That night, Shi Xun wrote a sincere letter to Liu Fang. For writing a letter to persuade a person who has never lived in his life, he really has to use a little more brains to do it, but Xunzhi regrets that he couldn't memorize Liu Fang's words to persuade Wang Song on the "Three Kingdoms" - after all, it is also a thing in the corners, he can remember Wang Song and the name of the three counties is already very great - otherwise copy it, Liu Ziqi saw it, ah, it is secretly in line with what I want in my heart, so why not bow down quickly?

But fortunately, Shi Xun remembered that Liu Fang himself was also a child of the clan - although the roots were far away, it was always more reliable than Liu Bei - plus Zhuge Liang helped to consider the words, and soon the article was written. It is nothing more than persuading Liu Fang, and the clan relatives of the Han family are also careful to persuade the lord to accept the edict and naturalize as soon as possible - and as for whether this lord refers to Wang Song or Yuan Xi, he is simply vague and unclear.

The next day, he presented the letter to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao read it correctly and sent it out. Immediately, the Cao family asked for an edict on the one hand, allowing Yuan Xi to inherit the title of his father Marquis of Ye County, and at the same time worshiped Yuan Xi as the general of Youzhou Assassin and Later General - the title can be inherited, and there is no reason to inherit the official position, so Yuan Lao Er cannot be given the post of Youzhou Mu and Che Cavalry General. At the same time, preparations for the imminent battle began in full swing.

In March, Yuan Xi had not yet given an official reply, so Cao Cao first commanded 50,000 elite soldiers to leave Xudu and go north to Jizhou. He first stayed in Yecheng for a few days, and was dispatched to inspect the counties of Hebei and Ying, and then continued to the north, temporarily tun Gaoyang County, the country between the rivers.

Yu Ban, the prime minister of Hejian, and Gao Lan, the new minister of Zhongshan, led the army to join, and the army swelled to more than 70,000 people. Cao Cao was pondering, calculating the time. There should also be news from Yuan Xi's side. As long as Yuan Xiyi receives the edict. I immediately raised the banner of crusading against Eryuan here - the envoys who summoned them into the capital had already been dispatched, but unless those two were crazy, they categorically refused to agree, so I even prepared the edict of the crusade in advance, stamped with the seal of Shangshutai, and only needed to fill in the date when the time came.

But I didn't expect it, and then the news came. Yuan Tan, please surrender.

Why did Yuan Tan suddenly surrender? Because this kid is a waste snack throughout. Yuan Shaocai died over there, Yuan Shang announced his succession, Yuan Tan was furious when he heard the news, on the one hand, he went to the imperial court, asked Yuan Shang to be killed, and at the same time personally led the Zhuojun soldiers to Guangyang. He originally intended to unite with his second brother Yuan Xi to attack Yuan Shang from the southeast and southwest, even if Yuan Shang could not be completely eliminated, he could still break his army and surround Jixian County. Until then. Even if the imperial court was bewitched by Yuan Shang, it really allowed Yuan Shang to succeed to the throne. The angels can't enter the city, and they have to fall into my hands!

But the ideal is very beautiful, and the reality is very skinny. First of all, Yuan Xi received letters from his eldest brother and brother almost at the same time, but he was in a dilemma, no one was easy to offend, so he simply did not help each other, but wrote back to persuade him, hoping that the two could find a time and place to sit down and have a good talk. Yuan Tan couldn't wait for Yuan Xilai to come, so he marched alone, but before he left Zhuo County, he encountered Yuan Shang's army in Liangxiang.

Yuan Shao once said on his deathbed: "How is Yuan Tu the opponent of Gongzhi? "I think that above the battle array, Xiao Ji can't fight Guo Tu. Xiao and Guo, although they are scribes, they also know the art of war - of course, compared to Xun Yu and Cheng Yu of the Cao family, they are very pediatric - the general opinion is that Xiao Ji is slightly inferior to Guo Tu. But the problem is that there is a mental calculation or not, Xiao Ji has been planning to attack Yuan Tan since he forced Yuan Shao to death, but Yuan Tan's movements are a whole beat slower than him, plus Xiao Ji is around, but there is also a Xu Yu who is reluctant to be tied to the chariot......

Moreover, Yuan Shao, Changyun, and Yuan Shang are "Xiao Ji", the third child's personality is most like himself. What kind of personality? In fact, it is also the history books that evaluate Yuan Shao's "wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, scheming and indecisive", but Yuan Shaoguang looks at the advantages of himself and his son - Yuan Shang is the same as Lao Tzu, with a generous appearance, a courteous corporal, deep and resourceful, and can win the hearts of scholars. In addition, the soldiers and horses of Jixian County were originally Yuan Shao's personal guards, and they were the most effective military group of the Yuan family, so they commanded the strong soldiers with "good" generals and controlled the weak soldiers against the mediocre generals, and Yuan Tancai completely collapsed in the first battle.

Yuan Tan lost so badly, ten troops were scattered in Mali, and he and Guo Tu were forced to disguise themselves and escape. The strategists Xin Ping and Xin Bi brothers were captured, and Yuan Shang persuaded Xin Ping to surrender, but Xin Ping was scolded in front of him, and he wanted to cut off Xin Ping's head when he got angry. Fortunately, Xin Bi Xin George is a clever guy, so he quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, and pleaded for his brother: "The eldest prince rumored that the Taoist general killed his father, and my brother believed it to be true, so he contradicted the general." Please ask the general to mourn for the first lord as soon as possible, so as to quell the rumors, and my brother will naturally repent. ”

Xu You didn't want Yuan Shang to kill Xin Ping, so he hurriedly echoed: "What George said is true." In the past, in order to prevent the son of Xiansi, and move the soldiers, not to mourn for the first master, now that the enemy is broken, he should be thick, in order to block the mouth of Youyou. Yuan Shang turned his anger into joy, and immediately ordered Xin Ping to be temporarily detained, and released Xin Bi's shackles, so that he and Xu You could go with Xu Yu to prepare for Yuan Shao's funeral.

Over there, Yuan Tan fled to Zhuo County in one go, but Xiao Ji personally led a large army one after another, and he was forced to abandon Zhuo County and flee to Fanyang in the south. Originally, he planned to reorganize his troops and horses in the south of Zhuo County, and then summon his cousin Gao Gan to join him, or he could turn defeat into victory, but he didn't expect the news to come that the Cao family's army had already gone north, and he was about to cross the line.

This is the enemy in front and back, the abdomen and back are attacked, how can the battle be fought? panicked that Yuan Tan immediately wanted to abandon his subordinates and change his appearance to vote for his brother Yuan Xi. Or Guo Tu held him firmly, saying that for the sake of today's plan, it is better to descend Cao for the time being, break Yuan Shang first, and then move later.

Therefore, Yuan Tan sent an envoy to Cao Ying.

Cao Cao asked the ministers, Yuan Tan please surrender, shall we agree or not? Guo Jia said why didn't he agree, just took this opportunity to collect Yuan Tan's troops to fight Yuan Shang. Shi Xun reminded: "Yuan Tan is also a delusional person, his wisdom is as thin as paper and his heart is higher than the sky, if he is forgiven, he will regret it one day, and he must not be prevented." "Cao Cao said that he was ordered to get out of the way and temporarily go to Fangcheng, which is close to Yuan Xi, to station troops, so as not to have the opportunity to block our back road in the future.

Cao's army was surrendered by Yuan Tan, and then the army crossed the border line and reached Fanyang through Beixincheng. At the same time, Yuan Xi also sent Liu Fang to express his willingness to accept the will of the imperial court.

In fact, Yuan Xi refused at first, he said that there is a brother and a brother, when will it be my turn? I didn't even think about it. Of course, the court is gracious, there is no reason to refuse, the problem is that a brother and a brother have coveted the position of heir for a long time, if I insert a bar, I will be jealous of both sides - the original brother and son fight, but now it will become a brother fight, does this Yuan family still have a future? No, I can't be this kind of unscrupulous, even if I die, I don't have the face to go underground to see my father.

However, Yuan Xi's hands on the three counties are empty, in addition to the more than 2,000 people who are guarded by himself, the commanders of the three counties, the township officials, and the soldiers and horses guarding the tun are all obeyed by Wang Song's orders. Yuan Xi arrived in the three counties, but he also wanted to gradually elevate Wang Song and regain power, the first problem is that Wang Song has a Liu Fang behind him, and the second is that the time is still short and the effect is not good, so for now, he must also listen to Wang Song's words.

Wang Song said, General, you completely want to be left. Now Cao ...... The court is powerful, if you go with it, you will live, and if you go against it, you will die, even the ancestors have to bow to the court, let alone you? If you accept the order of the imperial court, and let the two brothers fight to the death, the Yuan family can still rely on you to continue; If you don't accept the court's order, your brothers and sons will have to be attacked by the imperial army, and then the jade will be burned, and the Yuan family will be completely destroyed. At that time, you really don't have the face to go underground to see the ancestors!

Wang Song's words are reasonable, beneficial and modest, and they were purely taught to him by Liu Fang. Of course, in fact, the Yuan family still has a fourth Yuan Mai, and now Xu Du is a hostage, but no one can really think of him on his head - then a light pole, if the three brothers are really hung up, Cao Cao will be slaughtered if he is unhappy one day, and he has no ability to protect himself. That's why Wang Songcai said, if all of you brothers and sons resist the court's fate, then they will all be killed, and the famous Yuan family will be completely finished.

Yuan Xi is a soft-eared root, and after listening to Wang Song's words, he couldn't help but hesitate. But where is Wang Song willing to let him not decide? Pulled Yuan Xi out of the door on the spot, pressed him down in front of the angel, and forced him to accept the edict. Immediately, Wang Song sent Liu Fang to Cao Ying with Yuan Shang's thanksgiving seal.

Cao Cao read the seal first, and then saw Liu Fang, as in the original history, he liked it very much, and persuaded Liu Ziqi to stay and assist him on the spot. However, Liu Fang said that Youzhou has not yet been pacified, and the Hou General (Yuan Xi) is still afraid of some recurrence, I have to go back to help Wang Song sit in the town - and wait for Youzhou Ping and Yuan's extinction, and then come to serve the prime minister.

So Cao Cao ordered Wang Cang to write a sincere letter and asked Liu Fang to take it back. to the effect that he reviewed the battle process with your father Yuan Benchu to discuss Dong and carry Gongsun, and then ignored the past of the war between Yuan and Cao; I am very sad to say that your father is dead, I am very sad, and it is a pity that your brother and brother are not filial, and my father's bones are not cold, so I pinched it first; That's why I think only you have the qualifications to inherit the Yuan family, please have the order of the court to canonize you, you can inherit the will of your father, assist the court well, and be calm. Finally, I told Yuan Xi, I will go to crusade against your brother, you don't have to help, firmly hold the southern part of Yuyang, and don't let the rebel son who killed his father run to Liaoxi when the time comes.

Immediately, the army commanded Zhuo County, and Xiao Ji knew that he could not be defeated, so he abandoned the city and retreated to Liangxiang, with his back to the Yanshan Mountains, wanting to deal with Cao's army. Cao Cao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and sent Yu Ban to lead the guerrilla army to contain him, and led the main force to take Guangyang directly. Xiao Ji panicked and turned back to save him, but he was killed and defeated, and Guangyang County was lost.

Immediately returned to Jixian County, joined forces with Yuan Shang, and simply sent someone to dig up? water, release water to flood the enemy. Cao Cao was forced to retreat to Zhuo County to wait for the water to subside.

Xu You persuaded Yuan Shang, saying that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi had descended, and Gao Gan's back was unknown, and now we have no rescue outside, and the release of water can only block Cao Jun for a while, and it is impossible to block the first life, and sooner or later this Jixian County will have to be lost. For today's plan, it is better to surrender for the time being, talk to Cao Cao about the conditions, and allow the general to continue to guard Guangyang County - at this time, Yuan Shang claimed to have inherited all the names of his father, and he was also the marquis of Ye County, the herd of Youzhou, and the general of the chariot.

Yuan Shang had no choice but to send Xu You to Zhuo County to ask for surrender. Xu Ziyuan had already evacuated his family, but now that he was alone, he just took this opportunity to vote directly for Cao, and he happily accepted his order at the moment. So he took dozens of horsemen to bypass the water and approach Zhuo County from the direction of Yangxiang. Halfway through the road, suddenly a gong sounded in front of him, and arrows shot out in the forest, all of which came towards Xu Ziyuan...... (To be continued......)