Liu Bei's army camp outside Shouchun City. Yesterday Liu Bei ordered the army to rest for three days.

After more than ten days of continuous siege battles, the Xuzhou Army did not achieve decent results. As Tian Fan said, the ballistae was effective in the first battle, but at this moment, after the opponent was prepared, it could no longer be as effective.

The effect of hxe

Over the past few days, although Mi Fang and Wu Da's ballistae battalion killed and wounded many enemies, they themselves also suffered heavy losses. Half of the artillery carriages or ballistae were destroyed, and they were no longer able to fight again.

The archery towers on Shouchun City were burned and rebuilt, built and burned again. Although more than half of the archery towers were always in a state of being out of use, the strong military strength in the city made up for these shortcomings. The Xuzhou Army's several strong attacks only increased casualties, but

No results at all

The officers and soldiers of Yuan Shu's army in the city are all veterans. They have sufficient fighting ability and strong will to fight. Encouraged by Yuan Shu and his generals, they displayed strong fighting power. Yuan Shu also changed his negative impression in Liu Bei's mind and became

He created a resolute and brave general who walked back and forth on the city wall every day with his sword in hand to boost the morale of his own people [

Perhaps this is the real historical record of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was known as a knight. His own martial arts were not bad. He was headstrong and self-respecting. However, he was not in a situation where most of the city in Jiujiang County was lost.

He was not intimidated, but instead aroused the bloody passion in his heart, and became the heroic and heroic Yuan Shu in his youth again.

After more than ten days of siege battle, both sides suffered heavy losses. The Xuzhou Army suffered nearly 20,000 casualties. The defenders in Shouchun City also suffered more than 20,000 casualties. Liu Bei couldn't help but worry. After all, even if all of his own people were dead, the opponent's

The city still won't abandon Yuan Shu, but he is in a relaxed mood. These days, the civilians recruited in the city have gradually matured after the baptism of previous wars and become good helpers in defending the city. There is enough food in the city, and his confidence has been restored!

In the early morning, all the generals and counselors in the Xuzhou Army camp received a call from Liu Bei at the same time, saying that they had urgent matters to discuss.

Zhang Fei and Lu Bu walked side by side to the Chinese army's tent. The two exchanged words in low voices. The guards around them heard that they were talking about the siege of the city and discussing how to reduce the losses of their own people.

In bloody siege battles, resourcefulness often only plays a supporting role. What really plays a decisive role is the morale and combat effectiveness of the soldiers. No one can say that the enemy will collapse with just one resourcefulness.

After a while, the two of them came side by side to the outside of the big tent. After a small salute in front of the door, they opened the door curtain for them. Both of them ignored the attentive junior high school student, but this did not prevent the junior high school from admiring them! In the military, only worship.

The strong one, or the one who can make them win the battle

He was only halfway into the tent when Zhang Fei shouted, "Brother, what's the matter with calling us so early in the morning?"

While talking, the two entered the big tent and greeted the generals in the tent. After that, the two sat in the first and third positions among the generals, with Guan Yu in between.

Before everyone arrived, Liu Bei did not answer Zhang Fei's question. He just sat behind the handsome case with a frown on his face, holding his forehead with one hand and sighing repeatedly, as if he was very unhappy.

Lu Bu couldn't help but be curious. He looked at Guan Yu who was standing next to him. Guan Yu said softly: "Brother has always been like this. After we arrived, he didn't say anything."

At this time, Zhang Fei, who was ranked third among the generals, had already received the same information from Gao Shun. He couldn't help but wonder whether his elder brother was worried about the failure of the siege? But such a big city, how could he survive in such a short time?

What about the internal attack? It is impossible for all cities to be as easy to attack as Yinling! Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it. Anyway, if the sky fell, there would be smarter people who could not help but think of Tian Fan. If Tian Fan

What will he do here?

Finally, the big tent was opened again, and Chen Gong strode in. As he walked to his seat, he clasped his fists in salute, and said apologetically: "My lord, everyone, please wait, it's Gong's fault!"

When Liu Bei saw that everyone had arrived, he stopped frowning and sighed. He nodded slightly and said: "Today's matter is of great importance. Therefore, I only asked you to discuss it. I hope you will not spread the matter to avoid damaging the morale of the army."

Bad morale!”

Everyone looked at each other and saw that in the huge Chinese army tent, there were only Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, Xu Shu, Chen Gong, Chen Deng. If you add Xu Chu who was like a wood carving or stone carving behind Liu Bei, there would be one more.

Liu Bei looked at Xu Chu. Xu Chu nodded slightly, strode out of the tent, drove away the primary school at the door, and acted as a guard. This action made everyone instantly understand that something big had happened!

Liu Bei pondered for a while and said slowly: "Something happened over there at Boguang!"

Seven words, but it was like a groundbreaking move, and everyone was immediately shocked.

Seven people, four generals and three military advisors, all asked in unison: "Brother (Lord), what happened?" The tone was urgent, obviously they were extremely concerned about Tian Fan!

Liu Bei glanced at everyone, and slowly told the story of the war. Everyone was frightened and frightened. Their hearts were rising and falling. It was really uncomfortable. [

Finally, Liu Bei concluded: "The current situation is that Boguang is not here, and Ziyang is not here either. There is insufficient food in the camp, the camp is full of wounded soldiers, and there is also some shortage of wounded medicine. Moreover, the mountain bandits and water bandits who have been ignored by us in the past are...

They also took the opportunity to cause trouble... The situation over Boguang is not optimistic." At this moment, he had doubts about Tian Fan's insistence on dividing his troops, but he did not blame Tian Fan for the problem of the bandits and water pirates. Not even one of them remembered it.

After a slight pause, he glanced at the people and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Chen Gong cupped his fists and said: "My lord, we must go to the rescue! The camp is relatively strong and cannot be captured within a few days. There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the camp, and the food is enough to sustain us until our supporting troops arrive...

…”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Besides, there are too many people in the camp that we need to care about! Bo Guang has been away from the camp for seven days, and he must have gone back. No matter what, we must rescue him and General Qu.

As well as Wen Chang, Ding Guo, Bo Dao and other rising stars in the army, we must rescue them!"

Liu Bei nodded and said: "I know, I'm not saying whether we should rescue, but I'm asking you how to rescue!"

Zhang Fei roared: "What else can you say? I will lead all the cavalry in the lead and we will arrive within three days! With another general and ten or twenty thousand infantry following, we will arrive within five days."

At the same time, wouldn’t it be enough to send Wen Xiang and several thousand navy officers and soldiers along with a batch of military rations to accompany them?”

Lu Bu shouted: "I will take the lead! Bo Guang is my good friend and my son-in-law. Who can compete with me for taking the lead? Yide, can you compete with me?"

Zhang Fei glared at Lu Bu and shouted, "Why not? Bo Guang is your friend, isn't he my friend?"

Over there, Guan Yu was already shouting, and he yelled: "I have to take the infantry to support, no one can argue with me!" His son was in Tian Fan's camp, how could he not care?

?

Gao Shun originally wanted to lend a hand, but when he heard Guan Yu speak, he immediately wisely chose to shut up.

Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Two generals, calm down and stop fighting. One of the two must stay in the camp. As for who will support him, the lord will make his own decision!"

Chen Gong and Chen Deng also said: "That is, generals, don't be anxious and listen to the lord's decision!"

Several people immediately stopped arguing and looked at Liu Bei with bright eyes.

Liu Bei had already thought about it. He glanced at the four generals and said solemnly: "I will obey the order first!"

Lu Bu cupped his fists and said, "The end is here!"

"Let me lead four thousand cavalry to support Boguang! You must arrive in Jishuang within three days. Even if nothing can be done, you must save Boguang, Qu Yiding, Guobun Changbodao and other generals in the army!"

Lu Bu's eyes gleamed with excitement, he clasped his fists and said, "The last general has received his order!"

Liu Bei looked at Gao Shun and said solemnly: "Zhengqing, listen to the order!"

Gao Shun didn't expect that he still had his own business here. He was slightly startled. He cupped his fists and said, "The general is here!"

Liu Bei said: "You take 10,000 infantrymen and go with Wen Xiang's 5,000 naval officers to escort the grain and grass as a second wave of support!"

Gao Shun clasped his fists and said: "The last general has received the order!" After a slight pause, he asked: "My lord, the last general will go to camp first, do you want to take him with you?"

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Take them with you! The soldiers and horses in the camp have suffered too many losses in the past few days. I can't let you bring too many people with you, but the camp is powerful enough to be worth thousands of strong soldiers."

, if you take them with you, you will be more confident in rescuing Bo Guang!" [

Gao Shun cupped his fists and shouted: "The last general has received his order!"

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu immediately stood up and shouted: "Brother..."

Liu Bei snorted coldly and said: "Stop attacking the city! You two stay in the camp. You can't leave the camp until Bo Guang has definite news! Okay, let's disperse!" After saying that, he stood up and put his sleeves on

Throw out the big tent

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu had unwillingness written all over their faces. Why did the elder brother send Lu Bu and Gao Shun but not the two of us? Chen Gong, Xu Shu and Chen Deng looked at each other and exchanged a look. It was obvious that they thought about Liu Bei.

It is even clearer that in Liu Bei's opinion, the two brothers Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are obviously more trustworthy! If there are two generals left in the camp, it must be them, not Lu Bu and Gao Shun.

The three of them frowned at the same time, hoping that the lord's intention would not be noticed by Lu Bu and Gao Shun. If not, the two of them would have a grudge against Liu Bei, which would really not be a good thing for the Xuzhou Army!

Lu Bu and Gao Shun happily left the tent. After saying a few words to each other, they went to prepare their troops. Little did they know, in fact, Tian Fan did not need their support at all!

On the morning of the same day, Wang Dabian rushed back to Tian Fan's camp with a long letter from Liu Ye. After reading the long letter, Qu Yi and others felt their hearts were lifted and slowly dropped. They immediately sent someone to

Forward this long letter to Liu Bei

At the same time, from the mountains and rivers near Shu County, a dozen or so troops were marched out. They were somewhat indecent. Most of them were in rags and had poor weapons. Only the army of Zheng Bao, the governor of Chaohu, looked decent.

At least everyone has a weapon
Chapter completed!