"What?! Does the lord still want to kill me? ”

Yan Xiang saw Yuan Shu's appearance at this moment, and immediately sneered, but he was not afraid of danger, standing in place, if he was beheaded, it would be a relief at this moment.

As for him, since he chose to follow in the first place, he was to live this loyalty for the rest of his life, and if his master failed to persuade him to return to the right path, it was the fault of their advisers.

Because of this, Yan Xiang also looked down on those courtiers who had been persuaded to enter.

All those who persuade are just for a good official name.

Isn't this self-deception?!

Tricking yourself into it, thinking that you can achieve such a great cause, in the end it will not be a waste.

Click.

With a soft sound, Yan Xiang squinted his eyes to his shoulder, and saw that the long sword in Yuan Shu's hand had already been pointed on his shoulder.

His face was still drunk, not the slightest bit sober.

"You say, if Sun Ce doesn't betray me, and Lu Bu really helps me, will I become the son of heaven this day?"

Yuan Shu asked in a deep voice.

The words were full of resentment.

"Before the lord became the emperor, he should have thought that they would not really help each other, the so-called Manchu civil and military forces are all reckless and visionless people."

"In the past, since Houji, as for King Wen, he has accumulated virtues and merits, and there are two out of three parts of the world, and he still serves Yin. Although the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, there is no Zhou Zhisheng, although the Han family is small, it is not as violent as Yin. ”

"How can it be done? And now that it can't be done, if the lord wants to protect himself, he should lead by example, be on top of the city gate, and advance and retreat with the soldiers. ”

Yan Xiang's tone was still calm.

"I'm not going!"

Yuan Shu was immediately furious and threw the long sword on the ground.

In a hurry, even "I" has forgotten to change his words.

So Yan Xiang knew in his heart that in Yuan Shu's heart, he might not really be suitable for the identity of the Son of Heaven.

"I, I will never face the accountability of those Diao people, and I will never let myself die in the mud, the Yuan family, full of gold and jade, how can they be pointed at by the untouchables?!"

When Yan Xiang heard this, he shook his head in despair, and immediately sighed deeply and said, "My lord—"

"Your Majesty!! Scream!! ”

Yuan Shu's eyes were already completely red, and after drinking Yan Xiang's words, he bent down to pick up the long sword on the ground and put it on his shoulder again.

This time, it was not on the shoulder, but close to the neck, and almost a red line was drawn, which made Yan Xiang's heart sink.

In the face of death, of course, he was still a little afraid, but his heart was cold enough to gradually ignore this fear.

Yan Xiang glanced deeply at the glamorous lord of the past, but still sneered and did not shout.

Yuan Shu's arm tightened, but at the critical moment, he still threw the long sword.

Then he walked to a stone bench, raised the hem of the black python robe, and sat down as if he had tried his best, his hands on his knees, and his eyes stared at Yan Xiang in confusion.

"This winter, if I can wait, I may still survive."

"In this way, Cao Mengde wants to break Shouchun, but it is not easy, all the soldiers and horses know that he is holding the royal flag of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and he will definitely not let the Zhong soldiers and horses survive!! Now I already know that I can't defeat Cao Cao, so what can I do!? ”

"Master Yan, do you have a plan to break Cao?!"

Yuan Shu struggled to approach Yan Xiang, and the meaning of his eyes forcing ridicule was self-evident.

Yan Xiang shook his head very seriously, "There is no way. ”

"Isn't that it?"

Yuan Shu suddenly looked bitter, and immediately slapped his thigh, "Since you have no choice, why do you want to bother me?!" ”

"I, take advantage of this opportunity to have fun at the end, isn't it?!"

Although Yan Xiang's face was fat, his cheeks actually puffed out at this moment, and his angry eyes quickly regained his composure, and said: "In the past, the Spirit Emperor lived in the West Garden, just like the Lord now lives in the Deep Palace. ”

"In the end, isn't it all, and you can't afford to play down?"

"If the lord does not personally lead the troops, in another ten days, how can the soldiers still have the heart, and how can the people live in peace?"

"Then I don't care, what are these civil and military forces used for? The troops sent to Lujiang were fought by Xu Zhen, and the resistance to Cao's army was defeated by Cao Cao, and even Lu Bu was trapped in Guangling, and I also lost 100,000 stone grain and grass outside. ”

"Now Shouchun is my last reliance, and there is absolutely no room for loss! I'm not going!! ”

Yuan Shu immediately leaned on the platform behind the stone bench, looked at Yan Xiang with a playful expression, and said, "Get out, since you are not a minister of my Zhong clan, what are you doing here?" I have been reduced to a common people, and you and I have nothing to do with each other from now on. ”

"Get out!"

Yan Xiang's heart was immediately shaken, and he actually understood the meaning of Yuan Shu at this moment, this sentence had already made the names of the two of them disappear.

This is Yuan Shu driving him away.

Let Yan Xiang become a commoner within Shouchun, and he can be kept alive among the people, so that he can avoid the disaster after the destruction of the city.

As a result, Yan Xiang looked up to the sky and sighed, his heart was even deeper, after so many years of assistance, if Yuan Shu was willing to listen to the counts, he would not have reached the point where he is now.

It's just that Yan Xiang knows that the resentment in his heart is too deep.

For example, his brother Yuan Shao was originally a concubine, but he was more supported by famous people all over the world, and won the hearts of the party, and almost all famous ministers and scholars were willing to belong to Yuan Shao.

Moreover, after the alliance, Yuan Shao was very keen to analyze the general trend of the world, occupied the extremely important northern Jizhou, and obtained many talents in Qinghe and Wei counties.

But if you want to talk about your background, Yuan Shu is the son-in-law, and in the Yuan family, she is even more popular, and those who originally stood beside Yuan Shao should support Yuan Shucai.

But no one wants to do this, so what?

This is what Yuan Shu has in mind, Yan Xiang has always known it, but he can't persuade him to look down.

Yan Xiangcai has always considered it his duty.

However, all this has passed, and now that he has been driven away by Yuan Shu, Yan Xiang has understood that Shouchun is definitely not a place to stay for a long time.

The hearts of the people are lost, how can they defend the city!?

He sighed, turned around and left.

And Yuan Shu looked at his back, and he didn't know whether he was still slightly drunk, or if he hadn't woken up from the dream, and laughed at Yan Xiang's back.

"When Cao Cao's soldiers and horses retreat next year, and I revive the 400,000 people in the south of the Yangtze River, these people who are now anti-me, should be punished one by one, and then come to beg for mercy, I will not forgive any of them!"

Yuan Shu's mouth seemed to be about to be tilted to the sky, muttering to himself, but no one else heard these words, and the concubines in the distance hugged each other and hid in the distance Seeing this scene in the distance, they could only see his lips squirming.

But he couldn't hear what was said, and he naturally felt worried and panicked in his heart.

His Majesty seems to have gone a little mad, and hopes that if the court is stable in the future, these women will be spared the scourge of war.

Now I have to pretend to accompany me and save my life first.

……

Inside the city.

For three days in a row, the Cao army attacked the east city one after another, and the Cao army outside the city was not only more than 20,000 people, but also invested at least 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, constantly charging up to the city gate, and even had shield soldiers escort it to the foot of the city gate, digging in.

After so many days, the east gate has been almost destroyed.

The defenders of the city could only pile up on the walls with their lives, and then throw boulders and broken logs, and cut the elongated grafted ladders with large knives.

Fight day and night for three days.

Cao Hong found that the obstacles encountered were indeed very tenacious and tenacious, and he still couldn't overcome them.

The city wall smashed by the catapult has been crumbling, and the entire wall is extremely dilapidated, although there are many people at the city gate, it will definitely be able to take it.

"General! Withdraw the troops, we have lost another 5,000 soldiers! ”

"Can't be withdrawn! It's about to be conquered! ”

Cao Hong slapped his sword and shouted to the soldiers and horses to attack again with the ladder, and at the same time asked the catapult in the rear to prepare to replace the fire oil, ignite the flames and smash the city wall.

Under such an order, all the officers and men attacked again, and they did not dare to delay at all, so they attacked again for an hour.

The lieutenant general can't stand it anymore.

The commanders of their guards had already led their troops to charge three times, but they were all shot back by arrows, but the rain of arrows was much smaller, and they fell sparsely.

"If we hold on, we will soon be able to break through the East Gate!"

"No! Zilian, the loss of this soldier and horse is too great, if you continue to attack, I am afraid that most of your deployment will be killed or injured! ”

"I'm afraid Yuan Jian has already mobilized all his troops to the east gate to defend it, such a big city, we have climbed the city gate three times, and we have been attacked and retreated three times!"

"The gates have been broken twice, haven't they been repaired? The enemy's will is not yet scattered, how can it be done! ”

Cao Hong has already killed his eyes now, not for the upcoming merits, but for the real foothold!

Cao Ren has the commander of the army, and his merits can be established at any time, and Yuan Rang has been stationed in Puyang for many years without incident, and it is also hard work and high merit to guard against Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in the north.

Not to mention Cao Zihe, he has an army of tigers and leopards, and he is already a victorious soldier in a hundred battles! In the future, of course, his merits are above him, and he can even chase Zixiao and Yuan Rang.

If he doesn't rise up again, as a clan general with a close kinship among Cao Cao's clan, he will be ashamed.

For the sake of this face, he must not retreat, he must march again and take down Shouchun.

Yes, in fact, many of the soldiers and horses attacking the city here are Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen.

and Cao Renna also borrowed a lot of troops, just to be able to capture Dongcheng within three days, these soldiers and horses were dispatched, in fact, Cao Cao saw it, but he acquiesced to it one by one.

It's just that it hasn't been captured yet.

The enemy army in Shouchun is indeed more tenacious than they imagined.

"That's not going to work!"

Cao Hong trembled with anger, clenched his hands, raised the sword above his head in his right hand, and shouted to continue the attack.

At this moment, Cao Cao, who was on a tall building in the distance, saw everything in his eyes.

He and Guo Jia were looking at the battlefield with their hands behind their backs.

The high east gate seems to be an insurmountable moat, blocking the last step of Cao Jun's meritorious service, which is indeed uncomfortable.

But exhaustion and fear were also visible to the naked eye spreading among the defenders.

At this time, Cao Cao suddenly stretched out his hands, supported the railing of the high platform, and sighed, "Fengxiao." ”

"The lord wants to order the withdrawal of troops?"

"Yes, withdraw the army, Zilian has done enough, if he dies again, it will affect the morale of our army."

"Lose more than 20,000 people, exchange Shouchun for the cold of the army and people, and then hand it over to Xu Bowen's strategy, if it doesn't work, then the army will dig and storm Shouchun."

Guo Jia bowed deeply, and then suddenly raised his right hand, and immediately a war horse immediately jumped on his horse to order the withdrawal of the army, while he looked at the battlefield with an expressionless face.

His eyes didn't blink, his beard fluttered, he felt a little indifferent, and said in a deep voice: "Perhaps, Xu Bowen's method can really work." ”

"Bowen's plan, Kong Ming's wisdom, can be the weight of capturing Shouchun."

"And you Guo Fengxiao is ruthless!"

Cao Cao turned around and slapped Guo Jia on the shoulder.

The strength was very heavy, but Guo Jia did not waver at all, Cao Cao At this time, he saw a large number of soldiers and horses under his command dying and bleeding, but he could still talk and laugh.

It is to confirm that sentence, mercy is not in charge of soldiers.

Although Cao Cao has always promoted benevolent government and advocated the legal code under the various persuasions of Xu Zhen and Xun Yu, he has never been a benevolent person in his heart.

is the real hero of the world, "Only you dare to say that sentence in the account, you need to use the coercion of external forces to make the Shouchun defenders difficult to defend." ”

"This is to sacrifice in exchange for this plan to work, dare to give up the party to have gains, and the conspirators of filial piety are also!"

"Lord!"

Guo Jia bowed down, his face was frightened and moved, but it was not so simple, in fact, he was secretly happy in his heart.

How not to be happy to be able to get a tacit understanding of the lord.

The two gradually have the same minds, have similar interests, and are the same kind of people, and will never look forward and backward in a cozy manner, which will lead to a more bleak end.

"Go ahead, ask Kong Ming when his southwest wind will arrive."

Cao Cao smiled and said with his back hand.

But when he looked at the battle situation of the East Gate in the distance, the hand behind his back squeezed it tightly, and he sighed almost undetectably.

……

"Tonight."

Guo Jia came in person to inquire about Zhuge Liang's Dongfeng.

The answer he received was very satisfying.

Just tonight.

Everything is a perfect fit.

"Now there is an occasional southwest wind blowing, and it will blow at night tonight."

Zhuge Liang glanced at the sky, and that was it.

"The sacrificial wine can be prepared, and the order is to distribute this thing tonight, just light the inner half-broken torch, let it swell up, and then it can fly to Shouchun, and it will be destroyed in the city, so that it will fall into the city, so that the army and the people can pick it up."

"Just these papier-mâché lanterns??"

Guo Jia looked at the objects made of soft and coarse paper that filled the tent, as if they were lanterns, and they could be made to swell by burning them with fire?

And then flew out...... Does it really work?

Wouldn't it be wonderful if wine was put on it and flew from the sky?

At this moment, Guo Jia's ingenuity suddenly became transparent, but he immediately shook his head and waved away, not thinking about it anymore.

During the Great War, I didn't want to drink.

"Yes, the sacrificial wine sent someone to receive 5,000 lamps, tonight the southwest wind rises, and it can be released from the mountain, and it can float into Shouchun City."

"Or, if the Emperor of the Zhong Family is admiring the moon, it is estimated that he can still watch this wonderful scene," Zhuge Liang took the white feather fan from nowhere, held in his right hand, and shook it gently.

"Don't fan, it's cold in late autumn."

Guo Jia snorted.

Learn from whom, pretend to be mature.

(End of chapter)