Huanjie's mansion is not big, with a three-story courtyard. Looking up from the courtyard, it is a square sky, and Zhanjian is as clean as a painting. Huanjie's letter boy went into the room to report, and soon he heard footsteps. It was Huanjie who had tidied up his clothes and came out to greet him.

"Brother Boxu, are you in better health?" I asked.

Huan Jie owed his body and said, "The sick body of the pet coach has troubled me. After being raised last night, I am much more energetic!"

I stepped forward and helped Huan Jie up. I heard that although his face was still haggard, he looked good. I said, "Is there anything I have to discuss with you now. I hope Boxu can help you?"

Huan Jie asked, "If you have any questions, please tell me clearly!"

I said, "I wanted to be frustrated with Lao Boxu, but now Liu Biao's army is increasingly siegeing the city, and the rebellion in the city has just been quelled. Nowadays, only Boxu can help the people in the city, so I come to invite you!"

Huan Jie said ashamedly: "Thank you for your favor to be a favor. But the army cannot be obeyed without orders. The soldiers are rewarded and brave, and they are punished without punishment. The ranks have no rules to govern their subordinates, which leads to a rebellion and almost trapped the city without roads. Even if the ranks are not aware of the ranks, how will the soldiers treat them? The ranks are for crimes. How dare they be the prefect again? I hope that the ranks are difficult to understand and can choose another wise man to assist you!"

Huan Jie spoke in a very sincere manner, and I could hear that his words were indeed from the heart. To be honest, when I first heard that Zhang Yi’s remaining party was in chaos, my first reaction was whether Huan Jie would be the planner of the rebellion. After all, he was an old minister of Zhang Xian, and I had to do it because of my necessity. After finding out the truth, I felt ashamed. The ancients said: If you don’t doubt people, you don’t need to doubt people. Since I used Huan Jie, I believe the rumors, and my aura was too small.

However, my thoughts can only be kept in my heart, and I can't say that I can hear them with Huan Jie. I said seriously: "Yesterday, Zhang Yi's remaining party was in chaos. As the prefect, Bo Xu did not perform his duties and should be punished according to the law. I know this. However, Jingnan is a wild land. How many wise men can be like Bo Xu? Now the enemy is rampant and Kuai Yue is full of strategy. If our army cannot combine the strength of the whole city and devote one's efforts, how can we repel the enemy's soldiers? Bo Xu does not help me. Could it be that he wants to trap the people in the whole city in the war?"

When Huan Jie heard my words, his body trembled, his face became solemn. He pondered for a while, and said, "I am already a small person, I protect the city as a big person, I am very wise to the generals, and every sentence is in the truth, and I am convinced!"

I was overjoyed and said, "If you get help from Boxu and the people of our city, Changsha will be free of worries!"

In order to deal with Kuai Yue's long-term siege, at the suggestion of Huan Jie, I divided the people of the whole city into three teams. One is the strong men's army, and once the war is urgent, they can directly line up to participate in the battle; the second is the strong women, organized to send weapons, and they are on standby at any time; the third is the old, the weak and young, responsible for logistics supplies.

From July 9 to July 13, the siege of Kuai Yue's army has not stopped, but the scale is not as large as the first time.

Perhaps learning from the lesson of heavy casualties in the first strong attack, Kuai Yue adopted the strategy of several troops taking turns to attack, intending to use fatigue tactics to drag down our army's fighting spirit with his superior force.

In the past few days, Kuai Yue has continuously dispatched stone throwing cars to bombard the city walls of the North City. Many walls have shown signs of loosening and collapse under the impact of huge rocks. Fortunately, Zhao Lei organized the people to work together to repair them in time to make a timely repair. So I am not worried that Kuai Yue's army will attack the city all at once. What I am most worried about is the huge threat of the stone throwing cars.

"What are your good plans?" I was at a loss under the flying gravel. The powerful power of the stone-throwing cart when it was launched was really amazing. The bamboo mount can only cover it and cannot break the enemy. Being passively beaten is not a solution. I had no choice but to summon all the generals to gather the merchants to break the enemy's plan.

I looked into the faces of everyone, but I saw that they were all beautiful, thinking that there was no plan. When they swept to Xu Shu's face, they saw that he was abnormal and looked happy and worried, as if he was thinking, and I hurriedly asked, "Military advisor, what are the good strategies to defeat the enemy? Let's talk about it?"

Xu Shu did not reply immediately, but thought for a while and said, "Although the stone-throwing cart is powerful, it is inconvenient to move. The target is only fixed objects such as city walls. If our army defends the city to the death, it will hit Kuai Yue's intention. If we want to break the enemy now, we should take the initiative to go out of the city to make a fight and strive to find a fighter to break the enemy's formation!"

Hua Xin listened to the words: "Although the military advisor's words are not bad, the enemy is strong and we are weak. Our army can only persist until now by relying on the city. If we leave the city and make an appointment, it is really like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

Huang Zhong and Huan Jie all nodded in agreement with Hua Xin's words. Xu Shu smiled and said, "Liu Biao has Zhang Ji's tampering territory in the north, Yuan Shu in the east, and Sun Ce's old enemy is watching the tiger. The situation is unstable. Therefore, it is not suitable for a long time to win the battle in Jingnan. Now Kuai Yue comes without caring about the tigers and wolves outside the railings. Although his soldiers are many, he will be arrogant. He was attacked by our army at night before, but now he has failed to attack the city. Although his spirit is strong, he must be lazy. If he persists for a long time, his army will be unstable. Therefore, he is eager to fight with me. Our army can lure and benefit him!"

I said, "What can I do if I do?"

Xu Shu said: "You can hear about the fact that Han Xin, the man in Huaiyin, brought the water to form a formation?"

I didn't know what Xu Shu meant, so I had to answer, "Everyone in the world knows it?"

Xu Shu said: "Our army can follow Han Xin's plan and turn the city into a formation to break the enemy's troops!"

Huang Zhong and Huan Jie laughed at each other when they heard the words. They thought Xu Shu had some good plans, but they didn't expect that they would have such an idea. I retorted: "In the past, Han Xin thought that the enemy had no plans and used this plan. Now Kuai Yue is resourceful and the plan is not feasible!"

Xu Shu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "We will not welcome the enemy when we fight tomorrow. When the troops are exhausted, we will send a good general to attack him. If Kuai Yue has troops to reinforce him, he will retreat to the edge of the city according to the plan. When the enemy approaches the city, the arrows of the army above the city will be launched, and the army below the city will turn back and fight to the death. The plan should be feasible. There are many continuous and gentle slopes outside the northern city, which will not hinder the action of the enemy soldiers. However, for the enemy's stone throwing cart, it is very difficult to go uphill and downhill. If the enemy does not support it, the stone throwing cart will be abandoned in the back, and I can take the opportunity to destroy it!"

After hearing what Xu Shu said, I was overjoyed: "I don't know who can take this important task?"

"Zhong is willing to accept this order!" Before I finished speaking, Huang Zhong said loudly.

Xu Shu and I looked at each other and smiled. The day before yesterday, the rebels of Huang Zhong were stuck in the city, and I was secretly unhappy. I heard that there was a good opportunity to kill the enemy, so I had been impatient. In fact, in my heart and Xu Shu, Huang Zhong was also the only candidate, but he did not ask for orders, so I was ready to order them.

I said, "Han Sheng does not care about the difficulties, leads the way, holds the sharp edge, and is truly brave enough to be unstoppable! However, when Han Sheng goes to fight, he must keep in mind the truth of the truth and advance and retreat. If the enemy has reinforcements, he can abandon the flags and weapons on the ground. If the enemy fights, he can take advantage of the enemy's chaos to cover it and kill it. If the enemy enforces the army and pursues the city, you can fight to the death."

"Don't worry, military advisor, Huang Zhongding fulfilled his mission!" Huang Zhong replied loudly.

After Huang Zhong left, Xu Shu said: "General Zhao Lei, please go back to the headquarters to select 2,000 archers, prepare enough arrows, and wait for the city to fight tomorrow!" In order to make up for the shortcomings of the troops defending the city, I adopted Huan Jie's suggestion and selected strong men to supplement them in the army during the surrendered stroke. In order to avoid the chaos caused by the joining of the new recruits, this group of people is now under the command of Zhao Lei.

The scorching sun was as hot as the sun, roasting the vicinity of Changsha into scorched earth. On July 14, Kuai Yue sent the vanguard Han Hao to lead 10,000 troops to attack the city. Like a routine, it was a stage for bows and arrows and stone throwing cars as usual. It was extended to dusk. Han Hao wanted to withdraw his troops and return to the camp. I watched it clearly at the top of the city, raised the flag and waved it. The drums were loud for a moment. Huang Zhong, who was so tired, opened the city gate and led the army and killed the generals.

Han Hao has been fighting against the enemy all these days, and his soldiers have been exhausted. Seeing that the defenders in the city were only defending but could not come out, he thought it was a robbery battle. He never thought that a army would suddenly come out of the city. He suddenly became a mess and retreated one after another. Han Hao was eager to kill several people, but he could not stop the defeat.

"General Huang is so powerful that the enemy is really vulnerable!" Huan Jie sighed.

I was worried about Huang Zhong. At this time, he stood at the top of the city with all the generals. He saw Huang Zhong take the lead like a tiger marching into a flock of sheep, and suddenly rushed the enemy's formation.

"I had known that the enemy in front of me was tender tofu, so I asked to go to the battle!" Zhao Lei looked at the battle outside the city nervously and murmured.

"It's still early to win!" Xu Shu said.

If as Xu Shu said, a army rushed out from the slanting thorn, I looked closely at the banner and said it was the word "Wei". This was the reinforcements sent by Kuai Yue to reinforce Han Hao. When the defeated Han Hao soldiers saw the reinforcements coming, they felt that their morale rose sharply and they all turned around to fight.

Huang Zhong followed the plan and pretended not to support the soldiers, and ordered the soldiers to turn their flags down and abandoned the military weapons to retreat into the city. Kuai Yue's army finally got the opportunity, so how could they dare to let go? Han Hao made great contributions to the crime and even urged his troops to chase them.

Seeing that Huang Zhong abandoned his military weapons and flags on the ground, the Han soldiers were eager to compete for merit and seized them one after another. Han Hao drew his sword and killed several times, and finally rectified the military discipline. Fortunately, Huang Zhong was unhappy and was caught up by Han Hao in a short while and chased him to the end.

"Open the city gate!"

"If you don't open the door, you'll be dead!"

The soldiers who fled to the city first shouted in despair at the closed gate. The city was quiet, and there was no other sound except for the rushing flags. Young soldiers in the team began to cry softly.

"Why are you crying? My husband becomes a hero in every battle. If someone in the army is afraid of death, he will be killed immediately!"

Huang Zhongtan's chest and back were exposed, and scars were extremely eye-catching. He raised his sword in his hand and shouted: "Since there is no way out, why don't we turn back and fight to the death!"

Huang Zhong's voice was desolate and sad. Seeing that Huang Zhong was not afraid of facing a powerful enemy, the fighting spirit gradually became ignited. They also took off their clothes like Huang Zhong, and looked at the enemy soldiers who were chasing him with sharp weapons.

"Dongdongdongdongdong-!" The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the distance was shortening little by little. You could almost see the other person's eyebrows and hear the heavy breathing sound.

"Kill--!" As the shouts of killing, weapons and weapons, people contact each other, and sparked sparks. When fighting and fighting, the only thing that could bring victory was the courage and confidence of the soldiers. I silently planned the time, listened to the shouts of the dying soldiers outside the city, and tried my best to restrain the urge to go down to the city to fight.

With only half an hour of killing, Huang Zhong lost nearly half of his 1,000 troops, and Han Hao was not much better. Two thousand people died in Huang Zhong's bloody battle. The enemy's spirit was almost exhausted. I tried to keep calm and nodded at Zhao Lei.

"Beat the drum!"

Amid the thunderous drum sounds, two thousand crossbows raised at the same time, looking up at the sky.

"Swoosh--!" An arrow flew across the sky, accurately hitting Han Hao's flag, folding the flagpole into two pieces, chasing the dense rain of arrows, and pouring down without any obstacles.

Huang Zhong had retreated to the narrow city. If Wei Yan and Han Hao wanted to attack, they could only attack head-on. The enemy soldiers who were immersed in the joy of victory of the pursuit were lined up in a dense formation to end the battle, but they did not expect that the rain of arrows fell from the sky and were covered in their heads. Han Hao's army, located in the front line, was originally a frightened bird. At this time, the injured person was wailed and wanted to retreat without even having to deal with Huang Zhong.

"Don't leave, Han Hao, boy!" Seeing that the time was ripe, Huang Zhong shouted loudly, pushed his sword and rode his horse, and took the lead in leading three hundred cavalry to the camp to take Han Hao straight.

This Biao army was the elite cavalry that had previously robbed Huang Zhong's camp. Although there were not many people, they were brave and good at fighting. Han Hao looked up and saw that Huang Zhong was coming. He was very frightened. He hurriedly raised his sword to greet him. His arms were soft and weak. When the two horses intertwined, they fought in one place without three-in-one. Then Huang Zhong slashed his shoulder with a knife, turned over and fell off the horse's back. The soldiers around him hurriedly rescued him and retreated.

Wei Yan was in charge of the battle in the rear army. Before he could understand what was going on, the defeated soldiers in front rushed over like a mountain. They trampled on each other and suffered countless casualties. Wei Yan couldn't stop drinking and had to abandon the camp and leave. Kuai Yue's army was defeated.

After chasing for a while, Huang Zhongbing was afraid that Kuai Yue would have another ambush, so he led his army back. He saw that there were stone throwing cars that were not too late to transport away everywhere, and burned them down one by one according to the plan.

The fire was jumping on the burning pine oil, flashing. I rubbed my red eyes hard, stretched out my stiff arms, then put on my clothes, and prepared to go to the city to inspect. Although the threat of the stone-throwing cart was broken, the severe situation did not fundamentally improve.

On July 25, the scout brought even worse news, and Kuai Yue recruited another 20,000 troops to reinforce, and the total number of enemy troops outside the city reached more than 60,000.

Even if there are only 10,000 soldiers who hold on to Changsha, there are less than 10,000 strong men who have been temporarily raised. Moreover, there are only less than 2,000 of them who are truly combat-capable, except for casualties.

After the stone-throwing cart was destroyed, Kuai Yue's confidence was greatly frustrated. In a frustration, the vanguard Han Hao was almost beheaded due to the loss of the war. Fortunately, the generals pleaded with love to protect his life. Wei Yan was afraid of being implicated, so he hurriedly offered a plan. The craftsmen made a siege car with a giant tree and a sharp iron in front. The siege cart was extremely heavy and sharp, and it immediately destroyed whatever it hit.

Fortunately, a craftsman in the city offered a plan - to use a giant curtain to overcome hardness to meet the enemy. When the enemy soldiers attacked the city siege cars were dispatched, the soldiers guarding the city would hang the giant curtain sewn with a large cloth on both ends and move according to the direction of the siege cars. The large curtain was suspended in the air, and the siege cars hit softness head-on. The power had been completely eliminated before the enemy hit the object, and the city gate would be safe.

This method was not good. Kuai Yue's army tied the pine firewood and erect bones to the long pole, soaked it with oil and burned it. They wanted to burn the curtain and burn the city gate at the same time, but our army tied the sword to the long pole and cut off the opponent's long pole.

One plan failed, Kuai Yue came up with another plan. On the one hand, he ordered his soldiers to build earth mountains outside the city to attack the city day and night. On the other hand, he drew elite troops to dig twenty-one tunnels around the city, divided into four routes, beams and pillars were installed in the middle, and then burned with fierce fire. The beams and pillars in the tunnel collapsed, and many sections of the city walls collapsed. The enemy soldiers took the opportunity to attack the collapsed places. Many places in the outer city changed hands several times, and the situation was in danger.

In order to solve the difficulties, I recruited good strategies and gathered the wisdom of everyone to erect wooden fences at the collapse of the city wall, and placed sharp spears, bows and crossbows behind them to prevent the enemy from attacking. At the same time, I asked the soldiers and civilians to dig trenches around the city wall, and stored a large amount of firewood in the tunnel.

On July 23, 300 decisive enemy soldiers who entered the city were discovered by guards. I sent people to fill the tunnel entrance with firewood, put them in torches, and then used air to drain them into the tunnel. The Kuai Yue soldiers in the cave were immediately burned to pieces and rotten bones.
Chapter completed!