nycdaug Chapter 131
Chapter 131
Runan
Among the royal palaces
Yuan Shu quietly listened to the report of Liu Xun, the subordinate general.
Because Ji Ling and Qiao Rui had already led troops to the front line separately.
The matter of slaughtering the family, Yuan Shu can only be handed over to Liu Xun to be responsible.
Now.
In Yuzhou, except for a very small number of families who escaped by chance, the rest have basically been slaughtered.
By slaughtering the family, Yuan Shu obtained a large amount of money and food.
But this money is just killing chickens and collecting eggs.
As one of the former spokespersons of the Kanto family, but now there is no support from any family in the territory, and Yuan Shu does not even know what to do next.
“Your Majesty…”
“Wei Chen was ineffective, and the Chen family, led by the new head of the family, Chen Qun, fled to Yanzhou to join Cao Mengde.”
“Please also ask His Majesty to punish Wei Chen.”
Liu Xun hugged his fists and said ashamedly.
The Chen family is a top ten family in Yuzhou.
He had been oscillating between investing in Yuan Shu and investing in Cao Cao.
The previous head of the family, Chen Ji, was a great hongluo in the era of Liu Hong, the emperor of Hanling, and ranked as one of the Nine Qings.
However, last year, Chen Ji had died of illness.
The person who took over the position of the head of the family was Chen Qun, Chen Ji’s son.
That is, under the Cao Wei regime, the founder of the nine-pin Zhongzheng system.
In fact, Chen Qun’s age is not much younger than Xun Yu and the others.
After Xun Yu’s death, he became the second-generation head of the Yingchuan Family Group.
Why did Chen Qun not soar in the Cao Cao era, but was really reused in the Cao Pi era?
The root cause is that the person he chose to invest in at the beginning was not Cao Cao.
Yes, Chen Qun had been with Liu Bei.
Before Liu Bei officially became the assassin of Xuzhou, Chen Qun wanted Liu Bei to be stationed in Yuzhou.
But in the end, Liu Bei was pulled away by Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others in Xuzhou and became Tao Qian’s heir.
There is also competition between families of different factions. 21 It was naturally impossible for Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Cao Bao and other people from the Xuzhou family to live peacefully with Chen Qun’s Yingchuan family.
Liu Bei was fooled by Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others to go to Xuzhou, and Chen Qun was unwilling to leave with him.
After the two said goodbye to each other, Chen Qun went into seclusion in Yingchuan again and entered a dormant state.
It was not until the eve of the Battle of Guandu that Chen Qun joined Cao Cao’s camp at Xun Yu’s recommendation.
But by this time, the talent under Cao Cao’s account was relatively saturated.
Chen Qun was not a military general, but a pure civil official, and naturally it was impossible to make meritorious achievements on the battlefield.
He can only rank seniority and slowly climb up layer by layer.
But such a promotion speed is too slow.
Therefore, Chen Qun set his sights on Cao Pi, invested in Cao Pi, and eventually became one of Cao Pi’s “Four Friends of the Crown Prince”.
(PS: The statement of the prince’s four friends is a record on Wei Liao, although Cao Pi did not become a prince, but Wei Liao did say so.) Don’t spray, spray is you. ）
Now.
Since Liu Bei had not been to Xuzhou.
Instead, he directly led troops to Huainan.
Naturally, he lost the opportunity to contact Chen Qun.
Indirectly, Chen Qun has not yet appeared.
Sensing the wind and grass in Runan’s city, Chen Qun immediately led his clansmen to migrate in the direction of Yanzhou, and only then escaped.
Yuan Shu was extremely angry about Chen Qun and the Chen family’s escape.
I saw him splitting his head and covering his face and asking Liu Xun:
“As a former general, he can’t even do this little thing, it’s really disappointing!”
“Sure enough, people born like you can’t support the wall after all.”
Liu Xun quickly lowered his head and allowed Yuan Shu to reprimand.
After Yuan Shu established the Zhongjia Dynasty, Ji Ling was made a general.
Qiao Rui was a hussar general.
Under these two, Liu Xun became a former general of the Zhongjia dynasty.
But.
Liu Xun was originally a mountain king who mixed in Lujiang County.
A few years ago, he received an adaptation and joined the Yuan Shu camp.
In terms of loyalty, Liu Xun is far inferior to Ji Ling, Le Zheng and others.
The words that accompanied Yuan Shu’s reprimand became more and more excessive.
Between Liu Xun’s eyebrows, a hint of looming resentment flashed.
In the end, it may be that Yuan Shu said that he was tired.
It may also be that Yuan Shu himself feels that this matter is not resentful of Liu Xun.
After a half-hour reprimand, Yuan Shu finally reluctantly revealed the matter.
However.
What worries him even more soon comes.
I saw several anxious-looking heralds break in from outside, and reported to Yuan Shu with a panicked expression:
“Your Majesty! Cao Mengde sent Xia Houyuan as the vanguard of the front and led 50,000 troops to rush to Runan! ”
“What!?”
Yuan Shu was furious.
But a closer look reveals that he is not so much angry as he is inept ranting.
In order to resist Gu Yi and Sun Ce and others, Ji Ling and Qiao Rui had already taken most of the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou.
Today, even Runancheng, the royal palace of the Zhongjia Dynasty, has less than 40,000 people left.
Moreover, most of these 40,000 people are newly recruited soldiers, and they cannot form effective combat effectiveness at all.
Xia Houyuan led an army of 50,000 from the direction of Yanzhou to Runan, which was equivalent to giving Yuan Shu a head-on blow.
“Nope!”
“These 50,000 troops sent by Cao Mengde must be blocked, otherwise Runan is in danger.”
Yuan Shu was as anxious as a grasshopper on a hot pot.
Xia Houyuan’s 50,000 troops were just the vanguard.
This means that Cao Cao will definitely send more troops to attack Yuzhou in the future.
If even these 50,000 troops can’t stop it.
What did Yuan Shu do to block Cao Cao’s subsequent forces?
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu’s gaze swept his head down, and finally fixed on Liu Xun’s body.
“Liu Xun, if you hand over 30,000 soldiers and horses, can you have the confidence to block Xia Houyuan’s 50,000 troops?”
Yuan Shu asked Liu Xun.
Liu Xun was slightly stunned, and then prepared to refuse.
But before he could say no.
Yuan Shu’s sharp gaze was already shooting towards him.
As if he was going to drag him out and cut him down as soon as he said no!
Helplessly, Liu Xun had to hug his fist and agree:
“The last general will definitely not fail His Majesty’s trust!”
Yuan Shu nodded with a smile, satisfied with Liu Xun’s reply.
I don’t know.
In Liu Xun’s heart, it was already full of resentment towards him.
If it is placed under normal circumstances.
With the strength of a city, it is natural to block 50,000 troops with 30,000 troops.
But the crux of the matter is.
The remaining troops in Runan City were almost all recruits who were not even familiar with weapons.
The gap in combat power between recruits and veterans is like a firefly and a bright moonlight.
How did this make Liu Xun resist Xia Houyuan?
Perhaps, Yuan Shu also knows that this is difficult for some strongmen.
Therefore.
After Liu Xun left.
Yuan Shu called out several of his most trusted henchmen and gave them a secret mission.
After everything was arranged, Yuan Shufang took the honey water and continued to taste it.
……
Xia Houyuan is good at attacking people for thousands of miles.
Among the generals of Cao Ying, although Xia Houyuan’s ability to command troops was not necessarily the strongest, his marching speed was the peak.
A few days later.
Under his leadership, the 50,000 Cao army can be described as overwhelming.
Soon, he reached less than fifty miles from Ru Nan City.
Just as Xia Houyuan was about to order his soldiers to rest for a while, straighten out their armaments and go to attack Runan, he suddenly received a letter from the envoy in the city.
“What!?”
“This Liu Xun actually plans to submit to our army?”
Xia Houyuan couldn’t help but exclaim.
And beside him, Le Jin Chen Qun and the two quickly moved closer to this side.
In this battle, Lejin served as Xiahouyuan’s deputy general.
Xia Houyuan is good at attacking people for thousands of miles, and Lejin is good at being the first to climb the city tower, and the combination of the two can be described as quite tacit.
And Chen Qun’s identity is both a staff officer and a guide accompanying the army.
In addition, Chen Qun’s desire to seek revenge on Yuan Shu was very strong.
Cao Cao used him as a staff officer for Xia Houyuan, which could not be more appropriate.
At this moment, I heard what Xia Houyuan said.
Chen Qun walked to his side and took the letter, carefully read it and analyzed: (Read the violent novel, just go to Feilu Novel Network!) ）
“Although what Liu Xun did before is extremely hateful, it should be true that he wants to return to our army.”
“Under Yuan Shu, although he is also in a high position, he is often ridiculed by other generals of the Yuan army because of the birth of the mountain thief Liukou.”
“Besides, as far as I know.”
“In this Runan City, the remaining soldiers and horses have died, and there are not 40,000 people in total.”
“Ji Ling and Qiao Rui beside Yuan Shu have all been sent out by Yuan Shu to resist Gu Yi and Sun Ce, Liu Bei and others.”
“Under such circumstances, it makes sense for Yuan Shu to let Liu Xun serve as a guard.”
Chen Qun’s analysis was tantamount to giving Xia Houyuan and Lejin a dose of reassurance.
If Liu Xun could really surrender directly, it would naturally be the best thing.
After all.
In the Second Campaign against Dong Zhuo, the troops under Cao Cao also suffered heavy losses.
Don’t look at this time, Cao Cao directly handed over 50,000 people to Xiahou Yuan as the vanguard.
You can see the whole of Yanzhou.
The total number of troops that Cao Cao was able to use now was about 100,000 dead.
Moreover, this is still under the vigorous blood replenishment of the Yingchuan Family Group headed by Xun Yu, so many people have barely been able to make up.
Plainly.
The reason why Cao Cao let Xia Houyuan take 50,000 soldiers as the vanguard.
It is to create a false image for Yuan Shu.
Let him mistakenly think that there are many soldiers in the future.
Therefore.
Xia Houyuan actually did not dare to lose his troops too much.
Cao Cao’s ultimate enemy is definitely not Yuan Shu, but Gu Yi.
If the entire Yanzhou soldiers were beaten up for the sake of a Yuan Shu, then what would he do to deal with Gu Yi in the future?
You know, after taking Yuzhou.
Cao Cao and Gu Yi’s territory is completely bordered!
Other words.
If the Kwantung princes still wanted to form a coalition army against Gu Yi in the future, then Cao Cao’s territory would be an outpost for the two armies to fight.
Liu Xun’s surrender was tantamount to saving Xia Houyuan a lot of effort.
In a good mood, Xia Houyuan ordered his soldiers to rest for a while, and soon led the army to Runan.
The truth is exactly as Liu Xun said in his letter.
When Xia Houyuan led the army to the outside of Runan.
Liu Xun really opened the city gate and chose to voluntarily surrender.
Suddenly.
Xia Houyuan led Cao Junyu in.
In addition to Liu Xun.
The remaining generals under Yuan Shu, who were originally adapted from the mountain thief Liukou, also chose to surrender to the Cao army together under Liu Xun’s persuasion.
When Liu Xun led Xiahou Yuan into the palace of the Zhongjia Dynasty, Yuan Shu was holding a bowl of honey water.
And on the table beside him, there is also a jade seal with 293 radiant streamers!
“Pseudo-emperor, your time of death has arrived, why don’t you bind yourself?”
Xia Houyuan scolded.
In this regard, Yuan Shu just calmly drank the honey water in his hand.
Subsequently.
With a “bang”, he threw the Chuanguo Jade Seal to the ground.
“Poof!”
The Jade Seal of the Kingdom was torn apart.
Yuan Shu’s face was instantly filled with shock.
I wanted to pretend to be forced before I died.
But Yuan Shu didn’t expect it…
This jade seal of his… It’s fake!
Gu Yi lied to him, Fa Zheng lied to him, and everyone was lying to him!
“Hahahaha, hahahahaha…”
“Xu is the founding king of the country, and he will be for thousands of generations!”
The words did not fall.
Yuan Shu had already ordered the hundred dead soldiers hidden in the palace to rush out from the side curtain with torches in hand.
Torches were thrown to the ground.
The sky-high flames quickly ignited.
Xia Houyuan, Lejin, Chen Qun, Liu Xun and others quickly fled outside the palace.
And Yuan Shu and the hundred dead soldiers, as well as the fragments of the high-imitation version of the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, were turned into ashes in the sea of fire.
These hundred dead soldiers were left to him by Yuan Shu’s own father, Yuan Feng.
He has been following him for more than ten years.
At the same time, he is also the group of people that Yuan Shu trusts the most besides Ji Ling.
But with these more than a hundred people alone, Yuan Shu couldn’t kill the palace.
Therefore, he ordered these dead men in advance to hide in the palace hall with torches in hand.
Although Yuan Shu is very pitted, people are addicted to food.
But this does not mean that he has no dignity and backbone.
Among the children of the family, Cao Cao was the person he despised the most.
Death, nor can the body fall into the hands of Cao Cao.
This is Yuan Shu’s final principle.
And in the moment before the flames completely engulfed his body.
Yuan Shu’s mind once again reappeared his favorite honey water.
“Uh-huh, no… No more honey water! ”
The founding emperor of the Zhongjia Dynasty, Yuan Shu Yuan Road, eventually died in the fire.
It took less than three months to establish the Zhongjia dynasty.
However.
After the flames burned out.
Xia Houyuan and the others found that something was wrong.
Yuan Shu died though.
But…… Where are his sons and daughters, and the so-called queen?
Except for Yuan Yao, the eldest son who was killed by Dong Zhuo as early as after the defeat of the first coalition.
Yuan Shu and Lady Xuan had another son, named Yuan Han.
Although he was not yet five years old, he was established by Yuan Shu as the crown prince of the Zhongjia dynasty early.
Except for Yuan Han.
Yuan Shu also had an only daughter named Yuan Li.
These two, as well as Yuan Shu’s Lady Xianxian, all lost their tracks.
……。