After Sun Ce led the army to leave, Li Li stayed in the Qianshan camp for three days.

During this period, Guo Jia was ordered to lead the iron cavalry of the Huben battalion to the riverside and symbolically hold a ceremony to see Sun Ce and his army back to Jiangdong.

This time, Sun Ce led the army to cross the river in an extremely hasty manner, from the decision to lead the army to leave Jiangbei to the time the army boarded the ship, less than three days before and after. The Jiangdong soldiers stranded north of Anhui County had no time to rush to the river, and even when Sun Ce received the order to withdraw the army, he had already led the army to board the ship, hurriedly crossed the river, and returned to Jiangdong.

Since then, Sun Ce had nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, but only 20,000 soldiers boarded the ship and returned to Jiangdong, and the remaining 7,000 people remained in the territory of Lujiang and became prisoners of war and surrendered troops.

At the same time as Sun Ce evacuated Jiangbei, Guo Jia dispatched troops to take over the city, and on the other hand, flew pigeons to send a message to Lusu, who was sitting in Shouchun, and led the scribes and officials prepared in advance to Anhui County to officially take over Lujiang County.

In other words, during these three days, Guo Jia and Li Li had a clear division of labor and acted separately. Guo Jia led an army to supervise the evacuation of Sun Ce and the Jiangdong army from Lujiang, while Li Li led his army to stay in Qianshan and exterminate the defeated generals of Yuan Shu and his remnants in Huainan.

Looking back on that day, the scene where Li Li's army went up the mountain to persuade Yuan Shu to surrender was enough to amaze the world and forever go down in history.

When it was, Yuan Shao made a statement to test Li Li and asked him what he wanted to promise to surrender to himself.

Li Li replied: "This trip is not to say surrender, but to repay Yuan Shu for the grace of building the mausoleum of the old lady in the past, so I came to see him off in person and fulfill the dignity of the king of the Zhong Emperor." ”

As soon as these words came out, the officers and men of the two armies inside and outside the camp were extremely shocked. They all thought that Yuan Shu would be furious after hearing this, and would rather fight to the death than open the city and surrender. However, what they never expected was this. After Yuan Shu heard Li Li's words, not only did he not thunder and rage, but nodded lightly with satisfaction, and a sincere and grateful smile appeared on his thin and pale face.

It is true that Li Li's words are indeed extremely ruthless, which is tantamount to falling into a well and killing them all. However, with the exception of Liley. No one would have thought that these words coincided with Yuan Shu's own lifeless state of mind, which was allegorical and in the middle of the scene. Perhaps in the eyes of most people. Words like "give you a ride and preserve your last dignity" are not good words for Yuan Shu, who is in a desperate situation, and they are extremely unpleasant, but the truth is diametrically opposite. What Li Li said was exactly the ideal reply that Yuan Shu wanted to hear. It was also the best result he wanted.

Yuan Shu, who was the emperor of the Zhong clan. When all the prefectures and counties under his rule were lost and the imperial capital fell, the regime he established was declared to be overthrown, and the dynasty no longer existed. What's more, after he escaped from Shouchun, he no longer had half an inch of land, and he had no chance to turn over, plus there was a strong enemy before and a chasing soldier behind, so his life had come to an end.

When he was dying, Yuan Shu would not believe any of the promises of persuasion from the feudal officials. And that's not what he wants. At this time, the official made a wish or his subordinates showed mercy to him. It's meaningless at all, what he really wants is that he won't be cut off or whipped by other princes after he dies, he doesn't want to be brutally corpsed for three days like Dong Zhuo, his body is in a different place, and even he wants to preserve his dignity as a king. Before his death, he was the emperor of the Zhong family, the king of the world, and after his death, he was still the king, and he was still the founding emperor of the Zhong regime.

As for Yuan Shu's last request, Li Li satisfied him completely, and revealed that he had built a mausoleum for the foot trainer's mother, which made Li Li very grateful. And this gratitude is undoubtedly sincere, because Yuan Shu has reached the last moment of exhaustion, Li Li has no need to deceive him, and he really can't be a villain.

Because of this, Yuan Shu smiled gratefully at Li Li, but his smiling face fell in the eyes of Li Li and the soldiers of the two armies, but it was indescribably desolate, which made Li Li unbearable to face it.

"In the past, Situ Wang Yun left a masterpiece before he died: 'The bird is dying, and its song is also mourning; When a man is about to die, his words are good. Wuwei Li Li, a man with clear grievances and grievances, a benevolent and righteous man, is a true husband in the world! Before, Yuan Mou had always thought that this was Wenchang's deliberate fabrication, and he should not be gullible, until today Yuan Moufang knows that what Wang Situ said is true, and Wenchang is really the true husband of the world! ”

Standing on the city tower, Yuan Shu remembered a lot of rumors about Li Li, so he felt that he praised his opponent Li Li in public.

After a pause in his voice, Yuan Shugu tidied up the dragon robe on his body, and then looked at Li Li, who stopped at the bottom of the city, and stared for a long time. At this moment, Yuan Shu's eyes looking at Li Li were extremely complicated, not only the resentment of Li Li's army for defeating him, but also the respect for his opponent as a loser, and a trace of appreciation and expectation from the elders to the juniors.

There are talents from all generations. Previously, Yuan Shu would never admit that Li Li, a rising star, was better and more powerful than himself, but at this moment, he admitted in his heart that Li Li was stronger than him, and Wen Taowu was above him. Therefore, he was unjustly defeated, and he was defeated in the hands of an excellent and powerful young man like Li Li. Perhaps, he was afraid of Li Li from the beginning, because he had never faced Li Li head-on before, and even secretly showed favor to Li Li, took care of Li Li's Bufu family, and built a mausoleum for the late Bu Lao Lady with the gift of a prince.

Staring at Li Li for a long time, Yuan said indifferently: "Before parting, Yuan told Wenchang a sentence: 'The princes of the Central Plains are so treacherous, and they must be careful if the great cause is not completed'. In the future, Wenchang must not be careless, so as not to be taken advantage of by villains, which is embarrassing. In addition, I also hope that Wenchang will treat the soldiers in the camp well, Yuan has failed the soldiers in this life, but the soldiers have not failed me. Please allow me to enter the camp in the afternoon after an hour. Say goodbye, Wenchang is so precious! After speaking, Yuan Shu resolutely turned around and slowly walked down the city tower.

?????? After noon, the gate was wide open, and Li Li's army entered the Qianshan camp.

In the camp tent in the middle of the camp, Li Li saw Yuan Shu in a brand new dragon robe, who sat on a nondescript dragon chair and killed himself. On the desk to his right was a spotlessly polished sandalwood box, the lid of which was open, revealing a glossy jade seal.

In addition to Yuan Shu, who wielded a sword to kill himself, there were also two corpses in the camp. According to Ji Ling, the man in the two corpses was Yan Xiang, the first strategist under Yuan Shu, and the woman was Yuan Shu's favorite concubine, Fang Shi.

Li Li stayed beside the dead Yan Xiang for a long time, then waved his hand and motioned for Li Zhi to bring the jade seal of the country, turned around and walked out of the tent. However, after walking out of the camp, Li Li suddenly stopped, and turned his head to look at Ji Ling behind him, his eyes were deep and cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Yan Xiang did not commit suicide, but deliberately made a suicide after being killed. Ji Ling, you are the general that Yuan Shu relied on the most, you should know who was left in the camp before Yan Xiang was killed? ”

"Uh, this ??????" Ji Ling was shocked when he heard this, and was about to look at the opening to explain, but saw that Li Li's eyes were extremely sharp, as if he could see through all his thoughts, and it seemed that he could see at a glance that Yan Xiang was killed by him.

"That's it, it's over, there's no need to pursue it anymore." Just as Ji Ling was searching for his stomach and making a statement, Li Li shook his head slightly, his deep eyes looked at him coldly, and said in a deep voice: "People die like lights go out, and everything is over." Since you have surrendered to me with your army, you will not have any more dissenting intentions in the future. As long as you do your best to serve me, I will naturally not treat you badly, but if you have such a bad plan today, I will definitely divide your five horses and destroy the nine clans! ”

Bowing down to listen to Li Li's words, a string of bean-sized cold sweat overflowed on Ji Ling's forehead, and he trembled all over, as if he was scared into a cold sweat. After Li Li finished speaking, he knelt on the ground with a thud, leaned over and bowed: "Thank you for the grace of the lord not to kill!" As the lord said, Yan Xiang's house was indeed killed by the last general. This thief relied on His Majesty before、、、Oh no, relying on Yuan Shu's favor, repeatedly excluded and belittled the last general, and even offered slander to let Lu Bu replace the position of the last general. However, the last general endured again and again and did not bother with him, but he actually persuaded Yuan Shu to use the jade seal of the country to blackmail the lord, so that he could escape. For this reason, the last general stabbed him to death in a fit of rage, and later knew that Yuan Shu did not listen to Yan Xiang's words, let alone break his trust in the lord. However, after all, Yan Xiang was killed by the last general, and the last general is guilty, please punish the lord! ”

After hearing Ji Ling's words, Li Li bowed slightly, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looking at Ji Ling became much gentler.

Maybe there was a grudge between Ji Ling and Yan Xiang for a long time, but he kept it back, and he didn't take the opportunity to kill Yan Xiang until today. However, Ji Ling's loyalty to Yuan Shu is indeed beyond doubt. Even though Yuan Shu was dead at this moment, he still respected Yuan Shu very much, and never slandered Yuan Shu for half a sentence.

This made Li Li appreciate it very much, which made him greatly improve his opinion of Ji Ling's conduct, at least not as disgusted as he was just now. And the reason why Li Li dislikes Ji Ling is precisely because he is good at killing his colleague Yan Xiang, which is the most intolerable thing for Li Li; If it weren't for Ji Ling, he would also be considered a general, but I was afraid that he would have beheaded Ji Ling just now.

Fortunately, Ji Ling woke up in time, took the initiative to explain the truth, and asked for punishment. This made Li Li couldn't help but look at him, so he put down the mustard in his heart, and really stopped caring about Yan Xiang's killing. It was also from this moment that Li Li accepted Ji Ling's surrender, no longer suspicious, and planned to let him continue to stay in the army and entrust him to reuse.

In the next three days, Li Li ordered Yuan Shu to be buried with the courtesy of the princes, and ordered Lu Su to come to Qianshan to supervise the construction of the mausoleum, and Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and other old Huainan generals were responsible for the specific construction. In addition, Li Li allowed Yuan Yao, the son of Yuan Shu, who had been captured before, and Yuan Shu's wives and concubines, as well as the Yuan Shu clan, to come to Qianshan to guard the spirit.

On the third day, Li Li's army left the Qianshan camp and moved to Anhui County. When Sun Ce led the army back, Li Li ordered Lu Su to take over the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang, sent Xu Huang to lead 20,000 foot soldiers to Lujiang, and ordered Dian Wei to lead the Huben battalion to enter Shouchun and guard Jiangbei.

Half a month later, the construction of Yuan Shu's mausoleum was completed. Li Li personally led his generals and subordinates under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou to Qianshan, mourned and buried Yuan Shu, and allowed Yuan Yao to keep filial piety for his father for three years.

At this point, the war in Huainan ended. After the war, Yuan Shu killed himself, Sun Ce led the army to cross the river in a panic, and all the Jiangbei counties under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou were included in Li Li's name. Then, with Bocai leading the army to be stationed in Huainan, the Dian Wei Department was stationed in Shouchun, and Xu Huang led the troops to guard the north bank of the Yangtze River.

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