With the fall of the Yuan clan and the unification of the north, it seems that there will be no more wars in the short term.

Although the war against the Yuan clan went smoothly and wiped out the other party in one fell swoop, Cao Cao did not pay a price. Guandu, Cangting, and Makino, the time interval between the three major battles is not very long, and it can be said that it will not be long after one battle is over, and another one will be fought, which is really a waste of money for the people and money. On the side of the army, because it has to fight one after another, it consumes a lot of energy, and the whole army is in a period of fatigue at this moment.

Yuan Shao's sons, such as Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, all fled to Gongsun Kang in Liaodong to seek refuge from the other party.

If these three people don't die, it will always be a hidden danger.

So Cao Cao sent an envoy to Gongsun Du, hoping that he could hand over all the sons of the Yuan family to himself.

The names of Gongsun Du and his son Gongsun Kang may not be well known to many people. In various Three Kingdoms games, the Gongsun clan has guarded such a small land for several generations, and the various attribute values of Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang father and son in the game are also very average and are not taken seriously. But in fact, whether it is Gongsun Du or Gongsun Kang, they have done a lot in history.

Gongsun Du was considered by Dong Zhuo to be too conservative in Liaodong, and after his arrival, he implemented strict punishment and strict laws, cracked down on powerful forces, and made the administration of Liaodong clear.

When the alliance of the princes attacked Dong, Gongsun Du saw the chaos in the Central Plains, so he established himself as the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou. Gongsun Du invaded Goguryeo in the east and Wuhuan in the west, expanding the territory; Recruit talents, set up a museum to open a school, recruit displaced people, prestige overseas, and claim to be the king of Liaodong. Due to Gongsun Du's enterprising and painstaking management, the Liaodong region gained a short period of tranquility during the war years of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and also promoted the development of local production, technology and culture.

After his son Gongsun Kang succeeded to the Taishou of Liaodong, he followed his father's military and political strategy. At that time, Goguryeo repeatedly invaded Liaodong, and Gongsun Kang was angry and led his troops to attack it, winning successive battles, burning its cities along the way until it broke through the capital. In the end, the king of Goguryeo was frightened and asked Gongsun Kang to surrender, and Gongsun Kang set up a county in Goguryeo.

After the death of Gongsun Kang, because his sons were still young, he passed on to his younger brother Gongsun Gong. Cao Pi called the emperor, worshiped Gongsun Gong as the general of the chariot cavalry, faked the festival, and sealed the Marquis of Guo, which can be described as the grace of grace. However, Gongsun Gong once lost the function of a man because of a serious illness, so Gongsun Yuan, the son of Gongsun Kang, grew up and seized the position of his uncle Gongsun Gong on this ground. A few years later, Gongsun Yuan rebelled and proclaimed himself King of Yan, which attracted Sima Yi's conquest. In the war, the Liaodong army was defeated by the Wei army, and Gongsun Yuan himself was also captured, and the Gongsun clan, which was famous in Liaodong, Wuhuan, Goguryeo and other places, perished.

However, at this moment, the Gongsun clan is still a behemoth entrenched in Liaodong, and even Yuan Shao is unwilling to easily make enemies with it. Although Cao Cao has unified the north now, his strength is not what it used to be, but Hebei is a new place after all, and the people's hearts have not yet been completely annexed, and the army is tired from fighting for a long time, Cao Cao is not willing to turn his face with Gongsun Du at this time.

In order to not only stabilize Gongsun Du, but also allow him to hand over Yuan Shao's sons, Cao Cao did not order the other party with a high profile, but sent an envoy to Liaodong in a consultative manner.

In order to ensure that he could get the sons of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao even did not hesitate to order the Han Emperor to issue an edict and crown Gongsun Du as the general of Wei to show his favor.

General Wei, whose position is second only to the general, the hussar general and the chariot general, can be said to be quite high.

After the envoy came to Liaodong, he was immediately warmly received by Gongsun Du. He already knew the cause and effect of the envoy's coming to Liaodong, and he was promoted to an official by others, so how could he not be warmly welcomed?

However, Gongsun Du himself was also a little embarrassed when he met the envoy. There is no other reason, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, the three of them are no longer in Liaodong at this time.

When he said this, Gongsun Du's old face also felt a little embarrassed at this time, the reason why people gave you a promotion was to ask for someone, but now that the official has promoted you, people have not asked for it, what kind of truth is this.

However, the escape of Yuan Tan and others was indeed not deliberately indulged by Gongsun Du, and even Gongsun Du himself did not know about it. I don't know who leaked the news, Yuan Tan and the others actually knew the news that Gongsun Du wanted to exchange their lives for the position of General Wei, and they were frightened and fled to other places.

Yuan Tan and the others came to seek refuge for themselves, of course it was impossible for him to monitor their whereabouts at all times, so they fled, and Gongsun Du only learned about it afterwards.

As for where they fled, Gongsun Du did not know.

The messenger was helpless, although he was full of unhappiness, but he could only hold back. After all, the edict that promoted Gongsun Du to General Wei was issued "personally" by the Son of Heaven, and he would never say to the other party now, "I'm sorry, since I didn't ask for anyone, then this official naturally can't give you a seal" or something like that.

Gongsun Du also felt a little embarrassed, and before the envoy left, he asked him to transfer a lot of gold and silver, gifts and Liaodong specialties to Cao Cao to express his gratitude.

After Cao Cao learned that Yuan Tan and the others had fled again, he was also puzzled in his heart. The reason why he was in a hurry to kill Yuan Tan and others was because so far, the name of the Yuan clan still has a great influence in Hebei. The people of Hebei have not really attached themselves to Cao Cao, and if Yuan Tan and others wait for the opportunity to make trouble in Hebei, it may really cause some trouble.

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"Big, big, we really want it." In a barren and boundless grassland, the three brothers Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang were in rags, obviously suffering a lot, and where was there still a little bit of the demeanor of a famous son.

"If this is not the case, where else can we go, do you still think that there is still a place for us in the Central Plains?" Yuan Tan said angrily. He didn't want to make such a choice either, but he had no choice other than that.

Cao Cao occupied the entire north, and Gongsun Du of Liaodong did not care about the lives of his brothers in order to obtain a higher status. His brother went to vote for him, but he sold the three to Cao Cao in the blink of an eye.

The Yuan brothers, originally the relationship between each other should have been extremely unharmonious for the succession dispute, but now that the Yuan family is dead, there is no question of succession or not, so in order to survive, the three brothers can also be rare to be together.

I don't know how long I have to walk before I reach my destination. Yuan Tan looked at the blue sky in the distance, and his face was cloudy.

Go north, go to Mobei, go to the grassland. Although the Central Plains is vast, there is no place for the sons of the Yuan family, and now, they can only defect to foreign races such as Wuhuan and Xianbei.