Yuan Shang has a little filial piety, but not much.
In his heart, what he longed for most was of course power. He longed to gain the power of the Yuan family and inherit everything from Yuan Shao. The Liu family thought so too and helped him do so.
After hearing Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shang was temporarily relieved about going back.
"The Third Young Master cannot go back like this. He must lead his troops back. We must also go back to assist the Young Master in seizing power."
Feng Ji said directly: "As long as you have military power, you can suppress all uncertain factors when you go back. Otherwise, anything may happen."
Yuan Shang looked at Li Yang and said worriedly: "What if I lead my troops back and Cao Cao comes to attack me?"
"Leave some people behind."
Shen Pei also agreed to lead the troops back and continued: "Just leave some people here to bluff. In fact, as long as we go back to take power, we don't have to worry about Cao Cao in Liyang. There are two reasons why I say this. First, we Ye The walls of the city have been reinforced many times by the lord. The walls are high and thick, and Cao Cao may not be able to break in. Secondly, we can definitely take this opportunity to let the eldest son and the second son bring troops back to fight Cao Cao."
Yuan Shang worried again: "If the eldest brother and the second brother come back with troops, they will also be a threat to me!"
By that time, he must have been in power.
Everything about the Yuan family will fall into his hands, and the ones he fears most are definitely Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi. If they are allowed to lead troops back, they may compete with him for power.
Feng Ji said calmly: "That's not necessarily true! When they come back, Third Young Master can use his righteousness to let them fight Cao Cao. It's best to fight in such a way that both sides will be injured. While driving Cao Cao away, they themselves will be crippled by Cao Cao. Can’t Third Young Master take care of the remaining defeated troops as he pleases?”
Yuan Shang: "..."
Put that way, it seems to make sense.
Not only can Cao Cao be eliminated, but the two brothers above him can also be eliminated.
This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone.
Yuan Shang knew that he was completely convinced and said quickly: "We will lead the troops back right now. I want to seize power and divide them!"
"Third Young Master, there's no rush now!"
Shen Pei said: "It is broad daylight now. Cao Cao's people must be watching us. If we lead our troops to leave now, we will definitely be pursued. We will wait until night."
"I'm impatient."
Yuan Shang said embarrassedly.
Faced with such a situation, it is indeed easy to become impatient.
You can seize power as soon as you go back, and not many people can calm down.
Shen Pei said: "The Third Young Master can prepare people and retreat as soon as possible at night. After returning to Yecheng, as long as the Third Young Master is willing to listen to our plan, it will be easy to seize power."
Yuan Shao has long regarded Yuan Shang as his heir.
After returning, it only takes a few simple operations to help Yuan Shang take over the power.
Of course Yuan Shang is willing. Apart from listening to their plan, he actually doesn't know what to do.
Soon, it was night.
In the middle of the night, Yuan Shang took the main force of the camp and Feng Ji and the two men and left quietly. They did not dare to use torches for lighting, but relied on the light of the moon to see the way. After walking far, they ensured that they were far beyond Li Yang's reach. Depending on the range, you dare to light the torch.
While leaving, their preparations in the camp were also intensive.
The army bluffed, hoping to deceive Cao Cao for a while.
As long as they continue to cheat, it will be their victory.
Early next morning.
Cao Cao led everyone to the tower again and looked north.
They saw a faint smoke rising from the military camp outside, but they soon discovered a problem. The amount of smoke today was much less than last night.
"There's less smoke."
Jia Xu looked outside, narrowed his eyes and said, "Du Zhi must have been right again. Something must have happened inside Ye City. Yuan Shang from the Yuan Army camp outside the city must have retreated under the cover of darkness last night. , leaving only some people in the camp to bluff and try to deceive us.”
Chen Zhou also looked at the smoke outside. Judging from the quantity, it was indeed much less than yesterday. He affirmed: "Wen He is right, Yuan Shang must not be down there. Yuan Shao is either getting more and more seriously ill, or he is almost dead." , Yuan Shang was anxious to return to power."
Cao Cao pondered for a long time and shouted: "Send someone to investigate!"
Whether the Yuan Jun camp below is empty or not will be clear once the scouts go down to investigate.
After a while, the results came back.
"Lord, there are only more than a thousand people left in Yuan Jun's camp, and the rest are scarecrows used to interfere with us." The scout came back and said.
Sure enough.
The military camp outside was completely empty.
However, Cao Cao was still a little cautious and asked: "Boping, how about you take the trapped camp out to have a look? I will ask Wen Yuan to lead 10,000 people to help you hold down the formation from the rear. If there is any trouble, Wen Yuan will immediately Go rescue.”
"good!"
Of course Gao Shun is fine.
He responded and led his troops to fight out.
There were really less than a thousand people left in Yuan Jun's camp.
When they saw the trapped camp coming to fight, they understood what a bluff plan was, and it was not worth mentioning in front of Cao Jun. They didn't dare to fight at all, so they turned around and ran away.
Gao Shun only killed a few enemies who had no time to escape. Looking inside the camp, he saw that it was basically empty and there were no traps, so he went back to report.
"Is it really all empty?"
When Cao Cao got the news, he laughed loudly and said, "Du Zhi, I made you right again!"
"Something must have happened inside Yecheng."
Cheng Yu agreed: "If something had not happened, Yuan Shang would not have left so secretly. Lord, I think we can send troops to Yecheng."
"It's time to send troops to Yecheng."
Jia Xu said in agreement.
All the other counselors thought that they could send troops to Yecheng to pursue the victory and give Yuan Shao more despair.
Chen Zhou echoed: "I can fight!"
Cao Cao said loudly: "Send the order, go to war, and attack Yecheng!"
After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers of Cao's army took action quickly, gathered out of the city, and fought against Yecheng.
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Yuan Shang left the camp and hurried on without stopping.
Finally returned to Yecheng.
His first priority was not to go back to see the dying Yuan Shao, but to follow Feng Ji's instructions and send troops to control all key points in Yecheng, including armaments, warehouses, etc.
If Yuan Tan's family members hadn't been taken to Qingzhou, Yuan Shang would have even taken control.
The soldiers arranged to ensure that no one in the city would counterattack his seizure of power, and Yuan Shang hurried home.
"Father!"
As soon as he entered the door, Yuan Shang shouted loudly: "Father, are you okay?"
His acting skills were very good. As soon as he shouted, he burst into tears. The cry was miserable and it sounded very pitiful.
"Xianfu!"
Yuan Shao woke up at this time, heard Yuan Shang's voice, and struggled to get up from the couch.
At this point, he knew very well that he was really going to die.
However, I never thought that my end would be so miserable.
Isn't it just fighting Cao Cao and losing two games to Cao Cao? I feel depressed and angry. I suffocated myself to death with my last breath, but people are dying, and it is useless to think about that now.
Before he died, Yuan Shao was a little relieved to see Yuan Shang hurried back and showed such filial piety.
Yuan Shang knelt in front of Yuan Shao, grabbed Yuan Shao's hand, and cried: "Father, are you okay? Come, hurry up and call the doctor, hurry up..."
He is acting out his filial piety.
