Unexpectedly, today, after many years, Yuan Shao of Jizhou followed Tao Qian and gave Jizhou, the largest state in the Central Plains, to Cao Cao, in an attempt to exchange for the peace of future generations and the Yuan clan.

But in Li Li's view, Yuan Shao was confused for a while, and made the most stupid decision in his life before his death.

Yuan Shao wanted his two sons to get out of the troubled times, and wanted them to take their children and families away from the land of right and wrong and live in peace. So he gave up the territory, soldiers and horses and Yuan's country to Cao Cao, mistakenly thinking that after losing the soldiers and horses, his two sons would completely lose the capital to participate in the dispute, so as to live honestly, so that the descendants and clansmen of the Yuan family can enjoy peace in peace.

However, Yuan Shao forgot that his two sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, were by no means comparable to Tao Qian's sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying, and neither of the Yuan brothers was fuel-efficient lamps. Although they were powerless to resist Yuan Shao's decision, they were limited to the fact that their father Yuan Shao was still alive, how could they disobey their father as sons of man?

However, when Yuan Shao died of illness, he broke away from the beautiful blueprint carefully planned by Yuan Shao during his lifetime, after all, he could not control what was behind him. No matter what he told his two sons, and how much they said yes, from the moment he closed his eyes permanently, everything changed.

From the narration of Yuan Yi, an old servant of the Yuan Mansion, it is known that Yuan Shao had instructed Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers before his death: open the city gate late at night the next day after his return to heaven, welcome Cao Cao outside the city into Yecheng, and then hand over Yecheng to Cao Cao; Since then, the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are not allowed to meddle in any military and political affairs, and they can enjoy the glory and wealth of their own affairs. Remember not to get involved in strife again.

With all kinds of instructions and advice, Yuan Shao planned a good plan for his children and grandchildren. His two sons also said yes at his sickbed. But one moment Yuan Shao let go, and the next moment his sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang changed their minds, and what they did was diametrically opposite to Yuan Shao's instructions before his death.

According to Yuan Shao's instructions, after his death, he must not make a noise, and he can be buried quietly as soon as he is simple. However, the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, who had always been at odds, suddenly reached an agreement. Then Yuan Shao's coffin was placed on the main hall, and the Yuan clan and Jizhou's subordinates were summoned to come to pay their respects. Then, the two brothers openly objected to Yuan Shao's arrangement in the mourning hall. repeatedly declared that he swore to live and die with Yecheng, and he must not sit back and watch the hard work of Jizhou's subordinates for many years and the foundation saved by the ancestors of the Yuan family for generations to be handed over to others.

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately set off an uproar, which shocked a group of Jizhou Wenchen generals. Panic. And before. They had solemnly stated their position in front of Yuan Shao, obeyed Yuan Shao's orders, and attached themselves to Cao Cao's account in Yanzhou. However, after the Yuan Tan brothers made their intentions clear in public, the position of Jizhou's civil and military forces was also shaken, people's hearts fluctuated, and distracting thoughts were numerous, so that even if there were important ministers in Jizhou, they supported the Yuan brothers' decision. and made a generous statement to encourage everyone to stick to Yecheng. Resist Cao Cao leading the army into the city, and even more cannot tolerate Cao Cao's promotion of Jizhou.

That night, in front of Yuan Shao's coffin, Jizhou civil and military forces had a fierce dispute, if it weren't for the Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang brothers leading the army to guard the order of the mourning hall, the people who couldn't argue would have almost tore their faces in public and fought hard.

So the next day the gates were closed, and they were not opened from early morning until midnight. On the third day, a force led by Xu Yu gained the upper hand, and sent Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang out of the city to meet the battle in the early morning, in fact, to send information to Cao Cao, and agreed to open the city gate late at night to welcome Cao Cao into the city.

As a result, as soon as the news was sent, another opposition force led by Fu Zhu who supported Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers openly attacked Xu You, Chen Lin, Xin Ping, Xin Bi and others, led the army to besiege their mansions, and tried to capture their children's families, so as to coerce them into submission.

At the critical moment, Yuan Shao's former Praetorian Guard commanders Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang reached an agreement with the guards stationed in Yecheng Zhang He, Jiang Qi, Chun Yuqiong and other generals to send troops to relieve the siege and fight with the inner government soldiers led by Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers, and fought fiercely all night. It wasn't until dawn that Zhang He forcibly opened the south gate to welcome Cao Cao into the city. At this point, the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang saw that the general trend had gone, and immediately led the personal soldiers of the state pastoral mansion and the Yuan family to flee out of the city in a hurry.

After the two Yuan Tan brothers led the troops to leave, the servants and miscellaneous servants of the Yuan Mansion were afraid that Cao Cao would see Yuan Shao's coffin on the main hall after entering the city and blame them, so they hurriedly carried the coffin into the backyard and vacated the main hall hall to prepare for the new lord Cao Cao.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao did not come to the state palace immediately after entering the city, but ordered to open the east, west and north gates, and stationed the army lurking outside the city into Yecheng, and then mobilized troops and horses to set up an ambush in the south city to ambush Li Li's army that followed into the city.

It was these unexpected sudden changes that prompted Li Li's troops to break out of the siege and easily capture the governor's mansion and capture the grandest and largest palace in Yecheng.

And the reason why the Xiliang army broke open the palace gate without much effort was because the five thousand soldiers and horses inside and outside the Yuan Mansion and the elite servants were all taken away by Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers. Only a group of old and frail domestic servants, handymen and maidservants were left, as well as hundreds of personal soldiers guarding Yuan Shao's coffin, and there were no other soldiers and horses to guard the palace.

While listening to the narration of the old servant Yuan Yi, Li Li asked him to lead the way, and took Gongsun Zhan, Huan Fei and Chen Zhi and other generals to the Yuan Shaoling Hall in the backyard.

After Gongsun Chan ordered someone to open the coffin to verify his body, Li Li stretched out his hand to stop Gongsun Chan, who was about to draw his sword and kill the corpse, and motioned to the soldiers to re-cover the coffin, and bowed down in front of Yuan Shao's coffin, so as to bid farewell to the deceased person.

No matter what deep hatred Yuan Shao had with Gongsun Zan and him Li Li during his lifetime, but at this moment, the hatred of people is dead, and everything has passed.

Standing in front of Yuan Shao's coffin, Li Li couldn't help but sigh and sighed a lot.

Yuan Benchu, who was lying quietly in the coffin at this moment, could be described as painstaking, and the mechanism was exhausted, but in the end it was such a scene. The Jizhou bureaucrats fought among themselves, and the great prospects that Yuan Shao had painstakingly planned for his descendants were all turned into ashes as the Yuan Tan brothers led their troops to flee out of the city.

It is undeniable that when his life came to an end, Yuan Shao chose the same path as Tao Qian in Xuzhou, hoping that after his death, his children and grandchildren would stay away from the troubled times and strife, and spend their lives peacefully and ordinary. Although Yuan Shao and Tao Qian's identities are not the same. But in the last days of their lives, they shared a common desire and chose the same path.

Perhaps in their eyes, fame and hegemony are just a passing moment. Glory and wealth are only temporary material enjoyment, and the most precious thing in life is to live peacefully without illness and disaster. It's a pity that they themselves didn't understand these simple and most easily ignored truths when they were young, or they once thought of this kind of life but disdained it, until they woke up to the end of their lives after the prosperity. So they pinned their life's insights on their children and grandchildren, hoping that they would not follow the old path of their fathers, stay away from disputes, and stay away from right and wrong. Ordinary and stable life, the family lives together in a reunion, and the wife is virtuous and filial. Enjoy the family in peace.

The wishes are good, and the implementation of the plan is also smooth. Yuan Shao's planning is perfect, almost impeccable, but the fly in the ointment is. He calculates the heavens and the earth and even counts himself. But only his two precious sons were missing. He thought that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang would definitely follow his instructions, but he never expected that at the juncture when the plan was about to be completed, it was his two sons who were most assured that there were serious mistakes and extraneous branches, which made the whole plan change its original trajectory and slide into an unknown direction.

In the past, Tao Qian San let Xuzhou Meiyu in front, and now Yuan Shao followed Tao Qian's example and gave up the country. I hope that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers can be like the Tao brothers and become rich men. Spend your life in peace and stability. But he didn't seem to think that although he and Tao Qian were both princes of the same party, their backgrounds and experiences were completely different. This difference may not be meaningful or essential to the dying person, but it has a great impact on their children and grandchildren. The difference in family background determines that it is impossible for Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers to follow the old path of the Tao brothers.

Tao Qian was born in poverty, and worked hard for most of his life, traveling to various states and counties in the Han Dynasty, and finally sat in the position of Xuzhou pastor. His two sons suffered from turbulence with him, and there was no stable and comfortable life at all, and it was not until Tao Qian sat in Xuzhou that he was able to settle down. It is because the Tao brothers can be content with the status quo, indulge in the enjoyment of wine, sit on the glory and wealth, and live happily.

However, the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are completely different from the Tao brothers. They were born in the Yuan clan of the fourth and third princes, and they have been clothed and eaten since childhood, and when they grow up, they can get wine and beauty at their fingertips, and they will come and go when they are called. Therefore, the Yuan brothers did not pay attention to the enjoyment of wine and glory and wealth at all, their eyes were always fixed on the position of their father Yuan Shao, intoxicated with the struggle for power, and eagerly looking forward to the day when they could take control of the power, vertical and horizontal, and dominate the situation. So they have been playing the role of a good son in front of Yuan Shao for so many years, bowing their heads and ears, and only making promises, but they have paid attention to how Yuan Shao controls his subordinates, how he has the upper hand in the power struggle, and he has always been invincible.

Now, when it is hard to wait for his father Yuan Shao to return to heaven and abdicate, how can the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang sit back and watch Jizhou fall into the hands of Cao Cao? As soon as Yuan Shaogang closed his eyes, his two sons showed their true colors and resolutely disagreed to welcome Cao Cao into the city, so that Jizhou civil and military infighting, fought a lot, and finally fled Yecheng in defeat.

????? Standing in front of Yuan Shao's coffin, Li Li stared at the spiritual position placed in front of the coffin, his thoughts were like a tide, and finally turned into a light sigh: "Yuan Gong licked the calf with deep affection, good intentions, and did not hesitate to give up the foundation of his life in exchange for the peace of his children and grandchildren, but it backfired, and now all the work has been wasted, and the previous efforts have been wasted." Yuan Gong has calculated everything this time, and he has done everything in his mind, but after all, he can't understand people's hearts, and you must know that people are unpredictable in troubled times. Alas, alas, why bother! ”

While sighing, Li Li noticed that the guards next to the coffin were some young maidservants and domestic slaves who were more than half a hundred years old, and there was no one else. After asking Yuan Yi, an old servant of the Yuan Mansion, Li Li learned that there were a few concubines (concubines) who had served Yuan Shao but had no children, and none of the more than 100 people who knelt down day and night to guard Yuan Shao's spirit were Yuan Shao's relatives.

Such a bleak scene made Li Li shake his head in disappointment, and then ordered the armor soldiers stationed in the backyard not to embarrass them, and then turned back to the front hall.

At this moment, Xu Ding, who led the troops stationed at the gate of the palace in the front hall, stepped forward and reported: "Lord, Cao Jun has now surrounded him on all sides, and Cao Cao is shouting outside the palace gate at the moment, claiming that he wants to talk to the lord face to face. ”

"Well, count the time, it's time for him to arrive." Li Li bowed slightly, and then walked into the main hall without hurrying, and said as he walked: "Judging from the current shape, the Yuan army in Yecheng has all been attached to Cao Cao, and the Yuan brothers who oppose Cao Cao's entry into the city have led their troops out of the city at dawn. It is not difficult to see from this that the information that our army received before that the city gates of Yecheng were attacked all night last night was wrong, and in fact, the so-called siege of the city staged at the city gates was nothing more than a bluff, and the real fierce fighting took place inside the city, not outside the city. I was really calculated by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao this time, and I was in a worrying situation! ”

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