The so-called few families are happy and a few are sad, and when the people of Lujiang are busy with spring ploughing, Shouchun City is gloomy. It is true that it has been nearly half a year since Yuan Shujun recovered Shouchun, but the ruins and ruins of the city burned down by Lu Bujun are still vividly vivid. People who have lost their homes can only live in makeshift shacks, looking up at the renovated palace in the distance with their faces swollen from hunger.

However, as the owner of the Shouchun Palace, Yuan Shu still felt that the palace was shabby. Because the walls and pavilions of the palace can certainly be repaired day and night by the people, but the rare treasures in the palace that were taken away by Lu Bu are difficult to find. The spacious halls are no longer painted with gold and silver, the mighty dragon chairs are no longer covered with silk and satin, and the dishes for dining are no longer exquisite. The only thing that can comfort Yuan Shu is that the concubines and palace maids in the palace have changed to young and beautiful newcomers. However, at this moment, Yuan Shu withdrew those lovely people, and listened to the report of Yang Hong, the chief of staff, with the generals. Because he didn't want the concubines around him to see the down-and-out appearance.

Yes, the current Yuan Shu can be said to be extremely down-and-out. Within three months, he lost 30,000 elites in Suishui, lost the Huai River defense line in Yangquan, and then sat back and watched Liu Bei drive straight into the Lujiang River. Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and other generals were ordered to fall on the battlefield one after another, and Liu Xun, Chen Jian, Lei Bo and other generals stationed abroad were separated from him. Therefore, at present, the territory where Yuan Shu really has the actual control is actually only a county with Shouchun as the center. But since Yuan Shu had dared to brazenly claim the emperor in the face of the world's disapproval, the princes of the Central Plains would naturally not pity him. At this time, Yang Hong brought bad news to Yuan Shu.

"On the seventh day of the second month, Cao Jun conquered the city, and Zhang Xiu surrendered. It is reported that Cao Cao has now returned to the dynasty and is mobilizing troops and horses with the intention of conquering His Majesty. ”

As Yang Hong finished reading the content and put away the bamboo slips, the entire hall suddenly fell into a deathly silence. Now, as long as you are not a fool, you know in your heart that with Yuan Shu's strength, you can't compete with Cao Cao, who owns Yu and Yanzhou. Even small princes like Sun Ce and Liu Bei could twist Yuan Shu out of Shouchun City. Therefore, it is not surprising that a cadre will respond to the impending end with silence.

Yuan Shu sat on the dragon chair and first looked at Chen Ji, the only combatable general under his command, and then glanced at the staff who were cowering in a ball, and finally stopped his gaze on Yang Hong. But seeing that he adjusted his sitting posture, he put on a posture that was proud of the world and opened his mouth and said, "Zhongqing don't need to panic. I have Jiujiang County as a shield, Liu Xun, Chen Jian and other generals in charge, and Sun Ce and other princes as support. Cao Cao is not enough to be afraid"

As soon as Yuan Shu's words came out, although some timid staff members didn't think so, they still flattered Yuan Shu again and again. However, Yang Hong frowned tightly, and went out to Yuan Shu to point through the Dao Majesty Mingjian. Sun Ce had been named a general of the Ming and Han dynasties by the Han Emperor. I am afraid that instead of sending troops to help His Majesty, he will take advantage of Cao Cao's attack to be unfavorable to His Majesty behind his back. ”

Yuan Shu, who wanted to cheer up his subordinates, heard Yang Hong say this at the moment, and it was not good to continue to slap his swollen face and rush to the fat man. So he immediately raised his eyebrows, and scolded loudly, hum, Sun Ce Xiao'er is really a white-eyed wolf, and he also thought that if I hadn't taken care of the Sun family, how could this child be able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, and now Liu Xie'er just gave him a false title, so let him be my enemy. I must make such ungrateful people pay."

Although Yuan Shu gritted his teeth on the dragon chair, no one in the main hall took his words seriously. What kind of person is Sun Ce, that is the little overlord of Jiangdong who destroyed Liu Yu in the south and broke Chen Yu in the north. With Yuan Shu's current strength, Sun Ce is thankful that he didn't come to attack Shouchun. If you want to go to Sun Ce to settle accounts, wouldn't it be sleeping with the sheep and the tiger - looking for death

However, Yuan Shu didn't care about the strange expressions of everyone below, but confidently ordered Yang Hong, "Yang Qing, you will draft an edict for me and give the seal of Danyang County to Danyang Haoqiang Zulang. ordered him to incite the Shanyue people to jointly attack Sun Ce. This is a plan to drive away the wolf. ”

Yang Hong didn't expect Yuan Shu to think of calculating Sun Ce at such a critical juncture. However, considering that this plan could indeed cause trouble for Sun Ce and prevent him from threatening Shouchun, Yang Hong bowed down and echoed, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

With Yang Hong taking the lead, the other generals present naturally followed to praise Yuan Shu. Seeing this, Yuan Shu felt good about himself and laid out to Yang Hong and the others how to recruit troops and horses to deal with Cao Cao's attack. Although everyone knew that the treasury of Shouchun had already bottomed out, they had to promise to take it down first. However, after the subordinates were ordered to retire one by one, Yuan Shu left Yuan Jian alone.

It is said that since the last time Yuan Jian raised enough ships for the defeated Yuan army on the Huaishui, Yuan Shu regarded him as a loyal confidant. Of course, Yuan Jian himself does not regard this as Rong Xin. Therefore, at this moment, he just cautiously bowed down and asked, "Is there something important for His Majesty to stay here?" ”

Unbeknownst to him, Yuan Shu's caution was exchanged for Yuan Shu's smile beckoning, "Yuan Qing doesn't have to be restrained." Come up. ”

Seeing that Yuan Shu, who had always been hot-tempered, showed such a respectful face, Yuan Shu had no choice but to secretly slander while stepping forward to listen to the order, "Your Majesty, please command." ”

Yuan Shu stepped forward and asked, Yuan Qing mentioned to me last time that Duan Boming from Donglai could provide me with a sea ship to Qingzhou. I don't know if I can count this? ”

Hearing Yuan Shu suddenly mention Duan Rong, Yuan Jian couldn't help frowning and responded, "Back to Your Majesty, Duan Bo clearly promised this matter to his minister. It's just that there are rumors in the outside world that it was Duan Boming's group of businessmen who transported Liu Bei's troops through Huaishui this time. Does 陛xià still believe in this person? ”

Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, "How can you take empty words seriously." Even if this matter is really done by Duan Boming, it doesn't matter. Businessmen are all profit-seekers, and it is understandable to collect money and do things. You go to tell Duan Boming that as long as you can help me go north, I will definitely be rewarded at that time. ”

Seeing that Yuan Shu talked about this, Yuan Shu didn't persuade him more, and explained the situation to Yuan Shu as it was, and Duan Boming's consciousness was that it was Cai Anzhen's idea to use a sea boat to help His Majesty go north, in order to repay Yuan's favor. ”

"Repay the kindness of the Yuan family?" Yuan Shu's eyes flickered, as if he had touched some way. But seeing him put on an impassioned posture and said, "The royal family of the Han Dynasty has been exhausted for a long time, and the Yuan family should accept the mandate of heaven as the king, and the talisman and auspiciousness are very clear." Although I was defeated at the hands of the heroes, my original brother sat on the land of Sizhou and had a million households in Dingkou, and he was more qualified than me to inherit the great cause of the Yuan family. Yuan Qing, you will go and reply to Duan Boming for me, and say that I would like to dedicate the mission entrusted by God to my brother and help him complete the great cause of rejuvenation."

"Your Majesty really wants to go north? But didn't His Majesty say just now that he wanted to fight Cao Cao to the death? This is ......," Yuan asked with a winged inquiry. Obviously, Yuan Shu's inconsistent attitude made Yuan Shu a little unsure of his thoughts.

And Yuan Shu couldn't help but smile slyly when he saw Yuan Lian's dazed look, "Have you ever heard that the golden cicada is out of its shell?" ”

In fact, the golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell is not something that anyone can play, at least Gongsun Zan in Yijing City can't see the slightest chance of "shelling". In the last month of the second year of Jian'an, Zhao Yun sent a long-awaited "reinforcement" to Yijing City, but this reinforcement was not the 100,000 Black Mountains that everyone was looking forward to, but the eldest prince Sun Xu who returned alone and despaired. Since then, the entire Yijing City has fallen into a gloomy cloud.

It's just that although Yijing City is panicked, it doesn't mean that Yuan Shaojun outside Yijing City is marching forward. Although the rammed earth city was smashed by speculation, it still effectively blocked Yuan Shaojun's attacks again and again. So much so that it was not until the beginning of spring that Yuan Shaojun opened the layers of the city and faced the real city walls of Yijing City. And Cai Ji also spent her fourth New Year in the military camp at the end of the Han Dynasty.

At present, Cai Ji's military camp has moved to the front of Yijing City like other friendly troops, and from Cai Ji's big tent, you can clearly see the ruined city walls of Yijing City. Unlike rammed earth walls, Yijing's city walls were covered with a layer of masonry on top of rammed earth, which was much stronger than a simple rammed earth wall. At the same time, it can be built higher and wider than a pure stone wall.

In contrast, the trebuchet used by Yuan Shaojun is still a style handed down from the Warring States period. That is, the principle of levers is used to erect the gun tips on the wooden frame, one end is tied with a rope to hold the leather case containing the stone bullet, and the other end is tied with many ropes to facilitate manpower or animal power to pull. When firing, as long as human or animal power is far away from the catapult, the cannon tip attached to the crossbar can be thrown together. The range of this trebuchet is about three hundred paces. Each launch required hundreds of troops to pull the tip of the cannon, and not only that, but the stones it projected were also small. Therefore, Yuan Shaojun's trebuchet could not take this city wall.

Although he did not know much about machinery, he also knew that the Roman Empire had already used torsion trebuchets or projectile torsion stone throwers during the same period. These two trebuchets mainly rely on twisting ropes to produce power ejections. Not only does it have a long range, it also consumes less manpower. This is not to say that Rome was more technologically advanced than the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was that the Eastern Han Empire had been peaceful and prosperous for a hundred years, and the trebuchet, a sharp weapon for attacking cities and grabbing land, was useless at all. It wasn't until the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke the cornerstone of the Han Empire that the princes hurriedly looked for blueprints from the classics of the Warring States period to build trebuchets. However, at present, Cai Ji has no idea of improving the trebuchet for Yuan Shao, because she has a more advanced solution to the strong Yijing city wall.

"Lord, Xi begs to see."

The sound of the guards interrupting Cai Ji's thoughts about what to do with the city walls. When she came back to her senses, she nodded and ordered, "Hurry up, please." ”

After a short time, the guards led Yuan Xi into Cai's camp. At first glance, seeing Cai Ji standing in front of the tent and overlooking the Yijing City Pool, Yuan Xi smiled loudly, and stepped forward to greet Cai Yuanjun, but he was also worried about the siege of the city? ”

"I've seen Hee." Cai Ji turned around and bowed to Yuan Xiyingying, and then turned his gaze to Yijing City and said, "Xi Mo wants to laugh at the kindness of the Ji woman." Ji has seen too many fights under Yijing City these days, and he really can't bear to see the soldiers put their flesh and blood into this human flesh mill again. ”

Yuan Xi smelled the faint smell of corpses in the air, and couldn't help but step forward and stand side by side with Cai Ji, blurting out, "Yes." In the past two years, tens of thousands of Jizhou athletes have been buried here. ”

Cai Ji didn't expect Yuan Xi to echo the words at this moment, and he couldn't help but secretly look at the Xi in front of him in surprise. Yuan Xi, like Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, also inherited a good look from his father Yuan Shao. However, Yuan Xi's account in the historical materials is very brief, only in the "Biography of Yuan Shao" slightly mentioned that when he and Yuan Shang were executed by Gongsun Kang together, he once said that "the head travels thousands of miles, He Xizhiwei" and I am afraid that he remarried the Cao family and had a thousand-year-old scandal with the Cao family. In short, no matter what aspect of the account, Yuan Xi seems to be a very sad character. In addition, Yuan Xi is the least eye-catching one in the Yuan family, so Yuan Xi's image in public has always been just a vague symbol.

However, since Cai Ji came to Youzhou, Yuan Xi's image has gradually plumped up in her mind. Not to mention that Yuan Xi has been fighting in Youzhou with the worst conditions for the past two years. Just in the previous battle of the canyon, Yuan Xi was able to confess to Yuan Shao about his merits, which made Cai Ji look at him with admiration. At least with Cai Ji's understanding of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, these two people don't have this open mind. However, this also explains why Yuan Shao is not optimistic about Yuan Xi. After all, this kind of frank character can be a general, but being a master is lacking.

Just like here and now, with Yuan Xi's position, he should not have mentioned the casualties of attacking Yijing City in front of Cai Ji. But he still expressed his corresponding emotion according to what he thought in his heart. Thinking of this, Cai Ji couldn't help but turn around and joke to Yuan Xi, "Why did Xi say this? I came to Cai Ying today to talk about the siege. ”

Yuan Xi saw Cai Ji's thoughts, and immediately smiled wryly, "It seems that Cai Yuanjun knew Xi's intention early in the morning." No, Xi came this time to ask Cai Yuanjun to increase his troops to attack the city. Yuan Xi said that he did not use Yuan Shao's title to put pressure on Cai Ji, nor did he hint to Cai Ji about Yuan's kindness to him. He just stood quietly waiting for Cai Ji's reply.

Cai Ji didn't let Yuan Xi wait longer, but when he saw her pointing to the north gate of Yijing City not far away, he happily agreed, "Xi rest assured, Ji will mobilize troops and horses to attack the north gate." ”

Faced with Cai Ji agreeing to increase the troops so readily, Yuan Xi subconsciously shook his head this time. Because before this, Cai Ji's soldiers and horses had only been responsible for transporting baggage, and did not directly participate in the siege. In addition, although the euphorbia warriors of Cai Jibu had a good performance in the first battle of the canyon, they did not receive any commendation from Yuan Shao after the war. Therefore, in Yuan Xi's impression, Cai Ji should have spit out his bitterness and prevaricate. But the other party so bluntly agreed to send troops to attack the city. This made Yuan Xi a little embarrassed. So he hurriedly asked Cai Ji in confusion, "Cai Yuanjun is not afraid of throwing the Cai family's children into the flesh mill?" ”

"Since Ji led his troops to Youzhou, he has the heart to contribute to the general's troops. Therefore, Xi does not have to have any scruples, Ji Zi will lead the troops to attack the city. Cai Ji said, and nodded meaningfully at Yuan Xiyan, "What's more, long pain is better than short pain." ”

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