Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493
Cao Cao wanted to plot against Xuzhou, and Yuan Xi also wanted to plot against Cao Cao in reverse. Under the planning of their respective counselors, both sides thought of this by coincidence.

The key question is, if it's just a confrontation between two forces, it's fine, but what if other forces are involved?
Ju Shou said: "The occurrence of the Taishan bandits in Qucheng is extremely abnormal. After the Taishan bandits were attached to Yuan Qingzhou, would Yuan Qingzhou not know if they really wanted to act so recklessly?"

"My lord, have you ever thought about the impact on the situation in Jizhou after the birth of two boys, and the changes in the hearts of the Yuan family?"

"What worries me the most is that Yuan Qingzhou's bottom line may be very low."

After hearing this, Lu Xun couldn't help looking at Yuan Xi, and found that his face twitched unconsciously.

"Also," Ju Shou held a volume of secret letters, "This is the information that came back from Xiapi City the day before yesterday."

"Cao Cao once sent a secret envoy to join forces with Liu Yuzhou!"

"Not only did he promise to give Liu Yuzhou an official title, but he also planned to marry a woman from the Xiahou family. Maybe he has already sent her there by now!"

"The spies didn't find out what happened after the contact between the two parties, but Liu Yuzhou obviously didn't inform Young Master about it."

"As an ally, but unable to be open and honest, is Liu Yuzhou really trustworthy in this matter?"

"What if the change in the East China Sea is a play between him and Cao Cao?"

"Cao Cao promised him a lot of benefits, so it's reasonable for Liu Yuzhou to give him an East China Sea in return?"

"In his eyes, the son is also one of the rewards?"

After saying this, the three present fell into silence.

After a while, Yuan Xicai said, "I still want to try, because this time, I choose to trust Liu Yuzhou."

"Maybe Cao Cao deliberately released rumors to make me suspicious of Liu Yuzhou, so I became suspicious?"

"And this is the best opportunity to weaken Cao Cao's strength."

"If you miss this time, maybe you won't have such a good opportunity in the future."

"He used Donghai as bait to lure me into the bait, so why didn't I use myself as bait to let him show his cards?"

"Since he played the cards, there is no need to hide the cards in my hand."

"If he wants a fight, I'll give it to him!"

When Yuan Xi finished speaking, his aura suddenly rose, causing Lu Xun to look sideways. This is the fierce tiger of the Yuan family!
Ju Shou said with a wry smile: "Since the young master wants to fight, but he wants to attack the army, he must be prepared so that he can do it."

"That's natural," Yuan Xi said, "I won't let him come and go when he wants to come and go back when he wants to do it like the previous two times if he wants to do something on the boundary of Xuzhou!"

"Trouble both gentlemen, immediately send letters to Youzhou, Guangling, Jizhou, Yangzhou, and Qingzhou, excluding our Youzhou Guangling, and promise Sun Ce, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang the greatest benefits we can give!"

"As many soldiers as Guangling of Youzhou can mobilize, come and fight with all your might!"

"In order to defeat Cao Cao, I will pay any price!"

"I don't believe it. I fought with Cao Cao to the end, and Jizhou can still face him?"

This was also one of Yuan Xi's goals. If he and Cao Cao got into a bad situation, he would use this as an excuse to encourage Yuan Shao to attack Cao Cao!
Ju Shou and Lu Xun quickly took the order, they thought that the young master really bet everything this time.

This is the case with fighting for the world. If you don't have the awareness to gamble all your wealth, you are not qualified to be a chess player.

In the city of Xiapi, Liu Bei summoned his subordinates and said: "This time the East China Sea is in turmoil, I decided to lead the troops there myself."

Mi Zhu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly got up to stop him, saying: "My brother is incompetent, lost in Houqiu, Cao's army besieged and did not attack, if you send the king to go, he must fall into his tricks!"

"Now there is Yuan Gonglu attacking the city outside the city, so you must not act rashly, lest the lower Pi be broken, and it will be over."

"The envoy joins forces with the fierce tiger, and he is in Haixi, why not send troops to ask him to rescue Houqiu?"

Seeing that everyone said yes, Liu Bei's face was gloomy, and he said: "I have already fallen into Cao Cao's tricks!"

"Fanqi sent a secret envoy earlier, promising to present me to the Han court and ask for the title of marquis. This matter spread in the city immediately!"

"I thought it wasn't a secret, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid Cao Cao spread it on purpose!"

"Think about it, if the fierce tiger hears the news, what will it think?"

"He will definitely doubt my intentions, how can he help me go to Houqiu to rescue?"

"I just realized it now, this is Cao Cao's plan to alienate me, to make the fierce tiger suspicious of me!"

"Cao Cao's strategy is so vicious, it immediately made me lose my trust, and now I can only prove my innocence!"

Everyone listened and remained silent. They were also responsible for this matter. When Cao Cao sent secret envoys, they were still complacent, thinking that as long as the matter was not leaked, they could have a good relationship with Cao Cao and join forces with the fierce tiger at the same time. The best of both worlds?

And although there are rumors that Cao Cao and the fierce tiger are at odds, Cao Cao is still helping Yuan Shao, and the fierce tiger is still a child of the Yuan family.

As a result, within half a month, they were severely beaten in the face. Cao Cao didn't know if he was on the table, but he did send troops, and he came to attack Xuzhou for the third time!

No matter how stupid everyone under Liu Bei's command was, they knew that they were tricked by Cao Cao. The other party took advantage of their mentality of taking advantage, so that now Liu Bei must be suspected by others!

Not to mention Yuan Tan, who has always been confusing, and Yuan Xi, who has been helping him, Liu Bei felt that he had really done something wrong.

But he still can't explain it!

Moreover, when everyone learned that Cao Cao's dispatch of secret envoys was handled by Chen Qun, they were as disgusting as eating shit. After Chen Qun left Liu Bei and joined Cao Cao, he was extremely appreciative. He felt very well about Liu Bei's subordinates. Through, let everyone step into the trap step by step!
Liu Bei sighed: "Also, have you ever thought about how long Xiapi City can last?"

"Yuan Gonglu has increased his troops again!"

"It's not that there are no talents under its command. It is clear that if we want to break the game now, we must either fight Jingzhou or Xuzhou!"

"At the beginning, I thought he would continue to attack Jingzhou, but I didn't expect that he had secretly dispatched troops and hoarded a large number of troops on the border of Xiapi!"

"Even if we don't deploy troops, there are nearly [-] soldiers and horses around Qishouchun. How can we stop it?"

Jian Yong sighed: "The fact is that the subordinate is incompetent. No one thought that he would dare to fight north?"

"He and Yuan Benchu ​​are on fire. Isn't this the border in advance? I thought he would at least clear Jingzhou and Yizhou before he could fight Yuan Benchu!"

Liu Bei's face was gloomy, "What is his self-established emperor title, can you guess the meaning?"

Yuan Shu established himself as the Zhong family, Bo Zhong Shu Ji, ranked second, and its meaning is similar to that of the two emperors.

When everyone heard this name, they thought Yuan Shu was worried about Han Ting's prestige, so he took the title of emperor under the emperor.

Mi Zhu asked suspiciously, "Isn't it because he was afraid of the Han court's crusade that he chose such a name?"

Liu Bei sneered and said, "It's too simple!"

"He is soft on the surface, not necessarily the emperor, but probably Yuan Benchu!"

"The Yuan family already had the heart of the world. The second emperor, Yuan Gonglu, might be willing to be under Yuan Benchu, and rule the world with him with the Yangtze River as the boundary!"

Everyone was horrified when they heard this. It is really possible to say this!
At the same time, everyone felt ashamed. As Liu Bei's subordinate, he didn't understand as well as Liu Bei did!

Guan Yu has been silent all the time, thinking that his eldest brother has some advantages in both martial arts and talents, and now that he is forced to this position, it has completely stimulated his hidden talents.

Liu Bei suddenly stood up, "The two Yuans are fighting each other, and we are sandwiched between such a weak force, and we will definitely become fans!"

"Now we are the first to bear the brunt. We should avoid it, retreat to the East China Sea, use Tancheng as the front line, and let Yuan Shu enter Xiapi!"

"If he occupies Xiapi, with Yanzhou Cao Mengde in the west and Guangling Yuan Xianyi in the east, we can use our strength to resist Yuan Shu!"

"Otherwise, how many days can we last if we stand alone in the front?"

"Even if we can defend it, it will still hurt our strength. When Cao Cao captures the East China Sea, we will only be left with Pi, and sooner or later we will be defeated. When we fail, where can we go?"

"Since this is the case, it is better to save our troops, go back to defend the East China Sea, drive Cao Cao away, and approach the fierce tiger's territory to seek help. We still have a chance to make a comeback!"

Guan Yu spoke out: "A strong man cuts off his wrist, Yu agrees with my elder brother's words!"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Me too!"

Seeing that everyone agreed, Liu Bei nodded and said, "In that case, let's prepare to abandon the city!"

"If the people want to stay, let them stay in the city. If they are willing to go with us, I will escort them to Tancheng with my troops!"

"At the same time, send a letter to Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Xianyi asking for help, telling us what we lost the day before yesterday, and if necessary, prepare to go and make amends!"

Everyone listened, nodded silently, and secretly hooked up with Cao Cao, but tasted bad results, and now they can be regarded as their own fault.

They were too optimistic before. They wanted to survive between the cracks and have both ways, but when Yuan Shu's army came, they suddenly realized that they were not strong enough to say anything!

The last hole card must be one's own strength, the others are false!
Inside the barracks, a flurry of secret letters was delivered to Xun You's desk. He shook out a tube of bamboo slips and exclaimed: "The fierce tiger is really big enough."

"If this continues, if you let it connect with all parties and make your plan of doubting the enemy, it will be self-defeating."

Cao Ying used half-truths and half-false information to drive a wedge between Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan and Liu Bei. In the final analysis, it was nothing but making cards. If the other party understands, they will still fall to Yuan Xi!
Cao Ren sighed: "Then Liu Bei is not ordinary. He was willing to give up Xiapi. I heard that he has taken the people with him and is planning to flee to Tancheng between Xiapi and Houqiu."

Now Cao Jun is relying on Yuan Shu's offensive, but it is hard to say what will happen afterwards, because Liu Bei's Xiapi is captured, Cao Cao will inevitably face Yuan Shu, and there will be more variables.

Xun You said with a smile: "That's true. There are not many opportunities left for us, and there are only three to five days. If we let the fierce tigers link up all parties and call in reinforcements, our plan this time will almost fail."

"So now is the time for us to go all out!"

"Send an elite army to surprise Liu Bei's retreat to Tancheng. He committed a big taboo by marching with a mixed army. Once attacked, he will be defeated!"

"Fortunately, his general Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stayed in Xiapi to stop Yuan Shu's army. There are no generals in his team who can fight!"

"I will trouble the general this way!"

Cao Ren smiled and said: "Don't worry, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not here, I will definitely take it down with all my strength!"

Xun You nodded in satisfaction, "Then the most critical step is how to lure the fierce tiger out within three days!"

"This is the key to the whole matter. To capture the thief and capture the king, as long as you kill him at all costs, the relationship between all parties in his body will inevitably be broken. Xuzhou can do something!"

"From this point of view, it is worth exchanging the lives of [-] soldiers for his life!"

Cao Ren's eyes flickered after hearing this, "Sir, what do you think should be done?"

(End of this chapter)