Chapter seven hundred and thirty first calling the eldest son
When Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang heard this, they were anxious!
Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "Father, five enemy troops are surrounding Jizhou. The situation is not good for us. Father must not leave Yecheng lightly. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it!"
Yuan Shao looked at him coldly and hummed: "I think back then, when you were fooled by a woman and sent troops from Youzhou without authorization to destroy Yuan's soldiers in Youzhou, did you ever think of today's advice?"
Yuan Xi's face turned red when he heard this. He really didn't expect that Yuan Shao still remembered what happened a few months ago.
But it’s not surprising that Yuan Shao remembered that for such a big thing, if it had been anyone else, Yuan Shao would have killed his whole family long ago, but the reason why Yuan Xi’s family is still alive today is simply because Yuan Shao himself is from the same family as him.
Yuan Shang was always thinking about Yuan Shao's position. At this moment, his reaction was obviously much smarter than Yuan Xi's.
"My father is a hero of the world, so what's the point of defeating the Tao thieves? The child is willing to accompany his father and fight against the Tao thieves together with him!"
Yuan Shao nodded and said: "This is what a man should say!"
Shen Pei hesitated for a moment and said: "Ming Gong, the spies came to report that after Cao Cao's army withdrew from Liyang, they turned to Sanhe, but they did not attack Bingzhou, but turned back to Luoyang. Judging from the strength of their troops, it seems that
I intend to send troops to Guanzhong."
"Send troops to Guanzhong?" Yuan Shao frowned and said, "In this way, Bingzhou's soldiers and generals can be mobilized?"
The judge nodded and said, "Yes."
Yuan Shao gently tapped the table with his fingers and said: "If Yuan gathers his troops and fights the pottery merchant for a life-or-death showdown, the city of Ye will be empty. If someone else attacks by surprise, it will be bad. If he can mobilize the state army to come,
This will ensure that the rear will have no worries..."
Shen Pei nodded and said: "I have considered this point before coming to advise Duke Ming. In addition, the Bingzhou army is a fierce soldier with barbaric behavior. If they are allowed to garrison in Yecheng, it will also be a kind of evil to the nobles in Yecheng."
The deterrent effect can ensure the stability of Ye City, and the nobles in the city will not dare to move lightly."
Yuan Shao nodded and said: "This statement is indeed true."
After Yuan Shang listened on the sidelines, he felt a little regretful in his heart.
The Bingzhou army came to garrison in Yecheng. Doesn't that mean that Yuan Tan also has to accompany the army?
Isn’t this a joke?
In fact, it was Yuan Shao's idea to let Yuan Tan come back and garrison Yecheng.
No matter what, that is his biological son after all.
Since he expelled Yuan Tan to Bingzhou to assist senior officials, Yuan Shaoming did not ask about Yuan Tan's situation on the surface, but secretly kept sending people to inquire about Yuan Tan's performance.
To Yuan Shao's surprise, Yuan Tan behaved surprisingly honestly.
He practiced martial arts diligently every day, studied military books, and trained soldiers. He never caused trouble, but only did his job conscientiously.
Hearing Yuan Tan's performance, Yuan Shao felt a little uncomfortable.
Thinking back to those events at the time, saying that there was a special relationship between Yuan Tan and Tao Shang would be a bit unfair to this child. No matter what, he was his biological son. How could it be possible to say that he had rebelled and surrendered to the enemy?
But over the years, Yuan Shao has never invited Yuan Tan to come here for the sake of face, and the father and son have never even met.
Now that he is experiencing great changes, for some reason, Yuan Shao always dreams about his eldest son in his dreams recently.
It's a pity that Yuan Shang is still by his side after all.
As long as Yuan Shang is around, he will never let Yuan Tan get another chance easily.
"Father, if you summon the state army, do you also want to recall your brother?"
Yuan Shao glanced at him lightly and said, "Why, are you not happy that your brother is back?"
Yuan Shang hurriedly said: "Father has misunderstood. My brother and I are close relatives. How could I not be happy to have him come back... However, I feel that this match against Tao Shang is the most difficult time for me, the Yuan family, in the past ten years."
The important thing is also the most dangerous one. At this time... My father might as well ask my brother to go with me to conquer the pottery merchants. In the future, this matter will spread all over the world, and we will have a good reputation of father and son working together to fight against the pottery thieves.
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Yuan Shao thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "But it's the same truth."
Yuan Shang was relieved.
Shen Pei said: "In this case, I will first dispatch the Bingzhou army to Yecheng, and then leave the senior officials here to help me defend the city. The eldest son will be the main force to help the lord and go to fight with the pottery merchants."
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Yuan Shao's transfer order soon reached Taiyuan.
After receiving the letter, Gao Gan hurriedly summoned Yuan Tan.
"Xiansi, you see, my uncle is still thinking about you. He called us to drive troops to Jizhou to help out. He specifically mentioned you in the letter and asked you to go with him!"
Yuan Tan looked at the letter in Gao Gan's hand and said expressionlessly: "Hebei is in crisis and exhausted, so you just thought of us? Haha, such a father is really hard to find in the world."
Gao Gan was silent for a while and said: "He is still your father after all..."
Yuan Tan sighed and said nothing. He said to Gao Gan: "Yes, he is my father after all..."
After that, he walked out of the hall.
Gao Gan knew in his heart that Yuan Tan had been feeling uncomfortable over the years.
In the Battle of Guandu that year, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang's treatment of him had already made him heartbroken.
This knot of heart cannot be dissuaded by outsiders.
Yuan Tan returned to his residence and began to order people to pack things and prepare to send troops to Jizhou.
At this moment, the steward came to report to him: "General, someone has come to visit you."
"Which one?" Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then suddenly said: "Oh, please ask him to come to the side hall to talk."
The person who came to see Yuan Tan was Mi Fang from Xuzhou.
Ever since Yuan Tan arrived in Bingzhou, the pottery merchants would always send Mi Fang secretly carrying gifts to express condolences to Yuan Tan.
The Mi family has many shops in the north. Mi Fang occasionally takes leave and secretly comes to Bingzhou on the grounds of running her own business. To a certain extent, it is reasonable.
For more than a year, Mi Fang, on behalf of the pottery merchants, sent many gifts to Yuan Tan, not only some gold and silk items, but also some daily necessities, as well as southern snacks and fruits.
You need to know how much it cost to transport fruits and food in that era to prevent rot.
And these costs are sometimes just to allow Yuan Tan to take a bite of sweet oranges.
When the pottery merchant gave these things to Yuan Tan over the years, he never had any other requirements for him.
Although Yuan Tan has a vicious nature, he can't bear the sugar-coated bullets like this from the pottery merchant.
"Thank you, General Mi, for asking you to run an errand again. It's troublesome!"
Mi Fang hurriedly smiled and said: "No trouble, no trouble. The eldest son is so polite. It's such a trivial matter. But this time, it may be the last time that the prime minister gives a gift to the eldest son. I'm afraid that you two will have to do it the next day."
We are fighting on the battlefield, but there is nothing we can do about it, and the Prime Minister is also helpless."
Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard this and said, "Prime Minister Tao has already considered this matter?"
Mi Fang said: "Not only did the Prime Minister take this matter into account, but he also asked the eldest son to be more careful when he arrived in Jizhou. Even though it was Yuan Gong who summoned him this time, he said later that no villain would harm him, so he asked the eldest son to be more careful."