When Yuan Xi received a farewell banquet sent by Yuan Shang, he hesitated.
Logically speaking, there was no reason for him not to go to this banquet. After all, he and Yuan Shang were superficially brothers, so they still had to compromise.
But he was about to set off in the next few days. He originally wanted to have a private talk with Yuan Shao. No matter what, Youzhou's next plan still depends on what Yuan Shao thinks. Yuan Xi's own hundreds of troops and horses are still unable to do anything to Gongsun Zan. .
Zhao Yun from the north wrote a letter saying that Yuan Tan suffered a small loss at the hands of Bai Mayi and was now guarding the city honestly, but he was always thinking about revenge.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi was a little irritated. Gao Lan's incident was really a big trouble!
He really didn't expect that Yuan Shang would be so insidious. He sent his future brother-in-law Gao Lan to Beixin City and assigned him a spying mission.
Although he preferred death over death, Gao Lan recognized Qu Yi and ran away decisively, leaving Yuan Xi in a very awkward situation.
Gao Lan disappeared. Yuan Tan and Xun Chen were probably helping to cover it up. They did not send any official news back, and they were probably waiting to see how they would respond.
Although he could join forces with Yuan Tan to frame Gao Lan, but this method was very substandard and was a tactic that would only be used when forced to the last resort.
Wu Zhao could see Yuan Xi's irritability, but since Yuan Xi didn't tell what happened after he took Zhao Yun out that night, Wu Zhao didn't ask.
But she could vaguely guess that something must have happened that night that was difficult to explain to the Zhen family.
Zhen Rong came to visit the day before yesterday, and Wu Zhao learned that she was Mrs. Gao Lan. She noticed that Yuan Xi's body was stiff at that moment, and she suddenly screamed that something was wrong.
Moreover, Wu Zhao was keenly aware that Zhen Rong's maid opposite had been paying attention to Yuan Xi's expression, and her expression also changed.
Noticed?
Wu Zhao had a headache. He was just guessing, relying on some keen intuition without any evidence.
But she always felt that tonight's banquet seemed unusual.
Yuan Xi finally decided to go to the banquet because Yuan Shang's wife Hong came to invite her in person.
Yuan Xi saw Mr. Hong kneeling on the ground, bowing his head slightly and saluting him. A large jade color showed through his collar, and he quickly said: "Brother and sister, there is no need for this. The third brother can just find a servant to inform me. Why bother to work for my sister and brother in person?" come over."
Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Thank you, brother."
Wu Zhao, who was behind Yuan Xi, could see that the Hong family seemed to be afraid of Yuan Shang.
Just as Ms. Hong straightened up, a muffled thunder sounded outside. Ms. Hong was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she curled up like a frightened rabbit.
Only then did she realize that she had lost her composure, blushed, bowed to Yuan Xi, and left in a hurry.
Before Yuan Xi spoke, Wu Zhao suddenly said: "She is very afraid of you."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi asked doubtfully: "Wasn't she frightened by thunder just now?"
Wu Zhao shook his head and said, "Her eyes have never met yours."
Yuan Xi was stunned. Is there something wrong with the banquet?
But in this Yuan Mansion, what else can Yuan Shang do? It is impossible to ambush the swordsman, right?
He thought for a while and said, "I have to go to the banquet, otherwise it will appear that I have something on my mind, especially after what happened yesterday when I met Zhen Rong."
"My third brother is not simple. Everything is planned. I can only take one step at a time."
"Please help me keep an eye on it when the time comes. If there is anything abnormal, please remind me in time."
Yuan Xi knew that Wu Zhao should have seen many social scenes between noble families before. With her here, he could have some added insurance when facing Yuan Shang.
He looked up at the sky. The autumn rain was still pouring down. He thought it would be best to leave tomorrow. No one knew how far Cao Cao was in attacking Xuzhou. If he could arrive a day early and bring Cao Song's family back, he might be able to do it. Many fewer people die.
There was another thunder, and outside Xiapi City in Xuzhou, Liu Guanzhang led hundreds of troops and horses, braving the drizzle, and rushed to Taishan County.
Guan Yu rode his horse and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, the one I am worried about is the generals under Tao Zhoumu. Almost all of them are yellow turban generals. Military discipline is corrupted. It is hard to say what will happen."
"And now that we are marching in the rain, the soldiers are tired. I'm afraid they won't have much fighting power when they reach Yinping."
Yinping is where Tao Qian sent Zhang Kai to greet Cao Song's family. Now the three of them are rushing there to prevent what is going to happen as stated in the silk book.
Liu Bei sighed: "Second brother, I know it too, but if you slow down now, it may be too late. Many more people will die in Xuzhou."
Guan Yu listened and nodded silently.
Zhang Fei snorted coldly: "Just run more distance. If these soldiers are lazy, I will whip them with a whip and make them run!"
"I'm just afraid that Cao Jun has a large army in Yinping. We are not large in number and it will be difficult to fight against them."
Liu Bei was riding his horse, but he was also muttering to himself, because the area in Taishan County was a personal grudge between Tao Qian and Cao Cao.
Although Taishan County belonged to Yanzhou, it was Tao Qian who occupied it under false pretenses.
In the fourth year of Chuping (193), Tao Qian sent Zhao Yu to pay tribute to Emperor Xian to show his support for the Han Dynasty. After receiving Tao Qian's memorial, Emperor Xian praised Tao Qian and promoted Tao Qian to Xuzhou Mu and Anton General.
In the same year, Que Xuan from Xiapi gathered thousands of people and claimed to be the emperor. Tao Qian and Que Xuan jointly raised troops and led their troops to attack Rencheng County and Taishan County in the south of Yanzhou.
Later, Tao Qian killed Que Xuan, annexed Que Xuan's tribe, and took over Rencheng County and Taishan County.
At that time, Cao Cao, with the support of the Yanzhou nobles, had just taken over Yanzhou as a pastoralist, and he was naturally very angry about the fact that these two counties were occupied by Tao Qian.
So Cao Cao led his troops to attack Xuzhou and attacked more than ten cities, causing corpses to block the Si River. Tao Qian retreated back to Tancheng. Later, Cao Cao retreated due to lack of food supplies. This was the first massacre of Xuzhou.
This is what Tao Qian regretted telling Liu Bei on the sickbed. It was a bad debt and an unsolved case.
Logically speaking, it was indeed Tao Qian who took action first. Que Xuan was also encouraged by Tao Qian to attack Rencheng and Taishan County. Afterwards, Tao Qian crossed the river and demolished the bridge and killed him. It was indeed Tao Qian who made the wedding dress.
But Cao Cao, the Yanzhou shepherd, was appointed by himself and was not appointed by the court at all.
Tao Qian's official position was officially awarded by the imperial court, so it was justifiable to send troops to Yanzhou to quell the rebellion. However, he did not expect that Cao Cao would fight back so fiercely.
This was the first time in Tao Qian's life that he tried to leave Xuzhou, but Cao Cao beat him back mercilessly. This gave Cao Cao an excuse to send troops, and now he continues to suffer the consequences.
In this troubled world, whoever has the big fist is the right one.
Xuzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It is also rich in commercial agriculture and has a large population. It can be said that from Yuan Shao to Cao Cao to Yuan Shu, no one does not covet it.
In his heart, Liu Bei actually didn't have much hope for this trip, but after all, he had no choice but to give Cao Cao a moral excuse.
He shouted, urged his horse, took Guan Zhang and hundreds of soldiers and horses, and disappeared into the vast night.
Yecheng.
With a smile on his face, Yuan Shang took Yuan Xi's arm, pulled him into the house, and said with a smile: "Second brother will set off tomorrow. I wish you success in advance."
Yuan Xiqian gave in and said: "Third brother is really polite. Thanks to my father for taking good care of everything these years, second brother, I am ashamed of myself."
In fact, Yuan Xi has not come up with an effective way to deal with Yuan Shang until now.
Yuan Shang is the most favored by Yuan Shao. This is Zhang's amulet, and his biological mother Liu is also the nominal mother of Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi. With the amulet of filial piety, she is invincible.
Therefore, Yuan Shang could boldly trip up Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi without touching Yuan Shao's bottom line. Yuan Xi felt aggrieved when he thought about it.
Yuan Xi thought to himself that maybe when Yuan Shao was no longer his father, he would be able to take action without any scruples.
Yuan Xi walked into the room, took a quick look, and found that Zhen Rong was among the few people there, and suddenly felt something strange.
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