Licheng is just a small city, there are only about 10,000 residents in the city, it is difficult to raise grain and grass, since two days ago, Tai Shici and they have almost run out of food, and now they can only drink one gruel a day that can illuminate the shadow of people, and the soldiers are so hungry that their chests are close to their backs. Many people secretly regret in their hearts that they shouldn't have come to Tai Shici, and now they have left their hometowns, and they can't even eat.

Knowing that Lu Bu had sent a messenger to patrol the group with manpower, he immediately hurried to see Tai Shici. When he walked into the dilapidated county office, he heard Yu Qianling ask Tai Shi Ci: "General Tai Shi, since Lu Wenhou is willing to let us live, why don't you agree to abandon the city?" ”

The team leader hurriedly stopped, wanting to hear how Tai Shici answered. I only heard Tai Shici say: "Yu Qianling, don't you know that General Ben has sent someone to ask for help?" Maybe in a few days, reinforcements will be there. ”

"General Taishi," Yu Qianling said with a little cry and laughter: "We have run out of food and grass, and if we continue to stay here, even if Lu Wenhou does not send people to attack the city, we will not be able to support this place for long." ”

"Yu Qian's order," Tai Shi Ci Zhengse said, "If our army withdraws from Licheng at this moment, once it is pursued by Lu Bu, there is a possibility that the whole army will collapse, and it is still unknown how many people can reach Qingzhou." ”

"The general's words are wrong!" When the team leader heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, he walked into the main hall quickly, and said loudly: "Even if we don't come out of Licheng, we can't stop the attack of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses." ”

Tai Shi Ci glanced up at the team rate, but he didn't speak, he knew very well in his heart that what the team rate said was very reasonable. Don't look at the thousands of soldiers and horses under your command, but they are all newly recruited, and their combat power naturally cannot be compared with the soldiers and horses led by Lu Bu. Now only half of the soldiers have weapons, and the rest of the soldiers are holding sharpened wooden sticks, if they encounter the bandit Yellow Turban, and they still have the strength to fight, but when they encounter those elite soldiers under Lu Bu, they are simply vulnerable.

Don't look at your own soldiers and horses staying in the city, the walls of Keli City are low, there is no moat, and the equipment to defend the city is not complete, otherwise he would not have easily captured this city in the first place. Now that it has been changed to defend by itself, and others attack, I am afraid that the final outcome will not be able to hold. But it is obviously impossible to abandon the city and leave, as long as the soldiers and horses with a weak heart leave the city, it is possible to disperse most of them, and if they encounter Lu Bu's tail chasing and killing, they may be wiped out.

Now that he is riding a tiger, Tai Shici can only bite the bullet and say: "Don't worry, maybe the soldiers and horses sent by the lord will arrive tomorrow, if we abandon the city at this time and be chased and killed by Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, we will inevitably be defeated like a mountain, even if the lord's reinforcements arrive, it will be useless." ”

Seeing that Tai Shi Ci was so stubborn, Yu Qianling and the team knew that if they continued to persuade, there would be no result, so they could only sigh, arch their hands towards Tai Shi Ci, and turn around and walk out of the main hall.

When he came to the courtyard, Yu Qianling stopped the team and asked, "General Taishi is so stubborn, he has to stick to Licheng when there is no food and grass inside and no rescue soldiers outside." I see that the city is broken overnight, I don't know what the team rate is planning? ”

"What else can I do?" When the team leader heard Yu Qianling say this, he couldn't help but reply with a wry smile: "The lord ordered a certain escort General Taishi to Yangzhou to recruit troops, and now that he has reached a desperate situation, what else can he do, only to fight to the death." ”

Yu Qianling's purpose in asking this was to persuade the team to take people to leave with him. In any case, at present, the strongest combat strength of the whole army is the dozens of soldiers under the leadership of the team, if there are these capable soldiers to escort them, even if they encounter Lu Bu's troops to chase after them, they will have the opportunity to retreat.

But at this moment, when he heard the team leader say that he was going to stay and fight to the death, his heart suddenly cooled in half. However, he still said unwillingly: "Team rate, if you don't leave at this time, when Lu Wenhou leads his troops to attack the city tomorrow, you want to leave, but you can't go." ”

"Everyone has their own aspirations, since Yu Qianling does not want to stay in Licheng, then listen to it." From Yu Qianling's tone of speech, the team leader guessed that the other party was unwilling to stay in Licheng to accompany Tai Shici to death, so he said generously: "If Yu Qianling wants to leave, I will immediately send two of my subordinates to escort you out of the city safely." ”

Yu Qianling was eager to leave this dead place as soon as possible, but when he heard the team leader say this, he became cowardly: "You have never left this place, how can I leave you and others to escape alone?" ”

Seeing that the other party did not agree to his proposal, the team leader didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he just bowed his hand to the other party, and left the county government straight and continued to take people to patrol the city.

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Early the next morning, Tai Shi Ci led his men up the northern city wall, preparing to deal with Lü Bu's siege. However, he waited left and right, and waited until noon, but there was still no movement in Lu Bu's army. In this case, some soldiers inevitably discussed in private: "Didn't you say that the Yangzhou army would attack the city?" It's almost noon, why hasn't there been any movement at all? ”

"I don't know how long I have to stand," said another soldier angrily, "since I got up in the morning, I haven't had any water and rice sticking to my teeth, and if I fight later, where will I have the strength." ”

"You still want to eat." His companion snorted coldly: "Let me tell you, the city has long run out of food. The meal we ate yesterday should be our last. ”

"What, we're out of food, so what are we doing here?" The soldier said dissatisfiedly: "Even if the enemy army does not attack, we will be starved to death if we stay in the city, it is better to ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he received a heavy whip on his head, and blood immediately flowed down his forehead. He covered his wound and turned his head to see who had done it, only to find the team leader standing behind him. The team leader said with a hideous face: "If anyone is demagogic and shakes the morale of the army again, so-and-so will not whip him, but directly take off his head." ”

The surrounding soldiers were frightened by the leader's expression, and they all trembled and did not dare to answer. At this moment, when the war drums suddenly came from in the distance, the team leader looked in the direction from which the sound came, and saw a group of soldiers and horses coming towards their position, and one of the big flags was written with the word "Lu" written in a big fight.

It was Lu Bu's soldiers and horses who came to attack the city, and the team did not dare to slack off, and told his subordinates to prepare to defend the city, and he ran towards the city gate building with his legs, and he was ready to report to Tai Shici immediately, saying that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses were heading towards the city, and they should be ready to attack the city.

The soldiers standing on the city wall, looking at the approaching Lu Bu soldiers and horses, couldn't help but be frightened, they all turned their heads to look at the city gate building, hoping to see Tai Shici's figure, which could give them some confidence.