Wu Yuan was captured by his second brother...

When Liu Bei received the good news from the messenger, he had just repelled a wave of attacks from the heavenly army.

He didn't even have time to be happy, because he didn't know when the bandits on the opposite side would attack again. He just ordered the craftsmen in the transport camp to step up repairs, and then he and the generals went to the attic nearby to learn more about the battle.

Although the words relayed by the messenger came from Guan Yu's mouth, the process was simply downplayed. It was nothing more than troops approaching the city, making some preparations, killing the enemy generals, and then conquering the city to win...

It seems that this battle was won very easily.

But Liu Bei knew that although the five-day agreement was completed, the process was not that simple.

His second brother and third brother are both genius generals. The soldiers under such generals, no matter how long they last, will be more or less imprinted with the style of the general, so Guan Yu's army must be arrogant and unruly.

, while Zhang Fei’s army was flying and wild.

But looking at the messenger in front of him, as a personal soldier of Guan Yu and a participant in this battle, he looked like a knife that had just touched a hard wall. Although it was still sharp, the edge was already full of gaps.

The second brother also encountered a tough problem this time, right?

Just as he was thinking this, there was a sudden commotion on the top of the city, and Zhang Fei even shouted loudly: "Brother, come and see!"

What happened?

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked the messenger to go down to rest, and then returned to the top of the city again. As soon as he looked at it, his heart suddenly shivered.

It was now afternoon, and the heavy fog was still there. Coupled with the flying dust, it was impossible to see clearly what was in the enemy camp from too far away.

But the flagpole erected at the front of the array has changed!

The bright red general flag with the word "king" that was originally flying suddenly turned into a white flag!

what's the situation?

Just when Liu Bei and others were puzzled, one white flag after another appeared one after another. There was a faint sound, as if the enemy was arranging their formations in an orderly manner, and horses and carriages were flowing in the river. At this time, the heavy fog gradually began to dissipate...

Soon after, when Liu Bei and others could finally see clearly ahead, they saw halberds and spears standing like a forest, and the three armies were all in plain clothes. It turned out to be a solemn and solemn scene of killing, which was horrifying and frightening.

cold!

"Who...is this dead?" Zhang Fei had stayed at the top of the city before and had never understood the whole battle of Wuyuan. He didn't really understand. He just pointed at the camp of the Heavenly Army in the distance with a confused look on his face:

"Could it be that someone just shot the general among the thieves?"

However, Liu Bei and others had solemn expressions on their faces, and they immediately realized that the change in the enemy's army was due to Zhang Rao, who died at the hands of Guan Yu.

It's just... I just received the news not long ago, why did Wang Zheng also know about it?

It shouldn’t be. With my second brother’s ability, there must be interceptions on the road. Even if the defeated soldiers escape from Wuyuan, they can’t safely take the main road back to Xiapi and report the news?

Although he couldn't understand it, a fool also knew that Wang Zheng had made such a posture. Although he had not yet launched an attack, it was the calm before the storm.

Next, thieves may attack at any time!

And this offensive is definitely not like the previous waves in the morning. Although it is considered fierce, it is obviously concerned about casualties and does not use its full strength!

Even so, Liu Bei and everyone lost confidence.

Although he and Zhang Fei had already planned to evacuate, there was still a reason for retreat.

If you choose to evacuate when the enemy is approaching the city and attacking the city, the retreat will easily turn into a large-scale rout!

And this is definitely not acceptable to Liu Bei!

After giving up Xiapi and Xuzhou, this army became his last capital. If he lost it again, it would be difficult to turn around in a short time!

"Pass my general's order!" Liu Bei stared at the battle formation below the city and said solemnly, "Everyone, please hurry up and repair the fortifications!"

"North Gate, West Gate, send three thousand soldiers to each side again!"

"Yide, you lead five thousand troops and personally go to guard the south gate!"

More than half of the entire army was already at the south gate. When Yuan Shu's army attacked the city before, it was the south gate that was the main attack. It was the most severely damaged among the four gates. Even though Wang Zheng did not choose this side during several tentative sieges in the morning.

However, Liu Bei had hidden worries. Not only did he ask the craftsmen in the transport camp to repair the city gate and that section of the city wall, but he also prepared to arrange generals and heavy troops to guard the city in advance.

.....

While supervising the formation, suddenly, there was a commotion among the soldiers outside the city who were repairing the damaged parts of the city wall. Liu Bei stood up suddenly and shouted: "What's going on?"

"Zhou Mu is in trouble!" Someone shouted loudly: "The thieves are attacking!"

There was an uproar immediately above the city, and Liu Bei's heart tightened. As the alliance walked towards the city, he shouted: "Send the order, get ready to fight!"

When I got to the top of the city, I looked from a distance and saw how many soldiers were coming to kill me, raising dust all over the sky. When I first arrived at the lookout, I saw the first group of thieves approaching the moat!

"The thieves are coming with great force this time..." At this time, the general on the side said: "Zhou Mu, why don't you go down to the city first, we will support you here."

"Absurd!" Liu Bei said coldly in shock: "Bei is the commander-in-chief, how can there be any reason to retreat when the war is coming?"

"But this place is too dangerous. What if..." someone continued to warn: "It has been almost... before."

What the man was talking about was in the morning, when the enemy briefly climbed to the top of the city. Liu Bei personally stepped forward to fight with the enemy general. Although he eventually killed him, he was slightly injured.

"It's okay." Liu Bei looked around at everyone, moved his arms, and said with a smile: "A few flesh injuries, it's not a problem."

He turned around and looked outside the city again. At this time, the bandits' cavalry vanguard had arrived at the moat, but was no longer advancing. Looking from the top of the city, there were densely packed black spots everywhere outside the city.

Seeing a group of people starting to organize the flying bridge used to cross the moat, Liu Bei held down the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, wait for the thieves to cross the river and fire arrows!"

"Here!"

In fact, there was no need for Liu Bei's orders. When they saw the enemy approaching, all the archers at the top of the city instinctively raised their bows and nocked arrows.

Time passed minute by minute.

When several flying bridges were erected very quickly, the city fell into silence for a moment. The next moment, a shout suddenly broke out, and then all the enemies rushed over, and the black spots quickly merged into a black torrent.

, quickly approached the city gate through the pontoon bridge!

Almost at the same time, as if receiving an order, arrows rained down from the top of the city.

The charging Heavenly Army didn't seem to expect that Liu Beijun's movements would be so uniform. Some waved their swords, guns and shields in an attempt to block, but how could they stop them? Not long after they landed ashore, they were already covered in wounds.

The child is filled with arrows.

Several waves of arrows rained down, leaving dozens of enemy corpses behind.

The people at the top of the city immediately cheered.

Scenes like this often occur in the morning. The vanguard of the bandits will be frustrated, and then they will suspend their offensive and charge again later. Liu Bei's army will take advantage of the gap to switch to rockets and burn the pontoon bridges first.

Then the thieves continued to build a pontoon bridge and continued to charge.

This was repeated over and over again. Although it was not very lethal, it kept the enemy at bay for most of the time without damaging the home. However, the enemy occasionally approached the city gate and attacked the city, but the number was not large and it could not do anything.

progress.

However, Liu Bei was not as optimistic as his subordinates. The first reason was because Wang Zheng was in a state of silence at the time, and he saw that he was going to be serious.

Secondly, what is most lacking in Xiapi City now is baggage, and arrows are even more in short supply. When Yuan Shu's army attacked the city, most of them had already been consumed. Although they were replenished from time to time, it was still a drop in the bucket. Just like the arrows just now,

He killed nearly a hundred enemies, but he shot thousands of arrows!

If thousands of arrows can only kill or injure more than a hundred people, how many arrows will be needed for the tens of thousands of troops outside the city?

More importantly, Liu Bei could see from the very beginning that every time the thieves made several reckless attacks before the real main attack, they seemed to deliberately consume the defenders' long-range equipment.

...

Liu Bei suddenly felt something in his heart when he remembered hearing someone talk about how the Yellow Turban bandits used refugees as a means of attacking Linzi.

Could it be that Zhuzi was using some people in the army as the same as refugees?

But why are you so cruel? You must know that new pawns will also become old pawns.

Although it is said that Compassion does not control soldiers, if it turns some of the army into pure victims just to consume the equipment of the defenders, isn't it afraid of losing the hearts of the people?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei, who always regarded himself as benevolent, couldn't help but shudder, and he became even more disgusted with Wang Zheng.

"Inform the archer that the next time the thieves attack." He turned around and said, "Be sure to take aim before shooting."

There was nothing he could do if the opponent used such methods. For now, he could only try to reduce the ineffective consumption of archery.

However, the Heavenly Army did not attack again, but saw the big flag in the formation waved, and the Heavenly Army outside the moat slowly retreated.

Amidst the cheers around him, Liu Bei didn't dare to be careless at all. He didn't think that everyone on the other side was in the posture of mourning the army, and he would be able to deal with it so easily today.

Unexpectedly, until the moon was at its peak, the thieves just stood still and set up their formation under the city, instead of attacking.

Seeing that everyone around him looked tired and in low spirits, Liu Bei ordered everyone to go down to the city to rest for a while and put on troops and horses for garrison. However, everyone just said that he, the commander, would not retreat, and they, the ministers, could not feel at ease. Liu Bei had no choice but to

, could only order to light up the lights, and then went down to the top of the city with the generals.

I had just returned to the county government, but I still didn't dare to fall asleep until the rooster crow. I couldn't bear the sleepiness anymore. I had just taken off my heavy armor, but suddenly I heard a killing cry and a rumble in the distance!

The thieves attacked the city at this time?

Liu Bei was startled. He jumped up from the couch and his wound was affected. He felt a slight pain at this time, but he didn't care about it anymore. He ran all the way to the top of the city. In the faint morning light, he saw that the city was already completely dark. This time

The number of people is far greater than the previous times. At a glance, there are already over 10,000 people!

"Meet Zhou Mu."

Amid the rising and falling voices, Liu Bei ignored them and just stared straight at the city with a rare angry look on his face: "What's going on!"
To be continued...