Yuan Shao's general trend has gone, and his defeat is imminent, at this time, is it necessary to die for Yuan Shao for the so-called loyalty?

Han Meng kept convincing himself in his heart, but in his mind, the faces of his wife and children flashed differently, making him clench his fists tightly, and his fingers pierced his palms.

Loyal to Yuan Shao? Phew! If he hadn't taken care of his wife and children, would he have been able to continue to serve him? In this world, people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for their own sake. What's more, how did Yuan Shao treat himself? At the beginning of the battle of Guandu, he almost killed himself because of his defeat. So still loyal to Yuan Shao? Han Meng couldn't help but scold Yuan Shao in his heart again.

For a while, Han Meng was also a little contradictory, because he had clearly seen that the current New Han Army was too strong, and after he lost the 50,000 cavalry, he no longer had the capital strength to confront the New Han Army. However, now that he has taken the exam, what will he do with his wife and children? Beautiful wife, lovely children, their life and death, are all in Yuan Shao's thoughts, if he dies on the battlefield for Yuan Shao, his wife and children may still have a glimmer of hope for life, but if he escapes and betrays Yuan Shao, then his wife and children will definitely die.

The iron man who has fought all his life, at this moment, has never made up his mind.

A shout of killing came from his cavalry camp, Han Meng looked up and saw the hillside in the camp with the height of the arrow, and the hillside of his main army tent was already full of the New Han Army, the Dragon Banner of the New Han Army. It's already stuck on the hillside.

No way! Han Meng gritted his teeth, turned his head and rushed to Maocheng. In Maocheng. There are also Xin comments, maybe. He still has a way. You can walk away, but you can't ignore your wife and children, and live alone in the world, what's the point? Therefore, Han Meng vaguely knew that if he returned to Maocheng, he was afraid that it would be a dead end, but. He felt like he had no choice.

Maocheng naturally also knew the changes in the cavalry battalion five miles south of the city, and for a while, the Yuan army in the city was all shocked, they couldn't see it, but the rumbling sound of horses' hooves kept shaking their hearts. Even Xin Ping, who just wanted to mobilize the military horses, was ready to closely monitor the mountains in the west of the city. Prepare to arrange how to deal a devastating blow to the New Han army if they sneak in from the mountains. However, he also had to temporarily stop his movements, with a worried and suspicious look. came to the south of the city, and tried to look in the direction of the south of the city cavalry battalion.

Of course, for the time being, no one who had escaped from the cavalry battalion reported to him. He hurriedly ordered the generals below to immediately send people to the cavalry battalion to understand the situation.

That's when it happened. Han Meng rushed back.

"Mr. Xin, Master Xin. No, it's not good......" Han Meng's mood was very anxious and hesitant, he learned that Xin Ping had arrived at the south of the city, and as soon as he entered the city, he immediately rushed to the city to see Xin Ping.

When Xin Ping saw Han Meng, especially when he saw Han Meng's hesitant look, he couldn't help but sink in his heart, frowned, and reprimanded unhappily: "General Han! What are you doing here? Didn't you go back to the cavalry battalion? How did you get back? What the hell happened to the cavalry battalion? Also, look at you, you are the general of our whole Mao City, so anxious, what kind of system do you want to shake the heart of our whole army? ”

The more critical the time, as the main general, the more you have to stay calm, Xin Ping couldn't help but be a little disappointed in Han Meng when he saw Han Meng like this. I felt that he was always useless. It's a pity that now under Yuan Shao's account, there are no generals available.

However, Han Meng doesn't care about these now, because he knows that his cavalry camp has ended, and the New Han Army has already killed the rear of Maocheng like a divine soldier, and the current Maocheng may be broken by the New Han Army at any time. What kind of posture, let's go to hell.

Han Meng still anxiously reported to Xin Ping: "Xin Junshi, don't talk about those useless ones, hurry, quickly order people to beat drums and gather troops, the New Han Army is going to fight." If it's too late, we'll be too late. ”

The south of the city, like the west of the city, is in the rear, so there are not too many defenders on the city wall, and the main forces are concentrated in the north and east of the city. The New Han army is a few miles away, and it can be killed in the blink of an eye to Maocheng, if you don't transfer military horses to guard the city wall in time, then it's all over.

"What nonsense? You yourself are the commander of the three armies, if you want to beat the drum and gather the army, you can do it yourself, what happened to you today? What the hell happened to the cavalry battalion? ”

"Uh, military advisor, the Xinhan army suddenly came out of nowhere, and it has already broken through my cavalry battalion, tens of thousands of sergeants, all gone, all gone......"

"What? You, you bastard! How so? How could this be......" Xin Ping listened, his body shook, and he was almost stunned by the news.

"Someone! Quickly dispatch our troops to the head of the city and swear to defend Maocheng! Han Meng came back to his senses, did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the army to gather.

Han Meng and Xin Ping's words spread to the army like the wind, and for a while, the army's heart was turbulent, and everyone was a little like the world was coming, and they all looked miserable. However, they didn't dare to disobey Han Meng's orders, especially the generals in the army, as long as they could mobilize the soldiers and horses, there were three hundred sergeants under their command, and their families were basically guarded by Yuan Shao, and they had to work hard for Yuan Shao.

Now, the military situation is urgent, if they don't take precautions in time, they will all be finished, and they are very worried, if they die in battle, what will be the fate of their family? Therefore, the idea of survival makes them dare not slack off.

Soon, countless soldiers of the Yuan army, under the urging of their generals, rushed to the head of the city, took their places, and made preparations to resist the attack of the New Han army.

The soldiers of the Yuan army, although they panicked in their hearts, still prepared the necessary materials to defend the city as they usually prepared. Plenty of rolling stone and sasswood, as well as bows and arrows. These are all necessary materials for the defense of the city. In addition, the people in Maocheng were also driven away by the soldiers of the Yuan army. rushed to the vicinity of the south of the city, so that they were ready at all times. Carry some supplies up to the city.

In Maocheng, chickens and dogs are already jumping. There were shouts and shouts everywhere. Now, although the shape is urgent, but the new Han army does not seem to have really attacked, if it is really attacked, if the city is really broken, then, these Yuan soldiers are probably not as simple as driving the people to help defend the city, I am afraid that they will also do some evil things of killing people and setting fire when the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry.

It didn't take long. They finally saw that some of their soldiers had fled. And behind these defeated soldiers, far away, there are still some war horses that seem to be ownerless galloping, but they did not rush to Maocheng, but were stopped by some New Han Army, and it can be vaguely seen that those people of the New Han Army are gathering those war horses.

Until noon. Zhao Yuncai led a cavalry of thousands of men and horses to Maocheng.

For a whole morning, Xin Ping and Han Meng were uneasy, they didn't dare to leave the city, and they kept watching. Merely. They did not dare to lead their army out of the city, for fear that once they left the city, they would be suddenly covered up by the New Han army. They didn't even have a chance to return to the city.

Zhao Yun rode his horse to the city wall of Maocheng, raised his gun and pointed at the head of the city and said, "Who is the general of the Yuan army in the city?" I, Changshan Zhao Zilong, have something to say to him. Come out and answer! ”

Changshan Zhao Zilong?

The Yuan soldiers at the head of the city were in a commotion.

For Yuan Shao's military horses, what they are most afraid of in their hearts may not be Liu Yi, but Zhao Zilong in the city in front of them. After all, Liu Yi did not have many opportunities to fight directly with them, but in recent years, they had been fighting with Gongsun Zhan, and Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong had been fighting with their Yuan army for Gongsun Zhan.

To tell the truth, when Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhan, his hundreds of thousands of Yuan soldiers were complacent and invincible. However, their hundreds of thousands of troops killed Gongsun Chan together, but they failed to achieve all the results. The reason for this was that Zhao Yun led a cavalry army to attack them behind their backs. Zhao Yun's cavalry strength is not much compared to their Yuan army, only 20,000 people, compared to their hundreds of thousands of troops, it is really nothing. But that's the case, no matter how many people there are in their Yuan army, they can't help Zhao Yun's cavalry.

Don't say that they can't help Zhao Yun's cavalry, in the end, when they saw Zhao Yun's cavalry, everyone was frightened and fled.

At the beginning, Zhang He was still under Yuan Shao's account, and Yuan Shao was annoyed by Zhao Yun's attack and sent Zhang He to lead 100,000 cavalry to deal with Zhao Yun's more than 20,000 cavalry. But as a result, Zhao Yun's cavalry, using their superb cavalry shooting, attacked Zhang He's cavalry from a distance. will always widen the distance from Zhang He's cavalry, so that Zhang He's cavalry can obviously see that Zhao Yun's cavalry is not far away, just within their reach of the arrow, but they can't help Zhao Yun's cavalry.

What frightened them the most was that Zhao Yun's cavalry would not be day and night, and could suddenly appear around their military column at any time, and when they encountered Zhao Yun's cavalry in the wild, they could only complain and hide.

At first, they thought that Zhao Yun would only dare to attack them from afar, but later, Zhao Yun's 20,000 cavalry dared to directly charge and kill their army of more than 100,000. If they met Zhao Yun in the wild, they would almost be able to announce their defeat.

Because of this, Yuan Shao was worried that his military horses would be slowly exhausted by Zhao Yun, and he was worried that Zhao Yun would destroy his entire army little by little. In particular, it is difficult for their military rations to be delivered to the front line, and most of the military rations will be killed by Zhao Yun's military horses when they are delivered halfway through and take away their military rations. Therefore, later, although he failed to completely eliminate Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao also had to withdraw his troops, and did not dare to attack Gongsun Zhan regardless of a single qiē.

This is the shadow of the so-called human name tree.

Now, the soldiers of the Yuan army, as soon as they saw Zhao Yun, they were a little frightened in their hearts.

"General Han Meng!" Han Meng had to stand up and respond. He is the supreme commander of the Maocheng military, who will answer if he doesn't respond to Zhao Yun?

Han Meng didn't want to weaken his momentum, at this moment, the New Han Army had already killed the city, and it was useless to think about it any more, now, Han Meng just wanted to defend Maocheng well. He said loudly: "Zhao Yun, you are so shameful, do you always only know how to sneak attack?" Do you always only know how to sneak attack when our army is not prepared? My 50,000 cavalry brothers were killed by you like this, this newspaper! I, Han Meng, must report, wash your neck, and wait for my lord to lead an army to kill. Slay you under this city. ”

"Haha!" Zhao Yun laughed and said, "Ridiculous! The two armies are at war and do everything they can. What if Zhao sneaks up on you? No more nonsense! Now, Zhao gives you two choices. One. is to surrender the city immediately, and I, Zhao Yun, can guarantee that you will not die. Second, just wait for me to break through Maocheng and kill your dog head with my own hands! ”

"Want Han to surrender? No way! Han Meng gritted his teeth and said: "Han is deeply favored by Duke Yuan, even if he dies, he must defend this Mao City for Duke Yuan." If you have the ability, come into the city, Han is waiting for you! ”

"Hehe, okay. Then Zhao will give you one more choice, so that you can choose how to die. Zhao Yun shouted contemptuously: "Didn't you say that my New Han Army only knows how to sneak attack?" Now, I give you a chance to be above board. As far as Zhao is here now, about 5,000 men and horses, how many of you, that is, the management will send out and fight to the death with my 5,000 men and horses in front of this city. How is it? ”

"Haha, are you a three-year-old boy when I am Han? My Han's cavalry battalion has an army of 50,000 troops, and you can break through it with just 5,000 men and horses? Fear. You're trying to repeat the same old trick now, right? used these 5,000 men and horses to lure Han to lead a large army out of the city, and then. The army lurking behind you has suddenly taken over, right? Whatever you say, our army just won't leave the city. If you have the ability, you can attack the city! Han Meng sincerely hoped that Zhao Yun could wave his army to attack the city. So, he laughed.

In the south of the city, although it is not as good as the north and east of the city, it is more conducive to defense, but the city wall is also as high as ten zhang, and the new Han army wants to forcibly attack the city, and it may not have a chance to fight. At that time, even if it can't be defended, it can still give great damage to the New Han Army. Therefore, he was not afraid of the forced siege of the city by the New Han army. Of course, that's because Han Meng also knew this, knowing that Zhao Yun's army suddenly lurked in his rear, thinking about it, all their siege equipment must not have been delivered yet, now, why should Zhao Yun talk about siege? He only needs to defend the city, and Zhao Yun can't help himself.

Han Meng also knew very well that the siege equipment of the New Han Army could not be transported from the mountains, and it had to be transported from the north of the city or bypassing Maocheng and from the east of the city. However, in the north of the city, all the siege equipment of the New Han Army was useless, and in the east of the city, the road was difficult to walk, and there were some of its own military villages guarding some dangerous places, and some rivers were blocked. Even if those roads are finally opened by the New Han Army, it will not be possible in a short period of time.

As long as he dragged on for ten days and a half months, Yuan Shao would definitely send military horses to support. Because, as soon as Maocheng is lost, the New Han Army can directly attack Yecheng. Han Meng knew this. Even if he didn't know, Xin Ping had already told him, so now in Han Meng's heart, he still has a little confidence in Maocheng. As long as the Xinhan army did not use those powerful siege methods, and did not use the bombardment of trebuchets, he was confident that he would hold Maocheng.

"Humph! It's just a dying struggle, is Yuan Shao worth waiting for him to die like this? It's better to surrender my New Han Army and return to the New Han Dynasty, or you can also save your life, and ensure that you have no good food and clothing for your life. Zhao Yun snorted coldly.

"Hehe......" Han Meng's heart was a little moved, but thinking that his wife and children were still in Yuan Shao's hands, if he joined the New Han Army, what if he won glory and wealth? Without relatives to share with you, what happiness is there in this life? Isn't it a death to the left and right? As a general who has been on the battlefield for many years, he has already seen through life and death.

"Needless to say, I, Han Meng, am inseparable from your Xinhan army, I respect you Zhao Zilong is a hero, I don't want to slander you, you still attack the city." Han Meng waved his hand.

"I heard that Mr. Xin Ping is also in Maocheng, I wonder if I can ask him to say something?" Zhao Yun turned to the head of the city and said.

Some captured Yuan soldiers and generals have already been interrogated, and Zhao Yun knows that Xin Ping, the strategist under Yuan Shao's account, is also in Maocheng. When he came to the city, he mainly wanted to see Xin Ping, hoping to persuade Xin Ping to surrender.

After all, Zhao Yun and his younger brother Xin Bi are also quite familiar, Xin Bi is in charge of Bingzhou, and has cooperated with Zhao Yun many times, so for Xin Ping, Zhao Yun still hopes that he can recognize the affairs of the person as Junjie and be able to return to the New Han Dynasty. Liu Yi also talked to Zhao Yun and knew that Xin Ping was indeed quite talented, and it would be a good thing if he could serve the New Han Dynasty. At the very least, you can give Simbi an explanation. Xin Ping and Xin Bi, after all, are brothers, if the New Han Army kills Xin Ping, it is difficult to guarantee what Xin Bi will think in his heart, at least, Xin Bi's heart will be sad.

"Xin is here, General Zilong has something to say, please feel free to say it." Xin Ping saw that Zhao Yun asked him, so he had to show up.

Zhao Yun dismounted, arched his hand towards the city and said, "Mr. Xin is good, Zhao Zilong greets you on behalf of Mr. Xinbi." ”

"Hehe, it's not good, Xin is now, forced by your Xinhan army, and now, Zilong, you have broken through the cavalry camp south of my Maocheng and destroyed my 50,000 elite soldiers, so that my Maocheng is equivalent to a lonely city. If there is no help, Xin also knows that there is only a dead end. Xin Ping seemed to be very relaxed, as if he was chatting with Zhao Yun.

"Well, Mr. Xin, you should know that our new Han Dynasty aims to revitalize the Han Dynasty, and in the past ten years since its establishment, we have been committed to allowing the people of the Han Dynasty to live and work in peace and contentment. I think, Mr. Xin Ping is rich and rich, so he should be able to distinguish who is really worthy of your service, right? Who is the person worthy of your follow, Mr. Xin? What's more, our new Han Dynasty stands on the position of righteousness, and Yuan Shao, he is just a vassal force, not even the imperial court, don't you want to serve the Han family, Mr. Xin? Zhao didn't know how to speak, and he didn't know what to say to Mr. Xin, but Zhao knew that the New Han Dynasty's crusade against Yuan Shao was famous and for the unification and prosperity of our entire Han Dynasty. Why are you so stubborn? Still unwilling to descend? His younger brother, Mr. Xin Bi, is looking forward to seeing it, hoping to reunite with Mr. Xin Ping and your brother. Zhao Yun said earnestly.

"That's it, General Zilong, don't say any more. Xin actually ...... In fact, I have missed the opportunity to serve the Taifu, in this life, I have no face to see the Taifu again, no face to see my brother again, if Zilong sees my brother Xinbi, please tell him, back then...... He was right back then, and Xin was wrong. ”

"Mr. Xinping......" Zhao Yun looked up.

"Don't say anything more. The day of the destruction of Maocheng City is the time when I Xin Ping is defeated, General Zilong, you and I have to be their masters, please don't care about the brotherhood between Xin and Xin Bi, you can do what you want, Xin has no complaints. Xin Ping arched his hand at Zhao Yun at the head of the city, and turned away with a little interest, no longer paying attention to Zhao Yun.

Xin commented on it now, and his mood is quite complicated. is also quite remorseful, back then, Liu Yi was just a small disaster relief grain officer, and later, he came to crusade against Zhang Yan of Montenegro. At that time, Liu Yi persuaded Xin Bi, but Xin Ping disagreed, reluctant to let go of his immediate interests, and reluctant to give up the glory and wealth obtained under Yuan Shao's account. When his younger brother Xinbi wanted to take his wife away, he also scolded Xinbi, thinking that he was a pearl secret investment. Now that I think about it, I'm really ridiculous. Liu Yi eventually became a great weapon, and Xin Bi was reused by Liu Yi, and he has been governing the land of the New Han Dynasty and a state, and has become the right-hand man that Liu Yi relies on. But what about himself? Under Yuan Shao's account, he fought for power and profit with a strategist around Yuan Shao, and made up empty words and lies, and finally could only be defeated. Now, I'm afraid it's my turn. Because of his greed for money, he gave up a better future. Now, in the face of failure, he wants to open up, but in his heart, he has no face to say goodbye to Liu Yi and goodbye to his younger brother Xinbi.

Of course, what is more important is Yuan Shao's imprisonment of his family, which makes him dare not have different intentions. Han Meng is just a rough man, he doesn't have so many eyes, and sometimes, he occasionally reveals some dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao. He didn't know, in fact, Yuan Shao wouldn't really rest assured of them, by their side, there were always people sent by Yuan Shao watching, if they dared to surrender to the New Han Dynasty at this moment, then the next moment, they would be killed by Yuan Shao's people, and then, their family, old and young, would all be spared.

Therefore, no matter what Zhao Yun said, Xin Ping did not dare to reveal the slightest betrayal of Yuan Shao.

At this time, Xin Ping already had a heart of death, and he only hoped that Yuan Shao would not do anything unconscionable when he was defeated, and not kill the wives and children of his subordinates who were imprisoned by him.

Zhao Yun didn't know the key to it, standing under the city, he had no choice but to jump on the war horse, pat the horse back, and shouted to the city: "Since this is the case, then Zhao can only wave the army to attack the city." ”

"Han is waiting for you!" Han Meng replied boldly. (To be continued......)