"This matter is very important, Brother Zhou should go back first." Zhou Yandao.

Zhou Yi saw Zhou Yan loosen his mouth, his heart was overjoyed, and he hugged his fists and said: "General Zhou, the general has admired your talent for a long time, and I hope that you can work together for the general in the Xiliang Army. ”

Zhou Yan's eyelids trembled, nodded and shook his head.

After Zhou Yi left, Zhou Yan frowned and pondered, Jia Rong is the general of the Han Dynasty, although the current Han Dynasty has no Son of Heaven, but the position of this general is personally sealed by the Han Emperor, and the general has the right to mobilize the soldiers and horses in the world, but what about himself? Isn't it a Han general? Zhou Yan kept asking rhetorically, if he disobeyed Jia Rong's order, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the saint, he lived under the rule of the Han Dynasty since he was a child, and his reverence for the king was in his bones, and it was not something that three or two princes could change at will.

Seeing that Zhou Yi still didn't come back after three days, Jia Rong was slightly angry in his heart, and ordered the soldiers to speed up the pace of the siege, thousands of cavalry roared, throwing the sandbags in their hands into the moat, stirring up waves, the progress was very amazing, but the defenders in the city couldn't help these cavalry, first, the attack distance was a little far, but the other party had elite armor on his body, how could he easily kill, unless he was lucky, he could hurt the cavalry through the gaps in the armor.

In less than five days, the Xiliang army will be able to directly attack Jiaoyang, Jia Rong decided to invest all his troops, day and night to attack the city, even if the soldiers have losses, they will not hesitate, Zhou Yi is a rare talent in the army, although the enterprising is slightly insufficient, but the town is enough to defend the side.

Zhao Yun learned that Jia Rong waved the army to Jiaoyang, and he was not in a hurry, but he firmly contained the Bingzhou army on the front line of Jingling, after the Jiaoyang City was taken, the entire Bingzhou would fall into the hands of the Xiliang Army, how long could these enemies bounce at that time, after receiving Jia Rong's order, Zhao Yun did not hesitate at all, and immediately executed, the road to Jiaoyang was full of scouts of the Xiliang Army, whether it was a rescue or a passage of the people, it was necessary to look at the face of the Xiliang Army.

Duan Xuan in Jingling City was also firmly suppressed, unable to move, out of the city to fight, without that courage, it was impossible to abandon the city and return to Jinyang, the soldiers along the way were killed and wounded and fled, and the losses were not something they could bear.

After Li Ru had a serious illness, his face was slightly pale, and he was a little lacking in qi when he spoke, the Xiliang Army was about to come to the city, not to say that it was Li Ru, that is, the five big and three rough generals, and he had no confidence in speaking, the loyalty of the soldiers was on the one hand, and the value of the lord was not worth his life on the other hand, Li Ru himself was a traitor, he took advantage of it, and occupied the state, the generals in the army, and the officials under his rule did not have any great pressure in their hearts, but it was a little taken for granted, In the past, the Xiliang army ruled and merged with the state, and the benevolent government was extensive, which is not comparable to Li Ru today.

Li Ru obviously realized this, and arrested the strong men in the city everywhere to join the army, strengthen the city defense, and even the merchants in the city were exploited many times.

In Pengcheng, Guan Yu's face was pale, the Cao army had filled in all the moats, and he didn't know where the Cao army had found so many siege weapons, and all of them were wrapped in iron sheets, it is said that this kind of siege weapons only appeared in the Xiliang army, could it be that the Cao army and the Xiliang army had a connection? This thought lingered in Guan Yu's mind, the Xiliang army is wealthy, look at the Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand, you can know, if the Cao army gets their support, then the entire Xuzhou will be in danger, thinking of the eldest brother's efforts for many years, once again because of Cao Cao, the anger in Guan Yu's heart can be imagined, the Xiliang army and Liu Bei have nothing to do with at present, after the Mi family moved away from Xuzhou, Liu Bei has never received the support of the Xiliang army, I don't know whether it is sad or lucky.

Losing the support of the Xiliang Army, Xuzhou is less of a lot of turbulent factors, but the influence of the Cao family and the Mi family is still more than a step behind, just in the internal affairs of the talent loss is incalculable, after learning that Mi Zhu defected to Chang'an Jia Rong, many families secretly and Chang'an have closer and closer contacts, on the surface they are Xuzhou officials, once there is a change, they can rush to Chang'an at any time.

100,000 troops, constantly attacking Pengcheng, not afraid of death and injury, although the Xuzhou army has the advantage of the city, but the Cao army is extremely brave, plus the Cao army did not kill innocents along the way, which also gives a lot of family illusions, Cao Cao is from a family, and the attitude towards the family is naturally a hundred times stronger than the Xiliang army, and the family does not want to guard Xuzhou is some incompetent Xuzhou army, and their family property can not be guaranteed.

Cao Cao looked at the letters from some families in Xuzhou in his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Guan Yu was injured, and the heavy responsibility of defending the city when the Cao army attacked the city was completely entrusted to Zhou Cang, who at this time was just a little-known general under Guan Yu, just because of the previous persuasion that Guan Yu was deeply impressed, and then entrusted with the heavy responsibility, it seemed to be child's play.

But Zhou Cang's strength has gradually been recognized by the defenders, running to defend, trying to fill the moat again and again to give the Cao army a heavy blow, his hard work soldiers see in their eyes and keep in mind, especially during the period of Cao Army's siege, Zhou Cang is even more set an example, food and accommodation are in the city, and repeatedly led the soldiers to extinguish the Cao army that attacked the city wall.

Zhou Cang's performance made Guan Yu very satisfied, and when the arrow wound recovered slightly, he hurriedly climbed the city wall and took over the command.

Guan Yu is the pillar of the army, a war knife, and has won the hearts of countless soldiers.

For half a month in a row, the Cao army did not make achievements, and was driven down by the tenacious Xuzhou army again and again when they attacked the city, but Cao Cao was not in a hurry at all, as if he was waiting for something, under such a fierce offensive, if there was no movement in the city, it would be a little abnormal.

In the city of Jiaoyang, Zhou Yan's face did not have the confidence before, after the moat was filled, only two hours of attack, so that the defenders were a little unbearable, 50,000 troops took turns to attack, under the cover of elite siege equipment, the loss of soldiers was minimized, and the soldiers guarded by heavy armor were killed from the well, which could always bring bloody rain.

Jia Rong didn't know how Zhou Yi was in Terrier Yang City, but the attack of his own soldiers was still very good, and if he continued to attack in this situation, it would only take half a month to pacify Terrier.

"General Zhou, how is the Xiliang Army?" Zhou Yi learned of Zhou Yan's summoning and hurried over.

Zhou Yan smiled bitterly: "It is unstoppable, but our army still has the strength to fight, and there are still 30,000 troops in Jinyang City, and there is enough food and grass. Speaking of this, Zhou Yan's eyes regained a little brilliance, Li Ru's resourcefulness was invincible in his opinion, it would be easy for Jia Rong to lose his troops and lose the state, thinking of Li Ru's ability, he naturally thought of some of Li Ru's methods to deal with his generals, and his spine was a little chilling.

"General Zhou, the Xiliang Army is brave and known to the world, the soldiers of the three armies are all elite, the siege equipment is not something that the small Terrier Yang City can resist, the moat outside the city, the Xiliang Army will be filled in within ten days, how long can General Zhou lead the soldiers to guard the Terrier?" Zhou Yi knew that the opportunity had come, and continued to persuade: "When the general was merging the state, he was benevolent, and the people felt his kindness, and Li Ru governed the state during these years, what did he do, the people were suffering, thieves were rampant, some people had no choice but to gather on the mountain, robbed the house, the general's actions on the family may make the family of the state feel afraid, but it did not kill them all, like the Wei family and the Mi family in Chang'an, they are all business people, and it is not impossible for the general to enter the office, and the general provides the people with the opportunity to step into a higher step, Let them feel full of hope for life, not the tyrannical expropriation, the people under the rule of Liangzhou, which do not praise each other, the general knows in his heart, what assassination of Dong Zhuo came from the hands of the general, it is completely the words of a person with a rebellious heart, the general is all over the world, how can he be afraid of gossip, as long as the army will capture the terrier, and then the army will come to Jinyang, then Li Ru will face a rebellion in the land of the state, and no one will follow him. ”

"Open the gate of Terrier Yang City, is to bring the people of Bingzhou into a happy life, the general is also the benefactor of the people of Bingzhou, the bitter resistance, will only make the people of Bingzhou more and more miserable, the general once said, the war consumes materials, and the princes' materials are scavenged from the people, the general thinks about whether this is the truth, you have to think of how many people's efforts are each feather arrow."

Zhou Yan hung his head weakly, he himself came to Zhou Yi to discuss the matter of defecting to the Xiliang Army, Zhou Yi and he were fellow villagers, somewhat kind, and the actions of the Xiliang Army were not a secret in the whole world, how could he never want to work with Zhou Yi as a master, the two joined forces to fight on the battlefield, how happy, just as Zhou Yan said, why bother to do things under Li Ru's hands, and wait until the city is broken before surrendering, there is no meaning.

"Brother Zhou, don't you hear that the loyal ministers don't care about the two masters?" Zhou Yan said slowly.

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "General Zhou's words are wrong, the general under the command of the general, Lu Bunai, is the former general of the state, Zhao Yun is also the general of Youzhou, and even the old general Huang Zhong is also from Jingzhou, and the loyal ministers are not the two masters?" Didn't General Zhou know that loyalty was the choice of the master? What's the use of not having a lord who appreciates you? ”

Zhou Yan's mood suddenly relaxed, and said: "In this way, there is Brother Lao Zhou in front of the general!" ”

Zhou Yi was in a good mood, he was able to get the Terrier Yang City without blood, his credit could not be buried, and after this incident, Jia Rong would trust him more, it was not a problem to entrust him with a heavy task, if he wanted to achieve a higher position in the Xiliang Army, the only way to make continuous contributions could not be changed by anyone, without this credit, even if Zhou Yi was talented, it would be very difficult to lead an army alone in the army.