Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After Yuan Shu finished venting his anger, he slammed the table and said in a deep voice.

"Send troops! I want to take back Ruyin City."

The battle of Jingzhou was a defeat, and even though Yuan Shu was unwilling, he could accept it.

But the Yuan family originated from Runan County, and most of their roots were in Runan County. Moreover, Runan County was one of the most populous counties in the world, and it was Yuan Shu's real foundation.

Therefore, Yuan Shu could barely accept the failure of occupying Jingzhou, but he could not accept that Runan County was under the threat of Liu Bei's troops at any time.

However, now both Jingzhou and Ruyin City have suffered a great defeat, and the military forces under Yuan Shu have long been seriously depleted, and even the defense is extremely difficult. How can there be spare energy to organize troops to retake Ruyin City?
What was more important was the successive defeats, resulting in not only the loss of manpower but also the morale of the army from top to bottom.

Everyone knows that continuing to use military force at this moment will not only be of no help, but will only continue to increase the losses.

Therefore, as soon as Yuan Shu said this, all the civil and military officials spoke out to persuade Yuan Shu to think twice.

Just when Yuan Shu couldn't help but get furious again, Chen Lin, who came as Yuan Shao's envoy, sent someone to deliver a visiting card in advance.

However, the moment Yuan Shu saw the visiting card, he angrily threw it to the ground and said.

"How dare a concubine's son insult me?"

Yuan Shu's sudden reaction made the people below somewhat confused.

However, everyone was happy to see that Yuan Shu's attention was diverted and no longer obsessed with sending troops to retake Ruyin City immediately. Yan Xiang hurriedly stepped out and asked.

"Why is my lord angry?"

"You will know it at a glance." Yuan Shu pointed at the visiting card that was thrown out and said angrily.

After Yan Xiang picked up the visiting card and read it, he asked in confusion.

"Yuan Benchu ​​sent an envoy to visit the lord, which is a good thing."

"Good thing?"

Yuan Shu sneered and said, "My concubine's son must have sent an envoy here to mock my defeat..."

Yuan Shu became more and more angry as he spoke, so he waved his sleeves and spoke loudly.

"Come here, chop off the messenger and send his head back to Yuan Benchu."

Yan Xiang was shocked and spoke quickly.

"Absolutely not, my lord! Not to mention that even when the two armies are fighting, they don't kill envoys, not to mention that my lord and Yuan Benchu ​​are brothers."

"Besides, the envoy Chen Lin is also a famous person in the country. If we rashly kill him, it will be very detrimental to the reputation of our lord."

Yuan Shu paused for a moment and asked back, "Chen Lin?"

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Chen Lin and others once worked together under General He Jin and had some interactions with each other. Yuan Shu also admired Chen Lin's writing talent, so the two sides had some friendship.

Immediately, Yuan Shu waved his hand and said impatiently.

"Since it's Chen Lin, then let's spare his life and drive them all away. No need to see them."

Seeing this, Yan Xiang had no choice but to persuade him carefully.

"My lord, Yuan Benchu ​​is also fighting hard with Gongsun Zan in Jizhou. I don't think he would send an envoy for some trivial matter. Maybe he has something important to discuss. Why not meet him?"

At the end, Yan Xiang did not forget to wink at Yang Hong.

Regardless of whether Yuan Shao's sending an envoy was a good thing or a bad thing, letting Yuan Shu meet Chen Lin could at least divert Yuan Shu's attention and prevent him from being obsessed with trying to retake Ruyin City.

Today's Yuzhou is really unable to send out troops in a short period of time.

Yang Hong, who had never gotten along well with Yan Xiang, hesitated for a moment, then followed him out and tried to please him.

"My lord, Yuan Shao has always been arrogant, but he has sent an envoy from a thousand miles away, which shows his sincerity. It would be fine for you to take some time out of your busy schedule to meet him."

"And if you just avoid him, others might think you are afraid of him."

These words undoubtedly completely convinced Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu looked at the messy meeting room, went straight into the back room to tidy up his clothes, and changed to another hall to receive Chen Lin. After Chen Lin met Yuan Shu as scheduled, he directly took out Yuan Shao's handwritten letter.

Yuan Shu took the letter, disgust flashed in his eyes as he opened it, and he was already prepared to find a reason to lose his temper.

However, the more Yuan Shu looked at it, the more relaxed his expression became, and in the end he even smiled.

This anomaly made Yan Xiang, Yang Hong and others look at each other in surprise.

The discord between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu has been going on for a long time. Although they are brothers in name, they are almost enemies in reality. This is the first time that Yuan Shu smiled happily after reading Yuan Shao's letter.

After reading it once, Yuan Shu read it again with a smile. Then he put the letter down carefully and spoke to Chen Lin below.

"Okay, okay, then my concubine Shengzi is quite self-aware. She knows she can't defeat Gongsun Zan, so she took the initiative to ask me for help."

Chen Lin, who had a somewhat elegant and refined demeanor of a famous scholar, spoke.

"That White Horse General Gongsun Zan relied on his prestige and pressed forward step by step. My lord had no choice but to defend the Jie Bridge for half a year, but he was powerless to fight back. He had no choice but to ask for help from his family. I also ask Lord Yuan to go north to help my lord."

Ask for help from the main family?
As soon as these five words came out, Yuan Shu felt a tingling sensation in his body and mind.

Yuan Shu looked down on Yuan Shao, a half-brother born to a concubine, and was even more unhappy that Yuan Shao was always superior to him in terms of temperament, appearance, behavior, and reputation.

The two had been fighting for many years, and Yuan Shu had only won over Yuan Shao a handful of times, which made Yuan Shu almost obsessed with defeating Yuan Shao.

Now that Yuan Shao has taken the initiative to surrender, how can Yuan Shu not feel that he has gotten what he wanted?

"Okay, okay. Yuan Benchu ​​is in trouble. As the legitimate son of the Yuan family, I should help him. Tell me, is Yuan Benchu ​​short of money or food?" Yuan Shu said generously.

Immediately, Chen Lin expressed his strategy of hoping that Yuan Shu would abandon Nanyang County and move north to Yanzhou to join Yuan Shao.

After hearing these words, Yuan Shu, who was originally smiling, unconsciously frowned again and asked a question.

"Chen Kongzhang, do you know how many people there are in Nanyang County? It is such a crucial place. How can you give up so easily just because of the words of a concubine giving birth to a child?"

"Even if Lord Yuan does not abandon Nanyang County, can he defend Nanyang?" Chen Lin asked.

Yuan Shu wanted to answer almost immediately that he could hold it, but the shadow of Li Ji flashed through his mind unconsciously, and the words came to his lips, but he couldn't say them.

In the past, when I was befriending Li Ji in the anti-Dong alliance, I just felt that it was a relief to have this person to give me advice.

But after being defeated by Li Ji on the battlefield, Yuan Shu felt that every step he took seemed to be calculated by the opponent.

Can you hold it?

If Li Ji really led his troops north to capture Nanyang County, would he be able to hold it?

Moreover, Xinye City also fell into Li Ji's hands, which was tantamount to driving a nail into Nanyang County in advance, and Wancheng was still in Huang Zu's hands.

This feeling of choking, just like the loss of Ruyin City to Guan Yu, made Yuan Shu very uncomfortable.

While Yuan Shu was silent, Chen Lin continued to speak.

"And when Lord Yuan marches north to Yanzhou, my master will not only help him with all his strength, but also promise not to take an inch of Yanzhou's land. Yanzhou will all belong to Lord Yuan."

"Is Yuan Benchu ​​so generous?" Yuan Shu asked with narrowed eyes.

Yuan Shu looked down on and hated Yuan Shao, but that doesn't mean he didn't understand Yuan Shao.

Does Yuan Shao have such courage and determination?

This made Yuan Shu quite unconvinced.

Chen Lin bowed to the north, with an expression of admiration on his face, and said.

"Before I left, my master asked me to pass on a message to Lord Yuan: If you and I prosper, the Yuan family will prosper; if you and I fight, the Yuan family will decline."

Yuan Shu frowned, pondered for a long time, and then spoke.

"There is no need for a concubine's son to remind me, a direct descendant. Go back and tell Yuan Benchu ​​that a mere Nanyang County is nothing in my eyes." (End of this chapter)