When Liu Yan came to the three of them, he said: "Thank you General Lu Zhi and General Huangpu Song for relieving me from the siege of Youzhou City. I am really grateful."
Lu Zhi: "Hey, Governor Liu. You are thanking the wrong person."
"The person who really saved you was not me, Lu Zhi, but this Yuan Zhoumu."
"After the fourth generation and the third Duke, Yuan Shu and Yuan Gongli were the pastors of Nanyang Prefecture. I think Mr. Liu must have heard of his name."
As Lu Zhi spoke, he introduced Yuan Shu to Liu Yan. Moreover, this time it was indeed because of Yuan Shu and others' actions in Youzhou that they were able to crack it.
This is true. He, Lu Zhi, doesn't dare to take credit. Moreover, Yuan Shu's official position was higher than that of all of them, and at least two-thirds of the families in the imperial court had received more or less support from the Yuan family.
He, Lu Zhi, didn't dare to take credit for Yuan Shu's achievements. What was the difference between doing so and cutting off his own retreat? Besides, he could go further now. If he offended Yuan Shu, he might even be cut off.
Yuan Shu did not put on the airs of Lord Zhou Mu, but said to Liu Yanxing with the courtesy of a junior: "Yuan Shu has met Lord Liu."
Liu Yan quickly stopped him and said, "How can a superior official salute a lower official? Besides, you just saved the old man."
"Wouldn't this be a disgrace to old age?"
"Originally, I should be the lower official to salute Mr. Zhou Mu."
After Liu Yan finished speaking, he bowed to Yuan Shu. Of course, Yuan Shu also quickly helped him up. For Yuan Shu, he still needs to maintain his image in front of these future princes.
Because this is also to maintain one's own image in front of the world. Besides, these have captured 70,000 to 80,000 Yellow Turban rebels.
These people will be his best reputation for Yuan Shu's propaganda in the future, it just depends on how he uses them.
Huangpu Song: "Thank you so much to Mr. Zhou Mu for this great victory. And of course, Mr. Lu."
"Unexpectedly, Mr. Liu and I both thought it was a certain death situation. The two of us turned the tide. There is no way we can repay our life-saving grace."
"If Mr. Zhou Mu is of use to Huang in the future, Huang will be obliged to do so."
Huangpu Song thanked Yuan Shu and Lu Zhi. Of course, he also had plans to get closer to the Yuan family. In the past, Yuan Shu of the Yuan family was the legitimate son, but his reputation in the court was not very good.
But among those knights, Yuan Shu was a chivalrous and courageous person. But it didn't catch their eyes, but today's performance made all of them look at him with admiration.
This means that the Yuan family is likely to continue to write miracles after the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, so they must also change their previous views.
Yuan Shu: "It's all for the big man, how can I repay my gratitude like this?"
"This incident is just a normal military operation. I believe that the person trapped in Youzhou City today is me, and I will be saved by a few of them."
"So, this matter must never be mentioned again."
Yuan Shu's few words brought this matter to an end. And he also won the favor of these three people, which was also a good thing for him.
Moreover, the biggest gain from this battle is that no one will question his Nanyang Zhoumu matter anymore.
Liu Yan: "Let's go into the city and chat. This victory must be celebrated no matter what."
"As the host, if I don't entertain you well, wouldn't it make me, Liu Yan, too stingy?"
Yuan Shu: "In that case, let the three adults go in first."
"Junior will come back later. My family members are still outside."
"I'll go and pick them up first so I can feel at ease. After all, many of the yellow scarf thieves just escaped."
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he immediately turned around and left. For Yuan Shu, since the purpose of this action has been achieved. Then the next thing is not that important. Naturally, it is more important to choose to pick up Zhen Ji first.
When Yuan Shu left, Jia Xu had already appeared on the battlefield. He, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were counting the prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army. In fact, they were selecting strong men.
By then, these people will be their foundation in Nanyang.
Not far away, Zhen Ji and her maid Xiaocui were still in the carriage. Now they only know that the shouts of killing outside have stopped for more than an hour, but they don't know which side has won.
And looking at the fifty soldiers guarding them, they didn't dare to ask.
However, Yuan Shu soon appeared in front of them on horseback.
Yuan Shu: "Mi'er, everything is fine."
"I will take you into the city now. After tonight's rest, I will take you back to Nanyang. At the same time, I will also edit a book and send it to my uncle."
"When the time comes, let him preside over the wedding between you and me. Don't worry, I, Yuan Shu, will carry the big sedan chair, and Ming Media will marry you back to the Yuan family.
Yuan Shu is always extremely gentle when it comes to taking care of his women. In his heart, the victory in this battle was not even as good as Zhen Ji's crying and laughing alone.
When Zhen Ji heard Yuan Shu's words, she finally felt relieved. He opened his mouth and replied softly: "I believe you. Wherever you say you want to go, I will go with you."
After getting along with each other these days, Zhen Ji has completely trusted Yuan Shu unconditionally. After all, Yuan Shu was indeed kind to her, and Xiaocui was there to assist her.
So now she had already agreed to Yuan Shu's love, and she believed from the bottom of her heart that she was Yuan Shu's woman.
Yuan Shu: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go into the city together."
In order to take care of Zhen Ji's feelings, Yuan Shu exchanged several aromatherapy scents from the system and placed them in the carriage. Just to prevent Zhen Ji and the others from smelling the blood and feeling uncomfortable.
Along the way, they kept looking for topics to talk about and asked them not to open the car curtain. Moreover, Yuan Shu himself had a lot of blood stains on his body, so he didn't sit on the carriage.
At this time, Jia Xu came over and said, "Lord, we lost more than 400 soldiers this time."
"But General Lu Zhi and the others lost almost more than 6,000 people. Fortunately, our cavalry did not suffer too serious losses. Only three of them died."
"The most important thing is that General Guan killed Zhang Jue, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army. Now, the lord's reputation has been completely destroyed."
After listening to Jia Xu's report, Yuan Shu still felt a little sad in his heart. I didn't expect that I would suddenly lose several hundred elites, but this is not unacceptable.
After all, these people are soldiers recruited locally in Nanyang, although they have been trained. But there was still a big gap between it and systematic trafficking. As for Zhang Jiao's death, he also knew about it.
Because when Zhang Jiao died, the system recovered the soul of the place. And it was only worth a thousand gold, which made Yuan Shu somewhat vulnerable.
But at least he got a mouthful of blood back for himself.
Yuan Shu: "The families of the soldiers who died in the battle will be compensated by you personally when they return."
“No family will be left behind and compensation will be based on their actual family situation.”
"You and Yun Chang both contributed first in this battle, but I don't want you to appear in front of the world yet. So I can only wrong you, and I hope you can understand this."
Jia Xu: "My lord, I am not following my lord just to go out. I just want to see the scene of the heroes fighting for hegemony described by my lord."
Just chatting like this, we soon entered the city. Yuan Shu's own army was stationed in another place, stationed separately from the armies of Lu Zhi and Huangpu Song.
This also avoids any conflicts, and Yuan Shu's army is much better than theirs in terms of food and use.
Therefore, there is no need to go and receive the food provided by Youzhou City like others.
After Yuan Shu arranged Zhen Ji and Xiao Cui, there would be no danger in the city. But Yuan Shu still added guards to guard Zhen Ji and Xiao Cui, basically one sentry every five steps and one post every ten steps.
From the inside out, I buy absolutely loyal people from the system, so there is no need to worry about any surprises.
Even the Five Hundred Subway Pagoda Yuan Shu dispatched a hundred people to guard it. After delivering all the food into the tent, Yuan Shu started to attend the appointment.
Of course, Yuan Shu also ordered Zhen Ji and Xiao Cui not to move around. After all, these Yellow Turbans had more prisoners than soldiers, although they were all locked up in other places.
But there is a fear that something might slip through the net, so it’s right to be cautious.
At this time, in Liu Yan's home. Lu Zhi, Huangpu Song and Liu Yan were already waiting for Yuan Shu to come over and start the banquet.
Of course, these are just recent arrivals. As for the food, Liu Yan could only say that it was those noble clansmen who were unlucky.
When Liu Yan saw someone leading Yuan Shu in, he immediately said, "Master Zhou Mu, you are finally here."
"Just waiting for you to start the dinner."
The reason why Liu Yan used the honorific title was because he now not only respected Yuan Shu, but also feared Yuan Shu.
After all, from the fact that Yuan Shu could get the position of Nanyang Prefecture Mu, he knew that the opponent was not easy, and there was no news of it leaking out before. This is really scary if you think about it, but you definitely can’t do it if you have money.
At first, Liu Yan himself thought that Yuan Shu was just taking over the power of the Yuan family. But after he just learned from Huangpu Song and Lu Zhi that this was entirely based on his own strength, his attitude was completely different.
After all, in Luoyang, a junior Yuan Shu could still manipulate a group of old guys into applause. He didn't believe Yuan Shu's words of kindness, so he naturally respected Yuan Shu even more.
Yuan Shu: "My lords, why are you so anxious? The Yellow Turban Army has already been defeated by us."
"Next, we just need to report it to the court and wait for the reward to be given according to the merit. Can we still use the credit we have received?"
How could Yuan Shu not know what they were thinking? It was just a matter of dividing the credit. They each have their own ideas, but Yuan Shu is still the main one here.
So they had to wait until Yuan Shu came to discuss it together. After all, Yuan Shu had the most official positions and military strength here.
