The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 321
After the Battle of Guanzhong, Cao Cao died, and Yuan Shangxiong took the place. Since then, Cao Cao, who has been occupying the lordship of the world, fell from the world, and the world once again formed a situation of separatism. It seemed chaotic and unclear.

In Yuan Shang's tent, Yuan Shang himself was inspecting Cao Jun's high-ranking officials and prisoners one by one.

The first person to be interrogated was none other than the culprit who made all the members of the Yuan family hate him so much!
Cheng Yu, Cheng Zhongde, one of Cao Cao's five great advisers!At the same time, it was also the chief culprit who shot Yuan Shao with an arrow and caused Yuan Shao to die in hatred!
Looking at the indifferent and disdainful man standing in the middle of the handsome tent, it seems that he is not a prisoner here, but the master here, with a proud and outstanding demeanor, which has not diminished in the slightest.

"Cheng Yu." Yuan Shao stared at him closely for a while, and finally said slowly: "I think you should understand that if you fall into my hands, it is impossible for you to survive. You should be better than anyone else in this regard." Should be more clear, right?"

Cheng Yu laughed when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Your father Yuan Shao died at the hands of this old man. It is only natural that you want to kill me to avenge your father. Why bother talking? Since the arrow was shot back then, this old man has always been Thinking about this moment, today is finally here.”

Yuan Shang nodded, and said solemnly: "What you did back then was for your own sake. I don't blame you, but you must avenge your father's revenge. Don't worry, one yard is worth one yard. After you die, If you capture Xuchang in the future, I, Yuan Shang, will never bring hatred to your family and descendants, you can rest assured about that."

Cheng Yu laughed when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "Yuan Shang, you just took down Guanzhong, don't be too rampant. Although our army suffered a disastrous defeat in Guanzhong and lost Yujin, Xu Chu, Cao Chun and many other generals, the strength of the Central Plains is still strong. Cun, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and others are still here, and Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others have assisted Ming Gong and then settled in Xuchang, if you want to defeat them all at once, you may not be able to achieve your wish."

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard the words, the smile was deep and pleasant.

"Whether I can fight or not is my business from now on. It has nothing to do with you, who is about to die. Don't worry about it so much, so that you can go on the road and walk through your own ghost gate. That's the right way... Come on! , stay, cut!"

The Sword and Axe immediately stepped forward and led Cheng Yu down according to Yuan Shang's instructions. So far, a generation of famous officials in Cao's army also passed away.

After dragging Cheng Yu down, another important minister and counselor, Xun You, was brought up.

Xun You was also loyal to Cao Cao, no matter what Yuan Shang said, he was determined not to submit to him, but the Xun family was a big family in Yingchuan, and they were not comparable to ordinary people. Again, it was immediately decided to temporarily detain Xun You and not deal with it.

In addition, a group of Cao officials either killed or surrendered, and finally it was the turn of a heavyweight to appear on the stage.

When Xia Houyuan was bound by swords and axes, and walked into the handsome tent with his head held high, Sima Yi, who had been standing beside Yuan Shang, couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he turned his head to Yuan Shang happily, and said with a smile on his face: "My lord, It's your old man!"

Yuan Shang heard that this was not right, he frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Your father-in-law!"

Xia Houyuan couldn't help being furious when he heard the words, and roared loudly: "Who the hell am I, Yuan Shang, you bastard, how many people in my family have you promised!"

Yuan Shang hurriedly turned his head, cupped his hands at Xia Houyuan with a smile on his face, and said, "Don't get angry, father-in-law, I was just joking, Juaner is my daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law that Ming Media is marrying, how can I be willing to let others get involved? Don't get me wrong."

Xia Houyuan snorted heavily, turned his head, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, and kill me quickly!"

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Killing you, isn't that a crime of disobedience, Juaner knows, and will blame me, father-in-law, you can't trap me in a place of infidelity...or, How do you feel about the path of surrender?"

Xia Houyuan snorted heavily, and said angrily: "Fart! I, Xia Houyuan, have been loyal to Meng De all my life. How could I surrender to you bastard! Impossible!"

"Cao Cao is dead, why should you be loyal to him? Don't you care about Juan'er's mood and feelings?" Yuan Shang frowned and asked dissatisfied.

"The younger generations have their own blessings, I can't control the affairs of the children and grandchildren, let them handle it by themselves!" Xia Houyuan's tone was very heroic, and there was no room for infringement.

Looking at Xia Houyuan's expression, Yuan Shang finally let out a long sigh, waved his hands and said, "Pull it down, serve him with delicious food and drink, no one can be rude to him without my order, do you understand?"

"promise!"

After Xia Houyuan left, Sima Yi walked up to Yuan Shang with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Why, what can I do with your father-in-law? You can't kill, beat, scold, you can only do it like this?"

Yuan Shang gave him a dissatisfied look and said, "Then what do you say?"

Sima Yi chuckled, and said: "As the saying goes, you can't be close. Even though you call him your father-in-law, his surname is Xiahou, and your surname is Yuan. When you find a chance in the future, you can ask your daughter-in-law Xiahoujuan to persuade him to surrender in person. The little daughter-in-law has a runny nose and tears, I don't believe that this stubborn old man is not soft-hearted and refuses to agree."

Yuan Shang thought for a while when he heard the words, rolled his eyes, nodded and said with a smile: "It's still your trick. It's really coquettish."

"It all depends on the lord's guidance."

"Cao Jun's generals and soldiers have been dealt with?"

Sima Yi nodded, and said: "It's all dealt with. Except for Cao Hong, Xu Huang and other brave generals who risked their lives to protect Cao Zhang and go out in battle, the others are basically dead or surrendered. Cao Jun's vitality has been seriously injured this time. !"

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "Well, since this is the case, order the three armies to prepare and return to Chang'an to recharge your energy for the time being, waiting for a good opportunity."

Sima Yi was stunned when he heard the words, and said, "Back to Chang'an? Now that Cao Cao is dead and the soldiers are scattered, why not take a rest at this time? Gao Gan and Yuan Xi are still in Chennai. Liu and Xuzhou fought hard, and you finally got Guanzhong, why don't you lead troops to reinforce them immediately?"

Yuan Shang's face remained unchanged when he heard the words, and said: "If you don't say it, I almost forgot, and immediately sent someone to notify Gao Gan and Yuan Xi, ordering them to return to the army temporarily, not to continue to attack, to give Cao Jun a breathing space, let them Take a good rest."

Sima Yi frowned and said, "What? My lord, what is your plan?"

Yuan Shang smiled slightly, and said: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked, you will know it naturally in the future."

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Xudu, Sikong Mansion.

Cao Jun was defeated, and the news that Cao Cao himself was killed by Liu Bei was quickly passed back to Xu Du through the spies in Jingzhou. As soon as the news spread throughout the world, Liu Bei immediately became famous and made people feel like thunder. The generals of the Cao family hated him and Yuan Shang to the bottom of their hearts.

"Liu Bei! Yuan Shang! I must pay your debts in blood!"

In the main hall of Sikong Mansion, a gloomy voice roared at the top of its lungs, mixed with mournful cries.

The person who cried was a rather handsome young man, with Cao Cao's image and temperament between his eyebrows, but more of an indescribable sense of gloom.

This man is called Cao Pi, and he is the eldest child of Cao Cao's sons after the dead Cao Ang.

Beside Cao Pi, there were several other adult children of the Cao family, as well as two elderly people, Xun Yu and Jia Xu. Guo Jia was not in good health, so he was not able to be present at this time.

"Second son, don't be too sad. The most urgent thing is to find a way to deal with Yuan Shang's generals. Now that Duke Ming has passed away, and there is no barrier to the northwest, we need to quickly entangle the troops and go to stop them, lest Yuan Shang's troops advance eastward, and the Central Plains are in danger. Hey!" The person who spoke was none other than Cao Cao's most trusted deputy, Minister Xun Yu.

Cao Pi hurriedly stood up when he heard the words, and while wiping his tears, he nodded his head and said to Xun Yu: "What Xun Gong said is that Pi Shicai is too sad and angry, and he has lost his composure... It's just that Xu Du's soldiers are horses. Self-protection is not enough at present, how to deploy the army to deal with Yuan Shang and his like?"

Xun Yu thought for a while, but said nothing.

"Brother, at this moment, you might as well call Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren to return to Xudu immediately to strengthen the internal defense. The Xuzhou border can be lost, but Xudu cannot be lost, not to mention that Yuan Shang himself is better than Yuan Xi and Gao Gan. I don't know how strong Liu is, we would rather concentrate all our strength to deal with him than waste too much energy on harmless people."

Everyone couldn't help being stunned when they heard the words, and looked at the speaker, it was not another family, but Cao Cao's fourth son, Cao Zhi.

Three years later, although Cao Zhi still had the same appearance as when he went to Saibei with Yuan Shang, it was obvious that a lot of the childish air had been removed from his body, and he had more of a mature man's air.

Jia Xu, who had been half asleep, couldn't help opening her eyelids when she heard the words, glanced at Cao Zhi indifferently, and suddenly said: "This is... well said, and it hits the point."

Cao Zhi obviously didn't expect Jia Xu to praise him, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Doctor Jia praised him."

Cao Pi's eyes were still red and swollen from crying just now, and at this moment, he couldn't help but shine a little brightly, and the look in his eyes at Cao Zhi obviously changed a little bit, nodded and said: "Fourth brother's advice is wonderful, As expected of the descendants of the Cao family that my father focused on cultivating back then, they are much stronger than mediocre people like me."

"Second brother praised me, younger brother absolutely dare not take this ridiculous praise."

Everyone was discussing, but a scout rushed over to report, saying: "Report to Xun Shangshu.... Yuan Jun's various ministries have big moves!"

Xun Yu was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Speak!"

"Yuan Shang in Guanzhong, returned to Chang'an, stayed still, attacked Yuan Xi in Chenliu, returned to Pingqiu, crossed Hebei and returned, and attacked the senior officials in Xuzhou. He led his troops back to Qingzhou, and did not continue to attack Rao. I don't know what the plan is. ?”

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

Cao Pi seemed a little unbelievable, and muttered to himself: "The Yuan family's three-way army has all withdrawn? What's going on? They clearly have the upper hand? What is Yuan Shang's idea?"

Among all the people, everyone was very puzzled, only Jia Xu's eyes were unknowingly brightened, and he swept back and forth among the sons left by Cao Cao, headed by Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, who seemed to have a What a weird idea, but in the end I still kept my mouth shut and didn't say a word...

(End of this chapter)