Jimei Lu of the Three Kingdoms

The matter was so important that Cao Hong didn't dare to be professional, so he ordered his subordinates to set up camp and wait for Cao Cao's arrival.

The city of Linju was full of howling again, it was impossible to live this day.

The new troops are camping outside the city again, so they won't enter the city at night again and leave after dawn, right?

The family really didn't have much money left over, and if they were robbed again, the tragedy of people starving to death would soon be staged in the city.

As the evening approached, Cao Dabailian led the follow-up troops to arrive, and it was strange to see that only Cao Hong came to greet him.

"Zilian, didn't Zhongde send that little tiger from Xiahou's family to guard Linju?

Why didn't I come with you. "

Cao Hong shook his head again and again: "My lord, Xia Houhuan's life and death are unknown after the defeat, and there has never been any information that Lin Zhirou led the army to Linju City."

Cao Cao frowned immediately: "What happened in Linju in the past few days, please tell me the details."

After listening to Cao Hong's report, Cao Dabai also hesitated.

Normally speaking, the so-called King of Niujiao of Jigong Mountain must be Lin Feng's false claim.

But Cao Hong had no choice but to guard against his worries, and it was indeed impossible for the Yuan family in Runan to bow their heads and admit defeat willingly.

It's just that Cao Cao was not worried about Runan's sending troops. With his current strength, if he hadn't worried that the Yuan family's resistance would be too heavy, causing Yuzhou's people to suffer, he would have bulldozed Runan long ago.

Now he doubts whether Lin Feng and Runan have reached some kind of agreement in private, if the two join forces, it will indeed cause Cao Dabai a headache.

The possibility of joining forces between Lin Feng and the Yuan family in Runan is not small. If Lin Feng agrees not to continue attacking Yuan Shao and maintain the current situation in Jizhou for a long time, the Yuan family will definitely reciprocate and give Lin Feng the greatest help in Yuzhou.

Thinking about it this way, the most important thing for him right now is to resolutely not let Lin Feng escape into Runan.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao didn't even care about Linju City to receive it, and ordered Cao Hong to send troops to search in the southwest direction as quickly as possible, and must bite Lin Feng by the tail before he escaped into Runan.

Cao Hong received the order and left. Cao Cao ordered people to quickly send letters to Cheng Yu in Peicheng and Xun You in Yingchuan explaining the situation, and at the same time ordered people to hold his command arrows and go to Jiyin to urge Xia Houyuan to send troops to annex Liang County as soon as possible.

At this time, the whole family of the Yuan family in Runan was in a state of anxiety.

Yuan Shao was defeated in Jizhou, and Yuan Shu plunged into Yangzhou like a stunned young man, unable to get out. The Yuan family of Runan, the fourth generation and third prince, now has no soldiers, no soldiers, no generals, and he is almost at the mercy of others.

Yuan Kai's face was full of shame and anger, and he sat in the grand master's chair and sulked at the table full of food.

Opposite him sat a young scribe.

This person has a yellow complexion, red eyes, a moon-white scribe scarf on his head, and a navy blue scribe robe. He strokes the faint mustache on his lips with his hands, and he is full of smiles.

This person is Yuan Huan and Yuan Yaoqing, who together with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are known as the three masters of the Yuan family.

It's just that Yuan Huan is different from the Yuan Shao brothers. He was not born in the Yuan family in Runan, but in the Yuan family in Chen County, who was of the same family as the Yuan family in Runan.

According to their seniority, Yuan Huan would call Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu his uncles, who belonged to the generation of Yuan Kai's grandsons.

Yuan Kai sneered at Yuan Huan: "Is the virtuous grandson here to be a lobbyist for Tao Qian?"

In history, Yuan Huan was an official under Yuan Shu at first, and after Yuan Shu's defeat, he transferred to Lu Bu's command.When Lu Bu was killed by Cao Cao, he actively surrendered to Cao Cao and became an important minister next to Cao Cao.

Cao Dabailian once evaluated all the ministers under his command, among which only Cheng Yu, Cao Ren, and Yuan Huan were evaluated as brave champions.

Being able to rank alongside Cheng Yu and Cao Ren in Cao Cao's mind shows that Yuan Huan is not an easy person.

It's just that for some reason, Yuan Huan, who was supposed to be serving under Yuan Shu at this time, had an inexplicable turn of fate and joined the Xuzhou camp.

Right now, he is representing Tao Qian to discuss with his uncle Yuan Kui about partitioning Yuzhou.

Tao Qian is an upright character with great ambitions, and he is proficient in everything from military strategy to government affairs.

Later generations' understanding of him mostly stays on the story of Xuzhou, and they think that Tao Qian is timid, incompetent and unwilling to take responsibility, which is really a misunderstanding of him.

Tao Qian not only participated in the war to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but also went on an expedition to Xiliang with Huangfusong, and confronted Beigong Boyu, Han Sui and others many times without losing the wind.

The third letting Xuzhou is Tao Qian's helpless move, who made him do bad things with good intentions and offend Cao Dabai.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, used to live in Langya. After Cao Cao unified Yanzhou, he ordered his father to come and have a family reunion.

When Cao Song passed by Xuzhou, Tao Qian kindly sent someone to escort him.Unexpectedly, the entrusted person was not a human being, and his subordinate Zhang Kai was born as a bandit under the yellow scarf. Seeing the wealth of the Cao family, he suddenly killed Cao Song's family and fled with the money.

As a result, Cao Cao was furious, thinking that Tao Qian had killed his father, and sent troops to attack Xuzhou with all his strength to avenge his father's death.

Unable to beat Cao Cao on the battlefield, Tao Qian was so angry and anxious that he lay down on the hospital bed and died.

Seeing Cao Jun press on every step of the way, his son didn't live up to it, and he didn't have much ability.If Tao Qian didn't give up Xuzhou to Liu Daeru, his son would be able to throw Xuzhou into Cao Cao's hands before he died.

Now that Cao Song is not dead, and Tao Qian is not beaten up by Cao Dabai, it is the time when he is full of vigor and heart, so he naturally covets Yuzhou.

At this time, Yuan Huan was sent to persuade Yuan Wei because he saw that Cao Cao was attacking Yuzhou step by step, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would succeed if he was too late.

Yuan Kai seemed to be questioning Yuan Huan, but he was actually ashamed of him.

As a member of the Yuan clan, Yuan Huan not only did not help the Yuan family, but acted as a lobbyist for Tao Qianlai. In Yuan Kui's view, he should sacrifice to the ancestors in the family temple and remove Yuan Huan from the genealogy.

Yuan Huan was not annoyed, and smiled and cupped his hands to Yuan Kai: "Uncle, you are joking. Although the nephew and grandson are officials under Tao Gongzu's command, they are the blood of our Yuan family, so naturally they will not make elbows outward." I'm sorry, Yuan Shi, I'm sorry about my ancestors."

"Since you still remember your surname is Yuan, why did you speak up for Tao Qian and ask the old man to help Tao Qian take Pei County?"

Yuan Huan grinned, got up and poured Yuan Wei a glass of wine, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, let your nephew and grandson say something disrespectful, and send your old letter to Pei County, will anyone really listen to it?"

Yuan Kai's old face flushed with anger.

Yuan Huan is really the one who can't open the pot, and his face is so useful. He has sent a letter to the counties of Yuzhou to help Yuan Shu unify the whole territory of Yuzhou. It is necessary for Yuan Shu to move like an ant. It has been in operation for nearly a year, but it has not won a city or a county except Runan.

Chapter 279 Fake a shot

Yuan Huan didn't wait for Yuan Kai to explode, and continued to whisper: "Master Tao's request is nothing more than the attitude of the Yuan family in Runan. Cao Mengde now has righteousness in his hands, and everyone knows his intention to annex Yuzhou in the name of the emperor. Uncle, a word of solidarity wins a hundred thousand cavalry."

Only then did Yuan Kai understand why Yuan Huan came here.

Tao Qian wanted to compete with Cao Mengde for Yuzhou, but was worried about being stabbed in the back by the old Yuan's family, so he simply dragged the old Yuan's family into the water together. The two families joined forces to shut out Cao Cao, a fierce tiger, first.

Yuan Kui didn't want to talk to Yuan Huan, but he knew in his heart that the Yuan family didn't have the capital to compete with Cao Mengde.

Yuan Benchu, who had placed high hopes on him, fell into the sand in Jizhou, and was beaten into disgrace by Lin Feng. With the title of prefect of Bohai, he even lost Bohai County.

The other one, Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu, who was hopeful, had a disdainful temper and was too arrogant to listen to the family's persuasion, so he sent troops to Yangzhou without authorization.

It was only later that Yuan Kai figured out that even if Yuan Shu knew that Yangzhou was a quagmire, he would bite the bullet and jump into it.

After all, in Yuzhou, Yuan Shu couldn't get rid of the fetters of his family. There were a bunch of grandparents, grandparents, uncles and uncles on his head, and he couldn't speak loudly even if he wanted to speak loudly.

How nice it is to be in Yangzhou. Although there are many competitors, I am at ease. There are no elders nagging around.