July 11, early in the morning.

Yuan Shao and Chun Yuqiong after some discussion, to the south is Luoyang, to the west is the deep mountains, only to the north and to the east, anyway, to cross the Yellow River, so the two of them took hundreds of subordinates to climb over a small hill in the north of the mountain, towards the direction of Mengjin Port, as long as they get a boat in Mengjin Port, even if they escape from Ascension!

Yuan Shao never thought that the well-planned plan would fail, so he didn't think about the problem of the back road at all, he fled in a hurry last night, and it has been one night so far, and the soldiers under his command are all hungry and tired, and their morale is low, but fortunately, the rest of the people are Chun Yuqiong's cronies and old departments, and their loyalty is relatively reliable, otherwise they would have scattered and fled long ago.

After Wu Kuang asked Zhuang Shaoyou last night, with an unforgettable hatred for Yuan Shao, he pursued Yuan Shao with three thousand iron horsemen. Near the west gate of Luoyang, after investigating the clues left by Yuan Shao when he escaped, Wu Kuang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, at least it was not the worst result.

The northwest of Luoyang is the garrison of Ding Yuan's army, if Yuan Shao goes to join Ding Yuan, then the 3,000 cavalry under Wu Kuang alone will definitely not be able to kill Yuan Shao, but it is obvious that Yuan Shao did not do this. How could this guy, who never believed in anyone and liked to manipulate the fate of others, hand over his fate to Ding Yuan?

Obviously, Yuan Shao planned to escape alone and leave Luoyang! The most likely place for Yuan Shao to go late at night is in the Beibi Mountains, but the terrain in the Beibi Mountains is complex, it is the height of summer, it is the season of lush vegetation, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to find someone in the vast mountains in the middle of the night! Moreover, the cavalry was inconvenient to move in the mountains, so Wu Kuang, after some careful consideration, ordered the troops to divide into two routes, personally leading one road to guard Ding Yuan's army, and the other way to Mengjin Ferry to prevent Yuan Shao from escaping from the north.

On the third pole of the day, Yuan Shao and Chun Yuqiong led their men over the mountains and mountains to approach the Mengjin Ferry.

Halfway through, the scout who was exploring the way ahead came to report urgently:

"General Qiyu, a team of cavalry was found in front, the number was about a thousand people, blocking Meng Jindu, looking at the outfit, it seems to be General Wu's subordinates!"

Yuan Shao's eyes were on fire when he heard this: "Damn Wu Kuang!" How dare you betray General Ben! This general will definitely break you to pieces! Annihilate the Nine Clans! ”

Hearing the scout's report, Yuan Shao immediately recalled that when he clashed with Zhuang Shaoyou in the palace a few days ago, Wu Kuang's iron cavalry escaped, causing Yuan Shao's plan to severely damage Zhuang Shaoyou to failure, until last night! If Wu Kuang followed Yuan Shao's order to assault Zhuang Shaoyou, and Yuan Shao led the rear infantry to follow, he would definitely be able to hit Zhuang Shaoyou's main force hard, and now it must be a different situation!

In Yuan Shao's heart, he has always regarded himself as a true son of destiny who controls the general trend of the world, and everyone is a pawn on his chessboard, whether it is He Jin or Wu Kuang, without exception! And the chess pieces did not listen to the master's words, and even betrayed the master, which Yuan Shao could not tolerate.

The chess piece must be absolutely obedient to the master's orders, even if it is to send the master to death, it is a matter of course, there can be no struggle, once resisting is a shameless betrayal! This kind of sick psychology is not only the values of Yuan Shao, but also the values of many elites in this era.

Rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world's lovers to bear me!

It seems to be unreasonable, but in fact it is just a product of the times.

Yuan Shao's lieutenant, who organized poisoning in the south of the city last night and killed tens of thousands of refugees, did not have the slightest psychological burden on killing tens of thousands of refugees, but took it for granted, in his eyes, refugees are all ants, anyway, there are so many of them, what does it matter if tens of thousands of people die? And only on orders.

And it is precisely because of Zhuang Shaoyou's hatred of this concept that he used torture such as exterminating the Nine Clans for the first time.

Chun Yuqiong on the side didn't care about appeasing Yuan Shao's emotions, but hurriedly asked, "The leader is Wu Kuang?" ”

The scout pondered for a moment and said, "General Hui, I didn't see General Wu's banner, nor did I see General Wu himself, it should be just a thousand-man team under General Wu's command." ”

After listening to the scout's report, Chun Yuqiong's eyes narrowed slightly, pondered for a moment, turned to Yuan Shao and said, "Lord, there are only two ways to go for today's plan. ”

Yuan Shaoyi waved his hand and said, "That Ding Yuan is also a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!" General Ben is not used to leaving his fate in the hands of others! Take Mengjindu, General Ben wants to cross the river! ”

Chun Yuqiong frowned, in fact, it is the best policy to take refuge in Ding Yuan at the moment, but Yuan Shao is too paranoid and has too deep prejudices against Ding Yuan, so he is helpless! sighed: "That being the case, then you can only gamble!" Lord, let your subordinates go to check who is in charge of the men and horses, if you are an acquaintance, you can also persuade them, it is good to be able to cross the river without blood! ”

Although Yuan Shao was angry, he was still relatively sober in these details, and Chun Yuqiong made a lot of sense, so he nodded in agreement.

Half an hour later, Chun Yuqiong rushed back panting, and said to Yuan Shao eagerly: "Lord, everything is all right!" The man was also an old acquaintance, and he promised to let us go! ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was overjoyed, even if he was confused, he knew that there was no chance of defeating the tired soldiers against a thousand cavalry, and it was best to solve it peacefully, but his eyes rolled and he asked again: "Is he willing to follow General Ben?" ”

When Chun Yuqiong heard this, her face was embarrassed, when did this happen, and did she still have time to worry about this? Now that we are in trouble, it is already thankful that there is no fall into the well, who will take refuge at this time?

"Lord, it's important to cross the river!"

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and didn't say anything more, Chun Yuqiong saw this and hurriedly led everyone to the ferry.

Mengjin ferry, this is the largest ferry port in the north of Luoyang, thirty miles away from Luoyang City, and Luoyang City is separated by the remaining veins of the North Mountain, in the past, it was also a prosperous place here, the boats were busy, the merchants gathered, the merchants from the west took a boat from Jingzhao Linjin, went downstream, and arrived at Mengjin in less than two days, or get off the boat here, or take a boat to enter Luoshui again, and then arrive at the south wharf of Luoyang City.

Wu Kuang sent a team of 1,000 people to garrison here, thinking that Yuan Shao's remnants would be defeated no matter what! And Wu Kuang himself personally led more than 2,000 main cavalry to carefully guard Ding Yuan's camp, first, to prevent Ding Yuan's surprise attack, and second, to prevent Yuan Shao from taking refuge in Ding Yuan.

It was a foolproof plan, but unfortunately it was a mistake, Wu Kuang underestimated the degree of Yuan Shao's attraction to the generals under his command, although the generals under his command were more loyal to Wu Kuang, but most of them had received a lot of favor from Yuan Shao at the beginning, and those who couldn't see Yuan Shao thoroughly for a while still maintained a good impression of Yuan Shao, and Liu Wu, the commander of the thousand commanders who defended Meng Jindu, happened to be one of these people!

At Mengjin Ferry, Yuan Shao and the others boarded the ships that had been prepared long ago, all of which were passing merchant ships temporarily requisitioned by the commander Liu Wu, and they could be regarded as doing their best, with more than 600 people crowded into more than a dozen boats, barely able to fit it.

After Chun Yuqiong boarded the ship, he thanked the commander of the thousand and said, "Commander Liu, thank you for today's incident!" It will pay off in the future! ”

Before Liu Wu could reply, Yuan Shao suddenly got up and asked, "Liu Wu, are you willing to go with General Ben?" ”

When Liu Wuyi heard this, his smile immediately froze on his face, isn't this difficult for a strong man? After a pause, he said, "General! The last general's family is in Luoyang, and they can't get out of their eagerness! At the end of the coming day, everything will be prepared, and he will definitely take his family to join the general! ”

Yuan Shao laughed: "In this case, that general is waiting for Captain Liu Qianfu in Jizhou!" Set sail! ”

More than a dozen merchant ships set sail one after another, carrying Yuan Shao and a cadre of subordinates down the river, and gradually moved away, that Liu Qianfu sighed, didn't say anything, and turned around and left with everyone.

Yuan Shao was naturally on the largest merchant ship, standing on the deck looking at the river in the distance, silent for a long time, Chun Yuqiong was secretly glad that he finally escaped!

"Zhong Jian! Go back and send someone to kill all the children of Liu Wu's family! ”

Chun Yuqiong was shocked when she heard this, and asked, "Lord, why is this?" ”

Yuan Shao didn't look back, but showed a hideous smile and looked at the river in the distance: "General Ben just wants to test whether Liu Wu is loyal!" General Ben wants to see if there is no concern for the family, so whether Liu Wu will come to General Ben! ”

Chun Yuqiong was cold all over her body when she heard this, and began to secretly think about whether it was really the right choice to follow Yuan Shao to conspire with the world in the first place?

Yuan Shao and his entourage did not move closer to the north bank of the Yellow River, but went down the river, not knowing where they planned to go.

An hour after leaving Mengjindu, there were almost no shadows of passing boats in the river, and only Yuan Shao's fleet of boats of considerable size was left flowing down the river at a fast speed.

Yuan Shao and Chun Yuqiong have returned to the cabin to prepare to rest, these days are indeed too tired, last night and slept in the wilderness, just a short rest, now as soon as the bed is touched, they fall asleep groggy.

But not long after lying down, there was a noise in the cabin, which woke the alert Yuan Shao from his dream, Yuan Shao was furious, and he took his sword out of the cabin, and saw a soldier shouting there: "General! Huge ships ahead! Doesn't seem to have good intentions toward us! ”

"Poof!" With a bang, Yuan Shao's sword had already sealed the soldier's throat, and the panicked soldiers around him were all stunned, and instantly quieted down, Yuan Shao shouted: "What are you panicking about?" Those who dare to disturb the morale of the army will be killed! ”

At this time, Chun Yuqiong also got up, and just happened to see the scene just now, she couldn't help but secretly shake her head and sigh, but she didn't have time to pay attention to it, so it was important to go out and see it first!

When he came to the deck, he happened to see a four-masted warship not far ahead, and Chun Yuqiong was shocked when he saw this, whose ship is this? So horrible?

Soon, the warship approached Yuan Shao's fleet, only to hear a voice from the ship: "Stop the ship for inspection!" Otherwise, there will be no mercy! ”

Chun Yuqiong sighed in her heart, it's broken! I suddenly remembered the worst possibility, it's really going to kill me!

Yuan Shao was hideous: "Zhong Jian! Let the other boats get on first, let's go around and dock north as soon as possible! ”

I have to say that Yuan Shao's plan is the only feasible at the moment, although the ship is big, but after all, there is only one, and Yuan Shao's side has more than a dozen ships, with mental calculation or unintentional, it is not a big problem to escape a small part!

As for why they didn't go downstream, it was because Yuan Shao and Chun Yuqiong wanted to go together, this was Zhuang Shaoyou's boat! This guy plans to block the waterway of the Yellow River, and it seems that he is determined not to let Yuan Shao go! Zhuang Shaoyou is not only this boat, there must be many more downstream! The wisest way is to go north as soon as possible, as long as you land, even if you escape and ascend to heaven!