Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 494
Yuan Tan held up the urgent letter on the table, and said to Guo Tu and Xin Ping next to him: "The urgent letter from Xuzhou must have been read by you."

After he finished speaking, he stopped talking and waited quietly for the two of them to speak.

Xin Ping hesitated for a moment, and said, "Rescue quickly."

Yuan Tan looked at Guo Tu, and Guo Tu hurriedly said, "No."

"This is a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity for you to go south or even go north, how can you miss it?"

Xin Ping sneered and said: "This is a good opportunity to stand still and wait for Yuan's children to be killed?"

Guo Tu said disapprovingly, "It's not that serious."

"The vicious tiger is now saving Donghai, not Guangling. This is not Yuan's territory in the first place."

"Aren't we sending troops to make wedding dresses for them?"

"The vicious tiger's words are sweet, and they keep saying that they will save the East China Sea, but what does this have to do with us?"

"He's Xuzhou Mu!"

After hearing this, Xin Ping said anxiously: "Yuan Tu, the vicious tiger took down Xuzhou for the Yuan family. Now that Xuzhou is being attacked by Cao Cao, if the East China Sea is lost, it will also be Yuan's loss!"

Guo Tu sneered and said, "Zhongzhi, don't forget that the fierce tiger wanted to score three points in Xuzhou!"

"He calculated the envoy, and forced the envoy's power to Langya, who can't go south. Who can't see that he has selfish intentions?"

"If he is sincere, why not give Guangling to the envoy?"

"Now we can't get up and down, and if we want to expand, there is nowhere to go!"

"Now that the East China Sea is in turmoil, it's a good time to take it into your pocket!"

"And Zhongzhi thinks that the fierce tiger is kind? He fought without warning, and the raid on the pirates in Qingzhou is still vivid in his mind, have you forgotten?"

Xin Ping shook his head, "Yuan Tu's words are wrong."

"The incident of the pirates in Qingzhou is due to Shijun's lack of strict restraint. Not to mention the robbery of Yuan's merchant ship, and we were not informed afterwards. If you want me to say, Guan Hai and these people died well. Living is simply a disgrace to Shijun's reputation." .”

Seeing Yuan Tan's ugly face, Guo Tu thought to himself that Xin Ping didn't know if he was really stupid or not. How can you not know about such things?

He smiled and said: "Zhongzhi, in this world, if you don't plot against others, others will plot against you."

"Not to mention Mr. Xianfu, if the king is trapped in Qingzhou, even a fierce tiger can't compare, how can he have the chance to inherit the Yuan family in the future?"

"You know, Fierce Tiger has two male heirs!"

Seeing Yuan Tan's expression of approval, Xin Ping said anxiously, "If you want to fight Jiangdong, you can borrow from the fierce tiger. Now it's unjust to take it without saying anything."

Guo Tu sneered, "In today's world, is there still righteous warfare?"

"Adhering to this kind of woman's benevolence, do you want to harm the envoy?"

Xin Ping said angrily: "If you don't have a bottom line, you will harm the envoy!"

"you……"

Yuan Tan interrupted the two of them and said, "Stop arguing."

"The enemy is pretending to be a thief from Mount Tai to attack Donghai. If I want to send troops at this time, what will Xianyi think? It seems that I have other motives."

"Cultivate the book first and give it to Xianyi, and agree to send troops, but you must obey his orders, so don't dare to act rashly now."

"During this period, we will lead our troops southward first, stationed in the Langya Eastern Sea. If Xianyi is interested, he will send someone to ask for help again before we can go southward."

Xin Ping hesitated: "If Mr. Xian Yi is defeated by the enemy, wouldn't it be too late..."

Guo Tu said: "If he really can't beat him, he can retreat by sea. There is no danger of his life."

Yuan Tan listened, nodded and said, "Yes, that's it."

"Both go back and have a good rest."

Xin Ping sighed and left. The Yuan family hadn't won the world yet, and the children had already started to hinder each other!
None of the people present felt that Yuan Xi could gain any advantage in Xuzhou this time. After all, according to the information they got, Yuan Xi was now at an absolute disadvantage in terms of generals and military strength.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

A miserable cry resounded in the sky that was about to fall into darkness.

Liu Bei asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stay behind to defend the city, and he took 10,000+ Xiapi people to go north to Tancheng, but he walked nearly [-] miles. A large number of enemy troops raided!

The sentries in front of the team were almost all casualties, and the few remaining people fled desperately to report the enemy's situation. Liu Bei didn't know that he had fallen for the trick, so he got on his horse and shouted at Chen Dao and others: "Come with me, stop them, Let the people escape first!"

Sun Qian said anxiously: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

"It's getting late, and the enemy's strength is unknown, so if we fight at this time, it will be more or less ominous!"

Liu Bei shouted: "How can I escape at this time?"

"If something happens to your envoy, how will we deal with ourselves?"

Jian Yong tried hard to persuade: "Your Majesty, you should make a decisive decision at this time and follow the example of Xiapi. A strong man will cut his wrist!"

"Otherwise, if these ten thousand soldiers are lost, even the capital to make a comeback will be gone!"

Liu Bei hesitated, his face changed several times, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "I, Liu Xuande, treat people with kindness and righteousness. If I break my promise and abandon the people and run away alone, how can I see the people of the world, and how can the people of the world want to belong to me?"

"Although the night battle is not good for me, it's the same for them, isn't it?"

"Fighting to the death, there is still a glimmer of life. If you flee without fighting, the whole army will be wiped out!"

After hearing this, everyone knew that it was a matter of life and death. Since Liu Bei had made up his mind, it would be meaningless to oppose it now, so he had to accept orders.

Liu Bei patted his horse and came to the panic-stricken people, shouting: "Everyone, elders, listen to me!"

"Now that we meet the enemy, we can no longer go to Tancheng in the north!"

"Everyone, go from north to east and take refuge in Guangling!"

"Xuzhou Muyuan envoy is close to me, so he will definitely protect you!"

"Before that, I will block the enemy for everyone, please run away!"

When the people heard this, they all knelt down and said, "We are willing to live and die together with the envoy!"

Chen Dao shouted: "Everyone with bare hands, how can you block swordsmen? There will be a battle here soon, so hurry up!"

After hearing this, all the people reluctantly got up and wanted to flee to Guangling with them.

Liu Bei rode to the carriage and said to the carriage, "You two ladies, there are many swamps and rivers on the way to Guangling, and it is difficult to move forward. We can only resign ourselves to fate."

The curtain was lifted to reveal the faces of Mrs. Liu Bei and Mrs. Gan. Daughter Bei poked half of her face out from behind Mrs. Liu Bei, with a worried expression on her face.

Compared to Mrs. Gan who looked a little panicked, Mrs. Liu Bei said decisively: "Okay, staying here is also hindering my husband, let's go first!"

After she finished speaking, she said to the coachman, "Let's go now!"

Liu Bei looked at the people leaving, and told Chen Dao, "Send someone to Xiapi to ask for help, and tell him not to defend the city. Come quickly and join us."

Chen Dao hurriedly sent someone to set off, and said again: "This journey is hundreds of miles away. Even if the two generals arrive, it will be a few days later."

Liu Bei also knew it was too late, and sighed, "I have no other choice."

The shouts of killing had already been heard everywhere, Chen Daojian said: "How about mixing the soldiers with the fleeing civilians?"

"With 10,000+ civilians and [-] soldiers mixed in, outsiders can't see it at all. When the enemy arrives, they will suddenly launch a sneak attack. Wouldn't it be good?"

"Otherwise, it will be dark to form an formation, and it will only be targeted by the enemy. I'm afraid it won't last until dawn."

Liu Bei hesitated, this is tantamount to using the common people as a shield!

But he also had to admit that in the face of an unknown enemy army, he had no chance of winning at all.

Because according to the estimates of the spies who came back, the opponent's soldiers are far more than their own soldiers!

He hesitated for a moment, and counted: "You take three thousand soldiers and hide among the people, and I take seven thousand soldiers and follow behind."

"If the enemy army comes at that time, they can attack from both sides."

Chen Dao also felt that this method was safer than what he proposed, so he immediately led the troops to arrange it.

Liu Bei turned his head and said to his subordinate: "The generals will stay, and the civilian officials will go first!"

After everyone heard this, they didn't dare to be negligent. The military generals formed an army, and the civil officials hurriedly mixed in with the common people and fled. They only hated their parents for losing two legs.

Cao Ren stood in front of the battle on horseback, and said to Xun You: "Mr. has a clever plan, and he caught them right away. Ren threw himself on the ground in admiration."

Xun You shook his feather fan and said with a smile, "It's not difficult. Nine out of ten marches will be along the main road and river. Although there are many rivers in Xuzhou, there are relatively few places to choose where to cross the river."

"Many roads from Xiapi to Tancheng are inappropriate. If they are excluded, the rest will naturally be their marching route."

Not long after, spies kept coming to report. Cao Ren listened and said with a smile to Xun You: "Liu Bei actually sought his own death and retreated to protect the people!"

"In this way, none of them can escape!"

"Now we will attack Liu Bei's army with our tails up and wipe them all out!"

After hearing this, Xun You said, "No."

"The trapped beast is still fighting, but it will only increase our damage."

"The general should understand who our biggest target is. Before that, there is no need to increase the damage."

Cao Ren blinked, "What do you mean, sir?"

A stern look flashed in Xun You's eyes, "Taking advantage of the night, attack the people directly!"

"While he is in a panic and scattered, drive him to attack Liu Bei's army, and he will definitely be defeated!"

"At that time, these 10,000+ people will be scattered in Guangling. If the fierce tiger comes to help, we will be able to fish in troubled waters!"

Cao Ren was overjoyed when he heard that, "Sir, you are wise!"

He waved his hand immediately, and said to Li Dian, Xia Houen and other dozens of Cao Ying generals behind him: "Everyone, go forward, and you will make meritorious deeds today!"

Everyone suddenly took orders.

I saw one after another Cao's troops, led by various generals, divided and outflanked the fleeing common people.

Most of Xuzhou is a plain, and the people can't hide at all. Soon they encountered the fleeing team of the people.

Cao Jun rushed in fiercely like a wolf into a flock of sheep. He had a long knife in one hand and a torch in the other. He killed anyone he saw and burned a car when he saw him.

And more than a hundred miles to the north, several Cao troops are besieging Tancheng.

The leaders are Cao Cao and Cheng Yu!
Cao Cao actually sent three armies, and most of his troops were thrown into the Xuzhou battlefield!
However, Cheng Yu, who was familiar with him, was not surprised at all. After all, when Cao Cao was still weak, he dared to plan a sneak attack on Yecheng. Now that his power has grown several times, it is natural that he will win Xuzhou!
Cao Cao looked at Tancheng in the distance, but there was a rare look of worry on his face, "Have you found any trace of the fierce tiger yet?"

"In Zhongde's opinion, which road is he most likely to appear on?"

"Or, those emergency letters are just a cover, and he actually gave up on Donghai?"

(End of this chapter)