Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

It turned out that after Sun Ce killed Li Feng that day, he entered the city with Zhuge Jin as an envoy and presented Li Feng's head to Lu Kang.

Zhuge Jin told Lu Kang that Yuan Shu was originally a rebellious minister and traitor, and now he has been defeated by Li Yi. It may not last long. Sun Ce did not want to be implicated by Yuan Shu, so he intentionally attached himself to Lu Kang's command, and hoped that Lu Kang would accept it.

Lu Kang was naturally very surprised by Sun Ce's sudden request to surrender. After all, both sides were jealous before, and now Sun Ce suddenly said that he would join him. The answer is very simple and clear.

Li Yi is Sun Ce's enemy. Even if Sun Ce dies, he will not take refuge in Li Yi. The rest of Danyang and Wu County have Yuan Shu's power here. Li Yi has hatred again, and Tang Hao is likely to be afraid to accept Sun Ce because he is afraid of Li Yi.

Therefore, in Yangzhou, only Lu Kang can take in Sun Ce.

Of course, there was one requirement for Sun Ce to seek refuge with Lu Kang, that is, once Li Yi defeated Yuan Shu in the future, Lu Kang must save Sun Ce's life.

Lu Kang has been an official all his life, and his mind is naturally delicate, but Zhuge Jin's explanation is reasonable, and Li Feng's head is also true. He deduced it several times by himself, and he also felt that Sun Ce wanted to survive in the cracks of Yangzhou's forces, so he had to rely on him only then.

Lu Kang and Li Yi don't have a deep friendship, but his reputation is high enough, and Li Yi is a person who cares about his reputation very much, so as long as Sun Ce doesn't deliberately trouble Li Yi, Lu Kang is sure to save Sun Ce's life.

Moreover, Lu Kang had another plan in his heart. If Li Yi really wanted to do that disobedience in the future, Sun Ce would be there, and Sun Ce had a grudge against Li Yi, so he could definitely help him.

Therefore, after meeting Zhuge Jin, Lu Kang basically decided to accept Sun Ce, but Lu Kang was more careful in his actions. When they met for the first time, he asked Sun Ce to enter the city alone to show his sincerity. He went to see Lu Kang alone, and expressed his willingness to hand over his soldiers and horses to Lu Kang for deployment.

Therefore, Lu Kang no longer doubted Sun Ce, only thought that Sun Ce voted sincerely, and was very happy. Several people seized the city gate and let the army from outside the city enter the city.

Originally, the guards in the city of Wan County were very strict. Even if Sun Ce was good at martial arts, he would not be able to take down the city gate with more than a dozen people. However, Sun Ce surrendered Lu Kang during the day. In the face of foreign enemies, the nerves that had been tense for several months immediately relaxed, so the guarding of the city was very common, which allowed Sun Ce to succeed in one blow.

After Sun Ce's army entered the city, they were unprepared both mentally and physically, from generals to ordinary soldiers, so the battle was almost one-sided. Before dawn, Sun Ce had already grasped the situation in Wan County. All the members of the Lu family, including Lu Kang, were killed by Sun Ce.

Chapter 525 Siege of Shouchun

When deciding to use the peace talks to force against Sun Ce, Li Yi thought that Sun Ce would probably choose Lujiang as his foundation in the future, that is, launch a strong attack on Lu Kang again.

Li Yi, Kuai Yue and others made an analysis based on the previous battle in Lujiang. They almost agreed that it would take at least two or three months for Sun Ce to completely defeat Lu Kang. It will increase, so although Li Yi has begun to care about Sun Ce, Sun Ce's threat level is still relatively low in Li Yi's eyes.

It's just that no matter how good the plan is, there will inevitably be accidents. Li Yi never thought that Sun Ce not only turned against Yuan Shu, but also defeated Lu Kang in just two days, which is shorter than the time it took for the two sides to fight in the original history. many.

While Li Yi was feeling emotional, he couldn't help but began to worry that Sun Ce would quickly gain power in Lujiang, posing a threat to him. After thinking about it, Li Yi ordered a suspension of the march, and temporarily set up a mourning hall in Yinling City to commemorate Lu Kang and the deceased. The members of the Lu family killed by Sun Ce.

The commemoration was very noisy. Li Yi not only took his subordinates to mourn for Lu Kang, but also asked the big families in the city to participate, and even called many people to come to worship Lu Kang.

According to Li Yi, Lu Kang's heart can show the sun and the moon, and the Lu family is also full of loyalty. Now that he has been murdered, he is heartbroken. If the loyal people can't rest in peace, he really has no intention of marching.

Although Li Yi's actions were for show, and Lu Kang was praised a bit too high, but because Lu Kang is indeed a loyal man in essence, and because the court owes Lu Kang, he still has many qualities in him. Strong tragic color, and since ancient times, tragic heroes are the most touching and resonant, so under Li Yi's promotion, it didn't take long for Lu Kang to become a big man in the eyes of Yangzhou people A character like Yue Wumu.

At the same time as doing so, Li Yi also went to the emperor, and sincerely talked about Lu Kang's affairs, hoping that the imperial court could give some rewards and preferential treatment to the descendants of the Lu family, so as to appease the loyal hearts, and let the people of the world regard Lu Kang as their leader. example.

It took Li Yi five days to do these things.

Some of Li Yi's subordinates were naturally puzzled, thinking that Li Yi didn't have to spend so much energy on Lu Kang, but Li Yi didn't take it seriously, he thought it was necessary and very cost-effective to do so.

Because Lu Kang died at the hands of Sun Ce, the higher Li Yi will praise Lu Kang and let the court recognize this hero to the greatest extent, then Sun Ce will have the notoriety of indiscriminate killing of loyal ministers firmly on his back, and he will become Sun Ce A huge block on the road to development, unless Li Yi died, and unless Sun Ce's power developed to the point where the court had to pay attention, it was almost impossible for Sun Ce to be appointed by the court before that.

Youdao is not right and wrong. Although the Han Dynasty is already a dilapidated house and leaking rain, the skeleton is still there. Without the appointment of the court, no matter how hard Sun Ce is, Li Yi can classify him as a first-class bandit. Yes, it is difficult for Sun Ce to win the hearts of the people, whether it is the common people or the aristocratic family.

It can be said that although Li Yi's move did not directly fight Sun Ce, it also restricted Sun Ce's development to a large extent.

And more coincidentally, when Li Yi paid homage to Lu Kang in Yinling, Yuan Shu also did the same thing in Shouchun.

Yuan Shu denied the fact that he had sent troops to attack Lu Kang when he paid homage to Lu Kang, and completely pushed the matter to Sun Ce, and wrote to the emperor. It is hoped that the court can convict Sun Ce and remove Sun Ce's title of title inherited from his father.

Because Li Yi was thinking about those people under Sun Ce, his actions against Sun Ce were all on the sidelines, and he didn't even mention Sun Ce's name, but Yuan Shu directly tore it up, which shows Yuan Shu's hatred for Sun Ce's betrayal.

Ever since, although Sun Ce won Wan County, he was also suppressed by the two big bosses. It was destined that his future life would not be smooth sailing, but Sun Ce didn't know it yet.

After making certain arrangements for Lu Kang and Sun Ce, Li Yi's focus turned to Yuan Shu again, and he began to march towards Xiquyang. However, to Li Yi's surprise, the soldiers and horses in Xiquyang City had voluntarily withdrawn. Even the number of young and strong people in the city has decreased a lot. After Li Yi inquired, he learned that all those young and strong people were dragged to Shouchun by Yuan Shu to guard the city. As for Xiquyang, they naturally gave up.

Therefore, Li Yi took over Xiquyang without hindrance, and after settling down for a day, he led the army and continued to march westward, all the way to the city of Shouchun, which also represented the beginning of the offensive and defensive battle of Shouchun.

Li Yi has traveled through many places so far. In his eyes, Xiangyang is the most difficult city in the world to conquer. The reason is very simple. The moat in Xiangyang is too domineering. The football field is long, and people standing on the edge of the moat, looking at the rolling waves of the river from time to time, sometimes even can't help feeling a sense of powerlessness similar to facing the sea.

Apart from Xiangyang, the other most difficult to conquer is Shouchun.

The moat in Shouchun is not as big as that in Xiangyang, but it is not too bad. The widest part is forty or fifty feet, which is about 150 meters, and the narrowest part is more than twenty feet. It is said that ordinary soldiers will be desperate, even if it is Li Yi who cheats, there is no good way.

swim over, huh

Crossing the river by boat is a living target on the river. Even if you get to the opposite side by chance, you can only wait for death without siege equipment and bunkers.

Therefore, if you want to launch a direct attack on Shouchun, you can only attack in the direction of the four city gates. There are bridges connecting the opposite bank and the city gate. Take the siege equipment directly to the city and launch an offensive.

However, although it is possible to attack in this way, there is a very fatal problem, because although the bridge at the gate of the city gate is relatively wide, it is only relative. Usually, it is no problem for the common people to walk, but if the army is charged, it is obviously not enough. .

As long as the guarding side arranges two thousand archers on the left and right walls of the city gate to shoot arrows at the front of the city gate, it will form a system that is often seen in games.

At the same time, Li Yi also vigorously encouraged the people to cultivate unowned land and reclaim wasteland. According to Li Yi's slogan, no piece of land is allowed to be idle. As long as there are [-] acres of idle land, the acting county magistrate will be replaced immediately. Correspondingly, which county has the best farming work, the agent can directly become a regular.

Li Yi worked hard for food. He really didn't want a famine in Yangzhou in the coming year. In addition, in order to win Yangzhou's hearts and make it easier for him to fully control Yangzhou in the future, he chose to show his favor to Yangzhou's aristocratic family through the appointment of officials as soon as he came up.

Although this battle is aimed at Yangzhou, Li Yi's position has always been very clear. His enemy is Yuan Shu, not the whole of Yangzhou. Therefore, Li Yi didn't want the family to think he was a hungry tiger before taking down Yuan Shu. Then let the family stand on the opposite side of him.

Therefore, Li Yi decided to use the aristocratic family to help him quickly stabilize the situation in Yangzhou, minimize the impact of the war on the people, and in the process let the people of Yangzhou accept him, let the aristocratic family accept him, and let each other become benefits The community, at the same time, can be regarded as setting an example for Yangzhou outside of Jiujiang.

However, this is not to say that Li Yi has bowed to the Yangzhou family. It is really that those meticulous work outsiders can't do well at all, and the local people are also prone to rejection. Only Yangzhou natives can fulfill Li Yi's requirements.

What's more, Li Yi's decree also clearly stated that if anyone fails to do a good job, or wants to fool him, Li Yi will definitely take that person down, and then change to a Yangzhou family.

Even, if someone doesn't take Li Yi seriously, Li Yi doesn't mind a massacre to show his prestige.

The aristocratic family is indeed very powerful, but that refers to the class of the aristocratic family, not individual aristocratic families. As long as Li Yi doesn't move the fundamental interests of this class, with his power, he only targets some people who can't see the situation clearly. big impact.

All in all, in places other than Shouchun, Li Yi is mainly working on the five cores of wooing the family, appeasing the people, maintaining order, restoring production, and preventing famine.

As for how to seek Shouchun specifically, it is more complicated.

Now that they have decided to give up the strong attack, it is time to siege the city, and use it up with Yuan Shu to see who will wear it down first, but this consumption is also particular.

After Li Yi arrived in Shouchun, the main force of the army was stationed at the east gate, and then 3000 people were sent to the other three directions to prevent them from fighting. Instead, they were asked to dig deep trenches around the exit of the city gate and build high walls. In this way, although I dare not say that the three city gates are completely blocked, it is impossible for Yuan Shu's army to go out of the city without two hours to "resume construction". , or the possibility of escape.

As for the direction of the east gate, Li Yi also dug ditches and built walls, but not as excessively as in other directions. He was obviously ready to attack at any time.

When arranging these, someone under Li Yi's command suggested that Li Yi should encircle three and one missing, otherwise Shouchun would be trapped on all sides like him, which might unite the people in the city and make it more difficult to seize the city in the future.

But Li Yi thought about it and decided to trap Shouchun to death, because he didn't worry that the people inside would unite against him.

One prerequisite for Shouchun to unite the army and the people is that Yuan Shu is strong enough and must win the hearts of the people, but Yuan Shu is obviously not this kind of material. There are too few soldiers and people below who are close to him, while Li Yi is famous all over the world. Everyone knows that he treats the people well and is a great loyal minister. He will never do things like massacre the city or kill innocent people indiscriminately. Then, the harder Li Yi persecutes Shouchun, the greater the pressure he exerts, and chaos arises in Shouchun City is also more likely.

In addition to cutting off the city gate, Li Yi also asked people to build many high platforms in places where the river was relatively narrow, and took out a drawing of the trebuchet, and asked the military craftsmen to build it according to the drawing.

At first glance, this kind of trebuchet is not much different from the trebuchets used in the past, but it is not difficult to find the difference after careful identification, because it has been improved by Li Yi and Huang Yueying, and it is lighter than the old-style trebuchets. It is easy to operate, and the most critical range has also been improved to a certain extent. Loading fifty catties of stone bullets can throw about sixty feet. Coupled with the high platform, it is completely enough for Li Yi to cross the moat and blast the city directly.