The false emperor Yuan Shu went against the grain and favored traitors and harmed the people. He ordered his nephew Yuan Lin to poison the people of Guangling in order to frame Duke Bai...
Fortunately, the prefect Yuan Huan, although loyal and brave, could not bear to see the people being harmed by Yuan's thieves, so he punished the traitors and eradicated the evil. He made a prompt decision and captured Yuan Lin, listed her crimes, and killed her at the stake.
Later, he wanted to entrust Guangling to his adjutant and tied himself up to plead guilty to Shouchun. The people mourned on the road and blocked the city gates, begging Yuan Huan to open the door to welcome Duke Bai into the city.
Yuan Huan felt that the people had been suffering for a long time, so he opened the city gate. Bai Gong felt that he was sincere and wanted to let him still take control of Guangling. However, Yuan Huan felt that he had betrayed his master and surrendered to the general, and he had no face to become the governor of a county again, so he repeatedly resigned.
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Nonsense! From then on, Guangling was the front line fighting Yuan Shu and even the Central Plains.
How could Yuan Huan be allowed to take charge of this place?
Yuan Huan himself understood this truth. After some pretense, Chen Gong temporarily took over the position of Guangling Prefect. Yuan Huan, who "temporarily" wanted to retreat to the mountains and forests, went to Hefei on Chen Gong's recommendation to meet Bai Tu.
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That's right... not only along the Guangling road, but also in Hefei and outside Qichun City, there were also large armies delivering food - so Yuan Huan came directly to Hefei City to meet Bai Tu.
Among the three-way disaster relief army, Chen Gong was in charge of Guangling, Sun Ce's troops were in charge of Qichun, and Bai Tu personally led the army in Hefei, with Lu Bu as his deputy. The lineup was the most luxurious, and he was also the last to arrive along the way.
Three days before Yuan Huan dedicated the city, Bai Tu and Lu Bu were stationed outside the city.
Because before the troops were sent out, the staff of the Cavalry General's Mansion did not think that Hefei would take the initiative to offer the city. After all, the person guarding Hefei at this time was Yuan Yin, the son of Yuan Wei and a clan brother who was very close to Yuan Shu.
Yuan Huan's surrender will directly affect Qichun, every city under Yuan Shu's rule, and every general under Yuan Shu's command who is guarding the outside world!
However, as Yuan Shu's confidant, Yuan Yin's label of the Zhong royal family was too heavy, and there was no room for surrender...
Moreover, as a clan general of the Zhong family, Yuan Yin had Nanyang elites under his command. This was the family background of the Yuan family, and the military morale was far more stable than that of the ordinary Huainan army.
On the contrary, the situation in Qichun City was not better than that in Guangling before.
But when Guangling Yuan Huan set an example, Lu Mian's life became even more difficult.
After a rain of relief grains fell, Lu Mian's lieutenant general persuaded: "General, if this continues, there may be chaos in the city..."
Xu Xing was Lu Mian's deputy general, and he was more accustomed to calling Lu Mian "general" rather than "prefect".
After all, Lu Mian, the prefect, was only in name only - less than one-fifth of the entire Jiangxia, and within the scope of Yuan Shu's influence, Qichun County was the main one.
"Wait a moment." Lu Mian struggled and said.
When Xu Xing heard this, he also understood what Lu Mian was hesitating about. He regretfully advised at the same time: "If the general wants to continue to defend the city, please replace him in the future and be responsible for the defense of the Wengcheng army!"
Lu Mian looked at him and nodded in agreement - Xu Xing was his most trusted lieutenant.
Sure enough, within two days, chaos broke out in the army. A Sima from another department suddenly attacked Lu Mian's Chinese army camp in Wengcheng. Fortunately, Xu Xing never relaxed his vigilance and put down the rebellion in time.
However, Lu Mian could see that there was no way to survive if he didn't present the city. Not only would the people's morale be ruined, but he also didn't know who could be trusted in the Huainan Army under his command, except Xu Xing and his own soldiers.
That night, after Lu Mian told Xu Xing'er that he was going to surrender, he tied himself up in the mansion. Xu Xing went up to the city tower to call Sun Ce, hoping to surrender the city.
"Dedicating the city? Hahaha, do we need someone from Sun to enter the city?" Sun Ce heard this and shouted with a loud laugh under the city tower.
Xu Xing:???
Seeing Sun Ce eager to try, Xu Xing felt really excited...
But in the end Xu Xing decided to open the door honestly, in case Sun Ce was angered, it was no joke.
In the current situation, even if he is really lured into the city and successfully surrounded and killed, it will only make his death more miserable, right?
"General Sun is joking, let's go out and deliver the letter of surrender..." Xu Xing said.
After Sun Ce saw him actually opening the city gate and coming out, he asked curiously: "Where is that guy Lu Mian? Were you captured alive or killed?"
Xu Xing was originally worried that Sun Ce would embarrass Lu Mian because of some previous grievances, so he said with some anxiety: "General Sun, General Lu is because his family members are in Shouchun, so... he tied himself up in the mansion and let the last general take his place.
General 6, who surrendered, also mentioned before that when General Sun visited Qichun, he was deeply moved by the heroic spirit of the young man..."
Yuan Huan is a famous scholar, and Lu Mian is Yuan Shu's general. It would be difficult for Yuan Shu to detain relatives of the former, but... Lu Mian's wife and children are all in Shouchun!
Now Lu Mian's military morale was in chaos and he had to surrender. It was barely a fault of war, but if he went to Bai Tu's tent openly, I'm afraid Yuan Shu wouldn't be as righteous as Liu Bei.
"Hahaha, Lu Mian is still heartbroken for me? I can't tell, I can't tell! What about your wife and children?" No matter how upright Sun Ce was, he knew that what Xu Xing said was polite.
Xu Xing smiled shyly and said: "The final general will be an orphan and single."
If it were another general who was so alone, Yuan Shu might have arranged a marriage, but Xu Xing was only a deputy general, and Yuan Shu might not even recognize him.
After Sun Ce entered the city, he first made a routine order to pacify the people, and then took over the treasury, and at the same time arranged the distribution of relief grains. As for the grain in the treasury? Of course, it must be processed into "bricks" first...
However, for Lu Mian, Sun Ce not only did not express his anger at him because of what happened during the hostage exchange, but instead prepared beef and wine and sent Huang Gai to deliver them to the mansion.
He purposely did not go there in person, lest Lu Mian would be embarrassed.
Later, according to Huang Gai, after receiving the cow wine, Liu Mian cried bitterly and started eating and drinking in front of Huang Gai - accepting Sun Ce's reward with practical actions, which also expressed his intention to surrender.
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Of course, until Yuan Shu is completely defeated and Lu Mian's family is welcomed back, he can only continue to be under "house arrest".
When Yuan Huan came to Hefei, the news of Qichun City's dedication also came to Hefei at the same time.
When meeting Bai Tu, Yuan Huan always placed himself in the position of a celebrity who "had no choice but to plead for the people."
"Yao Qing is truly a noble scholar! If I can get Yao Qing's help..."
Before Bai Tu could finish his words, Yuan Huan took the initiative to refuse and said, "I would rather build a thatched cottage near Jinling and work hard at it."
Yuan Huan knew in his heart how much convenience his "noble moral character" act had created for Bai Tu, but he did not take any credit for it.
There is no need for Bai Tu to recognize more relatives... Well, no, there is no need to win over more relatives.
After all, Yuan Huan's positioning is itself one of Chenjun Yuan's "investment" chips... With the current situation, he has naturally bet on Bai Tu.
Although according to Bai Tu's mental ranking, the trust index can only be ranked in the third echelon, but... it is also in the category of "trustworthy" under the situation of "as long as Bai Tu is not defeated, has no major disadvantages, and has no serious conflicts of interest."
Based on his abilities, he could be responsible for a less important county, or serve as some non-confidential official of the Six Ministries.
Of course, Yuan Huan was a famous scholar, so how could he offer his city to seek official status?
No matter what...you have to take care of yourself for a while and then start working next year!
Yuan Huan's contribution... no, it should be said to be "noble moral character". Bai Tu will naturally remember it in his heart. After all, Yuan Huan's righteous deed this time has indeed given Bai Tu a huge operating space.
As Bai Tu said before, the people took the initiative to dedicate the city this time, and begged Yuan Huan to "weep in the road and fill the city gates." The latter was "driven by righteousness" and opened the city gates to welcome Jiangdong.
The army enters the city...
To put it another way, if the guards of Hefei and Qichun are unwilling to open the door, then they are being unkind and unjust and preventing the people from opening the door to welcome them. Then... they need some small help from the Jiangdong Army - this can be regarded as forcing them with swords.
?Obviously not!
In the past, there were still people who could use Bai Tu's own words to block him, but now... Bai Tu can completely "send kindness" openly and openly.
Regarding Yuan Huan's idea of going to Jinling to farm, Bai Tu also expressed support and sighed: "Hey, Xu Xing of Qichun yesterday was also inspired by righteousness, tied up Lu Mian, and surrendered to Qi
Spring...but it is sad that the people of Huainan are now in a difficult situation, but there are still some monsters who want to use the mantis as a chariot!"
Yuan Huan was a little uncomfortable with what he said. At the same time, he was also a little confused as to why the incident in Qichun yesterday spread to Hefei so quickly... But he still echoed: "Bai Gong is benevolent."
"Just doing your best for the people." Bai Tu waved his hand casually, indicating that these were nothing.
At the same time, a thought came to mind: "Before Yao Qing goes back, you might as well see how I can bring benevolence to Hefei, which is imprisoned by the Yuan thieves?"
"As I wish." Yuan Huan nodded.
Different from the thousands of people sent by Chen Gong and Sun Ce to deliver food, those who came outside Hefei City were only 30,000 Jiangdong elite soldiers. After all, Bai Tu knew from the beginning that it was impossible to fight without bloodshed in Hefei. He was just waiting for Qichun and Guangling.
Who will take the lead first? What Chen Gong had expected before was correct. Yuan Huan is indeed the clever one.
Yuan Huan accompanied Bai Tu and inspected the catapults in the army for the last time - today, there will be no more relief grains here. Yuan Huan has already seen the simple polished stone bullets prepared next to them!
And... Yuan Huan always felt that the catapults in Bai Tu's army seemed a little different from what he saw outside Guangling City.
Although Yuan Huan had not seen catapults from a distance when he was in Guangling, he had also looked down from the city tower. Those catapults should have throwing arms like "leaning spoons".
However, the catapults outside Hefei have not only longer throwing arms, but also the middle section is fixed on a taller frame. It seems that the two ends of different lengths can be loaded with heavy objects...
At this time, the Jiangdong Army was also in full swing. Yuan Huan vaguely appeared. There seemed to be many eloquent officers in the army. To the small groups of junior officers, they were spitting on the significance of this battle, just like... Bang Anmin was reading the article.
There are similar people, but these people in front of me seem more down-to-earth.
Regarding Yuan Yin, who was stubborn, poisoned the people, and locked Bai Gong's kindness out of the city gate, Bai Tu reluctantly decided - I must give this kindness...!