Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 552 Youzhou Yuan Tan
While Liu Bei and Liu Biao were fighting fiercely in Jingzhou, on the Taihang Mountains in Hebei, Yuan Shao's three sons were also scrambling to put pressure on the Yellow Turban Army.

Yuan Tan led the army and Huang Chao fought in Bingzhou. At the beginning, they collided many times. On one side, the soldiers were strong and strong, and on the other side, there were many people. After several fights, neither of them could gain any advantage.

But later, Yuan Xi took the opportunity of delivering food and grass, and decided to run from Taihang Mountain to Bingzhou to help his elder brother.

Compared with Yuan Shang's contempt and suppression of Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan still has the demeanor of his eldest brother.

Yuan Xi was greatly moved by the booing and asking.

Although Yuan Xi also knew in his heart that the reason why Yuan Tan was so generous and kind to him was not really because of his family affection for his second brother, but because he hoped to get his support to fight against the overly favored third brother Yuan Shang together.

However, this is indeed a rare opportunity for him.

Yuan Shang suppressed him so that he didn't have any chance to show his performance. On Yuan Tan's side, the situation should be better.

"Brother, I heard that the strength of this Huangju army is extremely strong, and even your elite from Youzhou can't completely suppress them."

The two brothers sat in the big tent and chatted enthusiastically. The polite words were almost finished. Yuan Xi's eyes moved slightly, and he pretended to casually bring the topic down to the serious business.

"What strength is good? It's not just relying on the number of people. After all, this group of people is from the Yellow Turban Thieves, and they have a great momentum with the old and the young. Naturally, their real combat power is not high. But their leader, Huang Chao, is somewhat Based on his familiarity with Bingzhou, he has never fought us head-on, and has never thought of fleeing back to the Taihang Mountains. Thinking about it now, it is a bit strange."

Yuan Tan didn't deliberately hide anything. After all, there are many people with multiple strengths. Maybe Yuan Xi can surprise him and come up with a good way to break the deadlock.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi couldn't help but frown in thought.

He still knew something about Huang Chao and Huang Jujun, and knew that Huang Chao was different from the average Yellow Turban bandit leader.

This person is ambitious, cunning, and purposeful in his actions. He is not easy to deal with.

But now Huang Chao is just constantly dealing with Yuan Tan, and the few battles are just tentative. Once he escapes, he retreats immediately, and has never had a tendency to fight Yuan Tan to the end.

"Could it be...?"

Yuan Xi frowned, and secretly said yes.

Huang Chao still had some eyes, knowing that Yuan Shao came with a heavy army this time, and he was determined to cut off their confidant trouble of yellow scarf thieves.

Unless other forces suddenly intervene, they will have no chance of turning around.

Among the three princes who were able to join in, Liu Xie was stable in the three states and the most powerful, attracting the attention of the world and did not dare to act rashly.

Cao Cao on the second road, now his focus is on recuperating and consolidating the territory of Yizhou that he just won.

The last road is Dong Zhuo in Chang'an, but Dong Zhuo is now trapped in the battle with Lu Bu and is too busy to take care of himself, so he has no energy left to fight Yuan Shao.

What's more, the Bingzhou that Huang Chao currently occupies was snatched from Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Yuan Xi concluded that Huang Chao's cautiousness now and his delay in fighting Yuan Tan to the death just showed that this guy was leaving a way out for himself.

Once things can't be done, Huang Chao can lead his troops to join Yuan Shao, the world-renowned prince who dominates Hebei, at least he can be a general, without worrying about lack of glory and wealth.

As for why he didn't surrender in the first place or now, it was because of ambition and luck.

Besides, this may not be a means of selling at a price.

"Should I tell my brother?"

After Yuan Xi figured out Huang Chao's plan, he became a little entangled, hesitating whether to tell Yuan Tan or not.

Having said that, he can't make meritorious deeds because of this, and at the same time, it may cause Yuan Tan's hostility towards him, making it difficult to keep a low profile and make progress slowly.

If he didn't say it, he couldn't bear it.

After all, Yuan Tan is the only relative in Yuan's family who has treated him fairly well so far. Even though he is suspected of being used, Yuan Xi still cares a lot.

"That's it, that's it."

Yuan Xi sighed secretly in his heart, and finally said: "Brother, do you feel that Huang Chao is deliberately avoiding your army, but he is actually watching the limelight, and he wants to see the result of the battle between Xianfu and Zhang Yan before he thinks about it?" ?”

"Xianyi, what you said...is not unreasonable."

After hearing this, Yuan Tan was taken aback for a moment, then stood up quickly in shock, and said excitedly.

Yuan Xi smiled faintly, he knew why Yuan Tan was so excited.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are both very afraid of each other, but they also understand each other very well because of this.

Yuan Shang's troops were strong and strong, and Yuan Shao sent almost all the generals who were free to serve him under his command. In addition, Pang Ji and Shen Pei were conspiring, Yuan Shang only had to wait for an opportunity to destroy Zhang Yan.

Once Yuan Shang destroys Zhang Yan, Huang Chao will be unable to survive alone and will definitely choose to surrender.

At that time, he, Yuan Tan, hadn't gained any military exploits, and he was completely at a disadvantage to Yuan Shang. The position of heir was basically declared to be out of favor with his unfavorable eldest son.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Tan can't help but be surprised!

Sure enough, Yuan Tan had a bit of real talent, he walked impatiently for a while, then he stopped suddenly, and said excitedly: "Xianyi, since we have been able to confirm that Huang Chao has the intention to surrender, why not take the initiative to go What about recruiting him? Once we recruit him to surrender, Zhang Yan on the Taihang Mountains will be alone. Zhang Yan will not surrender. At that time, all the limelight will belong to our brothers, and the one who returns without success will be Xianfu. boy."

Yuan Xi shook his head repeatedly in his heart when he heard the words.

It is one thing to be able to surrender, but quite another when you will be able to surrender.

If Huang Chao can persuade you to surrender now, why do you need Yuan Tan to step in, people like him will come to ask for surrender.

Since Huang Chao hasn't come now, it means that he must have his own plans, and you can't persuade them.

In addition, one thing Yuan Xi has never told Yuan Tan is that even if Huang Chao wants to surrender, he may not surrender to you Yuan Tan.

Now is the critical moment to stand in the queue, Huang Chao is scheming, and most likely he will prudently ask Yuan Shao to surrender.

Yuan Xi deliberately hid this point, just to prepare for any eventuality.

At that moment, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Brother's idea of ​​turning the enemy into the enemy is quite good, but I'm not good at the art of war and strategy, so you might as well ask Mr. Guo Tuguo for advice."

Although Yuan Tan's idea was good, the possibility of success was too low. Yuan Xi thought about it, and decided to choose himself out of it, lest Yuan Tan would turn his anger on himself if he went his own way and failed.

"What Xianyi said is true, how could I forget about the military division?"

Yuan Tan slapped his head, suddenly realized, and quickly asked someone to invite Guo Tu to discuss.

(End of this chapter)