Is Sully dead?

He is indeed dead, and even Su Li's head is still hanging on the north gate tower of Xiangping City, in order to inspire the momentum of desperate resistance in Xiangping and even the entire Liaodong.

Is Sully really no longer alive?

I don't know, because the mouths of the soldiers and civilians who fled back to Xiangping from Liaoyang are all telling Su Li's ghost-like figure.

Although Gongsun Du chose to block the news immediately after receiving the news, there were not a few people who had no choice but to flee back to Xiangping City, so how could the news be completely blocked for a while?

Looking at the speed at which the news spread in Xiangping Castle, it was probably the same as the speed of the fire in Goguryeo Castle, so fast that one has to wonder if there is a human influence to deliberately spread these disturbing news throughout the city and outside Xiangping Castle.

And the human reverence for the supernatural can reduce the will to fight in Xiangping City to the lowest point.

After all, the Liaodong Army is not a state army that has experienced all kinds of situations, and Gongsun Du cannot compare with Li Shushi, who has the aura of "immortal", and there will be no strange scenes such as heavy snowfall, heavenly fire, or Ganlin to consolidate people's hearts.

Even if Xiangping City was not persecuted by the army, it had fallen into unprecedented civil strife.

However, there is only one area that seems to be completely unaffected, and it can even be said that it is as calm as usual.

In today's chaotic Xiangping City, this calm always seems unusually dazzling.

Some people who don't know the depths probably want to spread the chaos to that area with the feeling of "one pain is better than the pain of all", but they find that the people there are not moved at all, but instead work together to bring those who plan to spread terror here to justice, and the best "example" for the successful suppression of Gongsun Du's strong and powerful suppression.

After a few times, no one dared to provoke this place. Even because of the unique calm of this area, the surrounding people gradually regained their stability, although they were still a little apprehensive in their hearts, but at least they had the courage to face the enemy.

It's even a few points higher than it was at the beginning.

What an amazing bunch of people.

It's a pity that these "magical" beings themselves don't have the same idea.

"Mr. Guan, why do you want to set foot in this dangerous place?"

"Yes, you crossed the ocean from your hometown in Qingzhou to this land of Liaodong. Isn't it just to avoid the chaotic situation, now that there is a Xianbei army pressing the border, even if you think that the Central Plains is still not very peaceful, but you should also be far away between the mountains and forests, think that even those Hu people who don't know how to be polite should be polite to you, so why bother to come to Xiangping this troubled water? ”

"The current politics are tired, they are not oblivious, they are gradually changing, and everything is slack. The people suffered from this. Therefore, there was a horn to confuse the public, so that the Yellow Turban Rebellion suddenly broke out, and the world was shocked. After a few years, the Han Dynasty was still unable to regain its prestige, or one or two officials worked hard, but to no avail, so they moved away from the old land, and the other did not want to be disturbed by the traitors. The second is worried about the current situation, fearing that their lives are in danger.

Liaodong Gongsun clan. Of course, I am also rebellious, and with my ambition, I do not want to be alongside it, let alone be driven by it. But I watched the sky at night, and divined the good fortune and evil, knowing that this time Liaodong would suffer a great calamity. Such a scourge is definitely not something that can be avoided by escaping. It would be better to gather together and see if we can survive this catastrophe. ”

Hearing the followers' questions, Guan Ning couldn't help but show a wry smile.

Although he is a noble person, he is not a perfect person, he is a being with a little spiritual purity. But because of this, he actually prefers to be alone, rather than running around for the people who are a little unbearable in his eyes, and those who gather around him, he can influence them with his deeds, and he is willing to teach them etiquette, righteousness, and shame, because compared with those people, he seems to be standing on the peak of morality, looking down on all the beings under the mountain.

But if it is replaced by Cun Zài, who he thinks is qualified to be on the same peak as him, he will not be able to tolerate even the slightest moral flaw on the other party - for example, Hua Xin, who is also known as him, has caused a big rift in the relationship between the two sides because of his enthusiasm for officialdom, but in fact, Hua Xin is actually the best choice when it comes to his own cultivation, and it is by no means really so unbearable.

Of course, because of the disrespect for Liu Xie, who still held the emperor's position at that time, and Liu Xie's concubine, it was called the so-called "moral stain" on Hua Xin's body that was difficult to erase, so that people were more willing to talk about the moral comparison between him and Guan Ning, to set off Hua Xin's inferiority.

So in fact, this time Guan Ning didn't want to reach this Xiangping City in his heart, according to his original habit, "a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall" is his code of action, when encountering this kind of thing, he naturally wants to hide in the mountains, and then consider returning to his hometown after the situation is calm, or simply hide in the safe and calm mountains and cultivate alone to be a quiet hermit It is also very good.

But what makes him somewhat helpless is the reality that he has to face now - he is no longer a lonely man now, no longer the Qingzhou scholar who was a little famous but surrounded by various families and powerful people in Qingzhou, and now he has a large number of people around him, they trust him, follow him, and form a force that even the Gongsun clan has to look at, maybe he will not feel jealous, but whether it is from fame or substance, he has protected the people who are attached to him.

Fame is something that can win a lot of convenience at some point, and it can also become a drag on a person at some point.

If Guan Ning, who is deeply trusted by everyone, escapes, there will inevitably be a large number of non-locals and a certain number of locals who will flee with him with their families, such a huge target, even Uncle Liu Huang, who is a hero in the history of another plane, will not be able to stop the pursuit of Cao Jun's iron cavalry, not to mention that when it comes to tracking ability, Xianbei people are still above Cao Cao's army, and Guan Ning's personal ability and strength in his hands are not as good as the "Yellow Book", a man with more experience in escaping, oh no, it is Uncle Huang.

But if Guan Ning was allowed to abandon these people who took the initiative to follow him and flee alone, it would tarnish the nobility in his chest.

After weighing, this virtuous man, who was supposed to be a hermit quietly in Liaodong, finally led the group of people who lived in the mountain col to enter Xiangping City under this extremely special situation, and became a part of guarding Xiangping City and resisting the invasion of the Xianbei army.

But then again, if you don't plan to flee. At least it seems that compared to Xiangping City, the rest of the place does not seem so safe, even if the dock fort is built, it will not make people have the slightest confidence in front of the Xianbei army that is surging like a flood.

For Guan Ning to be able to walk out of the mountains and enter Xiangping City, Gongsun was quite inspired--it is said that in this situation where people's minds have changed and panic is always difficult to suppress. Guan Ning, who was originally tempted by the Gongsun clan's high-ranking officials and Houlu, and still preferred to stay in the ravine and be leisurely, actually brought a group of people to help in the war, no matter how it was promoted, it was super exciting news, even if Guan Ning still had a stinky face in contact with the Gongsun clan, and his words were neither humble nor arrogant, without the slightest desire to serve, and under the backdrop of his behavior, he also became cute in the eyes of the Gongsun clan.

No, although he didn't ask for any special treatment, Guan Ning and the people who believed in him quickly used his series of expressions to help the Gongsun clan calm down the situation in the city that had become a little flustered due to the shocking news brought from Liaoyang City.

Even if the situation is still uncomfortable, at least it makes people see a little bit of light, isn't it?

Under such circumstances, Xiangping City finally ushered in the arrival of the Xianbei army.

Of course. They were accompanied by the Karasuma people who wanted to take advantage of the fire.

It was another misty morning, and Xiangping City had already entered a wartime tense state at this time, after all, Liaoyang City was actually only seventy or eighty miles away from Xiangping City, in fact, if it weren't for the Xianbei people who needed to pass some news to Xiangping City, and the large-scale looting would also take at least three days, or more, and it would only be a day's march from Liaoyang to Xiangping.

Even if you still need to cross the Xiaoliao River during this period.

In comparison, the appearance of the Karasuma people made everyone in the Liaodong Army feel a little helpless and resentful - after all, those Karasuma people can be regarded as the defeated generals of the Liaodong Army in a certain way, even if the Liaodong Army has taken a lot of advantage as the defender. As long as you hold a few strategic points, you can resist the attacks of the Karasuma people, but because of this. When the energy of the Liaodong Army was attracted by the Xianbei people, even if they still left some strength on the Western Front, they were completely unable to resist the arrival of the Karasuma people.

With a certain sense of mental superiority over the Karasuma people, and full of resentment that because of the arrival of the Xianbei people, they could not stop the enemy from invading their homeland that had not been able to do much harm to their own side, and the Liaodong Army's feelings towards the Karasuma people could be described as extremely complicated.

It was not all the forces of the Xianbei and Karasuma people who appeared under Xiangping City, and it was obvious that a city like Xiangping, which was not too huge, could not use so many soldiers and horses. Rather than crowding the army together, Qianman's method of scattering the surplus army to other parts of Liaodong County to loot was obviously more pleasing to the Xianbei tribes involved in the war.

But even so, in the thin light mist, the feeling of shadow and shadow still continued to stimulate everyone's hearts.

Liaoyang City only lasted less than half a day under the attack of this group of ferocious "shadows" before the city was destroyed, even if Xiangping concentrated most of the essence of the Liaodong Army and its allies. However, the question of whether or not they could withstand the enemy's attack remained a troubling one.

The most important thing is that from the news that many soldiers who have fought with the enemy in the past can know that the way the Xianbei people marched and fought this time was extremely different from the previous ones.

The previous Hu army, the main goal of the southward march was to plunder, and the concept pursued was to "avoid the real and make the false", and fight only if they could fight, if they needed to waste huge forces and resources, or rather the input was disproportionate to the output, then these Hu people would definitely not lightly fill their lives into a bottomless pit.

This also means that for the defenders, as long as they reflect sufficient garrison strength and will, unless the commander of the Hu army forcibly attacks the city regardless of the losses due to some factors other than interests, it will not only cause great damage to his own strength, or let his subordinates be alienated from him, but also affect the prestige and influence of the commander on the grassland. That's why it can be said that for the plundering of the grassland Hu people, in a certain way, there are still many "advantages" and "conveniences" for the defenders.

But this time the attitude of the Xianbei people was very unusual, they didn't seem to care about their losses at all, it seemed that as long as the "enemy" appeared, they rushed forward like sharks smelling fishy smells and fought bravely, even if they suffered heavy losses in battle, they did not have the slightest intention of changing - if once or twice it can be said that the commander of the Xianbei army is willful. But if this is the case every time, then it is certain that Xianbei is deliberately seeking a decisive battle with his opponent this time.

And this also means that if the Xianbei attack cannot be completely repelled, it will be impossible to win the battle by delaying or attrition tactics as before.

Of course, there is one more thing, besides Gongsun Du and his henchmen. The rest of the people didn't notice, that is, obviously adopted such a fierce fighting method, even if the individual combat effectiveness of the Xianbei army was very strong, but with the advantage of the defender and the familiarity of the terrain, the Liaodong army and its allies also gave the Xianbei army a lot of battle losses, not to mention that the battle in Goguryeo City was a battle that reimbursed more than 10,000 enemy troops, plus the total results of zero and zero, such battle losses reached more than one-tenth of the total number of Xianbei troops who entered the army this time, However, the number of Xianbei troops does not seem to have decreased much.

Arguably. Even without Su Li's "ghost return", the Liaodong Army has already noticed the biggest problem of the Xianbei Army this time.

If he couldn't find the root of this problem, Gongsun Du believed that his ambition would most likely be buried in this battle.

So, rarely, after hearing the news of the arrival of the enemy, Gongsun Du appeared at the head of Xiangping City wearing a lightly armored leather helmet.

appeared together at the head of Xiangping City. There are also core members of the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, such as Gongsun Mo, Liu Yi, Yangyi, and Han Zhong.

If this battle cannot be won, then the fate of these core members of the Liaodong Gongsun clan can be imagined.

It's just compared to the Gongsun clan who held on to Xiangping and came to the city to show his determination. The Xianbei army does not seem to attach too much importance to this attack that should be regarded as the "final blow" to the Liaodong regime, and the person who commanded this siege was a "middle-aged man" who looked very angry and dressed as the Huns, not to mention Qianman, even Su Li, who had been called "the return of the dead" before, did not appear in front of the soldiers and civilians of Xiangping City.

Could it be because of the huge head that is still hanging on the gate tower today?

All in all, compared to the Liaodong Army in Xiangping City, which was as nervous as a tense bowstring. The troops outside the city looked like they were strolling around, making it seem like they were not here to fight, but more like they were on a grand outing.

Such an attitude is really uncomfortable.

However, this situation soon disappeared without a trace in the enemy's first attempt, which should have been only a tentative attack - although it is reasonable to say that this attack should have been a legendary "tentative" attack to gather all kinds of information, but it seems that the 20,000 Xianbei infantry who participated in the attack had no desire to "test it" at all, and the crazy attack method that was almost dead with the enemy made it almost impossible to tell who was the brave man who was desperately defending his homeland.

Could it be that the commander who was probably a Hun really didn't treat the Xianbei people under his command as people!

Do those Xianbei people really think of themselves as a human being? It's so crazy in such a situation that isn't hopeless.

These two thoughts sounded from the hearts of the defenders almost at the same time.

Although it is said that with the perfect reserves of the defenders and the morale that was still good at the beginning of the battle, the Xianbei people had to temporarily retreat after leaving nearly 5,000 men, leaving only the green smoke still burning on the head of Xiangping City and the large number of corpses on the city wall, proving how tragic the battle between the two sides was in this "tentative" attack.

It was also during this "tentative" attack that both Gongsun Du and the other Liaodong Army and their allies discovered several facts that disturbed them - although the Liaodong Army as the defender resisted the first wave of attack in the face of such a frantic attack by the enemy, the cost was about nearly 10,000 battle losses in addition to the standing tools to defend the city.

Usually in a siege battle where the gap between the two sides is not very obvious, if the besieging side adopts a brainless offensive behavior in the war, then the battle loss ratio between the attacking and defending sides is about 1:3 to 1:5.

But what I didn't expect was that it was only the first attack, but it had already caused a battle loss ratio of nearly 2:1 between the attackers and the defenders.

Although only in terms of numbers, there are still more than 70,000 households in Xiangping City, plus the private population that is not included in the population statistics. There are about 3780,000 people, according to the ratio of two for one, no matter how you look at it, it can still consume the Xianbei army that fell into the Kou, and it can even be said that as long as the Xianbei army suffers more than fifty percent of the battle losses, Qianman, who is a Xianbei Danyu, will probably not be able to bear such a loss, because this will definitely threaten his dominance over the grassland.

But that's just a game of numbers.

In fact, the so-called 2:1 ratio was barely earned by the Liaodong army fighting desperately with its own and the more elite troops of its allies. It may even be a "tentative attack" by the enemy - although this statement probably would not have been believed by the generals of the Liaodong coalition army, and if the enemy did not finally recall the Xianbei infantry but let them continue the attack and then put in more troops, neither Gongsun Du nor anyone else thought that their side would be able to hold the battle loss ratio of 2:1.

As for the other fact that frightened and chilled Gongsun Du and the others, and even affected the morale of the defenders in the city, it was the corpses of the Xianbei infantry who emitted an unsettling black aura and were dehydrated and weathered in a short time.

Originally, there were many mysterious rumors circulating in Xiangping City, although they were suppressed by the Gongsun clan using various means, but the doubts of the military and civilians would not dissipate because of this, but they were buried deep in their hearts and were ready to germinate again at the right time.

Obviously, the strange situation that is happening in front of my eyes. Rumors that were originally considered to be fantastic are being confirmed.

In this way, in this era when the prophecy is widely spread, even if there are still a few people of insight who do not believe in these things, but for most of the ignorant people, they still prefer to believe that they are not credible, not to mention that this time the supernatural phenomenon is happening in front of them, and if you really want to refute it, you can't find even the slightest reason.

Maybe it's intentional, maybe it's unintentional. Qian Man used the trump card in his hand to constantly disintegrate the little morale left of the Liaodong Coalition Army.

It looks like even if Qianman doesn't do it. The Liaodong Coalition will probably fall into division after this.

If there are no surprises.

"The nameless mountain picker, idle in plain white linen clothes.

The sharp axe captures the sky, and the broken blade shines in the sun.

Go up the mountain to eat roe deer, and go down to the river to drink fish and shrimp.

Suddenly, he heard that the thief was coming, and he swung forward with his knife.

For example, death in humiliation, beheading, and injury. ”

A man's singing rang out.

The singing of a hundred and ten people rang out.

Thousands of people sang out.

Tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands of people sang the same song.

A song is echoing inside and outside the entire Xiangping City, a song that resonates with every living person inside and outside Xiangping City, and the song is so loud, so powerful, and so inspiring.

In this song that reverberates with the righteousness of a gentleman. Those who were originally confused found their own path, those who were originally timid found the courage hidden in their chests, and those who were originally hesitant made up their minds to resist desperately.

The song is fluttering, the song is echoing, and the song seems to never stop.

Under this song full of fighting meaning, the Xianbei army who hastily organized a second wave of attacks found that their opponents had undergone earth-shaking changes, and the originally extremely crazy Xianbei infantry encountered more fierce opponents who were not afraid of death.

This is a contest between the living and the dead, and it is also a contest of faith and will.

Looking at the man standing at the head of the city, who was once considered to be just a hermit who was selling his reputation under the spontaneous protection of everyone, Gongsun Du was silent for a long time. Maybe at this moment, even he didn't know what kind of mood he had to look at the gentleman in white who saved the entire battle.

But no matter what, the first day of fighting finally survived.

Pan Sen: When you return from traveling, prepare to collect your heart, and by the way, since you have returned early, it is good to prepare for the May Day holiday. But it doesn't seem to have much motivation, but it's really too crazy...... (To be continued......)