Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he burst out laughing.

He knew very well how many people were still in the city.

The 200,000-strong army had long been taken away by Sun Jian, and now there were no more than a thousand people left in the city.

It was purely a joke that these few people wanted to stop his two thousand Eighteen Riders of Yanyun.

"Okay, you don't have to scare me anymore. I know how many people are in your city now. It's impossible for a thousand people to defend against our two thousand. As long as you open the city gate, I will spare your life."

When the deputy general heard this, his face instantly turned ugly.

What Zhang Liao said was not wrong. After all, Zhang Liao had always only raided the food supplies, and no one had expected that Zhang Liao would actually attack the city.

The deputy general knew clearly that Xiyu City was the last city in Sun Jian's hands. Once the city was lost, Sun Jian would definitely kill him, and Sun Jian would also completely leave the stage of Jiaozhou.

The deputy general thought of this, looked at Zhang Liao and the tall city wall in front of him, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Zhang Liao, don't say those useless things, if you have the ability, just attack the city. If you can break through the city wall, I will..."

The deputy general hesitated when he said this.

He doesn't want to die here because of this city.

"Oh? You just what?"

Zhang Liao was a little surprised when he heard this. All along, the people under Sun Jian's command, even those famous generals, were afraid when they saw him, but this deputy general in front of him actually had the courage to threaten him.

This also made Zhang Liao interested in this deputy general.

"I'll just, I'll just...run."

As the voice fell, some mocking voices suddenly appeared around.

Zhang Liao also laughed when he heard this.

Although these words did not sound very courageous, they eased the atmosphere. This laugh completely dispelled the Wu army's fear of Zhang Liao.

After Zhang Liao laughed, he also realized this and immediately sighed that this deputy general was really smart.

"Everyone, attack the city."

As Zhang Liao's voice fell, the two thousand eighteen riders of Yanyun, carrying ladders, began to attack the city.

The deputy general quickly lit the signal fire.

After walking for a while, Sun Jian saw the wolf smoke appearing behind him, and his eyes suddenly showed some confusion.

Now Gu Rubing’s men are in Longbian City ahead. Why would his own Xiyu City send out signal smoke? Who is attacking the city?
Zhou Yu also saw the wolf smoke and immediately felt that he was beside Sun Jian.

"My Lord, Xiyu City is in danger. Should we go take a look?"

"Gongjin, who do you think is attacking the city?"

"I'm not sure, but we should be safe over there. I'm afraid Liu Zhang is the only one who can gather enough troops to attack the city in a short period of time. Could it be that Liu Zhang has attacked us?"

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed.

"My lord, this is bad. This may be Liu Zhang's intention to attack us. We must go back."

"Liu Zhang?"

Sun Jian still found it a little hard to believe Zhou Yu's guess.

Although his relationship with Liu Zhang was not very good, it was not that bad. Moreover, Liu Zhang still expected him to be able to stop Liu Bei's army, so how could he take the initiative to attack him?

Although Sun Jian didn't believe it, he couldn't think of anyone else other than Liu Zhang who could attack the city.

So Sun Jian did not refute Zhou Yu. Since it was a fact that someone was attacking the city, no matter who the attackers were, Sun Jian absolutely could not ignore it.

"Gongjin, you take 50,000 men back to reinforce, and I will lead the rest to attack Longbian City."

"Yes!"

Zhou Yu nodded, then left the army with 50,000 soldiers.

Looking at Zhou Yu's back, Sun Jian always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it for a long time. Finally, he had to give up and continue on the journey with his army.

"Hold on, brothers. Reinforcements will arrive soon."

On the west side of the city wall, the deputy general managed to hack to death one of the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun and shouted to the rest.

However, this voice was soon drowned out by the shouting and screaming.

It didn't have any effect.

Only half an hour.

In the past, all the soldiers defending the city were killed by the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun.

Zhang Liao also took over Xiyu City smoothly.

Soon, the deputy general was brought to Zhang Liao.

"What's your name?"

"Humph."

The deputy general snorted coldly without saying a word.

Zhang Liao smiled, drew out his knife and pointed it at the deputy general's neck.

"You're going to tell me or not?"

"Humph, you can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."

"Yes, you have guts."

After saying that, Zhang Liao swung the knife in his hand and chopped off the deputy general's head.

However, at this moment, sounds of shouting and killing were heard outside the city.

Zhang Liao looked in the direction of the voice.

As a result, he saw that the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun who he had left outside the city actually fought with Zhou Yu who had rushed back.

Zhang Liao knew that he had cavalry at his disposal and that he was best at fighting on plains.

And the battle of defending the city will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

After figuring it out, Zhang Liao immediately led the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun in the city and rushed towards Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was fighting when he saw Zhang Liao rushing towards him.

The Yellow Dragon Scythe Hook Knife in his hand was shining with silver light at this moment, and was extremely dazzling on the battlefield.

Zhou Yu knew that he was no match for Zhang Liao, and once he was entangled by Zhang Liao, it would be difficult for him to escape.

With an army of 50,000, Zhou Yu felt that he could at least delay Zhang Liao for a while.

Little did they know that it was precisely because of the presence of these 50,000 people that Zhang Liao launched a desperate battle.

With the blessing of the desperate battle, each of the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun has reached the strength of a first-class general.

The combat effectiveness of the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun soared.

When Zhou Yu saw that his 50,000 men were suppressed, he immediately ordered everyone to break out into the city.

The cavalry's combat effectiveness will be reduced whether it is attacking or defending a city.

Zhou Yu was also aware of this, so he gave the order to enter the city directly without caring about the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun.

Zhang Liao didn't expect that Zhou Yu would not bother with him.

Seeing Zhou Yu entering the city, Zhang Liao had no choice but to give up the pursuit.

Zhou Yu climbed up the city wall and immediately closed the city gate.

Zhang Liao looked at Zhou Yu on the city wall and felt a chill in his eyes.

"My dear Zhou Yu, you are still so timid. It seems that the Prime Minister's evaluation of you is really correct. You are timid but have a big heart. Haha."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu's face darkened and he stared at Zhang Liao, clenching his fists with such force that veins all over his body bulged.

But after a stick of incense, Zhou Yu calmed down.

Zhang Liao said this because he wanted to lure me down. As long as I was still on the city wall, Zhang Liao's plan would fail completely, and by then Zhang Liao would be even angrier than me.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu's anger actually eased a lot.

"Zhang Wenyuan, if you have the guts, rush up to the city wall and we'll fight one on one. If you don't have the guts, quickly tuck your tail between your legs and leave our Xiyu City."

Zhang Liao snorted coldly when he heard this.

But Zhang Liao was no fool. If he really ordered an attack on the city at this time, there would probably not be many people left among the two thousand Eighteen Riders of Yanyun.

"withdraw"

Zhang Liao waved his hand directly.

He took the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun and turned around and left.

Seeing that Zhang Liao was not fooled, Zhou Yu was not angry, but felt relieved.

Even with the help of the city walls, Zhou Yu did not want to confront Zhang Liao head-on.

After Zhang Liao left, Zhou Yu began to reinforce the city walls and clear the battlefield, ready to wait for Zhang Liao to attack the city again.

But this time Zhou Yu guessed wrong again.

Zhang Liao’s purpose this time was not to seize Xiyu City. This achievement had no purpose for Zhang Liao and his men.

The only purpose was to force Sun Jian to recall some troops. In this way, the pressure on Gu Rubing would be greatly reduced.

And this time Zhang Liao achieved his goal.

"General, are we going to launch a surprise attack on Xiyu City?"

The deputy general on the side looked at Zhang Liao with some confusion.

In the deputy general's opinion, Zhang Liao's plan had failed and Xiyu City had been lost by them.

"No, we have achieved our goal. Let's go to the front line and lend a helping hand to our lord."

Upon hearing this, the deputy general nodded hurriedly.

Soon, under the leadership of Zhang Liao, all the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun rushed to the front line.

Sun Jian looked at the Longbian City in front of him and suddenly felt powerless.

The walls of Longbian City were originally tall and very strong. If it weren't for the walls, Sun Jian might not have been able to resist for so long.

But now the walls of Longbian City are even higher than before, and the ladders they prepared are not long enough.

"Is Liu Bei sick? He built a city wall this high, but his supplies are so abundant?"

Although Sun Jian felt somewhat helpless, he had already arrived at the enemy's city and would need Liu Zhang's food and grass later. It would be unreasonable for him not to fight back.

Soon Sun Jian began to attack the city using an extended version of the simple ladder.

However, this crude version of the ladder was not stable at all because it was raised so high. Many soldiers fell down after climbing up before Gu Rubing's men could take action.

For a while, Gu Rubing's men suffered few casualties, but Sun Jian's men suffered many casualties, but most of them were injured in falls.

Huang Gai, who was standing by, saw this and immediately came to Sun Jian.

"My lord, we can't keep fighting like this. If we continue like this, we will no longer be pretending. We will really attack the city. Liu Bei has obviously made sufficient preparations for the attack. If we continue fighting like this, we will definitely be the ones who suffer."

Sun Jian also understood this truth. Looking at the tall city walls, Sun Jian knew that under the current circumstances, it was impossible to take down the entire Longbian City.

"Withdraw troops and regroup!"

"Yes."

With Sun Jian's order, Huang Gai breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered all the people on the front line to withdraw.

When Gu Rubing saw Sun Jian's men leave, he just laughed.

"With such little preparation, you dare to attack the city. Sun Jian is just going through the motions. This is not a good way to go."

After hearing this, Zhang Ren smiled and nodded.

But soon, the smile on Zhang Ren's face disappeared, because when he looked at Sun Jian's endless camp, he suddenly felt a little worried.

"My lord, although Sun Jian's men have withdrawn, his army is still there. With these 200,000 troops, they are always a threat to us. Normally, it is not easy for us to attack Sun Jian, but now, we have a great opportunity. We can't waste it."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing nodded. He had long been dissatisfied with Sun Jian's 200,000 troops. If he was allowed to leave like this, his side would be threatened at all times.

Gu Rubing also wanted to attack Sun Jian, but he had only one person, Zhang Ren, who could take on this task. But Zhang Ren's ability was not good enough, and Zhang Ren was an important part of his defense. If Zhang Ren had any accidents, what would he do? With only Zang Ba, a quasi-famous general, and a group of first-class generals, it would not take long for Longbian City to be really breached.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing looked at Zhang Ren and finally decided to wait.

Two days passed.

During these two days.

Sun Jian launched six attacks on Longbian City.

However, each attack was very short and the troops were withdrawn in less than an hour.

It can be said that at this moment, Sun Jian’s acting skills have reached their peak.

Liu Zhang thought Sun Jian was working very hard, and even increased the amount of food and fodder allocated to Sun Jian each time.

Sun Jian was very satisfied with this.

However, just when Sun Jian was feeling proud, a group of people sneaked to the outskirts of the Wu army camp in the middle of the night.

"General, shall we start now?"

"Don't worry, we'll wait until the early morning."

The deputy general beside him nodded.

At this time, Gu Rubing was standing on the city wall, and Zhang Ren and Zang Ba were standing behind Gu Rubing.

Behind the three of them, there were soldiers standing, and they seemed to be waiting for something.

As he watched the moon gradually set, Gu Rubing murmured quietly, "It's almost time."

As Gu Rubing's voice rang out, those who were hiding around Wu Jun's camp suddenly rushed out, catching Wu Jun off guard.

"Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan are here again. Who dares to fight?"

When the soldiers guarding the gate heard that it was Zhang Liao, they turned around and ran away. They did not have the ability to fight Zhang Liao.

Soon, Zhang Liao successfully led the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun into the front camp of the Wu army.

There was a sudden chaos in the front army camp.

After Zhang Liao and his men entered the camp, they started setting fire.

Gu Rubing stood on the city wall and saw the flames and the billowing smoke, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Xuan Gao, take action!"

"Yes!"

After saying this, Zang Ba led the Taishan Tiger Bandits and rushed towards the Wu army’s camp.

Sun Jian was still asleep when he was awakened by the noise outside.

"What's all the noise outside?"

Sun Jian was very dissatisfied with someone disturbing his sleep and started shouting outside.

"King, it's bad. Zhang Liao is coming in."

"what?"

Sun Jian thought he was sleepy and had misheard, and looked at the person who rushed in with confusion.

"What did you say?"

"King, Zhang Liao and his men have broken through the front camp and are rushing towards the central camp. General Huang Gai has led his men to stop them, but their offensive is too fierce and we are no match for them." (End of this chapter)