Yuan Fang slowly stood up, walked down the stairs, and came to the crying Yuan Mai.
Yuan Mai seemed to be frightened by its power. For a moment, he was so frightened that he did not dare to cry. He only sobbed softly and timidly watched Yuan Fang approach.
? Stretching out his hand, Yuan Fang gently pressed Yuan Mai's head and looked down at the terrifying child.
kill? Or not to kill?
Under normal circumstances, of course it is necessary to kill. As the saying goes, if you cut the grass without removing the root, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows.
With the current situation, in fact, even if Yuan Fang does not kill Yuan Mai, he will hardly cause any trouble in the future when he grows up, but he may be used by some of Yuan Shao's old troops to cause some trouble for him.
But Yuan Fang did not intend to kill Yuan Mai.
His temperament has always been clear-cut between grievances and grievances. Yuan Shao, his son, and even the Liu family had grudges against him, so Yuan Fang had no qualms about killing them in revenge.
But the Yuan Mai in front of him is only a few years old. He knows nothing and has never done any harm to him.
What kind of hero is it to kill such an ignorant child?
Of course, if Yuan Fang does not kill Yuan Mai, it is impossible for him to become a hidden danger. He naturally has all-round means.
Yuan Fang stared at Yuan Mai's frightened eyes. In his left eye, the mind-reading pupil quietly opened. In an instant, he invaded Yuan Mai's thoughts.
At this time, Yuan Mai was still young, his thoughts were immature, and his will was very fragile. It was naturally easy for Yuan Fang to modify his thoughts and memories.
After a while, Yuan Fang easily completed the modification.
Yuan Fang deleted everything about Yuan Shao, the Liu family, and even Yuan Tan from his memory, making him forget his true identity, and even set up a mental lock that made him refuse to rebel against Yuan Fang forever. idea.
The modification is completed and the mind-reading eyes are closed. Yuan Fang pulled away from Yuan Mai's thoughts.
At this time, Yuan Mai was no longer crying, and there was no fear on his face. He just looked at Yuan Fang blankly. There was only curiosity on the little face.
"Being young and ignorant can be considered a kind of luck for you"
Yuan Fang sighed in his heart and ordered: "Send him to Qingzhou and entrust him to a well-off and honest family for adoption. At the same time, change his name and let him be an ordinary person from now on. He can live a peaceful life." Bar."
"My lord, he is Yuan Shao's son after all. What if he grows up" Zhuge Liang was worried and immediately wanted to persuade him.
Yuan Fang waved his hand and said calmly: "Yuan Shao is sitting in Hebei, with more than 200,000 powerful soldiers. I can kill just a child. Am I still afraid of what kind of trouble he will cause in the future?"
Yuan Fang would not tell his secret, but he interrupted Zhuge Liang's doubts with his confident words.
Zhuge Liang thought about it, so he said no more and took the confused Yuan Mai away. To arrange the future of this child.
After finishing dealing with Mrs. Liu and Yuan Mai, Yuan Fang¡¯s energy quickly turned to business.
The first thing he did was to issue a stop-kill order and open the Yecheng Treasury to provide relief to the civilians who unfortunately died and were injured in this war.
The second thing is that Yuan Fangze ordered to exempt Jizhou from taxes for one year to allow the people to recuperate. Restore the economy damaged by the war.
Now that Yuan Shao is dead and the Yuan family group has collapsed, Yuan Fang believes that the land in the three states of Hebei can be spread.
Now that Yuan Fang has settled the people and exempted them from taxes, he just wants to use this to extort money from Yuan Shao. The completely opposite strategy quickly captured the hearts of the people, digested and absorbed the people of the three states, and brought them into rule.
The third thing is that Yuan Fang ordered to divide his troops to capture Bingzhou and Youzhou.
Although Yecheng was destroyed, Jizhou had basically lost its resistance. However, Guo Yuan still survived in Bingzhou and stationed troops in Huguan, with nearly 10,000 Bingzhou troops.
Yi Kai of Youzhou also has ten thousand soldiers and horses. These people are die-hard loyalists of Yuan Shao and may not surrender easily. Yuan Fang can only use force to divide his troops to attack and pacify You and merge the two states.
In addition, Gongsun Du in Liaodong and the Wuhuan people entrenched in Yuyang are also hidden dangers that cannot be ignored.
Especially Gongsun Du, although his military ability is average, he has Lu Bu under his command, which is a big threat.
"If Yuan Fang goes to conquer the south in the future, Lu Bu encourages Gongsun Du to send troops to Youzhou, and then colludes with the Wuhuan people, it will definitely have a big impact on the stability of the north.
Now, if we can take advantage of the power of Yuan Shao's destruction, defeat Wuhuan in one fell swoop, regain Liaodong, destroy Gongsun Du and Lu Bu, and completely eliminate the future troubles in the north, it will naturally be the best strategy.
After stationing troops in Yecheng and resting for ten days, Yuan Fang led his army northward without stopping.
Regarding Youzhou, Yuan Fang planned to recover Liaodong in one go after seizing Youzhou, so he led 70,000 elite troops to the north in person.?.
On the Bingzhou front, Yuan Fang sent Gao Shun and Cao Xing, generals borrowed from Bingzhou, with 20,000 troops to defeat Guo Yuan and take over the Bingzhou land.
When Yuan Fang led his army and continued to march north, the detailed news of Yuan Shao's destruction had been sent to all parts of the world at an urgent speed of 100,000 people in Yecheng.
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Xiangyang.
In the military mansion, Cao Cao was in high spirits and drank with all the civil and military officials, celebrating the great achievement of capturing Xiangyang.
"Xiangyang has been defeated. We can rest and reorganize our soldiers and let Sun Ce consume Liu Biao's remaining navy. Then we can send our troops south and take advantage of the opportunity to capture Jiangling. As long as Jiangling is conquered, the four counties of Jingnan can be decided. "
Under the steps, Xun Yu, the chief adviser, outlined a blueprint for Cao Cao eloquently.
Cao Cao nodded repeatedly, drank a glass of wine, and praised Xun Yu for his brilliant strategy.
At this time, Xu You said with a smile: "Mengde, if it weren't for my suggestion, how could you easily capture Fancheng and successfully cross the Han River."
Hearing these words, all the civil and military officials on the left and right frowned secretly.
There was a hint of anger in Cao Cao's eyes, but he laughed and said, "Zi Yuan is right. Without your clever plan, how could I have conquered Xiangyang? Come on, let's drink from this cup."
Xu You was then satisfied, and drank it down with a proud look on his face.
Then, he said proudly: "As long as we capture Jingzhou, our strength will definitely increase dramatically. At that time, we can take advantage of the fierce battle between the Yuan family and his son to send troops northward and recapture the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Meng De, at that time, you will be The greatest prince in the world, haha~~"
When Xu You was laughing happily, a scout rushed in and said with cupped hands: "Your lord, there is an urgent report from Hebei. Yuan Fang has captured Ye not long ago, and Yuan Shao has vomited blood and died!"
Has Yecheng been destroyed? Yuan Shao is dead?
Xu You's proud laughter stopped suddenly, and his face was filled with surprise.
Cao Cao's scorched yellow face also changed. Surprised: "Yuan Benchu ??was defeated so quickly?"
Everyone in Cao Ying was shocked by the news.
"It was inevitable that Yuan Benchu ??would be destroyed, but I didn't expect that he would be so defeated. He was destroyed by Yuan Fang in just over half a year. Yuan Fang's use of troops was really too"
Even Xun Yu, who was strategizing and unfazed by surprise, frowned deeply and didn't know how to describe his surprise towards Yuan Fang.
Cao Cao looked at Xu You with suspicion in his eyes. That means asking, don't you claim that you know Yuan Shao well, patting your chest and saying that Yuan Shao can withstand Yuan Fang for a few years? What's going on now?
"This Yuan Fang is really too strong. I didn't expect that"
Xu You was embarrassed. His face turned red and white, and I didn't know how to explain it.
At this time, Xun Yu had calmed down, took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, Yuan Fang is stronger than we expected. After he unified the north, he will soon go south. We can't wait any longer and must contact him quickly. Sun Ce. Immediately send troops to Jiangling. We must carve up Jingzhou before he goes south to compete with him. "
"Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang"
Cao Cao repeated this to create a miracle. The name surprised him, and his brows deepened.
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Jiangxia County, Xiakou City.
On the top of the city, Sun Ce stood with his hands behind his hands, watching him from afar as he paraded on the river. The mighty navy and the brave young face showed no concealment of confidence.
"Xiakou has been defeated. The next step is to seize the northern part of Changsha County and open up the waterway. Then we can march westward, capture Jiangling in one fell swoop, and destroy Liu Biao. Once Jiangling is reached, the four counties in Jingnan will be determined."
Next to him, Zhou Yu, with a scar on his face, was planning a blueprint for Sun Ce.
Sun Ce's gaze turned north, and he said proudly: "Liu Biao's self-defeating thieves are nothing to worry about. The only one who is truly worthy of being my opponent, Sun Ce, is Yuan Fang."
At the mention of Yuan Fang, hatred suddenly appeared on Zhou Yu's scarred face.
He sneered and said disdainfully: "That boy Yuan Fang is fighting with Yuan Shao and his son. With Yuan Shao's strength, they will have to fight for at least a few years. We just take this opportunity to seize Jingzhou calmly, and then send our troops northward to seize Jingzhou." Huainan, I guess that kid won¡¯t be able to leave and look south this time.¡±
Sun Ce nodded slightly, the pride between his brows getting stronger.
At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps interrupted the two men's discussion, and a scout rushed to the top of the city.
"My lord, there is an urgent report from Hebei. Yuan Fang has captured Yecheng. Yuan Shao is angry to death. Jizhou has been captured by Yuan Fang."
Thunder, crashing down.
??Two proud young people,Suddenly, they looked at each other in astonishment, their eyes full of disbelief.
"It took him only half a year to capture Ye City and destroy Yuan Shao?"
After a while, Sun Ce blurted out in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and said in a gloomy tone: "This kid actually broke our layout again, it's hateful~~"
The high-spirited and confident atmosphere at the top of Xiakou City has been replaced by shock and anger.
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The eastern suburbs of Yecheng.
The night is deep and the stars are dim.
In the thick darkness, several sneaky figures were busy beside a tomb.
On the stone tablet in front of the tomb, there are four characters "Yuan Shao's Tomb" engraved on it.
And those sneaky people, all dressed in Taoist priest attire, were working hard to dig Yuan Shao's tomb.
Finally, the tomb was dug up, and several Taoist priests opened the coffin, dragged the stinking body out, and put it into a bag that smelled of lime.
"It really stinks. I really don't understand. First it was Guan Yu, and now it's Yuan Shao. What's the point of stealing their bodies?" one of the Taoist priests complained.
"How do I know? Anyway, the Heavenly Master asked us to dig, so we just dig. Don't ask so many questions." Another Taoist priest said.
In the dark night, there was a sigh.
The Taoist priests refilled the grave, and a few people carried the body bag, and soon disappeared into the deep night.