The news of Liu Bei's arrival in Yecheng did not spread immediately. And the year is coming to an end, and the messengers in Yecheng are also starting to get busy. A letter arrived in Nanpi from Yecheng and arrived on the table of Yuan Shang.

As soon as Yuan Shang slapped the table, the entire countertop shook, even the tea bowl was shaken to the side, and water flowed from the table to the ground.

"How can that be?"

His henchman Gao Yi immediately trotted over and hurriedly asked, "What made the third prince so angry?" ”

Yuan Shangdao: "It's a letter from my father...... He asked me to ...... Pick up the big brother. ”

He accentuated the word "jiji". Of course, the letter does not say almsgiving, but that's what it means. He couldn't help but be a little angry, he hid in Nanpi all day long, compared to the eldest brother in Qingzhou everywhere to fight eye-catching, at the end of the year, he had to fund the eldest brother's military rations, in the coming year, the eldest brother continued to shine, but he did not benefit at all. Isn't this self-serving and benefiting others?

But this is Yuan Shao's handwritten letter, if there is a violation, it is unreasonable.

II-VI carefully added: "Since it is the meaning of the master, naturally I will not treat the third prince badly......"

Yuan Shang glanced at him.

This is what ordinary people think, but he is now going to take the heir, and he has to calculate everything in all aspects, and he can't let an inch, in case he lets his eldest brother take power, his life is over. He didn't believe that a person with the face of his eldest brother would give him a way to live.

"No, you can't give him the rations easily. Drag it out first, and say that it is still in the autumn harvest. The grain harvest was late for several years. Notify Han Zhang and slow down again. ”

His master has such thoughts, and II-VI is not surprised, he is also a subordinate of the master, and he is also from the position of the master's family, and he is also a little uneasy at this time.

"Oh no!" A subordinate came in from outside and reported: "There is a team of 3,000 people from outside the city, claiming to be a unit from Qingzhou. ”

"What?" Yuan Shang just picked up the teapot and put it down again, his face full of surprise.

Kong Shun, who has a smug face, is Yuan Tan's think tank, this descendant of Confucius, since Yuan Tan came to Qingzhou, he has completely turned over. He is good at observing words and feelings, and he also has a grasp of Yuan Tan's temperament, so he soared under Yuan Tan's men, and now he is actually leading troops to the battle.

He was the de facto clapper of the 3,000-strong troops. But the general who led the troops was Zongbao who originally followed Kong Rong. Zong Bao has a big beard, a fierce appearance, and a lot of strength, and can lift a seventy-two pound copper melon hammer. Speaking of which, this Zongbao was very lucky, when the Yellow Turban came to attack, he was defeated by the Yellow Turban General Guan Hai and cultivated for several years. He was originally the first general under Kong Rong, but he happened to miss the opportunity to go to the Tiger Prison because of his injury. Later, his comrade Wu Anguo was cut off by Lu Bu and lost an arm, and he happened to survive. It's really a blessing for Seon to lose his horse.

The two sat down in front of Yuan Shang and told the purpose of their coming, but they came to ask for food.

On that day, Yuan Tan listened to his father's advice, and immediately sent a letter back, asking Zong Bao to lead troops to Nanpi to carry grain. He was in a hurry, because he was really short of food. Qingzhou has either made trouble with the Yellow Turban in recent years, or is at war, beating away Kong Rong, fighting with Zang Ba, defeating Zang Ba, and fighting with Zhang Liao, and then Zang Ba regained his vitality. The soldiers couldn't eat all year round, the people in Qingzhou were homeless, and there was no one to farm at all.

Yuan Shang looked at Kong Shun's sinister smiling face, couldn't help but feel nauseous, and shirked: "Wait a few days, you two, I have to ask a few people below, they haven't handed over the harvest of the autumn harvest yet." ”

Kong Shun and Zong Bao glanced at each other, and their reaction to Yuan Shang was not surprising, but said: "Please also ask the third prince to help, the battle situation on the front line is urgent, and we have finally dispatched some people." Cao Cao sent a Zhang Wenyuan to keep an eye on us, and he will come back again in a few days. ”

He stretched out five fingers and said, "Five days, only five days." If we don't go back, we'll have to take the military order. Thank you for your understanding. ”

"Naturally, you are the eldest brother's people, you are all a family, if you can help, I will naturally help......"

Yuan Shang sent the two away, and his face became even more serious. His eldest brother sent someone to the door to ask for food so quickly, and he didn't give himself time to breathe. Thinking about it, these days are the busiest time after the autumn harvest, and in a few days we will have to take stock of the grain that has been harvested.

"II-VI, you say, how can you send these two plague gods away? It's not a good idea to have them stationed outside the city with their soldiers. ”

In the afternoon, he took Wei Yuanjin and the two out of the city to meet Kong Shun Zongbao and the others, and the soldiers in Qingzhou were really elite, and their whole appearance was different. Standing there, the murderous aura unconsciously rushed to his face. Yuan Shang also said to Wei Yuanjin at that time: "Look at it, this soldier is ......" and said that Wei Yuanjin's bald head was red.

It's not a way to let these soldiers and horses in Qingzhou show off their might outside Nanpi City. It's a bit like the feeling of a creditor blocking the door, and losing face.

Gao Yi saw Yuan Shang's sad face and said, "The villain has a plan. ”

"What ploy? Say. ”

Gao Yi said: "Thanks to the news that Miss Shi'er came back from Youzhou, we finally figured out what happened to Yi Jing a while ago. ”

Shi'er was asked by Yuan Xi to go over, and sure enough, a lot of useful news came back intermittently, including the news that Yuan Xi was in Tuntian, south of Yijing, and then attacked Yijing City and took Zhao Rui. At that time, the eyes of the people on Yuan Shang's side widened when they heard this. In the end, it turned out that the Jizhou Heavy Halberd Battalion, which he had built with a lot of money, went to send his head. Although it was not Zhao Rui who deliberately colluded with Yuan Xi, it may not be Yuan Xi's plan to deceive these people. In short, it was a heavy loss, and it was at that time that Yuan Shangding felt a little cold.

At this time, when Gao Yi said it, he said very unhappily: "What are you doing with this?" Isn't that shameful enough? ”

II-VI hurriedly said: "The villain is definitely not what he meant......"

"What does that mean?"

"I heard that the corn on the side of Youzhou ripens later than that in Nanpi. After a few days is the harvest season. The soldiers and horses in Qingzhou are really powerful, just right, let them go to Youzhou to borrow grain. We said that the fields on both sides of Yingshui had not yet begun to be harvested, and the people there refused to pay the grain tax, so they asked them to help collect the ......."

Yuan Shang's eyes lit up, that's right, the disaster leads to the north. Isn't his second brother powerful, let them see the more powerful Qingzhou soldiers, no matter what, it is impossible for them to drive away these fierce Qingzhou soldiers. No matter who wins or loses, this beam is settled. At that time, the second brother Yuan Xi and the eldest brother Yuan Tan fell out, and he took the opportunity to go over to appease him, and immediately Youzhou would take refuge on his side.

"You're a good plan...... However, how to convince these people to go to Youzhou to beg for food? They're not stupid either. ”

II-VI said: "We dragged our time, and they had to go. So we sent someone to show them the way, saying that the two sides of Yingshui were actually the land of Nanpi. ”

"Well, it was originally at the border, and the people of Qingzhou didn't know it, so they couldn't believe it."

"Very good......