However, he said that when Zhang Ji learned the news of our alliance with Liu Bei, he immediately asked Liu Xie to issue an edict appointing Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou. In this regard, although Liu Xiexin did not want to comply, he had to comply. As a result, Cao Cao was appointed as the official pastor of Yanzhou.

Immediately, after Guo Yan fled, Xia Yu, Gao Shuo and others planned to kidnap Liu Xie and go west, and set fire to disturb people's hearts. Liu Ai saw that the fire was fierce, and he was afraid that it would burn Liu Xie, so he discussed with others to move Liu Xie to another place to hide.

Subsequently, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng led their troops to come, intending to welcome Liu Xie to Yang Feng's camp. Unexpectedly, Xia Yu and Gao Shuo led the crowd to stop and fought with the two, but they were repelled by the two. As a result, Liu Xie was able to go to Yang Feng's camp safely.

After that, Liu Xie, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others secretly discussed, and decided to rush to Kanto as soon as possible and summoned Feng Xian and I to come to protect them. Then, when the group continued to march eastward and arrived at the Huayin territory, Duan Xuan, who was stationed there, immediately prepared carriages, horses, and clothes to meet him, wanting Liu Xie to go to his military camp.

Since Duan Xuan is in the same camp as Li and Guo, all the generals are worried that Duan Xuan will unite with Li and Guo to rebel. Liu Xie also felt some doubts in his heart, so he did not go to Duan Xuan's military camp, and then camped on the south side of the road.

After that, Duan Xuan sent his soldiers to secretly inform Li Dao and Guo Yan to lead their troops to come, but they happened to be intercepted by Yang Feng. Immediately, Yang Feng proposed that everyone hurry up to escort Liu Xie to the east, but Duan Xuan suddenly led his troops to stop him and did not allow everyone to leave. So, Zhang Ji and Yang Feng led their troops to attack Duan Xuan, Duan Xuan held on to the city, and the two armies confronted each other for more than ten days, but they could not distinguish the winner or loser.

At the right time, Li Dao and Guo Yan led the army to arrive, and Zhang Ji immediately led his subordinates to stop the two. But at this moment, someone informed Zhang Ji that Liu Xie planned to return to Luoyang. and prepared to summon the first two of us to lead the troops to protect them. Zhang Ji was shocked, and then joined forces with Li Dao and Guo Yan to prevent Liu Xie from continuing to return east. When Yang Ding learned about it, he was terrified, so he immediately abandoned everyone and fled south to Jingzhou from the mountain path alone.

At this time, Dong Cheng escorted Liu Xie and others to continue to flee eastward, while Yang Feng stayed behind to break the rear. Subsequently, Liu Xie rushed to Hongnong, and the soldiers and horses of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji also followed closely here. So, the two sides fought a big battle. As a result, Dong Cheng and Yang Feng's soldiers were weakly defeated, and countless officials, non-commissioned soldiers, and people who fled together were killed.

Subsequently, Dong Cheng and Yang Feng escorted Liu Xie, Fu Shou and Gongqing to retreat to Caoyang Pavilion, while pretending to make peace with Li Dao and others, and on the other hand, they sent people to Hedong to recruit Baibo generals Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai and others to lead the crowd to help. At that time, the right virtuous king of the Southern Xiongnu also led thousands of horsemen to help. Li Dao and the others were caught off guard and were caught off guard, losing thousands of men and horses for a while.

After that, the crowd wanted to continue eastward. Dong Cheng and Li Le escorted Liu Xie on the left and right, and the others guarded the pursuers in the rear. Although everyone was careful all the way, they were still attacked by Li Dao and Guo Yan, so Yang Feng and others were defeated. Then. Li Le wanted to protect Liu Xie and Fu Shou to leave first, but Liu Xie didn't want to leave the ministers and officials. So, everyone immediately retreated to Shaanxi County to set up camp and hold on.

In the meantime, some ministers were taken prisoner. Li Dao planned to kill them. But Jia Xu dissuaded him, and Li Wei stopped.

Subsequently, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others continued to send troops into the camp where Liu Xie was located. Li Le proposed that Liu Xie take a boat down the Yellow River. Then we landed at Mengjindu. But Yang Biao thinks that the water downstream is too turbulent, and it is too risky to go down the river by boat, and the boat may capsize if it is not done. Therefore, everyone had some deliberation and decided to send Li Le to cross the river to the other side at night to prepare boats, and then raise a fire as a signal to come and meet everyone.

Later, the ships were found, but they were limited in number, enough to carry only a few dozen people at a time. And this time, in addition to the ministers and hundreds of officials and forbidden soldiers, there were also many attendants and people.

Then, when Li Le was raising the fire, he was discovered by the scouts of Li Dao's subordinates, and then Li Dao and others immediately led the crowd to pursue. For a moment, everyone ran forward in terror, trying to board the ship. Due to the critical situation, Dong Cheng couldn't care so much, and immediately ordered Sun Wei to open the way with a knife, and all those who encountered the way were killed. At this time, Queen Fushou's brother Fu De helped her and followed her, but the blood gradually reached her clothes, but she didn't have time to take care of it.

Immediately, after arriving on the shore, Liu Xie had not yet boarded the boat, and some soldiers began to scramble to climb up. Dong Cheng, Li Le and others were in a hurry, so they had to stand by the boat with Changge in their hands to block it, and the fingers of anyone who picked up the ship's boon were cut off. Subsequently, Liu Xie was able to get on the ship safely. Although he felt pity for those innocent people who were killed, he couldn't care so much about running for his life at the moment.

After crossing the Yellow River safely, Liu Xie and others came to Li Le's military camp in Dayang County. Immediately, Liu Xie sent envoys to the counties of Kwantung and summoned the generals to come and protect him. Then, we drove to Anyi.

After Zhang Yang received the summons, he immediately dispatched Dong Zhao, the cavalry commander, to lead thousands of soldiers to Anyi with rice on their backs to pay tribute. At that time, Hedong Taishou Wangyi also offered cotton silk. Then, Liu Xie issued an edict to crown Wang Yi as a liehou. Li Le was appointed as the general of Zhengdong and Zhang Yang as the general of Anguo, and the two were given the charm to represent the authority of the Son of Heaven and the power to open the government. Dong Zhao was called as a councilor.

However, he said that Feng Xian and I had previously led the crowd to break through Yuan Shao's encirclement and interception and return to Rencheng, and then launched an attack on Xiahoudun, Yu Ban and others who were attacking the county capital. Then after a period of confrontation, he was about to repel the other party, but at this time, Yuan Shao suddenly led his army to come. This situation is really worse for us. Obviously, our army has reached the point of despair at this moment.

We relied on the walls of the county government to hold on. Because the gate was narrow and difficult to besiege, the surrounding walls were guarded by sergeants. Yuan Shao's offensive was temporarily frustrated, so he had to order a temporary siege without attacking, wanting to wait until we were too hungry to have the strength to attack.

At this moment, there was silence in the county hall, and everyone seemed to be pondering something, and they looked a little depressed. Perhaps, they never imagined that one day they would face such a desperate situation. And whose fault is it that caused the current situation? Could it be my fault? Maybe, but probably not.

From the beginning to the end, there have been no mistakes in the strategic approach I have laid out. Every time they attack, they are all broken. When it comes to the combat effectiveness of the troops, we are even better than the other side. But why did it fail in the end? Is it because I don't really understand the rules of survival in troubled times, or is it really fate that cannot be disobeyed? No, I don't believe in the saying that "fate cannot be disobeyed", otherwise there would be no such thing as surviving in adversity and turning defeat into victory in this world.

At this time, everyone's family members were also in the county government, and Yuan Shao outside was constantly sending people to other cities to mobilize troops to come over for reinforcements. It depends, this time he has to kill us.

If you lead everyone to break through directly like this, it's not impossible, but it's really a bit risky. In order to ensure the safety of the family members, I had to decide to negotiate to win a chance to survive.

After that, under the concern of everyone, I unloaded my weapons and went to Yuan Shao's camp alone.

Later, Yuan Shao saw me and couldn't help but say with a slight smile: "Major General, welcome to the original camp, please take a seat." ”

I chuckled at the corners of my mouth, but said, "General Yuan, I have always liked to speak directly, and you must know this very well; This time, I came alone because I wanted to make peace with General Yuan; I wonder if General Yuan would like to listen to my advice? ”

At this time, the senior cadre on the side suddenly said: "What kind of thing are you, why do you want my Yuan Gong to make peace with you!" ”

Yuan Shao said: "Hey, you junior must not be rude to the young general; Major General, let's hear it first. ”

Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, although he is not much younger than me in age, but I am the same generation as Yuan Shao in terms of seniority. So although he is about the same age as me, he belongs to my junior in terms of seniority.

I said, "General Yuan, there are some things that you and I tacitly know; Although you led the army to besiege us this time, it does not mean that my brothers and sisters have no ability to fight back, we are just concerned about the safety of our families in the army, so we are so restrained; Speaking of which, if it weren't for Liu Bei not sending troops as agreed before, I am afraid that it is not certain who will win and who will lose now. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but groan, but said again: "What the young general said is not unreasonable; It's just that there will inevitably be casualties in a war, doesn't the general understand this truth? ”

I said, "Of course I understand this truth, but can General Yuan guarantee that he will be safe in the end?" What I mean by this is that my two brothers and their families will go elsewhere, so that you will have no trouble occupying this last city; If General Yuan refuses to agree, then my two brothers will have no choice but to make a desperate gamble and break the net with General Yuan; For my proposal, I don't know what General Yuan thinks? ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the purpose of Major General Major's coming to negotiate peace this time is just to protect the safety of his family?" ”

I replied, "That's right; In my brother's view, every human life is equally precious, even if it is a so-called slave; Therefore, we should not abandon our family members for the sake of our own lives, because this is not the right way to go. ”

Yuan Shao groaned, and didn't know how to decide for a while. He knew very well in his heart that if he let Feng Xian and me go like this, the two of us would have to embarrass him again in the future, and it would be even more difficult to get rid of us. But if he refuses to agree and puts the two of us in a corner, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to end easily. Even if he says no, I will immediately attack him. Even though I'm coming empty-handed, he still can't help but be a little jealous of me. (To be continued......)