After Yuan Xi returned to Yecheng, he went straight into the Zhaohou Mansion. When he saw that his father Yuan Shao was still addicted to wine and sex, he just sighed softly.
He walked to Yuan Shao's side, dismissed some dancing girls, quietly put the military talisman back on the drunk Yuan Shao, then took out the letter written by Jushu to Yuan Shao, and said: "Father, this is the letter written by the Prime Minister to Yuan Shao.
Father’s letter, please read it.”
Yuan Shao's face was red and he smelled of alcohol. He burped, took the letter handed over by Yuan Xi, and asked: "Which Prime Minister is it? The one who reviewed the match is Guo Tu. Why don't they come to see me in person?
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Yuan Xidao: "It's from Jushou..."
"Jushou? Isn't Jushou locked up in a cell?"
"It was the child who went to the cell to meet him..."
Yuan Shao sneered, threw the letter in his hand to the ground without comment, moved his slightly fat body slightly, waved his hand towards Yuan Xi and said: "You go, don't go to see Jushou again without my order, Jushou
What kind of bullshit plan he set up to ambush from all sides did not hurt Gao Fei, but caused heavy losses to our army. I will never listen to a word he says in the future."
"But father, victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs. There will be no problem with Jushou's strategy. If Zhang Fei, under Liu Bei, had not let Gao Fei go, Gao Fei would have been killed by now. Moreover, our army also underestimated the strength of the Yan army, so that
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Yuan Shao propped up his body and shouted loudly: "That's enough, you can leave. Don't mention this person in front of me again..."
"Father……"
"Get out!" Yuan Shao said angrily.
Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry, Yuan Xi stopped talking, turned around and walked outside, thinking silently in his heart: "Ye City is over!"
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After Juhu rode a fast horse and galloped south for a while, he still felt that he should not leave like this. His father was locked in the cell, but he ran out alone. For him, there is nothing better than family love.
What's more important is that when he recalls that his father has always taken good care of him, his heart bleeds.
Suddenly, Juhu reined in the horse and quickly turned its head. With a gloomy face, he said to himself: "The only one who can save my father now is Gao Fei."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ju Hu raised his whip and whipped his horse, and drove towards the north at high speed.
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The bitter and hot air seemed to have stagnated, and the fiery face was waiting for the wind sadly, but the wind did not come. The sun was shining fiercely in the dark blue sky, and the golden wheat fields on both sides of the official road looked more and more bright.
Mingming, the local people had long sensed the imminent war, and hid in the mountains with their families, or went to seek refuge with relatives and friends in other states and counties. Among them, countless people from Jizhou flowed into Youzhou.
Gao Fei took the lead, followed closely by Lu Heng and Gao Lin, leading the remaining 40,000 regular Yan troops and 30,000 surrendered troops in Yitao City to march toward Yecheng in a mighty manner, looking at the wheat that was about to mature along the way.
He had another plan in mind.
"Lu Heng, please pass on the order. No one is allowed to trample on the wheat fields. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"No!" After Lu Heng answered, he immediately gave the order.
Gao Fei immediately added: "Last time I transferred Shi Jie from Nanpi, only Xun Chen, Pan Gong, and Mu Shun were left stationed in Nanpi City. This is an important food and grass area for our army and must be strictly guarded.
Gao Lin ordered Xun Chen and Pan Gong to lead 20,000 soldiers and seven-tenths of the grain supply.
Cao came to Yecheng and asked Mu Shun to lead 10,000 soldiers to encourage the people of Nanpi to harvest the wheat fields around Nanpi. Mu Shun allowed Mu Shun to harvest the unmanned fields by himself. After the harvest was completed, he sent 5,000 soldiers to Pingyuan County where Zang Ba was located.
Go, Zang Ba’s place is probably going to run out of food soon.”
Gao Lin said "Promise" and immediately went to order the scouts.
At this time, Xun You rushed over from behind, clasped his fists on his horse and said, "I have sent people to do all the things my lord has asked me to do, and the people hiding in the mountains are also willing to come out to harvest wheat and express their willingness to submit to my lord."
"Very good. As long as they are willing to surrender, everything will be easy. How far is it from Yecheng now?" Gao Fei said.
Xun You said: "According to the current marching speed of our army, it will take a day and a half to reach Yecheng."
Gao Fei frowned and asked, "Where are Lu Bu's Jin troops?"
Xun You said: "According to the news sent back by Lin Chu, Lu Bu led 50,000 cavalry to gallop all the way. They first occupied Changshan, then divided their troops and marched north to Zhongshan. They are now heading south to Zhao County and are expected to arrive at Yecheng tomorrow."
"Lü Bu's Bingzhou soldiers are all tiger and wolf troops, and they are all cavalry. The cavalry is not suitable for attacking the city. It seems that Lu Bu is just showing support this time and has no intention of taking action." Gao Fei said slowly.
Xun You said: "Don't worry, my lord, what our army brought this time are heavy siege equipment. No matter how high the defense of Ye City is, as long as it is surrounded for a long time, its army will be distracted, and soon it will be over."
To break it, we may not need to attack it at all, but just encircle it without attacking it."
Gao Fei said: "Well, that's it. We'll send out another scout to find out about Xu You and Wei Yan. We've been gone for so long, so it's time to come back."
"promise!"
The army marched slowly, the horse and infantry relied on each other, and the military appearance was very neat. After nearly ten days of recuperation, the Yan army gradually came out of the haze of the Julu Battle, and gradually recovered its former glory. What it showed was a
He has a military temperament and also has a revengeful heart.
The next morning, the army had just had breakfast and was preparing to set up camp. The soldiers patrolling outside discovered a fast horse coming from the south and immediately intercepted it.
"I want to see the Marquis of Yan, I want to see the Marquis of Yan..." The knight on the horse was exhausted. It could be seen from his tired state that he had traveled a long distance.
After the patrolling soldiers of the Yan army intercepted the knight, they became extremely jealous when they saw this man. This man was none other than Ju Hu, the son of Ju Shou.
The patrol team leader stepped forward and grabbed Ju Hu's chest, pulled out the sword from his waist, put it directly on Ju Hu's neck, stared with angry eyes, and shouted loudly: "How dare you come here again?
I'm worried that I can't find you. I'm going to kill you today to avenge my dead brother..."
"Kill him! Kill him!" The soldiers on one side also shouted angrily.
The patrol team leader raised his sword and was about to chop off Juhu's head. Just when the sword was about to fall, he suddenly heard a loud roar from behind: "Keep someone under the sword!"
The patrol team leader immediately stopped holding the long sword in his hand. The sword edge was only a few centimeters away from Ju Hu's head. It was really dangerous. He immediately turned his head and looked over, only to see Zhao Yun riding a white horse and several cavalry towards this person.
Bian galloped over, put away his sword, and paid homage to Zhao Yun with his subordinate soldiers: "See you, general!"
Zhao Yun glanced at the exhausted Ju Hu and asked, "What's wrong with him?"
Juhu didn't wait for the patrol team leader to answer, and immediately said: "I want to see Yanhou, I want to see Yanhou, please take me to see Yanhou, after meeting Yanhou, you can do whatever you want to me
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Zhao Yun raised his hand and said: "Well, let him go and give him to me. I will take him to see the lord."
The patrol team leader did not dare to disobey the order and said: "No!"
Several cavalrymen under Zhao Yun took Ju Hu away and followed Zhao Yun towards the camp. Zhao Yun was worried that Ju Hu's arrival would cause a commotion in the entire army, so he had an idea and asked someone to put a helmet on Ju Hu.
Ju Hu's face was covered with a piece of cloth, as if the criminal was now wearing a hood.
Ju Hu entered the camp under the leadership of Zhao Yun without causing any commotion. As soon as he entered the Chinese army's tent, Ju Hu saw Gao Fei and several counselors discussing matters. He knelt down on the ground with a simple sound.
He shouted loudly: "Marquis Yan...please save my father?"
Gao Fei, Jia Xu, Xun You, Guo Jia, and Ouyang Yinying were looking at the map when they suddenly saw a masked man kneeling on the ground and shouting loudly, so they all turned around and looked over.
"Zilong, who is this?" Gao Fei didn't recognize it at first glance, so he asked when he saw Zhao Yun beside him.
Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said, "Ju Hu, son of Ju Shou!"
Everyone's brows tightened, and they all looked at Ju Hu who was kneeling on the ground, feeling angry in their hearts.
"Hmph! I didn't go looking for you, so you still dare to come?" Gao Fei sneered, "Do you think I'm a fool and are you going to be fooled again?"
Ju Hu said: "No, no, this time is different. This time Yuan Shao really put my father in jail, and tried the matchmaking. Guo Tu also added insult to injury and beat my father half to death. Now my father is dying.
, I hope that the Marquis of Yan can save my father's life. The Battle of Julu is my fault alone. I, Juhu, will bear the responsibility for the soldiers who died in the Yan army. I only hope that the Marquis of Yan can save my father."
Gao Fei sneered and said: "Both you father and son have to die, haven't you thought about this problem? Even if Yuan Shao didn't kill your father, I would kill your father. If it weren't for you father and son, how could I have lost my troops in the battle of Julu Ze?"
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Ju Hu remained silent and thought to himself: "It seems that I really came in the wrong place this time, father..."
Jia Xu stroked his beard, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and said to Gao Fei: "My lord, since Ju Hu is here, why not make good use of it?"
Gao Fei asked: "Do you have any good ideas?"
Jia Xu walked to Gao Fei's side and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Gao Fei nodded vigorously and said immediately: "Okay, let's do it like this. Zilong, take Juhu into custody temporarily, serve him with delicious food and drink every day, and don't allow anyone to approach. Juhu, don't worry, I will
Your father will be rescued."
When Ju Hu heard Gao Fei's last words, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Really?"
Gao Fei nodded and said, "I'm telling you the truth. If I save your father, I will save your father. You can go and rest in peace. When we get to Yecheng, there will naturally be a chance for you and your son to meet."
Ju Hu left with suspicion and was escorted out of the tent by Zhao Yun.
When Gao Fei waited until Ju Hu left, his face suddenly changed color, and he immediately ordered: "The army quickly set up camp and set up Huang Zhong as the vanguard, Xu Huang and Pang De as deputy generals, Tai Shici as the left vanguard, and Zhang He as the right
We took the vanguard and led all the cavalry to the outskirts of Yecheng and surrounded the four gates, followed closely by the heavy cavalry and the rest of the infantry."