Once again coming to this city that had been "destroyed" by his hands, Li Shushi found that he was not as excited as he had imagined.
Perhaps he has experienced too much, especially all kinds of life and death, but just revisiting the old place seems to be unable to arouse much interest in him. In other words, compared with the feelings these things can bring to him, he
I am more concerned about everything happening in the city.
"Is there no news yet?"
When Li Shushi asked, he did not look at Jia Xu or Lu Bu beside him, but turned his face to a beauty beside him. She had a mature charm and enchanting figure. Although she was a little plump, she was reasonably plump.
The combination of clothes not only did not reduce any of the charm, but also made the soldiers who had endured it for more than half a year drool.
When the woman heard Li Shushi's question, she had a helpless expression and a touch of sadness on her face. Her frown made people want to step forward and smooth it for her. Although there was no pretense, it was
He has an endearing and endearing temperament.
Should I say "so awesome"?
"I haven't seen her for so many years. I don't know what her temperament is like now. Even her appearance has become a little blurry. Maybe she is as stubborn as my little sister, or maybe she is a person without any opinion.
, I can certainly feel some of the ups and downs of her life through just some correspondence, but I really can’t guess whether it is true or false, more or less. If there is really no solution, then it can only be said that she was destined to die.
It is destined to have such an ending.”
Her tone became more and more sad, and something crystal clear slipped from the corner of her eyes, as if she was saying goodbye to something in life. At this time, the little woman who was fifty or sixty-six percent similar to this woman, but younger, started to appear.
She appeared from behind. He gently hugged the woman's waist, pressed his outstanding figure against her back, and gently rested his chin on the woman's shoulder.
Well, it would be even more perfect if the background is matched with piles of blooming lilies.
The little woman didn't say anything, but at this moment, the silence was better than the sound. She gently held the hands that were wrapped in front of her. Everything was said without saying anything.
"Shu Shi, do you still...do you want to continue?"
Glancing at the two sisters hugging each other, Lu Bu showed a rare expression of hesitation. Although he hoped to solve the city in front of him in one go and bring a perfect end to his independent military leadership this time, there was a situation in front of him.
Two people hugging each other
One of the weeping women is the wife of a good comrade who has known him for many years, and the other is his mistress. Therefore, even Xiaoqiang, who has always been carefree, is rare at this moment and is not in a hurry to make a decision. Even
Kicked the ball into Li Shushi's hand.
After receiving the ball kicked by Lu Bu, Li Shushi did not throw the ball in his hand to anyone else. After all, it was indeed time for him to make a decision. Although he was still a little unbearable, it seemed that the matter was at this point and there seemed to be no more opportunities for change.
.
then……
"George, the rest is up to you, but if the risk is too great, please just say so. After all, I care more about you, George Xin, than just Anping. Your wisdom and knowledge can help me achieve far more than Anping."
The benefits that the county can bring.”
"Since Ming Gong has already said this, if Xin Pi still can't achieve anything, wouldn't it mean that Ming Gong's ability to know people is weak?"
In response to Li Shushi's praise, Xin Pi, who was dressed in white Confucian uniform, smiled, but he was not complacent. Instead, he was a little frightened. Perhaps even a straightforward person like Xin Zuozhi would not be satisfied in front of Li Shushi, who was about to unify the north.
Feeling a little restricted.
Yes, we have reached this point unknowingly. The Yuan family's orthodoxy is about to end. Although the city in the distance represents the last resistance of the Yuan family's orthodox lineage, compared with the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, it seems so small.
of desolation.
The most important thing is that in the process of the collapse of the once behemoth, Li Shushi actually watched everything happen from the perspective of a bystander, just like watching a movie. Watching the once unattainable family is no longer a big deal.
Under the influence of large external force, it collapsed like a fortress piled up with sand after a burst of smoke.
Only the ruins in front of us are left, which are also crumbling.
But even so, it still drags down those who could have escaped, which is a bit irritating and resentful.
"I really want to pull out those two bastards, chop them into pieces and feed them to the dogs!"
Of course, pure verbal attacks are of no use to the people hiding behind the cold city wall. In fact, Li Shushi is also aware of this, so at most it is just a way to vent his inner unhappiness.
After all, it was the choice of the two bastards in the city that made my little Qing'er cry silently while trying to dominate her eldest sister. That heartbreaking expression really made Li Shushi, who was watching from a distance, feel heartbroken.
Xinpi set off.
In fact, Li Shushi did not have high expectations for Xinpi's success. Although the two brothers in the city said that their abilities were completely incomparable to their father, who had failed but had also been brilliant, when the war progressed
In such a situation, they have reached the point where they are trapped and still fighting, and they no longer have the scruples they had before to resort to some crazy methods.
It can be said that in the current Xindu City, the two Yuan family masters adopt a high-pressure rule. Even the slightest disturbance will arouse their sensitive nerves, and any possible contact with outside the city will be nipped in the bud.
.
Yes, any possibility.
Because among those who were executed, there was Li Shushi's in-law, the man married to the second daughter of the Zhen family, a direct descendant of the Xian family in Bohai County.
Naturally, he is also the in-law of Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family.
Even if it weren't for Yuan Xi's wife and the fourth child of the Zhen family, perhaps the second young lady of the Zhen family would have become a pair of fateful mandarin ducks together with her husband.
Of course, the current situation of the widow is not much better, because the beautiful woman was taken as a reward by Yuan Xi, who promised that after repelling the Bingzhou army and entering the palace, she would be given to the meritorious soldiers. Regardless of their origin, as long as they stand up
If you put in enough merit, you can get the beautiful woman. If there are enough soldiers who have made great achievements, it is not impossible to consider taking turns among several people.
Under tremendous pressure, even the two young masters' own concubines could be given as rewards, let alone others.
Because of this, Xindu looks like an iron bucket. Although Xinpi is not as dazzling as his brother and Guo Tu, theoretically speaking, Er Yuan will be less defensive against him, but there are really people who dare to attack him at this time.
Committing a crime against the wind?
It's a pity that Li Shushi's last effort failed just now. Xin Pi was obviously unwilling to give up this rare opportunity to show off his abilities, because Yuan Tan's unexpected death had already caused him to suffer a lot from Yuan Shang, his successor after Yuan Shao's death.
If he could not improve his career with his new master, Bingzhou Army, he was worried that his future would be bleak.
After all, at such an old age, he really couldn't shamelessly go around Bingzhou Official School and sit in class with those young people and listen to teachers who may be younger than him, but he had no confidence to talk to those who came from Bingzhou Official School.
It can be said that the direct descendants of Bingzhou Jungen Hongmiaozheng were competing in the officialdom. He believed that this time was his best and perhaps only chance.
Even though Li Shushi was very polite to him and spoke highly of him.
"Fengxian, don't be stunned. We should also prepare and attack later."
"Don't you have to wait for that guy to send back the message?"
"If he can bring back good news, we will naturally be more relaxed. But if he cannot bring back news, haven't we already prepared a plan for a strong attack? Wouldn't it be possible for Lu Fengxian to fight without Xin Zuozhi?"
"I thought Shushi you would hesitate."
"I hesitated and relented and gave the people in the city opportunities. Many opportunities. But opportunities are limited, and our time is also limited. Now that we know that the worst result has happened, do we still need to continue to hesitate?"
"It's really... impressive."
"Haha, I just made a comparison in my mind. The weight of those people cannot be compared with the mission we shoulder."
"...the truth of the book."
"Um?"
"Actually, you have a chance."
"I understand what you mean, Fengxian, but no one can accept such conditions, especially when we have no worries and can fully devote ourselves to one thing. If we can't see the situation clearly, we can still open our mouths. Do you think that
I am the kind of person who has almost no intersection with the kindness of women.
Can love give up those who follow me and give their loyal subordinates? Fengxian, we are no longer ordinary people who can play as we please. Since we choose to embark on this road, this day will inevitably come, sooner or later
Late. Besides, isn’t this what you have always wanted me to do?”
After hearing Li Shushi's answer, Lu Bu fell silent. He didn't know how to refute. From a rational point of view, even he felt that there was nothing wrong with Li Shushi's actions. In fact, when he heard the conditions proposed by the other party, he
I have a desire to overturn the table on the spot. But from an emotional point of view, if the same thing happened to him, he might be very angry at the time, but if there is an eloquent person to convince him
, maybe he might agree after bargaining.
Just as Jia Xu said to him privately, compared to being a prince, being a simple military commander is more suitable for him.
Especially in such a free environment.
But as Li Shushi's position becomes more and more stable and he begins to move towards a higher position, how much freedom will he have always enjoyed, or for some more important purposes, will Li Shushi be like this today?
What choices do you have?
Lu Bu never thinks about this kind of problem, because he knows that no matter how much he thinks about it, he will never have the most correct answer, and it will only add trouble to himself. If he has time to think about such things, it is better to find someone to fight with.
But today, he thought about it, and no matter what he did, he couldn't seem to suppress the related thoughts.
Fortunately, the battle was indeed as Li Shushi said, and he didn't have to wait long. This should be considered a blessing.
Lu Bu thought happily.
Xinpi's strategy can be said to have failed, but from a certain perspective, it was also successful.
The lower-level officers who originally had an agreement with Xin Pi were lucky enough to escape the high-pressure rule of the two young masters of the Yuan family. After all, their interactions with Xin Pi were very secretive. More importantly, although Xin Pi was a core figure in Yuan Tan's camp,
, but compared to his brothers Xin Ping and Guo Tu, he is a relatively marginal existence, so the investigation of people who have interacted with him in Xindu City is far less intensive than the former two.
However, it is not easy to do something in the extremely tense atmosphere in Xindu City. Therefore, as soon as these people make any movement, they will be noticed by the general on duty, and all the soldiers who are trying to cause trouble will be cut down and killed.
The head was hung on the city gate tower, and the few officers with some status were turned to Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi.
Not only to let the two young masters kill people to vent their anger, but also to show off in front of the two young masters. Perhaps after the war, with more performance opportunities, they can get more beautiful women and more rewards such as money and land.
Anyway, all the troublemakers have been rounded up, and no one dares to make trouble at this time.
It's a pity that this kind of inertial thinking is really harmful to people.
Although the officers and soldiers who had contact with Xin Pi were all killed, it did not mean that others were of the same mind as Young Master Yuan. This time, it was not someone else who had the problem, but someone who had always been considered to have mediocre abilities and a lackluster attitude.
After the death of the family's eldest son and heir, the second son of the Zhen family - Zhen Yan - had to struggle to support the seemingly shaky family.
Zhen Yan is not a sister-controller, but he is still very angry about what happened to his sisters.
This is probably a kind of sense of responsibility of the family owner. After all, as his father and brother passed away one after another, Zhongshan Zhen's family relied on him to support him. Although there were help from his sisters, Zhen Yan still felt tremendous pressure over the years.
If he hadn't had a strong neighbor behind him who helped him a lot, Zhen Yan really didn't know whether the inheritance left to him by his father and brother would have been eaten up by those Jizhou powerful men and outsiders who were like tigers and wolves.
It can be said that before Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi decided to "conditionally" reconcile with the Bingzhou Army, Zhen Yan was behind it. He used his sister's influence on Yuan Xi to give him a very strong pillow style, and it seemed that he also
It did have some effect.
It's just that Zhen Yan never expected that the appetite of the Yuan brothers would be so big. Not only did they not give up any benefits, they even still believed that they belonged to Yuan Benchu, who was once aloof and had noble blood, and in turn hoped to win from Bingzhou.
The army can take advantage of it.
The two brothers probably thought that the Bingzhou Army, which had just fought a big battle in Guanzhong, was not capable of dealing with them, and they spent too many resources to encircle and suppress the concubine brother. They also borrowed a large amount of money from powerful families in Jizhou.
Therefore, after making a wrong judgment, he planned to get some benefits from the Bingzhou Army to make up for the growing financial deficit.
As the person directly responsible for handling the relationship with Bingzhou after the death of his father and brother, Zhen Yan can be said to be one of the people in Jizhou who have the clearest understanding of the strength of the Bingzhou Army. He also used his sister to send intelligence to the two states.
But it turned out to be of no use. The two brothers got some "reliable information" from somewhere, which made them even ignore Guo Tu's and even the discipline's warnings, and did things that angered the Bingzhou Army.
move.
As a result, Li Shushi did not even need to personally dispatch, but only sent tens of thousands of troops with Lu Bu as the commander-in-chief, Cao Xing, Xu Huang as deputy generals, Fa Zheng as the army, and Qu Yi's Sizhou Corps, which had not been fully restored, as the partial division.
It swept the entire Jizhou.
When brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi realized that something was wrong and planned to run away, they found that the grassland tribes who had received Yuan Shao's reward had completely blocked the northern border under the command of Pingzhou General Zhao Yun.
The chain reaction is like a snowball, and it becomes more and more difficult to stop the further it goes. In the end, the two brothers looked at the world and found that the only path left for them to choose was Ku Shouxindu - they still believed that they had noble blood and were unwilling to surrender to them.
Li Shushi, who came from a humble background, naturally could not accept the option of surrender for the two groveling brothers.
Of course, it’s not that Zhen Yan doesn’t understand this choice. After all, if the two brothers choose to surrender, Yuan Xi, who has a somewhat weak personality and is related to Li Shushi by marriage, may still have an acceptable ending, but his personality is more like that of his father Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shang, I'm afraid, will never be able to bear the humiliation of being claustrophobic. In the end, he will either die of despair in pain, or he will become a madman and die at the hands of Xiaoxiao without anyone noticing.
Indeed, it would be better to fight to the death here in Xindu.
However, these two brothers should not have done anything wrong. They actually planned to drag the whole city to be buried with them - it was their duty to bury those die-hard members of the Yuan family with them, and it was okay to even include Zhen Yan. After all,
The third eldest brother of the Zhen family has already established a foothold in Bingzhou and Guanzhong, so it would be okay even without him as the second eldest brother.
But why were the two young masters of the Yuan family unwilling to let the women and children leave? Even the normal interactions between powerful families were slandered by them as so-called "evidence" of contact with the Bingzhou Army and then killed.
Yes, the actions of the two young masters of the Yuan family are certainly unpopular, especially when the situation has developed to this point and the local powerful families in Jizhou can no longer get room for advancement from the Yuan family's regime, they will
Remember before
The battle with those outsiders reminds me of Yuan Shao's favoritism towards the outsiders, and the sincere letters that Li Shushi asked those people from Jizhou who had just surrendered to him and those who had followed him for a long time to write to them before marching into Jizhou.
Cut letters.
Many people in Xindu City regretted why they pretended to be loyal ministers until the end, and saw that they would become the burial objects of the two young masters of the Yuan family. This can really be said to be "I had known this, but I regretted it".
Although the operation was led by Zhen Yao, he was supported by many powerful families in Xindu City.
Compared to just the Yuan brothers, the inheritance of each family’s legacy is more important!
"Unexpectedly, Xin George really succeeded."
Looking at the open city gate, Li Shushi showed a slightly surprised expression, but then he smiled calmly. He did not need his orders, and he would lead his subordinates to explore and control the key places.
"Let's go into the city."
When the agreed signal appeared on the city tower, it was also confirmed from the telescope that the people on the city tower were all our own people, and the Bingzhou Army no longer had any worries.
In less than two hours, the inner city of Xindu City was ablaze with flames, bidding farewell to the end of an era in this heroic way. (To be continued...)
