Yang Zaixing and the others finally mustered up the courage to come to the Shuai Tent to advise on this matter, and now they are naturally unwilling to let Yuan Yao send him away, Yang Zaixing stubbornly continued: "Lord, the last general thinks that what the people say is not unreasonable, now you have established the foundation of the three counties of Lujiang, but there are no heirs to inherit it, this matter is ......."

Pang Tong heard that Yang Zaixing was still talking here, and quickly coughed twice to interrupt him, and said: "Generals, I have already discussed this matter with the lord, the lord has decided to get married on a certain day, and the lord has already sent someone to Anhui County to invite Yuan Gong, so you don't need to say more." ”

"I'll congratulate the lord, the lord is busy with military affairs, so we'll retire first......"

Yang Zaixing and the others glanced at Yuan Yao, and when they saw that his brows were furrowed and his expression was unhappy, they didn't dare to say more, so they hurriedly saluted and retired.

After Yang Zaixing and the others retreated, Yuan Yao sneered twice and said: "Don't mention it sooner or later, why did the people in the city suddenly talk about my big wedding at this time, this time is inevitably a bit too coincidental, what does Shi Yuan think?" ”

Pang Tong smiled slightly, and said: "It seems that Cao Mengde can't sit still, now hundreds of thousands of troops in Hebei have gathered in the area of Yecheng Liyang, so many soldiers and horses, under the chewing of people and horses, the money and grain to be spent must be a huge amount!" Although Yuan Yao has a lot of money and food, he is not a big wrongdoer, he will not support so many soldiers and horses in vain, and Yuan Shao will definitely pour his army south to attack the Central Plains next spring! ”

"Cao Cao can only have a chance to win if he appeases the lord in this winter, otherwise the lord will take advantage of the battle of Cao Yuan to lead a large army to attack Xuchang, and then Cao Cao will be defeated! At such a juncture, Cao Cao wanted to use rumors to coerce the lord to fulfill the marriage as soon as possible. ”

"That's what I said, but Cao Cao's hand is too long to avoid stretching, my army has just arrived in Dongcheng, Cao Cao has made such a big noise, it seems that Cao Cao has buried a lot of fine work in my three counties." When Yuan Yao said this, he snorted coldly and continued: "It seems that it's time to clean up the land of the three counties, it just so happens that there is nothing to do this winter, and it can be used to complete this matter, otherwise the land of the three counties of Lujiang will be infiltrated into sand by others sooner or later!" ”

Pang Tong saw that Yuan Yao was unhappy, and pondered for a moment, and said: "Although Cao Cao is suspected of coercing the lord, but the lord also intends to get married as soon as possible, and this matter is not necessarily a bad thing, at least the lord can see Cao Cao's eagerness for the marriage through this matter, and there should be no accidents in this marriage." Of course, if the lord is uncomfortable, there is no way to embarrass Cao Cao! ”

"Oh? What is Shiyuan's plan? ”

Pang Tong smiled and said: "Cao Cao has just restored the land of Xuzhou now, it can be said that he is very rich, the lord wants to support 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the land of the three counties is really difficult to supply, and the lord can take this opportunity to extort a rich dowry from Cao Cao." The lord can let people go to Xuzhou and Xudu to spread rumors, that Cao Cao is about to marry his favorite daughter to the lord, Cao Cao loves his daughter very much, has prepared a dowry of 3,000 cars and nearly 10,000 servants, and now he is waiting to marry his daughter! ”

Yuan Yao laughed and said: "Shiyuan really has a clever plan, since he can't help Cao Cao for the time being, then it's good to knock a sum of money and grain out first, when the elk clan married the daughter, he gave Liu Bei countless money and food, and now the prime minister's marriage to the daughter can't be smaller than the elk's scene, isn't it?" This matter will be handed over to you and Jinyiwei to deal with, and you will definitely get a piece of meat from Cao Cao's hands! After the rumors spread, I don't believe that Cao Cao can still slap himself in the face? ”

Pang Tong saw that Yuan Yao was no longer angry, and continued: "Lord, Yuan Gong sent a message, Yuan Gong's convoy has arrived in Hefei, and it will be able to reach Dongcheng in these two days. ”

"It's okay, let Yue Yun lead three thousand iron horsemen to pick it up, don't encounter any accidents on the road."

"No, the minister has an order, and this will be arranged."

……

Two days later, Yuan Yin with hundreds of cars of luxury convoy finally arrived at the Dongcheng camp, Yuan Yao personally led people out of the camp ten miles to meet, Yuan Yin saw Yuan Yao out of the camp to meet him, hurriedly stepped out of the carriage to salute, Yuan Yao stepped forward to pull Yuan Yin, said: "Uncle don't be polite, the heavy snow seals the road and the wind is bitter cold, this road is hard uncle." ”

Yuan Yao laughed a few times and said, "The old man is already satisfied to see my Yuan clan rise again, why dare you speak?" Yao'er, you are a person who does great things, and the only thing the old man can do for you is these things behind him, Yao'er can rest assured, the old man will go to Xu Du and his party, and he will bring your beloved daughter back to the three counties! ”

"Hahahaha, I have my uncle and father on my own, so I am naturally the most relieved."

Yuan Yao continued while helping Yuan Yin back into the carriage and following him up: "Now that the battle of Xuzhou has just ended, Cao Cao is not in Xudu at present, and he is still handling Xuzhou's military and political affairs in Xiapi City. ”

"Uncle has to carry hundreds of cars of dowry to Xudu, this road is hundreds of miles away, there are soldiers and bandits on the way, I need to arrange elite soldiers to escort me, and Cao Cao needs to arrange soldiers and horses to respond, which will take time. Since my uncle has already arrived in Dongcheng, then I will send Pegasus to Xiapi to deliver the letter, and after Cao Cao is ready to respond, my uncle will continue to Xudu. My uncle had come all the way from afar, so he could take this opportunity to rest for a few days. ”

Yuan Yao nodded and replied, "Since this is the case, then the old man will rest in Dongcheng for a few days first." ”

……

After Yuan Yao returned to the camp, he immediately sent a fast horse to Xiapi to deliver a letter, informing Cao Cao that he was going to send his uncle Yuan Yin to Xudu to hire him, the dowry was extremely valuable, and he needed to send elite soldiers to escort him, which required Cao Cao to order him to let go, and he also needed to arrange soldiers and horses as a response.

Cao Cao also knew that on the way from Jiujiang County to Xudu, the bandits gathered in chaos, especially in the Runan area, there were also Yellow Turban thieves Liu Pi Gong Du and others to make trouble, plus Yuan Shaoding would not sit idly by and watch him and Yuan Yao marry, maybe he would send people to intercept and kill, and the rest of the princes may also have the idea of fishing in troubled waters, and this road may not be peaceful.

If there is really any accident on the road, if the dowry is just robbed, then it is better to say, at most, it is just to lose some face.

But if Yuan Yao's uncle Yuan Yin also died in Yuzhou, then he would be in big trouble, and maybe he and Yuan Yao would get married!

Cao Cao hurriedly sent a letter to Xu Du to prepare for marriage, and then sent a letter to Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, asking them to immediately take two thousand elite horsemen to the area of Xiangxian to prepare for the recruitment procession.