Han Dao world

Chapter 670
Zhang Xi's last roar almost exhausted his strength, he held his breath, stared at Yuan Shao, his eyes widened.

Yuan Shao's hair stood on end when he saw him, he nodded instinctively, and at the same time pulled his hand vigorously.

"Enter the court! Enter..." Zhang Xi's voice was hoarse, the blush on his face dissipated quickly, his breath was inaudible, but his hands were clenched tighter and tighter, so Yuan Shao almost cried out.

Yuan Shao couldn't take it anymore, he used all his strength to break Zhang Xi's fingers.After finally breaking free, he looked at the fingerprints on the back of his hand and took a deep breath.

"Mr. Zhang..."

No echo.

Yuan Shao looked up, his heart skipped a beat twice, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable.

Zhang Xi had died, leaning on the pillow with his arms hanging down, but his eyes were still wide open, staring at him closely.

"Mr. Zhang?" Yuan Shao panicked, stepped forward to test Zhang Xi's breath, and then yelled again. "Mr. Zhang!"

Chen Dao and Feng Ji rushed in, seeing this scene, they couldn't help panicking.The two stepped forward, Feng Ji hugged Yuan Shao, and Chen Dao pressed his ear to Zhang Xi's chest.

Zhang Xi's chest was still warm, but the sound of his heartbeat had disappeared.

Chen Dao reached out and stroked Zhang Xi's face, making Zhang Xi close his eyes.

"Emissary, Mr. Zhang...has already gone."

Yuan Shao was in a state of confusion and didn't know what to say.Feng Ji didn't care too much, half hugged and half dragged Yuan Shao out of the tent.

A gust of wind blew, Yuan Shao shivered, and suddenly came to his senses.He raised his hand, looked at the clearly discernible bruises, suddenly felt sad and burst into tears.

Zhang Xi left, and there were no more veterans in the court who regarded themselves as partisans.

-

Yuan Shao fell ill.

There are no serious symptoms, just lack of energy, and I don't even have the mood to lose my temper.

Apart from attending Zhang Xi's funeral, he closed his account and didn't want to see anyone.

Seeing this scene, everyone panicked, for fear of any accident.

Yuan Shao fell ill, Yuan Tan was far away in northern Hebei, and Yuan Xi became the backbone without hesitation.But he couldn't come up with any good ideas, and finally listened to Feng Ji and decided to retreat.

There is no chance of attacking Pengcheng, and the most important thing is to safely withdraw to Jizhou.

Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shao for instructions, but Yuan Shao was noncommittal and did not give an answer for a long time.Yuan Xi had no choice but to make up his own mind and ordered to retreat.

Packing up their bags, with the food and money they had just collected from Yanyu and Xusanzhou, tens of thousands of Yuan troops withdrew from Pengcheng, leaving the next land barren and ruined.

After several months of siege, Pengcheng finally regained its calm. Only the mottled city walls and the traces of the camps outside the city showed that it had just experienced a fierce battle that lasted more than half a year and the largest scale reached [-] to [-] people.

Tian Feng stayed at the end, he stood in the empty camp, stood on the high platform, watching the cheers like the tide, wave after wave of the city, let out a sigh.

"Brother Yuan Hao, let's go." Ju Shou persuaded.

"Go, so what if you don't go." Tian Feng said quietly: "Gongyu, this is the closest we have come to success, and there will be no more in the future."

Ju Shou gave Tian Feng a surprised look, and helped Tian Feng get off the stage. "Brother Yuan Hao, aren't you..."

Tian Feng shook his head. "I miscalculated. Although the emperor was young, he was very cautious and took every step of the way. He didn't give us any opportunities. He tried to save the land in Lujiang and Jiujiang instead of fully implementing it. There is nothing we can do about breaking up."

After getting off the platform, Tian Feng let go of Ju Shou's arm and patted him lightly. "Gongyu, let's go to Taiyuan. This road is blocked, so we can only choose another way."

Jushou took a deep look at Tian Feng and was shocked.

He could see the desperate despair in Tian Feng's eyes.

Tian Feng didn't say another word.He got into the carriage, closed the door, blocked Jushou from the door, and ordered the driver to set off.

Ju Shou watched the carriage gallop away, and stood still in place, silent for a long time.

Juhu, who led a hundred knights to protect them, led the horse and rushed over. "Ah Weng, what's wrong with Mr. Tian?"

Jushou came back to his senses, looked at Juhu, took the reins of the horse, and got on the horse. "Let's go to Taiyuan."

Juhu responded instinctively, got on his horse, and was about to yell at the soldiers to set off, when he suddenly realized that he turned his head to look at Jushou with doubts in his eyes.

"To...Taiyuan? Why don't you go back to Jizhou first?"

"Don't go back to Jizhou, go directly to Taiyuan." Jushou said, turned the horse's head, and galloped westward.

"Aweng, leave without saying goodbye, in case the lord gets angry, I, Jushi..." Juhu shuddered, and did not dare to continue.Yuan Shao is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and Ju Shou's actions may implicate the entire Ju family.

Ju Shou secretly sighed.

Juhu is obviously not smart enough, not knowing that this is the best chance to break away from Yuan Shao.When Yuan Shao fell ill, whether it was true or not, it was always the time when he was at his weakest.Frustrated in the Central Plains, he is afraid that he will no longer have the confidence to seize the world. The best ending is to defend Jizhou. How dare he easily slaughter such a powerful family as the Ju family and anger the people of Jizhou.

Even if he had this idea, Tian Feng, Shen Pei and others would not agree.

What's more, Jujun commanded troops in Taiyuan, condescending, and could enter Jizhou at any time. How dare Yuan Shao provoke a war because of his anger.

Frustrated by Pengcheng, it is inevitable that people's hearts will be scattered. At this time, he is not the only one who wants to leave Yuan Shao's camp.When he returned to Jizhou, people's hearts were stable, and the distinction between monarch and minister was stable. If he wanted to leave again, it would not be easy.

That's why Tian Feng asked him to leave now.

But Jushou didn't explain to Juhu, he wanted to see how long it would take for Juhu to understand.

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Chen Lin did not follow Yuan Shao back to Jizhou, he stayed in Pengcheng.

With Yuan Xi's acquiescence, he took Chen Deng away from the prisoner camp, taking advantage of the chaos during the withdrawal.

Chen Deng already knew the news of Zhang Xi's death and felt very depressed.I thought I could take the opportunity of entering the Sikong Mansion to enter the court, but Zhang Xi died suddenly, and my heart was empty, without any support.

He entered the city with Chen Lin.

Liu Bei heard the news and went out to greet him in person.According to Chen Deng's hand, Liu Bei wept with joy.

"It's okay, it's okay."

"Congratulations to the envoy, glory to the ancestors." Gently broke away from Liu Bei's hand, and bowed his hands to salute.

He has already learned about Liu Bei's restoration of his clan from Chen Lin.Although he thought it was absurd, he still congratulated Liu Bei.

He knew what this meant to Liu Bei and what Liu Bei was willing to pay for it.

"What's Yuanlong's plan?" Liu Bei asked impatiently.

Chen Deng immediately understood Liu Bei's meaning, and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

He didn't know if Yuan Shao's withdrawal would lead to peace in the world, but there was a high probability that there would be no more wars between Yan Yu Qing and Xu.He also had the defeat of annihilating the entire army, even if there was a war, the emperor would not use him.

Based on the emperor's rejection of the Shandong gentry, he will have no future in the court.

If you don't want to go home and live idle, it is a good opportunity to follow Liu Bei to fight in Liaodong.In the future, when Liu Bei establishes a country, he will at least be able to become a marquis.

Chen Deng said: "The New Year is coming, I want to go home first, meet my parents and brothers, and then worry about it."

Liu Bei understood and agreed repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)