Chapter 1486: Death of Yuan Shu
Chapter 1486 The Death of Yuan Shu
Chapter 1484: Death of Yuan Shu
The Ming army suddenly invaded and surrounded Shouchun, which frightened Yuan Shu in Shouchun City. He never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would arrive so quickly and did not even give him a chance to dispatch his troops.
Today, there are only 10,000 defenders in Shouchun City, and nearly half of them are old and weak. However, there are 80,000 wolf-like Ming troops outside the city, and the leader is Zhu Yuanzhang himself. The Henan Army has reached the edge of life and death crisis. .
With only 10,000 defenders in Shouchun City, they can only hold on for at most half a month under the fierce attack of 80,000 Ming troops. If there are no reinforcements by then, the city will be destroyed and the country will be destroyed.
Will there be reinforcements in half a month?
The senior leaders of the Henan Army, including Yuan Shu, all knew that it was impossible.
Although there are still 70,000 Yu troops on Lian Po's side, they are blocked by Zhao Kuangyin's 100,000 troops and are unable to come to rescue Shouchun. Once they retreat, Zhao troops will definitely press forward, and there may even be an entire army. The risk of annihilation.
If Lian Po's 70,000-strong army suffers too many casualties, then Yuan Shu will really have no hope at all.
Therefore, before Lian Po completely defeats the Song army or reaches an agreement with Zhao Kuangyin, Lian Po's army may not be reliable, and Yuan Shu can only turn his attention to other surrounding princes.
Sun Jian and Qin Hao are both sworn enemies of Yuan Shu. It would be good if they don't add insult to injury. They will never send troops to help Yuan Shu.
Huang Zu's strength was too weak. Even if he really had to send reinforcements, they would have little effect.
Although the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu is relatively good, it only lies in the business relationship. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to get him to send troops, but currently only Cao Cao has the possibility.
After all, Yuan Shu was once a great prince, so it was naturally impossible to capture him without hesitation. Although his own abilities were not good, he still had many capable people under his command.
At the suggestion of military adviser Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu organized the people in the city to actively defend the city, and at the same time sent envoys to Yanzhou to ask for help. At the same time, he sent envoys to the Song camp to negotiate with Zhao Kuangyin.
I have to say that Yan Xiang's vision is really accurate. He saw the essence of the Henan Army's crisis at a glance and came up with a solution.
As long as one of the two envoys sent by Yuan Shu can succeed, the crisis in Shouchun City will be resolved. However, these will also take time, and this is undoubtedly the most difficult time for Yuan Shu.
Cao Cao was a great hero of his generation, and Zhao Kuangyin was the founding emperor. Naturally, he was unwilling to watch Zhu Yuanzhang continue to grow.
After Cao Cao met Yuan Shu's envoy, he agreed to send troops to rescue Yuan Shu without much thought. However, in order not to affect the development of Yanzhou, he only sent 30,000 elite troops. Although it was not much, it was a timely help for Yuan Shu.
As for Zhao Kuangyin, he didn't even see Yuan Shu's envoy, so he began to actively contact Lian Po, expressing his willingness to open the way and let Lian Po resurrect his life.
Lian Po was skeptical about Zhao Kuangyin's proactive overtures. After all, in his eyes, Zhao Kuangyin was not very good at fighting, but he was very good at various conspiracies.
When it comes to the art of war, Lian Po feels that even two Zhao Kuangyin cannot compare with him, but when it comes to intrigues, even ten of himself cannot compare with Zhao Kuangyin.
I think Lian Po had already forced Zhao Kuangyin into a desperate situation. However, Zhao Kuangyin backhandedly used a divorce plan to make Yuan Shu of the Henan Army doubt the general and change his general before the battle. Instead, he returned with a disastrous defeat.
Lian Po was really afraid of being plotted by Zhao Kuangyin. Without being able to confirm whether the other party was sincere or fake, he naturally did not dare to believe Zhao Kuangyin easily. After all, what if Zhao Kuangyin chased him after he withdrew his troops? The whole army was annihilated, and the Yu army had no hope.
Lian Po's caution drove Zhao Kuangyin crazy. He didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to benefit from it. He really wanted to let Lian Po go. After all, if Lian Po didn't leave, the two Huai granaries would really belong to Zhu Yuanzhang. .
Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to withdraw thirty miles to show his sincerity. When Lian Po saw this, he believed it and immediately led his army back to aid Shouchun. Cao Cao sent reinforcements, and Lian Po also returned reinforcements. Yuan Shu's two envoys were both successful. It stands to reason that the crisis of the Henan army has been resolved, but the result was exactly the opposite.
At the last moment of this life-and-death race, Yuan Shu unexpectedly slipped up again.
Yuan Shu originally thought that with the help of 10,000 defenders and 200,000 people in the city, there would be no problem in holding on until reinforcements arrived. However, Yuan Shu overestimated himself and underestimated Zhu Yuanzhang.
Most of the combatable generals of the Henan Army are in Lian Po's army. There is only one Ji Ling left in Shouchun City, but the Ming Army outside the city is full of famous generals.
In order to be able to fight against Jianghuai, Zhu Yuanzhang brought over 80% of the elites among the generals, and even more elites from the 80,000-strong army. The overall combat effectiveness of the army was much higher than that of the Henan army.
After trying to persuade him to surrender to no avail, Zhu Yuanzhang decisively directed the siege personally, and powerful generals such as Luo Shixin, Xue Ju, and Xue Rengao all participated.
In just one day of defending the city, the Yu army lost 3,000 defenders, while the Ming army only lost just over 3,000. The offensive and defensive casualty ratio reached a shocking one-to-one ratio. If the battle continued at this casualty ratio, Shouchun City simply could not hold out until reinforcements arrived.
It only took Zhu Yuanzhang one day to completely crush Yuan Shu's hopes. The situation did not get better the next day. The casualties of the Yu army became even greater, which also plunged the entire Shouchun City into deep despair. in despair.
It was hopeless to defend the city, and it was equally hopeless to break out of the siege. Stimulated by the huge casualties, the surrender faction of the Henan Army quickly became active.
Yuan Shu was not a determined person. After repeated persuasion by the surrender faction, he could not help but plan to surrender. However, he was unwilling to surrender, so he took the initiative to send envoys 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 the city to persuade Yuan Shu to surrender, and gave Yuan Shu a deadline. If he did not open the city and surrender within three days, the nine clans of the Yuan family would be killed.
The tougher Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude is at this time, the more fearful he will be to Yuan Shu.
As expected, under the persuasion of Zhu Yunwen and the capitulation faction, as well as the coercion of Zhu Yuanzhang, Yuan Shu failed to resist the pressure and decided to take the initiative to open the city and beg for surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Yuan Shu's decision was opposed by many loyal ministers, but Yuan Shu, who was completely frightened, still ignored even the admonitions of military advisor Yan Xiang. In his opinion, Shouchun City was completely hopeless.
What Yuan Shu didn't expect was that just three days after he opened the city and surrendered, Lian Po came back with his army. This made Yuan Shu regret that his intestines were almost green.
Yuan Shu originally thought that it would take ten days for Lian Po to return, but Lian Po got on horseback and whipped him so much earlier, which made Yuan Shu's surrender a complete joke.
Yuan Shu was unwilling to lose his power and planned to launch a rebellion, but Zhu Yuanzhang noticed it in advance.
Zhu Yuanzhang, under the banner of Yuan Shu, promised huge profits and used his family as a threat to win over the top generals of the Henan Army outside the city. At the same time, he made various precautions to prevent Yuan Shu, who had just surrendered, from rebelling.
Yuan Shu also noticed that Zhu Yuanzhang was on guard, so he hurriedly launched a rebellion. However, facing Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been on guard for a long time, Yuan Shu had no chance of winning, and eventually died tragically at the hands of Luo Shixin.
Recently, I have been in a bad state, and I am also very busy at work, so the update has indeed been delayed. I'm really sorry, but don't worry, the guarantee you owe will definitely be repaid.
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