The situation in Shouchun City is a bit complicated.

After Yuan Shu's death, it split into three forces.

First, the 50,000 recruits under the command of Pang Guangyan were poorly equipped and had low combat effectiveness.

Second, the 14,000 veterans under the command of Yuan Hong, including the Danyang soldiers and Yuan Shu's personal guards, were extremely well equipped and had strong combat effectiveness.

Third, Yan Jin's family private soldiers, numbering more than 20,000 people, were the poorly equipped and the weakest in combat effectiveness.

It is necessary to mention that Yuan Hong is the second son of the hermit Yuan Min and the brother of Yuan Shu. It was only recently that he came out of the Yuan Shu Group, and there are few records of him in history.

And Yan Jin is the son of Yan Xiang, the chief strategist under Yuan Shu, after Yan Xiang's death, he has always taken care of the family business and rarely interfered in the affairs of officialdom.

On this day, Pang Guangyan received a letter from Liu Bowen.

The letter stated that as long as the city was surrendered, he could receive a thousand gold, and he was promoted to a general, and he was also allowed to command the troops and horses of his headquarters and garrison Huainan.

The conditions are very attractive, like pie in the sky.

Pang Guangyan couldn't resist the temptation, and summoned his generals to discuss surrender.

Pang Guangyan felt that it would be too shameless to surrender like this, and he had to prepare a generous gift for Lu Bu to increase his worth, so as not to be discriminated against by the generals under Lu Bu after surrendering.

So, that night, he mobilized an army of 50,000 and slaughtered Yuan Hong's camp.

Although the number of Yuan Hong's army is small, they are all veterans, as well as the world-famous elite, Danyang soldiers.

After a battle, Pang Guangyan failed to win.

When retreating, they were intercepted by Yan Jin's soldiers and horses, and suffered heavy casualties.

Pang Guangyan wanted to escape from Shouchun and asked Lu Bu for help, but Yuan Hong then rushed to join Yan Jin and blocked him in the southern school field. Hope was shattered, and Pang Guangyan was forced to fight and was killed in the South School Field.

Since then, there have only been two forces left in Shouchun City.

North of the city camp.

Lu Bu gathered to discuss the matter.

"Although Berwyn's strategy was unsuccessful, it provoked a civil war between the three major forces, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which was conducive to our army's strong attack on Shouchun City." Lu Buju sat on the top and said: "Gao Shun and Luo Cheng have returned to the camp, there are 70,000 people, enough to attack the city..." ”

"My lord, we have less than 20,000 troops." Gao Shun reminded.

"I know. Aren't there more than 50,000 captives? Lu Bu stood up and said angrily: "I have repeatedly told the people of Yangzhou that those who dare to help the family will wipe out the three clans." They still dare to go against me, and they clearly don't take my words seriously. ”

"Go and tell the captives that it's either take the city or die, the choice is yours."

"Also, before the siege of the city, inform the private soldiers of all families in Shouchun City, it is still too late to surrender, I can be extra gracious and let them live, if I resist to the end, when I break the city, none of them will be able to live."

"No."

Gao Shun knew that when the captives arrived here, this must be the result. But I didn't expect that Lu Bu's attitude towards the family's private soldiers was still so resolute, it is conceivable that if the captives were unwilling to attack the city, it was really possible to be collectively beheaded!

"My lord, can we do it again?" Liu Bowen said.

"You mean, recruit Yuan Hong? Or Yan Jin? ”

"Yes. As long as you can recruit one of them, you don't need to siege the city. ”

Lu Bu thought for a while and shook his head: "No." The two of them will never surrender. Yuan Hong is Yuan Shu's brother, and when Yuan Shu was in danger, he went out to command the army, which shows his loyalty to Yuan Shu. And Yan Jin is the leader of the family, and he knows my hatred for the family, so how can he kill himself? ”

Liu Bowen frowned.

Lu Bu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Berwin, after General Xiang returns to the camp, we will have nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses, and Shouchun City will be down in the near future." ”

After a while, the siege was decided.

Lü Bu, Li Yuanba, Gao Shun, and Luo Cheng went to the rear camp to collect the prisoners.

The captives, dressed in single clothes, were curled up in tents, and every two days they were able to drink a bowl of gruel. The physical condition is very poor, and many of them don't even have the strength to stand up.

A captive like this, even if a few hundred soldiers are sent, can be guarded.

Lu Bu gathered them together and explained in detail the incident of the Ten Thousand Monuments...

"Those who dare to help the family will wipe out the three clans!" This was the last sentence that Lu Bu said.

When the captives heard this, they trembled with fear.

When Lu Bu proposed that they could join the pioneer camp to save their lives, they all joined the pioneer camp without hesitation.

"Gao Shun."

"Yes."

Lu Budao: "The pioneer battalion, it is still under your command, make some delicious food for those prisoners, take care of their bodies, and wait for fifteen days to serve as the siege vanguard." I would like to see the gates of Shouchun City opened, opened by them. ”

"No."

In the blink of an eye, fifteen days later.

Xiang Yu has led the army back to the camp.

Gao Shun's pioneer battalion, after half a month of recuperation, also recovered his strength.

Cao Cao defeated Hefei, passed through the south of the Lujiang River, and made a detour to Huiji...

Zhang Liao and Chen Gong did not wait for Cao Cao's defeated troops to come, and were very disappointed, so they mobilized troops and horses to capture the entire territory of Yuzhang County. Since the officers and soldiers of various counties and counties, as well as the private soldiers of their families, were all transferred to the Huainan battlefield, their conquest plan was carried out very smoothly.

On this day, Lu Bu took Li Yuanba, Xiang Yu, Gao Shun, Luo Cheng, and more than 60,000 soldiers of the pioneer battalion to Shouchun North City.

Looking at the tall city in front of him, his confidence was frustrated.

Gao Shun said: "I used to look at Shouchun City, but I didn't think there was anything, but now I really want to attack, but it makes people feel bottomless." ”

"You're psychological. No matter how hard it is, don't you have to fight it? Lu Bu looked back at the soldiers in the pioneer battalion, although they were all frightened, they were in good spirits.

"Lord, let the last general come forward to challenge." Luo Chengdao.

"No need. Yuan Shu's generals had been killed and wounded a few months ago, how could anyone dare to face the battle? Let's not bother with that, let's attack the city directly. Lu Bu glanced at Gao Shun. Gao Shun jumped out of the horse and transferred troops to attack the city.

Ten siege towers, fifteen Thunderbolt chariots, thirty pontoons, and countless ladders. They were all seized from Cao Cao and Yuan Shu in the past year, and now they come in handy.

(The Thunderbolt Chariot, also known as the trebuchet, is named after the sound of a thunderbolt when the stone is fired.) ）

After Gao Shun's several orders, tens of thousands of soldiers, pushing various siege equipment, rushed straight to Shouchun City.

Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu were all eager to try and wanted to come forward to help.

Lu Bu did not give permission.

The two of them are suitable for cavalry and foot combat, and siege warfare like this is really dangerous, in case you are shot by a bow and arrow, or hit by a stone, the consequences are unimaginable.

With the pioneer battalion as a pioneer, Lu Bu didn't want the two of them to take risks for the time being.

Just when Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu were rejected, tens of thousands of soldiers had already rushed to the city pass and started an extremely tragic siege battle.

(End of chapter)