However, it was said that Yuan Shao fled for four or five miles in a hurry, and found that the cavalry under the command of Jin Liang was no longer chasing after him, and saw that Zhu Jun, the Sizhou Mu who led 20,000 infantry behind, seemed to remember the friendship with the Yuan family in Runan, and he did not chase after him, and he suddenly felt relaxed, and saw that most of the generals under his command had gathered, and there was not much sadness in his heart.

Yuan Shao checked the soldiers again, there are still more than 30,000 people, although most of them are wounded, lose their armor and abandon their morale, and can no longer fight, but as long as these more than 30,000 people are brought back to Xiangyang, it is better than nothing, after all, Jin Liang's reputation for good fighting is famous all over the world, and the extremely vicious Dong Zhuo and Xianbei were defeated under him, and there is nothing to be ashamed of being defeated in the hands of Jin Liang.

This year is 192 AD, not 200 AD, and now Yuan Shao is just over forty years old, and he meets Jin Liang, who is recognized as capable of fighting, and it is normal to lose. What's more, Yuan Shao still has most of his troops left in Jingzhou, and now the loss is only one-fifth of his total strength, so Yuan Shao is not as sad as he lost to Cao Cao in Guandu and Cangting in 200 AD.

Yuan Shao's heart was stable. Seeing that all the generals and generals under his command were exhausted, he beckoned everyone to sit down and rest, in a barren place between these two mountains and a ditch. Yuan Shao still did not change the luxury of the children of the family, and ordered someone to choose a large bluestone, rinse it with water, and then spread silk on it, and Yuan Shao Shi Shiran sat down to rest.

Yuan Shao sat on the bluestone, looking at the steep slopes on both sides of the big valley and the dense jungle on the slopes, and couldn't help laughing.

The civil and military generals hurriedly asked, "Why is the lord laughing?" ”

Yuan Shao looked up and laughed: "I laugh at Jin Liang after all, he was born in a martial arts, and he is brave." But I don't know the art of war and have no resourcefulness, if I use soldiers, I will definitely ambush a group of men and horses here, so that even if we escape with our lives, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Now it seems that Jin Liang did not set up an ambush on this mountain. What a disappointment for me! ”

Those civil officials and military generals knew that Yuan Shao had always liked others to compliment him, and they all sent sycophants, this one said that the lord was proficient in the art of war, that said that the lord was rich in strategy, and this said that the lord was a hundred times more talented than Jin Liang. They all forgot how Yuan Shao was defeated by Jin Liang just now.

Yuan Shao heard the flattery of all the civil ministers and military generals under him, and the depression of being defeated by Jin Liang was swept away, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Suddenly, a loud horn sounded in the mountains and forests on both sides, which made Yuan Shao's laughter stop abruptly.

A general flashed in the mountains and forests, it was Huang Zhong, a fierce general under Jin Liang, who led 8,000 infantry to ambush on both sides of the mountains and forests, archers and crossbowmen shot down, swords and spearmen threw stones and flying spears down, ten thousand arrows were fired together, stone spears flew together, and the defenseless Yuan army suffered heavy casualties.

The slopes on both sides were lush with vegetation, and the arrows of Huang Zhongbu were very dense, Yuan Shao couldn't judge how many people and horses were ambushed here, and thought that Jin Liang had ambushed tens of thousands of infantry, and the morale of the generals under his command was low, and they were at the bottom, so they couldn't launch a counterattack at all, so they had to flee forward in a hurry under the protection of Han Meng, Jin Weihuang and other generals, with shields.

Huang Zhong's 8,000 infantry were distributed on the hillside within a four-mile range, and when he saw Yuan's army fleeing in a hurry, Huang Zhong led these 8,000 infantry to move forward from the hillside, and while running, he carried out an air attack on Yuan's army.

After all, Huang Zhong's 8,000 infantry walked from the mountains, the mountain roads were rugged and difficult to walk, and there was no Yuan army walking smoothly at the bottom of the valley, and Yuan Jun was fleeing for his life and had the speed of a dog jumping over the wall, so Huang Zhong's troops chased for four or five miles, but they couldn't catch up with Yuan's pace.

Huang Zhong was not discouraged, he had already completed the tactical task given to him by Jin Liang, so he looked ahead with a smile and said, "Zhang Wenyuan, it's up to you." ”

Yuan Jun ran forward for another five or six miles, and the pursuers on the mountain gradually moved away, and even Zhu Jun's pursuers disappeared, and Yuan Shao, who thought he had escaped from life, laughed again, and ridiculed Jin Liang for not continuing to set up an ambush.

But his laughter didn't last long before it was cut off by shouts of killing on both sides of the valley.

Zhang Liao, a general under Jin Liang, led 8,000 infantry, ambushed here, the archers fired thousands of arrows, the swords and spearmen flew together, and the Yuan army was killed and wounded.

Yuan Shao had to flee forward in a hurry, but on the more than ten miles of mountain road in front, he was successively ambushed by Jin Liang's generals Xu Huang and Zhang Jaw, and when Yuan Shao went out of Dagu and arrived at Guangcheng Pass, he counted his subordinates and soldiers, and only 3,000 people remained.

The flag of Yuan Jun was still fluttering on Guangcheng Pass, and when Yuan Shao saw the flag, he said with great certainty: "Once you enter the pass, you will be able to save the day!" When we return to Jingzhou, gather grass and grain, develop well, and take revenge in the future! ”

There was a general standing on the close, and he said with a smile on his face: "Lord Fair is back!" Come on, open and close the door, and welcome the lord back to the customs. ”

Yuan Shao saw that the general was his close general Chun Yuqiong, so he walked quickly to the pass, he was very sleepy, and he dreamed of entering Guangcheng Pass to rest.

Xu You, the strategist beside him, hurriedly grabbed Yuan Shao's robe and said, "Lord, beware of fraud!" ”

Yuan Shao was frightened by Jin Liang's ambush and became a frightened bird, hearing Xu You say this, he trembled all over, and hurriedly asked: "Ziyuan, what did you find wrong?" ”

Xu You stroked the mouse whiskers, squinted his eyes, stared at Chun Yuqiong on the gate, turned his head to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, General Chun Yu is loyal to you, if he knows that you are back, he will definitely go down to the pass to greet you, especially knowing that the lord is in danger, he will send troops to rescue, and there is no reason to stand at the head of the city to greet him." Moreover, how could General Chunyu's lieutenants Yuan Jin and Zhao Rui not show up? ”

Yuan Shao frowned, staring at Chun Yuqiong on the close, and the more he looked at it, the more suspicious he became: "Ziyuan, in your opinion, there is a mess in this Guangcheng Pass, and this Chun Yuqiong is pretending to be a person." ”

Xu You sighed and said, "Lord, have you forgotten a key person? If he doesn't show up, it means that there must be something wrong in this pass. ”

Yuan Shao's face turned blue and said, "Yan Xing's betrayal of us?!" ”

Xu You nodded and said: "I have long persuaded the lord not to put Yan Xing in the rear army, especially not to put it next to Chun Yuqiong, who is greedy for cups and misdeeds, the lord just doesn't listen, and it's too late to say anything now." ”

Yuan Shao looked ashamed, but he didn't have the courage to admit his mistake, and asked instead: "Ziyuan, for the sake of today's plan, what should we do." ”

Xu You pointed to the city gate and said, "Yan Xing's men and horses have been dispatched, so we have no choice but to escape." ”

Yuan Shao looked at the city gate, Yan Xing, who was originally ambushed on the side of the city gate, saw that Yuan Shao was suspicious and had not entered for a long time, so he couldn't hold back, instigated the black horse, waved the Zhangba snake spear, and led the two thousand Jincheng soldiers under his command to kill Yuan Shao.

Although there were 3,000 soldiers on Yuan Shao's side, they were all extremely tired and traumatized, and they couldn't fight at all, so they had to flee to Guangchengze in the east in a hurry, and he turned around and scolded sharply while fleeing: "Yan Xing, Jin Liang drove you out of Luoyang, it was me Yuan Shao who took you in, but why did you betray me?!" ”

Yan Xing scolded: "Yuan Shao, your uncle Yuan Kui was killed by Dong Zhuo, I killed Dong Zhuo to avenge your family, I am your benefactor, but you treat me like a slave, so you will take revenge, what kind of face do you have to say about me!" Moreover, General Jin is an important minister of the imperial court, and his recovery of Luoyang is based on the edict of the Son of Heaven, I don't resent him, and your unauthorized attack on Luoyang is a rebellion, and I, Yan Xing'an, can be a tiger fighter! ”

A few days ago, Yan Xing was left in Guangcheng Pass by Yuan Shao, and he still led more than 2,000 Jincheng soldiers under his command. Yan Xing thought that he got rid of Dong Zhuo in order for Yuan Shao to avenge the killing of his uncle, who knew that Yuan Shao didn't take this to heart at all, and was extremely cold to him, so Chun Yuqiong, Zhao Rui and other generals of the Yuan army did not have much respect for Yan Xing, and shouted at him, as if driving an unknown general.

Yan Xing was sucking anger in his heart, he was thinking about when to leave Yuan Shao and go to Lujiang County to try to defect to Yuan Shu.

At this moment, an acquaintance came to Yan Xing's military camp, it was Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, a Wuwei person.

When Yan Xing was under Dong Zhuo before, he had also met Jia Xu a few times, but they were not familiar with each other.

Yan Xing knew that Jia Xu was still very important as a military advisor under Jin Liang, and he was very puzzled why Jia Xu would come to him, Yan Xing thought that he was now under Yuan Shao, worried that Chun Yuqiong's people would find out, and worried that Yuan Shao would make trouble for him, so when he saw Jia Xu, the first thing he said was to say: "Come on, drive this person out!" ”

Jia Xu sneered: "It doesn't matter if you drive me out, I'm afraid that you won't see Yang Xiu again." ”

Yan Xing's eyes widened and said, "What did you say?!" Yang Xiu is still alive now? When Yan Xing killed Dong Zhuo, he wanted to send troops to Hangu Pass to return to Yang Xiu, but unexpectedly, Jin Liang took advantage of the situation to occupy Luoyang that night, and Hangu Pass soon fell into the hands of Jin Liang.

Jia Xu took out a piece of jewelry, Yan Xing grabbed it, took a closer look, and said happily: "This is exactly the hosta I gave her." ”

Yan Xing then glared at Jia Xu very vigilantly and said, "Just based on this dead thing, how can you know that Yang Xiu is still alive and not killed by your rebels?" ”

Jia Xu took out another letter and handed it to Yan Xingdao: "Let's see if this is written by Yang Xiu himself!" ”

Yan Xing took the letter from Jia Xu's hand, and read it carefully, the handwriting was Yang Xiu's handwriting, and the tone was also Yang Xiu's tone, maybe someone would copy the handwriting, but the compassion and some small secrets that only two people knew between the lines could not be made up by others, Yan Xing believed that this letter was indeed written by Yang Xiu.

After reading the letter, Yan Xing's heart was surging and unsettled, Yang Xiu not only expressed his longing for Yan Xing in the letter, but also told Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, and Shi Sun Rui's serial conspiracy.

Yan Xing couldn't help but look back and think carefully about the words and deeds of Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, and Shi Sun Rui many days ago, and the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, this serial plan was true.

What scared Yan Xing the most was that Yang Xiu mentioned in his letter that Yang Zan had secretly discussed with Wang Yun that he would get rid of Yan Xing after getting rid of Dong Zhuo and taking power.

Yan Xingwan suddenly woke up, it turned out that he still thought that these ministers of the family were sincere to him and could be relied on, but he didn't expect that they were just using themselves to eradicate Dong Zhuo, and after getting rid of Dong Zhuo, they felt that they had no use value and didn't want to decentralize power to themselves, so they wanted to get rid of themselves.

Yan Xing instantly broke out in a cold sweat, if it weren't for Jin Liang's skillful use of Luoyang to get rid of Wang Yun and the others, I am afraid that he would die in the hands of Wang Yun, Yang Zan and other conspirators in the future, and what is even more terrifying is that after these guys get rid of themselves, they will definitely charge themselves with a Dong Zhuo thief, and then they will not only work in vain, but will be infamous through the ages.

Jia Xu smiled and said, "General Yan, Wang Yun and others are all family figures. Playing with intrigues and tricks is their strength, if the lord does not take Luoyang by chance, let Wang Yun and others make waves. I'm afraid that if Dong Zhuo dies, General Yan, you, a meritorious man, will also be unloaded and killed by them. From this point of view, General Yan, you leave Luoyang. It's a blessing for Seon to lose his horse. ”

"Is it a blessing for Seon to lose his horse?" Yan Xing must not have understood this allusion, so he frowned and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Jia Xu shared with Yan Xing the story that Jin Liang had told them to these advisors.

After hearing this, Yan Xing remembered a series of things that happened in Luoyang City, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "I really know if I am a blessing!" ”

Yan Xing knew in his heart that if it weren't for Jin Liang's skillful capture of Luoyang, I am afraid that it would not be long before he would be killed by Wang Yun, Yang Zan and others, from this point of view. Jin Liang can also be regarded as a life-saving benefactor, Yan Xing originally regarded Jin Liang as an enemy who did not share the sky because he was forced out of Luoyang by Jin Liang, but now he no longer has so much resentment towards Jin Liang in his heart.

Yan Xing gently put away the hosta and the letter, restrained the arrogance just now, and asked quietly, "Is Yang Xiu in Luoyang?" How is she now? ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Yang Xiu now lives near the Luoyang Imperial Palace, and there are female soldiers to serve, so she has no worries about food and clothing. Please, General Yan, don't worry about it. ”

Yan Xing understood the implicit intention of Jia Xu's words, Jin Liang took Yang Xiu as a hostage, and he must ask Yan Xing to agree to some conditions, Yan Xing stared at Jia Xu and said, "Mr. Jia, you just get straight to the point." How about Jin Liang, he was willing to put Yang Xiu back. ”

Jia Xu didn't answer directly, but looked around Yan Xing's camp of more than 2,000 Jincheng soldiers, and saw that the supply of Jincheng soldiers was far worse than that of the Central Army, and it was also worse than the soldiers under Chun Yuqiong next door, so he sighed and said: "General Yan, it seems that you are not doing very well here." ”

Yan Xing's face was gloomy, and he did not answer Jia Xu's question directly.

Jia Xu said again: "The general is so brave, but unfortunately he has never met the Ming Lord, followed Han Sui in Jincheng, followed Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, and now follows Yuan Shao, all of them are wasted and wasted youth." ”

When Yan Xing saw Jia Xu going around in circles with him, he closed his eyes and ignored Jia Xu's strange words.

Jia Xu sneered and stood up and said, "It seems that General Yan is ready to go on like this from now on, Jia Mou came wrong this time!" ”

Only then did Yan Xing open his eyes and said in a low voice: "Yuan Shao doesn't allow me, I can go to Yuan Shu." ”

Jia Xu said coldly: "Ming people don't say secret words, the world only sees you betraying Han Sui and Dong Zhuo, thinking that you are a capricious person, who can tolerate you?!" Moreover, General Yan, you are a martial artist from a cold family, Yuan Shao, who was born in a family, looks down on you, Yuan Shu is also self-conscious, and he will not take you seriously, and Liu Yan and Tao Qian's generation are also short-sighted and narrow-minded, and they will not allow you! Although the world is big, it is difficult to find a place for the generals to live. ”

Yan Xing said astringently: "None of them will allow me, then I will create a world by myself!" ”

Jia Xu sneered: "Why?!" With your more than 2,000 Jincheng soldiers? can only survive for a while, if you want to develop greatly, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky. ”

Yan Xing asked himself, he is the material for being a general but not the material for being a commander, with the more than 2,000 Jincheng soldiers under his command, he really can't do anything big, and now the most reliable prospect is to serve a reliable monarch, Jia Xu is right, it is estimated that Yuan Shu is no different from his brother Yuan Shao, and it is impossible to value himself, rather than serving them who are not as good as Jin Liang, it is better to serve Jin Liang.

Of course, Yan Xing didn't want to sell himself cheaply, so he asked in a deep voice: "If I take refuge in General Jin, how will he settle me?" ”

Jia Xu had a bright smile on his face, and said with a serious expression: "General Yan, you are just a tool used by him in Han Sui, he is used as a guard by Dong Zhuo, and he is regarded as a nameless general by Yuan Shao, I believe that these are not the treatment you want from General Yan." If you join the Central Army, if you are in charge of the locality, you can first take charge of a county of soldiers and horses, and then you can be in charge of a state of soldiers and horses, and if you go out with the lord, you can be in charge of a division of soldiers and horses. ”

Yan Xing thought about it, the Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian generations that he can take refuge in now are only the ones who have jurisdiction over a state, and they don't know when and what month they can have the opportunity to take charge of a state of soldiers and horses, although Yan Xing is lonely and boastful, but he knows that Jin Liang is now full of talents, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Zhang Jaw, Xu Rong, Ju Yi These people are all talented generals who can take charge of themselves, and before they have made an inch, they have to be awarded the title of Jin Liang as the lieutenant of a county, which is already a great weight, and it is already a great weight, replaced by Yuan Shao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Chun Yuqiong, A trusted general like Cai Mao is just a county lieutenant, and if he continues to stay with Yuan Shao, it is impossible to win Yuan Shao's trust more than Chun Yuqiong.

Yan Xing groaned: "I still have two requirements, first, to hand over Yang Xiu to me; Secondly, I need money to appease the more than 2,000 Jincheng brothers, and I hope that the general will give me 10,000 gold first. ”

Jia Xu laughed loudly and said: "Yang Xiu is now in your mansion in Luoyang City, as for the 10,000 gold, I can't give it to you now, but we can give you 20,000 yuan from the loot captured by Yuan Shao." Of course, the general also has requirements for you, he only has one requirement, he needs your loyalty, and the general doesn't want to become Han Sui, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao himself. ”

Yan Xing's face turned red, and he said with an innocent face: "As long as the lord does not live up to me, I will live up to the lord." The reason why I abandoned Han Sui, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao was because they couldn't stand me first, not because I took the initiative to betray them. ”