Tens of thousands of soldiers in Puyang City fought bloodily, and after finally repelling the last attack of the coalition army, the coalition army finally began to retreat. The defenders of the city all fell to the ground without strength, and in an instant they snored. At this point, it's already dusk!

Zhuang Shaoyou's face sank like water, although Puyang was high and wide, but it could not withstand the repeated impact of so many people. As long as a siege of this scale comes a few more times, Puyang will be almost there!

I really should have spent a little more money to make the walls a few feet taller!

Arriving here first, Zhuang Shaoyou shook his head and smiled bitterly. The city wall of Puyang City has increased from three zhang six to four zhang eight, and it cost 400 million yuan! If you don't improve more than one foot on the Internet, you have to double it! The cost performance has plummeted, it is better to spend energy on armament improvement, and the Academy of Science and Technology, the forging factory, and the shipyard have indeed lived up to Zhuang Shaoyou's expectations, and after investing a large amount of money, they have built six-masted warships, improved rocket ballistas, improved individual crossbow machines, and manufactured giant bed crossbows, each of which is a super weapon! These are much stronger than the walls that have been increased by one foot taller!

The sky gradually darkened, and smoke rose inside and outside the city, and for the exhausted two armies, the only thing that could arouse the interest of the soldiers was naturally food!

The soldiers, who had just slept for more than an hour, woke up automatically when they smelled the fragrance, and the hara in their mouths gurgled to the ground.

Zhuang Shaoyou specially ordered to add food and meat today! Eat meat, tube full!

In the four military camps in Puyang City, there are large iron pots with a diameter of six or seven feet everywhere, and the boiling hot water in the pot is bubbling with white mist, which is particularly warm in this cold early spring season. Groups of soldiers watched the pot of beef and mutton tumbling in the pot, all brought from the grassland, and every seven days a boat would come to deliver the meat.

After one winter, the soldiers improved their food more than a dozen times, but this thing is not available every day, so the soldiers will still salivate when they smell the smell of meat.

Each team has a cauldron.

Next to a certain cauldron in the military camp west of the city, there were more than sixty soldiers around.

The leader is a man about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his appearance is a little simple, but he is powerful, and the uneven body is full of muscle bumps, and the exposed skin is full of scars, there are new and old, and it is basically impossible to see that a piece is intact, although a pair of small eyes are not very spiritual, but they are very profound, this is the kind of gaze that sees through life and death! Everything shows that this person is a veteran of a hundred battles who came out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

The man glanced at the soldiers who were waiting for the meal around him, sighed, and said with a calm but sad expression: "Brothers, there were eighty-three people who ate together yesterday; Sixty-one of them have eaten here today, and twenty-two more have left us today. ”

Hearing the team talking, the soldiers were silent, and their faces were sad. Every time there is a war, many brothers leave, and the brothers who were together yesterday to grab meat to eat will never be able to open their mouths today.

The team was collecting their minds, walked to the pot, scooped up a piece of medium-rare beef, and said solemnly: "This piece of meat, for the dead little plum, the little plum is only nineteen years old, he is too thin, eat more meat!" Little plum, brother, I'll eat it for you! ”

As he spoke, the team held the meat and bowed into the distance, then stuffed it into their mouths and chewed it heavily.

The soldiers around were silently watching, no one said a word, but their eyes were full of moisture, as if they were recalling the scene of yesterday's fight with Xiao Lizi.

The team was dividing the piece of meat by two, then scooped up another piece, saluted again, and said, "This piece of meat is eaten for the big stick!" ”

"This piece is for..."

The team was eating faster and faster, and the soldiers around them finally came to their senses, rushed up, lifted the team up, threw it aside, and then began to grab the meat!

The team laughed, stood up, patted the dirt on the buttocks, and walked towards the tent, but the smile on his face gradually faded, and pea-like tears fell down with a clatter, and the man raised his head to stop, but to no avail.

Zhuang Shaoyou and Huang Zhong silently watched all this happen, and sighed: "Han Sheng, how much did the First Legion lose today?" ”

Huang Zhong stepped forward and replied: "General Hui, in today's battle, the First Army lost 2,700 soldiers and more than 5,000 wounded!" ”

When Zhuang Shaoyou heard this, his face became more and more gloomy, the first legion lost 6,000 men and horses in two siege battles! Nearly a third of the troops!

"Pass my order, discuss the matter in the council hall at three o'clock, and all the officers above the colonel level in the army and the civil officials above the fifth rank in the city must be present!"

Huang Zhong hurriedly responded: "Yes! Checkmate! ”

The night is deep.

The tent of Yuan Shu, the leader of the coalition alliance, was also brightly lit, and the surrounding security was extremely tight, and teams of elite heavy infantry were patrolling everywhere, surrounding the entire tent like an iron bucket.

In the tent, it is natural that the princes of the coalition are discussing military affairs.

Sima of the Three-Way Coalition Army reported on today's battle report, in which Yuan Shao's Western Route Army lost 17,000 men, Yuan Shu's Southern Route Army lost 22,000 men, and Gongsun Zhan of the East Road lost 20,000 men! The coalition lost a total of 59,000 men! Countless people were injured!

The losses are extremely heavy!

The alliance leader Yuan Shu's face was very ugly, not that he cared about the loss of the coalition army, but that the Southern Route Army led by Yuan Shu suffered the greatest loss, and he lost his share because of this matter, so Yuan Shu was in a bad mood.

Yuan Shu gently patted the desk in front of him with one hand, and gently twisted the beard at the corner of his lips with the other, his brows furrowed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. And the princes of the Eight Roads and the leaders of more than thirty families below all looked solemn and looked worried.

It is no wonder that in the three siege battles, two of which were bloody battles with real swords and guns, the coalition army has lost 110,000 men and horses! And the loss of the defenders in the city is only more than 20,000, so everyone is so worried, especially a few weaker families, even the elite is lost, even if this battle is won, I am afraid it will be the life of others!

Yuan Shu didn't care about this, as long as his lineage ace Tiger Ben army was not destroyed, the other soldiers would die casually! Anyway, the Yuan family has money, and the land in southern Henan and Huainan is fertile, and the grain and grass are sufficient, so it will be re-recruited when the time comes!

Yuan Shao glanced at the people in the tent, knew it in his heart, sat upright, and said with a serious face: "Everyone! ”

Such a majestic voice suddenly came out of the silent tent, everyone's eyes were attracted, and a few timid people were frightened and trembled, and the alliance leader Yuan Shu frowned slightly, this Yuan Benchu was stealing the limelight again!

Yuan Shao didn't pay attention to Yuan Shu's murderous gaze at all, and then said: "There is no turning back when you open the bow!" Everyone, be sober! Of the people in today's account, one is counted as one, and Zhuang Shaoyou are mortal enemies, and there is no possibility of resolving them! Zhuang Shaoyou's heart is known to passers-by! Heroes of the Central Plains from all walks of life, you and Zhuang Shaoyou are natural enemies! Zhuang Shaoyou is also our biggest enemy at present! Even if you are willing to surrender, you may not have good fruit to eat!

Uncles and brothers of the family! What is Zhuang Shaoyou's attitude towards the family, haven't you seen it clearly? If this son wins the world, including my Yuan family and the Wei family in Hedong, if one is counted as one, it will be finished! So, don't be half-hearted! Go all out to take Puyang, this is the right way! As for what problems there are between us, we have to wait until we solve the common enemy of Zhuang Shaoyou!

Although the losses in today's battle are very large, the main force of the coalition is still there! As far as I know, there were originally more than 60,000 defenders in Puyang City, but after Bao Xin entered the city the day before yesterday, the defenders reached 80,000! But my coalition army and Zhuang Shaoyou have gone through three major battles, and the coalition army has lost 110,000 people, so even if Zhuang Shaoyou is powerful, he will have to lose 30,000 or 40,000 people, according to the minimum of 30,000 people, there are still more than 50,000 people in the city at most! Three hundred and sixty thousand, to fifty thousand, I Yuan Benchu can't think of any reason not to win!

It's still the same sentence, don't be stingy, don't be careful, take out all your strength, and take Puyang in one go!

I, Yuan Benchu, solemnly promise here! After taking Puyang, you will never covet Puyang City, if any of you want it, take it! I didn't take an inch of the land south of the Yellow River! As soon as this battle is over, I will take my people back to Jizhou! If this oath is violated, people and gods will be outraged! ”

As soon as Yuan Shao's words came out, there was an uproar in the tent, everyone had different looks, and everyone had avoided talking about the ownership of Puyang City, but in fact, everyone knew that there were only a few people who had the strength to take Puyang, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, just these three people.

Now Yuan Shao announced his withdrawal and directly pushed Yuan Shu and Cao Cao to the fire to roast.

Yuan Shu hated it in his heart when he heard this, this Yuan Benchu, it was really annoying to say such things at this time! Yuan Shao's hand directly put Yuan Shu, who was the leader of the alliance, in a dilemma, if he also followed the trend, instead of Yuan Shao's righteousness, he was a little forced.

Cao Cao stared at Yuan Shao for a while, and began to think about it, a young scribe behind him, about twenty years old, with a handsome face, a Danqing robe, looked suave, but his body and bones looked really weak. The man leaned into Cao Cao's ear and muttered a few words in a low voice. Cao Cao suddenly realized when he heard this, immediately turned his head, and said in a loud voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen! Since Brother Ben Chu understands the righteousness so well, I, Cao Mengde, will not be stingy! Meng De also swore here that he would never covet Puyang City after the war! Moreover, the other territories of Yanzhou are also not taken at all! ”

There was another uproar, Yuan Shu's face was gloomy and about to drip water, his eyes were blazing at Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone! The leader of this alliance doesn't want Puyang! Whoever of you has the ability, take it! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the tent, and everyone looked at Yuan Shu with strange faces, but Yuan Shu lowered his head and pondered, not noticing everyone's expressions at all.

Who has the ability to take it?

This is a threat, a threat from Chiguoguo!

Although everyone knows in their hearts that only powerful people are qualified to occupy Puyang, this is a clear thing. And those princes who are far away are definitely hopeless, such as Liu Biao, such as Gongsun Zhan. Only the princes near the Central Plains dared to occupy it and hold it.

Cao Cao felt funny in his heart, and secretly admired Yuan Shao, this bookless business was really amazing! The eight characters have not been skimmed yet, but the discussion here is so impressive, it looks like Puyang can be won tomorrow!

Cao Cao thought of the battle of Puyang, and suddenly remembered something, his relaxed mood suddenly disappeared, and he turned his head and asked softly: "Fengxiao, how much do you think the coalition forces are likely to be able to capture Puyang?" ”

"If nothing else, it's ninety percent likely!"

The young man behind Cao Cao is none other than Yingchuan celebrity and peerless military advisor Guo Jia!

Hearing Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that a boulder in Xuan's heart fell to the ground, but he immediately woke up again, Guo Jia seemed to have something to say! So he then asked:

"What does it mean to be unexpected?"

"God forbid!"

Cao Cao rolled his eyes, and asked bluntly: "Then taking all factors into account, what is the chance to take Puyang?" ”

Guo Jia closed his eyes and thought carefully for a long time before he opened his eyes and said, "I don't know either!" But definitely not more than fifty percent! ”

Cao Cao sighed in his heart, no more than fifty percent?! How can it be?

"So what are we going to do? Isn't this a loss-making business? ”

Guo Jia smiled and said, "As long as the lord preserves his strength, everything else will take his own course!" ”

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this: "This is not appropriate, right?" At this time, to save your strength, you will be talked about by others! Those guys are all monkey spirits, and they won't sit idly by! ”

Guo Jia coughed lightly and said, "Don't worry, the lord will definitely not be able to ask for it!" ”

Cao Cao was stunned in his heart, but he turned his head to scan the audience, and suddenly came to his senses.