Guo Tu was dumbfounded, and at the same time he didn't know what the content of this book was, and who wrote it.

He hadn't seen this book at all, and he didn't know where it came from, but there must be a demon when something goes wrong, and Yuan Shang was escorted by me along the way, and there was almost no abnormality.

It can only be that after returning to Taiyuan, someone gave him the book.

Someone must be secretly playing tricks.

Guo Tu immediately had a bad feeling in his heart, and it was likely that there was something to do.

Xu Zhen is vicious, and his intentions are too shady, so he has to put me to death.

Thinking of this, the sentence that came to mind when he was ridiculed and scolded by Xu Yu that day.

Shape up or ship out.

In fact, he should have said more about asking for more blessings.

"I don't know about this book."

Guo Tu said indifferently.

Bowed his hand and waited for what Yuan Shang was going to say next.

However, Yuan Shang didn't speak, Xin Ping stood up, arched his hand to Guo Tu very perfunctorily, and sneered: "Mr. Gongze, this letter was sent together with the original reply, and it was specially returned to you, but it was intercepted in the army, and some parts of it have been erased. ”

"There is only a piece of ink, and some words are very obscure, and they need to be carefully examined to know, for example, there is a sentence in it, saying that if it is done, you can return to the Guo family."

"The king of the Guo family is now accepting people to live in peace, and the monarch is the clan, and the clan should be in charge of the overall situation."

"What? Is this an invitation to you, a famous member of the Guo family, to return to Yingshui to take power? ”

Guo Tu squinted his eyes, and then looked at Yuan Shang on the couch, his eyes were already very bad, and his bloodshot eyes burst with sharp edges, which made people chill, and also made Guo Tu feel cold.

"I haven't seen this book, this is Xu Zhen's trick!"

"Hmph," Yuan Shang sneered, and after coughing a few more times, on the inner corridor near the main hall, a lot of moving figures appeared, but I am afraid that they are the sword and axe hands who have been ambushed in the house for a long time.

"Someone told me a long time ago that when Mr. Gong Ze selected the soldiers and horses to be sent, he mainly used my Yuan's henchmen, so that he could prepare for the assassination of Xu Zhen in the future."

"You can also exclude dissidents, so that your henchmen can be preserved in the territory of the state, this is a two-win strategy, just to keep your status as Guo Tu."

Guo Tu's heart tightened, as if he had been pinched tightly, and his face suddenly turned pale, but he subconsciously wanted to quibble again.

"I don't mean that way!"

Guo Tu bowed and shouted loudly.

He himself would not be so out of shape, at least he would definitely be able to stabilize the situation, and he would not be afraid of danger and explain calmly, it was nothing more than a war of words to make Yuan Shang believe that he was loyal, and then remembered his hard work for his father Yuan Shao's various exploits back then.

But what Yuan Shang said was completely his strategy, and he said it exactly right, and someone still told him!

Who told that?

If it is Xin Ping and Xin Bi, it means that the two of them have long known that they have a plan in their hearts, and they have been acting in vain and wrongful for a long time, but Guo Tu is planning for himself, and the internal affairs of the two brothers are acceptable, and it is impossible to have this plan.

It's not the two of them, it's Xu Zhen or his strategists, it's terrifying, are they all demons, no one is in the state, just a letter from a brief reply, you can judge all my schemes.

This is outrageous.

After thinking quickly in his mind, Guo Tu's heart naturally became chaotic, and his face suddenly turned pale.

It's just because Yuan Shang broke the plan in one word, and it was too sudden.

"None? Now how does Mr. Gongze want me to trust you? ”

Guo Tu sighed, "I am willing to step down from all military positions, become a minister of internal affairs, and no longer be contaminated with any military power." ”

He knew very well that if he didn't do this, there would be absolutely no possibility of getting out, and today Yuan Shang had buried at least five hundred knives and axes in this hall, which was enough to chop him into pulp.

Yuan Shang also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that today's sudden persecution has been fruitful, Guo Tu has no preparation, so he can only admit it.

"Well, it is admirable that Mr. can have such a bearing."

"Please sir don't drive for the state, manage the government for me, recommend talents, and expand internal affairs to raise military funds."

Guo Tu lowered his head, others couldn't see his face, in fact, he already had a bitter face.

This errand is even more difficult, this is to make him conjure up money to fund the army, I really don't know where to expand the internal affairs to raise military funds, after all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

There are too many policies that cannot be implemented in the boundaries of the annexed states, plus the land of two counties has been ceded to others.

But I have to say that this hand is really yin.

Use Yuan Shang's hand to get rid of me, but fortunately I was smart and saved my life for the time being.

"Everyone, when I get well, don't waste Mr. Gongze's plan," Yuan Shang sat up, his tone calmed down a lot, and the dark shadows around him slowly dispersed.

The situation is no longer so tense.

He also talked about the revival of war.

The two counties of Yanmen were indeed sent out, but it was not difficult to take them back, and the two counties were only closed and there were no strong cities, and it was not so easy to defend them.

Gao Ran hugged his fists and said: "I will follow the instructions of the young prince, but now that I am going to the army to fight, I am afraid that after the end of the year, I will wait for the beginning of spring." ”

"Hmph," Yuan Shang immediately seized the power of Guo Tu as soon as he came back, and revealed his plan, which was the time to sigh and run.

At this time, he said proudly: "It's okay, after waiting for the beginning of spring, it is also the time for my Yuan clan to fight back." ”

"Since Cao Cao and Xu Zhen despise me, I just let them understand what it means to let the tiger return to the mountain!"

……

Bang!

"Kill! Kill into the city! ”

"The brothers are already ready to be killed! Let's fight for the city!! ”

Seven years of Jian'an.

After the beginning of spring, Yuan Shang attacked Yanmen, and overnight Gaolan connected three cities, and now attacked the land of Cao Rentun's army outside the main city of Yanmen County.

Of the 50,000 soldiers buried in the original place, 30,000 of them were Yuan Shang's henchmen.

It's a pity that they are still in the camp, and Cao Ren did not subdue these people, the time is too short.

So under the combination of inside and outside, the Cao army formation was broken, but fortunately, Xu Huang still had a soldier and horse stationed ten miles away, and the strange soldiers came to the rescue suddenly, broke through the siege of the Yuan army, and rescued Cao Ren and other generals.

But the momentum of the defeated army has been achieved, and the hoarded grain and grass are all lost, Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, etc., can only order the withdrawal of troops and quickly withdraw the troops outside Yanmen.

At the same time, Xu Zhen ordered that Xu Chu and Zhao Yun lead troops from Changshan to Leping, directly into Taiyuan County, break through Taiyuan in one day, and take all cities and counties.

After taking the city, all the flags were not changed, and the main roads were strictly guarded, so as not to let the news pass to the front battlefield.

A day later, Cao Ren withdrew from the battlefield.

At this moment, the army could not be sent back, so the troops and horses could only be temporarily withdrawn for 30 miles and placed in a place near the water source on the border, waiting for the scattered units to return to the barracks and reorganize the army.

Cao Ren is now in the barracks, so angry that he can't eat, this is really uncomfortable, walking around and not daring to talk about this matter, but as soon as he saw Xu Huang, he couldn't help but scold.

"This Guo Tu is really a bad person, and he can't die well!! Come to a sticky end! ”

"He actually selected 50,000 soldiers and horses to choose his henchmen, and specially came to our army to cause trouble!"

"This, who would have thought that he had such a conspiracy! Guo Tu is a celebrity in vain, and he is ashamed of Guo's upright family style! ”

"It's shameful to do that! Shameless! ”

Xu Huang was stunned, and hurriedly advised: "The general doesn't have to remember it in his heart, the matter has come to this, there is no need to think about it anymore." ”

"I arrested a few people last night, interrogated them all night, and got some news, and the death order they got was to assassinate Xu Junhou."

"It's not against the general, the general is, for the prince to prevent the disaster."

Cao Ren was about to speak, but when he heard this, his face stiffened, his mouth opened and closed, and his heart felt like falling into an ice cave.

The body is half cold, and the mouth is so bitter that I can't pull the bolt, what the hell?!

You might as well not tell me this news.

I was defeated by Yanmen, suffered heavy losses, and the city suffered from civil strife, which led to the current defeat, and now you tell me that I am preventing the disaster for Xu Bowen? !

So these 50,000 people were originally going to Xu Zhen?!

If I don't keep them and send these people to Jizhou immediately, it will definitely have nothing to do with me!

It won't lead to today's defeat!

No wonder the prime minister asked me to hand over the person to Xu Zhen immediately and let him take care of it, so as to ensure that he was safe and sound.

Xu Zhen has a lot of ideas, and there are many capable people under his command, so he will definitely be able to settle down these people.

"Alas!"

Cao Ren suddenly slapped his thigh, his face full of remorse, "You really can't be greedy!" It's all because of the lack of greed that they get into trouble! ”

"I'm still here, I'm still calculating to ask for these 50,000 soldiers, but the result is all to prevent Xu Zhen from disasters!"

The key is that this matter can't be spread everywhere, and you can only admit how much you have suffered.

However, the military report still has to be sent to the prime minister, so that he can definitely see the reason, and I don't know if he will be punished.

"Komeito, this matter must not be spread outside."

Cao Ren's face suddenly softened, "When the military reports to the prime minister, don't mention that I didn't send soldiers and horses to Jizhou immediately. ”

"I just said that it was cold last year, and I was afraid that the sergeants on the road would be injured and damaged, so I prepared to go to the spring of this year, but I didn't expect that there was a mutiny, and these people colluded with Yuan Shang inside and outside to break my Yanmen."

"Alas," Xu Huang was quite embarrassed, he was really a person who practiced something in the two major trends of Cao's implementation of the internal precept and Xu Zhen's self-discipline, so he didn't want to lie, just sighed, and arched his hand: "General, the last general will not dare to lie to deceive the prime minister, he can only report truthfully, but he will speak for the general, and will never take the opportunity to persecute." ”

"You ......"

Cao Ren was stunned and stared at Xu Huang deeply, this person doesn't enter the oil and salt, I'm afraid it's not good to persuade him anymore when he looks like this, if he talks too much, it's useless, but he will lose his majesty in the future.

Xu Huang also knew that he was afraid of being punished by the prime minister, so he could understand it completely, and he would not have any guilt in his heart.

"Komeito! Why? It's easy for you and me. ”

"It's really not good, general, the last general must not lie and deceive, and must truthfully report the war to the prime minister."

"Stubborn! Hum! ”

Cao Ren gave him a blank look, just say it, anyway, the sin is not death, is it possible that I am still afraid of you!?

But in the future, I have to think of a way to transfer Xu Huang to another place, and I can't let him partner with him again, otherwise there will be some differences in the future.

……

Outside of Taiyuan, Yuan Shang marched back, and after the great victory, he sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard Yanmen County.

He Gao Ran led the army back to Taiyuan to garrison, and after he repelled Cao Ren with his whole army, the army's morale was greatly boosted, and the soldiers of the whole army understood that Cao Cao and Xu Zhen were not invincible.

Once the military strength is cultivated, it will be better to cooperate with the princes outside the Guanwai, and Yuan Shang has already thought about the next step.

Xu Zhen let him come back, first defeated Cao Ren first, and then returned to Taiyuan to defend it, shelter the displaced people, and establish a reputation for benevolence.

Then you can have a fundamental way to talk with Ma Teng and Han Sui, take Yongzhou together, connect Bingzhou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou into one, and join forces to resist Cao, then within a few years, it will inevitably be possible to form a divisive strategy, even if Xu Zhen's whole army is exhausted, it is impossible to capture it immediately.

"General Gao Lan, you have won a great victory in this battle, and I will definitely be rewarded when I enter the city!"

Gao Ran was not sad or happy, his emotions had not dissipated after the war, and he was a little dull, "Young boy, this reward should be Mr. Gongze's." ”

and later discord, Gao Ran's nature is still relatively fair, and he will not secretly erase Guo Tu's merits because of this.

In this battle, it was Guo Tu who really made a merit, and it was he who personally selected these 50,000 people and gave them a chance.

Although Guo Tu also has selfish intentions, one yard is one yard, and the merits and demerits cannot be offset by each other, and the rewards and punishments should be clear.

Only then can Guo Tu's mind slowly return to the Yuan family, otherwise in the future, the soldiers will be discordant, and the infighting will be endless, when will it be a head.

"Hmph, Guo Tu deceived me when I was young and tried in vain to control the military power, if I hadn't noticed it by accident, I would have been set up by him a long time ago."

"Guo Tu is a person who can be a minister of internal affairs, he can't release military power, he has merit, and the reward is naturally rewarded, but he was vicious before, and he must also be guarded against."

When Yuan Shang said this, he took a slow breath, his chest bulged suddenly, his back was straight, and his waist was extremely hard, "Go back to Taiyuan first!" Since then, there has been a judgment. ”

"Then, you can move forward steadily and grow stronger! Take a foothold outside the customs and don't shame your father! ”

Yuan Shang was full of spirit at this time, full of pride in his heart, and felt that he had a lot to do in the coming days, and he would definitely be able to chase the Central Plains through planning, which was also the meaning of his father leaving these soldiers and horses.

With such a handsome posture, he rode until the city of Taiyuan, but Yuan Shang did not see Guo Tu and others who came to greet him.

On the contrary, he looked at the flag on the city gate that was wrong, and when he was looking strange, he suddenly saw a row of Yuan's flags all falling, and then set up the Xu Zi flag.

Moreover, the flag is still a luxurious flag bordered by gold wire, with black characters on a red background, which makes Yuan Shang feel terrified in his heart.

At this time, Zhao Yun, who had given Yuan Shang many nightmares, stood at the head of the city, and thousands of archers suddenly appeared, aiming their bows at him.

Zhao Yun, who was in a white robe and a silver helmet, laughed and shouted, "Yuan Shang! Taiyuan City, my family's prince and marquis have been captured, Guo Tu and others are all prisoners! You can take it with your hands tied! ”

"What! Zhao Yun! Xu Zhen! Yuan Shang didn't come up in one breath, and Fang Cai's pride was also gone, covering his chest full of swelling pain, and he almost didn't fall off his horse, so he could only tighten the reins and turn the horse's head to escape.

As a result, the next moment the arrows rained down, and in an instant, they shot out, and the sound of swishing and bursting, the wind broke through the air, and all the guards around Yuan Shang were shot into a sieve, and they didn't even have time to raise their shields before they died.

Gao Ran's eyes widened in the distance, and before he had time to rescue, he saw the city gate gradually open, Xu Chu personally led the army out, rolling dust and smoke, thousands of elite cavalry will come out, outside the city, there are cavalry on the left and right side approaching quickly.

With the sword and shield soldiers suppressing in groups, Gao Ran pulled the reins and hurriedly looked left and right, knowing that the plan was irretrievable, his heart was in turmoil at this moment, and then looked ahead, Yuan Shang had already fallen in a pool of blood.

opened his eyes and didn't blink, still dreaming of his pride, but unfortunately he didn't have time to say anything, so he dreamed of merging the state.

Great joy after a big victory.

Great joy was followed by great sorrow, and fortunately, Yuan Shang did not regret it for too long before he died.

If he is alive, he will not know how many years will be able to get this breath down, so dying at this moment is also a relief for him.

(End of chapter)