After losing successive battles, they would have had no fighting spirit for a long time, and if it weren't for the increasing number of soldiers and horses, I am afraid that some people would have fled from the army long ago.

If you have no money and leave the army, then there are only two options left to starve to death on the streets, or to fall into the grass.

And among the Yuan army, there were many people who had the idea of surrendering immediately as soon as the Li army attacked the city.

They had this idea because they got gossip that Li Jun treated the prisoners very well, that is, he did not beat or scold them, nor forced them, and if they were released, they would arrange a way back.

Such a good thing, it is better to do more for Yuan Shao, it is better to surrender and choose to live a stable life, at least your life is worry-free, and you don't have to worry about it all day long.

But now go out to surrender, there is a risk, if it happens, the life will not be guaranteed, these Yuan Jun are not stupid, but there are still a few people who are loyal to Yuan Shao.

Just as Yuan Jun had just completed the change of defense, Li Jun's army had already driven to the city, looking at its lineup, it was definitely going to attack the city, and the generals defending the city hurriedly sent someone to inform Yuan Shao and prepare to defend it.

Yuan Shaode's Li army was about to attack the city, and immediately sent someone to inform Yashuang, and by the way, Zhou Yu and others could defend the East China Sea this time, depending on whether the 20,000 Qiang soldiers could achieve miraculous results.

Yashuang got the news from Yuan Shao, and she didn't even have time to eat the food she had just served, so she hurriedly went to gather the soldiers and horses.

Yashuang came to the city tower, saw that Yuan Shao and others were there, and immediately stepped forward to inquire about the situation, and learned that Li Jun was assembling and preparing to attack the city, and asked to go to war on the spot.

"Yuan Zhoumu, I will come all the way, and we will be entertained along the way, this is the time to serve, and please allow me to lead the army into battle and kill the sharp spirit of the Li army."

Yuan Shao persuaded and said: "Leader Ya, don't worry, this Li army is powerful, and it is in the limelight at this time, first consume their physical strength, and then go out of the city to win a battle, this is the way to go." ”

Yuan Shao didn't want Yashuang to lead the army out, in case he suffered a big loss, like Zhou Yu, he didn't dare to rush to the front, and then the pressure would have to be resisted.

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Yashuang felt that it was also reasonable, so she said: "It's still Yuan Zhoumu's thoughtfulness, but it's reckless." ”

When the battle failed, Yashuang looked out of the city with Yuan Shao and the others, and saw that Li Jun had started slowly, and saw the strange Shenwu cannon, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Yuan Zhoumu, the thing that Li Jun advanced, but the legendary catapult, it is said that it is a siege weapon."

Yuan Shao's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and after a little thought, he said: "Although this thing is a catapult, the thing thrown is an iron weapon that can explode, which is very powerful. ”

Originally, Yuan Shao wanted to hide it, but he thought about it instead, if he didn't tell the truth, when the Li army attacked the city, Yashuang would also know, and then it would cause a gap between the two sides.

Hearing Yuan Shao's introduction, Yashuang looked puzzled, but in order to hide that she was not a frog at the bottom of the well, she still pretended to be suddenly enlightened.

"Oh, it turned out to be this thing, Yuan Zhou Mu is not worried, this thing must be bulky, and then he will lead the cavalry, take advantage of its unpreparedness, and destroy it all in one fell swoop."

When Yuan Shao heard this, although he didn't believe it in his heart, he still said politely: "There is a leader here, just a sharp weapon, what are you afraid of." ”

Under Yuan Shao's praise, Yashuang was even more confident and looked triumphant.

As long as Yuan Shao is helped to defend the East China Sea in this battle, then it will definitely not be a problem to ask to be stationed in a city at that time, and it will be slowly operated for several or more than ten years.

Then in the land of the Han people, there is a place for the Qiang people, and then the people will be moved slowly and secretly, and over time, they can also divide one side and strengthen the Qiang people.

Yashuang looks stupid on the surface, but he is very shrewd inside, he is known as the first wise man in the Qiang tribe, otherwise he would not be able to persuade the tribe to send troops.

Li Jun was ready at this time, and under Xu Shu's siege order, all the troops took their positions and began to march towards the city wall in an orderly manner.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao hurriedly commanded the army to go down to the city, for fear that it would be bombarded by Shenwu artillery too late.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The war drums were beating, the cannons were sounding, the gunpowder smoke was rising, and the battle officially kicked off.

And Li Jun also repeated the old tricks, bombarding the city on the one hand, and the siege soldiers approached the city wall, wanting to take the city.

In this regard, Yuan Shao has already suffered a loss, so naturally he will not let Xu Shu succeed again, and he is estimating the approximate marching speed of Li Jun.

Yuan Shao immediately asked Yashuang to lead his troops and horses to rush out, preparing to defeat most of the Li army's siege.

When Yashuang received the order, he immediately led his soldiers and horses, and when the city gate was opened, he rushed out in a swarm.

Seeing the cavalry rushing out of the city, Li's army, which was already approaching the city wall, quickly retreated.

Seeing Li Jun retreating, Yashuang looked happy, and sneered at Yuan Shao's words about how brave Li Jun was.

"Kill! Sons, make meritorious contributions, there is wine and meat. When the Qiang people heard this, they shouted and rushed towards Li Jun.

But less than 500 meters away from the city, suddenly a war horse stumbled, threw the people on horseback, and was trampled to death.

Seeing this scene, Yashuang didn't care about it at first, but as the endless stream of people fell off their horses, she immediately understood that something was wrong and quickly called for the army to stop.

But it was already late at this time, and the Shenji Battalion had been waiting on the side for a long time, and with an order, they quickly set up a bow and shoot arrows, and in less than a minute, each person shot more than ten arrows.

With such a dense and rapid shooting, a rain of arrows formed in the sky above the Qiang tribe and fell quickly.

Seeing this, Yashuang was not flustered in his heart, although there were many feather arrows in the sky, they did not cause many casualties, at most one-tenth of the loss.

Yashuang shouted: "If you want to live, don't mess around, resist the falling bow and arrow, don't fall off the horse!" ”

Being killed or injured by a bow and arrow is a trivial matter, and among these tens of thousands of cavalry, as long as there is a mess, then trampling on each other will definitely cause greater casualties.

As long as they are not chaotic and avoid the rain of arrows, they can still charge and kill the whole army, but Yashuang didn't expect that this is not an ordinary feather arrow.

As the feather arrow landed on the ground, it exploded, and pieces of Qiang soldiers and horses fell to the ground, trampled to death by the frightened war horses.

The scene was chaotic for a while, and there was a wail, and when Yashuang saw this scene, she was already desperate in her heart, and she forgot to command for a while.

Yuan Shao, who was watching the battle in the city, saw that Yashuang's troops had suffered heavy losses, so he quickly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and open the city gate to respond.

Under the response of the Yuan army in the city, Yashuang led the defeated army crying wolf and retreated to the city in despair.

Xu Shu saw that the cavalry out of the city had been defeated, and he didn't give him a chance to breathe at all, so he hurriedly ordered to continue the siege of the city, putting on the appearance of vowing to break the city today.

On the city tower, Yuan Shaozheng comforted Yashuang, saying that he had no intention of blaming, and asked him to appease the soldiers and recuperate for battle.

Yuan Shao comforted him, and his eyes kept looking at the Li army advancing in the distance, his face showed worry, the Qiang soldiers and horses had been defeated before they could cause anything to the Li army, how could they resist.

(End of chapter)