Chapter 31: The Great Changes of the Yuan Clan
"Who the hell leaked the news?!" After receiving Yuan Shu's order, Yuan Fang and Yan Xiang rushed back to Runan County with their henchmen, but they were unexpectedly ambushed in Runan.
Who attacked them, Yuan Fang and the others knew it. The only thing that is not clear is who told Yuan Cheng that Yuan Fang was going to come back to clean up Yuan Cheng's secret that day, you must know that Yuan Fang said that Yuan Fang was the Taishou of Runan County for only one day.
Finally repelled a small group of enemies, Yuan Fang gasped and couldn't help cursing: "Yuan Cheng is an old thief who has killed himself, and he can't complain that I don't talk about the love of the same Yuan family!" ”
"General Yuan, Yuan Cheng, this old fox, must have set up a lot of secret chess under the lord's account, otherwise he would never have known that the lord was going to deal with him so quickly." Although Yan Xiang was a scribe, he did not fall behind Yuan Fang's personal guards in the slightest when he killed the enemy.
"This old thing!" Yuan Fang scolded secretly and said, "When will the people who come to pick us up come?" ”
"General Yuan Lie led an army of 3,000 horses ten miles away, and it will arrive in less than half an hour." Zuo Jin's henchman replied.
"Speed up the march, let the scout bring the order of the Lord Gong Army to General Yuan Ji, and order him to attack Xincai immediately!" Yuan Fang stared at the defeated ambush soldiers carefully, and said: "Those who capture or kill Liu Xun and Yuan Cheng alive will be rewarded with ten taels and be crowned as the captain!" ”
"No!" A scout received Yuan Fang's token, mounted a war horse and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes in a blink of an eye.
"General Yuan, Yuan Cheng is old and cunning, in addition to Liu Xun's 5,000 horse army, there are also 5,000 infantry troops, and it will be difficult for General Yuan Ji to kill him." Yan Xiang thought about it and said: "The eldest prince's department is in Xinxi, you might as well let the eldest prince block Yuan Chengdong's escape route, we will be caught in front and back, and he will definitely be unable to escape." ”
Yuan Cheng's subordinates were originally stationed in the Yuan family's base camp in Runan County, with about 20,000 troops, but only half of the troops were under his control. Later, Yuan Cheng's henchman Liu Xun occupied Xincai, and Yuan Cheng knew that he had become a thorn in Yuan Shu's eyes, so he immediately led 5,000 infantry troops to join Liu Xun in Xincai.
Yuan Fang said worriedly: "The eldest prince only has 5,000 horse troops under his command, and it is difficult to stop the attack of the old ghost......
"There can be no doubt about this, General Yuan only needs to let the eldest prince block Yuan Cheng for a while, and the army will immediately take advantage of the victory to pursue."
Yuan Fang hesitated for a while, Yan Xiang urged tightly, and then he said, "Okay, just do it!" Soldiers, follow me to pursue Yuan Cheng! ”
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Xincai, the county mansion.
Liu Xun ran in with a look of urgency: "General Yuan, it's not good!" Yuan Ji led nearly 10,000 troops to attack Xincai, and in less than half an hour, Xincai was surrounded! ”
Yuan Cheng, who was in a false sleep, was suddenly shocked and said, "What about Yuan Fang?" ”
Yuan Ji was not taken seriously by Yuan Cheng at all, and the only thing he was afraid of was Yuan Fang, a henchman that Yuan Shu had been secretly cultivating. Liu Xun hurriedly said: "The soldier we sent to ambush failed, he has joined Yuan Lie, and then rushed to besiege Xincai!" ”
Yuan Cheng was anxious at this time, and said: "Yuan Fang, this person can't be underestimated, General Liu, organize the soldiers to immediately look at the direction of Lujiang County to break through!" ”
Liu Xun looked bitter and said, "Do you really want to give up Runan, which has been in business for many years?" General Yuan......"
"Stupid! More than 20,000 troops are besieging the small city, can you take it?! Yuan Cheng pointed at Liu Xun and scolded: "Stay in the green mountains, even if there is no firewood!" It's been so long since you've been with me. If you insist on sending you to death, then you should stay behind. ”
Yuan Cheng hurriedly threw down a sentence, never looked at Liu Xun again, and left the county mansion with his personal guards, ready to break through.
A trace of resentment flashed in Liu Xun's eyes, and he said secretly: "Old thing, if you don't have me, I'll see how you break through!" He glanced at this place nostalgically and said, "It's me who will always be mine, so let your Yuan family take care of it for a while!" ”
At the West City Gate, Yuan Cheng led 5,000 horses to break through to the Lujiang River, Liu Xun stared at Yuan Cheng's back, smiled strangely, and said, "Prepare to set fire to Xincai!" ”
The endless fire instantly submerged Xincai, and the people in the city were in chaos.
Liu Xun waved his hand and pointed in the direction of Yuan Cheng's breakthrough, and said, "Keep up!" Five thousand well-trained infantry followed Liu Xun to catch up with Yuan Cheng's troops.
"General, beyond this mountain is the boundary of Geyang County." Yuan Cheng had arranged the retreat early in the morning, and the small number of soldiers in Geyang County could not stop his advance.
Yuan Cheng nodded and said, "The whole army is advancing at full speed, and the chasing soldiers will come soon!" ”
As soon as the words fell, three thousand horsemen poured out of the valley, and the first one was Yu Li, who said with a smile: "Old horseman, I've been waiting here for a long time!" ”
Yuan Cheng's expression changed, he became extremely ugly, and said angrily: "Even three thousand soldiers dare to stop the old man, it's a joke!" Kill me! ”
Facing the five thousand military horses rushing to kill, the corners of Yu Li's mouth curled slightly, and he sneered: "Release the arrow!" ”
Yu Li's 3,000 cavalry immediately bent their bows and arrows, and the whizzing 3,000 arrows shot fiercely, and the people and horses who rushed to the front were immediately hit by arrows and fell to the ground one after another.
Yuan Cheng's entire formation was stagnant, with many casualties. Yuan Cheng's old face was even more angry, and the secret path couldn't be dragged down here, Liu Xun's reinforcements didn't know when they would come, and said loudly: "Rush!" Breakout bounty 100 gold! ”
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, as soon as Yuan Cheng said this, except for the dead cavalry, he rushed like crazy.
Yu Li obviously didn't expect Yuan Cheng to do this, and when he was caught off guard, his 3,000 people fell into the siege of Yuan Cheng's 4,000 people. Yu Li didn't care about the great merit of killing Yuan Cheng, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!" ”
Yu Li is understandable for doing this, Yuan Yao has not many soldiers under his command, so he is reluctant to reduce more than half of his staff at once. Preserving his strength was the task assigned to him by Yuan Yao, and as for blocking Yuan Chengcheng, it was handed over to Yuan Fang and others.
There was an extremely funny scene on the mountain at this moment, Yu Li's army, which was supposed to intercept Yuan Cheng, turned into a defeated army that fled, and Yuan Cheng's troops, who were originally retreating and breaking through, were chasing soldiers.
Yuan Cheng saw that the opportunity could not be lost, and immediately commanded the Ma army to break through the siege, quickly entered the territory of Geyang County, and marched towards Lujiang County.
At this moment, Liu Xun led the 5,000-foot army to finally arrive, but Yuan Cheng was not very satisfied and said: "Stay here to ambush the pursuers, and the horse army will follow me!" ”
Liu Xun didn't even look at Yuan Cheng, and shouted left and right: "Do it!" ”
The mutation was sudden, Yuan Cheng only felt a chill on the back of his neck, and the corpse was separated when he landed, and he died without blinking his eyes. It turned out that the henchmen lurking around Yuan Cheng had been replaced by Liu Xun's people early on, and as soon as Yuan Cheng died, Liu Xun immediately shouted: "All the soldiers! It's time to make a difference! Those who are willing to follow me Liu Xun to Lujiang will withdraw from Runan immediately now, and we will build a great cause together! ”
Nearly 10,000 soldiers did not object, and Liu Xun had been hiding for several years just for this moment. Looking at his subordinates with satisfaction, Liu Xun said: "They are all my good subordinates of someone Liu, and there is no one of them!" The pursuers will come at once, come with me! I'll settle this account with Yuan in the future! ”
More than 9,000 people ignored Yuan Cheng, who was dead and blind, and followed Liu Xun and disappeared into the mountain in the blink of an eye.
Yu Li was confused, and stood at the mouth of the valley with the defeated Ma Jun cowering. He didn't see the situation in the valley very clearly, but he saw the fact that Yuan Cheng died in civil strife, and it wasn't until Liu Xun left with people for a long time that Yu Li slowly came out.
Yu Li spat a mouthful of water at Yuan Cheng's corpse fiercely and scolded: "Old horseman! I'll make you arrogant! ”
"General, this is a great achievement!" The henchman pointed to Yuan Cheng's corpse and congratulated Yu Lidao: "The general has been fighting bloodily for a long time, and he will hack this old ghost Yuan Cheng to death!" That's a big deal! Everyone's right? ”
Under the gesture of his eyes, the horse soldiers on the left and right shouted one after another: "Yes, yes, yes." General Yu fought for a long time, and single-handedly killed Yuan Cheng's old ghost! ”
"The general's clever plan and leading his brothers to ambush the old ghost is really a last resort......"
"It's an honor for us to serve under the general......"
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Yu Li came to his senses at this time, his face was proud, and he pretended to be modest and arched his hand: "It's all the brothers who have lifted it, and they have lifted it." If it weren't for you, how could I have punished this old thief so quickly? ”
"General, don't be modest. If it weren't for you, thousands of us would have confessed here. The confidant who was the first to heckle said.
Yu Li laughed and said, "Thank you brothers for your help, Yu promised here that he will take his brothers to eat and drink spicy!" ”
The defeated soldiers were suddenly in a mess, and Yu Li whispered: "You kid is clever, what's your name?" ”
"Little Deng San, general."
"Okay, General Ben is temporarily short of a thousand-commander, you are!" Yu Li's status has risen with Yuan Yao, and he has also risen with the tide, according to his estimates, the position of Du Lieutenant is indispensable to him, and now it is not impossible to take the opportunity to buy people's hearts.
Deng San was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Little thank you to the general, I will not hesitate to serve the general!" ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, Yu Li waved his hand to silence everyone, and said, "Put this old thing away and bring it back to the eldest prince to ask for credit." ”
Yuan Fang and the others, who were belated, saw that it was a mess and Yuan Cheng was dead, and they couldn't help but be surprised when Yu Li was so brave, but Yu Li kicked his nose and said: "When you come to help, the enemy will run away early!" ”
"That's it, fortunately General Shenwu, otherwise Yuan Cheng, the old ghost, would have escaped a long time ago!" Deng San sneered on the side: "General Yuan still owes General Yu for his bravery, hahaha." ”
Yuan Lie was furious, and was about to draw his knife to cut off the villain's face, but Yuan Fang glared at him and said to Yu Li: "In that case, thank you General Yu for assisting in ambushing Yuan Cheng." Where did Liu Xun's rebel go? ”
Yu Li rode away and said, "He knew that he was invincible, so he fled in the direction of Lujiang." After that, he didn't look at Yuan Fang again, and led the soldiers to return to Qi Si with Yuan Cheng's corpse.
Yuan Lie looked angry and said, "Big brother, why don't you let me kill that villain with one sword!" ”
Yan Xiang looked at Yuan Fang, knowing that Yuan Fang was worried about the potential threat posed by Liu Xun to Yuan Shu, he smiled mysteriously and said, "There is no need for the second general to do it, he Yu Li is not far from death." Is General Yuan worried about Liu Xun? ”
"Hmm."
"Liu Xun is just a clown, and the most important thing now is to protect Runan County and defend against Liu Qi's sneak attack again." Yan Xiang reminded Yuan Fang in one sentence, and Yuan Fang retracted his gaze and said, "The whole army returns to Pingyu!" Ah Lie, you took your thief soldiers to pieces immediately, mixed into Yiyang County, and waited for the opportunity to assassinate Liu Qi! ”
"No!"