Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 487

No one knows when this endless battle will stop, but both sides know that this battle must end with the destruction of one side.

Either Kaiyang is broken and Cao Jun enters the city; or Kaiyang is defended and Cao Jun retreats.

Apart from these two paths, there is no third path to take.

Looking at the blood-stained soldiers of the Xuzhou Army, Liu Bei's eyes flashed with deep regret.

"What good soldiers these are!" Liu Bei thought to himself.

Jing Si under the city shouted hoarsely: "Today we swear to break the city to the death and continue to attack!"

"Kill!" Cao Jun's reserve team received Jing Si's order, raised their shields against the ladder and roared out, heading straight for Kaiyang City.

People's hearts are fleshy, seeing the soldiers fell helplessly in front of his eyes, Jing Si's heart ached so much.

But soon a look of determination flashed in Jing Si's eyes, as a general, he must never have the kindness of a woman in his heart!
War has always been like this, and it is unavoidable at any time.

Whenever there is a war, people will die, this is the law of war.

Now that the defense of Xuzhou soldiers is already weak, if you don't strike while the iron is hot, it will be difficult for these Xuzhou soldiers to recover their physical strength and then break through the city!

Seeing the new wave of Cao Jun's offensive, the crossbowmen and slingers did not care about their heavy bodies, and performed their duties one after another, dedicating their meager strength to defend Kaiyang City.

Arrows were scattered from the top of the city, boulders and crossbars were also thrown down, and Cao Jun's attack was once again blocked.

Many of the companions who ate and lived together in the past died in front of their eyes, which made Cao Jun's soldiers all red-eyed, roaring and killing towards Kaiyang City.

Every inch of the ground under Kaiyang City was covered with dry and solidified blood stains. These blood stains, the clash of weapons and the shouts of soldiers on both sides created a miserable and desolate picture.

Heavy and majestic black smoke billowed up, and the banners of both sides fell to the ground in a mess, soaked in steaming blood.

Next to the banner, the remains of limbs, flesh and broken arrows and armor were piled up together, making it hard to bear to look directly at.

This battle between the two armies on the city wall was more cruel and bloody than imagined.

Kaiyang City is like a huge meat grinder, mercilessly devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides.

But the final result of the siege on this day still ended with Cao Jun's Ming Jin.

In the case of similar numbers of people, there is no doubt that the defenders must have the greatest advantage on both sides of the attack.

Although the generals of the Cao army are not afraid of death, but the elite soldiers of Danyang are not vegetarians, so the siege of the day is still in vain.

Looking at the ashamed Jing Si, Cao Cao stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, giving him a look that doesn't matter.

"Repair for one night, and continue to attack the city tomorrow!" Cao Cao ordered.

……

"My lord, something is wrong, Tao Kan has turned his back!" A scout came to report the news like a mourning concubine.

"What?" Tao Qian, who was in a hurry, rolled his eyes and passed out.

Tao Qian's personal soldiers hurriedly supported Tao Qian to prevent Tao Qian from falling to the ground.

This soldier's movements are very skillful, and it seems that he has to be supported a lot in normal times.

After hearing the news that Tao Qian had fainted again, Liu Bei handed over the task of defending the city to Tian Yu, Wei Wentong and others, and then came to condolences to Tao Qian.

After waking up, Tao Qian got up tremblingly, and ordered weakly: "Help the old man change his clothes, and ask someone to prepare the car for driving!"

"Where does Mr. Tao want to go?" Liu Bei felt an ominous premonition.

"Of course, the old man wants to go back to Xiapi City! Tao Kan, a rebellious son, actually turned against the old man, and the old man treated him well! Xuande, you know, Shang'er and Ying'er are both in Xiapi City! If they are killed by Tao Kan Killing, what is the old man doing alive?" While talking, Tao Qian put on his clothes under the service of his maid.

"Tao Gong, Xiapi City has been captured, and it will be useless for you to return at this time!" Liu Bei persuaded.

"Xuande doesn't need to persuade, if Shang'er and Ying'er are at fault, the six counties of Xuzhou, I don't need it!" Tao Qian said firmly.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what Tao Qian said, there is no successor, so what if there is no matter how big or large the foundation is?
Make another one?
Tao Qian may have thought about this too, but Tao Qian, who is old and frail, really has more than enough energy for this.

Ever since, Tao Qian, despite Liu Bei's efforts to dissuade him, insisted on leading his troops back to Xiapi.

Liu Bei really couldn't persuade Tao Qian, so he had to let him go. After all, he was the master of Xuzhou, and Liu Bei was just a guest living in Xuzhou.

But Tao Qian did not bring all the soldiers and horses back to Xiapi. Langya Kingdom originally had 8000 defenders, plus [-] cavalry from Liu Bei and [-] soldiers and horses sent by Tao Qian, making a total of [-] troops.

After these few days of attacking fortified positions, the number of Langya's defenders dropped sharply to just over [-].

After thinking about it for a while, Tao Qian took away nearly [-] soldiers and horses, leaving more than [-] soldiers and horses for Liu Bei.

Tao Qian chose a direction to avoid Cao Cao's camp and rushed all the way to Xuzhou. Although Tao Qian had a carriage, the bumps along the way were enough for him.

If Tao Qian is like this, let alone the soldiers who walk on two legs.

It can be predicted that even if Li Jing did not capture Xiapi City, after Tao Qian led his troops back to Xiapi, with the fatigue of these soldiers, Tao Qian would not be able to take Xiapi City back from Tao Kan.

After Tao Qian left, Liu Bei wanted to cry but had no tears. He fought more than [-] with [-]. Even if it was a tough battle, it was not easy to fight!
In this way, Liu Bei had to leave a way out for himself, and he couldn't gamble his life to work for Tao Qian.

After thinking about it, Liu Bei found that there were only two places he could go to. The first was Jingzhou, which was extremely rich, and the second was Yizhou, the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Both Liu Yan and Liu Biao are descendants of the Han Dynasty. With the name of this Han family clan, Liu Bei could find a small town as a place to stay.

So what happened to the potter and Tao Ying who made Tao Qian worry about it?

Not long after Li Jing captured Xiapi City, Tao Shang and Tao Ying "accidentally" died among the rebel army. As for who killed the two brothers, there is no way of knowing.

Li Jing has already sent someone to collect his body, waiting to return it to Tao Qian.

……

Soon after Tao Qian left, the scouts informed Cao Cao that Tao Qian had led his troops to leave.

Cao Cao frowned after hearing this, and then waved his hand to indicate that the scouts could go down.

Tao Qian chose to leave at this juncture, if there was not a huge change, then Tao Qian was cheating.

What kind of situation it is, you have to see it to know, Cao Cao has no intention of leading his troops to chase Tao Qian, if you want to escape, then run away!

The next day, Cao Cao assigned Cao Ren to be in charge of attacking the city.

Tao Qian left suddenly, and Cao Cao had to guard against it, so Cao Cao sent Jing Si to lead his troops to guard his position, lest Tao Qian suddenly break out.

In this way, it doesn't matter even if Tao Qian is cheating.

Under the fierce attack of Cao Jun, Kaiyang City fell into a precarious situation for a while, but fortunately, several waves of Cao Jun's attacks were repelled in the end.

But even so, Liu Bei couldn't stay in Kaiyang City any longer, and there were only a little over seven thousand soldiers left in Kaiyang City. Within two days, Kaiyang City would be destroyed!

　The second watch arrives!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)