Chapter Forty-Six: Dead Lips and Cold Teeth
(Recommended reading: Hebei, Yecheng, Jizhou Mu-Yuan Shao's mansion, the pavilions and palaces inside, the halls and water pavilions, everything is available, showing the wealth of the world, that is, compared to Yuan Shu's 'pseudo-palace' in Shouchun City, it is not inferior, and the taste of the two brothers is the same, that is, everything, not the best, but the most expensive, the face is bigger than the sky!
However, Yuan Shao still has to be slightly higher, he did not loot the people of Hebei, but sent people to let those big businessmen donate gold, in order to show respect, under the coercion of knives and guns, try to ask who dares not to offer loyalty, money is like flowing water has always converged into Yuan Shao's pocket, especially the big family in Hebei - the Zhen family, the most hard, donating 100,000 dollars, piggybacking on a few big cars of flattery, Yuan Shao's heart is full of joy, and another big family, Youzhou-Liang family has nothing to say......
Mansion, in the lobby, Yuan Shao is playing the newly arrived 'General Golden Seal', with a proud and arrogant face, what is the prime minister of the dynasty, what if the little emperor is taken to Xuchang, and finally he did not obediently give up the position of the general, plus the governance of Hebei, You, Qing, and Sanzhou, this gift is comfortable, even Cao Mengde is so afraid of himself, who is the first person in the world to give me?
"Report ~ General, there is a messenger in Shouchun!"
Just as Yuan Shao fell into the sweet dream of his own compilation, an attendant ran in like a fly.
"Huainan? Messenger! "What Yuan Shao likes to hear the most is the news of Huainan, because his precious brother actually put on a dragon robe, facing the south and turning his back to the north, and became the emperor!
"Stupid ......, rat eyes, don't know whether to live or die!"
As long as he thinks of this, Yuan Shao will scold at the south, all kinds of dirty words emerge in endlessly, scolding for half an hour without repeating the same, sometimes the rise of scolding, and will take care of Yuan Shu's ancestors for eight generations, and after scolding, I remembered that the two of them were half-brothers, and he was angry and ran to the ancestral tablet to ask for guilt, "I'm sorry, the ancestors of the Yuan family, I scolded the wrong ......"
Scolding and scolding, in fact, Yuan Shao was more jealous in his heart, because Yuan Shu did something he wanted to do, but he didn't have the courage to do.
It is true that the decline of the Han family is right, the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family, looking up at the sea, sooner or later it will be 'replaced', but he Yuan Shao is the eldest son in the family, and his strength is strong, and the throne should belong to him.
Especially when I thought that Yuan Shu was holding the 'Heirloom Jade Seal' in his arms, and then looked at the 'Great General's Golden Seal' in his hand, it was not so cute!
For this reason, Yuan Shao was furious several times, and the attendants who were killed with the rod were in double digits.
"Pass them in, it looks like my precious brother won't be able to hold on!" Yuan Shao's face was gloating, when the news of the Battle of Sanfeng Mountain came, he was even happier than Cao Cao, not only did he eat two more bowls of rice at night, but on a whim, he also favored several concubines, and set the best personal record of 'four degrees of plum blossoms', Yuan Shu was unlucky, and he was more happy than his success!
"Minions Yuan Fu and Yuan Lu see the eldest prince!" The two messengers who came in were dressed in family clothes, and they were limping, they were originally slaves of the Yuan family, and they had followed the Yuan brothers since they were young, so they called Yuan Shao the eldest prince, not an official position, and the reason why Yuan Shu sent them to be messengers for help was to use the brotherhood that had long since ceased to exist to impress his cheap brother!
"It's you two brothers, stand up and talk back!" After all, they grew up together since childhood, and the two are also brothers, so Yuan Shao also gave a little face!
"Master Xie!" Yuan Fu and Yuan Lu saluted again, then untied their clothes, untied their robes, and finally used a knife to cut out half of a letter from their underwear clothes.
It is not easy to say that this letter was sent, Cao Jun besieged Shouchun City, several layers inside and outside, impermeable, just like an iron bucket, fortunately it rained heavily, and the two of them were familiar with the terrain, so they ran out at night, but the road was still discovered by the rangers of the Xuanjia Army, and more than a dozen guards were all shot and killed, and their brothers were also one of them was hit by an arrow, and they were injured and escaped, so they walked with a limp.
The reason why the letter is divided into two halves is also for the sake of security, as long as the two are not caught together, the letter asking for help will not be leaked, which is also a smart way!
The letter has long been soaked with sweat, and there are faint blood stains, but when they are put together, they can still barely see the handwriting on it, Yuan Shao guessed well, Shouchun really can't hold it anymore, I hope he will send troops to attack Xuchang, come to 'encircle Wei to save Zhao', stretch out his hand, and pull his precious brother!
"Brother, you are still soft, and you are begging for my head!" The smile on Yuan Shao's face just rose, and it fell back again, and it turned out that at the bottom of the letter, there was a bright red imprint, with eight big characters on it, 'Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!' ’
"Damn, they're all here for help, and they're still putting your emperor on the shelf!" The letter is stamped with the 'jade seal of the country', which is not a letter, but a holy decree, that is to say, his younger brother Yuan Shu ordered him to send troops, called rescue, but actually dug a pit, hiding the status of the monarch and minister?
If he really sent troops, wouldn't it be equivalent to recognizing his 'Zhong Dynasty' and recognizing his emperor!
"My brother is sitting in Huainan, the soldiers are full of food, and he has the jade seal of the country in hand, why was he forced by Cao Mengde to be like this!" Yuan Shao's name is Xunqing, and the irony in his words can even be heard by the birds in the trees outside!
"What's this?" The two had to tell the story of the battle of 'Sanfeng Mountain' in detail, but there must have been some Spring and Autumn brushwork in it, in short, it was not that my master Yuan Shu was incompetent, but that Cao Mengde was too cunning, and God didn't help, so it was a failure~~
"Please also ask the eldest prince to send troops to help the second son for the sake of the siblings, after all, they are all descendants of the Yuan family, and the old lady is in the spirit of the sky, and he will also hope that the brothers will be harmonious!" At this point, in order not to anger Yuan Shao, the two had to lower the title of Yuan Shu to the second son, the posture was low, there was no way, Shouchun City was shocked three times a day, who knows when the city will be broken, saving soldiers is like fighting fire!
"Hehe, why didn't he think of my brother when he was arrogant, why didn't he think of my brother when he was the emperor without authorization? Now that the army is defeated, I am only remembered when I am trapped in the lonely city, it's too late! ”
Yuan Shao still wrote the letter on the ground, in fact, how could he not know Yuan Shu's current situation, the reason why the two of them said the matter of Sanfeng Mountain again was that he heard that his baby brother was very cool and comfortable to defeat the battle!
"Hey!" Yuan Fu and Yuan Lu glanced at each other, their faces were full of wry smiles, the Yuan brothers have been like this since they were children, their faces and hearts are not in harmony, but now they are good, even their faces are torn, they are flesh and blood brothers, why is this?
They also saw that they couldn't impress Yuan Shao with family affection, since this was the case, they could only use Zimu Gongzi's method!
"Eldest son, our brother is a subordinate, and he doesn't understand any big truths, but there are four words that he has always kept in mind!"
"Oh, those four words?"
"Dead lips and cold teeth!"
"Shhh Hiss! ”
Silent for a while, his heart rolled a few times, Yuan Shao finally sat back, and picked up the thrown away letter, he hated Yuan Shu is true, but the truth of 'lips and teeth are cold' is even more true!
After all, he can't write two 'Yuan' words in one stroke, if Cao Cao destroys Yuan Shu and annexes the land of Huainan, his strength will skyrocket, so who will he deal with next?
Who else could there be besides him Yuan Benchu, so for his own safety, he should also send troops to pull Yuan Shu, but he was called like this, and he was particularly unwilling, he was really in a dilemma, and he didn't know what choice to make!
"Come on, invite the strategists, and discuss the matter in the back hall!"
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In the mansion, in the back hall, several major strategists under Yuan Shao quarreled on the issue of whether to send troops, among which Tian Feng and Fu Zhu advocated sending troops immediately to relieve the siege of Shouchun, while Feng Ji and Guo Tu desperately opposed, thinking that not a single soldier could be sent!
"Cao Cao's expedition to Shouchun, Xuchang must be extremely empty, the lord should immediately send troops to sneak attack, and carry out the plan of 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', not only can relieve the siege of Shouchun, but also snatch the little emperor to Yecheng, so as to order the princes of the world!"
Tian Feng has always been obsessed with the matter of not being able to snatch the little emperor in his hands last time, and if he is given a good opportunity today, he naturally refuses to let it go!
The strategist expressed his support, as the so-called 'brother is still outside the wall to resist its insult', after all, his own lord and Yuan Shu are flesh and bones, and broken bones are still connected to tendons, not to mention that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, saving Huainan is equivalent to saving Hebei;
"The difference between the two dukes, that Yuan Shu called the emperor without authorization, is a traitor, has been cut off from the world, the lord is the general of the imperial court, at this time should quickly send a 'rebellion against the text', in order to show the righteousness of the relatives, how can he send troops to help the thief in turn?" Guo Tu is a staunch oppositionist, and he also stands on a moral high ground that is impossible to refute!
"That's right, Yuan Shu is self-defeating, why should we wade into this troubled water, and once Yuan Shu is destroyed, the identity of the 'Four Worlds and Three Dukes' will be unique to the lord!" Feng Ji is also an opposition, if Guo Tu's words account for a 'righteousness', then his words account for a 'profit', which are all good things that make people's hearts move.
"Immediately send troops!"
"Resolutely not!"
"You ......"
"I ......"
Four people, eight eyes, stared at each other, each saying their own reasons, Yuan Shao was dizzy when he heard it, and it was even more difficult to choose!
After arguing for an hour, everyone's eyes finally converged on a person who didn't say a word--- Xu You!
Xu Yu is a special existence among the strategists, in terms of the level of strategy, he belongs to the bottom one, in terms of character, it is even worse, the famous 'greedy and insatiable', but he has a powerful ability that no one can match, that is, ---' and mud! ’
No matter how sharp the two opinions are, he can always find a way to soften the two together, and fortunately, Xu Yu's special ability allows the Hebei Group to make a final decision, otherwise the internal friction between the strategists alone will make them achieve nothing!
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Xu You was also a little smug, what is the use of high talent, doesn't he have to rely on him in the end?
"Send troops, but not the Yellow River!" Xu You's method is really a compromise!
"Sending troops is a complete brother's righteousness, and at the same time, Cao Mengde is jealous and does not dare to let go, the war in Huainan will inevitably drag on, and the longer they consume, the greater the casualties, and the more powerful it will be for us!
However, the Yellow River avoided dragging our Hebei side into the water, after all, the infamy of the 'traitor' is not so easy to bear, so it is enough to send two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, to command an army of 100,000, to stay along the Yellow River and put pressure on Xuchang! ”
"Okay, this is a brilliant plan, so decided!" Yuan Shao nodded approvingly, no matter what, this is also a feasible way.
As for the other strategists, although they have not been able to achieve their goals, they can only pinch their noses and admit it, and each one step back is better than not taking a single step!
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