Chapter 284: Brothers Fight
Three pieces of news were sent to Yuan Ding's case, which made Yuan Ding instantly angry. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info holding the battle report in his hand, Yuan Ding roared angrily at the hundred officials under his command: "Look, you see! Yuan Qi is in the north, Ugong Zhaolie launched an attack on Jizhou in the south at the same time, and Zhao Hu under Yuan Qi also broke through the river, but you don't know it, how did General Ben raise you a group of waste!"
On Yuan Ding's side, Tian Feng was originally in charge of intelligence, and Zhang Zong was in charge of the defense of county soldiers in various places, but these two people defected to Yuan Qi one after another and stood on the opposite side of Yuan Ding, and these two positions became vacant. Among Yuan Ding's subordinates, there are not a few who covet the two positions, scrambling to express themselves and want to take over the vacancies left by Tian Feng and Zhang Zong. However, because of Yuan Ding's indecisiveness, the final candidate has not been determined until today, so that Yuan Qi and Ugong Terulie launched an attack on Yuan Ding at the same time after a long period of preparation, and Yuan Ding did not know in advance. If it weren't for Ju Yi's desperate battle, I'm afraid Yuan Ding would still be kept in the dark now.
Yuan Ding's chief strategist stood up and said: "Lord, Yuan Qi's command is full of talents, and the sergeants are brave in battle, and although Ugong Zhaolie is slightly inferior in strength, Yan Liang and Wen Chou have already taken refuge in Ugong Zhaolie, these two people know a lot about the deployment of our army, the lord must not hesitate anymore, and should immediately make defensive deployments!"
Yuan Ding pondered for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "Before every big war, I must sacrifice to heaven and earth, and rashly go out of the school, I'm afraid it doesn't make sense?"
Frustrated Professor came to Yuan Ding's eyes with a stride, and said anxiously: "Lord, your eyebrows are already burning." Where can you still take care of those false courtesies?! I hope that the lord will make a decision quickly and divide the troops to refuse!"
Under the persuasion of trial and frustration, Yuan Ding also realized the seriousness of the situation, and was just about to make defensive arrangements, but Guo Tu stood up and said: "No! There are no rules, there is no circle, and it is a gift from ancient times to worship heaven and earth, and the ceremony cannot be abolished! The lord should still sacrifice to heaven and earth first, and then send a large army to fight!"
Since forcing Tian Feng away, Guo Tu's status has risen all the way, coupled with his deliberate welcome. Therefore, he won the trust of Yuan Ding. saw Guo Tu stand up against it. Yuan Ding couldn't help but hesitate again.
The judge looked at Guo Tu angrily and asked loudly: "Guo Tu! Do you want to see Jizhou fall into the hands of others before you are willing!"
Guo Tu relied on Yuan Ding's favor, did not give an inch, glared at the judge and retorted: "The lord is a general who is personally appointed by the Son of Heaven. Be well-mannered. Is there anything wrong with that?"
With the review and Guo Tu's confrontation. The officials under Yuan Ding joined in the quarrel, either in favor of the trial or in support of Guo Tu. For a while, there was a lot of noise. It gave Yuan Ding a big headache.
Yuan Ding's military officials are not in harmony, between the local officials in Jizhou and Yuan Ding's former subordinates, there are always all kinds of friction from time to time, this problem has been a long time, Yuan Ding has been in charge of Jizhou for so many years, and still has not been able to completely solve this problem.
Feeling that his mind was getting more and more chaotic, there seemed to be countless flies around his ears, and the angry Yuan Ding drew his sword and roared: "Shut up to Ben General!" Yuan Ding can mix up to this day, it can be seen that he is not a brain-dead person, he clearly knows that at this time, it is by no means a good time for infighting, and infighting will only bring destruction to Jizhou, which is labeled as Yuan.
With a gloomy face, Yuan Ding finally made a decision: "Pass on the general's order, Gao Ran will lead 30,000 troops as the vanguard in the north and send troops to resist Yuan Qi first, and Han Meng will be the vanguard in the south and lead 30,000 troops to resist Ugong Zhaolie! After the general pays tribute to heaven and earth, he will send another army to go!" Yuan Ding's decision made the officials on both sides shut their mouths. It can be said that Yuan Ding's method is a compromise method, and at the same time it has won the approval of officials on both sides.
This is also an important reason why Yuan Ding has been indecisive, in order to make the rule stable, Yuan Ding many times, has to take care of the emotions of the officials of the two factions at the same time, to avoid dampening their enthusiasm, so many of the decrees issued by Yuan Ding are for the purpose of balance, intended to maintain temporary unity within the country, even if there are many orders, Yuan Ding himself knows that it is not the best way to solve the problem, but the internal contradictions, but he has to do it.
Yuan Xi suddenly stood up and said, "Father, the child is willing to go on the expedition with General Gao Lan, and he will be ashamed!" Between Yuan Xi and Yuan Qi, there was a deep personal grudge. Yuan Qi snatched Shangguan Mi, and captured Yuan Xisheng alive, and finally stripped Yuan Xi naked and hung him in Yecheng, which was cited by Yuan Xi as a great shame in his life, and now with a large number of people under Yuan Ding's command, Yuan Xi plans to take this opportunity to take revenge on Yuan Qi, at least, but also kill a few of Yuan Qi's right-hand men, so that he can wash away the shame and lay a good foundation for himself to compete for the position of the son of the world in the future. Those who bear the shame are not qualified to inherit the mantle of Yuan Ding.
Seeing Yuan Xi's resolute attitude and heroic momentum, Yuan Ding laughed happily: "Okay! My son is a hero, and he is worthy of being the heir of my Yuan family!"
On the other side, Yuan Ding's eldest son Yuan Tan saw this, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Father, since ancient times, the father has something to do with his son, and the second brother's courage is commendable, which is admired by the child. The child is also willing to go out together to show the prestige of my Yuan family!" "In Yuan Tan's view, Yuan Xi took the initiative to ask for help, which was a naked struggle for power, and the purpose was to accumulate popularity, so that he could compete with himself for the position of the prince in the future. As the eldest son, Yuan Tan certainly didn't want to see Yuan Xi getting bigger and bigger, so he said beautiful things and led the army to fight, in fact, it was to fight against Yuan Xi and even suppress Yuan Xi's arrogance.
Yuan Tan's words were just right, and they were in line with Yuan Ding's taste of great joy, which made Yuan Ding laugh and said: "There are successors to my Yuan family, and the heirs are all heroes, which is gratifying! Okay, Tan Er accompanied General Han Meng to resist Ugong Zhaolie." ”
In dealing with the issue of heirs, Yuan Ding adopted the usual balancing measures, with the two sons going to one place and resisting foreign enemies without interfering with each other. It's not so much about balance, it's better to say that Yuan Ding is scheming, if it was Ugong Zhaolie, he would definitely not do it, among his sons, universal cultivation is indispensable, but it is the right thing to do to distinguish priorities, and the one with the most outstanding ability to focus on training is the right way, obviously, at this point, Yuan Ding lost to Ugong Zhaolie again.
Yuan Ding's two decisions have aroused concerns about the trial. The abilities of Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, to be honest, are almost the same between the two people. But the problem is that these two sons are better than Yuan Ding's four sons behind closed doors, but if they open the door, compared with the heroes of the world, they are not good, and they are no different from scum. Take these two brothers and Yuan Qi, who are of the same age, and the difference between high and low is like mud, and anyone who doesn't have long eyes can see the advantages and disadvantages. Using these two second ancestors to resist Yuan Qi and Ugong Terulie is no different from beating a dog with meat buns.
Noticing the worry in the judge's eyes, he understood what the judge was thinking. In the opinion of Fu Zhu, this worry is correct, the brothers of the Yuan family have never really set foot on the battlefield at all, to put it bluntly, they are just embroidered pillows, which are useless, and letting these brothers lead the troops is the same as sending them to death. Because of repeated defeats, the trial has lost the right to speak, and it is almost the same as Ju Yi, and was sent out by Yuan Ding, so although the trial is worried, he doesn't dare to say it, but the frustration is different, the frustration is still the celebrity in front of Yuan Ding, even if he contradicts Yuan Ding and makes him unhappy, the frustration admits that Yuan Ding will not punish himself.
So, Fu Zhu spoke again: "The lord, Yuan Qi and Ugong Zhaolie are both resourceful, and there are countless fierce generals and good ministers under their command, and the two sons are still inexperienced. ”
However, Yuan Ding's reaction was beyond Frustration's expectations. For Yuan Ding, who has always protected his calves, he is famous for spoiling his heirs, and he can't hear anyone say that his son is not good. Yuan Ding's face was gloomy, and there was endless coldness in his voice: "Are you questioning the ability of Tan Er and Xi'er? Or are you questioning the ability of the Yuan family's bloodline? It's ridiculous! Come on, drag the frustration down and behead it to set an example!"
The judge was shocked, and he couldn't care about Mingzhe's life anymore, so he hurriedly stood up and comforted: "Lord, it's very inappropriate to behead the generals in battle, and I hope that the lord will take back his life!" Under the leadership of the judge, dozens of civil and military generals stood up to intercede for Frustration, and under their bitter pleading, Yuan Ding retracted his life, and instead beat Frustrated Conferencing fifty military sticks and pressed him into prison.
After dealing with the matter of frustration, Yuan Ding immediately dispatched troops and sent Gao Ran and Yuan Xi to lead 30,000 troops north to Hejian to resist Yuan Qi, while Han Meng and Yuan Tan also led 30,000 troops to Guandu south to resist Ugong Zhaolie.
It wasn't until three days after the vanguard of the two Yuan armies set off that Yuan Ding prepared the main army, then bathed in incense, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, and read aloud the text written by his subordinate Chen Lin passionately, and then led the army to the battle. The expedition was divided into two parts, the southbound part was led by the judges, supplemented by dozens of civil and military officials, with a number of 150,000 men, while the northbound part was led by Yuan Ding himself, accompanied by most of the civil and military officials under his command, leading the army of 300,000 and slaughtering towards the river. Prepare to fight to the death with Yuan Qi.