Liu Bei frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Xiu's subordinates are all elite troops, and they occupy favorable terrain, if we conquer Qingzhou in a short time, I'm afraid we won't be able to get any benefits!" ”

Kong Ming nodded and agreed with Liu Bei's words, after all, they were here to conquer Jizhou, and if the losses were serious, then the gains would outweigh the losses.

"However, if you can take Qingzhou at the lowest cost, it will be the best!" Kong Ming added.

"Hmm!" Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction.

In the evening of the next day, Zhang Xiu led 5,000 elite soldiers to the city wall.

He looked at the dense soldiers on the city tower, and said disdainfully: "It's a shame that a small city still needs me to come in person!" ”

The deputy general beside Zhang Xiu hurriedly whispered: "General, the city of Jizhou is abnormally strong, and we still can't underestimate it!" ”

"Don't worry, I got it!" Zhang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Give me the drum to attack!" ”

"Knock knock."

The drum beat sounded, and the five thousand elites rushed towards Ji County.

Seeing the enemy army menacing, the defenders who were originally standing at the head of the city suddenly panicked, and even some soldiers directly threw down their weapons and fled.

"Quick, stop them!" The captain guarding the head of Ji County shouted loudly.

However, there were so many enemy troops that even the archers could not stop them.

"Boom!"

Five thousand elite soldiers with siege equipment slammed into the city gate of Ji County, and the city gate was smashed in an instant.

"Kill!"

Zhang Xiu roared angrily and rode his horse into the interior of Ji County.

"Block them!" Seeing this, the generals guarding the city hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen to shoot in an attempt to stop the enemy's offensive.

However, the crossbow had no effect on such a strong soldier, and only delayed their offensive for a moment.

Under the cover of the military array, Zhang Xiu soon broke through the head of Ji County and directly broke into the Ji County Mansion.

"Bang!"

Zhang Xiu directly drew his knife and hacked the chief bookkeeper of Ji County to death, and then rushed to the property in the government with the remnants of the soldiers.

There are many things here, including hundreds of thousands of gold, silver and jewelry, and countless grains.

And other kinds of valuables are also piled up, it seems that the wealth of this Ji County is even better than that of Xuchang.

"Haha! I didn't expect that the official treasury of Ji County has such rich resources, and this money is enough for us to squander for a while! Zhang Xiu laughed wildly.

He led the remaining soldiers to frantically plunder the property of Ji County, and soon ransacked Ji County.

Even the furniture was no exception, and some of the female dependents were taken away, which was also a surprise.

On the other side, Xu Shu was in the barracks in Yanzhou.

"Lord, our situation doesn't seem to be good, Liu Bei's army is attacking the city everywhere, I'm afraid that in the near future, Yanzhou will change hands!" Chen Gong sighed.

Xu Shu smiled faintly: "Liu Bei's ambition is obvious, sooner or later he will turn against Liu Bei!" ”

Chen Gong was puzzled: "Lord, since you already knew, why do you still support Liu Bei?" Wouldn't it be a waste of such a good place in Yanzhou to do so! ”

Xu Shu explained: "I am not supporting Liu Bei, but hoping to weaken Cao Cao's strength with the help of Liu Bei's strength.

Our Yanzhou is vast and sparsely populated, as long as we can control the situation in Yanzhou, then we can contain Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao would not dare to invade the south again. ”

"My subordinates have been taught!" Chen Gong suddenly said, it turns out that this is the case.

"Report!"

"Speak!"

"Tell the general, Liu Bei's army has broken through Yecheng!" A herald reported respectfully.

"What? Liu Bei actually broke through Yecheng! Xu Shu asked in surprise.

"Yes, General!"

"Damn, no wonder I feel a little uneasy about the situation in Yanzhou. It seems that Liu Bei is ready to make a desperate bet! Xu Shu said in a deep voice: "Inform me, step up training, and be ready to go at any time!" ”

"Whoa!"

Liu Yu sat in the imperial study, his face was haggard, and he looked a lot older.

"Lord, we can't put it off any longer! We have to leave as soon as possible.

Otherwise, after Liu Bei takes Jizhou, we won't be able to run if we want to. Xun You admonished.

Liu Yu sighed and said, "Mr. Gongda, I don't want to stay in Xudu anymore."

However, Liu Bei has 100,000 troops in Youzhou, and he is eyeing him, if I leave Xudu rashly, Liu Yu will definitely send troops to attack Xudu. What will happen to my heirs? ”

Xun You shook his head: "Lord, now is not the time to think about those things.

If he continued to stay in Xudu, Liu Bei would probably immediately send troops south. At that time, the lord will be in danger, please think twice! ”

"Oh, I see!" Liu Yu took a deep breath and said, although he was still reluctant to let go of his Xu Du, he knew better that his life could not be saved at the moment.

After Liu Yu made up his mind, he immediately said: "Come here, immediately convene the ministers to discuss the matter of retreating from the court!" ”

"No!"

Soon, all the ministers of the court gathered in the palace.

Liu Yu sat on the dragon chair, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "I summoned everyone here today, I believe you all know why."

Now Liu Bei is recruiting new soldiers and attacking Xudu.

And we are now trapped in Xudu, and we can't let him do anything about it.

All of you love to share your opinions! ”

"Lord, now that Liu Bei's army has broken through Yecheng, the people of Xudu are in the midst of war.

If we don't take measures, I'm afraid it will lead to a civil uprising. A minister came out of the ranks.

"Yes! Lord, Liu Bei's wolf ambition will never give up.

Now, while his army has not yet completely occupied Xudu, we should evacuate Xudu immediately! Another minister chimed in.

"Lord, you are a member of the Han family, and you are responsible for the well-being of the people in the world, so you must not miss the slightest.

Please evacuate quickly! Everyone knelt in front of Liu Yu and persuaded him.

"Lord, please evacuate Xu Du quickly!" The others followed suit.

Liu Yu frowned, looked at the ministers kneeling in front of him, and finally sighed.

"I understand your hard work, but as a member of the Han family, how can I live alone! I'd rather live and die with the city! ”

"Think twice!" Hearing Liu Yu's words, many ministers showed regretful looks.

"That's it! It's all gone! Liu Yu waved his hand and motioned for the ministers to retreat.

The ministers could only leave, they knew that Liu Yu was determined to live and die with the city, they were just ordinary ministers, and they had no right to interfere with Liu Yu's choice, so they could only retreat silently.

"Lord, what can I do about this?" Chen Gong said worriedly.

Liu Yu said bitterly: "I don't know what to do!" (End of chapter)