Jiang Qin took the lead to come out with a large number of Jiangdong disciples. Upon seeing this, Zhou Yu immediately commanded Long Teng to greet them.
"Where are Gongfu and Youping?"
Huang Gai regained some energy and asked.
With a sad expression, Jiang Qin said sadly: "They all died in Lu Bu's hands."
"Lu Bu!!!"
When Huang Gai heard this, he clenched his fists tightly with his nails, which showed how angry Huang Gai was!
Drops of blood seeped out from Huang Gai's palm, but Huang Gai didn't seem to hear it.
The scene of traveling with Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai in the north automatically appeared in front of them. After they met Sun Jian, those days were the happiest!
But the happy time was short-lived after all. Now he was dead and injured, which made Huang Gai extremely sad.
Huang Gai swore that Lu Bu would pay with his blood!
Jiang Qin also wanted to persuade Huang Gai, but was stopped by Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was afraid that the angry Huang Gai would insist on trouble with Lu Bu.
After all, for Jiangdong, the top priority is to recover from Sun Ce's illness and then plot more.
Soon, Taishi Ci also rushed out of the city gate and met Zhou Yu and others.
Taishi Ci told Zhou Yu everything he saw in the palace, and Zhou Yu said solemnly: "I'm afraid it's a cover-up. Lu Bu was still fighting with our army at the time. It couldn't have been set up by Lu Bu."
"So looking at the world, the most likely one is Liu Bei's army, but it doesn't hurt. After all, it's impossible for our army to get involved in Shouchun City. Let Lu Bu and Liu Bei go dog-eat-dog."
Upon hearing this, Taishi Ci suddenly realized, "That's it."
It can only be said that if Sun Ce had brought Zhou Yu into Shouchun City, the dilemma might not have happened. Zhou Yu was really important to Jiangdong.
Jiangdong with Zhou Yu and Jiangdong without Zhou Yu simply don't look like the same force!
When Jiangdong's disciples began to withdraw from Shouchun City one after another, Zhou Yu gave the order to retreat!
In this battle, Jiangdong lost two generals, who were also the two brave generals who fought with Sun Jian. It can be said that Jiangdong's losses were not small.
But this is war, and it can never be smooth sailing. When fighting, people will die.
Sun Ce had been going smoothly before, without encountering any real opponents. His casualties were very small, and only ordinary soldiers died.
But Shouchun City was a fierce battle. Not only was Sun Ce seriously injured, but Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai were also buried here. This was the consequence of the unfavorable battle.
Because Zhou Yu had been mentally prepared for a long time, he was not as heavy as others, but quickly adjusted his state. Zhou Yu knew that he could not fall yet, Jiangdong still needed him!
This defeat must still have some influence within Jiangdong, which will shake Sun Ce's image of being invincible. Zhou Yu needs to deal with these influences.
After all, Jiangdong cannot be defeated by a small setback. Zhou Yu has already begun to plan his next comeback. He will definitely capture Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and other places, and make Lu Bu pay a heavy price!
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Liu Bei's army launched offensives for several days, but they were successfully repelled by Yang Feng and Han Xian's troops.
Liu Beijun had not received news from Chen Deng for a long time, and felt that Chen Deng was in danger, so the deputy general led his troops to retreat on his own initiative.
At this point, Liu Bei and Sun Ce had withdrawn from the stage of fighting for Shouchun City, and Yuan Shu's army was completely wiped out.
Shouchun City now belongs to Lu Bu!
The flag of Shouchun City was also changed to a big word "LV"!
Tell the world that he, Lu Bu, has taken Shouchun City!
After these days of recuperation, Lei Bo and Chen Lan's injuries have improved somewhat, and they can barely walk around. They heard that Lu Bu was going to hold a celebration banquet.
Lei Bo and Chen Lan had not originally planned to go. After all, they had contributed very little to the attack on Shouchun City. They basically stayed in the hospital bed and were too embarrassed to go to the banquet.
However, Lu Bu strongly invited Lei Bo and Chen Lan, who found it difficult to refuse the invitation, so they agreed.
On this day, Lu Bu held a banquet in the palace and summoned all the generals from all walks of life. As long as they could talk, almost all of them were absent.
This banquet was very grand. In order to hold it, Lu Bu even took out Yuan Shu's small treasury.
Lu Bu originally thought that Yuan Shu's small treasury was very wealthy, but under the leadership of Yang Hong, he inspected the treasury and found that he had overestimated Yuan Shu.
Lu Bu even thought that Yang Hong had embezzled it for himself. How could there be so little!
However, after Yang Hong's explanation, Lu Bu also understood Yuan Shu's embarrassment!
The land of Huainan is indeed extremely wealthy, and under Yuan Shu's constant plundering, many people have gone bankrupt and can't even afford to eat. How can they pay taxes and support Yuan Shu.
Coupled with the severe drought in the past two years, there was no harvest. Yuan Shu could not even collect grain, so he could only sit and eat. The price of grain was getting higher day by day, and a lot of Yuan Shu's property was used to buy high-priced grain.
Yang Hong also came up with many countermeasures for this famine, because only if the people can survive can Yuan Shu collect taxes and live a good life.
But Yuan Shu didn't listen and only wanted to eat, drink and have fun.
Gradually, they were unable to make ends meet, and they had to support a large army and some bureaucrats who hung out their positions but did nothing.
After all, Yuan Shu was very happy with his achievements. As a majestic emperor, the system must be complete. The number of officials under his command should not be less than Liu Xie!
But Jiujiang County is so big, why does it need so many officials? Later, Yuan Shu's territory was reduced to one-third of an acre in Shouchun City, and Yuan Shu didn't even think about cutting officials, just for the so-called face!
With huge financial expenditure and no financial resources, even if Yuan Shu was rich before, he would quickly become a pauper under such circumstances.
Moreover, Yuan Shu did not dare to take action against aristocratic families and wealthy families. You must know that most of the wealth was in the hands of aristocratic families and wealthy families. As long as Yuan Shu was cruel and asked for some money and food from aristocratic families and wealthy families, his life would not be so miserable.
But Yuan Shu wanted to save face and felt that it was indecent to use violence against aristocratic families or wealthy families. He would be despised by the world at that time. Even if he starved to death in the palace, Yuan Shu would not be able to ask for a share of money or food from aristocratic families or wealthy families.
In this way, Yuan Shu's life became more and more difficult, and his small treasury could not withstand such a build-up and would soon bottom out.
In addition, the armies of Sun Ce and Lu Bu were attacking. In order to boost the morale of the army, some small treasuries were emptied. By the time Lu Bu got his hands, there was not much left.
With this money and food, let alone Lu Bu's army, it would be quite difficult to support Shouchuncheng.
A large number of refugees have starved to death in Shouchun City. Under such circumstances, Lu Bu cannot sit idly by and ignore them.
If the dead are not cleared away in time, a plague will occur, and Shouchun City will probably become a dead city.
The city that was finally obtained was turned into a dead city, so Lu Bu couldn't help but cry to death.
But saving these refugees requires money and food, and Yuan Shu's small treasury alone is not enough. It can be said that Lu Bu encountered a difficult problem as soon as he took over Shouchun City!
However, Lu Bu was not Yuan Shu. He had too many methods at his disposal, and it was impossible to let others lead him by the nose.
In Shouchun City, Lu Bu is the one who makes the rules. If you want to lead him by the nose, there is no way.
In Lu Bu's eyes, Yuan Shu was an extremely pedantic person who didn't know how to adapt. It would be a shame for such a person to die.
In comparison, Yuan Shao is many times stronger than Yuan Shu. Sure enough, there is no harm if there is no comparison. Yuan Shao's image suddenly becomes great when set off by Yuan Shu!
