Yuan Shu was almost madly angry.

He never expected that his baby son would send a report back to the battle, so he asked him to rest assured that he would be defeated by Yuan Fang.

Moreover, he was beheaded by Yuan Fang.

Just when Yuan Shu was in pain, the second bad news was sent to him.

Yan Xiang was captured and surrendered to Yuan Fang, and advised the general Qiao Rui to rebel against the country and surrender to the enemy. Zhong Li went down without fighting, and more than 30,000 troops surrendered to Yuan Fang.

This second piece of information fell on Yuan Shu's head like thunder, making him dizzy and almost vomiting blood.

"Yan Xiang, Qiao Rui, you two traitors! I treat you very well. You dare to betray me and surrender to that shameless little bastard!"

Yuan Shu beat his chest and fell down, and cursed.

With extreme anger, Yuan Shu was angry and opened his mouth and squirted out a mouthful of old blood, and fainted on the spot.

The magnificent palace was immediately in horror.

The news from the nightmare soon dispersed from the imperial city to the streets and alleys of Shouchun.

The city was in an uproar.

The Crown Prince Yuan Yao was killed, the first civil minister Yan Xiang and the general Qiao Rui surrendered to the enemy, and more than 30,000 troops surrendered without fighting. This series of shocking bad news was enough to make the entire Shouchun City panic.

Those civil officials, military generals, and powerful people were naturally extremely afraid of Yuan Fang's military power.

On the contrary, the common people were secretly happy, and the hope in front of them was even more heavy. They all hoped that Yuan Fang would arrive one day earlier and destroy Yuan Shu, the cruel and foolish monarch.

When Yuan Fang sneaked into Shouchun and released 30,000 slaves, he spread the image of his liberator to the land of Huainan.

Yuan Shu was extremely extravagant and desperate, and he oppressed the people endlessly. The people had long been suffering. He hoped that Yuan Fang, the wise master, could come and rescue them as soon as possible.

Now that Yuan Fang is victorious, his reputation shakes Huainan, how can the people not be secretly happy?

Under the heavy blow, Yuan Shu fainted for half a day before he woke up quietly and went to the Golden Palace to summon all the ministers to discuss matters.

"The prince was killed by the thief. The two thieves of Yan Qiao surrendered to the enemy. The thief's army is approaching Shouchun. Who would you stand up and avenge me?" Yuan Shu looked at the ministers weakly.

All the ministers bowed their heads and said nothing. All their faces were dull, and no one dared to stand up to challenge Yuan Fang.

Yuan Shu was disappointed and never expected that his ministers would be so cowardly. When the national crisis was in trouble, no one could share his worries.

Just when he was about to get angry, the black-faced man at the stairs left the squad. He bowed and said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, Fei is willing to lead an army to guard Xia Cai. He will ask that boy to return in the old city without success."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed and looked down, but saw that the person who asked for the fight was Zhang Fei who was rejected by him in the previous episode.

Seeing Zhang Fei asking for a fight, Yuan Shu felt very ashamed and thought that he would have known that he would have sent Zhang Fei to lead the army to fight, and he would not have ended in such a disastrous defeat today.

Yuan Shu had no one to use it, so he had to place all his hopes on Zhang Fei, a newly surrendered general, and immediately issued an order to lead Zhang Fei to lead 10,000 troops and guard Xia Cai.

Xia Cai is the last city leading to Shouchun. As soon as Xia Cai breaks, Shouchun will face Yuan Fangbingfeng.

Yuan Shu had only 20,000 troops left. Now, in order to defend Cai, half of the troops were distributed by Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei was so murderous intent that he gave the decree and left with a sigh.

Yuan Shufang sent Zhang Fei to himself and thought to himself: "Zhang Fei is extremely brave and might be able to resist the little thief, but he is a newly surrendered general. Now he takes half of my troops away. If he has a strange intention, wouldn't it cause a disaster..."

The more Yuan Shu thought about it, the more hesitated, he hurriedly sent his general Lei Bo to act as Zhang Fei's deputy general to monitor Zhang Fei.

...

Dangtu west of.

The battle flag covers the sky, the soldiers are in great shape, and the big flag with the character "Yuan" is flying in the wind.

Yuan Fang led an army of 60,000 along the Huai River and marched towards Shouchun in a mighty direction.

Forty miles to the west is Xiacai City, which is the last obstacle on the road to Shouchun.

While the army was advancing, Yuan Fang had sent Xu Huang to lead 5,000 elite troops to advance lightly to Xia Cai.

Yuan Fang was guessing that Yuan Shu's main force was completely lost, and he was afraid that he would no longer have the intention to defend Cai, so he had to send a light army first to seize Cai.

"The Hebei army has gathered 100,000 people. This battle cannot be delayed for too long. Yuan Shu must be destroyed as soon as possible and he will retreat north..."

When Yuan Fang was thinking, Zhuge Liang rushed from the front and interrupted his thoughts.

"Master, I'll report to the west. Xu Huang was more than ten miles east of Xia Cai. He was ambushed by the enemy and returned defeated." Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.

Xu Huang was in a hiding place and returned in defeat?

Yuan Fang's eyebrows were condensed, slightly surprised.

Who is Xu Huang? He is a good general in the world and a strong man of martial arts bone-making level. He is one of the best generals under his command and can be a great general.

After Yuan Shu suffered a great defeat, there were still people under his command who could set up an ambush to defeat Xu Huang. How could Yuan Fang not be called?

"Who defeated Xu Gongming?" Yuan Fangqi said.

Zhuge Liang said: "It's the third brother of the big-eared thief, Zhang Fei."

Zhang Fei?

The name that was so popular as thunderous sounded in Yuan Fang's ears, which made him wonder again.

Since the Battle of Xia Pi, Yuan Fang learned that Zhang Fei and Liu Bei turned against each other and left behind Liu Bei, but he never knew where Zhang Fei was.

Today, just when he was attacking Yuan Shu, Zhang Fei actually defected to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Fang immediately called Yan Xiang, and from him, he learned the causes and consequences of Zhang Fei becoming a bandit in Runan and then being recruited by Yuan Shu.

"Zhang Fei, I didn't expect to meet you here. No wonder Xu Huang was defeated by you." Yuan Fang murmured.

Zhang Fei's martial arts are far better than Xu Huang, and his ability to command troops is extremely strong. It is reasonable for Yuan Shu to send him to take action and defeat Xu Huang unexpectedly.

"Master, Zhang Fei is the remnant of the big-eared thief. Now he is here by himself. He is seeking death. Let's send troops to kill Xia Cai immediately and kill this thief!" Zhuge Liang shouted with murderous intent.

Yuan Fang's eyes flashed with a strange color.

If Yuan Fang had indeed wanted to kill Zhang Fei a few years ago, he knew that the three brothers of Liu, Guan, and Zhang Taoyuan were a solid piece. If he wanted to kill Liu Bei, he would have to kill Guan and Zhang.

But since Zhang Fei and Liu Bei cut off their robe and changed their minds and separated their traits, Yuan Fang changed his mind.

Since Zhang Fei and Liu Bei had cut off their brotherhood, if such a general could be taken for himself, wouldn't it be like a tiger to Yuan Fang?

You should know that Zhang Fei in history was a pillar of the world who supported half of the sky for the Shu Han Empire.

Such a person has better abilities and importance than generals of Xu Huang.

With a rolling mind, Yuan Fang couldn't help but think of surrendering Zhang Fei.

After pondering for a while, Yuan Fang immediately ordered the 60,000 army to continue advancing and kill all the way down Cai.

At dawn the next day, Yuan Fang's army advanced to the east of Xia Caicheng and forced the city to descend to the camp, forming a force of oppression and advancement.

Although Zhang Fei set up an ambush to defeat Xu Huang in the previous battle, he knew that he was far from Yuan Fang's strength, so he decisively led his army to retreat down Cai and acted as if he was persevering before Yuan Fang's army arrived.

After the army was set up, Yuan Yan compiled a letter and sent people to Cai and Zhang Fei to invite him to gather in front of the city.

Zhang Fei was very happy. Without saying a word, he immediately replied to Yuan Fang, willing to follow him for a while.

At noon, Yuan Fang led five hundred cavalry out of the camp and looked straight down to Cai Dongmen and left.

More than 500 cavalrymen stationed at the city gate two hundred steps away.

Yuan Fang stood in front of the formation with his horse standing with his halberd, and sat down for Zhang Fei to come.

Soon after, the city gate opened wide, and Zhang Fei rode one by one, dragging the snake spear and slowly stepped out of the city gate.

Looking away, it was indeed Zhang Fei.

After scanning the line at Zhang Chengtou, Yuan Fang did not find any crossbowmen or the like, and planned to plot against his troops.

Yuan Fang then pushed his horse forward, dragged Fang Tian's painting halberd diagonally, and walked up to Zhang Liao.

The two riders were seven steps apart, stopped each other and stood proudly against each other.

"Zhang Yide, it's been a long time since we met." Yuan Fang said lightly, his tone was invincible.

Zhang Fei opened his eyes and stared at him, saying in a deep voice: "Yuan Fang, what else can you say between you and me? If you have the ability, come to attack the city. With me, Zhang Fei, here to see if you can defeat Xia Cai!"

Yuan Fang smiled slightly and said disapprovingly: "Zhang Fei, there is no irreconcilable hatred between you and me, why don't you feel sorry for me?"

"Just!" Zhang Fei snorted coldly, "I don't know how many times you and I have fought against each other in Xuzhou. Do you dare to say that I have no grudge against you?"

Zhang Fei was still thinking about the shame of defeating Yuan Fang at the time.

Yuan Fang said, "The reason why you and I fought back then was that you misbelieve in Liu Bei, a hypocrite. Since you have seen Liu Bei's face clearly and have cut off his robe and righteousness from him, then the hatred between you and me should be eliminated. You, Zhang Fei, are also an open man, and you don't think it's boring to bother with these unreasonable so-called hatreds all day long?"

Yuan Fang exposed Liu Guan’s rebellion in order to resolve Zhang Fei’s resentment.

As soon as this said, Zhang Fei's body was indeed shaking, and a trace of thought flashed between his eyebrows.

When Zhang Fei cut off his robe and left Liu Bei, he felt regretful and felt a little sorry for Liu Bei.

But when he heard that after Liu Bei was captured in the Puyang battle, he openly claimed that he was the Emperor of Han, Zhang Fei's guilt towards Liu Bei was gone.

It’s not that Zhang Fei was a staunch supporter of the Han Dynasty, otherwise he would not have defected to Yuan Shu, who was the emperor, but because Zhang Fei had completely seen the corners of Liu Bei’s mouth.

When Liu Bei joined the Taoyuan, he kept saying that he wanted to support the Han Dynasty, but as a result, Liu Bei showed his true ambitions and face before his death.

This made Zhang Fei completely realize how hypocritical Liu Bei was and he was not worthy of being his brother at all.

The reason why he opposed Yuan Shu was actually nothing about Liu Bei. He was just because he was defeated by Yuan Fang and was holding his breath in his heart, so he wanted to use Yuan Shu's hands to exert this anger.

Yuan Fang had a clear understanding of people's hearts and could see Zhang Fei's thoughts clearly.
Chapter completed!