The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 98

"I heard from Guo Jia that you understand the language of Shanyue and Qiang people, don't you?"

"My lord, I understand not only the languages ​​of the Shanyue and Qiang people, but also the languages ​​of the big countries of Kucha and Cheshi in the Western Regions." No wonder you want to rebel, it turns out that you are a 'translator'.

I beamed with joy and said: "Since that's the case, why don't you go to Youzhou with me, how about I entitle you as Youzhou?" I thought to myself, I'll deprive you of your military power first, let's see how you dedicate the city .Shen Rong doesn't know what I'm thinking, he didn't want to be that city gate captain long ago, he got up early in the morning and was greedy in the dark, he offended everyone, and he didn't have a future.Now that the second young master favors him, it would be great to be promoted to Bie Jia all of a sudden.

"Thank you, Young Master, I will not hesitate to judge Rong."

"You don't need to thank me. I have been recommended by many people. I know that you are a rare talent with both civil and military skills. That's why I want to use you. You must not disappoint my expectations." I said with a pun.

"My lord, don't worry, Shen Rong is not a fool. With the help of your lord, I will do my best in the future." Shen Rong expressed his gratitude.I nodded and said: "Okay, take those books and read them. I usually like to read them. I will see my father in a while, and I will ask him for someone. Let's go down first." Shen Rong replied, " yes".When he walked to the door, he turned back and said in a low voice, "It is a great honor to be able to serve the Second Young Master. We Hebei soldiers regard the Second Young Master as a hero in our hearts. I will never forget your kindness in my life. No—" Turning around and walking away.I found tears in his eyes.

As soon as Shen Rong turned around and went out, Yaoqin's scream came from the courtyard; "Elder Master—servant please greet the eldest son." "No, no." Yuan Tan walked in with a big smile.

As soon as I heard that he was coming, I immediately stood up to greet him. Before I could go out, he had already entered the house. "Second brother, your complexion is not very good. Is it because you didn't sleep well? It's no wonder that the husband and wife reunited after a long absence? By the way, I heard that you were injured. You must pay attention to your body. Don't overdo it, it's not good. That thing , After getting too much, I was more tired than fighting, and I was so tired that I almost couldn't get up once, and it took two days to rest." Yuan Tan sat down on the chair.

"What about two days later?" I blurted out. "Continue to charge forward." Yuan Tan said with a smile.He was wearing a robe casually, with a laid-back look.His eyes were filled with exhaustion and worry.

"Do you have any wine here?" Yuan Tan asked.I smiled; "Brother, you look down on me too much, I am the governor of Youzhou. No matter how poor my family is, I still have wine." Yuan Tan waved; "Bring it, hurry up, hurry up, today we brothers Just get drunk, brother hasn't had a drink with you for a long time."

I was taken aback, the wounds on my left rib and back were still aching. I drank alcohol at this time, fearing that the old injuries would recur.Yuan Tan was in high spirits. I knew his temper was a cannonball.With a wry smile, he said to the boy outside the door: "Go, bring the wine." The boy turned around and left.Yaoqin just came in with tea.Yuan Tan said: "I don't drink tea, you take it, we brothers drink."

Yaoqin didn't dare to provoke him anymore, so she nodded and obediently took the tea away.Go to the kitchen and order to prepare wine and dishes.Yuan Tan admired seductively; "This girl, the longer she grows, the more iconic she becomes."

After the food and drink were served, Yuan Tan poured out a bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp, like a traveler in the desert who was dying of thirst, drinking down a stream of sweet spring.

"Ah, good wine." Actually, it's not good at all, it's just ordinary Zhuyeqing.I took a sip and put the bowl down.After Yuan Tan drank three bowls of wine, his eyes turned red, and the sadness in his eyes became more intense.

"Brother, do you seem to have something on your mind?" I asked with concern.Yuan Tan smiled and said, "Brother is going back to Qingzhou tomorrow, and I can't bear to part with you and mother, so I feel a little unhappy." I clicked my tongue and said, "I'm going back to Qingzhou tomorrow? Is that what father meant?" Yuan Tan drank a bowl with a wry smile Wine; "You drink too—" I smiled and picked up the bowl, and drank the remaining half of the bowl of wine.Yuan Tan picked up the wine jar and refilled it for me.I exclaimed in surprise: "How can this be done? The younger brother should pour the wine for the older brother. Wouldn't this kill me." I stood up and apologized respectfully.

"You don't pretend to be sour, and you are sour again. Didn't I tell you before that if you dare to be sour in front of me again, I will beat you, forget it." Yuan Tan stared.

I remembered, that was when I was in Luoyang.We went to the brothel together, and he did say that to me on the way.

I felt amused for a while, so I bent down and said with a bitter face, "That's different. We were young at that time, but now that we're grown up, we must distinguish between superiors and inferiors."

Yuan Tan was upset, squatting down the wine bowl, and said angrily, "Where did you talk so much nonsense, do you want to be beaten. Hurry up and sit down and drink."

I couldn't help laughing and said, "I really can't drink today, why don't you go later, brother, I will have a good drink with you when I'm in better health." Then I sat down.Yuan Tan sighed and shook his head; "The general's order is hard to disobey, and I can't help myself." I thought for a while and asked; "Father ordered me to station the army outside the city, saying that it would be on call at any time, and now he asked my elder brother to return to Qingzhou in a hurry. Could it be that he intends to cross the Yellow River again." Yuan Tan kept drinking and sighing, sighed three times, and drank three more bowls of wine.The words became more dense.

"The battle of Guandu, the defeat was useless. Before the elder brother recovered, the army lost the ability to fight back and retreated like a tide. Looking back, it was also because of my improper command. If I were given another chance, even if the result was a defeat, It wouldn't be such a miserable annihilation of the whole army. At that time—" I said angrily; "This matter was all done by Xu You and Zhang He Gaolan, how can you blame the eldest brother." Yuan Tan sneered; "Xu You, this old bastard, I can't wait to have him skinned and cramped, but Zhang Yun Gao Lan, they—”

Yuan Tan recalled to himself; "At that time, Wuchao's granary was burned, and Zhang He strongly advocated rescue Wuchao. Guo Tu and I did not agree with this. My elder brother felt that if we sent troops to attack Cao Cao's Guandu camp by surprise, it would have the effect of besieging Wei and saving Zhao. Who knew that Cao Cao had already prepared. Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, and Cao Xiu fought out from the left, middle, and right, and defeated Zhang Yun's Gao Lan. They commanded [-] elite soldiers, and lost [-] to return. The camp. At this time, the fire in Wuchao had already spread, and my father had no time to reprimand the two, so he sent Zhang Yun Gaolan, after Jiang Qi, to command two thousand remnant soldiers to rescue Wuchao. Unexpectedly, Jiang Qi had already been beheaded by Zhang Liao at that time. His commander The [-] troops also surrendered to Cao Cao. Zhang He Gaolan was defeated again. Feng Ji and Liu Bei suggested to his father to kill Zhang He Gaolan to strengthen the army. I felt that the two should not be blamed for this matter, so I asked them to intercede. My father allowed the two to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, in order to see the effect—”

"Liu Bei—" I gasped.I don't think this person can get rid of my anxiety.

At this time, another message was released from the enemy camp.It is said that Cao Cao has divided his troops into two groups, one to take jujube and attack Yecheng in Jizhou; the other to take Liyang and cut off our army's return.My father urgently ordered me and Zhang Yun Gaolan to lead 800 troops to rescue Yecheng.He ordered Xin Score [-] troops to rescue Li Yang.Who knows, this is Cao thief's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.Taking advantage of our army's movement, he rushed out from all directions and rushed straight to the camp.On the left are Cai Yang and Yu Jin, on the right are Zhang Liao and Xu Chu, in the middle are Xiahou Dun and Cao Xiu, and the Cao bandits personally commanded the first army and Li Dian's army to attack from the rear.Our army had no fighting spirit, and the village was empty, so they fled in all directions.The father and the third child, under the protection of Liu Bei's two brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, only took [-] people to escape the Yellow River, and even Mr. Jushou-"

"Zhang He and Gao Lan hurriedly marched through Suanzao all the way, but we didn't find any traces of the enemy. Zhang He is worthy of being a general, and he told me that this was an enemy's trick. He advised me to return to the army immediately and rescue the camp. But——Brother was too stubborn at the time, Don’t listen to people, ignore him. Continue to move forward. On the fork in Suanzao Baili, Cao Chun was attacked by tiger and leopard cavalry.”

I have been listening, and my heart is surging like a flooding river.Yuan Tan glanced at me and said with a wry smile, "You know, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is the most elite cavalry of Cao Jun. Its strength can be compared with Xiliang's powerful cavalry. Cao thief has spent countless efforts on this team and put all the best cavalry into it. All the equipment and war horses were given to this team. The tiger and leopard cavalry, the oldest is no more than 25 years old, and they are all powerful fighters selected from hundreds of thousands of Cao troops. Our army is exhausted, coupled with low momentum, As soon as they came into contact with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, they immediately retreated and retreated in embarrassment. Who knows, Cao Cao had already ordered Le Jin to take the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which was second only to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, outside Suanzao City and cut off our army's way back.

Yuan Tan drank another bowl of wine, his eyes were full of grief and indignation, and his voice began to tremble; "Fifty thousand soldiers, under the attack from both front and rear, seemed to lie down in less than half an hour, and the other half who didn't lie down also scattered and fled. As soon as I read it, I don’t want to live today. At this time, Zhang Yun Gaolan came to me and said, "My lord, please break out from the siege. The two of us will fight to the death to kill the enemy soldiers and cut off the heir for you." Brother , greedy for life and afraid of death, abandoned the two of them, fought a bloody path, and went alone. There were screams of misery behind me. I looked back immediately, and saw that Zhang He was surrounded by fewer and fewer soldiers. There are more and more enemies, and the circle of battle has been reduced to less than ten feet—" Yuan Tan roared angrily; "If I had listened to Zhang Xi's words and immediately sent troops to rescue the camp, maybe I would not have suffered such a disastrous defeat , Guandu’s defeat, in fact—it was actually my defeat.” Yuan Tan was so indignant that he smashed the bowl to pieces on the ground.

I didn't know how to persuade him, so I could only change his topic; "So, what about Xin Ping, why didn't he return to the army for rescue." Yuan Tan's eyes were red, and he wanted to breathe fire, and he said sharply; "Since Cao thief set up an ambush in Suanzao How could Xin Ping be let go. Xia Houyuan's [-] Qingzhou cavalry had already been waiting for him in the dense forest. When Xin Ping fell into a trap, he gave an order and all the horses came out and killed them. Xin Ping was a civil servant. He had never really fought in battle at all, and when he saw that he was in an ambush and the soldiers were not in disorder, he panicked and fled away. In the end, Xia Houyuan cut him off his horse with a single knife, and the fifty thousand troops were also wiped out."

It wasn't too late for Yuan Tan to drink up the jar of wine, and sent someone to bring the wine again.He drank and continued, "I fled back in embarrassment. Before I reached the camp, I encountered Feng Ji and Sui Yuanjin, who were defeated all the way. I ordered them to rescue Zhang He Gao Lan. Feng Ji refused to send troops on the pretext that the master's whereabouts were unknown. I didn't Therefore, I abandoned Zhang and Gao, and fled back by myself—”

"Zhang Yun Gaolan surrendered to the enemy because I, Yuan Tan, betrayed my faith, greedy for life and feared death. I can't blame them at all. Brother, I know that you and the two of you have a very good relationship, so I will tell you the truth today. Second brother, don't hold any resentment in your heart. Yes, it's all brother's fault."

"Junyi—Gao Lan—" My heart was ups and downs, my eyes were wet, I picked up the wine bowl, and drank it. "Brother, you go back to Qingzhou to rectify the troops. In the future, you will have a showdown with the Cao bandits." Yuan Tan Go back drunk.Before leaving, he leaned against my ear and whispered, "Be careful, my brother." My entire body was shaken like a lightning strike, and I couldn't say a word. out of the courtyard.

Big Brother wants me to be careful with Yuan Shang! !Could it be that they have already started fighting.Can't I change anything?What can I do?If the two really fight each other, then it will be my fate to be hacked to death in the end because I have three heads and six arms.Looking at Yuan Shang's performance after I returned to Jizhou, it is indeed remarkable, with provocative words and ulterior motives, which have already revealed clues.Looks like I'm going to make some preparations—

I thought about what my elder brother said just now, my head was a little dizzy, and I fell into a deep sleep without realizing it.When I woke up, the moon was already in the sky.The wind in September has turned cold, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed in a blink of an eye.I thought to myself, although I don't want to get involved in the battle between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang for the position, but the current situation is out of my control.Yuan Shang must not be allowed to sit in this seat, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.It seems that the days of hiding clumsiness and showing filial piety will continue.

I went out and went straight to my father's bedroom.Outside the door, I heard a woman's coquettish laughter coming from the room.That was father's favorite concubine Ji, Aunt Tian who was less than twenty.A little bitch, vixen.Her appearance is not as good as Zhen Mi's, and she wears heavy makeup and twists her waist every day, walking up and down in the Hou's mansion.When talking, her eyes are bold and seductive, and her laughter is frivolous, she doesn't look like a serious woman at all.

Aunt Tian was wearing a pure red silk gown.The collar, chest, sleeves, skirt corners and other parts are properly embroidered with plum blossoms. The flower shape is charming, the color is pleasing to the eye, the contrast between virtual and real, and clear layers.In addition, the clothes are soft and elegant, light and smooth, showing her youth and beauty even more.A fiery red flower hairpin was inserted in the shiny black hair.With her icy muscles and bones and coquettish smile, she looks extremely glamorous and moving.She was tall and tall, with long hair that fell down her back and reached her hips.The corners of the eyes, the tips of the eyebrows, the peach cheeks, and the sideburns all make me feel infinitely springy.A pair of water-shearing eyes is more like rippling with infinite affection.Between Gu Pan, the soul is seductive and charming.The old man's soul has probably been taken away by her, and he doesn't even seem to know that I came in.

"Father—" I coughed, and walked forward on my knees; "My child, come and pay my respects to father." After crying a lot yesterday, my father felt much better about me, and immediately stopped Aunt Hetian's teasing, and said; "Xi Son, you are not in good health, so don't come here to pay your respects these few days, you must pay attention to recuperation, after a while, you will have to fight Cao thief as your father, and it depends on your brothers."

"Father, the child tossed and turned in the room and could not sleep all night. He was only thinking about his father's body. If he didn't take a look at it at this time, he might not be able to sleep again at night. Father—" He said and shed tears again.My acting is good enough to be a first-line actor.The old man was moved, straightened up from the couch, and coughed; "Xi'er, it's good to be a father—very good—" I think it's okay, and I can play games with MM, isn't it good?
"Father, my son can't wait to exchange his lifespan for his father's speedy recovery. For this reason, my son is willing to burn incense and pray for his father every day—woooooooooo—" There was another burst of crying.

"Second son, you are really benevolent and filial, General, your filial piety is really touching—" Aunt Tian was also moved and cried.I suddenly discovered that I was not the only actor in the room.I cried, "Thank you, Auntie, for your praise. In fact, this is the duty of a son of man, and it is not worthy of praise." Auntie Tian was already crying bitterly.Dad was surrounded by the ocean of love in an instant, and he was extremely happy.What a loving mother and filial son, my own mother and father said to Aunt Tian; "Quickly, help Xi'er up—" Aunt Tian gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and stretched out her delicate hand to help me. The fingers of my right hand on my arm are gently hooking my sleeve, I don't know whether it is intentional or not.

(End of this chapter)