Yan Xiang's body was shocked, and he hurriedly looked at the man, and openly reprimanded him for "communicating with foreign countries", which was none other than his political opponent Yang Hong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Yang Hong, I am loyal to Your Majesty, why do you want to slander me?" Yan Xiang retorted with a blushing face.

Yang Hong didn't pay attention to him, and bowed his hand to Yuan Shu on the jade steps, and said: "Lu Bu is already capricious, and His Majesty only had 5,000 soldiers and horses with him, telling him to stay away from Shouchun and guard the platform, just to guard against him. Now rumors are rife in the capital, and it is rumored everywhere that Lu Bu secretly colluded with the potters, and wanted to ask His Majesty for military power in the name of resisting the potters. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Shu's fat face immediately trembled, and he glared at Yan Xiang.

Yan Xiang's face was red, and he was anxious to defend aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, Yang Hong is a bloody mouth, and the minister is favored by His Majesty, how can he collude with the pottery merchants, the reason why the minister suggested to increase the troops for Lu Bu is just to resist the invasion of the pottery thieves. ”

As he spoke, Yan Xiang knelt down and cried out for injustice.

Yuan Shu stared at Yan Xiang, rolled his eyes a few times, and said: "Yan Aiqing, get up, Lu Bu is capricious, it is true that he can't easily add troops and horses to him, although your proposal is not considered, I still believe in your loyalty." ”

Yuan Shu is not stupid, Yan Xiang has followed him for many years, and he is loyal to him, but he did not stand up to support him on the issue of being the emperor.

is also a strategist, Yang Hong has always been at odds with Yan Xiang, and now that he has seized the opportunity, he naturally wants to take the opportunity to pour dirty water on Yan Xiang, and Yuan Shu still has this point of vision.

Yan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and arched his hand: "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, the minister really has little consideration, since we can't increase the number of troops for Lu Bu, then we have to send a capable commander to garrison in Xuantai, but I am in the middle of the ......."

Before Yan Xiang finished speaking, Yuan Yao, who was holding back the fire in his belly, jumped out and said proudly: "Father Qi, the son is willing to lead the army to Xutai, if the traitor of the pottery merchant dares to attack, he will be killed without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Yuan Shu is also thinking about who to send to fight, after all, now the soldiers and horses under his command are not as good as before, these precious soldiers and horses, let others lead the troops He can not rest assured, now that his son volunteered, Yuan Shu was naturally very happy.

In the world, who else can be trusted more than his own son.

Yuan Shu immediately laughed, and said proudly: "Yao'er is worthy of being my son, brave and brave, very good, I will send you to lead an army of 20,000, and then take Ji Ling as your deputy general, go to Xutai, and lead Lu Bu's department, and defeat the pottery thief for me." ”

Yuan Shu is stubborn and self-serving, the decision has been decided, naturally there is no possibility of repentance, and the ministers are not easy to say.

Yan Xiang really couldn't stand it, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the pottery thief is scheming, and he broke Cao Cao a long time ago, this person must not be underestimated, the minister is worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not his opponent and cannot be qualified for the position of commander." ”

Yuan Yao became angry on the spot, and glared at Yan Xiang angrily: "Yan Xiang, you are so bold, you actually help the enemy's prestige and destroy the morale of our army, what kind of thing is that kid from the pottery merchant, but he is just Tao Qian's humble dog, and I, Yuan Yao, am afraid that he will not succeed." ”

Yuan Yao's words were extremely arrogant, and he didn't take the potters in his eyes at all, as if in the previous battle of Haixi, he was killed by the potters and wiped out the whole army, and he also lost an eye, which never happened.

"The prince despises the potters so much, he can't go, has the prince forgotten how he lost this eye?" Yan Xiang was a dead eye, he didn't give him face at all, and directly exposed Yuan Yao's scar in front of everyone.

"Yan Xiang, you-" Yuan Yao was so angry that his face turned red, and he didn't know how to refute for a while, so he had to stare at Yang Hong.

Yang Hong understood, and said busily: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was defeated by the pottery thief before, in fact, it was just an accident, I didn't expect that the pottery Chamber of Commerce had cavalry, and now we know the pottery thief's military situation well, and the minister is also willing to go out with the prince to give advice from the side, are you afraid that the pottery thief's trick will not succeed." ”

On the dragon couch, Yuan Shu was originally mentioned by Yan Xiang, and he began to feel a little uneasy about his baby prince, but after Yang Hong said this, the worried look on his face suddenly subsided.

Seeing this, Yan Xiang had no choice but to say: "Having said that, after all, the prince is not as good at fighting as His Majesty, and in the opinion of the ministers, this battle is very important, so it is better for His Majesty to conquer in person." ”

When the words fell, Yang Hong said: "Your Majesty is the Supreme of the Ninety-Five, and there are all kinds of opportunities, how can you leave Beijing easily, the minister thinks that it is enough to have a prince out of the horse." ”

Yuan Shu touched his heavy belly, and then thought about the three thousand beauties in the inner court, where are they still in the mood to go on the expedition again, and when he heard Yang Hong say this, he took the opportunity to say: "Yang Aiqing is reasonable, I have a country to preside, to deal with a mere pottery thief, why do you need me to drive the expedition in person, this battle will be handed over to Yao'er, Yang Aiqing, you have to help from the side." ”

"Obey." Yang Hong smiled and arched his hand.

Before Yan Xiang could say anything more, Yuan Shu had already got up tremblingly, and with the support of several palace maids, he eagerly went to the inner palace to go to those beautiful beauties.

The ministers retreated, Yuan Yao glanced at Yan Xiang with one eye, snorted disdainfully, turned around and walked away.

……

A few days later, the movements of the Huainan Army were quickly transmitted back to Xiapi City by Zhang Yi's emotional network.

"Zhang Yi's big trick is really poisonous enough, Yuan Shu didn't dare to use it when he let Lu Bu go, but let his waste son Yuan Yao command the army, God really help me." The potter sneered and threw the information in his hand on the case.

In the lobby, the atmosphere was suddenly invigorated.

Chen Ping was happy, poured a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Since the old thief of Yuan Shu has been tricked, without further ado, please send troops immediately, and we must take Huainan before Cao Cao withdraws." ”

The potter had no doubts, and immediately ordered the troops to move, and three days later they raised a large army to sweep Huainan and destroy Yuan Shu.

It is important to destroy Yuan Shu in the south, but the stay in Xuzhou must not be guarded against.

Because of the consideration of the abundance of water in Huainan, Xu Sheng was the only one who was good at water in the army, so the pottery merchant ordered Xu Sheng to accompany the army to the south, and Zang Ba, who was sitting in Haixi, was transferred to Langxi to guard against Yuan Xi in Qingzhou.

On the other hand, Xiao Pei still guarded the veteran Lian Po to guard against Cao Cao in the Central Plains.

These two soldiers and horses, plus the reserves left behind in Xiapi, the pottery merchants left a total of nearly 7,000 soldiers and horses to defend Xuzhou.

The pottery merchant led an army of 25,000 cavalry, led the generals Yingbu, Fan Xu, Li Guang, and Xu Sheng, two strategists, Chen Deng and Chen Ping, and his wife Mulan, from Surabaya to the south, and went straight to Huainan.

The battle mobilization order was issued, and all the civil and military forces dispersed to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

The potter got up and went to the backyard, this time to conquer Huainan, in addition to his own subordinates, he also had two people to bring with him.

Crossing the path and walking through several corridors, the potter entered a courtyard.

As soon as he stepped in, he heard a woman's sigh.

Looking up, I saw that under the stone pavilion, Lu Lingji and Diao Chan's mother and daughter were sitting opposite each other, with a faint sadness between their eyebrows, looking at the floating clouds in the sky, and sighing lightly from time to time.

"If you don't eat well, or you don't drink well, why do you sigh?" The potter sneered and strode into the courtyard.

The mother and daughter were both shocked, looking for prestige, and when they saw the potter, their eyes changed at the same time.

In Lu Lingji's eyes, fear immediately appeared, and she didn't want to think about it, so she quickly stood up and saluted to the pottery merchant, "The concubine has seen Tao Zhoumu." ”

Diao Chan saw that her stepdaughter was still so afraid and respectful to the potter, and knew that her enlightenment in the past few days had all become deaf ears, and she was unhappy in her heart, so she couldn't help glaring at Lu Lingji, with an angry expression.

Facing the potter, she ignored it and didn't speak, just sat silently.

The potter didn't bother to bother with her, nodded and motioned for Lu Lingji to be polite, and said coldly: "You guys quickly clean up, and go south with the army in three days." ”

Going south with the army?

The mother and daughter glanced at each other, and their pretty faces were suspicious, and they couldn't guess what the potter meant.

The potter smiled faintly and said: "You sigh like this, aren't you just thinking about Lu Bu, I will send troops south now to capture Huainan, perhaps, you will see Lu Bu soon." ”

The potter's words were meaningful, and he didn't say much, turned around and walked away.

"He's going to ...... Want to capture Huainan? Isn't that another war with Wen Hou? ”

Diao Chan and Lu Lingji, the mother and daughter, looked at the young figure in a daze, with a towering chest peak, violent ups and downs, and their mood could not be calmed down for a long time.