When Yuan Tan urgently asked someone to take Pang Tong's head to find Yuan Shang.
Lu Xun had already arrived at Yuan Shang's army camp.
A group of people lurked five miles to the left of Yuan Shang's army camp. Lu Xun picked out two of the Sima family dead men he brought with him, and handed over the personal sword that Yuan Tan gave to Pang Tong, as well as Yuan Xi's head. They taught them some words.
The two dead men bid farewell to Lu Xun and immediately rode towards Yuan Shang's army camp.
At this time, Yuan Shang's army commanded the tent.
Yuan Shang is gathering the generals to discuss the next siege.
A soldier rushed in and said: "Report, there are two people coming outside, carrying the eldest son's personal sword, and want to see the young master!"
Yuan Shang's expression perked up and he hurriedly looked at the mastermind Xin Ping.
Xin Ping also looked happy.
Although the war with the eldest son Yuan Tan has been going on for so long, many soldiers and food were lost.
Even Neihuang County is about to be conquered.
However, if the eldest son can wake up at this time, get back together, and unite again, it will be better for the three brothers to unite with the outside world than to be defeated individually by Wu.
Xin Ping hurriedly looked at Yuan Shang and said, "Young master, I can see you soon!"
Yuan Shang hurriedly said: "Let them come in!"
In the handsome tent, other generals also showed joy on their faces.
Soon, two soldiers walked in.
The man on the left holds a sword in both hands.
The person on the right is holding a wooden box.
The two came to the commander's tent, stopped ten steps away from Yuan Shang, and saluted together: "The envoys under the Yanzhou Shepherd's tent have been ordered to deliver something to the young master."
Although Yuan Shang was happy in his heart, he still said gloomily on the surface: "What item?"
The soldier on the right presents the wooden box.
Xin Ping hurriedly stepped forward, took the wooden box, and placed it in front of Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang suppressed his excitement and opened the wooden box.
The next moment, he was so frightened that he screamed.
I saw a head placed in the wooden box.
If it doesn't belong to the second young master Yuan Xi, who else could it belong to?
When the other generals saw this, they all looked at the two soldiers in shock and anger.
"Be bold!"
"Second Young Master! Why was the Second Young Master killed?"
"What the eldest son is doing!"
The two soldiers looked at each other and nodded.
Then, both of them rushed towards Yuan Shang.
Although the behavior of the two people was very secretive, their actions were also very fast.
However, this is Yuan Shang's commander's tent, and it is full of generals. How could the assassination succeed?
As soon as the two soldiers rushed over, the generals swarmed forward and chopped one of them into a pulp.
The other person was captured alive and had his hands and feet broken.
Yuan Shang was terrified at this moment.
First, he was frightened by his second brother's head.
The second brother was Youzhou Mu, and he was killed like this!
Moreover, it was sent by a messenger sent by my brother!
There is no doubt that the eldest brother has completely betrayed the State of Zhao and joined the State of Wu.
Secondly, he never thought that even now, he still trusts his brother so much.
But my brother would actually send an assassin to kill him.
Seeing that the two soldiers failed in their assassination, and one of them had his hands and feet twisted off while still glaring at him, Yuan Shang gasped for air.
However, this soldier is also tough.
Raising his head and looking at Yuan Shang in panic, the soldier roared: "The eldest son will avenge me! My dear Yuan Shang, you are not worthy of controlling the Kingdom of Zhao!"
The generals were furious and wanted to torture the soldier.
However, he saw a drop of black blood suddenly appear from the corner of the soldier's mouth, and his whole body twitched violently.
Generals: "."
Xin Ping recovered from the shock, looked at Yuan Shang, who was still frightened, and said, "Sir, these two soldiers are more appropriately said to be assassins. They committed suicide by taking poison."
After a pause, Xin Ping sighed: "The eldest young master has gone crazy."
"He was able to bring the Second Young Master's head to the city of Neihuang County. This shows that he has completely surrendered to the Kingdom of Wu."
"Only Wu State can have such strength."
"My eldest son, it is absolutely impossible."
"The eldest son actually united with the State of Wu and helped the state of Wu to kill the second young master. He even sent someone to assassinate you, young master."
"My eldest son, there is no hope."
"Sir, we no longer need to entertain any possibility of union."
"The second young master is dead, and we have no reinforcements. Now, relying solely on Jizhou's military strength, it is impossible to have the strength to take back the Yanzhou controlled by the eldest young master, and the Youzhou controlled by the second young master."
"Our best way is to attack the city immediately, break through Neihuang County, and then hold on to our Jizhou."
"After that, we will find a way to contact Wuhuan Chanyu and ask him to send troops to help."
"When King Zhao was alive, our relationship with Wuhuan had always been good."
"Now, it should be possible for them to help us protect Jizhou and cede some benefits."
Under the commander's tent, other generals nodded.
The second young master is dead!
Killed by the eldest son.
Even the head was sent by the eldest son.
Then Youzhou is definitely out of business.
What happened today also confirmed that the eldest son betrayed Zhao and colluded with Wu.
He can even kill his own brothers. The eldest son has no chance of reuniting.
On the premise that the eldest son has the support of Wu State, it is impossible to attack Yanzhou and Youzhou and restore the former glory of Zhao State.
We can only stick to the territory of Jizhou.
Yuan Shang came to his senses when he saw Xin Ping said this and all the generals agreed.
Holding back his grief and fear, he moved his eyes away from Yuan Xi's head in the wooden box and the two dead assassins. Yuan Shang stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Since my brother is willing to be a lackey of the Wu Kingdom, kill the second brother. , betrayed Zhao State, then we can no longer show any kindness to him!"
"Immediately give the order to attack the city again, capture Neihuang County, garrison Liyang Port, and defend Jizhou to the death!"
All the generals shouted in unison.
Suddenly, the entire Yuan Shang army camp gathered towards Neihuang County again without resting for long.
Yuan Tan is waiting for the envoy to take Pang Tong's head to Yuan Shang's military camp to request peace talks!
But they didn't expect that Yuan Shang's army would gather quickly.
When Yuan Tan heard the news, he rushed to the city wall in person and wanted to meet Yuan Shang.
However, Yuan Shang didn't give him a chance at all.
The envoy he sent here had just arrived near Yuan Shang's army. Before he could get close to the camp, he was killed by Yuan Shang's army's random arrows.
Yuan Shang had just been assassinated in the commander's tent, and it was an assassin carrying Yuan Tan's personal sword.
There are still envoys sent by Yuan Tan, how can they let them get close?
Yuan Tan stood on the city wall and ordered the soldiers to roar together, wanting to talk to Yuan Shang personally.
But what waited for him was General Chunyu Qiong's curses.
Chunyu Qiong angrily scolded Yuan Tan for being ungrateful and actually united with Wu State to kill the second young master, and also sent an assassin to kill the young master Yuan Shang.
Yuan Tan was completely confused.
The mastermind Xin Ping on the side immediately came to his senses.
There must be a misunderstanding.
Yuan Tan was about to send an envoy again to explain.
But as soon as the envoy here was sent out and the city gate was opened, Yuan Shang's army immediately launched an attack.
A mighty army surged toward the city wall of Neihuang County like a tide.
The city wall has already been damaged to pieces.
And Yuan Tan didn't have much experience in defending the city at all.
Seeing Yuan Shang's army attacking, Yuan Tan had to withdraw from Neihuang County immediately and did not resist at all.
Yuan Shang's army pursued Yuan Tan's army all the way. Watching them withdraw from Liyang Port, Yuan Shang's army then heavily guarded the port.
Yuan Tan's army retreated back to Baima.
Looking at Yuan Shang's army on the other side of the Yellow River, which was ready for battle, Yuan Tan was angry and aggrieved at the same time.
He could only send an envoy again, hoping to cross the river and talk to Yuan Shang again.
But every time their envoys wanted to cross the river, they were greeted by a rain of arrows from Yuan Shang's army.
Yuan Shang saw that Yuan Tan was forced to retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River and did not attack again.
Leaving 10,000 heavy troops to guard Liyang Port, Yuan Shang sent general Jiang Qi to return to Yecheng with his own will, and asked Shangshu Shenpei who was still stationed in Yecheng to send an envoy to Wuhuan to request Wuhuan Chanyu to send troops for assistance.
Yuan Shang himself, with the other generals and the mastermind Xin Ping, immediately rushed to Quliang to strengthen the defenses around Ye City to prevent Yuan Tan from uniting with the Wu army to attack the city.
Following Xin Ping's suggestion, Yuan Shang even gave up the entire Youzhou and Julu, trying to reduce his territory as much as possible.
When Yuan Shang led his army to Quliang, Zhuge Liang also led his army to Julu successfully.
Facing Zhuge Liang's nearly 70,000 troops, including Qian Zhao and other generals and soldiers recruited.
The defenders of Julu did not put up a tenacious resistance.
After only holding out for one day, the Julu garrison opened the city gate and surrendered.
Since then, Zhuge Liang led the Xuzhou Army and occupied the front lines of Pingyuan, Jieqiao, and Julu, completely cutting off Youzhou's possible assistance to Jizhou.
After that, Zhuge Liang sent three armies of Zhang Ren, Qianzhao and Zang Ba, each with an army of 10,000, to attack Youzhou in three directions.
The three armies had just made arrangements when they saw a soldier rushing in and saying, "Report, there is urgent information coming from the direction of Neihuang County!"
Zhuge Liang fanned his feather fan and signaled the soldiers to come in.
The soldier came in quickly holding a bamboo tube in both hands.
Zhang Xiu took it, opened the bamboo tube cover, took out a piece of bloody cloth inside, and handed it to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang took the cloth, opened it, his eyes shrank slightly, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Shi Yuan!"
Everyone looked at Zhuge Liang.
After getting along with Zhuge Liang during this time, all the generals admired Zhuge Liang.
Although he is the second brother-in-law of King Wu, he seems a little helpless.
However, those are all illusions.
This young, graceful man possesses very outstanding talents, and he is very manly and does not shed tears easily.
But now——
Zhang Xiu asked tentatively: "Commander Zhuge?"
Only then did Zhuge Liang come to his senses, sniffed, and said with a slight tremor in his voice: "Pang Tong was killed by Yuan Tan."
The entire handsome tent suddenly became noisy.
You know, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Xun are some of the young people that King Wu Lu Yi likes the most.
This time, the important task of winning the Zhao Kingdom was given to these three people, just to give them the opportunity to make contributions and show their talents.
King Wu Lu Yi left Pingyang before and before returning to Wu County, he repeatedly told Pang Tong to be careful.
Now, Pang Tong is still dead!
Died in the hands of Yuan Tan!
(End of chapter)
