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Yuan Shu did not dare to fight with me personally. He only asked Li Feng, Chen Ji, Le Yan and Liang Gang to guard the Guiyang County City as he ran to the other side. I will surround Gui Yang City.

I ordered the commanders of the various battalions, "If you are unable to defeat the city within five days, kill all of them!" I came to the city myself to supervise the troops in carrying the earth stones and filling the trenches. Seeing that, Li Feng and the rest anxiously urged the soldiers to release arrows and throw rocks. Instantly, the stones shot out like rain, causing two people to immediately retreat in fear, I then slashed down from my horse and filled the hole in the ground. Then all the men and women went forward, and the army was strong, and the enemy could not fight them. The soldiers fought to get to the top of the city, to break and lock down the gates, and to pour in their troops. Li Feng, Chen Ji, Le Yi, Liang Gang were all captured alive, and I ordered them all to be executed in the city. Burn a fake palace, commit a crime, and actively prepare to chase after Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu heard that the Guiyang County City was lost, and that Xiang Dong and Hengyang County were also attacked by Liu Biao. Since it was difficult for him to obtain victory at the same time, he planned to escape north towards Yuan Shao in order to seek revenge for him in the future.

When I got the news that Yuan Shu wanted to escape from Leiyang County towards the north, I immediately called for the army to stop him. Yuan Shu couldn't bear to throw away his extravagant possessions, and he couldn't bear the pain of running so fast. Hence, the speed of the Yuan Shu Army's march was extremely slow, and they allowed me to first go to Lai Yang County and set up a formation to wait for Yuan Shu's arrival.

Not long after, Yuan Shu's forward commander, Zhang Xun, arrived. Li Xiong did not even say a word, and immediately rode his horse towards Zhang Xun. After fighting for a bit longer, Li Xiong shouted and slashed his horse. I brandished my troops and attacked, causing the defeated troops to run, and the defeated soldiers to report back to Yuan Shu, using their techniques to draw in their own troops to fight.

I will split into three: Li Xiong will lead the troops to the left, Zhang Tie will lead the troops to the right, and I will supervise the army from the center. Out of prelude to the battle, I scolded under the door: "Thou didst defy the law, and now I come to thee with an edict! "You should surrender without a fight, and get rid of your death penalty!" Yuan Shu glared and scolded angrily: "You prick! You little bastard who only knows how to play tricks, how dare you underestimate me! Damn it! How can my fourth and third generations be looked down upon by little mice! " Yuan Shu's troops rushed over.

I retreated temporarily and let both sides fight their way out, killing until the corpses of Yuan Shu's army were all over the field, blood flowing everywhere like a canal. The escaping soldiers were invincible. While Yuan Shu was fleeing, Chen Lan and Lei Bo, who had been turned into thieves by the grass, robbed him of the food and money. Yuan Shu was trapped in the Lai Yang mountain, he could not advance, but he could not retreat either. There were at least a thousand people, and everyone was extremely tired.

Without spending too much effort, I captured Yuan Shu and his son Yuan Yao and his nephew Yuan Yin's entire family. Yan Xiang and the other ministers of the imperial court that were detained by Yuan Shu had all come to see me. I have treated the Ma Ri Monument and Yan Xiang well, and sent people to escort Yuan Shu's family to the Luoyang with the Ma Ri Monument, so that the Emperor can deal with Yuan Shu. I knew very well that treason was the biggest crime. Not only did I have to kill nine clansmen, but I would also have to torture them to death. Yuan Shu no longer had any hope of living. But by doing this, although I have won myself a lot of reputation, I have angered Yuan Shao, and in the future, I will be facing such a difficult and strong opponent! Now I can only go one step at a time.

Liu Biao was already preparing to go, he quickly took over Yuan Shu's Xiangdong County and Hengyang County. This time, my territory only consisted of two more counties, ShiHe and Gui Yang, but my forces were exhausted, so I didn't want to start a war with Liu Biao anymore, so I negotiated with Liu Biao. When Liu Biao was fighting with Yuan Shu earlier, he was defeated by me once more! Furthermore, he had just seized back the other territories, so he needed some time to agree to my request. Thus, I led my troops back to Jiao Prefecture.

As for me, I will leave a large amount of garrison troops in the two counties of Linhe and Gui Yang, so that I can make it easier to take over the Jingzhou in the future. Liu Biao was clear that he also garrisoned a lot of troops to guard against me. Right now, the two of us are just at odds with each other, a huge battle could be triggered at any time.

When I returned to Jiao Prefecture, the first thing I wanted to do was to see my own wife and two children. When I came to the front of the Palace, I saw Xiao Ying playing with Xi Er and Mei Lian, they got along really well, and I couldn't help but to heave a sigh of relief when I saw that, because what I was worried about the most was that the two children could not accept Xiao Ying.

Xi Er had obviously noticed me. Although his voice wasn't distinct, one could still hear him calling me, "Father! "Father!" When this childish voice entered my ears, it made me feel extremely touched. When Mei Lian saw that her brother had called out "Father", she also called out to him.

When I saw that Xi Er had run towards me, my first reaction was to run towards my son. Since Xi Er had just learned how to walk, the moment he fell to the ground, he couldn't help but start crying loudly. Don't cry! In the future, Xi Er will become an indomitable man! "It's just a fall, how can you cry?" I swung him in my arms.

Xiao Ying was afraid that Mei Lian would fall too, so she caught up to him and brought her little hand over to my side. She looked at Xi Er with concern and asked: "How is Xi Er? Is Xi Er alright? " I looked at Xi Er carefully and replied him: "I'm fine! It's nothing! Xi Er's skin is only slightly damaged!

I then coaxed Xi Er back to his seat, and stomped on the ground with my feet, making a thumping sound. My hands moved as if they were about to hit the ground, and coaxed Xi Er: "Xi Er, be good! Look! It's not obedient, Daddy hit it! He hit it! Alright! Stop crying! Stop crying! Men cannot cry! " Because of what I did, Xi Er's crying sound wasn't as loud anymore, but it still couldn't be stopped.

Zhang Yan came to my front and passed a bunch of grapes to me, saying: "Master, didn't you bring some from the Western Regions when you came back? Give it to Young Master and Young Miss to eat! This way, Young Master won't cry anymore! "

"Aiya!" If it wasn't for Zhang Yan's reminder, I would have forgotten about it. I hastily took it, peeled it from the skin and held it in my hands, and said to Xi Er: "Come! Xi Er, stop crying! Father will give you something to eat! " I said as I placed the grapes into Xi Er's mouth. Food is effective for kids who are greedy for food, he cried and laughed, and even pestered me to eat it. I had to peel them off one by one for him to eat, and I had to give them to my precious daughter.

Xiao Ying smiled as she looked at me, but there was a hint of complaint in her extremely joyous eyes. She rebuked: "Li, why didn't you inform me when you got back? "I didn't prepare any good dishes!" I smiled brilliantly and said: "As long as it's something Xiao Ying made personally, no matter what it is, I like it! Why don't we eat the tofu invented by Duke Huai Nan, Liu An, tonight! Naturally, there was no lack of fish! I've become a cat, and I love to eat fish! "Haha!" Xiao Ying naturally couldn't contain her joy after hearing my words. She smiled and said: "Alright! I'll go and buy it now! "

Zhang Yan cupped his hands and said: "Madam, please let this subordinate do it for you! The lord had just come home and wanted to spend a little more time with his wife! "Have your subordinate buy it back!" Xiao Ying was a little embarrassed, she did not want to go against Zhang Yan's good intentions, so she agreed: "General Zhang, sorry to trouble you!" You're welcome! This is what this subordinate should do! " Zhang Yan then left.

Xi Er and Mei Lian went to play. Xi Er was the mischievous one, he picked up the small stone and threw it randomly, then picked it up and threw it on the ground again. However, Mei Lian just stood there looking at the wild flowers or small grasses by the side of the road. Not long after, she was tired and sat on the ground, she was still watching, but she liked to look around to see if there was anything interesting. The thing that Xi Er and Mei Lian had in common was that whenever they saw a child passing by, they would always look at them, hoping that they would play with them.

When I saw a four year old child walking by, I squatted in front of Mei Lian and shouted to him. "Brother, come over here and play with your younger brother and sister!" "Humph!" The child pursed his lips and said, "I'm not going to play with them! I want to play with my brother! I want to play with big brother! " I didn't give up and asked, "Big brother, why can't you play with your younger brother and sister for a bit?"

The little child still pursed his lips and replied, "Humph! I'm not playing with children! I want to play with my brother! Humph! I'm leaving! " After saying that, the little child quickly ran away. Mei Lian's face could not help but reveal a look of disappointment, while Xi Er also felt the same way.

When I saw him from afar, I went up to him and held his hand. "Zi Hong, you're here! Come on in! " I was pulling Sang Chuan into the front hall, while Xiao Ying brought the two children back.

He took out a sesame seed cake and smiled at the two children. "Young master, young miss," he said. The one with the best taste in the city, I bought it on purpose! " When Xi Er received it, he immediately ate it with a greedy look, but this girl was just different. However, Mei Lian ate with much more elegance. I came up to the child with a stern face and said, "Why don't you thank Uncle Zheng? Hurry up and say thank you! "

The children had to be taught. Of course, they had to listen to their father's teachings. They all said together, "Together, with each other. Write, write." Slowly, I said, "Thank you, thank you!" Write, thank you, thank you! " The voices of the two children were accurate this time. I looked happily at the two children, full of pride for them. Chen was smiling as she said, "Good girl! "Good girl!"

Xi Er hid to the side and ate the biscuit slowly, as if he was afraid that others would snatch his delicacy away. Zhong Zheng looked at Mei Lian and praised him: "Young miss, your clothes are so beautiful! Mother bought it for you? Did mom personally make it for you? Miss, it's really beautiful when you put it on! " Mei Lian obviously understood her words, her face blossomed into a smile, like a blossoming flower. She lightly waved her hand towards the stone chair, and said: "Ah! "Ahhh!" As she said this, her beautiful eyes gazed straight at Qi Zheng.

, who was standing at the side, had a big smile on his face as he said, "Mei Lian, this is asking you to sit!" He then turned to Mei Lian and taught him: "Please sit! Please sit down! " Even though Mei Lian wanted to say it, it was unclear. He gave the sesame seed cake in his hand to me and quickly ran back into the house himself. He was looking at Mei Lian's disappearing figure in confusion, he did not understand what Mei Lian was trying to do.

Xiao Ying worriedly shouted at Mei Lian: "Mei Lian! Be careful! Be careful! Don't fall! Slow down! "Slow down!"

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[Note 1]: Yixian, Western Hangao, 5 years (202 B.C.), was founded in Huai County, named for the rivers in the territory, and is under the jurisdiction of the Guiyang County. The current site is in Yongxing County, Hunan Province. At the time, the Guiyang County was divided into Qu Jiang, Gui Yang, Yang Shan, Han and Fan Yang as the starting county, and was subordinate to the Jiao Prefecture. The county magistrate of the Guiyang County was in the Gui Yang County of the Chenzhou region today. Cai Lun's hometown for the paper was in the current Gui Yang County.