Chapter 190 Liu Bei besieged Yuan Shu, and Xu Miao stole the seal and returned to Cao Cao

Continuing above, we continue downward.

In other words, how was this Yuan Tan and Yuan Xiansi captured by Gongsun Fan, Zou Dan, and Guan Jing? It starts at the beginning. Since the capture of Yinling County, Liu Bei promoted Gongsun Fan to be a partial general, and also promoted the official positions of Zou Dan and Guan Jing, making them rank among the generals.

Receiving Liu Bei's appreciation, the three of them were quite excited and grateful. So early in the morning, they took their guards to the outside of the city, preparing to hunt a few wild beasts, and gave them to Liu Bei as a token of gratitude.

But unfortunately, they were running into Yuan Tan and Yuan Xiansi in disguise, how could they let it go easily? With heavy blows, they took down Yuan Dagongzi without any suspense.

That's how it used to be.

Liu Bei comforted Yuan Tan and said with emotion: "Xiansi, if you don't want to be friendly with your brother, it's actually your uncle Yuan Highway, and heaven and man are not angry!" ”

Seeing that Liu Bei's words were pertinent, Yuan Tan softened his tone and said, "Brother Xuande, I came to persuade my uncle on the orders of my father. Therefore, I also hope that my brother will raise his noble hand and let him go to the city. ”

Liu Bei suddenly laughed, stood up and walked in front of Yuan Tan, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Xiansi, after a long absence, you and I haven't talked about it yet, why don't we talk about it tonight!" As he spoke, he called the guards and took Yuan Tan to find a tent to rest.

Looking at Yuan Tan's departing figure, an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Liu Bei's mouth.

In the evening, Liu Bei set up a banquet to entertain Yuan Tan in the big tent of the Chinese army, so that Chen Gong could accompany him.

Yuan Tan had something in his heart, so he didn't dare to drink freely, and after a few glasses in his stomach, he pretended to be drunk and lost on the table.

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Tan, who was pretending to be drunk, and pretended to shout a few times, and then said: "Gongtai, Yuan Xiansi and I have been classmates for three or four years, and we have a very good relationship!" Only this regret is that when I think about drinking, I can't drink too much! Let the guards send him back to the account first, you and I will drink a hundred lamps! As he spoke, he called the guards and carried Yuan Tan out.

Yuan Tan hummed and pretended to be very similar, but he didn't know that Liu Bei and Chen Gong were exchanging knowing glances in the world.

Thrown onto the bed by the guard, he turned over, lay on his back, heard the sound of the guard leaving, opened his eyes slightly and looked.

Seeing that it was pitch black in the house, he slowly got up and tiptoed to the tent.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent.

When he approached his tent, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and he heard: "General Gongsun, are you sure that Yuan Xiansi is really drunk?" If so, we're going to strangle this guy in a tent. As long as a person is dead, the lord will have no way to defend him! ”

It seems to be that Guan Jing.

Hearing the sound of talking outside, Yuan Tan secretly congratulated himself on the wisdom of pretending to be drunk.

What's going on out there!?

He didn't think too much, so he quietly took out the dagger at his waist, cut a hole in the tent, and got out of it......

It was a long time before he heard a cacophony behind him, which seemed to be chasing him.

He hurried in another direction, and did not stop until he was at the edge of the fence in front of him.

What to do, there is no road ahead!?

But the pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, for the noisy sound was getting closer and closer......

At that moment, a group of patrolmen in front passed by with torches, and he was so frightened that he quickly climbed next to a tent. Because he was in a hurry, his hand leaked outside, and he was stepped on by the patrolling soldiers one by one, but he had to grit his teeth and stubbornly survive.

When the patrol had passed, he ran to the fence in three steps and two steps, rolled over, and rolled straight into the trench.

Fortunately, there was nothing in the trench and he was able to escape.

When the three of Gongsun Fan, who had already chased to the edge of the camp, didn't know what to do next, Liu Bei and Chen Gong suddenly appeared as if out of thin air and came behind them.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "The three of you have done so well!" The guy who ran in our camp for half the night will naturally go to Yuan Highway to tell him about it! He has always exaggerated things, so Yuan Highway will definitely not dare to go out of the city to fight us! Tonight's goal has been achieved, please go back and rest! ”

Receiving Liu Bei's praise, Gongsun Fan, Zou Dan, and Guan Jing said in unison: "It's all due to the wisdom of the lord!" We can't wait for Raul of dogs and horses! ”

Liu Bei and Chen Gong glanced at each other, laughed, and returned to the big tent with everyone.

Sure enough, Yuan Tan fled to Shouchun in embarrassment, and the sky was already bright.

Seeing that his clothes were dirty and tattered, his face was covered with mud and grass, his face was decadent, and his eyes were dull, Yuan Shu was so frightened that he recognized him for a while.

"Xiansi, why are you here?"

When Yuan Tan saw Yuan Shu, he immediately relaxed, and said bitterly: "The little nephew almost won't see his uncle!" As he spoke, he recounted the past.

"What? Liu Xuande's subordinates dare to do this to you? Yuan Shu was shocked in his heart, and he wanted to take revenge on Yuan Tan.

When Ji Ling saw it, he was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't be impulsive!

Without waiting for Ji Ling to speak, Yuan Tan hurriedly comforted Yuan Shu: "Uncle, don't worry. The little nephew traveled all the way, but it was not in vain. Liu Bei's army is not to be underestimated! Deep trenches were dug around his camp and traps were laid. If we attack the camp recklessly, we will be the ones who will suffer. And his soldiers are very brave, which is not comparable to ordinary soldiers! ”

Yuan Shu looked at him in a daze and did not speak.

He continued: "Gongsun Fan, Zou Dan, and Guan Jing, uncle should have heard of it, right?!" They were all former Gongsun Zan's subordinates, and they were beaten by my father and suffered a terrible defeat. However, they are now very small, and even their uncle has been defeated at their hands from time to time! ”

Yuan Shu's face changed a few times, but he still didn't speak.

Ji Ling interjected on the side and said: "What the young prince said is not bad, but we are Your Majesty's generals, so we will not be afraid of him!" ”

"Yes, if you are deeply favored by Your Majesty, how can you be afraid of a few of them?" Chen Ji and Chen Lan also shouted on the side.

"Hey!" Suddenly, Yuan Shu spoke: "It seems that the sky is really going to kill me!" Prime Minister Yang, do you have a good way? ”

Yang Hong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the only way to do this is to stick to Shouchun and wait for the general Zhang Xun to defeat Cai Mao and bring troops back to help!" ”

Yuan Shu only has such a hope in his heart, and there is no half strategy to speak of.

He followed Yang Hong's advice and stayed in Shouchun.

Liu Bei also seemed to be cooperating with him, dividing his troops into three divisions: Huang Zhong led 20,000 elite soldiers to block the south gate of Shouchun, and Hua Xiong led 20,000 elite soldiers to block the north gate of Shouchun, and he led the Chinese army to guard the west of Shouchun. Only the east gate remained, but not a single soldier was sent to guard it.

Faced with such a situation, Yuan Shu felt very strange, so he sent someone to the east gate to check.

Who knows, the person who checked had just left the city three kilometers away, and the leader was shot by a hidden arrow, and the rest of the people dared to stay, hurriedly fled back, and reported to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was shocked, so he sent thousands of elite soldiers to investigate again.

The Thousand Men came to that place again, and they were greeted by a sudden and obvious arrow!!

The dark arrows were like flying locusts, and they shot as many as 900 people with great accuracy! More than a dozen people were still released and went back to report the news.

When they fled, more than 100 black shadows appeared in the ambush......

Seeing the failure of the temptation again, Yuan Shu was quite panicked in his heart, and he didn't know how to deal with it, so he repeatedly asked Yang Hong.

At this time, Yang Hong had no countermeasures.

Knowing that Yuan Shu repeatedly sent soldiers out of the east gate to test it, Liu Bei said to Chen Gong with a smile: "The strength of the secret guard is actually something that he can test with only a thousand people?" In this way, no one dares to go out of the East Gate! ”

"The lord is really wise." Chen Gong complimented, and offered another plan, "Now Yuan Shu is like a turtle in an urn, and he is fighting the trapped beasts." As long as the lord firmly traps them, within half a month, there will be chaos in the city, and it will be easy to seek longevity when the time comes! ”

"Good!" Liu Bei obeyed his words, and then told the generals to only besiege and not attack.

For several days in a row, Liu Beijun did not come out for days except for the continuous transportation of grain and grass.

Liu Bei and Chen Gong sent scouts from time to time to inquire about the news of all parties.

First, the secret guard came back and reported to Liu Bei the results of the battle between Zhang Xun and Cai Mao. The two are in a state of anxiety in the battle, each has a victory or defeat, but neither side can retreat. It made Liu Bei feel at ease.

Then Cao Cao of Runan had already led his troops back to Xuchang, and after a short rest, he sent his troops to stay in the city. Xu Shu learned early that although he and Zhang Fei restrained the soldiers from infringing on the property of the people, they looted the money in the city treasury.

In the face of the empty city, Cao Cao was furious, so he wanted to wave his troops to attack Xuzhou, but was blocked by Xu Shu outside Jinshan Pass.

Outside the gate, Zhang Fei defeated Xiahou Dun, Xu Chu and others in a row to deter Cao Jun, if it weren't for Xiahou Nu's face, he almost beheaded Xiahou Yuan. Guo Jia designed to capture Zhang Fei, but Xu Shu saw through it. Zhang Fei challenged in front of the two armies, never chasing the defeated generals, and ignored how you teased.

There were no generals in Cao Cao's army to defeat Zhang Fei, so Cao's army was stranded outside the pass.

And Yuan Shao originally dealt with the Montenegrin army, but because of the dissatisfaction of his generals, there was infighting, his family was detained, and he once again united with the Montenegrin army to rebel against Yu Poison and others. Fortunately, Tao Sheng and others of the Montenegrin Army protected his family and helped him defeat the Montenegrin Army again.

The wars on all sides show that the balance of victory in the Huainan war is still tilting towards Liu Bei's side. And the undercurrent in it is also quietly helping him bring down Yuan Shu's political group.

Trapped in the city, Yuan Shu looked at the increasingly scarce food, and his heart couldn't help but be irritable, and he actually had an idea that prompted him to accelerate his demise - he actually ordered Chen Ji and Chen Lan to wantonly loot the food of the people in the city.

The people who had been robbed of food were still unable to survive in the city and had to go out of the city in search of food. They unknowingly arrived at the place where the secret guard was hiding, but they were safe and sound, and they found a lot of food.

It turned out that these secret guards had already been instructed by Liu Bei not to kill innocents indiscriminately, so they did not do anything to these people.

Upon learning of this, many officials in the city retreated. One of them was named Xu Miao, and this person was the clerk of Yuan Shu's side, who was called Shupeng at that time, and was in the same position as Liang Mao. Later, after Yuan Shu became emperor, this person served as a counselor, and often lingered on the side of the Son of Heaven, that is, on the left and right of Yuan Highway.

In the previous document, we mentioned that when Yuan Highway and Prime Minister Yang Hong and Yang Jiangda talked about the jade seal, he was the one who eavesdropped on it. He had the idea of stealing the jade seal in exchange for glory and wealth.

Now the people in the city are panicking, and the people are fleeing. He quietly slipped into the palace, and when Yuan Shu was not paying attention, he stole the jade seal and prepared to send it to Xuchang to be handed over to Cao Cao......