Chapter 1484: Yuan Shu's Death

The sudden attack of the Ming army and the encirclement of Shouchun made Yuan Shu in Shouchun City very frightened, he never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would come so quickly, and he didn't even give him the opportunity to transfer troops.

Now there are only 10,000 defenders in Shouchun City, and nearly half of them are old and weak, but there are 80,000 wolf-like Ming troops outside the city, and the leader is Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and the Yu army has come to the brink of life and death crisis.

With only 10,000 defenders in Shouchun City, under the onslaught of 80,000 Ming troops, they can only defend for half a month at most.

But will there be reinforcements in half a month?

The top leaders of the Yu army, including Yuan Shu, knew that it was impossible.

Although there are still 70,000 Yu troops on Lian Po's side, they are blocked by Zhao Kuangyin's 100,000 army, and they are unable to come to the rescue of Shouchun.

Lian Po's 70,000 army, if the casualties are too large, then Yuan Shu really has no hope at all.

Therefore, before Lian Po completely defeated the Song army, or negotiated with Zhao Kuangyin, Lian Po's army may not be reliable, and Yuan Shu can only set his sights on other surrounding princes.

Sun Jian and Qin Hao are mortal enemies of Yuan Shu, it would be good if they didn't fall into the ground, and it would never be possible to send troops to help Yuan Shu.

Huang Zu's strength is too weak, even if he really has to send reinforcements, it will basically not play a role.

Although the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu is relatively good, it is only in the business relationship, and it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to get him to send troops, but at present, only Cao Cao is possible.

Yuan Shu was a great prince after all, so naturally it was impossible to be captured, and although his own ability was not good, there were still many capable people under him.

At the suggestion of the military advisor Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu organized the people in the city to actively defend the city, and at the same time sent an envoy to Yanzhou to ask for help, and at the same time sent an envoy to Song Ying to negotiate with Zhao Kuangyin.

I have to say that Yan Xiang's vision is really very accurate, he saw the essence of the crisis of the Yu army at a glance, and came up with a plan to solve it.

The two messengers sent by Yuan Shu, as long as one of them can be successful, the crisis in Shouchun City can be resolved, but these also take time, and this is undoubtedly the most difficult time for Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao is a generation of heroes, and Zhao Kuangyin is the founding emperor, so he naturally doesn't want to watch Zhu Yuanzhang continue to grow.

After Cao Cao saw Yuan Shu's envoy, he almost didn't think much about it, and agreed to send troops to rescue Yuan Shu, but in order not to affect the development of Yanzhou, he only sent 30,000 elite troops, although it was not much, but it was also a relief for Yuan Shu.

As for Zhao Kuangyin, he didn't even see Yuan Shu's envoy, so he began to actively contact Lian Po, expressing his willingness to get out of the way and let Lian Po return to Shouchun.

Lian Po was skeptical about Zhao Kuangyin's initiative to show goodwill, after all, Zhao Kuangyin in his eyes was not very clever in fighting, but all kinds of conspiracies and tricks were played by thieves.

When it comes to the art of war, Lian Po feels that two Zhao Kuangyin are not as good as himself, but when it comes to conspiracy and trickery, even ten of them are not as good as Zhao Kuangyin.

thought that Lian Podu had already forced Zhao Kuangyin into a desperate situation, but Zhao Kuangyin backhanded a discordant plan, which made Yuan Shu of the Yu army suspect the main general and change the generals on the spot, but the result was a fiasco.

Lian Po was really scared of Zhao Kuangyin's calculations, and when he couldn't confirm whether the other party was sincere or false, he naturally didn't dare to believe Zhao Kuangyin easily, after all, if Zhao Kuangyin chased after him after he withdrew his troops, then the whole army would be wiped out, and the Yu army would have no hope.

Lian Po's caution simply made Zhao Kuangyin crazy, and he didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to benefit from the fisherman, he really wanted to let Lian Po go, after all, if Lian Po didn't leave, the two granaries would really belong to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to retreat for thirty miles in order to show his sincerity, and Lian Po believed it when he saw this, and immediately led the army back to help Shouchun.

Cao Cao sent reinforcements, Lian Po also returned, and Yuan Shu's two envoys were successful, and it stands to reason that the crisis of the Yu army has been resolved, but the result is the opposite.

At the last moment of this life-and-death race, Yuan Shu unexpectedly dropped the chain again.

Yuan Shu thought that relying on the assistance of 10,000 defenders and 200,000 people in the city, it would be no problem to hold on until the reinforcements arrived, but Yuan Shu overestimated himself and underestimated Zhu Yuanzhang.

Most of the generals of the Yu army are in the Lianpo army, and there is only one Ji Ling left in Shouchun City, while the Ming army outside the city is full of famous generals.

In order to be able to fight Jianghuai in a war, Zhu Yuanzhang brought eighty percent of the elites among the generals, and the 80,000 army was even more elite, and the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the army was much higher than that of the Yu army.

After persuading him to surrender to no avail, Zhu Yuanzhang decisively personally commanded the siege, and Luo Shixin, Xue Ju, Xue Rengao and other fierce generals were involved.

In just one day of defending the city, the Yu army lost 3,000 defenders, while the Ming army only lost more than 3,000 troops, and the ratio of offensive and defensive casualties reached a terrifying one to one.

Zhu Yuanzhang completely shattered Yuan Shu's hopes in only one day, and the situation did not improve the next day, and the casualties of the Yu army became even greater, which also plunged the entire Shouchun City into deep despair.

There was no hope of defending the city, and it was equally hopeless to break through, and under the stimulus of this huge casualty, the surrender faction of the Yu army quickly became active.

Yuan Shu was not a strong-willed person, and under the repeated persuasion of the surrender faction, he couldn't help but have the intention of surrendering, but he was unwilling to surrender like this, so he took the initiative to send an envoy to sue for peace.

Yuan Shu's move to sue for peace also made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that Yuan Shu was on the verge of collapse, and as long as he worked harder, he might not be able to force Yuan Shu to surrender.

So Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Yun as an envoy to persuade Yuan Shu to surrender before entering the city, and gave Yuan Shu a deadline to punish the nine clans of the Yuan family if he did not open the city and surrender within three days.

At this time, the tougher Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude is, the more he can make Yuan Shu feel afraid.

Sure enough, under the persuasion of Zhu Yunhe and the surrender faction, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's coercion, Yuan Shu failed to resist the pressure and decided to take the initiative to open the city and surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Yuan Shu's decision was opposed by many loyal ministers, but even if the military advisor Yan Xiang hit the pillar and admonished, Yuan Shu, who was completely frightened, still ignored it, and in his opinion, Shouchun City was completely hopeless.

But what Yuan Shu didn't expect was that just three days after he surrendered, Lian Po actually led the army back, which made Yuan Shu's intestines turn green.

Yuan Shu thought that Lian Po would not be able to come back in ten days, but as a result, Lian Po crossed the horse and lashed the general so much earlier, which also made Yuan Shu's surrender a complete joke.

Yuan Shu, who was unwilling to lose his rights, intended to launch a rebellion, but was detected by Zhu Yuanzhang in advance.

Zhu Yuanzhang used the banner of Yuan Shu to win over the high-level generals of the Yu army outside the city while promising heavy profits and threatening his family, and at the same time making layers of precautions to prevent Yuan Shu, who had surrendered not long ago, from rebelling.

Yuan Shu also sensed that Zhu Yuanzhang was on guard, so he hurriedly launched a rebellion, but in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already been prepared, Yuan Shu had no chance of winning at all, and finally died tragically under Luo Shixin.