Yecheng.
Yuan Shang fled back to the city in embarrassment, looking at the gradually subdued battle outside, his eyes were red, his hands were clenched into fists, and the overwhelming hatred was about to burst out.
Originally, they wanted to contact Yuan Tan and join forces to deal with Cao Cao. After Cao Cao was driven back, the brothers closed the door and dealt with internal affairs.
Even if it is an internal fight, the enemy must be beaten back before fighting.
But Yuan Shang didn't expect that Yuan Tan would trick him as soon as he arrived and he almost died outside. Yuan Tan has withdrawn his army now, but the army is stationed in the northeast, ambitious and murderous, and will attack at any time.
"Is he still the eldest brother?"
"This is the brother?"
"I don't have such a big brother!"
"Yuan Tan doesn't take my third brother seriously at all. Since he wants me to die, I will let him die too."
"Resist Cao Cao, even without him Yuan Tan, I can do it."
Yuan Shang said fiercely.
The hatred in his tone burst out without reservation.
Feng Ji, Shen Pei and the others did not expect this to happen. They felt that the Yuan Tan just now was crazy and wanted to kill Yuan Shang at all costs. He was completely different from the Yuan Tan they knew.
"Lord, something is wrong!"
Shen Pei thought for a moment and said, "The eldest son's behavior is very abnormal!"
Yuan Shang couldn't listen to anything now, and sneered: "He doesn't want to kill me, that's abnormal. He wants me to die, haha..."
Seeing the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle outside the city, he felt helpless and said: "Our army still needs to be separated to resist Cao Cao, and it is impossible to withdraw all of it. Now the strength of Yecheng's troops is far inferior to Yuan Tan's. The two of them What do you think, sir?"
Thinking that he was in Yecheng, guarding Yuan's family property, but Yuan Tan attacked Yecheng, wanted to kill him, and wanted to rob everything regardless of foreign enemies, Yuan Shang felt that he was noble and that his father's choice of him was the most correct.
"Perhaps, we can give it a try and contact the Second Young Master?"
Feng Ji thought for a while and said: "The second young master has never fought or grabbed. He doesn't have Yuan Tan's thoughts. There is also General Gao, who is the old lord's nephew. He has always respected the old lord. Now he can also respect the heir chosen by the old lord."
Yuan Xi really doesn't fight or grab.
If you are a high-ranking official, you can help Yuan Shao very much.
If he could bring them to his side, Yuan Shang felt that it was possible. They would not be as reckless as Yuan Tan.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shang quickly wrote another letter and had it sent to Yuan Xi and Gao Gan.
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Gao Gan followed the Zhang River and came out of Fukouxing. When he passed through Linzhang, he happened to meet Yuan Xi who had come down from Youzhou.
It's not very far from Yecheng.
It is farther from Youzhou to Yecheng than from Qingzhou to Yecheng.
Gao Gan came out from Bingzhou and had to pass through the Taihang Mountains. The road was not easy and was relatively slow. Their speed was not as fast as Yuan Tan's arrival from Qingzhou, but at this time they had already reached the north of Yecheng.
You can enter Wei County in another half day's walk.
Gao Gan and Yuan Xi decided to go together. When they were about to enter Wei County, they received news that Yuan Tan led his troops to fight Yuan Shang and almost killed Yuan Shang. The two of them frowned.
I felt that in such a situation, Yuan Tan didn't know the importance of it. He put aside the most important thing of resisting foreign enemies and took action against his own brothers. This was very wrong.
Then, a letter from Yuan Shang was sent over. The content was probably emotional and rational. Everyone should suppress Yuan Tan first, and then join forces to deal with foreign enemies. Otherwise, if Yuan Tan is here, they will Don't even think about defeating Cao Cao.
"What does cousin think?"
Yuan Xi asked.
Gao Gan thought for a long time and said: "Xianfu is confused and doesn't know that dealing with Cao Cao is the most important thing. Now that brothers are killing each other, it will only make Cao Cao laugh. I agree with Xianfu's approach."
"well……"
Yuan Xi said helplessly: "It's just a family inheritance, not the throne, so let them fight like this."
"A family is similar to a royal family."
"Many times, family is far better than royal family."
What the senior cadre said is correct.
A thousand-year-old family, a century-old dynasty, they are confident that even if the Han Dynasty is gone, their family will still exist, a flowing dynasty, and an iron-clad family.
"It's better to suppress the eldest brother first. Let's work together to resist foreign enemies, and then consider other things."
Yuan Xi knew that the current righteousness and Yuan Shao's orthodoxy were on Yuan Shang's side, so he could only go to Yecheng to support Yuan Shang, and continued: "Anyway, I don't fight for anything. I just need to fight Cao Cao away. Let's go back as soon as possible!"
He was also worried that if he went back too late, the boss and the third child would start fighting again.
Before Cao Cao took action, the internal fighting within the Yuan family had already destroyed him.
Once the Yuan family collapses, they will have nothing. This is not acceptable.
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Yuan Tan could not kill Yuan Shang and could not capture Yecheng, so he had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat. He camped about five miles away from Yecheng and rested. Looking at the tower of Yecheng from a distance, he felt very depressed.
The flame of hatred is burning.
"Yecheng, sooner or later it will be mine."
Yuan Tan said viciously: "What qualifications does Yuan Shang have? He dares to take my position, take everything from me, and even wants to kill me!"
His expression became a little ferocious, and he said again: "I want to get back everything I have lost."
It was certain that he was not convinced. When he encountered Yuan Shang's "assassination" again, his heart became twisted.
"Eldest Young Master!"
Guo Tu came back and said in a somewhat anxious tone: "We have just received news that the Second Young Master and General Gao are heading south to Yecheng. It seems that they still want to cooperate with Yuan Shang. What should we do?"
"Are they still cooperating?"
Yuan Tan said harshly: "Mr. Guo immediately wrote a letter and asked someone to tell his second brother and cousin not to believe Yuan Shang's lies and tell them about my assassination. I want to see who the second brother will believe. .”
"yes!"
Guo Tu looked at Yuan Tan, who was full of hatred, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
However, it was impossible for him to write a letter according to Yuan Tan's request. Once he wrote about the assassination, they might find out something. Instead, he used another writing method and wrote a letter in an attempt to "scold and wake up" Yuan Xi. Letters to senior cadres were sent out.
As for what Yuan Xi thought after watching it, Guo Tu was guessing that Yuan Xi's expression must be wonderful.
That's it, let's arrange it.
Yuan Tan immediately called Guo Tu and Xin Ping to discuss what to do next.
How can we break Yecheng, kill Yuan Shang, and vent our hatred and take revenge?
Guo Tu and others tried every means to think that Yecheng was not easy to attack. Even if Cao Cao now did not want to attack Yecheng, and because the troops were not strong enough to attack Yecheng, they suggested waiting for the reply from Yuan Xi and Gao Gan.
Yuan Tan agreed.
However, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan were still very angry when they did not come to talk to Yuan Tan. They went to Yuan Shang super angrily to launch a war against Yuan Tan together, preparing to suppress Yuan Tan as a destabilizing factor as quickly as possible.
The reason why Yuan Xi and Yuan Xi are so angry is naturally due to Guo Shu's letter. Now they just want to teach Yuan Tan a lesson.
