The spring in Bingzhou is getting warmer, but it is rainy in Hebei during this time.

The lobby of Yuan's Mansion in Ye County, Wei County, Jizhou, at this time it is not a good weather outside the window, although it is not so heavy rain, lightning and thunder, but the rain is connected together, the sky and the earth seem to be connected together and inseparable from each other, the field of vision is blurred, and the sound of ding dong knocks in the heart, at this time Yuan Shao does not want to be a pleasant accompaniment, but the noisy roar is infinitely amplified.

The couch was cold, and Yuan Shao was pacing back and forth beside him, pausing occasionally, frowning and thinking for a moment, and then pacing again.

He was in a particularly irritable mood today, not only because the weather outside was really uncomfortable, but also because he was nervously waiting for confirmation of a message.

Although he didn't have much hope for this at the beginning, Yuan Shao was not a person who was willing to give up like this, although the news had already been delivered, he was not convinced, and he had to be confirmed again.

It didn't take long for a sound of footsteps to come from outside, Yuan Shao's heart moved, and the hurried pacing finally stopped, thought about it, lifted his sleeve robe, and then turned around and sat back on the couch, looking at his nose and mouth and not moving his heart, as if he was sitting in meditation.

The one who came in was a middle-aged scribe in his forties, with a crown of hair on his head exuding brilliance, and he was wearing a pure white robe, the whole person looked very clean, giving people a very comfortable feeling, this person was Chen Lin Chen Kongzhang, one of the four great strategists under Yuan Shao, but he was even more talented than a strategist, and his talent was famous very early.

The previous alliance of the eighteenth princes of the world discussed Dong Zhong's article on Dong Zhong, which completely covered up the light of Cao Cao's previous essay, and made him famous for a while, but in addition to his literary style, his strategy can really only be said to be average, but he and Yuan Shao are the oldest friends except Xu You. Although Yuan Shao is inevitably mean and unkind sometimes, he really has nothing to say about his old friendships, so that this Chen Lin is also very good at writing and writing under him.

But now look at this Chen Lin in a hurry. But he didn't have the usual kind of talent, and he almost forgot to see the salute when he came in, until he saw Yuan Shao, who was sitting there less than ten steps away from Yuan Shao, I don't know if his mood finally calmed down or he was intimidated by Yuan Shao's eyes and remembered each other's identities. Hurriedly paused in place, first saw the salute, and after Yuan Shao raised his hand to excuse the salute, he spoke: "There was nothing wrong with the previous battle report. Han Juzi (Han Mengzi Juzi) and Feng Yuantu led 10,000 troops from Yanmen to meet in Dingxiang, crossed the Wuyuan into the West River, entered Meiji County, and was not close to the Xiongnu Nandan Yuting, it was ambushed by the army from Lü Bu, it is said that Lü Bu's tens of thousands of troops almost poured out of the nest, surrounded on all sides. They broke through with difficulty, but they were finally trapped in it, and after more than 2,000 casualties, Han Juzi was beheaded by Lu Bu, causing the morale of the army to plummet. In the end, the remaining 7,000 people all surrendered to Na Lu Bu. ”

There was also anxiety in his tone, Yuan Shao was disappointed in his heart, although he didn't plan to do anything with these 10,000 people, at most he would act as cannon fodder to test Lu Bu, now it seems that Lu Bu may have derogated but did not really hurt his vitality, otherwise he would not have solved this threat so easily, but he would have sent Feng Ji over to have a little more certainty, but unfortunately it did not have the effect he wanted, but he said with a smile on his face: "Actually, this is also expected, but there is nothing to lose, but it is a pity that these 10,000 people have been killed." ......" Then he seemed to come back to his senses and took the initiative to ask Chen Lin: "What about Yuantu, what happened to him?" ”

It can be said that this is what Yuan Shao really wants to know, after all, there was no news about Feng Ji except for the defeat of the whole army and the capture of the whole army before, and he didn't even know whether he was alive or dead, but now that he has ordered someone to launch a force to investigate, he should be able to know the result now.

Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Feng Yuan Tu...... If nothing else, they should have been captured by Na Lu Bu......"

"What?" Yuan Shao stood up directly from the couch, although he listened to Xu You's words and asked Feng Ji to go to the state, but it was just to suppress him slightly, he still valued Feng Ji very much, Feng Ji was also of great use to his future unification of Hebei and even the great cause of the world, and now he was captured by Lu Bu, the enemy, which was more unbearable for him than the seven thousand men and horses captured by Lu Bu, after all, sometimes an important strategist can be worth thousands of troops and horses, just like the founding hero of the Han Dynasty, although Zhang Liang is only one person, he has a thousand gullies in his chest, In terms of calculation, he can win a decisive victory thousands of miles away and between ten thousand armies, Feng Ji can't compare to Zhang Liang, but he can also be called Yuan Shao's right-hand man, and such a loss is really a tragic price.

At this moment, Yuan Shao hated Xu Yu who "bewitched" himself and let Feng Ji leave.

Chen Lin looked at Yuan Shao's eyes carefully, in fact, although Yuan Shao had some understanding of the open and secret struggle between his two sons, but he didn't know who they had snared, he didn't know that this Chen Lin was the same as that Xu You, and he was also the eldest prince Yuan Tan's side, and he naturally didn't have a good impression of Feng Ji on Yuan Shang's side, and now that he was seeing the opportunity, where was there any reason not to grasp it, not to mention that this was not a fabrication, but a "fact", he made a decision in his heart, and said: "There is another news coming, I just don't know if it's true or not......"

He didn't say what the news was, but it must be related to this matter and Feng Ji, he wanted to provoke Yuan Shao's irritable heart at the moment and let him take the initiative to ask, sure enough, Yuan Shao asked with deep eyebrows: "What is the news, let's hear it." Although the tone was light, there was a leak of grievances in it, which made Chen Lin smile in his heart and said slowly: "It is said that the reason why General Han Juzi will be wiped out with 10,000 troops this time, and he himself died at the hands of Lu Bu, is because Feng Yuantu colluded with Lu Bu, and he was dissatisfied with the lord sending him to the state, so he secretly took refuge in Lu Bu, which is also the reason why Lu Bu happened to appear there at that time. ”

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said: "Impossible, although this Feng Yuantu is suspected of being greedy for merit, but he is loyal to my judgment, this time I sent him to the deep meaning of the state, even if he didn't understand it at the time, he would have figured it out, how could it be, how could it be?" ”

Chen Lin just wanted to say that maybe this Feng Ji made a mistake on the spur of the moment, but if he thinks about it, he can't express any opinion on this kind of thing, otherwise it is easy to arouse Yuan Shao's suspicion, although he can't strategize, but he still thinks a lot, and he also thinks through this aspect, and he turns to his mouth: "This news is only heard, it's hard to know whether it's true or not, not to mention that Feng Yuan Tu is in the enemy camp now, and it can't be confirmed, maybe it was that Lu Bu deliberately spread it, which caused us to be suspicious, after all, Feng Yuan Tu's wise master also knows, Lu Bu may also want to use it for him, so he ......"

There is no need for him to say much about the rest, looking at Yuan Shao's thoughtful expression at this time, he knows that he definitely listened to it and definitely took it to heart.

They didn't know that almost all of them were in the hands of some pair of unscrupulous masters thousands of miles away, although they were not far away like marionettes, and the object of their discussion had officially embarked on the journey of "returning home" at this time...... (To be continued.) )