Liu Bei saw that there was a commotion in Ji Ling's camp, and his heart was really like this, Ji Ling's army did not always have fire extinguishing oil. Tonight can be broken. So he ordered the catapult and the archers to go into battle together, and the rockets and fireballs were fired at the same time. The fire shone as black as day. Ji Ling was dumbfounded. Huge fireballs fell into the camp, sparks flying everywhere and smoke filled. The soldiers took turns digging to save the earth, where was the time. In a few moments, the camp was full of fires, and everywhere was burning. The soldiers scattered to avoid the fire.

Outside the camp, Liu Bei waved his hand, and the three armies marched in formation and entered the Ji Ling camp. Ji Ling looked back and saw his own armor wolf rushing and fleeing in all directions. The fire was blazing around, and it was getting closer and closer. The adjutant general grabbed Ji Ling and persuaded: "General, quickly order to withdraw, if you don't leave, it's too late!" ”

Ji Ling came back to his senses, and then led his own soldiers to run to the rear camp, the heat was pressing along the way, and it was smoky, and it was difficult to breathe. The crowd braved the smoke and fires to move forward. In the middle of the line, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and saw a group of cavalry burst into the camp and came with their tails. Ji Ling pulled his sword and was about to lead the crowd to fight, when suddenly the deputy general next to him stabbed his sword straight into Ji Ling's heart, and then shouted: "I am willing to surrender!" I will surrender! "Just run to the Han army. Ji Ling looked back and wanted to glance at this traitor, but found that he was powerless. Suddenly, it was dark in front of him, and the strength of his whole body passed rapidly. He fell to the ground and died.

After the deputy general killed Ji Ling, he ran to Han Qi and bowed: "I am willing to surrender!" ”

In order to prevent smoke, the Han cavalry covered their faces with wet wipes, and a masked knight said: "There are no shameless people in our army." With that, the knife fell, and the head of the deputy general Dou Da rolled to the ground. He didn't understand until he died why he surrendered and died.

Ji Ling died, and the remnants surrendered. The camp of Ji Ling burned all night, and it was still burning during the day. When the fire was a little smaller, Liu Bei ordered the soldiers to extinguish the fire, and by the way, he dug a deep pit and threw the ashes and other objects into the pit, poured fire oil and set it on fire. In the end, it burned until only ashes remained, and only then did people fill it with earth.

At the same time, in order to prevent Yuan Shu from escaping, Yan Yan's soldiers went out of Xiquyang, so that Zhang Fei led the elite cavalry to ambush on the bank of Huaishui.

Yuan Shu learned that Ji Ling had been defeated. Surprised. summoned Liu Xun to see him and said: "Liu Bei is invincible, it is better to go south to Xiquyang, enter Hefei, and go to Yuzhou from Lujiang." ”

Liu Xun was also reluctant to fight to the death, and when he learned that Yuan Shu had arranged a way back, he naturally happily complied. So Yuan Shu and Liu Xun and other generals led a large army to Quyang in the west. Halfway through the road, a drum sounded, Yan Yan immediately led the army to stop in the middle of the road, and said, "Where is Yuan Shu?" ”

Yuan Shu was furious, so he led the army to fight Yan Yan. At this time, the army had no fighting spirit and wanted to flee for their lives. was severely broken by Yan Yan and won countless victories. Yuan Shu saw that the road to Xiquyang was over, so he returned to Shouchun with Liu Xun. He also ordered the messenger to report from Xiaodao to Chen Ji in Xiqu Road, and let him come to the rescue. Chen Ji learned that Ji Ling was dead, and after Liu Beibing entered Shouchun. He abandoned Xiquyang and went all the way to Hefei. Yan Yan made the deputy general take Xiquyang, and he brought the army to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu saw that Chen Ji had not come to help for a long time in the city, so he sighed and said, "What is Yuan Shu's point? ”

Shouchun is not a big city. The county of Jiujiang is in Yinling, and the Yangzhou Thorn History Department is located in Liyang. After Yuan Shu came, he moved to Yangzhou to Shouchun. Yuan Shu is basically a person who only enters and does not leave, and after so many years in Shouchun, he has patronized and enjoyed, and he has not taken much care of the city defense at all. Now that Liu Bei is coming with a large army, Yuan Shu is also desperate, he doesn't think that Shouchun's city defense can stop Liu Bei. Moreover, Ji Ling's remnants of the defeated army also brought very bad news, that is, Liu Bei had a large amount of fire oil in his army.

Liu Bei led a large army and besieged Shouchun City. A big war has begun. Yuan Shu's golden helmet and golden armor, carrying a sword, appeared at the head of the city. If he doesn't come out at this time, then there is really no one to die for him. The appearance of Yuan Shu still has an effect. At the very least, everywhere he went, he drew cheers from the soldiers who were loyal to him.

A siege is a bloody, cruel and long affair. Generally, the attacking and defensive sides each send their own soldiers to fight. Then, in this bloody war, to test and discover the enemy's weaknesses. Then grasp the weak point and attack, and try to expand the weak point. If you can do that, you've won.

Fortunately, Shouchun's weaknesses are enough and obvious enough that there is no need to test them at all. The city wall of Shouchun is low and still in disrepair, so Liu Bei's catapult smashed against the city wall; The morale of the Shouchun defenders was low and the army had no fighting spirit, so Liu Bei ordered people to shoot letters into the city to persuade them to surrender. Firmly grasping these two points, Liu Bei believed that victory would come soon.

In fact, from the moment Liu Beijun was in Shouchun, the glory of victory was destined to belong to Liu Bei. The great families of the city are already discussing the dedication of the city. At this time, if you don't show your performance, when Liu Bei enters the city and is liquidated, it will be over. You must know that Liu Bei is here to rebel. And they all helped this rebel in the city.

On the second day, Liu Bei's catapult wore out all the parts, and the Shouchun city wall could not survive. Such a dense and ferocious blow was unprecedented since its founding. In the last round of stone rain, it let out a mournful roar and collapsed with a bang. A section of the city wall of more than ten zhang suddenly collapsed, which brought a great impact to Yuan Shu's army. At this time, the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and the drum rumbled more intensively. A group of strong soldiers, carrying swords and shields, came in from the collapse.

At the critical moment, Yuan Shu wore armor and appeared in the gap with Liu Xun. "Hold on! Shoot the arrows! ”

"Spearman, spearman!"

"Kill!"

Everywhere there was shouting and roaring. A team of Yuan troops, inspired by Yuan Shu's personal presence in the battle array, mustered up their spirit and fought with the Han army.

Soon, the gap was filled with corpses. At the same time, Yuan Shu also asked people to arrange horses and fences at the gaps to prevent Liu Bei's army from impacting.

The two armies fought for several hours in the gap, and neither could help the other. Seeing that it was dark, Liu Bei ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. The Han army retreated, and Yuan Shu's breath finally let out in his heart. He and Liu Xun helped each other to the barracks, and after resting, Yuan Shu said: "Liu Qing, Shouchun can't hold it." You hurry up and gather the soldiers, we will evacuate overnight, and the soldiers will go to Cai. ”

Liu Xun was shocked in his heart and said, "Lord, how can this be? Didn't you repel Liu Bei just now? ”

Yuan Shu smiled tiredly, waved his hand, and said, "It was Liu Bei who took the initiative to retreat." The Han army still has spare strength, but our army is doing its best. Liu Bei comes again, do you think our army still has the strength to fight again? ”

Liu Xun was silent and didn't speak. That's true, if he hadn't personally escorted the battle with Yuan Shu just now, I'm afraid that the army would have collapsed long ago. Now Shouchun City has been broken. It is a very big psychological blow to our own army. If you want to keep it again, you won't be able to keep it at all. Since this is the case, it is better to take advantage of Liu Bei's collection of troops and evacuate early.

So Liu Xun went to pass on Yuan Shu's order. The three armies hurriedly had a meal, and those who still had the strength and were willing to follow Yuan Shu hurriedly followed Yuan Shu and Liu Xun out of Shouchun, and under the cover of the night, they ran down Cai.

The big families in the city still wanted to sacrifice the city at a critical moment to raise their value, but who knew that Yuan Shu would withdraw without saying a word after a fight. Upon learning of Yuan Shu's withdrawal, there was chaos in the city, and the soldiers and gentry contacted the Han army outside the city.

When Liu Bei heard the letter, he entered the city overnight, surrendered the Yuan army, appeased the people, and stabilized the order of Shouchun. Yuan Shu marched out of the city for a night, and when he arrived at dawn, he looked at his own army again, and there were only thousands of soldiers left, and everyone was hungry. With a sigh in his heart, he ordered his army to rest for a while, and then began to march down Cai. Along the way, Yuan Shu kept comforting and encouraging the soldiers and himself, as long as he arrived in Xia Cai, he would be safe.