Chapter 300 After all, the last layer of paper was pierced
Yuan Shang obviously still underestimated Yuan Tan's IQ.
"Reconciliation? Haha!" Yuan Tan laughed disdainfully, "Only a fool would fall for such an obvious game."
But the next day, Yuan Tan really left Qinghe County and went to the banquet at the agreed place, but he was followed by an army of 50,000...
Yuan Shang obviously knew that it was impossible to lure Yuan Tan to Yecheng, so the location he selected for Yuan Tan was finally decided on Wei County.
When Yuan Tan led the army to Wei County, Yuan Shang was obviously shocked and asked: "Brother, do you need to bring 50,000 troops to a banquet?"
"Third brother, as the eldest brother, aren't you afraid of any dangers on the road..." Yuan Tan pointed out, and then said with a smile: "The eldest brother was in a hurry to go to the banquet this time and didn't prepare much food and grass. These five
Brother Wan has to worry about the third brother for his rations."
"..." Why didn't I realize that Yuan Tan was so shameless before?
Yuan Shang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He also knew that his plan failed, and Yuan Tan defeated an entire army.
Now it is impossible to take action even if he wants to. The troops he brought are not as large as Yuan Tan's, and judging from Yuan Tan's attitude, he does not come to the banquet sincerely. What should we do next?
Before Yuan Shang could speak, Yuan Tan suddenly pointed at Yuan Shang and cursed: "Yuan Shang, do you think I don't know your sinister intentions? You drugged your father to death, and now you want to trick me into attending a banquet so that you can kill me. What are your intentions?
Vicious!"
Yuan Tan falsely accused Yuan Shang of drugging Yuan Shao to death. He was just spitting blood. How could Yuan Shang endure it?
In a rage, Yuan Shang stepped out from his horse and pointed at Yuan Tan: "Yuan Tan, if you have the guts, fight me for three hundred rounds!"
Yuan Tan had long wanted to teach this self-righteous and ignorant little brother a lesson, so he picked up the spear and shouted: "Come on, come on, let me teach you a lesson today!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Yuan Shang raised his weapons and rode out into battle, regardless of the obstruction of his advisers. The two brothers fought in front of tens of thousands of troops.
In fact, Yuan Shang still has some talent. After all, he is also a person who can kill enemies in front of the battle. Although he used a trick to kill Shi Huan, he still has the vision and archery skills.
Yuan Tan had been depressed for a long time, and his physical reflexes could no longer keep up with Yuan Shang, who practiced diligently.
The two fought for less than ten rounds, and Yuan Tan was shot in the back by Yuan Shang, almost knocking his horse off.
Yuan Tan thought: "It's amazing!"
Yuan Tan, who knew he could not defeat Yuan Shang, began to want to retreat.
Yuan Tan used a trick, pretending to trade injuries for injuries to trick Yuan Shang into saving himself, but in fact he took the opportunity to turn the horse's head and run towards his own formation.
Yuan Shang did not chase him. Instead, he took off the long bow on his horse. He opened his bow and shot an arrow at Yuan Tan from behind.
A soldier in Yuan Tan's formation exclaimed: "General, be careful of hidden arrows!"
When Yuan Tan heard the call, he immediately woke up and leaned down on the horse's back, narrowly avoiding Yuan Shang's hidden arrow.
When Yuan Shang saw that he missed a single hit, he thought about Yuan Tan's insult to him just now, and saw that the morale of Yuan Tan's army was low, so he felt a sudden change in his heart and ordered: "Soldiers, follow me and charge!"
"Dong dong dong!" The war drums sounded!
When the general gives an order, the soldiers will naturally follow the order and attack.
Guo Tu, Feng Ji and other counselors secretly sighed. Only Shen Pei looked at the sky, feeling extremely uncomfortable in his heart, "Will the master's huge inheritance be destroyed in the hands of these two incompetent young men?"
Yuan Tan's army was caught off guard and defeated by Yuan Shang. Fortunately, Yuan Shang withdrew his troops in time when he saw Yuan Tan had escaped. Yuan Tan was finally able to collect the remaining 40,000 troops and return to Qinghe County.
Yuan Tan was defeated and returned to his general's mansion, where he began to wreak havoc to vent his anger.
After venting for an hour, Yuan Tan sat down on the steps to rest out of breath.
It was only now that the servant dared to come and report the news, "Report! General! Someone outside the mansion sent a letter, saying that it must be delivered to your hands."
"Who is it?" Yuan Tan asked as he took the envelope.
"I don't know, that man is wearing a hat on his head, so he can't see clearly, but the clothes on his body are not ordinary fabrics."
Yuan Tan tore open the envelope, took out the letter and read it.
After reading the beginning casually at first, Yuan Tan immediately covered the letter and said to the servant: "Go and invite Mr. Xin, and the others are not allowed to come even half a step closer!"
"Yes! Come on, little one!" The servant bowed and saluted, then hurriedly ran out of the house.
...
Xin Ping was wiping Yuan Tan's butt when someone suddenly found him and asked him to go to General Wei's mansion immediately.
Xin Ping did not dare to neglect and immediately set off to General Wei's house.
After entering the mansion, he was guided to the study by his servants and met Yuan Tan. Xin Ping bowed his hands and said, "My lord, you are so anxious to summon your subordinates. Is there something urgent?"
"Mr. Zhongzhi, please read this letter." Yuan Tan said and handed the letter in his hand to Xin Ping.
Yuan Tan still respected Xin Ping, after all, the only counselor he could rely on now was Xin Ping.
Moreover, Xin Ping had no complaints about the work arranged by Yuan Tan and worked conscientiously, which made Yuan Tan rely on him even more.
Xin Ping read the beginning, shook his hands violently, raised his head and stared at Yuan Tan in disbelief and said: "Cao Cao's letter???"
Yuan Tan smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, Cao Cao's letter..."
Xin Ping suppressed his surprise and continued reading.
After more than ten seconds, Xin Ping quickly read the contents of the letter, so Yuan Tan asked: "This Cao Cao said he was willing to secretly fund our food, grass and military equipment... What exactly did he want to do?"
Xin Ping folded the letter and returned it to Yuan Shang, then held his hand on his short beard and replied: "According to my subordinates, Cao Cao just doesn't want his lord to lose too quickly in the fight with the third son..."
What Xin Ping said made Yuan Tan a little embarrassed, but it was also true. Yuan Tan could only hold his nose and admit it.
"Although my subordinate's words may not sound good, the Third Young Master has now inherited the legacy of my late lord, and good news from Hedong has spread frequently... His current reputation has allowed him to quickly win over people's hearts."
"Once the Third Young Master has complete control over Ji, You, Heng and Hedong, he will use the power of thunder to get rid of you, my lord..."
At this point, both Xin Ping and Yuan Tan fell silent.
What should I do? One has the strength of more than three states, and the other has the strength of only one county. The difference between the two is more than tens of millions of miles?
"Sir... So, if I don't accept Cao Cao's help, I, Yuan Tan, will have no choice but to wait for my demise?" Yuan Tan asked with dull eyes.
"I'm afraid...it's true..." Xin Ping replied with a sigh.
Yuan Tan walked back and forth in the study room several times before gritting his teeth and making up his mind: "Sir, how about we accept Cao Cao's help first?"
If you accept it, you can at least struggle for a while. If you don't accept it, you can only wait to be eaten by Yuan Shang...
Xin Ping frowned and said: "Let me come up with a perfect solution for this matter...Cao Cao wants to use us, maybe we can also use Cao Cao's advantage to capture Jizhou!"
Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed deeply to Xin Ping and said, "In this case, Mr. Lao is here!"