On the tragic battlefield, there was no sound for an instant. Yuan Tan’s elite soldiers were dead and wounded. The cavalry led by Qu Yi and Ma Yan held torches high, and gradually crowded around one person, who slowed his helmet. He took it off slowly, looked up at the sky, and sighed: "In the beginning, in the beginning, your son was really unbelievable! Now he is really going to kill him!"
Qu Yi slightly took a step forward and approached Yuan Shang and asked in a low voice, "Master, what should I do with the rest?"
Yuan Shang was silent for a moment, and said faintly: "Kill it, anyway, keeping it is a scourge."
"My son, Yuan Tan was captured alive... and he and you are brothers after all. If you kill him, how to explain to the main bus..." Qu Yi hesitated.
"General Qu, this person is no longer useful to us." Yuan Shang put the helmet on his head again. "You don't know what a big thing we have done. Now the seat of the Lord of Hebei will belong to me. You. When you are done, hurry up and follow."
After speaking, Yuan Shang left with a smile. Looking at Yuan Shangyuan's back, Qu Yi was agitated, and his whole body was cold, although it was early summer.
In the Da Sima Mansion in Yecheng, Yuan Shao was wrapped in a robe made of Shu brocade. Although it is not cold now, Yuan Shao is shivering. Yuan Shao lay on his back infatually. He half-opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling blankly, his eyes widened, and there was no anger in his gray pupils. Yuan Shao has been like this since he lost again to Cao Cao in the Battle of Cangting a few months ago. His eyes can only see the things in front of him vaguely, and he needs people to serve him when he eats and drinks.
"Why is it so noisy outside..." Yuan Shao muttered to himself.
"I don't know. I have been clamoring all night, and none of the people who sent out to investigate have returned to reply." Liu sat on Yuan Shao's bed, fiddled with the charcoal in the brazier with tongs, and sparks fluttered in disorder. Came out, flashed out in the air. Feeling that the room was warmer again, Liu put the tongs aside, picked up the medicine bowl beside the bed, and asked, "Should I send someone out to have a look?"
As Liu was talking, chaotic footsteps sounded outside the door, and then he heard the knock on the door. Liu was vaguely disturbed, and said to the door: "Who? The lord has fallen asleep. What is important? Let's wait till tomorrow."
"Mother, I'm Yuan Shang." Yuan Shang's calm voice came from outside the door, "The boy specially sought out several doctors who are proficient in medical skills to consult for his father."
"It turned out to be Shang'er." Liu's sigh of relief, "but it's so late..."
"Mother, the condition can't be delayed." Yuan Shang said as he opened the door and walked in. Holding the lacquered wood medicine box in his hand, he nodded slightly to Liu Shi to show his respect. Ma Yan and Qu Yi followed Yuan Shang behind them, both holding the same style box.
The Liu family is Yuan Shang’s concubine, but she prefers Yuan Shang who looks more handsome in appearance. Liu family often praises Yuan Shang in front of Yuan Shao, hoping to make Yuan Shaoli Yuan Shang his heir.
"Shang'er, is the doctor you mentioned here?" Liu asked in confusion when he saw Yuan Shang's two righteous brothers behind him.
Yuan Shang looked at Qu Yi and Ma Yan, and said, "My two generals have a little knowledge of medicine, and this time they brought me the right herbs. It's better to let them diagnose and treat my father."
The Liu family began to feel uneasy again. Although she had lived within the high walls of the courtyard for a long time, she also knew that Qu Yi and Ma Yan had always been famous for their martial arts, and when they had heard that they had the art of hanging pots to save the world. Seeing her suspicious look on her face, Yuan Shang smiled faintly, walked slowly to the side of the bed, leaned forward and said, "My Father."
"Shang'er, is that you?" Yuan Shao still stared at the ceiling with dull eyes.
"It's me." Yuan Shang leaned on the edge of the bed, "How is my father feeling today, how is my body better?"
"Shang'er, I'm afraid my body is not good anymore." Yuan Shao panted, "Now that things are up to now, I can only look at it a little more open-minded. It happens that you are here today, and I have something to tell you. You are still young, this Let your brother Yuan Tan inherit the seat of the Lord of Hebei. Your brothers must be of the same mind!"
Yuan Shang lowered his eyes, looked at the ground, and was silent for a long time without speaking.
Yuan Shao closed his eyes and said, "Shang'er meant to let me pass on you?"
Yuan Shang still did not speak.
Yuan Shao looked confused and muttered: "That Shang'er means..."
"Father." Yuan Shang stood up and said loudly, "Several major events happened in Yecheng this night. It was extremely urgent. Originally, my father was ill. I shouldn't come to disturb him. But if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that Ji Bing Er The state will no longer be his father’s land. So the child came here late at night and asked his father to make a decision."
"What's the matter?" Yuan Shao turned his head hard and looked at Yuan Shang.
"Father, please take a look." Yuan Shang opened the lid of the lacquered wooden box in his hand, and blood trickled down. Liu gave a scream, stumbled back and collapsed on Yuan Shao's couch. The box contained no medicinal materials at all, but the head of Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao. They opened their eyes wide, as if they could not believe what was happening before them to death.
"Brother Yuan Tan entangled with the sergeant privately, prepared to rebel, killed his father, and seized his father's seat. After I received the news, I had no time to report to my father and immediately led troops to persuade him. But my brother could not resist, the child had no choice but to do it. Order to be killed on the spot." Yuan Shang put the box underground, and said, "The child did all this for his father's land and future. If there is a place to surpass, please be considerate of his father."
Yuan Shao's eyes widened, staring at his son's head firmly, his lips trembled violently, he wanted to say something, but his throat could only make a whining sound, and his gray pupils were filled with shock. With a sad look, tears welled up like spring water.
Yuan Shang stepped forward, leaned in Yuan Shao’s ear, and whispered: "Father, you are old and confused. You actually want to pass your seat to that shabby Yuan Tan. You can see that you It’s no longer suitable to compete with the heroes in this age. I can take care of the matter of Hebei and Erzhou. As long as you press a handprint on this document, you will teach me your position. The rest, my child It will be arranged properly and promised not to disappoint you." Yuan Shang said as he took out the documents he had prepared from his sleeve.
"Yuan Shang, you rebel..." Yuan Shao sat up fiercely, grabbing Yuan Shang's neckline with one hand, and staring at his eyes firmly.
"Yuan Shang, you rebellious son..." Yuan Shao shouted unwillingly, but this struggle exhausted his last strength. His hand loosened Yuan Shang's shirt and fell backwards weakly, and his gray pupils dissipated. , Completely dimmed.
Yuan Shang straightened up and straightened his neckline. He bowed with a serious expression, grabbed Yuan Shao's right hand, dipped it in the blood that had fallen on the ground before, and printed it on the prepared document.
"The seat of the Lord of Hebei is mine. From now on, I am Da Sima." Yuan Shang left a cold sentence, opened the door and strode out.
Sima Yuan Shao of the Han Dynasty died in the early summer of the sixth year of Jian'an. The descendants of this famous family left countless laughing stocks to future generations. He was not only defeated by Cao Cao twice with a strong army, but also was killed by his own little son himself, leaving only an unfinished cry of hatred.
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In Xudu's prime minister's mansion, Cao Cao seemed like a wooden person sitting in the hall with his eyes closed and meditating. The civil servants and generals under the hall were circling a battle report quickly, with different expressions.
"The princes who used to fight against Dong Zhuo with me are gradually withering away." Cao Cao still closed his eyes and looked sad. "Now that Yuan Shao has followed in the footsteps of others, it is really heartbreaking. I am sighed. In the past few days, whenever I think of him sitting in the seat of the leader, I feel that time flies, like a white horse passing by, no matter how hard things in life are struggling, it is nothing more than a mirror image..."
"Yuan Shao's death is also in my expectation. Just rely on his selfish sons?" Guo Jia stroked his beard and looked down at the ground thoughtfully. Our threat."
"What do you think?" Cao Cao opened his eyes, straightened up, sitting cross-legged, looking at the people in the hall with bright eyes.
"Although Yuan Shang won the battle between the two Yuans in the end, there was a lot of power internally consumed. If the prime minister had set off to cross the Hebei Expedition at this time, with our current strength, defeating Yuan Shang would not be too difficult." Guo Jia said indifferently. He smiled and said, "What I am worried about is the tiger lurking behind us. Liu Xun left 60,000 elite soldiers in Jingzhou. General Guan Yu and military commander Xu Shu are not easy to deal with."
"It seems that we are in a dilemma." Cao Cao shook his head and laughed. "On one side is the Tiger from Jingzhou and the other is Yuan Shang from Hebei. How to choose, I would like to ask the public to fight for me.
"I am afraid that the prime minister has an answer long ago." Guo Jia narrowed his eyes and looked at Cao Cao with a smile.
"It's really impossible to hide anything from Feng Xiao." Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed haha, "The two evils are the lesser of power. In terms of the situation at this moment, I am more inclined to attack Yuan Shang. "
"How expedient is the prime minister?" Cheng Yu frowned and said with a slight worry, "With the understanding of Guan Yu below, he definitely has the courage and determination to attack Xudu. This person must be guarded."
"The ferocity of the tiger is obvious, but Liu Xun placed Guan Yu and Xu Shu in Jingzhou not to beat us, but to defend." Cao Cao said with a cold face and a low voice, "Their enemy is more than our family. Sun Quan of Jiangdong is because of Nanjun. This matter has long ago hated Liu Xun, and looked forward to Jingzhou. Guan Yu and Xu Shu definitely did not dare to attack us rashly."
After hearing this, everyone nodded and said yes, very much in agreement with Cao Cao's analysis...