The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 47 The Death of Yuan Shao
A few days later, while Zhang Wu was practicing martial arts at his residence, suddenly someone who claimed to be from the Cai family came to visit and brought several boxes of gold and silver.

The visitor expressed his intention and wanted Zhang Wu to support Liu Cong as the successor to Jingzhou Mu, and promised various benefits.

Zhang Wu was furious and scolded: "What kind of thing is Cai Mao? He actually wants to buy me! My family's eunuch promised me the position of governor of Jingzhou and let me take over all the military power in Jingzhou in the future. Can Cai Mao give it to me? The gold and silver will be kept. Get out, or everyone will cut off an ear!"

The visitor returned to Xiangyang in embarrassment and reported the incident to Cai Mao. Cai Mao was furious and threw the teacup in his hand on the ground, saying angrily, "It's unreasonable, this bandit dares to insult me ​​like this, I swear to kill him!"

That Liu Qi promised such a big benefit, it seems that he is determined to compete for the seat of Jingzhou Mu, Cai Mao thought that Liu Qi should not be allowed to succeed, otherwise the Cai family would be in danger of exterminating the family.

Zhang Wu also persuaded Liu Qi to return to Xiangyang often to report to Liu Biao, and took the opportunity to give Liu Biao some special products from Jiangxia and Jiangdong.Liu Biao really smiled at Liu Qi, and praised Liu Qi many times, which made the Cai siblings even more afraid of Liu Qi.

Liu Qi also often visited Liu Bei in Xinye, every time the people in Jiangxia and Xinye knew about it, and then spread it all over Jingzhou.

In the seventh year of Jian'an, in the first month of spring, Cao Cao summoned his subordinates to discuss sending troops to attack Yuan Shao, intending to destroy Yuan Shao in one fell swoop and unify the north.

Destroying Yuan Shao first was the strategy that the Cao Cao Group had decided long ago, and everyone had no objection, so Cao Cao first sent Xiahou Dun and Man Chong to guard Runan to reject Liu Biao, left Cao Ren and Xun Yu to guard Xudu, and personally led the army to Guandu Tunza.

Yuan Shao had contracted a cold after vomiting blood after a disastrous defeat last year, and has only just gotten better now, so he wanted to take revenge and called people to discuss to attack Xudu again.

Shen Pei remonstrated: "We just lost two battles at Guandu and Cangting last year. The morale of the army has not been refreshed. It is not suitable to send troops to fight. We should continue to build deep trenches and high fortifications to restore our strength."

While discussing, suddenly spies came to report that Cao Cao attacked Guandu and Jizhou.

Yuan Shaodao: "When Cao Cao's soldiers approach the city, they will reach the edge of the trench, and then resist the enemy, it will be too late. I will personally lead the army to meet the enemy."

Yuan Shang said: "Father is still ill and cannot go on an expedition. My son is willing to raise troops to meet the enemy."

Yuan Shao agreed to Yuan Shang's request, and at the same time sent people to Qingzhou to take Yuan Tan, Youzhou to take Yuan Xi, and Bingzhou to take high officials, and asked the four armies to join forces to defeat Cao Cao.

Ever since Yuan Shang beheaded Shi Huan in a one-on-one fight last time, he has always felt that he is a strong brother, and no one is his opponent.As for the last defeat, it was really because the teammates were not good enough and kept giving away heads, and the opponent didn't talk about martial arts, and squatted in the grass despicably and shamelessly.

Therefore, after Yuan Shang dispatched troops, he led tens of thousands of horses out of Liyang to meet Cao Cao's front team without waiting for Yuan Tan and other troops to arrive.

Zhang Liao went first, Yuan Shang saw that he was going to be singled out, so excitedly he raised his gun to fight, he wanted to see his brother get a blood!

As a result, within three rounds of the battle, Yuan Shang couldn't stand it anymore, and if he didn't run away, he would be killed, so he hurriedly fled back to the formation.

When Yuan Shang's soldiers saw that the main general had been defeated and was still being chased, they ran away in a hurry, and followed suit.Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation to hide and kill Yuan Shang, unable to control the situation, he hurriedly led his troops back to Jizhou.

When Yuan Shao heard that Yuan Shang had returned from a defeated battle, he was shocked again. His old illness relapsed, he vomited blood several times, and fell unconscious on the ground.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly asked Yuan Shao to be rescued into the bedroom, and asked the doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment.

The doctor stammered about Yuan Shao's illness, revealing his intention to prepare for the funeral.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was going to die, Mrs. Liu hurriedly invited the judge and Feng Ji to come to Yuan Shao's bed to discuss the funeral together.

At this time Yuan Shao was speechless, he could only move his head and hands.

Mrs. Liu asked: "Can Yuan Shang inherit your foundation?"

Yuan Shao nodded, it seems that he really likes his youngest son.The judge wrote the will right in front of the bed, Yuan Shao suddenly turned over and yelled, vomited blood and died after several fights.

To be honest, Yuan Shao can be regarded as a hero in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms. The thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty accounted for four of them. He had enough soldiers and food, and he had countless advisors and generals. .

But Yuan Shao had many fatal flaws, which eventually led to his downfall.After his death, several of his sons fought each other for his seat, and were finally wiped out by Cao Cao.The No. [-] family in the world that once lived for four generations and three generations eventually went to perish.

After Yuan Shao died, Shenpei and others presided over the funeral and discussed Yuan Shang's succession.

The vicious Mrs. Liu killed all the five concubines that Yuan Shao loved during his lifetime. She was afraid that their ghosts would meet Yuan Shao again under the Nine Springs, so she plucked their hair, scratched their faces, and buried their corpses. destroy.

Yuan Shang was worried that the families of the five concubines would make trouble, so he arrested and killed them all.

Approved and appointed by Feng Ji, Yuan Shang was appointed as General Sima, led the prefects of Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, and sent envoys to Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Gao Gan and others to report the funeral.

The news of Yuan Shao's death spread to all parts of the country.

Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and Zhang Wu in Jingzhou all got the news of Yuan Shao's death, and they were in different moods.

Liu Biao lamented that one of the princes of the world has died. I don't know how long I can be safe in Jingzhou?Forget it, I no longer have the ambitions of the past, so I should stick to the house and live a few days of stability.

Liu Bei couldn't help recalling the high-spirited appearance of the leader of the Yuan League when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo. That was the first time Liu Bei introduced his identity as a Han family clan to the princes of the world.

Even Yuan Shao, the strongest Yuan Shao who has four generations and three princes, occupied four states, was defeated by Cao Cao. Who else in the world can control Cao Cao?Once Yuan Shao died, his sons would definitely fight among themselves, and Cao Cao would eventually deal with them one by one, because Liu Bei knew that Yuan Shao's sons were at odds when he was under Yuan Shao's tent.

At that time, Cao Cao will occupy Yuan Shao's territory, and his strength will be unmatched!And now I have only a few thousand soldiers, and my land is only a county in Xinye, and I am still under the fence of others, so why am I in such a miserable situation?

no!I can't let Cao Cao occupy Yuan Shao's territory so easily, I have to cause him some trouble, Liu Bei thought to himself.Now that Cao Cao's army is attacking Yuan Shao, the rear must be empty. If they attack Xu Du at this time, even if they can't take down Xu Du and rescue the emperor, it will still distract Cao Cao and delay his process of defeating Yuan. Maybe there will be a turning point in the future.

However, Liu Bei now has too few soldiers to put pressure on Xu Chang, because Cao Cao left Xiahoudun and Man Chong to guard Runan, and Cao Ren and Xun Yu stayed in Xudu. These people are not easy to deal with.If you want to attack Xuchang, you must first defeat Xiahou Dun and Man Chong in Runan.

Liu Bei fought against Cao Cao all the year round, and he was very familiar with Cao Cao's generals. This Xiahou Dun was Cao Cao's most trusted general. He was brave and resourceful, and he was a brother of the same clan as Cao Cao.Cao Cao's father was originally named Xiahou, but was later adopted by the eunuch Cao Teng and changed his surname to Cao, so Xiahou's and Cao's are both Cao Cao's ancestry.

With the soldiers and horses in his hands, he must not be able to beat Xiahou Dun, let alone Cao Ren in Xuchang City, so Liu Bei was going to persuade Liu Biao to send troops to attack Xuchang to stab Cao Cao's chrysanthemum.

(End of this chapter)