Chapter 1486 Yuan Shu''s death


    Chapter 1484: Yuan Shu''s death


    The sudden invasion of the Ming army and surrounded Shouchun made Yuan Shu in Shouchun City frightened. He never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would come so quickly, and he didn''t even give him the opportunity to dispatch troops.


    Now there are only 10,000 defenders in Shouchun City, and nearly half are old and weak, but outside the city there are 80,000 Ming troops, which are like wolves and tigers. The leader is Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and the Henan army has reached the brink of a life-and-death crisis.


    With the 10,000 defenders in Shouchun City alone, under the fierce attack of 80,000 Ming troops, they can only defend themselves for half a month at most. If there are no reinforcements at that time, the only way to destroy the city and destroy the country.


    But will there be reinforcements in half a month?


    The senior officials of the Henan army, including Yuan Shu, knew that there was no such thing.


    Although Lian Po still has 70,000 Henan troops, it was blocked by Zhao Kuangyin''s 100,000 troops and was unable to come to rescue Shouchun. Once he retreated, the Zhao army would definitely be suppressed, and there would be a risk of annihilation at that time.


    If Lian Po''s 70,000 troops suffered too much casualties, then Yuan Shu would really have no hope at all.


    Therefore, before Lian Po completely defeated the Song army or agreed with Zhao Kuangyin, Lian Po''s army might be unreliable, and Yuan Shu could only turn his attention to other surrounding princes.


    Sun Jian and Qin Hao are both mortal enemies of Yuan Shu, so it would be nice to not take advantage of the situation. It would be impossible to send troops to help Yuan Shu.


    Huang Zu''s strength is too weak. Even if he really sends reinforcements, it will basically not work.


    Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shu have a relatively better relationship, it is only in terms of commercial relations. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to get him to send troops, but at present, only Cao Cao is possible.


    Yuan Shu was once a great prince after all, so naturally it was impossible for him to surrender. Although his own abilities were not good, he still had many capable people under his command.


    Under the suggestion of military advisor Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu organized the people in the city to actively defend the city, and sent envoys to Yanzhou for help, and also sent envoys to Songying to negotiate with Zhao Kuangyin.


    I have to say that Yan Xiang’s vision is really accurate. He can see the essence of the Henan army’s crisis at a glance and come up with solutions.


    As long as the two envoys sent by Yuan Shu can succeed, the crisis in Shouchun City can be resolved, but these also take time, and this is undoubtedly the most difficult time for Yuan Shu.


    Cao Cao was a hero of a generation, and Zhao Kuangyin was even more of the founding emperor, so he naturally did not want to watch Zhu Yuanzhang continue to grow.


    After seeing Yuan Shu''s envoy, Cao Cao agreed to send troops to rescue Yuan Shu without much consideration. However, in order not to affect the development of Yanzhou, he only sent 30,000 elite troops. Although not many, it was a timely help for Yuan Shu.


    As for Zhao Kuangyin, he even started to contact Lian Po before he saw Yuan Shu''s envoy, expressing his willingness to give way to the road and let Lian Po return to Shouchun.


    Lian Po was skeptical about Zhao Kuangyin''s active show of kindness. After all, in his eyes, Zhao Kuangyin was not very skilled in fighting, but he was a thief in all kinds of conspiracies.


    In terms of the method of uprising, Lian Po felt that the two Zhao Kuangyin were not as good as him, but when it comes to conspiracy, even ten of them were not as good as Zhao Kuangyin.


    Lin Po had already forced Zhao Kuangyin into a desperate situation at the beginning, but Zhao Kuangyin made a plan to distract himself, which made Yuan Shu of the Henan Army suspect the main general and replaced him at the last battle, but he was defeated and returned in a disastrous defeat.


    Lian Po was really scared by Zhao Kuangyin''s plot. Without confirming whether the other party was sincere or false, he naturally did not dare to believe Zhao Kuangyin easily. After all, if Zhao Kuangyin chased after him after he withdrew his troops, it would be the end of annihilation of the entire army, and the Henan army would have no hope.


    Lian Po''s prudence made Zhao Kuangyin crazy. He didn''t want Zhu Yuanzhang to benefit. He really wanted to let Lian Po go. After all, if Lian Po didn''t leave, the granary of the Lianghuai River would really belong to Zhu Yuanzhang.


    In order to show his sincerity, Zhao Kuangyin voluntarily retreated thirty miles. When Lian Po saw this, he believed it and immediately led his troops back to Shouchun. Cao Cao sent reinforcements, Lian Po also returned to the rescue, and both Yuan Shu''s envoys were successful. Logically speaking, the crisis of the Henan army had been resolved, but the result was exactly the opposite.


    At the last moment of the race to death, Yuan Shu actually lost his chain again.


    Yuan Shu originally thought that relying on the assistance of 10,000 defenders and the assistance of the 200,000 people in the city, it would be fine to persevere until the reinforcements arrived. However, Yuan Shu overestimated himself and underestimated Zhu Yuanzhang.


    Most of the generals who can fight in the Henan army are in Lianpo''s army. There is only one Ji Ling left in Shouchun City, while the Ming army outside the city is full of famous generals.


    In order to be able to fight in Jianghuai, Zhu Yuanzhang brought 80% of the elites among the generals, and the 80,000 army was all elites. The comprehensive combat power of the army was much higher than that of the Henan army.


    After the persuasion of surrender failed, Zhu Yuanzhang decisively directed the siege of the city, and powerful generals such as Luo Shixin, Xue Ju, and Xue Rengao all participated.


    In just one day of defending the city, the Henan army lost 3,000 defenders, while the Ming army lost only more than 3,000. The offensive and defensive casualties ratio reached a terrifying one-to-one. If this casualties ratio continues, Shouchun City will not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements.


    Zhu Yuanzhang completely shattered Yuan Shu''s hope in just one day. The situation did not improve the next day, and the casualties of the Henan army became even greater, which also caused the entire Shouchun City to fall into deep despair.


    There is no hope of defending the city, and there is no hope of breaking through. Again, the surrendered factions of the Henan army quickly became active under the stimulation of these huge casualties.


    Yuan Shu was not a strong-willed person. After repeated persuasion by the surrenderists, he couldn''t help but plan to surrender, but he was unwilling to surrender just like this, so he took the initiative to send an envoy to seek peace.


    Yuan Shu''s move to seek peace also made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that Yuan Shu was on the verge of collapse. As long as he worked harder, he might not be able to force Yuan Shu to surrender.


    So Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Yunwen as an envoy to enter the city to persuade Yuan Shu to surrender, and gave Yuan Shu a final deadline. If the city did not open the city to surrender within three days, the nine tribes of the Yuan family would be killed.


    At this time, the tougher Zhu Yuanzhang''s attitude was, the more he could make Yuan Shu feel afraid.


    Sure enough, under the persuasion of Zhu Yunwen and the surrender faction, and under the coercion of Zhu Yuanzhang, Yuan Shu failed to withstand the pressure and decided to open the city and beg for surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.


    Yuan Shu''s decision was opposed by many loyal ministers, but even if the military advisor Yan Xiang knocked on the pillar, Yuan Shu, who was completely afraid of being beaten, still ignored it. In his opinion, Shouchun City was completely helpless.


    But what Yuan Shu didn''t expect was that just three days after he opened the city to surrender, Lian Po actually led the army back, which made Yuan Shu regret it even more.


    Yuan Shu originally thought that Lian Po would have to come back ten days, but Lian Po would be so far ahead of the whip after he stepped on his horse, which made Yuan Shu''s surrender completely a joke.


    Yuan Shu, who was unwilling to lose his power, intended to rebel, but was discovered by Zhu Yuanzhang in advance.


    Zhu Yuanzhang, under the banner of Yuan Shu, made great profits and threatened his family as a threat to win over the senior generals of the Henan army outside the city, while making layers of defense to prevent Yuan Shu from rebelling shortly after surrender.


    Yuan Shu also noticed that Zhu Yuanzhang was prepared, so he launched a rebellion in a hurry. However, facing Zhu Yuanzhang who was prepared for a long time, Yuan Shu had no chance of winning at all and eventually died tragically under Luo Shixin.


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    (This chapter ends)