Yecheng.

Yuan Shao, who was defeated by Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu, recuperated in the mansion for four or five days before regaining some strength.

Cao Cao's army has been stationed in Hebei, although the second son of the trial has been intercepted again and again, but it will be defeated in every battle, and it will not take much time for Cao's army to attack Yecheng.

After several days of not convening the generals to discuss with the staff the strategy of retreating from the enemy, Yuan Shaogang felt that his strength had recovered a little, so he ordered the generals and staff to gather in the front hall to discuss how to retreat Cao's army.

The staff and generals were summoned by Yuan Shao and rushed to the front hall one after another.

Yuan Shao, who was still a little sick, with the support of the two maids, left the back garden with difficulty and went to the conference hall in the front yard.

Walking to a place where there were still thirty or twenty steps away from the council hall, a guard quickly ran towards Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao approached, the guard stopped, clasped his fists and bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Qi Yuan Gong, King Qin has sent someone!" ”

In the Battle of Guandu, although the Qin army fought against the Cao army in the area of Xuanyuan Pass, it did not play any role in the main battlefield at all.

Even on the front line of Xuanyuan Pass, the Qin army was also abnormal, and was intercepted by the Qingzhou army, and could not break through the front line of Songshan at all.

What annoyed Yuan Shao the most was that the King of Qin not only did not help him to start a big battle with Cao's army in Guandu, but successively used means to get Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Tian Feng and Fu to Luoyang.

Although these four people said that if they didn't leave that day, they would definitely die at the hands of Yuan Shao, but after all, they were under Yuan Shao's command and were deceived by the King of Qin, and Yuan Shao's heart was not very good after all.

"King Qin asked people to come again, what did he do?" Frowning slightly, Yuan Shao asked the guard.

"Back to Yuan Gong, the villain doesn't know!" Clenching his fists and bowing, the guard answered, and then said nothing.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Shao waved his hand at the guard and said to him, "Please ask the envoy of King Qin to come to the front hall to speak!" ”

"No!" He bowed with his fists and took two steps back before the guard turned to leave.

Looking at the back of the guard's departure, Yuan Shao's brows tightened.

In the past, when he learned that King Qin had sent an envoy, he would have been very excited, but he didn't know why, but now when he heard that Liu Wei had sent an envoy to Yecheng, Yuan Shao was faintly unhappy in his heart.

The guards walked farther and farther, and Yuan Shao, who was supported by the two maids, instructed the maids who were holding him and the guards who followed behind: "Go!" ”

The two maids got Yuan Shao's orders, supported him, and walked towards the front hall.

As soon as Yuan Shao entered the front hall with his front feet, everyone waiting in the hall stood up one after another, clasped their fists and bowed to him in unison, shouting: "Congratulations to Yuan Gong'an!" ”

Pressing his hands towards everyone, Yuan Shao smiled and walked over to the first place in the front hall.

The shadow of the defeat in the battle of Guandu still lingered in his heart, and the smile on his face was somewhat stiff.

When he arrived at the main seat, with the support of the two maids, Yuan Shao sat down very slowly.

As soon as he sat down, a guard's voice came from outside the hall: "Qi Yuan Gong, the envoy of King Qin has arrived!" ”

Hearing that the envoy of the King of Qin had arrived, Yuan Shao did not order the guards to invite the envoy into the hall immediately, but looked around at the people in the hall and asked, "The envoy sent by the King of Qin, what do you think is the deep meaning?" ”

"Yuan Gong!" Before Yuan Shao's words fell, Feng Ji stood up, strode to the middle of the front hall, hugged his fists and bowed to him and said: "Earlier, the King of Qin sent Xu Yuanzhi, and Xu Yuanzhi deceived Tian Feng and Fu Zhi to Luoyang, and now he has become a staff member of the King of Qin. ”

The trial and Feng Ji have always been at odds, but this time, after Feng Ji's words were finished, the trial also stood up, hugged his fists and said to Yuan Shao: "The subordinates also mean the same!" ”

Turning his head and glancing at the judge, Feng Ji didn't say anything, and turned to face Yuan Shao again, with a sincere expression in his expression.

After glancing at the trial and Feng Ji, Yuan Shao turned his head to look at the others in the hall again, and asked again: "What do you think?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other, and one of them hesitated for a moment before standing up and said to Yuan Shao: "After all, the King of Qin is a descendant of the Han Dynasty and Miao, and it is not appropriate to send an envoy here, if Yuan Gong is not seen, it is not appropriate." Why don't you see the messenger and listen to him, and then take care of it! ”

The person who stood up was five short and very thin, but his eyes were very bright, and people would feel that this person was very shrewd just by looking at him.

This person's surname is Guo Mingtu, and he has always supported Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, and before the battle of Guandu, he also advocated the use of troops against Cao like trial and Fengji.

However, unlike the trial and the discipline, he did not approve of Yuan Shao's young and abandoned, and just wanted to support Yuan Tan to inherit Yuan Shao's foundation.

Seeing that it was Guo Tu who stood up, both the judge and Feng Ji frowned, but the two did not speak, just waited for Yuan Shao to make a decision.

Looking around at the hall again, it was clear from everyone's faces that they didn't dare to say what they thought, Yuan Shao didn't ask anymore, and called out of the hall: "Please invite the envoy of King Qin to come and meet!" ”

Yuan Shao decided to meet the envoy of the King of Qin, and it was inconvenient to judge and meet the discipline, so he retreated to his original position and sat down.

Guo Tu, who had not walked to the middle of the front hall, also sat down after the two of them sat down.

As soon as the servants sat down, a voice came from outside the door of the front hall: "King Qin learned that Yuan Gong was sick, and specially ordered his subordinates to come to visit, Yuan Gong is healthy?" ”

When they heard the voice, they all turned their heads.

Appearing outside the door of the front hall was none other than Jia Xu, a staff member under King Qin.

In the previous battle with Cao's army, Jia Xu instigated Lu Bu to break through Xuanyuan Pass, destroying Liu Bian's overall deployment, and after being reprimanded by Liu Bian, he has been thinking about it in Luoyang City.

Liu Wei planned to invite Yuan Xi and his wife to Luoyang, and originally planned to send Pang Tong here, but after thinking about it, now Cao's army is in full swing, and maybe one day they will meet Cao Cao and on the battlefield.

Pang Tong stayed by his side, and it was still very useful to give advice, and Jia Xu, what he was good at was not to control the overall situation of the battlefield, sending him to Yecheng and inviting Yuan Xi and his wife to Luoyang, which would give full play to his strengths than letting him go to the battlefield.

I thought that Liu Wei would send Xu Shu, but seeing that it was Jia Xu who entered the door, Yuan Shao frowned slightly, and asked coldly, "Why didn't Xu Yuanzhi come?" ”

"Back to Yuan Gonghua!" Holding his fist and arching towards Yuan Shao, Jia Xu said to him: "Our army has recently withdrawn from Xuanyuan Pass, and the army is in urgent need of weapons and armor. ”

Jia Xu's explanation was not agreed with by Yuan Shao.

He snorted coldly and said to Jia Xu: "The Qin army is strong and known to the world. It's just that I don't know why I'm in Xuanyuan Pass, but I was stopped by the Qingzhou Army! ”

"Yuan Gong Mingjian!" Putting down the hands he had picked up, Jia Xu said to Yuan Shao: "Our army has captured Xuanyuan Pass, and the reason why it is sluggish is that the Qingzhou army is holding Songshan, and our army has suffered heavy casualties, so it is really impossible to advance!" ”

The Qin army fought with the Qingzhou army in the Songshan area, and it was true that they did not take much advantage.

This matter has long been spread to Yuan Shao's ears, Jia Xu said it at this time, Yuan Shao felt a little calmer in his heart, and asked Jia Xu: "I don't know why King Qin ordered Zhonglang to come?" ”

"Guan Princess Guan's recent birthday, King Qin intends to hold a wine banquet for the princess to celebrate!" Holding his fists again, Jia Xu said: "In the past, His Royal Highness and Yuan Xi Gongzi killed the enemy together on the battlefield, every time I think of the old friendship, His Royal Highness is full of thoughts, coinciding with the birth of the princess, and ordered the subordinates to invite the prince and his wife to Luoyang!" ”

Jia Xu didn't make any other requests, but just said that King Qin invited Yuan Xi and his wife to Luoyang, which made Yuan Shao stunned for a moment.

did not immediately respond to Jia Xu, Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Xi who was sitting in the hall.

Seeing Yuan Shao looking at him, Yuan Xi hurriedly stood up, strode to the middle of the front hall, and said to Yuan Shao with his fists: "Father, King Qin was not thin on the child in the past, and since it was the princess's birthday, the child and his wife should go!" ”

Still didn't respond, Yuan Shao shifted his attention to the trial and Feng Ji.

Yuan Shao looked at them, and the judge hurriedly stood up, clenched his fists and bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Earlier, the King of Qin ordered Xu Yuanzhi to come to Yecheng and send Tian Feng and Fu to Luoyang in the name of asking for guilt. ”

When the judge spoke, he didn't pay any attention to Jia Xu in the hall, and said very directly that Liu Wei ordered Xu Shu to come to Yecheng to deceive Tian Feng and Fu Zhu that day.

After listening to the words of the judge, Jia Xu smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Seeing a smile on the corner of Jia Xu's mouth, Yuan Shao furrowed his brows and asked him, "Zhonglang didn't know what happened that day, why did he laugh?" ”

"Yuan Gong!" Holding his fist for the third time, Jia Xu said to Yuan Shao: "Tian Feng and Fu Zhi went to Luoyang, and after talking with His Royal Highness, they told Yuan Gongguandu that he would lose the battle. His Royal Highness was very disdainful, so it was convenient for the two to gamble. If Yuan Gong wins, His Royal Highness should behead two people, and if he loses, he should appoint two people! ”

At this point, Jia Xu stopped talking, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Yuan Shao.

Speaking of the defeat of Guandu, Yuan Shao's old face was somewhat unbearable, his cheeks twitched violently twice, and his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

From Yuan Shao's expression, Jia Xu could already see what he was worried about, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said to him: "Yuan Gong is worried that the two of them will go out and talk nonsense? ”

was pierced by Jia Xu's words, and the look on Yuan Shao's face became more and more unnatural.

Without waiting for Yuan Shao to speak, Jia Xu had already continued: "Duke Yuan can rest assured, His Royal Highness has agreed with the two of them to act under His Highness, and the two of them are not allowed to mention the matter of Guandu to anyone!" ”

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction with Liu Wei was slightly relieved, but he still didn't immediately agree to let Yuan Xi go to Luoyang, but just said to Jia Xu: "Zhonglang and rest, and I will give Zhonglang an answer tomorrow!" ”