In this way, everything can be explained.
It turned out that when Liu Yao, an old fox, attacked Zhe Rong, he was not unprepared for himself, but had already made a plan with Liu Biao to attack him.
However, as Liu Yao said, he was defeated by his own hands.
If he did not despise Zuo Rong and Yuan Yao, but gathered enough troops to defeat Zuo Rong in another battle, and then reorganized his troops to confront Yuan Yao, then Yuan Yao would be really in danger.
After much deliberation, Yuan Yao finally guessed who gave Liu Yao the advice to unite with Liu Biao.
It could only be Xu Shao and Xu Zijiang who persuaded Liu Yao to come to Yuzhang County.
Fortunately, this person did not escape Yuan Yao's grasp. The list of prisoners sent by Zheng Bao after he attacked Pengze contained the name of this chief critic and famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty.
Yuan Yao immediately had a bad idea in his mind.
So he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Zheng Bao, asking him to send Xu Shao to him no matter what.
He also taught Zheng Bao to strictly guard Peng Ze and not to act rashly.
Before judging whether the Jingzhou army would set up an ambush in Chaisang or Shangliao, Yuan Yao decided to stop the march and station the main force in Xiaoyang City.
Xin rode fast and whipped his horse and arrived at Pengze City overnight. Zheng Bao was very decisive after receiving the letter. He loaded Xu Shao into a carriage that night and sent him to Xiaoyang.
Just after breakfast the next day, Yuan Yao got the news that Xu Shao was arriving soon.
The entire Xiaoyang City immediately became busy. All the tents that were set up yesterday were put away, and people carrying food and grass equipment came in and out; the cooks were bare-chested, baking pancakes and making various dry foods. After the ordinary soldiers had a hot meal with meat and vegetables, each of them also Received dry food for five days.
He looked like he was about to go out to fight.
Liu Yao was also released from the prison car, and was escorted into Xiaoyang City by more than a dozen soldiers. He was taken to a side room of the county government and was changed to house arrest.
Liu Yao couldn't help but ask the soldiers guarding him on the road: "Are you about to leave? Where are you going to fight?"
"West, northwest, or southwest?"
The soldiers were very polite to this Han clan clan member, the nominal Yangzhou Mu, but they all talked about him and avoided answering Liu Yao's questions.
As soon as he entered the county government office and was put into the room, Liu Yao saw Yuan Yao, dressed in fine clothes, hurriedly walking out of the main hall with a group of generals and staff.
It's strange. The Yuan family man came to see me three times in the morning, noon and evening yesterday. It was almost noon today, so why didn't he come to talk to me again?
Liu Yao watched Yuan Yao go out, then he put the dilapidated door and window aside and asked, "Little brother, come here, I have something to ask you!"
"Do you know who your general is going to greet in this uniform?"
The soldier guarding the gate: "How can I, a small soldier, know what the adults are doing!"
Seeing that Liu Yao wanted to ask more questions, the pawn wanted to walk away, but unexpectedly Liu Yao grabbed his armor.
"Little brother, don't leave. This is not a military secret. It's just a welcome and send-off between guests. It won't be a problem to tell me."
As he spoke, Liu Yao let go of the soldier's armor and spread his palms, and a pair of jade pendants suddenly appeared in his palms.
In addition to this pawn, there is another pawn next to him. The two looked at each other, then reached out and took a jade pendant from Liu Yao's hands.
"Ahem, cough, don't say that we brothers don't respect the elderly and love the young. It's not something that can't be said..."
Liu Yao: "Who are you welcoming? Whose name is it?"
"What our general is welcoming is of course a distinguished guest! As for their last names, we brothers really don't remember them. We only know that they are from Pengze."
Peng Ze?
Wasn't it occupied by Zheng Bao?
But the person who came was definitely not Zheng Bao, he was just a mere general of Yuan Yao.
Liu Yao thought hard.
At noon, Xu Shao's car finally arrived.
Xinqi had already informed Yuan Yao that Xu Shao was ill.
A bitter cold night and a bumpy road made Xu Shao even sicker. At this time, he was dying and his mind was quite unclear.
Yuan Yao also did not expect that Xu Shao was so seriously ill, but Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji were not around, so he could only ask the medical officers accompanying the army to treat Xu Shao first.
After lingering outside for a long time, Yuan Yaocai pretended to be overjoyed and returned to the county government office.
Not long after, Lu Dai walked in from the door, stood in the courtyard and shouted loudly: "Young Master, the generals and soldiers are all ready to go, and the dry food is sufficient. As long as the young master gives the order, the army can break camp." ”
Yuan Yao, who walked out of the hall, had put on a bright armor and had a sword on his waist, which looked very majestic.
All this fell into Liu Yao's eyes.
I saw Yuan Yao striding up to Liu Yao and saying smugly: "Old man, although the plan you and Liu Jingsheng made to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao is wonderful, but your 'Zhao Kingdom' is gone, how can this plan be successful?"
Liu Yao moved slightly after hearing the four words "surround Wei and rescue Zhao", but soon became calm as before, and closed his eyes directly, as if he was turning a deaf ear.
Yuan Yao continued to laugh and said: "You are treating me as Pang Juan, but if I, Pang Juan, get help from Sun Bin, how can a mere Tian Ji succeed in setting up an ambush in Guiling?"
Liu Yao suddenly opened his eyes: "Shu Zi, don't talk nonsense, who is Xu Zijiang, how could he commit himself to a kid like you!"
"Even if your father Yuan Gongli is here, General Xu will never bend his back for you and his son!"
"Really?" Yuan Yao approached Liu Yao and said with a wicked smile: "Then why did Xu Zijiang tell me that the Guiling you and Liu Jingsheng agreed upon is in Chaisang?"
Liu Yao's face instantly became extremely ugly, and he took two steps back as if he was in a daze.
"No...no way!"
Liu Yao's lips trembled and he said: "How could Xu Zijiang betray me? You must be talking nonsense. Yes, you are deceiving me, hahahaha!"
Yuan Yao had a panoramic view of Liu Yao's expression changes. He saw that the other party trembled after hearing the word "Chaisang", and then turned from madness to madness to cover up. Yuan Yao's guess had been confirmed. Eight points.
But in order to be 100% sure, Yuan Yao continued to stimulate: "Isn't this impossible? People will grow old, sick and die; he promised to be good at appreciating people all his life, and he was also afraid that his reputation would be damaged before and after his death; and he also has a The whole family is in my hands, so they don’t dare to offend me, Mrs. Yuan, it’s only human nature!”
"I have known him for many years and I don't believe he is such a person!" Liu Yao was almost crazy: "If you have the ability, let Xu Zi see me in the future. I don't believe he can do such an unfaithful and unjust thing! "
Yuan Yao: "I would also like him to come to see you, but he claims to be ill and refuses to come. He only wants to live in a private house outside the county government."
"..."
"Xu Zijiang, come out to me!"
"Xu Shao, do you have the courage to meet me?"
"..."
Looking at Liu Yao who was in extreme doubt and madness, Yuan Yao was basically convinced that Chaisang was the place where Liu Yao and Liu Biao agreed to encircle and attack him.
So he ignored Liu Yao who was yelling, and Yuan Yao walked around the side room and walked to the back of the courtyard.
Xu Shao, who looked extremely poor, was carried by two sergeants from Yuan, with several medical officers standing beside him.
Seeing Yuan Yao approaching, the leading medical officer hurriedly said: "Major General, we have prepared the typhoid prescription according to Zhang's order, prepared the medicine and gave it to Mr. Xu to take."
In fact, Xu Shao just suffered from a serious cold, that is, a bad cold, but a minor illness in later life almost killed Xu Shao at this time.
So Yuan Yao asked the medical officer to follow Zhang Zhongjing's prescription and take the hot medicine for Xu Shao. Although it was uncertain whether Xu Shao could be cured, it could alleviate his symptoms.
Although Xu Shao's breath was very weak at this time, fortunately he was clearer and could speak.
Seeing Xu Shao's lips moving, Yuan Yao came close to listen to what he said.
Xu Shao: "Are you the son of Yuan Gongli?"
Yuan Yao nodded.
Xu Shao: "I seemed to have heard Mr. Liu's voice just now. Well, I can hear it now too. Is it Mr. Liu?"
Yuan Yao nodded again: "It's Liu Yangzhou, you heard me right."
"And he's still yelling at you, Xu Zijiang!"
"Why did Mr. Liu scold me?"
Yuan Yao said: "That's because I told Liu Yao that your general, Xu Zi, not only surrendered to me, but also informed me of his and Liu Biao's plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao."
Although Xu Shao was very weak, he still opened his eyes wide and stared at Yuan Yao, who was smiling but not smiling.
"You are even more treacherous than Cao Ahao!"
