Yuan Shu painstakingly killed Liu Chong this time, and originally wanted to take this opportunity to occupy the Chen State, cut off Pei Qing's grain route, and let Pei Qing give up Yingchuan and Nanyang as he gave up Nanyang at the beginning, but he didn't expect to lose his troops in the end, not only did he not occupy Chen County, but he cheapened Pei Qing and let him get Chen Guo for nothing.

Every time I think of this, I can't help but vomit blood, and I work hard to marry someone.

"This hateful Pei Qing, I am only one step away, and I actually let him take the lead, and ran to Chen Guo first, if it weren't for Luo Jun's shamelessness, betraying the country to seek glory, and taking the initiative to hand over Chen Guo to this thief, how could he have an advantage? There is also Yuan Lian, this puppy, because he dared to say that he was my clan, and he dared to trick me into entering the city by fraud, fortunately I was alert, otherwise I would have been planted this time. ”

Yan Xiang wanted to speak when he heard this, but he still held back, after getting the news that Liu Chong was killed, Yuan Shu's army was less than a hundred miles away from Chen County, if he went all out, he would only be able to arrive in half a day, but this Yuan Shu just wanted to bring all the treasures in his tent, and because it was at night, Yuan Shu didn't want to march at night, so he waited until the sky was bright before he set off slowly, what else could he say about being preempted in this case? It's just too much to do.

Fortunately, at this time, Yuan Shu was not as mediocre as in the later period, and his mind finally remained clear, so he looked at Yan Xiang on the side and said with a grateful face: "This time, thanks to Master Yan's reminder, otherwise, the trouble would not be small." ”

Subsequently, he ordered the appointment of Yan Xiang as a former military advisor, the chief of the army, and a reward of 100,000 yuan.

At the same time, Yuan Shu punished Chen Lan and Lei Bo on the grounds that they did not know how to investigate the enemy situation in detail and led to the defeat of the army, suspended their salaries for three months, and fined them 200,000 yuan.

Chen Lanlei's face was flushed, this battle loss was a general, and they could not get rid of it, so they could only admit punishment.

However, what made them dissatisfied was that Ji Ling had also experienced a big defeat in Peiguo before, losing more soldiers and generals, and also losing Qian County, Yuan Shu only reprimanded a few words, which was really difficult to balance.

However, under Yuan Shu's prestige, they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only retreat.

Yuan Shu's face was also scornful, and he smiled at Yan Xiang: "Yan Changshi, what should we do next?" Pei Qing's thieves are now connected, and we are left with Runan County in the land of Yuzhou, how should we defend it? ”

However, I saw Yan Xiang say: "The lord should know that Runan is now surrounded on three sides, and no matter where Pei Qing attacks from, we are in danger, so the lower officials think that instead of sticking to it here, it is better to abandon Runan and seek another development." ”

"What? What did you say? Abandon Runan? When Yuan Shu heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he pointed to Yan Xiang and said: "Do you know that Runan is my Sangzi land, since I am the Runan Yuan clan, I should defend Runan, if I let the Sangzi land be lost from my hands, how can I see the world's heroes?" Even the house slave in my house would laugh at my incompetence. ”

After hearing this, the corners of Yan Xiang's mouth twitched, and he thought silently: "You always look down on Yuan Shao, but to what extent has Yuan Shao developed now?" He defeated Gongsun Chan in the Battle of Longcuo, forcing Gongsun Chan to retreat to Youzhou, and now the entire Jizhou, including part of the state is under the command of Yuan Shao, although there is a black mountain thief's attack, but it is not a big deal, even Lu Bu helped him to deal with the Black Mountain thief, the speed of its development and growth is surprising, his command has the generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lu Yi, Zhang He, Gao Ran and other generals Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, Xu You and others, and you can get the military general only Ji Ling, There are not many real wise men among the strategists, although I Yan Xiang has some wisdom, but compared to Tian Feng and others, I am still ashamed of myself, with your current strength, you still call others domestic slaves, it is simply unbelievable. ”

However, Yuan Shu thought about it, and felt that what Yan Xiang said was indeed reasonable, and he really shouldn't be in such a dangerous place, otherwise, it was estimated that Pei Qing would definitely repeat his old tricks and cut off his own food channel, in fact, if this is still good, once Pei Qing blocked his retreat and besieged him in Runan, he could really only wait for death.

So Yuan Shu snorted and continued: "Although I am a person from Runan, but this Runan is now economically withered and devastated, which is not enough to support the army, nor is it enough for me to achieve my lofty ambitions, so this Runan, I will reward Pei Qing this kid, pass my order, reorganize the armament, let's go to Shouchun, where there are still Chen Yu's 20,000 troops, let's take Shouchun as the foundation, try to Yangzhou, and definitely establish a great cause." ”

"But Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, ......"

"What is Chen Wen? He is not Pei Qing's thief, he has no soldiers and no power in his hands, if he wants to be obedient, I can still spare his life, otherwise, then don't blame me for being unkind. A trace of fierceness flashed on Yuan Shu's face, and he didn't care about Chen Wen's existence.

"What I'm afraid of is that you will kill Chen Wen." Yan Xiang sighed secretly in his heart when he heard this, if Yuan Shu didn't kill Chen Wen, he might still be able to have great righteousness, but once he killed Chen Wen, it would be equivalent to killing his own reputation, although he couldn't see anything for a while, but once he lost in the future, he was likely to quickly fall apart.

However, at this time, Yuan Shu could no longer listen to Yan Xiang's advice, he ordered to transport all the people and food materials in Runan, and ordered his soldiers to escort these people and materials to Shouchun, after the people left, he ordered to burn the people's houses and seal the wells, even if it was a grain of grain, not a single water source was left for Pei Qing, and a good Runan County was made like a hell on earth by him.

Of course, during this period, there were also people who were reluctant to leave, but Yuan Shu ordered to forcibly drive them away, and if they really didn't want to leave, he set fire to the house and burned people directly inside.

Despite this, Yuan Shu did not move all the people of Runan to Shouchun, many large families had eyes and ears in Yuan Shu's army, and after they got the news, most of them fled in advance, and took their families with their families, and fled to Yingchuan in the twilight, or fled to Chen and Pei, and some fled south to Jiangxia.

Later, when Yuan Shu was counting the household registration, he found that there were 20,000 or 30,000 people and more than 2,000 soldiers who had fled, and Yuan Shu was so angry that he trembled, but this was not a good thing after all, so he blocked the news as soon as possible.

After nearly half a month of difficult trekking, Yuan Shu finally came to Shouchun, but he didn't expect that Chen Yu, the guard of Shouchun, would refuse him to enter the city.

Yuan Shu was furious and led the soldiers to attack the city immediately, Chen Yu was defeated, and led the soldiers to flee to Xiapi, allowing Yuan Shu to occupy Shouchun.

After that, Yuan Shu settled the people, marched into Jiujiang, killed Zhang Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, appointed himself as the pastor of Yangzhou, and annexed many rogues and local warlords, such as Zhang Xun, Liu Xun, Qiao Rui and others, and then further occupied Danyang County, and the military strength was restored, reaching more than 100,000 people.

At this time, Sun Jian's son Sun Ce came to visit, hoping that Yuan Shu could return his father Sun Jian's subordinates to him, but Yuan Shu was unwilling to give it to him, so he asked Sun Ce's uncle to defect to Danyang Taishou Wu Jing, and recruit troops there, and promised Sun Ce that as long as Sun Ce did a good job, he would appoint Sun Ce as the Taishou of Jiujiang.

Yuan Shu didn't know that because of his decision, Sun Ce grew up rapidly, and Sun Ce's growth not only made his ambition expand step by step, but also set up a powerful enemy for him.