In September, the Chenhe 10th Daily reported the news of the fall of Xiling, and the Chenhe District was shaken, and all parts of the country petitioned the county government to enlist in the army and drive away the robbers.

Yang Xiao received Yang Xi's order, hurriedly prepared the bombardment cannon and the flying ball, and ordered the Julang fleet to send the bombardment cannon to the Maoluan camp tent, only one day away, Lü Meng, who was far away in Wuling County, received the order, and quickly organized 30,000 Tuntian soldiers to garrison Wuling, and he led 30,000 standing troops to board the ship and rush to Xiling.

Liu Bei is full of pride, looking at the trend, Xiling City is already in his pocket.

In a certain mansion in Xiling City, the Three Dogs Special Agent Battalion collected intelligence and recorded the situation in the city one by one, mainly targeting the family of Liu Bei in Xiling City, and none of them were missed.

Three days later, Lü Meng's army landed in Xiling, and joined forces with the Wenpin army, and Mao Luan ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yi County to withdraw, and all Chen soldiers were in Xiling City, and the city was surrounded.

In addition to the previous loss of 2,000 soldiers and horses and 6,000 wounded soldiers, the Jiangxia Theater had a total of 82,000 soldiers and horses, divided into four phalanxes, and surrounded Xiling City on all sides.

Liu Bei had already found out the situation through the flying ball, but he was not afraid, he defended 45,000 troops, even if it was 100,000 soldiers and horses, he could not capture the city, as long as he held on for a few months, Xiling City would truly integrate with himself.

said that Liu Biao and Cao Cao were very excited when they received the battle report at this time.

Cao Cao took the battle report and discussed with the generals, and the generals thought that they should start attacking immediately, crushing them on three sides, so that Yang Xi could not care about each other.

But Cao Cao himself and the strategists remained silent.

Guo Jia said: "The lord is not suitable to move troops at this time, and he should wait for a few days." It stands to reason that Liu Bei's Xiling City, for Yang Xi, is no different from a wooden village, Liu Bei doesn't know, how can we measure it with fixed thinking. ”

Jia Xu came out and said: "With Yang Xi's troops, Jingnan and Jiangxia, there are no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 30,000 Tuntian soldiers in Yuzhang County, and Pang Tong only transferred 15,000, how can Liu Bei get Xiling?" If Yang Xi even defeated Liu Bei's 50,000 recruits to this point, then he would have to suspect that this huge foundation in the south was really obtained by luck. ”

Cao Cao himself didn't expect such a show.

"Then according to Wenhe, this Huang Jie's loss of Xiling City was deliberately arranged by Yang Xi, and its purpose was to lure Liu Bei into the urn?" Speaking of this, Cao Cao himself broke out in a cold sweat.

Jia Xu nodded silently, but at this time Guo Jia added: "Yang Xi's purpose should not be so simple. ”

"Other purposes?" Cao Cao couldn't even think of it this time.

Guo Jia stroked his long slender beard and said: "Since Jia returned to Xudu from Jiangxia, he has been paying attention to the area controlled by the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce and found a problem. There is a phenomenon in this Yang Xi territory, whether it is the Han Dynasty or overseas, that is, the separation of military and government, civilian officials are only in charge of internal affairs, and there is almost no military power except for a very small local security team. The military generals are only in charge of the military and have no right to intervene in internal affairs, which is completely contrary to the official system of our Han Dynasty and is too guarded to take charge of the army. But there is only one exception. ”

This time Cao Cao understood.

"Treacherous! This Yang Xi's treachery, no one in the world can match it! Fortunately, Feng Xiao mentioned something, otherwise how could he think of this, this Yang Xi actually borrowed Liu Bei's hand to rectify internal affairs, and took the opportunity to take out Huang Jie's administrative power or military power. Moreover, he should be sure that Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous, and he will not kill the people of Xiling! ”

Yang Xi didn't mean to do this, all this was just a coincidence, and he was guessed by the two strategists, and he really couldn't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

Cao Cao thought of what would happen next, so he immediately ordered: "Order Zhang He, let him divide 30,000 soldiers and horses, attack Nanyang County in the east, and before Liu Bei escapes back to Xiangyang, he will definitely take Xinye, Fancheng and other counties of Nanyang County." ”

Liu Bei was still complacent, it was night, and the army came to report, saying that there was something wrong in the sky, Kong Ming, Zhang Fei and others came out to watch, only to see the night sky, dotted with stars, but there were many huge stars.

When you look closely, these stars are actually flying balls.

This is strange, this flying ball, you can't see at night, what is the purpose of flying to the sky of Xiling, it is not possible to descend a divine soldier.

How did they know that at this moment, seventy or eighty flying balls were filled with pieces of paper, all of them.

To the effect that the military deployment outside the city has been completed, and the city is scheduled to be attacked at 12 o'clock at noon tomorrow, please do not approach the city wall within 500 meters of the siege time, so as not to be injured by mistake. At the same time, it is stated that the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for all losses caused by the war, and the citizens of the prefecture do not need to worry.

Early in the morning of the second day, the people of the county rushed to tell each other, and Liu Beijunzhong also received the news, so he raised the account to discuss the matter.

Liu Bei said: "At noon today, the other army is attacking the city, and I hope you will work together to protect the results of the battle!" ”

Liu Bei was excited, but Kong Ming was faintly worried.

"Lord, why is the attack of the other army so fanfare, it is supposed that our army should launch an attack when it is not well prepared, so that it can be taken by surprise, why should the people be evacuated, this is the key, but Liang has not figured it out."

"Kong Ming doesn't need to think about it, today my army is forty or fifty thousand, although there are many other troops, but how can the attack and defense be judged by the strength of troops, even if the other army comes with another forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses, he is not afraid of him."

Indeed, as Liu Bei said, if the defenders defend hard, have enough food and grass, and the besiegers are no more than three times, they can basically defend desperately.

Before twelve o'clock, the troops were arranged, forty bombardment cannons, divided into four city gates, and the Xiling was guarded, with 20,000 soldiers at each city gate, and they could save each other if necessary.

Zhou Tai, Wenpin, Lu Meng, and Mao Luan each blocked one door, surrounded by all directions, and only waited for twelve o'clock.

Liu Bei climbed the city tower and looked down, only to see that the army under the city was neat and well-equipped, and he couldn't help but secretly envy.

"If you can get such a military horse, you will definitely be able to compete with the princes." Liu Bei thought secretly.

At twelve o'clock, Liu Bei was slightly nervous, but Kong Ming shook the feather fan, and the earth-shattering roar sounded, and the cannonballs roared and exploded the city wall.

Liu Bei was stunned, Kong Ming's smile froze on his face, and when the two looked at each other, the limbs on the city wall were scattered all over the ground, and some even fell outside the city.

Before Liu Bei could react, another round of loud noises came, and the city bricks splashed everywhere, screaming one after another.

Kong Ming's face changed drastically: "The lord is about to enter the city, I don't want this sky-bombing cannon to be so powerful, two or three miles away, it can cause such damage, the lord please take shelter for the time being." ”

Liu Bei hadn't figured out the situation yet, and there was a new round of screams, so before he could think about it, Liu Bei only had a few people with Kong Ming, and hurriedly went down to the city tower to take refuge in the city.

Dozens of guards guarded the two, and as soon as they walked into the street, they saw that the place where the city tower was standing just now collapsed, and the city tower was blown off more than a quarter.

"Kong Ming, what's the situation?"

"Liang didn't know, it should be a thunderbolt, Liang thought that the thunderbolt was slightly more powerful than the thunderbolt, but he didn't want this thunderbolt cannon, whether it was range or destruction, it was ten times that of the thunderbolt, and several other generals must have been attacked in the same way, and asked the lord to give an order to let the generals take shelter for the time being, so as not to be damaged."

Liu Bei was helpless, so he hurriedly sent the left and right heralds to Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Wei Yan to give orders.

After seven or eight rounds of artillery fire, the defenders of the city all suffered losses, the largest amounted to more than 1,000 people, and the few also lost seven or eight hundred, and as for the wounded, there were countless wounded.

Listening to the battle report from the other three gates, Liu Bei was flawed, according to Yang Xiding's time, in less than half an hour, he lost tens of thousands of troops, and the wounded naturally had to be counted in the battle damage.