My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 384 Yuan Shao: Isn't this bullying honest people?
It's the lotus month, also known as the Fu month, and the solar terms include mango and summer solstice.

It is the most comfortable time of the year, not only because of the wild green rice fragrance, but also because of the comfortable and pleasant temperature.

In June, the fire clouds burn thousands of miles, and the night breeze is as thin as autumn. Wang Qi's "Chuihong Pavilion" describes June in Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The current Kaifeng belongs to a county town in Chenliu County, Yanzhou, and the place name is Junyi.

You can tell from the name that this is a place with an extremely developed water system. There are three rivers flowing through Junyi in the east and west, and two in the north and south. This also makes Junyi one of the most fertile areas in Yanzhou.

Prior to this, Junyi gathered many aristocratic families. Chenliu Cai's family, that is, Cai Yan's family, had three farms here.

But now, as the Cai family shifted their focus to Hedong, Chen Liu's property has been sold out.

Right now, it is the great warlord Cao Cao who owns tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Junyi.

In later generations, rice was rarely planted in the north, but it was not uncommon, especially in places with abundant water system resources, the growth of rice was particularly good.

Junyi is such a boundary.

As early as the beginning of spring, Cao Cao united several local families to purchase a large amount of high-quality rice seeds from Hedong. Now that several months have passed, it is also the harvest season.

The news of the high yield of Wei's winter wheat has spread to Chenliu County, Yanzhou. Thirty stones (kilograms) per mu is enough to feed a family of five. Besides, the family must not only cultivate one mu of land, but at least six or seven mu. Ten or twenty acres is not without it.

When Cao Cao got the news, he almost died of envy. Last winter was when he was playing hide-and-seek with the Dong League.

Fortunately, the beginning of spring this year is a good time to catch up.

Looking at the endless green rice fields, Cao Cao finally felt much better.

Anyone who has seen the Three Kingdoms knows that Cao Cao and Liu Bei both pay great attention to people's livelihood, especially spring plowing and autumn harvest.

The soldiers and horses went ahead without using food and grass, so they figured it out.

"My lord, I just got the news that Yuan Shao's army took advantage of the time when Gongsun Zan was leading the army to deal with Wuhuan, and they were unable to return in time for reinforcements, and they have captured the two counties of Youzhou."

Cao Cao's expression changed, and he frowned and said, "Where's Wei Shi, did Wei Shi not move at all?"

The visitor clasped his fists and said: "There is no movement at the moment, but the Wei family has a strong army stationed in Dingxiang, the distance between the two is very close, it cannot be ruled out that it is Wei's backhand."

"Oh, by the way, that powerful army is called Tiger Soul, and the leader of the army is the former Zhonglang general, Lu Bu."

Cao Cao frowned slightly, and waved his hand casually, signaling for the visitor to back down.

"Feng Xiao, what do you think?"

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, who was fascinated by the eyes.

Guo Jia carried a delicate wine gourd, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Let's just watch, my lord. In a few days, the Wei family will definitely make Yuan Shao regret taking these two counties. Maybe you have to be obedient." Apologize to Gongsun Zan."

"Oh?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows.

Guo Jia shook the wine gourd, saw that it was empty, changed his sitting position a little dissatisfied, and said, "Master, you should know that the reason why Gongsun Zan was sent down to two cities was to attack Wuhuan. That person hates aliens the most, and the Taiyuan Wang family was a lesson from the past."

Cao Cao couldn't help nodding his head slightly when he heard this, and said with a loud smile: "Yes, Yuan Benchu ​​is indeed taking advantage of others' danger this time. It is impossible to say, and he is also suspected of colluding with foreigners, hahaha."

Cao Cao suddenly became happy, and he wanted to see if the hypocrite Wei, who claimed to be the righteous teacher of the great man, would take Yuan Shao down.

It would be even better if Wei Cheng dared to take Yuan Shao down. He happened to take the opportunity to go north, and Jizhou was fertile for thousands of miles.

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Bingzhou, Dingxiang.

Zhang Liao was holding a huge iron pestle and was swinging it up and down regularly.

This is a training method for core and arm strength. Although it looks a little crude, the effect is remarkable.

The weight of the iron pestle is not much less than his weight, but to swing such a heavy iron pestle is a huge test for core strength, arm strength, grip strength, and even legs.

The whistling wind echoed in my ears. This place is located at the junction of the grassland and the dense forest. A few tens of miles ahead is the Wutai Mountain in later generations.

Different from the smoggy weather in later generations, Dingxiang at this time is full of greenery everywhere.

Especially in this season, birds and flowers are everywhere, which is so beautiful.

In the forest, the migrant workers in charge of logging are working intensively. The old city of Dingxiang is not big in size, if the Amber Army forces them to move in, it will inevitably disturb the people.

After Zhang Liao drove away the Hu people, he immediately ordered the expansion of Dingxiang City.

On the original basis, 36 watchtowers were built on all sides to defend the main city. At the same time, various buildings were continuously built on the basis of the watchtowers.

"Wen Yuan, come quickly."

Not far away, Gao Shun opened the curtain and shouted to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao was startled when he heard the words, and hastily put down the iron pestle in his hand, took the coat handed over by his deputy and put it on.

Entering the big tent, Zhang Liao was taken aback for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "I've seen Mr. Xu."

The person who came was none other than Xu Huang who was dressed in the Dragon Mountain Army.

Xu Huang bowed back with his fists clasped, and then motioned for Zhang Liao to sit down and talk.

"Xu came here this time because he has a small task that needs the cooperation of the two of you...Of course, this is also arranged by the young master."

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

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Ji County of Youzhou, which is where Yanjing of later generations is located, is also the Ji County where Gongsun Zan was conferred the title of Marquis of Ji.

Now you should know why Zhao Yun came to join Gongsun Zan.

Because Shijiazhuang is so close to Beijing, it can be reached within a few days.

Of course, proximity also has disadvantages. No, Yuan Shao personally led an army of [-], and directly took down Ji County.

At this time, Gongsun Zan was still fighting Wuhuan in full swing in the grassland, and he had no time to care about him.

Later generations have different praises and criticisms for Gongsun Zan, but there is one thing he deserves to be praised. This guy is a proper national hero.

The only bad thing is that he is too impulsive, just after taking over the power of Youzhou, he turned around and went to fight, I don't know what he thinks.

Even Yuan Shao, who easily captured Ji County, couldn't believe how things would go smoothly.

Because there are not only thousands of miles of fertile fields in Jixian County, but also tens of thousands of acres of potatoes waiting to be harvested, all of which belong to him now.

It's just that it doesn't take two days for Yuan Shao to be happy.

A heavy cavalry force of 5000 men came from the west.

This is nothing, but 5000 people.

However, the flag head in front of the army, that is, the banner, has the word "Blood Prison" impressively on it.

The significance of these two words is extraordinary, indicating that the person leading the Longshan Army this time is Xu Huang, God of War of the Blood Prison.

But this is not over yet, there is also a flag on the other side, with red letters on a blue background, with the word "Rui Yong" written on it, followed by the big flag of "Hu Soul".

Rui means to be wise, and brave is just as the name suggests, the combination of Rui and Yong means courage and strategy.

It's a pity that the latest issue of Hedong's "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List" has not yet spread to Youzhou.

Otherwise, Yuan Shao would definitely scold: Isn't this bullying honest people?

To deal with an honest person like me, do you need to send two gods of war all at once?

And one of them is the chief soldier!

Zhang Liao, the newly-promoted Rui and Brave God of War, was sitting on horseback at this time, the halberd in his hand showing its sharpness.

As the second member of the Tiger Soul Army to be enshrined in the Temple of War, Zhang Liao did not dare to relax for a moment, for fear that he would not be able to lead by example.

"Mr. Xu, Zhang will lead the team. How about going to test it first?" Zhang Liao volunteered.

Xu Huang smiled and said, "No hurry, just wait."

Sure enough, but half an hour later, the gate of Ji County opened, and a middle-aged man dressed as a civil servant came out on a horse.

Xu You, named Ziyuan, was ordered to face the two strongest legions of the Wei family at this time.

As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to explain why.

Xu You didn't prepare any long speeches, and directly asked Xu Huang and others why they came.

Xu Huang was even more straightforward, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has an order to order all of you to withdraw from the border of Youzhou within three days. If there are still people staying here after three days, they will be killed without mercy!"

It was the first time that Xu You met such a domineering person, but he dared not speak out. He bowed his hands and said bravely, "Mr. Now that Gongsun Zan disrespects the Han family and openly rebelled, he is already a traitor, and it is not an exaggeration for Yuan Taishou to lead troops to wipe out the traitors, and the envoy of Wei may be suspected of helping the tyrant to do evil."

"Oh!?"

Hearing this, Xu Huang looked at Xu You in front of him with great interest, nodded and said, "You are eloquent. I know I can't talk to you, and I don't want to waste my time with you. Go back and tell Governor Yuan that he still has 36 hours to decide whether or not to talk to you." Leave Youzhou."

Xu You's complexion changed drastically, "Mr. Xu, are you being too domineering?"

Xu Huang nodded slightly, and said with a sneer, "You are domineering, how do you treat it?"

Xu You was at a loss for words for a while, really couldn't explain why it was reasonable, people simply don't reason with you.

Looking at the [-] heavy cavalry men stalking in front of him, Xu You had one head and two big ones, and beads of sweat on his forehead slid down like a water curtain hole.

"So, Xu will leave first."

There is no other way, let Yuan Shao make up his mind.

Seeing this, Xu Huang nodded slightly, and said again: "By the way, my son still has a gift to give to Yuan Taishou. Please send a message, sir. This item needs to be handed over to the eunuch. Please go out of the city to explain it."

Xu You was stunned for a moment, his eyes fluctuating, and then he left.

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Ping Pong Pong~
Yuan Shao stood up furiously, and knocked down the table in front of him, the screen behind him, and the bookshelves on both sides.

The crowd looked at each other in blank dismay, each of them dared not speak out.

It wasn't until Yuan Shao calmed down that someone stepped forward and said, "My lord, Mrs. Wei is deceiving people too much. Qu Mou is willing to lead [-] troops to kill him. He will never come back."

Qu Yi, the number one general under Yuan Shao's command, unfortunately, he doesn't have any outstanding achievements, so he doesn't know much about him.

But it cannot be concluded that Yuan Shao has no talents under his command.

Cao Cao has five good generals, Liu Bei has five tiger generals, Yuan Shao also has Hebei four court pillars, one of the five good generals, Zhang He, is now one of Yuan Shao's four court pillars.

If Yuan Shao hadn't been sold by Xu You, perhaps the fame of Sitingzhu would have spread all over the country.

Yuan Shao's mood improved a lot when he heard that someone had volunteered for Yingying.

Looking at all the soldiers in the audience, there are Xu You, Ju Shou, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Xun Chen, Xin Ping, and other counselors on the side.

Yuan Shao felt helpless and sad, seeing that he had a lot of talents under his command, but he was always controlled by others, how could he not feel uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao is also one of the few people who has seen the strength of the Longshan Army with his own eyes.

Facing Wei's Longshan Army, Yuan Shao really couldn't muster up the courage to resist. He was afraid that with this fight, the forces he had managed to build up would collapse in an instant.

But he felt unwilling to let him cling to Wei Shi like Lu Bu.

As a human being, there is always a little bit of luck, and there is always a blind and confident impulse: I can counter-kill this wave.

The result was that he led four teammates and was wiped out in a group. In the end, even the crystal was blown up, and he could only look at the other side and say: Well done!

Think twice.

Yuan Shao makes a difficult decision.

"Retreat."

Everyone looked at Yuan Shao in disbelief, Qu Yi stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and said loudly, "My lord, why are you here?"

Looking at Qu Yi's face full of indignation, Yuan Shao showed a stiff smile in shame, stepped forward to help Qu Yi up, and comforted him: "Believe me, now is not the time."

Qu Yi's face changed again and again, and finally he could only sigh helplessly.

Yuan Shao looked at Xu You and asked, "Besides this matter, what else can Mr. Wei have to say?"

Xu You remembered Xu Huang's last order, frowned slightly, and finally nodded and said: "Then Xu Zongbing said that there is a gift to be handed over to the lord, please go out of the city and tell the lord face to face."

Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning his thick eyebrows.

When Qu Yi heard this, he hurriedly stopped Yuan Shao, saying: "My lord, absolutely not, be careful of deceit."

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Wei Zhongdao is not that kind of person."

Think for a while.

Yuan Shaoruo glanced at Xu You as if nothing, and then said to Qu Yi and Xun Chen among the counselors, "You two come with me."

Qu Yi clasped his fists in response.

Xun Chen also nodded.

Not long after, the three of Yuan Shao came out of the city on horseback.

"Mr. Xu, long time no see."

At the beginning, Yuan Shao asked Wei Cheng for help, and Wei Cheng sent Xu Huang to lead the army to help out. The price was to bring back tens of thousands of craftsmen from Jizhou.

Therefore, Yuan Shao is still very familiar with Xu Huang.

"Prefect Yuan." Xu Huang clasped his fists in a salute, looked at Qu Yi and Xun Chen, and said, "Prefect Yuan didn't bring him here, so he must have already guessed something."

Yuan Shao frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I'm just curious about what is so important that it has to be handed over to me, not by Ziyuan (Xu Youzi)."

At this time, Qu Yi and Xun Chen also heard that something was wrong. Could it be that there is something wrong with Xu You?
On the other hand, Xu Huang laughed, and said, "What is the reason? Yuan Taishou will find out when he goes back and check. There must be quite a surprise."

Yuan Shao sneered, he didn't think there would be any surprises, and he was afraid that some surprises would be more or less the same.

Xu Huang didn't say much anymore, but took out a kit from his bosom and handed it to Yuan Shao.

"This is a think tank that my son specially prepared for Yuan Taishou. If there is any major change in Yuan Taishou's conflict with Cao Cao in the future, he will open this bag. After Yuan Taishou has read it, he will have his own way to easily break the situation. "

Yuan Shao's expression changed, his eyes suddenly widened, and he secretly thought that it was not good.

"Now my army is in the northern border, south of Jizhou, Qu Yi, quickly lead [-] cavalry south... Thank you for reminding me, I will go to Hedong to express my thanks after I have dealt with Cao Cao."

Seeing Yuan Shao coming and going in a hurry, Xu Huang smiled slightly.

In fact, he didn't know why Wei Cheng made Yuan Shao so nervous just by asking him to mention Cao Cao.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao looked thoughtfully at Yuan Shao and the other three who had gone away, and he admired Wei Cheng even more in his heart.

(End of this chapter)