I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 794 Yuan Shao’s Destruction

Wei Yan's words are more in line with the concepts of later generations.

Although this sounds a bit rebellious to people of this era.

Liu Jian looked at the young man in front of him quietly, lost in thought.

He probably understood why this young man was highly used by Liu Bei in history, but he was not appreciated by Zhuge Liang, and was even extremely opposed to Zhuge Liang's political stance.

Too bold, too radical, and too conceited...

According to Zhuge Liang's personality and style of doing things, it is naturally impossible to urinate in the same pot as Wei Yan, who has such a radical style and does things that do not conform to the common sense of the times.

The antagonism between people generally does not happen overnight. It takes a period of time to get along with each other, and the friction between each other accumulates over time, and finally develops into a situation of endless struggle.

However, for Liu Jian, people like Wei Yan are still very valuable.

Although he has an arrogant temperament and thinks highly of himself, he is indeed bold, heroic, and daring to do things. For a monarch with vision and confidence, Wei Yan is indeed a figure worth cultivating.

Courage is his greatest characteristic.

Historically, Liu Bei valued Wei Yan with such a character and even gave him the important task of guarding Hanzhong.

Wei Yan said, if Cao Cao comes with an overwhelming number of people, I am willing to block them for the king. If Cao Cao comes with a hundred thousand people, I am willing to swallow them for the king.

Although he is more suspected of bragging, he has to admit that Wei Yan does have some pride.

Liu Jian then said to Wei Yan: "The Han Dynasty needs people like you, and I also need people like you. However, although I can somewhat understand what you are doing, I do not completely agree with it. I will send you there." Yuzhou, my son Liu Ji is now in charge of government in Yuzhou. You can serve as Captain Wumeng under his command. If he can use you again in the future, I will not ask more. However, if he does not use you again, I will not ask more. ask."

Wei Yan was a smart man. Although Liu Jian did not give him a very high position, he sent him to his eldest son. This was to train Wei Yan as a confidant and general to become the next generation successor.

Of course, by doing this, Liu Jian could also silence some people who were dissatisfied with Wei Yan's actions, because judging from the current situation, Liu Jian did not reuse him.

But it gave him a very bright future.

In short, this result is completely acceptable to Wei Yan.

Even receptive.

At that moment, Wei Yan was seen kneeling on the ground, thanking Liu Jian!

Soon after, Jia Xu sent Liu Jian news about Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao sent his son Yuan Shang to lead his tribe south, but he himself stayed in Jiangling City and led the army to block Liu Jian's attack.

When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately understood Yuan Shao's intention, but he was also very pleased.

"Just let that boy from the Yuan family live."

Liu Jian sighed.

Guo Jia looked at Liu Jian who seemed thoughtful in front of him, and then asked: "The prime minister asked Lu Bu to set up a camp for many days without launching an attack on Jiangling, just to let Yuan Shao let his heirs live, right?"

Liu Jian sighed and said: "My brother Yuan Ji died in Luoyang in the past because of Yuan Shao's plan. My beloved son is my adopted son. Now he has inherited the Yuan family's inheritance in Runan. I am right to live with my brother. The only one I still have is The unavenged revenge is the revenge for killing Yuan Shao. However, Yuan Shao's descendants are innocent. I killed Yuan Shao to be worthy of my brother Shiji. But if I want to kill Yuan Shao's whole family, I'm afraid I may not have face under the bright sun. Meet my eldest brother."

"Moreover, if I kill all the Yuan Shao clan members and then turn around and favor my son among the Yuan clan, I'm afraid I will also attract criticism and be stained. This is not what I want to see."

"Yuan Benchu ​​has been my enemy for several years. Now I let his descendants have a way out and let them go south out of the Han Dynasty. It can be considered that I have left him descendants. Even if his descendants cannot be Han people in the future, it can be considered that I have fulfilled Yuan Benchu's wishes." A way to survive at home.”

After hearing Liu Jian's words, Guo Jia bowed his hand to Liu Jian with great respect.

He seemed hesitant to speak.

"Fengxiao, how can you behave like this?" Guo Jia sighed and said, "The Prime Minister cares about Yuan Shiji and cares about Mr. Yuan. He doesn't want to wipe out Yuan Shao's clan and make them bear the bad name of revenge and massacre. However, I'm afraid it will backfire."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Liu Jian couldn't help but be a little confused and said, "Why did you say this?"

Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said, "Some things are just speculation by low-level officials and may not be true."

"Let's wait and see what happens after Jiangling is captured."

……

Liu Jian finally commanded the various generals to assemble the army and launched the final attack on Jiangling City.

Jiangling City was actually already on the verge of collapse. Especially during this period, the Northern Army continued to carry out bombardments outside the city, which had long suppressed the morale of the military and people in the city to the lowest level.

At this moment, facing the powerful offensive of the northern infantry, Jiangling had no defense at all.

In less than an hour, the city was filled with northern soldiers!
The only person who can become a barrier to Jiangling City is General Wenpin.

But it's a pity that even the generals who are said to be the best at guarding the city can't do anything like a mantis in the face of an absolute advantage.

Xu Huang rushed to the top of the city and killed Wenpin with an axe.

A generation of famous generals in Jingzhou fell into the Han River.

After Zhang Liao led his elite troops into the city from the north gate, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang immediately surrendered to him.

Lu Bu then drove most of his troops to raid Jiangling City and captured Huo Du and Huo Jun alive.

When Han Xuan was galloping out of Jiangling, he was shot dead by Song Xian with an arrow!

Jin Xuan confronted Wei Xu head-on in a street battle, but was eventually outnumbered and died for Yuan Shao.

Gong Zhi, who had just been promoted to chief by Yuan Shao, united with a group of powerful men in Jiangling, opened the west gate of Jiangling, welcomed Yan Liang's army outside the city and expressed his willingness to surrender.

The general Xing Daorong was determined to fight to the death, but as soon as he went out, he met Zhao Yun, and he was stabbed to death under his horse after just one encounter.

Zhang Xian, a native of Jingnan, had secretly sent someone to surrender to Liu Jian, expressing his willingness to surrender.

Zhang Xian's reputation in southern Jingzhou was very high. Once this person surrendered, not only Jiangling, but also the entire southern Jingzhou, would become a smooth land for Liu Jian in the future.

While Chen Lin was on the run, she was captured alive by Wen Chou and brought back to Liu Jian as a sacrifice. She later expressed her willingness to surrender.

Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan was indeed brave and fought on the city wall without retreating, and finally cut off the city head for Jiao Chu.

The remaining Han Song, Liu Xian, Deng Xi and others expressed their willingness to submit.

All the people under his command ran to Yuan Shao's mansion and reported to him.

But Yuan Shao was not in a hurry. He just sat in the main hall of the mansion, holding a wine cup and drinking wine, as if everything in the city had nothing to do with him.

It’s been too long, it’s time to call the curtain.

Now for Yuan Shao, he is still waiting here just to see Liu Jian for the last time.

He believed that Liu Jian would definitely come to see him.

(End of this chapter)