Once the identity is confirmed, the actual exchange begins. The brigade had to stand out, three from each side, and the hostages were taken forward, and when they reached the center, the two sides exchanged, and then brought the people back.

When Zhen Ji was pushed out of the car with Mrs. Liu, she saw her husband riding on a tall horse at a glance, and shouted excitedly: "Husband! ”

The two were far apart, so Yuan Xi had to smile at her and press it with his hand to signal her to be calm. At this time, there can be no unexpected moves, and the two sides are ready to fight at this time, for fear that the other party will break the contract and hurt the hostages. A wind blows, and the two sides are about to spark everywhere.

The exchange of hostages began, and Zhen Ji and Mrs. Liu were pushed forward, with ropes tied to their bodies to prevent them from suddenly speeding up on their own. On the other hand, Cao Pi was simply pushed over by the prisoner cart.

One step, two steps, the two sides are getting closer and closer. Yuan Xi can already clearly see Zhen Ji's face, although the Yiren are a little clear, but the brilliance is still there, obviously not being treated harshly by Cao Cao, which makes Yuan Xi also a little relieved. On the other side, Mrs. Liu turned a blind eye to Yuan Xi, maybe in her heart, Cao Cao and Yuan Xi were no different to her. It would be better if Yuan Xi was replaced by Yuan Shang. It's a pity that Yuan Shang's whereabouts are still unknown.

Just as the two hostages were about to meet, there was a sudden neighing of horses in the woods next to them! And then again!

A horse burst out of the bushes next to it.

"There's an ambush!"

The people on both sides of Yuan Xi and Cheng Yu shouted at the same time, and the team immediately lost their restraint and quickly went to the hostages. And the fate of the hostages on the field has also changed, the distance that was originally close quickly pulled away, and the team escorting the hostages quickly returned the hostages.

"Shameless people, actually ambushed people!"

Both sides scolded almost simultaneously.

It can't be helped, it's just such a lack of trust. As soon as there was a stir, the exchange of hostages was immediately interrupted.

However, there was a real ambush in the bushes. Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the tiger and leopard roared out on horseback and went straight to Yuan Xi.

This line of thinking is correct, as long as Yuan Xi is killed, the enemy army will quickly disintegrate, and it will also be helpful for rescuing the hostages.

As soon as the cavalry came out, Yuan Xi's side quickly evacuated with the prisoner cart. Yuan Xiwu turned around and scolded: "If you come up again, I will cut the hostages with one sword." ”

But at this time, all the people shouted in unison, and the noise was loud, and his voice was drowned out.

Zhen Ji's pretty figure was once within reach, but after all, it was still far away.

Yuan Xi was furious and shouted, "Trapped! ”

Naturally, his side was also prepared, and as soon as they retreated, the trapped camp in ambush behind them immediately rushed out.

A line of guns stood in unison, the shiny tips of the spears pointed outward, like a hedgehog.

Tian Yu's cavalry followed, circling out from both flanks, protecting Yuan Xi in the center.

Seeing this, Cao Chun couldn't make up his mind to attack it directly, what is the difference between this and sending him to death. So he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to retreat to cover up, so as to rescue Cheng Yu and the others. Although I don't know how the other party hides these soldiers and horses under their noses, they are not just a trick, there are two small teams hidden behind them, and they can come up to support at any time.

Yuan Xi commanded the people to quickly retreat to the Xindu City, without the slightest idea of eating the other party. Zhao Yun once suggested that he directly outflank the past, but was stopped by Yuan Xi. He arranged heavy troops in the rear, how could a person like Cao Cao not have a backhand? To go up like this is to bring shame on yourself.

By this time, the enemy was so strong that he no longer had the capital to squander, and there were only so many people under his hands, and his territory was only the size of a palm. Cao Cao's subordinates, the generals who are in charge of the army are not poor, from Yongzhou Pass to Xuqing Seashore, the territory is vast, Cao Ren Xiahou Zhang Liao, which is not a large army that can fight alone. Any large corps is enough to destroy his Youzhou.

This situation is like he stood in the position of Gongsun Zhan at the beginning, and then faced the joint efforts of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at the same time. However, at this time, there was no Yuan Shu and Tao Qian in the south to drag him back, and the only princes in the south were Jiangdong Sun and Liu Biao. As soon as Sun Ce died, Sun Quan was just a conservative material, and there was still a period of time to straighten out the internal relations. It can be said that Cao Cao really has no opponent in this period. Historically, he took advantage of this opportunity to completely pacify the four states of Hebei and laid the foundation for the unification of the world.

It's just that now that there is one more Yuan Xi, will this situation be any different?

When he arrived in the city, Yuan Xi sent a messenger to see Cheng Yu non-stop, but he didn't have time to write a letter, so he directly scolded the other party for his treachery, and actually sent soldiers and horses to ambush on both sides, not moral at all. If that's the case, you don't need to treat hostages preferentially, fingers or toes, you can choose for yourself.

And the envoy had just left, and Cheng Yu also sent someone over, and he also scolded him, saying that they had so many troops hidden behind them, and they clearly wanted to rob the hostages, which was extremely shameless. This kind of behavior of the wicked person suing first made Yuan Xi very annoyed.

However, in this situation, both sides have their own back-up arrangements, which is understandable, and the key is that if they start after exchanging hostages, they may be happy.

It's no wonder that the horses in the tiger and leopard ride were alarmed, and it was before the hostage exchange, which broke the rhythm and made the exchange completely meaningless.

Now that Cao Chun is in the team, he began to investigate who made the mistake, but the results were checked and checked, but there was no result. In short, he has to carry this black cauldron himself. How could the hands and feet of this beast be so easy to discover?

Yuan Xi was in the city, Cheng Yu was outside the city, and the envoys of the two sides exchanged messages until dark, but no agreement was reached. Although he had the intention to let the hostages exchange and try again, no one would back down, for fear that the other party would have a conspiracy. In this way, the hostages cannot be exchanged.

As soon as it was dark, Cao Jun pulled out of camp and left. Yuan Xi could only vent his anger on poor Cao Pi, and Cao Pi hadn't even figured out why he had offended him.

Two days later, when Yuan Xi returned to Yijing, he received an urgent military situation: while he was calling for hostages, Pingyuan City was broken and Yuan Tan was killed in battle.

At this moment, Yuan Xi had mixed feelings in his heart, and there was a chill behind him.

Now, he's the only one left. The three brothers had been fighting for the position of heir at the beginning, and now it was undoubtedly in his hands. Unfortunately, this title seems meaningless. It doesn't matter whether you are an heir or not, and then it's a question of whether you can survive.

The situation he was in suddenly became extremely bad.