Among the county governments in Huayin City.

"The last general is incompetent, not only did he fail to achieve the intended effect, but he was almost killed by the enemy into the city......" Pound knelt on the ground and said to Hu Zhen in a tone full of self-reproach. At the same time, his expression was gloomy, and his eyes lost their previous brilliance, and it was obvious that this defeat had hit him quite hard.

But if you think about it carefully, it's normal, a young man who is just twenty-two years old has always been invincible in Liangzhou martial arts before. After becoming a minister, he was quickly promoted by his own lord and minister, and in just a few years, he sat in the position of General Fubo. In this case, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to accept for a while.

Hearing this, although Hu Zhen wanted to kill Pang De, a waste who had more than enough success, he still smiled and comforted on the surface, "General Pang doesn't have to be like this, even if Guan Yu is under the command of Li Thief, he is one of the best generals...... Moreover, General Pang is still young, I believe that it will not be long before Guan Yu will not be General Pang's opponent......"

"Thank you, General Hu......" Pound De's eyes had a slight brilliance when he heard this, and at the same time, there was a hint of apology and remorse in his tone. Maybe it's regretting that you didn't listen to Hu Zhen's persuasion at the beginning? Or is it because of my disdain for Hu Zhen before?

But no matter what it was, Hu Zhen didn't pay attention to it at this time, because today's defeat caused the morale of the soldiers in the city to become even more low. In this case, it is not so easy to resist the attack of the enemy army.

And Hu Zhen was silent here, and Pang De, who still hadn't recovered yet, also didn't speak, which made Liang Xing on the side very anxious. After another half of the ring, Liang Xing suddenly couldn't help but say in a loud voice, "Why are the two generals like this?!" Although the enemy won one game today, our army did not have many losses at all! And there are not only 80,000 troops in the city, but also extremely sufficient armaments, grain and grass. As long as I wait to defend the city, then even if Lu Bu has the ability to reach the sky, how can he help our army?! ”

Liang Xing's words immediately attracted the attention of the two, "Captain Liang, although this is the case, the morale of our army is too low, I am afraid it will be difficult to exert too much combat power...... Hu Zhen said helplessly.

Morale! As long as it is a war, morale is the most important factor affecting victory or defeat, and there is no one! As long as the morale is high enough, even if there are only 1,000 people, they can exert the combat effectiveness of 10,000 people. But if morale is too low...... It's like the Yellow Turban Army that faced Li Yi in the past, although their strength was more than ten times stronger than Li Yi, they were defeated in two hits.

The same is true for defending the city, if morale is low, the soldiers will not resist desperately, and there is a high probability that they will be directly rushed to the walls by the enemy in waves. After all, no matter how many defenders there are, there are only so many people who can stand on the city walls. This is also the reason why those in history who were able to resist ten or a hundred times more enemies than themselves with a small number of troops in their cities, and when everyone fought to the death, they were always able to burst out with terrifying combat effectiveness.

Hearing Hu Zhen's words, Pang De on the side suddenly spoke, "General Hu, tomorrow the Japanese general is willing to lead his own guards to guard the city wall!" Even if you fight to the death, you will never let a single enemy rush to the city wall! ”

"This ......" Hu Zhen heard this, and immediately looked at Pang De hesitantly. Although he tried his best to hide, there was still a hint of distrust in his eyes. Obviously, Pound's performance today made it really difficult for him to trust Pound again.

Speaking of which, this situation will occur, I'm afraid it's because Guan Yu's reputation is too low. If it was Li Yi who defeated Pang De, or even the three most well-known generals under Li Yi, Gao Shun, Lu Bu and Tong Fei. I'm afraid that Hu Zhen will never be like this, and even Pound will not be so lost and depressed.

Seeing this, Liang Xing on the side hurriedly said, "General Hu, the lower officials are also willing to lead the guards to defend the city with General Pang!" Surely the enemy will not be allowed to step on the city wall for half a step! ”

Hearing this, Hu Zhen no longer hesitated, "Tomorrow I will personally go to the city to supervise the battle!" I hope General Pang will ...... this time," Hu Zhen said again and again. However, although it is not directly stated, the underlying meaning is clearly self-evident.

"General Hu, please rest assured!" Pound replied loudly. I don't know if it was because he was too excited, Pound's face turned red. But looking at his determined eyes, it seems that he has returned to normal.

Early the next morning, Lu Bu ordered the soldiers of the Ministry of Engineering to rush to make siege equipment. They are all ingenious people selected from the army, and they have studied systematically in the Ministry of Industry. Although the number of people is small, under their command, when manufacturing and assembling siege equipment, it is not only fast, but also easy to maintain and even add.

Of course, the other troops were not without similar people, but most of those people were craftsmen recruited from nearby counties and townships. In fact, there is not much difference between the two, but Li Yi hopes that the troops can be more standardized, rather than lacking something, so he recruits them from nearby counties and townships.

At the same time, Guan Yu led more than a dozen soldiers with very loud voices, while letting them keep shouting and scolding under the city, while showing off their might under the city. Although Guan Yu didn't think that the enemy would be scolded, he was idle anyway, what if someone really killed him?

In fact, Pound was indeed so angry that his face was red, he was not a calm person, and he suffered the worst defeat in his life yesterday. In particular, the soldiers were almost always scolding him, so how could he not be angry?

It's just that he endured it stubbornly, although his clenched fists and the bruised tendons on his forehead were telling others how angry he was at this time.

Seeing this, Hu Zhen, who had been paying attention to Pound next to him, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Pound would not be able to resist killing him again and sending him to death, if that was the case, he would be blamed by Ma Teng, and Hu Zhen could only forcibly stop it. After all, if he loses again, or even Pound is directly killed by the enemy, then there is really no need to fight this battle.

"Tsk, that Pound looked like a man yesterday, but today he became a shrunken turtle!" Guan Yu, who had returned in vain, just entered the camp tent, and muttered angrily.

"Haha, it's better to be a shrunken turtle than a dead turtle, right? Who let Yun Chang be so ruthless yesterday, and split that Pound's soul with a few knives? Cao Xing on the side laughed and said, it seems that he has already forgotten about yesterday's defeat to Pound. But it's no wonder that, compared to the experience of being abused in the Flying Cavalry Camp in the past, yesterday's defeat to Pound was just a small thing. And in Cao Xing's heart, he didn't feel that he really lost to Pound.

"I'm an archer!" Cao Xing always comforts himself like this.

Hearing Cao Xing's words, everyone immediately burst into laughter, and it could be seen that they were very relaxed now. Although it cannot be said that the enemy is completely ignored, there is nothing like facing the enemy.

At this time, Xu Shu suddenly asked, "Guan County Order, I don't know what the morale of the enemy troops on the city wall is?" What about precautions? ”

Hearing this, Guan Yu thought for a while and said, "The morale of the enemy army is very low, and it is easy to see. As for the precautions, they are quite tight. And Na Hu Zhen, Liang Xing and Pang De are all on the city wall. ”

Hearing Guan Yu's words, Xu Shu immediately smiled at Lu Bu and said, "Fu Jun, Xia Guan has a proposal, since the enemy is waiting on the city wall, why don't our army consume him, and wait until the afternoon to start attacking the city?" ”

"Hmm...... Just do what Yuan Zhi said. Lu Bu said after pondering for a while.

With Lu Bu's order, Hu Zhen and others, who were waiting for the enemy to attack on the city wall, saw the following scene. Ladder trucks and catapults were pushed out of the camp, and from time to time enemy soldiers came out and slipped around and returned.

"It seems that the enemy intends to continue to deplete the morale of our army......" Hu Zhen said after a deep sigh.

"That ......" Pang De turned his head to look at Hu Zhen when he heard this, yesterday's failure made him unconsciously begin to pay attention to Hu Zhen's opinion.

"Order the soldiers to take turns to garrison, and the rest of the men to rest on the city walls." Hu Zhen said in a deep voice.

Seeing the reaction of the enemy on the city wall, Lu Bu did not change his order, in his words, since he was detected by the enemy, it was not too late to take a good rest before attacking the city. In this way, it was not until lunch was finished at noon, and by the way, the soldiers were allowed to rest, and Lu Bu ordered the soldiers to attack the city.

Well...... It seems that Lu Bu is planning to thoroughly implement Li Yi's order to be unhurried and steady.

It's just that it is completely different from Li Yijun's calmness, when he saw Li Yijun start to attack, Hu Zhen or Pang De and Liang Xing constantly looked like they were facing a great enemy. Not to mention the soldiers who seemed to be ready with weapons in their hands, but whether it was the frightened expression or the trembling body, they were exuding a timid and fearful atmosphere.

Even the soldiers brought by Pound couldn't help but be afraid when they saw the enemy slowly approaching the city.

"Give me a boost of spirit and fighting spirit! If you can do it today, not a single enemy can rush to the city wall, and all the soldiers on the city wall will be full of wine and meat! The one who kills the most enemies will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan, a beautiful woman, and I will personally ask the horse hussar for credit! Seeing the appearance of the soldiers, Pound suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at Pound, and then at Hu Zhen not far away. Seeing this, Hu Zhen hurriedly shouted, "General Pang's words are my words!" As long as you can do it, in addition to what General Pang promised you, I will reward each of you with 5,000 yuan! And get promoted to the next level! ”

Well...... This may sound like a scary amount of money, but it's actually not much. Because more than a year has passed since Dong Zhuo minted new money, although Ma Teng got rid of Dong Zhuo, he chose to make more money in order to expand the army. This also made the prices of the territories under Ma Teng such as Zuo Fengyi and Jing Zhaoyin already collapsed.

It's like the reward of 100,000 dollars given by Pound, in fact...... At most, I just bought a few stones of rice, and it was still inferior rice, because people couldn't buy high-quality rice at all.

The fear of the soldiers in the reward given by the two of them subsided slightly, as the so-called people die for money, birds die for food, let alone people who live in such a place where prices have collapsed? Although there was still some fear in their hearts, the hands they held on to the weapons finally stopped trembling.

Seeing this, Hu Zhen and Pang De relaxed slightly, and then their eyes fell back on the enemy troops outside the city. "As long as you can completely block the enemy today, then the morale will slowly rise...... When the time comes, with the strength of the city and the rations and grass of the army, it should not be a problem to block the enemy. Hu Zhen and Pound thought at the same time.

Soon, shouts of killing sounded inside and outside the walls of Huayin City, and arrows and flying stones also began to occupy the air. Li Yijun's soldiers continued to attack the city wall, but under the leadership of Pang De and Liang Xing, they failed to make the slightest progress.

Pound, in particular, saw him running tirelessly back and forth on the city wall with his broadsword, and whenever he saw an enemy on the other side that might rush up the wall, he would stride over and slash it down. And Pound's performance also made the morale of the soldiers defending the city continue to rise.

"It seems that ......the enemy is desperate," Lu Bu sighed as he looked at the situation on the city wall.

"This is a normal siege battle." Hearing this, Xu Shu said lightly, "Whether it was Shaancheng or Hongnong City before, it was just a special situation. ”

"Heh, I hope that there will be more special circumstances, so that the lord will be able to enter Chang'an before the end of the year." Lu Bu chuckled when he heard this. Obviously, although the attack was blocked, Lu Bu did not have the slightest worry.

Hearing the words of Lu Bu and Xu Shu, the originally somewhat turbulent hearts in everyone's hearts also stabilized. "It seems that it has been too smooth recently, and if I encounter a little obstacle, I will be a little anxious......" Guan Yu and the others thought in their hearts.

And just when Li Yijun and Ma Tengjun were constantly fighting on the city wall, in a mansion in Huayin City, two people were also talking about this war. These two people are Yang Biao, the current head of the Hongnong Yang family, and Yang Zhan, who was finally let go by Ma Teng and returned to his hometown because of everyone's intercession.

"Boyu, who do you think will win on both sides?" Yang Biao listened to the constant shouting and killing, turned his head to look at Yang Zan and asked.

"Who wins? It doesn't matter who wins, what does it matter to me? Yang Zan shook his head and sighed when he heard this, "The Han family is declining and the imperial power is falling, and there is Ma Teng after Dong Zhuo, and even if Ma Teng is defeated by that Li Yi, how much can Li Yi become the minister of the Han family?" Even if his reputation has always been good......"

Seeing this, Yang Biao let out an undetectable sigh, he knew that Ma Teng's matter had dealt a big blow to his clan brother. Because Ma Teng was able to take the position, but he Yang Zhan's help was indispensable.

"Boyu, although your idea is not necessarily wrong, as a Hanchen, I have to give it a try. If those of us who are loyal to the Han family just hide at home and don't ask about the world, then who will have their hearts set on the Han family? Yang Biao sighed when he heard this.

Hearing this, Yang Zan didn't speak, but stroked his beard and was silent, seeing this, Yang Biao persuaded again, "Don't talk about whether Li Wushuang is a minister of the Kuangfu Han family, is Boyu willing to Hongnong Yang Clan's complete decay in our hands?" If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid it won't be long before my Yang name will disappear completely. ”