Chapter 344: Good News for Yuan Shu
Zhang Min killed Zhang Xun, and also pretended that Zhang Xun had met an assassin, and in order to be able to convince others, he also slashed himself with a saber, creating the illusion that he was also trying to protect Zhang Xun, but was stabbed.
However, the injury on Zhang Min's body was just a random cut, and the knife edge was thin and narrow, not at all like being injured in a desperate battle, so Zhang Xun's generals who rushed to hear the news quickly shifted their suspicious eyes to Zhang Min's body, especially Zhang Xun's subordinate Li Feng directly said what was in his heart.
Li Feng saw that Zhang Xun and his guards in the tent were all dead, but Zhang Min and his own soldiers were all safe and sound, and the little injury suffered by Zhang Min was not even a minor injury, so he said directly: "The general is drinking with you in the tent, he and his soldiers were killed mysteriously, but you are safe and sound, if you are not a murderer, I don't believe it." β
Zhang Min shouted that he was wronged, claiming that he almost lost his life for Zhang Xun, but he was suspected by these people.
In this case, more than ten guards under Zhang Min's command, who were also in Zhang Xun's tent, were furious, and they stepped forward together to kill Li Feng on the spot.
Li Feng didn't expect Zhang Min to be so ruthless, and immediately pointed at Li Feng and said, "You, you are so bold, you dare to rebel!" Thou hast been so cruel and have repeatedly betrayed the Lord, and thou hast not died a good death in the future......."
However, before Li Feng finished speaking, he was caught up by Zhang Min and beheaded with a knife, his eyes widened and he didn't blink.
At this time, I saw Zhang Min said sadly and angrily: "Originally, I didn't rebel, but you have repeatedly framed me like this, since this is the case, then I rebelled to show you, I have now decided to lead the army to surrender to General Lu, if you are willing to follow me, I will naturally welcome it, and those who are unwilling to follow, only death, Li Feng will end!" β
Seeing this, some soldiers in the tent hurriedly fled, but they didn't expect that at this moment, they only heard the sound of shouting and killing suddenly outside the tent, which made these people's hearts shake, and they quickly stopped and looked outside in disbelief, not knowing what was going on.
saw Zhang Min laugh and said, "Run, why don't you run?" Let me tell you the truth, there are my guards outside, they have already rushed in to take advantage of your unpreparedness, and now the camp is full of my men, your chief general Zhang Xun is also dead, and your deputy general Li Feng is also dead, and you rabble also want to stop me? My patience is limited, so make a choice between surrendering to me or being killed. β
In fact, the Zhang Xun troops in the tent will have more people than Zhang Min's guards, at this time, as long as they work together, even three Zhang Min will be killed, but now these people are all thinking about self-preservation, where would they think of such a thing as working together to deal with the crisis?
So in this situation, in order to save their lives, all the people chose to surrender and swore allegiance to Zhang Min, so Zhang Min easily subdued this army.
However, soon after, the news of Zhang Min's killing of Chen Lan and Zhang Xun still spread, which was a heavy blow to Yuan Shu's army, and the 50,000 army was gone, not only gone, but became their enemy, so that the 20,000 people who attacked Chen Ji and Lei Bo, the last army of Xiapi, had to retreat very depressed, but in the process of retreating, they were pursued and killed by Zhang Liao, the general of Lu Bu's department, and lost three or four thousand people, and even Lei Bo was killed.
"What? How so? Zhang Min, this thief is really hateful! Yuan Shu gritted his teeth after hearing the news, and his whole body was trembling with anger, because of the improper use of people in this battle, a Zhang Min harmed his 50,000 troops, causing him to lose his troops and generals, and the morale of the whole army was greatly reduced, and there was no possibility of fighting again.
But Yuan Shu knew that this was not the end, because the victorious Lu Bu would definitely find a way to attack him as revenge, and at the same time, Pei Qing's army was also approaching, because of Zhang Xun's defeat, his plan to prevent Pei Qing in Xiapi territory was also in vain. He could only lead the army to retreat helplessly, and ordered to compress the battle line and fortify Yicheng, Ping'a, Xia Cai, Zhongli and other places near Shouchun in order to resist the invasion of Pei Qing and LΓΌ Bu.
At the same time, in order to ensure that Shouchun was kept, he ordered Sun Ce, who was in Wu County at this time, to send an army of 50,000 to listen to it.
However, he didn't expect Sun Ce to immediately tear up Yuan Shu's "edict" after hearing the order, and said angrily: "Yuan Shu, he didn't say anything about relying on my heirloom jade seal, and now he is claiming the title of emperor, betraying the Han family, and rebelling, I still want to raise troops to ask him for guilt, how can I help him do such a rebellion?" I, Sun Ce, announced that I would sever relations with Yuan Shu from now on, and from then on I would be friends and foes with him, and I originally wanted to kill you to show my determination, but I still need to convey my meaning through your mouth, so I will spare your life for the time being. β
Then Sun Ce ordered left and right, cut off one of the envoy's ears, and asked him to go back and tell Yuan Shu not to be delusional anymore.
The messenger had his ears cut off, and he was ashamed and indignant, but he also knew that if he didn't endure it now, he could only be sent to death, so after a simple treatment, he fled with Yuan Shu's letter of renunciation.
After the messenger returned to Shouchun, he added fuel and vinegar to Sun Ce's words, and Yuan Shu was so angry that he smoked and said angrily: "Huangkou son, dare to be so rude!" If it weren't for my help, where would he be where he is today? As the so-called drinking water thinks of the source, this kid doesn't know how to repay the favor, but dares to do this, I will lead the army to conquer you first! β
After finishing speaking, Yuan Shu immediately summoned all the generals under his command to discuss the crusade against Sun Ce.
In fact, Yuan Shu ostensibly said that he wanted to crusade against Sun Ce, but in fact, he already knew that he was in danger and wanted to use this as an excuse to divide Jiangdong.
However, General Yang of Changshi, who was under his command, dissuaded: "Lord, this matter must not be done, although there are many and elite soldiers in our army, most of them are not good at water warfare, plus although Sun Ce is young, he is not easy to follow, in case the crusade against Jiangdong fails, but is captured by Pei Qing Huainan, then we don't even have a place to stand, fortunately, now that Sun Ce has just pacified Jiangdong, there are still many things to deal with, and we will not be able to deal with us for a while, so we only need to guard against Pei Qing and Lu Bu's attack now, As long as he can hold Huainan and repel Pei Qing, there will be a chance to crusade against Sun Ce in the future. β
Yuan Shu felt justified when he heard this, nodded, and said hatefully: "And let that kid live a little longer, and when I repel Pei Qing, I will come to him again." β
Then Yuan Shu no longer paid attention to Sun Ce, and concentrated all his strength to defend Pei Qing and Lu Bu, and at this moment, Yuan Shu suddenly heard a news, and immediately laughed and said: "Heaven will not kill me, now I think Pei Qing should be good?" β