In fact, even if they were extremely careful, they would still be caught in a trap. Because this is the only isolated city left in Danyang, and the people in the villages and towns around Wanling were willing to accept Liu Xin's rule, even if they were lucky enough to break through.
If you go out, you will end up in a situation with no way out.
Under this situation, Zhang He still did not rush to attack, but continued to attack with trebuchets for a whole day. After three days of being hit by stone rain, the spirit of the defenders was close to collapse.
On the fourth day, when the "bang" sound that woke them up from their dreams many times sounded again, many soldiers and Minzhuang who were guarding the city had their legs weak, and they were almost forced to climb up by Yu Mi with a knife.
At the top of the city.
Outside the city, the trebuchets were still neatly arranged row by row, but behind the trebuchets there were black military formations. Flags were flying in the military formations, and the soldiers were all dressed in black. There were ladders and chariots everywhere.
Everything is ready. It is obvious that the Han army that has been surrounding Wanling City for more than ten days is about to launch a formal attack.
When the defenders on the city saw this formation, they couldn't help but make a commotion. After seeing the power of the Han army's crossbows and trebuchets below the city, no one thought they could still defend this isolated city. Moreover, after three days of trebuchets,
After the bombardment, cracks began to appear in many places on the city wall, and some places even suffered small-scale collapses. No one knows whether these nearly decayed city walls can withstand the next wave of stone rain. Maybe the troops outside the city can
The formation is waiting for the moment when the city wall collapses.
The trebuchets outside the city just stood there quietly without any movement. However, those black military formations began to slowly press towards the city wall, step by step, firmly and powerfully, and the defenders on the city could even feel it.
The shaking of the earth.
Suddenly, the military formations shouted in unison: "Those who offer the city will be spared! Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who offer the city will be spared! Those who surrender will not be killed!..."
There were 40,000 soldiers arrayed outside the city. The power of the shouts in unison was truly astonishing, and the deafening sound could be heard for miles.
Yu Mi shouted loudly from the top of the city: "Don't panic, don't panic! Quick, prepare bows and arrows, roll logs, break stones...ah..."
While he was shouting, he didn't pay attention to the sound of wind behind his head, and received a hard blow. In fact, it was not a stick at all, but a log carried by two soldiers. Such a log was originally
It was meant to be rolled down the city wall when the enemy was on the city, so it was also called a rolling log. However, when the two soldiers saw the menacing army below the city, they almost without thinking, smashed the entire rolling log into the back of Yu Mi's head.
The moose was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a loud cry.
Yu Mi's soldiers originally wanted to come forward to rescue them, but when they saw the strange looks from the soldiers guarding the city and Minzhuang, their hands trembled and they actually threw the sword out of the city. The other soldiers followed suit and also threw their swords and guns.
Throw it to the bottom of the city. For a while, the sound of jingling could not be heard, and the base of the city wall was already covered with weapons.
Zhang He captured Wanling City without a single blow. When Yu Mi was pushed in front of Liu Xin with a thick bandage on his head, Liu Xin ordered Yu Mi to beheaded without thinking. For these abilities,
Liu Xin really does not need to show any mercy to people who are limited and ignorant of current affairs.
After Danyang was completely calmed down, Liu Xin still had not made up his mind whether to return to the north. Although the economic development of Jiangnan is still relatively backward, the primitive scenery has a unique charm, so Liu Xin decided to stay here temporarily.
Come down.
More than half a month passed, and Yuan Shu still failed to capture Shouchun City. Faced with the dilemma of being unable to conquer the city for a long time, Yuan Shu became furious. However, misfortunes never come singly. News suddenly came that the Yellow Turban remnant party, Liu Pi, had rebelled in Runan.
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For more than a year, Yuan Shu had imposed excessive levies and expropriations in Runan, Qiaojun, Lujiang and other places, which caused widespread complaints and people were in dire straits. Liu Pi, who had been hiding in the capital of the Yellow Turban Party in Runan, mobilized the people and rose up in just five or six days.
He swept across the entire territory of Runan and captured Runan City.
This incident made Yuan Shu very angry. He had just ordered Li Feng to lead 50,000 troops to reinforce Ji Ling a few days ago, but something like this happened. Yuan Shu, who was stationed in Lujiang, still had nearly 100,000 troops, but the surrounding people
Cao Cao and Liu Xin were both watching with eager eyes, and he did not dare to easily send troops to recover Runan.
General Yang advised: "My lord, Shouchun has been unable to attack for a long time, which has dampened the vigor of our army. It is better to suspend the army temporarily and wait until the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Runan is completely suppressed before making further plans."
Yuan Shu paced back and forth in the tent and said bitterly: "More than 100,000 people have been besieging the city for a month, but they can't even capture a small Shouchun city. I can't swallow this feeling no matter what! Send the order to Ji Ling, give
I'll beat him to death!"
General Yang was shocked when he heard that Yuan Shu wanted to attack Shouchun under such circumstances, and quickly advised him: "My lord, you must not act on your own initiative! Runan is my foundation and must not be lost. Ji Ling can be surrounded and surrounded."
If we don't attack, we can break the city when the food in the city is exhausted. Now there are more than 130,000 people outside Shouchun City. It is better to send a team of troops from there to Runan to defeat the Yellow Turbans."
Yuan Shu pondered for a moment and said: "I received a letter from Ji Ling a few days ago. In order to preserve his strength, Liu Bei did not use all his strength in the siege, so Shouchun could not be conquered for a long time. It is really disgusting! Since he refused in Shouchun
If you want to contribute, then send him to Runan to wipe out the Yellow Turbans!"
General Yang hurriedly said: "My lord, Liu Bei is really a great hero. He must not be allowed to lead the army alone, otherwise he will let the tiger return to the mountain. My lord can first transfer him to Lujiang, and then send a general to accompany him. That's it."
If you supervise it, you can be safe."
Yuan Shu was silent for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.
In fact, Shouchun was unable to be conquered for a long time, but Liu Bei cannot be blamed. The real culprit was Yuan Shu himself. Yuan Shu conquered Qiaojun, Runan, and Lujiang, and many people were so miserable that they had to flee with their families to other places.
Therefore, many people in Jiujiang have heard about it
When they heard that Yuan Shu's army was coming to attack, the people were already panic-stricken and rushed to tell each other. When Liu Yao summoned the people to defend the city, there was a situation where a hundred people responded. If this situation reached Liu Xin's ears, he
They will definitely shout again: He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
Liu Bei was actually very depressed. He did have the idea of conserving his strength, but no matter how he tried to find a way, as a party attacking the city, casualties would always be inevitable. In the past month, his 50,000 troops had also lost tens of thousands.
Yu. But he had no choice. He had no choice but to persevere and see if he could find an opportunity to escape.
Hard work paid off, and Liu Bei finally received Yuan Shu's order to call him back. Moreover, Liu Bei also bribed the envoy sent by Yuan Shu to find out important news. The Runan Yellow Turbans had rebelled, and this time he was transferred back.
It is very likely that he was asked to quell the rebellion. This is the opportunity that Liu Bei has been waiting for. Since the Yellow Turban rebellion in Runan has left Yuan Shu helpless, then he can take advantage of this opportunity to occupy Runan. I believe Yuan Shu will definitely take advantage of him.
Method. Although Runan only has one county, in Liu Bei's eyes, it is the foundation for his struggle for the world.
Without saying a word, Liu Bei quickly handed over the defense to Ji Ling and marched towards Lujiang with the remaining 35,000 Xuzhou troops. Not far away, a group of people sprang out halfway, and the leader was Jian Yong.
It turned out that Liu Bei did not take all his troops to Lujiang, but left 5,000 troops under the leadership of Jian Yong, who had been hiding in the nearby mountains and forests. These troops were secretly recruited by Liu Bei when he was under Tao Qian.
That group of private soldiers is also Liu Bei's most loyal unit and is Liu Bei's back-up man.
In fact, Liu Bei and Jian Yong have always maintained close contact. Therefore, when Liu Bei handed over military affairs to Ji Ling, he had already sent someone to notify Jian Yong and asked him to lead people to wait here. This is how to escape the cage.
With such a great opportunity, Liu Bei would naturally not abandon Jian Yong, who was loyal to him.
Jian Yong received Liu Bei and saw that he was surrounded by his trusted friends. He handed over his hand and said, "My lord, I am going to Lujiang. My subordinates believe that Yuan Shu will not easily let my lord lead the army alone. He needs to think of a perfect strategy to gain Yuan Shu's trust."
Can."
Liu Bei let his horse go slowly and was silent for a long time before he said: "Yuan Shu is greedy and ambitious. If you want to gain his trust, you have to give him generous gifts. Now that we are homeless and have nothing to gain, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain his trust."
of joy."
Jian Yong nodded and said: "My lord is very worried. It is really difficult for him to see ordinary things unless it is a treasure that he cannot resist."
Treasure? Liu Bei's brows suddenly frowned, and he couldn't help but put his hand into his arms. In his arms was the imperial seal. It was definitely a peerless treasure. Liu Bei would carry this treasure with him wherever he went.
, more important than his life. When Liu Bei obtained the imperial seal, Jian Yong was not around. Only he and Guan Yu knew about it. Of course, with Guan Yu completely surrendering to Liu Xin, now Liu Xin
Xin also knew that this imperial jade seal was on Liu Bei's body.
Liu Bei believed that if he handed over this jade seal to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu would definitely give him his absolute trust and let him lead his troops to Runan alone to quell the rebellion. However, this jade seal was not easy to come by, and Liu Bei still wanted to use it one day.
He was really reluctant to come and call on all the heroes in the world to realize his dream.
Jian Yong had followed Liu Bei for many years and knew Liu Bei even better than Liu Bei himself. When he saw the expression on Liu Bei's face changing, he knew that Liu Bei must have something that could impress Yuan Shu, so he couldn't help but said: "My lord, at this critical juncture, I can still
I hope my lord will put the overall situation first. As long as we conquer the world in the future, what else will we not get?"
When Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly woke up, took out the jade seal from his arms, handed it to Jian Yong, and said, "Xianhe, what do you think of this thing?"