Chapter 1209: The White Phoenix Reunited

Bai Xiaowen gathered civil and military officials from Youzhou to receive Yuan Shao's general order.

Even Taoist Langyazi came uninvited and stood in a corner silently. Although a group of Youzhou officials were a little strange about the Taoist priest's appearance, they saw that Bai Xiaowen didn't drive him away, so no one came to question him.

The Guandu envoy read out the general's order, and in his words, he did not praise or criticize Bai Xiaowen for seizing the four counties in Eastern Liaodong, but just passed it by. To deal with the newly discovered Yellow Turban bandits, Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan were dispatched to march with 5,000 troops.

However, Yuan Xi was still reprimanded in the letter, saying that news of the Yellow Turban Army should not have spread throughout the city. But it was just reprimand, and there was no real punishment——Yuan Xi's identity was, after all, Yuan Shao's biological son.

"Second son, that's all for the general's orders."

The envoy sent by Guandu still treated Bai Xiaowen with respect.

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "Please tell the envoy to report to father, Xi will definitely obey the military order." After finishing speaking, he ordered the guards to take the envoy to drink the horses and rest, and then returned to Guandu to report.

After the Guandu envoy left, Bai Xiaowen scanned the hall.

Yan Rou was the first to come forward and said: "Young master has made great contributions to seizing the four counties in Liaodong. I didn't expect to be taken over by the general without any rewards. It's really surprising."

Zhao Rong smiled wryly and said, "On the contrary, because the news about the Yellow Turban Army was not kept secret, I was reprimanded by the lord."

Other officials in Youzhou expressed their attitudes one after another. They didn't dare to complain about Yuan Shao's unfair rewards and punishments, but they all felt that the second son had been wronged.

Bai Xiaowen said calmly: "This is the end of the matter, you don't need to fight for me. The two generals Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, according to the order issued by my father, personally ordered you two. I hope you will fight bravely and win the victory as soon as possible."

The two generals, Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan, looked at each other, and they clasped their fists together and saluted: "I will not disgrace the order of the great general."

Bai Xiaowen then asked Zhao Rong to be responsible for the allocation of military rations, arranged some logistical matters for the army to go out, and waved them away.

Zhao Rong and the others took a peek at Bai Xiaowen's peaceful face, but they did not see the expression of joy or anger, and they all said goodbye and left.

Langyazi cupped his hands and said: "Young master is extraordinary, and I admire him. The expedition is imminent, if there is any encouragement, but with one word,

There is nothing the poor can do. "

Bai Xiaowen took a deep look at Lang Yazi, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Daoist. The civil and military officials in Youzhou are quite resistant to people who practice Taoism, so don't mind it, Daoist."

Lang Yazi said indifferently: "The poor Taoist is a person who cultivates the Tao, and he only wants to deal with the dragon among men. As for those ordinary people, if the Tao is different, they will not seek each other."

Bai Xiaowen nodded slightly, and Langyazi took his leave immediately.

Not long after the officials in the hall left, two female generals stepped into the hall.

It was Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi who came. Originally, one of them was in Guandu and the other was in Jizhou, responsible for relaying information and contacting Tian Yu. Now that the battle was imminent, they returned to Youzhou after arranging their affairs.

For example, Qiao Rui, in the past few days, she has teamed up with the Zhen family to develop a new business route, from Youzhou to Guandu, so that the information from the front line can reach Bai Xiaowen's desk without any need for a change.

After Li Shuyi handed over the letter to Tian Yu and got his support, she returned secretly.

Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi were away for a few days, and Bai Xiaowen gave them the excuse of "buying". For the governor of Youzhou, finding an excuse to sell fakes for his subordinates is just a trivial matter, so there is no need to mention it.

Now, there are only five members of the White Phoenix team left in the hall.

"Okay, we have been working separately for more than four days, and this is the first time the team has gathered. If there is any situation, you can report it...starting with Shuyi." Bai Xiaowen said.

Li Shuyi thought for a while: "I heard that in Yuan Shao's camp, there was almost a quarrel over your matter, and Yuan Shao even smashed everything on the table."

Qiao Rui smiled and said: "I know the specific process better. General Tian Yu's letter basically stated the situation at that time...Feng Ji and Guo Tu tried to get Yuan Shao to remove the captain's position. I went back to Jizhou to take care of my mother. Fortunately, the supervisor Jushou tried his best to persuade them, so the two were not able to succeed. Yuan Shao was angry and smashed because Jushou exposed his shortcomings and mentioned the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan."

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "Feng Ji and Guo Tu are two counselors, although they have some wisdom, but they are too selfish. In the novel, these two people are one assisting the third son Yuan Shang and the other assisting the boss Yuan Tan. Although they usually don't deal with them, but they have one thing in common, they don’t want me to show off and add an opponent.”

Li Shuyi said: "Yuan Shao's ears are too soft, it feels like he is being dominated by the counselors under him, and he doesn't have the decisiveness of a leader at all."

"Yuan Shao originally had this kind of character," Bai Xiaowen said. "In Romance, Guan Yu first beheaded his general Yan Liang, and then Wen Chou. At this time, Liu Bei happened to be attached to him. Yuan Shao listened to his advisers at first. He said that he was very angry with Liu Bei and wanted to push him out twice to behead him, but Liu Bei's words dispelled both of them, and instead abducted him, blaming his counselors, and almost made him bear the name of harming the virtuous."

Li Shuyi said: "Then he treats you like a meritorious minister, isn't he afraid of the hearts of the soldiers?"

Bai Xiaowen laughed: "Isn't Yuan Shao doing too many chilling things? Imprisoning Tian Feng, and later imprisoning Jushou, I won't mention these. Just one thing: after Wen Chou was beheaded, Liu Bei said he could write to Guan Yu , Persuading Guan Yu to surrender and help Yuan Shao. The result? Yan Liangwen’s ugly body is still cold, but Yuan Shao was overjoyed and said: “If you win Wen Chang, you will be ten times uglier than Yan Liangwen.” Such words and deeds will not make Hebei soldiers even more chilling.”

Qiao Rui said: "If it weren't for this, Yuan Shao would not have lost to Cao Cao with such a family background. This man is undefeated, and the laws of heaven cannot tolerate it."

Li Shuyi raised a question: "Xiaowen, after you discovered the clues of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, you immediately caused a commotion in the city. Why? Yuan Shao also said that you are not suitable to be a commander. It will be even more difficult to inherit the family business in the future." gone."

Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "I didn't intend Yuan Shao to pass on the position directly to me. What does it matter if he likes my son or hates me? As for making things worse, it is to make Yuan Shao decide to send troops to suppress the bandits so that I Take complete control of Youzhou."

The eyes of the teammates lit up.

"It looks like the captain already has a plan," Qiao Rui said.

"Of course, in order to ensure the success of the plan, I specially called you back... However, I didn't expect a Taoist priest who claimed to be Zhang Jiao's junior brother to appear. At present, it seems that this Taoist priest should be on our side. I knew If that’s the case, there’s actually no need for you to rush back.”

Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Of course, you will also have the advantage of coming back. You can win a lot of war contributions in the battle to wipe out Zhang Jiao!"