As the night fell, there was still a shout of killing around the governor's mansion, and the arrows were flying like rain, and the fighting was still continuing.

After half a day of storming, the four walls of the state pastoral mansion were broken open, and there were more than ten gaps in the ruins.

It's a pity that the Cao army repeatedly rushed and killed, trying to attack from the gap, but they were all killed and retreated by the Xiliang army again and again, and then re-plugged the gap, making the battle situation return to the original point again. The two armies were fighting fiercely.

However, due to the fact that it could not be set on fire, it was naturally impossible to use catapults (Cao Jun called them thunderbolts).

This is because these siege weapons can easily destroy an entire mansion, which is no different from setting fire to it. If you smash Yuan Shao's coffin by mistake, it is better to set it on fire, so the thunderbolt cannot be used.

Since then, the only tools available to Cao's army are bows and crossbows and ladders, and they have been attacking the walls day and night.

Even so, the state is in jeopardy.

After all, this is Cao Cao's territory, with no less than 200,000 troops gathered and all kinds of siege weapons, how can he break through a mansion?

It was only a matter of time before the state pastoral mansion was captured, but at present, the huge palace was still in the hands of the Xiliang army, and there was no danger of falling within a day or two.

As night fell, the main hall hall was brightly lit, and the tables were full of wine and meat, as if it was a big feast.

And it was not only the generals under Li Li who went to the banquet tonight, but all the surviving Xiliang soldiers who guarded the palace during the day, there were thousands of people.

In order to feast on these soldiers who had fought for most of the day, Li Li's personal guards dismantled all the decorations and furnishings in the main hall. Make room for a table so that the soldiers can sit in the lobby and eat and drink to their heart's content, and will not be killed or injured due to the sudden fall of arrows in the air.

Even so. The lobby could not accommodate thousands of soldiers at the same time. So Li Lisuo ordered people to dismantle the upper steps where the dragon chairs were placed, and open up the partition walls of the side halls on both sides, so that there was enough space for the soldiers to sit together and eat a full meal peacefully.

In addition to these soldiers who went to the banquet, the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers are currently fighting with Cao's army. Later, these well-fed soldiers will replace them, and they will rotate in three shifts, and each soldier will have a share, and everyone will not be left behind.

This was a feast deliberately arranged by Li Li. From the moment you enter the mansion. He then instructed his soldiers to collect all the ingredients of Yuan's mansion and began to prepare for this grand feast. In other words, since Li Li entered the Yuan Mansion, he did not intend to stay here for a long time. It is completely regarded as a temporary resting place, resting the soldiers and horses, and then fighting with all their might.

Fortunately, there were plenty of supplies in Yuan's mansion. There are many livestock in the backyard. Enough ingredients. There are also ready-made miscellaneous servants, plus more than 1,000 Jinqi guards to assist, it is not a problem to prepare wine and meat for 20,000 people in half a day.

At the beginning of the feast, Li Li took Li Zhi, Huan Fei and Gongsun Zhan into the lobby, raised his hand to signal that the soldiers did not need to salute, and then sat among the soldiers. At this moment, there is no difference between upper and lower steps in the lobby, and there is no courtesy of the minister. There is no condescension or humility, but only fellow sufferers who live and die together.

"Soldiers. Today, we are trapped here, all because I, Li Li, are victorious and mistakenly hit the tricks of the villains, so that all the soldiers are in danger and their lives are hanging by a thread! ”

After three glasses of wine, Li Li stood up and stood in the center of the hall, admitting in public that he had made a mistake in command, and publicly apologized to the soldiers. After a pause in his voice, he said aloud with a frank expression: "It's not a secret, at this moment, the army outside the city has withdrawn to the north bank, and we are isolated and alone. It is because we can't sit still here, we are bound to fight back, fight hard, even if we can't break through the city, we will die on the way to the charge! ”

"Breakout!" The commander sitting next to Li Li shouted in response, and immediately all the soldiers in the hall said in unison: "Jedi counterattack, fight hard, break through!" Breakout ??????"

Li Li stretched out his hand to signal the soldiers to be quiet, and said quite excitedly: "You are all good men with iron bones, my Li Li can have today's status and power because of the blood of the soldiers, without you, there would be no Li Li today!" Since Wuwei started the army, you have followed me to fight in the east and west, and in the south and north, and you have always been my strong backing Li Li. Therefore, you are all invincible warriors who defend the territory of Xiliang, and you are also my loyal soldiers Li Li, and you are also brothers and sisters who share weal and woe with me! It is because there is no lord and minister in the hall tonight, there is no condescension and humility, only a cadre of brothers who live and die, you are all my Li Li's brothers! ”

"We are willing to go to the soup for the Lord, and I will not give up!" Li Li's generals responded in unison.

"Brother?" This familiar and unfamiliar word filled the minds of thousands of soldiers in the lobby at the moment. They never dreamed that they would one day become brothers with their father-in-law, although they had already thought about what this "brother" meant, but they were not afraid, they did not regret it, but their expressions were excited, excited, and their bodies were full of warmth and blood.

Death, they are not afraid. From the moment they entered the army and put on their armor, they were ready to die on the battlefield at any time, and the horse leather shroud was their supreme glory and their long-cherished wish to fight so far.

There are no cowards and fears of death in the Xiliang Army, which is brave enough to crown the world, and is known for its simplicity and toughness, with boiling blood flowing in its body, and its bones are infused with courage and fearlessness. For so many years, they have been the sharpest knives in Li Li's hands, and they are the most brave and warlike tiger soldiers in the world.

It is the Xiliang soldiers who are not afraid of hardship, tiredness, and death, especially on the battlefield, which is their fate to fight on the battlefield, and it is a supreme glory. However, they also have fears, they also have fears, and there are times when they are afraid and hesitant.

What are they afraid of?

They are afraid of starvation and cold, afraid that their parents, wives and children will have no one to take care of them after they die, and they are even more afraid that their death will be unknown and unclear.

However, at this moment, Li Li's "brother" resolved all the fears and worries in their hearts.

This "brother" let them have no worries, let them know who they died for, and know that they died well, died vigorously, and died worthwhile. And the premise of this qiē is that no matter what, they must protect their "lord brothers" to break out safely, as long as he breaks through, then even if they die on the battlefield, it is worth it.

All the Xiliang soldiers respect the lord Li Li as a god and believe in the lord's words and deeds, because he never breaks his word, and he has always done what he says. It was the moment Li Li regarded them as brothers, and all the soldiers knew that they had no worries about this breakthrough, whether they lived or died. If they die on the battlefield, the lord Li Li will definitely take care of their parents, wives and children; If they survive, they will be the most trusted and loyal brothers of the lord.

"Do you say you have no clothes? With the same robe as the son, Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son!

How can you say that you have no clothes? With the son of Tongze, Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son!

How can you say that you have no clothes? With the son, Wang Yuxing is the teacher, and I am a soldier. Walk with the son! ”

At the moment when Li Li finished speaking, a veteran in his forties softly sang this war song that had been passed down for hundreds of years. Suddenly, all the soldiers in the hall were infected by it, and they echoed it, singing this song of endless war on the yellow earth in unison, and even Li Li was deeply affected and couldn't help reciting "No Clothes".

?????? The feast in the lobby lasted until late at night. More than 20,000 Xiliang troops rotated in three shifts, and even the wounded soldiers were no exception, all of them were well fed and drunk. Perhaps for most of them, it was the last full meal.

At the time of the third watch, the north wall of the backyard of the state pastor's mansion suddenly collapsed, and thousands of Xiliang cavalry jumped out of their horses, and they were caught off guard and killed the Cao army outside the wall. Immediately, hundreds of Yuan Fu servants dressed in linen and filial piety walked out from the gap in the ruins, and under the escort of the Xiliang Iron Horse, they carried Yuan Shao's coffin straight to the north gate.

At the same time, the southern and western walls of Yuan's Mansion were also forcibly breached, and two or three thousand Xiliang iron horsemen fought out of both gaps, causing Cao's army outside the wall to rush into battle. In a moment, the Cao army, which was passively responding to the battle, was defeated, and then watched as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry rushed out of the Yuan Mansion and rushed straight to the South Gate and the West Gate to kill them.

When the battle broke out suddenly, Cao Zhen and Jiang Qi, who were in charge of commanding the army to attack the palace at night, heard the news and immediately led the army to the south gate and the north gate, because they judged that these two gates must be the main attack direction of the Xiliang army to break through at night. The south gate is the easiest to be breached, and the defenders of the north gate are still Yuan Shao's soldiers, when the defenders see Yuan Shao's coffin, they must have a lot of scruples, so it is easy to be captured by the Xiliang army.

Other than that, Simon had nothing to worry about. The guards stationed at the West Gate were the generals of the Cao Army, and there were 5,000 soldiers and horses guarding the city all night, so the West Liang Army could not break through the West Gate in a short time.

"Whoosh!"

In the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the defenders of the South Gate, the North Gate and the West Gate saw the Xiliang cavalry of the brigade approaching the city gate, and immediately released their arrows without thinking about it. However, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who rode his horse and rushed to attack, was not afraid, completely ignoring these whistling arrows and arrows, as long as they were not killed on the spot, they rushed straight to the city gate regardless of it.

"Kill!" In the midst of a desperate scream, I saw one by one Xiliang soldiers with arrows stuck in their bodies brazenly rushing towards the soldiers defending the city who were intercepting them, spitting blood while slashing and slashing wildly. When they were picked off by the defenders of the city and fell from their horses, they saw that they were still slapping the horses fiercely, causing the horses to crash into the city gate in pain.

This kind of deadly impact is out of control, and it is constantly coming and intensifying. Finally, under the successive rushes of the Xiliang army, the originally tightly sealed heavy city gate made a "crunch" scream??????

―――――― To be Continued ―――――――――――― (To be Continued......

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