Chapter 720 How can I not take revenge?
It is said that Yuan Shao led the Hebei army to retreat.
But the atmosphere in the army was very good because Yuan Shao was in a good mood, at least he looked in a good mood on the surface.
After setting up camp in an open area with mountains and water, Yuan Shao even had the leisure to gather everyone in Hebei together.
Yuan Shao raised his teacup and said loudly: "Everyone, drinking is not allowed in the army. As the commander-in-chief, I cannot be the first to violate this rule. Today, I will use tea instead of wine. I would like to offer you a cup."
His actions confused everyone. Tian Feng was a straightforward person, and he asked angrily, "General, my army is currently facing Gongsun Zan's army. We have suffered heavy casualties in Hebei and have not yet won a major victory.
Why did the general do this? "
Faced with Tian Feng's somewhat impolite remarks, Yuan Shao was not angry, but smiled and said: "I will just sit here and watch Gongsun Zan destroy himself."
Tian Feng suddenly found that Xun Chen was silent. He was startled and immediately realized that Xun Chen was giving advice to Yuan Shao.
He was quite restless, but due to his personality, he couldn't help asking, "General, do you have any plans?
Why don't you discuss this with us?"
good!
Hearing what Tian Feng said, Yuan Shao immediately applauded in his heart. He had been unhappy with Tian Feng for a long time. This man always spoke without respect, often disobeyed his superiors, and always complained that he would not listen to his opinions. Sooner or later, he would fail.
Moreover, Tian Feng had a too strong character. If Yuan Shao had not known that Tian Feng's talents were rare in the world, he would have kicked him away long ago.
Now that we have this opportunity, we must of course deal a heavy blow to Tian Feng's arrogance.
Yuan Shao said in a deep voice: "Only a few people know about this. When our army was fighting with the Youzhou army, why did we attack Liu Yu's army fiercely, while the battle with Gongsun Zan's army seemed dangerous, but the casualties on both sides were small?
This is because our army had already made an agreement with Gongsun Zan's army.
Our Hebei Army helped Gongsun Zan to lure out Liu Yu's army, and then crippled Liu Yu's army, creating conditions for Gongsun Zan to unify Youzhou.
Our army retreated to Hebei, and Gongsun Zan ceded the two counties in the southern part of Youzhou to Hebei. This is why I can sit here now."
Tian Feng was so shocked when he heard this that he couldn't believe what he heard. He said in a stern voice, "General, why didn't you tell me about this earlier?
Gongsun Zan is not a man of his word. How could he cede the two counties as agreed? After he unifies Youzhou, he will definitely lead his army to fight against Hebei again.
At that time, our army will be facing a complete and undivided Youzhou."
As Tian Feng spoke, his voice gradually lowered. Everyone in the tent stared at him with shining eyes. Yuan Shao also looked at him with a lively look.
If we don't count Tian Feng's character but only his intelligence, there are no more than five people in the world who can be compared with him. He is a talented person who was able to make Yuan Shao listen to his strategies even though Yuan Shao was very unhappy with him.
How could Tian Feng not react?
He suddenly said: “General, you are not prepared to keep your promise!
If Gongsun Zan really attacked and killed Liu Yu, he would be courting his own destruction. He thought he could get Youzhou, but in fact all he could get was opposition from all the powerful families in Youzhou.
Could he really be that stupid?"
Yuan Shao raised his teacup without saying anything and looked away from Tian Feng. Tian Feng said awkwardly, "General, I was too excited just now."
Seeing Tian Feng surrender, Yuan Shao felt as refreshing as drinking cool water from a deep well on a hot summer day.
Then he smiled and said, "If it were Cao Cao or Liu Bei, they certainly wouldn't do such a thing.
But Gongsun Zan is the same person as my younger brother Yuan Shu.
He is cautious about his life when doing great things, and would risk his life for a little profit. He can only see that tiny bit of profit. I will not be surprised by anything he does.
Because this is Gongsun Zan, a vassal who has no qualifications to stand on the battlefield for the world, but only stood in Youzhou because of some special opportunities. "
No one was surprised to hear Yuan Shao's words. Disdain for Gongsun Zan really ran through Yuan Shao's entire life, from when he was studying in Luoyang until now. Yuan Shao has always had this attitude towards Gongsun Zan.
"My lord, Liu Yu of Youzhou and Gongsun Zan are really fighting each other."
Soon a messenger came with the news. After all, the traces of the fighting were so large that there was no need for spies. Just sending a scout to take a look would know what had happened.
Yuan Shao burst into laughter when he heard this. The rest of the people in Hebei also breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally as expected.
A smile slowly rose on Xun Chen's lips, and the heavy stone in his heart slowly fell.
This idea was proposed by him. If it doesn't work, his position as strategist may be lost.
The Hebei gentry had coveted this key position for a long time.
"Explore again!"
Yuan Shao said with high spirits that since Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu had started a civil war, it would be impossible to stop it. After all, the hatred between the two was even greater than that between them and him.
After a large number of scouts went out again, Yuan Shao said loudly: "Liu Yu had lost many soldiers and generals before, so he is definitely no match for Gongsun Zan this time. No matter what the result is, our army must be prepared, contact the Youzhou nobles, and attack Gongsun Zan. This time, we must make sure that Gongsun Zan dies in Youzhou."
“Yes!”
As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, everyone responded immediately.
Originally, I thought that the fight between the two would take some time, after all, Liu Yu was not strong now, and Gongsun Zan was not strong either. But I didn't expect that in less than half a day, Gongsun Zan directly defeated Liu Yu's army.
"Is Liu Yu Liu Bo'an really dead?"
When he heard the news, even though it was Yuan Shao who planned it himself, he still found it a little hard to believe, and the surprise on his face was not fake at all.
Such a heavyweight prince died just like that. One of the three most famous officials in the world died at the hands of Gongsun Zan, an ordinary military general from a border county.
Even at this time, in Yuan Shao's eyes, Gongsun Zan was not the prince who dominated the world, but a military man from a border county.
"Gongsun Zan really killed Liu Yu!"
The reaction of the people in Hebei to this news was just like when Dong Zhuo killed those officials in Luoyang, and Li Jue and Guo Si killed another group of officials in Chang'an.
Shen Pei said with uncontrollable excitement: "Youzhou will soon be in our hands!"
Xun Chen smiled softly and said, "My lord, you can completely remove the title of Jizhou Mu on your head. Now only the important general can match you."
Yuan Shao knew that everyone was saying that he was about to obtain Youzhou, and that the position of governor of a mere state was no longer worthy of his status.
All this went so smoothly that it was unbelievable. Yuan Shao slowly drank a cup of tea and suddenly said to everyone with emotion: "If everyone in the world had an opponent like Gongsun Zan, it might not be so difficult to conquer the world."
Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard this, and then suddenly burst into laughter. Yuan Shao's words were the ultimate humiliation to Gongsun Zan.
"My lord, Liu Shen, the son of Liu Yu, has been captured."
Everyone was laughing when suddenly a personal soldier walked into the tent with an exciting report in his tone.
Liu Yu's son?
Yuan Shao was stunned at first, thinking that he had misheard, but he knew that he couldn't have misheard, so he quickly said, "Bring him in!"
After that, he said to everyone: "Everyone, when I heard that God was blessing me, I thought that no matter what I did, it would be very smooth, and I thought it was a lie, but I didn't expect it to be true now.
This is what God wants this general to get Youzhou."
The officials in Hebei were also amazed and felt that everything had been going extremely smoothly since they entered Youzhou.
Although the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan had been foreshadowed, it only broke out completely at this moment.
There were calculations of the Hebei officials involved, but capturing Liu Shen was not part of everyone's calculations. It was purely a matter of luck.
Liu Shen never expected that he would escape capture by Gongsun Zan's army, but would be captured by Yuan Shao's army. He didn't understand why Yuan Shao's scouts were in such a remote place.
When Liu Shen was tied up and brought to the big tent, he saw Yuan Shao, who was full of heroic spirit, looking at him with awe-inspiring power. The majesty in his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate a person's body.
This is Yuan Shao!
Liu Shen recalled that he often talked about Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. In terms of looking down on Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao and Liu Yu had a lot in common.
Liu Yu often denounced Yuan Shao's evil ambitions in front of Liu Shen, which were obvious to him, but at the same time he praised Yuan Shao's abilities.
So in Liu Shen's mind, Yuan Shao was a relatively complex character, with admiration mixed with disgust.
Yuan Shao didn't waste any words and directly told him the news he had just received: "Liu Shaojun, the scouts just reported back that your father, Lord Bo'an, has died at the hands of Gongsun Zan."
a bolt from the blue!
Although Liu Shen knew that this was a matter of time and that his father stayed there just to die, he still couldn't accept the news of his death when he really got it.
Liu Shen's bound body could not help twisting on the ground, and a low roar came from his throat: "Gongsun Zan! Gongsun Zan!"
The hatred in it made everyone who heard it feel a little chilly, as if they were immersed in black ice.
Yuan Shao asked in a deep voice: "Young Master, do you want to avenge your father?"
Liu Shen suddenly stood up from the ground after hearing this, his eyes almost turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, I can't wait to eat Gongsun Zan's flesh and drink Gongsun Zan's blood!"
Yuan Shao clapped his hands upon hearing this and laughed loudly, "Okay, that's it. If you don't have the slightest hatred towards the murderer of your father, how can you be considered a filial son?
If you don’t have a heart for revenge when facing the murderer of your father, you are truly a beast.
Although I, Yuan Shao, am weak, I have a heart of justice and am willing to help you to avenge Gongsun Zan!"
(End of this chapter)
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