Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493 Yuan Shao's troubles
"Report~"

Just when Yuan Shao decided to follow the previous plan to lure out Lu Bu and kill him first, the next morning, he saw a travel-worn soldier rushing into the city.

Under normal circumstances, horses are not allowed to gallop wildly in places like Yecheng, but there is one exception, that is, when there is a war on the front line, the front-line messengers can ride horses, and anyone in the city, even high-ranking officials and dignitaries, must give way .

The fast horse galloped all the way into the inner city, and the people along the way, the city patrol officers and soldiers saw each other's attire, and gave way one after another, letting the fast horse gallop all the way to the gate of the general's mansion.

Yuan Shao was discussing matters with Xu You, and when he heard that the front line was coming, he quickly summoned him.

"My lord!" The soldiers came in and bowed to Yuan Shao, "Li Yang urgently reports."

"Talk!" Yuan Shao's expression was concentrated, Liyang is not far from Yecheng, if someone has the expertise in marching, he can reach Yecheng in less than half a day, and it is also one of the important cities in Yecheng.

The soldiers swallowed their saliva, and said hoarsely to Yuan Shao: "Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Jiyin last night, took the opportunity to cross the river at night. The soldiers of our army who were stationed in the Lihu area had no time to react. They were caught off guard, and the ferry was lost. Lihu, Xian The people of the city and the three cities of Mocheng heard that the enemy was coming, so they took the initiative to open the city, and let the Liao soldiers take the three cities without bloodshed!"

Zhang Liao had nothing to say about crossing the river overnight. The Jizhou army on the north bank was used to the opponent only defending but not attacking. Under the inertial thinking, they never thought that the opponent would attack suddenly.

Although Yuan Shao sent messengers yesterday to tell all the ferry crossings to be careful and guard against enemy troops crossing the river, but obviously these words were not listened to, or the generals listened to it, and the soldiers were still in the old habit.

Now it is the transition of spring and summer, it is not the middle of winter, and the river has not frozen. If Chu Nan wants to fight over, if there are hundreds of people, he can cross the river at any place, but if Zhang Liao's army wants to cross the river, they can only cross the river. Accommodate the army to land without having no place to stand.

Therefore, Yuan Shao attached great importance to these crossings, and each crossing was heavily guarded. Even if the other side forcibly crossed the river, if both sides did not have access to the water, the soldiers standing on the shore would definitely have the advantage.

But Chu Nan Sanyue only defended and did not attack. Not only did he gain righteousness and let the people of the world put them in a weak position, but it also encouraged the Jizhou army to underestimate the enemy and relax the defense of the ferry. As a result, Zhang Liao suddenly Initiating an attack, the ferry defenders were easily taken down before they could do ideological transformation and construction.

However, what made Yuan Shao most angry was not the incompetence of the guards at the ferry and the defenders, but the fact that the people in the three cities of Lihu took the initiative to open the city to meet the enemy, allowing Zhang Liao to easily win the three cities. This is not just as simple as losing the three cities, but It is to let the other party have a foothold on the north bank.

This is not a good sign for the opponent to take the lead in this battle!
Xu You's complexion changed, he got up and bowed to Yuan Shao: "My lord, this is the strategy of the arrogant soldiers in southern Chu. You should quickly send someone to inform the generals at the crossings of this matter, and let them take precautions to prevent the enemy from attacking." Then we lost the ferry because of our army's carelessness!"

In fact, Yuan Shao's counselors also noticed that Chu Nan was using arrogant tactics, and made corresponding preparations.

It’s just that no one knows when Chu Nan will launch an attack, so although there is a warning, people’s hearts will form inertial thinking after a long time, and the result is that this should be the most beneficial first line of defense. Tear a hole.

Yuan Shao nodded sullenly: "Come on!"

"Here!" Two personal guards came in immediately and saluted Yuan Shao.

"Quickly send people to inform all the crossings. The bandit army has breached one crossing yesterday. The rest of the crossing defenders should take precautions and not be taken advantage of by the enemy again..."

"My lord." Xu You looked at Yuan Shao with a gloomy expression and said, "It's just a warning at this time, I'm afraid it will harden the morale of the army, when..."

As he spoke, he cut his throat and said, "The guard at Lihu Ferry has neglected his duty, he should be executed!"

"Lihu Guard General Zhou Zhe was beheaded by the enemy general in the chaos last night." The soldier who reported the letter said in a shy voice.

"Then kill the fleeing generals as an example!" Yuan Shao waved his hands and snorted coldly.

"Here!" The soldier agreed, and turned around to deliver the order.

"My lord, Zhang Liao is a powerful general under Lu Bu's command. He is known as both wise and brave. At this time, the opponent has already got three cities away from the fox. He will definitely threaten Li Yang. Li Yang must not be lost!" Xu You suggested: "The elected general will lead the army to Liyang. Beware of Zhang Liao taking advantage of the situation to capture Li Yang."

"I don't know who can guard Liyang?" Yuan Shao frowned. His generals were all ready to deal with Lu Bu and Chu Nan's main force, and the rest also had their own defense zones, but they couldn't mobilize manpower to deal with Zhang Liao.

"How many people can I recommend to my lord, enough to resist Zhang Liao!" Xu You laughed.

"Who is it?" Yuan Shao looked at Xu You.

"Could it be that my lord has forgotten about Meng De's orphan?" Xu You smiled.

"Cao Pi, Cao Zhang?" Yuan Shao frowned, "These two..."

Just as he was about to refute, Yuan Shao suddenly came to his senses, looked at Xu You and said, "Ziyuan is talking about the generals who came with them?"

Xu You nodded and said: "Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Le Jin are all good generals of the Cao family. Now that Meng De is dead, the Cao family must rely on the lord to survive, and only by relying on the lord can they serve Meng De." Revenge, and they have the hatred of killing their father and destroying their family in Chu Nan, if they are sent to go, they will definitely defend the enemy with all their strength, and this is the time to use them!"

Yuan Shao was somewhat worried about the generals of the Cao family, especially Cao Pi. Yuan Shao always felt that this kid was a bit ambitious, so although he took care of Cao Cao's family in every possible way, he did not reuse these generals of the Cao family.

But what Xu You said is also right, these people can be said to hate Chu Nan to the bone, and if they are asked to lead the army to conquer at this moment, they will definitely go all out.

"It's just that they haven't been in the army for a long time, so they may command the soldiers of the three armies?" Yuan Shao frowned. These people have not led the army for two years.

"There is still time, these people are all good generals, and they fought with Meng De in the north and south, and they have rich experience in leading troops. In the beginning, they only need to guard Li Yang. These generals are capable enough. As long as Li Yang is guarded, the soldiers can gradually adapt. !"

"Alright, let's order Xia Houyuan to be the chief general, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu Zuozhi, with [-] generals, and go to Liyang to defend against the enemy immediately. There must be no mistakes!" Yuan Shao immediately wrote a document and asked people to prepare the seal and send it. Let the three generals set off immediately and go to Liyang to defend against the enemy.

"You will deliver it in person." Xu You laughed.

These people have been left idle for two years, and they must have a lot of resentment in their hearts. I am an old friend of Cao Cao. After they came to Yecheng, they also took care of them. If they go by themselves, they must accept it?

"It's too late." Yuan Shao obviously knew what Xu You was thinking, nodded and smiled.

Xu You took the document, bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Then You will go now."

Yuan Shao nodded, watched Xu You leave, and then got up, he wanted to go back to rest, but when he thought of the woman at home, he felt depressed for a while. Although his wife, Liu Shi, was born and talented, but there was one thing, she was quite jealous. The concubines in Yuan Shao's engine room were all killed by her secretly.

It's not that Yuan Shao didn't know, it's just that the husband and wife have been in love for many years, and the other party didn't make any serious mistakes, so he didn't blame him, and he couldn't blame the main wife because of the death of several concubines.

A concubine and a wife are different.

It's just that the more this happened, the more time passed, the more Yuan Shao didn't want to see her, and when he got home, he would chatter endlessly.

Go for a walk.

"My lord!" At this moment, a family will report.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Mr. Gongze, please see me." The general bowed.

"Please come in." Yuan Shao sat down again and waved his hands. To him, being with these civil servants was much better than going back to face Liu.

After a while, Guo Tu came in under the leadership of his family general, and saluted Yuan Shao with a smile: "I have met my lord."

"You also came because of the breaking of Lihu City last night?" Yuan Shao nodded.

"Lihu?" Guo Tu was startled when he heard that, and looked at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao then told the story of Zhang Liao crossing the river at night to snatch the three cities of Lihu last night. It is really unlucky to lose three cities in a row just after the war started.

"Tu doesn't know about this." Guo Tu shook his head and said in a deep thought, "Ziyuan's strategy can solve this worry."

But he was late.

"Forget it, Ziyuan has already arranged for this matter. Although Zhang Liao is brave, I, Jizhou, are not without generals. Gongze didn't come here for this matter, but why?" Yuan Shao waved his hands and asked with a smile.

"Tu recently found a woman among the people. She was as beautiful as a fairy, and I dare not keep it privately, so I came here as a gift to my lord." Guo Tu laughed. He knew that Yuan Shao's wife, Mrs. Liu, was jealous, and recently killed several of Yuan Shao's favorite concubines. , The lord's family affairs, they are courtiers, it is not easy to interfere, but it is the duty of every qualified courtier to please the lord, is the lord worried about death?

Normally, Guo Tu wouldn't do such a thing, but now Yuan Shao obviously didn't want to go home, so he happened to send a beautiful woman to the lord to soothe his emotions.

"That's all." Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty has good intentions, and he took it alone, but now there are evil spirits in the mansion, which is not good for women, so don't harm others."

Although it was my wife who did it, I definitely can't say that to the outside world. I can only say that evil spirits entered the house and killed several concubines. This is also a cover-up.

"The plan is to place this girl in a house, not to enter the general's mansion. If the lord is worried, he can go to relax. This girl is not only beautiful, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is a considerate woman." Guo Tu explained with a smile.

"Oh?" Yuan Shao was a little moved. He couldn't take him into the house. It would be good to keep him outside. It perfectly solved the family conflicts and at the same time gave him a place to relax.

Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao's expression and saw Yuan Shao's emotion. He smiled and said, "The mansion is in the inner city, not far from the General's Mansion. If the lord is fine, how about going to see him? If you are dissatisfied, just give it to someone else."

"Forget it, if there is nothing left and right, let's go out to relax." Yuan Shao nodded, got up and went out of the house with Guo Tu, man, unless it is impossible, who would not be greedy for those things?

"My lord, this way please."

(End of this chapter)