Xiaoqi

There were also more than [-] soldiers of the Yuan army who broke through from Ximen.The cavalry also cleared the way, followed by the infantry, and then rushed across the moat and rushed towards the temporary camp of the Allied forces that surrounded the city gate.

It is worth mentioning that no matter whether it is the east gate or the west gate, the soldiers will not light torches, do not raise banners, and do not make noise or publicity when they go out of the city.Consistent steps and clear goals.It can be described as unprecedented military discipline.Forbidden.

At this moment, Yuan Jun's cavalry rushed out of the city gate. There was no cry of killing and shouting to embolden him in the past. The cold eyes of the wolf, and the ferocious face of fighting for survival.

These officers and soldiers of the Yuan army who left the city at night stepped over the suspension bridge and went straight to the Allied camp directly in front of them.The cavalry rushing to the front opened the antler fence in front of the Allied barracks, and their movements were very skillful, as if they had been prepared for a long time and knew it by heart.Therefore, even if they don't have torches, they can use their memory to accurately find the location of the antlers, and then pull them out, clearing the way for the troops behind them.

However, the Allied soldiers on the other side of the moat were not defenseless.

On the contrary, when the first loud noise came from the city gate, the scouts and sentry cavalry who were always watching the city gate reported Yuan Jun's changes.Immediately afterwards, the Jiangdong generals Lu Dai, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, and Lu Meng stationed at the east gate immediately left the camp in uniform, leading their troops out of the camp to meet the enemy and prevent Yuan Jun from breaking through the line of defense.

At the same time, Lu Bu, who was trapped at the west gate, also learned the news that Yuan Jun wanted to break out of the siege immediately.Immediately, he personally led the army to block the attack, and ordered the whole army not to allow Yuan Jun to break through the camp and escape.

That's right, the purpose of Yuan Jun's going out of the city at night was to break through the siege of the Allied forces outside the city.Because the Allied camp outside the city was stationed directly opposite the city gate, blocking every road out of the city.Therefore, if Yuan Jun wanted to escape from the city, he had to break through the camp of the allied army, or directly defeat the allied army besieging the city gate, open a way to survive, and then escape.

Otherwise, there is no choice.

"Rush, kill!"

The officers and soldiers of the Yuan Army who rushed out of the city couldn't help shouting slogans at the moment when they met the allied soldiers who were blocking them head-on. It seemed that only in this way could they be more confident and brave. They emboldened themselves.

After a short sprint, the soldiers of the two armies confronted each other brazenly.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

In an instant, the sounds of weapons colliding, war horses hissing, sharp weapons breaking, dying screams, and earth-shattering shouts of killing all intertwined and became the main theme of the sky above Shouchun City, while ruthless killing was the theme of the night .

What is different from the past is that the officers and soldiers of Yuan Jun rushing out of the city gate at this moment are no longer timid and cowardly as before.All of them had ferocious faces, their scarlet eyes were almost crazy, and they were extremely ferocious in the fight, fearless of death, unstoppable.

There is a saying: Soft people are afraid of hard ones, hard ones are afraid of horizontal ones, and horizontal ones are afraid of death.

Originally, the defenders of Shouchun were already scared by the allied forces, and even the defenders of the city hid behind the arrow piles, not daring to show their heads easily.However, the generals of Yuan Jun who left the city tonight seemed to have been reborn and possessed by demons. They were fierce and tenacious, rushing forward blindly, and would not retreat as long as they had one breath.Even if he was slashed, before he died, he would have to pull a pawn on his back, and even if he couldn't kill him, he would have to bite off one of his ears or fingers.

The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road.

Facing such a fierce and almost ferocious Yuan Jun, the Allied soldiers who blocked Yuan Jun's escape path were under great pressure.At first, the allied army was still able to resist, which was comparable to Yuan Jun's killing, but as Yuan Jun's soldiers became more and more crazy, the allied army soldiers began to be unable to resist and retreated steadily.However, once the allied forces retreated, it actually fueled the courage of Yuan Jun's soldiers, making them more brave and sturdy, and rushed forward more desperately.As time went on, Yuan Jun got out of hand and beat the allied army back into the camp in just a quarter of an hour.But Yuan Jun clung on tightly, and rushed into the camp after him, rushing in with all his might.

In the end, Yuan Jun forcibly opened a gap in the allied barracks blocking the city gate, causing a part of Yuan Jun to take the opportunity to rush out into the dark night, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

This situation not only happened at the east gate where Lu Dai and Ling Tong were stationed, but also the Lu Bu army stationed at the west gate was also attacked by Yuan Jun's madness.

Fortunately, most Yuan Jun soldiers did not break out of the siege, or they could not get rid of the entanglement and fighting of the Allied soldiers at all, they could only watch others break out of the siege, but they wanted to stay and fight desperately.In this way, they held back the Allied soldiers, forcing them to be unable to pursue, and winning precious escape time for those who broke out.

Half an hour later, this sudden breakout battle came to an end.

It really came and went in a hurry, like a gust of wind, it suddenly hit and then quickly dissipated.

But in this short half an hour, of the more than 2000 Yuan troops who left the city to break through, only more than 5000 remained after the war.According to subsequent statistics, among the more than 5000 Yuan troops, as many as [-] died in battle, and the remaining more than [-] people are missing.Obviously, these more than [-] people are the group of people who successfully broke through.

At the same time, the Jiangdong Army stationed at the East Gate suffered huge casualties of nearly 5000 people, and the Lu Bu Army stationed at the West Gate also suffered more than [-] casualties.The casualties and losses of the two groups of troops were almost equal, both suffered heavy losses, and neither took advantage.

Obviously, this was Yuan Jun's last desperate attempt to defend the city. It was no different from a near-death counterattack, and it was also Yuan Shu's last madness.

It is worth noting that Yuan Jun, who went out of the city at night this time, chose to break out of the two city gates, one east and one west, at the same time, and both breakouts were successful.It can be seen from this that Yuan Shu in Huainan was able to dominate Jianghuai for many years, not by luck, but because of his strength.Once Yuan Shu was really pushed into the corner and forced to have nowhere to go, then he would surely usher in a near-death counterattack, a desperate last-ditch effort, and the result would be the scene in front of him.

However, what is quite strange is that Yuan Jun broke through deliberately avoiding the north gate where the Xiliang army was stationed, and the south gate where Li Li's troops were temporarily stationed.Perhaps, this is because Yuan Jun who broke through the siege was extremely afraid of the Xiliang war cavalry under Li Li's command. They were afraid that they would be chased by Xiliang cavalry after breaking through the siege, so they deliberately avoided the two city gates guarded by the Xiliang army.

Little did they know that this move weakened the military strength of Sun Ce and Lu Bu again, which was tantamount to helping Li Li indirectly.This section, I am afraid that Yuan Shu never thought of it in his dreams, or he never thought about it at all, and his mind is full of how to break out of the encirclement.

Just as Yuan Jun successfully broke through the encirclement, Lu Bu and the Jiangdong Army outside the east gate, who suffered heavy casualties again, had no time to care about their own casualties, so they chose to leave a part of the soldiers and horses to intercept and break through Yuan Jun, while they led their own troops. Ma went straight to the city gate, trying to enter the city first and capture and kill Yuan Shu.

It's just that they never expected that the south gate and the north gate would open one after another fifteen minutes after the east and west gates opened.Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang, who was stationed at the main gate, and Gongsun Zan, who was stationed at the south gate, led the army into the city almost at the same time, while the commander Li Li stayed outside the city to wait for news.In addition, originally Sun Ce was also stationed outside the south gate, but when he learned that the camp at the east gate had been raided, he immediately led his troops to help. of Lu Dai.At this time, Xu Huang and Gongsun Zan had already led the troops into the city.

Chapter 034

When the first ray of dawn appeared in the morning, Shouchun City had already changed hands.

The flames cleared and the dust settled.

The streets and alleys in the city were empty, except for the Xiliang soldiers standing at the end of the streets and alleys, there was no one else.

There is not even a wisp of cooking smoke in the huge city, not even the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking, only gusts of cold wind blowing past, cold and silent.

At first glance, there seems to be no human habitation in the city, and the wind is blowing, chilly, and very creepy.

"Da da da!"

With the sound of horseshoes coming from the west gate of the city, the eerie silence was instantly broken, bringing some vitality to this largest city in Huainan.At least it proves that this is not a dead city, and it is still inhabited.It's just that the common people got up a little late today, and the doors are still closed, and they haven't "woke up".

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and then they galloped across the street, heading straight for the State Shepherd's Mansion.

The so-called State Shepherd's Mansion was the previous imperial palace of the Zhong Clan's regime, but it was renamed from midnight last night to restore the original county government.

In addition, this huge and majestic palace is also the temporary residence of General Li Li, that is, the commander-in-chief's residence of the rebellious army.

At the same time, since the midnight of last night, the defense of Shouchun City has been taken over by the Huben Camp under Dianwei's tent, and all four city gates have been controlled by him.The other two troops of the Allied Forces were temporarily stationed outside the city, but moved into the city this afternoon; Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army was stationed in the east of the city, and Lu Bu's Xuzhou Army was stationed in the west of the city.

The Xiliang army under Li Li's command was divided into two, and the Youzhou camp led by Gongsun Zan, Ke Bineng and Ma Dai was still stationed in the camp outside the south gate.More than [-] cavalry led by Huben Ying, Sanqian Jinyanwei, and Xu Huang entered the city.The Huben Battalion took over the defense of the city, Xu Huang's troops maintained law and order in the city, and Jin Niwei was responsible for the guarding of the State Shepherd's Mansion.

The reason why Li Li arranged this way.It was not that Sun Ce and Lu Bu were forbidden to lead their troops into the city overnight, but that they had led their troops out of the city at midnight last night to pursue Yuan Shu, and they have not returned yet.Therefore, the camps of Jiangdong Army and Xuzhou Army are still outside the city for the time being, and they can lead their troops into the city and station them in the city only after they return to the city.

After all, it is the twelfth lunar month of winter.It was too cold to camp outside the city, but it was warmer in the city of the Tunjun.In addition, there are many vacant barracks and houses in the city, enough to station tens of thousands of troops.These houses were all left by Yuan Shu, and they just come in handy right now.

After a night of turmoil, Shouchun City had indeed changed hands and was brought under Li Li's name.

However, Yuan Shu escaped from Shouchun before breaking the city.His whereabouts are still unknown.I don't know whether he fled west or east, or even which city gate he escaped from.But it is certain that Yuan Jun's sudden escape from the city last night was to cover Yuan Shu and his son Yuan Yao's escape. In the end, both Yuan Shu and his son successfully escaped from Shouchun.

Now, although Yuan Shu's whereabouts cannot be determined, it is known that he escaped from the east and west city gates, and the general direction is very clear.So after breaking the city last night, Lu Bu led the wolf cavalry out of the west gate.Searching and pursuing along the way; Sun Ce led the cavalry under the tent out of the east gate and pursued eastward.

State Shepherd House.Main hall lobby.

This is a very luxurious and huge palace, not inferior to the Changle Palace in Chang'an City, even in terms of decoration and all the utensils, its luxury is far better than that of Changle Palace.From this, it is not difficult to see that Yuan Shu is a person who is very good at enjoying himself, with high taste.

At present, the people in Huainan are starving and fleeing everywhere, but Yuan Shu is extravagant and licentious, doing his best to enjoy himself.On this point, Li Li sighed to himself that he was far behind.

But now, this palace has changed owners, and it has become Li Li's general in Huainan.

In the empty hall, Li Ligao sat on Yuan Shu's dragon chair, leaning over his desk and looking through the stacked letters.

These bamboo slips are Huainan military and civilian volumes compiled overnight by Guo Jia, Xun You, and surrendered generals Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin, covering all aspects of the states and counties under Yuan Shu's rule.The first thing to bear the brunt is the rare and exotic toys, precious utensils, gold and silver, money, food, military equipment and other supplies stored in the treasury of Shouchun Mansion.The second is the number of troops and registered population under Yuan Shu's rule, as well as the recent emergency battle reports of the states and counties under Huainan.In addition, there is a roster of hundreds of officials awarded by the Zhong Clan regime and their fiefdoms, the genealogical roster of the Yuan Clan in Huainan, and the detailed registration of concubines, maidservants and eunuchs in the imperial palace, etc.

These various trivial matters may seem inconspicuous, but for the superiors, they should not be careless at all, and dare not slack off at all. They must immediately understand the military affairs and people's livelihood under Yuan Shu's rule, as well as the remaining soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu's command. The roster of aristocratic families in the Jianghuai area who supported and supported him as the emperor.This is a matter of urgency.

Only by knowing Yuan Shu's remnants in time can Li Li make an accurate judgment on the current situation, and then prescribe the right medicine to deal with these remnants.Strive to wipe out the remnants, wipe out the stubborn forces, rectify the administration of officials, and restore normal order in the counties and counties in the shortest possible time.Only in this way can Li Li successfully take over the prefectures and counties left by Yuan Shu, truly gain a firm foothold in Huainan, and then slowly plan to further expand the results of the battle and strengthen his strength.

Up to now, since midnight last night, Li Li has read dozens of bamboo slips and sat for four hours.Even so, there are still half of the letters piled up on the desk that have not been read.According to his reading speed, it is estimated that he will not move his place all day today, and will spend the whole day flipping through the bamboo slips.

The sound of "thumb tom" footsteps came into the hall, and Li Zhi, who had been standing behind Li Li, walked up to him lightly, signaling Guo Jia and the others to keep quiet and not to disturb Li Li's reading of the letter.As expected, Li Li, who was sitting in the upper hall, didn't even raise his head, he still flipped through the bamboo slips by himself, and wrote at his desk from time to time, making instructions on the bamboo slips.These letters of instruction are matters that urgently need to be resolved at present. Every letter that has been reviewed is individually selected by Li Zhi, and then sent to Xun You immediately, so that he can handle it immediately without delay.