Outside Chen Liu, Yuan Jun was black.

They took the corpse of their own dead robes and retreated silently, their faces covered with exhaustion.

As the sun sets, the sky is filled with sunset, and the entire battlefield is stained red with blood. The blood and the red sunset in the sky complement each other, which has a thrilling beauty.

Yuan Shao's right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, the green tendons in his hand burst out, and he looked at the city in the distance with a gloomy face.

It's been more than a month, and Yuan Shao has led his troops south to attack Liu Bei, which has taken more than a month. Coupled with the time consumed by the expedition to Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao has been fighting continuously for half a year this year.

Although Jizhou is rich and has a large population, it can't withstand such consumption. Especially the famine that swept through Dahan a few years ago, even Jizhou was greatly affected.

Fortunately, the wind and rain have been smooth in the past few years, and Jizhou has accumulated some family funds. But after half a year of conquest, even the rich Jizhou is a little difficult to support.

Xu You came to Yuan Shao and said, "The lord should go back to the camp to rest first, you are busy until midnight these days, you should pay more attention to your body." ”

Hearing Xu You's words, a hint of softness flashed in Yuan Shao's eyes, and then he said a little helplessly: "The big ears were in danger of the Yellow River before, which only stopped the pace of my army going south. ”

"But I don't want him to defend Chenliu now, and we can't conquer the city even if we continue to attack for half a month. The most infuriating thing is that Guan Yu has repeatedly cut off my food channel and killed several generals under my command. ”

"If I hadn't conquered Chen Liu this time and killed Da Er'er to vent the hatred in my heart, what would the world think of me?"

Liu Bei followed Sima Yi's advice and first guarded the Yellow River and dealt with Yuan Shao. Later, he fortified the wall and cleared the wilderness, and moved all the people he occupied in Yanzhou to the south into Yuzhou.

During this time, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao had been dealing with Yuan Shao for nearly half a month.

Later, Liu Bei took the initiative to lead the troops to retreat to Chenliu, held the road of Yuan Shao south to Yuzhou, and led the army to defend the city for more than half a month.

For half a month, Yuan Shao tried his best to conquer the city, but he never succeeded.

He sent people to attack the city with ladders and chariots, and Sima Yi asked people to pour fire oil on the ladders and chariots, and then burned these siege equipment clean.

Yuan Shao also made people spend a lot of time building a well fence, and the archers hid in the well fence and shot arrows into the city to cover the siege of the army. But the brave Zhang Fei led people out of the city and destroyed all the well fences.

Yuan Shao dug tunnels on all sides, wanting to follow the strategy of destroying Gongsun Zan and attack the city. However, Sima Yi discovered the direction of the tunnel by listening to the urn, and then dug a trench to smoke all the Yuan Shaojun inside.

It can be said that during this period of time, the strategists under Yuan Shao's command used almost all the methods of attacking the city, but all of them were recognized by Sima Yi, so that Yuan Shao had no way to break through Chen Liu.

Yuan's army fought for half a year, from Jizhou to Liaodong, and from Liaodong to Chenliu County, running thousands of miles, and was already exhausted. If it weren't for the high morale of Gongsun Zan in the previous victory, I am afraid that the army would have lost the spirit of war a long time ago.

In addition, Guan Yu used the only 500 cavalry in Yuzhou to constantly harass and attack Yuan's army's grain route, which also made Yuan Shao have a headache. Later, Yuan Shao sent generals to lead troops to protect food, but Guan Yu killed a few.

With no choice, Yuan Shao had no choice but to send the first camp led by Ju Yi and a cavalry led by Wen Chou to protect the grain, which frustrated Guan Yu's spirit and made him dare not covet the grain and grass of the Yuan army.

In this way, the cost and consumption of Yuan's army to transport grain have greatly increased, making Jizhou's logistics even more overwhelmed.

Frustrated and walked up to Yuan Shao in a military uniform, and said with a worried face: "Lord, I never thought that Chen Liu would be so difficult to conquer, and if he continues to consume it like this, I am afraid that Jizhou will be greatly damaged." ”

"Cao Mengde is an ally of Jizhou, why didn't the lord write a letter asking Cao Mengde to send troops to help and attack Yuzhou together?"

Yuan Shao's face sank when he heard this, and he snorted coldly and rushed to the direction of the camp.

With Yuan Benchu's pride, how could he ask Cao Cao for help when he attacked Liu Bei? What's more, if Cao Cao sent troops, Yuan Shao might not be able to monopolize Yuzhou.

The current Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are no longer what they used to be, even if Yuan Shao can conquer Yuzhou, he will not worry about the territory being too narrow and too long to defend as before.

Cao Cao has been recuperating for several years, and his subordinates are also many generals, with plenty of food and grass. Especially when Yuan Shao fought with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao did not dare to underestimate Cao Cao, the general friend.

If you want Cao Cao to send troops to help, it is impossible not to give him some benefits. In Yuan Shao's eyes, Liu Bei was just an insignificant figure, and there was no need to ask Cao Cao for help.

Therefore, whether it was for the sake of face or for the entire land of Yuzhou, Yuan Shao was unwilling to let Cao Cao interfere.

Yuan Shao, who returned to the camp, issued an order: besiege Chen Liu, and do not let the grain and grass transportation from Yuzhou enter the city.

Yuan Shao didn't believe that there was endless grain and grass in Chen Liu, even if it was a competition to consume, Yuan Shao would break Chen Liusheng and capture Liu Bei, and then conquer the entire Yuzhou.

Although he has spent a lot of money and food now, as long as he can conquer Yuzhou, no matter how much he consumes, it will be worth it.

That night, Yuan Shao walked in the camp, looked at the starry sky, and muttered to himself: "The autumn harvest is coming, as long as the grain is harvested, there will be no more pressure on logistics." ”

"At that time, that is, the day Chen Liucheng was broken!"

The stars in the sky were taken into Yuan Shao's eyes and slowly evolved into the prototype of a universe. How big the heart is, how big the world is, but Yuan Shao at this time has the ambition to swallow the universe.

In Chen Liu, Liu Bei ran on the city wall, constantly comforting and encouraging the soldiers defending the city, so that they always maintained high morale.

Although Chen Liu had resisted the onslaught of Yuan's army for half a month, the losses of Liu's army in the city were not small.

If it weren't for Liu Bei, who ate and lived with the soldiers every day, and cared for the wounded soldiers very much, Chen Liu might not have been able to support him for so long.

After inspecting the city wall, Liu Bei felt deeply tired. He descended the city wall and walked to an ordinary courtyard, and when he saw the young figure inside, he felt full of strength again.

During this time, Sima Yi repeatedly saw through Yuan Jun's schemes, which made Liu Bei even more impressed with him. He believed that as long as Sima Yi was still in the city, he would definitely be able to defend Chen Liu.

"Zhongda, will the general send troops?"

Sima Yi turned his head to look at Liu Bei with a tired face, and said softly: "In half a month, it will be the autumn harvest season, and when the autumn harvest comes, the lord will definitely send troops to Jizhou!" ”

"Is there still half a month?"

Liu Bei muttered softly, but there was an inexplicable look in his eyes.