Liu Bei's mood is very complicated now. The current situation, Yecheng is obviously in front of him, and the nearly 80,000 troops that are about to gather have added infinite confidence to Liu Bei, who is confident that he can take this Hebei Jiancheng in one go. Since then, it has become a major event in his heart according to the majesty of Jizhou.

But God seemed to test him. At this juncture, he was suddenly told that his third brother Zhang Fei, who was relying on him, fell into Lu Bu's army and did not know whether he was alive or dead. And the second brother Guan Yu was also disturbed by the guilt of "escaping from the battle", and his spirit was greatly discharged.

Liu Bei knew that there was chaos at this time. Although he hasn't read much, he understands it.

The Black Mountain Thief was by his side, although he was persuaded by Kong Rong to surrender, but it was difficult for Liu Bei to put the unkempt hair around him, the leader of the Black Mountain Thief Cavalry who was dressed in bright silver armor but could not wear the general flavor, and this time the general under his command who was sent by Zhang Yan to contact Liu Bei first regarded it as his own person.

The Youzhou soldiers brought by Liu Bei totaled 20,000 people, which was already all the troops that could be dispatched under the limited military resources and grain that Liu Bei secretly withheld. In this way, nearly 5,000 people were lost in the plain matter, and only Guan Yu and his sentry soldiers escaped from Shengtian.

Liu Bei didn't dare to guarantee that if this matter was discovered by Zhang Yan, knowing that his 5,000 elite soldiers, under the leadership of two generals, would not be able to break through a small city on the plain that he was very familiar with, and had already transferred Lu Bu away from the mountain, he would not be able to use it for himself without any hindrance, as he said in just a few words of honest words brought by Kong Rong's servants. Die for yourself.

Liu Bei is not a child, not to mention that there is no benefit and no strength, and naturally there is no one to serve him, even children understand it. Almost predictable. Once Cao Cao wanted to restrict the development of his old friend Yuan Shao, and a strange army hidden in Hebei, after suddenly turning his back on his master, how sensitive his mind was. Maybe as long as he finds his strength, it is not as powerful as he imagined, God knows if Zhang Yan will have the same thoughts about Cao Cao as he did before for Liu Bei.

What's more, at this moment, there are nearly 10,000 Black Mountain thieves around Liu Bei who were sent by Zhang Yan as a vanguard. Fifty thousand Montenegrins will gather one after another. With more than 60,000 people against less than 20,000, Liu Bei can't be cautious.

What a double-edged sword!

Although he was also skeptical of his argument that Zhang Fei's life should be unhindered by his analysis with Guan Yu, it also made Liu Bei very confused when he heard that Zhang Fei did not know his life and death. Almost like Guan Yu, he subconsciously wanted to lead the army to the plains, and he also had to know Zhang Fei's message left and right. But now Liu Bei can't afford to have time to care about brotherhood anymore, according to the soldiers under his command just now. The Montenegrin thieves led by Zhang Yan have already assembled their divisions. is coming to Yecheng, if you miss cowardice at this time, not only everything you have done before and all the price you have paid will be in vain, but also it is very likely to face the crisis of being annexed.

"Xuande Gong. But what are the variables in the military? If it is useful to get it, but please say it! Since my eldest brother has already joined the command of Xuande Gong. Our brothers naturally take the Xuande stallion as the head! "Dressed nondescriptly, how do you look at how it doesn't look like a good kind of poison, Liu Bei easily calmed Guan Yu's emotions, and told Guan Yu not to drop the chain at this critical moment, and promised to wait only for this matter to go to find Zhang Fei promised, just walked out of the distance, he looked warm-hearted, and came to Liu Bei's side and said loudly.

"Thank you, General! It's just a trifle! Don't worry about the general! Liu Bei endured to cut the thief in front of him a few days ago, who was still shouted and beaten by everyone, but now he has turned into Yu Poison of Youzhou officials and soldiers, suppressed the irrepressible nausea, tried to make a smile, and said: "General Yu is still good at rectifying the soldiers and horses, cultivating the combat strength of the soldiers, and when General Zhang Yan arrives, it is also good to contribute to the capture of Yecheng in one fell swoop." ”

"You can rest assured that this is it!" Yu Poison rolled the white eye bubbles like dead fish eyes nonchalantly, picked the corners of his mouth and said: "This Yecheng Yu has also been here several times, and our brothers have also stepped on the plate before, as long as the eldest brother of my family leader comes, I will ensure that you enter Yecheng." ”

"Hmm! Thank you very much! I don't know if Yu Poison is doing this on purpose or if he is so rude in himself, and he is so arrogant as if he didn't put Liu Bei in his eyes, which makes Liu Bei suddenly feel that even if he stays by Yu Poison's side for a while, it is unbearable. When he learned from Kong Rong that the Black Mountain thief had surrendered, he was so excited that he had already been thrown out of the clouds by Liu Bei. Seeing that Yu Poison was still chattering, Liu Bei couldn't support it even if he had the best endurance, so he reluctantly gave Yu Poison a smile, said a few polite words, and didn't look back to ask if Kong Rong had arrived as promised. I didn't notice the evil guy behind me just now, and a few traces of disdain flashed in my eyes.

Yecheng did not have the slightest sense of panic because of the arrival of Liu Bei's army. In the mansion of the general who originally belonged to Yuan Shao, in the eyes of outsiders, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, who would definitely fight each other when they met, were drinking and talking at the moment, as if they didn't take the soldiers and horses outside the city in their eyes at all.

"Brother, those armies outside the city, as well as that Liu Bei, if you knew that you would have known their intentions, I don't know what kind of expression it would be!" Yuan Shang, who was pretending to be pitiful at Qin Xu's place before, was sitting on the main seat of Yuan Xi's head at the moment, holding a wine bud in his hand, and persuaded Yuan Xi to drink with a smile on his face, and when he mentioned Liu Bei, his disdain was undisguised.

"Xianfu has also grown up! I can see that my brother's plan is good! It seems that I have to thank our big brother for that! Yuan Xi's slightly gloomy face flashed with a hint of surprise, his eyebrows raised, he glanced at Yuan Shang meaningfully, raised the wine in his hand at the same time, doubled Yuan Shang, and said lightly.

"Father...... Did my father really die at the hands of his eldest brother? Yuan Shangzai was also stunned when he heard Yuan Xi mention Yuan Shaolai at this time. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't figure out what Yuan Xi said was just a feeling. Or do I really know something. Moreover, for his second brother, who used to be gentle and elegant, he has become a little gloomy now. It also exudes a kind of uneasiness from the depths of my heart. If it weren't for his own wife Liu, and Tian Feng, who was still detained by Qin Xu in the army, when he left Linzi, he must contact his second brother Yuan Xi, I am afraid that Yuan Shang would not come to find the second brother Liu and Yuan Shang, who personally drove the orphans and widows away from Yecheng, when he died. And after listening to Yuan Xi's words that seemed to be pointed, Yuan Shang couldn't bear it after all. After pondering for a long time, I finally asked what I thought.

"Heh, don't you think that I killed my own father for my brother? Don't forget. At that time, the generals in the army, in addition to the two generals Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw, were well aware of the righteousness, but even your cousin Gao Gan, who had never been close to my brothers and others, was surrounded by the boss. As long as the father goes. With the help of these people. Wouldn't it be easy to get the inheritance of my father? Yuan Xi took another sip of cloudy wine nonchalantly, and continued as if self-deprecating: "Besides, you may have also heard that before my father's funeral period has passed, our eldest brother can't wait to be on the table, and he will inherit his father's position as a general!" As for what my father said before he died, who he had seen. It doesn't really matter anymore! For these things that the boss has done, including coming to attack Jizhou in an attempt to destroy the mouth. Isn't that proof? ”

"Hmm!" I don't know how much Yuan Shang listened to Yuan Xi's words, but he responded randomly, changed his words, and asked: "It's just brother, although the war between you and the eldest brother is stalemate, but after all, this is an internal matter of my Yuan family, and now Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei, whether they are people or not, want to get a piece of the Hebei pie of my Yuan family, and Liu Bei is now a soldier in the city, but what can he do about it?" Second Brother Mo didn't really believe what the old man Kong Rong you admired, then Liu Bei was purely here to support my Yuan family, right? ”

"Heh, in these years, either I killed you or you killed me, or it was a natural disaster, and the etiquette had already collapsed! A fool would believe that there is another fool who doesn't want any benefits, so he goes to the trouble of helping the third fool keep the family business! Yuan Xi poured down another cup of wine, and said with a slightly confused sneer in his eyes: "Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Xiansi!" Which one will be unselfish? Even if you are revealed, aren't you also selfishly here? ”

"Second brother, I'...... It's not ......" Yuan Xi's words also made Yuan Shanglian nod in front of him, and when he heard it, he actually pulled it on his head in the end. Although Yuan Shang was young, after all, when he grew up in Yuan Shao's tent, he was really afraid that Yuan Xi was a tentative word, as long as he showed even the slightest hint of coveting Jizhou, he might rush out countless swords and axes from behind the tent.

"Hah! It turns out that you have been in the Black Mountain thieves for two months but are still unscathed, you will also be afraid! Don't worry, here are just you and my brothers, Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw, two generals, have also been invited by me to prepare for military affairs. It definitely won't hurt you! Seeing Yuan Shang's cautious expression, Yuan Xi, who had a gloomy face, seemed to have seen something very interesting, pointed at Yuan Shang and smiled: "Xianfu, you don't understand!" I wonder if the boss doesn't understand! I Yuan Xi didn't understand it before, but now I understand a truth! ”

"Oh? I hope the second brother will teach you! Hearing Yuan Xi say that there is no sword and axe, although I don't know if what Yuan Xi said is true, but it finally made Yuan Shang breathe a sigh of relief, and listened to Yuan Xi's mysterious words, Yuan Shang asked with a smile.

"Cao Cao! Lu Bu! Liu Bei! These people were either our father's companions, or they used to be our father's enemies, and some people didn't even have the qualifications to have a seat in front of our father, or our father took pity on his family background, so he reluctantly gave half a seat! At this time, I think about it, how majestic and heroic our father was back then? Yuan Xi seemed to have fallen into memories with the strength of wine, opened and closed his mouth, and listened to Yuan Shang confused.

Yuan Shang could naturally hear who Yuan Xi was talking about, and Cao Cao was indeed not far from Yuan Shao when He Jin was in power; Although Lu Bu is unparalleled in the world in terms of force, after all, when Yuan Shao "entered" Luoyang, he also "fled" and walked through; Not to mention Liu Bei, if it weren't for the intercession between Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao in the past, he would almost be cut by Yuan Shao for casually finding a crime of disrupting the military discussion. If there were so many "ifs" at that time, Yuan Shang never dared to think about what role the old Yuan family would have played so far.

But Yuan Shang also knew that it was just if. Yuan Xi is not the kind of person who only fantasizes. There should be a follow-up, so Yuan Shang wisely did not answer, but listened to Yuan Xi, who was almost in a frenzy, to continue.

"Daddy is here. Everyone didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect for my Yuan family, even our second uncle Yuan Shu did such a rebellious thing, with my father here, can you see that someone has said half a bad word about my Yuan family? Yuan Xi slammed the wine on the table in front of him, his tone suddenly became sharp, and he said angrily: "But now! Yuan Tanna was the eldest son in vain, and he didn't think about how to revitalize the family business. But with the intention of inheriting his father's old bottom completely, if that's all, it's just that, and it's still in the case of insufficient strength. made enemies on all sides, leaked the details of my Yuan family, and made those who were any pigs, pigs, dogs, and dogs want to share double the soup of my Yuan family. Deadwood! Rotten wood! Hum! Don't think I don't know he has something to do with that Cao Cao! I really thought that Cao Cao had promised him some benefits. He just sat back and relaxed? Heh, Xianfu, you must have been promised a lot of benefits by Lu Bu, right? ”

"Huh? Second brother, I didn't ......" Yuan Shang waved his hand again and again, and hurriedly denied it. But he was caught by Yuan Xi approaching and grabbed his arm, and he was trembling a little, but he heard Yuan Xi say: "But Xianfu is different from the eldest son of our family." My brother learned about you in my aunt's letters, and you did a good job. It's also a good strategy, a good choice! ”

"Brother, you ......" Yuan Shang was a little confused this time. Is his mother in touch with Yuan Xi? How did you not know? was the second brother in front of him. He personally led the troops to drive himself and his mother Liu out of Yecheng and fled all the way to Qingzhou. Why did you listen to what Yuan Xi said, as if her mother had been keeping in touch with Yuan Xi? However, Yuan Shang vaguely remembered that when he was in Linzi, when he was wronged, he told his mother that the two elder brothers were wrong, and his mother seemed to have mentioned that he couldn't say bad things about his second brother. Although until now, I still don't understand why my mother would divide the eldest brother and second brother, who were compatriots of the same mother, and when I left Linzi, I repeatedly told me to contact my second brother Yuan Xi, who was the same as his half-brother, even if he was suspicious of Lu Bu and Qin Xu, he had to do so.

"That's it! Yuan Hao, Gong and the two gentlemen's plans are also known, and I have to say that although they have the same strategy as Yuan Tan's plan, they are even higher. However, Brother Wei now has a better choice! Yuan Xi didn't dwell too much on the topic that was still related to the Liu family, only vaguely mentioned it, and then said nothing, but talked about the previous strategy that Tian Feng had taught the two great strategists to "tailor" for Yuan Xi, and it seemed that he really knew a lot about Yuan Shang's affairs.

"It turns out that second brother, you already have a strategy to break the city and foreign enemies?" Yuan Shang saw that Yuan Xi was confident, and the puzzle on his face became more and more obvious. Before, when he heard that Liu Bei and the Montenegrin coalition troops were besieging Yecheng, Yuan Shang was still frightened, and he was still quite a little slanderous about Yuan Xi's heartless appearance. Now after listening to Yuan Xi's explanation, he is more and more surprised. God knows how this second brother seems to have so many wisdom overnight. I asked rather unsteadily in my heart.

"That Kong Rong Lao'er, no wonder nothing can be done! Not only was Beihai Foundation forced by a child, but he was forced to give up his place and return to Linzi; After that, he used several tricks and schemes, and finally ended up in ruin, and everyone betrayed his relatives, just because this old man was too stupid! Yuan Xi couldn't hide the smug smile at the corner of his mouth, and seeing that Yuan Shang was confused, he picked up a lot of wine sprinkled on the table, took a sip, and said to Yuan Shang: "Everyone in the world knows that I Yuan Xiansi admires Kong Beihai's literary talents, and Kong Rong Lao'er is also convinced of this." To tell the truth, when that old man came to vote, I was really happy for a long time, after all, he was a great Confucian in the world, and he was a great man in the sea. Unexpectedly, this thief fought like Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Liu Bei! I just want to give away my Yuan family's inheritance! What else did you say to borrow troops from Liu Bei to help me defend Yecheng, is it really true that I, the second son of Yuan, am I a fool? That Liu Bei has the posture of a hero, but even Lu Bu is a person who is very afraid of Qin Xu, who is relied on, if he really comes to Yecheng, needless to say a few days, I am afraid that this Jizhou will change hands, and you and my brother will also die without a place to be buried! ”

"Huh? So, what does the second brother want to do? "I have the impression that my second brother, although he is relatively close to Yuan Shao's subordinates on weekdays, is not a person with outstanding resourcefulness. Why is it so scheming now? Could it be that all the previous ones were hiding their own strength? The person who was extremely familiar suddenly changed his appearance, how could he not make Yuan Shang stunned.

"Don't be surprised, don't be surprised, wait for your brother to introduce someone for you!" As if he was very satisfied with Yuan Shang's expression, the smile on Yuan Xi's face became thicker and thicker, and he nodded mysteriously towards the dark and uninhabited place of the ear gate, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, after listening to it for so long, won't you come out to meet the old man?" ”

"Ahh How are you? Second brother, you ...... He ...... "Seeing the face of the visitor, Yuan Shang suddenly jumped up as if he had been lit by a cannonball, his arm trembled and pointed to the figure that gradually appeared from the darkness, and even his voice became trembling, as if he had seen something that Yuan Shang was very afraid of.

"Third son, don't come unharmed after a long time?" The person who came sat next to Yuan Xi's main seat without the slightest scruples, took a sip of the wine as if no one was there, and smiled at Yuan Shang, whose face suddenly turned pale.

…… (To be continued......)