Xiaoqi

After Li Li heard the words, he almost spit out a sip of tea, and then his old face blushed, and he said with a smile: "Feng Xiao is too famous. It can't be said that he knows everything well, at most, he has heard about it and knows a little bit about it. Uh, yes, a little bit about it... Hehehe!" Apparently, Guo Jia's words made Li Li realize that he had made a slip of the tongue just now, and he only wanted to express his words quickly, but forgot that he had not set foot in Jiangdong. How could he know what Sun Quan could do?So it was a rare embarrassment for him, and his cheeks were hot, it was all the fault of his foresight, and he went out of his way.

Seeing that Li Li was so modest, even his expression changed, Guo Jia's expression changed slightly, and he immediately changed the subject: "If Sun Zhongmou is really good at scheming, as the name suggests, then as the lord said, once this son takes Jiangdong, it will be very difficult for me. The threat of the army is still greater than that of Sun Ce. However, all people who are good at maneuvering have one thing in common, that is, they must have power in their hands. Only after they are in power will they have the opportunity to play tricks. If there is no chance of power, He is useless, no different from ordinary people, at best, he is a literati with a sharp tongue and good words, and he can't make big waves at all."

Li Li's expression was startled, and he smiled happily: "Feng Xiao's words fit my heart very well!"

Guo Jia smiled humbly and said: "The humble minister was also guided by the lord, so he came to his senses. The lord is the real wise man, and he made a decisive decision to nip the potential threat in the bud. When Sun Quan came under the command of the lord, he completely lost the opportunity to be in charge of Jiangdong and become a superior. After that, even if he has all-powerful abilities, it will not help. You must know that there are not a few people who are scheming in the world, and there are also many people who are proficient in scheming. There are even some people who are well versed in the ways of emperors, but it is a pity that they claim to be capable but have no use for them. It is Sun Quan who has been reduced to a proton. I wonder how the lord respects you?"

"Good, great good! What Feng Xiao said is exactly what I want." Li Lixin nodded, and then smiled at Guo Jia, but the smile was very weird, like a scheming smile that succeeded in a conspiracy, it was creepy and shuddered.

At this time, Bu Zhi interjected, "I wonder if my lord has ever met Sun Quan? If Sun Ce cheats, he finds someone who looks like Sun Quan and pretends to be a fake, so as to deceive the lord. How can we tell the truth?"

Hearing the sound, Li Li looked at Bu Zhi, and praised, "Zi Shan has a delicate mind, and what he said is true. But I have prepared for this, and Zi Shan has a look, this is the portrait of Sun Quan. Just after the discussion, I ordered someone to Give one to Sun Ce, and completely cut off his chances of being lucky." While speaking, Li Li got up and went to the table to take out a brocade portrait, and the handsome young man in the painting was Sun Quan and Sun Zhongmou.

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Chapter 050 The Last Dignity

Time flies, and five days pass in the blink of an eye.

On the evening of the fifth day, a convoy from afar entered the Qianshan Camp.

That night, Sun Ce led more than a dozen well-dressed young men into the tent of the Chinese army commander. After a while, he walked out of the tent alone and walked towards his tent without looking back.

In the early morning of the next day, Sun Ce, who had obtained Li Li's consent, led more than [-] Jiangdong troops to leave the Qianshan Camp and headed straight for the river.

The Jiangdong army left, and Li Li then led the three thousand golden guards to ride out of the camp, facing the icy cold wind, stepping on the white frost and slowly going up the mountain.

By this time, Yuan Shu's remnant army on the mountain had been without water for five days and had been trapped on the top of the mountain for a whole month.

No matter how brave and tenacious Yuan Jun was before, he is at the end of his battle at the moment, just a group of people lingering on their last legs.

"Boom, boom, boom! The Jiangdong army is here, and they are attacking the camp again!"

Before Li Lili's army approached the camp, the soldiers on the high wall of the camp rang the gong to warn the soldiers, yelling loudly at the soldiers who hadn't woken up to get up and guard the camp.

"Hey!" Amidst a loud shout, a burly golden guard soldier stepped forward and shouted: "Listen up, the defeated soldiers in the city! Therefore, I think that God has the virtue of good life, and now I am lenient to you and others, and those who voluntarily surrender will not be blamed, and those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy!"

After a pause, the soldier called out to take a deep breath, and then roared loudly like a bell: "Within a stick of incense, you can make up your own mind, please come and answer Yuan Shu quickly. We won't wait when it's too late!"

"Ask for the leader of the Yuan Alliance?"

"The general of the world's soldiers and horses?"

"General Li Li is here in person!"

The defenders on the tower of the camp wall shouted in shock, and finally all focused on the sensitive word "General Li Li". Other than that, most of them didn't understand who was shouting from the bottom of the city. say something.Actually don't listen.They also knew the meaning of the other party's shouting. After all, they had raised their voices many times before, and the content was roughly the same, nothing more than persuading them to surrender.

However, it is the same shouting and persuasion, but different people have different results.Soldiers under Sun Ce's tent stepped forward to shout out, but the soldiers guarding the camp on the tower seemed indifferent, and the left ear went in more than the right ear.Didn't take this persuasion seriously at all.But at this moment, the soldiers under Li Li's command stepped forward to shout, but caused a commotion among the guards at the camp gate.The moment many soldiers heard the call, they subconsciously let go of their weapons.I can't wait to open the gate immediately, leave the camp and ask for surrender.

I didn't eat a full meal for several days, and I didn't drink a drop of water for three whole days.The soldiers guarding the camp were so hungry that their chests stuck to their backs, and their lips were so thirsty that they were chapped.The cheeks were scratched by the cold wind.His face was blood red and blood was oozing out.As a result, the soldiers had to wrap their heads and faces in black sackcloth, leaving only two eyes and noses exposed, even so their bodies were still cold.

This kind of cold, hungry, hungry and thirsty days, Yuan Jun soldiers in the camp really couldn't survive a day.However, the surrounding area of ​​the camp is completely surrounded, there is no way to retreat, no way to escape, leaving the camp is courting death!

until now.Yuan Jun in the camp had been besieged for a month, and also suffered from the cold for a month.In the second half of the month, I started to starve again, and in the last three days, I couldn't even drink saliva.Just in the past three days, more than [-] soldiers have been frozen to death or starved to death.

It is said that these corpses, together with nearly a thousand wounded soldiers who were injured before, were all dragged by Yuan Shu's personal soldiers to the cliff in Houzhai and thrown down, falling to pieces.The purpose of doing this is just to save food and bedding for winter, nothing more.And those wounded soldiers have not received any medical treatment since the day they were injured, and now they are directly thrown off the cliff, reduced to the prey of wolves, tigers and leopards, without a place to die.

The stone cave on the top of the mountain is now the "bedroom" of Emperor Zhong's Yuan Shu.

The entrance of the cave is very small, allowing only one person to pass through, but the space inside the cave is not small, and it is very deep. There are many small caves in the twists and turns, and the entire cave can accommodate two to three hundred people.But now only Yuan Shu and his "Three Dukes and Nine Qings" live here, as well as a dozen or so village girls who were captured by stealing sheep during their escape. Now they are "concubines" serving the "Emperor".

Originally, there were already ready-made camp tents in the cottage, but Yuan Shu didn't even bother to carry bedding to keep warm while fleeing with his army, so the tent on the top of the mountain had air leaks from all sides, making it extremely cold.As a last resort, Yuan Shu had no choice but to abandon the tent and hide in the cave.Although the cave is surrounded by icy stone walls, it is better because the entrance of the cave is small and can block the wind. As long as there is a charcoal fire in the cave, the cave will be as warm as spring in a short time.The only inconvenience is that the cave is very dark and it is not easy to walk around. You have to bend your waist when entering and exiting.

"Report!"

The sun was rising, and Yuan Shu, who had a drowsy head, just woke up from his sleep. The clumsy maid helped him put on the "Dragon Robe". Yuan Shu frowned immediately, very displeased.

Before Yuan Shu could get angry, the soldiers hurriedly said: "My lord,,, uh, no, Your Majesty, something bad happened, something bad happened!"

"Uh!" Yuan Shu was stunned when he heard the sound, and then angrily shouted: "As my close guard, you are so rash and reckless, how is it proper? I will tell you in detail what happened, so don't panic!" Although he was unhappy, But Yuan Shu still forcibly suppressed his anger, and directly asked about the business.After all, now is an extraordinary period, at the time of life and death, how to survive the current crisis and escape the genius is the top priority, and other trivial matters are not worth mentioning.

Yuan Shu's stern reprimand did not change the panic of the soldiers, but made him even more terrified. He trembled all over, and reported tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the Xiliang army is here. General Li Li led the Xiliang iron cavalry up the mountain. , right now in front of Qianying Pass!"

"Ah! Bang, boom, boom!" Yuan Shu was shocked when he heard the words, and accidentally knocked over the wooden basin in the maidservant's hand, causing the half basin of hot water carefully prepared by the maidservant to fall to the ground with a bang, and the steaming hot water spilled over. On the ground, watching the maidservants serving on the side and the trembling soldiers gulping down, sighing inwardly.

Indeed, how precious is the water in the camp nowadays!A bowl of water can save a soldier's life, but such a precious half basin of water was accidentally knocked to the ground by Yuan Shu, and the water seeping into the crevices of the rocks is enough to save the lives of a dozen soldiers .

In addition, the water used by Yuan Shu for washing his face and bathing every day is actually the rations of the soldiers guarding around the cave and the "concubines" in the cave. precious.But now, the water was spilled, and the drinking water for the soldiers and maidservants was also cut off for half a day.

While the servants and soldiers were staring at the water stains that quickly disappeared on the ground, Yuan Shu fell to the ground with his legs limp.And he happened to be sitting on the water stain, but he didn't realize it. He looked at the dark stone wall not far away with a dull expression, his eyes were dull, and he looked devastated.

Seeing that Yuan Shu was still sitting on it after overturning his own life-saving water, a trace of indignation appeared on the frightened and panicked face of the soldiers, as if righteous indignation was hard to appease, and jealousy arose in his heart.Immediately, I don't know where he got the courage, or he was willing to go all out, and said to Yuan Shu in a deep voice: "General Li Li sent someone to shout before the pass, and ordered His Majesty to appear before sunrise to answer, and we will not wait when it is too late!" Afterwards, the guards didn't even look at Yuan Shu, turned around and left, and their backs were straight and their steps were steady, as if they had made up their minds not to follow Yuan Shu all the way to the dark.

Yuan Shu didn't notice the abnormal behavior of the soldiers at all, and didn't realize how precious the washing water he accidentally knocked over was, and he didn't know that the half basin of washing water actually caused the soldiers who had been loyal to him to have a different mind. Like a stranger.

At this moment, Yuan Shu's mind was blank, and an extremely cold and oppressive breath of death welled up in his heart, and then spread throughout his body, completely enveloping him, unable to get rid of it, and unable to struggle.Before, he was still thinking about how to survive the catastrophe and escape, but the moment he heard that Li Li led the army up the mountain, he knew that he had no chance of escape.

Sitting alone on the water stains in a daze for a long time, Yuan Shu slowly came back to his senses and came to his senses. Gu Zi shook his head lightly, and said in a low voice of self-pity: "Thinking of me, Yuan Shu claims to be a hero in the world. The dynasty of the clan ruled the world. Unexpectedly, when the imperial power was first established, it was besieged by various princes and joined forces to crusade. As a result, I, Yuan Shu, fell to this point, hiding in a cave and lingering. The world is changing, dangerous and unpredictable. For a moment, the sea has changed! Forget it, the Zhong Dynasty has ceased to exist, and I, Yuan Shu, have no face in the world. If you have nothing to love, you might as well go back!"

While muttering to himself, Yuan Shu struggled to get up, and the servant girl who was serving at the side tried to step forward to help him, but he waved his hand away.After finally standing up, he didn't care about his appearance, didn't wash and wash, ignored the mud on the dragon robe, walked out of the cave slowly with disheveled hair, and walked towards the Qianmen camp step by step.

With two shots in the sun, Yuan Shu appeared on the gate tower of Yuanmen, looking down at Li Li who was a hundred paces away with a blank expression.

"Could it be that the general came here to persuade him to surrender? I don't know what position the general promised Yuan, the position of Sangong or the position of Jiuqing?" Standing on the tower, Yuan Shu asked directly without a word of politeness. .

The moment Yuan Shu appeared, Li Lice stepped forward and stopped fifty paces in front of the gate.After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Li Li said in a calm voice: "General Gao is a descendant of a famous family. He established the Zhong Dynasty two years ago. He claims to be the Emperor of the Zhong Dynasty. He can be regarded as the current king. Not long ago, Li passed by Shu County I learned that brother Gonglu had built the mausoleum for the late Mrs. Bulao three years ago, which made Li very grateful. Therefore, Li has no other intentions here, but to send General Gonglu a ride and save his life. Brother Lu's final dignity as a king. That's all."

Chapter 051

After Sun Ce left with his army, Li Li stayed in Qianshan camp for three days.

During this period, Guo Jia was ordered to lead the iron cavalry of the Huben camp to the riverside, and held a symbolic ceremony to send Sun Ce and his army back to Jiangdong.

This time Sun Ce led his army across the river in an extremely hasty trip. It took less than three days from the time he decided to lead his army to leave Jiangbei to the time when the army boarded the ship.Therefore, the Jiangdong soldiers who were stranded in the north of Wanxian County had no time to rush to the riverside. Even when Sun Ce received the order to withdraw troops, he had already boarded the ship, crossed the river in a hurry, and returned to Jiangdong.

In this way, Sun Ce had nearly [-] soldiers and horses under his tent, but only [-] soldiers boarded the ship and returned to Jiangdong.

At the same time that Sun Ce withdrew from Jiangbei, Guo Jia dispatched troops to take over the city, and at the same time sent a message to Lu Su, who was sitting in Shouchun, to lead the scribes and officials who had prepared in advance to Wan County and 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 the army to supervise the withdrawal of Sun Ce and the Jiangdong army from Lujiang, while Li Li led the army to stay in Qianshan to wipe out Yuan Shu and the defeated generals under his command in Huainan.

Looking back at that day, the scene where Li Lili's army went up the mountain to persuade Yuan Shu to surrender was enough to amaze the world and it will be recorded in history forever.

At that time, Yuan Shao came out to test Li Li, asking him what position he wanted to promise to surrender himself.

Li Li replied: "This trip is not to say surrender, but to repay Yuan Shu's kindness in building Mrs. Bulao's mausoleum in the past, so I came here to see him off in person, fulfilling the dignity of the king as Emperor Zhong."

As soon as this statement came out, the soldiers of the two armies inside and outside the camp were extremely shocked.Everyone thought that Yuan Shu would be furious after hearing the words, and would rather fight to the end than surrender.However, what they never expected was that.After Yuan Shu heard Li Li's words, instead of being furious, he nodded slightly in relief, and a sincere smile of gratitude appeared on his thin and pale face.