Yuan Xi opened his eyes early in the morning and hugged Zhen Mi, who was still sleeping soundly in his arms. The white fish belly seeped into the window screen outside the window, and a faint light came in.
Yuan Xi gently brushed Zhen Mi's scattered dark cloud-like hair, thinking of her performance last night, and thought to herself that although Zhen Mi didn't say it, it was obvious that she was still longing for the child. I was stimulated by Mrs. Wu.
But this is normal, after all, everyone loves their own children the most.
Speaking of which, in later history, after Yuan Xi died, Zhen Mi was adopted by Cao Pi and gave birth to Cao Rui and Princess Dongxiang. Cao Rui's three sons all died in infancy, and Princess Dongxiang was not found in records later. It can be said that she probably has no descendants. .
The irony is that after Yuan Xi was killed at that time, he left behind his son Yuan Qian, born to his first wife Wu, who was adopted and sheltered by Zhen Mi. When Yuan Qian grew up, he became the prefect of Xiliang, but instead left this son Yuan Qian. One branch survives.
It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the seventh descendant of Yuan Xi was Yuan Tiangang, who wrote Tuibei Tu. His family, the Dongguang Yuan family, also became a famous family.
In contrast, the bloodlines of later generations Cao Pi and Zhen Mi were extinct early.
Yuan Xi thought about what happened in different time and space, and thought that sometimes fate is so wonderful. In the torrent of history, the fate of a person, a family, and even an emperor is actually so small.
No matter how vigorous things they did, after their death, they turned into a few bursting bubbles on the wave, a few lines of black and cold words on bamboo slips, and the words of traffickers and pawns that were difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Yuan Xi sat up slowly, and Zhen Mi's white jade-like fragrant shoulders were exposed. Yuan Xi pulled the quilt over, covered her gently, and then got up and went to the ground.
He walked to the window, opened the window a little, and the breeze blew in. Although the weather had warmed up, the coldness still gave Yuan Xi goosebumps.
There was still a little light shining through the study room. This was when Cai Zhaoji got up early in the morning to revise the classics. Axiang's cry came from Mrs. Wu's room. A little smoke was coming out of the kitchen in the corner. Cao Xian and Cao Hua were laughing and complaining about each other. The sound of bickering.
After breakfast, he will lead a group of subordinates to embark on the journey to attack Montenegro.
Yuan Xi took a deep breath and relived his life. The future was uncertain. He could only do his best and be worthy of the people who cared about him.
As for the struggle for hegemony in the world, no one can guarantee that he will be the final winner, but Yuan Xi believes that even without him, in the subsequent dynasty changes, there will be people who will continue to explore ways to make China a better place.
No one can be the savior. Strictly speaking, it is possible for a single person to change the current of history, but if there is no successor, the current will wreak havoc and change direction, or even reverse the flow.
Only when everyone continues to work hard and goes through a long period of time can we reach the ideal shore.
The only way to completely save the common people must ultimately rely on the people themselves.
As for Yuan Xi, he knew that all he could do was to do his little bit to let people all over the world understand this truth as soon as possible.
That's all.
With a clanking sound, a stream of arrows hit the armor on Yu Jin's chest and was bounced out.
He looked at the top of Puyang City, where the enemy troops were still firing arrows, and the sky was getting dark, and he felt a little anxious.
He took his soldiers as the vanguard and continued to attack the city for half a month, but he still couldn't take it for a long time.
This Miao Zhang Chao is too difficult to beat!
Yu Jin knew clearly that on the one hand it was because it was difficult to attack a fortified city, and on the other hand it was because the Yanzhou nobles were extremely resistant to Cao Cao.
There were many people in Yanzhou who were dissatisfied with Cao Cao, and they were afraid of massacre after taking the city, so the soldiers and people in the city defended with all their strength.
Just when Yu Jin was hesitating whether to launch the final assault, Ming Jin's voice of withdrawing his troops came from the camp behind him. Yu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and slowly retreated with his troops.
As they were forbidden to return to the camp, all the generals had returned to their tents and reported their orders to the leader, Cao Ren.
After everyone was told about today's situation one by one, Cao Ren's face was a little ugly. Cao Chun led the army in the forbidden area and fought for a day, except for the death and injury of hundreds of people, and achieved nothing.
Yu Jin tried his best, but the key was that the newly formed cavalry led by Cao Chun did not play a big role in the siege, so the opportunity to train troops was not even considered.
Cao Ren thought for a while and then sent a letter to Juancheng, explaining the difficulty of leaving Puyang.
A few days later, Cao Cao received the letter and summoned everyone to discuss. Some of the counselors suggested adding more troops, while others suggested waiting and watching.
Xun You said: "The enemy is now gaining momentum. Even if we increase our troops and defeat them, we will still suffer a disastrous victory and suffer heavy losses."
"Chen Liu will be defeated sooner or later. Anyway, we just need to surround it and wait until the city runs out of food and its morale collapses."
"There are two things that need to be guarded against right now. The first is whether Jizhou will send reinforcements."
"I heard that Zang Hong knelt in front of Yuan Benchu's mansion every day in Jizhou and asked for help."
Hearing the word Zang Hong, Cheng Yu sneered and said, "Don't worry about Gongda, he won't be successful."
"Given a little more time, he should give up."
Cheng Yu knew in his heart that Yuan Shang was in charge of the military affairs in Jizhou. He had already opened up Yuan Shang's joints and sent five stones to him. As long as Yuan Shang said a few words in Yuan Shao's ear, Zang Hong could only return without success.
Xiahou Dun said: "The best way at the moment is to besiege without attacking. Puyang will inevitably collapse within three months."
"As long as Chen Liu is captured, we will have a way to enter Hanoi County."
"At that time, we need to recharge our batteries and eradicate all the forces in Hanoi. If too many troops were used in Chenliu before, it will not be conducive to subsequent actions."
Everyone nodded, and Xun Yu spoke up: "But isn't it too late to wait so long to welcome the emperor?"
Xun You spoke up: "I know Wen Ruo is in a hurry, but even if we open the road to Hanoi now, we still have to face the two forces of Li Jue, Guo Si and the Baibo thieves."
"Now why not sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, let them fight to the death, and then we will wait for the opportunity to take action?"
After hearing this, Cao Cao praised: "Gongda is right. Now is indeed not the best time to enter Hanoi."
"What's the second thing Gongda is worried about?"
Xun You added: "The second thing you are worried about is the marriage between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu."
When everyone heard this, their faces became serious. This matter had been spread, which put a lot of pressure on everyone.
Because if Yuan Shu and Lu Bu join forces, they will block Cao Cao's path in Hanoi.
If Cao Cao passes through Henan Yin south of Hanoi, Yuan Shu in Yuzhou can still wait for an opportunity to sneak attack Cao Cao's hinterland in Yanzhou.
In this way, Cao Cao would be surrounded by enemies from both sides, and it would be extremely difficult to serve the Emperor.
Cao Cao said flatly: "Find a way to destroy the marriage between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu."
After Xun You heard this, he laughed and said, "How about I send a letter to Marquis Wen to ask for a girl from the Lu family for Young Master Cao Ang?"
After hearing this, Cao Cao immediately had an idea. If this was really the case, and he had Lu Bu's help, why worry about the big thing not being possible?
Cheng Yu said at this time: "We can try it, but it's unlikely."
"You must know that Lu Bu's mastermind is Chen Gong. He is determined to go against Duke Ming."
Everyone's faces froze when they heard this. They had all heard that Cao Cao parted ways with Chen Gong because he killed Lu Boshe's family.
Cheng Yu is too courageous this time. Isn’t it because he doesn’t want to lift the pot?
Cheng Yu also knew that he had made a mistake and hurriedly said: "If you want to destroy the marriage between the two families, there are other ways."
Cao Cao understood and left Chen Yu to talk alone.
Yuan Xi, who was thousands of miles away, would never have imagined that his desire to destroy the marriage between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu would actually coincide with Cao Cao.
Now the two parties, who are unaware of each other, are working in tacit understanding to achieve the same goal, using their own means.
Yuan Xi took thousands of troops and horses, and after trekking for several days, he finally returned to the place where he first made his fortune, Beixin City.
Compared with when he came alone a few years ago, the counselors and generals he brought with him this time were more luxurious.
Jushou, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and Yan Rou are all heroes in their own right.
These people gathered together just to deal with the Montenegro Army.
Yuan Xi has always believed that if he doesn't fight, he will do it. Once he fights, he will beat the opponent to death with all his strength and never hold back. This was the case when he sent all his generals to surround Guan Yu that day.
He doesn't understand fair duels or anything like that.
Outside the city gate, Xu You and a group of officials were greeting Yuan Xi respectfully.
Yuan Xi jumped off the horse and took Xu You's hand. The two of them talked and laughed happily, completely unaware that a few months ago, Yuan Xi ordered people to behead Xu You's nephew and hang it on the top of the city.
After that, Xu You immediately sent his son's relatives who held important positions in Beixin City back to Yecheng.
The reason why Xu You still dares to stand here now is that firstly, Yuan Xi has not caught him yet, and secondly, Xu You must have someone behind him to guarantee it, and there is a reason why he must stay here.
When Yuan Xi discussed using the new city in the north as a frontline base to launch an attack on the Montenegrin Army, Jushou expressed concern.
He believed that Xu You might interfere with Yuan Xi's plan to send troops.
Moreover, his nephew was killed by Yuan Xi. Who knows if Xu You would hold a grudge?
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Wouldn't that be better?"
"He is acting like a monster right in front of his eyes. Is he afraid that he will die?"
"If he is a smart person, he will definitely work harder to avoid me finding an excuse."
Yuan Xi hoped that Xu You's thunder would explode as soon as possible, so as not to betray him during the Battle of Guandu.
But having said that, Xu You rebelled because Cao Cao could give him benefits. At this time, what could he gain by betraying himself and joining the Black Mountain Army?
Even if Yuan Shang is behind it and wants to sabotage his attack on the Black Mountain Army, is it possible that Xu You can betray him and inform the Black Mountain Army?
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi sneered slightly. Even if Xu You had this idea, he was afraid that running out of Beixin City to deliver the letter would be much more difficult than he imagined.
Jushou heard this and said, "Since the young master is so confident, I must be overly worried."
"If he dares to interfere with the war, I will have my own way."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "This will help you, Mr. Lao."
With Jushou, a vindictive man, staring at Xu You, Xu You might not dare to act rashly.