Originally, Xu Rong wanted to solve it quickly. But Cheng Yu dissuaded him. Cheng Yu said: "Look at the yellow and thin faces of Yangzhou soldiers, they can fall when the wind blows." We might as well postpone the siege for a few days, let the Yangzhou soldiers starve for a few more days, and then reduce a few more strengths. ”

Xu Rong listened to Cheng Yu's strategy, set up a cauldron every day, and cooked meat under the city. After the meat was cooked, the Xuzhou soldiers ate wildly around the cauldron, not at all worried that the Yangzhou soldiers would sneak out of the city to attack.

In fact, Ji Ling did not dare to sneak attack. Yangzhou soldiers walked shaking, relying on the strong city wall of Shouchun, and they could still fight. If you go out of the city, you will be killed by seconds every minute!

Every night, hundreds of Yangzhou soldiers secretly climbed down the city wall and defected to the Xuzhou Soldiers and Horses Battalion.

Of course, they all drank hot porridge, and the Xuzhou soldiers patiently explained to them: they have been hungry for a long time, and now they can't eat meat, and if they eat meat, they will have diarrhea and die. It will take half a month to raise before you can eat meat.

The Yangzhou soldiers are also reasonable: now everyone is a family, and the coming day is long, and there is no hurry.

Within a few days, thousands of soldiers had fled the city. Ji Ling panicked and sent people to patrol the city day and night to intercept the fleeing soldiers.

Three days later, the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou officially began to attack the city.

Zhang Xiu was the pioneer, he urged the horse to come to the city and shouted loudly to Ji Ling.

Ji Ling stuck his head out on the city wall and asked, "What's the matter with General Zhang?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "I heard that General Ji is the number one master of martial arts in Yangzhou, can you fight with me?" ”

Ji Ling was still itching, and he said: "Regardless of success or failure, you can't chase and kill into the city, so that I can fight with you." ”

Zhang Xiu promised: "Regardless of success or failure, we will wait for General Ji's entire army to enter the city, and then we will attack in a quarter of an hour." ”

Ji Ling was overjoyed and shouted, "Prepare the horse!" I'll go out of the city to fight General Zhang! ”

The city gate opened, and Ji Ling slowly walked out of the city with 500 soldiers.

Zhang Xiu really kept his promise and stood 300 steps away from the city gate, waiting for Ji Ling to step forward.

Zhang Xiu is Zhao Yun's senior brother, known as the king of guns in the north, and he also uses Tong Yuan's stunt "Hundred Birds and Phoenix Marksmanship". And Ji Ling is a native of Shandong, and he makes a three-pointed two-edged knife that weighs fifty catties.

The two let go of their horses under the city and began to fight.

Zhang Xiu's strength is not amazing, but he has superb marksmanship and the ability to improvise. And Ji Ling is extremely powerful, and he can break ten times with one force!

The two are chess opponents, will meet good talents, you come and go more than 200 rounds of battles, and there is no difference between victory and defeat.

Zhang Xiu was greatly addicted, grabbed Ji Ling's three-pointed two-edged knife, and said: "General Ji, stop, the two of us have similar martial arts, and we can't tell the difference between victory and defeat until it gets dark." General Ji will return to the city first, and after the city is broken, I hope that General Ji will return to us, and we can often learn in the future. ”

Ji Ling grinned: "My lord Yuan Highway has a word first, if you can break through Shouchun, I will surrender to you!" ”

Zhang Xiu was overjoyed: "Great! General Ji immediately returned to the city, and after half a day, we could get together, and that was me and the general getting drunk together! ”

Ji Ling returned to the city, closed the city gate, walked up to the city wall, and shouted to the soldiers to cheer up and fight a good battle! Can't let Liaodong look down on Yangzhou!

Zhang Xiu passed Yuan Shu's words to Xu Rong and Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu shook the feather fan, and the old man also learned to be fashionable. Then he said: "In this way, we can take Shouchun without a single soldier." ”

Xu Rong looked at Cheng Yu with burning eyes: "Please advise the military advisor."

Cheng Yu smiled slightly: "Without him, only bombardment." ”

He had all the bed, crossbows, and trebuchets brought to the front of the formation. Line up and take a stance.

Another person shouted: "Attention brothers in the city, we are going to start bombarding, you guys hurry up and find a place to hide!" ”

With a buzz, dozens of crossbow arrows were fired side by side. The iron arrow, several meters long, hit the city wall, and the city wall trembled a few times.

Then a stone the size of a human head hit it, crackling like hail. The arrow towers and watchtowers on the city wall were all smashed down, and they fell under the city wall in an uproar.

The Yangzhou soldiers who didn't have time to hide were also killed and wounded by hundreds of people, and the rest of the people learned to be obedient and hurriedly found a place to hide.

The bed crossbow and trebuchet worked together, and after half an hour, there were big cracks on the city wall of Shouchun, and it was crumbling.

The Liaodong soldiers shouted again: "Brothers in the city, run, the city wall will collapse soon!" ”

The soldiers in Yangzhou panicked, ignoring the loud shouting and scolding of the commander, and ran under the city wall one after another. The chaotic trampling became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the city wall collapsed several hundred meters with a thud. The soldiers who didn't have time to run down the city wall were buried in stones, mud, wood, etc., on the spot, and it is estimated that hundreds of people will die!

Xu Rong waved his hand and stopped the bombardment. Wait for Yuan Shu to lead people out of the city and surrender.

If Yuan Shu and the others go back on their word, then it's simple, continue to bombard, expand the area of the collapsed city wall, and then kill it! Although there is not much food in Yangzhou, there is still a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and the soldiers of Xuzhou have long been gearing up, ready to rob and rob!

Yuan Shu heard that Shouchun City had been broken, and vomited blood on the spot and died.

Yuan Shu's children began to cry, while Yang Hong, the chief historian, and Li Feng, the chief bookkeeper, persuaded them to mourn. They said, "You can't come back to life after death, Miss Childe, the main thing for us now is to go out of the city and surrender." Once the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou misunderstood and entered the city, it would be a chicken and a dog. ”

Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao wiped his tears and said, "Since my father has already made a will, let's go and surrender." Go back and bury your father. ”

Yuan Shu's family changed into white clothes, wrapped white turbans, and led Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Yang Hong, Li Feng and others out of the city to surrender.

Xu Rong and Zhang Xiu happily accepted their surrender and ordered the whole army to enter the city, but Qiu did not commit any crimes! also seriously comforted Yuan Shu's family and helped them handle Yuan Shu's funeral.

Half a month has passed, and all kinds of things have been handed over and handled. Xu Rong sent Yuan Shu's family, generals, ministers, and more than 30,000 Yangzhou soldiers on a big ship and sailed to Liaodong.

Although Zhang Xiu was reluctant to let these people leave, Liaodong had the rules of Liaodong. Surrendered soldiers must undergo at least three months of brainwashing before they can be reassigned.

In Liaodong, Gongsun Kang personally met with Yangzhou and his party. Friendly and natural, let Yangzhou people like a spring breeze.

Yang Hong and Li Feng thought about it and persuaded Yuan Shu's daughter Yuan to marry Gongsun Kang.

Yuan said: "My father has passed away, and we are also the people who send people under the fence, what is the face of the champion Hou Lan?" ”

Yang Hong said: "No! The fourth generation of the Yuan family is the third duke, and his protégés are all over the world. Champion Hou is a person with great ambitions, and if he wants to unify the world, he needs to use the fame and power of the Yuan family. ”

Li Feng also said: "Although there are many women in the champion, he is affectionate and friendly to every woman, and I have never heard of anyone who has been treated poorly. If the young lady marries him, she can be happy for the rest of her life. The bloodline of the Yuan family can also be passed down steadily, and generations will enjoy glory and wealth! ”

The daughter of Yuan Shu, she was one of Sun Quan's concubines in history. She is a completely different person from her father Yuan Shu, and she is quite modest. Later, Mrs. Bu passed away, and Sun Quan intended to take Mrs. Yuan as the queen, but Mrs. Yuan rejected Sun Quan's kindness on the grounds that she had no children.

Gongsun Kang has long had thoughts about Yuan Shu's daughter, the fourth and third princes are not called in vain, and the genes of the Yuan family must be very good. Now someone came to the door to talk to the matchmaker, and naturally agreed to push the boat.

The two parties agreed that after a year, the period of Yuan's filial piety expired, and Gongsun Kang would marry Yuan.

In this way, Yuan Shu's subordinates can integrate into the big family of Liaodong with peace of mind. Never feel like an outsider again.

Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Yang Hong, Li Feng and other generals and ministers were all properly resettled, and everyone retained their official positions, and everyone was happy.

And 30,000 soldiers, after three months of brainwashing and replenishing their bodies, selected 8,000 strong and warlike soldiers to join the Liaodong Iron Cavalry. The rest of the soldiers were disbanded as civilians. According to their wishes, those who are willing to stay in Liaodong will take their families and rent them public land to plant; If they want to go back to Yangzhou, they will send a boat to send them back.

(End of chapter)