The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 189
Repaying debts is a matter of course, who said that the one who owes debts must be the uncle?
Just like the current Yuan Shang, logically speaking, he is now the master of the two thieves Zhang Baiqi and Liu Xiongming. According to human nature and his character, it is not impossible to rely on these two white notes, but he will immediately To divide troops into two groups to reinforce Jizhou, it is necessary to borrow the mountain soldiers under these two thieves as a surprise attack, and pass through Taihang Mountain to carry out a surprise attack. Therefore, in terms of the current situation, Yuan Shang not only cannot squander the money of the two , I have to smile and beg these two masters with both hands.

To eat others with short mouths, take others with short hands, and use other people's soldiers, the first prerequisite is to pay back the money!
Ever since, in the twinkling eyes of Liu Xiongming and Zhang Baiqi, two carts and four boxes of gold and silk were transported by high officials from Jinyang, Bingzhou to the handsome tent, and Yuan Shang handed them over to the two strong thieves. hands.

When those golden and busy golden silks were placed in front of Zhang and Liu, the two thieves hardly hesitated, bowed deeply to Yuan Shang together, and said in a hoarse voice: "Zhang Baiqi (Liu Xiongming), thank you lord for your kindness! From today on, the brothers in Hongnong Heishan and Wuguandaokou are willing to be sent by the lord to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, without hesitation, and there is no reason to turn your back on me, lord? Huh? My lord, why are you crying?"

Yuan Shang looked at those golden silks with hazy eyes, and there was a kind of deep reluctance and infatuation in his eyes.

Wiping his tears, he helped Zhang Baiqi and Liu Xiongming up while sobbing, and said: "You two generals don't have to be so polite, quickly invite Yuan, it doesn't matter what Yuan is. I'm just crying with joy, that's all."

Zhang Baiqi and Liu Xiongming looked at each other curiously, secretly thinking that Mr. Yuan is really a weird person, the two of them came from Guanzhong for several days, Mr. Yuan almost didn't respond, but today when he was still a white note, he was crying with joy up?
Is he crying for us, or for money?It's too obvious, right?

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The next day, Yuan Junbing divided into two groups, one led by Gao Gan, Zhao Yun and other Bingzhou generals, took the Hanoi road, went straight to Jizhou, and the other was led by Yuan Shang, Zhang Yan, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Xiongming Take the mountain road, cross the Taihang Mountains, and take the trail.

There are two flowers blooming, one for each branch. Not to mention that Bingzhou Yuan Jun has already taken action, but only Cao Jun's side. Cao Cao has set up Wuzhai for a few days and stormed Liyang. How could the generals of Jizhou led by Zhang Jai, Gao Lan and others After defending the city, Tian Feng, Jushou, Sima Yi, Xun Chen and others made tricks, and deployed heavy troops in the counties and counties around Liyang City. Therefore, although they were passive for a while, they were still not attacked by Cao Cao.

Thirty miles south of Liyang, Cao Jun commanded a large camp.

"What!" Inside the handsome tent, Cao Cao slammed the table suddenly, unable to restrain the anger in his voice, he roared violently: "The Guanzhong coalition army was defeated by the Bingzhou army, and Zhong Yao was captured alive? Such a big deal?!"

Under the handsome tent, an envoy sent by Cao Jun in Guanzhong knelt on the ground, dripping with cold sweat, trembling all over his body as if he had been acupunctured.
"Returning to Cao Sikong's words, the villain's words are absolutely true, and there is absolutely no reason to deceive! Yuan Jun resorted to divisive tactics, split the relationship between the various princes and the Ma family, and made the two of them annihilate, and the princes in Guanzhong suffered heavy losses. , defeated several princes, and even Jincheng prefect Han Sui sent troops to support them, but before they reached Hedong County, seeing that the coalition forces were exhausted, they withdrew without even moving their hands."

"Huh!" Cao Cao snorted coldly, and said through gritted teeth, "Old thief Han Sui is very cunning! Who is the leader of the troops he sent?"

"It's his son-in-law Yan Xingye."

"Han Sui, Yan Xing, I will remember them alone. I will settle this account with them in the future." Cao Cao was very sad and indignant because of the loss of Zhong Yao at this moment, but even Han Sui and Yan Xing, who were watching from the other side, were annoyed. .

In Cao Jun's tent, there was an old fox named Jia Xu stroking the beard of his chin, and stroked it very rhythmically.

"Duke Ming, the most urgent thing at the moment is not to blame the Guanzhong princes for their negligence. Now that Zhong Yao has been captured and the Guanzhong princes are defeated, the high officials and their soldiers and horses have nothing to worry about. It will be a matter of time before reinforcements come. It’s time to prepare.”

Just as Jia Xu's words fell, the envoy from Guanzhong quickly nodded in response: "That's right, that's right! Before the villain came to report the letter, I heard that Gao Gan left Hao Zhao as a steadfast guard, and raised up the three armies of Bingzhou. Hanoi Avenue, heading straight for the left flank of our army, the morale of the troops is high, and Sikong has to guard against it."

Cao Cao took a deep breath, suppressed the rage in his heart, and said lightly: "It's okay! On the Hebei Road, the old man has already arranged a ban, and I am happy to bring in two strong soldiers to go down to the stronghold and stick to it. If Gao Gan wants to break through the defense line, he will have to go through a lot of twists and turns, by then Gu has already defeated Li Yang and captured Yuan Shang alive, no matter how many reinforcements he has, it will not help."

The matter is that Yuan Shang's commander-in-chief is still in Liyang City. Although he has not shown up, everyone in the Cao army still thinks that he is here.

The kneeling on the left beside Cao Cao collapsed, but Guo Jia smiled like a prodigal son, slowly got up and cupped his hands and said, "Although Duke Ming has made preparations, it is not a perfect plan. Bingzhou leads to Liyang. The main road, however, still has the Taihang Mountains. If there is no way to defend it, if the enemy troops split up and come over the mountains, thinking of a surprise attack, and attack Jin and Lejin back and forth, I am afraid that with the ability of the two generals, they may not be able to defend it. live."

Cao Cao frowned, and said strangely: "The land of Taihang stretches for thousands of miles, the mountains are steep, and the trails are complicated. If you are not accustomed to the mountain army, you can't walk. Even if Yuan Jun has this idea, I'm afraid it may not be possible. Is it possible?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "If you're not afraid of [-], you're just in case. It's always good to be careful."

"Then according to the meaning of filial piety, who should be sent to guard the mountain pass?"

Guo Jia thought for a while, and said: "Xu Chu, the commander of the Tiger Guards, was the head of the people for a long time before he joined the army. Stay on the mountain pass!"

Cao Cao pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, according to what Feng Xiao said, send Xu Chu and Zang Ba to guard the Taihang Pass! Just in case Yuan Jun surprises the side road!"

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The Taihang Mountains are rolling and steep, but there are clear and sweet trickles that wind and flow in the mountains, and then merge into small rivers and big rivers, rushing eastward, with strange rocks everywhere and overgrown vegetation. quiet.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan has been in it for many years, and he is well aware of the terrain and familiar with the roads, so he walked quite quickly.But even so, Yuan Shang almost fell to the ground on this treacherous journey.
Although the soldiers and horses of Zhang Baiqi and Liu Xiongming are good at walking on mountain roads, the environment is too difficult. Not only do they have to open roads in the mountains and build bridges when encountering water, but they also have to face many natural dangers in the mountains and forests. , that is, at a speed of more than [-] miles a day, the high officials on Hanoi Avenue, Zhao Yun, Lu Lingqi, etc. probably fought with Cao Jun, but this side may not have gone halfway.

"Ah~~~! Snake! Snake!" Yuan Shang shouted and jumped up on the spot. The mountains and forests are so dangerous, there are poisonous snakes and beasts everywhere, and Yuan Shang can be scared to jump up almost every day.

"Hurry up!" Zhang Yan gave Yuan Shang a dissatisfied look, and shouted in a low voice: "It's just a broken wooden fork, where did the snake come from? Look carefully!"

Yuan Shang lowered his head and took a closer look, but saw that it was indeed a thick and long wooden fork. He heaved a sigh of relief, and said to Zhang Yan dissatisfied: "There is no sun and moon in the mountains. I just pretend to be afraid, and I will have some fun for everyone."

Zhang Yan gave Yuan Shang a dissatisfied look, and said, "Pretending to be afraid? Pretending to be afraid that you would jump on me and hug me for what? Why are you disgusting me on purpose if you don't come down?"

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard the words, and when he took a closer look, he really jumped on Zhang Yan's body, still hugging his neck. He kicked his face, scratched his head and jumped down, laughing dryly.

Zhang Yan gave him a dissatisfied look, looked up at the mountain road, nodded affirmatively while watching, and said, "I'm persevering. We can go out of the mountain in a short time. It's not far away!"

Yuan Shangchang sighed, shook his head and said, "Brother, it's a good thing that you want to comfort us, but can you change the word, 'not so far', I have heard you say it since the second day after entering the mountain. Now, you take us all for idiots?"

Zhang Yan nodded affirmatively, and said: "This time the appointment is not far away, don't worry, I will never lie to you!"

"I believe you have ghosts." Yuan Shang muttered dissatisfied.

"Report~~~!"

While he was talking, he saw Liu Xiongming, the big thief at Wuguan Pass, with muddy feet, running towards Yuan Shang limping, cupped his hands anxiously at Yuan Shang, and said, "My lord, the spies of General Zhang Baiqi are on their way. At five miles away, we have found the pass out of the mountain, which leads to the main road leading to Liyang, Jizhou! However, beside the pass, Cao’s army is preparing for battle, and they are holding their throats. How dare I ask my lord what we should do?”

Yuan Shang let out a long sigh, thinking in his heart that Cao Jun's arrangement was tight, and at the same time he asked Liu Xiongming: "Who is guarding the pass? Have you ever investigated it clearly?"

Liu Xiongming nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, and said: "It's clear, one is Zhendong General Zang Ba, and now he is Cao Jun's Langye Prime Minister. He is also with the army during Cao Cao's Beishan campaign."

"Zang Ba? Taishan thief. Well, is there anything else?"

Liu Xiongming swallowed lightly and spit out: "There is another person, Xu Chu, the commander of the Tiger Guards of the Cao Army, who is famous for his bravery among the generals of the Cao Army!"

"Xu Chu, hehe, old friend!"

Zhang Yan walked to Yuan Shang's side and said in a low voice: "Zang Ba and Xu Chu, I heard that these two people were from bandits and villagers. It's probably not a good idea to have a direct confrontation with it!"

Yuan Shang nodded lightly, and said: "I know this too, but it doesn't matter, I have a way!"

(End of this chapter)