"Since they haven't come for so long, naturally they can't come if something happens."

"So you now understand what the widow means by standing here and saying this to you, surrender, now open the city gates, the widow remembers that you are a celebrity, and has good words and courtesies to you, but if you continue to be obsessed with stubbornness, then don't blame the widow for being polite."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, his tone changed from a calm conversation at the beginning to a semi-threatening now.

As soon as he opened his mouth like this, Sun Shao felt more and more solemn and understood the pressure that Liu Zheng brought him.

At this time, Liu Zheng's words made Sun Shao a little suspicious and doubted the authenticity of Liu Zheng's words, but seeing Liu Zheng so calmly in the city, Sun Shao became more and more clear that Liu Zheng should be unlikely to lie, after all, in the past three days, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu should have known what happened in Xiapi City.

Unless they were indifferent to the safety of Xiapi City, the journey from Tanxian County to Xiapi would be able to reach it in half a day at most, but three days had passed, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun hadn't even seen a figure, which had to make Sun Shao feel that something must have happened.

So what can happen? It is nothing more than that Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were defeated by Liu Zheng in the ambush and secret path, and now they are difficult to protect themselves, because only they are difficult to protect themselves, they can't take care of the situation in Xia Picheng, and it will be difficult for Xia Pi City to hold on to Liu Zheng's hands.

Sun Shao reflexively looked at the city behind him, the people in the city, and the old, weak, sick and disabled guarding the city tower, these soldiers and horses want to gain some advantages in the hands of Liu Zheng, not to mention that there is no general who defends the city, only Sun Shao himself is left, even if the city tower is guarded by Guan Yu now, it may not be able to block Liu Zheng's attack.

There is nothing to do, Sun Shao doesn't want to blindly send him to death here, after being silent for a long time, Sun Shao has already made a decision in his heart.

"Liu Zheng, how do I know if what you said is true or false? In case you trick me and trick me out of the city, then I won't be ashamed of Liu Xuande. ”

Although Sun Shao already wanted to surrender in his heart, but on the surface he couldn't surrender directly, after all, he still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun would be able to support Xiapi, he wanted to continue to wait, if Zhao Yun and Guan Yu did not appear again in two days, then for the sake of his own safety and the lives of the people in the city, he could only open the city and surrender to Liu Zheng, otherwise according to Liu Zheng's troops gradually gathered under the city.

It won't be long before this Xiapi city is conquered.

After all, now Xiapi City has been besieged by them for three days, plus Yuan Shao besieged the city for a few days before, and now Xiapi City, whether it is the people in the city or the soldiers guarding the city, are already panicked, and no one wants to be in a state of war all the time.

Even if Sun Shao wanted to defend Xiapi, the people in the city did not have the ability to defend Xiapi City.

"The king of a country who is widowed and dignified, why should he deceive you? But the widow knows what you are thinking, you just want to wait, and when Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's men and horses appear, the widow can promise you that in order to avoid casualties in our army, the widow will give you two more days. ”

"How? If, after two days, there are still no reinforcements outside the city, you can open the city and surrender. ”

Liu Zheng didn't want to directly send his men and horses to capture Picheng, although he could also achieve victory if he captured Picheng, but in this way, the soldiers and horses under his command would inevitably suffer losses, and for Liu Zheng now, any loss of men and horses is a pity.

He didn't want to make such a fearless sacrifice, it was naturally best to be able to go to the army to fight and plot, not to use swords, and to defeat Picheng.

Sun Tzu's strategy chapter in the Art of War is clearly written, the first army is to fight, the second is to fight, then to fight, then to attack the city; The siege of the city is a last resort.

Siege is only a last resort.

If you can take the enemy's city without attacking it, it is the best way.

The people on the city tower were also relieved after hearing Liu Zheng's words, especially those defenders, they thought that Liu Zheng's arrival would increase the attack on the city, but they didn't expect Liu Zheng to be so merciful, for the sake of their safety, they did not choose to attack, but through negotiations, in the form of slow negotiations.

Being able to avoid war is actually good for both sides.

Sun Shao also glanced at Liu Zheng, and the two sides did not start a war immediately, but spent two days outside the city calmly.

In the two days that Liu Zheng was stationed outside Xiapi City to recuperate, a major matter was also being secretly discussed in Tan County at this moment.

Tan County, in the Donghai County Governance Office.

Yuan Shao led his few remaining soldiers and horses to be stationed here.

Yuan Shao's general, Wen Chou, has been stationed in the city tower to guard against the attack of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others outside the city.

However, after Guan Yu and Zhao Yun suddenly led the army to retreat, they naturally attracted the attention of the ugly people on the city tower.

Wen Chou originally thought that this was a trick by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

However, seeing that Guan Yu and the others did not leave any people behind, and directly led the army to evacuate in a hurry, he felt that something was wrong, and he opened the city gate and sent some spies to investigate the situation.

But this investigation immediately shocked him and realized that something was wrong.

The spies he sent out happened to find out from a distance that Guan Yu and Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses were fighting, and Liu Zheng's thousands of men and horses wiped out Guan Yu's 20,000 troops, all of which were mastered by the spies sent by Wen Chou and passed back to Wen Chou in Tan County.

After Wen Chou learned about these situations, he naturally didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately went to find Yuan Shao, wanting to inform Yuan Shao of the news.

So Yuan Shao quickly learned about this matter, and immediately summoned several of his staff members to discuss. What will happen to them?

"My lord, why did you summon us in such a hurry?"

After Ji Feng and the others came to the main hall, they immediately asked Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, and his face was very ugly.

After seeing everyone coming, he didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Wen Chou, and motioned Wen Chou to take the initiative to tell everyone present the news.

Wen Chou understood what Yuan Shao meant, and his expression was also not good-looking, but at this time, he still took the initiative to speak.

"Guys, we're in trouble."

Wen Chou's words made everyone present immediately nervous.

"General Wen Chou, what happened to you?"

"Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's men and horses, who were originally trapped on the outskirts of Tan County, suddenly evacuated, and were ambushed in the middle of the road, and all the troops were annihilated!"