"Yuan Jun has withdrawn, Yuan Jun has withdrawn!"

With a long tone, Cao Jun's scout rode from afar, galloping and shouting on the horse, and the excitement was overflowing.

Everything turned out to be as Cao Cao expected, on the morning of the third day after the Battle of Wuchao, Yuan Shao's army retreated to the northeast, aiming at Liyang, which finally relieved Cao Cao and his civil and military staff.

"Haha...... As I expected! ”

Cao Cao stood outside the camp gate, with his hands behind his back, looking at the gradually green wilderness, his mood was cheerful, and he had the pride and ambition to write a poem.

"My lord is clever, I can't wait!"

Standing behind Cao Cao, many staff members led by Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others praised one after another, and they were convinced of Cao Cao's judgment.

"In the past few days, the food of all the soldiers has been halved, and the camp is pulled south, and the troops are collected back to Xuchang. Cao Zixiao and Li Mancheng led their troops to the east and garrisoned Dongjun to prevent harassment by Yuan's army. Then send people into Zhongmu County to buy grain from the major households, if you can't buy it, use some tough means! Cao Cao waved the sleeves of his robe and made a decisive judgment.

It's a pity that there is only one or two days of surplus food in the army now, if it weren't for the food burned by the suddenly killed white feather cavalry, Cao Jun could have followed the pursuit and fought for greater victories, thinking of such a good opportunity to slip away from his eyes, Cao Cao subconsciously regretted.

Jia Xu was ordered to go into Zhongmu City to buy grain, both soft and hard, and in less than a day, he made 18,000 stone of grain, which is already the limit of what can be squeezed for a small county.

The 70,000 Cao army lost 23,000 men, and 47,000 soldiers. Nearly 1,200 grains are consumed every day. The 18,000 stone of grain raised by Jia Xu was enough to ensure half a month's consumption, and then the army could return to Xuchang, and a crisis would be over.

After getting food, Cao Ren and Li Dian led 17,000 men to the east, towards Puyang, the seat of the eastern county, which has always been Cao Ren's base camp and the front line against Jizhou, and only Cao Ren was stationed here to reassure Cao Cao.

Seeing Cao Ren and Li Dian lead their troops eastward, Cao Cao turned over and got on his horse. Led the troops back to Xuchang.

A few days later. The spies who returned from Yecheng quietly entered the Cao camp and reported the situation of the Xu family that they heard from the Yecheng detectives. Don't make a statement.

Night falls. Cao Cao held a banquet in the tent to entertain Xu You. Xu You was invited and happily went to the appointment.

"Come, Ziyuan. A toast to you! This time, I was able to burn the black nest and burn Yuan Shao's grain and grass, all thanks to your credit! ”

In Cao Cao's tent, Cao Cao, as the commander of the three armies, sat opposite Xu You, toasted and drank together, and in the huge tent, there were only these old friends.

This kind of treatment makes Xu You very satisfied, so that he can show his unique identity, he and Cao Cao have been old friends for many years, how can they be compared with Guo Jia and Xun You?

"Huh...... You're welcome! ”

In order to show that his relationship with Cao Cao is extraordinary, Xu You does not call the lord, but directly calls Cao Cao's cousin: "We are old friends, I met you when you were just a captain, even earlier than Yuan Shao!" I don't help you, who will help you? Speaking of which, to be able to repel Yuan Shao this time, my credit is second to none! ”

"What Ziyuan said is very true, in terms of merit, Brother Ziyuan is indeed a great meritorious!"

Cao Cao smiled and raised his glass, but there was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, but Xu You, who was drinking fluently, was unaware of it.

Xu You picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all, and praised it repeatedly: "Good wine, good wine!" ”

Put down the wine glass, tore a piece of chicken leg and feasted on it, and said while eating: "Meng De, in fact, if you had listened to me and sent a light cavalry to attack Xuchang, your life would have been difficult...... Tsk, it's a pity, I didn't listen to it at the beginning! ”

Listening to Xu You's words, Cao Cao was slightly shocked in his heart.

Xuchang has sons Cao Pi and Xun Yu stationed, and the city is high and thick, and the light cavalry is deep, and it is easy to kill the city by surprise, but it is not easy to break the city, but it is not difficult to cut off his own grain and grass transportation. After the Battle of Wuchao, if Yuan Shao had a little more courage, insisted on not retreating, and divided his troops to copy his own Xuchang grain road, the situation would be difficult for him!

"Xu You, Xu You, you really damn it!"

Cao Cao picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all, and smiled coldly.

Xu You also looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, a smart person like me, is Meng De willing to let me die?" ”

Cao Cao also responded with a laugh: "Haha...... Compared with older men, my Cao Cao prefers women, doesn't Ziyuan feel a little uncomfortable in his abdomen? ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Xu You felt a faint discomfort in his abdomen, his face changed, and he asked in surprise: "Meng ...... Lord, Cao Gong, you're not joking with You, are you? ”

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Cao Cao shook his head, a hint of ridicule flashed in his eyes, he didn't know it until he was dying, he was really a pathetic and ridiculous poor worm, there is a kind of person who is a little clever, but he always looks like a big fool, and Xu Yu is just that!

The medicinal properties of the poison began to attack, Xu You felt a cramping pain in his abdomen, blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he asked with a painful and puzzled face, "Why?" What's wrong with me? You're going to do this to me? ”

Cao Cao smiled contemptuously: "There is a saying called a hundred secrets and one sparse, no matter how clever a lie is, there are flaws." What's more, your lie is far from clever! ”

The violent poison had already made Xu You unable to sit still, curled up on the ground in pain, and struggled to say, "Do you think my surrender is fake? You have been deceived, Cao Apu, Cao Apu, I didn't think that you were deceived by someone, and when you laughed at me, you were actually a poor worm! ”

Cao Cao was not angry, and he was angry with a dying man, which is what only a fool does, poured a glass of wine, and said while drinking: "My Cao Cao's code of conduct is 'I would rather bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me; There is also a sentence that it is better to kill 10,000 people by mistake than to let go of one! ”

After speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine from the cup. got up and strode out of the tent. Xu Yu was left alone on the ground struggling and groaning in pain, and a moment later, Qiqi bled to death.

A few days later, Xu You's head was delivered to Yuan Shao, who was now retreating to the Liyang area, less than two hundred miles away from Ye County.

"Thief, do you have today? I treat you like a mountain, you are corrupt and bribed, not to mention filling your pockets, and even offered Cao Apu a plan to burn the black nest. How wicked are you? ”

Stared at Xu Yu's slightly rotten human head. Yuan Shaoyu was still angry, and scolded angrily. After scolding, I felt a little more relaxed, since these days. The evil breath that blocked my heart finally spit out a little.

glanced at Yuan Shang, Feng Ji, Chen Lin and others beside him. praised Yuan Mai's strategy: "Look at it. You see, my son Xianyong has a strategy, and he doesn't need a single soldier. Just let Xu Yu give the head to the husband, I didn't expect that there would be such a talent in my Yuan family, it is really a blessing for the Yuan family! ”

Seeing his father's unhesitant praise for Yuan Mai, Yuan Shang's heart was very uncomfortable, and a sense of crisis arose spontaneously, quickly spreading throughout his body. Now that this kid has shaken his position in his father's heart, it's time to take action!

"O Xianfu! Although your martial arts are excellent, you lack strategy, and at this point, you should learn from your fourth brother! Yuan Shao was unaware of the changes in Yuan Shang, stroked his beard, and taught his favorite son a few words.

Yuan Shang's eyes were even more resentful, and he bowed his head unwillingly to receive the order: "The child must follow the teachings of his father!" ”

Yuan Shao nodded, and ordered: "Go to Yecheng quickly, let the trial match take Xu You's family into custody, collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, the crime is unforgivable, all the doors are beheaded, and no one is left!" ”

A fast horse held Yuan Shao's official letter and galloped towards Yecheng.

In the early morning of the next day, when Xu You's son Xu Ning was sleeping with his concubine in his arms, he was taken out of the bed by the iron guard; More than 100 people from the Xu family were all arrested, and they were not put in prison again, but were directly escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market, where they were punished on the spot, and the old and young were not left.

The team walked for another two days, and there was only 60 miles left from Ye County, and they set up camp in Changle County, south of Ye County, in the evening.

Taking advantage of the chaotic moment of camping, a sturdy man dressed as Yuan Bing quietly entered Yuan Shang's camp with a black hound, and went to the big tent to pay homage to Yuan Shang, and his whereabouts were secret.

This person is from Yecheng and is the nephew of Mrs. Liu, whose name is Liu Han. usually raises dogs for a living, relying on Mrs. Liu's power, she has become a tyrant in Ye County, bullying men and women, forcibly occupying fertile land, and doing all kinds of evil. Moreover, this Liu Han has raised a lot of hunting dogs, and he has a unique way of training dogs, and can train vicious fighting dogs well and do whatever he wants.

"Meet Childe, after I got my aunt's summons, I set off immediately, I don't know what to order?" Liu Han bowed and saluted.

Yuan Shang nodded, and lowered his voice with a solemn face: "Tomorrow you will be mixed in the team, following me and my father, when the team arrives at the Dragon Slaying Ridge, you let the hound secretly ride the father's mount, the beast will inevitably go crazy after being frightened, the Dragon Slaying Ridge is rocky, as long as you fall off the horse, it will definitely be nine deaths......

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shang sent someone to recruit himself to the team in a hurry, but it was to deal with Yuan Shao, only to scare Liu Han into sweating, and snorted: "Murder...... Murdering Yuan Gong, this, this is a big crime of raiding the house? ”

Yuan Shang sneered: "Isn't your wealth dependent on me and my mother?" If I can't inherit the title and be taken first by Yuan Tan and Yuan Mai, the Liu family will usher in the disaster of annihilation, and your scenery will be wiped out! If you do this well, I guarantee that you can call the wind and rain in Yecheng and do whatever you want! ”

Liu Han thought for a moment, turned his heart sideways, anyway, few people in the army knew him, and he quietly made a hint to the dog, let it bite on Yuan Shao's mount, and then let it run away, unaware!

"Okay, let's give it a try! The wealth my cousin promised me, don't break my promise! ”

Yuan Shao was anxious to return to Yecheng, and the next day the sky was hazy and bright, so he urged the army to set off.

Wen Chou led the troops in front to lead the way, and Yuan Shao led Feng Ji, Yuan Shang, Chen Lin and others to walk in the middle of the team, all the way, waving flags, and marching towards the north.

"After this Dragon Slaying Ridge, we will arrive at Yecheng, and we can finally rest...... Ahem! ”

Yuan Shao's horse whip in his hand pointed to the rugged Dragon Slaughter Ridge in the troubled times, and sighed, this crossing the Henan expedition is another failure, I don't know when I will be able to settle the Central Plains?

The morning breeze in March was still cold, blowing flags.

Suddenly, there was a "click", and the strong wind blew off a banner with the word "Yuan", and the disturbed war horse neighed.

Chen Lin suddenly changed color, and immediately suggested: "The wind blows the flag and folds, it is a bad omen, the lord must be careful!" ”

Yuan Shang retorted coldly: "The weather is warm and cold, the spring breeze is cold, the flagpole is old, there are moths, and it is blown off by strong winds, why is it strange?" Don't make a fuss! ”

Yuan Shao also agreed: "Going deep into the hinterland of Cao Thief, I can also retreat with my whole body, and I have arrived in Yecheng?" What's more? Go all out to the north, and after this mountain, you will be Yecheng! ”

A large group of men and horses walked on the mountain road like a long black snake.

After several battles, the team was reorganized, and most of the soldiers did not know each other, Liu Han was dressed as a soldier mixed in the army, which was inconspicuous, and no one would notice that this guy was suspicious. I saw him quietly following behind Yuan Shangma, only a few feet away from Yuan Shao, and there was a black dog wagging its tail on the side of the road and following him closely, and no one realized that something big would happen!

When they reached the Dragon Slaying Ridge, the morning wind was even more sudden, hunting with flags, flying sand and stones, and the sudden wind blew so that people couldn't open their eyes, and they raised their arms to block the wind and sand.

Liu Han took the opportunity to gesture to the black dog, and the well-trained hound quickly got under Yuan Shao's mount, bit at the vital part, and then quickly rushed into the ravine on the side of the road, disappearing without a trace......

"......"

Yuan Shao's mount was in pain, and the man stood up, screaming and shaking, and instantly lifted Yuan Shao, who was not in good health, off his horse, fell unconscious, and then rolled into the ravine......

"Father!"

"My lord?"

The civil and military forces present were all shocked, and they were stunned one by one. Yuan Shang was the first to jump into the ditch, helped Yuan Shao up, and roared loudly, only to see Yuan Shao's forehead blood, unconscious.

"Disaster from the sky, send the lord to Yecheng for medical treatment!"

Seeing Yuan Shao with a bloody face, Chen Lin couldn't help but sigh in the sky, and sent someone to quickly recruit Wen Chou in front of him to come back to escort him.

Wen Chou was also shocked, and led three hundred iron horsemen to rush away from the team, directly to the place of the accident, personally carried the unconscious Yuan Shao on his shoulder, and rode towards Yecheng with a horse.

Yuan Shang, Feng Ji, Chen Lin and other heavyweights of the Hebei Army also got on their horses one after another and followed into Yecheng. The brigade was led by Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Su You, Han Juzi and others in the rear, and slowly marched towards Yecheng.

Entered Yecheng as fast as possible, and came to the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Wen Chou turned over and dismounted, rushed into the mansion with the unconscious Yuan Shao in his arms, and shouted at the judge who met him: "Recruit a doctor quickly, the lord is not good!" (To be continued......)