Chapter 488

Shouchun, the palace.

Shouchun is originally a big city, which can be called the first metropolis in Huainan. It has a population of more than 100000 and a vast arable land, which can be said to be the foundation of hegemony.

After Yuan Shu became emperor, he naturally wanted to have a decent palace. Therefore, Yuan Shu immediately recruited tens of thousands of civilians to build his own palace day and night.

Fortunately, Yan Xiang and others admonished Yuan Shu that Shouchun would not stay long, and the capital would certainly be relocated in the future. Therefore, it was not necessary to build the Imperial Palace according to the scale of the Imperial Palace, just the scale of the imperial palace.

"Ha ha, beauty, don't run, come to my arms."

"Your Majesty, don't..."

with a smile on his face, Yuan Shu ran forward and saved a beautiful woman in a light gauze. The beauty was wearing very thin clothes, and several important places were vaguely revealed. All the servants in the palace bowed their heads and did not dare to watch.

Yuan Shu, on the other hand, laughs: "what are beauties shy of? I will give you to...

"your majesty!"

Ji Ling, dressed in iron armour, looks cautious and rushes in in in a hurry. He even has no time to report.

Yuan Shu saw Ji Ling with a heavy face, and immediately sent off the beauty in his hand: "you go down first."

"No The beauty was also sensible and gently gave a gift, and then she left.

"General Ji, what happened?" Yuan Shu frowned.

Ji Ling didn't speak, just looked around.

Yuan Shu waved: "all go down."

"No The internal servants, bodyguards and maids left one after another, while Ji Ling's tone was heavy: "Your Majesty, Cao Cao himself led 30000 troops outside Shouchun city."

"Here comes Cao Cao?" Yuan Shu's face changed: "where has his army arrived?"

"Cao Cao led his army to camp ten miles north of Shouchun city. It rained heavily these days, so the roads outside Shouchun city were muddy and difficult to walk. Therefore, Cao Cao did not rush to attack the city." Ji Ling said slowly: "but judging from Cao Cao's military style, he will certainly launch an attack on Shouchun city in the near future."

Yuan Shu said in a hurry: "how many soldiers and horses are there in Shouchun city now? Is it enough to deal with Cao thieves? "

"Please rest assured that there are 20000 soldiers in Shouchun City, which is enough to deal with Cao's army. But... "Ji Ling has something to do with it.

"But what? But let's not worry. " Yuan Shu said directly.

"It's raining heavily, and the walls of Shouchun are often damaged. Your majesty, please temporarily use the people who built palaces to build the walls and strengthen the city defense." Ji Lingdao.

"Well... OK." Although Yuan Shu did not want to, if the city wall disappeared, the palace would not be able to survive, so he had to agree to come down.

The ancient city walls were mostly made of brick and stone, but they were inevitably mixed with soil. If it rained heavily, and the walls were soaked in rain for many days, they would inevitably collapse. However, Shouchun is located in Huainan. Now it is the plum rain season, and the heavy rain is continuous. This is good news for the city defense.

"All the civilian men are assigned by you, so you must keep the city in mind." Yuan Shu asked.

"Don't worry, your majesty! Cao's bandits are only 30000 soldiers. If they want to capture Shouchun, it's wishful thinking. Ji Ling must let them sink to pieces! "

Since ancient times, it is difficult to attack a city, but it is easy to defend it. If twenty thousand troops can't keep Shouchun, Ji Ling can just wipe his neck and commit suicide.

With the permission of Yuan Shu, Ji Ling was about to send tens of thousands of civilians who were building the palace to reinforce the city defense. For a moment, Shouchun city was in full swing.

Shouchun outside the city is still continuous rain, at this time Cao barracks.

"Lord!"

XiaHouYuan opened the door and walked in quickly. His robe was wet with rain, but he was still full of energy.

"It was seconds before I came back." Cao Cao said with a smile, "how about going to check Shouchun city defense?"

"Shouchun city is closely guarded on all sides, and the garrison in the city should be more than ten thousand. If a strong attack is carried out, it may be difficult to attack it in a short time." Xia Hou yuan shook his head.

"Shouchun is the base of Yuan Shu. The city defense must be strong, and it is normal that it is difficult to attack."

"But than Shouchun city defense is strong, some is more worried about another thing."

Cheng Yu interface way: "Zhi Cai said only afraid of this plum rain?"

"Not bad." Xi Zhicai nodded: "someone has asked the local people who have lived for many years that the Meiyu in Huainan area lasts for more than a month. Once it rains almost endlessly, crops in the field are often damaged. If this plum rain continues, our army's siege of the city will inevitably be affected. The most important thing is that the roads around Shouchun are muddy and difficult to travel. As a result, the transportation of grain and grass will be poor. "

"Yes." Cao Hong hums: "this plum rain does not know when to fall, my hands and feet are itching."

All the generals and counsellors were discussing, but Cao Cao did not say a word, stroked his long beard and wore a smile. He seemed to have a plan in mind.

"It seems that the Lord has already had some countermeasures in mind. Why don't you tell me what to do?" Yue Jin said curiously.Seeing that the eyes of the generals in the tent gathered one after another, Cao Cao said with a smile: "you don't have to worry about it. I'm afraid that this time we don't need our army's hands, and this Shouchun city will be easily available."

"Shouchun is the capital of Huainan and the root of Yuanshu. Would Yuan Shu give up Shouchun easily?" Xia Houyuan doubted: "even if he gave up Shouchun, where could Yuan Shu go?"

"Yes, today's general, sun CE and our army besiege Yuan Shu on three sides. Even if Yuan Shu wants to escape, where can he escape?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "do you think our army is powerful or the Liangzhou soldiers under Yuqing's command are better?"

"Zhicai, what do you say?" Cao Cao turned his head and looked at the playwright who was sitting in the first place on the left and asked.

"No need to say more." Xi Zhicai objectively said: "although the Lord subdued the Qingzhou army and took over Qingzhou and Xuzhou, the foundation is still shallow. However, the general is in charge of Guanzhong and Yanzhou. The tiger looks at the Central Plains. Under his command, there are hundreds of thousands of tigers in Xiliang. Unless our army can take full control of Yangzhou, or possibly compete with the general, it is not as good as today's strength."

Cao Cao nodded with a smile and said frankly: "the analysis of Zhicai is good. Now our army's strength is really unable to compare with Yuqing, and Yuan Shu thinks so."

Cheng Yu suddenly had a flash of light in his mind: "so, the Lord means that once the general defeated Zhang Xun and came with victory, Yuan Shu would be scared to give up Shouchun city and flee?"

Cao Cao slightly nodded: "yes, when Shouchun city is available, you can watch it."

"But the general sent out 100000 soldiers, and our army got Shouchun casually. When the general was angry, would he not attack our army?" Xia Houyuan worried.