Sun Ce put the spear in his hand back into the weapon rack, turned around and saluted Cheng Pu, and said: "When my father was alive, he often taught Sun Ce to listen to the teachings of your uncles, not to mention that now, it doesn't hurt if General Cheng has anything to say. ”

Cheng Pu also saluted: "If the young master has the heart to restore the ancestral inheritance, the last general should be with him to the death, but now we have no money, no food and no soldiers and horses, only by relying on Liu Xin can we succeed, when the lord was in Luoyang, he once mentioned to Liu Xin that he wanted to hire his daughter as his wife for the young master's ceremony, although Liu Xin did not agree at the time, but he did not refuse, why not the young master proposed to him again, and then it was feasible to borrow troops. ”

Sun Ce couldn't help but hesitate, although he also understood that this kind of political marriage was very important for the re-emergence of the Sun family, but he was also an arrogant person, his wife should be a beauty, who knows what Liu Xin's daughter looks like,

Zhu Zhi seemed to see Sun Ce's thoughts, and persuaded on the side: "Young master, what General Cheng said is very true, not to mention, my subordinates heard that several of Liu Xin's wives and concubines are the best in the world, and the daughters born must not be far behind, this matter is related to whether the Sun family's foundation can be revived, and please don't hesitate to ask the young master." ”

Sun Ce thought about it, but still couldn't make up his mind, and said, "This matter is not in a hurry, let me think about it for a few more days." ”

The problem of Dahan Qianzhuang was solved, Liu Xin was also relieved a lot, the information from all over the country came one after another, Yuan Shao had driven away Han Fu, occupied Jizhou, and fought with Gongsun Zhan, later, under the mediation of Dong Zhuo, the two sides have temporarily died down, Shandong's Yellow Turban Rebellion is getting more and more fierce, Dong Zhuo and in the name of the imperial court, ordered Cao Ying to clean up, seeing this news, Liu Xin knew that Cao Ying's resurgence was unstoppable,

There is also news in Xuzhou, Tao Qian's body is gradually improving, and the officials in Xuzhou have a good impression of Zhang Liao and Zhang Qing and his party, during this time, Zhang Liao has to be invited by Xuzhou officials almost every day, and Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others have already been together, and the Yellow Turban turmoil in Shandong has given Tao Qian a lot of pressure, although there are Zang Ba and Sun Guan stationed in the north, and Xiaopei also has Liu Bei garrison, he is still not very relieved, and repeatedly begged Zhang Liao to stay and help guard Xuzhou, and received Zhang Liao's report, Liu Xin naturally agreed, this is equivalent to burying a nail in Xuzhou, and it can also be convenient to monitor Liu Bei, why not,

Suddenly, a guard outside the door came to report, saying that Xu Huang and his wife asked to see him, Liu Xin was a little surprised, Xu Huang should be secretly preparing for war in Ke County at this time, how could he suddenly come here,

Xu Huang saw Liu Xin's doubts, and arched his hand: "It's that Clumsy Nei has always wanted to see the lord." ”

Liu Xin was even more strange: "Mrs. Xu, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Zhang Ning said a blessing to Liu Xin, remembering all the past, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said: "The adult helped the concubine to avenge the murder of his father, and made the concubine have a lifelong dependence, and there is no way to repay it. ”

Liu Xin also took a lot of risk when she took in Zhang Ning, and it was not that she didn't use her to recruit the Yellow Turban Yu Party, but after many years, seeing the love of Xu Huang and Zhang Ning, Liu Xin had already dispelled this idea, but now Zhang Ning took the initiative to mention it, Liu Xin couldn't help but groan, and said for a while: "Mrs. Xu, I also know that you are a heroine among women, but the world is changing, people's hearts are not ancient, so many years have passed, who knows what those people think in their hearts, I can't let you take this risk." ”

Zhang Ning said resolutely: "The kindness of the adult to the concubine, even if the concubine gives up this surname, it is difficult to repay it, and now I have given birth to a pair of children for my husband, even if I die, I have no regrets, and I hope that the adult will be fulfilled." ”

Liu Xin suddenly changed color when she heard this: "Mrs. Xu, you have no regrets, but have you ever thought about Gongming, if you lose you, will he have no regrets, have you ever thought about those two children, without a mother, they will have no regrets." ”

Zhang Ning was stunned on the spot by Liu Xin's words, she turned her head to look at Xu Huang, and unconsciously shed two lines of tears, Xu Huang hurriedly arched her hand and said: "Lord, Ning'er is also a kind ......"

Liu Xin interrupted him and said: "Gongming, you don't need to say it anymore, your sister-in-law once taught me that it is our man's duty to pacify the world, and it is not a hero's job to use women to achieve the goal, Mrs. Xu's heroic spirit is not inferior to a man with eyebrows, which makes me admire, so we men should also hold our chests up and do what we should do." ”

After a few more days, the weather gradually turned cooler, Liu Xin knew that the time was almost up, he ordered someone to call Cheng Yu and Kuai Yue, and asked the two of them to rush to Qike overnight to assist Xu Huang and Zhang Fei respectively, preparing to launch an offensive against Xichuan.

When night fell, Yan Yan stood on the head of the city and looked down, tonight's city was exceptionally quiet, the Jingzhou army, which had been scolding and harassing for three months, seemed to disappear without a trace, the defenders of the city had completely adapted to this noisy environment, and now it suddenly fell silent, but it gave people an unreal feeling,

At this moment, there was a loud "boom" in the distance, Yan Yan's heart couldn't help but tighten, this kind of sound he couldn't be more familiar with, it would ring once or twice a day, after each loud noise, a few boulders would fall from the sky, including Yan Yan, all the defenders heard this sound like a conditioned reflex, and curled up their whole bodies into the corner,

Sure enough, after a moment's effort, three or four boulders fell from the sky again, accurately smashing on the city's head, making an even louder noise, some city bricks were smashed and cracked, and even the city wall under his feet was shocked, Yan Yan muttered: "His grandmother's, I thought I could sleep peacefully tonight, why did I come again." ”

Hearing Yan Yan's foul mouth, the surrounding soldiers all laughed and stood up straight, some went to check the extent of the damage to the place hit by the boulder, to see if it needed to be repaired, and some looked down at the city to see if the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army had gone to the city to scold, suddenly, there was a strange sound of "woo" in the sky, everyone knew that this was the sound of the boulder about to fall, and they all looked up to watch, they were all surprised, a large stone in the sky was whistling, and in a blink of an eye, it smashed on the city. The defenders at the head of the city were defenseless this time, and were taken by surprise, and suddenly let out a ghost cry wolf howl,

In the past, such stones only flew over three or five pieces at a time, but this time they flew forty or fifty pieces at once, it was simply a rain of stones, and the soldiers on the head of the city were smashed all of a sudden, and some people were directly hit in the head, and suddenly their brains burst out, and the death was miserable, and some people were hit the waist by the stones that bounced up on the ground, and suddenly their bones were broken and their tendons were broken, and they lay on the ground and hummed, Yan Yan reacted quickly, and when he heard the sound was wrong, he suddenly shrank to the corner of the wall, Rao is so, his head was lowered a little slower, The helmet still hit the roaring boulder, flew far away, and scared him out of a cold sweat.

Before the soldiers at the head of the city could calm down, the sound of "boom" sounded again, and a moment later, another large rain of stones fell from the sky, and this time, everyone learned to be obedient, and they all clung to the corner of the wall, and even so, four or five soldiers were injured by the bouncing stones,

This time, a total of fifty trebuchets were put into the outside of the city, and five waves of attacks were carried out on the city in a row, and the direct damage caused by the trebuchets was not much, but as long as the people who were hit were either dead or disabled, the psychological pressure caused to the soldiers defending the city can be imagined, and after all, the trebuchets were not as accurate as the artillery of later generations, and many stones directly crossed the city wall and fell on the barracks and houses behind. It will collapse in an instant, and many people will be buried alive in the ruins, and for a while, there will be a cry above and below the city,

Yan Yan didn't expect that the Jingzhou army under the city would suddenly launch such a fierce stone attack, his heart couldn't help but tighten, could it be that the Jingzhou army, which had been thundering and not raining for three months, was going to launch a general attack, he hurriedly stood up, and drove up the soldiers who were still shrunk in the corner of the wall, trembling, ready to defend the city, after all, the defenders of this army were the elite trained by Yan Yan himself, and the soldiers each ran back to their posts, bending bows and arrows, carrying rolling wood and stones, and preparing to hook and push the rod, Even some of the boulders thrown by the trebuchet just now were pushed to the battlements by the soldiers, ready to fall down the city at any time.

Just when the city was in a hurry, there was a loud "pop" sound from the city, Yan Yan heard this strange sound, I don't know why, but my intuition told him that this was not a good sound, Yan Yan instinctively picked up a shield and blocked it on his head, so he could hear a scream around him, and there was also a "bang" sound above the shield, which shook his arms numb, Yan Yan realized that the loud noise just now was the sound of a crossbow machine, not a crossbow machine, but the sound of thousands of crossbow machines pulling together,

This time, thousands of crossbows were fired in unison, and the casualties caused to the defenders of the city were obviously much larger than the trebuchet's attack just now, but this kind of crossbow arrows were obviously much easier to deal with than the boulders, and the defenders held their shields one after another, and some archers had already blindly shot random arrows into the darkness under the city,

The Jingzhou army's crossbows have only made a total of 3,000 crossbows, and now they are arranged under the city, but they are outside the range of the defenders' bows and arrows

Wei Yan looked at the city not far away, and asked nervously: "General Huang, do you really want to order the charge, the lord's order is for us to feint." ”

Huang Zhong also looked up at the front, and said expressionlessly: "Wei Yan, don't you want to make a contribution, the city is in the past, there is no danger to defend, Chengdu is at your fingertips, yes, the main bus is a feint on our behalf, but the lord also said that this feint should be done very realistically, and the enemy can not see a trace of flaws, what do you say the most realistic feint looks like, of course, it is a real attack, beating drums, blowing trumpets, and marching troops." ”