Zhuge Liang's matter is just a small episode of the copycat.

After the year, it was time for Chen Jue to make a move.

And now it's October, and it's only two months when it's full, and maybe it's going to pass in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, Cao Cao was not idle.

Since pacifying Jizhou, he led a large army to the north to conquer, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo, and the results were obvious.

Although the power of the Yuan brothers is not weak, compared with Yuan Shao back then, the gap can be described as heaven and earth.

After all, Yuan Shao had been defeated in the face of tens of thousands of Cao troops, not to mention that Cao Cao was so strong now that he couldn't resist it at all.

The Yuan brothers are not stupid, but if you really have to distinguish them in detail, they are not talents, they are just mediocre people.

At the moment, in Youzhou City.

The brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang gathered together, and Cao Cao was already in the city, and they needed to make a choice.

When Yuan Shang mentioned Cao Jun, his face was angry, and he shouted:

"Cao thief really deceived people too much, not to mention taking away my Jizhou foundation, and now he is chasing and persecuting my two brothers."

Jizhou was originally Yuan Shang's basic market, although he and Yuan Tan competed, but Yecheng was occupied by him.

Then Cao Cao united with Yuan Tan and directly broke through Yecheng, and he could only go north to Yuan Xi's territory in Youzhou.

When Yuan Shao was at its strongest, he occupied the land of four states, which were Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou at this moment.

This force can be described as the only one of the Han Dynasty.

During the Battle of Guandu, compared with Cao Cao's territory, the gap was not half a star, but Yuan Shao lost.

Becoming a king and defeating a king, since Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao, these things naturally couldn't be kept, and it was reasonable for them to be taken away.

Yuan Xi was beside Yuan Shang, his appearance looked elegant, he was not as angry as Yuan Shang, and he was very calm.

Seeing Yuan Xi's reaction, Yuan Shang said helplessly:

"Second brother, when is this, aren't you worried at all, Cao Jun will call over in a short time."

Yuan Xi sighed, looked at Yuan Shang, and said:

"Now that the general trend is like this, I am afraid that we will not be able to return to the sky."

In this matter, Yuan Xi was very pessimistic, and Cao Jun was menacing, so fierce that he didn't dare to resist, and he was terrified in his heart.

When Yuan Shao chose his successor, the candidates were mainly Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and the most inconspicuous was Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi was here as the assassin of Youzhou and did not return for several years.

Yuan Shao likes Yuan Shang because he thinks this son is like himself. As for Yuan Tan, as the eldest son, he naturally has a foundation.

Yuan Shang hated that iron could not become steel, and hated and said:

"Second brother, the matter has come to this, if I don't wait to try, I can really only let Cao Thief handle it at will."

Yuan Xi was silent, he even wanted to surrender directly.

However, Yuan Shang did not agree, he liked to jump around like Yuan Shao, and some stable choices were denied.

It was Yuan Shang's eyes that were slightly cold, and he continued:

"Second brother, have you forgotten the great feud of the Yuan family, and the sister-in-law who stayed in Yecheng has now become another woman."

Although the Yuan brothers are in Youzhou, the news in Jizhou is not unknown, especially Chen Jue has made a lot of noise.

Looking at Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi continued:

"Second brother, are you willing to watch your sister-in-law being played with by others, and you can still stay out of the matter as if nothing happened?"

Hearing this, the corners of Yuan Xi's mouth twitched slightly.

In fact, he doesn't care about Zhen Mi at all, after all, he is just a woman, what does it have to do with him, why bother?

Yuan Xi's own problem, not many people know it, the doctor who diagnosed and treated it at the beginning said that it was one, Yuan Shao was one, his mother was one, and his nominal wife Zhen Mi was one.

As for whether Zhen Mi informed others, it was not in Yuan Xi's consideration.

Therefore, Yuan Shang didn't know about Yuan Xi's problem, and wanted to use these words to provoke Yuan Xi and make him resist with him.

Seeing that Yuan Xi finally had a reaction, Yuan Shang couldn't help but be a little excited:

"Second brother, you must have heard that my sister-in-law fell into the hands of thieves, which is really a great shame for my Yuan family......"

Yuan Shang kept talking.

Yuan Xi slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and finally said:

"Needless to say, for my brother, I understand, what do you want to do, third brother?"

Even if Yuan Xi didn't care about Zhen Mi, they didn't have a skin-to-skin relationship, and they didn't sleep together on the day of their wedding......

But he still doesn't want his woman to act recklessly in the arms of others, which is a humiliation to him and even the Yuan family.

Seeing this, Yuan Shang smiled.

Although Yuan Shang is very strong, sometimes he has good ideas, and he naturally has a strategy to persuade Yuan Xi like this.

It was Yuan Shanglang who said:

"Now that the Cao thief is menacing, with the strength of Youzhou, it is naturally impossible to deal with it, and we need to find help."

Yuan Xi was stunned and said:

"With the current situation, whoever dares to disobey Cao Cao and help my Yuan family, I'm afraid this matter will not be easy to do."

Hearing this, Yuan Shang did not deny it, but said:

"Although what you said is not bad, second brother, you and I are not alone, and there are also Bingzhou, Liaodong and Northland."

He was the son-in-law of Yuan Shao.

Speaking of relatives, he is related to the Yuan Xi brothers, but since Yuan Shaoliang has become cold, the relationship has long been much stranger.

Now Cao Cao is concentrating his troops and horses to attack Youzhou with all his might, wanting to take down the Yuan brothers first, and Gao Gan is just waiting and seeing.

Yuan Xi was silent, and then said:

"I'm afraid this matter is not so easy, and Gao Gan will not send troops easily."

Obviously, Yuan Xi has already tried.

Yuan Shang was not unclear, he secretly gritted his teeth at this moment and said:

"I can only try again, if Gao Gan really wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, he will definitely die at the hands of Cao Thief."

It's a less certain choice.

Next is the Liaodong Gongsun clan, which now also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it is not far from Youzhou.

Yuan Xi sighed again and said:

"Actually, the Gongsun clan of Liaodong will not send troops, Cao Cao has no grudges with them, how can he be easily provoked."

Yuan was still speechless, but Yuan Xi really saw it thoroughly.

Liaodong is also a remote place of the Han Dynasty, even if the distance in a straight line is not far, Cao Cao wants to fight it, but it is not easy.

With his own choice, it is impossible for Liaodong to offend Cao Cao and help the basically cool Yuan family.

As long as they have a little brain, they can see the current situation clearly, and the Yuan brothers have no way out.

However, Yuan Xi still got lucky, adding:

"If it is really a desperate situation, we can go to Liaodong, so Gongsun Kang is definitely willing to accept it."

Liaodong took the initiative to send troops, and the Yuan brothers took the initiative to defect, but the gap is still very large, and the status gap is obvious.

The Yuan clan has a very high prestige in the Central Plains, even if it has fallen to this day, it is also not to be underestimated, and it has considerable influence.

And the Yuan brothers chose to defect, which can undoubtedly bring benefits to Liaodong, and even make them have other ideas.

It's just that it's not in a desperate situation, who wants to send someone under the fence.

No matter how the Yuan brothers declined, they felt that they were high-ranking men after all, and they did not have a good mentality like Uncle Liu Huang.