Lu Bu laughed angrily: "Everyone here understands people, why do you want to say such a lie! Now that you are holding the Son of Heaven hostage, the appointment of the imperial court is not equivalent to Cao Sikong taking over, so we have lost countless money and food to beg for thieves, but we just made wedding clothes for Cao Sikong, are all Cao Sikong fools here!"

Haobai looked at Lu Bu, he didn't want to do something here, he hadn't completely eliminated Yuan Shu, so he discussed the matter of dividing the territory.

"Lu Bu, you are presumptuous!" Xu Chu said angrily.

Lu Bu squinted at Xu Chu and smiled: "If you are not convinced, you can wait for the big tent to compete with Lu." ”

Xu Chu was furious, immediately drew his sword, jumped to the middle of the big tent, and was about to make a move, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun behind Lu Bu were also ready to move.

Seeing that the situation was already tense, he heard an angry reprimand: "Presumptuous, do you want this place to be a vegetable market, if you don't agree, you will use a knife and a gun." ”

I only heard Haobai say: "What's the noise, they are all characters with heads and faces, how can you be like a street scoundrel, can't you talk well, I have a foolproof plan for this matter." ”

Cao Cao looked stunned, and hurriedly motioned for Xu Chu and the two to retreat, and at the same time, Lu Bu also signaled Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to put their swords back into their sheaths.

"According to the plan agreed upon by the suitable, we will wait for the four soldiers and horses, a total of four gates in the east, west, south and north, in my opinion, whoever breaks the city gate first and captures Yuan Shu will get the land occupied by Yuan Shu, and the rest of the people must not oppose ......"

Lu Bu laughed: "Okay, this method is really wonderful, I will agree with it!"

Clearly, this is the fairest way to divide the spoils at the moment.

Finally, after the discussion, everyone left, and only Cao Cao and a group of henchmen were left in the big tent.

Cao Cao's face became extremely solemn, the expression in his eyes was complicated, and he was silent for a long time.

After a long time, Cheng Yu broke the silence and said: "It seems that we must break through Shouchun City as soon as possible, otherwise others will take the lead in breaking through the city, which will definitely be unfavorable to us......"

......

The night was dark, and the tents that stretched for more than ten miles around Shouchun City were also immersed in the night, and the lights flickered in the night sky.

North Gate, Cao Cao's Central Army Tent.

A junior colonel suddenly rushed in and said urgently: "Lord, something is wrong!"

Cao Cao was startled and asked, "What's the alarm?"

The little colonel said: "Jingzhou Haobai is here with soldiers and horses......"

The little colonel handed over a letter and said: "General Hao only led more than 100 soldiers and horses, walked around outside the camp and left, leaving this letter for the lord. ”

Cao Cao looked puzzled and said, "What does this mean, don't say anything about leaving a letter!"

He opened the letter with a puzzled look on his face, read it in a hurry, and then his face showed a look of great surprise, as if he could not believe what was written in the letter.

Cheng Yu, Xu Chu and others behind him saw Cao Cao's expression, and asked in surprise: "Lord, what did the letter say!"

Cao Cao seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and said hurriedly: "Go, follow me to the outside of the camp to have a look." ”

Xu Chu and the others followed Cao Cao out of the gate in confusion, and then they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

Outside the gate, there are nearly twenty siege ladders neatly placed, including two wells!

"This is!" Cheng Yu and the others were messy.

"This is Haobai for us to attack the city, you wait for someone to go up and check it to see if there are any hands and feet on the ladder!" Cao Cao shouted in a deep voice.

After a while, a craftsman with deep experience in the army rushed forward to report: "Lord Qiqi, there is no abnormality in the siege equipment, if it is really abnormal, it is also a little abnormal......

Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "What's wrong!"

The craftsman said with a solemn expression: "The manufacturing skills of this batch of instruments are very sophisticated, and the small craftsman has been a craftsman for thirty years now, but he can't make such a fine instrument. ”

Cao Cao: "......"

......

The same scene appeared in front of the military camps of Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Sun Jian.

The armies of all walks of life have just approached the city, and they are lacking siege equipment, Haobai's move is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, and it is also the best coke, which makes the princes of all walks of life surprised and delighted, but they don't know what medicine is sold in Haobai's gourd.

After a circle of gifts, Haobai and the others finally returned to the barracks with smiles on their faces.

Jia Xu laughed and said: "With these siege equipment, I'm not afraid that he won't fight to attack the city." ”

Cao Cao refused to use the ladder car and well coffin given by Haobai at first, because he wanted to try it, but he didn't believe that Haobai was so kind at all, and sent him thirty or forty ladders at once.

However, the results of the trial were beyond Cao Cao's expectations, and the firmness of those siege ladders was almost impeccable, and there was no phenomenon of being pitted.

Not only Cao Cao, but all the princes who received Haobai's great gifts were skeptical at first.

So in the next few days, the eastern, southern, and northern gates of Shouchun City were boiling, and the shouts of killing were endless.

After four or five days, the casualties on both sides had reached tens of thousands, and although the casualties of the besieging army were higher than those of the defending army, the ratio was only two to one.

......

Shouchun City, Yuan Shu's "Palace Palace".

Yuan Shu's imperial palace was built entirely after the Han Imperial Palace in Luoyang.

A middle-aged man dressed in a crown robe and a black crown of pearl and jade, sitting upright on a couch embroidered with a golden dragon, is Yuan Shu.

In a short period of time, Yuan Shu was already a lot haggard, without the appearance of flying before, and the hair on his head was already half gray, as if he was ten years old.

Beside him, stood Zhang Xun, Le Zhuo, Yan Xiang, Yang Hong and others, all with gloomy faces.

"What about the casualties outside!" Yuan Shu's voice was slightly hoarse, and he asked in a deep voice.

"The enemy has been besieging the city for three days, and our army has suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and the total number of enemy casualties is about 20,000. Zhang Xun replied.

Yuan Shu's face became even more gloomy: "The thief army is menacing, and the casualties are actually one to two......"

In fact, for the era of cold weapons, the advantage of defending the city is huge, generally speaking, the ratio of siege to defense is five to one or even higher, and this is still in the case of the siege party is well-armed.

Think about it, when you set up a ladder on a three- or four-story high city wall, and climb up desperately, the enemy army keeps throwing stones, rolling logs, and even pouring boiling water and oil on your head, and you have a few percent chance of killing you.

Yan Xiang sighed: "The enemy army on three sides is attacking the city, especially Cao Cao and Sun Jian's desperate attack regardless of casualties, and our army's morale is low, so although we have the advantage of defending the city, we can only kill two and lose one after all." ”

"According to the secret agents, the thieves have reached an agreement that those who break Shouchun first will be rewarded with high-ranking officials, so the thieves have stepped forward bravely. ”

"Fortunately, that Haobai's army has not yet attacked, and after Lu Bu led the army to attack twice, he did not attack again. ”

Yuan Shu moved his mouth, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all.

He can also promise his soldiers, but in this embattled situation, it may not have any effect.

Yang Hong said indifferently: "Now that the enemy army has lost more than 20,000 people, especially Cao Cao and Sun Jian's army, which have lost 10,000 people, Weichen feels that if he holds on for a few more days, the enemy's attack will inevitably be slowed down." ”

"You must know that the princes of all walks of life attack each other, if it continues like this, even if they capture Shouchun, they will be greatly damaged, in this way, I am afraid that in the competition, I am afraid that it will be difficult to please, I don't think they will do such a stupid thing. ”