Although Yuan Shu's army was numerous, Wang Xiu, Li Jin and others were not afraid.

Because they believed that they could completely withstand the attack of Yuan Shu's army.

Although Yuan Shu has formed an alliance with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others.

However, Yuan Shu did not exchange technology with them.

All kinds of siege equipment are the same as the original three.

What Yuan Shu relied on was nothing more than the advantage of numbers.

However, the first lieutenant army has the strength of the city and the advantage of equipment, and it can be completely tied.

However, Zhang Zhao on the side saw that the hundreds of thousands of troops under the city were pressed in black, and his heart and liver still had a feeling that they were about to jump out.

The murderous aura that rushed in front of him was even stronger than Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou back then.

How can such an army resist.

As mentioned earlier, Zhang Zhao is not good at military affairs, mainly because he knows how to do government affairs.

In history, he gave Sun Quan the method, that is, the Lord and the faction.

Although he is a little expert in internal affairs, his personality is more straightforward, but he still has not departed from the class thinking of preservation in the bones of the family.

This is also the reason why Xuzhou is obviously close to Qingzhou, Xuzhou Tao Qian has always been good friends with Xu Ding, and Zhang Zhao did not choose to take the initiative to vote for Xu Ding and seek a background.

The family likes to wait and see the bets, and most of them are unwilling to play in person until the situation is clear.

Not much to say, at this time, Zhang Zhao was playing the drum in his heart, but after seeing that Wang Xiu, Li Jin and others did not change their faces and were calm.

I couldn't help but feel a little more at ease.

Wang Xiu is still so bold, and I, a child of a family, are still a little inferior to him.

It's a gaffe.

"Shuzhi, Yuan Shu is attacking my Pengcheng this time, I'm afraid he has an unbroken plan." Zhang Zhao brewed some words:

"Yuan Shu's soldiers are many generals, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it for long, Shuzhi can have other countermeasures, and the reinforcements from the north can go south."

The reinforcements Zhang Zhao said were, of course, tens of thousands of troops such as Xi Zhicai who entered Taishan County.

I heard that the tiger and leopard rode away, and the tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops should also go south.

With these tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops, it will be much easier to deal with Yuan Shu.

Since ancient times, there has been no city without help.

To relieve the siege of Pengcheng, it is necessary to rely on the Qingzhou army, and Cao Bao and others in Lianyang and Wuyang are unreliable.

"Zibu, are you afraid?" Before Wang Xiu could speak, Li Jin on the side said.

Zhang Zhao was a little nervous, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, how can it be, with General Li, we will definitely not lose in Pengcheng, but I am afraid that the people in the city and the soldiers below will not have confidence." ”

Li Jin took a cold look at the city, and then his eyes returned to the Yuan Shu army outside the city.

At this time, Wang Xiu spoke, only to see him said: "Don't worry Zibu, we must have reinforcements, since ancient times, we don't defend the city without help, I expect that the Yuan army under the city will loosen the siege in three days, and our reinforcements will arrive in less than five days, and Yuan Shu will go back to Runan in ten days." ”

Zhang Zhao was thinking about Wang Xiu's words, estimating the size of these possibilities.

I feel that Wang Xiu is bragging and it is more likely to stabilize the army's heart.

Three days Yuan Shu's army withdrew from the siege, this possibility is too small.

One day I'm afraid that there will be enough time for Yuan Shu to break through the siege of the city.

Wang Xiu saw that Zhang Zhao didn't speak and said: "Zibu, in fact, I am confident, even if there are no reinforcements, we can always hold the city, if Yuan Jian does not have the same miracle strategy as breaking Xiapi, just relying on these soldiers under the city to attack, I think he will never succeed in entering the city."

I know that Zibu doesn't believe it, and I know that the people in the city don't believe it either, but I and the First Lieutenant will prove it to everyone. ”

At the same time, Wang Xiu added in his heart that Li Gan's incident could not happen again, let alone Pengcheng.

"Uh...... I believe in Shuzhi, I believe in the First Colonel. Zhang Zhao still emphasized with some lack of confidence.

Wang Xiu didn't say much, and it was normal for Zhang Zhao to have doubts about the first lieutenant.

Not to mention him, even Xu Ding's internal side also has a lot of doubts about the first lieutenant.

A regiment in the form of a guard that has never fought a hard battle and is not strong from the captain to the deputy commander of the general, the combat effectiveness is really doubtful.

Especially after the incident in Picheng, even the first lieutenant general of Pengcheng doubted himself.

"Strategist, can I take people out of the city to kill?" Li Jin asked suddenly.

The question is abrupt and presumptuous.

However, Wang Xiu nodded lightly: "The time has come, and it is appropriate." ”

The First Army needs to re-establish a new command core and rebuild confidence, and there is no doubt that Li Jin is the most suitable.

Do you want to go out of the city to kill?

is really reckless and bold, Zhang Zhao admired Li Jin and Wang Xiu a little.

The two are really optimistic.

It's crazy, though.

The drums of war were beating more urgently, and Zhang Zhaolai was not in a hurry to think about other miscellaneous things.

Because the siege troops of Yuan Shu's army began to charge.

Zhang Zhao needed to go down to the city to assist Peng Chengxiang to pacify the people and organize the people to support logistics.

"Kill ......"

The shouts of killing came from under the city, and countless Yuan troops rushed towards Pengcheng like a tide.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Bow strikes are basically the first wave of routines.

The rain of arrows took many of the Yuan soldiers with them, but many more rushed to the moat, erected ladders, and then added planks, and then the troops carrying the ladders trampled over them, risking being shot and killed.

However, the repair process is very difficult, there are a lot of arrows and crossbow arrows flying on the head of the city, and the arrows in the city are very abundant.

The first lieutenant army and the Danyang soldiers in Xuzhou can use it boldly and without worrying about the occurrence of no arrows.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's siege troops were basically blocked by the moat and marched without an inch.

Soon, countless corpses were piled up on both sides of the moat, and the entire moat was soaked in bright red and blood, like a big dye vat.

"Lord, Pengcheng's material reserves seem to be very rich, and Wang Xiu and Li Jin, who are guarding the city, are very old and experienced, we need to come step by step, and fill in the moat before we can move on to the next step." Yuan Shu said to Yuan Shu.

Wang Xiu withdrew Li Jin and others into Pengcheng together, which was undoubtedly a very correct measure, dividing the troops to guard, but it was easy to be eaten by himself one by one.

Now there are many defenders in the city, and with the abundance of materials, it is impossible to easily achieve results whether it is a long siege or a strong attack.

Yuan Shu said: "Since you can't attack the city directly in one step, let's fill the moat first." ”

Yuan Shu could also see that fighting Peng Cheng this time was not as simple as last time.

It is impossible to scare Wang Xiu away like he scared the Xuzhou army.

Originally, he didn't want to waste time filling the city river, because the moat of Pengcheng was too wide, and after the fall of Pengcheng before, Tao Qian ordered it to be widened and deepened.

This makes the reclamation a bit larger and takes more time.

Yuan Shu is not a person who can endure his temperament.

And the longer the time drags on, the greater the variables.

He didn't like the feeling of not being controlled by himself, and of course no big family would like the feeling of not being controlled by himself, because they were used to controlling others.