Yuan Tan Gongzi is a person who dares to practice when he has ideas, and he is much stronger than his father Yuan Sangong in seizing the opportunity, so he just sent the unconscious Yuan Sangong back to the sleeping tent, taking advantage of the opportunity of the guards and Lang Zhong busy rescuing the big Yuan Sangong, Yuan Tan Gongzi couldn't wait to pull his sworn friend Guo Tu aside, whispered to Guo Tu about his plans, and asked Guo Tu's opinion on this matter.

Of course, no matter how Yuan Tan Gongzi is not a thing, even in front of his confidants, Yuan Tan Gongzi is embarrassed to say it directly if he kills his father and seizes the throne, so Yuan Tan Gongzi can only put forward such a hypothesis very euphemistically - if the eldest Yuan Sangong unfortunately dies or is forever unconscious, can he take the command of the 300,000 army as the eldest son and establish himself as the lord of Jizhou?

"Gongzi glanced at his subordinates, and his subordinates thought that Gongzi was planning to take this opportunity to rectify Yuan Shang's people, so it turned out that this was the case." Mr. Guo Tu not only didn't understand what Yuan Tan Gongzi meant, but also said with some dissatisfaction: "Childe, don't think so far ahead, the lord is just in a coma for a while, and it doesn't hinder the surname's life, Gongzi should seize this opportunity and get rid of Yuan Shang's henchmen in the team as much as possible." ”

"But what if my father can't afford to be sick?" Yuan Tan Gongzi suddenly aggravated his tone, and said with a yin hypothesis: "Or, if my father's condition suddenly worsens, it will be ...... If I die, I may lead the lord of Jizhou? ”

"Don't ......." When his head shook halfway, Mr. Guo Tu finally came to his senses, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Childe, are you ......?" ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi stopped talking, his eyes were cold and just looked at Guo Tu, Guo Tu was even more flustered, and quickly pulled Yuan Tan Gongzi farther away from Yuan Sangong's bedroom, and then exclaimed in a lower voice: "Childe, are you crazy?" He's your father! ”

"What is my father?" Yuan Tan Gongzi smiled in a low voice: "As far as I know, in the Great Qin Kingdom, thousands of miles away in the west, there is a prince who not only killed his father for the throne, but also killed all his brothers and sisters at the entrance of their imperial city, Xuanwu Gate, and won the throne in one fell swoop, and became a generation of Ming monarchs, famous through the ages!" ”

Mr. Guo Tu began to tremble, although Mr. Guo Tu had also heard several coup d'état stories in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but Mr. Guo Tu had never heard of such a ruthless method as Li Shimin, and the sleeping tent of the Great Yuan Sangong was close at hand, Mr. Guo Tu thought of what Yuan Tan Gongzi was going to do, and he inevitably trembled even more, and he was so nervous that he forgot how to think about answering Yuan Tan Gongzi's question.

Seeing that Mr. Guo Tu trembled and didn't speak for a long time, Yuan Tan Gongzi was a little annoyed, and shouted in a low voice: "I haven't done it yet, what's so scary?" I'm just asking you now, if my father can't afford to fall ill, I will inherit the command of the 300,000 army as the eldest son, and I may become the lord of the four states of Jiyou and Qingzhou?! ”

"I'm afraid ......, I'm afraid it's difficult." Guo Tu finally reacted and persuaded in a low voice: "The eldest prince must not be in a hurry, not to mention that the eldest prince's current prestige is not established, the people's hearts are not attached, and he is not self-reliant, and he is afraid that everyone will not accept it, and the current situation alone does not allow the prince to do this." Now that Cao Ying's enemy is at present, our army's Wuchao Tun grain is burned, and the army's heart is in a panic, if the lord has any accidents, then the morale of the army will inevitably collapse, and it will inevitably be defeated by Cao Ying's hands, so even if the eldest prince sits in the position of the lord, there is no meaning at all, and in turn he has to carry the black pot for others. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Tu hurriedly added: "Take another 10,000 steps back and say, even if my 300,000 army can return with all my body, the eldest prince, you are not Yuan Shang's opponent when you raise troops back to Jizhou, first, there are still many Yuan Shang's henchmen in our army, second, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jiyouqing and the four states still exist, and third, our army's grain and grass were burned, Yuan Shang and the others don't even have to do anything, just cut off the supply of our army's grain and grass, and within a few days, our army will collapse without a fight!" ”

Hearing Guo Tu's persuasion, Yuan Tan's already gloomy vulture face inevitably became even more gloomy, and Guo Tu, who was familiar with his surname, was also afraid that Yuan Tan would be confused, so he hurriedly said: "Childe, the most important thing at the moment is to take the opportunity to break through the Cao thief Guandu camp, if this matter can be successful, then all the problems of our army can be solved, and Childe can not only establish high prestige, but also worry about the future if he wants to do other things." ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi thought about it carefully, at present, the current enemy, at this time, launching the Guandu Revolution will only cheapen Boss Cao in vain, but if he kills Boss Cao's Guandu camp, then he can not only help himself establish great prestige in the army, but also make his Guandu Change completely worry-free, and can even use Yanzhou as a base to confront the third brother of the sworn enemy who holds the rear of Jizhou. Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Yuan Tan Gongzi finally accepted Guo Tu's rare good words and advice, nodded and said: "According to the words of the public rule, first attack the Guandu, the affairs of the Guandu camp will be judged by the public, and I will take care of the affairs in the camp." ”

"No." Mr. Guo Tu, who was worried that Yuan Tan Gongzi would not listen to the persuasion, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly agreed, and told him uneasily: "Eldest prince, take it easy, you must be careful about some particularly sensitive things, the lord is not too sick, he may wake up at any time, if he does too much, once the lord suddenly wakes up and finds out, it will be a big deal." ”

"Yes." Yuan Tan Gongzi waved his hand impatiently, and also advised: "Seize the opportunity, in addition to taking Guandu, send Yuan Shang's gang to heaven as much as possible." ”

Guo Tu hugged his fists again and sang a promise, and discussed some details with Yuan Tan Gongzi in a low voice, and then went separately with Yuan Tan Gongzi. However, not long after Guo Yuan and the two dispersed, not far from the small tent, they also stood up the figure of the Jizhou Supervisor Army, who first looked at Guo Tu who hurried to the big tent, and then looked at Yuan Tan Gongzi who strode into the sleeping tent of the third prince of Da Yuan, thoughtfully, and clenched his fists vigorously.

Let's take a look at the situation on Guo Tu's side first, although Mr. Guo Tu has repeatedly persuaded Yuan Tan Gongzi to do things in a measured manner, but in terms of sending reinforcements to attack Guandu, Mr. Guo Tu has shown no mercy, in addition to sending Ma Yan, Han Ding and Zhang Yi and other Yuan Shanggongzi's henchmen to Guandu for reinforcements, he also sent the generals of the Jizhou Army who had offended him to Guandu as cannon fodder as much as possible, asking them to take the Cao Officer Du camp at any cost, and in the name of the Third Duke of Yuan, he threatened that once he failed, he would definitely engage in military law!

As for Zhang He and Gao Ran, who had already been sent to attack Guandu Cao's camp before, in view of the fact that Zhang He dared to argue with himself, the temporary chief military division, about the tactical arrangements as a mere general-what is even more odious is that Zhang He also proved that he was right, and Mr. Guo Tu was wrong, so Mr. Guo Tu was even more polite to Zhang He and Gao Ran, and sent an envoy to inform Zhang He and Gao Ran with chicken feathers as an arrow, and asked Zhang Gaoer to break through Cao Ying before the unitary time, otherwise they would all be beheaded and questioned!

Yuan Tan Gongzi was no better there, taking advantage of the great Yuan Sangong's unconscious, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who went out with the army with the position of the head of the Yuan army's shogunate, took the opportunity to arrange defense, and expelled [***], Han Song and Ying Qi and other confidant guards leaders of the Great Yuan Sangong from the sleeping tent of the Great Yuan Sangong and replaced them with his own henchmen and cronies, and even Tao Sheng, the most trusted guard chief of the Great Yuan Sangong, was expelled to guard the camp gate by Yuan Tan Gongzi under the pretext of protecting the sleeping tent.

In the face of Yuan Tan Gongzi's perverse order, [***] and Han Song and others dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, Yuan Jun Jianyi Zhonglang General Tao Sheng, who had saved the lives of the women and children of the whole family of Yuan Sangong in the Zhang Yan Rebellion, refused to back down at all, and it was also an excuse that Yuan Sangong had a strict order not to leave Da Yuan Sangong ten steps away, and Yuan Tan Gongzi argued with reason, saying that he would not leave the sleeping tent of Da Yuan Sangong, and quarreled with Yuan Tan Gongzi so much, no matter how Yuan Tan Gongzi coerced and intimidated, he refused to leave Da Yuan Sangong's side.

The dispute between Tao Sheng and Yuan Tan Gongzi finally ended with each step under the persuasion of Fu Zhu, Tao Sheng agreed to Fu Zhu's suggestion to stay in front of the dormitory door to guard, and Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was also saved by Tao Sheng, did not dare to be too explicit, and was forced to agree to let Tao Sheng be responsible for the defense of the dormitory door. And Fu Zhu also took this opportunity to obtain Tao Sheng's consent in private, and put his own son Fu Hu into the Great Yuan Sangong Guard, and Tao Sheng took turns to protect the safety of the Great Yuan Sangong's bed, and Fu Zhu himself personally served beside the Great Yuan Sangong, whether it was a decoction or drinking water, the Fu Zhu asked the guards and attendants to take the poison test first, and then personally test the poison for the Great Yuan Sangong, and finally fed the Great Yuan Sangong to serve, Yuan Tan Gongzi hated it to the bone, but there was nothing to be done.

Serious internal friction pitted the Yuan Shaojun team who was fighting outside, whether it was frustration or Yuan Tan and Guo Tu only cared about internal friction, they didn't think of sending light cavalry to search for and intercept the Cao army team that collected troops back to the camp after the sneak attack on Wuchao, and did not order Wen Chou and Han Meng's team who had arrived in Wuchao to search and kill the tired division of the Cao army with all their might, not only gave the Cao boss team who had run out of oil and lights a chance to withdraw to Guandu smoothly, but also made the Yuan army light cavalry team led by Wen Chou and Han Meng completely at a loss in Wuchao, and did not know whether to search and kill the Cao army team with all their might. Or should we collect our troops and return to the camp or stand by in place? Therefore, the 20,000 elite cavalry led by Wen Chou and Han Meng could only hastily search the perimeter, and then stayed where they were and waited for the order.

The team of the infantry they led was ambushed by the Cao army as soon as they began to attack the Cao camp, and finally managed to kill the Cao army after suffering heavy casualties, but they didn't even drink a mouthful of water and didn't eat a mouthful of food, and ordered to continue to attack the Cao officer who was unusually strong and unusually strong to cross the camp, Zhang He and Gao Ran had no choice but to lead the army back forward and fight bloodily with the Cao army who hid behind the strong wall. Later, although the main battalion of the Yuan army sent reinforcements several times, these reinforcements were either second-line auxiliaries that were difficult to come in handy, or Yuan Tan and Guo Tu borrowed a knife to kill the Yuan Shanggongzi team, none of the generals were willing to die in vain, all of them were to preserve their strength and grievances, so they were always at the forefront of the poor Zhang He and Gao Ran, the two generals, as well as the headquarters team who were as unlucky as them.

During this period, the news of the loss of Wuchao also spread to the Guandu battlefield, which caused the morale of the Cao army to be greatly boosted, and the soldiers fought harder, while the Yuan Shaojun team was shaken and their morale collapsed, not only more powerless to break through the Guandu camp, but also was killed by Xiahou Dun, who led five hundred dead soldiers out of the camp, and was forced to retreat five miles to reorganize the team. It was also at this time that Guo Tu's death order issued in the name of the Third Duke of Yuan also arrived in front of Zhang He and Gao Lanjun at the same time.

"Break through Cao's camp before the unitary time?!" Gao Lan, who was relatively short-tempered, roared angrily and shouted: "There is less than an hour left, how do you tell us to break through the Cao camp?" ”

"The general forgives the sin, this is not a question that the villain can answer." The envoy sent by Guo Tu was not very polite, and said very arrogantly: "In short, this is the order of the lord, if you can't attack the Cao thief camp before the time, you have to ask the heads of the two generals!" ”

"Piff! Death! ”

Gao Ran couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly raised his hand and reported a shot to the messenger, asking Guo Tu to stab him to death under the pretense of a messenger sent by the Great Yuan Sangong, Zhang He over there was shocked, jumped up and asked Gao Ran why he was like this, Gao Ran roared angrily: "The 300,000 army has been attacking for two months, and it can't break through the Cao army camp in Guandu, and it even wants us to take it within an hour, and if you can't take it, you will take our head and ask for the guilt!" Yuan Shaopifu is so unsympathetic to the soldiers, what are we doing for him? Instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to vote for Cao Ying, Bo a shadow wife and son, and the title of court knighthood! ”

Zhang He's face changed brightly, and he soon raised his gun and shouted: "Soldiers, Yuan Shao is used to listening to slander, nepotism, unknown rewards and punishments, mean and unkind, now that the black nest has fallen, I will follow Yuan Shao again, I will be a lonely soul and a wild ghost, instead of being martyred for Yuan Shao's husband, it is better to go to Cao Ying!" Those who are willing to go with us to vote for Prime Minister Cao will go with us, and those who don't want to stay for themselves! ”

The control of the team under the command of Da Yuan Sangong is not as good as that of Cao Boss and Deputy Director Tao, Zhang He and Gao Ran's team has been fighting for a day without water and rice, and the soldiers under his command have long been hungry and thirsty and full of resentment, which will hear that the main generals with the troops have decided to surrender, Zhang He and the grassroots generals and ordinary soldiers of Gao Ran's team are naturally thunderous, and countless people are rushing to shout, "I am willing to surrender to Cao with the general!" May I surrender with the general! ”

……………… The defection of Zhang He and Gao Ran's team was not as simple as making matters worse for Yuan Shaojun's team, which had lost the granary of Wuchao, but a complete fatal blow, so that when they saw Zhang He and Gao Lan's team waving the white flag and going to Guandu to surrender, Ma Yan, Han Ding and Zhang Yi and other Yuan Shaojun teams in the rear were so surprised that they forgot to step forward to block or chase them, and watched Zhang He and Gao Ran throw themselves into the arms of Cao Boss in disbelief, and the morale of the whole army was greatly discharged, and the military spirit was completely chaotic.

After the news was transmitted back to Yuan Shaojun's camp, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was thinking about how to kill his father and seize the throne, was also pale, knowing that the morale of his own army had been completely finished, and Mr. Guo Tu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he could finally put the charge of tactical decision-making mistakes on Zhang He and Gao Lan, but he was very calm and immediately suggested to Yuan Tan Gongzi: "The eldest prince, the matter has come to this, and it is useless to regret it, but now I also ask Gongzi to make preparations with both hands, one is to notify the battalions quickly, and say that the follow-up grain and grass of our army will arrive without saying anything." , the soldiers will not run out of food. ”

"Follow-up grain and grass will not arrive? When is the news and how come I haven't heard of it? Yuan Tan Gongzi asked in surprise.

"If Childe doesn't say that, the morale of our army will collapse immediately, so I can only deceive the soldiers temporarily." Fu Zhu replied coldly, and said: "Second, please send someone to invite the messenger of Xuzhou Tao Ying immediately, and let him wait outside the tent, and after the lord wakes up, he may be seen at any time." ”

"Please, please." Yuan Tan Gongzi replied very simply this time, and said: "Yesterday afternoon, my father had ordered someone to behead him, and handed over his head to his entourage, and asked the entourage to take it back to Changyi and hand it over to the pottery thief, in order to show the intention of breaking off friendship. ”

Frustrated's face finally turned pale, and after a long time, Frustrated Professor suddenly sighed and said, "Heaven is evil, it is still violated, people are evil, and they can't live!" I have 300,000 soldiers in Jizhou, I really don't know how many people can return to Hebei! Before he could say anything, he couldn't stop crying.

"Alarmist!" Yuan Tan Gongzi was not as completely desperate as Frustrated, except for scolding in a low voice for his pessimistic attitude, he also calculated in his heart: "It seems that Guandu has no hope of turning defeat into victory, but if I send an envoy to contact Cao Ying, negotiate a truce, and take the team back to Jizhou to compete for the throne with Yuan Shang, I don't know if Cao Ying will agree to ......." ”

(To be continued)