"What did you say?" Yuan Tan's voice was like a duck being pinched by the neck, and his voice was hoarse, which was simply not like human words.

"In the past, Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba led the army to raid Liaodong, and now it is surrounded by soldiers, and the second prince sent me to ask the eldest prince for help!" The man knelt on the ground and whispered, taking out a letter from his bosom and handing it to Yuan Tan as he spoke. The latter opened it blankly and almost didn't pop out of his eyes. In the letter, Yuan Xi told him that Xiahou Ba and Cao Zhang led the army to suddenly enter Liaodong, and he hastily responded to the battle and lost several battles in a row, and now he was forced to retreat to Xiangping, with only a few thousand soldiers, and hoped that Yuan Tan would come to the rescue as soon as possible.

"We are guarding Yuyang and Liaoxi, how did Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba pass?" Frustrated Hu said in amazement. Not to mention him, even Fu Zhu and Tian Feng didn't expect that Xiahou Ba and Cao Zhangnai were people pretending to be Liu Bei, who went to sea from Zhangwu by boat, went to Liaodong by sea, and then opened the city gate and turned the empty hinterland of Liaodong upside down. Although Cao Ying did not have a sailor, it was still possible to collect ships to barely cross the sea. Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba went to sea from Zhangwu, but they went to Liaodong in two days, Yuan Tan's army was contained by Xiahou Tang in Yuyang, although he was lacking in skills, Yuan Xi, who stayed in Liaodong, saw that Liu Beijun was dressed as Liu Beijun, but he was defenseless for a while, so he was beaten embarrassed.

"No matter how he passed now, now that the second brother is trapped in Xiangping, if I don't save him, he will be more auspicious and less lucky, and he needs to return to the army quickly!" Yuan Tan is already a fly without a head, and he can't go back now. Frustrated frowning slightly, he finally sighed: "Lord, if you return to the army, I'm afraid that you will fall into the arms of Xiahoudun!" ”

"Yes, my lord, if you return to the army now, I'm afraid it's not the best policy!" Tian Feng also admonished. In fact, it is not the best policy, at this moment to return to the army, there are ten ** Xiahou Dun waiting to attack from both sides, march to Liaodong and wipe out Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then said abruptly: "Do you think the two gentlemen don't know, now I am afraid that the return army will be nine deaths!" Saying this, Yuan Tan took a heavy breath, as if he had made some major determination, and then said: "But now that the second brother is trapped in Xiangping, if we don't return to the army, the last piece of foundation in Liaodong will definitely not be guaranteed." At that time, I will be trapped in Yuyang, won't I be tied up? ”

"That's right!" Guo Tu, who had not spoken, also sighed at this time. But Yuan Tan continued at this time: "Mr. Gonghe, Mr. Gongze, Mr. Yuan Hao." The three of them are all great talents in the world, I Yuan Tan is not good, I failed to keep my father's foundation, and now Hebei has been lost, even Liaodong is afraid that it will not be guaranteed. So far, I have only one thing to ask for. ”

"The Lord is serious!" The three of them hurriedly got up and said. Everyone understands in their hearts that Yuan Tan knows that he is more than lucky, so he has to prepare to entrust the future. Yuan Tan sighed, and finally said astringently: "My Yuan family still has more than ten mouths, square belt." After returning to the army, the three gentlemen did not have to go to Xiangping with me, and went directly to Fangdai. If I am lucky enough to defeat Cao Zhang, it will be fine to keep Liaodong; If you can't keep it, please go to Xuzhou by sea, go to Uncle Liu Huang, and keep this last bit of blood for my Yuan family! If the three of them can agree, Yuan Tan will be grateful! ”

"Don't worry, as long as Guo Tu has a breath, he will definitely send the little boy to Xuzhou!" Guo Tu burst into tears when he heard this. He is Yuan Tan's sworn confidant, even after Yuan Tan succeeded to the throne, he still called Yuan Tan the eldest prince many times. Yuan Tan was quite emotional when he heard this, and when he was frustrated and Tian Feng also nodded and agreed, Yuan Tan immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to Liaodong.

Xiahoudun, who was in Guangyang, immediately led his army eastward to pursue as soon as he learned of Yuan Tan's retreat. In the end, Yuan Tan's army was attacked from both sides under the city of Xiangping, and after a scuffle, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu, who was unwilling to leave him, died in the chaos, and Yuan Xi, who stayed in Xiangping, committed suicide by poisoning in despair. He and Tian Feng went to Fang to pick up Yuan Tan's family, went to sea from the land of Sanhan, and after half a month of wandering, they landed in Donglai. At this point, the Yuan family, which once dominated Hebei, has completely disappeared and has become a historical past.

By the time Liu Bei learned all this, nearly another month had passed, and it was the end of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. After learning that all Yuan Tan's brothers had died, Liu Bei was also a little stunned, and immediately ordered Haosheng to settle Yuan Tan's widow and young son, and appointed Hetian Feng to the official position to make the best use of his talents.

"The two gentlemen are both outstanding people in the world, and I sincerely invite you to help me calm down this troubled world as soon as possible, and return the people to a peaceful world!" In Liu Bei's military tent under Xuchang City, Liu Bei personally met with Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, who had just arrived from Qingzhou, plus Chen Zhen, who had never gone back before, and Gao Lan, Xun Chen and others who had invested in Cheng in the early years, Yuan Shao's resources were recycled by Liu Bei a lot.

"Uncle Huang is serious, I am the minister of the defeated army, and Uncle Huang is grateful for being able to take us in. Now Uncle Huang doesn't think that we are only shallow in learning, and we should do our best to repay Uncle Huang's kindness! Frustrated, he sighed. This is Liu Bei, who can still be polite when he meets them. If you change to someone else, I'm afraid that if you just arrange an errand casually, it will be worthy of you.

"That being the case," Liu Bei groaned for a while, and then said: "The previous capture of Yongliang Prefectures, Bo Tao once said that he was short of manpower, I don't know if the two gentlemen are willing to go to Guanzhong and help Bo Tao to fight Xiahou Yuan?" ”

"I should serve the emperor's uncle!" Fu Zhi and Tian Feng hurriedly said. At that moment, Liu Bei wrote a handwritten letter and asked the two of them to bring it together and go to Xichuan to find Zhao Feng. The letter stated that both of them were great talents in the world, and he wanted Zhao Feng to reuse them, not because they were former ministers of the Yuan family, so he looked down on them. Of course, what Liu Bei absolutely didn't know was that even without this letter of recommendation, Zhao Feng would have entrusted him with an important task as soon as he saw them.

After confirming the identities of the two, Zhao Feng almost couldn't wait to appoint Tian Feng as the Taishou of Anding and the Taishou of Tianshui, and asked them to take office as soon as possible, which caught them off guard.

"General, it has been less than a day since I came to Chengdu, and the general entrusted me with the matter of a county. With such love, I am really flattered! Frustrated Professor looked at the letter of appointment in his hand that had not yet dried and said half-jokingly.

"The two gentlemen are serious, in fact, with the talents of the two gentlemen, it is a bit condescending to guard a county. However, Tianshui is adjacent to Wudu, and stability is connected to Qianghu. Please also ask the two gentlemen to resist foreign enemies at the same time, so as to rectify the local people's livelihood! Zhao Feng said with a smile. These two counties are some chaotic places, especially Anding, which not only borders the Qianghu grassland, but also faces Xiahouyuan across the Jing River. If you don't send a competent person to serve as the county guard, you really can't control the field. Only then did the two realize that their responsibilities were not light, and they hurriedly went to their respective offices without mentioning it.

"With these two, the situation in Longxi should always be slightly better!" Zhao Feng said to himself, there was no other official business on this day, Zhao Feng closed his eyes and lay on the recliner he plagiarized, and began to stagger, close his eyes, and recuperate.

"The general is so laid-back!" A somewhat dissatisfied voice woke up Zhao Feng, who was a little dazed, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Zhuge Liang who came in with a feather fan. "Kong Ming, are you going to work hard again?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhuge Liang, whose eyes were still a little bloodshot, this guy is really the same as what was said in history, everything has to be caught. Fortunately, there are many talents now, and he doesn't need to work too hard, otherwise I'm afraid that sooner or later he will die of exhaustion like in history. Zhao Feng even suspected that this guy was the prime minister of Shu Han in history, but he never took a concubine in his life, but he was afraid that it was because he didn't have the energy.

"Alas, Liang Yijie scholar, it really can't be compared with the general!" Zhuge Liang sighed. Zhao Feng couldn't help but pouted a little when he heard this, the scene of beating Kuai Yue back then was still vivid, why did he pretend to be weak now. After a few words of gossip, Zhao Feng told Zhuge Liang about his appointment of Fu Zhi and Tian Feng.

"These two are quite talented and competent." Zhuge Liang nodded. This kind of personnel appointment made by Zhao Feng, he rarely expressed opposing opinions. Zhuge Liang knew that in terms of knowing people, Zhao Feng was still above him.

"Originally, I wanted Wei Gong to go, but now it's really difficult for him to be alone!" Zhao Feng sighed. As in history, Yang Yi is not very open-minded, and he is not very able to take charge alone. If it's okay in the rear, the county guard in a place like Longxi is not something he can do.

"The general has good intentions, and the Jingxiang faction can still be used so much, Liang is already full of gratitude!" Zhuge Liang was a little humorous, Zhao Feng was stunned when he heard this, and then he also laughed heartily.

"Kong Ming, I didn't expect Yuan Tan to be finished like this, now Hebei has no worries, and he will go all out to save Cao Ying. In your opinion, can I trap Cao Ying to death with Xuchang in one fell swoop? After Zhao Feng finished laughing, he also began to discuss the current situation with Zhuge Liang. To be honest, Cao Ying was trapped in Xuchang like this, which Zhao Feng definitely didn't expect. At present, the Jingxiang Naval Division has almost completely blocked the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and aid from Hebei has been basically cut off. If you can trap Cao Ying to death like this, it will be crooked.

"It's hard to say, the winner is still five or five." Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said cautiously.

"Why, Kong Ming, don't you have confidence in Gan Xingba's sailor?" Zhao Feng was a little strange.

"If that's not the case, it's just that the Yellow River waterway is thousands of miles, and no matter how sharp the Jingxiang Water Master is, it is difficult to cover everything!" Zhuge Liang sighed. Glancing at Zhao Feng, Zhuge Liang said again: "Moreover, after the Yellow River freezes in winter, the Jingxiang Water Division will be useless!" ”

"That's right!" Zhao Feng nodded. Now it depends on Cao Ying's character, if his character is not good, and Xuchang can't support it in winter, he will ask Liu Bei to break it, then everything will be fine. As long as Cao Ying dies, with Liu Bei's ability, he can clean up Cao Pi and Cao Zhi or something, and it is not easy to catch it.

After all, character is not easy to say, whether it is Liu Bei or Cao Ying, they will not pin their hopes on character. The former is now besieging Xuchang, even if there is a slight possibility, he has to try to see if he can take Xuchang. At the same time, Xun Yu in Hebei was also trying his best to rack his brains about how to rescue Cao Ying. And far away in Zhuo County, Youzhou, Guo Jia's life is almost over.

Looking at Xiahoudun and the others who were guarding his bed, Guo Jia took a few breaths, then slowly took out an envelope from his arms, slowly handed it to Xiahoudun and said, "I have been getting sick and drowsy recently, but I'm afraid that the time is running out." If I don't have the order to return to Yecheng, I also ask General Xiahou to hand over this letter to Gongda. If you can act according to this plan, then there is still a glimmer of life in the Central Plains war! ”

"Sir!" Xiahoudun was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the letter with a precious place. Guo Jia gasped for a long time, and suddenly coughed violently again, and Xiahoudun hurriedly asked someone to beat his chest.

"General Yuanrang!" Guo Jia suddenly grabbed Xiahou Yuan's arm and said with the last of his strength: "Tell the lord that you don't want to fight Liu Bei in the Central Plains again, you still have to advance the army Jingxiang, remember to remember!" ”

"Don't worry, sir, I've written it down!" Xiahou held back his tears. This toss seemed to exhaust Guo Jia's last strength, and after getting Xiahoudun's affirmative reply, Guo Jia also let out a sigh of relief, and then slowly collapsed.

"Bonghyo!" Cao Ying, who was pretending to be asleep, suddenly woke up, and it took a long time to realize that he was still in Xuchang at the moment, and Shicai just took a nap on the table. Sighing softly, Cao Ying muttered to himself, "It turned out to be a dream!" The tone was not very relaxed.

Outside the window, a meteor streaked across the sky.

(To be continued)