Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 595 Yuan Shu's Happy Days

As the sun gradually rises, the sky is colorful, at first it is pink, then it turns vermilion, and finally it is golden.Then the dense clouds and mist in the sky seemed to be baked by the high temperature of the fireball behind them, gradually decomposing, and finally became thinner and thinner until they disappeared.After another hour, the colorful colors gradually dimmed, and finally mixed together, turning into a blindingly bright white.

Ever since he heard the people of Mount Tai tell about the vision of Mount Tai at sunrise, Yuan Shu liked to watch the morning sun very much.He thinks that since he is a man of destiny appointed by heaven, perhaps the sun should have more different rays of light when it shines on him.

However, Yuan Shu's infatuation, of course, did not bring him radiance or redness.However, Yuan Shu did not become displeased because of this little detail.On the contrary, as the days passed, not only did his mood improve, he was even about to jump for joy.

When he stepped down from the high platform, a messenger suddenly delivered a battle report to Yuan Shu.After seeing Yuan Shu's exhibition, his spirit became even more excited, and he shouted to the people around him, "Hurry up and summon the civil and military officials to come to Mochou Hall to discuss matters!"

"This general deserves to be loved by the heavens, and we are one step closer to enshrining Mount Tai!" Yuan Shuzhi drank a bottle of wine in front of civil and military complacently, and then saw the expressions of everyone looking at each other, and felt a little disappointed: "Everyone, please don't let me go!" Restraint, drink a bottle with General Ben, and General He Ben will win the northern expedition to Xuzhou!"

"My lord, is there any news from Xuzhou?" Zhang Xun is a seasoned and well-known general under Yuan Shu's command. Even when Ji Ling didn't vote for Han, his qualifications were far higher than Ji Ling's.However, when Yuan Shu was about to conquer Xuzhou, Zhang Xun tried his best to dissuade him, which made Yuan Shu very angry, so the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition did not fall on Zhang Xun.

At this time, within a month's time, there was news from Xuzhou, and Zhang Xun felt that it was naturally very unexpected.After all, Zhang Xun was not at all optimistic about the two troops sent to the north to conquer Xuzhou.

First of all, one of the two troops was led by Liang Gang, a man Zhang Xun was very familiar with Liang Gang.The other team was led by Lei Bo, and Zhang Xun was more worried about this team than Liang Gang.After all, Liang Gang can be regarded as a mediocre general, but Lei Bo is just reckless, vulgar and scheming, and the military discipline of his subordinates is even more lax...

If that was the case, Zhang Xun would not be very surprised.But the problem is that this expedition is just a military order issued by Yuan Shu's brain, and the logistics system of the entire Yuan Shu force cannot be mobilized at all.What's more, this system is useless. Han Yin, who is in charge of military supplies, is still a character who has plucked hairs. The military supplies that pass through his hands will really be peeled off and then seized by officers at all levels. The soldiers are afraid If you can't even get the rations for ten days, you will fight the enemy.

If such two troops enter Xuzhou, I am afraid they will not even be able to persist.However, looking at Yuan Shu's expression, it didn't look like he was upset after losing a battle.

"General Zhang, you only think that this general is aggressive, but you don't know that all of this is God's will!" Yuan Shu glanced at Zhang Xun very complacently, and he put down the wine bottle in satisfaction until he saw Zhang Xun's puzzled expression and explained: "Do you think this general is such a reckless person? In fact, long before sending troops, this general has written two letters with his own hand and sent someone to send them to Xuzhou!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shu raised his hand and threw the battle report he just got on the ground paved with silver.Although Zhang Xun knew that Yuan Shu was deliberately protesting against him, he still secretly picked up the three battle reports in order to get a glimpse of the truth.

The first battle report was written by Lei Bo. His attack direction was to bypass Pengcheng, the governor of Xuzhou, and cross the river to attack Xiapi.Liu Bei then transferred Zhang Fei and Xiapi Prime Minister Cao Bao to guard together.Unexpectedly, the backyard suddenly caught fire, and the generals in Xiapi City led by Cao Bao and Xu Dan suddenly attacked. Zhang Fei was caught off guard and had to leave the city to join Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hurried back to his division to quell the rebellion, but because many soldiers in the army were also Xuzhou soldiers, they did not want to fight with the fellow villagers who were making trouble in the city, so the army was scattered, and most of the soldiers mutinied and fled.At this time Lei Bo arrived with his troops and defeated Liu Bei.Under the double blow of internal and external troubles, Liu Bei had no choice but to abandon the nearly collapsed army and head for Haixi.Lei Bo led [-] soldiers in hot pursuit, and he was lucky to win the battle.

But if Lei Bo's victory still made Zhang Xun puzzled, the second battle report of Liang Gang made Zhang Xun feel weird.Liang Gang attacked Huaiyin at the southern end of Xuzhou, which is where the emperor of Han beat Yuan Shu to the ground.

The enemy Liang Gang faced was the current Chen family in Huaiyin.But after the army approached the city, the Chen family seemed to have resisted symbolically for a few days, and then they opened the city and surrendered because they heard the news of Liu Bei's defeat, and treated Liang Gang's army endlessly.Even the head of the family, Chen Gui, showed signs of intending to submit to Yuan Shu.

The third battle report, which has nothing to do with the Xuzhou war, was reported by Sun Ce in the south.After he wrote a letter to Yuan Shu to get Zhou Yu's help, he led [-] strong men straight down to the east of the river, crossed the river and fought, defeated Hengjiangdu and Dang Likou, and defeated Zhang Ying and Fan Neng.After that, he sent another Sima Dong Xi to divide his troops to settle the counties in the south of Danyang County, while he himself led the main force to confront Liu Yao at the Niuzhu Mountain camp.Liu Yao sent troops to fight many times, but was defeated by him.In the most recent confrontation, Sun Ce defeated Liu Yao's twelve strongholds, captured countless supplies, and killed nearly [-] soldiers.

Zhang Xun passed Sun Ce's battle report directly, because he knew Sun Ce's bravery.Back then when Sun Ce was a hostage in Yuan Shu's mansion, Zhang Xun did not underestimate the young Sun Ce at all, and even pointed out that young man many times, which can be regarded as a friendship.However, because of this, Sun Ce's ambition and Zhang Xun's resentment towards Yuan Shu are also clear.It's a pity that Sun Ce is now befriending the Han Dynasty and showing favor to Yuan Shu at the same time. In addition, Yuan Shu is arrogant and has reached the point where he has no children left, so he indulged Sun Ce's growth.

It is obviously inappropriate to tell Yuan Shu about Sun Ce now.What's more, until this time, Zhang Xun didn't understand how the two armies of Lei Bo and Liang Gang won, which made him feel that his ability was lacking.

"General Zhang, you are only a general, how do you know the mystery of God's will? Since the heavens let this general enshrine Mount Tai, they will definitely clear the obstacles for this general. You must respect the destiny..." Yuan Shu waited for Zhang Xun to read the battle report. Can't help but hit Zhang Xun again.

Zhang Xun is so annoyed now that he feels a headache when he hears the words "destiny": if the will of heaven really exists, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Cao Cao of Yanzhou will all die of sudden illness, and Yuan Shu will send troops to sweep the world. Isn't it just around the corner?
But now Yuan Shu is obsessed with this prophecy, if he dares to question it, he will definitely not get good results.So after secretly enduring the boredom in his heart, Zhang Xun said with great difficulty: "Master, God's will is clear, but it also needs human efforts. If there is no master's ingenious plan, Xiapi and Huaiyin will definitely not turn against each other like this Surrender. The subordinates are dull, and I hope the lord will not hesitate to explain."

At this time, Zhang Xun rarely bowed his head to Yuan Shu, and even flattered Yuan Shu.Such a gesture greatly satisfied Yuan Shu's vanity.He couldn't help snorting proudly, and deliberately lengthened the ending, so that everyone in the hall could feel that he was a man of destiny, and after shocking the satisfaction and complacency of Xiaoxiao in the hall with his great success, he walked slowly. Start to explain to Zhang Xun.

"Early after Liu Bei, the weaver of mats and shoes, stole Xuzhou, this general knew that he would not be able to hold Xuzhou. Then this short-sighted person even mingled with Xuzhou's local tyrants vigorously, and made many attacks on Tao Qian and those old Danyang troops. Bullying, this general knows that the opportunity has come."

At this time, Yuan Shu was like a successful person, slowly walking down the jade steps to answer questions of his subordinates: "Early before Lei Bo set off, this general wrote a secret letter to Cao Bao, agreeing that as long as he submits to this general Therefore, the glory and wealth are bound to be inexhaustible. Cao Bao has no hope under Liu Bei, and this time he won the promise of this general, how can he not repay it?"

Zhang Xun nodded, he could guess this.The discord between Cao Bao and Liu Bei is well known in the world, and even he was at odds with the emperor of the Han Dynasty.After all, when Liu Xie cheated Cao Bao's direct family away with a meal of wine, Liu Bei was still an accomplice. It's really strange that he doesn't hate Liu Bei.It should be considered a matter of course that Yuan Shu could do this.

"What about the Huaiyin matter? Chen Gui is an old man in Xuzhou and a famous person in the world. Could it be that my lord can make him surrender with just a letter?"

"Chen Gui's place, of course it can't be that simple." Yuan Shu smiled lightly, his whole body was filled with the superiority of wisdom beads.However, when he was smiling, his eyes inadvertently turned to Liang Min, who joined the army silently.

(End of this chapter)