Yuan Shu was tortured to death by himself. As his life passed, Zhang Xun frantically shouted for doctors and his soldiers to come to help, but no matter what Yuan Shu's soldiers did,
Despite his efforts, Yuan Shu's life has now reached an irreversible point.
In the early spring of the second year of Xingping, Yuan Shu died in the Battle of Yuzhang at the age of forty-two.
Zhang Xun stared blankly at Yuan Shu's body on the stretcher, his mind exploding.
If he hadn't been so anxious just now that he insisted on calling the cook to inquire about the army's grain supply, Yuan Shu might not have died so quickly.
At least I won't be mad to death.
After a long time, Zhang Xun turned to look at the trembling chef behind him and said, "Ming Gong is gone."
"Yes, yes! Mr. Ming is gone!" The chef seemed very nervous and kept echoing.
"Ming Gong passed away, do you think... it's up to you or me?" Zhang Xun's eyes stared straight at him, which were filled with bloodshot eyes, which looked very scary.
The chef was so frightened that he almost fell to his knees on the ground.
After being silent for a long time, the chef heard the chef trembling: "Is this... a matter of honey?"
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After Yuan Shu's death, Zhang Xun returned to Shouchun with Yuan Shu's body. While making funeral arrangements, he sent people to Hebei to meet Yuan Shao and elaborate on Yuan Shu's final thoughts.
After the news of Yuan Shu's death reached Nanchang City, the pottery merchants were not in a hurry to send troops to attack Huainan.
For now, what he wants to recover is the entire territory of Yuzhang plus the entire territory of Kuaiji. Huainan has already been strategically allocated to Sun Ce and Lu Bu.
And the potter has more important things to do.
During the Battle of Nanchang City, Zhang Xun escaped with Yuan Shu. Ji Ling and Yan Xiang were captured alive by Gan Ning and Cheng Pu respectively. The rest of Qiao Rui and Le waited for Yuan's generals to die in battle. After the city was broken, as many as 20,000 people surrendered.
There are nearly 30,000 people left.
More than 20,000 infantrymen are a big piece of fat!
Tao Shang is not in a hurry to pursue Yuan Shu, but he must sit here and explain the benefits to Lu Bu and Sun Ce, lest others take advantage of the loophole.
In order to expand their strength, Sun Ce and Lu Bu naturally wanted these soldiers to be demoted, which is understandable.
Inside the Nanchang City Council Hall.
"Thirty thousand surrendered soldiers should go to the two sides that attacked the city first!"
Chen Gongdang spoke first and settled the tone. From his tone, it seemed that he spoke very well.
In the days to come, the Bingzhou Army and the Sun Family Army should be of the same spirit, sharing weal and woe. It is said that even though they are fighting for benefits, the same goes for fighting for benefits. When Chen Gong fought for benefits for his own side, he did not forget to give the Sun Family Army a hand.
Tao Shang and Chen Deng looked at each other, both showing helpless smiles.
There is no one in the world who loves daydreaming more than this one.
This Chen Gong is quite greedy.
Why did this guy lose his face in order to compete for troops? How did he have the nerve to say it?
Sima Yi swung the palm fan and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongtai, I think your words are quite inappropriate."
Chen Gong glared at him hard, as if he wanted to suck this little brat into his eyeballs.
"If there is something wrong with what Chen said, please enlighten me!"
Sima Yi bowed and said, "I don't dare to give you any advice. I just want to explain to Mr. Gongtai that although the three of us jointly conquered the city of Nanchang, and the Bingzhou Army and the Sun Army were indeed the first to attack the city, in terms of credit,
Although Marquis Wen and General Sun attacked first, it was ineffective. On the contrary, our Jinling Army invited Han Yue and attacked the south gate with all our strength. The deadlock was broken. After rushing into the city, they suppressed the troops led by Ji Ling and Zhang Xun.
Only the main force of Yuan's army, General Sun and General Lu, were able to successfully break through. Therefore, in terms of credit, our Jinling Army must be the most important, and when Yuan's army surrenders, it is natural that our Jinling Army should take over."
Chen Gong heard this and sneered: "It's simply ridiculous. If my family's soldiers and horses hadn't restrained Yuan's army beforehand, your Jinling army might not have been able to conquer Nanchang City so easily!"
Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu and winked, and Zhou Yu immediately understood.
But Zhou Yu smiled at Sima Yi and said: "Brother Sima is right, but after this fierce battle, Tao Taifu has captured Nanchang City. The harvest is not small, and our two armies also contributed a lot to attack."
Before Nanchang, Tao Taifu had made an agreement with my family. Taifu would take Yuzhang and take Kuaiji, and our General Sun and Marquis Lu Wen would seize Lujiang River, go down to Jiujiang, and take Huainan! The soldiers surrendered by Yuan Jun were from Huainan, so they should be attributed to us.
The two families are in charge of the matter, I wonder what the Grand Tutor thinks?"
When Sima Yi heard this, he frowned slightly.
People named Zhou are eloquent.
Zhuge Liang swung his feather fan and said, "Brother Gongjin has an account that seems not to have been accounted for."
Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang with a smile and said, "I wonder if Brother Zhuge has any advice?"
Zhuge Liang stared at Zhou Yu closely and said: "Now that Yuan Shu is gone, your army and the Bingzhou army have always relied on my Jinling City for food and fodder during this period. Now even if I give you these 30,000 soldiers and horses,
I would like to ask Brother Gong Jin, your army and Marquis Wen are still provided by our army for their own food and fodder. Do you think my teacher will help you raise the extra 30,000 people?"
After saying this, everyone in the hall suddenly fell silent.
The potter never spoke, he just looked at his apprentice with a smile.
He is indeed Zhuge Liang!
Looking at the essence through the outside, you can grasp the key points of the matter at once.
Lu Bu raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course Taifu has to help us raise these people! This is what we agreed in advance!"
Everyone present was immediately speechless.
The potter stared at Lu Bu with his mouth wide open.
This guy... he's even more shameless than me!
Chen Gong's face turned red with embarrassment. He tugged on Lu Bu's sleeve without leaving any trace, signaling him not to make any noise and continue to embarrass himself.
Lu Bu turned his head, glared at Chen Gong and said, "What are you doing to me?"
Chen Gong: "..."
Marquis Lu Wen really doesn't give anyone's face.
Zhou Yu ignored Lu Bu's unreasonable nonsense and just thought about it carefully in his heart.
Judging from this, our side really cannot win over these sources of troops.
Moreover, if he offends the pottery merchant and cuts off the money and food for the two families' current troops, wouldn't Sun Jiajun and Lu Bu be in danger?
Moreover, our side will still rely on the supplies from the pottery merchants to attack Huainan.
Zhou Yu glanced at Zhuge Liang without leaving any trace, with a bit of annoyance in his eyes.
"Brother Zhuge's calculations are really clear. With just one sentence, we allies are at a loss and have no idea what to do. They are really powerful and I admire them very much!"
His words seemed to be submissive, but in fact they were insulting, and he was secretly mocking Zhuge Liang for taking advantage of his power to bully others.
The potter who had been silent until now suddenly spoke.
"Young Master Zhou, there is no need to be so angry. Tao actually has a suggestion. Without hurting the friendship between our three families, we should divide the surrendered soldiers of the Yuan army."
Zhou Yu looked at the pottery merchant doubtfully.
But the pottery merchant said with a smile: "You don't have to worry. If Yuan Jun surrenders his soldiers, Tao will not be able to catch any of them in the end. He will definitely provide food, grass and weapons to support your Sun Lang and Wen Hou in capturing Huainan. This is our
It was agreed upon in advance and Tao will definitely not break his promise."
Zhou Yu took a deep look at the pottery merchant and said with admiration:
"The Taifu is indeed a sincere gentleman who is rare in the world. He lives up to his reputation as the Prince of Peace. With your words, we allies can prepare for war with peace of mind."
Sun Ce felt very uncomfortable when he saw the pottery merchant taking charge of the overall situation, like the leader of the three parties.
The gap between the two boys who participated in the battle against Dong was getting wider and wider.
Nowadays, the pottery merchants are in charge of the southeast, and they are appointed as Taifu, and have become a major force in the world, but Sun Ce still has to rely on others, and his soldiers are only tens of thousands, and he has no food and fodder. The difference is really huge.
"Dare to ask Tao... Grand Tutor." Sun Ce spoke slowly and said: "Grand Tutor just said that in order not to hurt each other's feelings, Yuan's army should be divided into lowered soldiers. I wonder how the reduced soldiers should be divided equally?"
The pottery merchant gently snapped his fingers with his hand and said: "This is easy to say. Since Tao is known as Mr. Taiping, he must pay attention to fairness. There are more than 20,000 surrendered soldiers. Which house they are willing to surrender to depends entirely on the voluntariness of the surrendered soldiers.
Outsiders are not allowed to interfere, what do you think of this method?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in surprise, and each other's eyes were full of doubts.
This guy is too particular about fairness, right?
This is the first time I have heard of any prince giving such a say in surrendering soldiers!
Sun Ce was calculating in his mind: the more than 20,000 soldiers surrendered by Yuan's army were all from Huainan. He was familiar with them in Huainan, and next he and Lu Bu were about to attack Huainan. This was indirect.
Lead those surrendered soldiers home! How can they not obey you?
Lu Bu was also very confident:
I have a majestic appearance and extraordinary bravery. I have a square sky painter in my hand and a red rabbit under my crotch... There was a red rabbit under my crotch back then. How can these surrendered soldiers not look up to me with admiration? If I don't surrender, who will surrender?