Li Jue and Guo Si returned to the camp with ugly faces. When reinforcements came to Anyi City before, they didn't take it seriously. But today's battle, they found it very difficult to deal with, and they were afraid that their hope of seizing the emperor would be gone.
Coming lower and lower!
Li Jue kicked down the table angrily, "It's all Zhang Ji's fault!"
"If he hadn't left with his troops, we would have captured the emperor long ago!"
Zhang Ji, a native of Wuwei, was originally a general under Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, Zhang Ji accompanied Li Jue and Guo Si to conquer Chang'an, and was appointed General Zhendong and Marquis of Pingyang.
Four Liangzhou generals, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, once controlled the imperial court. Later, Fan Chou was killed by Li Jue's men. Zhang Ji was the weakest and stationed troops in Hongnong. Fortunately, he escaped from Li Jue and Guo Si.
Fire merge.
At that time, Li Jue attacked Guo Si, and later the two sides negotiated a peace. The emperor's convoy returned east to Luoyang, and Zhang Ji and Guo Si took him hostage to escort the emperor back east.
But on the way, Guo Si first repented, and Li Jue wanted to take Liu Xie hostage back to Chang'an. Zhang Ji also betrayed him and assisted the two in attacking the Emperor's convoy, resulting in heavy casualties among the accompanying officials and soldiers.
The emperor set out in July, and fought for more than half a year on the road before Liu Xie reached Anyi. During the journey, Liu Xie issued an edict to rebuke Zhang Ji for betraying his trust. I don’t know whether Zhang Ji did it out of shame or other reasons, in the name of running out of food.
He left Li Jue and Guo Si with his troops and went to Jingzhou to rob Liu Biao.
Hearing what Li Jue said, Guo Si frowned and said, "Jia Xu has also left. Did he go to Zhang Ji?"
Li Jue sneered and said, "That's not true. I heard that he went to Duan Xuan."
"Duan Xuan?" Guo Si was surprised, and then laughed and said, "Wen He is really getting more and more timid. Why is he following a guy like Duan Xuan who only knows how to farm?"
Li Jue was a little irritated and waved his hand: "Never mind this, the important thing is what should we two do now?"
"Should we continue to attack the city, or should we retreat?"
"As you saw today, Lu Bu and the Youzhou soldiers are both difficult to deal with, and there is also Cao Cao who has not yet taken action!"
Guo Bang was also a little reluctant, "I have chased them all the way here, but it's a pity that I fell short!"
"But according to our current military strength, it is impossible to attack the city by force."
"I heard that Zhang Xiu is attacking Nanyang Rangcheng and Duan Xuan has returned to Huayin. Why don't you send a letter to ask them to help?"
Li Jue pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Okay!"
He then sighed: "It would be great if Wen He were here!"
"I didn't treat him badly. I really don't understand why he left!"
Guo Bang thought to himself that just because you killed Fan Chou openly, who can trust you anymore?
He was just isolated and helpless, and was forced to join forces. After all, in today's world, everyone in the Liangzhou Army was shouting for a fight.
But it is precisely because of this that the Liangzhou Army has to fight all the way, killing everyone so fearfully that they dare not become enemies with the Liangzhou Army, so that they can survive!
Yuan Xi, who was far away in Huaicheng, had a mentality very similar to that of Guo Si. He thought that he might as well send troops to kill Wei Xu!
Seeing Yuan Shu's army arriving at Huaicheng, his army had already set up camp more than ten miles away from Huaicheng and could attack the city at any time. However, Yuan Xi and Gao Shun approached Wei Xu several times, and even Chen Gong intervened to persuade him, but Wei Xu
Still has no intention of returning the trapped camp.
That's all. Chen Gong and Gao Shun have always been at odds with each other. Although the two of them cooperated with Yuan Xi's help, it would be too much to hope for them to work together.
Yuan Xi still doesn't understand whether Chen Gong prefers Gao Shun or Wei Xu when it comes to falling into the camp.
After all, this is still a problem left by Lu Bu himself. Before he left, he asked Wei Xu to be in charge of the defense of Huaicheng and to take charge of Song Xian and others. Even if Chen Gong and Gao Shun joined forces, they would not be able to gain real power.
The reason why Lu Bu believed in Wei Xu so much was because he was related to Wei Xu both internally and externally, and also had an affair with Wei Xu's wife, so he was considered a true fellow-minded person.
A few days ago, Yuan Xi met Mrs. Wei Xu in the Lu Mansion. She had a plump figure and indeed had a charm that was different from Yan's. No wonder Lu Bu couldn't control himself.
Yuan Xi secretly scolded Lu Bu for being entangled and it was taboo to attack the wives and daughters of generals. Is Lu Bu really not afraid of causing trouble?
It seems that Lu Bu is quite happy with having an affair. Maybe Yan is usually too strong and can't satisfy Lu Bu's sexual fetish, so he seeks excitement, right?
At the moment, Yuan Xi is sitting in the guest room. Wei Xuhou Cheng, Chen Gong Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and Song Xian are all already present and are arguing endlessly.
Yuan Xi's head ached when he heard it. Three of these six people had serious problems. Later generations, Wei Xuhou and Song Xian, betrayed Lu Bu together. But now that Yuan Xi said it, no one believed it.
In the end, Wei Xu decided that he would personally lead the trapped camp into battle tomorrow. Everyone heard that they had no choice but to give it a try.
What if Gao Shun is not in command and he is trapped in the camp and still wins?
When Yuan Xi saw this, he thought that he could only take one step at a time. Anyway, he did not expect to rely on Lu Bu and his generals to repel Yuan Shu's army. He could only count on Lu Bu to return reinforcements or Yuan Shao to send reinforcements in time to counterattack Yuan Shu's army.
Early the next morning, Yuan Shu's army set off and came to Huaicheng to start a battle.
Yuan Xi looked through the telescope on the top of the city and saw from a distance that the first man was riding out into battle. He looked ordinary and his riding posture did not look like someone who had been fighting all year round. However, he was guarded by two generals.
One of the generals was Qiao Rui, who was captured by him that day.
Yuan Xi was surprised. Qiao Rui was a general under Yuan Shu. The other general was probably of equal status to him. Who could be protected by these two people?
Not long after, the three men led their troops to the front, and soldiers came out to shout and persuade them to surrender.
Yuan Xi listened for a while and suddenly discovered that the other general was General Zhang Xun, who was as famous as Qiao Rui, and the man in the middle had a greater background and turned out to be Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao!
Moreover, he deduced from the words of the soldiers that this was the first time that the other party had led troops, and he was afraid that Yuan Shu was trying to build momentum for his son.
Yuan Xi felt sad in his heart, seeing that he was the real rich second generation. From the time he fought in Beixin City until now, he only had a few thousand troops at most, and was often forced to fight with hundreds of soldiers.
Look at Yuan Shu's son. He has an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people. He is very infuriating.
Although Yuan Shu often lost battles in later generations, he was able to immediately raise tens of thousands of troops after each defeat, which can be called a legend in the late Han Dynasty.
The reason for this is that Yuan Shu's background is extremely deep and he can withstand his hustle and bustle.
His reputation is not lower than that of Yuan Shao, he is the undoubted legitimate son of the Yuan family, and he started from the relatively wealthy Yuzhou and Yangzhou, so he can raise a large number of troops with just one move.
At its peak, it was said to have an army of 300,000 people. Compared with the tens of thousands of Yuan Yao under the city, it was just a drop in the bucket.
Yuan Xi stared at Yuan Yao's smug face, thinking that he was much uglier than himself, how could he be scary?
Just shoot him to death?
He couldn't help but take off the long bow from his back and put it in front of his eyes to compare. After calculating the distance, he still felt that the distance was quite different, so he had to give up in frustration.
It seems that although Yuan Yao is not a good person, Zhang Xunqiao Rui on both sides is very experienced and understands that if he is at a safe distance, otherwise he will take dozens of steps closer. Yuan Xi insists on letting Yuan Yao know what it means to be famous in the North.
Shooting the enemy general in the head, Yuan Xianyi, the handsome and charming archer, is so powerful!
After several soldiers with loud voices finished shouting in turn, Yuan Yao rode out, looking like he was sure of victory, rather like a crown prince.
He opened his mouth and said: "My father, Yuan Jiujiu, has won the wholehearted support of heroes from all over the world. Hearing about the bravery of Marquis Wen, he sincerely wanted to marry the two families. He specially ordered Yao to come and marry Marquis Wen's noble daughter."
"I also invite Marquis Wen to come out of the city to see him, so that Yao can see Marquis Wen's grace, and he will be very happy!"
Yuan Xi thought to himself, these words are very high-sounding. Twenty thousand people are needed to welcome the bride?
How much food do you need to eat this time?
All Lu Bu's generals were at the top of the city. Wei Xu motioned to Chen Gong to come forward and speak. Chen Gong did not refuse and shouted from the top of the city: "I am Chen Gong. I am grateful to Mr. Yuan for his kindness, but yesterday Marquis Wen drank too much.
It would be rude to come out to meet you when you are still drunk."
"How about I ask you, Master, to retreat for now and wait for Marquis Wen to recover, and then go out of the city to meet you?"
After hearing this, Yuan Yao sneered: "Chen Gong!"
"You can't fool me!"
"Marquis Wen has left Huaicheng a long time ago!"
"I am talking to you all for the sake of Marquis Wen, but you are trying to deceive me. Isn't it the way to treat guests?"
After hearing this, Chen Gong said: "Young Master, please forgive me. The reason behind this is not worthy of the Dao."
"Why don't you, sir, wait a few more days and wait for Marquis Wen to return before we can talk?"
Yuan Yao waved his hand and sneered: "Who knows when Marquis Wen will come back?"
"The Yuan family and the Lu family have agreed to get married, but now they shut me out. Doesn't it mean that the Yuan family doesn't take my family seriously enough?"
"If you really want to have a good talk, open the city gate now and let me enter!"
"Otherwise, don't blame me for not giving you face!"
Chen Gong saw that it didn't make sense, so when he turned around and saw Lv Bu's generals, most of them showed distrust towards him and felt quite uncomfortable in his heart. He turned his back on Cao Cao and took refuge with Lv Bu. However, because of Cao Xing's accusation, he was suspected of colluding with Yuan Shu!
It is also my fault that I brought this upon myself. Who told me to advocate for the marriage between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu back then?
He thought of what Yuan Xi said when he visited him in Japan.
Mr. Gongtai, have you ever thought that there are people in this city who want you to die?
Yuan Xi turned his face slightly and saw the expression on Chen Gong's face. Then he slowly scanned the generals on the top of the city and found that several of them looked unnatural.
Although Yuan Yao was a foreign invader, the root cause still lay with the generals in the city.
It is not impossible to carry out an assassination by force. The hundreds of personal guards left behind are all carefully trained by Qu Yi. They are good at fighting and can also be used as spies and assassinations.
But let alone the loss, the key is who to kill.
Yuan Xi still hasn't figured out whether Chen Gong took refuge with Yuan Shu or why Wei Xu and Song Xian later kidnapped Chen Gong.
Is it a personal vendetta, or was he bribed?
If you can't figure out the relationship between everyone and rush to kill key people, it is very likely that the situation will collapse and Huaicheng will be lost. When the time comes, you won't be able to escape.
Seeing that Chen Gong stopped talking, Wei Xu went up and said a few words, but was refuted by Yuan Yao and was speechless. He was a military general, how could he compete with a nobleman like Yuan Yao?
When Yuan Xi saw that it was time for him to appear, he walked to Wei Xu and said, "General, he and I are both descendants of the Yuan family. Maybe we can talk to each other. How about I say a few words?"
After Wei Xu heard this, he thought to himself that before leaving, Lu Bu said that he would leave the military affairs to himself and Yuan Xi could assist him in the internal affairs. Now, is this considered military affairs or internal affairs?
He hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then I'll be back to you."
It's just a few words, and the worst possible outcome is that they break up on bad terms. What else can happen?
Yuan Xi walked to the edge of the city, put on his helmet first, and then stuck his head out. He waved to the people below.
"Hello everyone!"
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Qiao? I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?"
"Are you here to congratulate me on marrying the noble daughter of Marquis Wen?"