"The Original ......"

After a long time, Yuan Ji opened his mouth and shouted his brother's name, but he didn't know what to say, he was not very good at words.

"Brother, let's go to the house." Yuan Shao forced a smile on his face.

"Okay." Yuan Ji nodded and walked ahead.

After entering the state governor's mansion, Yuan Shao did not take Yuan Ji to the hall, but directly to the backyard, and let his wife and concubines and children come to visit the uncle.

Yuan Shao had four sons, the eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi, and the third son Yuan Shang were all sent by him, Yuan Tan was on the border of Qingzhou, Yuan Xi was in Youzhou, and Yuan Shang was on the border of Zhongshan.

"Uncle ......"

Seeing the young Yuan Mai calling his uncle, Yuan Ji picked him up, said hello twice, his eyes were a little moist, and took his jade pendant from his body and gave it to his nephew.

Yuan Shao watched all this silently from the sidelines.

After a long time, the two of them walked into the hall again and sat down on the opposite table.

After a silence, Yuan Shao spoke first: "Brother, what's the matter here?" But on the orders of Zhang Liao, you came to persuade me to surrender my land? ”

Yuan Ji shook his head: "Originally, this time I came to Jizhou for my brother, not because of the Duke of Jin, but because I invited Ying. ”

Yuan Shao's face turned cold: "Brother wants me to surrender to Zhang Liao?" ”

"Originally," Yuan Ji Zhengse said: "Now the situation in Jizhou is as dangerous as an egg, and the defeat is only in the mist, I went to see the Duke of Jin before I came to Jizhou, and he has agreed, if he is willing to give up Jizhou, he will never do harm." ”

Yuan Shao sneered: "Zhang Liao is so confident? Is my Jizhou so easy to break? ”

Yuan Ji sighed: "Not among them, I don't know how powerful the Duke of Jin is, it is really not difficult for him to take Hebei." ”

"Brother, please go back!" Yuan Shao brushed his sleeves and got up and said: "He wants to come, I will fight, only Yuan Shao who died in battle, Yuan Shao who did not ask for surrender, want me to surrender, what is the difference from death!" I'd rather be crushed! ”

Yuan Ji didn't expect his younger brother, who had always been elegant and gentle, to refuse so strongly, he suddenly thought that when he met the Duke of Jin before he came to Jizhou, when the Duke of Jin heard that he was going to persuade Yuan Shao to surrender, his expression seemed to be a little regretful, and he sighed: Yuan Benchu was not the one who asked to surrender.

He still didn't understand it at the time, but at this time, he suddenly understood that he hadn't seen this brother thoroughly before Duke Jin.

Yuan Ji saw that Yuan Shao was about to retreat to the back hall, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, and said in tears: "At the beginning, since the Duke of Jin has been tolerant, why are you so stubborn? You don't think about yourself, you have to think about Yuan's family, now the highway has been killed by the old department, for the brother's shallow knowledge, only you have the wind of the head of the family, if you are determined to burn jade, such as Yuan's what? The young nephew is only six years old, ignorant of the world, and has no one to teach, how can he not have a father? ”

Yuan Shao heard his brother mention his young son, his face softened, and he suddenly turned around and bowed down, saying: "I have made up my mind, I can only ask for one, after I die, I hope that my brother will take care of the family and get rid of it!" ”

"Primordial!" Yuan Ji pulled Yuan Shao and mourned in his heart: "Why are you like this!" ”

Yuan Shao was silent, he was a proud person, he would rather die in battle than allow himself to meet anyone with a gesture of surrender, including Dong Zhuo at the beginning, and Zhang Liao today, even if he still admired Zhang Liao a little in his heart, but his pride did not allow him to bow his head.

Yuan Ji saw that Yuan Shao had made up his mind, and he knew that he couldn't be dissuaded, so he couldn't help but be depressed.

Yuan Shao's family had a little support, and went to the worries behind him, but he regained his bearing and demeanor, took Yuan Ji's arm, and said with a smile: "Brother, I will send you out of the city, and you will also go to the city to see my Hebei soldiers and horses, why not be afraid of Zhang Liao!" ”

After saying that, Yuan Shao pulled Yuan Ji, who looked depressed, and walked out.

On the tower of the west gate of Yecheng, facing the sunset, Yuan Shao looked at the camp outside the city.

The soldiers and horses outside the city did not fully besiege the city, but they were stationed three miles away from the west gate of Yecheng, and built a camp with great fanfare, obviously preparing for a long-term siege.

At this time, the soldiers and horses outside the city are practicing, waving flags, drums are like thunder, roars are shaking the sky, the footsteps of the two phalanxes are moving in unison, and the breath of cold and solemn killing can be clearly felt in the city tower.

The real armor light opens to the sun, and the black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it!

Even Yuan Shao's mind couldn't help but be frightened, he could no longer boast of the majesty of Hebei's soldiers and horses, which was indeed much worse than Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses.

Immediately, Yuan Shao's face couldn't help but change, and suddenly he thought of something, and when he turned to look at the guards in the city, they were all pale, with fear in their eyes, and their morale was extremely low.

Yuan Shao's face became extremely ugly, he knew that the intention of the soldiers and horses outside the city to train there was to use this method to demolish the morale of the soldiers in the city.

But this is a fair and honest conspiracy, he can't stop it, no one of the elite armored soldiers under his command can compare to one-tenth of it, and before he fights, he is afraid that his momentum will be gone.

He finally understood why Yan Liang and Wen Chou's tens of thousands of troops were defeated so quickly, and they were not opponents when facing the enemy head-on, let alone losing the opportunity in the middle of the plan, and he also understood why Yuan Ji was not optimistic about him at all. If it's really not among them, I don't know how powerful Zhang Liao is.

Yuan Shao's heart suddenly became gloomy, and at this moment, Xin Ping climbed up the city tower panting, came to Yuan Shao's side, and whispered in his ear: "Lord, it's not good, the eldest prince and the third prince ......"

Hearing Xin Ping mention his two sons, Yuan Shao couldn't help but change color, what he had been worried about was the two sons who were still outside, and he hurriedly asked: "How is Xiansi and Xianfu?" ”

Xin Ping said in a difficult voice: "The eldest prince and the second prince were both defeated and cut off the back road, and the eldest prince went to Yanzhou to join Cao Cao, and the second prince ...... The second son surrendered to Zhongshan. ”

Yuan Shao listened to Xin Ping's words, as if he had been struck by lightning, the whole person froze there, trembling all over, and his face was full of disbelief.

Xin Ping knew Yuan Shao's mood at this time, Yuan Shao liked the third son Yuan Shang the most, just because Yuan Shang's appearance and demeanor were most similar to Yuan Shao, and he was also brave and good at fighting, so that Yuan Shao had several times raised the idea of abolishing the elder and establishing the young and handing over the foundation to Yuan Shang.

At this time, hearing that Yuan Shang had taken refuge in Guo Jia, the shock and collapse in Yuan Shao's heart were self-evident.

Yuan Ji didn't hear Xin Ping's words on the side, and saw that Yuan Shao suddenly became depressed, and hurriedly asked, "Originally, what happened?" ”

"Huh...... Hehe...... In vain, I am a hero of Yuan Shao, but I was born so rebellious...... Heh......" Yuan Shao laughed sadly, opened his mouth, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell backwards.

"Primordial!" Yuan Ji hurriedly went to help him.

"My lord! Lord! ”

Xin Ping and the others on the side also panicked, and went to help Yuan Shao, but saw that Yuan Shao's face was already pale and he had already fainted.

In fact, the sudden change in the situation in the past two days has dealt a great blow to Yuan Shao, especially Yan Liang's death in battle and the disappearance of Feng Ji, which made Yuan Shao feel powerless, but as the lord, he suppressed all the depression and powerlessness in his heart, and on the surface he still had a confident and complacent posture.

In fact, his mentality has been unbalanced, and making the decision to kill Tian Feng means that he has lost his normal heart.

At this time, the actions of the two sons became the last straw that crushed him, especially the third son Yuan Shang, who loved Xin Zhong the most, which dealt a fatal blow to Yuan Shao.

In September of the second year of Jian'an, under the eyes of the soldiers defending the city, Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou, vomited blood and fainted, and then fell ill, making the whole Yecheng people panic.

At this time, Yuan Tan fled to Yanzhou, Yuan Shang surrendered to Zhongshan, Yuan Xi was far away in Youzhou, only a six-year-old son, and no one was in charge of the overall situation.

Three days later, the famous Jizhou pastor Yuan Shao died of illness, and the people of Jizhou grieved.

When the people were panicking, Don't drive Tian Feng to come forward, and decided to have Yuan Shao's brother Yuan Ji go out of the city to surrender on behalf of Jizhou, expressing his willingness to sacrifice Yecheng and only seek to preserve the Yuan family.

At this time, no one objected to Tian Feng's choice, and they only had this one choice.

Yuan Shao's accidental death made Zhang Liao easily get Hebei, after Zhang Liao learned the news, he was silent for a long time, and could only smile bitterly and shake his head, it seems that Yuan Shao is still difficult to escape.

In this way, although the people of Hebei are grateful for Yuan Shao's kindness in governing the place, they do not hate Zhang Liao, and under the propaganda of Guo Jia and others, everyone knows that Yuan Shao was angry with his son.