The letter was placed on the desk, folded squarely, and enclosed in a brown paper envelope.

Of course, this is Yuan Tan's boss, Yuan Shang's second, and the rest of Yuan Xi, Xianping, Yan Liang and others dare not and cannot compete with them.

As soon as Yuan Tan took the envelope, Yuan Shang snatched it over, spread out the envelope and hurriedly changed his face slightly, threw the letter to Yuan Tan and shouted angrily: "Xun Wenruo, what does he Wang Deyu mean by this letter?"

Do you think we don't have the strength to fight anymore? Don't worry, I still have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in Hebei, and he Wang Deyu wants to take us all in with one of his letters? Hmph, he's a toad who wants to eat swan meat — whimsical! ”

"Hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers?" Xun Yu laughed, paced to the map in Yuan's camp tent, pointed to the Anping counties in the map and said with a smile, "Yuan Sangongzi, should your paranoia be cured?" Otherwise, you should open your eyes and take a look.

When Yuan Gong was in charge of Jizhou, there were only 670,000 horses, and the 400,000 army of Julu was defeated in the decisive battle, and the remnants were only 23 out of ten; In the battle of the gall pottery last night, your 100,000 elite soldiers died out again, how many elite soldiers do you think you can have now?

Do you want to recruit another batch of soldiers from Anping, Bohai, or Wei counties? But why do you think that the six or seven broken counties in your hands can afford hundreds of thousands of soldiers and even elite soldiers? ”

"Hmph, even if you say it, so what? We don't have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in our hands, there are always one or two hundred thousand, and we still have six counties in our hands, as long as we can't hold out, can Wang Deyu still fly down from the sky? Yuan Shang slapped him on the desk chair, startling everyone.

Xun Yu could only hehe, spread his hands, jumped over Yuan Shang's head and swept to the side of Yuan Tan and said with a smile: "Eldest prince, Xun knows that you are a rare general under Yuan Gong's account, and your vision and knowledge are far higher than others, what do you think of your third son's words?"

My lord of my family, more than 100,000 elite soldiers, are ready to go, eldest prince, do you also think that under your guidance, you still have the strength to fight? Or can the six counties in your hands alone stop the surging iron hooves of my imperial army? ”

Xun Chen's expression lit up, and his brother's words and strategies were indeed becoming more and more sharp.

Xun Yu's dignified sentence, but the strategy was hidden, while talking about the swiftness of the Wang family's army, oppressing people with power; On the other hand, he said what Yuan Tan's guidance was to sow discord.

Let Yuan Tan answer is not, and not answered.

"Xun Wenruo, there are only a few hundred thousand troops in the city of Gauntlet, but there are more than 200,000 elite soldiers in Hebei, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer, and you want to let a few sons lead the army to surrender now, it is really ridiculous!" The trial on the side saw through the mystery, and did not mention who led the two sons, and directly compared the number of troops with the color.

"Xun finally knows why Mr. Zhengnan has been defeated repeatedly." Xun Yu smiled slightly, and looked at the trial with pity, "At the time of the decisive battle of Julu, Yuan Gong had an army of 400,000, but my lord only had 120,000 in his hands.

And last night's battle of Gall Tao, General Yan Liang had 100,000 soldiers, and there were only more than 60,000 soldiers under my Gland City. According to Mr. Zhengnan's words, the two wars should be won by your Hebei elite soldiers, but for some reason it is still my lord who has the last laugh? ”

As the saying goes: Hitting people does not slap their faces, and scolding people does not expose their shortcomings.

But the trial kept stirring up in the camp tent, Xun Yu couldn't help it, and his words slammed the face of the trial like a palm.

"Presumptuous, Xun Wenruo, are you really no one in my Hebei army, don't you dare to kill you here?" Seeing that his supporters were humiliated by Xun Yu's red faces, Yuan Shang suddenly jumped like thunder, and pressed his right hand on the waist knife.

"Wait!" A big hand stretched out and pressed it on Yuan Shang's hand, Yuan Tan glared at Yuan Shang and continued, "Mr. Wen Ruo, although the two armies are not at war, but such words to sow discord, Yuan advises you to say less, how can the relationship between my brothers and brothers be instigated by others!" ”

It seems that this Yuan Tan is still not too stupid, and he reacted so quickly.

It's a pity, since Xun can be called Wang Zuozhicai by the lord, how can you easily resolve the sword? Wait, now that the nail is already in it, don't even think about taking it out again!

Xun Yu secretly sneered and shook his head: "I don't know what the eldest prince has to say?" But already have a decision in your heart? ”

Yuan Tan laughed, regardless of whether Yuan Shang was happy or not, he shook his clothes and sat on the handsome chair with a swagger: "Yuan Mou has already known the content of the former general's letter, and Yuan Mou also understands the kindness of the former general."

However, please forgive Yuan for being stupid, as my third brother said, I still have hundreds of thousands of troops in six counties in Hebei, and Yuan really can't see what the former general has to win, so he dares to be so ashamed to let me lead the people to surrender! ”

Xun Yu looked at the tent and hesitated: "When Xun came, the lord also asked me to bring another letter to the eldest prince, this matter is very important, and please let the eldest prince retreat first!" ”

With a wave of his hand, the guards quietly retreated, and Yuan Tan glanced at Xun Yu with disdain: "Mr. Wenruo, why should he make a fool of himself if he wants to fight, now that I have let his mother go down according to your wishes, you can take out the letter in your arms, right?" ”

Xun Yu shook his head, looked at Yuan Tan, and his expression was unusually firm: "Not yet, the lord has an order, this letter can only be viewed by the eldest prince alone!" ”

"Humph! Do you say that only my eldest brother can watch it alone? Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil! Yuan Shang stepped in front of Xun Yu in one step, the treasure knife in his waist was unsheathed, a flash of silver light flashed, and the waist knife was already on Xun Yu's neck.

Facing the waist knife on his neck, Xun Yu's face did not change: "If the eldest prince doesn't want me and Yuan Gonggong to die, just let the third prince kill me!" ”

Suddenly hearing the word 'Yuan Gong', Yuan Tan was taken aback, snatched the knife in Yuan Shang's hand, his face sank like water, and his face was like a dark cloud pressing on the edge of the sky when the rainstorm came: "The third brother must not be rude, General Yan, please lead the third brother to go down quickly!" ”

Where did Yuan Shang take Yuan Tan to heart, and was about to scold, but he saw Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Gan and others coming up, standing firmly beside him on the left and right, and suddenly his anger turned into unwillingness, glared back at Yuan Tan, and walked out of the camp with resentment.

After everyone retreated, and without waiting for Yuan Tan's color to change, Xun Yu took out a letter from his arms again and handed it to Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan hurriedly opened the letterhead, only to see that it was written:

Tan'er:

The meeting is like a meeting, because his father has been a guest with the former general, the former general is magnanimous, and he does not think that his father has taken the king of Chen Liujun hostage before, and he treats him very well. However, his father is old and unable to do things, so he intends to withdraw from the battle of the world and enjoy his old age in a manor in the Bohai Sea.

The matter involves confidentiality, and it will change later, you must prepare early when you receive this letter, quickly pack your bags and lead the generals to return, the former general has put the rank of general vacant waiting, and the father also stands on the head of the city and looks into the distance!

Carrying the letter into his arms, Yuan Tan's hands trembled violently and his body was cold.

His father, the world-famous warlord, the leader of the fourth and third princes, and the current patriarch of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao, has fallen into the hands of Wang Li.

He couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it, because the handwriting and seal in the letter confirmed that the person who wrote the letter belonged to his father!