The Huaishui defense line was broken, which made Yuan Shu's defense line to the south completely meaningless, and Yuan Shu's plan to defend the river was completely aborted.

The armies of Haobai, Cao Cao, and Lü Bu in the north marched southward, so that the large army in the south guarding the coast of Weishui also had to withdraw and return to the city to defend it, otherwise if the alliance armies in the two directions attacked from the back, they would definitely not be able to come back.

As a result, there were 100,000 soldiers defending the city in Shouchun City, and the 280,000 troops of the combined army also rushed to Shouchun City one after another.

The so-called ten sieges, five attacks, 210,000 siege troops, no advantage over 100,000 defenders, even if Shouchun City has become the last barrier of Yuan Shu, but it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

It is now October, although Shouchun is located in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is also cold and windy, if you can't break the city for two or three months, then the wind and snow will be together, and the coalition army will be short of food and grass, and it will inevitably retreat, and then it will be like a few years ago to fight Dong Alliance, vanished.

Besides, there are also many contradictions between the allied forces, and Lu Bu and Cao Cao are mortal enemies, so once Shouchun City cannot be attacked for a long time, the internal contradictions of the combined army will inevitably intensify.

Yuan Shu's advisers Yang Hong and Yan Xiang had already analyzed the situation clearly, and advised Yuan Shu to be calm and not impatient, just to defend Shouchun City, and once the combined army retreated, he could take the opportunity to regain the lost territory.

In this situation, Yang Hong and Yan Xiang could see clearly, how could Cao Cao not understand that they had to capture Handchun City before the end of the year, otherwise it would be difficult.

Therefore, after the military horses of the princes of all walks of life rushed to the foot of Shouchun City one after another and established their positions, Cao Cao sent a letter to invite the other princes of the three roads to discuss the plan of breaking the city in the big tent of the Chinese army.

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Outside Shouchun City, Cao Ying.

In front of the grand and magnificent Chinese army tent, two rows of elite soldiers stood solemnly with swords and guns in their hands, as if facing the enemy, but in the big tent, there was the sound of silk bamboo and chimes, solemn and festive.

At this time, there was a loud report from the gate of the Yuan: "General Lu of Xuzhou has arrived!"

All the guards at the gate were shocked in their hearts, and they all turned their heads to look in the direction of the gate, only to see a general like a god coming up.

I saw that this person was wearing a crown of purple and gold hair. Wearing a hundred flowers robe, with a look of contempt for the world on his face.

When the guards at the door saw Lu Bu at this moment, they couldn't help but show awe.

Behind Lu Bu, two brave generals, one on the left and one on the right, followed Lu Bu into the big tent proudly.

"The person on the left is Zhang Liao, extremely brave, the first general under Lu Bu, and the person on the right is Gao Shun, who is in the trap camp, and the trap camp under his command is extremely elite, and under the same number, he is almost invincible.

Someone recognized the two people behind Lu Bu and whispered.

Not long after Lu Bu and the others stepped into the big tent, there was a loud shout from the direction of the door: "General Jiangdong Sun has arrived!"

At this time, another report came from outside the courtyard gate: "General Jingzhou Hao has arrived!"

In an instant, the audience was silent, and they all looked towards the door, and the guards behind them even stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks without exception, like geese whose necks were lifted.

Although everyone had seen Gongsun Bai's figure by the Huaishui that day, they were too far away to see it really, and at this moment, they were able to see this general who knew magic up close, and their hearts became very excited.

In the direction of the gate, Hao Bai came suddenly, wearing a white jade crown and white clothes like snow.

Surrounded by Zhao Yun and Jia Xu, Haobai, who came out of nowhere, couldn't help but feel a little refreshed when he saw the Cao Jun guards looking shocked and stunned.

Haobai stepped into the big tent, and then saw Liu Bei sitting at the bottom.

Today's people are the princes who are leading the troops from all walks of life, strictly speaking, Liu Bei is not qualified to sit at a table, but Cao Cao remembered that he was the head of the Han family, and finally gave him a seat.

And in the middle of the big tent, Cao Cao, who was sitting proudly with thin eyes and long beard, next to Cao Cao, there was a pair of desks in parallel, and the empty seat was waiting, which was obviously reserved for him.

After Hao Bai greeted a few people, he sat on the desk next to Cao Cao with a light face, and then felt that the eyes of the entire big tent were focused on him alone.

Seeing that all the princes had arrived, Cao Cao coughed lightly, and the audience immediately fell silent.

"Yuan Shu rebel thief, committed rebellion, coveted the Han Dynasty, its crime should be punished, you are loyal to the imperial court, gathered in Shouchun to ask for thieves, Cao is very admired, today dare to invite you here, it is to negotiate the plan to break the city and capture the thief. ”

"Now that the weather is cold, if you can't break the city before the wind and snow come, you can only fight again next year, I'm afraid that there will be variables again, so that Yuan Shu's rebel thief will continue to be chaotic, so we must break Shouchun within two months, I don't know what you have to do!"

Although Cao Cao's voice was not high, it was full of energy, which made the audience silent.

All the people in the tent had different expressions.

Sun Jian's face was solemn, the look in his eyes flickered, and Lu Bu, who had always been at odds with Cao Cao, was pouring himself a wine jug, his face sinking like water.

"We have a division of 280,000 tigers and wolves, taking advantage of the victory, unstoppable, and the thief army has been repeatedly frustrated, and now only 100,000 remnants of the defeated army will huddle in Shouchun City, morale is completely lost, why worry about Shouchun is not broken. ”

"According to the general's plan, we are helping each to attack one door, and the four armies will go out together, and the four gates will attack together, and we are afraid that Shouchun City will not be broken!"

Sun Jian was also extremely eager to eliminate Yuan Shu, because he was Yuan Shu's subordinate before, and it was only because Yuan Shu was called emperor that he broke away.

If Yuan Shu can't be destroyed this time, then Yuan Shu's first revenge will definitely be his Sun Jian.

Cao Cao looked at Haobai and asked, "I don't know what Brother Haobai thinks about this plan to break the city!"

Hao Bai glanced around on both sides, and said lightly: "Where do I have any high opinions, if you don't have any good way, just attack the city according to what General Sun said!"

Cao Cao nodded, and seemed to agree with this method of attacking the city, after all, their four armies were not aligned, and there was no way to cooperate at all, and they could only attack in one direction.

At this time, Lu Bu, who had not spoken much, spoke: "Since they all agree with this siege plan, Lu naturally has no opinion, but what Lu is concerned about is that once Shouchun City is captured, who will take over these defeated places!"

Before the words fell, the audience was silent again, it was obvious that Lu Bu's words had gone to everyone's hearts, everyone was talking about being edicted to beg for thieves, to put it bluntly, there was no real benefit, I am afraid that no one would come.

The place occupied by Yuan Shu is not a small territory, and whoever falls into the hands will be a big piece of fat, who does not covet it, otherwise where would they run so happily, and the main army of tens of thousands of people poured out.

Cheng Yu behind Cao Cao said coldly: "General Lu's words are wrong, since we are edicted to beg for thieves, then after the traitors are exterminated, the land of these two counties should be managed by officials sent by the imperial court, how can we be in charge!"