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Chen Deng not only refused to surrender, but also sent someone to send a message to Yuan Shao, accusing Yuan Shao of acting against Meng Lang, which was disappointing.

Chen Deng said a lot, but the core is only one sentence: Yuan Shao's actions are not like a gentleman, it is hard for people to believe that he can bear the destiny of Xingtaiping.

This sentence hurt Yuan Shao deeply, and made him hate Chen Deng to the bone.

He originally led the rear to surround Sheyang himself, but Liu Bei repeatedly attacked and harassed his logistics supply line.He sent people to fight Liu Bei several times, but was defeated by Liu Bei.In desperation, he had no choice but to lead the army to fight Liu Bei.

Hearing that he had come, Liu Bei hid in Pengcheng and could not hold out.

Before intercepting the luggage sent by the examiner several times, Liu Bei has enough food to insist.Yuan Shao sent troops to surround and attack fiercely, but Pengcheng was so tall and strong that he had nothing to do for a while, so he could only spend so much time.

How to win Pengcheng and Sheyang, and how to capture Liu Bei and Chen Deng are his biggest headaches now.

The setback in the previous battle made him realize that Tian Feng was right.It is meaningless to march south without taking down Liu Bei and Cao Cao.Cao Cao can retreat westward, but Liu Bei has no way to retreat. Based on the principle of first easy and then difficult, taking Xuzhou first is the right way.

Even if it takes a little longer, it will be worthwhile if the Xuzhou problem can be solved once and for all.

Yuan Shao encouraged himself and sighed.

"My lord, my lord." Feng Ji walked over quickly, stepped onto the general platform, and came in front of Yuan Shao.

"Why are you so panicked?" Seeing the beads of sweat on Feng Ji's face, Yuan Shao was very surprised.

"My lord, when Dong Zhao entered Jizhou, he was accompanied by Captain Xu Huang of Jiguan and Guan Yu, the false officer of Guan Yu. Wen Chou was killed in battle. Now the front of the army has arrived outside Yecheng, and Yecheng is in a hurry."

Hearing Dong Zhao's name, Yuan Shao frowned and clenched his fists involuntarily.

Dong Zhao used to be his subordinate, and was also the prefect of Wei County, but now he brings the court's troops to attack Wei County and Yecheng?

"How did Wen Chou die in battle?" Yuan Shao frowned even tighter.Yan Liang and Wen Chou are both fierce generals under his command. He arranged Wen Chou in Hanoi to prevent Dong Zhaodong from invading Jizhou.

"Beheaded by Guan Yu."

Hearing Guan Yu's name, Yuan Shao was even more disturbed.Although Liu Bei is incapable of using soldiers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are famous generals.It's not impossible to cut Wen Chou.

"Where's Cui Jun?"

"He... fled the battle, the army collapsed, and now he is waiting for punishment in Yecheng."

Yuan Shao was furious, and kicked his foot on the railing, causing the entire platform to shake.Yuan Shao put his hands on his hips, turned back and forth a few times, the more he thought about it, the more angry he kicked twice, as if it was Cui Jun.

Cui Jun disappointed him too much.In vain as a celebrity, but incapable of fighting.The last defeat by Gongsun Zan almost caused the Jizhou front to collapse.This time he was defeated by Dong Zhao again, which directly led to the crisis in Yecheng.

"Yuan Tu, what can I do?" Yuan Shao was furious.

"Send a large army back to aid Yecheng."

"Is this necessary? There are only ten thousand people in a county in Hanoi, and Jiang Qi is enough to handle it, so why bother to send back an army." Yuan Shao looked puzzled, wondering if Feng Ji was a little out of sorts.

"My lord, what I know now is only the county of Hanoi." Feng Ji smiled wryly, "Since Hanoi is moving, how can Taiyuan and Shangdang not move?"

Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt his back go cold.

If, as Feng Ji said, Taiyuan and Shangdang also sent troops together, then Yecheng would be in real danger.

"Would you like to be sent back to the master?" Yuan Shao still didn't give up.He has besieged Pengcheng for so long, and he is about to succeed, so it is a pity to withdraw his troops.

"My lord thinks, which is more important, Jizhou or Yanyu?"

Yuan Shao held his breath, and it took him a long time to spit it out slowly.

Of course Jizhou is important.

Jizhou not only has a large number of household registrations, sufficient food and fodder, but also borders on Youzhou, and the resources of war horses are guaranteed.

Therefore, not only can Jizhou not be lost, but it must also be controlled in his own hands and cannot be controlled by Jizhou people.It is not acceptable to send the judges back to aid Yecheng. The judges have already relied on Jizhou's self-esteem. Once such great achievements have been made, it will be more difficult to control in the future.

What about Pengcheng?What about Xuzhou?

The more Yuan Shao thought about it, the more he regretted it. If he had known this, it would be better to listen to Tian Feng's suggestion.

"This time I'm smiling for Yuan Hao." Yuan Shao let out a long sigh.

Feng Ji's eyes flickered, he hesitated to speak.

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Yuan Shao gathered to discuss matters.

Hearing that Dong Zhao attacked Yecheng, many people panicked.

As generals, their family members stayed in Yecheng as hostages.Once Yecheng is destroyed, their family members will fall into the hands of Dong Zhao.

This kind of thing happened once before, when the Black Mountain bandit Yu Du succeeded in attacking Ye City, including Yuan Shao, all family members became prisoners.Fortunately, Tao Sheng sent him out, so he survived.

Dong Zhao is not poisoned, and will not let such a thing happen again.

Without any hesitation, all the generals agreed to return to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao was worried that Tian Feng would laugh at him, but Tian Feng didn't say a word.

Without further hesitation, Yuan Shao ordered the withdrawal of the troops.

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Standing on the city wall, Liu Bei rubbed his eyes again, still in disbelief.

Yuan Shao withdrew just like that?

"Something must have happened in Yecheng." Jian Yong said.

“How come you see?”

"There are two reasons." Jian Yong raised two fingers. "One is that Yecheng is close to Taihang Mountain. No matter it is Hanoi, Shangdang, or Taiyuan, they are all condescending, and Yecheng can be threatened by going out of Taihang. Second, if there is no accident in Yecheng, Yuan Shao will not let go of Xuzhou, which is about to be won. Yecheng is equivalent to Yuan Shao The capital of Ye, and the families of the soldiers are all in Ye, so there is no room for loss."

Liu Bei nodded in agreement.After a while, he said again: "So, the Son of Heaven sent Zhong Yao to seize Shangdang, and then rushed to Taiyuan himself, just for this moment?"

Jian Yong thought about it. "It's possible. After all, the imperial court's strength is not good enough, so we can only defend against the danger to protect the state."

"It's a pity that Xuzhou is flat and there is no danger to defend."

"Mount Tai can be defended." Jian Yong said along the way: "My lord, after this battle, Yuan Shao's arrogance must be restrained. Next time, when he comes again, he should take Mount Tai, Lu, and Shanyang counties first. My lord should guard Pei County, Lu County."

Liu Bei didn't say anything.

Jian Yong's suggestion is not the first one. Before the emperor issued an edict, it suggested that he move his center of gravity to the north and unite with Zang Ba and others to guard Mount Tai.But he can't keep it. There are dangers around Mount Tai, but the household registration is seriously insufficient.Retreating to Taishan is tantamount to abandoning Donghai and Xiapi, which have the largest number of household registrations, and is just trying to survive with a broken arm, and it is definitely not the best policy.

More importantly, the emperor did not give him any promises, making it difficult for him to make up his mind.

"Let's report the victory." Liu Bei talked about him from left to right.

Jian Yong secretly sighed.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster.This time Yuan Shao withdrew his troops because of the imperial court's intervention.If the imperial court does not act, Xuzhou will be owned by Yuan Shao.Liu Bei had no bargaining chip with the imperial court at all, and it would be wishful thinking not to profess his allegiance to the imperial court, but also to get the imperial court's promise.

Chapter 432

Yuan Shao crossed the river in August, worshiped his ancestors in September, and crossed the Huai River in October. He was first frustrated at Lujiang, and then sent troops to Pengcheng and Sheyang.

In December, when Yecheng was in a hurry, Yuan Shao withdrew his troops and hurried back to Hebei.

A vigorous trip to the Central Plains ended in dismal, which surprised countless Central Plains people.

Seizing the opportunity of Yuan Shao's retreat, Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei took advantage of the situation to advance and seize the southern part of Pei County.He originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to take Liang Guo, but was repelled by the judge and his troops.In the battle of Dangshan, Liu Bei lost more than a thousand men.Trial and dispatch led his troops to chase Peixian, defeated Liu Bei again, and took Peixian into his pocket.

The judge was going to take Pengcheng in one fell swoop, but Chen Deng led his troops from Sheyang to defend Zhuyi.Liu Bei returned to the country and sent troops again.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the trial and allocation took the initiative to retreat to Pei County.

Hearing that Shenpei had withdrawn his troops, Cao Cao, who was about to take the opportunity to attack Chen Guo, immediately gave up his action, looted all the surrounding areas, and brought them back to Chenliu.

Yangzhou Mu Yuanshu ordered General Ji Ling to lead [-] troops into Yuzhou, but was warned by Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the same time.He was very angry, but he didn't dare to provoke Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the same time, so he thought of an idea.

He wrote to the Son of Heaven, stating that Sun Ce, the prefect of Kuaiji, was the shepherd of Yuzhou.

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At the foot of Fenglin Mountain, there is the water valley of Baishichuan.

Wearing a sheepskin cloak and wearing sheepskin boots, Liu Xie climbed up the snow-capped Fenglin Mountain step by step, overlooking the river valley, and couldn't help being amazed.

No wonder Song Jianhui chose to build his capital here, it is indeed a good place.When the mountains were covered with snow, there was only a thin layer of snow in the valley, the river was not frozen, and the water was still flowing. There were even green grass on both sides of the river for cattle and sheep to eat.

Liu Xie guessed that there might be geothermal heat nearby.

Xun Wenqian was amazed. "Unexpectedly, there is such a warm place in this world of ice and snow. It would be hard to believe if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." As she spoke, she unwrapped the tightly wrapped snow-white fox fur, revealing the bright red knight uniform inside, A phoenix is ​​embroidered on the left shoulder, ready to fly.

Liu Xie glanced at it and said with a smile, "Is this the winter clothes sent by Hedong?"

Xun Wenqian's eyes flickered, and she said in a low voice, "Yes, I didn't dare to wear it, but I couldn't find any suitable clothes."

"Why don't you dare?" Liu Xie smiled, and reached out to touch Fenghuang and Xun Wenqian's shoulders under the Phoenix. "It's not Phoenix Crown."

Xun Wenqian bowed slightly. "only."

"Chen Liulai's weavers should live in peace, or else they wouldn't be in the mood to embroider such delicate phoenixes."

"It is said that the harvest in Hedong is good this year, and the craftsmen from Kanto can eat enough, so they are very motivated. From the edict of His Majesty, many women have also started to learn embroidery, and the output has increased rapidly. The problem now is that there is not enough sericulture, and spring has begun. , and may have to open up wasteland.”

Liu Xie nodded and said nothing more.

Speaking of it, although Fu Shou has a heart, he is not as clever as Xun Wenqian after all.Taking advantage of this opportunity, a phoenix got on the body.If she had a son in the future, Feng Guan would inevitably have to think about it.

No matter how smart a woman is, she can't ignore the status of being the mother of the world. Whenever there is an opportunity, she will fight for it.

However, given the current situation, Xun Wenqian would not be so blatant.The real phoenix crown and phoenix clothes had probably been sent to Fushou.If he asked, he would never find any flaws.

So he simply didn't ask.

"Your Majesty, why is this valley evergreen?" Cai Yan walked over with hands and feet, followed by two strong female knights, holding painting tools in their hands.Judging from their appearance, they should be Qiang people, and they are very stable even when walking on the snow-covered mountain road.

"It's hard to say." Seeing that Cai Yan was walking unsteadily, Liu Xie reached out to give her a hand, and led her to his side. "Maybe there are hot springs nearby, or the high mountains block the cold air. We need to investigate to find out."

The hillside was narrow, and it was a bit crowded when there were three people standing, so they could only lean side by side.Seeing this, the two female knights looked at Cai Yan in embarrassment, and asked where to set up the drawing board.

Cai Yan looked around, but did not find a good place.

"What do you want to draw?" Liu Xie asked.

"I was entrusted by someone to paint a picture of the Son of Heaven's personal conquest and the Great General Zhenxi suppressing the rebellion." Cai Yan smiled, her slender eyebrows raised. "A hundred-gold embellishment pen, and it's cash money, is worth ten years' salary."

"If you give me a piece of gold, I will give you this geomantic treasure." Liu Xie stomped his feet.

Cai Yan laughed so hard that she swayed, slipped, and almost fell, but thanks to Liu Xie's sharp eyesight and quick hands, he grabbed her.

"For the grace of saving life, add another twenty gold, isn't it too much?"

"Whoever sees it has a share." Cai Yan stood cautiously and turned to Xun Wenqian's side. "Your Majesty's fifty gold, your lord's thirty gold, I will keep twenty gold for myself."

"You don't get paid for nothing, how dare I take your money." Xun Wenqian said with a smile, and cast another glance at Liu Xie. "Your Majesty doesn't pay a salary, so that Shi can only paint for people, accept people to polish his brushes, and you have to divide the money from it, which is a loss of the dignity of the emperor."

"The emperor has no money, how can he have dignity?" The emperor sighed deliberately. "Actually speaking, my painting is also a handicraft handed down from my family, but no one asks me to paint."

Xun Wenqian and Cai Yan looked at each other and smiled, and they both covered their mouths.

Liu Xie was not entirely joking.

He does know how to paint, and it is not a skill brought from his previous life, but a family handed down skill of the deity.Emperor Han Ling and Wang Meiren were both talented in art, especially Emperor Han Ling, who was good at calligraphy and painting, and even founded Hongdu school.Many people rank him with Song Huizong as a standard artist emperor.

Another point is that he is really poor.Seeing that the new year is approaching, distributing year-end awards to ministers of civil and military affairs has become a big problem again.

This happened to me last year, and this year it's a little bit better, but not much better.

He solved the problem of food and clothing, but money is still tight.Fortunately, there is some hope this year. A batch of property in Hedong and Guanzhong has already left. As long as it can be delivered in time, there are still things to reward the ministers, but there are not many.

Just kidding, Liu Xie gave up his foothold for Cai Yan to paint, while he took Xun Wenqian's hand to find another place.

"Your Majesty, this concubine can leave by herself." Xun Wenqian said, but she clenched her hands even tighter.

"What I'm taking now is not a mountain road, but a kingly way." Liu Xie said seriously: "If you don't want to, I have no choice but to take a domineering way."

"Pfft!" Xun Wenqian laughed out loud, and then said in a low voice, "Then His Majesty should follow the kingly way, my concubine can't afford such a responsibility."

Liu Xie found another place where he could stand, led Xun Wenqian inside, and asked her to hold onto the snow-covered pine tree.The pine tree swayed, and the snow on it fell rustlingly, some of it fell into Xun Wenqian's collar, and Xun Wenqian hissed for air.Liu Xie reached out to get it, but the snow had already melted.

"It's okay, my concubine is not cold." Xun Wenqian shrank her neck. "After walking all the way, it happened to be a little hot."

"Wen Qian, when you first came, I really didn't expect you to be able to adapt to life in the army."

"I didn't expect that either." Xun Wenqian raised her head and glanced at Liu Xie with spring water in her eyes. "As long as I can follow His Majesty, no matter how high the mountain is, my concubine is willing."

Liu Xie nodded, suddenly realized something, and forgot to say it for a while.

Chapter 433 The Power of the Son of Heaven