At this time, a cavalry force came from the other side.
Ma Teng took a closer look and saw that it was Han Sui, his sworn brother in the past, but now his enemy, Han Sui, whom he had been fighting for many years.
Ma Teng snorted coldly and shouted: "Han Sui, you and I divide the Wei River to control it, why are we invading it for no reason!"
Han Sui on the other side was obviously in a worse mood and cursed angrily: "Ma Teng, don't think I don't know your latest plot. What did that useless emperor ask you to do! What benefits did he give you!"
Ma Teng's face turned red and green, and he said angrily: "Han Sui, don't talk nonsense. For the sake of our old friendship, you should surrender to the imperial court! After all..."
"Haha!" Han Sui burst into laughter, "Ma Teng, it's in vain that you are also a well-known figure in Xiliang and Guanxi, and you are willing to be the lackey of that useless emperor. The emperor is nothing. These days, only those with strong soldiers and horses can do it. , didn’t Dong Zhuo kill him whenever he wanted! Ma Teng, why are you so stubborn?"
"You traitor, I will take your head and present it to His Majesty!" Ma Teng shouted angrily. He always behaved like General Fubo and disciplined himself.
"Humph!" Han Sui snorted and rode away from the river.
Hou Xuan, Ma Wan, and Yang Qiu surrounded Han Sui.
"How can you retreat? Do you know if you can hold on for a while and attack?" Han Sui cursed angrily.
"General, you have also seen that reinforcements from Ma Teng and others are coming, and we will not be able to gain anything if we continue to fight!" Hou Xuan defended.
"Is that so?" Han Sui glared angrily. "You still can't bear to fight to the death!"
The candidate felt guilty and hesitated: "That's not the case. Please see how I attack them next time."
The four people had their own thoughts, and finally Han Sui ordered to set up camp on the high ground on the north bank of the Wei River.
In the camp, Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu drank together.
"Wai Yang, do you think we shouldn't have surrendered to Han Sui in the first place?" Hou Xuan muttered. Yang Qiu had a crooked mouth, so they all called him Wai Yang.
Yang Qiu took a sip of strong wine. He shook his head and said: "Who can blame us? If several soldiers and horses had joined forces, Han Sui would have been unable to do anything to us. But we fought back and forth, but Han Sui took advantage."
"You said if we continue to work alone...will..." Hou Xuan probed.
"Be careful what you say! Be careful what you say!"
Yang Qiu was excited. He stood up and looked outside the tent, then returned to the candidate.
"Don't worry, the people guarding outside the tent are all my people." said the candidate.
Yang Qiu shook his head. He said, "You can't say this casually. Han Sui is very careful about us. Besides, our original troops have now been dispersed and reorganized. Maybe half of your men are from Han Sui's side."
"What do you think we got after being annexed by Han Sui?" Hou Xuan patted the table.
"Hey. Not only are there not many soldiers and horses, but half of them are scattered by him. There are no rewards at all. With just a little food and salary, the brothers below are crying out every day! I regret it so much!"
"Brother. Where do you think we can go after we go alone?"
Yang Qiu poured more wine for the candidate and continued, "Guanzhong is in a state of depression today. There are no people in some cities and counties, and some people's places have been occupied by either Han Sui or Ma Teng. Xiliang, that place. It’s too hard, and Ma Teng and Han Sui’s power is not small. We can’t do it alone, we can only rely on powerful heroes.”
"What? Then live a miserable life here with Han Sui? Then give him death!" Hou Xuan asked in return.
Yang Qiu rolled his eyes, smiled crookedly, and said, "Now there is a good opportunity to get ahead. I wonder if you dare to do it, brother."
"What!"
Yang Qiu's expression became serious and asked: "Let me ask you, who has the greatest reputation and power in the world today?"
The candidate thought for a while and replied: "Although we are only in the Kansai area, we have also heard that the Yuan family has occupied Hebei, and its influence has extended to Hedong, which is adjacent to Zuo Fengyi. A few days ago, Han Sui said that Yuan After defeating Cao Cao in the Central Plains, it goes without saying that General Yuan Xi is the most powerful. "
"The general is a man of great talent and strategy, far beyond the comparison of Han Sui and Ma Teng." Yang Qiu said with profound meaning.
"Ah! I understand!" Hou Xuan clapped his hands, "You mean to seek refuge with General Yuan Xi, but we have never had any contact with him, so we rashly went to seek refuge with him.
Depends on what kind of background you can get through. "
"You know the envoy sent by the general a few days ago? He was the one sent to discuss with Han Suiyi the siege of Ma Teng." Yang Qiu said slowly.
"What does that have to do with us?"
"It has something to do with Da Da Di!" Yang Qiu said mysteriously, "You don't know that Han Sui did not accept the general's offer to recruit him. Instead, he asked the court to confer him the title of Marquis of Guan Nei and let him rule the land in Guan Zhong. Only then did he agree to besiege Ma Teng. "
"Han Sui has a huge appetite." The candidate swallowed a sip of wine.
"Han Sui is just a thief, he is just arrogant." Yang Qiu whispered: "The general's deputy found me quietly and gave me this thing, you see."
Yang Qiu took out a gold seal from his arms and explained: "As long as we help Han Sui besiege Ma Teng first, Bingzhou will also send troops and horses to help. When Ma Teng is destroyed, we can unite with the generals The general's troops and horses, excluding Han Sui, we are the heroes who pacified Guanzhong at that time. This seal of General Anping was given in advance by the deputy envoy of the general."
"What about me?" Hou Xuan asked anxiously.
"The same reward!" Yang Qiu said with a smile.
One month has passed since the decisive battle of Chenliu. After the continuous conquests by the generals of the Jizhou Army, cities and counties in various places have gradually surrendered, and the defenses of Xuzhou and Yuzhou bordering Sunjia and Guangling have also stabilized.
However, the appointment, removal and assignment of officials in various cities and counties, as well as various government affairs in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, kept Yuan Xi very busy.
Fortunately, with the help of Feng Ji, Zhong Yao, Cui Yan and others, Xun Yu also took over some civil affairs under Guo Jia's persuasion, so Yuan Xi was able to concentrate on military affairs. But the secret preparations for the expedition to Guanzhong, which involved the mobilization of troops and horses, food and fodder supplies, and coordination with the Hedong Army, kept Yuan Xi busy for a while.
Yuan Xi carefully browsed the information compiled by Jia Xu from the secret guards. The sound of soft footsteps approached.
Yuan Xi looked up and saw Xia Houwei in a tulle plain dress appearing in front of her. Her eyes were reddish and her face was a little haggard, making her look even more charming.
"What do you want Qingyi to do with me?" Yuan Xi packed up the documents on the desk.
Xia Houwei knelt down next to Yuan Xi, opened the food basket in her hand, and took out a plate of pastries and a bowl of soup.
Yuan Xi looked curiously at Xia Houwei, whose cheeks were slightly red.
"The general has a lot of things to do every day, which are related to the court and the world's major events. Is it a problem for me to have someone make snacks and deliver them?" Xia Houwei said calmly.
"Um, it seems okay."
Yuan Xi casually picked up the cakes on the plate, but then put them down.
"Why, the general is afraid that I will be poisoned." Xia Houwei still said calmly, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"Qingyi, you know a man's heart very well." Yuan Xi put the pastry into his mouth.
Poison? It’s a joke, the entire residence of this great general was cleaned up by teacher Zhang Hong’s secret guards. The maids and servants around Cao Jie and Xia Houwei were appointed by Yuan Xi. Their every move was under surveillance. The assigned maids could even scold them. It could be said that they had no freedom at all.
Xia Houwei smiled lightly. Then he said, "I want to ask the general to release General Cao, his concubines, and his concubines back to their parents' families, or to marry another good family. I wonder what the general wants?"
She knew about this scheming young man. Using those little tricks won't do. It's better to explain directly and maybe negotiate terms with him.
"After they remarry, their youngest sons and daughters can legitimately follow them. Right?" Yuan Xi asked.
"I heard that all the wives and concubines in the general's house are of natural beauty, so why should we pay attention to their ruined willows?" A blush appeared on Xia Houwei's face.
"If the general must detain General Cao's wife and daughter, I and Sister Cao are enough. Besides, after returning to Yecheng, the general will not have time to visit them, so why should he hold them captive?"
Yuan Xi pinched Xia Houwei's jade hand and said sarcastically: "You would rather stay, have you learned how to taste the marrow?"
"I don't understand, you are a great general and a hero of the world, why do you want to rape a little girl like me?" Xia Houwei did not avoid Yuan Xi's gaze.
A sudden thought occurred in Yuan Xi's heart, yes, why do he have such cruel thoughts lingering in his mind. Looking at Xia Houwei's graceful body under her gauze skirt, Yuan Xi realized that all this was revenge.
Because Cao Cao, a powerful enemy, has been oppressing his heart, Yuan Xi has been frightened since he was a child. Now that he had defeated a powerful enemy and captured Cao Cao's wife and daughter, he naturally felt an urge for revenge.
Yuan Xi clamped Xia Houwei's delicate body tightly with both arms, and violated her body with both hands unscrupulously. He sneered next to her ear and said: "If it weren't for the desire to win over Yanzhou's old troops, Cao Cao's children would have no chance of survival. Let them go." It’s absolutely impossible, the only thing to blame is that you are the women of Cao Cao and Xiahou’s family!”
Xia Houwei felt sad in her heart, and her body twisted uncontrollably to resist Yuan Xi's invasion. But the more this happens, the more it arouses men's madness.
"General, there is a guest asking to see you, saying that he is here to fulfill your appointment." The maid appeared in front of the hall.
Yuan Xi was annoyed, but this was a living room, so no wonder the maid came to report, so he had to ask Xu Chu, who was guarding the door, to bring him in.
"Qingyi, wait a minute! You don't have to leave." Yuan Xi grabbed Xiahou Qingyi who stood up to leave, pinched her crotch, and asked Xiahou Wei to kneel down beside him.
Soon, a short, ugly man was brought in by Xu Chu.
"Mr. Guan Ren!" Yuan Xi said in surprise.
The ugly-looking Guan Ren grinned: "Should I call you General? Or Second Young Master?"
"Come and show me your seat, sir."
Yuan Xi smiled and asked the maid to help him sit on the futon.
"Mr. Guan, it's better to call me Second Young Master. This way we can get closer. That's how you called me back then, so you should call me like that now."
Guan Ren was a casual and free-spirited person, so he was not polite. After sitting down, he asked, "Second Young Master, do you remember that you entrusted me with Liu Liang's affairs?"
"I'm afraid that sir won't remember." Yuan Xi smiled.
In Yecheng, he met Liu Liang and Guan Ren, who were fortune tellers for Yuan Tan. After a conversation with them, he asked them to pay attention to the terrain of mountains and rivers when traveling around, and helped draw topographic maps of places south of the Yellow River. Prepare for future conquests.
"At the beginning of the year, I did a divination and discovered that there were bad omens in the Central Plains. I guessed that the young master was at war with the Cao family. I did another divination a month ago, and with the changes in the celestial phenomena, I deduced that the evil stars such as Pojun and others were moving westward, so I guessed that the young master was going westward. , No, Mr. Liu Liang asked me to rush from Yizhou to Xu County and submit the map." Guan Ren said.
Yuan Xi was secretly shocked, Guan Ren's divination was too mysterious. Although I know that the "Book of Changes" and the Chinese Feng Shui stargazing technique are very mysterious. But after his calculations, it was really incredible to speculate that he would use troops against the west.
It was because of this foreshadowing that later Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi asked Liu Liang and Guan Luo to calculate the fate of the Jin Dynasty for him.
It was later known as the Four Hundred Years of the Jin Dynasty.
Guan Ren took out several pieces of silk cloth and asked Xu Chu to give them to Yuan Xi, "When Brother Liu Liang went to Jianghuai, I entered Shu from Guanzhong. This is the topographic map of Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and then Shu."
Yuan Xi was pleasantly surprised when he took the topographic map and looked at it. It was not much different from Guanzhong and Sichuan in his impression. In particular, some of the mountains and rivers were carefully marked, and even some of the side roads were annotated. He was indeed a master of Feng Shui.
"How can I thank you sir!" Yuan Xi said excitedly.
"No need, I am doing this for the sake of the common people in the world." Guan Ren said solemnly: "It is said that when the three evil stars Greedy Wolf, Pojun, and Qisha converge, the world will be in turmoil and all life will be in ruins. But today and a hundred years ago The future was a time of catastrophe and chaos, especially a hundred years later. Guan looked at the young master as an extraordinary person, and his horoscopes were strange and strange. After this war in the Central Plains, Guan even believed that the young master was the hero who would put an end to the chaos. , I am hereby giving you the topographic map as a way of doing something for the common people in the world."
Yuan Xi was shocked. A hundred years later in history, the Western Jin Dynasty would be destroyed, and China would be in chaos. He didn't know whether it was a coincidence or Guan Ren's divination skills were magical, and he felt a little more taboo in his heart.
It is said that Yuan Tiangang of the Tang Dynasty was his descendant.
"Sir, please rest assured that the overall situation of the world is clear in my heart. It is my wish to return prosperity to the Han people. As for the catastrophe a hundred years from now, as long as I am in power, it does not matter if I go against the will of heaven." Yuan Xi said.
Guan Ren could not help but nod, and then he looked at Xia Houwei, who was sitting on his knees with a surprised look on his face, and said with a solemn expression, "This lady has a graceful face, which is extremely noble."
Hearing this, Yuan Xi was speechless, pinched Xia Houwei's catkin and asked: "Sir, may I ask for a very expensive method?"
Guan Ren
After looking at it, his brows furrowed: "Logically speaking, it should be Muyi Tianxia... um..."
Suddenly he realized that he had made a mistake, so he shook his head and said, "Maybe Guan is not very talented and has little knowledge. Guan is not good at this kind of physiognomy."
The two chatted for a while, and then Yuan Xi asked Xu Chu to take him to the post house for shelter.
"Mother's love for the world? That doesn't mean Qingyi you are the queen." Yuan Xi smiled at Xia Hou.
Just now, Yuan Xi revealed her plot and had a conversation with Guan Ren that made Xia Houwei uneasy. How could he react at this moment?
Yuan Xi sneered, ignoring Xia Houwei's cooing, and pressed her waist with his arms again, pressing her down.
"Yeah! Don't!"
"Since you are so precious? Then am I not doing what only my talents can do? Hahaha!"
