Can I get to the other side?

The Battle of the Boundary Bridge broke out again.

Yuan Shao took Tian Feng as the mastermind, Yuan Tan as the supervisor, and Yan Liang as the general. Together with the Qingzhou Army and the Jizhou Army, a total of 35,000 troops, they started a fierce fight with Gongsun Zan.

As soon as the war started, Yuan Shao had the upper hand.

In just two days, Gongsun Zan was beaten back thirty miles.

On this day, the two sides fought from early morning to dusk. In the end, the war ended with Gongsun Zan taking the initiative to withdraw his troops.

In the Chinese army camp, Yuan Shao and his advisers and generals gathered together.

While having dinner, we discussed strategies for tomorrow's challenge.

Yan Liang took off his helmet and put it aside. He picked up the wine jar and drank a few sips of wine. After he burped happily, he said, "The military advisor is really clever. This is called war!"

Since the war started this year, he has always suffered inexplicably at the hands of Gongsun Zan.

It is difficult to fully display your bravery.

Some time ago, he fell into the trap of luring the enemy. If Yuan Tan hadn't provided timely support, his entire army would have been almost wiped out, and he himself was also injured by Zhao Yun.

After Tian Feng became a military advisor, he always gave various strategies, which were amazing.

On the battlefield, the enemy finally had the upper hand.

He fought this kind of battle with great joy.

After putting down the wine jar, Yan Liang sighed inwardly: "You have to be a military advisor. Previously, Ju Shou, Shen Pei, Tian Feng, Guo Tu and others all made suggestions at the same time. Not to mention that the lord didn't know whose suggestions to adopt. Even I was also confused. Dizziness."

Yuan Tan, who was sitting on the left side of Yuan Shao, raised his wine bottle and looked at Tian Feng and said: "Being able to recapture the boundary bridge and defeat Gongsun Zan is all thanks to the military advisor. I give you a toast to the military advisor."

After Tian Feng and Yuan Tan had a glass of wine, Yuan Shao also laughed heartily and said: "I also admire Yuan Hao's plan. I have heard Yuan Hao's words, and Youzhou is already within his grasp."

Tian Feng frowned. He was not proud of having the upper hand these days, nor was he proud of the praise from Yuan Shao and others. Instead, he said worriedly:

"Lord, although our army has the upper hand these past two days, I vaguely feel that something is wrong."

"Gongsun Zan seemed to intend to retreat, and then led us to pursue."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was shocked. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was indeed what Tian Feng said.

"Could it be that they want to ambush us on the way back?"

Tian Feng nodded first, and then shook his head.

This look made Yuan Tan thoughtful, while Yan Liang, who was sitting next to him, felt confused.

He couldn't help but said: "Military advisor, just say it straight away, why bother playing riddles."

Tian Feng was silent for a while, then slowly said: "There is an ambush, but there are also other purposes."

"My lord, eldest son, General Yan, although our army won these two days, it was a small victory, and Gongsun Zan's casualties were not heavy."

"I thought that Gongsun Zan deliberately led us in pursuit. On the one hand, he set up an ambush to intercept and kill, and on the other hand, he delayed our army."

Hearing this, Yuan Shao seemed to have figured out something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said with disbelief:

"Gongsun Zan secretly formed an alliance with Zhang Liao and the traitor!"

"As long as my army is delayed here, Zhang Liao can take the opportunity to capture the counties of Jizhou. After he captures Wei County, Guangping County, Yangping County, Qinghe County and Pingyuan County, it will be equivalent to holding a knife against me. "

Yuan Shao felt sweat dripping down his back, and he shuddered at the thought of the consequences of being attacked from both sides.

Tian Feng raised his head and glanced at Yuan Shao. The words came to his lips, but he swallowed them again, as if he was hesitating whether he should say them or not.

When Yuan Shao saw this, he was very surprised.

This was the first time he saw Tian Feng hesitate to speak. In the past, he would dare to say any unpleasant things.

"Yuan Hao, is there anything else we can't express clearly between you and me?"

Tian Feng nodded, and after considering his words, he asked with rare caution:

"May I ask, my lord, if you know your majesty? Is the relationship with your majesty harmonious?"

Yuan Shao's face suddenly became strange, and he said in a low voice: "Why did Yuan Hao say this?"

Although he avoided answering, Tian Feng made a judgment in his mind.

"My lord, Zhang Liao is Lu Bu's subordinate and is loyal to the emperor. As I expected, Yuan Xi did not form an alliance with Zhang Liao, but was loyal to the emperor."

"Yuan Xi was short of troops and had a reputation for killing his younger brother and imprisoning his father. After Zhang Liao led his troops into Yecheng, he could only survive by being loyal to the emperor."

"Only when Yuan Xi surrenders to the emperor will Cui Yan betray his lord."

"The person who set up this trap and caused the lord to lose his troops and generals is, if nothing else, the emperor himself."

"Gongsun Zan once openly recognized the emperor's identity in front of the two armies. If the emperor has an edict, how dare he not listen?"

"This can also explain Gongsun Zan's various behaviors. When our army was pursuing, he retreated. When our army retreated, he came to harass us. This is obviously to delay the lord's army!"

Yuan Shao's expression kept changing after hearing Tian Feng's words.

The reason why he sent troops to Yecheng was because of Liu Xie's letter.

The letter revealed that Yuan Xi wanted to ambush Zhang Liao and seize the military power of the Xuzhou Army.

Later, Cui Yan confirmed the matter, and he believed what Liu Xie said in his letter even more.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't believe that Liu Xie was responsible for all this.

In his opinion, he was just a greedy and lustful refugee who was submissive and respectful in front of him. Even after he fled Yecheng, he still wrote letters of greetings from time to time. How could he be so loyal and loyal and set up a scheme to harm him?

Even though he didn't believe it, the facts were right in front of him.

If it hadn't been for that letter, he would never have had the desire to take back Ye City when he was fighting Gongsun Zan.

At this moment, a personal guard came in and reported: "My lord, General Qu Yi is back."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he stood up suddenly, temporarily putting aside his suspicion of Liu Xie, and said with excitement: "Please come here quickly!"

The personal guards left, and soon after, Qu Yi, who looked haggard, walked into the Chinese army camp.

As soon as he saw Yuan Shao, he knelt down on one knee and said with shame on his face: "My lord, the last general fell into the trap and defeated Yecheng. He only brought back two thousand troops."

Although he had been mentally prepared, when he heard that there were 15,000 troops on the way out and only 2,000 troops on the way back, Yuan Shao felt like the world was spinning.

If Yuan Tan hadn't caught him quickly with quick eyesight and quick hands, he would have almost fallen to the ground.

Yuan Shao took a breath and said to Qu Yi: "This defeat is not due to war. Please get up."

Among the information he gave Qu Yi, there was no information about the three thousand cavalry.

If it weren't for these three thousand Yu Linqi, even if they were ambushed, with Qu Yi's ability, he could have led the army to withdraw, and the losses would never have been so heavy.

After Qu Yi stood up, he sighed: "At that time, the emperor was only two hundred steps away from the general. If he had not been to the camp first and encountered the charge of the cavalry, he would have been able to break through the siege and rescue the emperor."

"What?" Yuan Shao's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Qu Yi intently, "The emperor is in the military formation?"

Qu Yi nodded and cursed angrily: "Zhang Liao and below openly kidnapped the emperor and went to the battlefield to boost morale. At that time, the emperor kept calling for help from the general, and the general fought to the death, but in the end he still failed to save the emperor."

What he said was both true and excusing himself.

It's not that I'm incompetent, it's because the opponent has three thousand elite cavalry, and the emperor is stationed in the army to boost morale.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao was completely confused.

Did Liu Xie betray him?

Was Yecheng's plan to lure the enemy set up by him?

Tian Feng's eyes also widened, unable to believe that his judgment was wrong.

There was silence in the Chinese military camp.

Until Yuan Shao's personal guards came in again and presented two secret letters.

"Lord, there are two secret letters from Yecheng."

Yuan Shao eagerly took the secret letter, turned around and walked to the desk at the back to prevent Tian Feng and others from seeing the contents of the letter.

[Ju taught the last writings, and the lord personally inspired them]

After opening the first letter, the eight words that came into view made Yuan Shao scream out in grief.

"Father!"

When Yuan Tan saw this, he stood up and walked over with a worried look.

"It doesn't matter."

Yuan Shao raised his hand to signal Yuan Tan to stop.

Yuan Tan asked: "What makes my father so sad?"

There were tears in Yuan Shao's eyes, and he slapped the table with great sadness: "My father is dead!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Tan, Tian Feng, Yan Liang and Qu Yi all changed their faces, and then they all comforted Yuan Shao.

"Father, please express my condolences."

"My lord, my condolences."

Yuan Shao suppressed the grief in his heart and read Ju Shou's last letter word by word.

Seeing the content of the letter, it actually asked him to surrender to the emperor.

In just one cup of tea, Yuan Shao read the letter of persuasion to surrender and snorted disdainfully in his heart:

"Ha! It's really a poor imitation."

"The handwriting is exactly the same as Gongyu's, and the writing habits are also very similar to Gongyu's. But how could Gongyu persuade me to surrender, let alone the emperor who surrendered to Yecheng."

In Yuan Shao's heart, Jushou is definitely the most loyal subordinate.

He simply did not believe that Jushou would persuade him to surrender.

After casually throwing the surrender letter into the brazier and burning it, Yuan Shao picked up another letter and read it.

[See words as if they are faces, show your confidence and look soothed]

The familiar eight words shocked Yuan Shao all over.

It was immediately judged that this was a letter from Liu Xie.

However, what puzzled him was that the text on the secret letter was different from the past.

In the past, Liu Xie's handwriting was like a dog crawling.

Today's characters are square in shape, straight in strokes, and solemn and powerful.

"This word!"

Yuan Shao was a little shocked. He had never seen this font before.

This kind of calligraphy seems to have reached the level of a master, and he is far inferior.

"How could his calligraphy improve so quickly! Could it be written by someone else?"

"No, if his identity is exposed, he will be punished with Ling Chi. He is quite smart and there is absolutely no way he would let others write for him."

Yuan Shao frowned and continued to look down with full of doubts.

[At the beginning, I was not a refugee, but actually the legitimate emperor of the Han Dynasty. 】

[In order to escape from the control of traitorous officials, I fled to Yecheng in the autumn of the first year of Jian'an with the help of Taiwei Yang Biao. 】

[When I came to Yecheng, I wanted Benchu ​​to help me clear up the injustice, reorganize the country, and restore the Han Dynasty. 】

[However, I dare not judge whether Ben Chu was also like Dong Zhuo, with the ambition to coerce the emperor and control the princes. So I turned into a refugee and met Jushou by chance outside the city. Fortunately, Jushu really regarded me as a refugee and did not believe that I was the emperor. 】

[Facts have proved that my caution was correct. In order to be able to command the princes, Ben Chu actually agreed to Ju Shou's plan to falsely establish the emperor. This really disappoints me. 】

[Benchu ​​is the fourth generation and the third prince. He has been favored by the country, but he is so ambitious and disrespects the Han Dynasty and the emperor. 】

[In the years that followed, I treated the truth as false, and for two and a half years, I secretly cultivated forces loyal to me. Today, I finally have the power to protect myself. 】

【Now, Xuzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou, and Yecheng are all under my control. Soon, Wei County, Guangping County, and Yangping County will also return to Han territory. 】

【By then, I will send troops to attack Qinghe County and Pingyuan County until I recover the entire Jizhou. Benchu ​​is attacked from all sides and it is impossible to escape. Even if he escapes from Jizhou by chance, he will be a dog that has lost his home. How can Qingzhou and Bingzhou alone resist my Han army? 】

【However, I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty after all, and all the people in the world are my people. For the sake of the Han Dynasty and the lives of innocent soldiers, I give Benchu ​​a chance to choose. 】

【If Benchu ​​turns his back and surrenders with courtesy, the Yuan family will still retain his title of marquis, and Yuan Xi will also be reused by me. 】

【I swear by the Luo River that I will only kill Benchu. 】

Compared with the letter of surrender that imitated Ju Su's handwriting, there were not many words on this secret letter, only a few hundred words.

But Yuan Shao read it for half an hour!

Yuan Tan, Tian Feng and others also waited silently in the central army tent for half an hour.

They saw Yuan Shao's expression with their own eyes, from the initial doubt, to the shock in the middle, and then to the panic now.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Yuan Shao screamed in fear.

Because of fear and fear, the whole person fell to the ground.

"Father!"

Yuan Tan came forward and wanted to help Yuan Shao up, but was pushed away.

"Get out, all of you get out! Let me be alone!"

Under Yuan Shao's roar, Yuan Tan, Tian Feng and others left the central army tent for no reason.

After there was no second person in the tent, Yuan Shao calmed down a little.

He stared blankly at the secret letter in his hand, muttering to himself: "The emperor I pretended to be is actually the orthodox Han Dynasty!"

"No wonder I always feel that someone is secretly plotting against me. It turns out that everything is done by the emperor and Yang Biao!"

"No wonder Kong Rong was willing to lose his reputation and declare to the outside world that he could not tell the authenticity of the emperor, but now he is working for him in Yecheng. It turns out that the reason he did this was to cover up for the emperor."

"No wonder when he offered sacrifices to the sky, purple air came out of the incense burner and floated above his head."

"No wonder Cao Aman also doubted the emperor of Xu County and sent people to Yecheng to identify the emperor. identity. "

"No wonder Yang Biao did not hesitate to hit the wall to show his loyalty, no wonder Fu Wan dared to angrily denounce Cao Cao for falsely establishing the emperor in court."

"No wonder he has such a heavy emperor's majesty, it's ridiculous that I thought he was a good actor."

"It turns out that the refugee I thought was actually the orthodox emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

"I naively thought that fate was in Yuan before, and I met a person who looked like the emperor. I didn't expect that he deliberately arranged it."

"I am a chess piece and I don't know it. It's so ridiculous to take the real as the fake and establish the emperor."

At this moment, Yuan Shao was extremely panicked and was about to collapse.

If Ju Shou was still there, he could still negotiate with Ju Shou.

But now that Ju Shou is dead, he can't even find anyone to ask for advice.

In the central army tent, Yuan Shao looked at the increasingly weak fire in the brazier with lifeless eyes, and his mind kept flashing through various scenes of his time with Liu Xie, and he collapsed to the ground powerlessly.