After escaping from Yuan Tan's military camp, Yuan Shang originally wanted to rush back to his own camp. Although the battle was tragic, if he gathered all the defeated troops, he could still gather 60,000 to 70,000 troops.
After all, it was an army of 120,000 people. Even if he stretched his neck and let Yuan Tan chop him, he wouldn't be able to finish it in one night.
However, before he ran back to the military stronghold, he saw the two auxiliary camps blazing fire from a distance. Yuan Shang, knowing that the situation was not good, did not even dare to approach the central military stronghold, and just asked his bodyguards to ride their horses. I went to check and found out that it had indeed fallen, so I ran desperately towards Qinghe County.
Of course, it was impossible for all of the hundreds of thousands of people to die, but Dazhai was lost. Since those defeated soldiers could not run hundreds of miles away hungry, the only way to survive was to surrender to Yuan Tan.
Hundreds of thousands of people were admitted overnight. Let alone in the North Country, even if you look at the long history, it can be called a famous existence on the list of shame series.
Yuan Shang felt humiliated in his heart, but not much.
After a night of escaping, the cool breeze blowing on his face made him sober.
He thought of many people and many things.
Where there is a will, things come true. The cauldron sinks the boat, and the hundred and two Qin passes finally belong to Chu.
If you work hard, God will not let you down. If you lie on the firewood and taste the courage, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu.
He wanted to learn from Gou Jian, who endured humiliation and heavy burdens, and opened a new chapter in his life at the end of the road.
In fact, it is not impossible for Yuan Shang to think so.
If he can return to Yecheng safely, mobilize Liyang's 50,000 troops to attack the dangerous passes, and at the same time actively visit the powerful families, with the Yuan family's background, he will indeed be able to raise more money in a short time. An army of tens of thousands.
What's more, Yuan Xi in Youzhou still has 70,000 to 80,000 men on hand. If they all join forces together, it will be enough to revive the situation.
Therefore, with this belief, Yuan Shang ran faster, because he believed that he was not running for his life, but to keep himself useful and prepare for his future comeback.
For Beiguo, for the Yuan family, and for my father, I must live!
Then, he asked the general with silver spears and white horses who led hundreds of cavalry to block his way: "Who are you?"
He was very puzzled. Yuan Tan's people had indeed been chasing him, but they were all far behind him because his horse was very fast.
But these people actually appeared in front of him, which was so weird.
I regretted that I should not have been greedy and took this shortcut. It was all because I thought that the pursuers were behind me. Who would have thought that there would be pursuers in front of me.
There weren't many people coming, but the problem was that the hundred or ten people around him were already exhausted, and they were afraid they wouldn't be able to fight.
However, Yuan Shang still had a bit of luck in his heart. He thought that once the fighting started, the worst he could do was to let these personal guards block him in front. With the speed advantage of his war horse, he might still be able to get rid of the pursuers.
"Chang Shan, Zhao Zilong."
The five understated words instantly made the heart of the panting and fleeing soldiers sink.
Zhao Zilong. Oh my god, he is Zhao Zilong, the number one fierce general under Lu Bu, Zhao Zilong who is so powerful that Xiao Guan is invincible to Cao Ying, so why are he running? They didn't even think about resisting anymore.
The last trace of Yuan Shang's luck was extinguished. With a pale face, he choked with a trembling voice and said: "Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang is on the road below. We just broke up and wanted to escape back to Qinghe. Please give us a way to survive, general."
At this moment, Zhao Yun understood why Lin Mo told him that the fastest runner was Yuan Shang. He sighed, shook his head and said: "General, my father is the overlord of the Northern Kingdom after all, and the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are also famous. You are Why do you act like this as the new leader of the Northern Kingdom?"
"Did the general admit the wrong person?"
Yuan Shang tried to keep calm, but Zhao Yun really remembered his appearance. The portrait was given to him by Xu You. How could he be wrong? "General, don't do what he thinks. Just follow him."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shang staggered, and would have fallen off his horse if not for the support of his bodyguards.
It's over, it's really over this time. If it falls into Lu Bu's hands, it falls into Yuan Tan's hands.
Why, why is this happening, why!
Yuan Shang was unwilling to be incompetent and furious. Finally, forced by Zhao Yun's silver gun, he cried and asked: "Yuan Tan will kill me, can you let me go?"
"Don't worry, we are not going to the camp. General, please come with me to Yunluo Valley."
Yunluogu?
That's not my place to farm food. How would he know?
It's unlikely that even Yunluo Valley has been eaten by them. It shouldn't be. Where did they get so many soldiers and horses?
Can anyone tell me what happened? Yuan Shang's mind is full of questions.
However, after hearing what Zhao Yun said, he was not going to see Yuan Tan. This finally gave him some hope of living.
Following Zhao Yun and his entourage, he ran in the direction of Yunluo Valley. On the way, he seemed to deliberately slow down his pace. When Yuan Tanjun's pursuers arrived, he took the initiative to kill them all, making Yuan Shang even more confused.
Finally, a group of people came to Yunluo Valley. As Yuan Shang expected, the place had indeed fallen. There were blood stains on the ground, broken armors, and various types of weapons, but there were no corpses. It had obviously been cleaned up.
Did Lu Bu's men attack the camp last night? It is really puzzling why there is still a large scroll with my name of Yuan standing in the valley.
"Yuan Shang, you have really been captured. This Lin Yunwen really has some moral integrity."
The moment I saw Xu You, all the questions lingering in my mind seemed to be dispelled.
It was him who took refuge in Lu Bu. From the beginning of the divorce plan, it was all a play between him and Lin Mo, just to force himself into the desperate situation he is in today.
This thief, his father treated him with great kindness, and I treated him with great kindness, but he betrayed my Yuan family. Yuan Shang's eyes were selective and he wanted to break away from the sergeant's shackles and go up to give Xu You a good time.
Naturally, the result was not what he wanted, so he could only shout hysterically, "It's you! Xu You, people can't stand without faith. You betrayed your faith, read the books of sages in vain, and you are not worthy of standing between heaven and earth!"
Xu You just snorted coldly and looked down upon Yuan Shang, "You have read a lot of sages' books, and you have read about brothers killing each other, so don't talk about me."
Yuan Shang's guess was absolutely correct. Xu You had contributed a lot not only to the alienation plan, but also to the food and grass camp in front of him.
Xu You revealed to Lin Mo about Yunluogu's grain harvesting. As early as two days ago, Gao Shun had gone upstream from the Yellow River and entered the Xiajin boundary to wait for an opportunity.
Last night, when the two sides were fighting, as soon as Yuan Shang left, Xu You came to Yunluo Valley with the tiger talisman on his back, and led the soldiers and horses in the valley into Gao Shun's ambush circle.
To say that it went smoothly, the battle here can be considered an easy one.
Originally, the soldiers and horses brought by Gao Shun were quite elite, and they were superior in numbers. They were still in an ambush state. In less than an hour, Zhang Xiu captured all the remaining soldiers after beheading them.
"You... what on earth do you want to do?" Yuan Shang looked around and found that not only his own banner was still standing in the camp, but even Lu Bu's men had put on their own battle armor.
"General, please rest here for a while. Yun was just ordered to bring you here. The specific details will be known later." Zhao Yun spoke so gently that Yuan Shang even thought that he was a Confucian scholar.
The feeling of meat waiting to be chopped on the chopping board was very painful. Yuan Shang asked to enter the Chinese army tent to wait, but Zhao Yun did not refuse and just followed him.
Yuan Shang is a very particular person. After entering, he had to sit on the handsome chair and thought about how to negotiate with Lu Bu if he wanted to get a chance of survival.
Overlooking the entire Xiajin, scattered broken troops could be seen everywhere at this time. Yuan Tan's people were all over the mountains and plains capturing prisoners, and the troops were scattered.
Yuan Tan was in a good mood and finally defeated Yuan Shang. Although he suffered a lot of damage in the battle last night, he defeated Yuan Shang head-on and was able to gather his defeated troops. When all the reorganization work is completed, the number of troops and horses can be increased to ten Sixty thousand upwards.
Moreover, there will be no further obstacles in taking Jizhou, and since his second brother has not participated in their battle to seize power, Yuan Shang will definitely be willing to support him after his defeat.
He has even seen how high-spirited he is sitting on the handsome chair in Yecheng giving orders.
However, before that, there is one extremely important thing to do.
That is, expel Lu Bu.
Now, he is useless. Staying in the north is a waste of food. Of course, it is time to return to Xuzhou.
In order to achieve this goal, even though the troops and horses of each department had very heavy tasks, including capturing prisoners, guarding them, and dividing them into divisions, Yuan Tan still mobilized 20,000 troops and horses to rush to Yuan Shang's Chinese army stronghold.
Yuan Tan had carefully calculated the number of 20,000 people. After taking Yuan Shang's Chinese army stronghold, Han Ju could still have 10,000 people no matter what he had in hand. Lu Bu's troops could not be completely undamaged. Counting that he still has 15,000 people, he has multiples of him.
If you persuade him to leave without realizing it, then don't blame yourself for being ruthless.
When he arrived at Zhongjunzhai, Yuan Tan learned that Han Ju had been killed in battle, and he couldn't help feeling sad.
After the four pillars of the Northern Kingdom were gone, Han Ju was already the mainstay. Although the Northern Army could currently recruit hundreds of thousands of people, there were only a handful of generals as loyal, brave and capable of leading troops as Han Ju. .
If he didn't die, Yuan Tan even planned to train him to become the next Hebei court pillar and the commander-in-chief of the three armies.
pity
Yuan Tan took off his cloak and covered Han Ju with a sad look on his brows. Han Ju was a good general, and he never thought of leaving him despite Yuan Shang pressing him step by step.
Lu Bu behind him also sighed, "My dear nephew, it's all my fault for failing to protect him."
After suppressing his grief, Yuan Tan had Han Ju's body carried away. Then he stood up, looked at Lu Bu, and asked calmly, "I wonder what uncle's plans are next?"
"Now that I have helped you defeat Yuan Shang, it's almost time to go back to Xuzhou."
"That's very good. I know that Xiahou Dun led his troops to attack Anfeng. Don't make Anfeng unstable because of what happened to my nephew, and make my nephew feel ashamed."
Yuan Tan cupped his hands towards Lu Bu and said, "Then please ask your uncle to organize the troops and horses, and my nephew will personally take you to the ferry."
You are quite impatient, you are not that quick to burn down bridges, but it doesn't matter, Yunwen will tell you what it means to draw fire from under the cauldron.
Lu Bu just smiled knowingly, and then ordered the army to assemble and prepare to retreat to the ferry.
"By the way, why don't you see Brother Yunwen?" Only then did Yuan Tan realize that Lin Mo was missing.
"The war is in turmoil, and he is not good at martial arts. I have asked someone to escort him to the ferry."
Yuan Tan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He just kept looking around. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't place it. It seemed like something was missing.
Maybe it's because he's not used to seeing Lin Mo?
He didn't think much more and turned to whisper something to Zhao Rui beside him.
Even if you can't listen, you still know that you have to be careful about making trouble.
This kid does have some evil intentions.
Seeing that the army was about to be prepared, a sergeant rode up to Yuan Tan and reported with clasped fists: "Sir, Yuan Shang went to Yunluo Valley. Our people were watching from a high place and found that there were many people piled densely inside. The granary is probably where Yuan Shang stored his grain!"
"Hahaha, okay, it's already this time and you still want to transfer food and grass, so you can't blame me!"
Yuan Tan, who was still feeling sad just now, couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing the news. He had taken in so many prisoners and was short of food and grass. If he really felt like dozing off, someone would give him pillows.
"Young Master, let me lead the men to Yunluo Valley. I will definitely capture Yuan Shang alive and offer him to my tent!" Zhao Rui took the initiative to ask for orders.
Yuan Tan shook his head and said in a low voice: "No, I want to see him off in person."
After fighting with Yuan Shang for so many years, he has always been at a disadvantage. Being suppressed for a long time has long cast a shadow on Yuan Tan's heart.
Ever since his defeat of Yuan Shang last night, he has been thinking, Father, now you can see clearly what kind of thing you like, it is so vulnerable.
Over the years, he has been thinking about how one day he would step on Yuan Shang's head and ask him, "Are you worthy of competing with me for the throne?"
In addition, before the war started, he also removed himself from the clan and accused himself of being unworthy of being a descendant of the Yuan family.
It's time to put an end to each of these things!
At this moment, Yuan Tan felt a sense of satisfaction that he could finally get slapped in the face after having endured it for so many years. How could such a thing be done to others?
He had prepared several humiliating words.
"Then" Zhao Rui said nothing and glanced at Lu Bu.
"I will only take five thousand people, and leave the rest to you. When the time comes, you will send him to the ferry, and you must watch him leave with your own eyes."
"Where Yuan Shang is stationing grain, there may be many soldiers and horses. Will five thousand people be able to do it?"
Before Zhao Rui finished speaking, Guo Tu on the side smiled and shook his head, "The soldiers are not more numerous but more skilled. We are not here to fight, but just to attack the heart. Now Yuan Shang is at the end of his rope, and some soldiers and horses are naturally soldiers. No fighting spirit.
Moreover, the young master's personal visit can also break their will to fight, but the general is more worried.
If the situation is not right, there is no need to force it. When the young master gathers the prisoners from various departments and has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he will not be able to escape no matter how much he wants to. "
I have to say that there is actually no problem with this arrangement, and every word of it speaks to Yuan Tan's heart.
Not to mention whether Lu Bu dares to act rashly or not, there is nothing worthy of his desperate efforts in Xiajin.
forage? Soldiers and horses? city?
This is the hinterland of the North, and he can't do anything. There's nothing he can do.
To put it bluntly, he really dared not to leave. When all his hundreds of thousands of people were gathered in place, he would be drowned by the foaming mouth of each one.
But seeing Lu Bujun cleaning up, Yuan Tan felt that he was a little too worried, maybe he really wanted to leave.
Anyway, with Zhao Rui and more than 20,000 people watching Lu Bu, Yuan Tan felt that there would be no problems.
The most important thing is not to let Yuan Shang escape at this time.
Yuan Tan stepped forward and said goodbye to Lu Bu, then took five thousand soldiers and horses and asked the guide to lead the way and prepared to set off in the direction of Yunluo Valley.
Guo Tu took the initiative to ask for help. After all, in these years, it was not only Yuan Tan who had been fighting against Yuan Shang, but also their supporters.
Especially after he came to power, Guo Tu was squeezed out a lot. If he hadn't decisively gone to Yuan Tan, he would have been killed long ago.
Now that I have such an opportunity, if I don't show off arrogantly, won't the shame of Guo Tu's past become a regret?
Yuan Tan has no objection to this, after all, they are all his own people.
Although they fought fiercely all night, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu didn't feel tired at all.
They knew that in Yunluo Valley, the scene they had dreamed of was about to take place.
(End of chapter)
