Chapter 1661: Death of Yuan Shao (Part 2)
Chapter 1661 The Death of Yuan Shao (Part 2)
Chapter 1659: Death of Yuan Shao (Part 2)
In Bohai City, Prince Zhao's Mansion.
“Lord, although there are 130,000 defenders in Bohai City, there are only less than 10,000 veterans, the remaining 20,000 are new soldiers, and the 100,000 are urgently recruited militiamen..."
Hearing Ju Yi's words, Yuan Shao couldn't help but frown, and asked in a deep voice: "General Ju Yi, what do you want to say?"
Ju Yi gritted his teeth and said in a concentrated voice: "My lord, although our army is large in strength, its combat power is weak. If the Qin army attacks the city at all costs, it will only be a matter of time before the Bohai Sea falls. Therefore, please stay away from the Bohai Sea first." This is a wrong place.”
"no."
Yuan Shao decisively refused and said: "Only if I, the king, stay, can the whole city be determined to defend. If I, the king, leave, Bohai City will not be able to defend it at all."
"But…"
"Okay, don't persuade me any more. It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to heaven to accomplish them. The general only needs to guard the Bohai Sea."
Hearing what Yuan Shao said, Ju Yi thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, even if you don't leave, at least you must send the young master and the military advisor out.
The current Bohai City is really too dangerous. No one can guarantee that we will be able to defeat the Qin army. If something happens to us, we should at least let the young master inherit the flag of the State of Zhao and let the ministers who are loyal to the State of Zhao have a master to loyal to. , so that the young master can continue to fight against the Qin army. "
Ju Yi's words were already a bit treasonous, but after hearing this, Yuan Shao not only didn't get angry, but also showed a look of relief.
Ju Yi was a surrendered general in South Korea, and Yuan Shao was wary of him after all. The reason why he was so reused was simply because there was really no one else Yuan Shao could use except Ju Yi.
Most of the generals of the Zhao State were killed in the battle at Julu, and Tantaiyu, who was still alive, was seriously injured. Today, there are really no generals available in the Zhao State.
However, now when Zhao State is in the most critical situation, Ju Yi is still planning for himself wholeheartedly, which also makes Yuan Shao completely let down his guard against Ju Yi.
“General Ju Yi, long before Su Lie besieged the city, I had asked two military advisors, Tian Feng and Xunkan, to leave Bohai with Tan’er, Xi’er, and Shang’er.
This is the top secret of our army. General, be sure not to spread it outside. Yuan Shao warned with a serious look.
Ju Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this. The master was finally on guard against him. He didn't even notify him of such a big matter until now.
Yuan Shao not only hid it from Ju Yi, except for a few people in Bohai City, most of the people in Bohai City didn't know that Yuan Shao had secretly given away his three sons.
Yuan Shao didn't make it public because he wanted to strengthen the defenders' resistance. But what he didn't know was that this became an excuse for Su Lie to criticize him.
“Lord, it’s not good, something serious is going to happen.”
Shen Pei, who was responsible for guarding the north gate, and Xiao Yan, who was responsible for guarding the west gate, walked in side by side, holding a large piece of paper full of words in their hands, which was the "Letter to the People of Bohai Sea" written by Su Lie.
“My lord, the Qin army used bows, arrows and catapults to drop a large number of these letters into the city.”
With that said, Shen Pei handed the paper in his hand to Yuan Shao, and said solemnly: "It is scattered all over the city, and the people are spreading it from ten to ten. If it is not stopped, I am afraid that the whole city will know about it. "
Yuan Shao frowned, and when he took the paper and looked at it, his pupils suddenly shrank.
“A message to the people of Bohai Sea:
The Yuan family belongs to the same family, with four generations and three Dukes, and is deeply favored by the Han Dynasty. However, at the beginning, the Yuan family did not want to serve the country, but instead supported a false emperor, which was disloyal;
It is unfilial to ruin the reputation of the Yuan family for hundreds of years for personal gain;
It is unkind to force the entire city to join the war for one's own benefit;
It is unjust to seduce the people of the city to defend the city while secretly sending away their children;
In addition, Yuan Benchu often criticized the people harshly, and all parts of the country implemented reforms to divide land, but Zhao Yiguo continued to implement the old system...
Now the king's division has arrived at the city, and the city is about to be destroyed. We hope that the people of the Bohai Sea will turn around and come to shore, and don't continue to be deceived by Yuan Shao's traitors. The king's division will only kill Yuan Shao alone, and will not harm innocent people...
Those who present Yuan Shao's head will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and be granted the title of Marquis within the Pass..."
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Yuan Shao slammed the edict heavily on the document and shouted angrily: "A strategy to attack the heart, a strategy to attack the heart, you traitor Su Lie, you are so vicious."
In addition to scolding Yuan Shao's character, the book also goes to Zhao's most vulnerable weakness, which is that the new land system was not implemented and the people did not benefit from the new land system.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people all over the world rebelled against the Han. In order to appease the people's anger, the Han Dynasty court implemented a new law modeled on the "Heavenly Land and Acre System". The states and counties below also implemented it to varying degrees. Among them, Qin Hao and Cao Cao's reforms were the most thorough, while Yuan Shao's Most perfunctory.
Yuan Shao came from the largest aristocratic family in the Han Dynasty, and he was naturally on the side of the aristocratic family. Even if he wanted to, he would not harm the interests of the aristocratic family for the sake of the people.
Although Yuan Shao did not implement new laws, under his vigorous governance, the people under his command could barely afford to eat, and their lives were indeed much better than before, so the people of Jizhou still supported him.
But now Su Lie's article directly revealed to the people of Zhao how rich and good their lives were after the land was distributed to the people of Qin, and it directly opened the biggest scar of Zhao.
Comparing the two, the people of Zhao State will definitely be psychologically unbalanced. Why do they have land and food but they don’t? And all this dissatisfaction was vented on Yuan Shao.
The most annoying thing is that Su Lie also implicitly stated in the article that after the Qin army conquers the Bohai Sea, the new law will also be implemented in the Bohai Sea, and everyone will be allocated land by then.
As the King of Zhao, Yuan Shao is very aware of the people's desire for land. Now that Su Lie is tempting the people of Bohai with allotment of land, one can imagine how the people will react.
Even if Yuan Shao did not leave the palace, he could guess that Bohai City would be in chaos by this time.
"The order is passed down and all documents will be confiscated immediately. People are not allowed to keep them privately, circulate them, or watch them. Anyone who violates them will be killed without mercy." Yuan Shao said with murderous intent.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Zhong immediately stood up and objected, saying: "No sir, defending the people's mouth is more important than guarding Sichuan. If you do this, you will completely push the people to the opposite side. By then, there will be no need for the Qin army to attack, and Bohai City will be destroyed." He made a mess on his own."
Yuan Shao scratched his scalp irritably: "Sir, what do you think we should do?"
Wen Zhong thought for a while and then said, "My lord promised that after the Qin army is defeated, the land will be distributed to the people. Only in this way can the Bohai Sea be stabilized."
Yuan Shao opened his mouth, as if he was about to speak but hesitated. After a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Is it necessary?"
“It can only be like this.” Wen Zhong said with great certainty.
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