The setting sun was setting in the west, and in Guanjiazhuang, three hundred remaining soldiers were lying on their knees.
These more than 300 people are veterans who have followed Liu Bei since Pingyuan. They can be said to be Liu Bei's absolute direct descendants.
Now that Liu Bei is dead, these three hundred people will naturally return to the command of Guan Yu.
Liu Feng, who was less than ten years old, was dressed in the same attire as Liu Bei, with a pair of double-stranded swords forged overnight on his waist, standing on the steps a little nervously.
Guan Yu, who was beside him, glanced at the soldiers, took a deep breath, and stepped down the steps. Like the three hundred remaining soldiers, he knelt down in front of Liu Feng with his hands raised.
"Yu leads three hundred soldiers to pay homage to the lord. I hope that the lord will lead us, help the Han Dynasty, kill Yuan Fang, and avenge the death of my late father!" Guan Yu impassioned and swore sternly.
The remaining three hundred remaining soldiers also joined Guan Yu, respected Liu Feng as their new master, and declared that they would avenge Liu Bei.
Liu Feng seemed to have never seen such a scene before. He was nervous, breathing rapidly, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.
Guan Yu raised his head and glared at Liu Feng.
Liu Feng was shaken, as if he had woken up, and he hurriedly gathered his courage and said: "Don't worry, I, Liu Feng, swear that I will definitely kill the evil thief Yuan Fang and avenge my late father."
Guan Yu was then satisfied and led a group of remaining soldiers to stand up. The ceremony of enthroning the new master was completed.
"Uncle Yu, what should we do next?" Liu Feng asked cautiously.
Guan Yu thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao refuses to save him. Naturally, we can no longer defect to him. We can't stay in Henan. We will set off tomorrow and go to Hanoi to defect to Zhang Yang first."
Liu Feng is young. If he had any ideas, he would naturally let Guan Yu make the decision.
The next day. Guan Yu then set off with 300 troops and horses, taking Liu Feng, Liu An, and his newly adopted son Guan Ping, heading north to Hanoi County.
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Guan Yu took Liu Bei's adopted son north to Hanoi County, but Yuan Fang had already led his army south from Puyang to relieve the siege of Taishi Ci in Changyuan.
Yuan Fang did not know that the eunuch Liu Bei had adopted an adopted son. Guan Yu's whereabouts are also unknown for the time being.
But in Yuan Fang's view, once Liu Bei died, Guan Yu would no longer be able to do anything. At most, he would be like a troublemaker, causing him some trouble, but not a fatal threat to him.
Look at the world. Yuan Shao is his biggest enemy.
Yuan Fang must clear up the Central Plains before this behemoth's army goes south, so that he can fight Yuan Shao to the death with all his strength.
With the remaining power of Puyang's victory, Yuan Fang commanded an army of 30,000 and rushed to Changyuan in a mighty manner.
? And before. Careful work has already sent the drastic changes in Puyang and hundreds of thousands of fires southward.
To the east of Changyuan City, Cao Jun encircled the camp.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao was frowning and discussing with Zhu Wenwu how to break the city.
"Puyang has been besieged for nearly four months. We must take Changyuan as soon as possible and go to relieve Liu Bei's siege." Cao Cao banged his fist on the table. He said in a solemn tone.
Cheng Yu said, "Puyang has been besieged for so long without being broken. It shows that Liu Bei is still somewhat capable. And Yuan Fang's army has been fighting for nearly half a year. Liu Bei is asked to delay him for another month or two until his division is under the old city. , when all our strength is gone, we will rush to Puyang with a large army, and we will be able to cooperate with each other internally and externally to defeat Yuan Fang in one fell swoop."
Cao Cao nodded slightly, his solemn expression softened slightly, and he seemed to be no longer so urgent about capturing Changyuan City immediately.
Just when the atmosphere in the tent was getting a little more relaxed, the scouts hurried in and delivered an urgent report to:
Puyang City was destroyed and Liu Bei was beheaded!
This shocking news, like a thunder, hit the tent head-on, shocking everyone.
"How could Liu Xuande be defeated so quickly?" Cao Cao was horrified and couldn't believe this information.
You must know that he personally supervised the reinforcement of Puyang City. The city wall was more than twice as thick as the original, making it a strong city in the world.
¡°Moreover, the intelligence just a few days ago said that Yuan Fang was helpless against Puyang City. How come the city was captured by Yuan Fang in the blink of an eye?
The scout then revealed in detail how Yuan Fang used an underground strategy, coupled with the bombardment of thunderbolt chariots, to collapse the south gate of Puyang, and even Liu Bei was defeated and broke through, and was captured alive by Yuan Fang.
Cao Cao and his men suddenly realized this.
"I didn't expect that Yuan Fang used such an incredible method to defeat Puyang City. This must be a trick proposed by Guo Jia." Cheng Yu exclaimed.
Cao Cao remained silent, but he could not suppress the look of surprise on his scorched face.
It was a pity for him that a scheming man like Guo Jia had defected to Yuan Fang.
He was even more amazed that Yuan Fang had the courage toSuch a strange plan, he thought to himself, even if it were him, he might not be able to use Guo Jia's strange plan.
Everyone in the big tent was immersed in the shock of Puyang's fall.
"My lord, Puyang has been lost, and the counties and counties in the eastern part of Yanzhou may not be able to regain it for a while. Now that Yuan Fang is coming with the momentum of a great victory, it is difficult for our army to compete with him. It is better to retreat south immediately to avoid his attack. "
Cheng Yu was the first to calm down and urgently asked Cao Cao for advice.
Cao Cao secretly gritted his teeth and murmured: "I didn't expect this thief to be so strong. Zi Lian, you can only take revenge later."
After some emotion, Cao Cao immediately ordered the entire army to pack up as soon as possible and prepare to retreat south.
After the order to withdraw troops was issued, Cao Cao thought of Liu Bei's death again and couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Xuanbei was a great man in the world, but he was harmed by the traitor even if he didn't want to. It is a great loss for me to lose such a great talent."
After sighing, Cao Cao asked the scout how Liu Bei died so generously.
The scout's answer surprised Cao Cao.
Cao Cao never expected that before Liu Bei died, he would dare to consider himself the emperor and openly conspire to rebel.
"I didn't expect that this Liu Xuande kept saying that he wanted to help the Han Dynasty, but when he was dying, he was so crazy that he called himself emperor. It seems that I made a mistake"
Cao Cao had a look of disgust on his face, and all regrets for Liu Bei were gone.
The next day, the 20,000 Cao troops who had besieged Changyuan City withdrew and retreated towards the Chenliu line in the south.
Two days later, Yuan Fang led his army to Changyuan, joined Taishi Ci's troops, and continued to pursue southward.
Yuan Fang's troops were very sharp, and Cao Cao wanted to preserve his strength. Not daring to confront Yuan Fang, he successively abandoned Donghun, Chenliu, Yongqiu and other Chenliu counties. The 20,000-strong army retreated directly to the Fugou area at the junction of Yingchuan and Chenliu.
There, Xun Yu, who was staying behind, mobilized the people of Yingchuan to build a line of defense for Cao Cao, which came in handy at this time.
Yuan Fang captured most of Chenliu County without a single blow.
In the next month, Yuan Fang successively sent troops southward and captured Pei, Liang and other counties. Cao Cao was forced to shrink his defense line due to insufficient troops.
It was late winter, and Cao Cao's territory only had two complete counties, Yingchuan and Chen, as well as the southern part of Chenliu County and the northern part of Runan County. Yuan Fang had only left room for defense.
By this time, the weather was extremely cold. The soldiers of Yuan's army were exhausted, the battle line was stretched too long, and the offensive momentum was at the end of its strength.
Under this situation, Yuan Fang was not greedy and decisively ordered to stop the attack and rest and reorganize the army. Digest the fruits of victory.
After this battle, Yuan Fang captured most of Yanzhou, eliminated Liu Bei, his mortal enemy, and recruited capable ministers like Man Chong. It was truly a complete victory.
It occupies the three states of Qing, Yan and Xu. Yuan Fang has the confidence to fight Yuan Shao, his biggest enemy.
Now what he has to do. It is to calm the hearts of Yanzhou, reorganize and expand the army, and expand strength as quickly as possible to cope with the upcoming Civil War between the South and the North.
And shortly after Yuan Fang eliminated Liu Bei, good news came from Xiapi City. His wife Zhen Mi gave birth to a son smoothly.
After capturing Yanzhou in a bloody battle, and now being blessed with his precious son, Yuan Fang was truly blessed with double happiness.
Just after the war in the Central Plains ended, Zhen Mi and his party finally moved from Xiapi City to Dingtao City.
Yuan Fang¡¯s original seat of government was Xiapi City. Although it was located in the rich land of Xuzhou, it was located in the heart of the Central Plains, which was not conducive to Yuan Fang¡¯s current situation of controlling three states and competing for the world.
Dingtao is the seat of Jiyin County. It is located in the hinterland of Yanzhou with fertile fields and at the intersection of Jishui and Si River. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been an important land and water transportation center in the Central Plains.
Therefore, not long after Yuan Fang captured Yanzhou, he moved his Zhendong General Mansion from Xiapi to Dingtao.
That afternoon, a group of left-behind officials, including Tian Feng, escorted Zhen Mi and his party to Dingtao City.
When Yuan Fang heard that the two ladies had arrived, he hurriedly put down his official duties and went out to greet her in person.
As soon as Fang left the house, he saw Mi Huan supporting Zhen Mi, and the sisters walking forward holding hands with each other. Zhen Mi was still holding the baby in her arms, so there must be his son inside.
When the two girls saw Yuan Fang, their faces were full of joy and they were smiling happily.
Yuan Fang took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to support the two ladies, and happily led them into the house hand in hand.
Fang Zi entered the hall, and as soon as the room became warm, Yuan Fang couldn't wait to take the swaddling clothes from Zhen Mi's hand, wanting to see what his son looked like.
Gently hugging the little boy??, I saw the swaddling little guy, white, fat and cute, blowing bubbles and sleeping soundly.
"He is indeed my Yuan Fang's son. He will be handsome and handsome in the future." Yuan Fang was overjoyed and boasted with a smile.
Zhen Mi and Mi Huan looked at each other, and both women smiled quietly.
"Xianzheng, please give your son a name quickly." Zhen Mi reminded.
Yuan Fang held the boy in his arms, frowned and pondered for a moment, and then said happily: "Let's call him Yuan Zhi. I hope that when he grows up, the troubled times will be over and the world will be in great order."
"Yuan Zhi, Yuan Zhi, great rule of the world, what a good name." Both Zhen Mi and Mi Huan were full of praise for this name.
Yuan Fang was in a good mood, so he stretched out a finger and gently touched Yuan Zhi's baby to tease him.
Little Yuan Zhi, who was sleeping, instinctively clenched his thick fingers tightly. When Yuan Fang wanted to gently pull out, he suddenly found that the little guy's strength was so tight that he had to use a little more force. Only then can I take out my fingers.
"Why is this little guy so strong?" Yuan Fangqi asked.
Zhen Mi smiled bitterly and said: "My husband only knows that our little Yuan Zhi is not only stronger than the average baby, but also surprisingly able to eat. Three wet nurses take turns feeding each other every day, so they can barely feed him."
Strong? Can it be eaten?
A trace of suspicion quietly emerged in Yuan Fang's heart.