South Gate of Yiling City,

Thick gunpowder smoke filled the entire sky, and the air was filled with the stench of blood, which was pungent and difficult to breathe.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The stone thrower of the Shu army continued to throw, and the huge stone formed an arc, with a piercing sound of breaking the wind, falling from the sky and falling directly into the Yiling city wall, after a violent sound, the dust was flying, and the heavy city wall was smashed out of a large pit a person wide by the powerful force of the boulder,

In the face of such a powerful impact, the soldiers of the Wu army standing on the city wall seemed to feel that the earth was trembling, their bodies shook, and they almost fell.

This is still lucky, some Wu soldiers were hit by boulders, without the slightest chance to react, and instantly turned into a pool of bloody corpses.

And on the side of the Shu army, it is not much better, the three thousand soldiers of the new army sent before have suffered heavy casualties, and now, there are less than two thousand people left.

And this time, less than two hours, paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties, and the south gate of Yiling is still strong, without any signs of being breached.

Liu Bei's indifferent face became solemn, so on, three thousand new troops died, then, it was the turn of their main force to go into battle, at the beginning of the war between Shu and Wu, Liu Bei led 50,000 Wu troops, attacked the city and plundered the land, captured Zigui, Yidao, two cities, but also paid a huge price, lost nearly 10,000 soldiers, in the Yiling Road, but was burned by the Wu army, broke through forty camps, grain and grass baggage, almost heavy losses.

For Liu Bei, the breakthrough of Yiling has become the most dangerous moment since the destruction of Wu.

And today's battle has become the only battle that determines the direction of the war.

Cheng, then the Shu army will win a big victory, and you can get Yiling City, and get all the materials and troops of Yiling City.

If defeated, the Shu army will be defeated, and even the Shu army will be wiped out, and he Liu Bei will not be able to retreat with his whole body, and he is afraid that his life will be explained here.

"Your Majesty, if you continue to fight like this, the soldiers of the new army will be exhausted sooner or later, although the new army is the Wu army that surrendered before, but after all, it has surrendered and become the army of my Han Dynasty, if it is abandoned like this, I am afraid that it will attract the suspicion of the soldiers in the army and affect the morale of our army.

As a strategist, Ma Liang finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, his face was heavy, and he opened his mouth to persuade Liu Bei,

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and sighed helplessly, "Okay, Ji Chang, pass on my will, order the whole army to cease the drum and truce, and the new army to withdraw and recuperate." ”

Ma Liang's heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is wise! ”

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

In the Shu army, there was a heavy and incomparably thick drum sound, which overshadowed all the bloodshed of the fighting.

When the soldiers of the New Army heard the sound of the drums, their faces were overjoyed, and their eyes gleamed with joy.

"Brothers, this is the drumbeat of the retreating soldiers, retreat!"

Among the new troops besieging the city, I don't know who it was, heard the sound of drums and shouted excitedly at the crowd.

The soldiers of the new army, following his voice, all retreated in the direction of the Shu army outside the city.

The Wu army on the city wall also showed a look of surprise when they saw the new army retreating, and a Wu army soldier was elated, pointed outside, and shouted loudly, "The Shu army has retreated!" We repelled the Shu army. ”

Although the Shu army retreated, this city was high.

There is still a remnant of the horror of war, which is suffocating.

The Shu army retreated, Lu Xun did not have any joy, looking at the fragmented, bloody and terrifying scenes around him, his deep eyes also began to change slightly, thick eyebrows, trembling slightly, and his face was extremely dignified.

In Lu Xun's heart, there was always an ominous premonition that hit his heart and made him uncomfortable.

"Governor Dadu, the Shu army has withdrawn, it seems that today, Liu Bei is going to return in vain." Zhuge Jin breathed a long sigh of relief, and his heart palpitated.

Obviously, today's battle, the degree of tragedy, also shocked Zhuge Jin.

Lu Xun sneered a few times, "Ziyu, don't be happy too early, you didn't see that the soldiers of the Shu army who are attacking the city today are different from the usual Shu army." ”

"After such a reminder from the Metropolitan Governor, I remembered a problem, although these soldiers besieging the city, although they attacked, they were looking forward and backward, and they were timid, unlike the previous Shu army." Zhuge Jin's thick eyebrows froze, and after thinking for a moment, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"In my opinion, these siege Shu troops are either Wulingman, recruited by Liu Bei in Wuling County, or Wu troops who surrendered." Lu Xun sneered, "This is just Liu Bei's strategy, I want to use this to consume the strength of our army, not only not to lose my main force, but also to attack the city, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"I see." When Zhuge Jin heard this, his face was full of shock, "I didn't expect that Liu Bei's name of benevolence, righteousness, benevolence, and reputation in the world is so scheming, it's really an eye-opener." ”

Lu Xun smiled noncommittally, "When a person stands at the pinnacle of power, he will be blinded by the desire for power, and thus lose his heart, or, Liu Bei, is originally a hypocrite, just a person who sells fame and reputation." ”

"Perhaps, this is the human heart." Zhuge Jin sighed with deep feelings.

At this time,

Under the castle, there was a hurried and panicked sound of horses' hooves,

Followed by

A soldier of the Wu army, covered in wounds and covered in blood, climbed the city tower, and when he saw Lu Xun, he suddenly fell over and cried bitterly, "Dadu Governor, the big thing is not good, the West Gate has been broken by the Shu army." ”

"What?"

"The West Gate was broken by the Shu army?"

The faces of the Eastern Wu generals standing next to Lu Xun changed drastically, and they looked at each other.

Lu Xun's eyes widened slightly, and his lips trembled slightly, "How is General Zhou Yin?" ”

"This... General Zhou Yin..."The soldier of the Wu army who reported the news looked embarrassed, and he was half loud, "The little one is not clear, I only know that Zhang Yuan, the deputy general of the Ximen garrison, was hacked and killed by a black-faced man in the Shu army in the chaos and died heroically." ”

A trace of surprise flashed on Lu Xun's cold face, "The West Gate is close to the river, the terrain is dangerous, even if it is thousands of troops, it is difficult to break through, where did these Shu troops come from?" ”

"Dadu Governor, the Shu army is treacherous, and it actually blended into Yiling City, disguised as our army, and the defenders of my West Gate were suddenly attacked by them in the back, caught off guard, and all of them were killed, if the small ones were not for the defenders to save each other, I am afraid that they would not have escaped back to report the news." The soldier of the Wu army reported that his face was pale, and his eyes were full of fear, and the bloody situation at the west gate seemed to appear in front of him, which frightened him.

"Governor, what should I do?" Zhuge Jin asked in surprise.

Lu Xun also felt uneasy in his heart at this moment, and even a trace of fear.

Lu Xun glanced sideways at Xu Sheng next to him, his eyes were gloomy with a sense of resentment.

Xu Sheng was shocked in his heart and took a few steps back, "Metropolitan Governor, what's wrong?" ”