Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment when he heard the news reported by Qiao Rui.
Qiao Rui led his troops to the direction of Changshan Granary. Why did he come back in the middle of the night and wipe out Lu Xuan's people so quickly?
Yuan Shu's heart was pounding.
He was a little worried, swallowed his saliva, suppressed a trace of panic in his heart, and ordered: "Bring people in."
Not long after, the embarrassed Qiaorui came back. His helmet was off, his hair was disheveled, and he looked panicked. As soon as he entered the camp, he knelt on the ground like a jade pillar pushing down a mountain of gold, and said loudly: "Reporting to my lord, the general will lead the army to the Changshan Granary for reinforcements. They haven't arrived yet. , I encountered an ambush on the way. The army is defeated, please punish me, my lord."
When Yuan Shu heard this, he was furious.
Breathing, extremely rapid.
A pair of eyes were even redder.
The situation he least wanted to see happened. Qiao Rui's defeat meant that his army was completely defeated, and his hope of defeating Lu Xuan was completely gone.
Yuan Shu was furious, strode up to Qiao Rui and kicked him out.
boom! !
Qiao Rui was kicked and fell directly to the ground, looking like she was being beaten and scolded.
"Trash, you two are useless. You are both successful and defeated. Xu Shao went to Huo County, was ambushed, and fled back defeated. Now, you Qiao Rui are ambushed halfway, and you are also escaping in panic. return."
"Every one of you was ambushed by Lu Xuan's people. How wonderful!"
"Lu Xuan is in Huo County. There are only such a small number of people in total. How many people can participate in the ambush? And one of you has 15,000 people and the other has 5,000 people. Could it be that Lu Xuan has more troops than us? ?"
"You all deserve to die!"
Yuan Shu cursed loudly and was so angry that he almost went crazy.
The granary is gone!
The army is gone too!
This time he came to attack Lu Xuan, but he didn't get any benefits. Instead, he lost his troops and fell into crisis.
Xu Shao and Qiao Rui were silent for the time being, both of them were guilty.
"Report!"
At this moment, another soldier entered.
The soldier looked anxious and reported: "General, there are a large number of Lu Xuan's troops behind the camp, coming towards us. In addition, there are also a large number of Lu Xuan's troops from Huo County, coming towards the camp."
When Yuan Shu heard the news, his scalp was numb and his heart was trembling. He no longer wanted to curse, and ordered: "Withdraw the troops, all retreat."
He abandoned all the bamboo slips and documents, took his concubine Feng Fangnu with him, and hurriedly evacuated.
Qiao Rui, Xu Shao and others retreated one after another.
When Xu Shao left, he left one person alone and did not leave with him.
The army camp was all running away.
Yuan Shu's army withdrew, and Sun Ce and Cheng Zi followed suit. This time Sun Ce came with great hopes, hoping for revenge. But now, Yuan Shu was defeated, and his hope of revenge was dashed again.
Without the old troops of Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others, Sun Ce had no one to rely on for a while.
It was difficult for Yuan Shu to succeed, but Sun Ce didn't know where to go for a while, so he could only evacuate with Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu evacuated to the northeast of the camp. Not long after, Lu Xuan and his people arrived at Yuan Shu's camp, followed closely by Zhou Yu. After the two sides met, Lu Xuan and Zhou Yu stayed behind, while Tai Shici led the black armor soldiers to cover up and kill Yuan Shu who was retreating.
Yuan Shu was defeated and it was time to beat up the drowned dog.
Now is the perfect time to give chase.
Lu Xuan and Zhou Yu came to the Chinese army's tent and counted the documents left by Yuan Shu. After counting, they were all unimportant letters.
Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "My lord, it is said that troops and horses go ahead with food and grass before moving. There are not many letters related to food and grass in Yuan Shu's documents. In addition, Yuan Shu wants to attack Lujiang County, and there are basically no letters targeting Lujiang County. Based on this judgment, Yuan Shu It’s really not that good, I don’t have enough intelligence to fight the war, and I don’t have a careful mind.”
Lu Xuan smiled and said: "Although Yuan Shu came from the Yuan family, in fact, he was just a dandy with some knowledge. He was extravagant and only knew about having fun. According to the news sent back by Xu Shao, he enjoyed himself in the army and drank too much. , there is a huge difference from Yuan Shao who comes from the same origin."
Zhou Yu also nodded and said: "My lord, what you said makes sense."
Lu Xuan and Zhou Yu chatted and looked through the information. They found no important information, but they found a lot of Feixian wine in the camp, as well as the money that Yuan Shu had looted.
After Lu Xuan saw it, he shook his head and chuckled.
Yuan Shu's direction was wrong.
At this time, Zhou Tai entered the camp, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, there is a soldier outside the camp. He says he is Xu Shao's personal follower and has something to report."
"Bring it in."
Lu Xuan ordered.
Not long after, his personal entourage entered, bowed and said: "To report to Prefect Lu, the head of the family said that Yuan Shu's chief secretary, Yan Xiang, was imprisoned in the camp because he dissuaded Yuan Shu from dividing his troops and persuaded Yuan Shu to withdraw. He angered Yuan Shu and was detained in the camp. When Yuan Shu evacuated, I didn’t bring Yan Xiang with me. He is a talented man, please arrange it with Prefect Lu.”
Lu Xuan's eyes lit up.
Yan Xiang is not as famous as Zhang Zhao, but he also left a mark in history. He once discouraged Yuan Shu from proclaiming emperor.
Unfortunately, it was not adopted by Yuan Shu.
Such people can be used.
This time when Changshan Granary was attacked, Yan Xiang persuaded Yuan Shu to withdraw his troops, which was actually the best plan. Yuan Shu's military morale collapsed and the army lost its combat effectiveness. If he continued to divide his troops and fight, he would be suicidal.
Lu Xuan asked: "Do you know where Yan Xiang is detained?"
"Know!"
He nodded in reply.
Lu Xuan asked Zhou Yu to continue counting the information, and he said directly: "Lead the way, I'll go see Yan Xiang!"
"Here!"
The follower replied and led Lu Xuan outside Yan Xiang's tent.
Lu Xuan strode into the camp.
Yan Xiang was reading a book. He had heard the chaos of running in the camp, and also heard the soldiers guarding him saying that Qiao Rui and Xu Shao had fled back in defeat. However, no one came to take him away, and Yuan Shu ignored him. Yan Xiang was left to fend for himself here.
Yan Xiang heard the footsteps and looked up. I saw that the person who came was wearing armor, his body was stained with blood, and he was filled with evil aura. But the person who came was very young, a young man in his twenties, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and was extremely handsome.
"Are you Lu Xuan?"
Yan Xiang suddenly made a guess.
Lu Xuan sat down and said with a smile: "Mr. Yan's name has been admired by Lu Xuan for a long time. This time he invaded Yuan Shu's camp, interrogated the surrendered soldiers, and learned that Mr. Yan was detained by Yuan Shu in disgust. Therefore, I came here specially. Please give me a helping hand, Mr. Yan.”
Yan Xiang looked cold and solemn, without any emotion on his old face, and said calmly: "Eating the king's salary is a matter of loyalty to the king. It is impossible for me to betray my lord. I accepted the invitation of the prefect Lu, and disappointed the prefect Lu. Yes. Presumably Governor Lu doesn’t like people who betray their master.”
Lu Xuan smiled and didn't take it seriously.
The reason why the Three Kingdoms era at the end of Han Dynasty was glorious and sung by countless people was because although rituals and music collapsed at the end of the dynasty, the etiquette of loyalty, filial piety and filial piety remained.
In this era, Guan Yu's loyalty was unwavering and he rode alone for thousands of miles; there was also Xun Yu's painstaking concern, even if he was planning for Cao Cao, he still cared about the Han Dynasty; here there was even Zhuge Liang who inherited the heavy responsibility of Tuogu and devoted himself to his life.
The main theme of this era is still loyalty and filial piety, so Lu Xuan is not surprised by Yan Xiang's attitude.
After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, the most fundamental loyalty and filial piety in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were destroyed. Everyone in the world thought that the emperor would take turns to come to my house next year. .
Lu Xuan looked gentle and said calmly: "I heard that Yan Gong was from Jiujiang, Yangzhou. Yuan Shu did not work for Yuan Shu until he arrived in Jiujiang County. Yan Gong himself is clean and self-sufficient, has good character, and wants to benefit the people. people."
When Yan Xiang heard Lu Xuan's words of praise, his solemn expression softened slightly, and he shook his head and said: "It's just a cheap name, it's not worth mentioning. What's more, most of the news from the outside are rumors, and they are all unworthy of the name. Governor Lu deserves the praise." "
Lu Xuan continued: "Yan Gong wanted to benefit the people, but Yuan Shu was fond of extravagance, greedy for money and lust, wantonly amassed money and squeezed the people, and did not restrain his generals, causing the people of Jiujiang to live in dire straits."
"The more talented Yan Gong is and the more he assists Yuan Shu, the stronger Yuan Shu will be and the more people will suffer. Your original intention is to benefit the people, but in the end, you continue to persecute the people."
"Yan Gong, your loyalty is not true loyalty. This kind of loyalty is despised by everyone in the world. This kind of loyalty helps the evil deeds."
Lu Xuan said sternly: "I am doing justice to heaven by fighting Yuan Shu, expelling Yuan Shu, and restoring local peace. Yan Gong is a person who knows the general situation, why do you insist on being loyal to a person who is ravaging the people? It's not worth it, and it's not worth it. should."
brush!
Yan Xiang's complexion changed slightly.
He looked at Lu Xuan with a somewhat surprised look. He didn't expect that Lu Xuan's words had laid a hook in advance.
He thought Lu Xuan was praising him.
Unexpectedly, he was using his reputation to refute his loyalty, using his spear to attack his shield.
