After a big battle, the atmosphere in the entire Huainan was unprecedentedly tense.

The Han army occupied the two county towns of Zhongli and Dangtu, and after some management, the two county towns also quickly recovered, and Qin Qiong led his troops to capture Ping'a, and expanded the army to 50,000, taking the opportunity to send troops to Xia Cai to expand the threat.

Faced with such a situation, Yuan Shu couldn't hold his breath, and he ordered Yuan Shikai's troops to withdraw, give up the threat to Xuchang, and instead keep Huainan.

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Under the city of Xuchang.

The Yuan army, which had been attacking for a while, was almost about to take Xuchang City, but at this time they suddenly withdrew their camp.

"What does this Yuan army mean by withdrawing?" Cao Chun said in surprise to the soldiers beside him.

"General, it must be Your Majesty's army that is attacking well in Huainan, this Yuan Shikai has to go back, General, let's take the opportunity to go out of the city to pursue for a while, right?" The pro-soldier said.

Cao Chun said: "You see that the retreat of the Yuan army is orderly, don't be careless, we still have to hold Xuchang steadily." sent someone to Xuzhou to report the news, and said that Yuan's army had withdrawn. ”

"Yes!"

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Yuan Shikai's troops retreated very quickly, and within a few days, they all retreated to Runan, and quickly marched towards Huainan.

"Sent an order to Yangzhou to assassinate Shi Du to attack, and send troops to threaten Shouchun from behind! The rest of the departments, together with me, will face Yuan Shikai! ”

Ming Jian still issued such an order for the first time, Yuan Shikai's threat was greater than Yuan Shu's, this person was more able to use soldiers, and threatened Shouchun with Yangzhou's soldiers, so Yuan Shu would not dare to act rashly.

In this way, you can concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shikai.

The Han army moved quickly, and although it was sandwiched between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shikai, the Han army took the initiative to attack.

First, Qin Qiong defeated General Yang outside Ping'a City and killed 30,000 Yuan troops; Immediately afterwards, Guan Yu also fought with Yuan Shikai fifty miles west of Dangtu County, and both sides suffered casualties.

However, Yuan Shikai then suddenly mobilized heavy troops and rushed straight to Zhongli County, and soon surrounded the county seat.

Ming Jian was also able to see Yuan Shikai's true face, and sure enough, he looked exactly like the Yuan Shikai in history, and after some understanding, it turned out that the identity implanted by Yuan Shikai in this era turned out to be Yuan Shu's illegitimate son!

As soon as the Yuan army arrived, they launched a fierce attack on the county seat of Zhongli, and after the stone throwing truck attacked, the county town was severely damaged.

If you continue to hold on, the danger will be very great, and the city is too small to hold it at all.

"Your Majesty, the city gate is already crumbling, let's abandon the city and return to Xuzhou!" Cao Cao said as he stood beside Ming Jian with a worried face.

Ming Jian said: "You say, with me as bait, can you kill this Yuan Shikai here?" ”

"Your Majesty, this move is too dangerous, this Yuan Shikai is a smart man, he specializes in using catapults to destroy our living forces, plus he has 200,000 troops, if we hold on, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it for two days." Cao Cao said busily.

Ming Jian said with a smile: "Meng De, if I retreat, when the time comes, Tu and Ping Adu will be in danger, and if I am here, they can take the opportunity to enter the army and attack from behind, so that the chances of victory will be greater." Pass the order, it's time to take out everything, which general is willing to lead the army to attack tomorrow and destroy the catapults of Yuan's army? ”

"Your Majesty, make a wish!" Xu Chu, who was full of brute strength, took the initiative to ask.

Ming Jian nodded and said, "Zhong Kang Yongwu, you can take on this person, remember, as long as you destroy their catapult, don't fall in love!" As long as we destroy their catapults, we will be able to hold out for a little longer! ”

"Command!"

Xu Chu said busily.

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Early the next morning, the gate of Zhongli County opened, and Xu Chu led a team of cavalry to rush out.

Seeing this, Yuan Jun immediately surrounded him, but wherever Xu Chu went, Yuan Jun couldn't cover it, and was rushed by Xu Chu.

Seeing this, Yuan Jun could only increase his troops, but Xu Chu did not love to fight and went straight to the catapult.

It's so big that it's usually left outside.

So, the goal is also very conspicuous.

"It's not good, the Han army is like destroying the catapult, stop them quickly!" Yuan Shikai hurriedly ordered.

A team of Yuan Jun rushed over and tried to stop Xu Chu. But Xu Chu rushed over desperately, and the two sides collided, and the people turned on their backs.

Xu Chu was so angry that he exploded the clothes on his body, revealing his muscles, and killed naked in front of a catapult.

The creep who followed him took the opportunity to take out a torch and set it on fire, and then set the catapult on fire.

After sprinting for a long time, Yuan Jun's catapults were all destroyed by Xu Chu, but when Xu Chu returned, there was no longer a single soldier by his side!

Seeing Xu Chu returning, Yuan Shikai sighed: "Such a fierce general, it's really a tiger idiot!" If there are such fierce generals under this general, why worry about the big thing? Come on, speed up the pace of siege, and if you can't take this city within three days, retreat quickly! ”

"Order!"

Yuan's army began to storm the city.

The Han army on the tower of the city fired fiercely, exerting the power of various bows and crossbows to the extreme.

The Divine Arm Crossbow can fire multiple bows and arrows at a time, and the Yuan army has so many people, there is no need to aim, as long as it is not aimed at the sky, it can basically shoot Yuan Jun.

The Eight Bull Crossbow was even more powerful, and the thick and long crossbow arrows shot out from the city tower, which could shoot several Yuan soldiers at a time, and the range was long.

The soldiers of the Yuan army who were lucky enough to attack the city had to accept the baptism of rolling wood and stones, and these weak attacks were quickly wiped out by the rolling wood and stones.

On the first day of the attack, Yuan Shikai did not get any return, and more than 10,000 of his soldiers died, while the county town was still strong, which made Yuan Shikai very depressed.

He couldn't figure it out, the same people of the same era, why were the weapons of the Han army so powerful?

The next day, the Yuan army continued to attack, this time Yuan Shikai ordered the shield array to hit the head, but the city was condescending, bypassing the shield array, and using the method of throwing to shoot the Yuan soldiers hiding behind the shield array.

This made the Yuan army attack to the city still has no follow-up ability, the shield array has no effect, when several siege vehicles rushed to the city gate, the Yuan soldiers pushing the cart were dead, and the siege vehicle was also burned by the torches dropped from the city, it is estimated that there is no way to use it.

Seeing such a situation, Yuan Shikai was so angry that his nose was crooked, but he was still calm and comfortable on the city tower.

"Hmph, Ben General doesn't believe that you can have so many bows and crossbows! Continue to attack tomorrow, and then send people to dig tunnels, and then use both prongs to see if you die! ”

Back in the camp, Yuan Shikai smashed a teapot fiercely, but he had a more vicious idea in his heart.

And in Zhongli County, Ming Jian also received a report that the bows and arrows of the strong crossbow were about to run out, and if the Yuan army continued to attack the city tomorrow, they could only use rolling wood and stones.

"Yuan Shikai has been dragged here for two days, Qin Qiong and Guan Yu should have arrived, right?" Ming Jian thought.

"Pass the order, the whole army has a good rest tonight, cook the third watch, let the soldiers eat enough, and go out of the city tomorrow to meet the enemy, this battle must kill Yuan Shikai, a traitor!"

Ming Jian gave the order.

Crusade against Huainan, success or failure in one fell swoop!

If Yuan Shikai died, there would be nothing to worry about Yuan Shu.