Yuan Shaoquan invited all the heroes of the world to crusade against Zhuang Shaoyou, and Zhuang Shaoyou was not idle, and adopted the strategy of the military advisor Tian Feng to divide the alliance of the princes.

At the end of July, after half a month of open and secret competition, all the princes of the world have made moves.

Under the mobilization of Yuan Shao, most of the powerful people from the four prefectures of Qing, Yan, Hebei, and Si in the Central Plains expressed their support for Yuan Shao, and some even sent men and horses to join the coalition army and prepare to attack Puyang. And the strength of Jinan, Qi, and Le'an County in the west of Qingzhou and Zhuang Shaoyou's strength in Qingzhou also took refuge in Yuan Shao's side, cutting off the connection between Puyang and Qingzhou. If it weren't for the Yellow River waterway, Puyang would have become an isolated city!

As a crucial part of the overall chess game, Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gong of Beiping, became the focus of contention between the two sides, and Lu Zhi and Sun Qian staged a fierce argument in Beiping. Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan used to be classmates under the Fufeng Da Confucian Ma Rong Sect, and Sun Gan, as Zheng Xuan's student, was naturally lower than Lu Zhi in terms of seniority.

July 26, a mansion in Beiping.

Lu Zhi and Sun Qian sat across from each other.

Sun Qian respectfully poured a bowl of tea for Lu Zhi, and then said, "Uncle Shi, please drink tea!" ”

Lu Zhi picked up the tea bowl expressionlessly, was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed: "That's it, and who else has great righteousness in their hearts today?" ”

Sun Qian answered: "Uncle Shi, since the party's reinstatement, seven or eight out of ten scholars in the world are dead to the court, why is Uncle Shi so stubborn? ”

Lu Zhi shook his head slightly and said: "The Lu of the Eater, the Worry of the Divider!" As a minister of the Han family, he can't share the worries of the Han family, and he is ashamed! ”

Sun Qian smiled slightly: "Uncle Shi, the Han family can no longer be revived!" Looking at the heroes of the world, who is not coveting the artifact of the Han Dynasty? If you talk about it, my general is much stronger than that Yuan Benke! Uncle Shi, why do you have to work hard for a traitorous villain like Yuan Shao? If one is careless, the reputation of Uncle Shi in this life will be ruined! ”

Lu Zhi raised his head and sighed: "Gongyou, Uncle Shi is not here for Yuan Shao this time, Uncle Shi is a minister of the Han family!" Although Zhuang Shaoyou is good, he is a yellow turban thief after all! The Tao is different, not the same! Then again, if Zhuang Shaoyou is willing to change his mind and take it as his responsibility to help the Han family, what if Uncle Shi just gave up this old bone and worked hard for it? ”

Sun Qian was silent.

There is a kind of person in this world, called a villain, who is ruthless and unrighteous; At the same time, there is another kind of person in this world, called a gentleman, who is affectionate and righteous! Moreover, the first type of person tends to live better than the second type of person, because the first type of person is more aware of current affairs than the second type of person.

Obviously, Lu Zhi is the second kind of person, still working silently for an impossible goal.

On July 27, the wealthy guards of Hedong announced that they would respond to Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, and raise troops to crusade against Zhuang Shaoyou! And the Yellow River Gang under the Wei family is pouring out of the nest and killing Puyang, preparing to meet Zhuang Shaoyou's sailors.

When the news came, the morale of the coalition army was greatly boosted, and the Hedong Wei family was a wealthy family that was even older than the Yuan family, and it has been prosperous for more than 300 years, which can be described as profound! And with the rise of the Wei family, the families of the Central Plains also saw the wind and ruddered, and they all raised troops to join Yuan Shao's coalition army.

The total number of allied forces of the princes outside Puyang City has reached 180,000! There are also 10,000 sailors of the Yellow River!

On the first day of August, Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Beiping, sent troops to Jizhou, preparing to annex Jizhou while Yuan Shao's army was out, and his appetite was not small! When the news came, the world shook, Yuan Shao heard about this, and immediately became furious, eager to immediately lead the army back to kill Gongsun Zhan, this hateful guy didn't help, and he actually came to add chaos at this time!

On the second day of the eighth month, along with Gongsun Zhan's actions, Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou, raised troops in response to Yuan Shao's righteous act of rebellion, and eyed Gongsun Zhan's base camp in Beiping.

Although Liu Yu is involved, Liu Yu only has 10,000 horses under his command, which is not as good as Gongsun Zan in terms of quantity and quality. Therefore, when the Jizhou Haoqiang, who were originally going to reinforce Yuan Shao, heard that Gongsun Chan had sent troops, they hurriedly stopped and began to arrange defenses, for fear that Gongsun Chan would copy their lair, and Yuan Shao also acquiesced in the matter.

Most of the princes of the Central Plains are concentrated in Yuan Shao's coalition army, and the princes in remote places are beyond the reach of the whip, and there is no point in waiting, consuming precious food in vain, and these hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat a lot of horses!

Therefore, Yuan Shao made up his mind and began to attack the city!

The actions of the coalition army were naturally unable to hide the scouts of Zhuang Shaoyouhui, and the big battle was imminent, and Puyang City was even more nervous to prepare.

On July 30, the coalition forces finally began to move, dividing into three routes: west, south, and east to surround Puyang City. To the north of Puyang is the crossing of the Yellow River, forced by the pressure of Zhuang Shao's swimmer, Yuan Shao did not dare to deploy troops here, and the strategy of encircling three and missing one is also in line with the common sense of soldiers. As long as you can concentrate your forces on breaking through Puyang City, it will be a great success!

On the first day of August, Puyang City.

Zhuang Shaoyou was dressed in military uniform and stood on the west gate tower with his head held high. Looking at the crimson sky in the distance, although his mood was solemn, his face was calm as usual, and the generals were also standing around.

The heavy task of defending Xicheng fell indisputably to Huang Zhong's 1st Infantry Division.

From a distance, I saw that many well-railed carts were pushed slowly towards the west gate by the princes' coalition forces, and I counted them carefully, and the number was really a lot! There are as many as 40 units, divided into two echelons!

Soon, the battle situation in the south and east was also reported one after another, and there were also twenty wells in the south and east of the city!

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled: "This Yuan Benchu is really able to toss, and he made such a big move as soon as he came up!" Eighty well fences, how many trees do you have to cut down? What a waste of wood! ”

The generals next to him had solemn expressions, but after listening to Zhuang Shaoyou's words, they were all in the clouds, how could the general care about the trees? Don't have that thing yet? But soon they woke up one by one, the general is really light and light, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without being surprised, talking and laughing with soldiers, he really has the demeanor of a general! It's better to be ashamed, it's better to be ashamed!

Seeing that the coalition forces were getting closer and closer, and were about to enter the range of the ballista, Huang Zhong knelt down on one knee and saluted: "General, please go to the city tower to rest for a while!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou glanced back at him: "What are you doing?" General Ben is young and strong, and he has just eaten and drunk, what is the rest? Standing and looking at it is in your way? ”

Huang Zhong said with a bitter face when he heard this: "General, my subordinates don't mean this, and they are about to go to war, so... ”

Zhuang Shaoyou sighed lightly: "General Ben began to fight at the age of eighteen to cut people, and he had the opportunity to go into battle in Qingzhou last month, but now he can't stand here and take a look!" That's it, General Ben just goes to the castle tower! ”

Watching Zhuang Shaoyou enter the city tower with the generals, Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, eighty well rails, although it is impossible to break the city, but it is obvious that Yuan Shao is trying to give Puyang a dismount and show momentum. Last month in Qingzhou, it was because there was no one to lead the troops, so Zhuang Shaoyou had to take risks, and now there are thousands of soldiers in Puyang City, where is his turn to go into battle again? The sword has no eyes!

Puyang Xicheng and the princes' alliance army are the closest, and they are destined to be the place that will withstand the most fierce attacks, so the heavy responsibility of guarding the West Gate naturally falls on the head of the first infantry division with the strongest combat effectiveness.

Upstairs in Xicheng, Huang Zhong sent away Zhuang Shaoyou, the true god, and then began to arrange defense affairs in full swing and issue military orders.

Seeing that the well fence phalanx is getting closer and closer,

A thousand steps,

Nine hundred steps,

Eight hundred steps!

Huang Zhong gave an order: "Release the arrow!" ”

"Whoosh! ~”

After a year of reinforcement and addition, the height of Puyang City Wall reached three feet and six feet, which is a rare male city! Zhuang Shaoyou spent more than 100 million money on the city defense of Puyang, the purpose was to build Puyang into a strong fortress in the Central Plains, so that the enemy was afraid! The ballista originally had a range of 700 paces, but now with the height of the city wall, it is not a problem to increase it to 800 steps!

The coalition forces rushed to the front of the twenty well railings, and suddenly there was a "Knock knock!" But the well bar paused for a moment and then continued on his way, and suddenly accelerated forward.

Huang Zhong frowned slightly when he saw this, he finally encountered a tiger in the mountains, Yuan Shao suffered several big losses at the hands of Zhuang Shaoyou, how could he not have a long memory? He also has a deep understanding of the characteristics of Zhuang Shao's weapons, so when the coalition forces built the well fence, they deliberately strengthened the giant shield in front to defend against the impact of the ballista.

Now it seems that the effect is remarkable! The first salvo of 400 ballistae on the west gate did not make a difference! It's just that the front row of the well bar is slightly damaged.

And in view of the shortcomings of the long reloading time of the ballista, the coalition forces suddenly accelerated after resisting the first salvo, obviously to catch the defenders by surprise!

In the rear of the coalition siege army, Yuan Shao and a group of princes rode on horses to supervise the battle in the rear, and when they saw such a scene, those princes were all happy.

Han Fu praised: "The alliance leader has no last resort, in this way, these forty well fences will soon advance to the city, maybe they can take Puyang in one fell swoop!" ”

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang on the side said: "It is unlikely to take Puyang, but this wave is definitely enough for Zhuang Shaoyou, a thief, to drink a pot!" ”

Yuan Shao looked at the battle in the distance expressionlessly, and did not pick up the stubble. In his heart, he was both nervous and expectant, and he fought with Zhuang Shao three times, and each time he suffered a big loss, which made Yuan Shao feel very aggrieved and very jealous, the wave just now was blocked, which seemed to invigorate the morale of the army, but this is all a bloody experience and lesson! Since last year, there have been 8,000 soldiers under Yuan Shao's command who have died under the ballista!

On the west city of Puyang, Huang Zhong snorted coldly: "I didn't expect to use the killer weapon so early!" Pass my order, rocket ballista ready! Correct the orientation, two to one, and specialize in hitting the well bar! ”

After hearing the order, the rocket ballista soldiers who had been there for a long time to watch the excitement heard the order, they were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed, the order they received before was not to let the rocket ballista shoot casually, and the soldiers were still a little angry, but now this anger has long been forgotten!

"Ready, put!"

"Whoosh!" The rockets at the head of Puyang City were fired, although the number was not large, but it was also very amazing, and the well-fence phalanx, which had advanced to a distance of six hundred steps, was suddenly blocked, and the screams came one after another, followed by a fire.