"The three armies are all clothed, is the fourth brother really dead?"

The news that Yuan Mai died of an arrow wound reached the camp of the Yin Pavilion, and Yuan Xi was unable to sit still, and summoned several confidants and generals to discuss countermeasures.

Standing below was Yuan Xi's most reliable arm, Jiao Tong, and his brother Jiao Tong, who was responsible for this ambush, and the arrow that hit Yuan Mai was also his masterpiece.

"Dead, definitely dead, my arrow hit him in the heart, it's no wonder if he doesn't die!"

In order to ask for merit and reward, Jiao Tong deliberately said that the shot in the shoulder was a shot in the heart, and his arrow went straight through his arm, maybe it hurt Yuan Mai's heart, and it was possible to die with a whimper. Otherwise, why did the Northern Expeditionary Army weep as much as possible? Childe should really reward me this time!

Listening to what Jiao Tong said with such certainty, Yuan Xi's forehead actually broke out in cold sweat, and his face was unusually ugly. There was a look of horror on his face, "I sent someone to kill my brother, if my father found out, he wouldn't have bypassed me, right?" Will he kill me too? ”

Jiao touched his sparse beard and comforted Yuan Xi: "Gongzi Hugh has to worry, think about it, how did Yuan Mai treat you in the first place?" We just had to do it! ”

"The last time Zhang Nan was attacked, it wasn't necessarily really the fourth brother's doing, right? It is also possible that Koji Yi did it behind the back of the fourth brother, will we kill the fourth brother by mistake? Thinking of this, Yuan Xi felt uneasy.

Jiao Feng categorically rejected Yuan Xi's opinion, and admonished bitterly: "Childe, don't measure Yuan Mai's belly with your benevolent heart. Judging from this guy's recent performance, he is definitely a black-bellied hero. First, he pretended to be a weak person for more than ten years, so that the third prince and the eldest son relaxed their vigilance against him, and then seized the opportunity to show off at the birthday banquet of the lord, grandstanding, and deceive his reputation. saved Koji Yi's life again, so that the battle-hardened Koji Yi was grateful to him and quickly grasped the military power. I'm afraid that Koji has been submissive to him now, if it weren't for Yuan Mai's nod, how could Koji Yi dare to attack you, Gongzi Xi? ”

"Could it be that the fourth brother really instructed Koji Yi to do it?" Listening to Jiao Touch's words, Yuan Xi was a little shaken.

"It's definitely him, according to the few words I heard from the mouths of some soldiers, Sun Han came to the camp of the Yin Pavilion before we were attacked, and said to his henchmen that he was entrusted by the buyer to come back to do something earth-shattering. Based on all of the above, coupled with Yuan Mai's recent performance, it can be seen that he is a man with great ambitions, in order to snatch the military power of 20,000 people, so he conspired with Koji Yi and boldly ambushed us, but killed Zhang Nan by mistake. This time, we will treat others in the same way as others, which can be regarded as a retribution, and the son does not have to feel guilty. Jiao Touch did his best to appease Yuan Xi and make him believe that killing Yuan Mai was definitely the right thing to do.

After listening to Jiao Touch's analysis, Yuan Xi felt that it was very reasonable, the person behind the last ambush was probably really the fourth Yuan Mai, and sighed gloomily: "Whether it is the fourth brother or not, he is already dead, brother is against the wall, why bother?" ”

Jiao Yan stepped forward, patted Yuan Xi's shoulder, and comforted: "Son, don't apologize, if you become a king or lose a villain, if we don't kill Yuan Mai, we will be killed by him!" If Zhang Nan hadn't walked the post road for Gongzi, who knows if Gongzi would be safe and sound today? ”

"Well, that makes sense!" Yuan Xi nodded, "I don't want to compete with anyone for the inheritance, but the fourth brother has to force me, and it's no wonder that I, the elder brother, am ruthless." ”

Jiao Touch shook his head again and said: "The first strike is strong, and the second attack suffers." We have quietly killed Yuan Mai, I think Gongzi should continue to look for opportunities, and find another opportunity to kill Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and the world in the north is yours of Xigongzi! ”

Listening to Jiao Xi's words, Yuan Xi was taken aback again, and said with a frown: "The eldest brother, as the general of Zhengdong, leads the Qingzhou herd, and has 60,000 or 70,000 elite soldiers under his command, plus the county soldiers, there are 100,000 troops that can be mobilized, plus the support of Guo Tu and Xin Ping; And his father's preference for the third brother is well known, he controls the most elite 100,000 troops in Jizhou, and has the support of trial and discipline, if you want to plot against them, how difficult is it to climb to the sky? As long as they don't hurt me, I will never hurt them. What's more, although the four of us brothers are not the same siblings, we are the same father. I can't bear to shoot the fourth brother this time, how can I harm the eldest brother and the third brother again? ”

After listening to Yuan Xi's words, Jiao Touch didn't speak on the surface, but he was disappointed in his heart. Alas, these two sons are really not people who have achieved great things, they are too benevolent to women, and without thunderbolts, how can they achieve the cause of the king?

Seeing that Jiao Touch was silent, Yuan Xi asked worriedly: "Will our ambush of the fourth brother leak the news?" Reach my father's ears? ”

Jiao Tong finally found an opportunity to speak, patted his chest and promised: "Childe, don't worry, Yuan Mai and his party are not under the banner, I told the soldiers, this is Gongsun Zhan's man Ma Qiao pretending to be our army, and no one is suspicious." What's more, it is the duty of the soldiers to carry out the order, and they only recognize the generals and not the people, so how can they ask who they kill? All of our army were disguised as Hun soldiers, and I think in a hurry, the defeated soldiers who fled could not tell whether we were the real Huns or not. Besides, I have ordered the site to be cleaned up and all our soldiers who died in battle to be buried, leaving no trace behind. Childe is relieved! ”

After listening to what Jiao Tong said, Yuan Xi relaxed a little, thought for a moment and said: "The fourth brother died in Yanmen, Yanmen is now my defense area, and I was attacked by the Huns in my territory, no matter what, I can't get out of it!" I decided to go to the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, to condolence the fourth brother, and to listen to the movements by the way. How many people, what do you think? ”

Jiao Touch was taken aback when he heard this, and shook his hand and said, "I can't help it, whether Yuan Mai is dead or not is still uncertain." Besides, even if Yuan Mai is dead, there is still Koji Yi, if he is not good for Gongzi, he will inevitably be hurt by him, and this move must not be allowed! ”

"Childe's move is wonderful!" After listening to Yuan Xi's words, Yang Xiu, who had never had a chance to speak, clapped his hands and applauded, "Wonderful, wonderful, the son went to the Northern Expedition barracks to perform a scene and condolence his brother, who would dare to suspect that we did it in the future?" ”

Yuan Xi nodded: "That's exactly what I mean, first, I can show a little guilt, and second, I can eliminate other people's suspicions." The younger brother died on the elder brother's territory, but the elder brother was indifferent, and he didn't even dare to visit, so it was strange not to be suspected! ”

Jiao Touch felt that what Yuan Xi and Yang Xiu said was reasonable, but he was worried that Lu Yi would act rashly, and said worriedly: "Although Yuan Mai is dead, but Lu Yi is still there, if he is not good for Gongzi, wouldn't he be caught in the net?" ”

Yang Xiu said: "Okay, isn't there still Tian Feng, the prison guard?" It's not Koji Yi who covers the sky with one hand! He only dared to ambush Childe secretly, but he did not dare to blatantly harm Childe. Gongzi swaggered into the Northern Expedition barracks, if he couldn't get out, he was not afraid of death, wasn't Tian Feng afraid of death? There are hundreds of people in their Tian family, but they are all in Yecheng! ”

"What Yang Xiu said is reasonable, so it's decided. I took Jiao Commander and led 300 people to the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, to express condolences to the fourth brother, and then to listen to the rumors. Yuan Xi took the case and made a decision on this.

"If that's the case, please allow the last general to lead a team of men and horses to pick up Gongzi in the back, just in case!" Jiao Touch spoke again.

Yuan Xi felt that what Jiao Yan said made sense and agreed to Jiao Yi's suggestion. He took Jiao to lead 300 people straight to the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army more than 100 miles away, and Jiao Touch led 2,000 men and horses to follow ten miles away, leaving Yang Xiu to sit in the camp.