Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 435 How did it break down like this?

The sun is gradually setting down the mountain.

When the night began to fall, Sun Ben woke up from the fainting from vomiting blood, and felt that the night of this day was very different from usual.He couldn't express that feeling at all, as if the huge night curtain was like a huge mouth that slowly opened, and it might swallow him in any moment when he was a little slack.

As the sky became darker, Sun Ben's mood became more and more gloomy.Just now, he scolded the guard who brought the food for no reason, which made him regret it now.But what was more frightening than this was that he knew that the reason why he was so moody was because he had nothing to do with the current situation.

It's not that Sun Ben has never experienced such things as defending the city. In fact, although he is not as good at defending the city as he is in charge, he is also familiar with everything such as fortifying the wall and clearing the field, stabilizing the morale of the army, patrolling and dispatching.If it was just an ordinary defensive battle, Sun Ben would definitely have the confidence to keep the enemy out of the city gate.

But the current situation is completely different from normal, and it can even be said to be extremely bad.The most important thing in the defense of the city has always been the stability of the army's morale.The so-called high walls and thick walls are nothing but the best external conditions.When the enemy is overwhelming the situation, the key to the success of the defensive battle lies in the fighting spirit of the defenders.As long as the defenders are unyielding, no matter how fierce the enemy is, no matter how clever they are, it will be useless.

But where did the fighting spirit of the defenders come from?

Their fighting spirit comes from having the hope of sticking to success.Where is hope?The reason is that there will be strong support from the rear. When they can't defend, they firmly believe that there will be rescuers to rescue them; if there is no foreign aid, it will be a game doomed to failure. Since it is doomed to failure, who will work hard?
What Sun Ben lacks most now is foreign aid.

As early as when Chen County was attacked, Sun Ben mentioned to Yuan Shu the idea of ​​sending reinforcements or letting him return to Yangzhou, but Yuan Shu refused to agree to either.It was as if he was thrown in Yuzhou and left to fend for himself.

Regarding what Yuan Shu did, Sun Ben was also able to guess the intention.

All Yuan Shu's thoughts are now on Xuzhou, after all, one Xuzhou is worth too many Chen countries.Yuan Shu is mobilizing all his forces at this moment to cleanse himself of his previous shame. If he wants to show off his prestige as the fourth generation and third prince of the Yuan family, how can he care about dividing up his troops and taking part in the muddy Yuzhou battlefield?
Another reason is his cousin Sun Ce.The young man who was deeply stimulated by the troubled times finally couldn't bear Yuan Shu after hibernating forbearance. He exchanged a jade seal for the post of General Zhechong recognized by the imperial court, and led less than a thousand soldiers from Liyang to open the The cause of pacifying Jiangdong and self-reliance.

Sun Ce is not a fledgling idiot either. Although he has done something to get rid of Yuan Shu's control, he has never said anything like breaking with Yuan Shu.On the surface, he is still Yuan Shu's general, but what he does is just like Cao Cao was appointed by Yuan Shao to build a barrier in Yanzhou, and he continues to fight for Yuan Shu.The only difference is that all the territories that have been conquered this time are all controlled by him with military power, financial power, and administrative power.

But such actions, to Yuan Shu, who has no other children left, already counted as a serious and insulting betrayal.As a result, Yuan Shu no longer had any good impressions of the Sun clan, preferring to be dead, and Sun Ben belonged to the ranks of lying guns.

Sun Ben guessed that the reason why Yuan Shu threw himself in Yuzhou was probably because he wanted to maximize the value of his use while he could still be used, so that he could block all the soldiers for Yuan Shu in Yuzhou ——To put it bluntly, in front of the Han army this time, Sun Ben was an abandoned son.

Now, the people in Chen County may rebel at any time, and there is no reinforcement outside.And the dark night is always a time when all hidden dangers can be exposed in depth. It is only natural for Sun Ben to be so worried that he can only sleep and eat in anxiety and impatience.After all, at this time, Sun Ben seemed to be thinking about not only the issue of defending the city, but also the issue of where he would go in the future.

Sun Ben really wanted to force himself to sleep. After all, this was only the first day of defending the city. There might be even more torturous accidents happening tomorrow. After all, he had enough energy.But in a daze, he couldn't fall asleep anyway. When he finally felt that he was asleep, Sun Ben suddenly felt that he was caught in the shadow of swords and blood. Countless people and soldiers rushed into this county office. Before he had time When they took up their weapons, these soldiers and common people turned into ghosts!
Chen Wang and Luo Jun jumped out of the crowd, their faces covered with blood, and they gritted their teeth and cursed at themselves. In the midst of the curses, those ghosts rushed forward one by one, grabbed their body, and pointed at their own body. The flesh and blood bit down fiercely.Sun Ben wanted to shout, but his ears were filled with the crazy and angry laughter of Chen Wang and Luo Jun, making him anxious and anxious, he only shouted: "Don't kill me, Yuan Shu asked me to do this, I am Innocent!"

Sun Ben, who was dripping with cold sweat, suddenly woke up from the bed. He never expected that deep down in his heart, he was already so dissatisfied with Yuan Shu.But the strange thing was that the noisy noises in his sleep didn't seem to disappear. Sun Ben listened carefully and found that the noisy noises came from outside the yamen.

At this moment, a guard rushed in with disheveled hair: "General, it's not good again!"

This time, for some reason, Sun Ben suddenly didn't bother to put on his armor and spear.Seeing Sun Ben's delirious appearance, the guard became even more frightened: "General, the Han army really attacked the city this time!"

"What?!" Sun Ben was fully awake now, and he pushed the guard who came forward to help him up to the ground, and rushed out without armor and a spear.

As soon as he left the county office, Sun Ben saw the chaos in Chen County, and countless people pretended to be terrified unintentionally but deliberately, causing the whole Chen County to be in a mess.Regardless of these, Sun Ben continued to rush into the city, looked out of the city, and almost fainted again immediately.

At this moment, he saw the torches all over the mountains and plains rushing like a billowing fire, brightening up the dark night at a glance: How dare the Han army come so blatantly, they really didn't care about anything, but they seemed I really don't have to worry about anything...

But what frightened Sun Ben the most was not the Han army's offensive, but the number of the Han army.

Judging from those torches, not only did the Han army come out in full force this time, but their number was more than double that of the daytime! ——How could there be so many of them? Could it be that, in this afternoon, they came for reinforcements again?
The Han army was finally approaching, approaching, the sound of rumbling horseshoes and howling shouts, like a strong wind sweeping through a sea tide, like a torrential rain washing over a forest.The ground was trembling slightly, and the approaching horseshoes seemed to be directly hitting the human bones—this kind of momentum seemed to indicate that, let alone a small Chen county in front of you, it was Yuan Shu's new Shouchun. , They will also unscrupulously step into powder.

The soldiers on the city panicked in an instant. This panic came not only from the fear of the Han army, but also from the anxiety of the people in the city who were becoming more and more turbulent and uncontrolled.Although they were not as thoughtful as Sun Ben thought, they also knew clearly that it would be a waste of time for only six thousand people to deal with the attack of the Han army and at the same time to guard against the common people who would rush out in a torrent at any time. What an idiot!
"General, what should we do!" The guards who followed Sun Ben to the top of the city were anxious, because at this time, he had seen that those Yangzhou soldiers who usually had a grudge against them had already turned to Sun Ben with ill intentions. Ben rushed over here: "Why don't we withdraw first, we can't defeat the Han army with so many people."

The guard was quite clever, and he didn't say anything to question the Yangzhou soldiers.But Sun Ben turned a deaf ear and frowned, "Wait a minute, the movement of the Han army is a bit abnormal..."

"General!"

The guard was so angry that he was about to drag Sun Ben away.But the strange thing is that when he was about to put his ideas into action, when the Han army rushed to about [-] steps in front of the city, they all stopped suddenly.The shouting also subsided. If it weren't for the endless torches still shaking in the distance, the guards almost thought that the charge just now was a dream.

The guards hadn't figured out what happened, the war drums under the city rang out again, shouts, shouts, and shouts, and the overwhelming momentum almost scared the guards The soul came straight out of the body.

"Catch Sun Ben alive and avenge King Chen!" The Han army was screaming wildly, but after the roar, it suddenly stopped strangely.

As Sun Ben had also experienced countless battles as his personal guard, he was really annoyed and anxious by the Han army, and shouted at Sun Ben: "General, what are they going to do? Attack the city and attack the city." , What is the purpose of being so surprised, is it just to scare us for fun?"

At this moment, Sun Ben's tightly locked brows suddenly relaxed, but then deeper worries invaded his mind again.Turning his head, he showed an extremely sad wry smile and said to the guard: "You are right, the Han army is scaring us. From the perspective of the emperor, this is just the beginning..."

"Ah?!" The guard was about to go crazy: Is this the beginning?This day has teased us three times!This emperor, how could he be so bad? !
(End of this chapter)