"Xiahou Peifu, if you really want to avenge Cao Cao, go and do it yourself. Don't use the lives of my Jizhou soldiers to fuel your selfish desires!" Ji Ling woke up Han Qiong with just one word, pointed at Xiahou Yuan and shouted: "In the city
Listen, sir, I am Han Qiong, the veteran general. Yecheng has been captured, and Mr. Yuan has been defeated in a row. Now he is in a desperate situation. We have fought so far and have repaid Mr. Yuan's kindness. Now we know that the defeat is certain, but we still have to do it.
If we fight again, have you ever thought about who you are fighting for now? Have you ever thought about your wife, children, and children at home?"
Han Qiong's words were heart-breaking. Xia Houyuan could clearly feel that the morale of the soldiers in the city had dropped at this moment.
"A great man, as a minister of Duke Yuan, was favored by Duke Yuan. He didn't want to be grateful, but he surrendered and turned his back on his master to seek glory. Now he is even more shameless to shake the foundation of Duke Yuan. What is his intention?" The one who spoke was the one who had just arrived.
Cao Zhang, standing at the top of the city, pointed at Han Qiong and cursed.
"The situation has reached this point. I have fought for Mr. Yuan to the end. Can I repay my kindness only by martyrdom?" Han Qiong saw that his morale was already shaken, but he was angered by this child's words.
"Being greedy for life and fearing death is greedy for life and fearing death. Why fight to the end? If you fight to the end, why are we still here!" Cao Zhang sneered and said: "Old man, if you really have the ability, come and fight with me.
Fight, otherwise stop talking nonsense."
Han Qiong naturally disdained to fight with a young man and snorted coldly: "Xiahou Miaocai, quickly attack the city. Even if you don't want to surrender, don't drag all the soldiers in the city to be buried with your Cao family!"
Xia Houyuan snorted coldly and said: "It's useless to talk more. If you want to seize the city, just come and attack. Don't talk nonsense!"
It is obvious that no one can convince anyone based on words alone. In this case, there is no need to talk nonsense, just start a war.
Hearing this, Han Qiong snorted coldly and said, "Listen, officers and soldiers in the city, the situation has been decided and defeat is not far away. If you don't want to lose your life in vain, open the city and surrender as soon as possible!"
"Old man, take an arrow from me!" Cao Zhang was furious, he drew his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at Han Qiong.
Han Qiong didn't pay attention at first, but the arrow was extremely powerful, and it was shot close to him in an instant. The arrow was still wrapped with domineering aura. Han Qiong's expression changed, and he quickly turned sideways to avoid it.
"Boom~"
The arrows hit the ground, and the overbearing energy blasted a huge hole in the ground.
This little baby is so strong!
Han Qiong looked at the potholes on the ground, turned to look in the direction of Cao Zhang at the top of the city, snorted coldly, and returned to the formation with Ji Ling. They had no siege equipment, and they had not discussed with Zhang Liao how to attack the city. They came here today.
, in order to shake the opponent's military morale, naturally they could not attack the city blindly, and they ignored Cao Zhang's taunt and returned to the camp.
On the top of the city, Cao Zhang sneered disdainfully, but saw Xia Houyuan and Cao Xiu looking gloomy, and said somewhat puzzledly: "Uncle, brother Wen Lie, the enemy has retreated, why are you like this?"
Xia Houyuan looked around, shook his head and sighed: "Nothing, go and find General He, we can discuss something."
"Here!" Cao Zhang agreed and turned to look for Cao Chun. Xia Houyuan took Cao Xiu back to the government office. After a while, Cao Chun came back with Cao Zhang.
"Brother." Cao Chun sat down and looked at Xia Houyuan and said, "I have heard what Cai Cai said. Now the morale of the generals in the city is low. We need to find a way."
"What can we do?" Xia Houyuan sighed and said: "If the enemy general is powerful, even if the opponent is Lu Bu, we can still revive our morale. However, here comes the old thief Han Qiong, who has a good reputation in the Jizhou army.
With such prestige, almost all the generals in each battalion are his disciples, and..."
Xia Houyuan couldn't go on at the end. The most heartbreaking thing was that what the other party said was true. His words made the soldiers in the city feel war-weary and did not rebel on the spot. This was their achievement in running the army in the past six months.
However, once the soldiers' war-weariness arises, it is difficult to eliminate it.
Unless they can win a victory in a short period of time, it is obviously difficult to win a big victory while defending the city. As for fighting outside the city, it was possible before, but now Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are flanking, with twice as many troops as him.
If we go out to fight in the city at this time, facing the joint efforts of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, we will be lucky to not lose, let alone win a big victory?
And with the current morale, Xia Houyuan would not dare to win one on one.
Everyone discussed in the government office all afternoon, but failed to come up with a result. Now for them, defending the city is almost a dead end. Breaking through... how far can they break through?
Now if Yuan Shao loses Liyang and Chaoge, there is no hope at all. Even if he can reunite with Yuan Shao, it will only delay his defeat and has no meaning.
For the current plan, they can't think of any way except to stick to it.
"Ziwen." Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhang.
"What are your orders, uncle?" Cao Zhang quickly stood up and asked.
"Since Chu Nan has arrived, he will definitely cut off contact between the two cities. After nightfall, you go out of the city at night, detour to Weixiang, go to Pu River and go to Chaoge to tell Zixiao about this... Then you stay with Zixiao for advice.
, tell Zixiao to plan a retreat early, and no matter what happens here, don't interfere." Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhang and said solemnly.
"Uncle, what do you mean by this!?" Cao Zhang stood up and looked at Xia Houyuan with a frown. He actually heard a hint of explaining the funeral affairs from Xia Houyuan's words.
"Be obedient!" Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhang with a serious face and said: "Remember, listen to your son's words of filial piety and uncle, and don't show off your courage for a moment!"
Seeing Cao Zhang's dissatisfaction, Xia Houyuan's face turned serious and he said in a deep voice: "Why, uncle's words don't work anymore?"
"Don't dare!" Cao Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "My nephew accepts the order."
"Good boy, don't look back after leaving the city. Even if the enemy intercepts you, with your ability, you can break out of the encirclement calmly as long as you don't encounter an enemy general." Xia Houyuan patted Cao Zhang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You are my brother's son.
Now, whether the Cao family can be revived in the future depends on you! Don’t act out of your own emotions."
"Here!" Cao Zhang bowed to Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, then turned and left.
After Cao Zhang left, Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Chun and Cao Xiu and said, "Let's delay for a while for Zi Xiao."
"Yes." Cao Chun and Cao Xiu clearly understood Xia Houyuan's intention and nodded heavily.
At that moment, after sending Cao Zhang away, the three of them reinforced the city wall overnight and sealed the city gate, as if they were going to fight to the death with the opponent.
On the other side, Chu Nan was not surprised after hearing the news. The Cao family would most likely not vote for themselves. Even if they did, Chu Nan would not dare to use it. The hatred between the two sides was too deep. The Cao family was almost wiped out by the Chu Nan clan. This kind of hatred would only end in the end.
Can one survive alone.
"The green energy protecting the city cannot be seen at the moment. Starting tomorrow, Li Yang will be bombarded with catapults and ballistae in turn to consume the green energy protecting the city. Inform General Wen Yuan to cooperate with us in fighting. If there is an opportunity, take the opportunity to board the city.
, but it is best to exhaust the Qingqi of each other first, and at the same time send people to shout to the city every day to shake the morale of the army and the hearts of the people. Later I will write some words of surrender and let the soldiers read it every day to break this city.
Not only must we shake the morale of the army, but also the hearts of the people." Chu Nan looked at the generals and said in a deep voice.
"Here!"
Of course, you can also attack by force. Taking advantage of the trapped camp, it is still possible to break the city. However, looking at the number of 800 trapped camps in the past, it is now less than 700. It is obvious that although there have been consecutive victories during this period, the damage to the trapped camp has not been achieved.
There was a lot of damage, and Chu Nan didn't want to get trapped in the camp and suffer further damage.
Early the next morning, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun each launched a fierce attack on Liyang with catapults and crossbows. They saw huge rocks flying in the sky, giant arrows whistling, and the green energy protecting the city at the top of Liyang was rapidly consumed. At the same time, Chu Nan wrote
The manuscript was read around in a military formation, and a group of surrendered troops from Jizhou were also ordered to sing Jizhou songs day and night. For a time, Liyang City felt like it was besieged on all sides.
"Brother, several Confucian scholars said that the public opinion in the city has begun to decline, and it is difficult to gather the green energy to protect the city!" Half a month later, Cao Chun found Xia Houyuan and said.
Emotions are contagious, and the low morale of the defenders inevitably spread to the people in the city. At the same time, the news spread that Yuan Shao was defeated and Liyang became an isolated city. No matter how tightly Xia Houyuan and others sealed it, it was useless, so many people were
Now that you know it, how can you still hide the news?
Not to mention that Chu Nan ordered people to shout outside the city every day. He also admired Chu Nan's strange way of speaking. When he shouted outside every day, he always expressed the same meaning, but he had never seen the same thing.
Xia Houyuan looked at the green air protecting the city. Under the fierce attack of the enemy's stone bullets and crossbow arrows, it was much lighter than half a month ago. He chuckled and said: "It seems that the decisive battle is approaching. Zihe is afraid
What?"
"What are you afraid of?" Cao Chun fumbled with his spear and looked at the soldiers on the opposite side and said: "Back in Xuchang, I should have died in the battle. After living so many extra days, I should be content. I just regret that I can't do it.
Lena Chunan, avenge your eldest brother!"
Their biggest wish to surrender to Yuan Shao was to one day kill Chu Nan and avenge Cao Cao.
It's a pity that Yuan Shao was useless. They had already blocked Chu Nan's main army. However, Yuan Shao gathered the elites of Jizhou, but they were defeated by Lu Bu. This led to the collapse of the entire Jizhou battlefield. Each of Hebei's famous generals became more useless than the last, and three of them were killed by Lu Bu.
, the remaining one was driven away by Yuan Shao himself, which upset people's hearts and lost the chance to make a final comeback. He really didn't know how Yuan Shao turned a great situation into what it is now.
"Maybe what Chu Nan said is right. The world is in chaos and the feudal princes are fighting. There is no right or wrong. All hatred and grudges will disappear in the flames of war with the complete destruction of one party." Xia Houyuan sighed and said: "
Surrender is out of the question, so let’s kill him quickly! It will also end our relationship with Meng De as brothers and as kings and ministers.”
Cao Chun nodded silently, with a cold and stern light shining in his eyes. In this last battle, he would also try to see if he could kill Chu Nan with his own hands. If he could kill him, even if he died, he would be killed by Cao Ren and the others.
Find a way out.
Three days later, with the decline of public opinion, Li Yang's green energy to protect the city finally began to collapse after Chu Nan spent a lot of stone bullets and crossbow arrows. At the same time, the siege equipment such as ladders and wells in the distance began to advance forward.
At this moment, the gates of Liyang City opened wide, and the final battle... began!