Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 144
Li Song is in a hurry for eight hundred miles!Appoint Zhong Yao as a servant, acting as the lieutenant of Sili, and supervising the Guanzhong armies with full authority to handle Northwest affairs.

"Where are the vanguard troops and the rest of the troops?" Li Song asked Xu Chudao beside him. In the summer of the third year of Jian'an, Li Song led troops from Xuzhou to Huainan.

"My lord! The vanguard troops are still eighty miles away from Chengde County. The right army has already swept Zhongli and Yinling. One day ago, the right army broke through Xiquyang. Now they are resting in Xiquyang. The left army is sweeping Dongcheng and Fuling. , Quanjiao, the army has arrived in Liyang." Xu Chu reported the situation of these three troops one by one!

"So fast?" Li Song wondered. The marching speed of these three troops was half as fast as expected. If they were just marching alone, they would travel day and night. With such a speed, it is still reasonable.

But they need to siege the city, and it takes time to siege the city. Why does it feel like entering a no-man's land? Could it be that they all just bypassed it?Or is the enemy not resisting?

I didn't expect them to be so fast, it was like playing triumphant songs all the way.

"Yes!" Xu Chu replied.

"Can you figure out what's going on?" Li Song asked.

"Return to the lord! They said in the information that the places they passed were ten rooms and nine empty. After seeing our army, the defenders of the cities opened their cities and surrendered." Xu Chu said.

"Not resisting? Just surrendering?" Seeing Xu Chu nodding, Li Song continued, "What's going on here?"

"It is said that because of Yuan Shu's violent expropriation, the hearts of the counties in Jiujiang County fluctuated. In addition, last winter, there was a severe drought and starvation, which even led to cannibalism. In addition, Lei Bo and Sun Lan betrayed Yuan Shu. They also plundered the counties!"

"After Yuan Shu retreated to Hefei, he hoarded a large amount of food and grass in Hefei. Except for his own troops, there were no local defenders at all. It was already miserable, but now it is even worse. They are no longer able to fight anymore. Therefore, our army can advance like a broken bamboo!" Xu Chu said.

"So it is!" Li Song suddenly realized!Only then did he realize that the situation in Huainan was even worse than he had imagined!Yuan Shu completely disregarded the life and death of the common people, and only cared about his own arrogance and lust!
"Command the vanguard troops to capture Chengde and stand by in Chengde! Wait for me and the other two armies to join up and defeat Hefei in one fell swoop!"

"Order the two armies on the left and right to approach the vanguard as quickly as possible, join forces, and jointly conquer Hefei and eliminate Yuan Shu."

"Promise!" Xu Chu answered the order, and when he was about to send someone to give them an order, Li Song stopped him, "There is more! Send someone eight hundred miles to hurry! Go back to Xuchang, gather some food and grass, and loose food for relief victims."

"Promise!" Xu Chu replied, and immediately called people to come, and asked them to bring Li Song's order to the Left and Right Army and Xu Chang. The three of them got on their horses and galloped away in three different directions.

"Send the order! The whole army speeds up!" Li Song ordered.

The messenger immediately ran among the army, shouting loudly as he ran: "The prime minister has an order! The whole army speeds up!"

The order was conveyed to the whole army in an instant, and the army immediately accelerated the marching speed. The infantry spread their feet and ran forward. The cavalry roared past both sides of the infantry.

Li Song, under the protection of Xu Chu and a group of personal guards, ran forward with the army, marching hundreds of miles in one day.

In Hefei City, Yuan Shu angrily smashed everything that could and couldn't be smashed, valuable and worthless, all over again.

With a little more qi, Yuan Shu sat paralyzed on his emperor's throne!Panting, he said, "Young thief Li Song! In a short period of time, he managed to destroy several of my cities and occupy a large area of ​​our Huainan County."

"I don't know when they will kill me under Hefei City! How dare the local defenders surrender the city instead of fighting the enemy!"

What dare not!You are rich and rich here!They don't even have to eat the bark, who else will work for you!All the civil and military ministers in the palace thought to themselves, and all bowed their heads in silence!
"My dear friends! Why don't you speak? Are you all dumb?" Yuan Shu cursed.

"Your Majesty! I think that my Huainan suffered a natural disaster and my strength was greatly reduced. It is really not good for me to fight against the enemy. It is better to shrink the line of defense! Defend the capital and retreat for a while!" A military officer came out of the class and said, tactfully not mentioning Yuan Shu's crimes , all due to natural disasters.

"Aiqing is right! It's just that our army shrinks the defense line and defends the capital. In this way, it will be easier for the enemy to approach the city!" Yuan Shu said.

"Your Majesty! I think that Your Majesty can temporarily retreat to Lujiang to take shelter for a while! Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, has strong troops and horses, and is powerful!" A civil servant came out of the class and played.

After hearing this, Yuan Shu was very moved. He is the emperor, so how could he stay in Hefei, a place of right and wrong? What if I hurt my dragon body? This is the proposal of this love minister, not to mention, the current prefect of Lujiang Liu Xun is still my subject, and it is his blessing that I take refuge with him temporarily!

Yuan Shu looked at the civil servant differently. Just as Yuan Shu was about to agree, another civil servant came out and said, "Your Majesty! I think this matter is inappropriate! You must not retreat to Lujiang County."

"Aiqing! Why is that?" Yuan Shu said a little angrily.

The civil official saw Yuan Shu's face turning from sunny to cloudy, and his heart skipped a beat, it's broken!His face was still neither humble nor overbearing, and he said: "Your Majesty! I heard that Liu Xun has two hearts for His Majesty! He has a close relationship with Sun Ce, not to mention that a large area of ​​Jiangdong is in the hands of Sun Ce. If the two of them secretly colluded , Your Majesty is in danger!"

He hastily kicked the blame on Liu Xun and Sun Ce. Anyway, Yuan Shu would not go to them to verify the authenticity of the matter. Even if he had to send someone to investigate, as long as he did a little work himself, the two of them would be able to confirm their collusion.

Yuan Shu's heart was full of enthusiasm and instantly cooled down more than half, looking at all the civil and martial arts, he said: "Then! What should I do? Dear friends, I don't know if there is another good strategy!"

"Your Majesty! I think you can't just listen to other people's one-sided words! You need to be cautious about Liu Xun's affairs! I suggest that you abandon those places that cannot be defended, concentrate your forces, and defend Hefei."

"At the same time, order people to go to Lujiang County and order Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, to send troops to assist our army! This way, Liu Xun can be our backup, and this way, we can also test whether Liu Xun has a rebellious heart!" Yuan Shu's prime minister came out to play the lecture.

"According to the prime minister's words! Send envoys to Lujiang as soon as possible, and order Liu Xun to send troops to escort them! There are also soldiers and horses scattered outside, hurriedly recruited back to the capital, and stick to Hefei!" Yuan Shu was overjoyed!Immediately issued an order.

Yuan Shu immediately announced his resignation, and was escorted by all civil and military officials, and left this hall!All the civil and military ministers bowed and exited the hall in order.

(End of this chapter)