Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Will to Fall into Battle, There Is Death But Not Life
"What to do? What are you talking about? Yuan Shu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu weakly, and asked almost pleadingly.
It's been a month since the damnation, and the daily reports he's received over the past month have gotten worse and worse.
The soldiers fled, the people migrated, and the retribution was like a mountain...
Now the emperor on the dragon chair is no longer in the spirit of the emperor, his face is full of sadness, his eyes are helpless, as if he has aged twenty years overnight.
The only thing that can make him feel a little safe is the heirloom jade seal that is tightly held in his arms at the moment.
"Your Majesty!"
At the critical time, it was Yan Xiang who stood up, "Shouchun City is five zhang high, impregnable, and there are 20,000 elite garrisons, while Lu Bu has less than 30,000 soldiers, so there is no need to be afraid at all."
What's more, there is enough food in the city, on the other hand, Lu Bu is lightly armed, and the grain and grass he carries must not be much, our army only needs to hold on, and Lu Bu can only return in vain within half a month, in the final analysis, he just wants to take advantage of this evil incident to plunder. ”
A simple analysis made Yuan Shu's empty eyes a little energetic, and he nodded again and again, "It's extreme, it's the extreme, it's I forgot, stick to it, and give the order to stick to it without fighting." ”
"What is really worrying now is the front line, the general has lost 12 battles in a row, and the troops have been lost, if the Chinese army is broken through, we will never recover." Yan Xiang's eyebrows were uneasy.
"What does Aiqing do?" Yuan Shu swallowed his saliva, hoping that Yan Xiang's ability, which was regarded as the pillar of the Zhenguo, would turn the tide.
"For the sake of the present..."
Yan Xiang glanced at Yuan Shu, pondered for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "Give up the imperial throne to Yuan Shao, Your Majesty voluntarily attaches it to him, and asks him to send troops to attack Xuchang, so Cao Cao will be difficult to care about, and he will be defeated." ”
"Give way? You are crazy! ”
Yan Xiang's words made the entire Golden Temple explode. Yuan Shu's cheeks trembled, and his atmosphere was full of anger.
"Your Majesty, is there a better way right now?"
Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, and once again glanced at the civil and military officials in the entire Golden Palace, all of them wilted like frosted eggplants.
Yes, except to give way to Yuan Shao to send troops, he has no other way to go.
Yuan Shu stretched out his trembling hand and stroked the jade seal in his arms, and he couldn't say that sentence.
I don't know how long it took, some of the older ministers even fell to the ground because their legs were numb because they had stood for too long, and Yuan Shu said in a lamented voice: "Quasi-Yan Qing played..."
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"As soon as the hour comes, attack the city immediately!" In the military tent in the camp outside Shouchun City, Lu Bu finally gave the order.
From Xiapi all the way to Shouchun City, the soldiers were ready to let go of their hands and feet, but they stayed in the city for three days.
finally waited for the military order to siege the city, but it was in the middle of the hour, which made the generals completely incomprehensible.
"Wen Hou, the soldiers in Shouchun City have no fighting spirit at all, and the last general is confident that they can attack the city in three days at most, why wait until nightfall, after nightfall, the siege army will be blocked, won't it increase casualties?" Wei Yue, who had been shouting to get in, was very puzzled.
"That Shouchun City, the city has been repaired to five zhang, and it is about to catch up with Luoyang, and the casualties of the assault are too great." Lu Bu waved his hand.
"Wouldn't the casualties be greater when the city was attacked?" Zhang Liao asked puzzled.
"I mean siege, but I don't mean going to the city."
Lu Bu kneaded his fingers and smiled, it seemed that everything was under control, looking at everyone looking at each other, he just said indifferently: "After nightfall, Gongtai and Yuanlong led 3,000 people to Dongcheng to challenge the siege momentum, and the rest of the people went to Xicheng with me." ”
"Whoa."
Is it a sound to the west?
It's good, but in such a high city, the Huainan Army still has enough time to react.
It's just that seeing that Lu Bu has made up his mind, they didn't say anything more, anyway, they are going to attack the city, so they might as well give it a try.
That night, Chen Gong and Chen Deng led 3,000 people to the city pass of Dongcheng with torches and ladders.
But they didn't seem to understand the reason for the speed of the soldiers, and they just clamored to attack the city without opening it, but there was no next move.
The Huainan army, which suffered the damnation incident, was already panicked, and was besieged for three days, and had already become a frightened bird.
The Huainan army on the road hurriedly carried the wood, rolling stones and arrows, and the tung oil defending the city was also ignited.
Even, Yuan Shu personally went to the city pass to supervise the battle and cheer up, everything was ready to go, just waiting for the station to open.
When the time was approaching, in the Lu Mansion, 700 people were wearing heavy armor, iron helmets, and holding a bright ring head knife in their hands.
"Brothers, I have been waiting for more than two months, today is the date agreed with Wen Hou, go out with me, and open the West Gate to respond to Wen Hou!" Gao Shun, who stood in front of seven hundred people, raised his spear and shouted.
At the beginning, the seven hundred guards who accompanied Lu Su to escort grain, grass, and ordnance to Yuan Shu had a condensed face, and they had no waves about the upcoming life-and-death battle, and they seemed to have been accustomed to all this for a long time.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Gao Shun led seven hundred people to rush out of the Lu Mansion, and they quickly lined up in the streets and ran quickly towards the west gate.
Perhaps because the sergeants in the city were all transferred to the east gate to stand by, there were no night guards on the streets.
When I came to the West Gate, I saw the figure of the Huainan Army.
"Rush over and open the gates!" Gao Shun took the lead and rushed to the forefront.
Seven hundred people behind him, moving in an orderly manner and with a steady pace, followed closely.
"Who? Password! ”
When the captain of the city guard heard the movement in the distance, he immediately opened his voice, and when he saw that there were many people coming and there was no password to reply, he immediately drew the long sword at his waist and shouted: "Brothers, they are thieves, kill them all for me!" ”
Although the eastern city attracted enough Huainan troops, there were 1,000 people stationed at the gate of the western city alone, and the sergeants on the city pass also hurried down when they heard this.
As soon as the two armies came into contact, the Huainan Army was stunned by this unknown team.
The ring-headed knife weighing more than 20 catties in the hands of the 700 guards was used freely, and the blade fell accurately on the neck of the Huainan army and quickly pulled away, and each knife fell to take the life of a Huainan army.
The Huainan army occasionally rushed to take the lead, but they were able to kill them immediately after they skillfully dodged.
This group of Huainan troops, which were regarded as the elite by Yuan Shu, were beaten without the power to fight back in front of the seven hundred guards, and it seemed to have become a one-sided massacre.
"The momentum of the charge, there is no advance or retreat; The ambition of the battle, there is death and no life! "After the two armies were completely locked in a melee, the Seven Hundred Protectors shouted their slogans, which not only boosted morale, but also distinguished friend from foe.
"Trapped... Battalion..."The centurion with blood in his mouth fell down, unwillingly looking at the expressionless killer in front of him, he couldn't imagine how the most elite under Lu Bu's command, and perhaps the most elite foot soldier today, entered Shouchun City.
But they all knew that this army was Lu Bu's reliance, and in the Battle of Puyang that year, if it weren't for their existence, Lu Bu might not have had the opportunity to escape to Xuzhou.
"Quick! Kaesong! ”
Although the Huainan army occupied a numerical advantage, but in the face of crushing strength, this advantage could be ignored, Gao Shun led the trap camp, and in a moment he reached the gate of the city.
With a muffled 'squeak', the gates were opened.
"Kill it, go down to Shouchun, and destroy Yuanshu!" Lu Bu pulled the reins, and the red rabbit horse raised its front hooves high, and rushed out like an arrow from the string when it landed.
"Kill!"
Behind him were the iron cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers led by Zhang Liao, Wei Yue and others.
Shouchun, who is impregnable, was opened in such an absurd way to welcome the killing of the strongest military generals in the world.