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Volume 1: A Famous Family Chapter 257: Beauty is a Disaster

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    A waning moon hangs in the sky, casting its clear light onto the rolling mountains, and there is a chilling atmosphere between heaven and earth.  A team of about 10,000 soldiers and horses, under the banner of "Han", escorted 50,000 shi of grain, packed in nearly a thousand carriages, meandering on the trail of Qingshen Ridge, heading towards the Guandu camp.  The first general, holding a bronze sword and carrying a maroon horse, was none other than General Han Meng, one of Yuan Shao's "Four Court Pillars of Hebei".  Appearing on Green Snake Ridge late at night was because of Yuan Shao's order to unload grain and grass from Wuchao Granary to Guandu Camp.  In order to avoid accidents, Han Meng sent more than a dozen reconnaissance cavalry to survey the military situation in advance and came to report one after another. The road was calm and no trace of Cao Jun was found.  Although a few scouts did not return, in the dark night, unfamiliar places, and scouts getting lost and returning late often happened. Han Meng did not take it to heart. He escorted the grain and grass from Wuchao and took advantage of the night to go to Guandu.  The camp is in a hurry.  The road in Green Snake Ridge is winding and winding. When viewed from the top of the mountain, it looks like a long snake; and because there are many green snakes in the valley, it is named "Green Snake Ridge".  "Wow I stepped on a snake!" In the dark night, a timid soldier let out a scream. He was so frightened by the reptile under his feet that he yelled, completely forgetting the military discipline that prohibits making noise.  The captain who led the team had a face as bright as frost. He reined in his horse and turned around to glare at the frightened soldiers. He pointed his whip in his hand and said, "Damn coward, is the green snake more terrifying than the guillotine? Let's take this violation of military discipline.  Kill the guy!" "No!" Several fierce soldiers like wolves and tigers came out from behind the captain and dragged the noisy soldier to the side of the road.  Wu Hua Da was tied and pushed to the ground. He raised the guillotine, which was shimmering in the cold light of the waning moon, and was about to chop it down On a March night, it was suddenly cold and cold, and the wind blew, making people shiver.  ¡°Swish, swish, swish¡­¡± Suddenly, bows and arrows shot down from the hillside, as fast as a shower and as dense as a waterfall.  The unprepared Yuan Jun was caught off guard, and four to five hundred people fell to the rain of arrows.  The soldier who was about to be executed took off his armor.  He was even shot into a hedgehog.  Before he even had time to scream, he fell to the ground, suppressing the soldiers who were kneeling and waiting for death On the Green Snake Ridge, there was a sound of panic and chaos.  Yuan's army was in chaos.  The shocked soldiers ran away one after another.  The sounds of shouting and shouting came and went, shaking the valley.  No one cares about this little soldier who violated military discipline anymore. This poor guy is huddled under the body of the swordsman.  Pretending to be dead, he carefully eked out an existence, eager to live.  As a result, the roles of the two people changed rapidly. The swordsman died, but the soldier who was waiting to die survived Of course, this is just the beginning. No one knows the final outcome, and no one wants to know the ending.  In this troubled world, human life is as cheap as an ant, who cares about the life or death of a soldier?  This humble life is just a wave in the vast ocean, fleeting and fleeting, faster than a meteor "Shieldmen, array to block, but the archers still shoot!" Han Meng waved his sword to strike the eagle feathers,  Loudly commanded the panicked team to protect the food and grass and form a formation to counterattack.  The sound of horse hooves sounded, and a general flew towards Hualiu, holding a big mountain-cutting ax and charging towards him. All who stood in his way were invincible, and all flesh and blood flew everywhere. "Xu Gongming from the east of the river is here. Will the thief general not be captured without mercy?"  You're a fool!" Han Meng was so angry that he didn't expect to be ambushed by Cao Jun even though he was careful. He immediately waved his sword and rode towards Xu Huang.  In the dark night, shouts came one after another, and the moves could not be seen clearly. The two generals passed more than twenty rounds with the help of torches. Han Meng could not resist, and was hit by Xu Huang on the shoulder. The pain was unbearable. Fortunately, he was protected by armor.  , there was no serious problem, but for a while, he could no longer use his strength, so he could only drag his horse and drag his sword to escape.  Xu Huang rode in hot pursuit, but was stopped and killed by the personal guards around Han Meng. He could only watch as Han Meng escaped and disappeared into Yuan's army.  On Green Snake Ridge, the sky illuminated by torches was clear and bright as day. Five thousand Cao soldiers and 10,000 Yuan soldiers who were carrying grain were strangled together.  Cao's army was elite and Yuan's army was numerous, and it was difficult to determine the outcome for a while.  Cao¡¯s army was unable to rob the grain cart, and Yuan¡¯s army was unable to break through the blockade. The battle was stalemate; as screams continued, soldiers from both sides continued to die in front of the battle.  "Set fire, burn the grain and grass!" Seeing that the grain and grass could not be taken away, Xu Huang decisively ordered the grain to be burned. Even if the grain and grass could not be taken as his own, after burning, it would also dampen the morale of Yuan Jun.  After receiving General Xu Huang's order, Cao's soldiers had a clear division of labor. Some were responsible for engaging Yuan's army in close combat, while others set fire to the food under the cover of their companions. After a while,Hundreds of carriages were set on fire, and they burned more and more fiercely with the help of the mountain wind; the fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire, and it burned all over the mountains and plains, all red.  In the camp, Yuan Shao saw flames rising from the Green Snake Ridge a dozen miles to the east. He guessed that Han Meng's grain transport team was ambushed by Cao's army in all likelihood. He hurriedly ordered Zhang He to lead 5,000 cavalry to rush to the rescue.  Thousands of elite soldiers followed.  Zhang He and Gao Lan received the order and rushed towards the Green Snake Ridge one after another. When they arrived, 80% of the 50,000 stones of grain and grass had been burned. Yuan's army was retreating steadily. Zhang He hurriedly sent troops to attack Xu Huang from behind, while commanding  Some soldiers put out the fire.  Seeing that enemy reinforcements were arriving and that the food was almost burned, Xu Huang ordered a retreat.  Carrying a big ax in hand, he broke through the encirclement in person, but Yuan Jun could not stop him. Gao Lan happened to lead his troops and joined forces with Zhang He, following Xu Huang in pursuit.  After chasing for five or six miles, a drum sounded and two generals, Yue Jin and Li Dian, followed Cao Cao's orders and arrived with 10,000 elite troops to support Xu Huang.  After receiving reinforcements, Xu Huang led his troops back to fight Yuan's army to the death. The two sides fought fiercely in the middle of the night, with each other suffering casualties. After dawn, they each paid money to withdraw their troops and returned to the camp.  "Haha, greatI made a decision immediately and burned Yuan Jun's food and supplies. Gongming is really like Zhou Yafu and is a model for all generals. He will be rewarded!" After learning that Xu Huang's ambush was successful and he burned more than 40,000 stones of Yuan Jun's supplies.  , Cao Cao was overjoyed and promoted Xu Huang to General Pingbei, governor of the front army and horses, among the generals with foreign surnames under Cao Cao.  His status was second only to Jin, and he was prominent for a while.  In Yuan Shao's camp, he heard that most of the grain and grass transported by Han Meng had been burned by Cao's army. Yuan Shao became furious and cursed angrily, intending to kill Han Meng. Fortunately, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Zhang He and others interceded, and he was spared.  .  After Han Meng bowed his head and retreated, Shen Pei added: "Our army of more than 100,000 people needs about three thousand dan of food and grass every day. Forty thousand dan is enough for ten days; Cao Jun burned it in a fire.  It¡¯s really a pity. Moreover, according to the current situation, we may not be able to win for a while. We should send a capable person back to Yecheng to prepare for a protracted war!¡± Yuan Shao nodded in agreement with Shen Pei¡¯s suggestion: ¡°Zhengnan.  It makes sense. You should handle this matter yourself! I have so many civil servants, you are the only one who can reassure me!" After receiving the order, Shen Pei immediately led a group of followers and returned to Yecheng.  Purchase food and grass to supply the front line.  A few days later, someone suddenly beat the big drum in front of the governor's house and shouted injustice.  Shen Pei is engaged in the governance of Jizhou and is the governor of the shogunate. Since Yuan Shao is not here, the military and political affairs of Yecheng depend on him alone.  There are 200,000 people in Yecheng, and civil disputes are inevitable every day. However, there are Yexian and county offices below, and the Weijun prefect's mansion in the middle. They can decide cases and investigate crimes, and distinguish right from wrong. If there is no urgent matter, they can ring the prefecture and pastoral office without permission.  How is it different from asking for death?  "Who is playing the drum? Bring him to the court for questioning!" The judge frowned and ordered with some annoyance.  He was so busy preparing food and grass and recruiting new soldiers every day. How could he have time to deal with civilian affairs?  With little effort, the man beating the drum and complaining was brought to the lobby.  Shen Pei looked closely and saw a woman whom she recognized. She was Xu You's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou.  On the occasion of the wedding, as Xu You's colleague, he went to the Xu Mansion to congratulate her, so he recognized her.  "Mrs. Zhou, you are not at home to take care of your husband and raise your children, why did you go to the prefecture's government office to play drums and disrupt order? Because your father-in-law and I are colleagues, I will forgive you once and go home quickly!" Shen Pei suppressed it!  Controlling the anger in his heart, he waved his hand to signal Zhou to retreat.  He is engaged in governing the country, governor of the shogunate, and controlling all civil and military officials in Hebei. How can he have time to deal with trivial matters?  A woman of a noble family dared to go to the Prefectural Mufu to complain about injustice. Could it be that she was taking advantage of her father-in-law's prominent position to amuse herself?  Although the words of the judge were eloquent, Mrs. Zhou showed no fear and kowtowed and complained: "Master Zhizhong, please make the decision for the daughter of the people. The one I want to sue is none other than Xu You and his son!" "What?  The person you want to sue is your father-in-law Xu Ziyuan?" Shen Pei was greatly surprised and put down the document in his hand, "Tell me carefully, why do you want to sue your father-in-law and husband?" Zhou was furious.  He came to the Prefectural Mufu to file a complaint because his husband, Xu Ning, had recently taken a concubine, Mrs. Jiang, and doted on her very much. He even divorced his first wife, Mrs. Zhou, for the sake of this new concubine. This made Mrs. Zhou  Desperately, he went to the state pastoral office to sue Xu You and his son.  "The civilian daughter Zhou accused Xu You and his son of embezzlement and bribery, embezzling military pay and public funds, and dug a cave in the rockery in the back garden of Xu's family. There were countless gold, silver, jewelry, and a large amount of coins hidden in the cave, which was enough to  Please ask Mr. Zhizhong to send someone to search the Xu family's residence for half a year's fiscal revenue in Ye County!" Ms. Zhou knelt on the ground with her hair disheveled, and took Xu You's father to the house.The sins of ?? are told.  Xu You is a member of the Yingchuan faction and has followed Yuan Shao for many years. Shenpei is the leader of the Hebei faction. His relationship with Xu You is neither good nor bad, only average.  Moreover, Shen Pei has an upright character and hates evil as much as he hates evil. He cannot tolerate such lawless things happening.  He couldn't help but grit his teeth and cursed: "If this matter is true, Xu You really deserves to die! The Lord treated him with great kindness and entrusted him with the important task of controlling money, food and supplies. This guy didn't want to repay, but instead embezzled for personal gain. It's really unreasonable.  " Immediately summoned his nephew Shen Rong to the hall and ordered: "Immediately mobilize five hundred armored guards and follow the Zhou family to Xu You's mansion. Surround them and conduct a strict search. If there is any corruption and perversion of the law, Xu family will be arrested.  In prison, wait for the Lord to come back and be punished!" "I will obey my uncle's orders!" Shen Rong was overjoyed when he heard this. He had already had a grudge with Xu You's son, but Xu You was also an important minister in Hebei, and Xu Ning always acted cautiously.  , has never been able to catch the Xu family, so they dare not cause trouble.  Now it was finally time to take revenge on the Xu family. How could Shen Rong miss such a good opportunity?  A team of people came to the Xu Mansion, surrounded the mansion, forced their way in, and captured nearly a hundred people from the Xu family, including masters and servants, in the courtyard.  Then Zhou took him to the back garden to search, and sure enough, countless gold and silver treasures were found in the cave under the rockery. The evidence was conclusive, and there were all witnesses and evidence.  The judge was so angry that he wrote a letter himself, in which he denounced Xu You for being corrupt, perverting the law, and embezzling huge sums of money. He also put the entire Xu family in prison, waiting for Yuan Shao to return, before he could be punished.  Zhou was spared because of her meritorious service in the prosecution. She was ordered to dissolve the engagement and be sent back to her parents' home.  It can be seen that investigating and punishing corrupt officials from the perspective of women is not something that only happened two thousand years ago. This is a long-standing historical tradition of the Chinese nation. It is unknown how many corrupt officials have fallen into the hands of women. It is called "beauty is a disaster."  ¡± is not an exaggeration at all.  However, what the people of Jizhou know is that the Zhou family, a troubled beauty, has harmed Xu You's family. What they don't know is that Zhou's betrayal has not only harmed the Xu family, but also the Yuan family, as well as the entire civil and military affairs of Hebei.  Staff.  ??Just imagine, if the Zhou family hadn't sued Xu You, which led to the arrest of the whole Xu family, Xu You would not have been desperate and defected to Cao Cao, and then offered the "burning the black nest" plan.  In the end, a fire burned all the food in Wuchao, causing the Yuan family's army to lose morale, and finally defeated in Guandu. There is nothing better than this!  Cao Cao didn¡¯t know that his credit should go to two jealous women, Zhou and Jiang. If it weren¡¯t for them, it might not have been so easy to defeat Yuan Shao, who had the advantage!  Of course, that is just history. Now with Yuan Mai traveling through time, no one knows how things will turn out!  Inside Yuan Shao's camp, Xu You was completely unaware of what was happening in Yecheng and was talking eloquently: "My lord, as you see it, Cao's army is well-prepared and difficult to break through in a short period of time. Why not send a general with Qingqi?"  Go deep and attack Xuchang along the trail. Cao Cao will be panicked when he learns that the troops are approaching the city. If our army pursues them, we will definitely win." Yuan Shao thought for a moment and rejected Xu You's suggestion: "Cao Cao is good at using troops, but he is far from cunning.  As far as we are concerned, how can we ignore the rear when we are stalemate in Guandu? If Cao's thieves lay down a heavy army halfway up the road to cover up our army, the losses will be heavy. This plan is not advisable!" "Please tell me, Lord!  Sir Pei's urgent documents from Yecheng have arrived!" The messenger from Yecheng entered the tent, knelt on the ground and presented the documents for trial and distribution.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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