It was the hot summer season. After several defeats, Yuan Shu had no food left, so he distributed the remaining 30 bushels of dendrobium among the sergeants. His family had no extra food and they all starved to death. As Yuan Shu, he thought he was still superior. He disliked the roughness of the food and couldn't eat it. He thought it was still the days when he was the king of Huainan, so he ordered his servants to bring some sugar water to drink. The servants were dissatisfied and said: "There is no sugar water now, only blood water!" Yuan Shu said After hearing this, he was very angry. He was already sick. He sat on the bed and screamed. He fell off the bed and fell to the ground. He kept vomiting blood and finally died.
News of his death soon spread among the army, and Yuan's army was quickly disbanded like a pile of scattered sand. After his nephew Yuan Yin buried Yuan Shu, he was about to abscond with Yuxi and his wife. On the way to Lujiang, he was blocked by Xu Wei and killed. He killed and captured the jade seal, and then went to Xudu to present the jade seal to Cao Cao. Cao Cao made Xu Xu the governor of Gaoling.
Liu Bei saw that there was no movement from the other party in Shouchun, and when he went to inquire again, he learned that Yuan Shu was dead, so he wrote a report to the court, presented the letter to Cao Cao, and asked Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao to go back first, leaving troops and horses to surround him. Xuzhou regained the surrounding cities. On the other hand, Liu Bei personally went out of the city to recruit the scattered people and help them resume their businesses in the city.
Yuan Shu's defeat was reasonable. Yu Yi never came out because his suggestions were not adopted. When he learned that his elder brother Liu Bei had sent Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao away, he went to Liu Bei and said, "Now is the time. Aren't you a little impatient, and you haven't occupied Shouchun and other important cities yet, if you act like this, Cao Cao's advisers will definitely doubt you."
Liu Bei said: "I am obeying the orders written in blood and resisting the powerful minister Cao Cao, not for personal gain."
Yu Yi shook his head and said: "There is no basis. How can a city alone compete with Cao Cao? It is too naive!"
When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw that the two were about to quarrel again, they quickly stepped forward to stop him and said, "Fourth brother, the eldest brother has a plan in mind, so don't contradict him!"
Yu Yi said: "What does it mean to have a plan? He is trying to hit an egg with a stone!"
Liu Bei refused to give in and said: "I can't support you in this place. If you have such lofty ambitions, just leave!"
This was the first time Liu Bei had driven him away. Yu Yi finally understood and said, "Brother only has the Han Dynasty in his heart and no brothers. I admire him!" After saying that, he bowed his hands and left.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu had no choice but to chase him out and said, "Brother, these are angry words. Don't take it to heart."
Yu Yi said: "What's his anger? If it wasn't for your sake, I would have wanted to leave!" After saying that, he pushed the two of them away and walked forward. Halfway there, he turned around and said: " I predict that after Cao Cao knows this news, he will definitely send someone to assassinate him, so you must pay attention to your safety."
The anger made Yu Yichong dizzy, but he knew that he just had different opinions from Liu Bei, and there was no big contradiction.
Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao went back to see Cao Cao and described the situation in Xuzhou, saying that Liu Bei had left troops and horses to defend Xuzhou. Cao Cao was furious and wanted to kill the two men.
Xun Yu said: "Liu Bei is the coach, and there is nothing we can do."
Cao Cao thought that this was indeed the case and pardoned the two of them.
Xun Yu continued: "The current plan is to secretly write a secret letter to Che Zhou and ask him to take Liu Bei's life."
Cao Cao agreed, and immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to secretly find Che Zhou and convey Cao Cao's order. Che Zhou immediately found Chen Deng to discuss the next step.
Chen Deng said: "This matter is too easy. Now Liu Bei is going out of the city to appease the people and will be back in a few days. The general can have the sergeants ambush in Wengcheng and pretend to welcome Liu Bei, and then wait for him to arrive nearby and kill him immediately. He is, I will lead the archers on the city to shoot at his rear, then great things will be done."
So Chen Deng went to see his father and told him such a plan. He ordered Chen Deng to tell Liu Bei first so as to leave enough opportunities for assassination in the city. Chen Deng rode to find Liu Bei.
In Xuzhou, a conspiracy was brewing. Yu Yi's intelligence agency had already told Yu Yi about Che Zhou's secret meeting, so the emissary was kidnapped on his way back and was taken to a hut. Sitting in Yuyi.
Yu Yi looked at the man and said, "Tell me, you came to Che Zhou because the Prime Minister has something important to do."
The man looked at Yuyi and said nothing.
Yu Yi continued: "I know even if you don't tell me. You are here to tell Che Zhou and let him kill my eldest brother secretly."
The man's expression was obviously one of surprise. Yuyi noticed this and continued: "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, but your sacrifice is worthless. You may still have some suffering to endure before you die."
After Yu Yi finished speaking, he asked the people below to bring a red-hot iron over and prepare to burn it on the man's lower body.
The man originally had some backbone, but it was quickly destroyed by the hot iron. He cried and said, "I only know that Che Zhou went to find Mr. Chen Deng. I don't know the rest!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't know, because if you find out, you won't be able to tell the Prime Minister anymore!" After saying that, Yu Yi opened the door and left, leaving behind the sound of a knife slashing.
Yu Yi headed towards the city gate. He heard some soldiers discussing on the road. He randomly found one and got the whole plan. So he quickly left the city, found Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and told them the situation.
Zhang Fei was very angry after hearing this and wanted to fight. Guan Yu persuaded us to stop him and said, "They are ambushing us in Wengcheng. If we do this, we will definitely fall into the ambush. I have a plan to kill Che Zhou. We can pretend to be Cao Jun and go to Xuzhou late at night. Then, when Che Zhou leaves the city, we can attack them." Kill them."
After hearing this, Yu Yi felt that this strategy was a good one and said: "You can't tell, but my second brother is indeed very thoughtful. I think in order not to arouse suspicion, I will go back quietly."
So Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's troops all changed to Cao Cao's banner and wore Cao Jun's clothes. At the third watch, they went to the city to call the gate.
When asked in the city who they were, Guan Yu replied that they were sent by Prime Minister Cao, Zhang Liao's men and horses, to help the chariot.
The chariot captain couldn't figure out the situation, and saw that Cao's army was all dressed up under the city, so he came to Chen Deng to discuss, saying: "If you don't go to greet us, you're afraid it's really Zhang Liao's army; if you go out to greet us, you're afraid it's Liu Bei's trick!" "
At this time, Yu Yi had just returned to his residence. Soon he felt the sound of footsteps on the roof. He knew that this should be Chen Deng's plan and wanted to assassinate him, so he held the flying knife tightly in his hand.
Soon a group of people came with weapons in their hands. Yu Yi pretended not to know anything and said angrily: "What are you doing?"
The leader replied: "We were ordered to kill you!"
