xun Yu sneered, "This is Cao's plan. Feng Xiao and I have already discussed it. He came up with a plan to keep Zhang Liao back and forth, and the entire army was annihilated. As for Jiangdong's foolish Sun Ce, it was a bit difficult to deal with—"I completely believed in the strategies of these two top military advisers, without even thinking about it, Said; "Okay, finally clean up Liu Pi and unite Zhang Xiu." Guo Jia was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't you listen to our plan?" I held Guo Jia's shoulder and smiled; "Don't I understand? You, you wouldn’t come to tell me if you weren’t completely sure, I agree, just do it.” Guo Jia’s whole body trembled, and a moist mist rose before his eyes, and he said, “My lord is so brave, why worry about the world.”

Zhao Yun coughed and said, "However, Mr. Wen Ruo, you'd better tell the strategy, otherwise Yun won't know what to do next." Xun Yu stroked his short beard and nodded; "We can divide our troops into two ways to meet the enemy, my lord. Go to Hefei with Feng Xiao to meet Sun Ce, and send a general to stay in Shouchun to deal with Zhang Liao." I pondered for a while; "How many combat-capable soldiers are there?" Zhao Yun said; "Even Huainan soldiers and our own Yanzhao cavalry The total number of people who can fight is less than 5." Guo Jiadao; "I discussed with Mr. Wen Ruo that there is no food in Shouchun, so we can't leave too many soldiers to garrison, [-] Jia and your son will go to Hefei with [-]. Only [-] elite soldiers are left here." I said; "But Zhang Liao's [-] elite soldiers—"

Guo Jiadao; "I expected that Zhang Liao must bring old, weak and remnant soldiers with very limited combat power." Zhao Yundao; "Yun doesn't quite understand." They are all soldiers of the Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou, and most of these people have no combat effectiveness. He has already brought the elite soldiers to Guandu to fight the lord. Therefore, the soldiers and horses brought by Zhang Liao will definitely not be the army of tigers and wolves." Xun Yu sneered; "Zhang Liao It's easy, I've already written a letter to the Taishan thief Commander Cangba, who is Tao Qian's friend, Cao killed Tao Qian, and Cangba hated him to the bone, I asked him to wait for Zhang Liao to pass Xuzhou, and send troops to kill him Going back, disturbing his army's morale." Zhao Yun was still cautious and worried; "Even so, judging from the damage of Shouchun City's defenses, it seems that it can't last for too long."

Xun Yu's eyes sparkled and he said in a deep voice; "So we have to lead Zhang Liao into a trap—" Zhao Yun's and I's eyes also lit up.

I said: "Sun Ce claims to have the courage of the overlord of Chu, and his marching speed is definitely not slow. I will leave for Hefei tonight. I will trouble the teacher and Zilong to guard Shouchun. I will take Xu Huang to Hefei together. There is Liu Bei and his two good brothers, staying here."

Hefei has always been a battleground for military strategists, so this city is still very large.

In addition to the fact that the city wall is made of loess layered and rammed, which is extremely hard, the circumference is at least 5000 kilometers.The thickness of the city wall is at least double that of Xiapicheng.It is divided into four gates, east, west, north, south.There is a protruding archery tower every five feet.The city gate is made of two-foot-thick hardwood wrapped with several layers of iron sheets.I entered the city through the north gate, and the general Le in the city had received news from Shouchun early in the morning, knowing that I had inherited the seal and ribbon of my second uncle, General Zuo, and the prefect of Huainan.Five miles out of the city to welcome you.Le is the second uncle's general, who is versatile in both civil and military affairs, with a calm mind. Hefei would have been swallowed up by Sun Ce long ago if it wasn't for him.Lejiu had less than [-] soldiers under his command, but all of them looked energetic and vigorous, unlike Shouchun's sergeants, all of them drooped their heads and looked listless, as if they were being abused every day.I asked Lejiu in a low voice on the horse; "How much food is there in the city?" Lejiu's expression darkened; "I'm reporting to the second son, not much." I frowned and asked again; "How many defenders are there in the city." Le just looked at my question and said with a wry smile; "Second son, let me tell you the truth. There are less than [-] defenders in Hefei City, and the rest have been transferred by the lord to fight Cao Cao. As for the military rations— —Hey, although it is close to the big river, the drought last year was much lighter than that in Shouchun, but it is still rare in a hundred years——" My heart was shaken, and I thought that it was bad, there would be no food in Hefei City, then I Not a dead end.Le saw me frowning again and again and probably guessed what I was thinking, and said; "Actually—it's okay to last for four or five days—" I was surprised; "Didn't you say that you encountered a rare drought in a century?" Le sighed Dao: "This is the beginning of spring last year, when the residents of the city were called to dig wells in their own fields, and only a little food was harvested. But the total amount is probably only seven days."

The army rested all night, and Le came to see me early the next morning, pushed the gate door and said out of breath; , said in a daze; "Ask him to come in." Le was shocked; "No? That's not surrender without a fight."

"Sun Ce" I suddenly woke up, got up from the field, jumped onto the ground barefoot, and shouted at him; "Surrender, who said surrender? If anyone dares to say surrender, I will kill his whole family." , who said to surrender just now, bring him in." Le was so angry, thinking that you said to invite Sun Ce in.He curled his lips and said anxiously; "Second Young Master—" Before he finished speaking, Xu Huang also ran in; "I said Yuan Xi, Sun Ce has already called the door, why are you still sleeping?" This guy really thinks I am him Cousin, never called Second Young Master, only Yuan Xi when he opened his mouth.I smiled wryly and said, "Immediately, immediately, you two go up to the tower to meet the enemy first." Xu Huang glared, "Hurry up, or someone will attack you later, don't blame me for not doing my best." Xu Huang and Le turned and went out. .Here I put on my clothes and crown and head out of the bedroom.There was a pair of soldiers leading horses waiting for me outside the commander's mansion. I got on the horses and said in a deep voice, "Quick, go to the city."

"Hefei City is worthy of being an important military town, and its momentum is extraordinary." Surrounded by a pair of soldiers, I hurried to the city.When I came to the city, I saw that the five-foot-high tower was full of archers and shield soldiers, and the rolling logs and stones were piled up like a mountain. There was a raging fire on every protruding arrow tower, and there was a strong smell of kerosene. Invading the human nose.These are used to prevent the enemy from attacking the city with things like ladders and platforms.

The preparations are well done.I glanced approvingly at Le Jiu who was standing beside me.Le was expressionless and looked down at the city coldly.

Panting, Xu Huang ran over from a distance, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yuan Xi, did you see that, the one riding the white horse with the gun in his hand is Sun Ce, this kid looks fucking handsome" With good intentions, he glanced at me.I smiled wryly and said, "Brother Gongming, please give me some face. In front of so many soldiers, don't always make Yuan Xi long and Yuan Xi short. I don't have any prestige at all. Anyway, my son is also a big Han Dynasty now." General Zuo and Marquis of Yangdi, don’t use bean buns as dry food.” Xu Huang blushed and stared, “Isn’t the name given to people?”

Climbing high and looking far away, I almost passed out, my mother, Sun Ce is really rich and powerful, the rich man in the land of rain and rice in Jiangdong really has extraordinary skills.The Jiangdong army under the city of Hefei is overwhelming. Every soldier is equipped with excellent equipment. Countless knives and spears seem to make the sun's brilliance lose its color.

"My dear, Jiangdong's troops are so strong." Xu Huang praised.I almost died of anger, thinking that you can't shut up that stinking mouth, how could it affect the morale of the army as soon as you come up.Immediately said; "Such soldiers and horses are also called majestic, Gongming, have you been with Yang Feng's juggling troupe for a long time, and even forgot what the regular army looks like. These people can only serve as cannon fodder in front of our Hebei people. "

Xu Huang rolled his eyes and said nothing, which meant that he was not convinced anyway.Le leaned over and pointed at the camp of Jiangdong soldiers and horses; "The one at the front is Sun Ce—"

"That's the guy—" I glanced over.Sun Ce, with a white horse and a white robe, holds a golden gun, and his momentum is as powerful as a rainbow.Sure enough, he is worthy of the title of Sun Lang.I pointed to the five people behind Sun Ce and said, "Who are those five people?" "To the second son, they are Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhou Yu, and Tai Shici, the five great generals under Sun Ce's tent.

I immediately frowned, thinking that I might be in a hard fight today.Sun Ce suddenly shouted loudly at the city: "Lejiu, surrender the city quickly, I will spare you." I waved my hand and called a crossbowman over, pointed at Sun Ce and said, "Shoot him to death." His hand was startled, the iron bow fell to the ground with a slap, and he knelt down and cried, "Second son, spare me, the small one—the small one—really can't shoot that far." No wonder Sun Ce's position is four inches away from the tower. Fifty feet, the range of ordinary bows and arrows is simply out of reach.Even if the bow and arrow are fine, no one has such strong arm strength.Xu Huang was furious, and said to me: "I'll go down to the city and charge for a while to frustrate the enemy's spirit." I was about to let him go down when I heard a drum beating from the enemy army below the city.The sound of horns sounded one after another, and the enemy shield soldiers moved forward quickly.Le said nervously; "General Xu, you better not go down, they are about to come up."

I waved my hand and said loudly, "The archers are ready, shoot these bastards to death for me." He helped the kneeling archer to his feet and said with a smile, "Okay, don't kneel anymore, you won't be able to shoot Sun Ce, It’s okay to shoot a few small soldiers.” The archer said gratefully; “Don’t worry, my son, I’m not bragging, I’ve been an archer for several years, and my technique is very pure. I dare not say anything else. It’s slightly bigger than a fly. As long as a little thing appears within ten feet, he will not want to live."

I was taken aback, thinking that this was not bragging, even Huang Zhong, who is known as a hundred-step piercer, would not dare to say such a big talk.

(End of this chapter)