Xuande

Chapter 537 Yuan Shu Engages in a Sneak Attack

After learning that the surrounding four prefectures were very dissatisfied with him and began to enlist troops to expand their army, Yuan Shu began to feel that there were some things that needed to be paid attention to even though he looked down on these people.

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong kept suggesting that he should immediately break through the encirclement of the four surrounding counties and open up a wider living space, otherwise he would be surrounded to death sooner or later. Yuan Shu also viewed this issue in the same way, and his original goal was to attack Luoyang and overthrow the Liu Bei's tyranny.

So he held a military meeting to discuss how to attack.

At the meeting, everyone reached a consensus that the attack on Yingchuan County should be put at the end, otherwise Liu Bei would be alerted immediately, and Yuan Shu should not have a direct confrontation with Liu Bei at present.

Yuan Shu was a little unhappy about this, but thinking about the arrogant soldiers under Liu Bei's command, he had to agree with this view.

So they decided to attack Chen Guo, Pei Guo, and Nanyang County.

Yuan Shu is greedy for Nanyang County, because Nanyang County is the richest, but Yan Xiang doesn't suggest that.

"Nanyang County is the place where the Han Dynasty prospered. Although it is rich, it is of great significance. There are many wealthy families. Once it is attacked, it will definitely arouse the reaction of the Luoyang court."

This reason was recognized, so Nanyang County was temporarily excluded.

Then only Pei Guo and Chen Guo are left.

The two don't matter. Yuan Shu and others made an assessment and thought that Chen Guo was richer than Pei Guo, but it was said that Chen Guo's Prime Minister Luo Jun was quite capable, and Chen Wang Liu Chong was good at riding and shooting, and he was a guy with some combat effectiveness.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Chen Guo also faced many dangers, and they were able to save them with the cooperation of these two people. Therefore, both Yan Xiang and Yang Hong believed that Chen Guo was not easy to attack, and they should choose Pei Guo as a soft persimmon to pinch.

Yuan Shu admits that Pei Guo is a soft persimmon, but he also thinks that Chen Guo should be on his plate, because he is really short of money now, and it is not easy to raise an army of 3 people. He needs to expand his own Territory, get more resources.

By capturing these two counties, he would be able to increase his strength by at least [-] troops. Then, he could launch an attack on Yingchuan County and Nanyang County. After swallowing these two counties, he could directly attack Luoyang and challenge Liu Bei.

This is Yuan Shu's plan.

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong didn't know Yuan Shu's psychological expectations, so they began to help Yuan Shu plan how to annex Peiguo, but at the same time, these two people also repeatedly warned Yuan Shu that he could not hurt the Zongwang, at most he could only capture him, and then he would salute him. wait for it.

Pei Guoxiang Fan Pi is not a very talented person, and his reputation as an official in Pei Guo is not good. As a Confucian scholar, he has no experience in fighting, and he belongs to the kind of soft persimmon that is easy to pinch.

Although he was allowed to recruit [-] troops for defense, he didn't have any capable people under his command who could carry out this somewhat difficult task, and Yuan Shu's side planned a surprise attack tactic.

Fan Pi also lacked a sense of crisis. He felt that with the permission and deterrence of the imperial court, coupled with the 5000-strong army, Yuan Shu would not dare to act recklessly.

But the question is, is he Yuan Gonglu a person who talks about rules and is afraid of things?

The second child is the third child, Yuan Gonglu has only suffered from Liu Bei's hands, and he has never been afraid of other people, let alone a mere county guard. He plans to turn against the Luoyang court, and he will care about other people ?

So Yuan Shu's army, under the leadership of Zhonglang Zhang Xun and Xiaowei Ji Ling, directly attacked Xiangxian County, easily broke through the defenseless Xiangxian County, defeated Fan Pi's army, captured Fan Pi, and killed him.

The unlucky Fan Pi didn't last even a day.

Pei Guo was unable to resist Yuan Shu's army and was occupied by Yuan Shu. Pei Wang Liu Cong was in poor health, so frightened by this, he was frightened to death.

Yuan Shu ransacked the warehouse and arsenal of Pei State, occupied Pei State, and won the raid.

On the other hand, Yuan Shu also dispatched an army to attack Chen State. This army, led by Zhonglang General Sun Jian, was in charge of attacking Chen State, which was more closely guarded.

Because Luo Jun, Prime Minister of Chen State, was more vigilant and had experience in dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, when Sun Jian led his army into Chen State and approached Chen County, he was discovered in advance, and then met strong resistance from Chen Wang Liu Chong and Luo Jun.

They guarded Chen County and did not go out to fight. They also sent people to the Luoyang court to ask for help, trying to hold Liu Bei to help.

Sun Jian led his troops to surround Chen County, cut off the traffic inside and outside Chen County, and cut off the road to woodcutter mining, so that the county could not get any supplement.

Before the war, although Chen Guo had made preparations, they didn't think Yuan Shu had the guts to go to war. They believed that under the intimidation of the Luoyang court, Yuan Shu didn't dare to act recklessly, so they didn't carry out the highest level of war preparations.

So it was too late when I learned of Yuan Shu's surprise attack.

At this time, there is not enough food and materials in the city, and it is full of people, so the consumption is huge. However, within three to five days, there has been a shortage of materials in the city.

Chen Wang Liu Chong's temperament was like a fire, and he couldn't bear the humiliation. He went up to the city gate and scolded Yuan Shu for his wolf ambition, and asked him if he really wanted to rebel against the big man.

After that, Liu Chong decided to go out of the city and fight to the death with Sun Jian.

Luo Jun resolutely stopped and asked Liu Chong to wait for Liu Bei's reinforcements, but Liu Chong also had his own views.

"There is not much food in the city. In a few days, we will eat tree bark and eat grass. At that time, people will panic and the army will lose its combat effectiveness. Once the reinforcements are slow, we will be trapped here. Why don't we take advantage of the soldiers' strength now?" , fight to the death, maybe there is still a way out."

After thinking about it, Luo Jun couldn't help thinking that what Liu Chong said was reasonable, so he decided that Liu Chong would lead the troops out of the city to die, and he would live and die with the county.

If Liu Chong wins, that's good, if Liu Chong dies in battle, he will never live alone.

Liu Chong made a pre-war mobilization, let the soldiers eat and drink enough water, equip all the equipment that can be equipped, and then go out of the city and die with Sun Jianjian. Sun Jian was overjoyed. , he was also worried that something would change later, who would have thought that the other party would actually leave the city on his own initiative.

The results speak for themselves.

Liu Chong was indeed brave. He personally led the cavalry to attack Sun Jian's position. He rushed from left to right, bent his bow and set up arrows without missing a shot. Several of Sun Jian's personal guards were shot to death by him, and Sun Jian was asked by his personal guards to retreat a little. To avoid the edge.

But Sun Jian was unwilling.

Liu Chong is brave, but isn't the Jiangdong tiger brave?
So Sun Jian led his personal guards to launch a counter-charge, and attacked Liu Chong head-on. Liu Chong was finally defeated and was besieged by Sun Jian's subordinates, and finally Sun Jian personally killed him.

When Liu Chong died in battle, Chen Guo's army couldn't hold on anymore. After all, their number was still small. Although they had the cooperation of the army at the top of the city, they still couldn't resist, and finally the whole army was wiped out.

Seeing the defeat of the army and the death of Liu Chong, Luo Jun's heart was ashamed. In Sun Jian's ultimatum, he decided to surrender in Kaesong, in exchange for Sun Jian not to harm the people in the city.

Sun Jian agreed.

So Luo Jun ordered the city gates to be opened. After Sun Jian's army entered the city, Luo Jun stood on the top of the city and stabbed himself with a knife, then fell to the bottom of the city, fulfilling his promise.

This happened on August 21, the sixth year of Zhongping.

In fact, Liu Chong and Luo Jun were too anxious and not calm enough. As long as they persisted for a few more days, they would see reinforcements from Chenliu County.

The people they sent out had arrived in Chenliu County and met Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu County.

Just at this time, Zhang Miao also asked Liu Bei for reinforcements. After Liu Bei considered it, he sent Ma Teng, who was promoted to a school lieutenant, to lead a battalion of reorganized and trained elite troops to Chenliu County to cheer Zhang Miao.

At that time, Chenliu Commandery was able to send out at least 6000 people. After learning the news that Yuan Shu was attacking the Chen State, he was indeed planning to send troops to support the Chen State—he still understood the truth.

So he handed over all the troops to Ma Teng, and Ma Teng led the troops to Chen Guo to support Liu Chong and Luo Jun. However, after three days of marching, Ma Teng got the news that Chen Guo had been breached.

Liu Chong died in battle, Luo Jun committed suicide, Chen Guo was invaded by Yuan Shu, and it was Sun Jian who performed this task.

After hearing the news, Ma Teng was a little surprised. He immediately sent someone back to Luoyang to inform Liu Bei of the matter, and then stationed troops in Fugou County to prevent Yuan Shu's army from attacking Chenliu County.

After Yuan Shu swallowed Chen Guo and Pei Guo one after another, he temporarily lost his aggressiveness. He needed enough time and energy to digest these two counties and expand his military strength.

It was also during this period of time that news spread that Yuan Shu attacked Chen Guo and Pei Guo and killed two Zong Kings in succession. Everyone who heard the news was shocked.

On the one hand, they realized that Yuan Shu still has some skills, and on the other hand, they noticed that Yuan Shu was completely unruly.

Killing the clan of the great man, are you going to set things right and attack Liu Bei, or do you want to destroy the great man and become the emperor yourself?
Yuan Shu's ambition was gradually exposed with his atrocities, which aroused unanimous panic and hostility in the surrounding states and counties.

And when Yuan Shu's think tanks learned about this, they were terrified.

They had agreed in advance that they could not hurt Zong Wang, they could only catch them, and they must save their lives and ensure their safety, otherwise something bad would happen.

Yuan Shu readily agreed.

The results of it?
The two kings die in your hands!

What are you doing?

(End of this chapter)