There was a loud bang, and a huge hole opened in a section of the city wall of Liyang City when the smoke rose, and then countless soldiers and horses with the banner of Yuan Zi frantically poured towards Liyang City like a tide. However, the defenders at the head of the city turned a blind eye to the influx of enemy troops. The sudden shaking of the ground made most of Cao's soldiers lose their basic judgment ability. Some of them lay on the ground and shivered, some simply threw down their weapons and knelt to the sky, and some even jumped directly from the towering city wall in a panic.

Yuan Shao stood on top of the chariot, watching Liyang City break in a day like the original Yijing City, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a smug smile. At the beginning, there was a fierce debate among Yuan Shao's staff about how to attack Cao in the south. Yuan Shao believed that Yuan Shao should send elite cavalry to harass Cao Cao's frontier and make it unstable, and then gradually advance south of the Yellow River. Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others believe that with Yuan Shao's current strength, there is no need to be so conservative at all, and he can directly defeat Cao's army from the front with superior forces. Yuan Shao, who was already conceited in talent, strength, and fame than Cao Cao, was naturally more inclined to Guo Tu and Feng Ji's advances. However, after some careful consideration, Yuan Shao decided to use a more shocking way to kick off the prelude to the competition with Cao Cao for hegemony in the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao's so-called shocking method is actually to let Yu Ji once again invite the "Yellow Emperor to appear". Therefore, after Yuan Shao approached Liyang City, he did not rush to attack the city, but found Yu Ji in the hope that he could do it in public again. After Yu Ji heard this, he readily agreed to do it for Yuan Shao, but he also said that if he wanted to perform the technique of "Heaven Falling and Earth Splitting", he had to spend more than ten days of fasting and prayer to prepare. And Yuan Shao also needed to provide a variety of valuable sacrifices to please the gods. Regarding a series of requirements put forward by Yu Ji, Yuan Shao did not say a word, and accepted them all. In his opinion, since he wanted to ask the Yellow Emperor to appear and use the Heaven and Earth Splitting Technique to assist Kliyang City, it was worth paying any harsh conditions. On the contrary, if Yu Ji didn't mention the conditions, and directly sent someone to open the altar, Yuan Shao would be suspicious.

It turns out that the Yellow Emperor (Yu Ji?) He is really a god who takes people's money and eliminates people's disasters. After fourteen days of fasting and praying, Yu Ji, who was bathing and changing clothes, once again succeeded in inviting the Yellow Emperor to perform the technique of heaven and earth splitting in full view of everyone. And Cao Jun, who is known as a well-disciplined man, is no better than Gongsun Zhanjun in the face of miracles. Seeing that Yuan Shaojun easily conquered Cao Cao's number one stronghold north of the Yellow River with divine help, not only Yuan Shao was smug, but the surrounding subordinate generals also showed red faces one by one, vying to congratulate their masters.

But when he saw the first judge, he hugged his fist and congratulated Yuan Shao, "Your Majesty is like a god with soldiers, and you can conquer the city in one day, which is really gratifying." ”

"Zhengnan is also praised. Today's victory is the fruit of the Yellow Emperor's manifestation. How dare I ask for credit? Yuan Shao touched his beard and pretended to excuse himself humbly.

Feng Jiyan, who was on the side, hurriedly stepped forward in time to flatter him, "It is precisely because His Majesty has been Quartet, that the Yellow Emperor will appear to help His Majesty conquer Liyang." ”

Feng Ji's words could be regarded as entering Yuan Shao's heart, but when he saw him laughing, he waved his hand again and again, "Yuan Tu, you...... What a ......."

Compared to Feng Ji and the others, who poured honey water on Yuan Shao with a glance and a word, Guo Tu at this time reminded Yuan Shao on the side, "Your Majesty, although Liyang is broken, you can stay along the Yellow River in the forbidden department." I wonder what His Majesty plans to do with the forbidden department? ”

Yuan Shao listened to what Guo Tu said, and immediately restrained his smile. But after seeing that he pondered for a moment, he immediately decisively ordered, "Let Yu Bandu go south." If the Cao army in Liyang City still has the courage to break through, let them go. ”

As soon as Yuan Shao's words came out, the staff, including Guo Tu and Feng Ji, all showed a smile of understanding. Obviously, everyone has seen that Yuan Shaoming is letting the remnants of Cao's army survive, but in essence, he is implementing a plan to attack the heart. It is not difficult to imagine that once the remnants of Cao's army in Liyang City fled back to the south of the Yellow River, they would inevitably add fuel to today's events and publicize them everywhere. Even if Cao Cao could ruthlessly kill this group of remnants, he would not be able to block Youyou's mouth. After all, there are living examples of the two cities of Yijing and Liyang, and Cao Cao's murder will only be true.

Thinking about this, Guo Tu said to Yuan Shao again, "This time, the Yellow Emperor once again appeared to help His Majesty conquer Liyang City, undoubtedly to tell the world that His Majesty is the true son of heaven." The minister thought that His Majesty could bring the momentum of Liyang's great victory, and sent an envoy to Sili to appease the local family. ”

"Sili has been in war for a long time, and many local families have declined." Yuan Shao frowned slightly and commented on it, then turned around and asked, "According to the public rules, which one should I woo?" ”

Guo Tu replied without thinking, "Hanoi Sima's family." ”

Yuan Shao'er heard Guo Tu mention the Sima clan in Hanoi, and couldn't help but be moved. Although Runan Yuan's family is from the family of Shun, the family of the fourth and third dukes. But the family history of the Sima family in Hanoi is far better than that of the Yuan family. It is said that the ancestor of the Sima clan came from Chongli, the son of Emperor Gaoyang, who was the Xia official Zhurong, and went through the Tang, Yu, Xia, and Shang dynasties. The Zhou Dynasty, with Xia Guan as Sima. Later, Cheng Bai retired his father, and when King Xuan of Zhou, he was the official Keping Xu Fang, and the tin was an official family, so he was a clan. Between Chu and Han, Sima Ang was the general of Zhao and fought Qin with the princes. Qin died, established as the king of Yin, and the capital was Hanoi. Han took his land as a county, and his descendants took it as his home. Since Ang VIII, to the time of Emperor An of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was born to conquer the Western General Jun, and the word Shuping. Sima Junsheng Yuzhang is too conservative, and the word is fair. The amount of Yingchuan is too shou Sima Jun, and the characters are different. Junsheng Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, the word Jiangong. From a series of genealogies, it can be seen that the Sima clan has always had people as officials in the court since the Xia Dynasty, and it can be regarded as a nobleman among nobles and a family within a family.

If it had been changed before, Yuan Shao would definitely not have taken the Hanoi Sima clan to heart. Because although the ancestors of the Sima family are prominent, the heads of the family in the past three generations have only achieved Taishou and Jing Zhaoyin. How can it be compared with the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family. In addition, the Sima clan does not currently have unmastered soldiers and horses. Such an old family, which has no power and no soldiers, seems to have nothing to fear in this troubled world.

But now Yuan Shao is no longer a prince, but a dignified emperor, and the support of the Sima clan in Hanoi is of great significance to him in politics. For this reason, Yuan Shao immediately nodded solemnly and said, "It would be very good if the Sima family in Hanoi could be allowed to serve under my account." However, it is known that Sima Fangyu, the head of this generation, has eight sons, known as Bada. And his eldest son Sima Lang is currently working in Xu Du, and the Sima family is afraid that he will not take it lightly. ”

Guo Tu relieved Yuan Shao's worries and said, "Your Majesty, although Sima Fang's eldest son has joined Cao Cao, his second son Sima Yi is still in his hometown in Hanoi. It is said that this person has few strange festivals, is very smart, erudite, and confucian. And Cao Cao had sent someone to recruit Sima Yi into Xu Capital as an official, but he escaped. It can be seen that the second of the Sima family is not optimistic about Cao Cao. If His Majesty can recruit Sima Yi into the court as an official, are you afraid that the Sima family will not serve His Majesty as the Lord? ”

"Good, this matter will be done according to the public rules." Yuan Shao stroked his palms and nodded with a smile.

However, Yuan Shao didn't know at this time, just as he was discussing with his staff how to use the victory in the Battle of Liyang to win over the famous family of Sili, several suspicious people were wandering near the entrance of the bombed cave under Liyang City. Since the vast majority of Yuan's army was busy entering the city at this time, looting the spoils. Therefore, no one noticed the existence of these people, and no one came forward to interrogate what these people were doing.

I saw that these people first explored up and down the large pit that collapsed directly below the entrance of the cave. Then the leader sniffed at the crack in the city wall, and then suddenly his expression changed, and he took out a knife and carefully scraped the black powder remaining on the edge of the broken wall on a clean plain silk and wrapped it carefully. And just as the man took Su Juan into his arms, he saw an accomplice gesture to him. It turned out that the other party had a scorched piece of wood under a big tree a hundred steps away from the big pit. So the man in the lead put the piece of wood in front of his nose and sniffed it, and then put it away as well. After collecting two items in quick succession, the man in charge whistled loudly at his accomplices present. Immediately afterwards, the mysterious figures jumped into the carriage that had been prepared and walked away.

The carriage carried the gang for about three miles, and came to a halt at the foot of a hill. But I saw a mountain pavilion standing on top of the hill, and a small red clay furnace was burning in the pavilion, and the wine was warm on the stove. Two scribes dressed in kudzu robes sat opposite each other in front of a desk, twisting and fighting between square inches. And these two people are Xu Yu and Tian Feng, the strategists under Yuan Shao's account. Although Tian Feng has always been in opposition to Yuan Shao on the matter of claiming the emperor, Yuan Shao still forcibly took him with him on this expedition. In the name of beauty, let him accompany the army to give advice. In essence, it was to monitor Tian Feng and prevent him from pulling his back in Yecheng.

Like Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, whose family was pinched in the hands of Yuan Shao, naturally could not disobey the orders of Emperor Da Chen. However, Tian Feng still fought against Yuan Shao in a way. No, Yuan Shao's side was still fighting in Liyang City, but Tian Feng found Xu You to play chess and drink on the periphery of the battlefield.

Compared with Tian Feng's fierceness, although Xu You was not optimistic about Yuan Shao's title to emperor, he did not blatantly express this disapproval and dissatisfaction. Instead, he tried not to participate in the great cause of Yuan Shao's Jingluo Central Plains with a low-key attitude. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Xu You seems to be far less talented than Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others, just a second-rate strategist who eats dry rice. But it is precisely because of this that Xu You will gradually come together with Tian Feng.

However, although Tian Feng avoided Yuan Shao in an uncooperative way at this time, his mind was obviously not on the chessboard. So much so that Xu You, who was playing with him, had to abandon his son and shake his head and say, "Yuan Hao, let's stop here." Thou hast something in thy heart, and I will not be able to prevail. ”

Tian Feng couldn't help but sigh when he heard what Xu You said, and threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess bowl, and then asked with a worried face, "Ziyuan, will there be anything wrong with the henchmen you sent?" ”

"I should be worried about what Yuan Hao is worried about." Xu You smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and replied to the man who was going up the mountain not far away, "Look, aren't you a person?" ”

This man who went up the mountain was naturally the leader of the group that had explored the pits under Liyang City before. But after seeing him enter the mountain pavilion, he first respectfully saluted Xu You and Tian Feng with his fists, "Lord Qiqi, that Yu Ji has once again successfully performed the technique of heaven and earth cracking, and now Liyang City has been conquered by His Majesty." ”

"Yu Ji Na has cast a spell again? Is this true? Tian Feng Huo Ran asked.

"This is what the little one saw with his own eyes." The man replied truthfully.

Tian Feng couldn't help but turn pale when he heard what the man said. He had always regarded Ji as a warlock. But he never thought that Yu Ji would be able to stage the art of heaven and earth cracking one after another. Is it a misjudgment?

If you talk about the commonalities between Xu You and Tian Feng, in addition to opposing Yuan Shao's claim to be emperor, the disgust and distrust of the "national teacher" Yu Ji are also the common language of the two. Because Xu Yu and Tian Feng are not the Yellow Emperor's apparitions, they are also quite suspicious of the art of landslides and earth cracks. Therefore, after learning that Yu Ji would cast a spell again under Liyang City, Xu You invited Tian Feng and sent his henchmen to investigate the matter. But he never thought that after waiting for most of the day, Xu You's henchmen would bring such a depressing news. It's no wonder that Tian Feng would behave like this.

However, compared to Tian Feng's excitement, Xu You was obviously much calmer at this moment, but he asked his confidant solemnly, "After the city of Liyang was broken, did you investigate the crack in the city wall?" ”

"Returning to the lord, the little ones waited according to the lord's words, and carefully explored the cracks in the city wall of Liyang. There is a deep pit under the cracked wall, and it seems that someone has dug a tunnel here. In addition, the small city wall and the vicinity were also both. As soon as the man finished speaking, he presented the silk and wood chips collected under Liyang City to Xu You.

Xu You first took the wood chip and looked at it carefully, then opened the plain silk and sniffed the black residue on it, then frowned slightly, and said to himself, "There seems to be sulfur in this thing?" ”

"Not only sulfur, but also nitrate. In addition to the black powder scraped from the walls, the same smell of gunpowder remained on the wood chips. The man hurriedly added. It seems that he is also an expert in pills.

"Sulfur and nitrate? Interesting. Xu You listened to his confidant's reply and smiled meaningfully. Then Xu You put the silk in his arms and asked the man, "You just said that someone has dug a tunnel where the city wall is broken, do you know where the tunnel leads?" ”

The man shook his head and said, "Back to my lord, the small discovery tunnel has collapsed, and it is impossible to find its starting point for the time being. ”

"It doesn't matter. Then thou shalt send men into the camp to inquire into which camp there are any men who have done civil works these days. Or there is a place where the camp is heavily guarded, and it is forbidden for idle people to enter. But today's events must not be publicized to the public. Xu Yu warned in a deep voice.

"Whoa." After the man gave up his command, he turned and went down the mountain.

Tian Feng on the side saw Xu Yu and the man asking and answering like this, and he tasted a little bit of taste. At least someone dug a pit means that Yu Ji's "spell" was artificially executed. So Tian Feng hurriedly leaned over and asked, "Ziyuan, do you know what kind of tricks Yu Jina is playing?" Is there really a technique in this world that the heavens and the earth are cracking? ”

But I saw Xu You pick up the wood chip left by the man and played, "Yu Ji is playing tricks, and I don't have an accurate number yet." But his technique of heaven and earth cracking was definitely not the result of the Yellow Emperor's manifestation. ”

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