Chapter 287 Capturing Yuan Shu (Additional update!)
Zhou Yu and Xu Chu did not expect that Zhang Liao would arrange this. This simply put the great achievement of capturing Yuan Shu into their hands.
But to take a step back, Zhang Liao was the frontline commander of this operation. Zhou Yu and Xu Chu's men were all his men. No matter who captured Yuan Shu, his credit would never go away.
If major events are delayed because of fighting for credit, then Zhang Liao will be the one who suffers the most.
However, despite this, Zhou Yu and Xu Chu were also in high spirits. Their eyes looked at Zhang Liao with gratitude and excitement, and they both responded in unison: "Here!"
Immediately, Zhang Liao allocated 200 men and handed them over to Zhou Yu and Xu Chu to command, while he mobilized his soldiers to prepare for action.
At this time, there were two hundred and fifty soldiers guarding in front of Yuan Shu's palace, and another two hundred and fifty soldiers guarding behind the palace. There were a thousand soldiers in the entire palace city divided into several waves, patrolling back and forth.
Once you take action, other soldiers will definitely flock to you, so you must move quickly.
Under Zhang Liao's arrangement, eighty soldiers carrying crossbows took down the powerful crossbows, and then each selected a target.
Zhang Liao gave an order, and dozens of bows and crossbows fired in unison. The Yuan Jun soldiers guarding in front of the main hall were caught off guard, and thirty or forty of them fell down in one fell swoop.
The next moment, Zhang Liao took the lead, followed by countless soldiers, rushing out from the shadows, crossing the wide square, and attacking towards the main hall.
"Enemy attack!"
Sgt. Yuan ignored the screaming colleagues on the ground and hurriedly rang the bell to warn and summoned other Yuan troops to come for reinforcements.
The archers of Yuan Jun immediately stood up, opened their bows and fired quickly. A large number of arrows formed a rain of arrows in the air, avoiding Zhang Liao and other shield-holding front rows, and instead threw them towards the middle and rear of Zhang Liao's army.
Almost at the same time, Yuan Jun's soldiers also gathered together. More than a hundred soldiers formed a human wall in front of the main hall, looking down at Zhang Liao and others who were about to attack.
The square of tens of meters quickly crossed. Zhang Liao took the lead, protected himself with a shield, and crashed into the opponent's soldiers' line.
"I am Zhang Wenyuan of Yanmen!"
Zhang Liao shouted loudly, raised the shield in his left hand upwards, and directly knocked away a Yuan Jun soldier. Then he slashed down with the long sword in his right hand and killed Another soldier, Yuan, had his arm cut off on the spot.
Then, Zhang Liao took two steps forward, pulled his right hand sideways, and the tip of the knife in his hand just cut the throat of another Yuan Jun soldier who was rushing towards him.
The movement is extremely smooth, as if the other party has taken the initiative to bump into it.
Zhang Liao's personal soldiers followed closely and ran into Yuan Shu's army's soldiers' line one by one as if they were desperate for their lives.
The originally thin battle formation was knocked open on the spot, and soldiers from Zhang Liao continued to rush in.
Once the front line was opened, the numerical advantage of Zhang Liao's army was revealed, not to mention that the crossbowmen below were still sniping at the opponent's archers.
As if in just a moment, the defense line composed of more than two hundred Yuan Jun soldiers had collapsed.
Zhang Liao suddenly turned around and shouted down: "Gong Jin, Zhong Kang, follow me!"
"Here!"
Xu Chu had already seen it and his blood was surging. He immediately rushed forward, holding a shield in one hand and a long knife in his right hand. He followed Zhang Liao and rushed into the palace.
At this time, Yuan Shu was very drunk in the palace, and he was watching the singing and dancing in the palace drunkenly.
Others also drank a lot. The important ministers including Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, and Yang Hong were all very drunk.
The shouts of killing suddenly came from outside the palace. Under the cover of the silk and bamboo music, no one noticed the movement for a while.
Until the soldier outside the palace suddenly rushed in. Under the confused eyes of everyone, the soldier shouted loudly to Yuan Shu: "My lord, Liu Bei's army has entered the city! They are attacking the palace now. Please think of a way quickly." "
"Attack the palace city?"
Yuan Shu repeated drunkenly, shaking his head: "Liu Bei is far away in Ruyin, how did he come to Shouchun, and when did he enter the city? ?”
“Lord!”
The soldiers were anxious: “Liu Beijun has arrived outside the palace, please leave quickly!”
"Outside the hall?"
Yuan Shu actually laughed: "How is this possible? You have secretly drank so much wine that you actually said such nonsense while drunk."
Zhang Xun The others laughed endlessly, and they all felt that the soldier was talking drunkenly.
Only Yang Hong and Ji Ling vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Just as the two stood up with difficulty and wanted to say something, the door of the palace was suddenly kicked open, and two sturdy men rushed in first, followed by dozens of armored soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers.
After Zhou Yu entered the palace, he looked around and immediately pointed at the middle-aged man wearing a black mysterious robe opposite and said: "That man is Yuan Shu!"
Zhou Yu's shout scared Yuan Shu out. He was covered in cold sweat, and even his drunkenness was frightened away.
Yuan Shu's face turned pale and he shouted towards Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, what do you mean!?"
"Yuan Gongli! You, a rebellious minister and traitor, have been tolerated by the emperor. You dare ask me what I mean?"
Zhou Yu loudly reprimanded: "Today, we will capture you alive and present you to Liu Zhengnan!"
Only then did Yuan Shu realize what he was doing, and he immediately yelled: "You ungrateful kid who betrays your master, a traitor who cheats on you, come and take down this thief with me quickly!"
As Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and others led the armor, The soldiers rushed into the palace, and the armored warriors in the palace had already gathered around Yuan Shu, while the dancers, singers, musicians, and dancers in the palace had already fled everywhere, trying to avoid the swordsmanship.
Zhang Xun, Ji Ling and other generals jumped up quickly, pulling Yang Hong, Li Ye and others back into the armored guards around Yuan Shu.
Except for those who were completely drunk and sleeping soundly, the crowd was clearly divided into two groups.
Yuan Shu was ready to scold him again, but Zhang Liao and Xu Chu had already rushed over with their soldiers.
Yuan Shu's personal guard leader Yuan Shan ordered the armored soldiers to step forward to form a formation to meet the enemy. At the same time, he led ten armored soldiers to help Yuan Shu and ran to the back of the palace.
Yuan Shu was still struggling and refused to leave, so he insisted that Yuan Shan kill Zhou Yu.
But the next moment, when he saw Zhang Liao and Xu Chu killing the armored soldiers like tigers entering a flock of sheep, he was frightened.
Xu Chu's fist could even be used as a small melon. He punched the armored soldier in the face. The opponent fell down without a sound and was obviously knocked unconscious.
And Zhang Liao descended the mountain like a fierce tiger. The armor of the armored soldier seemed as fragile as silk when he chopped it with his long steel sword.
"Quickly...let's go. Hurry...leave...here."
Now Yuan Shu no longer clamored to kill Zhou Yu. Instead, he tremblingly urged Yuan Shan to take him out of here. .
At this time, more than two hundred soldiers at the rear of the palace were rushing into the palace from the back door. Yuan Shan stopped half of them to accompany them, and the remaining half reinforced the palace.
"You must stop Zhou Yu and others, and never let them chase them out."
These soldiers obeyed the order, but Yuan Shan knew very well that they could not stop them for long.
Yuan Shan escorted Yuan Shu and escaped from the palace, but found that the palace city was already filled with battlefields.
Liu Fengjun's troops poured into the palace in a steady stream, and even took the initiative to attack the garrison of Yuan Shu's troops, directly sealing them in the military camp.
Don't talk about supporting Yuan Shu, I'm afraid it's hard to even protect yourself.
"General, what should we do?"
Yuan Shan's heart felt cold at this time. Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Beijun had really entered the city.
It must be Zhou Yu, the traitor, who let Liu Bei's army into Shouchun.
As for Zhou Yu guarding the south and Liu Bei still in the north, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shan could not have imagined this situation.
Faced with Yuan Shan’s inquiry, Yuan Shu, who looked pale, was at his wits’ end.
Yuan Shan asked several times in a row, and then Yuan Shu came to his senses.
"Go, go east! Go out from the east gate of the palace city. There are boats next to Feishui. You can leave Shouchun by water."
Zhang Xun and Ji Ling became anxious when they heard that Yuan Shu was going to run away directly.
"No, my lord."
Zhang Xun urged: "No news of Ruyin's fall has been sent back so far. It can be seen that Liu Bei's troops are still on the front line of Ruyin. Now enter the city They are just a small group of elite soldiers. There are still 20,000 soldiers in the city, which are enough to meet the enemy. If the lord retreats without fighting, wouldn't Shouchun give it away? "
Ji Ling also said at the side. : "My lord, what Lieutenant Zhang said is true."
Zhang Xun and Ji Ling's wives, children, and children all have their property in Shouchun City. How could they follow Yuan Shu and become a short-term general. Not only Zhang Xun and Ji Ling said this, Yang Hong and Li Ye also tried their best to persuade Yuan Shu to go to the military camp in the palace city first, and at the same time ordered Zhang Xun, Ji Ling and other troops outside the palace city to enter the palace city to rescue him.
After hearing what Zhang Xun said, Yuan Shu still wanted to run away, but was frightened by Li Ye's words.
Li Ye said that there were 20,000 troops in the city, but Ming Gong could not defend himself. If he rashly left the city, more than a hundred soldiers around him would be scattered in the starry night. By then, a pavilion chief could tie up the general with his hands. What can be done?
When Yuan Shu heard this, he was frightened by Li Ye, so he decided to go to the Gongcheng barracks first to recruit troops. Whether to leave or stay, he always needed more troops to feel at ease.
Only Yuan Shu and his party headed towards the Miyagi Barracks. Along the way, they encountered several waves of patrolling Yuan soldiers. They were immediately gathered around by Yuan Shu to protect them. The number of soldiers in that time was four to five hundred people.
But then, Yuan Shu's good luck came to an end, and he happened to bump into Pan Zhang's men as he approached.
Pan Zhang happened to be responsible for the task of suppressing the barracks in the palace city so that he could not send troops to rescue Yuan Shu.
After completing the mission, he was thinking about dispatching three to five hundred elites to capture Yuan Shu, but he did not expect that Yuan Shu actually threw himself into the trap and came to his door.
Pan Zhang was overjoyed and handed over the siege to his deputy, and pursued him with more than 300 elite soldiers.
Yuan Shu was extremely anxious at this time. Not only was he unable to find reinforcements, but he also sent hundreds of people to stop Pan Zhang, and then turned around and continued to escape.
At this time, Yuan Shu no longer thought about driving Liu Beijun out of the city, but just wanted to escape from the city quickly.
Thinking this in my heart, I naturally turned back involuntarily.
The tighter Pan Zhang chased after him, the faster Yuan Shu escaped.
Yuan Shu never dreamed that he would end up bumping into Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and Zhou Yu.
Yuan Shu wanted to fight desperately, but found that there were not many soldiers left around him.
Only Yuan Shan, Zhang Xun, Ji Ling and others were still with him, while scribes such as Yang Hong and Li Ye had disappeared.
I think they were either separated or captured.
"Gongguo, where do you want to go?"
Seeing that he had finally achieved the greatest result along the way, Zhou Yu suddenly became very high-spirited and couldn't help but tease Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu's face turned red and green for a while, but in the end it turned pale.
Zhang Liao persuaded him to surrender at the right time and said: "Mr. Yuan, please put down your weapons, otherwise we cannot guarantee your safety."
Yuan Shu looked around and saw that Yuan Shan, Zhang Xun, and Ji Ling all had dodges in their eyes, and he understood They couldn't hold on anymore.
So, Yuan Shu sighed, took off the sword from his waist, and threw it to the ground in front of him.
This move immediately triggered a follow-up.
Yuan Shan, Zhang Xun, Ji Ling and the dozen or so armored soldiers who were still rushing around Yuan Shu all threw their weapons on the ground in front of them.
Zhang Liao was completely relieved and waved his hand. The guards behind him hurriedly stepped forward to control the opponent.
Only Yuan Shu, Zhang Liao and others gave some preferential treatment. After all, this man finally got the great success into his own hands.
When Pan Zhang killed the soldiers Yuan Shu left to block the enemy and chased him, he discovered that Zhang Liao had captured Yuan Shu.
Pan Zhang was unwilling, but he did not dare to compete with Zhang Liao.
He was not afraid of Zhang Liao's martial arts, but afraid of Liu Feng and his military law.
Seeing Zhang Liao escorting Yuan Shu to find Liu Feng, Pan Zhang couldn't hold back his anger.
If you haven’t seen Yuan Shu before, then that’s it. It’s just your bad luck.
But now there is clearly a chance to catch Yuan Shu, but in the end he passes Yuan Shu. How can Pan Zhang, who is so happy about success, endure it?
"It's really hateful!"
Pan Zhang yelled at the soldiers: "You are all slow in your actions. If you had killed those Yuan Shu's personal guards earlier, such a great achievement would have been achieved. Ours.”
Pan Zhang often yelled and cursed at his subordinates, and at the earliest he even made a move, but Liu Feng stopped him.
What is strange is that the soldiers under Pan Zhang are very convinced of him and do not take it seriously even if they are scolded. The reason is that although Pan Zhang is greedy for money and loves great success, he never Withhold credit and rewards from your subordinates.
Based on this alone, the soldiers under his command are very convinced of him.
Although Pan Zhang was yelling at them at this time, in fact, they were also scolding themselves in their hearts.
As long as you move faster and catch Yuan Shu now, aren't they the ones who show off their power?
After Pan Zhang was tired of scolding, he said bitterly: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you quickly inform the other side of Yuan Shu's surrender and ask the other side to surrender quickly?" Go talk to those scribes!"
Pan Zhang had just chased and caught Yang Hong and Li Ye who were lagging behind. Naturally, someone took Yang Hong and Li Ye to the military camp to persuade them to surrender.
Just when Pan Zhang was full of regret, his subordinate Sima Zhong suddenly came over.
Pan Zhang rolled his eyes at the other party angrily: "If you have something to say, just say it and fart quickly. Naigong is in a bad mood now, so don't come to scold Naigong."
Ma Zhong smiled. He was Pan Zhang's confidant, and he and Pan Zhang were fellow villagers, so their relationship was naturally different.
"General, there is no need to be upset. I have made a contribution here, which may be comparable to Yuan Shu."
Pan Zhang looked at the other party in surprise, and then rolled his eyes: "You gave birth to another child. What a bad idea? Let me warn you first, if you get in front of the young master, I will not protect you."
Ma Zhong was warned by Pan Zhang, but he didn't care at all. Instead, he said with a smile: "The general's words hurt your feelings. I, Zhong, could not be more loyal. The young master knows everything and will not wrongfully accuse me of my humble position."
"You are a bastard flatterer."
Pan Zhang laughed and scolded: "What is going on, I have to tell you quickly."
Ma Zhong chuckled and said: "Yesterday I was ordered to go out of the camp to deliver gifts, but I bumped into two stunning young ladies at Qiao Rui's house. . I heard that she is the daughter of Qiao Rui's cousin. Her father died and she came to seek refuge with him." Pan Zhang looked angry and said angrily, "What do you mean by this? You must know that the young master is strictly prohibited." I am harassing the people and want to die, but if you die alone, don't drag me to the funeral."
"Why did the general say this?"
Ma Zhong said innocently: "General. It was because he saw some rebels rushing into Qiao Rui's house, intending to plot evil. After the general rescued Qiao Rui's family, he considered that Qiao Rui was guarding Ru Yin outside at this time, so as to prevent his family from being injured, which caused Ru Yin to change. The general Then the family was sent to the camp for care.”
After listening to Ma Zhong's explanation, Pan Zhang opened his mouth wide. Could he still say this?
Ma Zhong chuckled a few times and continued: "If the young master likes the young lady of the Qiao family, it will naturally be the girl's blessing. If not, the general will also save the Qiao family. Isn’t this a great achievement?”
“Okay! ”
Pan Zhang was a straight-tempered person, and he immediately turned from anger to joy and started to praise Ma Zhong: “ Your plan is brilliant, I will allocate 300 men to you, so go and do it quickly!"
Ma Zhong immediately obeyed the order, ordered 300 soldiers, and headed out of the palace.
Shortly after Ma Zhong left, the five thousand Yuan Shu troops in the military camp, persuaded by Yang Hong and Li Ye, believed in the fact that Yuan Shu had surrendered, and finally surrendered.
Pan Zhang was overjoyed and sent troops into the camp to disarm the army.
At the same time, all the captains in this army were separated and sent to the palace together with Yang Hong and Li Ye to ask for merit.
The fighting in the city gradually calmed down.
The disarmament of Zhang Xun and Ji Ling outside the city went very smoothly.
Although some people expressed opposition, with the absolute force and the cooperation of internal stay-at-home orders, no major trouble was ultimately caused.
Especially after the news spread that Zhang Xun and Ji Ling were captured alive, the two of them became more stable.
In addition, the fighting in the palace city has generally ended, and only a small number of Yuan Shu's troops are still resisting.
As soon as the news of Yuan Shu's surrender arrives, these stubborn soldiers will often lose their fighting spirit and surrender.
At this time, Liu Feng had already entered the main hall of the palace. The dancers and musicians in the palace were placed in the side hall and were not released for the time being to avoid any accidents.
The guests in the palace inquired about their names and positions, and then dealt with them separately.
There had been fierce battles in the palace before, and naturally many of these guests were involved in the war.
Therefore, Liu Feng ordered the injured to be sent for treatment, while the unfortunate ones who died were gathered together first and returned to their homes after daybreak.
(End of this chapter)