(Recommended reading: Liu Bei's big ears may really have the function of 'gathering qi and attracting blessings', since he came to Shouchun City, the clouds have dispersed, the sun is shining, and the earth of Huainan has become dry and hard again!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Jun immediately adjusted the defense, locked the encirclement again, cut down trees at the same time, and built large-scale siege equipment in the barracks day and night.

In everything in the world, there is a joy and a sorrow!

In Shouchun City, Yuan Shu can now be said to be living like a year, and there is no news of Hebei's reinforcements, but the Cao army outside the city is pressing step by step, constantly shrinking the encirclement, especially from the upper reaches of the Huai River, a large number of wood chips are drifting down, which shows that the enemy army is rushing to make siege equipment day and night, and the number must be quite large.

Xuzhou Mu - Liu Bei also led the troops to help the war, standing on the head of the city can see his banner, because the word 'Liu' is too big, too conspicuous, in addition, the tiger cub that slipped away from his hands - Sun Ce, now swept the six counties of Jiangdong, with tens of thousands of troops, nearly 1,000 large and small warships, has become a real colorful tiger!

And there is news that this 'Jiangdong Little Overlord' is mobilizing troops, horses, and warships, preparing to go north to join Cao and Liu's armies, and besiege his Shouchun City, "Hey, raising tigers is a problem, I really regret not being at the beginning, if I listen to Zimu's strategy, I will start early......"

Yuan Shu understands that Shouchun City can hold on to the present, all by means of waterways to communicate with the Quartet, and constantly have soldiers, horses, grain and grass transported over, if Sun Ce's army arrives and blocks the Huai River, then he will become a turtle in the urn, and sooner or later he will be captured alive by the enemy, and by that time, his palace, his 'Zhong Dynasty', will all be wiped out......

Although the encirclement has not yet been formed, but the feeling is like a death row prisoner waiting for the last knife to fall, the taste, it is really worse than death, Yuan Shu is now haunted by nightmares all night, either dreaming that the crown is on the ground, or dreaming that he was tied up in a prisoner car with five flowers, sent to Xuchang to ask for guilt, often woke up several times overnight, and the yellow dragon robe on his body was soaked in cold sweat, "I knew this was the case, I shouldn't be in a hurry to be called the emperor, the dragon robe is easy to put on, and then I want to take it off, it's difficult!" ”

"No, you can't be helpless, the chicken has to struggle when it is dying, let alone a big living person!"

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Pseudo-palace, main hall!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the soldiers of Shouchun City are all alone, for their own selfishness, and they all affect the people of the city, how can I bear it, so I have made up my mind, let the city not go, and save the people from fire and water!"

After the news of Sun Ce's army going north officially came, Yuan Shu immediately decided to follow the advice of Zimu Gongzi, cross the Huai River in the south, and avoid the soldiers, to put it bluntly, he wanted to escape!

Although it was an escape, Yuan Shu's excuse was very high, big, and high, and now all the disasters were not caused by him alone, so as soon as he left, wouldn't it be equivalent to taking the disasters away, and the people of Shouchun City would be saved, so he Yuan Shu ran away, not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but really for the sake of the people in the city!

"Your Majesty's benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled, and all the people admire!" Hearing that Yuan Shu was going to escape, the ministers of the 'Zhong Dynasty' all stretched out their thumbs in agreement, and at the same time showed a look of loyalty and courage, and expressed their willingness to stay and defend the city, and swore to live and die with Shouchun.

The ancients said that to be an official, you must think twice, think about danger, think about retreat, and think about change!

In the first battle of Sanfeng Mountain, the Yuan army was almost wiped out, and the power plummeted, and many civil and military officials of the 'Zhong Dynasty' began to 'think of danger'!

When the Cao army pressed the border and besieged Shouchun layer by layer, almost everyone was thinking about a way out, and it happened that the Cao army was short of food and grass, so they gave the grain in their manor to Cao Jun at the usual price, or even for free, in order to leave a way out for themselves and their clan.

Now that even the 'pseudo-heavenly son' Yuan Shu is about to run away, the officials are ready to take the last step --- think about change!

Many people have been connected in private, as long as the Cao army attacks the city in a big way, they will open the door to surrender and atone for their sins, if they are lucky, the sycophants are in place, maybe they can also go to the real court in Xuchang to get an official and a half-position, wouldn't it be a hundred times stronger than now.

The Yuan family's 'four worlds and three dukes' is the first bureaucratic family today, for the darkness of officialdom, and the thoughts of the military officials under his command, Yuan Shu naturally knows it clearly, if Shouchun City is handed over to these people, I am afraid that they will just leave with their front feet, and they will have to open the door and surrender to Cao with their back feet, so they must leave their henchmen to guard the city, after all, Shouchun City is high and deep, and there is plenty of grain and grass, and there is still hope to stick to it!

"Li Feng, Chen Ji, Le Jie, Liang Gang, Lone appointed the four of you as Shang Shuling, stay in Shouchun City, remember, you must be strictly guarded-defended!" The last four words, Yuan Shu said through gritted back teeth, his subtext is very clear, it is these officials in the city who may change at any time to guard against it, and it is to deal with Cao Jun outside the city if they defend it!

"The ministers obey the order and swear to live and die with Shouchun!" The four ministers knelt down with bitter melons on their faces and accepted the order, there was no way, who called them the most suitable defenders of the city!

First of all, the four ministers are all natives of Huainan Shi, and the huge families and industries are distributed inside and outside Shouchun City, this is their foundation, whoever runs, a few of them can't run!

Secondly, there is no problem in loyalty, the four ministers will never surrender, not because they don't want to, but because they can't, just like all the big villains have a few accomplices around them, they are the minions of the 'pseudo-Son of Heaven' Yuan Shu, whose reputation is eight hundred miles away, and they have long been on the court's 'nirvana order', so they have no second way to go except to defend them!

In the end, it was agreed that the four ministers would command 80,000 troops and continue to defend Shouchun, while Yuan Shu, the 'son of heaven of the Zhong family', would take his queen, prince, concubines, a few henchmen, and 20,000 imperial forest troops to cross the Huai River, go upstream, and go to Lujiang to temporarily avoid the soldiers!

Lujiang is another important town under the rule of Yuan Shu, the land is fertile, the population is large, the degree of wealth is not much inferior to Shouchun City, with the help of the resources there, there may be a chance to make a comeback.

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"The emperor is moving!"

A miserable cry sounded in the 'pseudo-palace', which immediately caused countless panics, especially those concubines who wanted to leave with them, and they were desperately packing up their things, clothes, jewelry, private visit money, vases, tables and chairs, furniture, all of which were reluctant to be discarded, and even the rockery in the palace they were eager to move away together, but they were busy for two days, and the fleeing team still failed to set off......

This can make Yuan Shu anxious, he is about to press his neck, and he cares about what those external objects do, and finally gives a death order, "Within two hours, you must board the ship, otherwise, you will fend for yourself in Shouchun City!" ”

Outside the pseudo-palace, Zimu Gongzi also belongs to one of the people who followed and escaped, but he is much simpler, there are only two entourages, the 'big intestine housekeeper' and the maid for the first time, plus one big and one small two burdens, the big one is the change of clothes of the three people, and the small one is a little gold and silver!

As for his small mansion in Shouchun City, he was directly discarded, and the servants also gave him an allowance to be dismissed, and in addition, Zimu Gongzi did not have any property.

"Childe, can we come back again?" Holding the little burden, the little maid - the first time I saw a reluctant face, although their house was small and not rich, but living there made her feel at ease and happy.

"Shouchun, I'm afraid I'll never come back!" Looking at the concubines who were crying and crying with large and small packages on their backs, vases in their arms, jewelry boxes on their arms, Zimu Gongzi looked contemptuous.

In fact, Yuan Shu is no different from these concubines, if he can give up these useless things and only take away those elite soldiers, there may be a chance to make a comeback in the future, but now, even a few women are reluctant, what else can be done, the Zhong Dynasty, it's over!

"Let's go, let's get on the boat, and Childe will take you out of a way of life."

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Just when Yuan Shu and his party fled to Lujiang County in embarrassment, on the waterway of the Yangtze River, a huge fleet was breaking through the wind and waves, going upstream!

The fleet is huge, the front and rear are connected for more than ten miles, composed of hundreds of ships of all sizes, all of them are Outer Mongolian raw cowhides, and the key places are wrapped in ironclad warships, and a large area of black pressure is covered, covering the wide river!

Headed by a pure white 'Yuhuang boat', 15 zhang long, more than 4 zhang high, divided into three layers, can carry hundreds of soldiers, is definitely a giant on the Yangtze River, on the bow of the ship also erected a 'blue background and yellow edge Yajiao flag', painted in the white circle, inside is a big 'Sun' word, under the blowing of the river wind, fluttering back and forth, so not majestic!

On the top floor of the big boat, Sun Ce, a little overlord dressed in iron armor and holding a sword, was talking with his brother Zhou Yu, who was fluttering in white......

"Gongjin, since you advised me to go north to meet Cao and Liu, and encircle Shouchun, why did you let the fleet go so slowly?"

Sun Ce was proud at this time, most of the year ago, he was still sending people under the fence, with thousands of remnants, living by eating river mussels, but now, he has laid down the territory of the six counties of Jiangdong, and he has a group of generals who can fight well, and tens of thousands of troops, with abundant armaments, money and food, even compared to the power of his father Sun Jian!

"Huh! Yuan Shu went against the grain, called the pseudo-emperor, cut it, can collect the world's fame, and Shouchun City is rich in the world, after breaking the city, our army can get a lot of money, food, equipment, and treasures, so the younger brother persuaded the elder brother to raise troops to go north! ”

After more than half a year of battlefield expeditions, Zhou Yu's already handsome face was a little more heroic, and under the river breeze, his long hair was scattered, really like a fairy among the gods.

"Yuan Shu is as stupid as a pig, but Cao Cao is a veritable evil tiger, if the pig is finished, who will this evil tiger pounce on next?

Therefore, our army slowed down, left a life for Yuan Shu, and let him continue to entangle Cao Cao in the Huai River area, so that my brother would have time to 'Pingshan Yue in the south, Jingxiang and Bashu in the west', develop his own forces, and finally go on a northern expedition with a large army to dominate the world of Kyushu! ”

"Good! The public knows my heart! "Although Sun Ce is brave, he is by no means dictatorial, on the contrary, he is a good person, and Zhou Yu's analysis is reasonable, it is indeed the best strategic deployment of Jiangdong Group at present!

"Report~~ Shouchun Urgent Report!"

While the fleet was moving, a clipper suddenly went down the river, quickly approached the 'Yuhuang Boat', and shot a military report with a headless crossbow arrow, which the soldiers hurriedly took down and offered!

"Yuan Shu escaped, and he was very embarrassed, and even threw away a lot of concubines!" Looking at the military newspaper, Sun Ce was very happy, the hatred of the day, the revenge of today, the hatred of 'cutting off the military food and asking for the jade seal', he has never forgotten?

"So, hoist the sails, sizing and go full throttle!" Saying that, Zhou Yu asked his subordinates to hang three small red flags on the bow of the ship, this is the military order to move forward at full speed!

"Roar! Roar! ”

Seeing the red flag, all the big and small ships hurriedly raised their sails, and at the same time, more oars stretched out from their bellies, and the sailors shouted the trumpets and rowed desperately, facing the wind and waves, and approaching Shouchun!

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