Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133 Yuan Benchu ​​defeated Cangting and Zhao Botao went to Jingxiang

"My lord, Cao's army is going to the camp fifty miles ahead by the river." Yuan Shao's army was advancing vigorously, so the scouts sent earlier reported this.

"It seems that Cao Mengde is going to fight us to the death." Yuan Shao laughed.After checking that it wasn't too early, and that the soldiers behind him were a bit tired, Yuan Shao ordered to set up camp on the spot and fight again tomorrow.

"My lord, we need to beware of Cao Cao's surprise attack at night!" General Han Meng remonstrated. "Well, I already know that there are two groups of people in ambush, and as long as Cao Jun dares to come, I will tell them not to come back!" Yuan Shao arranged, and the generals were ordered not to mention it.

But Cao Cao said that according to Cheng Yu's plan, he marched into Cangting and set up a camp, but he didn't call for battle.At night, Cao Cao raised his tent, but ordered Xu Chu to lead his troops to rob the camp.The rest of the generals were divided into ten teams, ordered one by one, and acted according to the plan.Xu Chu led the army to rob the camp. Yuan Shao had already prepared and led the army to fight out.Xu Chu hurriedly led the army back and was defeated.Yuan Shao led the army in hot pursuit.By dawn, they had reached the river, and Cao Jun had no way out.At that moment Xu Chu shouted: "There is no way out, why don't the armies fight to the death?" Taking the lead, he ran straight into Yuan Shao's army and beheaded more than ten generals in a row.Cao Jun's morale was greatly boosted, and he turned around to fight to the death.Yuan Jun resisted the enemy and retreated in succession.Just at this time, Cao Cao led the ambush army and rushed out. Xia Houyuan took the lead, and a long spear was like a dragon coming out of the water. All those in the middle were pierced through the chest, and what's more, several people were pierced with one shot.The bluffing Yuan Jun soldiers retreated again and again, not daring to look directly at him.

Yuan Shao was in a hurry, and urgently called for the general Han Meng to go to the enemy, but he retreated under the protection of his personal guards and Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.I don't want to have ambushes come out again and again along the way, one team after another, seemingly endless.Fortunately, Lai left and right sacrificed their lives to charge and kill, and then rushed out a way.After breaking out of the encirclement, counting the soldiers and horses, nearly 30 horses and horses, none of them disappeared.There are only thousands of soldiers around.The three father and son were all wounded.Yuan Shao was miserable, and he couldn't help sighing: "Since the army started in Bohai, there has never been such a defeat!" Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi also looked panic-stricken.

Just at this time, a defeated army came, and they were regarded as Han Meng's subordinates.Yuan Tan urgently asked the whereabouts of the defeated army Han Meng, but learned that Han Meng fought Cao Jun to the death and covered Yuan Shao's breakout, but he was surrounded by Cao Ying's generals, shot his horse to death, and was beheaded by Xu Chu in the final battle.At that moment, Yuan Tan's eyes turned red anxiously, this is a general on his side.Just as he was about to get angry, he heard an exclamation in his ear, and hurriedly turned around to look, but it was Yuan Shao who heard that Han Meng had been beheaded, spewed out a mouthful of blood, and passed out in shock.

Everyone was shocked and rushed to give medical treatment. After a long time, Yuan Shao woke up leisurely, and said in a bitter voice: "Cao A is lying, I and you swear to be incompatible." Immediately ordered Yuan Tan to return to Youzhou, himself and Yuan Xi back to Youzhou, and at the same time sent someone to send an order Gao Gan led Bingzhou iron cavalry to help the battle, and waited to rectify the army horses before fighting Cao Cao to the death.

"My lord!" The general crossed the Yellow River and was about to return to Yecheng, but he saw a group of people rushing towards him as if they had lost their souls. The first person was Xin Ping, a counselor he had sent to assist the senior officials in guarding Bingzhou.Yuan Shao's sons were at odds, and Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang and their advisers were all trying to win over the support of senior officials who were governors of Bingzhou.Yuan Shao knew that Xin Ping was upright and impartial, so he sent him to assist senior officials.Seeing him come here in such a mess now, Yuan Shao suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Why are you here, sir?" Yuan Shao asked tremblingly.Xin Ping's hair was disheveled, and his body was in a state of embarrassment. When he saw Yuan Shao, he opened his voice and cried: "My lord, Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui suddenly attacked Bingzhou. We were caught off guard and fought with them, causing heavy casualties. Later, Governor Gao designed the He lured him into an ambush, but he didn't think the Xiliang army was really brave. Instead, they broke through the ambush and were defeated. Gao Shishi died at the hands of Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng. Xiahou Dun sent troops out of Hedong County and entered Bingzhou. Our army was defeated. Now In the nine counties of Bingzhou, except for Shangdang, which was defended desperately by General Qian Shao, everything else has been lost!"

"What? Doer?" Yuan Shao, who had already vomited blood, immediately vomited out another mouthful of blood after hearing the words. This time, he really only had breath out, not breath in.At this time Yuan Shao's three sons only had Yuan Xi by his side, he was a person who had no idea, so he had to ask everyone to protect Yuan Shao and return to Yecheng first, and at the same time send someone to notify the two brothers to come.Since then, in the land of Hebei, the Yuan family only occupied Jizhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou to the north of the Yellow River, and their strength was greatly damaged.What's more, the great families under Yuan Shao's rule saw Yuan Shao's army defeated like a mountain, and his enemies rebelled one after another, or connected with Cao Cao as an internal response.Cao Cao's capture of Hebei is like a ripening situation, just waiting for the army to enter.

"Father, you can't drink father anymore!" Yuan Tan who had just left hurriedly returned to Yecheng when he learned that Yuan Shao vomited blood again and narrowly escaped death.Yuan Shao woke up leisurely, but he used wine to drown his sorrows. When Yuan Tan entered the door, he saw Yuan Shao drinking alone, so he quickly persuaded him.

"Xiansi, do you know? Gao Lan surrendered, Yan Liangwenchou surrendered, Han Meng died in battle, and now even your cousin is killed in battle, and I, Yuan Shao, are finished!" Yuan Shao burst into tears when he said this, Pick up the wine bottle and drink again.

"Father!" Yuan Tan stepped forward and snatched the wine bottle from Yuan Shao's hand, gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Father, although we have suffered repeated defeats, we can still fight. How can father be willing to degenerate and resign himself to fate? My child, you There are more than [-] elite soldiers in the state, and [-] Karasuma cavalry. If Cao Cao dares to come to Hebei, he will be squeezed into the Yellow River!"

"Xiansi?" Yuan Shao looked at his eldest son in astonishment, and Yuan Shao seemed to see a bit of his youthful arrogance from him.Sighing, Yuan Shao said again: "Xiansi, right now your third younger brother is in Qingzhou, he is not in good health as a father, so we have to rely on you and your second younger brother for important matters!"

"My child understands!" Yuan Tan felt secretly relieved when he heard this, but he still said respectfully.Yuan Shao seemed to have regained his strength, then he put down the wine bottle, and called his servants to help him wash his face and change his clothes.

"Eldest son, how is your lord?" Yuan Tan had just walked out of Yuan Shao's room, and a group of people under Yuan Shao's command were all eagerly waiting.Yuan Tan looked at the crowd and said, "Father is in good health, but he is a little tired and unable to manage affairs. Let my second brother and I take care of all military and political affairs for now."

"That's good!" Everyone was relieved when they heard the words, Yuan Tan winked at Yuan Xi and Guo Tu, and they followed Yuan Tan to his residence knowingly. "Second brother, Mr. Gongze. One of you is my own brother, and the other is my father's minister. At such a critical time, you need to worry a lot!"

"It's my duty!" Yuan Xi and Guo Tu also said solemnly.Yuan Tan has already talked about this, and it's time for the two of them to express themselves.Guo Tu rolled his eyes, and suddenly said to Yuan Tan: "My lord, Tu has a plan, which may solve the current predicament."

"Sir, please tell me!" Yuan Tan said hastily.

"Uncle Liu Huang of Xuzhou, in the past, he once named the eldest son as a talented person. Now he occupies the land of the four states, and he has a hatred for betraying the alliance and slaughtering the city with Cao Cao. Why don't you join forces with him to fight against Cao Cao?" Guo Tu laughed.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governors of the prefectures and counties recommended a talented person to the country every year as one of the important means of selecting talents.Liu Bei gave the place to Yuan Tan in the year Tao Qian played him as the shepherd of Yuzhou.Although Yuan Tan, as the son of Yuan Shao, did not care about this thing, he still had a teacher-student relationship with Liu Bei, even though they had never met.

Yuan Tan was quite excited at first when he heard the words, then he frowned and said: "The former General Zhang Jaw and Liu Bei fought in Qingzhou, and they are already enemies. How can Uncle Liu Huang help me?"

"My lord, the previous war between the two families was caused by Cao Cao's instigation. Now the situation is reversed. We only need to send a highly respected man to Shouchun to persuade Uncle Liu. We will wait for the two families to attack Cao Cao together. Why worry about this thief not being defeated? After the matter is completed, the two sides will share the land with the Yellow River as the boundary, wouldn't it be happy?" Guo Tu laughed.Glancing at Yuan Xi beside him, Guo Tu said again: "Second son has a marriage contract with the youngest daughter of the Zhen family. Now the daughter of Zhen's family is married to Zhao Feng, a general under Uncle Liu's tent, and the second son is brother-in-law. If you can edit a book, I would like to ask you, brother-in-law, to do your best to deal with it on your behalf, and it will be easy!" Guo Tu intentionally or unintentionally omitted the incident between Yuan Tan and Zhen Jiang, so as to avoid embarrassment for him.

"It's up to me!" Yuan Xi was an honest man, and he quickly agreed after hearing what Guo Tu said was reasonable.Yuan Tan was a little worried when he heard the words: "Zhao Feng was demoted by Liu Bei just now, and now he is no more official than the prefect of Chaisang, General Yingyang, and his rank is no more than a thousand stones. Does this person have any weight in his words?"

"Don't worry, my lord. Although General Zhao Botao was demoted, it was only a last resort for Uncle Liu Huang to appease everyone in Jingxiang. It is said that Uncle Liu Huang has twice stated that General Zhao is Yangzhou Shepherd, which shows how much he thinks highly of him!" Guo Tu is like a nanny coaxing a child, repeatedly admonishing her.Yuan Tan finally nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and immediately said to Guo Tu: "Mr.'s words are very kind, but I don't know who should be sent to connect with Uncle Liu? You want to discuss with me, how can you stay away?"

Guo Tu thought for a while, and finally said: "There is a person, surnamed Chen, named Zhen, surnamed Xiaoqi, from Nanyang, Jingzhou. This person is well-known and eloquent. He is now the governor of Wei County in Jizhou. He can be used as an envoy to connect with Uncle Liu Huang! "

"It's so good!" Yuan Tan hurriedly wrote a letter himself, and after Yuan Shao read it, he stamped it with his general's seal and asked Chen Zhen to take it with him and send it to Liu Bei.At the same time, the two Yuan brothers also wrote a book, Yuan Tan sent it to Liu Bei, and Yuan Xi sent someone to send it to Zhao Feng.

But when the messenger rushed to Chaisang, Zhao Feng was no longer there. "But I don't know where General Zhao has gone. I have an urgent letter from Young Master Yuan for him." Seeing that Zhao Feng was not there, the messenger had no choice but to ask his wives for the next best thing.

"Young Master Yuan, which Young Master Yuan?" Zhen Jiang asked with a slightly changed face.

"Second son of the Yuan family, Miss Zhen's fiancé-in-law." The sender said respectfully.Zhen Mi who was on the side was about to go mad when she heard the words, but was stopped by Zhen Jiang.

"Husband has gone to Jingxiang for business, leave your letter for now, we will send someone to Husband." Zhen Jiang said neither humble nor overbearing.Thank you so much to the sender, leave the letter and leave.

At the same time, Zhao Feng, the protagonist of the incident, didn't realize that he was already being missed.He who had just been transferred to Jingxiang by a transfer order, looked at the smiling Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang, and instinctively told him that he had fallen for the thieves of these two people.

(End of this chapter)