Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 326 Yuan Shu is the culprit of the world

On June 16, the heavy rain that had lasted for more than ten days finally stopped. Although there was light wind and drizzle a hundred miles away, the weather near Shouchun City was finally clear.

After capturing Chengde County, Taishi Ci beheaded the county magistrate and county lieutenant who had stubbornly resisted and sent the heads to the foot of Hefei city as a warning to everyone.

The magistrate of Hefei and other officials were so frightened that their scalps went numb. The city wall of Chengde was now stronger than that of Hefei. If they couldn't even defend the prison there, how could Hefei be defended?

Once Chengde was lost, the defenders of Shouchun were completely surrounded by the Han army, just like a fish entering a silk net or a bird entering a cage. Once in, it is impossible to get out.

Anyway, Lord Yuan will no longer have the chance to blame them. The key points have been cut off by the Han army, and documents from all over the country cannot be delivered to Shouchun. Seeing that the situation is hopeless, if they don't surrender now, when will they surrender?
Not only did the city of Hefei surrender immediately, but the three counties of Junqiu, Quanjiao, and Fuling also surrendered before the Han army arrived.

In the entire Jiujiang County, only Shouchun, Xiacai and Liyang cities remained holding out and refused to surrender.

In the direction of Lujiang, Guan Hai had also captured five counties and penetrated deep into the heart of Lujiang, cutting off the connection between Shouchun and Lujiang.

The Han army swept across Huainan with the force of a hurricane and rainstorm within a few months and was victorious everywhere. Wherever their army passed, they were invincible and invincible.

This made many wealthy families in the neighboring Jiangxia County of Jingzhou feel uneasy and at a loss.

Even if you are standing aside and not affected, you can feel the overwhelming force coming towards you. Even with thousands of troops at your side, it would probably be difficult to resist.

He was also secretly glad that Duke Jingsheng did not offend the King of Han, otherwise the various armies would not be attacking Jiujiang and Lujiang, but Nanjun and Jiangxia.

Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, was extremely worried when he saw that the Han army was unstoppable. He had an old grudge against the Sun family. He had heard that Sun Bofu, the son of Sun Wentai, had defected to the King of Han and was appointed as the Prime Minister of Langya.

It can be said that at a young age, he was appointed as a prime minister with a salary of two thousand stones.

From this we can see that Sun Ce is highly regarded and loved by the King of Han. If the Han army pacifies Huainan, Sun Ce will ask to be transferred to Lujiang to pacify the people's livelihood and secretly want to avenge his father. What should Jiangxia do?
Let's not talk about whether he can defeat Sun Bofu or not. Even if he can defeat Sun Bofu, there is still Zhang Yide from Nanyang who is eyeing him covetously. He is a powerful general and the brother of the King of Han.

There was also Guan Hai, who came from the Yellow Turban bandits of Qingzhou. He defeated the Yellow Turbans repeatedly in Huainan and defeated Ji Ling many times, so he was considered good at using troops.

Another person who also became famous was Le Jin of Yanzhou. Although he was short in appearance, he was smart and courageous and fought bravely.

He is also a brave general selected by the King of Han himself from among the soldiers and should not be underestimated.

There was also the main general who attacked Huainan, Taishi Ci, who was also from Qingzhou. He was good at both cavalry and infantry combat. He once followed the King of Han to defeat Cao Cao, fight against Yuan Shao, behead the Xiongnu Chanyu, subdue Zhang Yang, and conquer Xuzhou.

Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, thought about it and finally realized with horror that if Sun Bofu really came to cause trouble, he could not easily send troops to retaliate.

I was afraid that if I attacked Sun Ce alone, it would attract a bunch of elite soldiers and generals.

By then, Jiangxia would be surrounded from three sides by Nanyang, Runan and Lujiang. Even if Sun Wu were to be resurrected, he might not be able to gain any benefit.

Huang Zu was thinking in his mind what to do with the Huang family and where to go.

Then he narrowed his eyes slightly and made up his mind in an instant. Since he couldn't win, that was another matter. He would just join the Han army before Sun Bofu became the prefect of Lujiang.

By that time, he and Sun Ce were both surrendered generals, and they had the support of the King of Han behind them. Would the other party dare to avenge his father and kill him by force?

Huang Zu felt a little relieved when he thought of this.

He did not think there was anything wrong with abandoning Liu Jingzhou and turning to the King of Han, as the King of Han had made greater contributions to the Han country.

Moreover, General Fubo Ma Yuan once said: "In today's world, it is not only the ruler who chooses his subjects, but the subjects also choose their rulers."

Although Duke Jingsheng treated Huang well, he also repaid the other party. If he had not set an ambush and killed Sun Wentai, how could Duke Jingsheng have sat firmly in Jingzhou?
How could Huang Zu make enemies with the Sun family? If Yuan Gonglu had not been so greedy and wanted to attack Jingzhou, there would not have been so many troubles.

In the final analysis, the reason why Sun and Huang had a grudge was because of Yuan Shu. Huang Zu angrily cursed: "Yuan family rat, if you were not blinded by greed and wanted to split the Han territory, there would be no joint attack on Huainan by the Han army. You deserve to die."

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Yuan Shu, who was in Huainan, had no idea that someone was cursing him in Jiangxia. Even if he knew, he would not care. At this moment, the rain in Shouchun had stopped for several days, and the Han army outside the city had already sounded the war drums.

The auxiliary soldiers of the Han army in the north and west pushed huge battering rams, ladders and other siege equipment, preparing to attack the city.

"Dong dong dong..."

The sword and shield soldiers held up large shields, and when they heard the war drums, they formed a tight formation again, ran in small steps, and went forward to meet the enemy. Their main task was to block the arrows shot down by Yuan's army from the top of the city and consume the arrowheads.

The crossbowmen followed closely behind, providing intermittent cover for the powerful tribesmen who were mobilized to attack the city.

The sword and shield soldiers cooperated with the crossbowmen. There was no extra noise in the formation, only the heavy breathing and the clinking sound of armor plates colliding along the march. When the formation changed, one or two commands were heard occasionally, which were also the sergeants, squad leaders and team leaders in the army reminding the soldiers to pay attention to the direction of the formation.

At the same time, he instructed the soldiers in the front row not to get too close to the Shouchun city wall to avoid rocks and rolling logs from falling from above.

After all, the main force attacking the city today is the tribes of the Huainan nobles who have just surrendered and vowed to restore order.

If there really is a gap to exploit, it won't be too late for them to rush forward.

The Han army at the east gate continued to build earth mounds, and were now getting closer and closer to the city wall of Shouchun.

The crossbowmen were even able to stand on top of the mounds and shoot down into the city, forcing Yuan's army to flee in panic. If Yuan Shu had not ignored the pleas of his many concubines and used all the money in his mansion to reward the guards, the soldiers would probably have collapsed and surrendered the city.

However, as the Han army used earth methods to pile up earth close to the top of the city, Yuan's soldiers became more and more terrified. They lit countless bonfires every night, fearing that the Han army would have piled earth under the city at night.

Even if the attacks on the other two sides of the city wall were unsuccessful, the Han army would be able to rush up to the top of Shouchun City along the mounds in twelve or thirteen days at most. It was expected that the morale of the enemy, which had been tense for so long, would collapse immediately and fall apart at the first touch.

Taishi Ci and Zhou Yu brought many military officers with them to build a high platform to observe the battlefield situation.

Sun Ben, whose face was a little sallow, talked incessantly when he talked about Shouchun, as if he had lived in the city for a long time, and introduced it to the military officers quite skillfully.

Sun Xiang was standing beside him, stroking his beard and secretly sizing up Zhou Yu, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.

Zhou Yu happened to look back and saw Sun Xiang seemed to be staring at him, so he asked with a smile: "Wen Yang, why are you looking at me like that? Is it because I am not dressed properly?"

Sun Xiang couldn't help but sigh, his eyes fell on the city wall of Shouchun, and he sighed: "Mr. Yuan teased Bofu many times, it was normal for Bofu to abandon the dark and join the light, but he treated the Zhou family of Lujiang well, why did Gongjin..."

Although he didn't finish his words, his meaning was very clear.

Taishi Ci, who was looking at the battlefield not far away, frowned slightly when he heard this.

Although the two Sun Bens came here to get along well, it was Sun Ben who answered every question and told them everything about Yuan Shu.

However, Sun Xiang seemed to be very humble and courteous to him, answering every question he asked and ten questions he asked.

In fact, during his conversation, he still respectfully addressed Yuan Shu as "Mr. Yuan".

That is to say, he could tolerate it a few times for the sake of Sun Ce's face. If it were the three generals, Sun Xiang would have no idea how he would be dealt with.

Seeing that Sun Xiang repeatedly did not know when to advance or retreat, Taishi Ci decided to write a letter first and have a proper talk with Sun Ce about the matter.

(End of this chapter)