Chang'an City.

Another day, countless thunderbolts threw flying stones at the city walls, and after a few rounds, Li's soldiers once again marched with firm steps to attack Chang'an City. In the past three months, several places in the moat of Chang'an City have been filled, but this does not mean that Li Jun has achieved any advantage in this siege battle.

"Papapa......" Countless ladder trucks were set up on the city wall again, and the soldiers held their shields high, braving rolling logs, rolling stones, and arrows to resolutely rush to the city wall.

And under the city, the crashing cart has been pushed to the city gate, and the soldier is operating to hit the city gate. Above, the soldiers of the Taiping Army kept aiming at the crashing cart and throwing falling rocks, trying to smash the crashing cart.

At the same time, more than a dozen wagons leaned against the edge of the city wall, protecting the soldiers who were digging the foot of the wall below.

In the distance, wells carrying archers and crossbowmen hurled arrows at the walls, trying to suppress the enemies on the walls.

It's a lot of fun, but it's just an ordinary siege battle for the past few months. Almost every day, Li's offensive was exactly the same, without any changes. Even when Li Jun will rotate and when Li Jun will retreat, the defenders of Chang'an City have already remembered it firmly. The two sides attack and defend, and it looks as if they are conducting a city war drill.

It's just that this kind of siege warfare, which seems to be a drill, is actually the most brutal Shura field. In three months, more than 20,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in the Li army, and the Taiping army had exceeded 10,000.

This is the advantage of defending the city, even if the equipment, training, and morale of the soldiers of the Li army are better than those of the Taiping army, even if the Li army has a lot of siege equipment, it still cannot make up for the bonus advantage of the city wall to the defenders.

Speaking of which, does Li Yi really have no choice but to forcibly attack the city? Of course not! It's just that he's still waiting......

"Yuan Zhi, hasn't the tunnel been dug yet?" Li Yi looked at Xu Shu without any anxiety or worry on his calm face.

"According to the report of the Ministry of Works, the tunnel has been almost excavated. Now that the final confirmation is underway, once you have determined the bearing, you can start digging upwards. It is expected that in about ten days, it will be able to dig through. Xu Shu said respectfully.

"Well......" Li Yi heard this, his face still didn't change, and he didn't seem to have much expectation for digging tunnels.

End of June.

"Then, I'll leave this matter to you!" Li Yi looked at the horse playing with the candidate and said in a deep voice.

"Please rest assured! The subordinates will definitely live up to the expectations of the lord! Ma Yu and Hou Xuan said excitedly, and then quickly entered the tunnel with people.

"Hmm." Li Yi replied lightly, and then only after everyone had entered the tunnel did he return to the camp with Lu Wen and the others.

"Do you think this method is difficult to succeed?" Seeing that Li Yi's expression had always been very serious, Lu Wen couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, Chang'an is the imperial capital of the past, and the garrison is naturally very perfect. And in the past, the fact that I killed Zhang Jiao through the tunnel has already spread all over the world. That Zhang Ning, as Zhang Jiao's adopted daughter, couldn't have known about it. Hearing this, Li Yi nodded in response.

After speaking, he sighed helplessly, "It's just that this method still has to be tried, what if it succeeds?" In fact, the reason why Li Yi has maintained enough strength to attack the city during this period of time is to cover for the matter of digging tunnels. After all, if Li Jun hadn't launched an attack, Ma Chao and Zhang Ning would definitely guess that Li Yi was thinking of other ways.

However, it is obvious that this is a very cruel thing, because if Li Yi does not use the siege as a cover, then the casualties can be reduced by at least half. It's just that Li Yi still did this, and those generals and ministers who knew about it didn't have any objections.

Because...... This is war, there is no such thing as mercy and mercy. At this time, whether it is casualties or the loss of materials, for Li Yi and others, it is just a string of numbers.

And at the same time that Li Yi and Lu Wen were talking about this matter, Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others had quietly assembled their troops, and when there was chaos in the city, they began to attack the city on a large scale.

At the same time, in the tunnel, Ma Yu and Hou Xuan led the soldiers to advance quickly and carefully towards the exit, "Hurry up! As long as we can succeed, the lord will never treat us badly! "Horse play is a constant inspiration to the soldiers.

However, just as they were about to reach the exit, suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared in front of their eyes, and quickly approached them.

"Run!" Seeing this, Ma Yu immediately knew that their actions had been exposed, and hurriedly shouted loudly, and at the same time turned around to flee. It's just that now that the tunnels are crowded, where can he go?

"Retreat! Do you want to die here? Horse Play and Candidate shouted anxiously.

It's a pity that at such a time, how many people can do it without panicking? Even if Li Jun's soldiers have been trained for a long time, they are just ordinary soldiers after all, not to mention that they are still in small tunnels.

They shoved each other, looking panicked and trying to run towards the entrance, but the smoke was clearly not waiting for them. In a moment, they were completely enveloped.

An hour later.

"Failed?" Li Yi looked at Chang'an City, which was still silent, and muttered in a calm tone.

"Lord, why don't your subordinates personally lead the army tomorrow ......" Guan Yu on the side took the initiative to ask.

"No, you are a great general who will command the army in the future, how can you do such a dangerous thing?" Li Yi shook his head and refused, "Inform me to make a temporary truce tomorrow." So saying, he went straight back to the tent.

"No!"

Inside Chang'an City.

"Haha! Now that digging the tunnel has failed, what tricks can Li Yi have?! Ma Chao kept laughing, and after Li Yi's failure to dig the tunnel, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to victory.

"Meng Qi must not be careless, now that the tunnel has failed, Li Zikang is likely to choose to besiege the city directly, and if it continues like this, the defeat of our army will only be a matter of time." Zhang Ning looked at Ma Chao with a calm expression and reminded.

Seeing through Li Yi's authentic matter, it is thanks to Zhang Ning. Just as Li Yi thought, because Zhang Jiao was defeated like this, Zhang Ning had already been prepared. In fact, after learning that Li Yi had sent troops, she set up listening devices all over Chang'an. No matter where Li Yi digs, it is impossible to escape the eyes and ears arranged by Zhang Ning.

"Queen Mother, please rest assured, the grain, grass and drinking water in the city can last for at least a year. And with the current situation in the world, within a year, there will definitely be great changes! At that time, even if Li Yi wants to continue to attack Chang'an, I'm afraid the current situation will not allow him to do so! Ma Chao said with a smile, obviously very optimistic about the current situation.

"Hehe, it seems that Meng Qi has made a lot of progress during this time......" Zhang Ning couldn't help but laugh after hearing Ma Chao's analysis.

"Hehe, this is all what Junqi taught me......" Ma Chao scratched the back of his head and sneered a little embarrassedly.

"Well, you husband and wife can work together, even if it is still not as good as that Li Zikang, it will not be too inferior." Zhang Ning nodded and exclaimed.

Hearing this, if it was in the past, Ma Chao would probably still be a little dissatisfied, but now, he responded with a respectful attitude. Because of this period of time, he has been completely convinced by Li Yi.

After talking and laughing with Ma Chao for a while, Ma Chao left in a hurry. It's just that after Ma Chao's figure disappeared outside the door, Zhang Ning's original smiling expression disappeared in an instant.

"One year...... Can it really hold on? Zhang Ning muttered to himself.

The next day, Li Yi ordered Guan Yu to lead an army of 50,000 to the West Gate and completely surrounded Chang'an. At the same time, the offensive was completely stopped, and it seemed that it was really planning to fight with the Taiping army.

In this regard, Ma Chao still maintains an optimistic attitude, and he still firmly believes that within a year, there will be great changes in the world!

Well...... The so-called changes naturally come from the Kanto region.

Yuzhou.

Yuan Shu rejected Zhou Yu's proposal to abandon Jiujiang and Lujiang counties and completely retreat to Jiangnan, although Yang Hong and Yan Xiang also persuaded Yuan Shu to retreat, but Yuan Shu was really difficult to accept.

Well...... In fact, Yuan Shu can't be blamed, after all, this kind of thing is probably difficult for anyone to accept, right? Lujiang aside, Jiujiang County is a place where Yuan Shu has been operating for many years, and the capital is set here, how can you say that you will give up?

Instead of giving up, Yuan Shu personally led an army of 70,000 into Peiguo, ordering Zhang Xun to resist Liu Bei while preparing to meet Liu Bei.

It seems that Yuan Shu still took the reminders of Yan Xiang and others as a deaf ear, and did not really pay attention to Liu Bei. But if you think about it carefully, it is not without reason that Yuan Shu underestimates Liu Bei, because since Liu Bei appeared in the eyes of the world, his only record seems to be ...... Not at all.

Crusade against the Yellow Turbans? He just followed behind Huangfu Song, Li Yi and others to pick up credit. Pingding Qingzhou Yellow Turban? Cao Cao had already beaten the Qingzhou Yellow Turban around Cao Cao before leaving, and then joined forces with Cao Cao to almost cripple the Yellow Turban. And attack Yuan Shao? At that time, Yuan Shao not only faced Liu Bei, but also faced Gongsun Zhan, Li Yi and Zhang Yan at the same time! As for Xuzhou, not to mention, it was completely taken for nothing.

In this case, how could Yuan Shu look up to Liu Bei? What's more, Yuan Shu is a high-minded and arrogant person, except for Li Yi, he is not convinced by anyone in the whole world. And even if he convinces Li Yi, it is only because of Li Yi's record that he is not convinced.

"Alas, my father is so light on the enemy, I'm afraid it will ......," Zhou Yu sighed helplessly after receiving Yuan Shu's recovery.

"My father is arrogant, how can he easily withdraw from the army?" Sun Ce sighed lightly when he heard this, then patted Zhou Yu's shoulder and said with a smile, "And this time, my father sent 70,000 troops to support Peiguo, even if the king of Qi is really as powerful as Gong Jin said, how can it be so easy to defeat my father?" In this way, as long as our army pacifies Jiangdong as soon as possible, we can wave our army north to join our father, and when the time comes, ......"

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Zhou Yu didn't say much, just nodded heavily.

As Sun Ce said, Yuan Shu's support immediately slowed down Liu Bei's overwhelming offensive. After all, there are 70,000 troops, and there are even generals such as Ji Ling, even if Liu Bei has famous generals like Tai Shici, it is difficult to defeat them quickly.

It's just that......

In July, there was a severe drought in Huainan, and although Yan Xiang and others tried their best, they still could not prevent a large number of cultivated fields from dying. Not to mention the bumper harvest, by September and October, it will be a great blessing for the people to be able to be self-sufficient.

"Bastard, God! Are you even on the side of the decaying Han family?! Yuan Shu roared angrily. He couldn't help but be angry, because the area where the drought was most severe was his rule. From Runan County to Jiujiang County, all of them were affected by the drought. But Liu Bei and Liu Biao were not affected at all.

What made Yuan Shu even more angry was that after receiving the news, Liu Bei and Liu Biao stopped their offensive almost at the same time, as if they had already discussed the switch from attack to defense. Liu Bei left only Tai Shici, Chen Zhi, and Zhang Zhao to stay in Peiguo, and he personally led the army back to Xuzhou to prevent Yuan Shu from coming to Xuzhou to plunder.

In this regard, Yuan Shu did not give up the attack, on the contrary, he ordered people to go to Wujun and Danyang to raise grain and grass, and at the same time sent Ji Ling to continue north. He believed that with his current strength in Peiguo, he would be able to recapture Peiguo. And when the time comes, Chen Guo and Liang Guo, who have not been affected by the drought, will naturally return to his embrace. At that time, he didn't have to worry too much about food and grass.

It's just that...... He made a mistake, and in the face of Tai Shi Ci's impregnable defense, Ji Ling completely fell into disadvantage. Not only did he fail to capture the city, but Tai Shi Ci found an opportunity to sneak attack the camp, and Ji Ling himself was stabbed in the shoulder by Tai Shi Ci and almost lost an arm.

Just when Yuan Shu was a little crazy, worse news came, Huang Zu of Jiangxia began to gather troops in the border city, and seemed to plan to take the opportunity to invade the Lujiang River. In the states of Chen and Liang, Cao Cao's generals Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan also began to gather troops. Although Cao Cao still did not officially declare war with Yuan Shu, it is clear that he suddenly gathered troops on the border not for the sake of taking a look.

"Your Majesty, retire! If you continue to fight, not only will you not be able to recapture Yuzhou, but Jiujiang and Lujiang may not be able to hold it! And although grain and grass can be mobilized from Danyang, Wujun and other places, in this way, the speed of General Zuo's attack on Yangzhou will also slow down......" Yang Hong kept persuading.

"No! Absolutely no refund! I am the Son of Heaven of Chen Guo! How can you flee to Jiangnan like a lost dog?! Yuan Shu shook his head again and again.

Yang Hong saw Yuan Shu like this, and immediately became even more anxious, but he couldn't care about Ji Bu Ji and persuaded again, "Your Majesty! Now is not the time to be reckless! Or does Your Majesty want to learn that?! ”

"Yang Gongguang! How daring! When Yuan Shu heard this, he immediately stood up and glared at Yang Hong angrily, his eyes revealing bursts of murderous aura.

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