The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 371 Volume The city is broken!

The brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi were quickly sent to the emperor's camp by cavalry sent by Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu.

Kneeling on the ground.

Yuan Xi avoided eye contact, not behaving like a nobleman at all.

On the contrary, although Yuan Shang knelt on the ground, he kept his back straight.

When the two men saw the emperor, they did not greet him, and Liu Xie looked at them for a long time without saying a word.

Perhaps Yuan Shang had been kneeling for too long and his knees felt a little uncomfortable, so he suddenly asked boldly: "Why is the emperor looking at my brother and me like this? Is the emperor so happy to have captured us?"

Liu Xie did not expect that Yuan Shang would dare to speak to him like this at this time. For a moment, he didn't know whether Yuan Shang was courageous or stupid.

However, Liu Xie also replied: "I was wondering which of you brothers Yuan Shao would look like when he kneels before me."

The emperor's words made Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi suddenly change color.

But soon Yuan Shang said: "Yecheng is strong, and your majesty's army is full of cavalry. How can you let my father surrender?"

Liu Xie waved his hands speechlessly: "If my cavalry were only strong, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to cross the river that day."

"As for the method of breaking into the city, I have three strategies: the best, the middle and the worst. Do you want to hear them?"

"Appreciate further details!"

Yuan Shang held his neck and glared angrily, thinking that the emperor was deceiving him.

"The best strategy is for me to learn from Cao Mengde and dig up the Zhang River to drown Yecheng and half of Hebei. I don't believe that we can't open the city gate."

Yuan Shang's face paused.

"The middle strategy, Fengxian suggested that we surround the city but not attack it. As long as we wait until Yecheng runs out of ammunition and food, and all the people in the city are dead, then we will naturally capture Yecheng."

Yuan Shang's face had begun to turn pale.

"The worst plan is, I will personally cross the Zhang River and lead all the imperial troops to attack Yecheng, regardless of the cost or my life! We can fight Yuan Shao to the death under the city wall for a day, and even if 10,000 or 20,000 Han soldiers die, I can still capture Yecheng!"

Yuan Shang had already lowered his head at this moment, not daring to look at the emperor.

The power accumulated by the emperor in recent years has become increasingly strong.

Even if you just say a few words casually, you can still feel the mountains of corpses and the sea of ​​blood inside!
Yuan Shang could believe that the emperor was not just speaking harsh words, but that these were things that could really be done.

If the emperor was pushed into a corner, any of the options would be enough to easily capture Ye City and capture Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shang no longer had the arrogance he had just now, and his back slowly bent downwards.

Yuan Xi didn't even dare to look at the emperor. He just huddled on the ground and trembled like a quail.

"But no matter the best, middle or worst strategy, there are drawbacks."

"The best strategy is to kill half of the people in Hebei."

"The middle strategy is to starve 70% of the people in Yecheng to death."

"The worst option is for me to send my own soldiers over there to die."

"Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, I will not hide it from you. Although these three strategies can all break the city, I really don't like them."

"And I also cannot understand why Yuan Shao, who is already at the end of his rope, is still waiting in Yecheng, a dead place, and making this place his own living coffin."

"So Yuan Shao must have planned it... Otherwise, Yuan Tan wouldn't have gone directly to Qingzhou, and Yuan Shao wouldn't have let you two brothers go directly to Youzhou."

"If my guess is correct, Yuan Shao's backup is probably the Wuhuan in the north and the Xianbei in the east, right?"

After hearing the emperor's words, Yuan Shang lost all his strength. He just sat on the ground in a daze, looking at the emperor with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, since you have already guessed it, why bother asking me again?"

"It's one thing for me to guess it, and it's another to ask you to come."

Liu Xie opened his mouth and was about to say something, but then he frowned and swallowed his words back.

"I have no intention of engaging in a debate with you about Chinese and barbarians, to let you know the harm of Wuhuan and Xianbei... Besides, no matter what I say, I'm afraid you won't take it seriously, and I'm too lazy to waste my breath on it."

"So my conditions are very simple—"

Liu Xie looked at Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

"Tell us all of Yuan Shao's plans and you will live!"

"It's that simple. You two can think about it carefully."

Live!

Yuan Xi, who had not said a word since entering the room, suddenly became excited: "Will His Majesty really spare our lives?"

"I am not a bloodthirsty person, and you two brothers are not vicious criminals. Why won't I spare your lives?"

Yuan Xi was overjoyed and immediately pointed at himself: "I know! I know!"

Yuan Shang, who was standing by, grabbed his brother and looked at him with a look of disappointment: "How could you ruin all of my father's hard work like this?"

"Hey, my dear brother! You have already killed me once, are you going to kill me again now?"

Yuan Xi threw Yuan Shang aside and respectfully clasped his fists in the direction of the emperor: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. He already has three strategies to capture Yecheng. My father's defeat is only a matter of time. Can't you see this clearly now?"

"There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the worst is not having an heir!"

"The Yuan family will be extinct, and there will be no descendants. There will be no one to offer sacrifices during the Qingming and Cold Food Festivals. You and I will become lonely ghosts. Is this what the ancestors of the Yuan family wanted to see?"

Yuan Xi ignored Yuan Shang and just told Yuan Shao's plan like spilling the beans.

"Yuan Shao, ah Yuan Shao..."

When Liu Xie heard that Yuan Shao was actually trying to invite a wolf into the house, lure in the Wuhuan and Eastern Xianbei, and then use the power of the Hebei families to turn the tables for the Yuan family, Liu Xie almost completely lost hope in Yuan Shao.

"He can't get rid of his arrogant temper as a nobleman from an aristocratic family... I don't know what I should say!"

Yuan Shao!

conceited!

Arrogant to the extreme!

When he was in Luoyang and by He Jin's side, he thought everything was under his control and seemed fearless.

When he arrived in Hebei, he forced Han Fu to give up Jizhou without bloodshed, thinking that he now had a foundation and could easily check and balance the Hebei gentry.

Until now, Yuan Shao still thought that he had the ability to control the Wuhuan and Southern Xianbei?

"Ah."

"Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are really brothers. Although they have different temperaments on the outside, they are both so arrogant and conceited in their bones. They always think they can control the situation."

"In the end, what event fulfilled his wish?"

In Luoyang, the desperate Ten Eunuchs directly killed He Jin, and later lured Dong Zhuo into the palace and took power completely.

When he was in Hebei, he thought he could rely on the reputation of the Yuan family of Runan to suppress the local gentry in Hebei. However, both Tian Feng, Ju Su, Zhang He and Gao Lan made Yuan Shao realize how unshakable their power was.

Now they are introducing foreigners into Hebei...

Did Yuan Shao think that at this point, the Wuhuan and Eastern Xianbei would honestly withdraw their troops after entering Hebei?
Did he think that the leaders of the Wuhuan and the Eastern Xianbei Chanyu Kebi would be as obedient to him as Han Fu?

"Yuan Shao, you actually want me to clean up your mess..." Liu Xie immediately gave an order, asking someone to quickly send a letter to Fa Zheng and Meng Da, warning the Southern Xiongnu and Western Xianbei who stood on the side of the court to be careful.

After that, they settled Hao Zhao and Guo Huai in Taiyuan, and Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu in Youzhou, and told them to be careful to the north to prevent the Wuhuan and Eastern Xianbei from invading from the south.

Coming back to his senses, Liu Xie seemed to remember something and looked at Yuan Shang again.

"I want you to write a letter for me."

"Why are you still asking for it?"

Yuan Shang was extremely dissatisfied!

"The emperor's words are golden, are you going to go back on your word?"

"Since we have revealed our father's plan, the emperor should have let us go. Why are you putting forward conditions now?"

Liu Xie said indifferently: "I always keep my word. I will definitely spare your lives."

"I have decided to send you to Qingzhou to reunite with your good brother Yuan Tan."

"Since you don't want to write a letter, I won't force you."

Send it to Yuan Tan in Qingzhou!
After hearing Yuan Tan's name, Yuan Shang felt that his pulse stopped for a moment!
How can I send myself to Yuan Tan?

Now that I am in a poor state, but I am sent to the hands of Yuan Tan, who has complete power, won’t I be ridiculed by him?

When Yuan Shang thought about being humiliated by a slave-born child! A foreign branch!, he felt as if countless ants were biting him all over his body!

"I wrote!"

Yuan Shang raised his hands high: "I will write it! Please don't hand me over to Yuan Tan!"

Liu Xie looked at the jade pendant on Yuan Shang's waist and said, "How about I lend you a personal item?"

"Personal belongings? My underwear, please?"

"..."

"A jade pendant will do!"

"Here!"

…………

In Ye City, Yuan Shao was happily stroking a jade pendant with his fingertips!
Yuan Shang’s jade pendant!
Along with it, Yuan Shao also received a handwritten letter from Yuan Shang!
"That Kebi Neng is so powerful! He has already defeated the Western Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu, unified the grasslands, and is heading to Hebei from Yanmen!"

When Guo Tu, Ju Shou and others under his command heard this, the tightly taut string suddenly loosened!

"Mr. Yuan, is the news accurate?"

"Absolutely accurate! This is indeed Xianfu's handwriting! I personally taught Xianfu how to write, how could I make a mistake?"

"And this jade pendant is extremely important to Xianfu! He would not throw it away even if it cost him his life. How could he have conveyed the wrong message?"

Yuan Shao was undoubtedly very satisfied with Yuan Shang's performance this time and began to show off to the ministers around him.

"Moreover, Yuan Shang also said in the letter that the Eastern Xianbei Chanyu Kebi Neng has sent out several groups of decoy troops to attract the main force of the Han army to Taiyuan and other places. He said that Kebi Neng invited me to march out of the city together in three days to defeat the emperor's dragon flag!"

!

How could Ke Bineng be so good at commanding troops? How could he march so quickly?
"He is truly a hero like Maodun and Tan Shihuai!"

Maodun Chanyu of the Xiongnu and Tan Shihuai Chanyu of the Xianbei had both relied on their powerful strength to humiliate the Han Dynasty. Now that there were more such people coming to help, the people around Yuan Shao felt relieved!

"Okay! Let's do as my son says and join Ke Bineng in fighting for the throne!"

Yuan Shao's dying heart suddenly became hot.

Although he had expected that Kebi Neng would be a rare and heroic leader, and that as long as he was there, he would be able to unify the grassland and suppress the Han Dynasty again... he did not expect that Kebi Neng could bring him hope so quickly!

"When Ke Bineng comes, I will definitely become his brother and have him as my friend for life and death!"

Yuan Shao looked out across the palaces in Yecheng, as if he could already see how frightened the emperor, who had always been invincible, was and how much the dragon banner, which had always stood tall, was trembling.

"The advantage is loneliness!"

Everything is ready, just waiting for the Northern Wolf Riders!

As Yuan Shao waited with bated breath, a cloud of smoke indeed rose on the northern horizon!
"It's Kebinen! It's the Xianbei cavalry!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed!

"Go! Kill the enemy army by surprise!"

"Here!"

Led by Ju Shou and Shen Pei, they opened the gate, built a pontoon bridge, crossed the Zhang River, and attacked the Han army on the opposite side!
And "as expected", when the Han army saw the Xianbei cavalry and the army from Yecheng, they immediately fled, leaving behind even their food and supplies, and fled crying for their parents.

The emperor's dragon banner was mixed in with the chaotic army, which looked very funny. Shen Pei, who had led the troops, laughed out loud: "The danger of Yecheng is over!"

Only Ju Su, who had once met the emperor, felt something was wrong!

Something is very, very wrong!

He is different from others.

He had personally met the emperor in Hedong that year!

Although the emperor at that time was somewhat saddened by the incident involving Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo, he was still like the sun in the sky, blinding others!
Even if they were suddenly tricked and saw the Xianbei cavalry coming to attack, they would not be able to abandon the camp and flee in panic so easily!

"Zhengnan (Shen Pei's courtesy name), be careful! Something is wrong! Retreat immediately!"

Shen Pei, however, thought Ju Su was too cautious.

"Now that the emperor's dragon flag can't even be seen, what could be wrong?"

"The most important thing now is to go and welcome Ke Bineng and thank him for rescuing us!"

Ju Su: ...

Something is wrong!
Something is still wrong!
He would rather believe that the emperor died in battle before his eyes than to believe that he would run away without saying a word.

Among people like Lu Bu, Xu Rong, and Liu Bei, which one of them is a weak person who would just run away?
But what Shen Pei said was not wrong. The Han army retreated too quickly, and there were plains all around with a wide view, so it was impossible to see any ambush.

Should we really follow Shen Pei's instructions and go to meet Kebi Neng first?

……

……

wrong!

Kebi Neng?
Ju Su's pupils shrank!
The "Xianbei cavalry" that were supposed to chase the Han army, under the leadership of their leader, made a huge circle and charged towards the floating bridge that had just been built!
When the other side saw Yuan’s soldiers, they trampled on them without hesitation... They were so brutal, how could they be friendly at all?
Ju Su opened his eyes wide, but found that although the leader was dressed in rags and looked like a barbarian, he was an acquaintance he knew!

"Lu Bu! Why is it you?"

"Damn it! After traveling thousands of miles and taking such a long detour, we finally caught up!"

Lü Bu laughed wildly, but the Red Hare under his crotch did not slow down. It had already rushed across the floating bridge and headed straight for the open gate of Yecheng.

"This Ye City has been broken!"

(End of this chapter)