Lu Qian stood on the city, tilted his head, and looked at the head on the high platform on the other side of the moat, his palms were full of cold sweat.

Shan Xin stood beside him, beating the battlements, weeping bitterly, gritting his teeth and swearing that he was inseparable from the father and son of the Sun family.

Lu Qian didn't know what to say. Of course, he could say that Sun Ce was brutal, but what was the use. He cares more about what other people will think. Including the family soldiers, he only had more than 800 people, and the rest were all Hulu Haoqiang. If Hulu Haoqiang was cowardly because he was afraid of Sun Ce's revenge, this Hulu City would not be able to defend it. From this point of view, he wants the more heads to hang outside, the better.

But this is obviously impossible, the banner of the Du family has been erected, if the possibility of Sun Ce's trickery is ruled out, Du Ju's family has bowed to Sun Ce, whether it is active or passive, Du Ju has to have some scruples. So far, there has been no response from Duju, but he can't believe Duju.

Of course, he can't be unfavorable to Du Ju, this will only force Du Ju to take risks, and the other families are unlikely to support him except for Shan Xin, at most they remain neutral.

Although Shan Xin cried very sadly, Lu Qian was most concerned about him or other Hu Lu Haoqiang, but himself. Sun Ce said that he wanted to take Rencheng, and the Lu family was in Rencheng. If he and Sun Ce were enemies, would Sun Ce do the same to his Lu family? The possibility is not impossible, I heard that the Cao family was copied by Sun Ce.

Lu Qian was a little irritable. When encountering such an unreasonable opponent, he was really helpless.

At this time, a figure appeared on the high platform opposite, and before Lu Qian could react, a guard pounced and threw him to the ground, and then several guards raised their shields and formed a small protective array in front of him.

The man on the other side seemed to be stunned for a moment, then adjusted his direction, drew his bow and released his arrows.

"Pounce!" With a muffled sound, a feathered arrow shot between the two battlements and pierced through a shield. The face of the guard behind the shield changed, and he turned pale and fell to the ground. The other guards didn't think much about it and pushed Lu Qian down under the city wall. Lu Qian sat down against the battlements, looking at the hole in the shield, his heart beating so much that he could almost come out of his throat.

The high platform is more than fifty steps away from the city wall, such a long distance, it can actually break the shield with one arrow, is this person using a bow or a crossbow?

The guard who fell to the ground struggled for a moment, then suddenly got up again, touched his chest, and laughed silly. "I'm not dead, I'm not dead, haha, I'm not dead."

"Don't get up." Lu Qian dragged him over and made him crouch under the battlements to avoid being shot again. The guard sat next to Lu Qian, touched his chest, laughed for a while, and cried again. Lu Qian was speechless, and just wanted to scold him, when he suddenly found that something was tied to the arrow stuck in the armor. He hurriedly pulled out the arrow, only to realize that it was a piece of paper rolled on the shaft of the arrow. Lu Qian's heart moved, and he hesitated for a moment before slowly unfolding his paper.

There is no letter of persuasion on the paper that Lu Qian thought, but it is a map, a map of the defense of Hulu City. More precisely, an offensive and defensive map. Around the city wall, a circle of diagrams representing the attacking side was drawn, with a high platform for archery, a ladder, and a flag and troop numbers for the generals.

Other than that, there is not a word.

After looking at the picture, Lu Qian's face was pale, whiter than the guard who had broken his shield.

Sun Ce drew a map of the siege deployment and sent it to him, confident to the point of arrogance. But judging from the logo on the picture, he is clearly qualified to be so confident. More than ten times the number of troops, Hulu's powerful hostages, and the supply of materials from various families all unmistakably showed his superiority. What's more, he is not only clear about his own strengths, but also about the situation in the city. The defensive forces shown on the map are not detailed but very accurate.

Lu Qian was furious, but he couldn't find a way to crack it. Sun Ce's method of attacking the city was simple and rude, 20,000 people were evenly distributed along the city wall, with an attack point every fifteen steps, and more than 200 attack points in the whole city, with 100 people at each point. Sixty were crossbowmen for long-range attacks, and forty were foot soldiers, sharing a ladder to cross the moat and to climb the city.

There are no large-scale siege weapons, and the means can be called rudimentary, but they hit the key point of Lu Qian. His biggest problem is the lack of troops, two hundred attack points, if evenly distributed, each point only has ten people, and it is impossible to block the opponent's attack at all. If it is not evenly distributed, then you can only watch the other party climb up the city and break the city directly.

The tenfold comparison of forces gave Sun Ce a crushing advantage, and he didn't need to think about it at all.

Lu Qian sighed, if Yuan Tan sent reinforcements in time, even if he only gave him two thousand people, even if there was a tenfold gap in strength, he would still be able to hold it. The city wall is so long, as long as it reaches a certain standard, no matter how many troops Sun Ce has, he can't spread it. But now, he just can't meet this minimum standard, there is a shortage of manpower, and there are loopholes everywhere.

This is still under the condition that Hu Lu Haoqiang does not change his mind. Lu Qian suddenly shook, quickly got up, called the guards, and asked them to check everywhere. He believed that Sun Ce would not only give him this offensive and defensive map, but also give it to others. Once those people were frightened, without Sun Ce attacking the city, these people might cut off his head first.

Lu Qian poked his head out and looked at the high platform in the distance, his heart sinking for a while.

There was a figure on each platform.

Lu Qian gritted his teeth, bowed his waist, and walked to Shan Xin's side. "Shan Jun, I will take you to see Yuan Yuanjun and ask Yuan Yuanjun to avenge you."

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Lu Qian broke through. Taking advantage of the night, he opened the water gate in the south of the city, crossed the Jishui, and rushed west along the south bank of the Jishui.

To his surprise, he did not encounter any resistance, and Sun Ce did not send people to chase him, but only sent some knights to follow him. He didn't know what he meant, but at this moment, all he could do was to be as careful as possible so as not to be ambushed by Sun Ce, and at the same time move away from Sun Ce as fast as possible.

When Sun Ce received the news, he was discussing tomorrow's battle with Guo Jia. Knowing that Lu Qian broke through and left, he smiled and said, "Fengxiao, what do you think of Lu Qian?" ”

Guo Jia shook the feather fan. "When it's broken, it's a talent, but this time I let him go, and it won't be so easy next time I meet him."

"Then you say you want to let it go?" Sun Ce asked. He had long believed that Lu Qian was a talent and wanted to take it for his own use, so he asked people to send him the offensive and defensive map, hoping that he could give up useless resistance. It's just a pity that Lu Qian would rather risk breaking through than surrender. If he sends someone to chase him now, he is sure enough to hit Lu Qian hard, but it is difficult to say whether he can catch Lu Qian himself.

"Even if he is a talent, at best, he is only a general, and his mantis arm is a car, and he is not up to the task." Guo Jia shook his head and disagreed. "It is more important to let Yuan Tan and Cao Ang have a gap than to kill and injure hundreds of people. General, your opponent is Yuan Shao's father and son, at least it should be Cao Cao's father and son, don't surrender yourself, put the cart before the horse, and put more effort into people like Lu Qian. ”