Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 185 Yuan Shu Spits Blood
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Yuan Shu personally led an army of [-] to Hefei to resist the army coming from Jiangdong.

The two sides are in a stalemate in Hefei, refusing to give in to each other. If it continues, there will be victories and losses. No one can do anything to the other, and each side occupies one side.

Yuan Shu himself knew that Sun Ce would not fight him head-on, otherwise, even if Sun Ce won in the end, there would be a lot of losses.

Now here, I just want to fight a protracted war, waiting for the results of the battle in Yuzhou. Once the results of the battle in Yuzhou come out, then Sun Ce will definitely have a choice and can make a quick decision whether to fight or retreat.

Instead of making small troubles like now, they just sent people to fight and harass him, and there was no intention of fighting him at all.

However, Yuan Shu was also very supportive of Sun Ce's actions, and he didn't want to waste his troops here. If Liu Qi, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, and Sun Ce hadn't joined forces to send troops to attack him, it wouldn't have happened such a situation.

If only Sun Ce had led an army to attack him, he would have settled his old and new grudges with Sun Ce, and sent 20 troops to take the land of Jiangdong.

Although exchanging [-] soldiers and horses for a Chuanguo Yuxi is not a loss or a profit, but the fire that was deceived by Sun Ce is still in his heart. It is good that Sun Ce did not do anything. , Then, the fire in my heart is burning, and it can't be extinguished no matter what.

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In the camp.

Yuan Shu sat in the main tent, discussing with his subordinates how to defeat the enemy.

Although he didn't want to fight head-on with Sun Ce, he would be very willing if he could get rid of Sun Ce's soldiers and horses. In this way, he could lead the army back to aid Zhang Xun in Yuzhou, and join Zhang Xun together. Resisting the soldiers and horses of Cao Cao and others can also increase the chances of winning a lot.

While Yuan Shu was discussing with his subordinates, there was some noise outside the main account.

Yuan Shu frowned. He was already very upset when he was attacked by the princes. Now that Runan was lost and the 15 army led by Zhang Xun was also stopped, his mood was even worse. Now there are still people who dare to make noise here. Isn't this trying to court death?

However, Yuan Shu's temper had not yet exploded.

A disheveled scribe rushed in from outside the tent, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Shouchun is gone!"

The voice fell.

All the people in the main tent showed expressions of surprise, but they had to believe it, because they all recognized that the disheveled scribe was none other than Yuan Shu's minister Yan Xiang who stayed in Shouchun to assist Prince Yuan Yao.

"What's going on?" Yuan Shu said through gritted teeth.

His face was ferocious, his eyeballs turned red, he was obviously shocked by this news, and there was a trace of disbelief in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Liu Qi of Jingzhou personally led the army to forcibly attack Shouchun City. The defenders in the city could not hold on. In desperation, the minister could only lead two thousand soldiers to escort the prince and others to escape from Shouchun. Now Shouchun has fallen into Liu Qi. hands!" Yan Xiang said sadly.

He knew that when Liu Qi's army appeared outside Shouchun City, he already knew that Shouchun City could not be defended, so he handed over [-] soldiers and horses to the defenders, but he brought Prince Yuan Yao back to the palace.

Even if he returned to the palace, he did not immediately escape from Shouchun City with Prince Yuan Yao, and he still had some luck in his heart. He hoped that the general who defended the city would be able to hold on for a day, then everything could be saved.

But the facts proved that he still thought too much, eight thousand soldiers could not resist the fierce Jingzhou army at all, so he could only lead two thousand soldiers, pack up some things, and escort the crown prince, Yuan Shu's The family members, as well as some officials, fled Shouchun City, and of course took the Chuanguo Yuxi with them, which is impossible to keep.

After escaping from Shouchun, he ran non-stop all the way to Hefei.

"Where's General Ji?" Yuan Shu immediately stood up and drank.

He asked Ji Ling to lead an army of [-] to intercept the Jingzhou Army. If the Jingzhou Army appeared outside Shouchun City, then the army led by Ji Ling would not fail to appear, plus the [-] soldiers who stayed behind in Shouchun , enough to defend Shouchun City, how could it be so easy for Liu Qi to break through Shouchun City!
"Returning to Your Majesty, after escaping, I met the soldiers under General Ji's command, and learned from them that General Ji was surrounded by the Jingzhou Army when he was in Anfeng, and died in a fierce battle!" Yan Xiang said.

He only found out about this after escaping from Shouchun, and he also understood why Liu Qi appeared outside Shouchun City, while Ji Ling did not lead his troops to appear.

puff~
Hearing this, Yuan Shu's complexion changed back and forth, he couldn't hold his breath, and finally vomited blood directly, and fell back weakly.

"His Majesty!"

Everyone in the main tent stood up and shouted anxiously.

Fortunately, the eunuch next to Yuan Shu cleverly supported Yuan Shu who was falling backwards, and let Yuan Shu sit on the seat.

"Liu Qi, you bullied me too much!" Yuan Shu, who had regained his breath, cursed angrily.

When he proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Qi was the first to lead his troops to attack him. Along the way, he looted his city, and now he beheaded his number one general and broke his imperial capital.

However, he also knows that it has become a fact and cannot be changed at all.

A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Rise up the army immediately, rush back to Shouchun, and send people to Yuzhou, let Zhang Xun lead the troops back, I will fight Liu Qi to the death, and I will never die!"

"Your Majesty, this...!" Yan Xiang opened his mouth and said.

Yuan Shu glared at Yan Xiang, and shouted, "I've made up my mind, there's no need to discuss it any further!"

Being stared at by Yuan Shu, Yan Xiang felt terrified. If he dared to say one more word, Yuan Shu would definitely tear him apart. He swallowed, and took back what he wanted to say later.

"promise!"

The rest of the people also knew that Yuan Shu had been dazzled by anger, and they could only do what Yuan Shu said. They didn't want to be cut down by the irrational Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu also knew how wrong his actions were, but he just couldn't swallow this breath. He wanted to make Liu Qi pay the price, and let the rest of the people know that he, Yuan Shu, was not to be manipulated.

Everyone also went down to make arrangements, mobilized soldiers and horses, and followed Yuan Shu to fight back to Shouchun.

However, Yuan Shu didn't know that Liu Qi had no intention of occupying his imperial capital Shouchun at all. He just had another purpose. He captured Shouchun and led his troops back to Jingzhou after a night's rest.

Of course, after Yuan Shu knew about it, it was too late.

Yuan Shu led the whole army to set out and rushed back to Shouchun, which was also learned by the scout sent by Sun Ce to monitor Yuan Shu's camp.

The spy report was also quickly reported to Sun Ce. After all, it is not a trivial matter to deploy the whole army. As for whether there is any conspiracy, it can only depend on how the people above think about it, which is not within his scope.

(End of this chapter)