Xiaoqi

It is true that Li Li's words were extremely cruel, and it was like adding insult to injury and killing them all.However, except for Li Li.No one would have thought that these words coincided with Yuan Shu's own state of mind that had no interest in life.Perhaps in the eyes of most people. Words such as "send you a ride and preserve your last dignity" are not good words for Yuan Shu who is in a desperate situation, and are extremely unpleasant, but the facts are completely opposite.What Li Li said was exactly the ideal answer that Yuan Shu wanted to hear most.It is also the best result he wants.

Yuan Shu, the emperor of the Zhong family.When all the prefectures and counties under his rule were lost and the imperial capital fell, the regime he established came to an end, and the dynasty no longer existed.What's more, after he escaped from Shouchun, he had no more land and no chance to stand up. In addition, there were strong enemies before and pursuers behind, so his life had come to an end.

When he was on the verge of death, Yuan Shu would never believe any promises made by officials to persuade him to surrender.And these are not what he wants.At this time, it is to him to make a wish or show mercy.It's meaningless at all, what he really wants after his death is not to be beheaded or flogged by other princes, not to be brutally corpsed for three days like Dong Zhuo, with his head in a different place, and he even wants to preserve his dignity as a king.During his lifetime, he was the emperor of the Zhong clan, the king who ruled the world. After his death, he was still the king, and he was still the founding emperor of the Zhong clan regime.

As for Yuan Shu's final request, Li Li satisfied him, and revealed that he had built a mausoleum for the step trainer's mother, which made Li Li very grateful.And this gratitude is undoubtedly sincere, because Yuan Shu has reached the last moment of his desperation, there is absolutely no need for Li Li to deceive him, and it is really not worthwhile to act like a villain.

Because of this, Yuan Shu smiled gratefully towards Li Li, but in the eyes of Li Li and the soldiers of the two armies, his smiling face was indescribably bleak, and Li Li couldn't bear to look at it.

"In the past, Situ Wangyun left his last words before his death: 'When a bird is about to die, its cry is mournful; Before this, Yuan always thought that this was a story deliberately fabricated by Wenchang, and he should not be trusted, but now Yuan knows that what Wang Situ said is true, and that Wenchang is indeed a real husband in the world!"

Standing on the tower, Yuan Shu remembered a lot of rumors about Li Li, so he expressed his feelings and even praised his opponent Li Li in public.

After a pause, Yuan Shu tidied up the dragon robe on his body, then looked at Li Li who had reined in his horse and stopped by the city, and stared for a while.At this moment, Yuan Shu looked at Li Li with extremely complicated eyes. There was not only the resentment that Li Lili's army defeated him, but also the respect for the opponent as a loser, and there was also a hint of admiration and expectation from the elders to the younger generation.

There are talented people from generation to generation.Yuan Shu would never admit that Li Li, a rising star, was better and stronger than himself before, but now he admits from the bottom of his heart that Li Li is stronger than him, both in terms of culture and martial arts.Therefore, he was not wronged. He was defeated by such an excellent and powerful young man as Li Li, and he was convinced.Perhaps, he was afraid of Li Li from the beginning, because he had never faced Li Li head-on before, and even secretly showed his favor to Li Li, took care of the Bufu family for Li Li, and treated the deceased Bufu with the gift of a prince. The old lady built a mausoleum.

Staring at Li Li for a long while, Yuan Shi said indifferently: "Before leaving, Yuan told Wen Chang: 'The princes of the Central Plains are treacherous, and the great cause has not yet been completed, so we must pay attention to it'. From now on, Wen Chang must not be careless, lest he 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 all the soldiers in this life, but the soldiers have not failed me. Please allow me an hour in Wenchang, and I will enter the camp in the afternoon. Let this go, Wenchang is so precious!" After speaking, Yuan Shu turned around resolutely and walked down the tower slowly.

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

In the tent in the middle of the camp, Li Li saw Yuan Shu wearing a brand-new dragon robe, and he committed suicide while sitting on a nondescript dragon chair.On the desk on his right was a sandalwood box that had been wiped spotless. The lid was opened, and inside was the shining imperial jade seal.

Apart from Yuan Shu who swung his sword and killed himself, there were two corpses in the camp.After being identified by the surrendered general Ji Ling, the man in the two corpses was Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu's number one advisor, and the woman was Fang Shi, Yuan Shu's favorite concubine.

Li Li stayed beside the dead Yan Xiang for quite a while, then waved his hand to signal Li Zhi to take the jade seal of Shangguo, turned and walked out of the camp.However, after walking out of the tent, Li Li stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at Ji Ling behind him, his eyes were deep and cold, and said in a deep voice: "Yan Xiang didn't commit suicide, but deliberately made it look like he committed suicide after being killed." Ji Ling, you are Yuan Shu's most important general, you should know who was left in the camp before Yan Xiang was killed?"

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

"Forget it, the matter has come to an end, so there is no need to pursue it any further." Just as Ji Ling was scratching his head to prepare his speech, Li Li shook his head slightly, staring at him coldly with deep eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Death is like a lamp going out. , everything is over. Since you have led the army back to me, you will not have any disagreements in the future. As long as you do your best to serve me, I will naturally not treat you badly. Divide the corpses by five horses and exterminate the nine clans!"

Bending down to listen to Li Li's words, Ji Ling's forehead was covered with bean-sized cold sweat, trembling all over, as if he was sweating from fright.After Li Li finished speaking, he knelt down on the ground with a plop, bowed down and said, "Thank you, my lord, for not killing me! As my lord said, Yan Xiang was indeed killed by the last general. This thief relied on His Majesty to kill him." ,,, oh no, relying on Yuan Shu's favor and trust, he repeatedly excluded and demoted the junior general, and even offered slanderous words to let Lu Bu replace the position of the junior general. However, the last general endured it and didn't bother with him, but he actually persuaded Yuan Shu to use it Chuan Guo Yuxi threatened the lord so that he could escape. For this reason, the last general stabbed him to death in a rage, and then he knew that Yuan Shu did not listen to Yan Xiang's words, let alone broke his promise to the lord. However, Yan Xiang is the last one after all. If you kill him, you will eventually be convicted, please punish me, my lord!"

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

Perhaps there was a grudge between Ji Ling and Yan Xiang long ago, but they just held back and didn't let it out until today when they took the opportunity to kill Yan Xiang.However, Ji Ling's loyalty to Yuan Shu is beyond doubt.Even though Yuan Shu was dead at this moment, he still respected Yuan Shu very much and never slandered Yuan Shu.

This made Li Li appreciate it very much, and it greatly changed his attitude towards Ji Ling's conduct, at least not as disgusting as before.And the reason why Li Li hates Ji Ling is precisely because he kills his colleague Yan Xiang without authorization. This is the most unbearable thing Li Li can do. up.

Fortunately, Ji Ling woke up in time, took the initiative to confess the truth, and asked for punishment.This made Li Li look at him high, and he let go of the grudge in his heart, and really didn't care about Yan Xiang's killing.It was also from this moment that Li Li accepted Ji Ling's surrender, stopped being suspicious, and planned to let him stay in the army and entrust him with reuse.

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

On the third day, Li Lili's army left Qianshan Camp and moved to Wan County.When Sun Ce led the army back, Li Li ordered Lu Su to take over the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang with full power, dispatched Xu Huang to lead [-] infantry to station Lujiang, and ordered Dianwei to lead the Huben camp to Shouchun and guard Jiangbei.

Half a month later, the construction of Yuan Shu's mausoleum was completed.Li Li personally led the generals under the account and the officials under Yuzhou to Qianshan to hold a funeral and bury Yuan Shu, and allowed Yuan Yao to observe mourning for his father for three years.

At this point, the Huainan War ended.After the war, Yuan Shu killed himself, Sun Ce led his army across the river in a panic, and all the Jiangbei counties under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou were brought under Li Li's name.Later, as Bocai led his army to station in Huainan, Dianwei's troops stationed in Shouchun, and Xu Huang led his troops to guard the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Xiliang Army and the Jiangdong Army faced each other across the river, guarding against each other, and each seeking development, forming a plan. The pattern of rule by the river.

Chapter 052

The news that Yuan Shu in Huainan committed suicide by suicide in Qianshan spread like wildfire, and within ten days it spread throughout the states of the Han Dynasty, and fell into the ears of the princes of all towns.

However, the princes of the towns couldn't help sighing when they heard the news, but they were not surprised. It seemed that all this had been expected, and what should have happened finally happened.

The only thing that surprised the vassals was that they never thought that Yuan Shu would lose so quickly and so thoroughly that he would finally be on the verge of desperation.

If the news of Yuan Shu's defeat and death was not enough to surprise the princes of the towns, then Li Li's subsequent act of burying Yuan Shu with the prince's ceremony and allowing Yuan Yao to guard the spirit of his father surprised the princes. Believe my ears, my jaw almost dropped.

Is this what Li Li did?

The princes expressed doubts about this, but the facts speak louder than words, and everyone's eyes are discerning.On the day of the burial, more than [-] people from various counties in Yuzhou, Jiujiang and Lujiang attended the funeral together and witnessed this scene with their own eyes.

For this reason, the princes of the various towns felt sympathetic, and they kept silent and watched from the sidelines without any gossip.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the spring of the fourth year of Jian'an, which is the middle of February in 199 AD.

On the seventh day of Yuan Shu's death, the emperor's edict, which had disappeared for two years, reappeared in the Central Plains, and quickly spread to all states and counties of the Han Dynasty, causing an uproar.

In an instant, a stone stirred up a thousand waves.With the appearance of the emperor's edict, the battlefield in Hebei, which was still in the truce period, boiled instantly, and the troops of all parties who had rested for a winter regrouped and prepared their troops.ready to move.

Beacon smoke rose suddenly, war horses neighed, and the smoke cloud of war shrouded Jizhou again.And quickly spread to the entire Central Plains.

And the source of all this is that after Huainan Yuan Shu, another emperor appeared in the world.

In mid-February of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao of Jizhou ascended the throne in Yecheng and proclaimed himself emperor.Jia Zun Ninth Five-Year, succeed to the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and rule the world.Yuan Shao became the empress.Announced to the world that the name of the Han Dynasty will still be used, with Yecheng as the imperial capital, and his father Yuan Feng will be posthumously named "Emperor Ren".Posthumous title of Han Emperor Liu Xie "Xiandi".

at the same time.After proclaiming himself emperor without authorization, Yuan Shao issued an imperial edict amnesty for the whole world, appointed three lords, nine ministers and hundreds of officials, and brought all the princes of all towns under his command, and greatly rewarded them.

In this imperial edict, Yuan Shaochi appointed Cao Cao in Yanzhou as Situ and Prime Minister Lu, Liu Biao in Jingzhou as Taiwei, and Liu Zhang in Yizhou as Sikong.Lu Bu of Xuzhou was the general, and Sun Ce of Jiangdong was the general of the hussars.Gongsun Du in Liaodong was the General of Chariots and Cavalry, and Ke Bineng was the General of the Guards, and there were more than [-] people, including almost all the famous advisers and generals under the tents of the princes in various towns.The last one was Li Li from Xiliang. Yuan Shaochi named him General Xiaoqi, and specifically stated his duty to guard the Western Regions forever.

This is the general content of the emperor's edict that spread throughout the world within ten days.

Obviously, the imperial edict issued after Yuan Shao proclaimed emperor this time undoubtedly humiliated Li Li severely, so that Li Li's generals stationed in various states were filled with righteous indignation and sent troops to attack Jizhou immediately.

On the third day after Yuan Shao established the country and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Liao, who was ordered to garrison Youzhou, led an army of more than [-] Youzhou to attack first.In this battle, Zhang Liao's [-]-step cavalry was the central army, Zhao Yun's Wushuang cavalry was the left army, and Zhang Yan's Feiyan Qingqi was the right army.

At the same time, Zhou Yu, who was stationed in Hanoi, also dispatched troops and led [-] cavalry into Jizhou and went straight to Yecheng.

At this moment, Li Li, who had just won the great victory in the Southern Expedition, quietly returned to Luoyang.Immediately, while mobilizing an army to come to Sili, he rushed to Jizhou non-stop, intending to join forces with Zhou Yu's army.

Jizhou, Wei County.

The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the grass is growing and the warblers are flying. The sound of "da da" horseshoes galloped past, ravaging the inch-long new grass and green shoots on both sides of the road, and then went straight to Liyang camp.

As the brigade of cavalry got closer and closer, the guards at the camp gate, who had already received the news, opened the gate, and the battalion leader Zhou Yu led his generals out of the camp to greet them.

Not long after, Li Lili led Jin Yanwei and the two battalions of the trapped camp to ride [-] paces to the Yuanmen, dismounted and met Zhou Yu, Huan Fei, Xu Chu and other generals who had been waiting for a long time.

This is the reunion between Li Li and the generals stationed in Hebei after a long absence.Since Li Lili's army marched eastward in the second year of Jian'an, it has been a full year and six months since they met each other. It was not until this conquest of Jizhou that they were able to reunite.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the army entered the camp, and the chief minister walked into the tent of the Chinese army commander hand in hand.

After taking his seat, Li Li said with a smile: "For more than a year, it is fortunate that Gong Jin led the army to contain Yuan Shao's army, making it difficult for them to advance. In addition, it is precisely because of your hard work that you have greatly curbed Cao Cao's attack in Yanzhou. With the momentum of development, he kept his soldiers and horses in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and had no time to look around. Therefore, you have made great contributions, and if the crusade against Yuan Shao is successful in one fell swoop, it will all be due to your contribution!"

"My lord is serious." Hearing Li Li's praise, Zhou Yu stood up on behalf of the generals under his tent and said respectfully: "The last general was ordered to garrison Hanoi and contain Yuan Shao's army. This is his duty, how dare he take credit for it? "

After being self-effacing, Zhou Yu paused, turned to look at the generals present, and continued, "Today, the lord came to Jizhou in person, and the last general will report the truth on behalf of the generals. I am ashamed to say that the last general has led the army to Hanoi County so far. , for nearly two years, but has been trapped in the same place, and has not accomplished an inch. For this reason, the last general and the soldiers under the tent are deeply ashamed, so the last general volunteered to be the vanguard of the former army and lead the army to attack Yecheng. I implore the Lord to help you As soon as these words came out, Huan Fei, Xu Chu, Pang De, He Man and other generals under the tent all echoed their words, willing to be the vanguard of the former army and volunteered to fight.

Obviously, as Zhou Yu said, Huan Fei, Xu Chu and other generals were indeed suffocated.They were ordered to garrison Hanoi County, and they have been on the defensive for more than a year. Occasionally sending troops to attack the city is also a bluff feint, which plays a role in containing the Jizhou army.During the period, the soldiers and horses of the various battalions who followed Li Li made great achievements repeatedly, regaining Youzhou, sweeping down the barbarians outside the Great Wall, and now they have calmed down Huainan and stood on the Yangtze River.Each of these piles and pieces are all extraordinary achievements, which are enough to shine in the annals of history and leave their names in history.However, Zhou Yu, Huan Fei, Xu Chu and others could only sit on the sidelines and couldn't intervene at all. This kind of torment of unbearable itching, anxious but unable to do anything, tortured the generals and made them restless and miserable.

However, as Li Li said, Zhou Yu's army stationed in Hebei was not without achievements.Although this army did not have the merits of attacking the city, it greatly restrained Yuan Shao of Jizhou and the army of Jizhou under his tent, forcing him to be troubled by the front and back, and to face the enemy. For two years, he did not dare to act rashly and stayed in place.

The most rare thing and the most easily overlooked is that due to the rear containment of the army of Yanzhou Cao Cao and Youzhou Zhangliao, Zhou Yu's army can easily cross the Yellow River, and then firmly wedged into Jizhou like a nail, stuck in Jizhou On the gateway to Hanoi County.In this way, the dream of Yuan Shao in Jizhou trying to rely on the Yellow River as a barrier was broken in one fell swoop, thus forcing the Jizhou army to be in an extremely passive defensive situation at the beginning of the war, trapped on all sides, surrounded by enemies, the situation was critical, and it was always on the verge of crumbling danger.

Not only that, due to the existence of Zhang Liao's army in Youzhou and Zhou Yu's army in Hanoi, not only trapped Yuan Shao in Jizhou, but also indirectly restrained and contained all the troops of Cao Cao in Yanzhou, making him watch Li Lili's army attack the city, rapidly expand the territory and strengthen its strength , But dare not act rashly, helpless, can only sit and guard the land of the two states, sigh with admiration, and sigh endlessly.Because the army of Zhang Liao in Youzhou is behind, not only besieging Jizhou, but also posing a great threat to Qingzhou; while Zhou Yu's army and Chen Bing are in the front, they can not only besiege Yecheng, but also deter Yanzhou.In addition, Jia Xu's army, who is in charge of Sili, poses a direct threat to Yanzhou, and can send troops to attack Chen Liu at any time.

This is the value of Zhou Yu's troops stationed in Hanoi County. Although they did not achieve substantial military exploits, they played a key role that cannot be ignored in Li Lili's army's expedition to Youzhou in the east and Huainan in the south, and made great contributions.