A generation of heroes, the overlord of Hebei, Yuan Shao, who can even be called the pride of the sky, is dead! And it was "violently killed" when the eldest son and the second son were in rebellion! This is said by the world, but there is a feeling of watching a burlesque in my heart.

However, people who pay more attention to the situation in Hebei see the ugliness behind it.

Yuan Shao died, and Hebei suddenly became a borderless land. Don't look at Yuan Tan's appearance, it seems that it is reasonable to ask to inherit the titles of Yuan Shaote into the general, Ye Hou, and Che Cavalry general, and add the state pastor, and give his second brother a little bit of the upper table of the court, asking to inherit the foundation of Yuan Shao Jizhou, and add Jizhou pastor. But the current imperial court, or Cao **, will still be obedient to these two brothers as they were to Yuan Shao at the beginning, and a fool can see it, but the two brothers are still asking the court to give corresponding "treatment" in righteous words, in Qin Xu's words, they take themselves too seriously.

Although Yuan Shao passed away suddenly, he did leave a lot of inheritance to his son, at least the foundation territory of Jizhou and Bingzhou combined, which is comparable to the entire Central Plains. Jizhou is rich and less affected by wars, although there are black mountain thieves who make trouble from time to time, and the drought that ravages the Central Plains for more than half a year has affected Jizhou, but they are all broken and unable to move the origin of Jizhou, which shows its heritage. In addition, in the past two years, Yuan Shao has been carefully managed according to the great reputation of the old Yuan family, it can be said that the morale of the people is stable, otherwise it would not have been the land of a state, with more than 100,000 troops, and became the strongest among the princes; Although the horses produced in Bingzhou are not as cold and heavy as Youzhou horses, they are a rare source of war horses. Relying on these two places, if the business is good, it will no longer be as proud as Yuan Shao, at least in the late Han Dynasty, it is more than enough to protect itself.

But it's a pity that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi really take themselves too seriously. The Yuan family plus Yuan Shao should now be regarded as the third prince of the fifth world, and the fame has almost reached a top, and it is true that the protégés and former officials are all over the world, but these all belong to the Yuan family, strictly speaking, there is almost no direct relationship with these two brothers. After all, although Yuan Shao is the head of the Yuan family, after the old Yuan family was wiped out by Dong Zhuo, he can still accumulate such a large family business, although he also greatly relies on the Yuan family's Ziyuan, but in fact, it is more Yuan Shao's opportunities and abilities that play a key role, otherwise, Yuan Shu, who has always advocated that he is the eldest son of the Yuan family, has also won the favor of many family talents, how can he not compare to Yuan Shao, the cheap big brother? And now that Yuan Shao is dead, even if he sits in a row to divide the fruits, it should be Yuan Shu, who once wanted to compete with Yuan Shao, how could it be the turn of the two brothers who had ambiguous whereabouts when Yuan Shao died violently. And Yuan Tan didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine, Yuan Shao died newly, Cao ** thought of his old friend and died, although he was ecstatic in his heart, but he was not embarrassed to take the opportunity to bully the juniors, Yuan Tan even took the initiative to tease, and he also wanted to taste the taste of being a general and sitting on an equal footing with Cao ** and Lu Bu, isn't this pure death.

In fact, as expected by almost all people who knew about this, Yuan Tan's statement was sent to Xuchang and handed over to Cao **, who had already been fortunate in the Han Dynasty, in the name of being a diligent royal family, and moved the governance office from Chen Liu to Cao ** in Xuchang, which almost made Cao ** laugh stupidly. For a while, I didn't know whether to be sad that my old friend Yuan Benchu had such a few straw bale sons, or whether to be ecstatic for the good thing that someone would send a pillow immediately after he fell asleep. For Yuan Tan's statement, Cao ** handed it over to Dong Cheng and a group of courtiers who had become a frightened bird according to the procedure, and the words were full of revealing that this matter was all decided by His Majesty's Qiangang, and the minister Cao ** did not interfere, but it left an excellent impression on Cao ** The courtiers who had always been afraid of Cao **'s army stationed in Xuchang, and Liu Xie, who had long been annoyed by this kind of thing, left an excellent impression on Cao **.

Although Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty is young, he has gained some knowledge in the midst of the upheaval and displacement, although he is very satisfied with Cao **'s attitude, but he also knows that Yuan Tan's arrogant words, as soon as he opens his mouth, he wants the so-called official position and title, which is not much different from a child's family, if he agrees, not to mention whether there will be a problem to make a country within a country It is difficult to say, that is, Cao **, Lu Bu, these people with the same official position as Yuan Shao, I am afraid that they will not agree too happily. After a little thought, he directly refuted it. only gave Yuan Shao a very high nickname "Wei" to show his honor, but did not mention what Yuan Tan wanted. At the same time, he also issued an order to Cao ** to organize his armament to prevent the young and vigorous Yuan Tangou from jumping off the wall in a hurry and starting a dispute.

Cao ** was in a mood because although Yuan Shao's affairs were mixed, but it was really good, so in front of a group of courtiers who were above the top, he also gave Liu Xie enough face, and began to prepare military affairs after receiving the order, and sent a letter to Xiahoudun, the general left behind by Feng Yi in Chang'an, and the new Chang'an Taishou Zhong Xuan to strictly guard and take the opportunity to attack, and personally arranged the defense of Hedong, Chenliu, Puyang and other places; On the one hand, he sent an envoy led by his own son, under the guise of congratulating Lu Bu on his marriage, Xu Huang set foot in Qingzhou again, intending to stabilize Lu Bu, at least not to let Lu Bu's eyes go to the north before he was ready.

As for Hebei, it may have inherited Yuan Shao's surname, but it does not have Yuan Shao's cultivation and patience. Yuan Tan, who was already "restraining himself" with the specifications of a general, after learning that the watch on the table only asked for such a treatment for his father, bluntly said that he would raise troops again and attack again, together with his second brother Yuan Xi, who had previously promised to support him. However, Yuan Tan is not too self-conscious, although he has always been a little jealous of Yuan Shao's actions and didn't care much about Cao **'s actions, but he also knows that Cao **'s Yanzhou elite soldiers are really not so easy to deal with, not to mention that if it is a light battle, not to mention whether his cavalry of less than 20,000 people can beat Cao **, just because after Yuan Shao's death, Cao **'s ally is only one Qingzhou Lu Bu, if he makes a move, Yuan Tan is really worried that Lu Bu will be invited to attack him, after all, the name of the world's first fierce general, At a considerable time, it is much louder than the name of Cao **, Yanzhou Mu. So he simply sent Guo Tu, who had an "encounter" before, as a messenger, and gave a death order, no matter what the price was, he had to ask Lu Bu not to interfere in this matter. He also gave Yuan Xi, the second eldest who "inherited" his father Yuan Shao Jizhou's soldiers and horses, and ordered him to be ready at all times, just waiting for the order to join forces to capture Yanzhou.

After getting the news of his eldest brother Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi didn't have the idea of being trapped outside Yecheng before Yuan Shao died. After all, it was just a stopgap measure, and in the final analysis, it was just trying to get a shield. And his eldest brother is a little unreliable. I helped him so much, even if it was because of this inheritance issue before, not to mention Yuan Shang, who had no idea where to go, it was not for nothing when the two brothers were bleeding. But at the moment, all the benefits were taken away by Yuan Tan, and he was strong and strong, and he inherited the title or something, leaving only a mess of Yecheng to give him Yuan Xi, and he had to deal with more and more loyal ministers of the Yuan family who were skeptical about Yuan Shao's death, and more and more suspicious inquiries, and the army of Zhang Jaw and Gao Gan who stayed in Yecheng, there was a veteran Chun Yuqiong who was most suspicious of the cause of Yuan Shao's death, and Yuan Xi couldn't be mobilized at all, it was simply a mess. And in the face of his own boss Yuan Tan at this time, who is very commanding, but how to look at it like an egg hitting a stone and not being able to measure the handwriting of troop mobilization, Yuan Xi has the mind to scold his mother.

In the end, it was the Jizhou that Yuan Xi deliberately befriended before, so Shi Xunchen saw that Yuan Xi had fallen to such a point, and he was worried that because of Yuan's civil strife, the Youzhou Hanhu coalition army was defeated and retreated, and almost the entire territory was obtained by Liu Bei, lest his next step was to attack Jizhou, and gave Yuan Xi an idea. Xun Chen means that since Yuan Xi is already in Jizhou, although he is a little unjustified like Yuan Tan, but after all, he is the heir of Yuan Shao, no matter what, there is no need to drag Jizhou into the water for Yuan Tan to go crazy for a while, Suo surname also followed Yuan Tan's practice, and sent people who are good at words to Qingzhou, no matter what the price is, he also asks for refuge in Qingzhou Lu Bu, which is adjacent to Jizhou, at least before the cause of Yuan Shao's death is ascertained, he will not be affected by the doomed Yuan Tan. also blames Xun Chen's kindness in the wrong place, because of Yuan Shao's matter, Yuan Xi was almost set aside in Jizhou, where can there be any people who are good at words? The errand fell on Xun Chen, who was out of the plan, and after Xun Chen got out of the gate of Yuan's mansion, he didn't slap himself a few ears because he said too much about it. The Xun family is also a famous family, and it is Yuan Shao's face that takes refuge in Jizhou, and when Yuan Shao was in the past, he didn't dare to support himself like this, but he didn't expect that now he will become Yuan Xi's errand with a soft heart. Xun Chen's family style is very good, and he pays attention to the fact that a gentleman does not lose his trust in others, and for Yuan Shao's sake, he can only go this way.

This chain reaction caused by Yuan Shao's death actually caused Qingzhou, which was originally out of the way, to be dragged into troubled waters again. Just one day before Qin Xu's wedding, the envoys of Yanzhou, Bingzhou, and Jizhou had all arrived in Linzi City. That is, Qin Xu was grounded in the mansion by Lu Bu, and he was busy going back and forth when he got married, and he didn't get the news in advance. So much so that after hearing what Zang Hong said, and being confirmed by his own "general", so many things had happened in just over a month since Chang'an turned to Linzi, and Qin Xu actually had a feeling that he couldn't turn around.

"What's the hair?" Seeing that Qin Xu was trying to digest this huge amount of information, he did not immediately come up with a feasible solution, so that Qingzhou, which had just stabilized, could not only not be involved in this obviously unnutritious war, but also take all out of his efforts to sort out the affairs of Xuzhou, so as to prevent Yuan Shugou from jumping off the wall in a hurry, and not to sit back and watch the "ally" Cao ** profit alone, and also get a piece of the pie. Lu Bu also knew that his gang had been discussing for half a morning, even if there was Guo Jia, the mastermind, and Jia Xu, the poisoner, there was no way to negotiate for a while, and it was indeed a bit difficult for a strong man to pin all his hopes on Qin Xu, but after all, he had just given his own baby to this kid, why did he have to say something when he returned to the door, didn't he? Therefore, Lu Bu pretended to be displeased, put on the face of an old man, and asked in a deep voice: "You are now also the Marquis of Wuting, the general of Zhengdong, and the rank of Jiuqing, do you have to think about this little thing for so long?" ”

You don't have that, do you? The hall Chinese martial arts can be mixed in this troubled world, and there are no fools. Hearing Lu Bu's words, Mingli was embarrassed to teach Qin someone, but it could not be ruled out that Boss Lu was showing off! Hongguoguo's display of his son-in-law! In the eyes of all the civil and military forces, Lu Bu wanted to take this opportunity, on the one hand, to show the old brothers and newcomers that even if it was his own son-in-law, he Boss Lu would treat everyone equally, and he would scold when he should be scolded; On the other hand, there is no intention to stand up for Qin Xu again in front of all the civil and military generals. After all, their group of people discussed for a long time and didn't come up with a result, even if Qin Xu couldn't tell the reason, he wouldn't be too embarrassed, but if he said four, five or six, then Lu Bu's old father-in-law's face would be able to rise a lot. With this emotional intelligence, who would dare to say that Boss Lu was stupid and rude.

"Lord, uncles and brothers, Qin is only a shallow learner, where is there any clever plan to speak of, but according to what Zang Sima said just now, Qin has only one thing to ask, where is Yuan Shang's mother and son now?" After being mixed with Boss Lu for so long, he has long had a tacit understanding, and as soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Qin Xu made a humble gesture, gave these old brothers and new henchmen of Lu Bu in the hall, and asked! (To be continued.) )