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Linzi City includes two parts of the ancient city of Linzi Qi and the old county seat of Linzi, which belongs to the ancient city of Qi and lasts for more than 630 years until Qin Shi Huang destroyed Qi.

Today's Linzi City is a famous county in the sea, the city that was once the site of the national capital, has gone through all the vicissitudes of life, after several turns, the continuation of the time is very long, the expansion to this day, the city is quite huge, the whole city is built against the plain, look at it from afar, but see its city magnificent, antique, beautiful scenery, it really lives up to the name of the county.

Dozens of miles outside the south gate of Linzi City, Yuan Tan led his henchmen Hua Yan, Kong Shun, Wang Zhao and other confidants, including a general in the city, with more than 1,000 people, to welcome Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses here.

Tanmanan went twenty miles, found out the news of Yuan Shang and others' march, and quickly turned his head to report to Yuan Tan.

"The eldest prince, the army and carriage under the command of the third prince have marched to the south ten miles away, and his troops and horses are depressed, the momentum is not high, the banner is down, the helmets are scattered, and the armor is broken, and all the soldiers are disgraced, as if they have just experienced a hard battle."

Yuan Tan said in a deep voice when he heard this: "What is the condition of the third son?" But what damage? ”

The spy said: "The subordinates were ordered to go to the army of the third prince and inform the eldest prince to meet here, but the person who spoke to his subordinates was General Zhang Zhang, who accompanied the army, but the third prince never saw me in person from beginning to end. ”

Yuan Tan frowned when he heard this, it stands to reason that he is here to greet him, and the messenger sent can almost represent Qingzhou's greetings to Yuan Shang, according to the family etiquette, Yuan Shang should also meet in person to deal with a few words, and now he not only does not receive it in person, but lets Zhang Jaw deal with it, this move is inevitably a little out of order, with Yuan Shang's birth, it is impossible not to understand this truth.

If you think about it, there may be only one reason for this kind of mistake

Yuan Shang himself, what's going on!

Thinking of this, Yuan Tan couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart, if this son really died young, it would really be God's mercy! If so, inheriting his father's business in the future, there will be no obstacle to sitting in Hebei, sweeping the world, and the dream of establishing the Central Plains is just around the corner!

Yuan Tan tried his best to suppress the restlessness in his heart, still with a low voice, and said to the spy: "Lead the way ahead, I'll wait for another five miles to pick up my brother back to the city!" ”

"No!"

In less than half an hour, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses finally met each other thirty miles away from Linzi.

Yuan Tan piled up an extremely straightforward smile, stepped forward on his horse, bowed his hand to Zhang Jaw, who was leading the army in front, and said with a hearty smile: "General Zhang! It's been a long time! I haven't seen him for many days, but General Zhang's demeanor is still the same, and he is gratifying. ”

Zhang Jaw was tired and covered in dust, but he couldn't hide his innate heroic spirit, at this moment, he glanced at Yuan Tan deeply, and then lowered his eyes, his eyes were faintly mixed with a sense of exploration and deep suspicion.

"The eldest prince, the open jaw armor is on your body! I can't pay full salute to my son, and I hope that the eldest son will forgive my sins. ”

Yuan Tan Ha smiled, shook his head and said, "General Zhang is too polite, between you and me, why should you be like this, it's really a foreigner?" What about my third brother Xianfu, but why didn't he come? Isn't Mo leading the way behind? ”

A hint of strangeness flashed on Zhang Jaw's face, and he moved the horse forward, probing and whispering, "Grand Prince, can you take a step to talk to Jaw?" ”

Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then turned the horse, beat the horse a few steps to the side, and opened his jaw slightly away from others.

"What did General Zhang say, could it be that something happened to my third brother?"

Zhang Jaw's face tightened, and his face suddenly showed a look of sorrow and remorse, and he said to Yuan Tan tremblingly: "The eldest prince, the last general is incompetent, and he has not protected the third prince thoroughly, and he is guilty of capital crimes!" ”…,

Yuan Tan's heart turned with a burst of lightning, but his face was upright, and he said righteously: "General Zhang doesn't need to be like this, but why bother?" What the hell is going on, you have something to say slowly! ”

Zhang Jaw choked in a tone and said in a low voice: "The night before, our army set up camp in a valley north of Jishui, and the soldiers rushed back to Hebei from the Central Plains, tired all the way, so they slacked off and never guarded at night!" I didn't want to sleep when I was in a situation, and that night a Montenegrin army came from nowhere, taking advantage of our army's unpreparedness, looking for an opportunity to rob the village, and wantonly burn and kill, and we were negligent, and for a while the soldiers were put in a dangerous place! ”

"The Montenegrin army robbed the village?" Yuan Tan pretended to be shocked and puzzled, and muttered: "Then what about my third brother, isn't it given by the thieves in Montenegro."

Zhang Jaw shook his head and said: "Although the Montenegrin army came in a hurry, but fortunately, the third prince commanded properly, the last general and Gao Ran and other generals fought bravely, and finally repelled it with hard work, and did not want to cause trouble. Not only did it break me, but I waited for a lot of soldiers and horses, but I also returned."

Yuan Tan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "What else?" ”

"And the third prince was taken captive!"

"What? And so it was! Yuan Tan's tone trembled, and there was a faint hint of joy in his grief and indignation.

Zhang Jaw continued: "The last general hurriedly repelled Montenegro, and chased for several miles, how could the enemy army and horses be too much, and the leading general was very cunning, Zhang Jaw tossed and turned, but he couldn't catch up, and the last general didn't dare to make a noise, so he quickly sent people to search around, and hurriedly led the army to Linzi, and asked the eldest prince to quickly order Zhuo counties to carefully investigate the whereabouts of the white horse, in order to save the third prince out of the tiger's mouth!" ”

White horse cavalry?!

After Yuan Tan pondered carefully for a while, his heart suddenly burst into ecstasy!

This white horse cavalry, Yuan Tan has also heard of it, it seems to be the remnants of the white horse righteous followers of Youzhou in the past, they are about three or five hundred horsemen, rampant in the Hebei and Qing areas, or attack the counties, or hijack grain and grass, specifically against the Yuan family, just because the other party is quite small in number and good at wandering, so the states have not taken it to heart, and have not sent troops to recruit and kill.

It's just that what I never imagined was that it was this army that actually did such a big thing as picking up Yuan Shang today!

After Yuan and Gongsun Zan seized the land and killed, now the remnants of the White Horse Yicong robbed Yuan Shang, and it was expected that this kid must be ten dead, and he borrowed a knife to kill people, and wanted to use the Black Mountain Army to end up with this kid, but he didn't expect the Black Mountain Army to use it, but it was halfway to kill a White Horse Yicong, although it was beyond his plan, but the same way, the result was the same to his own great satisfaction.

Yuan Tan was overjoyed in his heart, but his face was full of sorrow, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Bold thief, dare to kidnap my brother?" I swear to destroy it! General Zhang, you have the right to go to Qingzhou with me to rest! I immediately sent someone to inform the counties and counties in Qingzhou, and ordered them to send people to find the whereabouts of the White Horse Cavalry, and wrote a letter to my father, asking him to send troops to recruit and suppress him, and he will definitely rescue the third brother! Don't let him be hurt in the slightest! ”

Zhang Jaw's face softened slightly, and he arched his hand and said, "Grand Master Xie is so bothered!" If the third prince can be rescued safely, even if the last general ends up being given death by the lord in the future, he will have no regrets! ”

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "General Zhang is a famous general in Hebei, An Neng said this frustratingly, the fact that the third brother was abducted is unexpected, what does it have to do with General Zhang?" Don't worry, if your father really blames the general in the future, Yuan Tan will advise you on your behalf! ”

Zhang Jaw choked when he heard the words, and hugged his fists heavily and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the eldest prince!" ”

Yuan Tan lifted up with his empty hands, but unconsciously, the corners of his mouth showed a smug smile. …,

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After placing the soldiers and horses of Zhang Jaw and others in the southern camp of Linzi City, Yuan Tan immediately ordered to send a number of scouts out of Lu to investigate Yuan Shang's whereabouts, and wrote to the counties and counties of Qingzhou, trying his best to find out the traces of Bai Ma Yi from the remnants, and immediately wrote a letter, ordering people to send it to Jizhou as soon as possible, asking Yuan Shao to mediate, send troops to search, and help the Qingzhou departments rescue Yuan Shang.

After finishing all this, Yuan Tan immediately rushed back to the Taishou Mansion and summoned his cronies Hua Yan and Kong Shun to the mansion to discuss their hearts

In the study, Yuan Tan finally couldn't hide the joy in his heart anymore, and looked up and smiled: "God help me!" God help me! The Montenegrin army is not useful, but I can't imagine that halfway through it is to kill a white horse righteous servant, Xianfu, Xianfu, this is not for the brother to be vicious, but it is actually your bad luck, fate is destined to solve this problem! What a pity, what a pity! Haha

Below Yuan Tan, his confidant Hua Yan gave him a long slap and said happily: "Congratulations to the eldest prince, congratulations to the eldest prince, the remnants of the white horse righteous servants have a grudge against our army to kill the lord and seize the land, and their grievances are almost incompatible!" Now that the third prince is in their hands, there is absolutely no reason to survive! Now Yuan Shang will die undoubtedly, Yuan Xi is weak and has no monarch's style, Yuan Mai is young and difficult to inherit the unification, from now on, the land of Hebei, there will be no one to compete with the eldest prince for the heir, with the great prince's talent, a few years later, will be able to achieve the ambition of Lingyun in his heart, I and other subordinate cronies, from now on can also rely on the son of the blessing of the shadow! ”

Yuan Tan nodded when he heard this, his face was full of relief and happiness, and he pointed at Hua Yan and said, "Well said!" Well said! But we can't be too complacent, we should do a good job of the surface of the gang, or do a good job! Especially in the matter of pursuing the White Horse Army, let the generals, spies, and scouts in the army have to give this son twelve points of spirit, and post an example in the entire Qingzhou, promise a heavy reward, and say that I have to find out this White Horse Army for me! Let my father in Yecheng see how affectionate and loving my brothers of the Yuan family are! ”

The cronie Kong Shun listened and hurriedly said: "Childe, just this is not enough, Childe may as well call himself sick in a few days on the grounds that he can't find his brother, and then Zhuo Wang Xiu will write a sacrificial text in advance, and wait for the future to determine the death of the third prince, take back the body, and the son will take the sick coffin back to Yecheng, cry and read the sacrificial text, and then you can collect the ministers and scholars of Yecheng to return to their hearts, and you can make the lord's heart happy, why not do it?" ”

Yuan Tan nodded when he heard this: "Okay, good!" Unexpectedly, Yuan Xianfu had just died, but your ideas came out one after another, so according to Kong Shun's words, I ordered Wang Xiu to write a sacrificial text, which must be touching and painful! In addition, the subordinates in the palace began to spread the word to the outside, saying that this son was infected with the wind and cold because of the pain of thinking of his brother, and he was not long before he became ill! ”

When the two of them heard this, they both bowed and said together: "No"

Before he finished speaking, he listened to the cronies and guards guarding outside the study suddenly spoke outside and said to Yuan Tan: "The eldest prince, the scouts sent from outside the eastern city have entered the mansion, and they have important matters to report to the eldest prince!" ”

Yuan Tan frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so anxious? Don't you see that Ben Gongzi is discussing something important? ”

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "But the eldest prince, the scout brought the news of the third prince!" ”