When Feng Ji heard this, he was shocked, sweating, and said in a terrible voice: "Yuan Hao save me." ”

Tian Feng thought for a while, then said slowly: "If Yuan Tu wants to save his life, it is not difficult, if you encounter an assassin tonight, it is difficult to be seriously injured, Yuan Shang will naturally send someone else, alas, I Tian Feng has been upright all my life, and today for the sake of my friends, I actually made such a decision, I am really ashamed, and I also pray that Yuan Tu will let me go back to my hometown to retire, and don't look at the Yuan brothers fighting anymore." ”

When Feng Ji heard Tian Feng's plan, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him, but when he heard Tian Feng's words, he couldn't help but say: "Yuan Haonian is not confused, he is in his prime, why bother to say such frustrating words?" Now that the lord is practicing his position, the internal and external troubles are very strict, why not help the lord and use the public's tricks to redefine Jizhou? ”

But seeing Tian Feng slowly shook his head and said: "Yuan Benchu's talent is ten times better than Yuan Shang'er, and he is still defeated by Cao Cao's hands, what can such a child do?" Now the two sons of the Yuan family are contending, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan are also trying to divide the territory, and the way to take chaos has been completed, not to mention that Cao Cao is eyeing the city in Henan, and he is about to go north in the near future, and the Yuan family is difficult to protect, Yuan Tu, you are my friend, you are a square person, it is better to listen to me, a certain retreat is the right way, in case one day Cao Cao's army is under the city, I am afraid that you will inevitably be a ghost under the knife. ”

After Tian Feng finished speaking, he left slowly, leaving only Feng Ji with a look of surprise and thought.

"Tian Yuanhao is right, now the sons of the Yuan family are much worse than their fathers, even if the lord is not Cao Cao's opponent in Japan, what is the use of such an ignorant junior? I am now in a high position, deeply trusted, and I look very beautiful, but once Cao Cao's soldiers come to the city, I am afraid that I will inevitably become a ghost under the sword after all. But if a person is a minister, since he eats the king's fortune, how can he escape like this? ”

Feng Ji thought about it for a long time, but he still hesitated in his heart, so he simply didn't think about it anymore, just thinking about taking one step at a time, if it really didn't work, then he had to take his lord Yuan Shang to Jingzhou to join Liu Qi.

After all, among the heroes in the world today, only Liu Qi can have the strength to confront Cao Cao, not even Liu Bei. And Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are like lambs to be slaughtered, even Liu Bei is not as good, so there is no need to mention it at all.

That night, Yuan Shang suddenly got a news, saying that his confidant Feng Ji was suddenly assassinated, fortunately the soldiers on the side rushed to the rescue, coupled with Feng Ji's timely evasion, this was to avoid a death, Yuan Shang was shocked when he heard the report, and personally went to Feng Ji's mansion to investigate the injury, only to see that there was a shocking hideous wound between the other party's chest and abdomen, only one or two inches away from the heart, as long as it was a little closer, I am afraid that Feng Ji's life will be explained in this way.

"My lord, it's useless to be a lower official, and I actually fell into the thief's plot by mistake, and I can't go to the plain this time." Feng Ji didn't look ashamed, struggled to get up, and said to Yuan Shang, who came to visit him.

Yuan Shang saw that Feng Ji was like this, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop the other party's struggle, and said softly: "Yuan Tu and Xiu said this, you are also doing this for official business, otherwise you would not almost die in Huangquan, Yuan Tu and recuperate quietly, I will send another person to the plain." ”

He ordered Zhang Yi to lead 5,000 troops to the plains.

After that, Yuan Shang comforted Feng Ji a few more words, and then left.

After Yuan Shang left, the judge chose to stay, and whispered next to Feng Ji's ear: "The public is a bitter trick, but he dares to deceive the lord like this, I don't know it?" ”

Feng Ji was shocked when he heard this, and immediately drank back from the attendants, and then said: "Zhengnan, don't hide it, I am indeed a bitter plan, but there is no way to do it, you should know, the eldest prince looks at me unpleasantly on weekdays, and his advisers Xin Ping Guo Tu and others hate me even more, and now let me go to the plains with the army, they will definitely find an excuse to kill me, in order to take away the food and grass of my soldiers, I hope that the prince will not talk about it in front of the lord, otherwise, my life will be suspended." ”

The judge nodded and said: "Yuan Tugong used to say good things for me, so that I was saved from a disaster, and the judge is not a person who knows what to do, how can it be leaked?" In fact, as early as when the Lord ordered the army to go to the plains, he had already expected that there would be a disaster for the Lord, but he had no plan to save him. ”

Feng Ji said with a wry smile: "Where can I have such a strange plan, this is mainly Tian Yuanhao's plan for me, but it's a pity that such a master can't be used by the lord, otherwise, there will definitely be a strange plan to break the eldest prince, and now this person is unwilling to be an official, and has returned to Julu." ”

A sigh ensued.

Not long after, Feng Ji suddenly said to the judge: "Zhengnan, I don't know if I should say a sentence or not." ”

The judge glanced at Feng Ji in surprise, and then said: "You and I have no friendship, why shouldn't you talk about it?" ”

Feng Ji was silent for a moment, and then suddenly made up his mind and asked the judge: "Does Zhengnan think our lord can hold Hebei?" ”

The judge couldn't help but be shocked, and then sighed: "Since Yuan Tu asked, it is inconvenient for me to hide it, Yuan Tu should know that even the first master has been defeated by Cao Cao, how can the talent of the first master be ten times that of the lord?" Not even him, let alone Hebei, which is now torn apart? However, we are deeply favored by the Yuan family for two generations, how can we be willing to give up? Hehe, the eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he doesn't want to repay his kindness, what kind of loyal minister is it? I know that Yuan Tu has good intentions, but I have determined to swear allegiance to the Lord, and I clearly know that in a maximum of one or two years, Cao Cao will be able to pacify Jizhou in one fell swoop, but I will still live and die with Jizhou without looking back. ”

After the trial finished speaking, he glanced at Feng Ji, who was a little embarrassed, and then said: "Yuantu doesn't have to be like this, in fact, the reason why I made this choice is because I am originally from Wei County, and I was born and raised in Si, how can I bear to see my home occupied by Cao Cao?" Therefore, I just died for the survival of my hometown, not just for the Yuan family, but the Yuan family is different, you are from Nanyang, and now your home is under the jurisdiction of Taiwei Liu Qi, although this person is young, he is eloquent, even if he is not much better than Cao Cao, I believe that the only person in the world who can make Cao Cao really jealous is this person. I hope that if Yuantu has the opportunity, he can return to his hometown and join this person, hehe, in case you return to Jizhou, don't forget to add a handful of soil to my grave. ”

"Zhengnan ......" Feng Ji couldn't help but have a sour eye when he heard the words of the trial, and he almost wanted to cry.

But I heard the judge pat him on the shoulder, and laughed: "The two of us are also too sad, now you haven't been to Jingzhou, and I haven't died in battle, so why should we be like this?" Life is too short to lament our sorrows, but to cherish each other's happy moments. ”

"That's right, Zhengnan, if I hadn't been injured today, I would have had a drink with you." Feng Ji said with a smile.

"Alas, I said that you are ruthless enough to yourself, and you are so heavy, if you deviate a little more, I am afraid that your life will be gone." The judge glanced at Feng Ji's wound and couldn't help but sigh.

"I can't help it, since I have to do it, I have to be real, haven't you noticed? Now this has no benefit from inheriting the lord, but inherits the suspicion, recently went to the house to check the injury, the intention is obvious, if my injury is really fake, I am afraid that it is not as safe as now. Feng Ji sighed softly, a wry smile on his face.

The two talked again, and the judge felt that it was almost time, so he said to Feng Ji: "I will come to see you again in the future and say goodbye." ”

Feng Ji did not stop him, so he ordered someone to send the trial away.

Looking at the other party's slightly thin back, Feng Ji's heart was also full of emotion, if such a smart and loyal person as Jubei died in Jizhou like this, it would be a pity, but he knew that this was the other party's choice, and he had no way to persuade him.

"Zhengnan, I really hope that we will serve together under Liu Jingzhou's account, and when the time comes, we will lead our troops to defeat Cao Cao and avenge the old lord, but unfortunately, with your perseverance, I am afraid it will be difficult to see this day."

As a result, on the third day, Feng Ji heard the news that Cao Cao's army was pressing the border.

It turned out that since he heard that Yuan Shao had died, Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately led an army of 50,000 from Hedong to Liyang.

Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were shocked and did not dare to think about the struggle for the throne anymore, and immediately joined forces to fight against Cao Cao.

Due to the previous conspiracy to recover Qingzhou, Yuan Tan still had about 10,000 people under his account, plus the 5,000 army brought by Zhang Yi, there were enough 15,000 people.

However, Yuan Shang's troops were overstretched, only 10,000 troops were gathered, and in the absence of any way, Yuan Shang had to force the big clans from all over the country to lead their troops to help in the war, and the result was that he barely gathered 20,000 troops.

At the same time, Yuan Shang also wrote to Yuan Xi, the assassin of Youzhou, and Gao Gan, the assassin of Bingzhou, asking them to quickly send reinforcements against Cao Cao, and said that there were no eggs under the nest.

Due to Yuan Shao's new funeral, Cao Cao came to conquer Hebei, but this caused the same hatred and hatred of the entire Hebei, and even those ordinary people are now indignant.

Because Yuan Shao was also quite virtuous for the people during his lifetime, after his death, the people shed tears, and now seeing that Yuan Shao's bones are not cold, Cao Cao came to conquer, how can he not be angry in his heart?

Therefore, they did not wait for the orders of the Yuan brothers, and asked to join the army to defend the city, and in ten days, they actually gathered a full 100,000 troops.

Cao Cao didn't expect that although Yuan Shao died, he would have such a big impact in Jizhou, and led the army to besiege Liyang for nearly half a year, but in the end he was unable to conquer it.

After that, Cao Cao decided to mobilize a large army to Qingzhou, meet with Zang Ba and other generals, and prepare to recover Xuzhou.

However, it was said that Wei Yan heard that Cao Cao led his troops to take Xuzhou, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly led the army to defend the palace, and ordered someone to send a letter to Liu Qi, who had already led the team back to Xiangyang, asking for additional reinforcements to resist Cao Cao.

However, he soon received a reply from Liu Qi, in which he advised Wei Yan to stick to the border of Chen Bing, although Cao Cao came with great momentum, his ambition was not in Xuzhou, but only a strategy to occupy Jizhou, the purpose was only to make the Yuan brothers relax their guard, thus causing infighting, so that he could take advantage of the opportunity.

Wei Yan saw the letter, although he couldn't believe the judgment of the lord, but he could only follow Liu Qi's arrangement and lead the army to stick to the border.