Chapter Seventy-Nine: Yuan Shao is seriously ill, and his brothers are close to the wall
Yuan Shao's 300,000-strong army was really defeated like a mountain, like a flood bursting an embankment, and it was out of control. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Yuan Shao was originally going to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to evacuate first, but he was scattered by the chaotic army. Only hundreds of guards remained to protect Yuan Shao and Xianpei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others and withdrew to the north bank of the Yellow River.
Yuan Shao looked at the chaotic army shouting everywhere, and there were no available generals around him. And the Cao army on the bank of the river is still dividing and encircling the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, and the death of the Jizhou army is down, and it is a miserable one. When Yuan Shao saw this, he suddenly felt tightness in his chest, his mouth was bitter, and he spit out a mouthful of blood. The people next to him saw that before they could rescue him, Yuan Shao fainted in front of him.
The people around him were frightened, and the judge hurriedly ordered someone to send Yuan Shao to Liyang in a carriage, and then asked people to look for a famous doctor to treat him. At the same time, he ordered people to quickly report to the three sons and the assassin Shi Gaogan of Bingzhou, and asked them to quickly lead troops to Liyang to protect Yuan Shao and Cao Bing. However, the trial was not on good terms with Yuan Tan, and he had always supported Yuan Shang, so the messenger who sent the letter to the princes was the only one who delayed Yuan Tan for a few days.
Yuan Shang was the closest to Yecheng, so he naturally got the news as soon as possible, but he did not lead his troops to Liyang as soon as possible. Instead, he immediately used Yuan Shao to hand him the Jizhou Assassin History Seal Letter, and immediately made a significant adjustment to the personnel in Jizhou. The county commanders and county lieutenants of each county once expressed their allegiance to all their retention, and all those whose attitudes were unclear were all replaced. In terms of guards, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were Yuan Shao's old generals, and Yuan Shang ordered the two to organize their troops and horses and rush to Liyang with him, but at the same time let his cronies Su You and Yin Kai defend Yecheng, and secretly explained that no one was allowed to enter the city without his own order. After everything was arranged and Jizhou was confirmed to be completely under his control, he rushed to Liyang.
Yuan Shang arrived in Liyang almost at the same time as Yuan Xi of Youzhou, and at this time, Shi Gaogan had already arrived for several days. After Gao Gan learned the news of Guandu's defeat, he immediately gave up the defense of Dangyin City and led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to Liyang. Seeing that the army of senior cadres was big, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou had the backbone and set up camps around Liyang to prevent Cao's army from crossing the river. Now Yuan Shao has been unconscious, everything is decided by the judge, and Gao Gan, as the highest-ranking general, is fully responsible for the defense of Liyang.
Everyone saw that Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi had arrived, but the eldest prince Yuan Tan had not arrived for a long time, and they also muttered in their hearts, not knowing what the idea of this eldest prince was. They didn't know that the person who delivered the letter to Yuan Tan was five days late to deliver the news.
After presiding over the overall situation, he said to everyone, "Now that the two sons have arrived, I will convene this meeting in place of the lord." Yuan Gong was in a coma for many days and never woke up. Now in a moment of crisis, it is necessary for Jizhou to work together to deal with Cao Jun. Jizhou can't be left without an owner for a day, and today I invite you to come to discuss, just to hope that you can choose a suitable person to temporarily replace the lord and lead everyone to fight against Cao Jun. ”
When the trial said this, someone who had already arranged the trial echoed it. But there are also people who don't know the situation, it stands to reason that as long as the trial is temporarily acting as government affairs, it will only be arranged when Yuan Gong wakes up. It's only been three or five days, how to elect the person who presides over the overall situation, isn't this a big taboo for everyone to make a private prince.
The judge continued, "Now that the eldest prince has not arrived, the second son Yuan Xi is outstanding, and the third prince has always been deeply loved by Yuan Gong. This remark is too obvious, it clearly means that Yuan Shao has already chosen an heir.
Guo Tu sneered, "Don't Zhengnan feel too anxious? The eldest prince Yuan Tan has not arrived, why not wait for two days? ”
The trial didn't seem to care at all, and said, "I just said that we are in a hurry, we have been waiting for five days, and the eldest prince may not have another hidden situation." Can you guarantee that the eldest prince will arrive in two days? If not, as I just said, we will first elect one person to preside over the overall situation. In the future, after the war stabilizes, it will not be too late for the eldest prince to be re-elected. Which son do you think is suitable, one person, one vote, written on the cloth for a while, let's count which son gets more support? ”
How do you know that at this time, Yuan Xi stood up, "Thank you for your kindness, regardless of Xi's original inadequacy at martial arts, I would better give up this recommendation." The so-called capable people work hard, leave this opportunity to the eldest brother and the third brother. ”
Since Yuan Xi has expressed his position, everyone doesn't have to choose. Naturally, Yuan Shang is the mainstay. Yuan Shang presided over the overall situation under the arrangement of trial and matching.
The first order he issued was to keep Gao Gan and 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Liyang and block Cao's army from moving north. He led a group of civil servants and military generals to return to Yecheng, and Yuan Shao was arranged on the carriage to take care of him. At the same time, he ordered people to rush to the four counties to ask for famous doctors to see a doctor for Yuan Shao.
Everyone was very happy to see that they could finally return to Yecheng, and they didn't have to worry about being outside.
said that Yuan Tan was originally happy because of Tian Jing's victory over Zang Ba. Who knows, but on the 10th, I received the news of the defeat of Jizhou in the Battle of Guandu. Moreover, the messenger said that Yuan Shao was stimulated in front of the battle, spit out a mouthful of blood, and is now unconscious.
Yuan Tan was about to lead his headquarters to Liyang immediately, but his advisor Xin Ping stopped him. "Lord, I have a word that must be said in front, now the situation, then Yuan Shang must have rushed to Liyang before the eldest prince in Yecheng, if the lord has already made arrangements for the things behind him, has the eldest prince thought about how to deal with himself?"
This question stopped Yuan Tan, he didn't know that his father had always liked Yuan Shang and intended to pass it on to him, otherwise he wouldn't let him and Yuan Xi go out of town and leave Yuan Shang alone in Yecheng. But at this critical time, if Yuan Shaochuan is located in Yuan Shang, how should he, the eldest son, deal with himself?
Yuan Tan didn't dislike power, he was cultivated by Yuan Shao as an heir at a very young age. Therefore, he worshiped Kong Rong as a teacher to learn Confucianism, and learned martial arts from Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two generals. If there is no Yuan Shang, then this Yuan Shao's heir must be him Yuan Shao.
Yuan Tan hesitated for a long time, and finally seemed to have made up his mind. Gritted his teeth and said, "If my father is still here, I will definitely obey my father's arrangement." If my father is not there, then I will not allow Yuan Shang to climb to my neck! ”
Xin commented, "Since this is the case, then the general's resignation must be carefully arranged."
Yuan Tan calmed down this time and discussed carefully with Xin Ping and the others. Including the whole county of Qingzhou into a state of combat readiness, Yuan Tan led 30,000 elite soldiers to Liyang, so that Xin Ping would take charge of all government affairs in Qingzhou and avoid conflict with Zang Ba. Let Xin Ping's younger brother Xin Chen go to secretly contact the elders of the Yuan family and several famous families in Jizhou to seek support. ”
The two of them had already decided, and Xin Ping asked, "I wonder what the general thinks of the general who marches to the north?" ”
Yuan Tan didn't expect to ask from this, and said after a while, "I heard that Tian Jing and Yuan Shang had a dispute because of Tian Feng's daughter, and the enemy of the enemy is our friend, so this person may be able to win over our camp." ”
Xin commented, "The general is right, but this alone is not enough, the so-called no profit is not early, if Tian Jing wants to support us, we should give him the benefits he wants." In my opinion, what Hedong lacks most now is land and living space. If Tian Jing is willing to support us, the general can give him the two counties of Xihe and Shangdang in the annexed state. ”
Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment, "If you give him a state, how will Gao Gan explain it?" ”
Xin commented, "Does the general really think that Gao Gan likes the bitter cold land of Bingzhou? There is no way to do it, if the general captures Jizhou, just let General Gao move to Qingzhou. In this way, he can also win the support of General Gao. ”
Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he heard it. But now is the critical moment, and I will not say anything. Just informed Tian Jing that Guandu was defeated. It is hoped that Tian Jing can lead the troops to support the defenders of Liyang with him.
Tian Jing had won the battle before, and in the past few days, while resting, he was thinking about the next step. The news of Guandu came this time, and it was indeed much slower. When Tian Jing received the report from the Flying Eagle, the Battle of Guandu had been over for more than five days.
At this time, Yuan Tan rushed to inform Tian Jing of the Guandu soldiers, and Tian Jing learned that Yuan Tan had just learned about the war. Yuan Tan invited Tian Jingtong to Liyang to support. Tian Jing thought to himself, this is exactly what I wanted, since this battle is defeated, I don't have the ability to turn things around, it is better to go back and join Zang Shun and the others as soon as possible, wait for the opportunity to go north, and prepare to leave Jizhou This is a place of right and wrong.
Tian Jing took Lu Wen, Li Kang, Lu Qilin, Pei Yuanshao, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing and other generals to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to Liyang with Yuan Tanxi. Along the way, Yuan Tan was very polite to Tian Jing, and Tian Jing didn't ask deeply when he felt strange.
On this day, Yuan Tan led the troops to Liyang, and saw that it was his cousin Gao Gan who was defending the city. As soon as I asked, I learned that Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and others had already escorted Yuan Shao back to Yecheng.
Yuan Tan was unhappy in his heart, and he didn't inform me of such a big event. He prepared to lead the troops to Yecheng. Gao Trunk Road, my cousin is coming, I can leave some soldiers and horses to help me collect Liyang.
Tian Jing said, "The general rushed to visit the general's illness, so he should have gone early." I have nothing to do, so I might as well help General Gao defend the city here. ”
Yuan Tan said goodbye to Tian Jing and led the troops to Yecheng, who knew that when he arrived at the city of Yecheng, he would find someone to communicate, and how did he know that he waited for a young general to come out of the city during the day. "The eldest prince is invited, the general has an order, the general can go to Liyang to help Gao Gan defend Liyang, and then come back after retreating from Cao's army!"
Yuan Tan heard it strangely and said, "Since my father is good, why doesn't he want to see me?" ”
The young general said, "The old lord is still in the rescue, he has not yet woken up, and now it is the order of Yuan Shang's salary, who is acting as the general!" ”
When Yuan Tan heard this, he was furious, "Yuan Shangpiff, who lives in Yecheng, dares to order me to attack Cao's army." You call him out for me, and I'm going to confront him face to face. ”
The young general went back to resume his life, and after a while, it was the trial and the discipline came out, saying that such an arrangement was Yuan Shao's meaning. I also hope that the eldest prince will focus on the overall situation, and everything will be calculated after Yuan Gong wakes up. He also asked the eldest prince to go to Liyang to assist in the defense, and as for the grain and grass materials, Yecheng will definitely guarantee it. Yuan Tan couldn't, so he had to return to Liyang in a huff.