With the sound of the war drums of "Dong Dong Dong", the front of the crossbow array launched a second wave of attacks, and then, the horns sounded in unison, countless torches were lit together, and the city was suddenly as bright as day, and thousands of soldiers carried the ladder and rushed to the city with a shout.

This is a real siege, the city is built between two mountains, the front wall is only half a mile long, no matter how many troops can not be deployed, Jingzhou soldiers have been trained for such siege battles I don't know how many times, they rushed to the city quickly, and quickly put the ladder on the city, one end of these ladders is equipped with a hook similar to a tiger's claw, which can be easily attached to the city head to avoid being easily overturned, the soldiers bite the steel knife in their mouths, and climb up the ladder, except for the crossbow in the distance, There are also many archers under the city who are shooting at the head of the city with compound bows, covering the soldiers who are besieging the city.

Now is the moment of life and death, and the soldiers at the head of the city are unequivocal, relying on the favorable location, constantly throwing stones, rolling logs, splashing hot gold juice, and some people are desperately cutting off the hook at the top of the ladder and pushing the ladder down the city.

There are constantly soldiers of the Jingzhou army who were smashed on the ladder, and they didn't even have time to shout, so they fell down, and some soldiers were poured with gold juice, screaming and rolling on the ground in pain, some soldiers fell from the ladder, got up, gritted their teeth, picked up the steel knife, and rushed up again, and on the head of the city, there were constantly defenders who were shot, howling and falling down the city.

This is Liu Xin's most hated battle, if he sees such a scene, he will definitely order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, but Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, who commanded at the scene, are much cold-blooded compared to him, the two of them just looked at the battlefield in front of them indifferently, unmoved, the battle lasted until dawn, both sides were killed and wounded, and even a few times, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army had rushed to the city, but in the end, due to the lack of support, they were outnumbered, and they were counterattacked by the defenders.

Looking at the dawn gradually rising in the east, Huang Zhong raised his hand and said coldly: "Mingjin withdraws his troops." ”

The soldiers of the Jingzhou army in front retreated like a tide, and the position was full of the corpses of the fallen soldiers, but all the wounded soldiers, whether it was the Jingzhou army or the defenders of Luocheng, were brought out by the soldiers when they retreated, and when the Jingzhou army withdrew, the defenders in the city did not have time to cheer, and the loud sound of "boom" came again, and the raindrops of stones fell down on the city again.

Yan Yan looked at the city worriedly, after a night of attack by the Jingzhou army, the defenders of the city actually exceeded three thousand casualties, for such a dangerous checkpoint as Ruocheng, it was really unacceptable, Yan Yan sighed, called the henchman sergeant on the side, and immediately ordered to send a meteor fast horse to Chengdu to report the emergency,

Liu Xin knew that in three days, Xu Huang and Zhang Fei in the territory of Qike County were about to start acting, they would quietly go all the way north until they took Chengdu, the battle report of Yucheng was placed in front of Liu Xin in the afternoon of the same day, more than 3,000 casualties overnight, making him feel heartache, half of them have never returned home, and many of the remaining people will be disabled for life, the battle continues, and there will be many people who will not see the sun tomorrow, Liu Xin has faintly felt that Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are not feints, but a strong attack, but the generals are not subject to the orders of the monarch outside, maybe they have their difficulties, not to mention that Yan Yan, the defender of Ruocheng, is also a brave and resourceful figure, otherwise, how can he believe that Luocheng is the main direction of attack of the Jingzhou army,

Just when Liu Xin was frowning about the heavy casualties of the Jingzhou army, Sun Ce suddenly visited,

Regardless of whether Sun Ce appreciates it or not, at least Liu Xin thinks that he is kind to the Sun family, without Liu Xin, their family has fallen into the hands of Yan Baihu, and the consequences are naturally unimaginable, and Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others are also very likely to go to Yuzhang to throw themselves into the net, but Liu Xin also has no luxury of asking Sun Ce's family to make anything in return, after all, they now say that they have nothing, even a day and three meals are all dependent on Liu Xin's help, in Liu Xin's memory, the only thing they can do should be the heirloom jade seal, but, With the temptation of the phantom along the way and Liu Xin's eyesight of stealing the king, he can be sure that the jade seal of the heirloom is no longer in the hands of the Sun family.

However, it has been nearly four months since Sun Ce's family was rescued to Xiangyang, and Sun Ce has never said thank you, let alone taken the initiative to visit Liu Xin, so he came abruptly this time, which surprised Liu Xin.

It was Zhu Zhi who came with Sun Ce, this person Liu Xin was still a little impressed, as if it was this person who persuaded Sun Ce to hand over the jade seal of the country to Yuan Shu in history to borrow troops from him, he came with Sun Ce today, did he also want to borrow troops from himself,

Liu Xin was full of suspicion, and asked them to sit down.

The two sides sat down, and Sun Ce arched his hand and said, "The little nephew came here today to thank the lord for saving him." ”

Liu Xin glanced at him, but didn't believe that he came to thank him, but his face was silent, and he said with a smile: "Although I don't have much friendship with Brother Wentai, I respect him as a hero. ”

Sure enough, Sun Ce continued: "The little nephew said that there was still something to ask for today, and the little nephew heard General Cheng and them say that when the adults and their father were in Luoyang, they had set a family affair for the little nephew. ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but be stunned, Sun Jian did mention this matter when he was in Luoyang, but he didn't agree at the time, speaking from his heart, Sun Ce is handsome and magnificent, and he can be regarded as a young hero, but Liu Xin's biological daughters are still too young, and the only one who is more compatible with Sun Ce is Liu Rui, however, Liu Rui is only Liu Xin's stepdaughter, Liu Xin feels that he is not good for Zhu Qian, so he said: "Sun Ce, when you were in Luoyang, your father did mention this matter, At that time, I just thought it was a joke he said casually, and I didn't take it seriously, you are willing to be my son-in-law, I don't have any opinion, but I can't make the decision on this matter, I need to ask the child and her mother to count. ”

Zhu Zhi got up and saluted and said: "Since ancient times, the marriage event, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, why can't the adults be the masters, and the adults are proposed by the head of my family, the young master is filial, vowing to fulfill his father's wishes, and please forgive the young master of my family with a sincere heart." ”

Liu Xin was inconvenient to explain that Liu Rui was his stepdaughter, so he had to say patiently: "The situation of my family is different from others, and the marriage of children is decided by their mothers, and Liu has never asked. ”

Sun Ce has always been short-tempered, just thought that Liu Xin was there to shirk, and he was displeased, so he was about to get up and say goodbye, Zhu Zhi hurriedly pulled the corner of his clothes, and made a look, Sun Ce sat down again, and said to Liu Xin: "In this case, the little nephew is waiting for the adult to inform him, but the little nephew has a reluctant request, I hope that the adult can agree, Lujiang and Yuzhang two counties are the foundation passed down by the father, and now they are stolen by thieves, and the little nephew is difficult to sleep and eat, and now I want to borrow an elite soldier from the adult to recover the foundation of the Sun family, in order to comfort my father's soul in the sky." ”

Liu Xin didn't realize that he seriously proposed to borrow troops, his face couldn't help but sink, and said: "Yuan Shu sneaked up on Lujiang, Yan Baihu stole Yuzhang, natural crime is unforgivable, but, Lujiang and Yuzhang are both Han family cities, this Han is still the world of my Liu family, when did it become the foundation of your Sun family, can the Sun family want to rebel." ”

These words were righteous, Sun Ce was speechless for a while, but the blue tendons on his face burst out, and he was already extremely angry, his fists clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched, obviously the heavens and men were at war in his heart, and he was about to attack on the spot.

Zhu Zhi didn't expect Liu Xin to speak in a high-sounding manner, on the issue of these two cities, there was no room for negotiation at all, seeing that Sun Ce's face was wrong, he quickly pulled him again, got up and said: "Lord Liu, Lujiang and Yuzhang are the cities of the Han family, this is true, the young master of my family wants to borrow troops, not only to restore his father's inheritance, but also to take revenge, if the adults are willing to borrow troops to help and take these two cities, my young master is willing to give one to the adult's family, and even both places are sent to the adult. I hope that adults will be fulfilled. ”

Liu Xin laughed: "My soldiers in Jingzhou will only fight for justice, how can I help you avenge any personal vendettas, borrow soldiers, and then mention it later." ”

Knowing that the two things of courting relatives and borrowing troops were unsuccessful, Cheng Pu looked at Sun Ce, who was full of loss, and persuaded repeatedly: "Don't worry, young master, let's think about it in the long run, there will definitely be a way." ”

Han Dang slapped the table, stood up and said, "This Liu Xin is too deceitful, he simply doesn't take us seriously, I really can't stand it." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out, Cheng Pu hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Yigong, where are you going?" ”

Han Dang flicked his sleeves and said, "It's too stuffy here, I'll go out for a walk." ”

The battle under the city has entered the third day, 30,000 reinforcements have been transferred from the direction of Chengdu, plus the original defenders, now there are nearly 70,000 people in the city who can fight, most of the elite soldiers in Yizhou are concentrated here, and even the four gates of Chengdu are now guarded by some newly recruited soldiers.

Although the number of troops has increased a lot, but Yan Yan's mood is not easy at all, these days, the Jingzhou army's offensive has increased unabated, several times have attacked the head of the city, his soldiers only rely on the geographical advantage and the number of people, only barely defended until now, although the city is temporarily held, but the defenders have suffered casualties that exceed the Jingzhou army, especially what worries Yan Yan is that under the attack of the trebuchet night and night, the tolerance of the city wall seems to have reached the limit, cracks have appeared in many places, and the largest crack has even reached more than two fingers wide, The most serious thing is that not only half of the city tower of the city was smashed, but also the city wall collapsed, fortunately on the side of the city wall facing the inside, the Jingzhou army did not notice it, otherwise they would definitely increase the intensity of the stone throwing, until the city wall completely collapsed, and at that time, the city would not be able to hold it.

After Liu Yan came to Chengdu, he implemented the policy of light merchants and heavy agriculture, but due to the huge influence of the local scholars in Yizhou, like the atmosphere of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, there are still many people doing business, and Yizhou is rich in local wealth, and there is no need for the government to pay for it, and the local gentry have their own local gentry to raise funds to build roads, so the road from Qianwei County to Chengdu is still relatively wide.

Yizhou has a wide area, and the southern area is sparsely populated, in order to facilitate the transmission of news, Liu Yan along several main avenues, built many post stations, these post stations in addition to transmitting news, can also facilitate the passing officials to rest on horses, however, the officials of Yizhou rarely move, these post stations are very difficult to have officials to stay, so, these post soldiers started to use their brains, there are not many towns on the way, those merchants who come and go from the south to the north often miss the time to enter the city, and the post station has become their best place to stay, And the postmen can also profit from it,

No, near dusk, a post station next to the road in Qianwei County welcomed a group of merchants.