Liu Wei was planning to ascend the throne in Luoyang.

Far away in Hebei, on the official road between Liyang and Yecheng, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan each led an army and stationed in the wilderness.

The two armies were not far apart, and standing at the edge of the barracks, they could clearly see the bonfires lit in the camp of the opposite armies.

Yuan Xi, who was in Yuan Shang's army, entered the camp after the army was stationed.

The Cao army, which pursued the Cao army for two consecutive days and headed for Yecheng, seemed to be teasing them, often slowing down the pace of the march when they were about to get rid of them, as if waiting for them.

I always felt a little uneasy in my heart, and Yuan Xi suggested to Yuan Shang twice that he should suspend the march and see what Cao Jun would do next.

Pursuing all the way, Cao Jun only cared about escaping, and Yuan Shang, who was still somewhat afraid of them, was full of confidence at this time, thinking that Cao Cao had suffered a big loss in Xudu, and his military strength was not as good as before, so he categorically vetoed Yuan Xi's proposal.

Two white candles were lit in the tent, and the light emitted by the white candles was not very strong, but only drove the darkness inside the tent into the corner, and spread a thin layer of dim light in the tent.

Sitting on the cover, Yuan Xi's brows were slightly locked, and he was still thinking about what Cao Jun planned to do.

The feeling of uneasiness became heavier and heavier, but he never figured out what Cao Jun was going to do.

Just as Yuan Xi frowned and pondered, the voice of a personal soldier came from outside the tent curtain: "General Qiyu, someone asks to see!" ”

"Who wants to see you?" The pro-soldier just said that someone asked to see him, Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked.

"Guests from the South!" The soldiers who reported to him still did not say who asked to see him, but only reported such a sentence very vaguely.

Hearing the words of the soldiers, Yuan Xi hurriedly sat up straight and said to the outside of the tent: "Please come in and see each other!" ”

His own soldiers, who had received his orders, lifted the tent curtains, and a cold wind entered the tent.

With the cold wind pouring in, a person strode into Yuan Xi's tent.

And it was a man of about thirty years of age.

The man was dressed as a soldier of the Yuan army, stood at the curtain, hugged his fists and said to Yuan Xi: "Yuan Gongzi, I was ordered to come to inform Gongzi that this time I will pursue Cao Jun, and the two sons of Xiansi and Xianfu will be defeated." I hope that the son will make plans early! ”

Sitting up straight, Yuan Xi lowered his voice and whispered to the man, "Who sent Your Excellency?" ”

"Isn't Childe more clear than so-and-so?" The man didn't answer Yuan Xi, but asked him a rhetorical question.

Hearing his rhetorical question, Yuan Xi not only did not get angry, but laughed, made a gesture of invitation to him and said, "Your Excellency, please take a seat!" ”

"There are a lot of people here, so I'll leave after I finish talking!" Turning his head to look at the tent curtain, the man whispered to Yuan Xi: "Since Gongzi made the history of Youzhou assassination, he rarely stayed in Youzhou. Now is the time for the leader to return. ”

"But Yecheng and Liyang ......" Listening to the man's words, Yuan Xi's face showed embarrassment, and he lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid that I will fall into the hands of Cao thieves!" ”

"Liyang and Yecheng will be lost, does the prince want to stay here and bury his useful body in the hands of Cao Jun?" Seeing that Yuan Xi had entanglement on his face, the man asked.

When asked by him, Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, his eyelids drooped, and he sighed lightly and said: "My father is gone, my brothers and I have different hearts, if it weren't for the support of King Qin from behind, I'm afraid this Hebei would be in the hands of the sunset Cao thief!" ”

As he spoke, Yuan Xi stood up, looked up at the top of the tent, and said to the man: "I'll leave tonight, and I'm tired of Your Excellency going to restore your life!" ”

Clenched his fists and arched towards Yuan Xi, and the man in Yuan Jun's armor didn't speak again, opened the curtain and walked out.

Not long after the man left, Yuan Xi also walked out of the tent.

Standing outside the tent and looking left and right, he didn't find anything unusual, he greeted the soldiers outside the tent: "Follow this son to see Xianfu Gongzi!" ”

Several guards answered, followed behind Yuan Xi, and walked towards Yuan Shang's handsome tent.

Yuan Shang's tent was not very far from Yuan Xi's tent, but after walking dozens of steps, Yuan Xi arrived outside the tent.

Yuan Shang's personal soldiers, who were guarding outside the tent, saw that Yuan Xi was coming, and one of them hurriedly reported to the tent: "Qiyu Gongzi, the second prince is here!" ”

First, he rushed to Liyang from Yecheng, and found that Cao's army had no intention of attacking Liyang, but marched towards Yecheng, and Yuan Shang hurriedly led the army in pursuit.

After a tiring day, Yuan Shang was also exhausted, and as soon as the army was stationed, he returned to the Shuai tent early, intending to sleep well.

Not long after lying down, he was about to fall asleep, when he heard the voice of his own soldiers outside the tent, Yuan Shang sat up with some hazy consciousness.

"Please let the second son come in and talk!" Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Yuan Shang gave an order outside the tent.

"No!" The personal soldiers who reported to him that Yuan Xi was coming responded, and then made a gesture of invitation to Yuan Xi, who had already arrived outside the tent, and said: "Second son, son is invited!" ”

Nodding to the soldier, Yuan Xi lifted the curtain and strode into the tent.

Seeing Yuan Shang sitting on the bed, sleepy-eyed and tired, Yuan Xi smiled slightly, clasped his fists and said, "Xianfu has already rested?" ”

"Second brother sit!" Pouting and smiling, Yuan Shang gestured at him and asked, "Come late at night, there must be something important, and ask the second brother to speak clearly!" ”

"Just now I was thinking about why Cao Cao didn't use troops in Liyang, but led the army to Yecheng, and I was very puzzled in my heart, so I came to find Xianfu to discuss!" Yuan Xi sat in the tent and said to Yuan Shang: "Our army has never defeated Cao's army since Guandu, but if Cao's army storms Yecheng this time, Yecheng is thick and deep, and it is difficult to break through when it is idle, and our army follows behind. ”

The same thing was said to Yuan Shang twice.

Seeing that what he said did not make a difference, Yuan Shang pouted and smiled, waved his hand at him and said: "Second brother, don't worry, then Cao Cao lost Guo Jia, I think he was panicked in his heart, so he was out of proportion!" ”

"What Xianfu said is not bad!" Bowing his head and groaning for a while, Yuan Xicai said to Yuan Shang: "But I have always been uneasy in my heart, and I always feel that Cao Jun will turn around and go to Liyang or Nanpi. What does Xianfu think? ”

Yuan Xi did not strongly ask Yuan Shang to station the army, Yuan Shang's mood instantly improved, and said with a smile: "The second brother is really worried, but after thinking about it carefully, it is not unreasonable. That being the case, the second brother led 2,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters and went to the second department to assist in the defense! ”

Just after receiving the instructions of Liu Wei's envoy, Yuan Xi only hoped that he could leave here earlier, and it was not very important for him to bring many soldiers and horses.

Yuan Shang said that he wanted him to lead the two thousand soldiers and horses of the headquarters to assist in the defense, where would he hesitate at all, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "That is the case, say goodbye for my brother!" ”

"Second brother, why don't you leave tonight?" Yuan Xi was in a hurry to leave, Yuan Shang frowned slightly, and asked him.

"The war is changing rapidly, and if it is late, it will change, so it is better to leave early!" Facing Yuan Shang's question, Yuan Xi said calmly: "Leaving tonight just happens to avoid Cao Jun's ears and eyes!" ”

Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Yuan Shang finally nodded and said, "Since this is the case, there is Second Brother Lao!" ”

With Yuan Shang's promise, Yuan Xi stood up, clasped his fists and arched at him and said, "Xianfu take care, farewell!" ”

Standing up on the cover, Yuan Shang also hugged his fist at Yuan Xi and said, "Second brother is precious!" ”

After saying goodbye to Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi left his handsome tent and stood outside the tent, breathing a long sigh of relief.

In that year, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan with the help of Liu Wei, and named Yuan Xi as the assassin of Youzhou.

It's just that due to family affairs, he rarely returns to Youzhou, and in the Central Plains, he doesn't have much foundation, and his generals have always been the least among the brothers.

Before returning to the camp tent with a few accompanying soldiers, Yuan Xi instructed one of his own soldiers: "Pass the order, the soldiers will immediately prepare and march overnight!" ”

The pro-soldiers who got the order hurriedly responded with their fists and conveyed the order to the soldiers under Yuan Xi's command.

When Yuan Xi gave the order to go out, many of the soldiers under his command had already rested.

The order was conveyed to the army, and the sleeping soldiers were woken up in their sleep, and they were all a little unhappy in their hearts, but because it was Yuan Xi's order, they didn't dare to complain, so they had to put on their clothes and armor and line up in the barracks.

The soldiers who were about to march dismantled their tents one by one, waiting for Yuan Xi to give the order to set off.

Yuan Xi, who had already ridden the war horse, silently watched the soldiers pack up.

When everyone returned to the team, he shouted to the soldiers: "Waking you up in the middle of the night is not what this son wants. It's just that the war is urgent, and if you are not careful, you will fall short. Don't be dissatisfied, you must know that if you don't defeat Cao Jun, you will be like the people who were killed in the pit in Guandu in the past, and slaughter for Cao Cao! ”

When Yuan Xi spoke, the two thousand soldiers of Yuan's army looked at him silently.

Late at night, when the order to go out was obtained, many of the soldiers were really dissatisfied, but after listening to his words, they remembered the fact that Cao Cao killed tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers that day, and the dissatisfaction on the faces of the two thousand Yuan soldiers gradually retreated.

From the faces of the soldiers, Yuan Xi saw the change, the corners of his mouth pulled up an imperceptible smile, waved his hand, and shouted to the soldiers who had already lined up: "Go!" ”

With his order, two thousand Yuan troops lined up in a not very neat line and slowly drove out of the Yuan army camp.

The news of Yuan Xi's departure quickly reached Yuan Shang's ears.

Since he offered to help defend Liyang and Nanpi, Yuan Shang felt that something seemed to be wrong.

But after thinking about it carefully, I couldn't find any flaws, so I had to stop thinking about him for the time being, lay on the bed, closed my eyes and waited to fall asleep.

The more he wanted to fall asleep, the more Yuan Shang felt that there seemed to be something in his heart, tossing and turning, and it was always difficult to dream.

Just when he was about to feel a little sleepy, a personal soldier's voice came from outside the tent: "Qi Yu Gongzi, the second son has already led the army to leave!" ”