The content of the official document is very simple, that is, the emperor canonizes Yuan Tan as the Marquis of Ye, inheriting his father Yuan Shao's position as general and Jizhou pastor.
This is a considerable threat to Yuan Shang.
You must know that Yuan Tan was the eldest son. If Yuan Shang hadn't forged his will, he would never have been able to inherit his father's position.
Now it's better, the court directly issued a message to let Yuan Tan inherit Yuan Shao's legacy.
In this way, Yuan Shang seems to be unjust and unjust!
"This plan is very vicious. It wants the master and brothers to kill each other!"
Shen Pei frowned.
"I just don't know who proposed this plan to Cao Cao."
Fengji sighed slightly.
"Needless to say, it's definitely that bastard Yang Ling!"
Shen Pei didn't even think about it, so he was sure it was true.
Among Cao Cao's counselors, only Yang Ling could come up with such a disgusting idea.
"It's Yang Ling again!"
Yuan Shang looked gloomy and said viciously,
"When I defeat Cao Cao in the future, I will definitely not let him off lightly!"
"These are things for later. The most urgent task is to think about how to deal with the eldest son."
Shen Pei said.
In the name of the imperial court, Cao Cao appointed Yuan Tan as general, Jizhou, and also succeeded Yehou.
This move is clearly an attempt to sow discord between the Yuan brothers.
Even if Yuan Tan can't see it, his counselor Guo Tu and others can definitely see it.
But it happened that Yuan Tan accepted the canonization from the imperial court and just came to provoke him again.
All this shows that Yuan Tan is ready to fight with Yuan Shang!
"What Mr. Zhengnan said is absolutely true!"
Yuan Shang showed a ferocious smile,
"Mr. Zhengnan and Mr. Yuantu, cut off my elder brother's food and grass immediately!"
"Since my eldest brother wants to fight with me, I want to see what he is capable of!"
Shen Pei and Feng Ji all nodded in agreement.
…
Sure enough, within two days, Yuan Tan gathered all his troops, marched out from Liyang, and arrived outside Yecheng.
"Yuan Shang, you and I are brothers. We should have deep brotherhood and help each other!"
"But you forged my father's death when his body was still cold. You are really crazy!"
"Now I am here to attack you under the orders of the imperial court."
"If you know what's going on, open the door quickly and surrender!"
General Jiang Qi, who had previously been loyal to Yuan Shao, had already defected to Yuan Tan and started shouting curses outside the city.
"Someone go and kill this guy for me!"
Yuan Shang on the city wall shouted sharply with blood vessels protruding from his forehead.
"Master, don't panic, just leave it to me!"
The governor-general Ma Yan on the side agreed, stood up and walked out of the city.
Jiang Qi squinted at Ma Yan and laughed disdainfully,
"Ma Yan, the late master also loved you very much. Now that the late master has passed away, you don't want to be loyal to the eldest son, but you go to help the tyrants in their misfortune. Aren't you afraid of the ridicule of the people in the world? If you know better, you can quickly put down your weapons and turn against him. What a big deal. Young Master will not treat you badly!"
Jiang Qi is capable of both literary and military skills. Although he is not very outstanding, he can still be regarded as a Confucian general.
Ma Yan didn't bother to argue with him, raised his sword, clamped the horse's belly, and rushed over.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's see the real seal on our weapons!"
Jiang Qi sneered and raised his hand to fight.
The two of them fought for a long time, but Jiang Qi seized the opportunity and shot down Ma Yan's sword.
Ma Yan was startled and did not dare to stay, so he turned his horse and ran away.
Jiang Qi originally wanted to pursue him, but when he got to the city gate, he saw thousands of arrows fired from above, and he was almost shot to death on the spot!
He could only curse a few words angrily, turn around and leave.
Seeing Jiang Qi defeat Ma Yan, Yuan Tan's soldiers cheered.
But Yuan Shang on the city wall looked extremely angry.
"waste!"
He rushed towards Ma Yan and yelled.
Ma Yan looked ashamed, lowered his head and said,
"The general is incompetent, please punish me, my lord."
The judge on the side quickly tried to smooth things over.
"It's no wonder General Ma, then Jiang Qi still has some real abilities."
Yuan Shang also knew in his heart that his eldest brother had made many military exploits with his father and was very prestigious.
Capable generals like Wen Chou and Jiang Qi all chose to join him.
Although he has strong soldiers and horses, he still can't compare with Yuan Tan as a general.
Yuan Shang's expression softened and he looked at Shen Pei and Feng Ji expectantly.
"Do you two gentlemen have any ideas to defeat the enemy?"
The judge twirled his beard and said thoughtfully,
"The eldest son only has 30,000 people and no siege equipment. It is almost impossible to attack Yecheng."
"We might as well stand still and see what the eldest son will do."
Fengji also nodded and said,
"What Mr. Zhengnan said makes sense."
"Okay then, let's hang the no-war card."
Yuan Shang made up his mind.
Seeing Yuan Shang's troops retreating into the city and unable to get out, Yuan Tan had no choice but to order to return to camp.
In the camp.
"Do you have any good strategy to attack the city?"
Yuan Tan looked at everyone.
But everyone, look at me and I look at you, they are all at a loss.
Just as Shen Pei said, Yuan Tan only had 30,000 troops and horses, and no siege equipment.
On the other hand, Yuan Shang had a total of 70,000 troops.
If you want to attack Yecheng, it will be almost impossible to reach the sky!
Xun Chen talked for a long time and suddenly smiled and said,
"I have an idea."
"Mr. Youruo, do you have a way to destroy the city?"
Yuan Tan looked at him expectantly.
"I don't have a way to destroy the city, but I have a way to force the Third Young Master to come out."
Xun Chen smiled slightly,
"Now is the time of summer harvest. My lord can send out light cavalry to plunder grain and grass."
"I don't believe that Third Young Master can sit still!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Tan's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, how could I have forgotten this!
If you plunder all the grain and grass, you can not only ensure your own grain and grass supplies, but even cause a famine in Jizhou next year.
If he didn't want this to happen, he would have to go out of the city to stop him!
Yuan Tan finally made the decision and ordered,
"Mr. Youruo is indeed very resourceful! Just do as he says!"
After hearing Yuan Tan's praise, Xun Chen smiled proudly.
The world only knows that his younger brother Xun Yu is a talented person, but they don't know that he is also a talented person.
Otherwise, how could he be appointed as the mastermind by Yuan Shao?
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In accordance with Xun Chen's plan, Yuan Tan sent several light cavalry troops to wildly plunder grain and grass in Jizhou.
This news soon reached Yuan Shang.
"Brother is such a bastard!"
Yuan Shang was so angry that he slapped the table!
It is the time of summer harvest recently. If Yuan Tan really wants to plunder all the grain and grass in Jizhou, next year they will all have to go to the northwest!
Shen Pei and Feng Ji also frowned.
They had completely forgotten about the summer harvest, which was great, and the situation was quite passive.
"It seems that we can only decide the outcome with the eldest son head-on."
The judge sighed.
"But the eldest son has so many powerful generals, we are afraid that we will be in trouble."
Fengji's expression was quite solemn.
Apart from anything else, no one under Yuan Shang could stop him just from being a literary critic.
