Chapter 494: Black Cauldron
Immediately, Yuan Tan directly sued his father Yuan Shaona.
"Oh no, no, father!" As soon as Yuan Shao discussed the matter, Yuan Tan stepped forward to report.
"Qiqi father, my son just got the information, Yuan Yao'er in Qingzhou is scheming, the third brother Yuan Shangyi was careless and fell for the trick of Yuan Yao'er, resulting in the defeat of the army, Jizhou Iron Cavalry and Karasuma Iron Cavalry were all annihilated, and the third brother Yuan Shang was also captured by Yuan Yao's child! I also hope that my father will immediately send troops to rescue the third brother! Yuan Tan cried at Yuan Shao on the table with a handful of tears in his nose.
"What?" As soon as Yuan Tan's news came out, there was a sensation on the scene, the third prince was defeated and arrested? Doesn't the third prince have an army of 100,000 in his hands? Not only that, but the third prince also has the Jizhou Iron Cavalry and the Karasuma Iron Cavalry, how can they be defeated?
Isn't that Yuan Yao's strength already at that point?
"What did you say?" Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's most beloved son, this is not unreasonable, Yuan Shang is not only a young son, but also very handsome, plus his mother is still alive to give Yuan Shao a pillow point, it is difficult for Yuan Shao not to love Yuan Shang.
So as soon as he heard that Yuan Shang was defeated and captured, Yuan Shao immediately panicked.
Yuan Tan saw jealousy in his eyes, but fortunately, this time he wanted his father to be anxious and angry, and his goal was achieved.
"Father, what my son said is true! My father sent someone to find out! ”
"Xu You, why haven't I gotten the news?" Yuan Shao glanced at Xu Yu over there.
"This, this!" Xu You is in charge of intelligence, and all the information should be reported to Yuan Shao by Xu You, but Yuan Shao didn't know the slightest news, so Yuan Shao asked Xu You.
And Xu You is also bitter and can't say it, originally he was indeed concerned about the war in Xuzhou, and he was bound to investigate the intelligence of the war in Xuzhou, but recently, I don't know why, this Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang both gave him gifts, so that he postponed the exploration of Xuzhou, what did he think was a good thing? I didn't expect it to be such a big news.
"Lord, the minister did send scout spies, but this Yuan Yao is cunning and cunning but has never received any news?" Xu You played a trick and said a mock word, that is, it was not a dereliction of duty because Yuan Yao was too treacherous, he neither said that this news was true nor that this news was fake.
"Father, the third brother's defeat only needs to be found out by my father by sending a general to Qingzhou to investigate!" Yuan Tan is very confident, Yuan Shao sent a person to check, that really can't hide anything, if the army is defeated, there are naturally routs under his hands, morale is low, not only that, the loss of soldiers and horses is naturally not one person or two, but tens of thousands of people, naturally can't hide it.
"Xu You, you send someone to Qingxu Generation to investigate immediately, and I will get the exact news within three days!" Yuan Shao was also angry and ordered Xu You.
"Yes!" Xu You cried and could only answer.
"Report!" Just when Xu You was crying and sad and Yuan Tan was full of pride, news suddenly came from there, "Back to the lord, Lord Feng Ji is back." ”
|“ Chronicle? Yuan Shao was stunned, this Feng Ji is the person who stays with Yuan Shang, he is coming back at this time?
"Father, Lord Fengji, if he doesn't stay on the front line, he must have come to ask for help when he returns to Guandu!" Yuan Tan said with a smile.
"Hurry up, let Feng Ji come in!" Yuan Shao was eager to know the news of the Xuzhou generation in Qingzhou.
"Chen Fengji has seen the lord!" Feng Ji entered the lobby and hugged his fist at Yuan Shao on the table.
"Fengji, what about Shang'er? Was Shang'er really defeated and captured by that Yuan Yao'er? Yuan Shao asked anxiously.
Feng Ji's eyes flashed, but fortunately he came back in time, and it seemed that the lord knew about the battle ahead.
"Returning to the lord? Defeated? The third prince is indeed in Langya County! Feng Ji responded to Yuan Shao.
"Father, please cure Xu You's dereliction of duty, the third brother was defeated and captured by the enemy, but Lord Xu You has no news at all! If the third brother has three strengths and two weaknesses, Mr. Xu You, you can bear at least? On the surface, Yuan Tan was angry at Xu You, but a discerning person could see what Yuan Tan meant at a glance, that is, he was deliberately exaggerating the defeat of Yuan Shang's army.
"The eldest prince? Who said that the third prince was defeated? Feng Ji pretended to be surprised and said.
"Mr. Feng Ji, just now you said that my third brother Yuan Shang is now in Langya County!" Yuan Tan asked rhetorically.
"yes!" Feng Ji nodded: "Could it be that in Langya County, it is a defeat?" Feng Ji asked rhetorically.
"Lord, I just have good news to tell you!" Feng Ji continued to say to Yuan Shao above.
"Good news?" Yuan Shao looked at Feng Ji suspiciously? Just now Yuan Tan over there said that Yuan Shang was defeated and captured, and Feng Ji here sent good news, does the good news above mean that Yuan Shang was not defeated?
"Lord, not only was the third prince not defeated and captured as some people say, on the contrary, the young general not only was not defeated and captured, but also won a big battle!" Feng Ji over there licked his old face and said.
"Won the battle?" Now the plot is really reversed, over there Yuan Tan said that Yuan Shang was defeated and captured by Yuan Yao, and Yuan Shang's people here came back and said that Yuan Shang won the battle, who should be listened to?
"Did Wu'er really win the battle?" Yuan Shao was a little hesitant, after all, between Yuan Tan and Feng Ji, he believed in Yuan Tan even more.
"It can't be!" Yuan Tan didn't believe it at all, there was no reason for Yuan Yao to come and deceive him, not to mention that the unicorn ring was also real.
"Lord, our army took Langya County in Xuzhou like this, killing more than 30,000 enemy foot soldiers, more than 3,000 cavalry Yulinwei, and even taking Yuan Yao'er was almost shot off by the third prince with an arrow!" Feng Ji asked Yuan Shao for merit.
Yuan Yao of Langya County let it out, and the tens of thousands of armor Yuan Yao also sold to Yuan Shang, not only that, but Yuan Shang also cheekily bought a Yuan Yao's helmet with Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao naturally opened his mouth and sold it for 5,000 gold.
"Father, this is impossible, the information I got is obviously that the third brother was defeated, and the Jizhou Iron Cavalry and Karasuma Iron Cavalry suffered heavy losses, how could it be possible to take Langya County!?" Yuan Tan still didn't believe it.
"Lord, our army is indeed suffering heavy losses, that Yuan Yao'er's Huainan army should not be underestimated, Kaiyang City is even more high, our army has lost tens of thousands of soldiers to be able to go to the city, open the city gate, in order to besiege and kill Yuan Yao'er and the three thousand Yu Lin Wei, my Jizhou Iron Cavalry and Karasuma Iron Cavalry have lost a lot of money, there are thousands of people!" Feng Ji followed Yuan Tan's words and said, I have suffered heavy losses, but it is all fought in the city, no matter how much you investigate, it is useless.
"By the way, my lord, like this, we also brought back the armor of those enemy soldiers, as well as the helmet of Yuan Yao'er!" Feng Ji said it reasonably, if it wasn't for this I wrote it, I would have almost believed it.
Yuan Tan still didn't believe it, "Father, I got the news that the third brother was defeated and captured, that's because of this thing!" As he spoke, Yuan Tan took out an object from his arms.
Yuan Shao fixed his eyes, and his eyes widened, "Qilin Jade Pendant? "Yuan Shao also knows this brother Qilin jade pendant, because this jade pendant was Yuan Tan's before, and then it was given to Yuan Shang by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shang often brought this jade pendant in order to show Yuan Shao's love for him.
This is Yuan Shang's personal jade pendant.
Yuan Tan looked at Feng Ji triumphantly, seeing how he spoke.
"Oh, eldest prince, the third prince has long said that his unicorn jade pendant was lost, and he thought it was stolen by a thief, how could it appear in your hands! Our third prince knows that you like this jade pendant, if you want to say it directly, why steal it? ”
"You!" Yuan Tan held back his anger and said, "This is not stolen by a thief, but the third brother was defeated and captured, and Yuan Yao'er sent it to threaten me with ransom." I didn't dare to report to my father alone! ”
Feng Ji was a little embarrassed, this Yuan Yao Xiao'er actually gave this jade pendant to Yuan Tan, isn't it okay to find trouble?
You really wronged Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao didn't know that this so-called unicorn jade pendant had such a big moth.
Seeing that Feng Ji is not easy to justify himself.
Someone over there came to report, "Qiyu lord, Huainan Yuan Yao sent someone to send gifts to worship, saying that he knew his mistake and wanted to calm the lord's anger!" ”
Now Yuan Tan has no time to play, you can take the unicorn jade pendant for example, where Yuan Shang is defeated, but here Yuan Yao'er takes the initiative to admit his mistake and give a gift?
"Back to my lord, this is a gift receipt!"
I saw that what was written on it was 5,000 gold, 50,000 grains and grass, and 50,000 stones.
"What gift? It won't be a little gold to send for food! Yuan Tan said mockingly.
"Alright, that's enough, show your thoughts and stand down!" In Yuan Shao's opinion, this is Yuan Tan's jealousy that his third brother won the battle, and the unicorn jade pendant was also subconsciously thought by Yuan Shao that it was stolen.
"Well, this Yuan Yao is still filial!" Yuan Shao is very satisfied, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang both know that Yuan Yao has made a lot of money this time, the 5,000 gold and the 50,000 stone of grain and grass are just a drop in the middle, and they are really used to send Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao doesn't know, Yuan Shao really thinks that this is Yuan Yao's belongings that Yuan Yao finally came up with, especially his third son said that he defeated Yuan Yao Xiao'er in Langya County, so that Yuan Yao Xiao'er lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, so that Yuan Yao can take out so much grain, grass and ordnance from the defeated army.
"My son's talent, I beat that Yuan Yao'er and threw away his armor, and now Yuan Yao'er sent someone to send a gift to beg, what do you think?" Yuan Shao was very happy, Yuan Yao'er jumped and jumped in front of him before, and insulted him in the words in the letter, but now he has been retributed, and he was beaten by his son's small mouth.
This face is there, here Yuan Yao Xiaoer can be regarded as understanding the rules, and sent the five thousand gold and the fifty thousand stone grain and grass, although Yuan Shao doesn't look at these things at all, but how can you say that no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and there is it here, isn't it?
So subconsciously, Yuan Shao already had the idea of forgiving Yuan Yao.
"My lord thinks that this Yuan Yao child can't be believed!" The first to oppose was naturally Yuan Tan and others.
Because you Yuan Shang didn't say that you won the battle against Yuan Yao'er" Lord, this Yuan Yao'er is punishable, supporting the lord, you were pinned down in Guandu, and even wrote a letter to slander the lord, and now he was defeated by the third son, but he wagked his tail and prayed for surrender, how can there be such a big benefit, now the third prince just took Langya County, and the morale of the army is booming, when the victory is pursued and the entire Xuzhou is taken, it is best to fight to Huainan and annihilate that Yuan Yao'er! "Didn't you Yuan Shang win against Yuan Yao? Keep fighting.
"Huh?" Yuan Shao frowned, his original intention at the beginning was to teach Yuan Yao a lesson, and it was definitely not what he wanted to really fight a decisive battle.
What he meant just now was that whoever gave him a step would go down the line, and who knew that he would be carried up again by Guo Tu and others.
Fortunately, Xu Yu Xu Ziyuan on the side, such an old fox in the rivers and lakes, he has been by Yuan Shao's side for so many years, it can be said that he grew up with a bare ass since he was a child, and Yuan Shao's ass is absolutely unique, he knows what Yuan Shao is going to shit.
In addition, Yuan Tan and others gave him Xu Yu eye medicine before, he was already unhappy with Yuan Tan and others, and immediately hugged his fists and stepped forward, "Lord, I think that Yuan Yao Xiaoer should be given a chance to reform himself, who is not a sage, the lord is magnanimous, this Yuan Yao Xiaoer is just a villain, the lord wants to destroy him casually, but Yuan Yao Xiaoer is also the son and nephew of the lord, if Yuan Yao Xiaoer knows our army, you can also let that Yuan Yao Xiaoer give up Xuzhou, and even attack Cao Cao from the flank!" ”
"Lord, don't listen to Yuan Yao'er's words!" After Yuan Carbon, Guo Tu Xinping and the others immediately stepped forward to advise, what they wanted most was to let Yuan Shang and Yuan Yao continue to fight to the death, they had already decided that this Yuan Shang must be defeated, what kind of person is Yuan Shang, will he, the eldest brother, not know?
In a simple sentence, that is a character who reports good news but not bad news, if he won Langya County early and defeated Yuan Yao early, then he would have come to report the good news a long time ago, why was there no movement about Xuzhou and Qingzhou before.
How many days can they cover up just by relying on their eldest prince's party? Among them, there is still a figure of Yuan Shang's subordinates, two sons and two heirs, blurring Yuan Shao together, this is why Yuan Shao smeared Qingzhou and Xuzhou.
Guo Tuxin commented on the meaning of others, that is, let Yuan Shanggongzi continue to march to Xuzhou with his army, and Yuan Yao started a war with Yuan Yao, and took Xuzhou, Cao Cao was the enemy on his back.
Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses were in Qingzhou, and most of the civil and military forces under him were taken away, so he had much less say in the court than Yuan Tan.
Feng Ji, the top figure of Yuan Shang's third son's party, said another uncharacteristically word, which gave Yuan Tan and his party the upper hand.
Let Yuan Shaozhi frown, Yuan Shao is a good face, but also Yuan Shao is not a fool to send troops to the south This was just angry talk at first, but then Cao Cao thought about attacking Cao Cao on the back of the abdomen, and now, Yuan Shao has found a problem on the frontal battlefield, that is, although he has a lot of troops, he can't start the battle for a long time, so he thinks about transferring Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses back first, after all, Yuan Yao has already begged for mercy, isn't it? But Yuan Tan and his party made him unable to get off the stage, what kind of pursuit of victory, what Yuan Yao'er is vulnerable, etc., if a person who doesn't understand military affairs can really be moved by him.
If Yuan Shao hadn't been optimistic about the frontal battlefield here, maybe he would have been really hungry and wanted to fight again.
"Everyone, do you all regard this Yuan Yao child as a soft persimmon?" Xu You spoke again, he knew Yuan Shao's thoughts, Yuan Shao didn't want to fight anymore, he wanted to clean up Cao Cao first.
Therefore, as Yuan Shao's senior dog-legged Xu You, he naturally wants to relieve the Lord's worries.
"This Yuan Yao Xiao'er is not only not a soft persimmon, but his strength is not weaker than Cao Cao!" Xu You took out the evidence of the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Yaojun, Cao Cao's main force went south, but he was unable to solve Yuan Yao, on the contrary, he was beaten by Yuan Yao and lost several cities, and now Xuzhou is gone, and the strength of Yuan Yaojun's army can be seen from here.
"If the lord continues to attack Yuan Yao'er, he may destroy Yuan Yao's Huainan army, but what about after it is eliminated? I'm afraid that the southern expeditionary force of the third prince has also been lost! The result of this will only be that Yuan Yao'er pushed Cao Cao's side, Yuan Yao'er's army food is sufficient, once Yuan Yao'er and Cao Cao's traitors unite together, it will be detrimental to our lord and even the overall situation of Hebei! ”
"And now we only need a little hypocrisy to contain Yuan Yao, concentrate all our efforts to eliminate Cao Cao first, and after destroying Cao Cao, if this Yuan Yao is obedient, then the lord will reward him with an official position at will, let him attack the east of the Yangtze River as a vanguard, if he is disobedient, raise troops and destroy it!"
"Lord, although Yuan Yao Xiao'er is treacherous, but in front of the lord, there is nothing to hide, since he has the heart to reconcile, it is better to rely on him, this can reflect the benevolence and generosity of the lord, and the second can solve the current enemy first!"
Xu You's words really made Yuan Shao happy, this Xu You deserves to be a good friend for so many years, Yuan Shao nodded, and was about to step down the ladder.
But Feng Ji, who had not spoken all along, suddenly spoke.
"Don't you think it's strange, lord?" Feng Ji looked at Xu Yu over there and said.
"Strange? Strange what? Yuan Shao was puzzled?
"Lord, has Mr. Ziyuan ever had an orphan relationship with the lord's family?" Feng Ji asked Yuan Shao.
"No!" The Xu family and the Yuan family are not world friends, but the elders of the family are officials together, so they gather together.
"So Mr. Ziyuan, have you ever had a friendship with the deceased Highway Gongyou?" Feng Ji continued to ask.
Yuan Shao still shook his head, this Xu You Xu Ziyuan was a group of playmates with himself when he was in Luoyang, Yuan Shu looked down on Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao didn't look down on Yuan Shu, this person was divided into groups by clusters, so the relationship between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, Xu You, Cao Cao and others was not good.
"That's really weird! There is no world friend, and there is no loneliness, but every time Mr. Xu You is saying good things for Yuan Yao'er in Huainan, this is interesting! Feng Ji sneered.
"Every time, you don't want to spew blood! When did I say good things about the Huainan Army? Xu You didn't expect that the person who bit him turned out to be Feng Ji is the third son of Yuan Shang, he didn't offend this person at all today, even if he offended it, it was Yuan Tan's.
"Lord, if I don't give me an explanation for this Fengji, today's minister will not finish his Ji!" Xu You is not easy to mess with, he still has the strength to be Yuan Shao's dog.
The eldest prince of Yuan Tan and his party over there are also confused, how could this Feng Ji provoke Xu Yu again, but although it is strange, but the party of the eldest prince of Yuan Tan is silent at all, whatever, let them eat dogs, this Xu You is not a good thing.
"Mr. Xu You is angry, angry, if Mr. Xu You and the Huainan Army really have nothing to do with it, then there is no need to be so excited!" Feng Ji smiled and said, "Lord, I have heard a rumor that there is a Zhang family mansion in the city, although it is ugly, there is a good thing inside, and there is a cellar hidden in the low pool. Feng Mou was very curious, what is hidden on this cellar? “
"You. You, you! "Who else is there in this Zhang family's mansion besides his Xu Yu's mansion?
"Also, Brother Ziyuan, did Yuan Yao'er give you all the money you have to use hotly?" Feng Ji's words detonated the atmosphere on the scene.
After the secret cellar was known by Feng Ji, Xu You knew that it was not good, and the whole person was a little panicked, "Lord, all this is Feng Ji's bloody mouth, there is indeed such a secret cellar in the minister's house, but what is placed in the cellar is a collection of books and some rewards from the lord and the minister's money!" ”
"Oh? Really? "Feng Ji continues not to let go of Xu You" Since this is the case, then please ask the lord to send a few people to Yecheng to take a trip, it just so happens that Lord Chen Lin is also there to explore the cellar added by Mr. Yuan, I can't say that Lord Chen Lin can see that there are so many books on Mr. Ziyuan's cellar, and he can borrow two books from Mr. Ziyuan! ”
"You, you, you!" There are bribes from Xu Yao over the years on the cellar, these are really not given to him by Yuan Yao in Huainan, even if Yuan Yao gives it, he Xu You doesn't dare to accept it, these money are all taken from other places,
But now, whether it was given by Yuan Yao or not, as long as he checked the cellar, he Xu You would be finished immediately.
"Report, Lord Qiqi, Lord Chen Lin from Yecheng has sent a letter!"
Feng Ji hit the snake and hit seven inches, and sent the Buddha to the west sky.
didn't give Xu You a way to live at all, the letter sent by Chen Lin said that he had found out the problem of the grain and grass in the granary before, and it was reported by the nephew of the judge, Xianrong, saying that he was threatened by Xu You, and told Chen Lin where Xu You sold those grains and grass to hide, Chen Lin, a person with dead dogma, really took the soldiers and horses under his hands to raid Xu You's house at once.
Now the fun is big, Xu You's finances in the cellar are completely exposed, those money, not to mention that he Xu You is now just a two-thousand-stone official, even if he is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he can't take out so much money in his life.
He Xu Xu Ziyuan's pants were hung with yellow mud, and it was not but was.
"Wronged, lord!" Xu You fell to his knees on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Wronged? See for yourself! Chen Lin not only copied Xu You's house, but also counted all those things.
There are 80,000 gold in gold alone, and if you sell them all, you can sell them for 150,000.
"Come on, come on, come here and drag Xu You out and cut it for me!" Yuan Shao was furious, he didn't expect this Xu You to be so corrupt.
"The lord spares his life!" Xu You was completely panicked, "Mr. Guo Tu, Mr. Xin Ping, the eldest son, save me, save me!" Xu You wanted other people on the side to help him intercede, but who would speak?
Xu You had just offended the eldest prince's party just now, but it was the third prince's subordinate Feng Ji who was ruthless to him, and these two *** didn't have a good impression of Xu You and would save him.
Xu You's face was full of despair, fortunately, Lord Xun Cen Xun over there couldn't see it, and stepped forward to hug his fist at Yuan Shao, saying that although Xu You has no merit, he has worked hard for the lord for so many years, plus Xu You is crying so sadly, Yuan Shao is not a heartless person, it is really because he was too angry just now, so the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped, and Xu You's family property will be confiscated, and the official position will be handed down to the end, and the secretary and pen official in front of the account will be left behind.
Xu You couldn't understand why Feng Ji was trying his best to calculate himself, and only Feng Ji knew that they used that batch of money to redeem Yuan Shang, but that money was too huge to fill, so the only way to sell Xu You, who was not a member of the Sangongzi Party, was to sell him, and use Xu You as a resistance, with his 150,000 gold in front of him, the money used would only be attributed to Xu You, not to other people.
Yuan Shao's account discussion was over, after all, Yuan Shao did not immediately make a decision on whether to fight or make peace with Yuan Yao in Huainan, and left it for a settlement later.
Xu You's whole body left the tent like a living dead.
The people in the camp treated him like a dead man, taboo, and the people who flattered him before have now become sneering, and the people who used to call him brothers and sisters are now not looking at Xu You.
Although Xu You was not a *** person in the past, he was also Yuan Shao's cronies, so naturally some people stammered, but now it is different from him, and everyone pushes him, and now Yuan Shao doesn't trust him anymore.
"Brother Ziyuan!" Behind him, Xun Cen caught up.
"Brother Xun, don't Lord Xun!" Xu You still wanted to call Brother Xun, but in the end he could only become a helpless Lord Xun, a moment ago he was still the right-hand man of Yuan Shao, who was in the same column as Xun Cen, and now he is just a person who holds a pen.
"Let's call me Brother Xun!" Xun Cen said to Xu You, "Brother Ziyuan, let's go together!" “
"Let's go!" Xu You nodded.
The two walked for a long time without speaking, but Xun Cen broke the deadlock, "Brother Ziyuan, the lord is also confused for a while, and when the lord's anger disappears, it will be fine!" Xun Cen comforted Xu Yu on the side.
"I hope so!" He smiled miserably, you must know that he has so many books for so many years, but this night he returned to the pre-liberation period, and the family property in Yecheng is gone, even if the official is reinstated, it is difficult to get it.
"It's not far away! There is a saying that I don't know when to say it or not! Xun Ce hesitated for a moment and said to Xu Yu over there.
"Speak!" Xu You nodded,
"Brother Ziyuan, why do you want so much money? Life does not bring death, death does not take away! Isn't it empty now, listen to my advice to focus on the great cause of the lord! "Xun Cen, this is a good suggestion to Xu Yu and Xu Ziyuan.
But in the eyes of Xu Ziyuan now, this is completely mockery: "Lord Xun eats enough for the whole family alone, but the villain is not!" Lord Xun, I still have something to do, so I'll retire first! ”
"Brother Ziyuan, you? Ay! Xun Cen sighed, he knew that Xu You had misunderstood, but Xun Cen had no choice but to explain later.
Xun Cen didn't know that if he had stopped Xu Yu today, there might not be so many things behind.