Liu Ze caught Cai Mao's hesitant and fearful fighter plane, and immediately made a decision to solve Huang Zu, who was in Xiakou City, in a quick battle. After the end of the battle of Pinglu, Liu Ze ordered the Third Army to rest and recuperate, and the Second Army led by Guan Yu, Gao Shun and Zang Ba, who had arrived in Xiyang, received Liu Ze's latest order, and quickly went south, joined up with the First Army under Xiakou City, and launched an attack on Xiakou City with all their might.

Huang Zu was already uneasy in Xiakou City, and the Xuzhou Army was overwhelmed, which he could not resist in a lonely city, not to mention that there was also the Jiangdong Navy Division in Exian County, and he had the intention of making a comeback at any time, so Huang Zu thought that with the tens of thousands of troops in his Xiakou City, it was impossible for him to be the opponent of the Xuzhou Jiangdong Army, so he could only retreat in Xiakou City, stubbornly waiting for help, and waiting for the rescue sent by Liu Biao in Xiangyang.

There was news from the county that after Gan Ning took office as the magistrate of the county, he soon led his troops to surrender to Liu Ze. Huang Zu couldn't do anything about this, he couldn't do anything at all, at most he scolded a few times in the Xiakou Taishou Mansion, thief bones are always thief bones, dogs can't change eating, and so on.

In fact, it is a trivial matter for Gan Ning to take refuge in Liu Ze, Huang Zu didn't take it to heart at all, Gan Ning was born as a water thief, and Huang Zu, who prided himself on being a high school, never looked at him squarely, if it wasn't for Su Fei's repeated recommendation, Huang Zu didn't even have the heart to take him in, even if Gan Ning shot Ling Cao and retreated from the Jiangdong Water Army, Huang Zu didn't reuse Gan Ning because of this, so whether Gan Ning went or stayed, Huang Zu didn't care at all, Huang Zu was most concerned about now was the matter of reinforcements from Xiangyang.

The news from Xiangyang was very good, and Liu Biao received an urgent report from Huang Zu. Spare no effort to send reinforcements of the land and water coalition army of 100,000, cavalry 50,000, led by Cai Mao and Liu Pan respectively, to Jiangxia reinforcements, and Liu Pan's 50,000 cavalry moved quickly, has approached Anlu, according to the itinerary calculation, within two days, will be able to arrive at Xiakou City.

Huang Zu, who first heard the news, was reassured, and Liu Biao sent 150,000 reinforcements. And so it goes. What Xuzhou Liu Ze, what Jiangdong Sun Ce, all of them are not a problem, to say that this Liu Biao is really interesting. In times of crisis, it depends on friendship.

Huang Zu leaned leisurely on the Hu bed. Crossed Erlang's legs. Tasting wine and listening to small songs, it is both comfortable and leisurely. Happiness knows no bounds.

At this time, Su Fei broke in directly, his expression was extremely solemn, and he reported: "Lord Qi, something big has happened." ”

Huang Zu hadn't woken up from the alcohol yet, his eyes were half squinted, and he said to Su Fei with a smile: "Captain Su, why are you so flustered? ”

Su Fei said: "My lord, I just received an urgent report from Anlu, the 50,000 cavalry led by General Liu Pan was ambushed by the Xuzhou army in Anlu, General Liu Pan and General Liu Hu were both killed, and the 50,000 cavalry were wiped out!" ”

"What?" Huang Zu jumped up directly from the Hu bed and shouted, "Is this news accurate?" ”

"The last general has sent someone to verify that the bodies of General Liu Pan and General Liu Hu have been returned to Xiangyang by Liu Ze, and all 50,000 cavalry have been annihilated, and none of them have escaped."

Huang Zu couldn't help but gasp, 50,000 cavalry, even people with horses, but 100,000 people, were wiped out by the Xuzhou army in a moment, this Liu Ze was so terrifying, so strong, how could he fight with this point of Jiangxia?

"Then where is Cai Mao's army now?" Huang Zu asked anxiously, now Cai Mao's reinforcements were Huang Zu's only hope.

Su Fei was also depressed, and said: "When Governor Cai heard the news of General Liu Pan's defeat and death, the garrison was in the tomb, and he was afraid of the strength of the Xuzhou army, so he didn't dare to enter the army. ”

Huang Zu was speechless, and sat back on the Hu bed, his face was like ashes, his eyes were dull, and he muttered to himself, "It's over...... It's all over ......."

Seeing Huang Zu's desperate look, Su Fei wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he didn't know where to say it, Liu Pan's 50,000 cavalry was wiped out by Liu Ze in just one day, and with Jiangxia's current strength, it was not enough to compete with the Xuzhou army in any case.

At this moment, a muffled sound of "boom" came from the north, like thunder and thunder, and it obviously had the feeling that the ground was shaking and the mountains were shaking, even the dust on the walls of the Taishou Mansion was falling, and the wine glasses that Huang Zu had placed on several cases were shaking. Su Fei was shocked, and obviously felt that it was not thunder in the sky, could it be an earthquake? After a loud bang, there were several loud bangs one after another, and Su Fei felt that the entire Xiakou City was shaking.

Su Fei hurriedly ordered his sergeants to go to find out why, and before the people he sent left the house, the patrol guarding the city had already reported: "Qi Yu is too defended, the Xuzhou army has already attacked the city in a big way." ”

Su Fei asked in a deep voice, "What is the reason for Fang Cai's loud noise?" ”

The patrol looked shocked and said: "The Xuzhou army has transferred some wooden shelves from nowhere, these shelves are so strange that they can throw stones the size of a grinding plate, and the sound of Fang Cai is the sound of stones hitting the city wall." Those stones are very powerful, after the city wall was hit, there was a lot of damage, and I asked Taishou and Du Wei to think of a way to deal with it, otherwise if it continues to be smashed like this, the city wall will definitely not be able to resist. ”

Su Feizhi frowned, the city wall was already the last line of defense of Xiakou City, once the city wall was lost, Xiakou City would be finished. Huang Zu also understood the power of this, and he didn't care about lamenting the fiasco of the reinforcements, and hurriedly rushed to the city tower with Su Fei to check the enemy's situation.

When they arrived at the city tower, they peeked down from the battlements, but saw hundreds of catapults lined up by the Xuzhou army under the city, and stones the size of grinding plates flew towards the city wall, and the beams that smashed the city tower fell and broken, and the earth that hit the city wall collapsed, and the flesh and blood of the people were blurred, and the boulders were indestructible wherever they went. In front of the catapult, there were hundreds of bed crossbows, and one after another huge arrows were shot at the head of Xiakou City with a fierce wind, and the giant arrows were also so powerful that the defenders on the city couldn't even lift their heads.

In front of the catapult and bed crossbow, the Xuzhou army also mobilized a large number of archers outside the moat and fired at the city wall with all their might. The role of the bed crossbow and archers was obviously to suppress the counterattack of the defenders of the city, forming an impenetrable network of arrows to cover the attack of catapults on the city walls. The target of the catapult was the city wall, and the boulders thrown out smashed into the city wall one by one, even if Xiakou Castle was built, it would never be able to resist the repeated attacks of the catapults.

Huang Zu's knowledge is much more extensive than that of small soldiers, he has long heard that the Xuzhou army has used catapults in the battle of Yinling in Huainan, and knows that the power of catapults is huge, and Yinling City was lost after the catapult smashed the city wall. But it's better to see than to hear, and today Huang Zu can be regarded as seeing the true power of the catapult, and he can't help but be as pale as earth.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Destroy those catapults for me with a bed crossbow! Huang Zu commanded angrily.

In charge of the defense of the north gate was Huang Zu's subordinate general Chen Zu, who listened to Huang Zu's instructions and reported with a bitter face: "Lord Qiqi, the catapults and bed crossbows of the Xuzhou army are too powerful, and most of the bed crossbows in the city have been destroyed, even if a few can still be fired, but the Xuzhou army is densely rained with arrows, and it is impossible to move the bed crossbow to the edge of the city." ”

Huang Zu fell to his feet and exclaimed bitterly: "Is it possible that I will die one day, Huang Zu will not succeed?" ”

The general Chen persuaded him: "My lord, now that the Xuzhou army is strong, Xia Kou's strength can't support it, and the city is broken, why don't you abandon Jiangxia and go to Xiangyang to vote for Liu Envoy." ”

Huang Zu has been running Jiangxia for many years, and when he thought of abandoning the city and leaving, he couldn't help but feel heartache and lamented: "Jiangxia is my hard work, and I can't bear to abandon it." ”

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, now the situation is critical, the lord must not hesitate, sit in Xiakou, his death is not far away, go to Xiangyang, or you can use the power of Liu Zhijun to recapture Jiangxia in the future." Chen said.

Huang Zu wanted to say anything more, a huge arrow grazed his scalp and flew over, scaring Huang Zu into a cold sweat, he didn't dare to say anything like defending Xiakou anymore, handed over the defense task of the north gate of Xiakou to Su Fei, and fled from the city in a wolf manner, returned to Taishou Mansion, and prepared to run away.

The walls of Xiakou City are much stronger than those of the Yin Tomb, although they are also rammed earth walls, the walls of Xiakou City are mostly filled with a large number of pebbles in the rivers, and a large number of wooden bones are used, mixed with mud, which is a bit of reinforced concrete in later generations. But the power of the catapult is quite amazing, no matter how strong the wall of Xiakou City is, it will not be able to resist the bombardment of hundreds of catapults in turn, in the afternoon, the north city wall was blasted open a crack, the soldiers of the catapult battalion are full of energy, increase the attack on the wall around the crack, and finally the north city wall collapsed, but also marked the fall of Xiakou City.

The Second Army Corps took up the task of the main attack, and after the catapult destroyed the city, the Second Army Corps under the command of Guan Yu rushed to the gap, and the two deputy governors of Gao Shun and Zang Ba personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and commanded the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 12th Infantry Divisions with 40,000 horses and horses to launch a comprehensive attack on Xiakou City.

Losing the defense of the city wall, the defenders of Jiangxia were disheartened, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and they were simply unable to resist the crazy offensive of the Xuzhou army, and they were defeated and retreated, and the north gate was soon lost.

Huang Zu had long since disappeared, and Su Fei was unable to resist the attack of the Xuzhou army, so he led the remnants to fight and retreat into the city.

Gao Shun rode first, and he had already broken into the city, looking at Su Fei who was fleeing in defeat, he urged the horse and the gun to chase after him, shouting: "The thief will leave, leave his life!" ”

Su Fei had no intention of fighting at all, and he couldn't fight, so he wanted to escape. Gao Shun rode a high-quality sweaty BMW, much faster than Su Fei's horse, and as soon as he kicked the spur, like a meteor catching the moon, he caught up with Su Fei in three steps and two catches, and stabbed Su Fei in the back of the heart with a shot - (To be continued......