However, he said that Yuan Tan thought that he was the eldest son of the main family, but he could not inherit his father's business, and the third brother Yuan Shang was born to his stepmother, and he inherited the heir, and he was really unwilling in his heart.

Guo Tu knew that Yuan Tan was dissatisfied, and said: "But outside the city, ask Yuan Shang and the judge to go out of the city to drink, ambush the knife and axe to kill him, and the big thing will be decided." ”

Yuan Tan said that he sent people to the city to invite Yuan Shang and the trial to the banquet.

Yuan Shang saw that his brother was invited and was about to go to the banquet.

The judge beat the side drum in his heart: last time Yuan Tan asked Feng Ji to write a letter asking for help, he persuaded Yuan Shang to persuade him, but he never sent troops to help, Yuan Tan angrily beheaded Feng Ji, and his heart palpitated, so he felt sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "The eldest prince set up a banquet, it must be Guo Tu's conspiracy, and he wants to seize the heir, so he must not go." ”

Yuan Shang asked, "What should I do?" ”

The judge provoked and said: "It is better to send troops and kill them to prevent future troubles." ”

Yuan Shang according to the trial and matching, put on his horse, and led 50,000 troops out of the city to attack Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan knew that the matter was revealed, and hurriedly put on his horse to greet him.

The two brothers fought in person, Yuan Shang was brave, and Yuan Tan was defeated within a few days.

Yuan Tan was defeated and led his troops back to Nanpi (present-day Nanpi County, Cangzhou, Hebei).

It's time not to drive Wang Xiu from Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan knew that Wang Xiu was filial and loyal, straightforward and outspoken, understanding and courageous, and heard that Wang Xiu was overjoyed.

Wang Xiuzi Shuzhi, a native of Yingling, Beihai County (now Changle, Shandong), died when he was seven years old.

The following year, on the day of the shrine, Wang Xiu missed his mother and wept with grief.

When the neighbors heard the mourning and were touched by their filial piety, they stopped worshipping the gods and persuaded the king to mourn.

When Wang Xiu was twenty years old, he went to Nanyang to study and stayed at Zhang Feng's house.

Zhang Feng's whole family was infected with the plague, and no one came to visit, only Wang Xiu took pity on him and took care of him personally, and he did not leave until the whole family recovered.

During the early peace period, Beihai County Shoukong Rong recruited him as the chief secretary and acted as the agent of Gao Mi Ling.

The Gaomi Sun family has always been strong, and the doorman has violated the law many times, and no official dares to ask.

Some robbers and thieves hid under the Sun family, but the servants did not dare to arrest them.

Wang Xiu led the servants to surround the Sun family, but the Sun family resisted, and the officials were afraid to approach.

Wang Xiu ordered: "Anyone who dares not to attack will be punished with the thief." ”

Sun was afraid, so he handed over the robbers, and from then on, the local lawless tycoons were afraid to give in.

Wang Xiu was promoted to filial piety, but he gave it to Bing Yuan, but Kong Rong did not agree.

At that time, the world was in turmoil, and the promotion of filial piety stopped.

Soon, someone in the county rebelled, Kong Rong was trapped, and both left and right were worried.

Kong Rong said to the left and right: "I am afraid that the only one who can come to help me at the risk of danger is Wang Xiu." ”

As Kong Rong expected, Wang Xiu heard that Kong Rong was in danger, so he ran to Kong Rong overnight and pacified the thieves.

At that time, there were many powerful local tyrants in Jiaodong who endangered the township, and Kong Rong ordered Wang Xiu to be the commander of Jiaodong County and go to govern.

The Jiaodong Gongshalu clan is strong, and they set up their own camps and trenches, and they refuse to obey the dispatch of the government.

Wang Xiu personally led people to ride horses and went straight into Gongshalu's house, killing Gongshalu's brothers, and the Gongsha clan was shocked and shocked, and no one dared to act rashly.

Wang Xiu appeased the remnants, and since then the thieves have gradually stopped.

Every time Kong Rong encountered danger, even if Wang Xiu was recuperating at home, as long as he heard about it, he would immediately rush to help Kong Rong relieve the disaster.

When Yuan Tan was in Qingzhou, he heard of Wang Xiu's reputation and was recruited to work in the middle of the government.

Don't drive Liu Xian's heart is not convinced, and he has slandered and framed Wang Xiu many times.

Later, Liu Xian was sentenced to death because of the incident, and he called out that he was wronged and asked Yuan Tan to retry the case.

Yuan Tan ordered Wang Xiu to try the case.

Liu Xian thought that if he was in the hands of Wang Xiu, he would definitely die, and there was no hope of life.

Who knows, Wang Xiu tried impartially, Liu Xian was saved from death, Liu Xian was grateful, and the people of the time praised Wang Xiu even more.

Yuan Shao was not governed by Jimo chaos, so he recruited Wang Xiu to serve as the commander of Jimo County, and in less than a year, Jimo was governed in an orderly manner by Wang Xiu, and then Wang Xiu was appointed under Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were defeated and retreated to Nanpi, and his subordinate Liu Xun raised troops in Luoyin (in present-day Dezhou, Shandong), and all cities rose up against Yuan Tan.

At this time, Yuan Tan heard that Wang Xiu led the servants and the people to come to the rescue, and was very happy: "The person who completes my army is Wang Beijia!" ”

Wang Xiu said: "Although Donglai Taishou is far away, he will not rebel and will definitely come." ”

Ten days later, Guan Tong really abandoned his wife and children and came to Yuan Tan, and his wife and children were killed by traitors.

Yuan Tan asked the general manager to change to Le'an Taishou, and gathered the crowd to discuss attacking Yuan Shang.

Wang Xiu persuaded: "Brothers attack each other repeatedly, this is a sign of failure and destruction!" ”

Although Yuan Tan understood Wang Xiu's ambition and discipline, he was not happy and still led the army to attack Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang personally led his troops to meet the battle, but Yuan Tan was defeated again and held on to the city.

Yuan Shang besieged desperately, and Yuan Tan had to lead the army to retreat to the plain, and couldn't help sighing: "Now that the whole state has betrayed me, is it because I have lost my virtue?" ”

Wang Xiu sighed with emotion: "Brothers are like left and right hands, if a person is ready to fight with a person and breaks his right hand, saying, 'I will definitely beat you', is it okay like this?" If you lose your brotherhood and don't go on a blind date, who else in the world is close to him? Recently, some people have sowed discord and caused fights, which are used to seek temporary profits, and I hope you will block your ears and not listen. If you kill a few flattering subordinates, the brothers can get closer to each other again and resist the enemies from all sides, and they can run rampant in the world. ”

Although Yuan Tan felt that it was reasonable, he did not listen to persuasion, and instead according to Guo Tu's words, he sent Xin Bi, the brother of Xin Ping, who was currently the Pingyuan Order, to ask Cao Cao for help.

It is said that Cao Cao, in accordance with the code of conduct of "external emergency, rescue each other, external slowdown, and contention", claimed to take Jingzhou in the south, slow down the northern expedition, and wait for internal changes and then make a plan.

Cao Cao seemed to be doing a fake show, but it alarmed Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

When Liu Biao heard that Cao Cao's troops had gone to Xiping (now Xiping, Zhumadian, Henan), he sent Liu Bei as the front to lead the army to resist.

Cao Cao was about to fight, and people reported that Xin Bi came to ask for help.

Cao Cao welcomed him into the village and asked what he meant.

Xin Bi presented a letter stating Yuan Tan's intention to ask for help.

Cao Cao read the letter asking for help, stayed in the village, and gathered the people to discuss.

Some people believe that Yuan Tan was attacked by Yuan Shang very urgently, and he had to ask for help as a last resort, and he could not be trusted.

Some people also believe that since the soldiers went to Xiping to fight Liu Biao, how could they give up Jingzhou and take Jizhou.

Xun You believes that Liu Biao sits in the area of Baojianghan and does not dare to expand fully, so it can be seen that he has no ambition to annex the Quartet. Yuan's family is based on the land of four states, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, if the two sons are harmonious, keep their father's business together, and compete with them, the success or failure is unknown. Now the brothers are not harmonious, they attack each other, and Yuan Tan is desperate to vote. When the troops are raised to get rid of Yuan Shang first, and then watch the changes, and destroy Yuan Tan, Hebei can be determined.

Cao Cao withdrew his troops to the south, originally waiting for the opportunity of internal changes, and now seeing that the Yuan brothers were fighting each other, how could they lose the opportunity, so they set up a banquet to entertain Xinbi.

Cao Cao also heard that Xin Bi was clever and eloquent, so he deliberately asked Xin Bi during the banquet: "Is Yuan Tan's surrender really fraudulent?" Conquering Jizhou, can you really defeat Yuan Shang? ”

Xin Bi smiled and said: "Ming Gong asked more than one move. Regardless of whether Yuan Tan's surrender is true or not, it can be known in the current situation. The Yuan clan fought for many years, suffered repeated defeats, and the military revolution was exhausted outside, and the ministers were punished inside; Brothers kill each other and fall apart; Coupled with famine and famine, natural disasters and people are trapped, no matter how wise or foolish, they all know that they will inevitably fall apart, and this is the time when the sky destroys the Yuan family. Now that the Ming Dynasty raised troops to attack Yecheng, if Yuan Shang did not return to the rescue, he would lose his lair; If he returns to the rescue, Yuan Tan will take the opportunity to attack him. With the power of Ming Gong, hitting the tired crowd is like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, which is as easy as a hand. If Ming Gong loses a great opportunity to take Jingzhou, it can be said that it is easy to give up. Jingzhou is a land of abundance and happiness, the country and the people are smooth, and it is not easy to shake for the time being. The biggest hidden danger of the unification of the world by the Ming Dynasty is Hebei. Hebei Ping, then the world is decided, the hegemony is successful, and the Ming Gong is looking to inspect it in detail. ”

Xin Bi's argument was in Cao Cao's heart, and Cao Cao patted Xin Bi's shoulder and said, "It's too late to meet Xin George." "On the same day, the troops returned to Jizhou.

Liu Bei was afraid that Cao Cao's return to the army would hide a conspiracy, so he did not pursue it, and led his troops back to Jingzhou to return to Liu Biao.

When Yuan Shang heard that Cao Cao led his army to cross the river to the north, he hurriedly led the army back to defend Yecheng, and ordered Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang to cut off the defense against Yuan Tan's pursuit.

When Yuan Tan saw Yuan Shang withdrawing his troops, he set up the plain army and horses and then pursued them, but was intercepted by Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang.

Yuan Tan immediately reprimanded: "My father is here, I can't wait for you, why don't you help my brother force me now?" ”

When the two heard this, they dismounted and begged to surrender.

Yuan Tan waited for Cao Cao's army to arrive, and led the second general to meet Cao Cao.

In order to prevent Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang from joining forces again, Cao Cao named Yuan Tan as the assassin of Qingzhou, and named Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang as liehous, and ordered Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang to be matchmakers, and asked Cao Quan, the son born to himself and Li Ji, to marry Yuan Tan's daughter as his wife, so as to calm his heart. Then, according to Xu Yu's plan, the water of the Zhanghe River broke Yecheng.

Cao Cao ordered: Do not harm the Yuan family, do not harm innocent people, and those who surrender will not die.

Yuan Shang saw that the city was broken, and led the defeated army to flee to Yuan Xi in Youzhou.

The trial was captured, and he would rather die than surrender.

Cao Cao took pity on his loyalty and ordered the body to be buried in the north of the city.

Cao Cao saw that the sword and axe hand escorted Chen Lin to see him, and angrily reprimanded: "You wrote the essay for the beginning, and it is enough to list my crimes, why do you insult your grandfather?" ”

Chen Lin replied calmly: "The arrow is on the bow, I have to send it!" ”

Left and right persuaded Cao Cao to kill him, Cao Cao loved his talent, not only pardoned him, but also ordered him to engage.

Seeing Cao Cao enter the city, he pointed at the city gate and shouted: "Apu, if it weren't for me, how could you enter this gate?" ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Ziyuan has made a lot of contributions. ”

Xu You got carried away, swayed and leisurely walked to the east gate, and met Xu Chu riding into the city, stopping the horse and shouting: "If you don't have me, how can you enter this gate safely?" ”

Xu Chu disdainfully cared for it: "We sacrificed our lives and forgot about death, fought bloody battles, and captured the city, all of which were commanded by the prime minister." But he is greedy for heaven's work, so arrogant and arrogant, and he is not ashamed. ”

Xu Yu was angry: "You are all brave, what a way!" ”

Xu Chu couldn't help but be furious, didn't have time to think about it, drew his sword and killed him, and raised his head to see Cao Cao, saying that Xu Yu was extremely rude.

Cao Cao said: "Ziyuan and I are old friends, mostly jokes, how can I be easily killed." "I deeply blame Xu Chu and order Xu Yu to be buried.