In fact, even if they mention twelve points of caution, they will inevitably be caught in the urn. Because there is only this lonely city left in the entire Danyang, and the people in the villages and towns around Wanling are also willing to accept Liu Xin's rule, even if they are lucky enough to break through, they will end up in a situation where there is no way out.

In this case, Zhang He still did not rush to attack, but used trebuchets to attack for a whole day. After three days of stone rain, the defenders were on the verge of breaking down.

On the fourth day, when the "boom" that had awakened them from their dreams sounded again, many of the soldiers and people defending the city had weakened their legs, and they were almost forced to climb up to the top of the city by Yu Elk with a knife.

Outside the city, the trebuchets were still lined up in neat rows, but behind the trebuchets there were black formations. Flags fluttered in the military formation, and the soldiers were dressed in black clothes and black armor, and the ladders and rushing cars were all ready. Obviously, the Han Legion, which had surrounded Wanling City for more than ten days, was about to launch a formal attack.

When the defenders at the head of the city saw this formation, they couldn't help but let out a commotion. After seeing the power of the Han army's bows and trebuchets under the city, no one thought that they could still hold this lonely city. Moreover, after three days of bombardment by trebuchets, cracks began to appear in many places on the city wall, and even small-scale collapses occurred in some places, and no one knew whether these city walls, which were already in close decay, could withstand the next wave of stone rain, and maybe the army outside the city was waiting for the moment when the city wall collapsed.

The trebuchets outside the city just stood there silently, not moving. However, those black formations began to press slowly against the walls, step by step, firm and powerful, and the defenders of the city could even feel the shaking of the earth.

Suddenly, the soldiers shouted in unison: "Those who sacrifice the city are exempted!" Those who surrender do not kill! Those who don't give away their sins! Those who surrender do not kill! ……”

There were 40,000 soldiers lined up outside the city, and the power of the shouts in unison was truly astonishing, and the deafening sound could be heard for miles.

Yu Lu shouted loudly at the head of the city: "Don't panic, don't panic! Quick, prepare the bow and arrow, prepare the rolling logs, the stones...... Ah......h

He was yelling, not beware of the wind in the back of his head, and was hit hard. Actually, it wasn't a stick at all, but a log carried by two soldiers. Such logs were originally meant to be rolled down the city wall while the enemy was ascending the city, so they were also called rolling logs. However, the two soldiers saw the menacing army below the city, and almost without thinking, they slammed the entire log into the back of Yu Moose's head. Yu Elk was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a scream.

Yu Lu's own soldiers were about to come forward to rescue, but when they saw the strange eyes of those soldiers guarding the city and the people, their hands trembled, and they actually threw their knives out of the city. The other soldiers followed suit and threw their swords and spears at the city. For a while, Ding Dang's voice was endless, and the base of the city wall was already full of blades.

Zhang He took Wanling City bloodlessly in this way, when Yu Moose was pushed in front of Liu Xin with a thick bandage wrapped around his head, Liu Xin ordered Yu Moose to be beheaded without thinking about it, for these people with limited ability and ignorance of current affairs, Liu Xin really does not need any mercy for them now.

After Danyang was completely calmed down, Liu Xin still did not finally make up his mind whether to return to the north or not. Although the current economic development of Jiangnan is still relatively backward, the primitive scenery has a unique charm, and Liu Xin decided to stay here temporarily.

More than half a month has passed, and Yuan Shu still has not been able to capture Shouchun City. Faced with the dilemma of being unable to overcome for a long time, Yuan Shu was a little furious, but the disaster was not a single line, and suddenly news came that Gong Du and Liu Pi of the Yellow Turban remnants had rebelled in Runan.

Over the past year or so, Yuan Shu has been in Runan, Qiaojun, Lujiang and other places to expropriate and expropriate, causing a lot of complaints, the people are not living, and the Yellow Turban Yu Party Gong Du and Liu Pi, who have been hiding in Runan, took the opportunity to mobilize the people, and rose up, and swept the entire territory of Runan in just five or six days, and broke through Runan City.

This incident made Yuan Shu very angry, he had just ordered Li Feng to lead 50,000 horses to reinforce Ji Ling a few days ago, and this happened as a result. Yuan Shu, who was sitting in Lujiang, still had nearly 100,000 horses under his command, but Cao Cao and Liu Xin around him were all eyeing him, and he did not dare to easily send troops to recover Runan.

General Changshi Yang persuaded: "My lord, Shouchun has been unable to attack for a long time, and it has already frustrated the spirit of our army, so it is better to suspend the army for the time being, and then make plans after the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Runan is completely pacified." ”

Yuan Shu paced around in the big tent and said hatefully: "More than 100,000 people have besieged it for a month, and they can't take a small Shouchun City, I can't swallow this breath no matter what!" Tell Ji Ling, beat me to death! ”

When General Yang heard that Yuan Shu was going to attack Shouchun in this situation, he couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly persuaded again: "The lord must not be rash!" Runan is my foundation, and we must not lose it, but we can make Ji Ling besiege but not attack, and when the food in the city is exhausted, the city can be broken. Now there are more than 130,000 people outside Shouchun City, so it is better to send a group of people and horses from there to Runan to break the yellow scarf. ”

Yuan Shu pondered for a moment and said: "A few days ago, Ji Ling sent a letter, Liu Bei's family did not do his best in the siege in order to preserve his strength, so that Shouchun could not be conquered for a long time, which is really hateful!" Since he refuses to contribute in Shouchun, then transfer him to Runan to exterminate the Yellow Turban! ”

General Yang hurriedly said: "Lord, Liu Bei is really a generation of heroes, and he must not be allowed to lead the troops alone, otherwise he will return to the mountain." The lord can first transfer him to Lujiang, and then send a cadre to accompany him, and then he will be supervised, and he can be safe. ”

Yuan Shu was silent for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.

In fact, Shou Chun couldn't attack for a long time, but he couldn't blame Liu Bei, the real culprit was Yuan Shu himself. Yuan Shu was rampant in Qiaojun, Runan, and Lujiang, and many people could not bear the suffering, so they had to flee to other places with their families, so the people of Jiujiang also heard about it. Hearing that Yuan Shu's army was coming, the people had long been panicked and rushed to tell each other. When Liu Miao recruited the people to defend the city, there was a situation where there was a response. If this situation reaches Liu Xin's ears, he will definitely shout again, those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.

Liu Bei is actually very depressed, he does have the idea of preserving his strength, but no matter how he tries to find a way, as the besieging party, casualties are always inevitable, and in the past month, his 50,000 horses have also lost more than 10,000. But he had no choice, he had no choice but to persevere and see if he could find a chance to escape.

The hard work paid off, and Liu Bei finally waited for Yuan Shu's order to summon him back to his teacher. Moreover, Liu Bei also bribed the messenger sent by Yuan Shu to find out an important news, Runan Yellow Turban had rebelled, and this time he was transferred back, it was very likely that he would be asked to quell the chaos, which was the opportunity that Liu Bei had been waiting for. Since the Runan Yellow Turban Rebellion made Yuan Shu helpless, then he could take advantage of this opportunity to occupy Runan, and I believe that Yuan Shu must have no way to deal with him. Although Runan only has one county, in Liu Bei's eyes, it is the foundation for him to compete for the world.

Liu Bei didn't say a word, hurriedly handed over the defense to Ji Ling, and marched to Lujiang with the remaining more than 35,000 Xuzhou troops. After walking a short distance, a team of people came out of the way, and the first person was Jian Yong.

It turned out that Liu Bei did not take all his men and horses to Lujiang, but left 5,000 people to be led by Jian Yong, and they have been hiding in the nearby mountains and forests. These horses are the private soldiers that Liu Bei secretly recruited when he was under Tao Qian, and they are also Liu Bei's most loyal troops, and they are Liu Bei's followers.

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 inform Jian Yong and asked him to bring someone to wait here. This is a great opportunity to escape from the cage, and Liu Bei naturally will not leave Jian Yong, who is loyal to him.

Jian Yong received Liu Bei and saw that all the people around him were cronies, so he arched his hand and said: "Lord, this is going to Lujiang, and his subordinates think that Yuan Shuju will not easily let the lord lead the troops alone." You need to think of a foolproof plan to gain Yuan Shu's trust. ”

Liu Bei let go of his horse 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 must give him a generous gift. Now that we are outcast, and we have no long things, I am afraid that it will be difficult to please him. ”

Jian Yong nodded and said, "What the lord is extremely worried about is that ordinary things are indeed difficult to enter his eyes, unless it is a treasure that he cannot resist. ”

Treasure? Liu Bei's brows suddenly furrowed, and he couldn't help but reach into his arms. In his arms is the heirloom jade seal, which is definitely a peerless treasure, Liu Bei carries this treasure with him wherever he goes, and he sees it as more important than his life. At that time, when Liu Bei obtained the jade seal of the country, Jian Yong was not beside him, and only he and Guan Yu knew about this matter. Of course, with Guan Yu completely submissive to Liu Xin, now Liu Xin also knows that this heirloom jade seal is on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei believed that if this heirloom jade seal was handed over to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu would definitely give him absolute trust and let him lead the troops to Runan alone to quell the rebellion. However, this heirloom jade seal is not easy to come by, and Liu Bei still wants to use it one day to call on the world's heroes and realize his dreams, he is really a little reluctant.

Jian Yong has followed Liu Bei for many years, and his understanding of Liu Bei even exceeds that of Liu Bei himself, he saw the change in the expression on Liu Bei's face, and he knew that Liu Bei must have something that could impress Yuan Shu, and couldn't help but say: "Lord, at this critical juncture, I still hope that the lord will focus on the overall situation, as long as he wins the world in the future, what else can't he get?" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, took out the jade seal from his arms, handed it to Jian Yong, and said, "Xianhe, what do you think of this thing?" ”