Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The content of the letter was not much, but it made Yuan Shu very happy.

In the letter, Yuan Yin not only revealed that Yuan had discovered the movements of Li Ji's army, but also stated that Yuan, who had endured humiliation, had secretly persuaded more than a dozen noble families to raise a large amount of money and grain, which would be sent to Ruyang City soon.

Yuan Shu did not doubt this.

On the contrary, Yuan Shu was very clear that in a sense this was the way of survival for the aristocratic families, and the reason why the aristocratic families could continue to exist during the changes of dynasties.

Li Ji failed to capture Ruyang City and had to retreat temporarily. Then, it was inevitable that some aristocratic families would choose to bet on Yuan Shu again.

Of course, Yuan Shu knew that what Yuan Yin said in the letter about "bearing humiliation and bearing heavy burdens" was just an excuse. If he dug deeper into it, it would only make people laugh.

"Humph, I will let everyone in the world know that the Yuan family can only take another step forward under my, Yuan Gonglu's control."

As Yuan Shu drank the honey water, his former arrogance unconsciously returned to his words.

Putting aside the fact that Li Ji had taken him to the capital, Yuan Shu felt that he had forced Li Ji to retreat head-on on the battlefield this time, completely breaking the nightmare in his heart.

Lee Ki? Nothing special.

If he could defeat Li Ji once, Yuan Shu felt that he would be able to do it two, three, or four times.

Yuan Shu was also aware of the style of the aristocratic families. Since they wanted to bet on him again, the promised money and food would certainly be delivered quickly.

This is also what Yuan Shu urgently needs right now.

Even though there was a lot of food stored in Ruyang City, money was already in short supply.

Only after replenishing a large amount of money could Yuan Shu manage to win over the young and strong people in the city who were originally forcibly conscripted.

These young and strong men have experienced many days of brutal battles to defend the city. If they can be properly won over and trained for a few months, they can barely be considered elite troops, which will greatly alleviate Yuan Shu's current shortage of troops.

Immediately, Yuan Shu, who was thinking about what to do next, did not forget to send people to clear the blocked South Gate in preparation for receiving the money, food and supplies sent by Yuan Yin and a group of aristocratic families.

Yuan Yin did not make Yuan Shu wait for long. Just two days later, a long team appeared outside Ruyang City.

Among them were the Yuzhou families that Yuan Shu was familiar with, such as Yuan, Zhao, Xun, Wang, Chen, and Yang.

Yuan Shu climbed up the city wall and saw a group of familiar faces from noble families, including Yuan Yin, in front of the team escorting hundreds of vehicles. From a distance, most of them had smiles on their faces.

"Open the city gates and let them in."

Yuan Shu raised his chin slightly, holding the honey water in one hand. After he gave the order, he had already planned in his mind to use this batch of money and food to win over the young and strong people in the city, and then use these troops to regain control of the entire Yuzhou.

Taking advantage of the winter, we will mobilize the young and strong men conscripted from other counties to reinforce the city defenses in the south and east of Yuzhou, creating an impregnable defense line...

……

At this moment, around the group of young men from noble families outside the city with stiff smiles on their faces were some strong men dressed as servants with their heads down.

Wei Yan and Zang Ba were among them. They kept their heads down, watched the movements on the city wall out of the corner of their eyes, and discussed in low voices.

"Yuan Shu didn't make any moves. Could it be that he saw some flaw?"

"No, I guess Yuan Shu is arrogant and proud of his status, so he has no intention of going out of the city to greet him in person."

"What a pity! If we could seize the opportunity to capture Yuan Shu, great things could be accomplished."

"It doesn't matter. The governor has already expected that Yuan Shu will not come to meet us. After the city gate is opened, Xuan Gao will control the gate and wait for reinforcements, and I will rush into the city to control the governor's mansion and granary as soon as possible to create chaos..." Suddenly, Wei Yan's voice paused, his eyes fixed on the slowly opening gate of Ruyang City.

From a small gap, to one big enough for one person to enter and exit, and finally to one that was more than half open.

At this moment, Wei Yan and Zang Ba could not hide the passion in their eyes. Seeing the city gate, which they had been attacked for nearly a month but had not been breached, slowly opening was like watching a stunning dancer open her legs on her own initiative.

And from the wide open city gate, Le led hundreds of people out arrogantly, looking like he was ready to conduct an inspection.

"General Le."

As Le came up to him, Yuan Yin took the initiative to step forward and bowed deeply.

No matter how arrogant Le Jue was, he did not dare to be too rude to Yuan Yin in front of Yuan Shu.

Therefore, in response to Yuan Yin's salute, Le Lian hurriedly bowed and bowed in return.

But at the moment Le Jue bent down, Wei Yan, who was standing next to Yuan Yin, suddenly jumped up, drew the machete from his waist, and chopped down at Le Jue's exposed neck.

Le, who was bending over, was completely unaware of what was happening. He just felt a pain in his neck and his vision suddenly started spinning.

This sudden change not only stunned the personal soldiers following Le Jue, but even Yuan Shu on the city wall was unable to react.

On the contrary, Yuan Yin and a group of young men from aristocratic families, who had been prepared, ran away from both sides almost subconsciously.

"All soldiers, follow me to kill!"

At Wei Yan's loud shout, many elite soldiers disguised as servants drew their weapons from the carts that seemed to be transporting money and grain, and followed Wei Yan and Zang Ba to rush towards the city gate.

And at the end of the team, when the black cloth covering a covered cart was lifted, a war drum was revealed.

"Boom boom boom!"

The fierce drumbeats not only cheered for the soldiers, but also transmitted the attack signal to distant places.

The next moment after the drum sounded, at the end of the sight of Ruyang City in the distance, Zhang Fei took the lead and led tens of thousands of cavalry to charge towards Ruyang City, and the earth seemed to begin to tremble.

This scene frightened Yuan Shu so much that he screamed out loudly.

"Quick! Close the city gate!!!"

Although Zang Ba may not be as fast as Hu Che'er who can travel 700 miles a day on foot, as a famous bandit in Yan and Xu states, fighting on foot is Zang Ba's forte.

At the moment Wei Yan tried to kill Le Jiu, Zang Ba had already drawn his weapon and rushed towards the city gate.

Even though Yuan's army surrounding the city gate sensed something was wrong and subconsciously wanted to close the gate, Zang Ba stubbornly held the gate by himself, angrily beheaded more than a dozen soldiers, and delayed the arrival of Wei Yan and other generals for reinforcement.

With the fierce fighting of Wei Yan and Zang Ba, the city gate that Yuan Shu pinned all his hopes on was completely lost in just over twenty breaths.

After the city gate was initially opened, in order to delay the remaining enemy troops in the city, and also to open a path for Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry into the city.

While Zang Ba led 500 soldiers to continue guarding the city gate, Wei Yan led 1,500 unarmored soldiers to charge into the city.

All this happened too fast...

Yuan Shu was not prepared in advance, and the soldiers in the city did not even realize what was happening. Wei Yan led 1,500 soldiers to charge and kill in the city. (End of this chapter)