It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if Yang Hong is resourceful, there is no better way at this time.

Some people even proposed to break through into the mountains and join the Shanyue people; Someone suggested going to Sun Ce after breaking through; However, they were rejected for various reasons.

The time has come to April of the fourth year of Xingping, the rice in Wanling City is less than Baishi, and the war horses are slaughtered, at this time the Yuan army does not even have the idea of breaking through, and the morale is low to a low point, and it is a day to stay up.

The women and children of the city were slaughtered for rations, and the people were left with those who died of starvation.

Yuan Shuzhong rebelled and left, and at present, no princes came to help, so they could only sit on the ground and wait for death; He scolded Sun Ce and others every day as anti-thieves, betrayed the Han family, and rebelled, so that he bypassed him and fell into today's situation.

He never reflected on why he had reached the point of exhaustion.

On the first day of the fifth month, the soldiers in the city were starved of food, and there were only 30 wheat crumbs in the army. When the summer was hot, Yuan Shu wanted to quench his thirst with honey syrup, but there was no honey; sighed for a long time, and said: "Yuan Shu is like this!" In the end, he vomited blood and died.

Regarding Yuan Shu's death, everyone has no sad thoughts, only thinking about the future.

In the mourning hall of Yuan Shu, the civil and military are divided into two sides, and the civil officials on the west side are headed by the military advisor Yang Hong; On the east side are military generals, headed by Ji Ling; There are also Liang Gang, Li Feng, Chen Ji, and Le Liang, and the rest have fled.

Ji Ling first asked on behalf of the general: "We are incompetent, and we have not protected the public security of the master, so that it is so; Where to go from now on, please make a decision. ”

Yang Hong didn't dare to judge the meaning of these warriors, so he tentatively said: "The lord has gone, but the young lord is still there, and we will ensure that the lord's blood and food will last." He didn't dare to continue, so he stopped first and looked at the faces of the military attachés.

The people of this era attached great importance to clan sacrifices.

Ji Ling said: "Strategist, please continue, we will obey the orders of the strategist." "They all know that the situation is dangerous right now and that they must agree and avoid differences.

Yang Hong knew that the only way at present was to surrender to Qin Pass, but he couldn't say it directly, in case these warriors were dissatisfied and killed him, he would have nowhere to avenge his grievances, so he said: "Liu Ziyang, a member of the Han family, is very famous in Jianghuai, and is currently the Yangzhou herdsman's division. ”

Liu Ye is young and well-known, known as the talent of the world, and he is a member of the Han family, has a good reputation in the Jianghuai region, and most of the generals have heard of it.

The reason why Yang Hong said that he wanted to take refuge in Liu Ye instead of surrendering to Qin Guan was that he hoped to reduce everyone's resistance; The implication is that even Liu Ye, the patriarch of the Han family, has taken refuge in Qin Guan, and when they are down, they don't care about the Yellow Turban Thief or the Yellow Turban Army, anyway, Qin Guan is now the Yangzhou Pastor appointed by the imperial court.

The military attache Ji Lingdai replied: "It's up to the military advisor to decide!" We will ensure that the young master is worry-free. "They don't want to be discredited as betraying the lord, and if they have a bad reputation, it's better for the civil officials to bear the back, anyway, under the force of force, these unarmed civil officials can only comply.

Hearing Ji Ling say this, Yang Hong's hanging heart was put down.

Huang Yi took a step forward and asked, "Qinzhou Mu is powerful, how can you keep the young master worry-free?" "Huang Yi is Yuan Shu's son-in-law, and he is very concerned about this issue, but also for his own safety.

Since they are preparing to surrender to Qin Guan, many things after the surrender are not up to them, if Qin Guan wants to kill Yuan Yao, or escort him to the imperial court, how can everyone stop it? This is a very real problem, and it must be planned in advance, otherwise they will be ashamed of the Yuan family.

Everyone looked at Yang Hong, and Yang Hong pondered for a while and said: "If you don't marry the daughter of the second general and Qin Taishou, in this way, you will ensure that the young master is worry-free." ”

The second general refers to Yuan Shu's younger brother Yuan Yin.

Everyone nodded in agreement; Yuan Yin had to nod in agreement, and there was nothing he could do if he was dissatisfied.

After discussing for a while, everyone decided to send Yan Xiang out of the city to negotiate with the Yangzhou army.

Yan Xiang was first taken to Ling Cao's place, but Yan Xiang asked for marriage, and Ling Cao couldn't make a decision, so he decided to send him to talk to Qin Guan in person; Qin Guan is unmarried, and there is no queen, which is something that the generals of Jiangdong have always been concerned about, if it is a marriage, the Yuan family will not disgrace Qin Guan's identity.

Yan Xiang was concerned about the safety of the city, so Ling Cao decided to supply 500 stone of grain in the city every day; Yan Xiang returned to the city to explain clearly, and everyone was overjoyed; Yan Xiang went to the Dantu to negotiate with confidence.

Military advisor Liu Ye was very interested in Yan Xiang's proposal and immediately agreed.

Qin Guan promised to absolutely ensure Yuan Yin's safety; and promised that Ji Ling would serve as the general of Zhonglang, continue to command the previous soldiers and horses, appoint Yan Xiang as the commander of Wu County, and appoint Yang Hong as the army; Wu County was transferred to Xin'an County to serve as Taishou.

Yan Xiang was still very happy to be able to leave Xin'an County, otherwise, sooner or later, he would be torn apart by the local survivors.

However, Liu Ye put forward another suggestion, Ji Ling led the soldiers and horses in the city to raid the Zhenrong military camp, and then announced the decision to surrender after the Zhenrong forces were eliminated.

This was an opportunity for the soldiers to make meritorious contributions, and Yan Xiang readily agreed to Liu Ye's suggestion.

Zhen Rong is also very cunning, Ling Cao first besieged but did not attack, and now there is no food in the city, and he provides food for the remnants of Yuan Shu in the city, afraid that things will change, so he sent people to consult Ling Cao's intentions many times, but Ling Cao prevaricated.

Yan Xiang returned to Wanling City and announced the decision of Qin Guan in a small area, and Ji Ling and the others were overjoyed; They were more interested in exterminating Zhenrong, who originally had 12,000 officers and soldiers, but was damaged in successive sieges, and at present there were less than 8,000, while there were still more than 14,000 officers and soldiers in the city.

However, Ling Cao was dissatisfied that the battle exploits could not be enjoyed exclusively by Ji Ling and others, so it was decided that Ji Ling would be the main attacker, and Zhang Ying, Liu Pi and others would lead 32,000 recruits to assist.

Ji Ling was newly descended and did not want to contradict Ling Cao, so he agreed to Ling Cao's proposal.

Military advisor Yang Hong now has absolute command over the army, and decided to behave well before the formal surrender, so that the Jiangdong people can not look down on them, and the surrender of the troops also has strong combat effectiveness, and their defeat and surrender is not a crime of war; Ji Ling and the others naturally supported Yang Hong's opinion, which was for their sake.

Under Yang Hong's planning, in the early morning of May 16, Ji Ling and others led an army of 10,000 out of the city and went straight to the camp of Zhenrong; In a hurry and unprepared, the Zhenrong camp was successfully overcome.

Liu Pi, Zhang Ying, Liao Hua and others surrounded them from three sides, successfully attacked the Zhenrong camp, and began to kill.

The camp was surrounded by water, and there was no escape; The officers and men could not resist, and most of them surrendered.

Covered in blood, he was puzzled by the sudden attack, and asked Zhang Yingdao: "Why did you join forces with the enemy to attack your allies?" ”

Liu Bi was in a good mood, this was the first time he had a hearty killing after joining the Qin Guan forces, so he sneered: "Haha, you are so stupid, don't you even understand the truth that Buddha and Tao cannot coexist?" ”

Liao Hua, Dung Du and others were also excited about the extermination of Buddhists, and they all smiled at Zhen Rong and said nothing.

Remorseful, the infidels could not be trusted, and in despair, he committed suicide with a knife.

The next thing is simple, everyone buried Yuan Shu at the northern foot of Jiuhua Mountain, looking at the Central Plains.

Subsequently, Ji Ling was the general of Zhonglang, Liang Gang, Li Feng and others were the military Sima, led the troops to withdraw to Wuhu for reorganization, and Qinguan gave them two months of recuperation time, and then they would attack Yuzhang County with the army; Yang Hong and Yan Xiang went to Dantu and Wu County to take office respectively; Yuan Yin and Huang Yi can be rich in Wu County.

The four western counties were easily occupied by Liu Pi and the four.

Ling Cao and Zhang Ying continued to garrison Xin'an County in preparation for the attack on Yuzhang County.

Qin Guan regretted that those recruits had not been trained in blood and fire, and they were still a group of recruits.

Liu Ye reported the results of the elimination of Yuan Shu's forces to the imperial court, and in order to reduce Dong Zhuo's vigilance, he specially increased his own battle losses.