Chapter 29 Yuan Benchu's defeat in the warehouse pavilion Zhao Botao went to Jingxiang again

"Lord, Cao's army went down the village by the river 50 miles ahead." When Yuan Shao's army was advancing in high spirits, the detective horse sent before reported so.

"It seems that Cao Mengde is going to fight to the death with us." Yuan Shao said with a smile. Seeing that the sky was not too early, and then looking at the soldiers behind him who were a little tired, Yuan Shao ordered to camp on the spot and fight again tomorrow.

"Lord, you need to beware of Cao Cao's raid at night!" General Han Meng said. " Well, I know that there are two people in ambush. As long as Cao Jun dares to come, they will have no return!" Yuan Shao said that the generals were ready not to mention it.

But he said that Cao Yan, according to Cheng Yu's plan, entered the warehouse pavilion and set up a good camp, but did not call for an array. At night, Cao Yan raised the account, but ordered Xu Chu to lead the army to rob the camp. The rest of the generals were divided into ten teams, ordered one by one, and acted according to the plan. Xu Chu led the troops to the robbery camp. Yuan Shao had been prepared and led the army out. Xu Chu hurriedly led the army back. Yuan Shao led the army to catch up. By dawn, when they had arrived at the river, Cao's army had no way out. At the moment, Xu Chu shouted, "There is no way forward. Why don't the troops fight to the death?" He took the lead and crashed directly into Yuan Shao's army, killing more than ten generals in a row. Cao's morale was greatly boosted, and he turned back to fight to the death. Yuan's army resisted the enemy and retreated in a row. At this time, Cao Wei led the ambush army to kill. Xia Houyuan took the lead, and a long gun was like a dragon out of the water. Those in the middle were all pierced through the chest. What's more, a shot penetrated several people in a row. The scuffing soldier Yuan retreated repeatedly and did not dare to look at him.

Seeing that the matter was urgent, Yuan Shao urgently called the general Han Meng to resist the enemy, but he retreated under the protection of his own guards and Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi. I don't want to have a series of ambush soldiers all the way, one team at a time, which seems to be endless. Fortunately, he sacrificed his life to kill, and then he rushed out of a road. After the siege, the soldiers and horses were counted. Nearly 300,000 horses did not know where they were. There are only thousands of soldiers around. The father and son are also injured. Yuan Shao was miserable and couldn't help sighing: "Since the rise of troops in the Bohai Sea, there has been no such defeat!" Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi also looked panicked.

At this time, a defeated army came and regarded it as Han Meng's subordinates. Yuan Tan urgently asked the whereabouts of the defeated Han Meng, but he learned that Han Meng fought against Cao's army and covered Yuan Shao's breakthrough. However, he was surrounded by Cao's camp generals and shot his horse to death. In the end, he was beheaded by Xu Chu. At the moment, Yuan Tan's eyes turned red. This is the general on his side. Just as he was about to be angry, he heard an exclamation in his ear. He hurriedly turned around and looked at it, but Yuan Shao heard that Han Meng had been beheaded. In anger, he spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly treated him. For a long time, Yuan Shaoyou woke up and said hatefully, "Cao Aji, I swear to be at odds with you." At the moment, he ordered Yuan Tan to return to Youzhou, and he and Yuan Xi returned to Youzhou. At the same time, he sent people to send Gao Gan to lead the iron cavalry of Bingzhou to help the war, waiting for the army and horses to be rectified, and then fight to the death with Cao Qian.

"Lord!" He was about to cross the Yellow River and prepare to return to Ye City, but he saw all the way coming like a soul. The first one was Xin Ping, a counselor sent by himself to assist Gao Gan to guard Bingzhou. Yuan Shao's sons were at odds, and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang and his advisers were all merging in the support of the senior cadres who were the governor of Bingzhou. Yuan Shao knew that Xin was upright and impartial, so he sent him to assist the senior cadres. Now seeing that he came here so awkwardly, Yuan Shao suddenly had an ominous foreboding.

"Why are you here, sir?" Yuan Shao asked in a trembling voice. Xin Ping's hair was scattered, and his body was extremely embarrassed. As soon as he saw Yuan Shao, he opened his voice and cried, "Master, Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui suddenly attacked Bingzhou. We were caught off guard and fought with him, and we were seriously injured. Later, Gao Assassin designed to lure him into an ambush. He didn't expect that the Xiliang Army was really brave. Instead, he was defeated by them to break through the ambush. Gao Assassin died at the hands of Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng. Xiahou Dun sent troops to Hedong County to kill Bingzhou, and our army was defeated. At present, in the nine counties of Bingzhou, except for the upper party, which was desperately guarded by General Qian Shao, the rest have been lost!"

"What? What are you doing? Yuan Shao, who had already spit out blood, immediately spit out another mouthful of blood when he heard the words. Now it was really only exhalation, not breath. At this time, Yuan Shao's third son only had Yuan Xi beside him. He was a man with no idea, so he had to let everyone protect Yuan Shao back to Yecheng first, and at the same time sent someone to inform the two brothers to come. Since then, in the land of Hebei, the Yuan family has only occupied Jizhou and Youzhou and the north of the Yellow River in Qingzhou, and their strength has been greatly damaged. What's more, the families of all the families under Yuan Shao's rule saw that Yuan Shao's soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and his enemies rebelled one after another, or connected with Cao Jian as an internal response. Yuan Shao suddenly became in chaos, and since then he had no power to go south. Cao's seizure of Hebei, just like the momentum of melons falling, just waiting for the army to advance.

"Father, you can't drink anymore, father!" Yuan Tan, who had just left, learned that Yuan Shao vomited blood again and hurried back to Ye City. Yuan Shao woke up leisurely, but he used wine to drown his sorrows. When Yuan Tan entered the door, he saw Yuan Shao drinking alone and quickly persuaded him.

"Yan Si, do you know? Gao Lan surrendered, and Yan Liangwen Chou also surrendered. Han Meng died in the war. Now even your cousin has died in the war. I, Yuan Shao, are finished!" When Yuan Shao said this, he was also in tears. He picked up the wine bottle and wanted to drink it again.

"Father!" Yuan Tan stepped forward and took down the wine bottle in Yuan Shao's hand. He gritted his teeth and said with hatred, "Father, although we have been defeated in a row, we can still fight. How can my father be willing to fall and let it go? There are more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Youzhou, and 20,000 Wuwan iron riders. If Cao Shen dares to come to Hebei, he will squeeze him into the Yellow River!"

"Yan Si?" Yuan Shao looked at his eldest son in astonishment. From him, Yuan Shao seemed to see some of his pride when he was young. With a sigh, Yuan Shao said again, "Yan Si, at present, your third brother is in Qingzhou, and your father's health is not very good. The big thing depends on you and your second brother!"

"The child understands!" Yuan Tan was secretly happy when he heard the words, but he still said respectfully. Yuan Shao seemed to recover, and then he put down the wine bottle and called his servants to serve him to wash his face and change his clothes.

"Son, how about the lord?" As soon as Yuan Tan walked out of Yuan Shao's room, a group of people under Yuan Shao's command were waiting. Yuan Tan looked at everyone and said, "My father is not in good health, but he is a little tired and can't be a director. At present, let me and my second brother take care of all the military and political affairs for the time being.

"That's good!" Everyone was also relieved to hear the words. Yuan Tan gave Yuan Xi and Guo Tu a look, and the two followed Yuan Tan to his house. Second brother, Mr. Gong Ze. One of you is my own brother, and the other is my father's minister. In such a dangerous time, you still need to pay more attention!"

"It's incumbent on you!" Yuan Xi and Guo Tu were also awe-inspiring. Yuan Tan said this, and it's time for the two of them to say something. Guo Tu turned his eyes and suddenly said to Yuan Tan, "Son, there is a plan in the picture, which may solve the current dilemma."

"Sir, please speak!" Yuan Tan said quickly.

"Uncle Liu of Xuzhou, in the past, it was said that he once raised the eldest prince as Maocai. At present, he occupies the land of the four states, and he has a feud with Cao Wei and the hatred of slaughtering the city. Why not join forces with him to fight against Cao Cao?" Guo Tu said with a smile.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, state and county magistrates recommended a Maocai to the country every year as one of the important means of selecting talents. Liu Bei gave the quota to Yuan Tan in the year when Tao Qian said that he was the herdsman of Yuzhou. Although Yuan Tan, as the son of Yuan Shao, does not care about this thing, he is still involved with Liu Bei's teacher-s-sold relationship, although they have never met.

Yuan Tan was also quite excited at first when he heard the words, and then frowned and said, "The previous General Zhang Yi and Liu Bei fought in Qingzhou. They are already enemies. How can Uncle Liu help me?"

"Son, the previous exchange of soldiers between the two families was caused by Cao Qian's provocation. At present, the situation is reversed. We only need to send a highly-respecting man to Shouchun to persuade Uncle Liu that we and the two families will attack Cao together. Why worry about this thief? After the event is completed, the two sides take the Yellow River as the boundary and share the land. Isn't it pleasant? Guo Tu said with a smile. Looking at Yuan Xi beside him, Guo Tu said again, "The second son has a marriage contract with the young daughter of the Zhen family. At present, Zhen's parents and daughters are married to Zhao Feng, the general under the account of Uncle Liu, and they are married to the second son. If the second son can repair a book, ask your brother to work hard to deal with it on his behalf, and it will be easy!" Guo Tu intentionally or unintentionally omitted the matter between Yuan Tan and Zhen Jiang, so as not to embarrass him.

"It's up to me!" Yuan Xi is an honest man. Hearing Guo Tu's words, he quickly agreed. Yuan Tan was a little worried when he heard the words, "Zhao Feng has just been demoted by Liu Bei. At present, the official is not only Chai Sang Taishou, General Ying Yang, and his rank is not as good as Qian Shi. Does this person have weight in his words?"

"Don't worry, Grand Prince. Although General Zhao Botao was demoted, it was only Uncle Liu who had no choice but to appease Jing Xiang. It is said that Uncle Liu has twice expressed that General Zhao is a shepherd of Yangzhou, which shows the importance of him! Guo Tu was like a nanny coaxing the child, and he repeatedly advised him. When Yuan Tan heard this, he finally nodded repeatedly and said to Guo Tu, "Sir's words are very good, but I don't know who to send to connect Uncle Liu? If you want to discuss with me, how can you stay away from me?"

Guo Tu thought for a time and finally said, "There is one person, surnamed Chen Mingzhen and filial piety, from Nanyang, Jingzhou. This person is well-known and eloquent. He is now the governor of Wei in Jizhou, and he can be the envoy to connect Uncle Liu!"

"It's so good!" Yuan Tan also hurriedly wrote a book. After Yuan Shao read it, he stamped his general seal and asked Chen Zhen to send it to Liu Bei. At the same time, the Yuan brothers also wrote a book. Yuan Tan sent it to Liu Bei, but Yuan Xi sent someone to Zhao Feng.

But when the messenger rushed to Chai Sang, Zhao Feng was no longer there. But I don't know where General Zhao has gone. The villain has an urgent letter from Mr. Yuan to him. The messenger saw that Zhao Feng was not there, so he had to retreat and ask his husbands.

"Yuan Gongzi, which Yuan Gongzi?" Zhen Jiang asked with a slightly changed face.

"The second son of the Yuan family, that is, Miss Zhen's fiance and son-in-law." The messenger said respectfully. Zhen Mi, who was beside him, was about to lose his temper when he heard the words, but was stopped by Zhen Jiang.

"My husband has something to do in Jingxiang. Your letter will be left for the time being, and we will send someone to your husband." Zhen Jiang is neither humble nor arrogant. The messenger thanked him for his kindness and left the letter.

At the same time, Zhao Feng, the protagonist of the incident, did not realize that he had been remembered. He, who had just been transferred to Jing Xiang by a paper order, looked at Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang with a smile on their faces, and intuitively told him that he had become a thief of these two people.

(to be continued)