Guo Tu met Yuan Tan's aggressive gaze. His expression did not change and he said: "If you want to continue, it is impossible for everything to be fair and aboveboard."
"There are some shameful things that always need someone to do. If you can't do it or it's inconvenient for you to do, I will do it."
Yuan Tan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "What good will it do me to kill Pang Ji!"
"What will the world say about me!"
Guo Tu said coldly: "Sooner or later, the envoy will have a battle with Mr. Xianfu. Pang Ji is a man of great resourcefulness and strategy. He is a great threat!"
"Think about it, your Majesty. Ever since Pang Ji started assisting Young Master Xianfu, he has been remarkable in terms of military exploits and strategies in the past two years. He has even brought several counselors who initially turned to the Majesty's side to his side!"
"If things continue like this, with the help of Pang Ji, we will be far less sure of completely defeating Master Xianfu!"
"Now that Pang Ji is dead, Master Xianfu seems to have lost an arm, and there must be some oversights in his actions. This is your opportunity!"
"The commander's obsession is actually not with the world, but with the head of the Yuan family, right?"
Yuan Tan's face brightened after hearing this, "Even so, what did Xianfu say?"
Guo Tu smiled sinisterly and said, "Don't worry, just leave this matter to me."
Looking at Yuan Tan's leaving figure, Guo Tu slowly turned around and looked at the dead Pang Ji on the ground. He thought to himself, don't blame me. Fighting for the world is a matter of life and death. He is just trying to protect himself.
After all, there are still many things I have to do in the future.
Thinking of this, Guo Tu was a little scared. He was now dancing on the tip of a knife. If he was not careful, he would die.
However, he also has an extremely smart and scheming daughter who has been entrusted to be adopted by Guo Yong, the prefect of Nanjun, who has been close to him since she was a child. Now that she has calculated, she should be thirteen years old, right?
The news of Pang Ji's death soon spread to the city. Yuan Shang, who was discussing with a group of counselors, suddenly lost his composure and reached out to overturn the table in front of him.
He stood up suddenly and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yuan Tan is a thief, how dare you do this!"
Yuan Shang was completely mad. In the past few years, he and Pang Ji had gotten along very well, and the two had become more and more understanding. Yuan Shang was very satisfied with this. He even felt that as long as he gave himself another ten years and had Pang Ji's help, Even if he can't dominate the world, he can at least become the overlord of the North!
But now all these dreams have come to nothing because of Pang Ji's death!
Yuan Shang felt regretful. Why did he agree to Pang Ji's mission?
But no one could imagine why Yuan Tan dared to kill Pang Ji!
How dare he!
Seeing Yuan Shang's chaos, all the counselors offered words of comfort one after another. At the same time, they were also puzzled. Where did Yuan Tan have the confidence to kill?
You must know that Pang Ji is extraordinary in terms of identity and status. He took the initiative to send an envoy to Yuan Tan's military camp to show his goodwill because he insisted on the reconciliation plan between the two Yuan sons, but Yuan Tan killed him brazenly. This is simply Brave to the disgrace of the world!
He doesn't want fame anymore?
After being so treacherous and killing important peace negotiators, who would dare to trust Yuan Tan in the future?
It can be said that from this moment on, Yuan Tan has almost lost the qualification to dominate the world!
However, Yuan Shang was still angry and roared: "Immediately order all the soldiers and horses in the city. I will go out of the city to fight Yuan Tan!"
All the counselors looked at each other. They saw that Yuan Shang was in a rage, and no one dared to say anything to stop him. At this time, Shen Pei came out and said: "Report to the envoy, not to mention whether Yuan Tan can be defeated, Cao's army in Dongjun is still watching. .”
"Perhaps the opponent has officially recognized this, and then he has the confidence to kill Pang Yuantu."
"If you are fighting Yuan Tan now, I'm afraid you are playing into Cao Cao's hands."
Yuan Shang roared angrily: "Then let's forget it?"
"He killed my mastermind, how can I tolerate him like this?"
Shen Pei said: "Envoy!"
"Isn't the most important thing now, fulfilling the mission given by Lord Ben Chu before his death?"
"If Pang Yuan Tu knew what he was doing, he wouldn't want him to be so eager to avenge him and lose the overall situation, right?"
Yuan Tan's color changed from blue to white, and finally he stamped his feet fiercely, "Then what do you think we should do now?"
Shen Pei said: "We don't want to fight, and the other side doesn't want to fight either, otherwise we will take the opportunity to attack the city."
"But no matter what, we always have to ask for an explanation, so that you can send people out of the city and let them give a reasonable explanation before making a decision."
"Of course, we must immediately prepare our troops and contact all counties in Jizhou to mobilize troops to prevent accidents."
After hearing this, Yuan Shang waved silently, nodded and said, "That's what I said, sir."
A group of counselors bowed down and obeyed the order. Yuan Shang waved to them and said: "You should retreat first. I want to be alone."
After everyone exited, they went back. Xun Chen took the opportunity to say to Tian Feng, "Why didn't Yuan Hao say anything today?"
Tian Feng said with waning interest: "It's too late to say anything."
"Such a big business has been messed up, but I can't think of a way to deal with it."
"To be honest, I envy Youruo. No matter what happens in the future, at least he will have a good death."
Xun Chen heard Tian Feng's sarcastic words and didn't take it seriously, "Yuan Hao, you're going to offend everyone with your temper."
"I'm not saying that when the world is fighting, as long as there is no deep hatred, how many of us counselors will die unexpectedly?"
"Even after the Yanzhou Rebellion, Cao Mengde changed his attitude towards scholars. He preached that talent should be valued over virtue. Regardless of whether he was from a poor family or a noble family, he was treated with every possible courtesy."
"But Mr. Xiansi broke the rules this time."
Tian Feng looked unhappy and walked away, "Take refuge with Cao Cao?"
"nausea!"
"Yuan Tan is as disgusting as him!"
"It's so disgusting!"
Xun Chen looked at Tian Feng's back and couldn't help but shook his head.
Speaking of which, he was a little disappointed with his current situation. When Yuan Xi took control of Yecheng, Xunchen once thought that his opportunity had come. However, contrary to Xunchen's expectations, Yuan Xi could not help but not take Yecheng, nor did he make any promises. Xun Chen what.
But in hindsight, Yuan Xi was very clear-headed. If he had taken Yecheng, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang would have joined forces to deal with him now.
When Cao Jun interferes again, the situation in Jizhou will be completely bad, at least much worse than now.
But thinking that Yuan Xi never showed any intention to recruit him and did everything well, Xun Chen sighed in his heart, is he getting old?
As a counselor, it is not as good as a Yuan family member to see the situation clearly. What is the meaning of being a counselor?
However, Yuan Xi rushed to Huaicheng, fearing that he would directly confront Cao Cao. If his side was defeated, the situation in Jizhou would completely deteriorate.
In Sili Huaicheng, Yuan Xi looked at Zhang Liao who was kneeling in front of him, covered in blood. When he heard the words in the other person's mouth, he couldn't help but feel dizzy and his body swayed. Sun Li quickly came up to support him.
Yuan Xi calmed down before his brain began to work.
Huaicheng is lost, Lu Bu is dead!
How should I explain to Lu Lingqi?
If I had known earlier, I should have taken drastic measures to get Liu Xie to Jizhou!
However, it was too late to say anything now. Although Yuan Xi did not care about Liu Xie's whereabouts, Lu Bu's faction was destroyed like this, which was a huge blow to him.
He stepped forward to help Zhang Liao and said, "I will find someone to heal the general first, and then we will make long-term plans on how to take revenge on Marquis Wen."
"If the general doesn't dislike it, please help me avenge Marquis Wen. I will live up to the general."
After Zhang Liao heard this, he bowed down and said, "Thank you so much, envoy. Liao is willing to follow you to the death!"
Yuan Xi was a little more open-minded, so he sent Zhang Liao to Hua Tuo, and at the same time asked Taishi Ci and Xu Huang to lead troops to block the Heishan Pass, and at the same time build a city camp, and then invited Jushou Lu Xun to discuss the matter.
Jushou came in with a bitter look on his face and said, "This Cao Cao is really very clever and scheming. I am really ashamed that I could not see through it."
"I think only Fengxiao can compete with him in terms of strategy. It would be a waste for him to stay in Youzhou. Please send someone to invite him here."
Yuan Xi muttered: "I'm afraid it's too late to go now."
"Now that I have many generals and powerful soldiers, why can't I try to attack mainly and see if I can find an opportunity?"
He was a little unconvinced. With Zhang Liao, his subordinate Zhao Yuntai Shi Ci Xuhuang, and Yan Rouxian Yufu who was supporting him from outside, didn't he have any chance of winning?
Lu Xun said: "It's difficult to handle. The enemy's strength is too strong now."
"Not counting Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops, there are tens of thousands of troops from Yuan Shujun and Ma Teng and Han Sui over there."
"We alone will have no chance as long as the other party doesn't make a big mistake."
"Moreover, these people are now exhausted due to successive battles, and their food, grass and baggage have not kept up. They will not be able to launch a large-scale attack within this month."
Yuan Xi had to admit that Lu Xun's words were right. Before he came to Huaicheng, he had never expected that it was Ma Teng and Han Sui who arrived first with Liangzhou soldiers and horses, and even defected to Cao Cao and surrounded Lu Bu!
He said depressedly: "Are we just going to watch Cao Cao take the Emperor back to Xu County?"
Jushou sighed: "With all due respect, it would be good if we can hold the pass here."
"The key is still in Yecheng."
"If Master Xianfu and Xiansi can join forces to fight against the enemy, cross the Yellow River to attack Dongjun, occupy Guandu and then move south, Cao Cao will have a family and will be unable to return, and his food and supplies will be cut off."
"At that time, the initiative will be in our hands."
"There are many key points in the current situation in these states, and they all affect the whole body. But today, we do not have the ability to change the situation in Huaicheng."
"The plan for now is to wait and see what happens."
"However, the young master can send a letter to Liu Yuzhou and Sun Bofu, asking them to go north to help."
"Even if we can't defeat Cao Cao, it would still be good if we can completely eliminate Yuan Shu."
Lu Xun added: "Although the enemy has many troops, supply is also troublesome. It will not last long. Sooner or later, they will be separated. Then there will be an opportunity."
"What we need to be prepared for now is that they join forces to break through the Black Mountain Pass. In that case, we will not even have a way to attack, and we will have to retreat."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi could only say: "In that case, always pay attention to the movements of Huaicheng. If the enemy wants to retreat, we will attack them in succession!"
In Yecheng, Yang Feng found several Taiping Taoist alchemists and asked about the situation in the city. He couldn't help but look depressed.
In the past year, she has traveled a lot and seen many things that she could not see before. She has more and more doubts in her heart, but she can't find the answers.
She intuitively knew that Yuan Xi knew something, so she went to look for Yuan Xi. First she heard that he was in Shouchun, and then halfway there, she heard that he had returned to Yecheng.
She rushed to Yecheng, only to get news that the other party had left and went to Montenegro!
Yang Feng was so angry that he vomited blood. Why did this person keep running?
I still don’t believe it!
That night, there was a commotion in Yuan Tan's military camp outside the city. The sergeants rushed out and found that someone had stolen several horses and ran away to the west.
They were a little confused. Who was so bold as to come to the military camp to steal horses?
Regarding some of the controversies, I thought about it and decided to write a few words.
First of all, I am very grateful to the book friends for questioning Cao Cao's military strength. It is good to have questions. The main reason is my lack of writing skills and I did not explain many things clearly. I apologize here.
You should also be able to tell that there is no Diao Chan in this book, so it is not the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but the background of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, all the materials in it are based on Pei Songzhi's notes on the Three Kingdoms. Before writing this book, I at least read a few of the Three Kingdoms. All over.
Let’s talk about the conclusion first. Pei Songzhi and other historians in the Southern and Northern Dynasties judged Cao Cao’s military strength in the Battle of Guandu to be more than 100,000, slightly lower than Yuan Shao. This can also explain why Cao Cao was able to take the initiative to divide his troops to attack in various places in the Battle of Guandu, and traveled long distances to gain victory. Victory, the defense allowed four consecutive defeats.
Of course, if you have to believe that Cao Cao's one-tenth military strength in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he could fight Yuan Shao's army who had just defeated Gongsun Zan on a front of hundreds of miles for three months with fortification warfare, leaving Yuan Shao's army without a single battle. Win, and at the same time defeat Liu Bei's army of tens of thousands, it can only be said that it is better to believe that I am Qin Shihuang.
As for why Cao Cao was able to mobilize so many soldiers, I originally wanted to write about the wartime mobilization capabilities of the farming system, but considering that many people don’t like to read popular science, I didn’t write about it. If anyone wants to read it, I will make up for it later.
Yuan Tan's problem is only more outrageous than the fact that historically he took refuge with Cao Cao, a slave of the Yuan family, and personally killed Pang Ji.
History is actually very interesting. It is more interesting to find the truth from the complicated historical records. Of course, it may not be suitable. I will try my best to consider plot issues in the future. Thank you.
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