Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Everyone knows that proclaiming emperor under such circumstances is simply a way of death.

Yuan Shu's evil deeds can still be forgiven, but self-inflicted evils cannot live.

After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Shouchun City was unusually quiet.Everyone knew in their hearts that the Shouchun City would not stop for a few days, and now they were enjoying the last peace.

Shouchun City, Ji Ling's mansion.

"General, Master Yan is asking to see you." The butler of Ji Ling's mansion reported.

"Yan Xiang? Why did he come to me?" Ji Ling muttered softly.

Ji Ling and Yan Xiang had no friendship, Yan Xiang came to him at this time, which was beyond Ji Ling's expectation.

Now, it can be said that everyone in Shouchun City is in danger because of Yuan Shu's coquettish manipulation.Everyone can't wait to hide in the mansion, why did this Yan Xiang come to him?

Ji Ling is a martial artist after all, and he didn't understand why for a while.

"Please come in, no, I'll go to greet him in person." Ji Ling said, got up and went out to greet him.

"Haha, Mr. Yan, I don't know what it is to visit late at night!" Ji Ling responded and asked with a dry smile.

At this moment, how could Ji Ling still be in the mood to smile?

"General Ji, shall we go in and talk?" Yan Xiang asked Ji Ling.

"Okay, come in and talk." Ji Ling said, and invited Yan Xiang into the hall.

After entering the hall, Ji Ling and Yan Xiang took their seats respectively.

After sitting down, Yan Xiang didn't make any detours, and asked straight to the point: "General Ji Ling, I don't know what you think about King Qi becoming emperor?"

Although Ji Ling is a first-time martial artist, his IQ is not a problem.As soon as Yan Xiang asked this question, Ji Ling understood that Yan Xiang came to him in the middle of the night, and he wanted to take him to find another house together, and hug him to keep warm.

In fact, Ji Ling had already had this intention in his heart, even if Yan Xiang had the intention of finding another family.It's just that Ji Ling is a warrior, and he is not good at doing this kind of thing on his own initiative.

Therefore, the two of them are now a perfect match.

Since Yan Xiang asked so blatantly, Ji Ling simply answered more frankly.

"Hey, proclaiming emperor at this time is the way to die. Once the news spreads, I'm afraid it will be" Ji Ling said with a sigh.

"Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor must be condemned by thousands of people and cast aside by all people. As the saying goes, if the master is clear, the ministers dare not die."

"Yuan Shu is so stupid, how can we be buried with such a fool, I want to surrender to Qin, I don't know what General Ji Ling's plan is." Yan Xiang directly opened the door and said his intention.

Practically speaking, if they want to find another family now, they can only vote for Qin.Now the waterway going out of Shouchun is blocked by Qin army's navy ships everywhere.On this land, every checkpoint and road is also checked by the Qin army.

Unless they can fly into the sky and escape from the ground, they have no choice but to vote for Qin.

"Here, King Qin's subordinates are like clouds, and his generals are like rain. You and I voted for Qin, can this King of Qin accept it?" Ji Ling asked hesitantly.

From Ji Ling's words, it can be heard that he also had this intention long ago.It's just that I have been worrying about whether King Qin can want him, and I don't know how to contact Li Chen.

"If we want to vote for Qin, we naturally have to make great contributions. Otherwise, even if we vote for Qin, it will be difficult to reuse it."

"General Ji Ling, I wonder how much of the army in the city you can control?" Yan Xiang asked Ji Ling.

"Here, the 5000 soldiers and horses in the inner city are led by Yuan Yao himself. Most of the soldiers and horses in Shouchun City are in the hands of Yuan Xu and Yuan Yin. I can control only [-] people. " Ji Ling replied.

This Shouchun City was Yuan Shu's headquarters.The soldiers and horses in the city are controlled by Yuan Shu's son and his brothers.Most of the soldiers and horses in the dozen or so cities outside Shouchun City could listen to Ji Ling.However, in Shouchun City, there are not many soldiers and horses that Ji Ling can control.

Yan Xiang made some calculations, and Ji Ling could control far fewer troops than he imagined.If this is the case, then the original plan to attack the inner city and take Yuan Shuxiang's head and give it to Li Chen will not work.

Yan Xiang thought for a moment, then said to Ji Ling: "General Ji Ling, are you sure about taking a city gate?"

After thinking about it for a while, Ji Ling said in a deep voice: "If I do some activities, I can transfer the soldiers and horses I have in hand to the city gate. It's not difficult to get a city gate."

Hearing this, Yan Xiang nodded and said seriously: "In this case, let's make a deal. I will send someone to contact the King of Qin. General Ji Ling will open the city gate at a critical moment."

"Okay!" Ji Ling responded.

"Since General Ji Ling agrees, let's sign it and make a deposit!" Yan Xiang said, taking out a piece of paper from his bosom.

Ji Ling looked at this piece of paper, good guy, it was densely packed with names and fingerprints, and Yuan Shu's feelings were all traitors beside him.

Chapter 457 Surrounded by traitors

After Ji Ling agreed, Yan Xiang took out a piece of paper from his arms, and saw that the paper was densely packed with names, signatures, and handprints.

The thing that Yan Xiang took out was called a covenant. When Dong Zhuo hijacked Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Wang Yun also signed this thing when he summoned the ministers of the court to oppose Dong.

After signing the covenant, this person will definitely not dare to violate the covenant, sue behind his back and so on.Because, if this covenant is discovered by Yuan Shu, no one with a name on it will survive, and everyone will die.After signing the covenant, everyone is in the same boat.

In recent days, Yuan Shu's crazy killing behavior has completely lost popular support.Ji Ling looked at the names on the contract, good guy, all the senior officials in Shouchun City, except for Yuan Shu's brother and son, are all on this piece of paper.

"This is really a sin that is forgiven, but you can't live if you do it yourself." Ji Ling muttered, and signed the contract.

Yan Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief after watching Ji Ling sign the alliance contract.Although there are quite a few people in this covenant, most of them are civil servants.He has neither military power nor force in his hands.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to support the Qin army.Ji Ling is a key person, so Yan Xiang took the risk to win over Ji Ling.

"In this case, General Ji Ling just wait for my news. In the near future, I will find a way to contact King Qin." Yan Xiang said to Ji Ling.

Today, this Shouchun City has become an isolated city.Moreover, almost all the army in the city is under the control of Yuan Shu's son and brother.

However, as the saying goes, cats have cat ways, and rats have mouse ways, so Yan Xiang naturally has a way to enter and exit Shouchun City.

Many wealthy merchants in the city are not optimistic about Yuan Shu, but since Shouchun City has been strictly guarded, it will not be so easy to get out of the city.

However, there were also many merchants who bribed the guards of the city gates and secretly let a person out from time to time.As long as this kind of thing is not done too much, the officials at the top will turn a blind eye. ,

Yan Xiang just bought a city gate guard, and this person will be on duty tomorrow, and then he will take the opportunity to send Yan Xiang's people out of the city.

The next day, it was dark.

Yan Xiang called his confidant, and told him: "No matter what, you must see the King of Qin and hand over my letter to the King of Qin."

"Remember, you must bring back King Qin's answer before dawn."

At this time, almost all the troops in the city were in the hands of Yuan Shu's two brothers and his son.Even Ji Ling, Yuan Shu's most trusted general, now has no soldiers in his hands.It took Yan Xiang a lot of thought to be able to send a person out.

At this time, it can be said that success or failure depends on one action.Only by successfully contacting Li Chen can they cooperate with each other and win Shouchun City in one fell swoop.

The current Yuan Shu is completely a lunatic, and sooner or later he will be buried with this lunatic Yuan Shu if he stays in the city.From the numerous names on the alliance contract, it can be seen that Yuan Shu has completely lost his mind.

Huainan.

Qin army camp.

"What, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor. The emperor of Dacheng Zhong's family, this grandson's mind was kicked by a donkey, how did he use such a stupid trick?" Li Chen was speechless for a while looking at the information coming from ahead.

Now Yuan Shu's situation can be said to be very embarrassing, he is now surrounded by Li Chen, and he can control the territory.It's just Shouchun City, with more than a dozen surrounding cities.

Under such circumstances, Yuan Shu didn't want to think about how to break the situation, but he still had the leisure to proclaim himself emperor.

The grandson's head must have been kicked by the donkey, and the donkey had to have kicked him several times, otherwise Yuan Shu would not have been able to use such a stupid move.

"During the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has become a leader, and the emperor named Liu has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The little emperor is still alive, and Yuan Shu is actually proclaiming himself emperor at this time. That is really a way to die."

"Once the news spreads, the soldiers will definitely not have the heart to defend the city, and the people will also lose their hearts. Yuan Shu has lost the hearts of the people at this time, and the destruction of Shouchun City is just around the corner!" Jia Xu said, stroking his beard.

When Jia Xu was speaking, he specifically mentioned that if the little emperor of the Han Dynasty is still alive, no one can be called emperor.It seems to be saying that if you want to become emperor, the little emperor of the Han Dynasty must die, and Liu's bloodline must be cut off.

At this moment, only the sound of footsteps came from outside.Not long after, Zhao Yun came in from the outside.

"King Qin, the general just caught a sneaky man during his night patrol. He claimed to have come out of Shouchun City and wanted to see King Qin." Zhao Yun reported to Li Chen.

"Oh! Shouchun City?" Li Chen asked in surprise.

"Congratulations to King Qin, congratulations to King Qin."

"It seems that the opportunity to break the city has come! Jia Xu stroked his goat's beard and said with a smile.

It's not surprising that Yuan Shu wanted to die, and some people in the city felt rebellious.Proclaiming himself emperor at this time, Yuan Shu would not be able to do such a thing without the ten years of cerebral thrombosis.

"Let him in!" Li Chen ordered.

Not long after, he saw a person brought in by Zhao Yun. When he saw Li Chen in the python robe, he immediately bowed down.

Among the Qin camp, there is only one person who can wear a python robe, and there is no doubt that this person must be King Qin Li Chen.

"Cao Min, pay homage to King Qin." The man knelt down and saluted.

"Who sent you here?" Li Chen asked this person.

"My master is Yan Xiang. This is a letter from my master to the King of Qin." The man said, ripped open his inner shirt with a "squeak", and took out the letter Yan Xiang brought to Li Chen from the inner shirt.

Li Chen finally read the letter carefully, the content of this letter is nothing more than scolding Yuan Shu for being immoral, and many officials in the city are willing to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.But suffering from lack of military power, everyone was willing to do their best to snatch a city gate for King Qin, and asked King Qin to send troops into the city.

After Li Chen read the letter, he handed it to Jia Xu, and Jia Xu also read the letter.After Jia Xu finished reading it, Li Chen turned to Jia Xu and asked, "Mr. Jia, do you think what is said in this letter is credible?"

Jia Xu nodded, and said very firmly: "Creditable."

"Even if we want to capture the city, we still have to send a surprise soldier to go there. The King of Qin will definitely not go there in person. Opening the city gate is only to trap us a surprise soldier, which has nothing to do with the crisis in Shouchun City. On the contrary, once the city gate is opened, the There is a danger of losing the city."

"So, I think that what is said in this letter should be true. From the perspective of others, the minister dare not refuse to die. Now that Yuan Shu is fatuous and dishonest, it is inevitable that the ministers will rebel."

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, the person next to him fell to his knees again and shouted: "My master Yan Xiang's heart is clear, please also ask the king of Qin to learn from him."

Not to mention, Yan Xiang's servant is quite loyal, if this servant is like this, Yan Xiang should be a capable person.

Chapter 458 The inside and the outside should be called fire

"Since Mr. Jia believes that the content in his heart is credible, when should we send troops and cooperate with the outside?" Li Chen asked Jia Xu.

After thinking about it for a while, Jia Xu said to Li Chen: "This matter should be done sooner rather than later. Once the matter drags on, it is very likely that Yuan Shu will find out. At that time, the opportunity will be missed. Tomorrow at three o'clock, I will order Yan Xiang to raise the fire as a sign, Open the gates of the city. Our army will enter the city directly, and head to the inner city to take the head of Yuan Shuxiang."

Li Chen heard the words, and said to the person who came to deliver the letter: "Did you hear what my military adviser said, at the third watch tomorrow, order Yan Xiang to raise the fire as a sign and open the city gate."

"understand!"

"Use fire as a sign, and open the city gate!" The messenger nodded quickly.

After sending this person away, Li Chen hurriedly beat the drums and gathered the generals to gather all the civil and military personnel to discuss the matter of capturing the city tomorrow.

All of a sudden, a crowd of generals gathered in this meeting hall.

Everyone gathered in front of the sand table, discussing and exchanging opinions with each other.

"Shouchun City is divided into two walls, the inner city and the outer city. This inner city is centered on Yuan Shu's Qi Palace. Although the city wall is not high, it is more or less an obstacle."

"There are more than ten cities around Shouchun City. Our soldiers want to bypass these cities. If we reach Shouchun City, there must not be too many people." Chen Qingzhi pointed to the sand table and said.

"Here, our troops are sent to the shore by the navy from this tributary of the Huaihe River, and there are only a few hundred miles away from Shouchun City. The entire Huainan waters are under our control, and landing here is the most secret. " Zheng Chenggong said, pointing to a river.

This battle was a crucial battle to win the boundary of Huainan. The Qin army is now a joint operation of land and water armies, and took Shouchun City in one fell swoop.

Li Chen nodded, and asked: "Tomorrow, the land and water armies will simultaneously attack the more than ten cities outside Shouchun City, and block all their scouts and spies back to me. In this case, how many people can be sent to this position?" .”

After thinking about it for a while, Zheng Chenggong said to Li Chen: "Big boats won't do, because the movement of troops in big boats is too much, so we can only use small boats."

"[-], without alarming Yuan Shu, at most [-] troops can be transported."

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi murmured: "There are at least [-] troops in Shouchun City. If only [-] troops can be sent to surprise Shouchun, then we must fight fast."

"After [-] soldiers enter the city, regardless of the outer city, they will attack the inner city immediately. As long as the inner city is captured and Yuan Shu is controlled, we will win."

After hearing this, Li Chen immediately ordered: "Yuwen Chengdu, Zhao Yun, Pei Yuanqing, you three each lead [-] soldiers and horses, and act as this surprise soldier for me."

"I will enter the city at three o'clock tomorrow, and before five o'clock, I have to remove Yuan Shu's head."

"No!" The three shouted in unison.

At the same time, Yan Xiang's servant had returned and brought Li Chen's answer to Yan Xiang.Time was urgent, Yan Xiang hurriedly consulted with Ji Ling again.

The next evening.

Shouchun City.

East Gate.

Today, the goalkeeper guarding the east gate and Ji Ling are old friends.This person used to be an official under Ji Ling, and this was a life-threatening friendship with Ji Ling.Therefore, Ji Ling persuaded this person immediately.

It was night, and Ji Ling had already arrived at the East City Gate first, and made a pot of wine with the gatekeeper and stewed a pot of dog meat.

"Hey, tomorrow is a new day." Ji Ling said meaningfully after drinking a glass of wine.

"General Ji, I'm your soldier for one day, and I'll be your soldier for the rest of my life. I'll do whatever you ask me to do." The city gate guard said in an honest voice.

Ji Ling, as one of the few generals under Yuan Shu, has a very good reputation in the army, and indeed he has quite a few diehards.