I don't know what snow was drifting, and it was sprinkled one after another, and a layer of light white soon accumulated on the ground. The lead clouds in the sky www.biquge.info thick and low, as if they were about to press down on the city, and the lights of every household shining on the sky were yellow and red, like rust and blood.

Yuan Shao stood up, squinted his eyes, looked at the snowflakes that gradually covered his gaze, and remembered that He Hao, who died in the Battle of Gecheng, had not been able to return to his hometown and had been stopped in Yecheng, and his heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had been pricked by a needle. Nanyang was occupied by Liu Xiu, Yingchuan was also occupied by Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu's next target is Runan, will he be like He Hao in the future, he can't return to his hometown after death?

It's not that he can't go back—although the two sides are at war, Liu Xiu doesn't allow him to send He Hao's coffin back—but he doesn't know in what capacity he should be buried in the ancestral grave. The Yuan family has come to this point, and there is no turning back, either ascending to that supreme throne or rebelling. If it was the latter, how would he face the ancestors of the Yuan family?

Yuan Shao walked to the bottom of the porch and slowly sprinkled the wine in the cup under the steps. The wine melted away the snowflakes that had just fallen, drawing a trembling and chaotic line, just like Yuan Shao's trembling mood at the moment.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi followed over, standing on Yuan Shao's left and right, and together they sacrificed He Hao's spirit in the sky with wine.

Yuan Shao handed the wine glass to Yuan Tan and shook his shoulders: "Xiansi, Xianyong, you go out for a walk with me." ”

Yuan Tan didn't think much about it, turned around and put down the wine glass, picked up Yuan Shao's big coat, and personally draped it on him. Yuan Xi asked softly: "Father, are you out of the house?" ”

Yuan Shao nodded: "Out of the house." But don't alarm Yan Liang, you just bring twenty personal guards. ”

Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, Yuan Shao smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Yuan Xi's shoulder: "It's okay, this is Yecheng, can there be an army that can attack it?" ”

Yuan Xi chuckled awkwardly: "Father is right." Please wait a minute, father, and I'll make arrangements for it. ”

Yuan Shao nodded in agreement. Yuan Xi walked quickly, Yuan Shao turned to Yuan Tan and said, "Xianyong is a fine person, what will happen in the future." Consult with him much. ”

Yuan Tan was overjoyed, he understood the meaning of his father's words, and his face turned a little red with excitement for a while. He nodded in agreement. After a while, Yuan Xi came back and reported to Yuan Shao that he had arranged forty elite guards, and at the same time ordered the guards battalion on duty to strengthen their guard and be on standby at any time. Yuan Shao nodded quietly, shook his head, and strode out. Yuan Tan and Yuan Yong hurriedly followed.

The father and son walked to the door, two luxurious and comfortable carriages stopped outside the gate, and two teams of twenty fierce guards were on standby. Yuan Shao glanced at Yuan Xi. There was a look of approval in his eyes. "Xiansi, you take a car, go around the city, and visit the soldiers on duty on behalf of your father."

Yuan Tan responded loudly and got into the car. Went first. After a while, Yuan Shao boarded another car and ordered to go to Tian Feng's house.

Tian Feng was originally from Julu, but he is now an important minister by Yuan Shao's side, and of course his family has to come to Yecheng. His house is not big, and there are not many people. Apparently a little deserted. On Chinese New Year's Eve, a family of four was chatting around the fire. Tian Feng has a straight temperament, his wife and a pair of children are a little afraid of him, so they don't speak easily, just listen to Tian Feng quietly, but Tian Feng is so worried that it took a long time to sigh, this atmosphere is really not warm.

The door to the inner hall suddenly opened, and the servant hurried in, carrying a cold wind. Tian Feng frowned, and was about to scold angrily, but he was taken aback when he saw Yuan Shao's father and son standing at the door with a smile, and hurriedly waved to his wife and children, motioning them to enter the inner room, he got up and greeted him, and said, "General, why are you ......?"

Yuan Shao looked at the simple decorations around him, and sighed lightly: "Yuan Hao, why are you so yourself? When someone else sees it, they will say about me. ”

Tian Feng smiled: "Why should the general worry about those rumors, it will be troublesome. ”

Yuan Shao laughed, shook his arms, stretched out his hands to roast on the fire, and beckoned Tian Feng to say, "Yuan Hao, come, sit, let's talk." Usually there are many people, and it is rare to be quiet, but today I will only listen to you. ”

Tian Feng's eyes flashed, and he arched his hand and said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare some wine and food, and drink with the general today." ”

Yuan Shao beckoned: "Such a trivial matter, why do you need to do it, let the children do it." Xianyong, don't bring the wine up. ”

Yuan Xi answered, personally holding a pair of delicate luminous cups, and the two guards held wine and food to the hall. Yuan Xi retreated after arranging it and waited under the porch. Yuan Shao personally opened the glazed wine urn, poured half a glass of wine in each of the two luminous glasses, and then handed a glass to Tian Feng, and said with a smile: "Taste the wine of the Western Regions, I heard that another general of the cavalry also made two poems for this, what is it called'Grape wine luminous cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately.'" [If you're looking for novel material, I'll read it]'"

The corners of Tian Feng's eyes twitched, and he felt that something was wrong. Yuan Shao is the self-appointed general of the chariot cavalry, Liu Xiu is the general of the chariot and cavalry worshiped by the imperial court, the Western Regions are now controlled by Liu Xiu, and the person who presides over the overall situation in the Western Regions is Zhang He, a native of Hejian. The people of Hejian did not support Yuan Shao, but listened to Liu Xiu's orders, which in itself was a bit ominous, and the wine of the Western Regions was a very rare thing even in Luoyang, and when it was sold to Yecheng, this urn of wine was twenty gold, and as for these two luminous glasses, the price was even more difficult to say.

Jizhou has fought for so many years, although the confidence is still very strong, but compared with the increasingly profitable profits from the Silk Road between Qingxu and Xuzhou, the mood of the people of Jizhou has undergone some indescribable changes. With Tian Feng's temper, if he changed it in normal times, he would embarrass Yuan Shao. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Yuan Shao took the initiative to talk to him, this is a rare good opportunity, you can't make Yuan Shao unhappy as soon as you open your mouth.

Tian Feng thought about it for a long time, and it took him a long time to suppress the words that came to his mouth, and forced a laugh: "Liu Xiu doesn't learn and has no skills, except for being good at painting things, where do you know what poetry, it's just a matter of saying a few words in passing." ”

Yuan Shao laughed, took a sip of wine, picked up a green bean and threw it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said, "Yuan Hao, you are right, Liu Xiu doesn't know how to learn." I like to seek new and change, and I like to make some new words even when I speak. As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, he scolded people for being stupid, and his reputation was an ancient saying, and later he coined a word called soy sauce......"

"Soy sauce?" Tian Feng didn't understand for a while. It's normal to use soy sauce these days, but there is no such thing as soy sauce yet.

Yuan Shao stretched out his little finger and scratched his sideburns, and said with a smile: "What is soy sauce." I don't know, it's probably a type of sauce. But I understand the meaning of the word soy sauce. Talk about it. It's been a few years. Yuan Shao told him about meeting Liu Xiu in Qiaoxuan's mansion that time, and Tian Feng understood what it meant to make soy sauce, but he didn't think so. Just smiled faintly and didn't make any comments.

Yuan Shao saw it in his eyes, a little displeased. I spent so much time talking about it, condescending to see you, telling you jokes, and you didn't even have a scene to say, which is too faceless. He held the wine glass in his left hand, slowly moving by the fire, watching the blood-like wine rippling in the glass, and was a little addicted for a while. After a while, he asked, "Yuan Hao, do you think Liu Xiu will play soy sauce this time?" ”

Tian Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Yuan Shao was referring to the current war. He stroked his beard and groaned: "The general is worried that the Son of Heaven's imperial expedition will interfere with the people's hearts?" ”

Yuan Shao nodded, the smile on his face gradually dissipated, and he sighed lightly: "My Yuan family has been raising troops for so many years. There are also virtuous and virtuous people from various states to help, but now, the land has not expanded for hundreds of miles, and the position has not been further advanced, but Liu Xiu has come with the trend of coldness, and the first battle has decided Jiangnan. Now that wild seed is going to go on a personal expedition again. Fools and fools don't know whether it's true or not, this situation is very unfavorable to us, Yuan Hao, why teach me? ”

Tian Feng rubbed his hands and muttered for a long time: "General, I don't see it that way." ”

Yuan Shao let out an "oh" and raised his head to look at Tian Feng, with a glimmer of hope gradually revealed in his eyes.

The corners of Tian Feng's mouth twitched: "Liu Xiu is out of Yizhou, menacing, morale is sharp, Yuan Shu should stick to Chaisang and Yuzhang, and it is not a mistake to fight for Changsha." It's just that since you want to fight for Changsha, you shouldn't rush to break through, and it will take a year and a half to exhaust Liu Xiu's sharpness, which is the best policy. Sun Jian's breakthrough from Changsha was a mistake, but the biggest mistake was not this. Tian Feng raised his eyelids and looked at Yuan Shao with blazing eyes: "The biggest mistake is that in order to save Sun Jian, he actually left the Yuzhang defense line that he had been operating for several months and rushed to Changsha to fight against Liu Xiu. What's even more incredible is that he actually regarded himself as a partial general, and he wanted to come to the battle in person and compete with Liu Xiu. This kind of bravery is the crux of the rapid collapse of the Jiangnan defense line. ”

Yuan Shao's eyes flashed, and he stroked his beard silently.

"Sun Jian is just a horseman, since he has decided to defend Changsha, then defend it to the end, until Changsha has no grain and it is not too late to break through. But he gave up halfway, it can be said that the tiger head is in front and the snake tail is behind, giving a chance in vain. What is the use of saving such a man? If he loses, he loses, and it has no impact on the overall situation, Yuan Shu only needs to keep Yuzhang, what can Liu Xiu do? The capture of one city after another was enough to exhaust his sharpness, and in two or three years, he couldn't win the Yuzhang at all. Of course, there will not be this situation. ”

Tian Feng talked about his analysis of the battle situation in Jiangnan step by step, and finally in the final analysis, Liu Xiu pacified Jiangnan so quickly, not because of how powerful he was, but because Yuan Shu was too stupid. These words greatly encouraged Yuan Shao, his mood slowly brightened, and the snowflakes dancing outside the hall became much more pleasing to the eye.

"Then what is Yuan Hao's opinion on the next battle situation?"

"Mencius said that the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people. Now although Yuan Shu has lost Jiangnan, he was captured by Liu Xiusheng, and no one can restrain the general from then on, and there is no disagreement within the Yuan family. However, the little emperor drove the expedition in person, but it showed that the imperial court's precautions against Liu Xiu had reached the point where it could not be delayed. He has lost this length, for the general, how do you know if it is a blessing? ”

Yuan Shao frowned slightly, Tian Feng's words sounded very good, but how to deal with the Son of Heaven's imperial expedition, Tian Feng didn't say a word. He asked anxiously, "Then what should we do?" Do you kill that wild seed, or don't you kill it? Killed, it is Liu Xiu who benefits, if he doesn't kill, how can this battle be fought? ”

The corners of Tian Feng's mouth were crooked, he drank all the wine in the cup, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, snorted coldly, and a bad breath gushed out: "Surround but not kill, Liu Xiu comes to help, just wait for work and defeat Liu Xiu." ”

"Will he come?" Yuan Shao asked, "Will he sit back and watch the Son of Heaven be killed by us?" ”

"No, it won't." Tian Feng's eyes flashed, revealing a grim smile: "If Liu Xiu sees death and doesn't save him, then do you say that people in the world will still believe that he is a loyal minister?" Will Cao Cao resist so desperately? ”

There was a "boom" explosion in Yuan Shao's head, as if a lightning bolt tore through the thick black clouds, revealing the bright sunshine. He was stunned for a moment, couldn't help laughing, got up and walked in front of Tian Feng, picked up the wine urn and wanted to pour wine for Tian Feng. Where did Tian Feng dare to be, he hurriedly got up and excused himself, Yuan Shao shook his head: "Yuan Hao, you really woke up the dreamer at a glance." This glass of wine, you drink it with peace of mind, please sit down with Yuan Hao. ”

Tian Feng was inexplicably grateful, raised his wine glass with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, General." ”

There was a sound of green bamboo exploding outside, and Yuan Xi walked over from under the corridor and said with a smile: "The New Year is here, I wish my father good health, and I wish Tian Jun good health." ”

Yuan Shao and Tian Feng looked at each other and laughed.

In Yecheng, every household put bundles of green bamboo into the fire, and the green bamboo was roasted by the fire to squeak, and it exploded one after another, resounding throughout the city. The children covered their ears and stepped on the new snow that was already a foot deep, jumping and laughing.

In the sound of firecrackers one after another, the new year of light and four years has come, and the breath of spring has also come quietly inadvertently.