Anfeng County, Anfeng County.

Before Yuan Shu arrived, the general's mansion in the county was occupied by Qiao Rui, who was stationed there.

Later, when the Battle of Kuxian County began, Qiao Rui went to the front line, Shouchun's home was stolen, and Yuan Shu was protected by more than 2,000 imperial guards in the city and fled to Anfeng.

The first thing I did when I came to Anfeng was to renovate the general mansion where Qiao Rui lived.

Even if it’s a temporary place to stay, he is the emperor after all, so he can’t be more luxurious?

Pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions and rockeries must be arranged.

For this reason, the General's Mansion was expanded twice as much, and the surrounding houses should be demolished. There were no demolition households in this era, and the extremely vicious Yuan Shu drove them all away without even paying resettlement fees.

As for whether you live or die, it has nothing to do with me. You can't live without a roof tile to cover your head. Those who can endure hardship should use the sky as their quilt and the earth as their mat.

When Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his muscles and bones and starve his body and skin.

What's wrong with suffering a little? I'm still pointing to this sentence to support it.

Then they arranged for beauties collected from various places to be trained. After a period of training, the girls wore gauze as thin as cicada wings and danced to songs in the hall.

Since ancient times, beauties have emerged from the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Except for the representative of this era, Xiao Ma, in later generations, the term "skinny horse" was a derogatory term, but it was named after Yangzhou, which is evident from this.

Under the melody of drums and harps, the graceful dancing posture, graceful figure and the pitiful look on my face can make people forget a lot of worries.

If you cooperate with Mi Shui again, it will feel like Cao Cao and Lu Bu, you can fight outside, I will stand still.

Yan Xiang, Yuan Huan, and other people who were loyal to Yuan Shu tried hard to persuade each other. They could listen to a few words at first, but even if they were perfunctory, they would act perfunctory, and then they would simply be too lazy to pay attention to them.

Later, Kuxian was completely defeated, and after General Zhang Xun returned to Anfeng with more than 50,000 remaining troops, Yuan Shu did not reflect on how to use these troops to make a comeback, but felt that he was now more stable.

You need soldiers and generals. If you don’t dominate the Central Plains, it shouldn’t be a embarrassment for you to hold on to this three-thirds of an acre.

Anfeng County is the frontier of Yangzhou. Before the defeat, it was once used as a strategic warehouse by Yuan Shu, so he still has 500,000 dan of grain and enough money.

Therefore, Yuan Shu just plans to enjoy life.

Until Lu Bu sent troops to attack Lujiang, this was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to counterattack, but Yuan Shu turned a blind eye. Finally, Yuan Huan couldn't bear it anymore, and pointed at Yuan Shu and cursed in front of the minister of civil and military affairs:

"The day of such defeat is not far away!"

"Left and right, get out!" Yuan Shu also lost patience with Yuan Huan, and was kicked out rudely.

"Your Majesty, Ji Ling is still in Xuyi. After all this time, he has never thought about surrendering in Kaicheng. He is just waiting for Your Majesty to cheer up and send troops to rescue!" Yan Xiang also stood up and hissed excitedly.

Finally, Yuan Shu let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "Xuyi has become a dead end and I can't do anything... My dear, please don't push me anymore, okay? Please retreat."

Yuan Shu was wearing a dragon robe and a nine-beaded crown, but the vicissitudes and fatigue, frustration and loss on his face made him lack the dignity of an emperor, and he did not even look like a prince.

The pleading in his eyes made people think that he was a dejected old man bent by fate.

Yuan Huan is gone, and so is Yan Xiang.

Here, there is no reason for them to stay.

They were not the first to leave, nor would they be the last to leave. Yuan Shu did not feel distressed or regretful about this, and felt relieved for no reason.

He even wanted to laugh in his heart.

Unless I am addicted to pleasure, it is true that human power cannot compete with the way of heaven.

He recalled the past, when he was at his peak, with a territory spanning four states and thirteen counties, with no less than 250,000 soldiers and horses, inexhaustible supplies of food, grass, money, weapons and equipment.

Liu Biao and Tao Qian are subordinate allies, Lu Bu is just a lost dog who wants to defect to him, Cao Cao? Yuan Shao's younger brother.

Looking at the world, he said that his strength is second, and no one dares to say that he is first.

But what about now?

Being reduced to the point of being flanked by Lu Bu and Cao Cao, even the mat weavers and shoe sellers dared to stroke the tiger's beard. It is really unpopular.

He felt that he was like all the kings in mottled history, who debuted with their invincibility and ended with a lamentable collapse.

This was the case with Xiang Yu, the overlord of his generation, and it was also the case with the glorious dynasty Qin and Han Dynasties.

If you are like this, why is it not allowed?

Yuan Shu, who had fallen behind after great rise and fall, chose to let go and settle down. This was his profound understanding that being an emperor was not just for enjoyment, it was essentially the same.

Let's play music and dance.

Yuan Shu leaned against the dragon chair with his back, clasped his chin with one hand, and held honey water with the other, admiring the breathtaking charm of the dancer, and sighed that he should enjoy himself in time.

When all the civil servants and generals had retreated, and even Yuan Shu himself was tired of watching the dancing and was about to take a rest, he discovered that there was still someone standing there in the hall.

"General, do you have something to say?" Yuan Shu looked at Zhang Xun.

Zhang Xun is not comparable to Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan. He is the general and the highest military officer of the Zhong Dynasty.

At the same time, he is also the only strong man he can rely on now.

These literati can leave, but Zhang Xun cannot.

Naturally, Yuan Shu will be more patient with him.

"Your Majesty, how will you survive in troubled times in the long run? Does your Majesty really have no plans to be with the singer all day long?" Zhang Xun's voice was very calm, as if he was chatting.

Yuan Shu felt that he was tired of asking questions like this.

Didn’t he believe that Zhang Xun hadn’t heard his answer?

Just because my answer is not what you want, so I have to ask you questions several times a day, and I won’t stop until I answer what you think?

Yuan Shu glanced at Zhang Xun, and in his eyes he could see the determination shown by Yan Xiang and the others just now.

After shaking his head helplessly, he could only say in a low voice: "Since the defeat of Ku County, the soldiers have lost all their energy. No matter they face Cao Cao or Lu Bu, they are no longer able to fight..."
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Zhang Xun slowly lowered his head. He knew that what Yuan Shu said was true. As a general of the imperial court, he was derelict in his duty to fail to restore the morale of the sergeants.

"For the current plan, the only way is to ally with Yuan Shao in the north and use his power to rise up."

Yuan Shu walked up to Zhang Xun, looked at him, and said almost pleadingly: "Believe me, give me some time, I will be able to regroup and clean up the old mountains and rivers."

"Your Majesty! This minister is incompetent!" At this moment, Zhang Xun felt that Yuan Shu was trying his best.

Perhaps, all these appearances were made for Cao Cao and Lu Bu, in order to retain a useful body.

"Get up."

After Yuan Shu helped Zhang Xun up, he patted his shoulder and said, "Go back..."

"I...resign!"

After Zhang Xun left, the entire hall was empty, which was how Yuan Shu felt at this moment.

He turned around and walked slowly towards the dragon chair, all the strength in his body seemed to be dissipating with every step. Finally, in front of the jade steps, he didn't even want to lift his feet and simply sat down.

In fact, he didn't completely lie. He had indeed contacted Yuan Shao.

It just means that he will give up the throne to Yuan Shao, and that he is willing to assist his ministers and help him settle the troubled times.

In the Yuan family, Yuan Shu is the legitimate son, while Yuan Shao is just the concubine's son, so Yuan Shu has looked down on him since he was a child.

Now it took a long time for him to bow his head to the bastard.

Of course, I finally figured it out.

People, there is hope only when you are alive.

Maybe in a few days, months, or years, I will be able to regain my former ambitions.

But not now, now, he just wants a glimmer of hope.

I hope I won’t have to wait too long for Yuan Shao’s reply.
Chapter completed!