Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1035 City Attack and Defense
When Cao Jun learned that Guan Yu had attacked near Xudu, Yuan Xi, who returned to Shouchun, also received the same information. He sighed to Lu Xun who hurried in: "It's a pity, I still underestimated Xuande Gong's ambition." , otherwise we will cooperate to deal with it.”

"This is indeed the best time to help the Han Dynasty, but if he goes deep alone, he may be unable to support himself. I am too far away, and I have too much time to take care of myself."

After hearing this, Lu Xun was about to speak, but then he thought of Zhuge Liang's words and fell silent. Yuan Xi saw that he was hesitant to speak and asked strangely: "What did Boyan want to say?"

"I've rarely seen you hesitate like this."

Lu Xun mustered up his courage and said: "Yi... Lord, are we considered rebels now?"

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Bo Yan's question caught me off guard."

"Before answering this question, I want to ask Boyan a question."

"What is the Han Dynasty?"

Lu Xun was stunned, and he subconsciously said: "The Han Dynasty is the Liu family's world..."

He immediately shook his head and said: "No, that's not the case..."

"If we look at Huan Ling, who caused the disaster of party imprisonment, then the nobles in the world are all rebels."

"I have no right to judge who is right or wrong, but I hope Boyan can patiently watch and see who can do better. After all, facts speak louder than words."

So he said: "Did Boyan read the sentence in the Six Taoists, the world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world, so there is this sentence?"

"In the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the princes of the world rose up together, all under the banner of supporting the Han Dynasty. However, times have changed, and the words and deeds of the princes today are very different from those before, including Cao Cao and Sun Quan."

What Lu Xun is most conflicted about now is the identity of Liu Bei's son-in-law. This and the identity of the Lu clan and Yuan Xipu's surrogate brother are likely to conflict in the future, which is why Lu Xun is so hesitant.

"Look, it stands to reason that since the Yuan family has been honored by the Han Dynasty, they should have supported the Han Dynasty, but what the Yuan family has done in recent years has obviously exceeded this limit."

After Lu Xun heard this, if he had some enlightenment, he felt as if a trace of gloom was gradually dissipating from his heart, and he immediately bowed to Yuan Xi: "My lord's heartfelt words, Xun should keep them in mind and reflect on himself at all times."

Yuan Xili was amused, "Let's see how you define a rebel."

Yuan Xi took the opportunity to ask: "Why?"

"Bo Yan, I believe that to help Han people, we must first help the people of the world."

Yuan Xi had some sneaky concepts here. This was tantamount to Lu Xun's subconscious opposition between the survival rights of the nobles and the imperial power, which was a clever approach.

Seeing that Lu Xun seemed to have loosened some knots in his mind, and knowing that Lu Xun was still young and whose ideas had not yet been finalized, he could only patiently and slowly change his inherent ideas, he changed his subject and said: "This time Duke Xuande sent troops with great courage, and Guan The general is also very powerful, and he has made rapid progress in a very short period of time, which is beyond my expectations before the war. "

Yuan Xi nodded. Lu Xun had this idea, which was beyond his expectation. On the one hand, the nobles had always ignored the imperial power. On the other hand, Lu Xun was familiar with military books, and as the six Taoist tactics that must be learned, the sentence in it must have impressed him. have an impact. '

"Everyone has a different understanding of Fuhan. Maybe they think they are Fuhan, but others may not agree."

"The emperor will die, and dynasties will perish and change, but the people of the world will always be there."

Lu Xun nodded subconsciously, then came to his senses and said with a wry smile: "Is it possible that I am the rebel?"

But he couldn't directly talk to Lu Xun about changing the dynasty, so he could only change to a fallacy that was more acceptable to him. After all, Lu Xun was still young, and his views would slowly change over time.

Yuan Xi said: "Actually, it's difficult for me to answer Boyan's question."

"I think Xuande is worthy of being a supporter of the Han Dynasty in terms of his ambitions and actions, but he and I are indeed on different paths."

Lu Xun spoke up: "The Han family certainly has the emperor Han Wu, who pacified the world, and the king Huan Ling, who laid the foundation for disaster. It is not wrong to say that they are all Han family, but..."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are all young and the future is long. In the next few decades, the world will definitely become better and more wonderful things will happen."

"But Cao Cao's plan was completely disrupted. He should be very panicked now."

"If I could have predicted this in advance, I might have deployed more troops to deal with Jiangdong and take the opportunity to completely destroy him."

Lu Xun reminded: "Cao Cao may not give up the attack on Shouchun. Now he is in a dilemma. If he retreats, we will chase him. There is a glimmer of hope in attacking the city, so he will most likely still attack the city by force."

"When I came, I heard that Cao's army was plundering Dingkou in the surrounding villages and towns. I was afraid that I was going to force them to attack the city."

Yuan Xi also had a headache after hearing this. He really had no good way to deal with this method of catching a strong man, so he had to say: "Then I can only accompany him to wear him down slowly and see who can't hold on first."

"How can Guan Yu be so easy to deal with? When the time comes, Xu will be in a panic. Let's see if Cao Cao can still keep his composure."

"I have already sent a letter to Cao Cao. Boyan will go back and prepare his troops first. We will see how Cao Cao takes action."

Military camp outside the city. With a bang, Cao Cao slammed the letter in his hand to the ground.

This was of course a letter from Yuan Xi, which said that he had learned that there was a fire in Cao Cao's backyard and that he should retreat to Cao Cao quickly to avoid being killed here.

What's even more irritating is that the letter also mentioned the incident with Mrs. Ding and Cao Qing who were caught, saying that they were not treated badly. Now they are well fed and well clothed, so Cao Cao does not need to worry.

Cao Cao knew clearly that this letter was deliberately intended to anger him, but he couldn't help but his eyes darkened. He thought to himself, could this drink and peck be his retribution for taking away his wife and daughter?
Cao Cao desperately told himself to calm down and not to be carried away by anger and affect his judgment. Opposite him was his son-killing enemy, and now he had taken away his wife and daughter. The purpose of such an insidious villain was obviously to anger him. , and thus behave in a panic. If you fall into his trap and rush to attack the city, you may fall into the trap!

Cao Cao naturally hated Yuan Xi very much in his heart, but personal vendettas were personal vendettas. Behind him, there were hundreds of Cao family members and Xiahou family members, as well as tens of thousands of subordinates and millions of people. If he was hit by the opponent, If you act aggressively and make mistakes, everything may be catastrophic.

He sat quietly in front of the desk, clenched his fists, slowly closed his eyes, tried his best to calm down, and finally calmed down.

He began to put aside his grievances and gains and losses, and calmly considered the pros and cons of attacking the city and retreating his troops, as well as the consequences he would have to bear if he lost Xudu.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao finally came to a conclusion.

Xu Du is not going to be thrown away now, and Emperor Liu Xie cannot be thrown away!

But he knew that he certainly could not retreat immediately. If the vicious tigers in Shouchun City learned of his intentions, they would surely take the opportunity to pursue him. It was not certain how many people would be able to escape by then.

And if the loss of the main force is too great, how can we deal with Guan Yu even if we return to Xudu?

So what I have to do now is to defeat Fierce Tiger, my lifelong enemy, in order to survive this crisis!

Thinking that even if he could retreat safely, Cao Cao would have Liu Bei's army waiting for him, which made Cao Cao even more troubled. It was still his fault that he failed to capture Liu Bei in two years. Now that the opponent has accumulated strength, it has become a serious problem for him!

With this thought, Cao Cao began to summon his subordinates to discuss countermeasures. At the same time, he accelerated the speed of plundering young men from surrounding villages and towns, and made a gesture of fighting Yuan Xi in Shouchun.

In Shouchun City, as Lu Xun and Guo Jia arranged the city defense together after returning, Yuan Xi's originally worried heart was slightly relieved.

In fact, most of his previous calmness was just pretending to show to his subordinates, because in the battle with Jiangdong, especially his naval force, his strength was also greatly damaged. Facing Cao Cao's massive attack, he actually felt guilty.

In the Battle of Chaohu, his navy faced several times the Jiangdong navy. Although they won the victory, the fierce fighting and smoky fire for several days also made the soldiers exhausted and exhausted. It was difficult to reply, including Zhang Liao's cavalry.

The most elite group of Jianghuai soldiers had been handed over to Zhang He and Xu Huang before, but they failed in the battle with Cao Cao and lost most of them. Yuan Xi was also helpless about this. If he couldn't defeat him, he couldn't defeat him. After all, he faced superior forces. Cao Cao, no one dares to say that he can win against the enemy head-on.

Liu Ye, who was stationed in Hefei, still had several thousand soldiers under his command. Except for following Zhang Liao's cavalry to capture the Jiangdong soldiers, he did not engage in any fighting, but did not suffer much loss. This is also the most complete combat force Yuan Xi currently has.

At the same time, nearly 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers surrendered, most of whom were Shanyue people who had taken refuge. The proportion of these people exceeded Yuan Xi's soldiers. It may not be a good thing to go into battle without training.

In addition, Tai Shici was seriously injured, and the only people in the city who could use it were Zhang He and Xu Huang, two generals who were good at cavalry. The most reliable person in defending the city was Yuan Xi himself.

Therefore, when Yuan Xi learned that Cao Cao was coming, he was a little scared. However, as the city began to be defended in an orderly manner, Yuan Xi also breathed a sigh of relief. He thought about it, walked out of the house, and went to the mansion to see the man who had been raped by him. Lu Su stayed.

When he entered the courtyard, he saw Lu Su standing up to greet him according to etiquette, but he could not hide the anger on his face, so he bowed and said, "Xi is rude, Mr. Zijing, please forgive me."

Lu Su did not expect Yuan Xi to be so respectful to him, so he had to return the favor and said, "Thank you for staying with me, but I still want to say that this is not very kind."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi bowed again and said, "This is indeed Xizhi's fault. I apologize to you sir."

Seeing Yuan Xi admitting so openly, Lu Su felt strange in his heart, but suddenly his intuition was wrong, his face suddenly changed, and he lost his voice: "What happened recently?"

He remembered that the last time Yuan Xi came to see him was more than ten days ago. Yuan Xi would not come here for no reason. Did something big happen during this time?
Yuan Xi sighed: "Sir, he is a smart man and rarely guesses it."

"Yes, Jiangdong was defeated, and it was a big defeat."

Lu Su's face suddenly turned pale and he said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

He remembered that before going out as an envoy, Zhou Yu was still full of confidence and told Lu Su that he could rest assured that at worst they would capture Shouchun and rescue Lu Su.

When Lu Su was banned some time ago, he also heard the news of Jiangdong sending troops, and it was said that the scale was quite large. Could it be that a big battle was fought in the past ten days?
He murmured: "Could you be lying to me?"

"Lord, how many people are here this time?"

"Where's Gong Jin?"

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "Sun Quan advanced by land and water this time. He mobilized a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, but they were all defeated by me."

Lu Su shook his head. Did he hear it correctly? Was he dreaming?

(End of this chapter)