The battle outside Shouchun City was regarded as a complete defeat for Yuan Shu to the bottom, and he no longer had any hope of defeating the Xuzhou army. Of the more than 40,000 troops who left the city, only more than 2,000 returned to the city, and almost all of them were wiped out. Yang Feng was killed for Guan Yu, Han Xian was hit by an arrow from Zhao Yun in the chest, and now he is unconscious, and this life has gone eighty percent out of ten.

After returning to Shouchun, Yuan Shu wanted to cry!

In the Jin'an Palace, after appeasing Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, who were begging for death, he waved his hand to drive everyone out of the Jin'an Palace. The huge hall was silent, so quiet that his heart panicked. Could it be that I, Yuan Shu, will die at the hands of a weaver and a stalker? I was born noble, the fourth and third princes, why did I fall back like this? Why, Liu Bei, a weaver and peddler, can defeat me? I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled!

I can't surrender, because if I surrender, I will die! All the princes in the world have the ambition to be the emperor, but if the gun shoots the first bird, if I become the emperor, I will definitely die, so I can't surrender!

These questions swirled over and over again in Yuan Shu's mind, lingering.

He thought back to the things he had experienced in this life, remembered the time when he was young and frivolous, remembered that his father and uncle were disappointed in him again and again, remembered the heroic self back then, and remembered the eldest brother who had always looked down on and couldn't get used to it, but he was so prosperous, that he never recognized. Slowly, his heart became firm! No, I don't throw in the towel! Even if you die, you have to die vigorously, you can't die so that Yuan Shao's son born to a slave can look down on him! I am the Yuan family, no one has the right to kill me, no one can kill me! It's not that easy to get me to die!

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered something! By the way, it's already November, and in ten days, the water will freeze, and I still have a chance! Thinking of this, Yuan Shu's face looked much better.

He shouted, "Someone! ”

The door of the main hall was pushed open, and Ji Ling, who was in battle armor, strode in.

Yuan Shu said: "Ji Ling, come here, I have something to look for you!" ”

Ji Ling hurriedly came three steps in front of him, and Yuan Shu said: "Tomorrow, Liu Bei will definitely come to attack the city, you go and prepare now!" Remember, you have to say this to the people who defend the city......" After a slight pause, he spoke.

When Ji Ling heard this, his eyes lit up, and he clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, the last general will do it immediately!" ”

Seeing Ji Ling go away, Yuan Shu lifted his spirits, made himself look calmer, and strode out of the main hall.

When the guards standing outside the door saw this, they hurriedly bowed down on one knee and said in a loud voice: "See Your Majesty!" ”

Yuan Shu smiled and said, "Okay, get up!" ”

After that, he took a few small yellow doors and a few palace ladies and walked to the back. All the guards knew the news of today's defeat, and they were originally nervous, but it can be seen that he walked calmly, and he couldn't help but feel at ease. Thinking about it, could it be that Your Majesty has a way to solve this dilemma?

Soon, Yuan Shu rushed to the room where Mu Ji was, calmly bowed slightly to the guards and forbidden soldiers, and after a few words of encouragement, he entered the main hall. After a few breaths, Yuan Shu's frightened wolf howl came from the hall......

At the beginning of the next day, the two large camps of the Xuzhou Army heard the sound of drums almost simultaneously. The soldiers had a full meal, full of energy, and poured out of the camp with sonorous steps.

Tian Fan stood at the north gate of the camp, watching the soldiers pull out, as if talking to himself, and as if he was saying to the generals around him: "This battle should be the last battle, right?" His gaze was a little wandering, it had been almost four months since he set out in July, he really missed his family, and he didn't know how the nest of goblins at home was, was it more charming? Are the parents still healthy? What are Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong doing? The three teachers should have returned to Xiapi, right?

Thinking about it, the corners of his mouth were full of smiles.

After a while, he retracted his thoughts and said to Gao Shun beside him: "Zhengqing, you go!" We'll be there! ”

Gao Shun hugged his fists, didn't say a word, and strode down the wall.

Watching him walk away, after a while, Tian Fan said to Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Pang De and other generals: "This battle should be the last battle, everyone, just act according to the strategy agreed on last night." We...... Let's go! ”

Everyone hugged their fists, sonorously promised, and followed him to stride down the wall.

An hour later, all the soldiers who participated in the siege battle gathered in the east of Shouchun, and for a time the flags were unfurled, and the crowds were crowded, and the soldiers of Yuan Shu on the city were terrified.

This time, it was Liu Beijun's overall appearance, which was much more shocking than Liu Bei's last few sieges. I saw a phalanx composed of battalion-level units, arrayed as a whole outside the city, forming squares one by one. In each square, all kinds of troops are available, the front of the oar, the backward crossbowmen, sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, etc., all of them are full of energy and murderous spirit.

Liu Bei'an sat in the car, holding a pergola and looking at the city wall. In yesterday's battle, Yuan Shu's soldiers were killed and wounded, and from the mouth of a captured captain, everyone learned that the soldiers in Shouchun City were only in their early 10,000s. Today, Liu Bei gathered all the troops, in addition to more than 10,000 cavalry, there were 40,000 foot soldiers alone, and there were countless powerful siege equipment built in dozens of days. Thinking about it, Liu Bei's tense face showed a smile.

He suddenly stood up, strode to the wheels, held the railing with both hands, and shouted: "Beat the drums, attack the city!" ”

When the junior colonel next to him heard this, he immediately made a loud promise, waving the five-color flag in his hand. Then, dozens of drums in the large array beat together, and the momentum shook the sky.

Guan Yu and Koji Yi in the front heard the sound of the drums, and immediately waved their hands and said loudly: "Siege!" ”

Two of them in each team, a total of four battalions of 8,000 men, immediately shouted their promises, and pushed the tall siege ladder to the city wall.

This time, Liu Bei used forty siege ladders and two hundred high ladders, which can be described as a thunderous blow.

The number of soldiers in the city is small, and it is more than enough to defend one wall, but if it is defended on four sides, it will inevitably be insufficient. Although Liu Bei only gathered his army in the east of the city, the defenders of the city did not dare to gather all the troops in the east of the city.

On the city wall, Yuan Shu stands on the city gate tower like a sculpture. His hair and beard were disheveled, his face was abnormal, frighteningly white, his eyes were blood-red, bloodshot and his eyes were blue.

After learning of the disappearance of the jade seal of the country last night, according to his original intention, he planned to immediately search the whole city and search from house to house, but then he held back. Under heavy pressure, Yuan Shu's sanity prevailed, and he knew that once he sent an army to search the city, it would inevitably cause chaos in the city, and in this way, the city could no longer be defended.

Looking at the Xuzhou army slowly coming outside the city, Yuan Shu's blood poured pupils, if it wasn't for Liu Bei to attack, how could the jade seal of the country be lost? How could he end up in such a miserable situation?

Slowly, the siege ladder had entered a distance of three hundred steps, and the Xuzhou soldiers holding the shield had also approached the same distance, Yuan Shu suddenly drew his long sword, pointed directly at the blue sky, and shouted: "Defend the city crossbow, release!" ”

A small colonel hurriedly waved the command flag in his hand, and the soldiers on the various city towers and arrow towers immediately operated the city defense crossbows, aiming at the siege ladder and the approaching Xuzhou soldiers.

I only heard a few loud sounds of "bang bang bang" and "swish", like spear-like arrows, with a terrible roar, flying towards the siege ladder like lightning.

After a tooth-aching sound, countless screams followed. A round of crossbows to defend the city, hundreds of casualties among the Xuzhou soldiers, a siege ladder was shot at the wheel, the front wheel of a person high was shattered, and the huge ladder overturned in a blink of an eye, crushing and crushing dozens of soldiers.

When the soldiers on the tower and the arrow tower saw this, they immediately cheered, and when they saw that the effect was so good, they were greatly encouraged, and hurriedly moved the winch vigorously to wind the crossbow for the city guard.

When Yuan Shu saw the situation at this time, his expression on his face was calm, as if this war had nothing to do with him.

Guan Yu, Gao Shun and others, seeing their soldiers fall to the ground, although they were unhappy, they did not show it. War can't avoid the dead!

Although the city defense crossbow is powerful, it is complicated to operate after all, and it takes time and effort to wind. Moreover, the siege position chosen by the Xuzhou army was relatively concentrated, and dozens of cloud ladders were gathered together, and there were very few crossbows that could attack them. When the siege ladder approached the city wall one hundred and fifty steps, the city crossbow only shot three rounds, and the Xuzhou army lost only a few hundred people and two ladders.

Yuan Shu saw the Xuzhou army approaching, and shouted: "Crossbowmen prepare!" ”

Countless string pulls sounded, "crunch"!

Yuan Shu waved his hand violently and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

With a "buzz", countless feathered arrows flew into the sky.

Several captains of the Xuzhou Army shouted: "Raise the shield!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly raised their shields and crouched down. The shields depended on each other, forming an impenetrable wall of shields that covered the heads of the soldiers. The soldiers pushing the ladder were inside the carriage, and they didn't have to worry about the threat of feather arrows at all, and their footsteps did not stop, and they still moved forward with difficulty.

The sound of "tuk tuk" was non-stop, and after a round of arrow rain, the shields in the hands of the Xuzhou soldiers had more or less a few feather arrows. Many of the hapless soldiers were shot to the ground by the feathered arrows that had luckily entered through the cracks in the shield wall, wailing helplessly. At this time, no one will care about their robes, even if they are usually like brothers. Once you want to save people, you will inevitably destroy the integrity of the shield wall, and the casualties will increase greatly!

The crossbowmen of the Xuzhou army also fought back, trying to suppress the opponent's archers and break a way for the robes to survive.

Taking advantage of the rain of arrows, the siege soldiers marched forward with sonorous steps under the orders of the lieutenant, the captain, the commander of Qu, and the commander of the tun.

From time to time, soldiers were shot down by feathered arrows, but no one stopped. The footsteps of the soldiers in Xuzhou seem to never stop. This resolute footstep full of self-confidence put great pressure on those people on the city wall!

Yuan Shu saw the cloud ladder approaching step by step, his face was still unwavering, I believe that Cao Cao, who had always despised him, would also shout that he had looked away before!

Finally, after paying the price of nearly 1,000 casualties, the Xuzhou army reached the edge of the city wall. The soldiers who pushed the ladder came out of the ladder carriage, came to the back of the carriage, and struggled to operate the winch, and the iron cable connecting the upper half and the lower half of the ladder was twisted, making a "creaking" sound, and the upper part of the ladder slowly rose.

The crossbowmen of the Yuan Shujun army on the city wall immediately shot feather arrows at these soldiers, trying to prevent the cloud ladder from landing on the city wall.

However, the tall carriage in front of the ladder made the effect of their attack very bad, and they could only watch the ladder slowly rise, and finally became a right angle, and then fell heavily on the battlements, and the huge slapping force made the upper part of the battlements smashed by half a foot.

Yuan Shu saw that the ladders had been deployed one by one, and the sergeants of Xuzhou, under the leadership of their respective officers, were like ants moving from house, holding shields and slowly climbing along the ladders, and he shouted: "Brothers, the Xuzhou army is sick, don't let them enter the city, otherwise, we will definitely be infected with the epidemic and die a miserable death, and none of our families will be spared!" Stop them, kill! ”

Hearing this, the countless soldiers and soldiers up and down the city tower let out a hysterical roar like a wolf's howl, raised their knives and guns, and killed the soldiers in Xuzhou! ps: It's not there tonight.,There's a chapter tomorrow morning.,Later, the rule of one chapter in the morning and one chapter in the evening will be restored.,I'll try to stick to it.,If you can't hold on.,Or if there's something temporary.,I'll notify everyone in advance.。