Guan Ping actually agreed with the "quick victory theory" in his heart at first, although he didn't say it, but he was seen by Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci and Li Ru were very cautious about attacking Ruyang, although the brothers were screaming and trying to compete for the first credit for the capture of Xuchang, but this did not cover Tai Shi Ci's eyes and overwhelm him. Tai Shi Ci was now able to conclude that the defense of Ruyang City was very tight, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps would encounter very fierce counterattacks, and he was even worried that there was a large amount of gunpowder hidden in Ruyang City, because the news that Liu Biao was buried in Phoenix Mountain alerted him.

In order to make Guan Ping suffer a little and have a longer memory, Tai Shici personally ordered the generals and asked Guan Ping to lead 5,000 soldiers to launch a tentative attack on Ruyang City. Sui Rang wanted to get rid of the arrogance of the young man on Guan Ping's body, but Tai Shici didn't dare to really let Guan Ping send his life under Ruyang City, so he specially arranged for five hundred marshal guards to follow Guan Ping's side, and once he found that the situation was critical, he would tie Guan Ping away from the battlefield.

Tai Shi Ci knew that Guan Ping was guilty of "two", and he was more like a madman than his father Guan Yu.

The development of the war was as expected by Tai Shici, when Guan Ping led 5,000 soldiers dressed in rattan armor to carry siege equipment to approach the city of Ruyang, they were attacked by a variety of defensive weapons at the head of the city, including "fierce fire oil". After losing a thousand brothers but still unable to bring the ladder and the well close to the city wall of Ruyang, Guan Ping's eyes were red with anger, and he was about to go up desperately with the Daguan knife, and the dozen brothers around him couldn't stop him.

The marshal guards who received the death order had no choice but to knock Guan Ping unconscious and carry him back to the Chinese army's tent. At the same time that Guan Ping was knocked unconscious, Tai Shici, who saw this scene through the telescope in the distance, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then ordered the herald to give the order for Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The first exploratory attack of the Southwest Route Army to capture the city of Ruyang was unsuccessful and failed.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Huang Zhong asked Tai Shici for his life, asking him to personally lead 15,000 Jingzhou veterans to launch a second attack on Ruyang. Tai Shici said to Huang Zhong: "General Huang is loyal and brave, and the strong men of Jingzhou are also unmatched, but it is not easy to attack Ruyang this time. I don't want the Jingzhou brothers under the general's command to suffer too many casualties, so I ask the general to endure for a few days, just wait for me to borrow a divine soldier, and I can easily break Ruyang!"

Although Huang Zhong was eager to fight, since Tai Shici persuaded him with good words, he no longer insisted, so he chatted with Guan Ping, who had a big bag bulging on the back of his head, and talked about the things that Guan Yu had to say back then......

Zhuge Kongming, who had not appeared in front of people for a long time, was now sitting quietly in the study room left by his brother Zhuge Jin in the mansion in Shouchun City, holding a few letters of information from different directions in his hand, and there was no joy, anger and sorrow on his face, only a faint layer of confusion and distraction.

can make Kong Ming, who is wise and close to the demon, stunned, which shows how unfavorable the situation in the world is to the court and Cao Liu today.

Before receiving these headache-inducing information, Zhuge Liang actually didn't have a very comfortable time recently, just because Zhou Yu, the ghostly guy, always gave Sun Ce some tricks in three days, and let the Jiangdong soldiers toss around Yangzhou in a different way. In order to deal with Zhou Yu, a strong opponent, Zhuge Liang can be said to have exhausted his brains, which can ensure that Yangzhou is not lost.

Zhou Gongjin is also a genius, if it weren't for Zhuge Liang sitting in Shouchun City, I am afraid that Yangzhou has been broken by the Jiangdong army no less than three times.

The intelligence said: After the entire territory of Yanzhou was captured by the East Route Army led by Zhao Yun, Nanyang Yuan Shu was destroyed by Guan Yu, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou died at the foot of Phoenix Mountain......

In the entire Central Plains situation, except for Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei who worked together to block Zhang Liao's westward advance, and Yangzhou blocked Jiangdong's attack, the rest of the places were almost every day with news of defeat and retreat. It's just that now the Jin State Five-Route Army is besieging the few remaining territories in Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and in the case of an increasing disparity in strength and combat power, how long can Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei stop Zhang Liao? How long can Yangzhou, where Zhuge Liang is located, block Jiangdong?

Zhuge Liang is now coming back to his senses, attacking Zhang Liao in Yuzhou from the direction of Xuzhou, and the reason why he slowly and leisurely refused to cross Dangshan and fight to the death with Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei is obviously to hang the two main forces to which Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei belong in the Dangshan area, so that they cannot return to Xuchang. Once Xuchang fell, and the emperor, Liu Bei and Cao Cao all fell into the hands of Zhao Guochang, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei became the lonely army without an owner.

Yangzhou is also facing the same fate and dilemma as Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei. Once Xuchang was lost, Zhao Xing forced the Son of Heaven to abdicate, he became a veritable emperor of the Han Dynasty, and when the time came, he would attack Yangzhou with all the power of the world, even if there were ten Zhuge Kongming and a hundred Zhuge Liang, how could they resist the million-strong army armed with super firearms in the hands of Zhao Guochang?

Zhuge Liang, who has always been arrogant and unwilling to admit defeat, has finally realized the taste of the general trend. Some time ago, the letter sent to Zhuge Liang by his brother Zhuge Jin from Zhengyang City in the northeast gradually appeared in his mind at this time.

"Brother Kong Ming and my brother keep in mind that the Han Dynasty has not been the Han created by Gaozu since the day Wang Mang usurped power. I thought that what Zhao Guochang said, 'The world is not the world of one family and one surname' is the truth of the world. Since the rise of Guangwu, the royal family has become increasingly corrupt and decayed, and the Han Dynasty has risen up together, but fortunately, the king of Pingxi has led the crowd to protect the people of the Han Dynasty. If you think about stability today, the hearts of the people are towards the Zhao family, the general trend of the world has been decided, if you resist stubbornly to the end, it will only increase the casualties of the soldiers and the people, and make your personal name famous......"

Zhuge Jin's words echoed in Zhuge Liang's mind like a wake-up call, making him unable to find any excuse that could deceive his true feelings in his heart. As Zhuge Jin said, if you still find any reasons and excuses such as "Zhao Guochang is a traitor, I want to maintain the orthodoxy of the Han royal family" and resist stubbornly, it is purely to find an excuse for your own selfishness!

Who can prove that in this world, it must be a person surnamed Liu to sit down? When the three emperors and the five emperors were in power, the emperor was a virtuous person, and he was not hereditary at all. In the final analysis, the royal family is a big mountain that oppresses the heads of ordinary people, but sometimes the emperor has enough brains and knows how to reduce the burden and pressure of the people;

These truths, a person as smart as Kong Ming, in fact, does not need to be reminded, he can see it better than anyone else.

The situation has reached this point, and Kong Ming can only hold the mentality of doing his best to obey the destiny of heaven, and he can ensure that Yangzhou is comprehensive for one day. Once the city of Xuchang is broken one day, Zhuge Liang will not have to hold on any longer, he has already thought about his fate and way out......