After that, Pei Qing would lead the army to send a large army to launch a wave of catapults under the city of Shu County every day or two, each time Yuan Shu's army experienced a shock, and what was especially surprising was that the number of casualties in Yuan Shu's army continued to rise, which made Yuan Shu's long history Yang Hong a little surprised, because according to the general law, after experiencing the threat of catapults, everyone will find a way to take the initiative to dodge, which will reduce the number of casualties, but the reality is not the case.

Of course Yang Hong didn't know, this is mainly because Liu Ye is constantly improving the technology of the thunderbolt car, since taking the "immortal medicine" from Pei Qing, Liu Ye feels that his calculation ability has been greatly enhanced, especially when Pei Qing taught him some strange but simple calculations, he became more interested in calculations, after his measurement and calculation, he found the law of strengthening the lethality of the thunderbolt and increasing its range, and also began to master some means of aiming, so the current thunderbolt whether it is lethality, The range and accuracy were greatly strengthened than before, resulting in more and more casualties in Yuan Shu's army, and after only three such large-scale attacks, the total number of casualties under Yuan Shu's command reached more than 7,000 people.

As long as Liu Xun's 50,000 army arrives, under the command of Yuan Shu and his front and back, he will definitely be able to defeat Pei Qing's tens of thousands of siege troops, and it is even possible to capture Pei Qing, as long as Pei Qing is captured or killed, this means that he can recover the vast territory occupied by Pei Qing before, and even have the capital to chase the Central Plains, and even further dominate the world.

However, the 50,000 army never arrived, which made Yuan Shu's heart very anxious.

In fact, Yuan Shu didn't know at all, Pei Qing who was outside the city was also a little anxious at this time, because the reason why Pei Qing constantly used catapults to deter was not to capture the city, but just to create panic in the city, and at the same time, he also used the strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and ordered the main army to set up an ambush in a dangerous place, so as to wait for the arrival of Liu Xun's 50,000 army, as long as Liu Xun's 50,000 army was eliminated, the enemy army in the city would inevitably be in chaos without a fight, and at that time, Pei Qing would naturally be able to win without a fight. Because Pei Qing also knew that now Yuan Shu's main reliance was Liu Xun's 50,000 army, and once the 50,000 army was gone, Yuan Shu's entire army would collapse.

But now they have not waited for the news of Liu Xun's army, and now they have collected almost all the stones within a radius of 100 miles, which has led to the speed of collecting stones getting slower and slower, and at the same time, there are more and more rolling stones in the city, so once a few days later, they have no stones, not only do they have no deterrent, but also cause the difficulty of attacking the city to become a lot greater.

Therefore, Pei Qing has made a decision now, if he doesn't wait for Liu Xun's news, he will have to storm Shu County under the cover of a catapult, because once he loses this opportunity, it will be much more difficult for him to attack the city.

However, at this moment, I saw Xie Yingdeng, the general in charge of the vigilance, come to report: "Lord, today we caught a fine work in the ambush, that person carried a secret letter, according to the person, Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang sent by Yuan Shu to conquer Sun Ce, raised his army and surrendered to Sun Ce under the persuasion of Zhou Yu, the general of Sun Ce's department. ”

"What? Is there such a thing? Pei Qing then opened the letter handed over by Xie Yingdeng, and sure enough, he saw that the letter stated the matter.

"This turned out to be true...... Pei Qing was mixed after getting the news, the good news is that Liu Xun will never come back, Yuan Shu's army has no hope, and it is estimated that it will collapse soon, which also means that his great cause of pacifying Yuan Shu will end soon, but at the same time, there are deeper worries, because Pei Qing knows that Sun Ce is more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu, originally Sun Ce's troops were still relatively small, but now there are more Liu Xun's 50,000 troops, and its strength is even stronger, it is simply like a tiger with wings, this Sun Ce is also a careerist, has both strength and ability, once there are more 50,000 troops, it is estimated that it will not be long before they will peep into the Central Plains, which is a great threat to Pei Qing's Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

But no matter what, at least the immediate need has been solved, and Yuan Shu is afraid that he will immediately fall into collapse after getting this news, and he can easily win this battle.

Therefore, Pei Qing immediately ordered this fine worker to be taken into custody, and created an opportunity for him to "escape" so that he could inform the city of Liu Xun's surrender in time.

After this careful arrangement, that fine work thought that he had found a chance to escape, and quietly escaped from Pei Qing's military camp one night with a secret letter, and then entered the city smoothly.

At that time, Yuan Shu was gathering the generals to discuss the strategy of dealing with Pei Qing, but he did not expect this fine master to come to his big tent and loudly report to him the news that Liu Xun led the people to surrender.

"What? How is this possible? After hearing the news, Yuan Shu's face was full of disbelief, and he immediately declared that the messenger was sent by Pei Qing, and ordered him to be pulled out and beheaded, and at the same time warned the generals attending the meeting to prohibit them from spreading the message, if he knew about it, he would not be spared!

Although Yuan Shu had tightly sealed the news, the news of Liu Xun's surrender was still quietly spread, because those generals also had to make plans for their future, and in the process, they would naturally inadvertently reveal the news, so it didn't take long for many people to know the news.

What is even more unexpected is that that night, Pei Qing ordered someone to shoot the news that Liu Xun had surrendered into the city with arrows, and announced his policy: "Only ask about the first evil, not about coercion, and it is not too late to surrender now." ”

After the news came, it immediately caused panic in the whole city, although the city was guarded by more than 20,000 elite soldiers, it was finally about to collapse at this time.

"Why is this happening? Why did Pei Qing know about this news? This must be the soldiers in my city who secretly communicated with him and prepared to surrender to him, so I told him the news, the soldiers in the city were afraid of his thunderbolt, and now we have lost foreign aid, and the speed of morale collapse is unimaginable, and now the city is no longer safe, I must find a way to get out of here as soon as possible, but my territory is gone, where can I go if I leave here? ”

Yuan Shu thought silently for a long time, and finally his eyes lit up, and he came up with an idea, and said silently: "Now it seems that it can only be like this, although I can't get used to my brother, but after all, we are brothers, and I still have the jade seal of the country in hand, I believe that he will definitely accept me at that time, I will do my best to assist my brother, after he becomes the emperor in the future, I can also mix to the point of being a king, although it is not as happy as being the master of my own house, but after all, it is the best ending." ”