People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Shouchun city head!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The fierce shouts of killing are constantly echoing.

Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Yu Jin, and Le Jin are stepping up their siege efforts according to Cao Cao's orders. The morale of Cao Cao's army, which was already high, is under the promise that the general will personally oversee the battle and rob the city for three days after breaking the city. Everyone is desperate.

Cao Cao is not a good man, he is a villain. If he can slaughter the city and destroy the village in Xuzhou, he will naturally be able to plunder in Shouchun.

On the contrary, at the head of Shouchun City, the morale of Yuan Shu's army was low. After all, the elite who could serve as the backbone were sent to the front line, and then they were wiped out by Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Now, except for some veterans, the city guards are all civilians who have been captured, so that's all. Not even a good general can be found among them.

In such a critical situation, someone has to come to the battlefield to take command in person. The generals and lieutenants who are in command now are all Sima, and the military candidates were temporarily promoted. There is really no one available.

It's still the same sentence, if you can't even eat enough for a month, what kind of life are you playing...

What's more, these Yuan Shujun are still people who were forcibly conscripted. Their original property has been looted layer by layer, and even they themselves will be sent to the battlefield. How can they resist to the death.

Therefore, when Cao Cao's army stepped up its attack on the city, the city defense force gradually collapsed, and more and more Cao Cao's troops climbed to the top of the city, and the fall of Shouchun was a foregone conclusion.

In the Shouchun Palace, Yuan Shu still had some backbone. At this time, he was pacing back and forth in his armor and helmet. Of course, he knew how critical the situation was now. If anything happened, he, the Son of Zhong, would die for his country.

Suddenly, a blood-stained soldier ran back and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, the East City is broken, Your Majesty, the East City is broken..."

When Yuan Shu heard this, he immediately felt that his brain was empty, his blood, his backbone, all disappeared, panicked, unbelievable, and said:

"How is it possible! How is it possible? There are [-] soldiers in my city, how could they be destroyed by the enemy..."

No matter how panicked Yuan Shu is now, he has no choice but to believe the facts before his eyes.

At this time, left and right are persuading:

"Your Majesty, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as Your Majesty is still there, the Zhong family will not perish. We still have [-] tiger and cardinal troops, which are enough to protect Your Majesty to break through!"

Yuan Shu came back to his senses, and quickly said:
"Quick...quick...take the queen, and the crown prince, let the others know, I'm going to leave Shouchun immediately!"

Yuan Shu could no longer take care of the others, so he let him know that he would escape if he could, and resign himself to fate if he could not.

Soon, Yuan Shu's family, carrying a large amount of gold and silver treasures, escaped from Shouchun and fled to Lujiang under the protection of five thousand tiger and ben troops.

Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, was still his confidant after all, so he settled down there first, and then tried to fight back to Jiujiang.

Yuan Shu never imagined how he, who can be called the number one power in the south, fell to this point.

At the same time, the news that thousands of elite soldiers escorted Yuan Shu from Nancheng also reached Cao Cao. Cao Cao chuckled lightly when he heard about it:
"If he escapes, he will escape. Where else can he escape, as long as he captures Shouchun, the land of Jiujiang is in my hands!"

On the other side, after Liu Bei got the news, he immediately took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Xuzhou's elite soldiers to chase after him.

Unlike Yuan Shu who led his family and carried a large amount of gold and silver treasures, Liu Bei was lightly dressed, and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were all led by elite soldiers.

Therefore, Liu Bei caught up with Yuan Shu, but it was only a matter of time...

Not long after, Yuan Shu was still moaning and sighing, suddenly, there was a loud shout from a distance:
"Yuan Shuxiu go, your grandpa Zhang Fei is here!"

Yuan Shu was taken aback. He got out of the car and took a look, only to see smoke billowing behind him. The leader was riding a big black horse. He was tall, fair-skinned, and full of beards, making him look particularly majestic.

Usually seeing such a strong man, he would want to take it under his command, but seeing this kind of strong man now, he only felt creepy.

Almost without thinking, he ordered directly:
"Yuan Chang, lead the troops to block this person, don't let him catch up!"

Yuan Chang, as a side branch of the Yuan family, was reused by Yuan Shu, and when it was his turn to be loyal, he gritted his teeth and responded:

"Follow the order!"

Leading [-] tiger and ben troops, they turned around to stand in front of Zhang Fei, and used their own lives to protect Yuan Shu from leaving.

It's a pity that not long after Yuan Shu escaped, another loud shout came from a distance:
"Don't run away from Yuan Shu!"

Yuan Shu's heart trembled, but he also found that the voice this time was not the same as the previous one, so he stepped out of the frame again to check.

It was also billowing with smoke and dust, but the leader was riding a yellow puma, with a heavy face, a long beard reaching to his chest, full of murderous aura, extremely majestic, but seeing him at this time, Yuan Shu felt aggrieved.

Thinking of being overtaken again and again, even though Yuan Shu's heart was bleeding, he still ordered:
"Yuan Xiang, throw away all the gold and silver treasures, overturn the carriage, and block the road!"

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Xiang hesitated for a moment, but immediately went over to deliver the order.

bang... bang... bang...

As more than [-] carriages were overturned, all the gold and silver treasures inside were completely scattered everywhere, gold cakes, silver cakes, pearls, jade, brocade, silk...

Without the constraints of these things, the marching speed was much faster. Yuan Shu returned to the frame, took out a box and held it tightly in his hand, as if in a daze, he muttered to himself:

"As long as you are still in my hands, then I will be the emperor, the son of heaven..."

The escape was very smooth this time, until they fled to a deserted village, the whole army was very exhausted, Yuan Shu could only order to rest, and at the same time sent people to find some honey water and wild game.

As the evening approaches, you can only find clear water here, where can you find honey water? There are no people here, let alone food.

Yuan Shu was furious. He is the Son of Heaven, so why can't he have a sip of honey water, other delicacies from wild game, pheasants and hares...

At this time, a large number of soldiers surrounded the forest with a startled bird. They did not launch an attack, but sent a messenger to deliver a letter.

In a relatively large courtyard, Yuan Shu opened the letter. The more he read it, the more shocked he became, the more angry he became, and the more he read it, the more ashamed he became.

In the end, Yuan Shu's eyes were blank. After a long time, he finally came to his senses. Looking at the ruins in front of him, thinking about his own predicament, he couldn't help but look up at the sky, and shouted in great grief and indignation:
"I, Yuan Shu, follow the will of heaven above and the will of the people below, why can't you be the emperor of the Zhong family, why have you fallen to this level..."

After finishing speaking, he drew his sword and killed himself.

Yuan Shu is a decent person, he must live decently, and die decently, the key point is that Liu Bei promised not to kill his wife and children.

(End of this chapter)