Jiangxia North, entrance to the valley.

At dusk, the sound of fighting could be heard faintly. Cao Ren still maintained his nervous mood, got on his horse and ordered the whole army, "Line up to meet the enemy!"

From a distance, I saw a group of soldiers riding tigers and leopards fleeing. They had no horses, even armor, and all their weapons were discarded. They fled in panic like bereaved dogs, running towards this side in a state of disarray.

There is still a little bit of that once arrogant tiger and leopard riding appearance!

Behind them was a group of pursuers brought by the three brothers Guan Ping, Guan Xing and Guan Suo.

Niu Jin shouted to the archer: "Cover, shoot!"

The archers fired in turn, blocking a round of pursuing troops. The neat array opened a gap, allowing the embarrassed remnant soldiers to gallop into the rear.

Guan Ping saw Cao Jun's orderly formation from a distance, and he immediately issued an order, "Stop the pursuit!"

Guan Xing was puzzled: "Brother?"

Guan Ping explained calmly: "Fourth brother said that if we attack the enemy in the valley, we will definitely win this ambush. Once we get out of the valley, life or death will be uncertain. Therefore, fourth brother wants me to stop chasing the enemy! At least now it seems that this

Zhan, fourth brother still has to listen to his words!"

"Besides... looking at their military formation, it looks a bit like Cao Ren's 'Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation'. They prepared the formation carefully, waited for work at leisure, and attacked rashly. Our army has no chance of winning!"

Guan Ping made some rational analysis.

Guan Xing no longer questioned.

Guan Suo opened his mouth. Actually...he wanted to say that Cao Ren, who was sent by Cao Cao to garrison Xiangfan, could not bear to see his half-brother...whose entire army was wiped out.

However, Guan Suo still swallowed these words.

He remembered... a series of stories that his fourth brother Guan Lin once told him.

——Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu brothers killed each other;

——The brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, sons of Yuan Shao, fought against each other;

——Liu Biao's sons Liu Qi and Liu Cong brothers killed each other...

So, isn't it the same for Cao Ren and Cao Chun today? How could Cao Ren take the risk to save his "legitimate" brother?

Thinking of this in his mind, Guan Suo made a "gu dong" sound, swallowed softly, and raised his eyes to look at the clear blue sky.

He recalled...

That was after the fourth brother Guan Lin disobeyed his father again and again.

Guan Suo couldn't help but look for him and ask.

"Fourth brother knows that it will anger my father, so why do you do this? Why do you have to make your father hate you? What good does this do to you?"

Under Guan Suo's doubtful eyes, Guan Lin said meaningfully: "Fifth brother, you have a simple heart...you don't know this!"

"Throughout the ages, many examples have shown an extremely cruel reality, that is, as a younger son, or a concubine, if you please your father too much, it will often lead to brotherly disharmony, leading to tragedy... and become the key to the success and decline of the family.

Twist!"

At that time, Guan Lin's tone became increasingly serious.

"For example, how did the Yuan family in Runan rise from prosperity to decline? Isn't it because Yuan Feng just wanted to give a bowl of water to the legitimate son and the common son? He first adopted Yuan Shao to his brother, removing Yuan Shao's identity as a common son, and then helped

During the calamity of the Party, he established 'Running Friends' to rescue the Party members, which gained popularity and caused a large number of heroes to join Yuan Shao!"

"But what about Yuan Shu? As a legitimate son, he sees a humble bastard rising so high. He is like a wolf that originally made a living by eating sheep. Suddenly one day, it is ridden by a sheep on its neck and urinates? How can he calm down in his heart?

?How can we not be envious and jealous? And this envy and jealousy, in the end, turned into a sense of 'hate'!"

"Yuan Shu once openly mentioned, 'If you don't follow me, you will be a slave to my family!'" He regarded Yuan Shao as the most humble servant of the Yuan family. He also wrote to Gongsun Zan, saying that Yuan Shao was not a member of the Yuan family.

They even... did not hesitate to confront Yuan Shao and attack each other after the alliance against Dong broke up!"

Since this topic was mentioned, Guan Lin also specifically told it to his fifth brother Guan Suo.

The Central Plains where heroes once competed for power.

Regardless of the excitement of the fight, in the final analysis, there are actually two camps!

It's a contradiction.

One is the "eldest son of the Yuan family" alliance headed by Yuan Shao, followed by Cao Cao and Liu Biao.

One is the "eldest son of the Yuan family" alliance headed by Yuan Shu, followed by Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian.

Liu Bei and Lu Bu are special, jumping between these two camps repeatedly.

After all...

Because of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, there are old officials all over the world.

And because of the disaster caused by the party's imprisonment, the Yuan family secretly rescued the party members, and the huge reputation they accumulated at the beginning of this troubled time was Tianhu's start, and it was also the support of the Yuan family's desire to become emperor.

This resulted in the fact that even if there were a lot of heroes vying for the throne, the princes would still look up to the "Yuan family".

Further deduction according to the timeline.

First, the Yuan Shao Alliance defeated the Yuan Shu Alliance, and Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei all shared a share of the pie;

Then the external enemies are gone, leaving only the internal ones.

It's equivalent to entering the "finals".

Yuan Shao was first eliminated by Cao Cao, and Liu Biao was eliminated by Cao Cao again.

At this point, in the entire Central Plains, Cao Cao is the only one left in the finals!

Then, who else could aspire to the title of Central Plains besides Cao Cao?

And tracing back to the source, the source of all this is caused by the disagreement between the brothers of the Yuan family!

Just imagine, if Yuan Feng had a bowl of water, he would directly support his legitimate son Yuan Shu and completely ignore Yuan Shao, or simply make a decisive decision, support Yuan Shao, and let Yuan Shu out.

In this way, in these troubled times, with the Yuan family joining forces, how can there be anything to worry about other princes?

——Can Cao Cao get up?

That day, Guan Lin talked a lot. He first told the story of the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fighting each other, then Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, then Liu Qi, Liu Cong...

Guan Suo was stunned when he heard this.

Suddenly, he could understand why the fourth brother always disobeyed his father.

Fourth brother is because of this family!

It is also for the good of the family that I make my father hate me.

At that time, Guan Suo still felt that he was too simple, and the fourth brother and him... As the fourth and fifth sons of the Guan family, they really shouldn't be too sharp.

It was at that time that Guan Suo secretly made up his mind to stop working so hard and spend more of his hard work elsewhere.

For example - women!

And this idea suddenly opened the door to a new world for Guan Suo!

At this moment, Guan Suo pulled his thoughts back from the distance, looked at Cao Ren's soldiers and horses waiting in front of him, and sighed.

"Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu is like this!"

"Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang is like this!"

"Liu Qi, Liu Cong is like this..."

"Cao Ren, Cao Chun, brothers? How can we be brothers and sisters?"

At this time, Guan Jiajun stopped chasing, Guan Ping slowly rode forward, and looked at Cao Ren from a distance in the "eight-door locking formation".

He shouted: "I didn't expect that this time I would alarm General Cao!"

Cao Ren also replied loudly: "This time, I, Cao Zixiao, lost my mind and fell into Guan Yunchang's trick. I admit defeat!"

"Isn't General Cao here to pick up ordnance? There are many ordnances in the Sunset Valley, including side carriages, wooden oxen and stray horses, and even crossbows. There are also armors, weapons, and war horses from your Cao army. They are placed in the valley. General Cao will release the horses.

Take it?"

Guan Ping's words made Cao Ren grit his teeth.

Just as Guan Suo thought just now, he really doesn't care whether his younger brother Cao Chun is dead or alive...

But the tiger and leopard ride...

In particular, the armaments and war horses of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were all made with a lot of money, and Cao Ren felt extremely distressed.

This time, Guan Ping's words were like adding salt to his wounds.

However, Cao Ren's expression was calm, "My Cao Wei family has a great business, and I can still afford to throw away some weapons, so I will give them to General Guan as a meeting gift! But I am curious, why does Master Guan Ping not come over now that I have chased him here?"

ah?"

Guan Ping laughed "haha", how could he not know that the other party was trying to provoke the general?

Guan Ping shouted loudly: "As a human being, how can you be greedy? I have already received so many gifts from General Cao, so I can't chew off more than I can chew! However, General Cao, don't worry, sooner or later, this general will be broken.

Your formation!"

"Haha!" Cao Ren pretended to laugh high, "Nowadays, do the juniors of the Han army dare to speak to me like this? Haha, okay, I, the general, are waiting for that day!"

As Cao Ren's voice came out.

"--There is ample time."

Guan Ping replied, and immediately showed his decisive side as a general and raised his hand.
To be continued...