Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1475 Yuan Gonggong's guilt

When Yuan Shu climbed up the watchtower of the city gate for the first time in shock and fear, Ji Ling and Qiao Rui couldn't care less about surprise and fear, because they were the defensive generals who faced Cao Jun's fiercest attack directly, and they had to take all All the energy is concentrated, and the extra emotions are a luxury.

To the west of Shouchun City is a low mountain, it is not easy to deploy troops, and there is water not far from the south, so most of the offensives are on the north and east. Now the walls on these two sides are also scarred and blood-stained. It seems that they will collapse in the next moment down.

  Although there were some reinforcements sent by Yuan Shu, a group of soldiers had to be replaced to rest, so in fact, the number of guarding Yuan troops on the Shouchun City Wall in these two directions did not increase much.

For Ji Ling and Qiao Rui, after repelling Cao Cao's attack last time, they both thought that Cao Cao would at least wait until the early morning to attack before attacking, so there would be at least three or four hours of rest time. The morale of Cao Jun also began to decline, and his energy and physical strength were also greatly consumed. He still had some firm beliefs in his heart. However, looking at the current offensive situation of Cao Cao, the two of them could not help but gradually lost the confidence they had before...

No matter from which point of view, Cao Jun should take a break. The soldiers on both sides fought for three days. No, today should be the fourth day. Cao Cao's men are all flesh and blood. time? Coupled with the fact that there are no tiles outside the city, soldiers resting in the wild are definitely not as effective as Yuan Jun in Shouchun City. Even if you take ten thousand steps back, even if you want to attack the city, you need to add some siege equipment. Or the way of digging tunnels in the city wall, how can you forcefully use flesh and blood to attach it?

  Ji Ling and Qiao Rui couldn't understand it, let alone Yuan Shu who climbed the watchtower of the city gate. It can also be said that this is the first time Yuan Shu has seen such a tragic battlefield and such a **** world. What he didn't expect was that when he saw the soldiers of Cao Jun, regardless of casualties and spared their lives, lined up in the city densely, boundless The desolate aura of killing actually made Yuan Shu's thighs tremble slightly...

  Ji Ling didn't notice the arrival of Yuan Shu on the watchtower of the city gate, because Yuan Shu was just a shadow standing on the watchtower before, so Ji Ling also thought that the shadow of Yuan Shu was still standing in the watchtower now. For Ji Ling, all his attention was on Cao Jun's formation, and he was looking for Cao Jun to hide some siege equipment. After all, in the battle of defending the city, destroying the opponent's siege equipment can more effectively defeat the opponent's offensive. But judging from the current situation, perhaps Cao Jun can only rely on the few arrow towers to suppress it, and use the soldiers to fight first?

  If this is the case, I still have new reinforcements in my hands. Perhaps, um, they should be able to withstand Cao Jun's attack this time...

   If it is really resisted, it may be Cao Jun's last attack!

Ji Ling made a judgment, and immediately made a decision, and began to give orders loudly. On the one hand, he conveyed the information of his judgment to Qiao Rui at the city gate in the north, and on the other hand, he also began to boost the morale of the surrounding soldiers, so that these soldiers of Yuan Jun could know hope. where.

Cao Jun gathered the most outside the East City Gate, and Ji Ling's pressure here was naturally the greatest. However, Ji Ling was still fearless, or he didn't have the heart to be afraid. It is necessary to constantly observe the changes on the battlefield, increase or decrease the distribution of soldiers, and everything needs to be calculated and dispatched in a short period of time, otherwise the battlefield changes rapidly and cannot keep up with the changes, and you will only suffer and lose.

However, Ji Ling did not expect that Cao Cao would also send out his central army guards. This new force led by Dian Wei was far stronger than Ji Ling could have imagined. When a wave of attacks came, before Yuan Jun could react, he took down a piece of the city wall!

If Ji Ling hadn't arrived in time with his heavy armored guards from his own headquarters, and killed and chased away this group of armored elite Cao Jun, maybe Cao Jun would have followed this group of people to widen the gap, and when Cao Jun It is quite troublesome to gain a firm foothold on the city wall.

  Cao Jun's new force mixed among the ordinary soldiers caused a lot of chaos, causing Ji Ling to almost become a firefighter.

  Qiaorui in the north also encountered almost the same problem. The new troops of Cao Jun who appeared from time to time made Yuan Jun, who was already exhausted, tired of coping.

However, Cao Cao's arrangement was not simply to carry out ant attacks on both sides. When the battle was in turmoil, Cao Jun, who was hiding in the west mountain of Shouchun, rushed out. One was caught off guard.

The Cao army's attack in the past two or three days did not attack in this direction at all. In addition, the east and north were tense several times. , and couldn't help but be led to transfer the pawns to the east and north...

   To defend against attacks from the east to the west, we must deploy manpower on the west side, and the fighting situation on the east side is fierce and cruel, and the number of soldiers is greatly reduced. Is it possible to keep the soldiers on the west side all the time? If Cao's army was shot out in the east and north, then insisting that Cao's army would make a noise and attack the west is to not move the soldiers in the west. As a result, the east and the north were breached, so what's the point?

  So, Yuan Jun, who was used to Cao Jun attacking from the north and east, was almost dumbfounded when he saw Cao Cao personally leading the army and appearing in the west...

Most of the Yuan Army defenders in the west are exhausted troops transferred from the east and north. When such Yuan Army soldiers face the powerful and armored elites of Cao Cao's Central Army who are almost full of physical strength, the battle situation is naturally One can imagine.

  Yuan Shu on the Shouchun watchtower was almost dumbfounded as he watched Cao Jun rushing towards him like a huge wave, smashing the defenders on the west wall to pieces!

  Cao Jun attacked Shouchun City, as if it could sweep and submerge everything.

  Yuan Jun defenders in the west of Shouchun tried to block these gaps, but they were submerged in an instant like ants in a torrent. Except for splashing some **** waves, they failed to resist the erosion of Cao Jun!

More than ten flags representing Cao Jun also surged up to the head of Shouchun City following the turbulent waves. Although the flags were covered with scars and bloodstains, but these flags announced something, which made Yuan Shu start involuntarily. Fear, and this fear is an emotion he has never experienced for many years...

  Beside Yuan Shu, almost everyone of the other Yuan's nephews and nephews, including Yang Hong, looked pale, trembling there. Such a deadly battle scene, such a large number of lives disappeared in an instant, they have never heard of it, never seen it! What was the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early years? The most serious problem in the surrounding area is only the Yingchuan area, which has not spread to the hinterland of Nanyang at all. Even so, how many cities have Yingchuan been captured by the Yellow Turban? Most of the male cities, the yellow turban thieves are also unable to attack.

   And everything in front of them, the **** battlefield, seems to be laughing at them, telling them that this is the battlefield, and this is the battlefield that they have always thought is no big deal!

  Yuan Shu was also trembling in his feet, but he was still holding on, trying his best, or he thought he should try his best to prevent others from noticing it. Having enjoyed honor and wealth for twenty or thirty years, even though Yuan Shu was the commander in chief of the army, it was rare for him to visit the place where **** battles were fought in person. Everything in front of him made him feel extremely strange and fearful.

  Why is this happening?

   Isn't the exchange of interests above the court more important?

  Will I die too?

  Could it be that the Zhong family, who is second in the world like me, will die?

  After Yuan Shu's original pride and arrogance faded away, what remained in his eyes was only the word fear...

  Qiaorui in the north saw that the situation in the west was urgent, so he led his soldiers to rescue, and soon collided with Cao Ang, and the two sides fought on the city wall. Qiao Rui has experience on the battlefield, but Cao Ang has the bravery of a young man. When his experience loses room for maneuver and he is forced to be tough with Wu Yong, he is often rubbed against him by Wu Yong.

Qiao Rui didn't get enough rest in the first place. In the fierce fight, even if there were guards around him, whether it was these guards or Qiao Rui himself, nine out of ten people would be injured. Even Qiao Rui himself, left and right The arm was also chopped off by an unknown Cao soldier, almost to the bone. However, there was no time to rest on the battlefield, so he could only bandage hastily and forget about it. If he exercised a little bit more intensely, the wound would ooze blood, and Qiao Rui couldn't care about it anymore.

Cao Jun's army is armed with elite armor, and their physical strength is almost complete. Every time they kill one, Qiao Rui has to pay a lot of strength and energy. Coupled with the continuous bleeding from the wound, the energy is gradually lost from Qiao Rui's body. , just struggling to support it.

  In Qiao Rui's blurred vision, a black figure rushed towards Qiao Rui. It was the young and strong Cao Ang!

Qiao Rui twisted his body violently, trying to avoid the spear that Cao Ang had stabbed, and then clamped the spear between his arms and ribs, and slashed along the spear with a backhand. If the opponent did not abandon the spear, he would have to pay at least For the price of a few fingers...

  This is Qiao Rui's experience in dealing with spearmen. With this trick, Qiao Rui has already killed countless spearmen. However, Qiao Rui forgot that his left arm is injured now.

Qiao Rui had just clamped Cao Ang's spear, but found that he couldn't use any strength at all. There was a sharp pain in his left arm and he couldn't lock Cao Ang's spear at all. The opponent broke free directly, and even staggered with his own shaking. Unsteady.

   Cao Ang saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, so he stabbed his chest with a spear again!

  Qiao Rui could no longer hide, so he could only roar, regardless of Cao Ang's spear, he slashed at Cao Ang's neck with a single blow, a move that hurt both sides!

  On the battlefield, there is no way to avoid it, so this is the only way to use it. If the opponent is a little timid, withdraws his spear and retreats or calls to parry, it will give Qiao Rui a chance to breathe and adjust!

However, Cao Ang was young and energetic, and he didn't care about the saber that Qiao Rui cut at all. He just thrust forward with all his strength, and with a "puff", it was like piercing through a thick cowhide water bag. Breasts out! During the gushing of blood, there seemed to be the sound of bones breaking!

  Qiao Rui's dying knife was also chopped off, but after all, he lost his aim and just cut on Cao Ang's shoulder, blood and armor iron pieces flew high together!

  Cao Ang snorted, then twisted his hands vigorously, and the spear rolled in Qiao Rui's chest and abdomen, completely ruining Qiao Rui's vitality.

  Qiao Rui pounced in front of Cao Ang, still staring at Cao Ang with his eyes wide open angrily before he died.

"What a man! I'm sorry!" Cao Ang moved his injured shoulder, turned the spear around, chopped off Qiao Rui's head, held it in his hand, and shouted, "The enemy general is already Give the head!"

  The death of Qiao Rui immediately triggered a greater collapse. More Cao soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and the chaos continued to spread.

If Yuan Shu himself is a fierce general, or if he has a little awareness in his heart, the chaos at this time is not completely fatal, because the vast majority of Cao Jun's troops are still at the east gate and north gate. At this moment, only Yuan Shu is needed. Step forward and lead the soldiers to block or even repel the small part of Cao Jun in the west. Then this time Cao Jun's attack is tantamount to declaring collapse, and Shouchun City is still safe...

  However, Yuan Shu is not a general on the battlefield. All the **** scenes in front of him have completely crushed his original romantic dream of the battlefield.

  Lupine towel?

The knife was about to be cut in front of him, and the smell of burning, blood, and the rotten and stench of the corpse's internal organs overflowed, almost making it difficult for Yuan Shu to breathe. ?

  He, the second in the world, the pinnacle of the gentry family, Yuan Shu, Yuan Gonglu, might die here!

  However, Yuan Shu also understood that if he fled first, the defenders in the city would collapse. This time, the battle of Shouchun would be a complete failure, and there would be no need for reinforcements...

In this way, Yuan Shu will also be forced to give up Shouchun, a frontier position that can directly rush into Yuzhou and Yanzhou. This is a remote area, and I don't know when I will be able to return here.

  I have already lost Nanyang, should I lose Shouchun again?

Yuan Shu turned his head fiercely, and scanned the surrounding people, only to find that everyone around him, including Yang Hong, was pale and pale. Seeing Yuan Shu's gaze, they either shrank and lowered their heads, or stared at each other. Everything that comes out is a symbol of pleading, not begging to fight, but begging to escape...

  There is a saying that nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up.

  Giving up and escaping is much easier than persisting and struggling.

The mournful shouts of Yuan Jun's soldiers and the cheers of Cao Cao's soldiers reached the watchtower at almost the same moment. Yuan Shu stepped back half a step as if being stabbed by a needle, and then pointed at the group around him. People are like ten years older.

Beside Yuan Shu, one of his nephews and relatives finally collapsed, fell to the ground and cried loudly: "Cao thief is crazy, Cao thief is crazy! They are all crazy! We can't stop it, Shouchun can't hold it!" It's over...My lord, my lord! Withdraw, withdraw, while Cao's bandits are all in the east and north of the city, we...we can walk by water from the south of the city, and we can go!"

   "Escape?" Yuan Shu smiled miserably and said, "What do you think?"

   Everyone was silent.

  On the watchtower, even though it was still early autumn, Yuan Shu felt the cold wind howling, and his whole body was icy cold. He desperately glanced at everyone around him, feeling that these familiar faces turned out to be so strange now. Yuan Shu looked at it, and suddenly big teardrops appeared in his eyes, rolling down his face...

   "Shu, I am ashamed to see the ancestors of the Yuan family!"

  (end of this chapter)