Youzhou, Jizhou military camp.

After Yuan Shao, who had been stranded in Yecheng for several days, received the princes of each town one by one, he rushed to the camp under the stars and nights, and sent troops to attack Youzhou in the early morning of the next day.

Unexpectedly, the siege of the city was unusually smooth. The vanguard generals Zhang He and Gao Ran led 50,000 troops to advance into Youzhou for more than 200 miles in three days, and even six walled cities, which were like broken bamboos, and the soldiers pointed out and were invincible.

Until the fifth day, the Jizhou army encountered stubborn resistance, fought a bloody battle all day, and fought until late at night, and finally went to the next city.

After the war, the front army of Zhang He and Gao Lan lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and thousands of wounded soldiers, and the available soldiers under their accounts were less than 30,000. At this point, the strong momentum of the Jizhou army's large-scale advance was stifled, forcing it to camp on the spot and recuperate, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up army.

On the sixth day, Yuan Shao personally fell to the Chinese army and arrived, and in the afternoon ordered to reward the three armies, the whole army rested for two days, and after the rendezvous, the soldiers and horses marched again.

By the end of April, the weather was getting hot and humid, and the nights were cool and breezy and pleasant.

There is no moon tonight, and the feast in the big tent has just dispersed. After the generals left the tent one after another, Yuan Shao walked outside the tent in single clothes, and the soldiers immediately moved the table and round stools, and the maids and maids served pastries and tea, and Yuan Shao and Ju Yi, Guo Tu and Xu You sat around the table and talked about the coolness.

"It is said that half a month ago, Yan Rou and the Wuhuan tribe sent troops to attack the rear of the old thief of Gongsun, forcing the old thief of Gongsun to personally lead the army back to help quell the rebellion. General Ju Yi, is this true? Picking up the teacup and gently taking a sip to moisten his throat, Yuan Shao looked at Ju Yi with a smile on his face and asked with a smile.

Ju Yi's expression changed slightly. He immediately put down the teacup, brushed his sleeves to wipe the water stains on his beard, and nodded and replied, "Yes." However, when the lord left the camp, he left a strict order: the lord has not arrived. The Chinese army is not allowed to move without permission. Therefore, after hearing the news, the last general sent General Zhang He to lead the front army to take the first step, seize the city, fortunately, Zhang He, Gao Ran two generals were brave and brave, marched quickly, and attacked Youzhou hundreds of miles in five days, and even under more than ten walled cities, with outstanding achievements. The last will take credit for them. It is also hoped that the lord will reward the two of them, so as to boost the morale of the whole army and facilitate the re-fighting. He got up and bowed to Yuan Shao. Ju Yi did what he said, and immediately asked for credit for Zhang He and Gao Lan.

Yuan Shao bowed his head happily and said with a smile: "Ju Yi sat down and spoke." To tell the truth, just now my father-in-law has ordered someone to send one hundred taels of gold to Zhang and Gao. As for other rewards? After recovering Youzhou, they will be rewarded. Does Ju Yi have any objection to this? ”

Ju Yi bowed his hand and said respectfully: "The lord is wise, and the last general will thank the lord for the reward on behalf of the two of them." ”

Yuan Shao nodded with a smile: "You are the chief general of the three armies, and you have also made great contributions, my father will reward you with fifty gold, and I hope you will make persistent efforts to seize Youzhou as soon as possible and kill the old thief of Gongsun." ”

Ju Yi said: "Thank you Lord for the reward." The last general will definitely do his best to live up to the high expectations of the lord! ”

Seeing Ju Yi, he was grateful and gave gifts again and again. Yuan Shao was in a good mood, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, his eyebrows were smiling, it seemed that Gongsun Zhan's head was in front of him, and Youzhou, which had been fighting for many years, was finally included in his rule, and his long-cherished wish was fulfilled.

The head of the jaw signaled Ju Yi to sit down, and when Yuan Shao opened his mouth to speak, he saw a fast horse galloping into the camp at the gate, and shouted loudly while galloping: "Quickly report to the lord, Yecheng to report urgently———! ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shao frowned when he saw this, and snorted coldly with a displeased expression: "Hmph! The barracks are important, what kind of system is so noisy? After speaking, he raised his chin and motioned for Guo Tu to come forward and ask to see what was going on in Yecheng.

Guo Tu immediately understood, got up and bowed, hurried up to meet him, raised his hand to stop the sentry horse who rushed into the gate, and asked in a low voice the reason.

Seeing that Guo Tu, who was dozens of steps away, had stopped the sentry horse, and the sentry horse who was galloping turned over and dismounted, he actually stood unsteadily and fell to the ground suddenly, and suddenly Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, his brows couldn't help jumping a few times, and his heart sank inexplicably, and he had a premonition that something big might really happen in Yecheng. It's just that he really can't understand that he left Yecheng for less than ten days, and finally arrived at the camp, and then it is a good time to let go of his hands and feet to do a big job, but there are sentry horses coming day and night, is there another change in Yecheng in the past ten days?

As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Shao sighed softly: "What an eventful time!" Recently, there have been a lot of things, one after another, which has overwhelmed my father, and I can't be at peace for a moment. ”

Xu You laughed when he heard this: "The so-called capable people work hard!" As the prime minister, the lord is in charge of the military and political affairs of the world, so he is naturally busy with government affairs and cannot be idle for a moment. For example, General Zaixia and Ju Yi don't have so many government affairs, they only need to handle the affairs of the army, and they don't need to use two things at all. Hehehe! ”

Yuan Shao was quite useful when he heard this, and said with a smile: "What Ziyuan said is not unreasonable. Since the princes of each town sent envoys to meet the Son of Heaven, this prince has become more and more busy. The princes of each town reported military and political affairs for three days, a few days ago Yanzhou Cao Cao asked for instructions to send troops to Xuzhou, just when the duke left Yecheng, Jingzhou Liu Biao went to Jiangdong Sun Ce to move the sword soldiers in vain, and more than ten cities in Jiangdong were connected within half a year, and now they have occupied most of Jiangdong. For this reason, Liu Biao asked Bengong to reprimand Sun Ce, so that he could restrain himself, and he must not go against the grain and do whatever he wants. ”

As he spoke, a strong look of pride appeared on Yuan Shao's face, and he seemed to attach great importance to these princes' instructions, which greatly satisfied his vanity, and he couldn't help but be a little overjoyed, as if he himself was the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, and he was in charge of the world.

Xu You knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and then complimented: "The princes of each town have asked the lord for instructions, which shows that they are very respectful to the lord. After our army recovers Youzhou, the prestige of the lord will definitely rise to a higher level, and the princes of all towns will inevitably become more and more in awe of the lord. As a result, the day when the lord will win the world is not far away. Once the lord dominates the Central Plains, the remaining princes' forces can be passed on, and the hegemony is just around the corner! ”

"Hahaha!" Yuan Shao laughed heartily, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said with a smile: "Ziyuan said that he was laughing, how easy it is to win the world, there is a long way to go!" ”

The sound of running came quickly, but when he saw Guo Tu running in front of Yuan Shao, panting like a cow, his face was pale, his eyes were fluttering, and he seemed to be frightened, so that he stood in Yuan Shao for a long time and did not slow down, and opened his mouth several times to speak, but he stopped talking and stopped talking, and he was stunned and didn't say anything.

"Why is the public so alarmed?" Yuan Shao's expression changed slightly, he raised his eyes to look at Guo Tu, who was not guarded, and reprimanded in an unkind tone: "In case of trouble, you must be calm and not surprised, so that you are a virtuous person, and you can use your talents." Don't be in a hurry, calm down, and then talk about what made you so out of shape! ”

"Hoo ———!" Maybe Yuan Shao's preaching really worked for Guo Tu, so that Guo Tu sighed after hearing this, the look on his face suddenly improved a lot, and his eyes also became brighter, but his pupils were full of shock and shock, and he still had a look of shock.

"Please take a step 、、、 Lord to speak, and I have something to report 、、、 below." After calming down, Guo Tu whispered with a trembling tongue.

"Oh?" Yuan Shao was shocked, seeing that Guo Tu's expression did not seem to be fake, he slowly got up, followed Guo Tu to the side, and said in a deep voice: "What is the important matter, do you need such a mysterious thing?" ”

Guo Tu didn't care to pay attention to the tone of Yuan Shao's speech at this time, turned his head to look around, and after seeing that there was no one around, he said solemnly: "Your Majesty has died??????"

"Ugh!" Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, blinked his eyes, shook his head, stared at Guo Tu with wide eyes, and exclaimed, "What did you say!" Who 、、、 who died? ”

Guo Tu didn't dare to be verbose, and said with great certainty: "The sentry rider came to report day and night, Your Majesty 、、、 uh, it is the Son of Heaven." The Son of Heaven died violently late last night, on the bodies of Empress Fu and Dong Guiren. ”

"Ahh Yuan Shao screamed, his eyelids rolled, and he fell forward with a bang. Fortunately, Guo Tu's eyes were quick, or he had just expected that Yuan Shao would not be able to bear the stimulation, so he had already prepared; So when Yuan Shao fell head-on, he took a step forward in time, supported Yuan Shao's waist with both arms, and carried Yuan Shao's chest with his shoulders, looking very struggling, grinning and struggling to support.

Indeed, Yuan Shaozi is a burly man, more than eight feet tall, and some fat, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his weight is one hundred and eighteen even if he is not two hundred pounds. And Guo Tu is less than seven feet five tall, thin in shape, standing in front of Yuan Shao, he is really petite and exquisite, and his weight is only half that of Yuan Shao, which can be described as a veritable scribe who has no power to restrain chickens. Therefore, it was really embarrassing for him to let him hold Yuan Shao, who fell upright. The strength to eat milk was exhausted, but it was still to no avail, and Yuan Shao pressed his body and sank quickly. Immediately, his left leg was weak, he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and Yuan Shao, who was still weighing one hundred and eighty pounds on his body, suddenly he screamed miserably: "Ah———! ”

"Bold Guo Tu! What do you want, do you want to assassinate the lord? ”

There were two exclamations, and Ju Yi and Xu You, who were more than 30 steps away, were summoned. After the two approached, they saw Yuan Shao falling upright, while Guo Tu supported Yuan Shao's stomach with both hands, and then the two fell together. That action was a common action for assassins: Guo Tu stabbed Yuan Shao in the lower abdomen with a sword, causing Yuan Shao to scream, but grabbed Guo Tu's shoulder, Guo Tu couldn't break free, so he was pressed to the ground, and Guo Tu, who couldn't get out, screamed and struggled desperately.

So Ju Yi shouted violently, quickly ran to the two of them in three steps and two steps, grabbed Guo Tu's left arm, and made Guo Tu scream in pain. It was only at this time that Ju Yi realized that his imagination was too rich, there was no blood on Guo Tu's hands, and there was no blood on Yuan Shao's abdomen, this 、、、 not like an assassination?

As Xu You ran to him, Ju Yi picked up Yuan Shao, and Xu You picked up Guo Tu, who was grinning with teeth. At this time, Yuan Shao was still unconscious, Ju Yi immediately pinched Yuan Shao's middle without hesitation, causing Yuan Shao to wake up in pain, his face was the same as Guo Tu's expression just now, the six gods were masterless, his face was pale, and he looked like a mourner.

Seeing this scene, Ju Yi and Xu You looked at each other, and Yuan Shao's lecture to Guo Tu just now suddenly appeared in his mind: "Be calm in case of trouble, and don't be surprised when things change, so that you are a virtuous person, and you can use your talents??????"

——————— To be Continued —————————— (To be Continued......