"How? What's going on in the city? Outside the city of Zhuojun, Liu Wei stood under the banner of the Luoyang Army, looked at the city wall in the distance, and asked Pang Tong who was standing beside him.

Hearing Liu Wei's question, Pang Tong raised his hand and pointed to the city wall, and said to him: "Our army and the Jizhou army have been besieging the city for several days, and the grain and grass in the city are not good. However, in the past two days, no movement of the enemy army in the city has been found! ”

"Your Highness!" Before Pang Tong's words were finished, without waiting for Liu Wei to speak, Lu Bu, who was standing behind them with a group of generals, bowed down to Liu Wei with his fists and said, "The last general is willing to lead the soldiers to attack the city!" ”

Facing the direction of the Zhuojun city wall, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and only after Lu Bu finished speaking, he nodded slowly and said: "Once the city is attacked, it is most appropriate for Feng Xian to lead the army." ”

Knowing that Liu Wei intended to let him lead the army to attack the city, Lu Bu was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "I wonder when His Highness plans to attack the city?" ”

"When the siege equipment is ready, the siege will be attacked!" Twisting his brows and looking at the city wall in the distance, Liu Wei first responded to Lu Bu a little casually, and then turned his head and said to a personal soldier who followed him: "Go to the Jizhou military camp immediately and invite Brother Yuan Xi here!" ”

"No!" After receiving Liu Wei's order, the soldier responded with a fist, turned around and ran quickly towards the camp of the Jizhou army.

The camps of the Luoyang Army and the Jizhou Army are not very far apart.

Standing under the banner of the Luoyang Army, you can clearly see the battle flags in the Jizhou Army camp not far away.

"Your Highness!" When the soldier ran away, Pang Tong on the side whispered to Liu Wei: "The Plains Army is also stationed nearby, and Xiang Sun has contributed a lot to the battle against Gongsun Zhan, can Your Highness summon Guan Yu?" ”

"Hmm!" Pang Tong mentioned Guan Yu, Liu Wei nodded, and said to Pang Tong: "Guan Yu wants to summon him, but he must go and invite him in person. ”

"It's just a general, His Highness thinks too highly of him!" Before Pang Tong could respond, Dian Wei, who was standing behind Liu Wei, said: "The military advisor will go and give him face, it is better for the last general to go and call him!" ”

"This king wants the military division to go, it makes sense!" Turning his head to look at Dian Wei, Liu Wei dropped a sentence, and then turned his face back and looked at the city wall in the distance.

Soon after the soldiers who went to summon the Yuan brothers left, three fast horses ran out of the military camp of the Jizhou army.

The three little generals on horseback were the Yuan brothers who led the Jizhou army to chase Gongsun Zan all the way.

When they arrived at the Yamen of the Luoyang Army barracks, the Yuan brothers all turned over and jumped off their horses, and under the guidance of a Luoyang Army officer, they walked quickly towards the Chinese army.

"Your Highness!" When they arrived at the banner of the Chinese military commander, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang all stopped together, hugged their fists and bowed to Liu Wei.

"A multi-day campaign, there are three little generals!" Nodding to the servants, Liu Wei raised his hand and pointed to the city wall in the distance, and said to them: "Three little generals, do you think you can attack the city now?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" When Liu Wei asked, Yuan Xi hugged his fists and bowed down to him and said: "We have been besieging the city for some time, when we were chasing Gongsun Chan in the past, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses discarded a lot of grain and grass, and now the city should be short of food......

"In this way, it is not difficult to break through Zhuojun!" Before Yuan Xi's words fell, Liu Wei nodded and said to the three brothers: "Gongsun Du is attacking Yuyang in a hurry right now, if he is allowed to attack Yuyang first, it will be quite difficult to occupy all this Youzhou place. Gongsun Zhan is handed over to this king, and you will immediately lead the army to Yuyang, cooperate with Gongsun Du, and break Yuyang! ”

Liu Wei asked them to raise troops immediately, and the Yuan brothers first glanced at each other, and there was a blank look on their faces, and they hesitated for a moment before they all responded with their fists in unison.

When the Yuan brothers left the Chinese army, Liu Wei turned his head and said to Pang Tong on the side: "The military advisor can invite Guan Yu to come, this time to attack the city, this king must assist Feng Xian!" ”

"No!" Clenched his fists and bowed to Liu Wei, Pang Tong answered, turned around and walked towards the outside of the barracks.

Seeing Pang Tong's back walking away, Liu Wei turned his face to the city wall in the distance again, looking at the Zhuojun city wall that looked a little bleak, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The Yuan brothers returned to the barracks, and the Jizhou army, which was stationed outside the city, soon pulled out the camp and marched eastward. At this time, in the barracks of the Plains Army, a red-faced general in a green robe was kneeling on a straw mat under the banner of the Chinese military marshal, holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn" and reading it with relish.

The general had a big square face, and his face was flushed, as if he had just drunk a lot of wine. His eyes narrowed slightly, and the originally small pair of eyes, in a slightly squinted state, only had two narrow slits left.

The red-faced general is none other than Guan Yu, who was ordered by Liu Bei to lead the army to attack Gongsun Zhan.

"General, the Jizhou army has pulled out the camp!" was looking at "Spring and Autumn", a soldier of the Plains Army quickly ran to Guan Yu, hugged his fists and bowed down to report to him.

Knowing that the Jizhou army was pulling out the camp, Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly stood up and looked in the direction of the Jizhou army camp.

What appeared in front of him was the busy scene of the Jizhou army packing up the barracks and preparing to leave.

Seeing this scene, Guan Yu's brows tightened, and he muttered with some doubts: "The siege is very tight now, how can the Jizhou army be pulled out at this time?" ”

"General Qiqi!" Looking at the Jizhou Army barracks, another soldier of the Plains Army quickly ran to Guan Yu, clasped his fists and bowed to him and said, "The Pang military division under the command of the King of Luoyang asks to see!" ”

"Please!" Although Pang Tong is not very old, his status in the Luoyang Army is transcendent, and he has been stationed under the city of Zhuojun for a few days, and Guan Yu knows this. Knowing that Pang Tong had come in person, Guan Yu hurriedly gave an order to the soldiers who came to report.

The soldier answered, and was just about to turn around and leave, when Guan Yu hurriedly shouted to him: "Wait! General Ben personally went to greet him! ”

Hearing Guan Yu say that he would go to meet him in person, the soldier hurriedly stopped and stood aside.

Taking a step, Guan Yu quickly walked in the direction of Yamen.

More than ten steps away from the tooth gate, he saw Pang Tong leading four dragon riders waiting outside the tooth gate.

Seeing Pang Tong, Guan Yu's pace accelerated a few points, and when Pang Tong approached, he hugged his fists and bowed to Pang Tong and said: "I don't know if the military division is coming, the last general will miss the distance, and I hope the military teacher will forgive his sins!" ”

"General Guan doesn't have to be polite!" He arched towards Guan Yu with his fists and gave him a salute back, and Pang Tong said to him: "A certain person came to ask General Guan for a discussion on the order of His Royal Highness!" ”

Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Guan Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard that Liu Wei invited him, and then said to Pang Tong: "Since it is summoned by His Royal Highness, the last general will not dare not go!" It's just that the annoying military division personally walked on, which made the last general panic! ”

"General, please!" Putting down the hands he had picked up, Pang Tong smiled on his face, turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation to Guan Yu, and said to him: "Please go to the barracks with a certain person, don't let His Highness wait for a long time!" ”

"No!" Clenched his fists and bowed, and saluted Pang Tong again, Guan Yu also made a gesture of invitation to Pang Tong when he straightened his waist and said, "Military advisor, please!" ”

Out of the barracks, on the way to the Luoyang Army barracks with Pang Tong, Guan Yu turned his head to look at Pang Tong and asked him: "Dare to ask the military advisor, His Highness summoned the last general, I don't know what happened?" ”

"It should be for the siege!" While moving forward slowly, Pang Tongyi replied to Guan Yu: "We have been besieging the city for several days, and the enemy army in Zhuojun City is running out of food and grass, and our army is now rushing to build siege equipment, once it is caused, His Royal Highness will order the siege of the city, maybe General Guan will take on the important task of besieging the city!" ”

"Ugh!" Hearing that he was asked to go to discuss the siege of the city, Guan Yu lowered his head and muttered for a moment, but did not speak, but frowned slightly.

Finding that Guan Yu's expression was a little strange, Pang Tong didn't ask him anything, just smiled slightly, and turned his face to the front.

Standing under the banner of the Chinese military marshal, looking at the city wall in the distance, Liu Wei's brows were always slightly twisted.

Just as he frowned and stared at the city wall, a dragoon guard quickly ran to his side, clenched his fists and bowed to him and said, "Your Highness, the military advisor has already brought Guan Yu here. ”

"Please!" Knowing that Guan Yu was coming, Liu Wei hurriedly gave an order to the dragoon guard.

The dragoon guard answered, turned and ran quickly in the direction of the tooth gate.

Outside the city, the Jizhou army camped eastward, and the officers and men of the Luoyang army were also busy building siege equipment such as catapults. On the city wall, Gongsun Zhan held the battlements with both hands and looked at the Jizhou army outside the city from afar.

"Strange thing!" Also looking outside the city, Gongsun Xu, who was standing behind Gongsun Zhan, frowned tightly, and said to Gongsun Zhan: "The king of Luoyang has already arrived outside the city, why did the Yuan clan of Jizhou not only not cooperate with the Luoyang army to attack the city, but withdrew the army in a big way?" ”

"They're going to Yuyang!" Looking out of the city, Gongsun Chan sighed lightly, his tone was full of endless bitterness, and he said to Gongsun Zan: "If it weren't for our intention to detain the king of Luoyang that day and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, we wouldn't have caused today's disaster!" It won't be long before he wants to come to this Youzhou and change his surname! ”

"There are seventy or eighty thousand people in Luoyang, and the plain army led by Guan Yu is less than 10,000!" Although he knew in his heart that defeat was almost a foregone conclusion, Gongsun Xu still comforted Gongsun Zhan and said: "As long as our army defends the city, there is nothing to be done if you want to come to the king of Luoyang!" ”

"It's not difficult to defend the city!" Frowning, Gongsun Chan slowly shook his head and said to Gongsun Xu: "It's just that the grain and grass are the key!" If there is enough food and grass, even if it is kept for a year and a half, what can it do? ”

At the mention of grain and grass, Gongsun Xu's face instantly darkened. There was not much grain and grass in the city, and he knew that if the Luoyang army did not attack the city, but chose to continue to besiege the city, within ten days, the grain and grass would be exhausted.

Once there is no food in the city, the soldiers defending the city and the people in the city will be in chaos, and it is difficult to say whether someone will secretly open the city gate and dedicate the city to the Luoyang army.

"Instead of waiting until the food and grass run out, it's better to go out of the city and break through!" Holding on to the battlements and looking at the Luoyang army outside the city, Gongsun Zhan frowned, and after a while, he said to Gongsun Xu: "The Jizhou army is withdrawn, it is difficult to besiege the city with the strength of the Luoyang army, our army can take the opportunity to break through, even if the whole army cannot be withdrawn, it can also maintain considerable combat strength, and fight with the king of Luoyang in the future!" ”