Runan, in the middle of the Imperial Palace.

I only heard a loud "clang" sound, and the guards guarding the palace gate couldn't help but shudder, looked at each other, and quietly looked in the direction of the palace to look at the situation. What made our "Emperor Zhong" so angry and out of shape.

I saw Yuan Shu wearing a dark dragon robe, his face was gloomy, holding a sword, and he was panting violently. A carefully engraved dragon book case fell to the ground in two, and the book was scattered all over the ground. There was a mess all over the place, and several pickled eunuchs trembled and fell to the ground, silent, for fear that the movement would dislike Yuan Shu and be knocked down by a sword. Yuan Shu straightened his sword, and the sharp tip of the sword almost touched the eyebrows of a eunuch, "Raise your head." Yuan Shu opened his mouth compassionately.

The eunuch trembled violently, but he still had the courage to raise his head, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty. Yuan Shu frowned, and in his sight, the pickled eunuch changed into Cao Cao's appearance, his eyebrows were upside down, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Cao!" You're damned! A sword pierced the eunuch's chest. A fresh life was harvested by Yuan Shu in this way.

"You guys throw his body out." Yuan Shu waved his hand and commanded.

When the surviving eunuchs heard this, they kowtowed again and again as if they had been pardoned, then got up and lifted the dead body, and staggered out of the palace gate.

"Liu Qun is incompetent, waste Wang Fang, lose two important towns in one day! Nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses were destroyed! Damn it! Yuan Shu roared angrily, his face murderous. There was a strong killing intent around his body, which made several people in the palace silent one by one, and they didn't dare to speak.

General Ji Ling looked to the side and saw that Yan Xiang also had a gloomy face. "Come on, take me and put me on it, I want to drive the expedition and wipe out the thief army!"

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry." Old Yan Xiang hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, don't act rashly." ”

"Old Xiangguo, what do you mean?" Yan Xiang said: "Your Majesty, the Cao army wiped out all the 5,000 soldiers and horses of our army without much effort. The loss of two cities, not Liu Qun and Wang Fang are incompetent, but we underestimated the Cao army, Your Majesty looked at the information handed over by Liu Xun, this layout and soldiers are all the sons of Cao Cao, Cao Ang, and his body is not exposed. This battle alone is enough to prove that this son is by no means a good type. We should take a long-term view. Please put aside the wrath of the thunder for the time being. ”

With that, Yan Xiang slammed to the ground. Yuan Shu frowned, "What is Lao Xiangguo doing, is this taking the blame for himself?" ”

"It's not the old decay, but the old decay neglected, underestimated that Cao Ang, the old decay is valued by His Majesty, and he looks up to the country, but he sits back and watches Cao Ang use the army treacherously without knowing it. Just by looking at his methods, we know that his abilities must be extraordinary. Your Majesty is the Lord of the Great Middle, and you must not be moved lightly. Now is not yet the time for His Majesty to go out of the battle, the prince is still sitting in Huainan, there is no need for His Majesty to go out in person, just send a general, echo with the prince from afar, you can form a corner with the Cao army, the confrontation is long, the Cao army will inevitably be due to the lack of food and grass, so as to retreat......"

Although Yuan Shu was a little unhappy in his heart, but when he heard Yan Xiang say this, he also felt a little reasonable, yes, tens of thousands of Cao Jun, if he drove his own expedition, wouldn't it be as easy as finding out for things?

As the saying goes, "Kill chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife." "It's better for the prince to take such a credit. Although Yan Xiang is not a talent for commanding troops, as a strategist, Yuan Shu, including the generals under his command, still recognizes this person's ability.

Ji Ling on the side was in a very complicated mood, Ji Ling relied on Yan Xiang, and stayed away from it.

"Xiangguo thinks, who is the general?" "If it's a general, the first recommendation is Qiaorui." Ji Ling's face sank when he heard this, and he said in his heart: "Old thing, you are virtuous and do not avoid relatives, and your son-in-law attaches great importance to it." ”

Yuan Shu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate." "Qiao Rui and Ji Ling are the arc arm helpers, relying on the two of them as a maneuver, Qiao Rui is guarding the rear of Runan, guarding against surprise attacks, and not moving. Yan Xiang's proposal was refuted by Yuan Shu.

"Xiangguo, Qiao Rui can't be transferred, or choose another person as the general." If Qiao Rui is transferred, it will not be good for Cao Jun to send a surprise army to attack Runan.

"If Qiao Rui can't be separated, General Ji Ling can be asked to go." Yan Xiang had no choice but to change his words. Yuan Shu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, Ji Ling is calm and moderate, and he is quite lawful in his use of soldiers. If he is a general, he is also the most suitable person, then let Ji Ling lead the people of the headquarters and recapture Xiagu and Yuanping. ”

"Whoa!" Ji Ling clenched his fists and replied loudly. Then he strode out of the palace gate. "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to send General Ji Ling alone." Yuan Shu frowned, and asked suspiciously, "Xiangguo, what does this mean?" Why is it not suitable for a single faction of Ji Ling? ”

I saw Yan Xiang speak: "Previously, the prince and General Ji Ling had a disagreement. Working together will inevitably have ......" Hearing Yan Xiang slowly express his worries, Yuan Shu fell into deep thought, he hesitated!

He naturally relied on and trusted Ji Ling, otherwise, how could he crown Ji Ling as the general of Dazhong? It's just that what Yan Xiang said is quite reasonable.

There is no doubt that Ji Ling is loyal to him, but at such a time, who can say that he is truly loyal? What if two people have a dislike for each other?

"In that case, what should I do?"

"This ......" Yan Xiang pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "The old decay has the courage to protect the dog Yan Xing, and he can be the supervisor of the army, so that the two sides can check and balance each other. ”

Yan Xing, the word Yanming, the son of Yan Xiang of the Great Zhong Xiangguo, "Yanming? Great goodness, if Yan Ming goes, it is also suitable. Yuan Shufu nodded with satisfaction.

"In this case, then Ren Yanming will be the envoy of the prison army, and immediately go to Huainan with Ji Ling."

After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he rubbed his eyebrows, turned around and walked out.

Yan Xiang shook his head and said tremblingly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty." Looking at the mess all over the ground, he sighed softly, and muttered: "Yanming, this time my father fought for your position, you don't want to disappoint your father." ”

Outside Huainan County,

About noon, I saw dust flying in the distance, and the heavy sound of horses' hooves was like muffled thunder, which made the earth tremble violently. The tens of thousands of troops assembled by Cao Ren pulled out a long black line, stopped the war horses outside Wuli City, and waved their flags, with a murderous aura.

Huainan County, the head of the city is also a forest of spears, the banner is flying, the soldiers are full of energy, holding the hilt of the knife and the shaft of the spear, and waiting for the battle. Yuan Yao was wearing gold armor, holding the hilt of his sword, standing on the arrow battlement and watching the enemy army in the distance, he turned back to the generals around him and said, "Have you ever seen siege equipment?" ”

Li Ding, the general on the side, clenched his fists and said: "Don't say that the siege weapons are not even carried, and the last general asserts that the Cao army is lightly armed." He sneered and said, "Maybe they think they can win with one blow, but they can't help but despise us too much." ”

Li Ding shouted to everyone, "Sons, the enemy army is lightly armed, this is good news for us, but it also means that the battle to defend the city will be very tragic, you believe me, as long as we survive the arrival of reinforcements, then the victory will definitely belong to us!" After speaking, Li Ding raised his arms and shouted, "Kill the enemy!" All the soldiers at the head of the city raised their arms and shouted, "Dazhong is mighty, Dazhong is mighty!" The sound of fighting soared into the sky, and the morale of the soldiers was high, and they were gearing up for a decisive battle with the enemy.

Looking at the high-spirited soldiers, Liu Xun, who should be happy, couldn't be happy, just because, their prince was gearing up and eager to try, sure enough, I saw Yuan Yao waving his hand to signal the soldiers to silence, Yuan Yao turned around majestically, and said loudly: "Everyone, how fortunate is it to fight with you and other bloody battlefields, now there is a pseudo-Han thief army to attack my city, Lone is the first to refuse, so in order to boost morale, Lone decided to go out of the city to fight with the enemy, but there are warriors and I to shout and cheer, strengthen my "Dazhong" prestige? ”

The soldiers looked at each other after hearing this, and began to speak in private, not understanding what the prince thought, and taking the city well to wait for reinforcements is, and going down to fight the generals, seeing everyone's whispering, Li Ding's eyes rolled, and he thought about it, knowing that this was a good opportunity to tie up with the prince, he cleared his throat and said loudly: "Everyone, what the prince said is very true, our royal highness the prince has excellent martial arts, and he will personally go into battle to fight the generals, kill the majesty of the Cao army, and the soldiers and horses of the headquarters will go out of the city with me to cheer for the prince." ”

Hearing that Li Ding didn't forget to scold Yuan Yao at such a time, Liu Xun was dissatisfied in his heart, and stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, the reinforcements will arrive soon, and we will wait for help, so why take the risk to fight the generals?" ”

Hearing Liu Xun's words, Yuan Yao showed displeasure on his face, and said lightly: "I have a good plan for myself, don't bother the general." Then he nodded to Li Ding and said with a smile: "General Li is also a brave man, so I bother you to send your headquarters soldiers and horses out of the city with me." ”

Li Ding bowed with joy and said happily: "Dare to disobey your fate? Immediately, ignoring Liu Xun's dissuasion, he led Li Ding down to the city, Liu Xun sighed, punched the arrow battlement fiercely, and a personal soldier stepped forward and asked, "General, what should I do?" Liu Xun said angrily: "What else can I do, observe the situation, and go to the rescue if something is wrong!" ”

Pro-soldier "......"

Cao Ren's army did not launch an offensive, and only then could he vaguely see the city, Yuan Yao was cheering with his bold words, Cao Renyu immediately smiled and said, "Does anyone know about Yuan Yao?" ”

"Please show me down." Cao Ang asked with his fists clenched.

"I've seen this son a few times, he is a talented person, compared to his personality, he is more like his uncle Yuan Benchu, and less like his father Yuan Road." Cao Ang listened to it, and slandered in his heart, "My nephew has a personality like an uncle?" What the hell is this? Like Yuan Shao what? Fierce and timid, resourceful? Small profit or big profit? Seeming to sense what Cao Ang was thinking, Cao Ren chuckled and said, "I made a bet with you, this son will definitely lead the soldiers out of the city, in a vain attempt to kill our army, are you credible?" ”

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Da Shuai is so convincing, then the expectation must be not bad, I believe Da Shuai." ”

Cao Ren said angrily: "Uncle Huang, it's cunning and tight." When the generals heard this, they all laughed, and after laughing, they were thinking, could it be that this Yuan Yao would really be brainless to the point that Cao Ren said?

After about Mo Cha's kung fu, I saw Huainan County from a distance, the city gate was wide open, Yuan Yao was under the umbrella, wearing gold armor, dismounting from the horse, holding a spear, Li Ding behind him, wearing fish scales, holding a big knife, and supporting the horse

Yuan Yao is left and right, so not majestic!

Seeing this, Cao Ren pointed his hand holding the horsewhip at Yuan Yao from afar, and said with a smile: "Princess, look, what I expected is where it comes from?" Liu Bei patted his ass at the right time and exclaimed: "The handsome man is clever, I admire it." Zhang Feizong stepped forward immediately, hugged his fists and said: "I beg the handsome to give a certain family a head work, I will definitely capture Yuan Yao." ”

Zhang Fei raised his head, and all the generals were also gearing up to fight, Cao Ren raised his hand to stop it: "Don't be impulsive, you have the credit, annoyance and patience, etc., and the good guy on the other side is also a "prince". As he spoke, he looked at Cao Ang and asked with a smile: "Ziyu, why don't you come forward to compete with this prince of the Yuan family?" Cao Ang was stunned for a moment and quickly understood Cao Ren's intentions, and a simple question put a political veil on it, no matter whether Yuan Yao was strong or not, whether the so-called "Dazhong" could be recognized by the princes, but Gao Gao was a "prince", and Cao Ang was also a "prince" in Cao Ren's heart, and this prince was reasonable to the prince.

"Yes." Cao Ang responded with a fist, and then held the overlord gun in his hand and galloped out of the battle!