Head-on, although Zhang Yuan couldn't see the change in Yuan Yao's expression, he could guess his mood at the moment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The purpose of his trip was to humiliate Yuan Yao fiercely, in order to take revenge on their father and son, and to attack him again and again for no reason.

Zhang Yuan's intention is also very simple, either to provoke Yuan Yao, force a battle with himself, completely defeat this way of clamping, and then he can concentrate all his strength to break through Jin, or scare him away, and he can also achieve his goal.

Seeing Yuan Yao's hesitation, Zhang Yuan guessed that he probably didn't dare to fight with him, so it was necessary to add another fire to him.

The knife eyebrows raised slightly, and the corner of Zhang Yuan's mouth raised a sneer, and then he shouted: "Where is Hua Rong, shoot Yuan Yao's other dog eye for me as well." ”

Hua Rong was not by his side at this time, Zhang Yuan deliberately drank like this, intending to scare Yuan Yao.

Sure enough, when Yuan Yao heard that Hua Rong was about to release the arrow again, his face changed greatly, and he instantly recalled the painful experience of being shot blind in one eye in the battle of Qu County that day.

The pain of the past is vivid, and when I recall it, it instantly extinguishes Yuan Yao's raging fighting intent.

"Zhang Yuan, I warn you, if you dare to touch my fiancée, I, Yuan Yao, will definitely not spare you"

Yuan Yao said a cruel word, but he was afraid that Hua Rong would shoot arrows, so he hurriedly turned his horse around and ordered the whole army to retreat.

As soon as the main general left, the 5,000 Huainan army retreated in a hurry, fearing that they would be pursued by Zhang's army, and they did not even dare to enter the camp, so they fled in the direction of Huainan in panic.

Zhang Yuan sneered and watched the Huainan army retreat, his goal had been achieved, there was no need to waste soldiers and time to pursue, he wanted to preserve all his strength and conquer Jin.

"I was scared away by a few words, is this the person you want to marry, it's too timid as a mouse." Zhang Yuan glanced at the Lian Rouge and said sarcastically.

Even the title Rouge was ashamed and ashamed, so hateful that he gritted his teeth, and his apricot eyes were round, but he didn't know how to fight back.

"Send Miss Liu back to the camp to rest first, and then break through Jin and reunite their father and daughter." Zhang Yuan laughed wildly, beat his horse and whipped his horse, and returned to the camp.

Jincheng.

In the lobby of the state capital, there was a dead silence.

Liu Bao, who looked gloomy, sat there weakly, his face as gloomy as death.

On that face, resentment, shame, and disappointment, all kinds of complicated expressions ebbed and flowed.

The generals and strategists under the rank were all silent, and they were all depressed.

The breakthrough failed, and a thousand precious soldiers were lost, and this defeat was not only a thousand soldiers and horses, but also the hope of marrying Yuan Shu.

Not only was he disappointed, but even his daughter didn't even know the life and death of the rouge, but I was afraid that most of them had died in the chaos.

In the face of such a tragic loss, Liu Baoyan can not be gloomy, how can Zhu Wenwu not be lost.

After a long time, Liu Bao sighed, glanced around at his subordinates, and said weakly: "The marriage failed, and there is no hope for Yuan Shu to solve it, the situation has reached such a point, and there is a way to solve it." ”

In response to Liu Bao, there was silence.

In today's crisis situation, no one dares to squeak.

Liu Bao's face sank, and he shouted: "Why are you all dumb, speak?"

"Lord, at this point, Jincheng is afraid that it will not be able to hold it, according to the palace's opinion, it is better to take advantage of the city before the break, concentrate all the troops to break through to the south, go to Huainan to rely on Yuan Shu, and use the power of Yuan Shu to find a way to make a comeback." In silence, Chief Strategist Gloom finally spoke.

The rest of the generals such as Uwei, Youliu, and Hubei agreed one after another, while Helian and Qubei were silent, although they did not agree, it was tantamount to acquiescence.

Liu Bao also nodded slightly, there seemed to be signs of approval, after all, with the current broken strength, he really didn't have the confidence to defend the Jin again.

Besides, he is not the kind of person who will die to the end for the sake of face, after fleeing from Chang'an, he has successively attached Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Wang Hui, and now he is desperate, and it is not impossible to rely on Yuan Shu again.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Shu's voice fell, and Cheng said hurriedly: "Yuan Shu is a narrow-minded person, and he is by no means a person to be attached to, if the lord goes to defect, he will only bring humiliation on himself, and he thinks that Jin Wan cannot give up and must stick to it." ”

Liluo and Lian and others can follow Yuan Shu to escape, but Cheng Chu is a big clan in the state, if he also follows Liu Bao to defeat Huainan, it is equivalent to abandoning the family business, and he naturally has to object.

Liluo sneered, and asked rhetorically: "There is no hope for the marriage of Yuan Shu, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses left in the city, and the city wall has been soaked in water in many places, if you want to defend the Jin, how can you hold it?"

Cheng Chu said confidently: "Although Zhang Thief has the advantage, his strength is not more than 10,000 after all, and our army still has 3,000 soldiers, which is enough to resist for a while." And although Yuan Shu didn't say anything, Dong Zhuo had ordered Wang Hui to arrive in Xiaopei, obviously not wanting Zhang Yuan to annex the state alone, as long as we held out for a few more days, Dong Zhuo saw that Jin was in danger, and he would order Wang Hui to wave his army south and come to the rescue. ”

Cheng Cheng's words made everyone's eyes light up, as if they saw hope again.

At this time, Cheng Chu said generously: "The lord has a lot of kindness to my Cheng family, and now that it is in danger, how can my Cheng family sit idly by and ignore it, and I am willing to lead a thousand slaves to the city to help the lord stick to Jin." ”

Liu Bao didn't want to look at Yuan Shu's face, but now he remembered that there were soldiers and horses like Wang Hui all the way, and Cheng Zhu was willing to contribute his servants to this city, and he suddenly rekindled his fighting spirit.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Bao said happily: "Cheng is so loyal, what is there to worry about, I have made up my mind, stick to Jin, I, Liu Bao, will never let Zhang Yuan's thief annex the state alone."

Outside Jincheng.

When Liu Bao got Cheng Cheng's full help, added 1,000 troops, and planned to defend Jincheng, Zhang Yuan had already moved all 17,000 soldiers and horses from the high ground to Chengdi, and re-ran to Jincheng to form an encirclement trend.

On the same day, Zhang Yuan completed the encirclement of Jin from three directions, north and east.

In Gao Gong's offering, Zhang Yuan specially only surrounded three gates, leaving the south gate unsurrounded.

According to Gao Gong's speculation, the soldiers and civilians of Jincheng were panicked, and Liu Bao was probably thinking about fleeing south and going to rely on Yuan Shu, and once Zhang Yuan surrounded him on all sides, it would prompt Liu Bao to defend the city to the death.

If Liu Bao defends it, if he wants to capture Jincheng, he will have to pay some price, and Wang Hui of Xiaopei is still eyeing him, and there is still Yuan Shu in the south, although he retreats for a while, he will come back sooner or later, in the face of this peripheral situation, Zhang Yuan must preserve his strength as much as possible and break through Jincheng at the least cost.

Leaving a gate is equivalent to leaving a way for Liu Bao to survive, giving him one more choice to abandon the city and flee.

The siege was over, and Zhang Yuan did not rush to attack, but first started psychological warfare.

Zhang Yuan ordered tens of thousands of letters of persuasion to be fired into the city, persuading the people in the city to open the city and surrender, otherwise once the city was broken, men, women and children would not be spared, as they "aided and abused" and assisted Liu Bao as punishment.

Under the spiritual blow, Jincheng was already in turmoil, and the people in the city were confused, and they looked at a self-defeating situation.

Zhang Yuan did not attack the city for the time being, just waited to watch Liu Bao flee in the wilderness, and then he could enter the city without blood. (To be continued.) )