The last three kingdoms

Chapter 324
Yang Bao's eyes were red, as if they were stained red by the blood in front of him. He commanded hoarsely, but his voice was still drowned in the roar of mountains and tsunami.

Yang Bao felt a trace of despair. The offensive of the Shu army in front of him was like a tide, one wave after another. As time went by, the soldiers around him fell one by one, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers available. , but the offensive of the Shu army showed no signs of weakening, and became stronger and stronger, and the hope of defending Shangyu City became increasingly slim.

In fact, from the beginning of the battle to the present, it only lasted more than half an hour, but for the Wei army defending the city for more than half an hour, it was simply torture like purgatory, a battle with no hope in sight, itself It can easily lead to despair.

Without Yang Bao's persistence, the Wei army defending the city would have collapsed long ago. The current situation is that Yang Bao alone supports the entire defense of Shangbei. became insignificant.

"Lieutenant Yang, the Shu people's offensive is getting more and more fierce. I'm afraid Shangyu City will not be able to defend it." Li Tuo, the captain of Shanggu County, was pale. The beads of sweat on his face were as big as beans, constantly dripping down.

"Nonsense!" Yang Bao said in a hoarse voice with a livid face and ferocious eyes, "Even if we fight to the death, these thieves will never be allowed to step into Shangyu City! Who dares to say If you lose, you will confuse the army's morale, and you will never be forgiven!"

Li Tuo's heart trembled, he looked at Yang Bao's gloomy gaze, he didn't dare to say anything more, but in his heart, he was full of slander, when it comes to being afraid of death, who wouldn't be afraid?Li Tuo is not as resigned to death as Yang Bao is. He has seniors and juniors, and a large family is waiting for him to take care of him. He doesn't want to sell his life for the meager salary.

Yang Bao is probably crazy. There is only such a small number of defenders in Shangyu City. What can they use to compete with the mighty Shu army? No more, only one died.

But Yang Bao has always been strict, and the army is strictly organized, and no one dares to contradict him. Now Yang Bao seems to be sitting on the crater of a volcano, which may erupt at any time.

The tenacity of the Shangyu defenders was somewhat beyond Liu Yin's expectations. He thought that if the four gates were besieged and crushed all the way, no matter how tenacious the resistance was, they would collapse. He did not expect that the continuous attack for nearly an hour would cost a lot of casualties. Despite the price, he still failed to win Shangyu.

"This Yang Bao can be regarded as having two talents." Liu Yin felt a little pity for his talent, such a loyal and brave man is indeed rare. "Pause the attack and send people to the city to shout and persuade him to surrender. Shangyu City is already at the end of its rope. If this Yang Bao is aware of current affairs, he should also understand the current situation."

Qianhong glanced at it, but hesitated to speak.The Chinese military officer sent a few soldiers with extremely loud voices to go down to the city to shout.

"Listen, people in the city, you are desperate and have nowhere to go. If you know the current affairs, hurry up and surrender the city. Our Han army treats the prisoners preferentially. All those who surrender will be promoted to a higher rank. If you resist stubbornly, there is only one way to die!"

Yang Bao sneered, and said: "Let me surrender, wishful thinking!" He took the bow and arrow, aimed at the shouting soldier, and shot it with one arrow.

The soldier who shouted was originally standing one arrow away, but he didn't expect Yang Bao's arrow to shoot so fiercely, he shot it at his open mouth, and directly shot through his person, two big arrows The front teeth were all broken.The soldier who shouted was bleeding all over his face and walked away in embarrassment.

Liu Yin frowned, and said: "It seems that this Yang Bao has really made up his mind to fight to the end."

Qian Hongdao: "Among the officials in Longyou, only this Yang Bao has a strong and straightforward personality, and he doesn't get in. If you want him to surrender, I'm afraid it won't work."

Liu Yin raised his head and looked at the sun, the shadow of the sun was already slanting to the west. Although the weather in October was not so cold that the dripping water turned into ice, the morning and evening were bitterly cold, and only around noon could soldiers be used to attack Shangyu. It was just noon at that time, and now it's an hour, and noon has passed, it seems that we have to speed up the attack, and try to take the city before the end of the hour.

"Order all the troops to attack with all their strength, and must take down Shangyu before the end."

Liu Yin didn't use firearms. If bamboo tube grenades were used in the siege battle, let alone Yang Bao only had 1000 men, even if he had more than a few times, he might not be able to sustain it. If you use a firearm, it will really feel like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.Although Yang Bao resisted stubbornly, Liu Yin believed that he would not last long, and it was only a matter of time before he took down Shangbi.

The offensive of the Shu army, which was once again on the offensive, became even more violent. The 2 people fought for more than an hour and could not take down the city guarded by 1000 people. This made Zhao Zhuo, Gao Yuan, Deng Pu and Zhuge Shang who were in charge of the main attack very embarrassing. Therefore, the four battalion officers all went into battle together, went to the front line in person, and urged the Shu soldiers to attack continuously.

Under this round of strong attack, Yang Bao also felt quite overwhelmed. He knew very well that the fall of Shangyu was only a matter of time, but Yang Bao had absolutely no intention of surrendering. He would rather die in battle than surrender. Grandfather Yang Fu is his role model. The Yang family has always only had righteous men who died in battle, and no cowards who surrendered.

But what surprised Yang Bao was that after the Shu army captured Longxi by itself, they did not attack Nan'an, which is adjacent to Longxi, nor Jixian County, a prefecture in Tianshui. It is indeed puzzling.Now whether it is Nan'an or Jixian County, the number of troops defending the city is not much larger than that of Shangyu. It seems that it does not make sense to explain the strategy of the Shu army by first easy and then difficult.

forage?Yang Bao thought about it, and thought of the Longxi granary in Shangyu City. Yes, the purpose of the Shu army is the largest granary in Longxi with 20 dendrobium of grain and grass. The Shu army must be short of grain and grass. , That's why we will look far away and attack Shangyu City first.

Thinking of this verse, Yang Bao's eyes flashed a ruthless look, and this matter can't be done now, so these food and grass must not fall into the hands of the Shu army.

"Li Xianwei!" Yang Bao turned to Li Tuo and said, "Take people to the granary quickly, and burn all the food and grass immediately!"

Li Tuo was dumbfounded, but seeing Yang Bao's resolute appearance, he had no choice but to accept his orders and lead a team of people towards the granary.

Yang Bao suddenly relaxed at this moment, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart, watching the Shu soldiers coming like a tide, he suddenly sneered.

(End of this chapter)