Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 633 Zhang Xun on Shouchun City
The sun shines on the sparkling Huaishui River, which makes the river water as white as silver look extremely dazzling.

Standing at the head of Shouchun City, Zhang Xun, the great general of the Dacheng Kingdom, couldn't help wiping the sweat off his forehead again. The hot weather surrounded him like he was in a steamer.At this time, Zhang Xun suddenly missed the shade in the dungeon.

However, although the words can be ridiculed, waiting for an unknown fate in that dark dungeon, the kind of torture is simply not something a veteran like Zhang Xun can bear.Many people who entered the dungeon actually passed through a gate of hell. Apart from making people crazy, that place only makes people think of suicide...

In fact, Zhang Xun was the same as those people, although he was regarded by Yuan Shu as the Great Wall and a right-hand man under Yuan Shu's command.But in fact, he could already see that Yuan Shu was obsessed with the matter of proclaiming himself emperor and enshrining Zen.Coupled with Yuan Shu's ambitious but narrow-minded character, Zhang Xun knew that if he blatantly disobeyed Yuan Shu's will, he would only end up with the fate of being beheaded with a knife or even expelled from his family.

In particular, when Zhang Xunwen heard that Yuan Shu was defeated by the Han-Cao coalition forces, he felt that his life had come to an end.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu, whose will was completely shattered by Liu Xie, did not remember Zhang Xun after returning to Shouchun City.Instead, he handed over all the important affairs of his family and country to Prince Yuan Yao. Zhang Xun felt even more desolate at that moment: how could a 13-year-old child carry such a heavy burden on his immature shoulders?

However, at that moment, things began to take a strange turn.Because of Yuan Yao's ignorance and ignorance, when he faced the critical moment of life and death, the first thing he thought of was to rely on the person he trusted the most.Generally, a child like Yuan Yao who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of a woman would first think of his mother's uncle's family, but Yuan Yao's mother died early, and he had no way to borrow it.As a result, Yuan Huan, who once served as Yuan Yao's teacher, became Yuan Yao's only hope.

Yuan Yao, the crown prince of the East Palace, waited in front of Yuan Huan's door without sleep for two consecutive days, which finally moved Yuan Huan. Although he also knew that Yuan Shu's power was powerless, Yuan Huan really liked Yuan Yao, who was cowardly but not at all like his father's. child.Under Yuan Yao's tearful request, Yuan Huan had no choice but to fight to the death, trying to change his fate against the sky.

The first strategy Yuan Huan gave Yuan Yao was to release Zhang Xun and Yan Xiang, who were imprisoned by Yuan Shu, and give them a big reward.Zhang Xun is Yuan Shu's veteran general. Zhang Xun, who has known his destiny this year, has been in the army for 30 years. He has shed more blood than the boys sweat. He has rich experience in leading troops.And Yan Xiang is a talent in internal affairs. Although he is not as good at strategizing as Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty, his ability to urgently collect war supplies in Shouchun is indeed none other than Yan Xiang.

Surrounded by the allied forces of the Han Dynasty, the danger of the army approaching the city made everything urgent.All the civil and military men of Dacheng Kingdom held the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and no one stopped Yuan Yao's actions.

Therefore, in just a few days, Zhang Xun was promoted to the rank of General of the Dacheng Kingdom, and with the help of supplies urgently conscripted by Yan Xiang, he rewarded the soldiers who returned from the defeat.For a while, Yuan Jun, who was already frightened, was tempted by money, and under Zhang Xun's command, he stood back on the city wall and repelled Sun Ce's tentative attack.

This is the reason why Shouchun City suddenly came back to life, that is to say, Yuan Shu's so-called painstaking effort is not as good as him diving into the deep palace and doing nothing...

However, Zhang Xun only dared to think about this kind of complaint in his heart.Now he can only continue to stand upstairs on the top of the city, suffering from the scorching sun, sweating profusely to patrol: After all, the danger has not disappeared, and it is not even contained.

Yesterday, when the South Wall defeated Sun Ce, others didn't know about it, but Zhang Xun knew it well.That battle was said to have been won by the self army, but it might as well be said that Sun Ce let them go: because it was Sun Ben who led the crowd to resist Zhu Zhi on the south wall that day!

After Sun Ben was defeated by the Han army from Yuzhou, he was deprived of all military power by Yuan Shu when he returned to Shouchun. Although he was not thrown into prison, he could only rot like a salted fish.However, when Yuan Huan suggested that Yuan Yao should revive Zhang Xun, he also took into account the hero of the Sun family.It's just that Yuan Huan is an upright person, and he doesn't know how to make Sun Ben, who has long been disappointed and even resentful towards the Yuan family, change his mind.

Just when Yuan Huan was in a dilemma, Liang Min, who was transferred from Lujiang to Shouchun and had been on the rise all the way, proposed a poisonous plan to Yuan Huan, imprisoning Sun Ben's family members in the Sanssouci Palace, and coercing Sun Ben to work for Yuan again. .

Therefore, when Zhang Xun led the troops to support Sun Ben that day, he happened to see Sun Ce raising his whip and riding his horse to attack the city himself. , they withdrew back like the tide.

Liang Min's poisonous scheme has worked, Sun Ce is Sun Ce's cousin, and Liang Min deliberately asked Sun Ben to guard Sun Ce's army at the South Gate, in order to let them kill each other.No matter how brave and skilled Sun Ce is, he will not kill Sun Ben. After all, the ties of the clan in this era are extremely strong.Especially when Sun Jian, the tiger of the Sun family Jiangdong, passed away, the next generation of the Sun family would kill each other like this, even if they were their own masters, the world would be ashamed.

So, in yesterday's battle, Yuan Jun was lucky to win.And, more importantly, the biggest enemy of the Yuan family was not Sun Ce—everyone knew that Yuan Shu's arrogance and proclaiming emperor this time offended the emperor of the Han Dynasty.And that genius who almost rewrote the fate of the Han Dynasty by himself is the opponent Yuan should fear the most.

Not to mention, the strength of the Han Dynasty army at the North Gate is also the strongest among the four families.In particular, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is still a young man who uses soldiers like a god. Although it is rumored that this young man has not studied many military books, the methods he uses often coincide with the military books and strategies.

Zhang Xun has heard of such people before, and he knows that some people have such talents.Simply put, such a person is a military wizard.That's why Yuan Shu used [-] troops to deal with Liu Xie, but Liu Xie's understatement of a trick to lure the enemy into the depths defeated Yuan Shu completely and made the entire Yuan family fall into an irreparable corruption.

The only reason why Zhang Xun dared to stand at the head of Shouchun City against that mysterious and powerful young man was that all the defenses of Shouchun City were built by Zhang Xun—before Zhang Xun was imprisoned by Yuan Shu, Zhang Xun made preparations for a rainy day.

However, those seemingly impenetrable defenses given to Zhang Xun are only psychological comfort at present.The reason why he really pretended to be calm and standing here is ridiculous to say——it was because he still had a little luck in his heart.

Zhang Xun had known for a long time that if he commanded in front of the battle, all the generals in the Dacheng Dynasty tied together would not be the opponent of any random school lieutenant under the command of the Han Dynasty.But it is much easier to hold on to the city. Since ancient times, if there is sufficient food and equipment to attack the city, it is often easy to beat ten, and it is not impossible to hold on for several years.

Regardless of Liu Xie, Cao Cao, Liu Bei or Sun Ce, it is impossible for them to attack for a long time.On the surface, wars are compared to the quality and quantity of soldiers, excellent combat readiness, support of the people, or the morale of both sides, but in fact, wars are still about money, which is the overall strength of one side.

Soldiers need to eat when they fight. If they don't have enough strength to provide enough logistics supplies, they must avoid laborious expeditions. This is the common sense of using soldiers.Tens of thousands of soldiers went out to fight, and the food consumption was staggering.

Moreover, mobilizing 1 soldiers requires at least [-] civilians to transport food. Although Zhang Xun knew that the Han Dynasty had improved the military rations and transport vehicles, only [-] civilians and [-] combat-ready soldiers were needed to mobilize more than [-] troops. , but Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce did not have such strength.

What’s even more incomparable between these three parties and the Han Dynasty is that these three parties have not yet promoted a large number of high-yielding and short-cycle crops such as potatoes, corn, and winter wheat, and they can still only harvest once a year.At this time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei probably used last year's grain.Sun Ce's land in Jiangdong is more fertile, and rice seeds can be harvested twice a year, but Sun Ce's first capture of Jiangdong is far from having a stable rear.Among the three parties, the most likely to retreat first is Sun Ce, who seems aggressive and impatient.

"The Sifang laborers will go on an expedition without cutting off their food supply, and their supplies will be unsustainable. We only need to hold on for more than a month. At that time, the Quartet army may retreat without losing, right?" Zhang Xun thought in his heart. Then, he couldn't help looking at Bagong Mountain in the distance. On the top of the mountain, he could still vaguely distinguish the outline of the high platform where he enshrined Zen.

At this moment, the only thing Zhang Xun prayed for was that there are really gods in the sky.At least, for Yuan Shu's pious sake, give Shouchun a miracle...

(End of this chapter)