Chapter 517: Losing both
Come as fast as you go. After hearing Ming Jin's order, the besieging army of Cao Cao and Lu Bu quickly retreated, leaving only the corpses and the moat that had been dyed red.
"Victory!" Chen Lan saw that Cao Cao's army had actually retreated, and immediately raised her spear and shouted excitedly.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Immediately, all the Yuan Shujun who could still stand on the city wall cheered, and no one could hear what they were shouting, only that there was a raging flame in everyone's heart, and they didn't vomit or be unhappy.
"Bang dang!" On the east city gate, the sword in Yuan Shu's hand fell directly to the ground, and the whole person was paralyzed, sweating, looking like he had just been fished out of the water.
Immediately, the guards beside him Yuan Shu hurriedly supported him and did not let him fall to the ground.
"Lord!" Seeing this, Chen Lan hurriedly stepped forward. And Li Feng and other strategists naturally surrounded them.
Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, "I'm fine." โ
In fact, except for the sword he had just stabbed, he had never used it again.
The biggest effect of his Yuan Shu is to improve the morale of the soldiers. If you really want to rely on him to fight and kill, I'm afraid there are not as many as a small army commander.
Therefore, most of the time he was under the protection of everyone, and there was hardly any danger.
As for his pale face at the moment and he fell to the ground softly, it was purely frightened, and it had nothing to do with his body.
As soon as he Yuan Shu came to the top of this city wall, his heart had already been raised. Especially for someone like him who is afraid of death, it is simply a disaster.
Although there were so many people around him and Yuan Shu protecting him, he was still afraid. He saw with his own eyes that several guards not far from him were killed by a few stray arrows that flew from nowhere. And some of these arrows flew towards him brightly, if it weren't for someone blocking the route, he would be the one who died now.
He is not only afraid of death, but also afraid of losing, although he is on the battlefield in person, which makes the morale of their army soar, but he still has no bottom in his heart. In case he is defeated, he Yuan Shu will be a place where he will die and have no place to be buried.
Fear here, fear there. In the short period of more than one city in the war that he personally attended, his heart was up and down, and his heartbeat was estimated to be more than two hundred per second.
And now, that Cao Cao has withdrawn. News of the retreat of the troops also came from the other walls. This made him Yuan Shu breathe a long sigh of relief, he didn't have to die, and his heart was also relaxed.
But it is precisely because of this, under the strong contrast, that this makes him such a wolf bรจi.
"Send me back to rest." Yuan Shu said a little reluctantly, at this time, he couldn't even stand, but he couldn't lose face in front of so many people.
"No!" Everyone hurriedly agreed. Immediately, Li Feng and the others helped Yuan Shu to go back, and as for Chen Lan and the others, they naturally couldn't leave. There's a mess of mess waiting for them to deal with.
This time, their Yuan Shu's army suffered a lot of losses, although it was because of the seizure of the city. It has a big advantage, but the casualties are still heavy. More than 25,000 were killed and 50,000 were wounded. You must know that there are only 200,000 soldiers and horses in this Shouchun now, and one-third of them have been removed at once, which shows its tragic situation.
However, Cao Cao and Lu Bu's side was not much better, although they had an advantage at the beginning, but the casualties were not small. Especially after the appearance of Yuan Shu, the casualties increased greatly. The total casualties were a little more than that of Yuan Shu's army. It can be said that both sides lose.
Twenty miles outside Shouchun City, Cao Cao and Lu Bu's camp was stationed here. At this moment, the barracks was so lively, and there were gasps everywhere, and it was about to suck this huge camp into a vacuum.
There were wailing soldiers everywhere, either stabbed or shot, and even many with broken arms and legs, and a breath of death arose.
And among them, there are also many Lang Zhong shuttling through it, constantly treating these wounded. It's a pity that there are more monks and less porridge, and it is estimated that at least most of those seriously injured will be lost here.
And at this moment, in the middle of the big tent, although the atmosphere in this big tent is not as dead and silent as outside, it is also unusually dull.
Whether it was Lu Bu or Cao Cao, or Xiahou Chun, Cao Ren Guan Yu and others were all depressed, they had such a great opportunity to win this Shouchun, but in the end, they were messed up by the straw bag Yuan Shu alone, and they could only fall short, and everyone was naturally very unhappy in their hearts.
Of course, there is one person who is excepted, and that is naturally him Liu Bei, he can't wait to see that Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu have been like this dog-eat-dog, and it is best to lose both, then it is the best.
"Wen Hou, Brother Cao, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, this time it's just that Yuan Shu is lucky, and he will definitely be able to win Shouchun next time." Liu Bei let out a long sigh and exclaimed in pain.
"Hahaha! Xuande is right, this time no one expected that Yuan Shu, a greedy man who was afraid of death, would actually come to the battlefield in person, which allowed him to turn things around, not the crime of war. Cao Cao deserved to be Cao Cao, and he quickly recovered, shouting boldly.
Chen Gong also nodded approvingly, and said, "Yes, Yuan Shu's plan can only be used once, and the next time it will not be so easy." Besides, we are still in the upper hand now, and it is not difficult to win Shouchun. โ
Of course, what he Chen Gong said was not difficult, so it was natural to continue to attack, even if he continued to fight like this, it was still their side that won in the end, but the losses must be heavy, which was not their original intention.
"Hmph, this time the appearance of Yuan Shu Xiao'er has disrupted our plans, next time Ben Wenhou will personally go out to see what else he Yuan Shu should be capable of." Lu Bu shouted with disdain. In his opinion, if he Lu Bu personally stepped out, it would be completely easy to win Shouchun.
"Wen Hou, if you hadn't stopped Mingjin at that time, I'm afraid it would have ......" Guan Yu held back for a long time, but still couldn't help but say. Such a good opportunity was wasted like this, he Guan Yu was really unwilling.
"Second brother, Hugh's nonsense!" Liu Bei scolded angrily. He didn't want Na Lu Bu to know that Na Shouchun had almost fallen into their hands.
"I ...... Ay. Guan Yu was bitter, and could only sigh helplessly.
Lu Bu glanced at Guan Yu with some annoyance, what he meant was obviously dissatisfied with his orders. But now is also the time to employ people, he Lu Bu didn't say much, but if he knew that this Shouchun was only a handful away from him, he didn't know if he would vomit blood.
"Wenhou, it's not too early, let's go back and have a good rest first, and then discuss this Shouchun tomorrow." Cao Cao stood up and said. After besieging the city for so long, even if Cao Cao didn't participate, it was very tiring just to look at it.
"Please!" Lu Bu clenched his fists and said. Although he Lu Bu is not tired, but the other subordinates are tired, it is better to rest first today, and it doesn't hurt to talk about anything tomorrow.
Immediately, Cao Cao led people out of the main tent, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Chen Gong and others also retreated, leaving only Na Lu Bu, looking at the Fang Tian halberd at hand, not knowing what they were thinking. (To be continued......)