Chapter 7: News from the South
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Now Yuan Yun has to face in addition to the above, there is also the problem of life and death, maybe he will soon be cut off by someone without knowing it, looking at the assassins who died around the frame, he can only shake his head and sigh, personal safety is the most headache in this era.
Zhao Yun withdrew the bright silver spear in his hand, and then with a flick of his wrist, a row of blood stains were imprinted on the ground, and seventeen people appeared at the same time, and they were also cut open by this bright silver spear almost at the same time, and almost without a cry of pain, they instantly became corpses.
Yuan Yun squatted next to a corpse and glanced at it, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Brother Zilong, can you leave a living mouth next time?" ”
Zhao Yun snorted, tied the spear to the side of the horse, and then jumped to the ground as light as a swallow, and then replied: "Master only explained to protect Yuan Hou, as for how to protect nature, I have the final say, these people were my accomplices not long ago, and now I want to kill them, I naturally don't want them to suffer too much, as for leaving a living mouth for you to torture, I don't want to think about it." ”
Yuan Yun wiped the injured blood on Shi Shen's clothes, waved his hand to signal that the guards could dispose of the corpse, and then turned around to look at Zhao Yun and said: "No, the Japanese Hou will take the gunpowder soldiers out for training, and the destination is Anding County controlled by Zhang Lu, the distance is not short, Brother Zilong prepared earlier." ”
Zhao Yun was stunned, nodded after a moment of silence, indicating that he already knew, and then turned on his horse again, turning into a stone statue of the god of war again.
Looking at the sky, it was close to evening, and he was busy in the school field of the Gunpowder Army today, but he didn't expect the time to pass so quickly, Cao Ang had already left Luoyang, and the day of his expedition was these two days, if it weren't for the fact that the frame loaded with the cannon had not yet taken shape, it would have been time to set off today.
Shi Shen saw that Zhao Yun rode to the front of the guards again, so he hurried to Yuan Yun's side and carefully reminded: "Lord, this Zhao Yun is not our own person, if you tell him about going to Anding County, will there be anything wrong?" ”
Hearing this, Yuan Yun glanced at Zhao Yun's back again, and then said with a smile: "Shi Shen, when did you become a person who made a small report behind your back, despicable." ”
Shi Shen's face suddenly turned red, and he replied with some displeasure: "I'm just worried about the comfort of the lord, who knows if the kid surnamed Zhao will write a letter to tell Liu Bei, and you don't stop him from always sending letters to Xinye, in case Liu Bei knows the news, and then informs Zhang Lu to take precautions, wouldn't we have to suffer a big loss, it would be dangerous." ”
Yuan Yun turned his gaze back at this time, looked at Shi Shen and said: "There is danger to need your guards, you look at now, all the work of the guards has been rounded up by Zhao Yun, and you have all become dry eaters, it is better to go home to accompany your wives and children, by the way, Shi Shen, I have brought you all your wives, and it just so happens that you can go to Gentle Township every day." ”
After Yuan Yun finished speaking, he fell down the unwilling Shi Shen, and then got into the frame, and never answered the question directly, because Yuan Yun believed that Zhao Yun would not do such a treacherous thing, even if he was just on the orders of his master at the moment, and he was unwilling, but he would definitely not betray him Yuan Yun.
The frame turned around the corner of the street and continued to move towards the location of Yuan's mansion, but there were a pair of extremely hateful eyes flashing in the shadows of the street, Yuan Xi's face was gloomy, he didn't understand why Zhao Yun became Yuan Yun's guard, all the thoughts were only one, he Yuan Xi was pitted by Liu Bei this time.
Dong Bai carefully pulled Yuan Xi's sleeve, and then said in a low voice: "Lord, there are not many dead soldiers in our hands, it is better to return to Youzhou now, and there is nothing to do if we continue to stay here." ”
Syllable!
Yuan Xi slapped Dong Bai hard, his eyes became a little more gloomy, and he said angrily: "What benefits did Yuan Yun give you, after he put you back, you kept persuading me to retreat, didn't you always insist that I kill him immediately?" ”
Dong Bai's face was red and swollen, but she didn't care about it at all, and continued to Yuan Xi: "Lord, we are not what we used to be, the strength in Yuan Yun's hands is far from the beginning, not to mention Zhao Yun, even if it is the man named Cao Zhuang who came to Yuan's mansion, it is not something we can deal with, so we really don't have any chance of winning, it is better to return to Youzhou as soon as possible, and then try to plan the next thing." ”
Yuan Xi's face was finally no longer gloomy, but changed very calmly, and suddenly a hand grabbed Dong Bai's chest, his mouth made a harrier-like gurgling sound, and he whispered: "Dong Bai, what benefits did you receive from Yuan Yun?" Could it be that he gave you something I can't give you? ”
Dong Bai's face was shocked, a little sad, and a little resentful, silent for a moment, suddenly gritted his teeth, and directly cut off one of his ears, only then did he raise the bloody ear in front of Yuan Xi, and then replied in a calm voice: "I, Dong Baisheng, am the lord's person, and death is the lord's ghost, if there are two hearts, it is like this ear." ”
Yuan Xi was also speechless in surprise by Dong Bai's actions, and took one of Dong Bai's bloody ears blankly, and suddenly he laughed, hugged Dong Bai's body, and then kissed and kissed, and then gasped for a long time and said: "Xiaobai, only if you have always loved me, I will listen to you, let's return to Youzhou first, and then organize the force and then come back for revenge." ”
Dong Bai covered her ears that were still bleeding, nodded slightly, and then disappeared into the dim street corner with Yuan Xi's support, but she knew very well in her heart that it was impossible to come back after returning to Youzhou this time.
Now the form of the north has taken a sharp turn for the worse, although Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan have not yet had a major war, but small conflicts are continuous, and sooner or later they will cause a big disaster, and in Youzhou, further north, they will not be able to escape this catastrophe, and everything in the north will be turned upside down.
Yuan Xi and the others just disappeared from the corner of the street, Li He's face was exposed in a wine shop across the street, I saw him wave his hand, signaling a few people to follow, and he himself looked up at Yuan Yun's frame that was gradually moving away, smiled slightly, and chased after him.
Yuan Yun was flipping through a scroll in the carriage, which was full of records of the news sent back from South Vietnam, Deng Ba had arrived at Jiaozhi, and met with Shi Xie, and there was already a preliminary exchange about the opening of sea transportation.
Although Shi Xie hid in Jiaozhi all the year round, he was very clear about the situation in the Central Plains, and in recent years, Liu Biao continued to invade the territory of South Vietnam, resulting in him having to ally with Cao Cao of Xudu, and accepted the title of the imperial court, worshiped as the general of Anyuan, and was knighted as the Marquis of Longdu Ting.
Cao Cao said directly in a letter to Shi Xie: "Jiaozhou is located in a place isolated from the Central Plains, facing the sea by the river in the south, the court's order cannot be announced, and the words of the subordinates are blocked. ”
As a result, Shixie and Liu Biao became even more hostile, and South Vietnam also began to actively prepare for war, so that Liu Biao had to station a large number of troops on the southern land, which also made Xu Du's side a lot easier.
There are good things and bad things, Shixie not only made friends with Cao Cao, the capital of Xu, but also maintained a good relationship with the Sun family in Suzhou, and both sides handled it very well, both sides did not offend, and both sides benefited, so that the Jiaozhou area of South Vietnam got a lot of benefits.
When Yuan Yun saw this, he heard Li He calling outside the frame, so he ordered him to enter the carriage.
After Li He sat down, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "The group of assassins just now was also sent by Yuan Xi, and I saw him on the street corner just now." ”
Yuan Yun nodded when he heard this, and was ready to continue to read the letter sent by Deng Ba, he had nothing to care about Yuan Xi, a waste person, and now the situation in the north had been clearly determined at the same time that Yuan Shang made a move to Yuan Tan, they would inevitably become wild dogs at the end of the road, and then they would be chased by Cao Cao and flee everywhere.
Deng Ba's letter unfolded again, but Yuan Yun saw Li He arching his hand again, so he asked, "What else is going on?" ”
Li He asked suspiciously: "Lord, since we have all discovered Yuan Xi, why don't we just arrest him?" ”
Yuan Yun said with a smile: "If it was a few months ago, I would definitely arrest him and come back to play the board, but now the situation has changed, if we arrest Yuan Xi here, his huge Youzhou will be immediately annexed by Yuan Shang, which means that we have created another Yuan Shao in the north, so it's better to let him go back, all this person is thinking about at the moment is how to retaliate against me, he is already a complete waste, Youzhou is in his hands, I am more at ease." ”
After Li He heard Yuan Yun finish speaking, his face immediately became embarrassed, and he lowered his head and said, "My lord, forgive me, this matter shouldn't be asked in a small way, hehe." ”
Looking at the loyal Li He, Yuan Yun smiled again: "It's okay, if you have any doubts in your heart, just ask, always cover it up, I really don't like it." ”
Li He nodded honestly and said, "There are no more available people around Yuan Xi, he will definitely prepare manpower again when he goes back this time, and then come over again, should we put some manpower around him?" ”
Yuan Yun shook his head and said, "No need, even if Yuan Xi returns to Youzhou, he won't have much chance to come out, because soon we will find the door, and we will settle accounts with him when the time comes." ”
Li He sighed, then bowed respectfully, and then explained what he had overheard Yuan Xi and Dong Bai talking just now, and then withdrew.
Yuan Yun glanced at the location of the car door and smiled lightly, Dong Bai really began to persuade Yuan Xi to stop, this is a good thing, with Dong Bai by Yuan Xi's side, Yuan Xi will definitely have a headache in the future, one desperately wants revenge, and the other is retreating, if this can get things done, it will really hell.
Not in the mood to pay attention to Yuan Xi, Yuan Yun continued to look at the letter in his hand.
Shi Xie is a very enlightened monarch, and now Jiaozhou in South Vietnam is governed by him like a paradise, and the wars in the Central Plains are continuous, but Jiaozhou has made great progress, because even Liu Biao only dares to carry out small-scale activities in the periphery, lest he enter too deep and will be hit by Cao Cao in the north, or let Sun Ce in Yangzhou pick up a big bargain.
Continuing to watch, Yuan Yun suddenly took a cool breath and muttered: "Shi Xie, this guy is a lion with a big mouth, come up and ask me for gunpowder, is he thinking too much?" ”
Seeing this, Yuan Yun knew very well that Shi Xie definitely had a good intelligence system in the Central Plains, otherwise he would not be so clear that the gunpowder was brought by him Yuan Yun.
Now that Diao Chan's fleet has successfully reached Jiaozhi, and many new ports have been opened along the way, it is impossible for Shixie not to see the economic value in this, and at this moment he deliberately came to ask for gunpowder that is impossible to get, probably just to get more weight at the negotiation table.
"It seems that the Nanban are not all stupid." After Yuan Yun finished speaking, he gently closed Deng Ba's letter.