The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 175

The battle of Yuan Cao led to chaos in the world!

In October of the 12th year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, in 207 A.D., Liu Biao was critically ill in Jingzhou and was dying.

The food road outside Hulao Pass was cut off by Jushou, and Yujin's 15 troops were trapped in the pass.

General Yang and Xue Li, the old generals under the second uncle Yuan Shu, swore an oath in Xiapi City to kill Che Zhou and dedicate the city.Tian Feng had to go down to Picheng, and went straight to Pengcheng without stopping.Chen Deng sent generals Zhang Ying and Ruo Rong to guard Xiaopei, and Dian Man, the son of Dian Wei, and Duan Yan, the descendant general, to guard Pengcheng.In order to cooperate with Tian Feng, Xun Yu sent General Lei Bo out of Xuyi to cross the Huaiyin River and attack the East China Sea. Xu Si abandoned the city and left.

At this point, Cao Cao had no more reinforcements to send, so he had to order Cao Ren to go out of Runan to attack Liu Bei in Yingchuan. Gao Shun led the trapped camp and defended the city alone.

Xuzhou is in a hurry.Xiapi, Quancheng, and Dongshi are in flames of war

Hulao is in a hurry.

Hedong is in a hurry.

The corpses of Cao soldiers in Yingchuan and Runan are everywhere——

The war in the north shocked the princes everywhere.

Ma Teng, the former general; Han Sui, general of Zhenxi; Zhang Lu, general of Zhenxi, Zhang Lu, prefect of Hanning; The high-spirited, young hero general Sun Quan, all stared wide-eyed at the entire battle situation in the Central Plains.They will not let go of any opportunity to take advantage of the fire.As the saying goes, the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's benefit!

Early winter, windy and cold.

The bright starlight seems to be mixed with dew, becoming warm and soft, the night sky is as blue as a sea, and the vast Milky Way turns into a band of light, floating on the dark gray sky sparkling.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei stood outside the barracks, looking up at the night sky. Zhuge Liang found the bright Polaris through the handle of the Big Dipper.That is due north, and Jizhou is in that direction.

Zhuge Liang's eyes seemed to be able to see the future through the thick fog, and a ray of thoughts mixed with a touch of sadness brought him back to Jingzhou back then, and the face of his brother Zhuge born alive and well appeared in his mind.

In the distant sky, in the vast Milky Way, a meteor suddenly pierced the night sky and disappeared into the depths of the universe, followed by another one—Zhuge Liang's heart moved, silently calculating, staring at the place where the meteor disappeared, he Feeling an ominous omen.

The 27-year-old Zhuge Liang witnessed the 17-year separatist war among princes. This ancient and vicissitudes of life was brought into a dark and disorderly history and completely submerged in a pool of blood.The Yingchuan City Tower, which had gone through many vicissitudes, stood abruptly and firmly in front of his eyes.Frankly speaking, Zhuge Liang has no interest in Yingchuan City at all, otherwise, he would have captured it long ago.He has a deeper plan. Yingchuan can't break through so quickly, otherwise Yuan Cao's balance will be broken, and Liu Biao is not dead yet, so the strategy will not be able to develop further.But he couldn't beat Liu Bei.Liu Bei wanted to welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xinye.I was afraid that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would not be used to living in a small county!

The first test for the past few days has made him more confident in himself, the blood in his body is boiling, and he can't wait to make a great achievement in the battlefield of gold and iron horses——

Zhuge Liang turned around and said to Liu Bei: "Yuan Xi is about to withdraw his troops, and our army should not love to fight. We should go back to Xinye and sit and watch the success or failure." Liu Bei was absolutely stunned by this sentence. He opened his mouth so wide that he could throw in two steamed buns side by side. ;"Are you joking, the military division? Cao Cao is surrounded by enemies, and it will be over soon. Our army just took the opportunity to welcome His Majesty and help the Han Dynasty." But I was thinking in my heart, it's time for me to be the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, and said with a faint smile, "Since Yuan Xi withdrew his troops, our army will immediately face the enemy. Cao Cao is powerful, so we should avoid it first."

Liu Bei wondered: "How did the military adviser know that Yuan Xi is about to withdraw his troops. The current situation is favorable to Yuan Jun. Why did he withdraw his troops?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Cao Cao's envoy should arrive soon, the Lord will know as soon as he asks."

Liu Bei was puzzled when he saw Guan Ping running over and said, "My lord, Cao Cao sent Chief Shi Huanjie to come, saying that he wants to meet the lord." Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said that he was enlightened, and he came as soon as he said it.

"Please—"

When Huan Jie saw Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, he bent down and bowed his hands and bowed deeply: "Huan Jie sees the emperor's uncle." Liu Bei and Huan Jie are old acquaintances, and they have always had a good relationship. Going over to help: "Mr. Huan Jie, please take your seat." Huan Jie glanced at Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside Liu Bei and looked handsome, and thought, this is Kong Ming.

Huan Jie didn't sit down, and said politely: "Huan Jie is here at the emperor's order, please accept the order from the emperor's uncle." Liu Bei was taken aback, knowing that it was a trick played by Cao Cao.But he has always regarded himself as a loyal minister, how could he take the imperial edict slowly, and immediately prostrated himself on the ground, respectfully saying: "My minister Liu Bei accepts the edict."

Huan Jie took out the imperial decree from his bosom and read it aloud.The general idea is to blame Uncle Liu for not using troops without authorization to live up to the emperor's grace, and finally made a decree, don't you, Liu Bei, want to fight?Don't fight Yingchuan, go and fight Zhao Zilong outside Runan City, thanks.He kicked Liu Bei to Runan.

After receiving the imperial decree, Liu Bei got up and sneered at Huan Jie, "Master Huan, Cao Cao is about to be defeated, and he is dying." , will soon unify the north, how can we be defeated?"

Liu Beixin said to pull you down, who are you fooling?No one can see that Cao Cao is at the end of his battle at this moment.He laughed and said, "Lord Huan really knows how to tell jokes. It's quite funny." Huan Jie said seriously: "It's not a joke. To be honest, the Prime Minister will win a big victory today." Liu Bei was very happy: "Just kidding, Tian Feng in Xuzhou, Zhao Yun in Runan, and Jushou in Hulao were all in a state of invincibility. Cao's army was retreating steadily, losing troops and losing generals in Guandu, and Prime Minister Cao himself was almost caught by Yuan Xi'er. No one in the world could tell. Are you still here? It's a nonsense bragging here."

Huan Jie suddenly realized: "It turns out that the emperor's uncle thinks that the prime minister is about to be defeated based on the points." Liu Bei said in surprise: "Your Excellency is really a strange person. I admire him. Are these points not enough?"

Huan Jie laughed loudly: "I'm afraid that Uncle Huang doesn't know something. Prime Minister Sun Quan has formed an alliance with General Sun Quan. General Sun dispatched an army of 30 to attack Hefei. Zhao Yun will return to Shouchun soon. In addition, Ma Teng, the former general, has left Tongguan to attack Hedong. The defender of Hedong lost his city, retreated three hundred miles, and stationed in Jiangcheng. Guo Yuan has also returned to the army to confront Ma Teng. As for Tian Feng, he will soon retreat without a fight. Also, at this moment only the emperor's uncle is left to go all the way alone, Huan Jie is very worried about the emperor's uncle!"

Liu Bei really didn't want to give up the golden opportunity of being honored by the emperor, so he put on airs and said impassionedly: "Even if what you said is true, Cao Cao was firmly restrained in Guandu by Yuan Xi's main army in Hebei, and my uncle can still take the opportunity. Invade Xuchang and save His Majesty from fire and water. For Your Majesty, I am willing to take risks and not be afraid of death."

Huan Jie thought to himself, the prime minister always said that Liu Bei has a thick skin and will be promising in the future, but I still don't believe it, seeing him today really deserves his reputation.

Huan Jie's expression was calm, quite complacent; "The Prime Minister is about to discuss peace with Yuan Xi, ceding all the land north of Sishuiguan and except Guandu, on the condition that both sides stop their troops and return to their homeland."

Liu Bei was stunned and said, "Will Yuan Xi accept the peace negotiation?" Huan Jie said, "The troops will be withdrawn soon."

Liu Bei almost jumped up: "He was overfed, and he didn't take advantage of the golden opportunity, so he retreated like this." Huan Jieyin smiled and said: "I heard that his wife is seriously ill, and the situation has reversed. Yuan Xi was not sure of victory, so he had to retreat."

As soon as the word "Madam" was mentioned, Liu Bei's anger turned to Yuan Xi, and he secretly said, "Yuan Xi is a thief, sooner or later I will peel off your skin."But before dealing with you, you must first hold the emperor in your hands.

Huan Jie continued: "General Yu Jin's 15 soldiers and horses have already returned from Hulao. Xuchang will go to Yingchuan in the near future, and Pingbei General Cao Ren's [-] troops are already on the way. Where does the emperor go, you'd better think clearly a little."

Zhuge Liang never said a word, standing behind Liu Bei, waving his feather fan and listening attentively.Liu Bei looked at him with cold eyes, but he didn't comment, he didn't realize it.

Liu Bei was completely disappointed. His face was pale and his whole body was stiff, as if his soul had gone out of his body.The surging passion to welcome the emperor and fight for world hegemony disappeared, and there was only cold disappointment in my heart.Successive battles cost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, and it was all over.Will there be such an opportunity in the future? !
Seeing that the time was ripe, Huan Jie took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over, and said with a smile: "The prime minister said, if the emperor's uncle is willing to withdraw, these gifts will not be regarded as respect." It turned out to be a gift list.It's mental damages!
Liu Bei took out the gift list and looked at it, his heart was full of joy, the haze just now was swept away, he only felt the clear sky in front of him, and a piece of comfort in his chest.After being poor for so many years, he has never been so rich. Besides, Cao Cao gave him gifts, which can satisfy his vanity.

A generous gift, an absolute generous gift.

Cao Cao promised him: 20 dendrobium of grain, 5 horses, [-] pieces of brocade brocade, and [-] taels of gold and silver.

This number was too tempting for Uncle Liu Huang, who had always been poor and homeless, and his joy was like a boiling oil pan, gurgling and boiling.But in front of Zhuge Liang, he couldn't show it, and said indifferently: "How can Liu Bei be so generous, dare to accept such a generous gift from the prime minister, sir, you should take it back." Huan Jie expected that Liu Bei would pretend to refuse, so he had already prepared a step for him Next, Huan Jie tremblingly said: "If the emperor's uncle understands the righteousness and considers retreating for the safety of the country, these gifts are really not a respect. If you want to punish Huan Jie for being unfavorable in handling affairs, Uncle Huang, please don't refuse."

Liu Bei put on a show and stomped anxiously: "How is this good? How is this good? How can you accept such a generous gift for no reason? Isn't it hard for Mr. Huan to disobey Liu Bei?"

Huan Jie gritted his teeth, is there such a thing as embarrassing?I'd rather make it difficult for you!

Zhuge Liang interrupted suddenly, and bowed to Huan Jie: "Since it is a generous gift from the prime minister, my lord can only be disrespectful. Look, the envoy will go back and tell Prime Minister Cao that my lord will go back to Xinye as a teacher. If there is any dispatch in the future, he will do his best work."

Liu Bei said, "Since Master Evergrande is in such a difficult situation, I will accept the gift and order the troops to retreat tomorrow."

After Huan Jie left, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang suspiciously, "Military Master, how did you know that Yuan Xi was going to retreat? This battle was fought well, and it looks like we will win—"

Zhuge Liang said: "Just now, when I watched the sky at night, the Taibai went retrograde, violated the division between the ox and the bucket, and the red star entered between the willow and the ghost. The main northern general's inner house was uneasy, and the disaster caused the Xiaoqiang. According to the calculation of the division, it should be on Yuan Xi. In addition, One more general will be lost.”

Liu Bei was secretly happy, it would be good if Yuan Xi's dog thief and his family were all dead.It just made me fall short.No matter how he heard the news of Yuan Xi's unlucky situation, he finally gave him a stimulant, coupled with the stimulation of Cao Cao's generous gift, he felt very beautiful.

What Huan Jie said is true.Because Sun Quan was afraid that Yuan's army would attack Jiangdong after unifying the north, he resolutely formed an alliance with Cao Cao and sent all his troops to attack Hefei. Resist Jiangdong soldiers.Ma Chao and Du Qian, the prefect of Xiping, combined 20 to encircle Hedong, and each of them could drown Fan Xian and Xia Zhao with a mouthful of spit.The two couldn't resist, the city was captured, and the two retreated to Jiangcheng to ask Guo Yuan for help.Ju Shou saw that the Hulao was impenetrable and the stalemate could not be broken, so he decided to rescue Hedong first.Only Tian Feng firmly occupied Xiapi, divided his troops to attack Pengcheng, and still fought fiercely with Chen Deng.The five-way army was defeated in two ways, and Cao Cao could finally take a breather.Because of the consecutive defeats in the battle, Cao Jun lost too much, Cao Cao didn't want to go to war with Liu Bei. Knowing that Liu Bei's life was more difficult, he came up with a way to give gifts and sent the eloquent Huan Jie to lobby.In addition, Zhuge Liang originally felt that attacking Xuchang would fulfill Yuan Xi, so Liu Bei also retreated to Xinye.However, he still sent troops to garrison the newly occupied ancient city and Mount Lu in order to attack Yingchuan again at any time.

Although the situation of the battle was reversed, it was not the reason for my withdrawal.

There was a deep snow in the north that day, and the wilderness outside the military camp was completely white.The tents in the camp were all white.The branches and branches of the big and small trees are covered with a layer of snow.The sky is vast, the ice is clear and the jade is clean, and there are thousands of trees and silver flowers.Everything in the world is filthy and ugly, and the bloody killings and cruelties brought about by the war are all completely covered.Although the snow scene is good, but for the troops who are fighting, there is really nothing worse than this.

From summer to autumn, during the three or four consecutive months of the war, Yuan and Cao were injured, and the overall situation of the battle was on Yuan Jun's side, and Cao Cao had already shown his defeat.Although the battle between Hulaoguan and Huainan was defeated one after another, the front line of Guandu is still stable and has an advantage.In the past month, Cao Cao has withdrawn his camp three times in a row, and most of the camps are already close to Sishui Pass.Only Zhang Liao's infantry and the 5 tiger and leopard cavalry part of Commander Cao Chun were still fighting Yuan Jun in front.

Zhang Liao was worthy of being a rare famous general at that time. With 5 troops, his command was as smooth as water. Li Dian led troops to confront him ten times, and he beat him back ten times.Xu Shu planned to dig a tunnel and sneak into the camp to prevent fire, but Zhang Liao saw through it, and ordered people to pour tung oil, release everyone, and burn to death two thousand soldiers who were about to sneak in.

Jia Xu planned to rob the camp again, but this method was not effective, because Zhang Liao took the lead in sleeping in armor, and during the day and night for a month, he carried a pile of iron plates weighing dozens of catties on his back, and his big knife rested on his head. Stand by.Yuan Jun tried several times but had no chance to make a move, so he dismissed the idea.

Zhang Liao doesn't attack, but sticks to the defense. I don't know what to pay attention to. I'm just reminding everyone that this is a tactic to hide from the sky. He just wants to put on a cowardly and passive defensive posture so that our army is on the defensive. Take the opportunity to find trouble.Sure enough, as I expected, after Zhang Liao hibernated for a month, he felt that the time was ripe, so he took advantage of a dark and windy night to sneak attack on the camp, but was discovered by spies lurking at the four corners of the camp gate. Withdrew back.Cao Cao still rewarded him, and [-] troops can stick to it for a month, which is very humanly possible.

Why Cao Cao didn't move suddenly, I was puzzled!
It may be because of my bad mood. I felt like I was cursed in those few days. I couldn’t do anything well. I tripped over pebbles when I was walking, choked on water plants when I was drinking water, and accidentally slipped my hand when I picked up a fierce gun. Hitting on the thick feet, and eating flies in winter-all these things are not uncommon.

I have the same benefit in my previous life and this life, that is, I can snore as soon as my head falls on the pillow and enter a deep sleep.When you go out of Lulongsai, you can fall asleep in the Gobi grasslands, deep mountains and big swamps, and you can fall asleep under the rain of arrows in the sky when you are trapped in Liyang.Only the night when my father died did I not fall asleep.After dinner that night, he discussed with Zhang He Wenchou about the military plan, and then fell asleep.As soon as I lay down, I felt palpitation, shortness of breath, tightness in my chest, and restlessness. I sat up again and drank two sips of wine.It was like drinking vinegar instead of wine.In the end, I was so anxious that I couldn't even sit still.I wondered if the enemy was coming to rob the camp, and I had telepathy, so I immediately ordered Han Juzi, who was on duty at night, to be careful, and the crossbowmen added five thousand and four guards.After returning, he was still restless, walking around the tent as if possessed by a demon.I felt faintly uneasy, and smelled an ominous breath in my nose——

I didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night, and just after I fell asleep, I saw a white figure floating in the snow-capped wilderness outside the camp. It floated towards me from a distance, and when it was in front of my eyes, I clearly saw that the shadow was Cai Yan.

There were tears in Cai Yan's charming eyes. She cried aggrievedly, with tears in strings, and stretched out her hand to caress my head and hands.Suddenly a gust of wind blew over, blowing her light body away.She struggled and shouted "Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi—" I agreed, and woke up——

In my sleep, I felt a string of bright sparks burst out from my heart, and my whole body felt hollowed out.The whole spirit is like the melting of ice, like the collapse of a snow mountain.There was a loud bang in my head, and I woke up with a start.

I couldn't sleep anymore, so I got up and called for my soldiers to invite Xu Shu and Jia Xu over.Both of them yawned and listened to what I said, and they froze there.I saw Xu Shu's fingertips shaking again, and Jia Xu's eyelids twitched involuntarily.My heart skipped a beat and I almost fainted.

"Who is this dream master?" I stared at the two in surprise.

Just as Xu Shu was about to speak, Jia Xu said casually, "It's the influence of the snow, which makes it dry for an autumn. The auspicious snow nourishes everything in the world and also nourishes people. People will have abnormal moods, and naturally they will inevitably have strange dreams."

I was not convinced by this explanation, and the tension and fear that had been entangled in my heart just now became more serious.I hope so, but I don't think so!

As soon as Jia Xu and Xu Shu got out of the command post, a thought arose in their hearts: "It's bad, something happened to Cai Yan, it's a fatal event, maybe it's already——

After walking away, Xu Shu said to Jia Xu, "Why did you hide it?" Xu Shu said: "If something really happened, why is there no news from Jizhou? Will it be?"

Jia Xu shook her head heavily: "Mrs. Cai—it's over—"

I thought about it in the middle of the night, and the next morning when I raised the account, Chang Xi came to report, saying that Cao Cao sent an envoy, please come in and see that it is Hua Xin. Hua Xin means to discuss peace.

I read the letter, nodded and said: "Okay, let's make a covenant and stop fighting."

All the civil servants and generals looked at me dumbfounded.When Hua Xin was around, no one spoke, but as soon as Hua Xin left, they all rushed forward.

"My lord, I can't, Cao Jun won't last long—"

"My lord, our army is sure to win—"

"My lord, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Jia Xu and Xu Shu didn't speak, they knew the reason deeply.I sternly interrupted these words: "I have made up my mind. I will be the teacher today. I will leave Zhang He Wenchou to guard Suanzao, and the rest will all be withdrawn to Jizhou."

Wen Chou said displeased: "My lord, think twice, this is self-destructing the Great Wall, what is it for?"

What I said made the three armies sad and disappointed, and I yelled, "I—Mrs.

Zhang He was shocked and said: "Where did you say this, my lady, how - how did my lord know it?"

I poked a fierce gun in my hand, threw a pillar on the ground, and said in a loud and firm voice: "Madam gave me a dream - believe it or not - I believe it -" trembling violently, holding back the tears .

Chen Lin went out to protest: "How can we abolish state affairs because of private affairs, my lord, think twice." Guan Tong also said loudly: "It is absolutely impossible to harm the world because of one person." It means to die.

(End of this chapter)