Runan County, Ruyang County.

This place is the hometown of the Yuan family in Runan, the fourth generation of the Yuan family, the third duke, the world's famous family, is from here.

Now Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui are both in Luoyang, and the affairs of the clan are handed over to the eldest son Yuan Ji to take care of.

The Yellow Turban originated in all directions, and the land of Runan was headed by Peng Tuo, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal, and many of the neighboring counties were slaughtered. With the Yuan family being powerful and famous in the world, Peng Tuo was afraid, so he was okay for the time being.

It's just that now there has been an endless debate in the Yuan family about this matter.

They are the fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, famous in the world, rich and powerful, and there are many clan soldiers in the family.

If he sent troops to help, what if he angered Peng Tuo and let this person attack Ruyang regardless of it?

Although there are endless arguments among the clan, they have always been innocent of words, and it is naturally best if things become successful, but if they do not work out, the blame lies with the person who made the decision.

So Yuan Ji has been depressed these days, and later simply hid in the Yuan family's old mansion and closed the door.

Today he was drinking in the courtyard, pondering what to do.

Someone broke in from outside, his figure was tall and thin, and he couldn't support the brocade clothes on his body, it was Yuan Shu who returned from Luoyang not long ago.

"My brother has been hiding for a few days, and I am still waiting for my brother to come up with an idea. Now the matter is very urgent, and if it is too late, it will change, and I ask my brother to make a decision as soon as possible. Yuan Shu said immediately after breaking in.

Yuan Ji glanced at this brother of his own.

Long gave birth to nine sons, each with different temperaments, and the third son of their Yuan family was like this.

Yuan Ji is good at reading, and he is deeply familiar with the Jing family, so he is also the most loved by the old people in the clan, thinking that he has the style of his predecessors.

Yuan Shao has a deep mind, although he is from a humble background, he is good at forbearance, and his joy and anger are invisible.

As for Yuan Shu, he was most loved by Yuan Feng since he was a child, so he was arrogant and domineering when he was young, and now although he is slightly restrained, he still has a domineering atmosphere between his words.

Yuan Ji smiled bitterly, "Where is it so easy to decide?" If you are not in your position and do not seek political power, if the decision is slightly wrong, I am afraid that the foundation that our Yuan family has accumulated over the years will be destroyed in one day. ”

"The Yellow Turbans are just a rabble, what's so hard to deal with? If my brother doesn't dare to go, you might as well allocate some of my soldiers, and I'll bring people to rescue the counties. Yuan Shu sat down opposite Yuan Ji.

"Highway, you still do things so recklessly, I thought you went to Luoyang, and your heart has converged a lot, and you don't want to be so reckless." Yuan Ji rose up in color.

He pointed at Yuan Shu with his finger, "It is not easy for the ancestors to start a business, the fourth generation and the third duke, and the protégés are all over the world, and it sounds like a big name." But this is also the reputation accumulated by his father for several generations. ”

"You Yuan Highway is chivalrous and not afraid of death, but have you ever taken the Yuan family's foundation to heart? Don't forget, you are the Yuan family first, and then you are the Yuan Highway! ”

Yuan Shu grinned, although he was still unconvinced in his heart, he never argued.

In fact, compared to Yuan Shao, he hates this brother who talks about the Yuan family all day long, and it seems that he is the only one in the entire Yuan family who thinks about the Yuan family.

Yuan Shu said in a deep voice: "In this way, my brother has already made a decision. ”

Yuan Ji sat down again at this time, his tone softened, and said with a smile: "Now that you are still young, I don't know how powerful it is, but it is not ordinary, I think if I was here at the beginning, I would definitely be able to understand my suffering." ”

He stretched out his hand to pour Yuan Shu a glass of wine, held it in both hands and sent it to Yuan Shu, and groaned with a smile, "No way, now that my father is gone, I am the head of the Yuan family, even if I have to suffer some infamy, I must always protect the Yuan family from harm." ”

Yuan Shu stared at his brother for a moment, took the wine in his hand, drank it all, and then put the cup on the table and brushed it away.

Yuan Ji didn't care, and drank the wine by himself.

………………

Yingchuan, in the city of Changshe.

At the head of the city, Zhonglang looked down at the Yellow Turban Army under the city, showing some embarrassment.

It turned out that he and Zhu Jun divided his troops that day, he came here first, and fought with the Yellow Turban thief Bocai, I don't want that Bocai to be a powerful person, under the first battle, it was him, who was born in the general's door, and the Zhonglang general with elite soldiers was defeated.

Although there are also reasons why the Yellow Turbans are overwhelming, this wave is indeed a little talented.

He had no choice but to retreat into the city, which is now besieged by the Yellow Turbans and heavily guarded.

"General Lang is thinking about how to break the thief?" A bearded scribe walked up to the city and came to the side of Huangfu Song.

This person was a strategist he recruited when he was in Liangzhou, surnamed Yan Mingzhong, and he was a famous man in Liangzhou.

"It's not that hard to break the yellow scarf." Huangfu Song shook his head, "The Yellow Turban is just a rabble, even if it can't be broken by force, if it is delayed for some time, it will be chaotic." Besides, now I have come up with a way to break the yellow scarf in front of me, but I still need to wait for Zhu Jun to arrive, and join forces inside and outside. ”

Hearing Huangfu Song's words, Yan Zhong nodded, he followed Huangfu Song for a long time, and knew that Huangfu Song had never lied, since he said that there was a countermeasure, it was most likely that he really had a countermeasure.

"Since General Lang already has a way to deal with it, why is his face still full of worry?" Yan Zhong asked.

"My worries are not for the Yellow Turban." Huangfu Song sighed, "If the yellow scarves rise up today, and there is a tendency to overthrow the country in a faint way, Your Majesty should untie the matter of the party, if the yellow scarves are removed in the future, I am afraid that there will be changes in the world again." ”

Yan Zhong is a fellow villager with him and his confidant, so Huangfu Song has never shied away from his words, and he is straightforward about what he thinks.

Yan Zhong also knew that he probably remembered the old things of the emperor's rules in the past.

At that time, Huangfu Gui made many meritorious achievements in the border passes, but unfortunately in the end he just ended up with a good bow and a bird, and Huangfu Song was his son and nephew, so he was naturally related to this matter.

Yan Zhong was silent for a while, and then he spoke: "I have a way to do this, but now is not the time for He Lang to speak."

Huangfu Song glanced at him, but he didn't ask much. Yan Zhong has always been resourceful, since he has a way, he will speak when he should speak.

He turned his head to look at the city, where a man in a yellow robe and a yellow scarf on his head was patrolling outside the city with a number of yellow turban soldiers.

At this time, he was looking up at the head of the city, and this person was the commander of the yellow turban outside the city, Bo Cai.

………………

There is a river named Weishui in the north of Changshe, and now the Yellow Turban army is stationed in the north of Changshe and south of Weishui.

At this time, Bocai had returned to patrol the camp and walked into his main tent.

Most of the yellow scarves are from poor backgrounds, but not all of them are from poor backgrounds, such as Ta Bocai, who was born in a wealthy family in the county. Although it is not as good as those wealthy families, in the end, it can be regarded as worry-free.

Before he started the army, he had gathered a lot of ranger swordsmen around him, most of them outlaws, who practiced from time to time, so although he had never commanded the army, he already had a lot of experience.

"Qu Shuai, something is unknown, why do you want to live on the north bank of the army?" One of the scribes in his tent asked.

After Bo Cai sat down on the main throne of Mu Eucalyptus, he said with a smile: "It has long been found that there are only two military horses from Luoyang, among which Huangfu Song is now besieged by us in Changshe City, and the other route is that the military horses under the command of Zhu Jun will definitely come to the rescue immediately when they hear the news, and it is the fastest path to come south from Weishui."

"Now that we are blocking this road, Zhu Jun can only take a detour if he wants to help." Bo Cai laughed and touched the saber on his waist, "The art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers can be attacked halfway, if he doesn't make a detour, then he can only force the river to cross, and then it will be nothing more than self-defeat." ”

"What Qu Shuai said is very true." The scribe agreed.

"There's one thing." Bo Cai glanced at the scribe in front of him, "You are from the Yang Zhai Guo clan, and I heard that the most outstanding person in your clan is named Guo Tu, so after the capture of Yang Zhai that day, why did you come to surrender instead of Guo Tu?"

"Could it be that your Guo family looks down on our yellow scarves and looks down on great sages and good teachers?" Bo Cai smiled between his words, but his hanging hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife.

At this time, the scribe named Guo Yuan was already covered with sweat, and forced himself to laugh and said: "It's not that Guo Tu doesn't want to come, it's really that he is out now, not in Yangzhai, otherwise he would have come to pay homage to Qu Shuai, as for the sincerity of my Guo family, when Qu Shuai went to Yang Zhai that day, he gave a lot of money."

"There's some truth to that, too." Bo Cai let go of the hilt of the knife in his hand, still with a smiling face, "Please also ask Guo Jun not to forget to go home to repair a book, if Guo Tu comes back, please come here to see him, my Yellow Turban Army is the most eager for talented people, I will definitely entrust him with a heavy responsibility." ”

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, Guo Yuan smiled bitterly and responded.

Bocai doesn't care whether he is sincere or fake, a person like the Guo family can't do anything big.

Now that he has defeated Emperor Fu Song, he doesn't dare to do tricks behind his back if he wants to come to these families.

Huangfu Song is waiting, and he is waiting.

………………

A few days later, north of Weishui, Zhu Jun hurriedly came with his army.

He had already recovered several counties, but when he heard that Huangfu Song was defeated by the Yellow Turban, he immediately brought his army south to help.

It's just that after I arrived, I found that the Yellow Turban had stationed heavy troops on the side of the river, and it was not easy to cross the river.

He could only temporarily camp his army north of Weishui and think about how to cross the river.

Today he is gathering with the lieutenant general and colonel to discuss the matter in the big tent.

"Let's see if we take a detour. The art of war has clouds, and it can be attacked half-crossing. That wave can defeat the Huangfu Lang general, must also be a soldier, if we force the crossing, I am afraid that we will be blocked by the yellow turban halfway, the thief is waiting for work, we want to defeat it is not easy. ”

Someone in the tent was the first to speak, and many people also echoed the voice.

They have recovered a lot of cities, holding a lot of credit in their hands, now is the time to employ people, do not save the emperor Fu Song, find a reason to prevaricate the past, think that the court may not be embarrassed by this.

However, if they forcibly cross the river and the army is defeated, I am afraid that those people in the DPRK and China will be deducted from the name of the disadvantage of the war.

And this crime has always been big or small, when it comes to small places, it can naturally be exposed at will, but when it comes to big places, it can also be used to exterminate families.

Zhu Jun sat on the top but didn't speak, just listened to these people talking under the tent.

At this time, most of the people in the tent agreed to take a detour, so the discussion gradually became quieter.

Seeing that no one in the tent said anything more, Zhu Jun said, "Could it be that all the gentlemen agree to take a detour?"

"I thought that time was pressing now, and if I took a detour, I would inevitably have to delay a lot of time on the road, so I should cross the river and save it."

But there are two people who have come out of the ranks, and one is Sun Jian, who came from Shouchun with a thousand Jiangdong children.

And it was another person who spoke, it was Fu Xie, who was recruited by Zhu Jun.

Seeing this, Zhu Jun leaned back, first looked at Fu Xie, and then said with a smile: "What is Nanrong's opinion?"

Fu Xie stood straight and said loudly: "Although the yellow turbans are numerous, they are only a rabble. Our army is all elite, so why do we need to take a detour? The soldiers are fast, and now Huangfu Lang will be trapped in the city, if it is a bypass, the county seat along the way is mostly occupied by the yellow scarf, and it will be delayed for a long time, but I am afraid that there will be changes in the city. ”

He looked over the generals in the tent, "If none of the generals are willing to cross, Xie is willing to cross first!" ”

Zhu Jun nodded, and looked at Sun Jian with a smile, "What does Wentai think?" ”

Sun Jian also said in a deep voice: "I am willing to lead the sons and daughters of the department to cross the river."

Zhu Jun did not make a decision immediately, but dismissed everyone in the tent.

Out of the big tent, Sun Jian invited Fu Xie, who was about to leave, to discuss things.

The two sat across from each other.

Although the two are under Zhu Jun's tent, one is from the north and the other is from the south, and they rarely interact with each other on weekdays, and today is the first time that the two of them sit alone against each other.

Fu Xie smiled and said, "I don't know what Wentai invited me to discuss with you?"

"Alcohol is forbidden in the army, and hot soup will be used instead of wine today. In the future, the yellow scarf was pacified, and he insisted on asking Nanrong to get drunk. Sun Jian poured a bowl of hot soup for Fu Xie.

Fu Xie didn't stop him, but just smiled: "Wentai and I have never had much contact, and I am so attentive today, I don't know what's going on?" Let's start with it. If you can respond to it, you can drink this bowl of hot soup, but if you can't do it. ”

He put his hand over the wine bowl in front of him, "If you can't get down, then this bowl of hot soup will not be able to drink." ”

Sun Jian smiled when he heard this, "Speaking of which, there is indeed something to ask for today, and I hope Nanrong can respond." ”

He didn't hesitate, and directly said what he wanted, "Actually, this matter is very simple, Nanrong will definitely be able to do it." Although Zhu Lang did not say anything about today's events, you and I both know that he has already made up his mind to force the crossing of the water, and as for the candidate, it is nothing more than one of you and me. ”

Fu Xie nodded, knowing that what Sun Jian said was true.

"What Sun asked for was that Nan Rong could give me this errand to cross the river." Sun Jian smiled calmly, as if what he was talking about was not a dangerous errand related to life and death.

Fu Xie was also stunned, forcibly crossing the Weishui is naturally not a good errand, and the slightest mistake will give him his life.

He was silent for a moment, and then smiled: "This is not a good errand, what does Wentai want?"

Sun Jian also smiled: "In Sun's eyes, this is a good opportunity, in a peaceful and prosperous world, it is not Sun's turn to be a martial artist." There are not many opportunities to make military achievements, how can you miss them. ”