Chapter 1476 Yuan Gongli’s Guilt

Just when Yuan Shu climbed up to the city gate watchtower for the first time in shock and fear, Ji Ling and Qiao Rui could no longer care about surprise and fear, because they were the defensive generals who were facing the most violent attack from Cao Jun, and they had to take all the precautions. All the energy is concentrated, and excess emotions are a luxury.

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

Although there were some reinforcements sent by Yuan Shu, a group of soldiers also had to be replaced to rest and recuperate, so in fact, the number of Yuan troops defending the city 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 he was pregnant before attacking, so they would have at least three or four hours of rest time, and they had seen before When it came to Cao Cao's army, the morale was also starting to decline. It was a huge drain on energy and physical strength. They still had some faith in their hearts. However, looking at Cao Cao's offensive formation, the two of them could not help but gradually lose the confidence they had before...

No matter from which point of view, Cao Cao's army should take a rest. Soldiers from both sides fought for three days. No, today should be the fourth day in a row. Cao Cao's men are all flesh and blood. How can they sustain such a long battle? time? In addition, there is no shelter outside the city. The soldiers resting in the wild will definitely not be as effective as Yuan's army in Shouchun City. Even if they retreat ten thousand steps, even if they want to attack the city, they still need to add more siege equipment. Or maybe it's the method of digging tunnels in city walls or something like that, but why do you forcefully use flesh and blood to possess the ants?

Neither Ji Ling nor Qiao Rui could understand, let alone Yuan Shu who climbed up to the city gate watchtower. It can be said that this was the first time Yuan Shu saw such a tragic battlefield and such a bloody world. What he didn't expect was that when he saw the soldiers of Cao's army forming densely packed formations in the city regardless of casualties or lives, he was so overwhelmed. The murderous aura actually made Yuan Shu's legs tremble slightly...

Ji Ling did not notice the arrival of Yuan Shu on the watchtower of the city gate, because Yuan Shu was just a shadow standing before, so Ji Ling thought that it was still Yuan Shu's shadow who was standing on the watchtower now. For Ji Ling, all his attention was on Cao Jun's array, and he was looking for whether Cao Jun had hidden any siege equipment. After all, in a city defense battle, only by destroying the opponent's siege equipment can the opponent's offensive be more effectively defeated. But according to the current view, Cao Jun may only be able to rely on the few arrow towers to suppress it, and use soldiers to fight on foot to get there first?

If this is really the case, and he still has newly reinforced armored troops in his hands, maybe, well, he should be able to withstand Cao Jun's attack this time...

If he can really resist it, it might be Cao Jun's last attack!

Ji Ling made a judgment and immediately made a decision. He began to give loud orders. On the one hand, he conveyed the information of his judgment to the bridge at the northern city gate. On the other hand, he also began to boost the morale of the surrounding soldiers, so that these Yuan Jun soldiers could know the hope. location.

Cao's army 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 in other words, he had no intention to be afraid. The deployment of soldiers, the preparation of equipment, the transportation of civilians, and the It is necessary to constantly observe the changes in the battlefield, increase or decrease the distribution of soldiers, and everything needs to be calculated and scheduled in a short time. Otherwise, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if you cannot keep up with the changes, you will only suffer losses.

However, Ji Ling did not expect that Cao Cao would also send out his Chinese army guards. This new force led by Dian Wei was far more powerful than Ji Ling had imagined. When a wave of attacks came, they took advantage of Yuan Jun's failure to react and captured a piece of the city wall!

If Ji Ling hadn't arrived in time with his own heavy-armored guards and killed this group of elite armored Cao soldiers alive, Cao Jun might have followed this group of people to expand the gap, and by the time Cao Jun It is quite troublesome to gain a foothold on the city wall.

The fresh troops of Cao's army mixed in among the ordinary soldiers caused a lot of chaos. As a result, Ji Ling almost became a firefighter. From time to time, he had to take his heavy armored guards to clean up these emerging Cao's troops... …

Qiaorui in the north also encountered almost the same problem. The new troops of Cao's army that appeared from time to time made the already exhausted Yuan army overwhelmed by the situation. He was too focused on one thing and the other, and forced Qiaorui to run around the city to save the crisis.

However, Cao Cao's arrangement was not simply to carry out ant attacks on both sides. When the battle situation was tense, Cao Cao's army lurking in the west mountain of Shouchun rushed out. Under the leadership of Cao Ang, they defeated the Yuan army's defenders in the west of Shouchun City. Caught off guard.

The original attack of Cao Cao's army in the past two or three days did not attack in this direction at all. In addition, there were several tensions in the east and north. Although Ji Ling and others also doubted whether Cao Cao would use some strategy to attack the east and attack the west, but step by step , and couldn't help but be led to move the soldiers to the east and north...

To defend against attacking from the east to the west, we need to deploy manpower in the west. However, the fighting situation in the east is fierce and cruel, and the number of soldiers is greatly reduced. Should we just leave the soldiers in the west unmoved? If Cao Jun was defeated in the east and north, then what's the point of insisting that Cao Jun would make noises to attack the east and attack the west without moving the soldiers in the west, but the east and north were defeated?

Therefore, Yuan Jun, who was used to Cao Jun's attacks 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 tired troops who were transferred from the east and north. When such Yuan Army soldiers face the powerful and armored elite of Cao Cao's Central Army with almost full physical strength, the battle situation will naturally be One can imagine.

Yuan Shu, who was on the Shouchun Watchtower, was almost stunned as he watched the surging Cao army like a huge wave, beating the defenders on his west wall to pieces!

Cao's army attacked Shouchun City, as if it could sweep everything and drown everything.

The Yuan Army garrison to the west of Shouchun tried to block these gaps, but like ants in a torrent, they were submerged in a blink of an eye. Apart from splashing out some bloody spray, they were unable to resist the erosion of Cao Jun!

More than a dozen flags representing Cao's army also followed the raging waves and surged up to the top of Shouchun City. Although the flags were scarred and stained with blood, these flags announced something, which made Yuan Shu couldn't help but start thinking. Fear arose, and this fear was an emotion he had never experienced in many years...

Almost everyone around Yuan Shu, including Yang Hong, looked pale and trembling. Such a deadly battle scene, such a large number of lives disappearing in an instant, they have never heard of or seen! What did the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early years mean? The most serious situation in the surrounding area is only the Yingchuan area, which has not spread to the hinterland of Nanyang at all. Even so, only a few cities in Yingchuan were captured by the Yellow Turbans? Most of the powerful cities were incapable of being attacked by the Yellow Turban thieves.

And everything in front of them, the bloody battlefield, seemed to be mocking them, telling them that this was the battlefield, and this was the battlefield that they had always thought was no big deal!

Yuan Shu was also trembling in his legs, but he still held on, trying his best, or in his opinion, as little as possible to prevent others from noticing. After enjoying honor and wealth for twenty or thirty years, Yuan Shu, although he was the commander-in-chief of the army, rarely visited the place of bloody battle. Everything in front of him made him feel extremely strange and frightened.

Why is this happening?

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

Will I die too?

Could it be that the Zhong family, the second best in the world, like me, would also die?

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

Seeing that the situation in the west was urgent, Qiao Rui in the north led his soldiers to come to the rescue. Soon they 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 experience loses room for maneuver and he is forced to fight Wu Yong, he is often pressed down and rubbed by Wu Yong.

Qiao Rui had not had enough rest to begin with. In the fierce fight, even if there were guards around him, no matter whether it was these guards or Qiao Rui himself, nine out of ten were injured. Even Qiao Rui himself, left His arm was also chopped off by an unknown Cao soldier, almost to the point of being cut to the bone. However, there was no time to rest on the battlefield, so he could only bandage it hastily and forget about it. After a little intense exercise, the wound began to ooze blood, and Qiao Rui couldn't care less.

Cao's army was armored and elite, and their physical strength was almost complete. Every time he killed one, Qiao Rui had to put in a lot of strength and energy. Coupled with the continuous bleeding from the wound, Qiao Rui's strength gradually drained away from him. , just trying 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 fiercely, trying to avoid the spear that Cao Ang had stabbed. Then he put the spear between his arms and ribs, and then slashed the spear with his backhand. If the opponent did not abandon the spear, he would at least have to pay for it. The price of a few fingers...

This was Qiaorui's experience in dealing with spearmen. With this move, Qiaorui had killed countless spearmen. However, Qiaorui had forgotten that his left arm was injured.

Qiao Rui 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, and even staggered with his own shaking. Unstable.

Seeing that he had an opportunity, Cao Ang stabbed him in the chest with a spear again!

Qiao Rui could no longer hide, so she could only roar wildly. Regardless of Cao Ang's spear, she cut off Cao Ang's neck with a single blow, using a move that would hurt both parties!

On the battlefield, there is no way to avoid it, so you can only use this method. If the opponent is a little timid, withdraws his spear and retreats or uses a 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 sword that Qiao Rui chopped off. He just thrust forward with all his strength. With a "puff" sound, it was like piercing a thick cowhide water bag. The spear penetrated Qiao Rui's chest, and then Come out of your chest! Between the spurts of blood, there seemed to be the sound of bones breaking!

Qiao Rui's dying knife was also cut down, but after all, it was not accurate, and it just hit Cao Ang's shoulder. The blood and the armor iron pieces flew high together!

Cao Ang grunted, then twisted his hands hard, and the spear rolled inside Qiao Rui's chest and abdomen, completely ruining Qiao Rui's life.

Qiao Rui threw herself in front of Cao Ang. Before she died, she still stared at Cao Ang with her eyes open angrily.

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

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

If Yuan Shu himself is a fierce general, or if he has some consciousness in his heart, the chaos at this time is not completely fatal, because the vast majority of Cao's army is still at the east gate and north gate. At this moment, only Yuan Shu is needed. If they step forward and lead their soldiers to block or even repel this small group of Cao Jun in the west, then this time Cao Jun's attack will be declared to have collapsed, and Shouchun City will still be safe...

However, Yuan Shu was not a battlefield general, and all the bloody scenes in front of him had completely destroyed his original romantic dream about the battlefield.

Feather fan scarf?

The knife was about to strike in front of him, and the rotten and foul smell mixed with the smell of burning, blood, and broken internal organs of the corpse overflowed, almost making it difficult for Yuan Shu to breathe, and he could almost think of something like a feather fan, a silk scarf, and a carefree curtain. ?

He, the second in the world, the pinnacle of the noble family, Yuan Shu, Yuan Gongdao, would die here for no reason!

However, Yuan Shu also understood that if he escaped first, the city's defenders would inevitably collapse. This time, the battle of Shouchun would be a complete failure, and reinforcements would not be used at all...

In this way, Yuan Shu will also be forced to give up Shouchun, a forward position that can directly break into Yuzhou and Yanzhou. At the same time, a lot of material money has been collected in the city, which is equivalent to giving it away to others. He can't say that he will go to Lujiang and Jianye. I live in a remote area and I don’t know when I will be able to return here again.

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

Yuan Shu suddenly turned around and scanned the people around him, only to find that the people around him, including Yang Hong, all looked pale and pale. When Yuan Shu looked at him, they either shrunk and lowered their heads, or their eyes looked pale. Everything that comes out is a plea, not a plea to fight, but a plea to escape...

As the saying goes, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up.

It turns out that giving up and escaping is much easier than persisting and struggling.

The shrill shouts of Yuan Jun's soldiers and the cheers of Cao Cao's soldiers reached the watchtower at almost the same moment. Yuan Shu took half a step back as if he had been pricked by a needle, and then pointed at the group of people around him. People seem to have aged ten years.

Beside Yuan Shu, one of his nephews and generals finally collapsed, fell to the ground and cried loudly: "The thief Cao is crazy, the thief Cao is crazy! They are all crazy! We can't stop it, Shouchun can't defend it." Come on... My lord, my lord! Withdraw, withdraw, while Cao's thieves are all in the east and north of the city, we... we can take the waterway from the south of the city, we can do it!"

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

There was silence.

Above the watchtower, although it was still early autumn, Yuan Shu felt the cold wind howling and his whole body was freezing. He desperately scanned everyone around him, feeling that these familiar faces were now so unfamiliar. Yuan Shu looked at it, and suddenly large tears appeared in his eyes and rolled down his face...

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