Chapter 25: Journey to the East

Xiahou Yuan was furious!

From childhood to adulthood, or from Cao Cao's army to the achievement of hegemony, when did the Cao family and the Xiahou family, who have always assisted Cao Cao in his hegemony, receive such an insult? Even after Cao Cao was called a eunuch in Luoyang, the insults he received were by no means comparable to those of today.

Yuan Jun rats, dare not take us in their eyes, and do such a dirty thing, which is unbearable.

What a fucking bear man!

Thinking of this, he saw Xiahou Yuan fiercely pull out the war gun in his hand from the ground, and shouted at the soldiers and generals behind him: "When he led the troops here, Mr. Guo once said that Yuan Jun attacked Xudu this time, and if you want to evacuate, you must go to Xuzhou!" The three armies obeyed the order, and the whole army marched with me in the direction of Xuzhou, and caught out this lowly man who was smeared on the stone tablet, and he was going to be skinned and dismantled, eaten and bedded, and his body was broken into thousands of pieces! ”

"Wait! General Xiahou can't! ”

After hearing Xiahou Yuan's military order, Lu Xian, the deputy general under Xiahou Yuan, hurriedly beat his horse and came out to stop him.

Xiahou Yuan turned his head, glared at Lu Xian angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "What do you have to say?" ”

Lu Xian ignored it, and immediately gave a salute to Xiahou Yuan, and said urgently: "General Xiahou only remembers that when Mr. Guo came, he said that the Yuan army retreated and wanted to go to Xuzhou, but did he forget that Mr. Guo also said that he only let the general relieve the siege of Xudu, but you must not chase after the Yuan army......

"Shut up!" Lu Xian's words were not finished, Xiahou Yuan couldn't bear it anymore, and interrupted Lu Xian's words: "The general will not be subject to the military orders outside, if the lord and Mr. Guo see this stone tablet, it must be the same, who are you?" Dare to rap here! ”

Lu Xian smiled bitterly when he heard this: "General, you are angry for a while, you must not act bravely and make a big mistake!" ”

"Bastard!"

When the words fell, he saw Xiahou Yuan raise the war spear in his hand, pointed at Lu Xian's throat from afar, gritted his teeth and said, "Lu Xian, do you want to make a mess?" ”

When Lu Xian saw that Xiahou Yuan was really angry, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly shook his head: "What did the general say about this?" The last general is loyal to Lord Sikong can reflect the sun and the moon, and treats the general sincerely, how can there be such a thing as chaos? ”

"The thieves have already insulted our door, don't you want to make trouble? Isn't that Yuan Jun a treacherous one? Xiahou Yuan's heart was full of anger, his steel teeth were about to be broken, and he didn't choose what to say, and he didn't make sense.

"Where do you start?" Lu Xian couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this: "The general has wronged the last general!" ”

Although Xiahou Yuan is a fierce general, how can he be too strong, and his anger is not ordinary violence, what he decides, except for Cao Cao, nine cows can't be pulled back, forgive Lu Xian is a humble general in the first army, how can he stop it?

Besides, today Yuan Shang scribbled on the stone tablet, to put it bluntly, it was like a loud slap on Cao's face, and others saw that they were a little idle, and even if they were grinning, they would be blinded, but now the problem was for Xiahou Yuan to see it all.

At this glance, the consequence is that the sky is falling, I am afraid that Yuan Shang will run to the ends of the earth, and Xiahou Yuan will have to sneak him back, chop and chop and eat him alive.

Seeing that Lu Xian's mouth was salty and there was no movement, Xiahou Yuan slowly put down the war spear, raised his head to the sky and roared, and shouted at the Cao army soldiers: "The soldiers of the three armies obey the order!" ”

"In!"

But seeing the Cao army behind him, he waved his flag and shouted together, and the momentum shook the sky.

"With this general to kill in the direction of Xuzhou, this will kill all the soldiers of Yuan Junjian without leaving any of them! Kill them all! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

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Not to mention that Xiahou Yuan was extremely angry, and waved his army to chase Yuan Shang's tail.

It is said that at this time, Yuan Sangongzi was leading a group of soldiers and horses, leisurely swaying on the country road, and marching leisurely in the direction of Xuzhou.

Looking at the fields in the countryside, the peasants and people are working hard to farm, with a happy and satisfied smile on their faces, it is really like a spring breeze.

The warm breeze blows on the face, which is comfortable and pleasant, and it is really comfortable.

Because when he left Xudu, Yuan Shang had already ordered people to put away all the banners of the Yuan army, so in the eyes of the people of Yanzhou, Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses were just some sergeants and soldiers in armor.

But they didn't know which army it was, and many common people and farmers mistakenly thought that Yuan Shang was Cao Cao's military horse, and came down to visit Minqiang privately, and bowed with them with a smile.

Yuan Shang was also shameless, and returned his hand to say hello with a smile.

After a short march, Yuan's soldiers and horses came to the edge of a few acres of fields at the junction of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, the three armies were tired for a long time, Yuan Shang immediately ordered the whole army to temporarily station and rest, make rice and cook, and he was running to the field and pulling with the old farmers in the field.

The old peasants were already very hospitable, seeing that Yuan Shang was dressed in silver and white armor, and his bearing was extraordinary, knowing that he was a general, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly served clean white water.

Yuan Shang took the white water with a smile, thanked the old farmers, and chatted: "Old men, is the harvest good?" Is it comfortable to live in Yanzhou? ”

The old peasants were all happy, and nodded busily: "The harvest is good, Cao Sikong is very wise, and has formulated a lot of policies that are beneficial to the people. ”

Yuan Shang sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that Cao Cao not only fought well, but also did have a hand in governing people's livelihood.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shang sighed a little in his heart, both the military and the government are good hands, how should an opponent like Cao Cao deal with it in the future?

"How is the tax burden every year, and do you feel miserable?"

The old peasants shook their heads together: "No, since the implementation of the tuntian system by Lord Sikong, we all have the ability to pay taxes on time, Lord Sikong has to fight, although the grain collected is a little more, but I can barely cope with it." ”

Yuan Shang frowned: "Cao Sikong is so belligerent, he has to levy a lot of men every year, right?" ”

"No, no! Although Cao Sikong went to the east and the west to fight, he wanted all the elite, and each family only had one male at most. ”

"What about Cao Sikong's personality? Is it very violent and impersonal to treat the people? ”

The old peasants ha: "How can there be, Cao Sikong treats the poor family, the people are very fair, when Wancheng conquered Zhang Xiu, Cao Sikong sat down and trampled on the wheat grain in the field, Lord Sikong in accordance with the law, actually wanted to cut himself in public, fortunately, thanks to the persuasion of a group of subordinates, only to cut the right to act as the head, Cao Sikong is a good person!" ”

Yuan Shang was unhappy when he heard this, this is good, that's good, Cao Cao is your father, you give him stinky feet like this!

"Then dare to ask the old men, under the rule of Cao Sikong, is there nothing bad?"

Old peasants, you look at me, I look at you, and then shook his head very unanimously and said: "Cao Sikong is clear under Qingming, there is nothing bad ......."

"Impossible, there must be, think about it!" Yuan Shang was a little reluctant.

When those old men heard this, they were a little dazed, and wondered in their hearts, who is this little general? Speaking so impulsively, I have to find fault with Cao Sikong, what is Figure 1?

Estimate which person in the DPRK and China disagrees with Cao Sikong's political views.

In this way, you really can't offend him easily.

Old men, you look at me, I look at you, and finally one of the older ones cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "If there is really any shortcoming, it is that there are many thieves at the junction of Yanzhou and Xuzhou and Mianrunan, disturbing the people and causing trouble, and Cao Sikong's soldiers and horses have no time to take care of them because of the perennial conquest of foreign princes, which makes these many thieves stronger and stronger, so that the local officials can not cope with them." ”

"Thieves?" Yuan Shang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he unconsciously seemed to have turned on another bright light in his heart.

"Then trouble my husband tell me, what are the more powerful thieves in this Yan, Xu, and Yuzhou? Don't mention it to me, I just want to listen to the kind that the local officials and counties can't rectify! ”

The old peasant put his hoe to the side, scratched his head and thought carefully for a moment, and said slowly: "Back to the words of the little general, as far as the old man knows, now the thieves with greater power in the Central Plains, one is in Jinan, Le'an and other places, the Yellow Turban Army thieves led by Xu He and Sima Ju, and the second is the Lujiang people Chen Lan, Mei Cheng, Lei Xu and other people who have repeatedly rebelled and harmed the people. Gather people in Chaohu to make trouble. Fourth, last year, a strong bandit emerged in Jiulishan and other places, and most of its troops were cavalry, and they went around disrupting and attacking local counties, and the leader did not know who his surname was, but he only knew that whenever he attacked various states and counties, he always liked to wear a red coat and ride a red horse, and everyone called him a red-clothed thief......"

"The Red Thief?" Yuan Shang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "What kind of weird nickname is this?" ”

The old farmer touched his beard with a smile, and said: "The little general must not underestimate this red-clothed thief, although this thief is newly rising, but the ability is extremely good, I heard that the ability of his command of a group of thieves is strong, compared to the regular army is also surpassed, he himself is also excellent in martial arts, recently Cao Sikong and Yuan Shao in Guandu confrontation, this red-clothed thief took advantage of the court to take care of him, led a group of thieves in the land of Yuzhou to make a big fuss, broke through many county towns, and he himself even beheaded several captains and generals, and his skills are really extraordinary. ”

"That's kind of interesting....."

When Yuan Shang heard this, his heart suddenly came alive, it seems that most of the forces of the Cao army are aimed at the north, and the foundation in the south is extremely unstable, and the thieves are swarming out..... Maybe you can lead your troops to take a look, make proper use of it, and maybe there will be an unexpected gain.

At this time, I saw Zhang Jaw hurrying from the official road to the field, bowed to Yuan Shang, and whispered in his ear: "Son, the scout is coming, there is something wrong with our rear." ”

Yuan Shang turned his head when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Is it Cao Jun chasing after you?" Is it so fast? ”

Zhang Jaw nodded solemnly and said, "Not bad." ”

"Who is leading the troops?"

"General Cao Jun, Xiahou Yuan."