Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

half a month later.

A vital thoroughfare to Zhongshan.

At this moment, an army, brightly decorated and full of joy, was heading towards Zhongshan.

And at the very center of the army.

He was a twenty-year-old boy, dressed in armor, riding a spirited horse, and full of vigor.

If he wasn't Yuan Shao's second son, then who was Yuan Xi?

"Second Young Master, Zhongshan is just ahead. We should be able to reach Zhongshan in half a day at most."

"I would like to extend my best wishes to the Second Young Master on his wedding day."

Commander Chunyu Qiong cupped his hands in greeting.

"Haha, thank you very much, General Chunyu. Congratulations to you too."

"This is all for the marriage alliance between my Yuan family and the Zhen family."

"Thank you for your help along the way, General."

Yuan Xi cupped his hands in greeting.

They had no idea that on a nearby high mountain...

There were 6,500 pairs of eyes staring intently at them.

Who else could be the leader but Zhou Heng?

After leaving the Taihang Mountains, Zhou Heng asked Zhao Yun if there were any suitable places to ambush them.

Zhao Yun was a native of Changshan.

The surrounding terrain is still very familiar.

They easily found a place where they could easily set up an ambush.

And as early as seven days ago.

Zhou Heng then ordered his troops to set up an ambush there.

As soon as the other party arrives, we will immediately take them down.

As long as we capture Yuan Xi.

The rest is easy.

"Brother Zhou, I've always been curious, why are we waiting for Yuan Xi here?"

Wang Dang, standing to the side, looked puzzled.

They originally thought that as long as they escorted Zhou Heng out of Jizhou, that would be the end of it.

As a result, they ended up staying there for seven days.

This confused him greatly.

"Haha, Brother Wang, it's naturally to ambush Yuan Xi."

Zhou Heng laughed and said.

If it were before, he would definitely have made up all sorts of excuses to refuse.

It's impossible to tell the other party the truth.

Because if the other party finds out, they will absolutely not work with you.

but now.

At this point, there's no need to hide it anymore.

Because the other party has already come with me.

Whether you like it or not.

Zhang Yan is also implicated.

"What? Ambush Yuan Xi?"

As expected, Wang Dang's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

Even if he were completely stupid, he would know what Zhou Heng wanted to do at this point.

But he just couldn't figure it out.

Has Zhou Heng gone mad?

His situation was already extremely difficult because he had to scheme against three major forces at the same time: Liu Bei, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu.

They are now ambushing Yuan Xi.

Is he looking for death?

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out why Zhou Heng had ambushed Yuan Xi.

He had had his own suspicions before.

But I never thought about it in that direction.

Because in his view, this was simply impossible.

They ambushed the young master of another family in their own base camp.

Are you kidding me?

Have you lost your mind?

But now, when these words actually came out of Zhou Heng's mouth.

He still felt a deep sense of shock.

"That's right. As for why we ambushed Yuan Xi, there's no need for you, Brother Wang, to know."

Zhou Heng said calmly.

"No, this matter is too serious. I need to go back and report to my lord before making any further plans."

"otherwise........."

Wang Dang was so shocked that he was at a loss for what to do. He simply couldn't imagine what would happen if he ambushed Yuan Shao's son at this moment.

What will the world situation become?

Moreover, he personally led the troops in an ambush.

He couldn't imagine what Yuan Shao would become.

In any case, once this matter reaches Zhang Yan's ears, she'll probably want to kill me.

How could this not terrify him?

"Brother Wang has already come with us. Do you think you still have a choice?"

"Whether my brother likes it or not, he is now with us."

"Do you think Yuan Shao would believe that you didn't take action?"

Zhou Heng said with a half-smile.

"No matter what, this matter is too big, and I'm afraid I can't make the decision on my own."

Please forgive me, Brother Zhou.

Wang Dang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head in the end.

Ambushing Yuan Xi here would have far too many consequences.

"It seems I can't say nice things to Brother Wang. In that case, don't blame me for offending you."

Zhou Heng winked at Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao beside him.

The two immediately and tacitly surrounded Wang Dong.

"Brother Zhou, what is the reason for this?"

Wang Dang was so frightened that he wet his diaper.

During this period of time, he had already witnessed the prowess of Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun.

Even if ten of them were combined, they wouldn't be a match for the two of them!

If they make a move, I'm afraid I'll be captured in an instant.

Why don't you terrify him?

"Don't worry, Brother Wang. Zhang Yan lent me troops, how could I possibly repay kindness with enmity?"

"But this matter is far too important, so I can only ask Brother Wang to make do with it."

Zhou Heng gave him a wink.

The two immediately took out a rope and tied Wang Dang up tightly.

"Brother Zhou, what is the reason for this? What is the reason for this?!"

Wang Dang was greatly alarmed.

"Since you, my brother, cannot make the decision, I cannot trouble you further. I will have to make the decision for you myself."

“In this way, even if the truth comes out, it will have nothing to do with you, Brother Wang.”

Zhou Heng said calmly.

"You...aren't you afraid of offending Yuan Shao, and then you won't have a place to stand in the world?"

“Brother Zhou, you have worked so hard to build this empire. How can you ruin it all because of a moment of impulsiveness?”

Wang Dang continued to speak earnestly.

"Brother Wang, please forgive my rashness, but I have reasons that I have no choice but to take action."

"Please forgive me."

"If anything happens afterwards, I will take full responsibility."

After saying that, Zhou Heng ignored Wang Dang.

Instead, he simply waved his hand, ordering his men to take him away.

Liao Hua quickly took over Wang Dang's position.

In short, General Wang has suddenly become extremely ill and is temporarily unable to command, so I will have to take command of you.

What? Won't your subordinates have any questions?

Those who had doubts were tied up in the same place as Wang Dang.

As for the others...

If you don't want to die, you have no choice but to obey Zhou Heng's orders.

As a result, this army quickly became Zhou Heng's subordinates.

Don't assume that in this era, it's difficult to turn someone else's troops into your own.

Actually, aside from being a die-hard fan, it's quite easy.

For ordinary soldiers, they would be willing to serve whoever feeds them.

That's it.

Otherwise, why would Liu Bei have been able to betray Yuan Shao's troops?

In the end, they even betrayed the 80,000 troops that Cao Cao had sent to Che Zhou to garrison in Xuzhou, and thus recaptured Xuzhou.

It's impossible, absolutely impossible, for Boss Cao to be so angry.

He also developed a brain disease.

Perhaps it would be difficult to achieve this in the later stages of the Three Kingdoms period, after the world had become clearer.

However, things were still quite easy in the early stages of the Three Kingdoms period.