Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 588 Death Will
"Pirate Xiahou, if you really want to avenge Cao Cao, you can do it yourself, and don't take the lives of my Jizhou soldiers to feed your selfish desire!" Ji Ling also awakened Han Qiong with a word, pointing at Xiahouyuan and shouting: Soldiers, listen up, I am veteran Han Qiong. Ye City has been breached, Duke Yuan has been defeated in a row, and now he is in a desperate situation. I have waited until now, and I have paid back the kindness of Duke Yuan. Fighting again, have you thought about who you are fighting for now? Have you thought about your wife and children at home?"

Han Qiong's words can be said to be heartbreaking, and Xia Houyuan can clearly feel that the morale of the generals in the city has dropped at this moment.

"Holy man, as a minister of Duke Yuan, he is highly valued by Duke Yuan. He doesn't want to be grateful, but he is willing to degenerate and seek glory against his master. Now he is even more shameless to shake the foundation of Duke Yuan. What is his intention?" The person who spoke was just arrived Cao Zhang, standing on the top of the city, pointed at Han Qiong and scolded him.

"At this point, I have fought for Yuan Gong to the end. Is it possible that the only way to repay the kindness is by dying?" Han Qiong saw that the morale had been shaken, but was angered by this baby's words.

"To be greedy for life and fear death is to be greedy for life and fear death. If you fight to the end, why are we still here?" Cao Zhang sneered and said, "Old man, if you really have the ability, come and join me." Fight, or stop talking nonsense."

Han Qiong naturally disdained to fight against a young man, and snorted coldly: "Xiahou Miaocai, open the city quickly, even if you don't want to surrender, don't drag this city full of soldiers to be buried with your Cao family!"

Xia Houyuan snorted coldly and said: "It's useless to talk too much. If you want to take the city, you can attack it. Don't talk nonsense!"

It is obvious that no one can be convinced by words alone. If this is the case, then there is no need to talk nonsense, just go to war.

Han Qiong snorted coldly when he heard the words: "Listen, officers and men in the city, the general situation is set, and defeat is not far away. If you don't want to lose your life in vain, then open the city and surrender as soon as possible!"

"Old man, take an arrow from me!" Cao Zhang was furious, he drew his bow and set up an arrow, and shot at Han Qiong with one arrow.

Han Qiong didn't pay attention to it at first, but the arrow was extremely powerful, and it was shot to the front in a short while, and the arrow was still wrapped with a strong aura, Han Qiong's complexion changed, and he quickly turned sideways to avoid it.

"Boom~"

The arrows clustered into the ground, and the domineering stellar energy blasted a huge hole in the ground.

This little doll is so strong!
Han Qiong looked at the potholes on the ground, then turned to look in the direction of Cao Zhang at the top of the city, snorted coldly, and brought Ji Ling back to the formation. They didn't have siege equipment, and they didn't discuss with Zhang Liao how to attack the city. They came today , in order to shake the morale of the opponent's army, so naturally they can't attack the city blindly, and immediately ignore Cao Zhang's ridicule and withdraw the troops back to the camp.

On the top of the wall, Cao Zhang sneered disdainfully, but seeing Xia Houyuan and Cao Xiu's gloomy faces, he was a little puzzled and said, "Uncle, brother Wen Lie, why is it so so that the enemy has already retreated?"

Xia Houyuan looked around, shook his head and sighed: "It's nothing, go and find Jiang Zihe, I have something to discuss."

"Here!" Cao Zhang agreed, and turned to look for Cao Chun. Xia Houyuan took Cao Xiu back to the government office, and after a while, Cao Chun came back with Cao Zhang.

"Brother." Cao Chun sat down and looked at Xia Houyuan and said, "I have heard what Cai just said. Now the morale of the generals in the city is low, so we need to find a way."

"What can we do?" Xia Houyuan sighed and said, "If the enemy is just a formidable general, even if the opponent is Lu Bu, we will still be able to revive our morale. Prestige, the generals of each battalion are almost all his disciples, and..."

At the end of Xia Houyuan's speech, he couldn't continue. The most heart-wrenching thing was that what the other party said was the truth. His words made the soldiers in the city tired of fighting and did not rebel on the spot. However, once the war-weary emotions of soldiers arise, it is difficult to eliminate them.

Unless they can win a battle in a short period of time, it is obviously difficult for the defenders to win a big battle. As for going out of the city to fight, it was possible before, but now Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are attacking with twice as many troops as him. Going out of the city to fight again at this time, facing the combination of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, it is lucky to be undefeated, let alone a big victory?
And with the current morale, Xia Houyuan dare not say victory in one-on-one.

Everyone discussed in the government office all afternoon, but failed to reach a result. Now, for them, defending the city is almost a dead end. Breaking through... where can they break through?

Now if Yuan Shao loses the two cities of Liyang and Chaoge, there is no hope at all. Even if he can join Yuan Shao, it will only delay the defeat, which is meaningless.

For the current plan, they can't think of any way except to stick to it.

"Ziwen." Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhang.

"What's your order, uncle?" Cao Zhang hurriedly got up and asked.

"Since Chu Nan has come, he will cut off the connection between the two cities. After nightfall, you go out of the city at night, take a detour to Wei Township, take Pushui to Chaoge, and tell Zixiao about this... Then you stay at Zixiao's place to listen. , Tell Zixiao to plan a retreat early, and don’t worry about what happens here." Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhang and said in a deep voice.

"Uncle, what do you mean!?" Cao Zhang got up and looked at Xia Houyuan with a frown. From Xia Houyuan's words, he could hear some sense of confession.

"Be obedient!" Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Zhang with a serious face and said, "Remember, listen to your uncle Xiaoxiao's words, and don't show off your courage for a while!"

Seeing Cao Zhang's dissatisfaction, Xia Houyuan's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Why, uncle's words don't work anymore?"

"Don't dare!" Cao Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "My nephew takes orders."

"Hey, don't look back after leaving the city. Even if the enemy intercepts you, with your ability, as long as you don't meet the enemy general, you can break through calmly." Xia Houyuan patted Cao Zhang on the shoulder and smiled: "You are the son of the elder brother. Well, it's up to you whether the Cao family can revive in the future! Don't be arrogant."

"Here!" Cao Zhang bowed to Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu before turning and leaving.

After Cao Zhang left, Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Chun and Cao Xiu and said, "Let's procrastinate for Zixiao."

"En." Cao Chun and Cao Xiu obviously understood Xia Houyuan's meaning, and nodded heavily.

At that moment, after sending Cao Zhang away, the three of them strengthened the city wall and sealed the city gate overnight, as if they were going to fight each other to the death.

On the other hand, Chu Nan was not surprised when he heard the news. It is unlikely that the Cao family would vote for him. Even if he voted, Chu Nan would not dare to use it. Can be survived by one.

"You can't see the green energy in the city's moat right now. Starting tomorrow, we will bombard Li Yang with catapults and ballistas in turn to consume the green energy in the city's moat. Tell General Wen Yuan to fight with us. If there is a chance, we will take the opportunity to board the city." , but it’s best to use up their mutual vitality first, and at the same time send people to shout to the city every day to shake the morale and hearts of the soldiers. Later, I will write some persuasion words for the soldiers to read every day. Not only to shake the morale of the army, but also to shake the hearts of the people." Chu Nan looked at the generals and said in a deep voice.

"Here!"

Of course, a strong attack is also possible, and with the advantage of trapping the camp, it is still possible to break the city, but looking at the past [-] trapping camps, now it is less than [-]. Obviously, although this period of time has won consecutive battles, the loss of the trapping camp There was a lot of damage, and Chu Nan didn't want to fall into the camp and suffer further damage.

Early the next morning, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun launched a fierce attack on Li Yang with their catapults and bed crossbows, but seeing huge boulders flying across the sky, huge arrows roaring, the green energy of the moat at the head of Li Yang city was rapidly consumed, and at the same time Chu Nan finished writing the manuscript , Let people form an army formation to read around, and let people bring a group of Jizhou soldiers, and sing Jizhou songs day and night. For a while, Liyang City felt besieged on all sides.

"Brother, a few Confucian scholars said that the public opinion in the city is beginning to fail, and it is difficult to gather the green spirit of protecting the city!" Half a month later, Cao Chun approached Xia Houyuan and said.

Emotions can be contagious, and the low morale of the defenders will inevitably spread to the people in the city. At the same time, news of Yuan Shao's defeat and Liyang becoming an isolated city will spread. Knowing, how can we still hide the news?

Not to mention that Chu Nan ordered people to shout outside the city every day. He also admired Chu Nan's eccentric way of speaking. He shouted outside every day, expressing the same meaning, but he had never seen the same thing.

Xia Houyuan looked at the green aura on the top of the city, under the onslaught of the enemy's stone bullets and crossbow arrows, it has become much weaker than it was half a month ago, and said with a chuckle: "It seems that the decisive battle is approaching, Zihe, are you afraid?" ?”

"What are you afraid of?" Cao Chun fumbled for his long spear, looked at the soldiers on the opposite side and said, "As early as in Xuchang, I should have died in battle. I should be content with living for so long. Renna Chu Nan, avenge my brother!"

They voted for Yuan Shao, and their greatest wish was to one day kill Chu Nan and avenge Cao Cao.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao was useless, they had already blocked the main army in southern Chu, but Yuan Shao assembled the elites of Jizhou, but was defeated by Lu Bu, causing the entire battlefield of Jizhou to collapse, and the famous generals of Hebei were more useless than each other, and Lu Bu cut three , the remaining one was driven away by Yuan Shao himself, which disturbed people's hearts and lost the last chance to come back. He really didn't know how Yuan Shao turned the good situation into what he is now.

"Perhaps what Chu Nan said is right. The world is in chaos, and there is no right or wrong in the disputes between the princes. All hatred and grievances will disappear in the flames of war with the complete destruction of one side." Xia Houyuan sighed: " Surrender is impossible, let's kill it quickly! It also counts as a brotherhood between me and Meng De, the friendship between the monarch and his ministers."

Cao Chun nodded silently, with a cold and stern light shining in his eyes. In this last battle, he will also try to kill Chu Nan. If he can kill him, even if he dies, he can also kill Cao Ren and the others. Find a way out.

Three days later, with the exhaustion of public opinion, Li Yang's green energy to protect the city finally began to collapse after expending a lot of stone bullets and crossbow arrows in Chu Nan.

At this moment, the gates of Liyang City opened wide, and the last battle...began!

(End of this chapter)