Chapter 325 (2/2)

However, Cao Cao’s anger also disappeared because that person said that Hebei would be theirs The only person who could have called Cao Cao with that name was the newly joined Xu You, Xu Ziyuan

Xu You had a good relationshi+p with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao In the past, he and wang Fen plotted to overthrow E and replaced him with the Marquis of Hefei He tried to persuade Cao Cao into participating but was refused The plot eventually failed and he fled while wang Fen committed suicide Xu You would later join Yuan Shao as an advisor

Xu You was faave the strategy to attack Wuchao after defecting to Cao Cao’s side However, this ti required help

“Does Ziyuan have any advice for ry and Xu You, he would not kill Xu You needlessly when Xu You could still be useful Seeing Cao Cao’s attitudes, his other vassals also dropped the matter

“Aman! Did you know that Benchu has a few sons?” Xu You asked He was actually feeling very pleased fro he could never get from Yuan Shao because he had been Yuan Shao’s attendant since young However, a the three, Cao Cao had been the least acco their childhood Now, Cao Cao was the most successful one and controlled thousands of people as their Lord To have such a person showing respect to hiht him pleasure

“Benchu has five sons, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, Yuan Mai and Yuan Bu!5” Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were eneood friends even when they had their own territories They had forsun Zan, and Tao Qian Now that these three people are gone, the two friends turned on each other As they used to be friends, Cao Cao kne many sons Yuan Shao has

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were the oldest When Cao Cao was still friend with Yuan Shao, he even carried Yuan Tan as he brought the boy to drink Yuan Xi’s ift when Yuan Shang was born later Years later, when Liu Bei and Lu Bu had Cao Cao trapped at Xuzhou, they wanted Yuan Shao to take this opportunity to attack Cao Cao However, Yuan Shao refused because his fourth son Yuan Mai was sick Yuan Shao’s last child, Yuan Bu, died prematurely

“In that case, does Aman knoho is the one that would inherit Hebei?”

“The one that would inherit Benchu’s foundation… It can only be one of two people The eldest Yuan Tan or the !” Yuan Tan is the eldest child Usually, the eldest would be the one getting the inheritance However, Yuan Tan’s mother passed away early Besides that, Yuan Shao preferred Yuan Shang and Lady Liu was an ambitious person that wanted hers on to obtain the inheritance Yuan Tan was unwilling to give up the inheritance that should rightfully be his As a result, these two sons were the ones with the highest chance of obtaining Yuan Shao’s inheritance On the other hand, Yuan Xi had no a

“Zi Yuan, what are you talking about?” Cao Cao was confused These two brothers ainst each other but what does that have to do with capturing Ye Cheng?

“Aainst you, he had Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Tian Feng, Xun Chen, and Ju Shou by his side as advisors with Yan Liang and Wen Chou as commanders! Now, take a look at those banners at the ene and Wen Chou!”

Cao Cao nodded and noted that this is true Xu You then continued, “Tian Feng had long since been imprisoned Ju Shou had already been captured I do not knohere Xun Kan disappeared off to As for Guo Tu, I believe he should have left Jizhou and uessed He was a s an Eer at Benchu’s side in Jizhou?” Right now, Yecheng was very secure They had hundreds and thousands of troops stationed there and also lots of provisions They could hold out for more than a year Guo Tu had no reason to escape “In that case, there could only be two possible reasons “The first one… Sigh It is possible that Benchu is already dead!”

“Benchu is dead?” Cao Cao was also stunned Although he and Yuan Shao were now enemies, they used to be friends Yuan Shao’s death would also e uproar in the army!” Cao Cao replied confused

“It is possible that Yuan Shang had given a gag order The other possibility is that Benchu is still alive but is not far from death!” Xu You felt melancholic Yuan Shao should still be alive but seriously ill and in a coma It probably cannot be cured Otherwise, Guo Tu would not escape After all, he is someone Yuan Tan had placed by Yuan Shao’s side If he was no longer by Yuan Shao’s side, Yuan Tan would not know even if he was slandered by others

Either way, the reasons had nothing to do with Cao Cao He was more worried about the co a co would kill him

Once Guo Tu informs Yuan Tan of Yuan Shao’s condition, there would be an internal strife between the two brothers Although Yecheng is difficult to capture, it no longer needed Cao Cao’s attention

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I ad Wikipedia for these 寧國中郎將 These naets ain like Left General, I may just leave it out It is too much of a mouthful for a normal conversation I did not bother (did not even think about whether it is right or wrong to do so) using artistic license inthe names sound nicer as I a just for laughs Here are the rest,

偏将军 Lieutenant-General

度亭侯 Marquis of a Chief Village

天下我有 literal translation, ‘I have heaven and earth’ Sohty!’ The story said Yuan Shao started to beco because it literally said so like I ahty’ So I just went and put narcissist Not entirely correct as narcissist are supposed to have low self-esteely overconfident felloho acts like a narcissist I could also say ‘becoant’ but that may not attribute to his ability (or lack thereof) to listen to good advice

Chinese idiom(?) Camel = Yuan Shao’s Army Horse = Cao Cao’s Army

Hebei ‘can be decided/fixed’ 河北可定I found this confusing so I searched ‘deeper’ and found Rosuvastatin calcium

Based on Wikipedia which can be said to be an unreliable source for history lessons, Yuan Shao only had three sons His ‘fourth son’ Yuan Mai could have been his grandchild (Chinese wiki) and Yuan Bu died at childbirth here so it doesn’t matter

月子酒 Hakka rice wine orfestivals Mothers are also encouraged to drink this after giving birth as it helps with their postpartum period