The news brought back by Mi Fang undoubtedly gave Liu Bei a blow to the head.

Since the war with Cao Shuo, what he is most looking forward to is that Liu Biao in Jingzhou can send troops to help.

Opinions are now divided within Jingzhou.

Cai Mao and others did not agree to send troops, but Liu Biao considered sending troops to get a piece of the pie.

When the people in Jingzhou finished discussing, the war in Xuzhou was about to end.

Locking his brows, Liu Bei said to Mi Fang: "You go and rest first, and I'll think about what to do!" ”

Mi Fang retreated, and Mi Zhu asked Liu Bei, "Uncle Huang, what should I do next?" ”

"Yide suffered a big loss in Pengcheng, and met Cao Zirong again, and 20,000 soldiers and horses were lost." Liu Bei said: "Now I can mobilize only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Xiapi City, but these people are all old and weak or young and ignorant, expecting them to fight with Cao Zirong's elite soldiers, I really dare not imagine the consequences." ”

"Maybe General Guan can break Shouchun." Mi Zhu said: "Once Shouchun is defeated, Uncle Huang will turn from passive to active. ”

"I can only hope that Yuncheng can break Shouchun." Liu Bei said: "However, it is Pang Shiyuan who guards Shouchun, although Cao Zirong has transferred all the fierce generals, with Pang Shiyuan's wisdom, it is not easy for Yun Chang to take Shouchun." ”

Looking at Liu Bei, Mi Zhu didn't speak again.

He couldn't think of how to break the decline at this moment.

Liu Bei thought for a moment and said to Mi Zhu: "First send scouts to investigate Cao Zirong's movements." ”

Mi Zhu responded and exited the room.

Liu Bei was the only one left in the room.

He let out a long sigh and sat down, thinking about how to win a game in Cao Shuo's hands next.

Guan Yu, who received the order, led the soldiers and horses to set off from Xu County.

He bypassed Zhongli and went straight to Shouchun.

At the head of Shouchun City, Pang Tong looked at the Xuzhou army that had just arrived, and instructed the guards on the side: "Pass the order, and prepare the equipment to defend the city." If the enemy has a siege tower, all catapults will be greeted to the tower. ”

The guards first complied, and then sprang up the walls.

While running, he also shouted: "General Pang has an order, be on guard, and beware of the enemy attacking the city at any time." If the enemy uses a siege tower, all catapults will simply go to the tower. ”

At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Cao army looked nervously at the Xuzhou army outside the city with bows and arrows.

Looking at the enemy army outside the city, an official who followed Pang Tong to the head of the city whispered: "There are only 1,000 defenders in the city, but the enemy army is 10,000. If Childe doesn't send troops back to help, can he hold Shouchun ......?"

"Definitely can hold it!" Before he could finish speaking, Pang Tong said: "Our army is all elite, but the enemy army is a rabble. Fighting with such an enemy army, if our army can't hold the city, and if it spreads out, it won't be laughed at and the big teeth will be laughed at? ”

"But there are too many enemy troops." The official said: "Ten times as much as me, once an attack is launched, it is really difficult to parry. ”

Glancing at him, Pang Tong pointed to the Xuzhou army outside the city: "Do you know who is outside the city?" ”

"Under Liu Xuande." The official responded.

"Liu Xuande recruited soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and he didn't get much, most of them were filled by the old and the weak." Pang Tong said: "We are not dealing with a large army, just a group of civilians with weapons. ”

Looking back at the official who spoke, Pang Tong asked: "You have repeatedly said that Shouchun is difficult to defend, is it to confuse the military and surrender to Liu Xuande?" ”

"General Pang blames me wrong." The official hurriedly replied: "I would never dare to have such an idea!" ”

"I think you don't just think like that, maybe you're already doing it secretly!" Pang Tong shouted: "Come on, drag him down and cut him down!" ”

The official was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "General Pang really misunderstood me......

Pang Tong turned around, ignoring how he shouted.

Two guards stepped forward and dragged him off the wall by twisting the officials.

"Pang Shiyuan, you kill innocents indiscriminately." When he was dragged off the city wall, the officials were still shouting: "When Childe returns, someone will definitely report all the evil things you have done to Childe......"

Listening to his shout, Pang Tong snorted coldly, and said to the others behind him: "You have all seen it, if someone else says something similar to bewitch the army's heart, you will not be spared!" ”

With the lessons of the past, everyone lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to speak.

Holding on to the battlements, Pang Tong didn't speak again for a long time.

Although he said that there was a rabble outside the city, there were many of them.

The Xuzhou army besieging the city was ten times larger than the defenders in the city, and it was Guan Yu who led the troops.

Pang Tong knew very well that this time it would definitely be a vicious battle.

There was a horn outside the city, and the Xuzhou army moved.

A lieutenant ran to Pang Tong's side, clenched his fists and said, "General Qiyu, the enemy army is about to attack the city." ”

Pang Tong waved his hand and motioned for the captain to step down.

After the lieutenant left, another official said to Pang Tong: "General, the enemy army is about to attack the city, so it is better to withdraw to the city and wait for ......."

"Stand down." Pang Tong said: "I am the main general, shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending the city, anyone can go down the city wall, I can't leave." ”

"General Pang ......" the officials have to persuade again.

Pang Tong interrupted him: "You guys go, you don't need you here." ”

All the officials knew that they could not persuade him, and that it was worth saluting him, and they retreated from the city wall one after another.

Without looking at those officials, Pang Tong shouted: "The three armies listen to the order and prepare to defend the city!" ”

The soldiers of the Cao army at the head of the city shouted, and their weapons pointed out of the city.

Guan Yu stood under the handsome banner and looked at Shouchun City, his face was very solemn.

Shouchun is an ancient city that has experienced thousands of years of war.

The walls of this city have been repaired and stabilized repeatedly for thousands of years, and they are already very heavy.

It's not an easy task to break through here.

What's more, the recruits he brought with him were some recruits who had never been on the battlefield before, and these people were of different ages, and they were pure farmers when they put down their weapons......

With the sound of the horn, Guan Yu raised his big knife and pointed at Shouchun City: "Siege!" ”

The Xuzhou army, carrying the ladder, rushed towards the city wall with a howl of no order.

The crowd was like a sea, and the Xuzhou army in the charge pushed each other into a mess, making Guan Yu faintly feel that there was almost no possibility of breaking Shouchun.

The Xuzhou army did not use the siege tower, and Pang Tong shouted: "Long-range projection!" ”

With his command, the catapults that had been prepared for a long time projected the stones one after another.

The catapults used to defend the city were not as tall as those used during sieges, and the stones they threw were relatively smaller.

The flying stones rained down on the charging Xuzhou army.

The Xuzhou army held a shield to block the oncoming stones.

However, the weight of the stones, combined with the gravity brought by their flight, could not be stopped by a shield.

The Xuzhou army that was hit by the stone, the shield in his hand was instantly shattered, and the flesh and blood of the person were instantly smashed.

(End of chapter)