As soon as Liu Bei went down to the city, the soldiers sent to the other three gates had already returned.

"Your Majesty, the other three gates have not found the Ming army."

When Liu Bei heard this, he saw that there were three other soldiers arriving with him, and he immediately understood that it should be the other three men who saw that there were no enemy soldiers and sent someone to report it.

Xu Shu said: "Although I don't see the Ming army, I also want to prevent the Ming army from attacking the west, and I also ask Your Majesty to let a few generals be on guard." ”

Liu Bei nodded approvingly, and then ordered the soldiers who came to report the news, and said: "Go and tell your generals that they must be careful to guard the palace, but if the Ming army appears, come and report immediately." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, Liu Bei motioned for the other three soldiers to retreat, because he saw that Xu Shu seemed to have something to say.

The soldier retreated, and Xu Shu said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thought about it carefully last night, and today I looked at the Ming army again, thinking that there was still a chance to win this battle, but it was just ......."

Liu Bei was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Will the plan be released?" ”

"Mencius has a cloud: a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!"

"However, Gongsun is the Emperor Ming, but he came lightly, if he can be captured, the crisis will be temporarily resolved."

The joy in Liu Bei's heart dissipated, and he waved his hand and said helplessly: "Although I don't want to admit it, but ...... Gongsun Du is strong in martial arts, and there are fierce generals like Dian Wei with him, so it is impossible to capture and kill him in the midst of heavy encirclement. ”

"No!"

Xu Shu shook his head and said: "The Ming army is coming, and there are many cavalry troops, no less than 100,000 people and animals, and there will be a great demand for drinking water. The only things that can be satisfied near Chengdu are Pishui and Nanhe, but Nanhe is in the south, and the Ming army will not take a detour to get water. ”

Liu Bei seemed to understand a little, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "What does Yuan Zhi mean...... Drugged? ”

Xu Shu was stunned and said, "This is okay." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei was also stunned and said, "Could it be that Yuan Zhi has other plans?" ”

Xu Shu hesitated, nodded, and said, "Water attack!" ”

"Water attack?"

Liu Bei's face was filled with joy, but then he said worriedly: "This ...... Will Chengdu be flooded? ”

Xu Shu was speechless when he heard this.

Liu Bei suddenly understood, and his eyes were full of flickering. After a long while, he asked again: "Is there really no chance of victory in addition to this?" ”

"The minister is incompetent! Please forgive your majesty! ”

Xu Shu replied ashamedly, but he was thinking in his heart: Maybe...... If Kong Ming is here, will there be a way?

Liu Bei was also wondering what Zhuge Liang would do at this time-

Is it also a water attack? If we can win, it is possible. But I'm afraid to use it, but I can't win yet, and in the end, there are too many dead and injured people, and it will stink for thousands of years......

When Liu Bei thought like this, he didn't realize that he didn't even have the confidence to win with water, he just felt that it was possible, and it didn't seem to be high.

"How about taking the medicine first, and then attacking it with water if it doesn't work?" Liu Bei thought for a while and asked in a low voice.

Xu Shu shook his head and said: "Although this is safer, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of the Ming army and fall short in the end." ”

Liu Bei asked rhetorically: "Then I don't know what chance Yuan Zhi thinks he has?" ”

Xu Shu was silent for a while before replying, "Less than fifty." ”

"What about after the drugging?"

Xu Shu thought for a while and said, "It will be one to two percent lower!" ”

"What is the difference between 30 percent and 50 percent?"

Liu Bei clenched his fists and said: "Whether you can win in the end depends on the will of heaven!" Okay, that's it! ”

"Take the medicine first, and then attack it if you don't succeed." Liu Bei made the final decision.

Xu Shu had to nod in agreement, and then said: "The Ming army has a lot of eyeliners, who to send to carry it out, please be careful with Your Majesty." ”

Liu Bei nodded.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei found that the only people who could really believe in it were Chen Zhi and Liu Chan!

Eh, five-year-old Liu Chan!

Count it out!

Also, after all, a figure who has left a name in history. Well...... It's probably the same in this life.

The same and the same, sometimes different!

"Uncle Zhi!"

"What does Your Majesty command?"

"You ......"

Liu Bei commanded. Soon, Chen Zhi left temporarily.

The sound of "bang bang" was endless, and occasionally stone bullets rolled down the city, smashing the houses near the city walls.

Liu Bei suddenly remembered something and asked: "The prime minister had said to me before, the imitation repeater is about to be completed, I don't know how Yuan Zhi is going now?" ”

Xu Shu understood, but said: "Before the prime minister left, he also entrusted this matter to his ministers, but——"

Pointing to the stone bullet on the ground, he said, "The minister doesn't think it can be of much use. Now half an hour has passed, and the roar is not stopping, I am afraid that the Ming army wants to collapse the city wall! ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei exclaimed: "Collapse the city wall? Chengdu has been a city for many years, and the city is strong and thick, how can it be destroyed? ”

"What if—"

Xu Shu said firmly: "The Ming army can continue to attack for half a day, and no matter how strong the city wall is, I am afraid it can be destroyed." ”

Liu Bei choked suddenly, then frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Is it really possible?" ”

Xu Shu knew that Liu Bei didn't know that it was possible, but he still had thoughts in his heart, but-

"Yes! And maybe that's what Emperor Ming thought! ”

Liu Bei's face alternated between blue and white, and it was ugly.

Xu Shu's heart tightened, and he was very worried that there would be an accident because of this. It's okay to say at the time, but not right now. Before he could speak, Liu Bei's face suddenly turned pale, and he said: "Since this is the case, then send someone to temporarily move the people from this side and these places here to other places, and then demolish all the houses, take out our repeaters, all the crossbows, as long as the Ming army dares to break through the city, I will shoot them to death." ”

"It's best to shoot the Gongsun dog thief!"

Xu Shu glanced left and right, and felt that the idea was good, but he was a little embarrassed on his face.

Liu Bei couldn't help frowning again, and said, "What's wrong?" Is there a problem? ”

Xu Shu said truthfully: "Actually, the imitation was completed only the day before yesterday, and now we only have less than ten crossbow cars. ”

"Less than ten?"

Liu Bei's eyes suddenly flickered, and then he asked, "How come there are less than ten crosses?" How much? ”

"Seven."

“…… Immediately step up the production, and make sure to make ten, no, twenty before the city is broken! Liu Bei said fiercely.

Xu Shu shook his head with a wry smile and said: "There is no shortage of wood, and a lot of big trees were cut down in order to imitate it before. It's just that even the ballista is very troublesome to make, even if everyone works day and night, at most less than three can be made in a day. ”

"Is it really that hard?" Liu Bei said unbelievably, "The Ming army can build dozens or hundreds of planes in such a short time, and we don't even have a fraction of them?" ”

Xu Shu explained: "That's true! I don't know how the Ming army did it, some parts are only very troublesome to make, and they may require special tools, but we don't have them, so we can only rely on the previous tools to do it little by little, so it is much slower. ”

Liu Bei didn't believe it, but he also had to believe it, so he could only say: "Do it, do as much as you can, if you can shoot Gongsun Du, even if you can't defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop and restore the Han imperial system, you can get a few years of stability, and maybe you can get a turnaround from it." ”

Xu Shu felt justified and responded: "Since this is the case, the minister immediately asked them to step up manufacturing." ”

Then. After thinking for a moment, he said: "The Ming army is full of eyeliners, in order to prevent leakage of news, it is necessary to completely block all the streets in the city, not even a bird, no, a chicken can fly out, otherwise it may be detected by the Ming army, resulting in failure." ”

This morning, Liu Bei knew that the city was not so peaceful, if it was to be strengthened, then-

"Will this cause panic among the people?"

Xu Shu said silently: "It's urgent, you should be in power." ”

"Okay!"

……

Jiangzhou.

Wen Ping and Xiang Lang attacked the city one after another, and the losses were quite heavy, almost halved.

"General."

Liu Ba got Chu Yan's summons, and quickly came over, saying, "I don't know what's important?" ”

Chu Yan said: "The general intends to counterattack, I don't know what General Liu thinks?" ”

Liu Ba's face was a little awkward, and he said: "Liu Jun does not have the power to break the city, if he relies on the city to delay time, when the city of Chengdu is broken, or the grain and grass are exhausted, he will retreat." ”

"Must be retreated?"

Chu Yan sneered: "According to the news, in the past few days, Jingzhou Liu Jun has suffered heavy losses, and more than half of them have been lost, do you have to wait until they are dead?" ”

Liu Ba was about to speak, but Chu Yan said again: "Or does General Liu have other ideas?" The general heard that there was a chance to kill more enemies in the past two days, but General Liu quietly gave up, why is this? ”

Liu Ba suddenly had a cold forehead on his forehead, and hurriedly bowed: "General, this is all the fault of the general!" It's just that the Ming army is different from Liu Jun, and the last general always feels a little uncomfortable when he commands it, so he ......"

"Alright, no need to say it."

Chu Yan's heart was full of displeasure, what kind of people under him were, it can be said that no one knew better than him. couldn't help but say coldly: "Chu thinks that since you have already made a decision, it's better not to be half-hearted, after all, no one likes two-faced people." And our majesty is wise and martial, creating a huge empire, it is when we need to employ people, please General Liu don't make mistakes! ”

"This ......"

Liu Ba was shocked and said: "Yes, the last general understands." ”

Only then did Chu Yan say with satisfaction: "Tomorrow, when the time is right, the troops will be ordered, and after dawn, I hope to see General Wen Ping and Xiang Lang's military division." I wonder if General Liu may help Ben General achieve it? ”

"Yes, the last general will obey."

Liu Ba understood that this was his last chance, and immediately responded. Then he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "General Wenpin is extraordinary, and the last general thinks that he is not an opponent, and he is afraid that he will be ...... if he is captured."