Shouchun, palace.

Yuan Shu was wearing an emperor's robe, looking at the military report in his hand, Ji Ling was defeated, defeated!!

100,000 soldiers and horses were defeated by Sun Ce, and with the only remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses, they went to Hefei to join Zhang Xun.

There are now only 90,000 soldiers and horses left on the front line!

On the other side, Liu Bei led his 30,000 soldiers and horses to capture Huaiyin!

In order to chase the map and attack quickly, Yuan Shu sent a full 170,000 soldiers and horses to Lujiang, and now half of the treasury has been defeated!

But defeated, defeated!!

"Ji Ling, Ji Ling, Wangzhen trusts me so much, Sun Jian is dead, and he still suffered a defeat, such a big defeat! What's the use of keeping him, pass on my will, I will issue an edict now, and execute Ji Ling! Yuan Shu roared angrily, and the palace maid on the side dodged away with panic.

"Your Majesty, although the hussar general has been in the past, he is indeed a rare and fierce general, and now he is in the middle of the war ahead, he must not give death to Ji Ling!"

"Yes, the general has made great achievements for His Majesty, and just killing Sun Jian is enough to shake the world!"

"I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

Yuan Shu's courtiers knelt on the ground and said exhortationally.

Yan Xiangjing stood still, his old face expecting all this to happen.

Most of these courtiers are pedantic Confucians, after Yuan Shu became emperor, extravagance and prostitution, tyrannical expropriation, and many people starved to death.

Such an emperor, such a minister, even the prosperous era has to be attacked by a group.

Not to mention the current turbulent situation!

"What does the Prime Minister think?" Yuan Shu's anger in his heart disappeared slightly, he also knew that there were not many people who could use it, Sun Ce had already beheaded many of his generals, if he executed the generals again, I was afraid that he would have no one to use.

Yan Xiang saluted and said, "Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of the ministers, General Ji Ling cannot be punished even if he has done it, and in the opinion of the ministers, the general's soldiers and horses should be recalled immediately to defend Shouchun." ”

Sikong Yang Hong also said, "Prime Minister this is different, General Zhang Xun has already said to His Majesty, Hefei has entered a critical situation, it only takes half a month to take it, Sun Ce is categorically impossible to lead a large army to come, I believe he will be stationed in Hefei, and then General Zhang Xun can be asked to withdraw his troops, this is also the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao!" ”

"Yang Sikong is serious about saying this?! What encircled Wei to save Zhao? Even if the general continues to attack the city, Sun Ce will only lose a small city in Hefei and can be recaptured at any time, but His Majesty will lose the heavy city of Shouchun! Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Lujiang is not a far place from Shouchun, Sun Ce's soldiers and horses have always been fast, if he does not recall General Zhang Xun, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it! ”

"The prime minister is so majestic, and he destroys his morale, isn't it that the prime minister has already turned to him in his heart?" Yang Hong said, "Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the prime minister is satirizing the lower officials, so it's better for the prime minister to have eyes?!" ”

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel, I just want to punish General Ji Ling, since the prime minister also intercedes for Ji Ling, then I won't ask too much. As for what you said later, both of them are reasonable, but I feel that what Sikong said is extremely true, and according to what Sikong said, there is no need to transfer back to the general and continue to attack Hefei! ”

"Then that's all for today, let's disperse!" Yuan Shu said urgently, in recent days, the big internal official has found a beautiful woman to treat him as a favor, and he has to do it earlier.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty!! ”

"Wait for the resignation!"

The hundred officials seemed to be impatient for a long time, and as soon as they retreated, they discussed how to spend this day today, and they didn't care about the front-line war at all.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the emperors of a country are so treacherous, and they still expect their ministers to be heroic and awe-inspiring and fulfill their duties for the country?

It is also their heart's wish not to execute Ji Ling, after all, there must be a general in front of them to block them, otherwise this comfortable life will be gone.

"The prime minister has been estranged from His Majesty recently, and I don't know how many times His Majesty has not listened to his advice, so I might as well make a big move for the Prime Minister, and go to the people to find some beautiful women to offer to Your Majesty, so that I can hold your Prime Minister's black gauze hat!" Yang Hong said triumphantly.

"You know that Zhang Xun's return is the best strategy, why don't you speak with me?!"

Yang Hong said proudly, "What a good policy, the lower officials don't know, the lower officials only know that attacking Hefei is the best good policy, if Sun Ce insists on attacking Shouchun, General Zhang Xun can also march to Xiangyang, I don't believe that Sun Ce can endure it!" ”

"It's me who overestimates you, you have no knowledge, no strategy, and it's my shame to be an official with someone like you!" Yan Xiang said angrily and left directly.

"Yan Xiang, what do you mean!" Yang Hong shouted with anger on his face, but Yan Xiang didn't pay attention to it and chose to leave directly.

Yan Xiang thought of Yang Hong's proud appearance, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, this person would only go against himself, he never counted the pros and cons of the current situation, only what he said.

Because he is the prime minister, and he is not, in order to increase his power, he wants to suppress himself as the prime minister.

It's really ironic, I only know about internal fighting, but I don't know about external troubles!

What kind of gas does Zhongguo have?!

Yan Xiang knew that this battle was destined not to go smoothly from the beginning of Yuan Shu's conquest of Lujiang, and originally thought that getting rid of Sun Jian should be able to get some respite for Zhongguo, but the result was the opposite.

The 100,000 army was broken by Sun Ce, and only 20,000 soldiers and horses remained, plus Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses in Hefei, there are now more than 90,000 soldiers and horses in total.

In the past, Sun Jian only led 130,000 troops to conquer Shouchun, and he could still have the upper hand when there were few soldiers, but now they have more soldiers and more generals.

Now that Sun Ce has defeated Ji Ling, the deepest impact is still in the army, and the decline in morale can be imagined.

When Yan Xiang returned to the mansion, his charming wife and concubine had already prepared a meal, but Yan Xiang had always been unpleasant.

When he came to his study, he took out the official seal and put it on the table, and Yan Xiang wrote on the bamboo slips

Han lost the artifact, the world's ears, the group of marquis in the original deer hunting, on behalf of the artifact.

Emperor Huiming, a courtier and a virtuous man, has now created half of the industry, and can represent the Han Dynasty.

The minister's destiny has arrived, his strength is weakened, and he is no longer able to fulfill his duties as Emperor Zhongzhi.

…………

After Yan Xiang finished writing, he put it aside, held it with his official seal, and hurriedly instructed his family members to pack their luggage.

Sun Ce's camp.

"Drink, drink!"

The soldiers gathered in a circle and danced a war dance to celebrate the victory of the battle, and the generals enjoyed the war dance, drank fine wine, and ate barbecue.

In Sun Ce's tent, Sun Ce looked at the letter in his hand, while Zhou Yu on the side squinted his eyes slightly.

Sun Ce said lightly, "Ziming asked Lu Min to ghostwrite the letter, the letter said that Dong Cheng in Xiangyang City has already ambushed the knife and axe hand, and this time when our army triumphs, it will kill me." ”

Zhou Yu said: "How could Lu Min know about this kind of thing? ”

"Chang Su said, Chang Su sensed that something was wrong and informed Hui Ziming that he had written this letter to me." Sun Ce put the letter aside, "When Changsu left Xiangyang, Ziming also beat up a general under Dong Cheng. ”

"Have you ever blamed Ziming?"

Sun Ce chuckled and said, "He doesn't dare, before I die, he has always been a puppet emperor, without any military power, even if Ziming kills Dong Cheng, he can only hold back." ”

Zhou Yu nodded, "These old ministers also know that now is the best opportunity, although they have already ambushed the sword and axeman, but they don't know that the matter of the edict has been known. ”

"What does the prime minister think?"

Sun Ce looked at the letter, "Since someone wants to murder me, what else can I say, naturally I will check it out and help our Son of Heaven get rid of these rebels." ”

"Since the prime minister has this heart, it is enough, but now the world needs these old ministers to help us stabilize the situation, serious cases can be killed, and some forgivable people only need to give some deterrence."

Sun Ce said, "I'm not worried at all, just these mediocre and incompetent old wastes, they can't set off any big storms, this time they defeated Ji Ling, but these remnants of the defeated generals are still not to be underestimated, and they met Zhang Xun in Hefei, and they still have 90,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

"According to Gongjin's opinion, what should we do next."

"Lead the army and attack Shouchun directly!"

Sun Ce got up and looked at the map, after Ji Ling's defeat, the strongest defense line before Shouchun had been revealed, and he didn't need to pay attention to Zhang Xun in Hefei at all, he could directly lead the army to capture Shouchun!

Even if these 90,000 soldiers and horses are reinforced, I am afraid it will be too late by then.

"Okay, pass on my order, today's celebration banquet is here for this, all the soldiers go back to rest, tomorrow we will pull out the camp to the east and take Shouchun!"

Zhang Xun Camp in Hefei.

Zhang Xun was regarded as a general by Yuan Shu, but he did not bring as many soldiers and horses as Ji Ling, and the prestige in Ji Ling's army was higher than his own voice!

This made Zhang Xun very unhappy, but today Zhang Xun saw that the sky was so blue, the flowers were so red, and when he saw Ji Ling's face red like that, he couldn't help but feel more comfortable.

Ji Ling drank the stuffy wine in one gulp, and his arms kept shaking, because Lu Jiang had been defeated and injured his lungs, and he had not recovered at the moment.

But Ji Ling still drank like this, not caring about his body at all, thinking that he was too deeply hit by this matter.

Zhang Xun said, "The general is really brave, compared to Huo Quai, with 100,000 troops to attack the Lujiang River, and he can escape back 20,000, which is really not easy!" ”

"Poof!" Ji Ling's body trembled, and the wine he had just drunk gushed out again, mixed with blood!

Ji Ling's lips were pale, and there was no heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, and he was all defeated, "The last general is injured in his body, so he will say goodbye to the general." ”

It's better to die early!

Zhang Xun looked at Ji Ling's appearance, and he didn't have any sympathy in his heart.

The soldier outside the door walked in and reported, "Report to the general, the nearby mountain people have told me that there is a small road that can be detoured into Hefei, and the villain has also gone to see it, this path is deserted, and few people walk!" ”

"Okay, tell the general, lead three thousand soldiers and horses along the path into the city, and after entering the city, kill people and set fires to disrupt the city defense of Hefei!"

"Yes, the villain is going to give the order!"

Hefei.

Kuai Liang looked at the map.

"Report to your lordship, General Han Dang led his troops to kill 3,000 enemy troops in the suburbs of Hefei!"

Kuai Liang said, "Inform the general to return to the city quickly, and don't fight outside!" ”

"Where's the grain officer?"

A fat man with a somewhat rich appearance ran in with a respectful look on his face, "What is the important thing for the adults to find me?" ”

"How many days can the grain and grass in the city last?"

"I would like to tell you, I could have lasted a month, but now I can only hold on for ten days."

Kuai Liang's brows furrowed, "Why?" ”

"My lord must have known that the prime minister defeated Ji Ling's army in Lujiang, and he sent a letter quickly, and the prime minister wanted to go east to attack Shouchun directly, and he needed a lot of grain and grass, so most of the grain and grass in Hefei were also taken by the prime minister."

"This ......" Kuai Liang was a little speechless, "when will the grain and grass be delivered?" ”

The grain officer said cautiously, "Because of this war, the grain and grass in the recent cities have all been eaten, if the grain and grass are levied again, I am afraid that the people will only have grass roots to fill their stomachs, and the grain and grass in the rear will be delivered to Hefei for at least two months!" ”

Kuai Liang sighed helplessly, this is embarrassing himself!

Ten days of grain and grass, how many days Kuailiang needs to be guarded is not known, but the conquest of Shouchun is a powerful blade to end this battle, if this knife is cut off, Yuan Shu will have no chance to breathe!

Kuai Liang looked at the map here, Sun Ce's location was not far from the land of Shouchun, and it would be faster if he took a warship down the Huaishui.

Zhang Xun Barracks.

"Hey, can we still win this battle?"

"I don't know, but I heard that General Ji Ling's 100,000 troops were beaten and only 20,000 remained, and I don't think I can win this battle!"

"My family has been waiting for me to come home, and if I lose, I'm afraid I won't be able to see it again."

"I don't know how long it will take, but I really want to go home and see it."

"A few of you will give me a spirit, if you dare to say such words that disturb the morale of the army again, military law will deal with it!" The patrol soldier scolded angrily, and the soldiers who had just spoken all smiled and hurriedly said that they would not do it again next time.

And Zhang Xun in the main camp, his face is a little unsightly at the moment, the 3,000 soldiers and horses sent out today are like sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and the whole army has been wiped out!

Because Ji Ling arrived in Hefei, the rumors brought by this arrival have caused the army to be in a sluggish state now.

I had to ask Zhang Xun to increase the intensity of inspections, and just now he also stabbed a few deserters!

Huaishui River, warships along the river to Shouchun, the generals know that the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again!

The river swelled and the waves turned, the warship traveled fast, and the soldiers supported the oars, calling and descending, neatly aligned.

A large amount of water was discharged, and then it slid forward again.

Shouchun Palace.

Yuan Shu looked at the letter in his hand.

Yan Xiang resigned and went into the wilderness!

The prime minister of a country actually did such a ridiculous thing!

"Your Majesty, now that the prime minister has resigned, Your Majesty can also set up another prime minister!"

"Your Majesty Yang Sikong works hard day and night for Your Majesty, divides things and clears up worries, can be described as a good minister of Dazhong, this prime minister's minister is willing to recommend Yang Sikong!"

"Report ...... Report! ”

A soldier in armor and a sword rushed into the palace!

"What's the matter?!"

"Twenty miles outside Shouchun, I found Sun Cejun's warship!"

"Ah, Sun Ce really hit Shouchun?! He actually didn't defend Hefei?! You must know that once Hefei is taken, the route from Sun Ce Xiangyang to Hefei will be fully opened! ”

"Didn't General Zhang Xun besiege Sun Ce's soldiers and horses in Hefei?"

"The siege of Hefei is only a small number of soldiers and horses of Sun Ce, and now Sun Ce is leading a large army to capture Shouchun!"