Chapter 452: Yuan Shu is desperate
If it weren't for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu falling in love with Qiao's sisters in Anhui City, they would have been delayed for a while, and they missed the opportunity to chase Hefei, lost the east, and harvested Sangyu, Liu Ze didn't know Sun Zhouren's true inner thoughts at this time, could the love field be proud to fill the lost feeling of being frustrated on the battlefield?
Thinking of Jiangdong Erqiao, it reminded Liu Ze of a past that had been sealed in his heart for many years, when Guanghe pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the seventh year, Liu Ze Qianli Shi Changshe, and met Qiao's sisters occasionally in Gaoyang Pavilion, but they were still young at that time, Xiao Qiao was also taken away by the shameless Zhang Liang, Liu Zelu saw injustice, saved Xiao Qiao and came back and took Zhang Liang's head, using this head, saved the life of the teacher Lu Zhi. The past is like smoke, thirteen years have passed, if it weren't for hearing Er Qiao's message here, Liu Ze would have forgotten this past a long time ago, the little Qiao girl who used to be exquisitely carved and jade, now must have become a slim beauty, and the big Qiao who is as arrogant as a white swan with eyes high above the top, this time to find Sun Lang like a wishful man, it should be time for her to be satisfied.
recalled that when he broke up with Xiao Qiao in Gaoyang Pavilion that day, Xiao Qiao, who was still childish, still cried his nose and asked him to go to Anhui County to see her in the future, did he agree? seems to have agreed, mostly to coax the little girl not to cry, Liu Ze agreed, as if he had hooked her up at that time. It's just a pity that Liu Ze has been busy fighting in the east and the west, how can he come and go to the distant Huainan Wancheng to see her, and gradually he forgot this almost child's play.
Today he came to Shouchun. It was already a stone's throw away from Wancheng, but when he heard the news of her marriage, Liu Ze didn't have any ideas, how well Su Dongpo's words were written, "Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao was married for the first time, with heroic hair, a lupine scarf, talking and laughing, and the captives were wiped out." "On appearance. On talent. Zhou Yu is the best choice, and Xiao Qiao should be lucky to be able to marry him.
In Liu Ze's mind, the appearance of that innocent little girl appeared. Liu Ze smiled slightly. In the bottom of his heart, he said, "Little Miss Qiao." I wish you happiness ......"
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Autumn goes to winter, and the leaves are falling.
For Shouchun, who was besieged by the Xuzhou army, it was a desperate winter. Hunger spread throughout the city. The price of grain in Shouchun City has soared to the point of 500,000 yuan a day, fighting gold for rice, countless residents starve to death and die of disease every day, wailing all over the city, crying all over the street, despair is written on the face of every Shouchun person.
For Yuan Shu, he was not just desperate but also angry. Qin Yilu went to Jiangdong to ask for help, but Sun Ce crossed the river, but he did not play the banner of rescue, but under the banner of crusade, not only did he not save him when he saw death, but he fell into the well, snatched Anhui City from Liu Xun's hands, and cut off Yuan Shu's last retreat. You must know that Yang Hong has repeatedly built Yuan Shu to give up Shouchun and retreat to Lujiang, but Sun Ce's hand is too ruthless, and Yuan Shu's last hope has been extinguished.
Set the fox to keep the geese! Qin Yilu is here to move the rescue soldiers, it is clear that he is luring the wolf into the house, and Sun Ce is a white-eyed wolf. Yuan Shu really hated it, hated why he lent troops to Sun Ce in the first place, so that he could get the land of Jiangdong for nothing, now his wings are hard, his minions are sharp, and he actually hit Huainan and rode on his Yuan Shu's head to and pee, it is really unreasonable!
Yuan Shu was angry, but after the anger was helpless sadness, he, the emperor of the Zhong family of the Great Chen Dynasty, was really humiliated, just ascended the throne for less than a year, and was trapped in Shouchun City without moving, no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, sitting on the mountain. Originally, Shouchun did not have much food in stock, hundreds of thousands of people opened hundreds of thousands of mouths, and the daily consumption was amazing.
Originally, it was expected that the Xuzhou army could withdraw after the food was exhausted, but what made everyone desperate was that the logistics supply of the Xuzhou army no longer only relied on land transportation but enabled the transportation of Surabaya and Huaishui.
In response to this situation, the die-hard faction led by Zhang Xun declined, the fleeing forces led by Yang Hong also fell silent, and the main battle faction led by Qiao Rui began to rise. Sticking to it is a dead end, which has become the consensus of all people; Lujiang is lost, except for Shouchun, Da Chen Guo has no more land, and now even if he wants to escape, there is no way out; If you don't want to sit still, you can only fight to the death and live to death.
Yuan Shu also turned to support Qiao Rui, removed Zhang Xun's position as a general, demoted to a chariot general, and Qiao Rui served as a general, and the soldiers and horses in Shouchun City were all dispatched by Qiao Rui alone, and at the same time promoted Lu Mian and Yuan Yin, who were in the main battle, to be the left and right generals, ready to fight to the death with the Xuzhou army and break the siege of Shouchun.
Although Qiao Rui is full of confidence, the reality undoubtedly gave him a resounding slap in the face. In the face of the deep trenches of the Xuzhou army, it was difficult for the hungry and demoralized Yuan army to make a difference, although from November of the first year of Zhongye (the second year of Jian'an) to February of the second year of Zhongye (the third year of Jian'an), Qiao Rui launched four consecutive attacks on the eastern and western camps of Xuzhou, but each time it was in vain.
This is also Liu Ze's order that all battalions must not fight, relying on a strong camp to hold on, otherwise if the Xuzhou army attacks on all fronts, the number of casualties in Qiaorui will be far more than this. Liu Ze knew very well that this was the last battle of the trapped beasts of the Yuan army, although many generals, including Jia Xu and Chen Gong, were inclined to fight quickly, but Liu Ze decided to slowly consume Yuan Shu, and consumed Yuan Shu to the point where the lamp ran out, and Shouchun City naturally broke itself.
Liu Ze's idea is that Yuan Shu has no food and grass and no reinforcements outside, and now there is only one desperate road left, but the soldiers and people of Shouchun City may not be of the same heart as Yuan Shu, as long as the siege continues for a long time, the military and the people of Shouchun City will collapse, and it is Liu Ze's goal to surrender the soldiers without a fight, and take Shouchun City at the least bloodshed. Yuan Shu is already a dying person with dry bones in the mound, and he can't fight with him to break the net and burn the jade, Shouchun City will be taken down, and it will still be the state governance of Yangzhou in the future, and when the city is ruined and the people's livelihood is withered, he has to repair it himself, so Liu Ze's policy has always been to surround but not fight.
In this regard, Jia Xu, Chen Gong and others also expressed some concern, although there is a shortage of food and grass supply on the front line due to the transportation of Surabaya and Huaishui, but the army has been fighting for a long time, Xuzhou is empty, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others have always coveted Xuzhou, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be stabbed in the back.
Liu Ze is not worried, Jinyingwei's intelligence system is not idling, and the latest information is reported to the Shouchun frontline camp every month, so that Liu Ze can stay at home and take charge of the general trend of the world.
Cao Cao was entangled with Zhang Xiu in Wancheng at this time, Zhang Xiu had surrendered, but Lao Cao's wife hurt him miserably, and he fell in love with Zhang Xiu's aunt, that is, Zhang Ji's surviving Zou family. The Zou family has the appearance of sinking fish and falling geese, Cao Cao only occasionally glanced at it and was itchy, so he ordered his nephew Cao Anmin to take Zou into his military camp and have fun day and night. After Cao Cao occupied his aunt, Zhang Xiu seemed to feel humiliated and decided to attack Cao Ying's camp at night.
Zhang Xiu's reaction was purely excessive, his uncle was dead, his aunt was widowed, and there was no such thing as a woman to observe festivals in that era, it was a matter of course for a widow to remarry, and it stands to reason that Zhang Xiu should follow Zhao Fan's example and dedicate Zou to Cao Cao. Zhang Xiu was angry at the crown, which seemed a little weird, Nanyang, the largest county in the world, was given to Cao Cao, why does Zhang Xiu care about a woman? So the answer can only be one, the relationship between Zhang Xiu and this aunt is far more than just an aunt and nephew. Zou is young and beautiful, the same age as Zhang Xiu, but he married a bad old man who is old and frail (it is unknown to be a concubine, but it will never be the original match), and Zhang Ji died soon, Zhang Xiu and Zou are dry firewood, and it is not surprising that there is a bit of a ** relationship. Since Zhang Xiu has regarded the Zou family as his forbidden body, it is not difficult to understand Zhang Xiu's anger when Cao Cao comes to get involved with the Zou family again. Zhang Xiu's attitude is a bit similar to Wu Sangui in the late Ming Dynasty in later generations, and he was angry at the crown! Wu Sangui initially dedicated the important town of Shanhaiguan to Li Chuang, but because of a Chen Yuanyuan's anger and defected to the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xiu also did not hesitate to surrender first and then rebel for the sake of the Zou family.
All in all, Zhang Xiu was very angry, the consequences were very strict, wars caused by a woman in history are not uncommon, this time, Cao Cao paid a heavy price for his debauchery, the eldest son Cao Ang sacrificed his mount to protect him was killed by random arrows, Cao Cao's pimping Cao Anmin ended up even worse, was cut into meat by the rebels, and his henchmen loved to fight to the death with Dian Wei, and blocked Zhang Xiu's countless military horses with the power of one person, and finally died in battle, even Cao Cao's mount was killed, and it was also Cao Cao's great life, Although he was wounded by an arrow, he also picked up a life and went back.
Now that Cao Cao has fled back to Xudu and licked his wounds there, Liu Ze estimates that he will not be able to take care of Xuzhou for a while. However, Lao Cao was known as a small strong man who could not be defeated in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, although he was defeated repeatedly, he did not collapse, but became more and more courageous, and finally trampled the opponents who had defeated him one by one, and his tenacious vitality was breathtaking. (To be continued......)