Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji then burst out laughing and said.

"Brother Gonglu has misunderstood. There is no poison in tea, and honey water is also not poisonous."

However, Yuan Shu's expression was not very pleasant, and he said, "Zi Kun, do you want me to surrender?"

"Why not?" Li Ji asked back.

And this is exactly the reason why Li Ji waited for Yuan Shu here on purpose.

In order to prevent Yuan Shu from escaping, secret sentries were deployed everywhere around Ruyang City to monitor every move of the four city walls.

Of course, Li Ji expected that Yuan Shu would abandon the city and flee when he saw that the situation was hopeless, and he also deduced that Yuan Shu would flee to the north and pass through this place.

If Li Ji just wanted to kill Yuan Shu, he only needed to send more than a hundred elite soldiers to separate Yuan Shu's head and body.

However, Li Ji hoped that Yuan Shu would surrender.

Perhaps Yuan Shu had many shortcomings as a ruler, but his reputation was quite great.

Especially before Yuan Shu proclaimed himself the false emperor, both the hearts of the people that Yuan Shu personally won over and the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family spread all over the world were of enormous value.

Yuan Yin was just a puppet pushed forward by the Yuan family.

Now the real prestige of the Yuan family is still concentrated on Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Yuan Shao is dead, so if Yuan Shu surrenders, then the Yuan family's disciples and former officials throughout the Han Dynasty will also be able to be used by Liu Bei.

However, Yuan Shu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Then, Yuan Shu's laughter suddenly stopped, and he leaned forward slightly, revealing obvious aggressiveness and arrogance, and said.

"Zikun, why are you humiliating me? The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I am inferior to others in skills. There is nothing to say about my skills. I am not humiliated by your hands, Li Zikun."

"Well, I am the son of the Yuan family, a family of three dukes for four generations, a noble family, how can I be a prisoner?"

"Kill if you want to, don't say anything more."

At the end of his speech, Yuan Shu raised his head slightly and stroked his beard with his hand, full of pride.

Li Ji looked at Yuan Shu's attitude and couldn't help but sigh.

"If the Yuan family doesn't exist anymore, what's the point of Brother Gonglu still being so arrogant?"

Yuan Shu couldn't help but frown, looked at Li Ji and spoke.

"I think Zikun is a respectable gentleman. I just said a few more words. Could it be that if I don't surrender, Zikun wants to massacre all the Yuan clan in Runan?"

"The Runan Yuan family represented by Yuan Yin has drawn a clear line with Brother Gonglu, and also helped me to deceive and open Ruyang. Naturally, Ji will not vent his anger on them..."

After a pause, Li Ji then spoke.

"However, Brother Gonglu may not know that Yuan Benchu ​​died suddenly more than ten days ago. Not only was the Yuan army in Hebei defeated by Cao Cao, but Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi also turned against each other and fought against each other."

"In my opinion, within half a year, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will be unable to hold on, and Jibing and the two states will surely be captured by Cao Cao."

"In this case, Brother Gonglu, do you understand what this means to the Yuan family?"

At this moment, Yuan Shu could no longer maintain his proud attitude of facing death calmly. He stood up suddenly, his face flushed, and angrily cursed Yuan Shao, the useless son of a concubine, and cursed the thief Cao even more.

At this moment, Cao Cao had completely become Yuan Shu's most hated blood enemy.

Not only was Yuan Shu badly betrayed by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao's backstabbing led to Yuan Shao's defeat and also foreshadowed the demise of the Yuan family.

How could Yuan Shu, who was committed to promoting the Yuan family and even wanted to lead the Yuan family to take another step forward, not hate Cao?

However, after Yuan Shu’s anger subsided, he sat back on the cushion somewhat powerlessly.

At this moment, Yuan Shu also understood the meaning of Li Ji's words.

The wealth accumulated by the three ministers of the Yuan family over four generations was all divided up by Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao and used to start a rebellion.

Only a few members of the Runan Yuan family were left, and the rest were empty shells. Even though the Yuan family still had a large number of students and former officials in the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu understood better that people would be forgotten in the Han Dynasty.

Once the two banners of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fell, most of the countless disciples and former officials that the Yuan family used to be proud of would choose to distance themselves from the Yuan family.

But since Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu started the rebellion, how many enemies have they offended, both visible and invisible?
Even if Liu Bei did not liquidate the Yuan family of Runan, those enemies would certainly not let go of the Yuan family which was beginning to decline.

Yuan Shu was silent for a long time, but Li Ji was not anxious. He slowly boiled water and continued to make tea. He even asked Gu Wei to add a new bowl of honey water to Yuan Shu.

Until a messenger came hurriedly and reported that Ruyang City had been completely suppressed.

Li Ji waved his hand, signaling the messenger to retreat, and then he asked Yuan Shu.

"Brother Gonglu, have you made a decision?"

After a pause, Li Ji continued in a gentle voice.

"Of course, I never do things that are against the will of others. If Brother Gonglu is unwilling to surrender, considering that we are acquainted, I will leave Brother Gonglu a three-foot-long white silk cloth and let him kill himself in this forest."

"It's just that Brother Gonglu's death may be the end of everything, and he can be free and easy, but it's a pity that the Yuan family, which has three officials for four generations, will be completely ruined because of this."

Yuan Shu slowly raised his head and stared at Li Ji, his eyes bloodshot.

Yuan Shu's dignity made him unwilling to endure the humiliation of surrender.

But Yuan Shu also knows what his own value is?
In addition to allowing Liu Bei to demonstrate his benevolence and magnanimity, the only thing he could do was to quickly win over Yuan Shu's disciples and former officials throughout the Han Dynasty.

Once the two banners of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fell, countless of Yuan's disciples and former officials would naturally draw a clear line between themselves and the Yuan family.

But once Yuan Shu relies on Liu Bei, he will become a bridge between Liu Bei and Yuan's disciples and former officials.

It can not only show that Liu Bei will make use of Yuan's disciples and old officials, but also make many disciples and old officials reasonably and voluntarily come to Liu Bei to serve him through Yuan Shu, thereby ensuring that the Yuan family of Runan will not decline and die quickly.

But Yuan Shu also knew that after he surrendered, his activities would be limited to a small courtyard for the rest of his life, and he would not even be allowed to meet outsiders.

"Ugh……"

Yuan Shu sighed deeply, held up a finger, and said, "Shu, I have a request."

Li Ji replied. "Brother Gonglu, please feel free to speak."

Yuan Shu said weakly, "I love honey water the most in my life, please ensure that there is a constant supply of honey water."

"What's so difficult about this?"

Li Ji smiled and agreed.

This small request was not even a request in Li Ji's opinion.

Considering the influence and benefits that Yuan Shu's surrender could bring, let alone being fed with honey water, even if Yuan Shu took a bath in honey water every day, it would not be a big deal.

Li Ji was only worried that Yuan Shu would drink so much every day that he would eventually develop diabetes.

Yuan Shu, who had made the decision, was also aware that he was a prisoner and spoke in a low voice.

"When will you send me to Uncle Liu in Xia Pi?"

"Not urgent."

Li Ji shook his head and said, "The Lord will arrive in Yuzhou soon. After the war in Yuzhou is over, Brother Gonglu will accompany the Lord back to Shouchun."

"There's still war in Yuzhou? Could it be that Lu Bu is attacking?" Yuan Shu was puzzled.

Li Ji replied with a smile. "Brother Gonglu, you don't know that the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou are causing quite a stir."

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Yuan Shu. (End of this chapter)