Chapter 47: Prelude to the Pavilion
"Then... the young master seems to be back."
"Young Master returned in triumph?"
Hearing that Yuan Shu was anxiously inquiring about military information, Zhang Xun originally wanted to report it truthfully, but before he could finish his words, he felt that he had discovered something.
After a closer look, a clear-cut army and neatly arranged in the distance were slowly stepping towards him.
When the military formation gradually approached and stood tall in the arrow tower looking down, the people around him all noticed the look of joy on the faces of the soldiers from afar.
They guessed that perhaps they had returned in triumph.
Looking at Yuan Yao's robe, holding his head and chest up, riding a war horse, and tightly leading the crowd back safely, Yuan Shu's heart was calmed down.
Then, he immediately waved his hand and said loudly: "Soldiers, start the camp and follow me to welcome the fearless army that was cut off."
The camp gate was wide open, and more than hundreds of armored soldiers stood on both sides, fully armed with long swords to defend all directions. Yuan Shu stood outside the camp gate surrounded by generals to welcome the victorious army.
When the father and son met, Yuan Shu immediately stepped forward and held Yuan Yao's hands tightly, and said with a smile: "Yaoer, how is the battle on the front line?"
"The child will never let down his father. He has led the crowd to defeat the Cao army, and shot and injured the enemy general Xiahou Dun, and killed a general in the formation. They are all relatives of the traitor Cao Cao!"
Seeing his father asking about the outcome of the battle, Yuan Yao pondered for a moment, and then reported to him truthfully.
This statement suddenly shocked the civil and military people around him.
Is this their son Yuan Yao?
The young master has not always been a "playboy" child. Now he is commanding an army alone, and he can actually create brilliant results that can defeat more than thousands of enemy troops and severely damage several generals?
Because most of the civil and military people like Zhang Xun, Su Zhongying and others stayed in Runan County, they were not so clear about the fact that Yuan Yao went west to Guanzhong to separate and alienated the generals of Xiliang, and connected reinforcements to go out of seclusion and reversed the situation of Kuangting.
Therefore, I heard that Yuan Yao had led his troops to defeat the enemy's affairs, and there was still a few unbelievable points.
only.
There will never be a shortage of flattering people who "flatter" in the face.
At this moment, a man was wearing a crown and uniform, with a slender face, and a nearly seven-foot-five-inch body slowly walked out, showing a bright smile on his face, and said loudly:
"The young master is mighty and defeats a powerful enemy. His strength is comparable to that of the ancient Sun Wu!"
"The lord is also a good way to teach his children!"
This person is Yang Hong, the favorite chief secretary under Yuan Shu.
His flattery words were extremely accurate, which made Yuan Shu full of joy and seemed to be extremely helpful.
With Yang Hong speaking, the rest of the people also reacted and praised them all.
For a moment, the scene fell into joy.
The originally tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
Only Yuan Yao was still neither humble nor arrogant, but instead looked at each other with his father Yuan Shu and smiled, and everything was indifferent!
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The other side.
It is said that after Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun led thousands of infantry and cavalry to pursue Yuan's army first to delay the retreat, he immediately assembled all the main forces headed by Yu Jin, and took away all the unobstructed soldiers along the way south without bloodshed.
Every time he passed by, Cao Cao ordered people to enter the city and post the list to safeguard the people.
In just a short time, the newly harvested land quickly stabilized.
However, due to Anmin's delay, the speed of the main force's advance was slightly affected.
Just when Cao Cao was taking Xu County and was still stabilizing the security in the city, he received the defeat from Xiahou Dun.
After reading the letter, Cao Cao suddenly spurted out an old mouthful of blood, and his face was full of sadness and anger.
The next moment, Cao Cao seemed to be a little lost and muttered: "Is Zihe killed by the formation?"
Looking at this battle report, he really didn't expect it.
This is just a pursuit battle, why did it fall to such a great defeat?
Cao Cao couldn't understand it very much.
However, this letter was sent by Xiahou Dun, and it is very true and credible...
This may not be false...
This made Cao Cao not be sad and angry or angry.
It should be noted that he had not yet taken off his power, but as his right-hand assistant to the royal family, he had to feel heartbroken.
A wave of grief lasted for a long time and had not yet disappeared, but Cao Cao was also very human, so he had to secretly bury this grief in his heart, and then ordered Chen Gong to stay in Xu County to be responsible for subsequent stabilization measures such as the people's security.
He immediately led the public to continue to march south.
Two days later, he finally joined the remnants of Xiahou Dun's troops.
At first glance, most of the soldiers under his command had wounds above their bodies, and their morale was also depressed.
Obviously, their fighting spirit was shattered by Yuan's soldiers in this battle.
His eyes gradually moved up. When he found that after a brief bandage, he was blind Xiahou who was so scary that he looked at it, Cao Cao could not stop his grief and anger. He quickly held Xiahou Dun's arm and said:
"Yuan Rang, are you injured by Yuan Thief?"
"Damn Yuan Zhe injured my brothers, and the governor of this state will definitely make you pay the blood debts and others."
For a moment, Cao Cao's passionate side finally couldn't help but sternly said with a hideous face.
Who is Xiahou Dun?
This is one of his most beloved brothers.
Seeing my friend's left eye, his beautiful face was ruined by this.
Who could be so angry?
The two met slowly and after a while, Xiahou Dun truthfully reported the specific military situation to Cao Cao.
After the words are finished.
Xiahou Dun felt quite guilty on his face and said seriously: "I would like to punish me. If I hadn't misjudged the situation of the enemy this time and led my troops alone to go deeper, it would not have led to the enemy's counterattack."
"At that time, Zihe didn't have to relieve the pressure for me and go to raid the Cao army's knight formation."
After a long speech at the festival, Xiahou Dun confessed sincerely.
Seeing his attitude so positive, Cao Cao was calm and smiled and said, "Yuan Rang, why are you?"
"War is an uncertain factor. Even if you have experienced many battles, the generals with great commanding army still have battles of unstable performance and suffered a crushing defeat."
"How can you blame this?"
"Yuan Rang, you know your character very well. You ordered the entire army to fight towards Runan County, just to make our army wipe out the Yuan army seriously."
After a scattered speech, I finished my words.
Cao Cao immediately said, "So, even if you have not made any contribution to this battle in Yuan Rang, you have worked hard. What is the crime?"
With Cao Cao's words, Xiahou Dun suddenly felt inexplicably excited.
"Yuan Rang, the strong body with an eight-foot body, can he cry?"
"Wipe your tears quickly. It doesn't matter if you lose this battle. As long as you can fight back in the future, take the heads of the Yuan father and son to the son and the tomb to pay tribute!"
Chapter completed!