The last three kingdoms

Chapter 907 Despair and Turnaround

The size of the ships of the Shu army is different. There is a big boat that can take 200 people, and there is a small fishing boat that can only take [-] to [-] people. It is a fishing fleet.

Outside the city of Xindu, the white waves are surging, the water and the sky are lined up, and it is extremely boundless.

It was Deng Zhong and Ma Rong who commanded the Shu army to fight. They did not rush to attack, but sent a few soldiers who spoke the Hun dialect with a loud voice to shout at the city wall of Xindu to persuade them to surrender.

"You have nowhere to go. Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will die!"

"Disarm and don't kill, surrender and avoid death!"

"The Han army treats prisoners preferentially!"

"..."

The calls to persuade them to surrender came one after another, and the Huns soldiers on the city had different expressions. Some were filled with righteous indignation, some fought to the death, and some were silent and timid.

Everyone knows that the Huns are already in a desperate situation, and there is almost no way out. At this time, their mentality has changed significantly. Many people are still afraid of death and have lost the will to resist. They were more inclined to surrender to the Shu army.

But what they were facing was the torrential flood, and even if they wanted to surrender, they couldn't take that step. Everyone's eyes were secretly aimed at Liu Yuan, wanting to see what Liu Yuan's attitude was.

Liu Yuan's face was livid and extremely ugly, he stood there without saying a word, without making any gestures.

Liu Meng, the right virtuous king, scolded angrily: "Our great Huns have always been heroes who died standing upright. There is no coward who bows his knees and surrenders. If any of you dare to say the word surrender to me, I will be the first to throw him into the water. Come here , Shoot these noisy guys to death!"

Liu Meng has always been famous for his violent temper, he scolded him, and the soldiers of the Huns were afraid, and no one dared to think of surrendering. If anyone dares to stand up and say that he wants to surrender to the Shu army, he will definitely be thrown by Liu Meng. to the water.

There were many arrows on the city of Xindu, and the Shu soldiers who shouted were barely within the reach of an arrow. Many arrows could not reach them and fell into the water feebly. However, there were also some strong archers who could shoot the arrows. Although it was the end of the crossbow, it also injured several Shu soldiers.

Deng Zhong sneered, and said: "Can the turtle in the urn still turn the sky upside down? Come, surround and shoot them, I want to see how long these Huns can last!"

All the ships rowed towards Xindu according to the order, and rows of arrows drew arcs in the air and shot towards the city wall of Xindu.

The Shu army did not need to pursue the accuracy of shooting. The Xiongnu soldiers on the city wall were too dense. As long as they shot the arrows on the city wall, they would never miss.

All of a sudden, the Huns were hit by countless arrows, and the walls were full of mourners.

Liu Meng was furious, and ordered the Xiongnu archers to fight back immediately.

However, although there were many ships of the Shu army, they were very scattered. Most of the arrows of the Huns fell into the vast water. Attacking with arrows, the Huns were at an extreme disadvantage.

Liu Yuan waved his hands in distress, and said, "Surrender, there is no point in continuing to fight, it's just a sudden increase in casualties."

"But..." Liu Meng hurriedly said.

"These boys have fought with me for many years, I don't want them to die because of me, let them survive." Liu Yuan sighed.

Liu Meng's clenched fist slammed fiercely on the battlement, and the huge blue city brick was smashed to pieces by his fist, and the sharp edges and corners pierced his palm bloody.

"Ah! I'm not reconciled!" Liu Meng roared angrily.

"It's God's will, what can we do?" Liu Yuan looked up to the sky and sighed.In Liu Yuan's view, this heavy rain was the main reason for his failure. If there is no rain, there is no certainty about who will win and who will lose. Now that God does not help him, Liu Yuan is naturally helpless.

At this time, another fleet suddenly came from the northeast. Liu Yuan and others thought it was another reinforcement army from the Shu army, and they became more and more frustrated.

Unexpectedly, this fleet actually launched an attack on the Shu army, hitting and sinking many small boats of the Shu army in succession, which made Liu Yuan's eyes light up immediately.

Since the attack target of the Shu army was placed in Xindu City, there was not much defense against the fleet that suddenly came from the flank, and the fleet quickly broke through the line of defense, and a large ship took the lead. To the city wall of Xindu.

Just when Liu Yuan and the others were amazed, a man got off the boat, dressed in Confucianism attire, with a white face and short beard, wasn't he Cui You, the imperial historian?

Cui You came in front of Liu Yuan, bowed and saluted, "My minister, Cui You, came late to rescue me, and I hope the king will forgive me."

Liu Yuan was both surprised and happy. Before that, Liu Yuan sent Cui You to Youzhou to get in touch with Murong Xianbei, hoping to get Murong Xianbei's assistance.

In fact, the Huns and Xianbei can be regarded as a pair of mortal enemies. It is precisely because of the rise of the Xianbei that the Mobei grassland once occupied by the Huns was gradually eaten away by the Xianbei. They were forced to move to Bingzhou, and the northern Xiongnu lived in a safe place, all of which were thanks to Xianbei.

After Liu Yuan's incident, there was no better scenery for a while, so naturally he didn't pay attention to the Xianbei people. Even in the area of ​​Daijun, the Xiongnu and Xianbei had repeatedly clashed, but the two sides had different business priorities. People's goals are Bingzhou and Jizhou, and Xianbei people's goal is Youzhou, so the conflict between the two sides is limited to local areas, there has not been a large-scale fight, and it has been peaceful for several years.

This time Liu Yuan lost to Jizhou, and the situation in Jizhou was difficult, which forced Liu Yuan to try to find foreign aid. The Qiang, Di, and Jie among the Five Hu can no longer be counted on. Liu Yuan cast his hope on You Murong Xianbei of Zhouzhou.

At this time, Murong Xianbei was also in full swing in Youzhou, seizing the county according to the state, and the momentum was huge.Liu Yuan sent Cui You as an envoy to Youzhou, hoping to borrow soldiers and horses from Murong Xianbei to reverse the defeat of Jizhou.Of course, this soldier can't be borrowed in vain, Liu Yuan was hemorrhaging in pain, giving Murong Xianbei enough bargaining chips to make him tempted.

Just when the flood was besieging the city and Liu Yuan was in despair, Cui You suddenly led his troops to appear, which surprised Liu Yuan.

"Doctor Cui is really my king's lucky star. Where did you come from?" Liu Yuan hurriedly asked.

Cui Youdao: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Fortunately, I did not disgrace your order. Murong Shegui has agreed to send troops, and sent his younger brother Murong Nai to lead an army of [-] troops to the south. He has now arrived at Hejian County. Due to the flood, he cannot go south for the time being. I am worried about your lord. Safety, so I took the first step and searched dozens of warships in the Bohai Sea, so I came to rescue them."

(End of this chapter)