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    Surprise can often achieve miraculous results, and this was the case with Yuan Shu this time.  After one round of attacks, Liu Jun suffered heavy losses. Most of the soldiers on the city were killed or injured. Corpses and boulders piled up like mountains. Even cleaning up took a lot of effort.  Yuan Shu nodded with satisfaction. Just now he had made an impromptu decision and ordered the catapult to attack again. Now it seems that the effect is quite good.  "Lord! It's useless to fight anymore, so we should withdraw our troops." Feng Ji Jin said.  "Well!" Yuan Shu was satisfied with the catapult bombardment and a complete victory.  "Go back to camp!" Yuan Shu ordered.  So, the army set off and headed towards the camp.  After returning to the camp and settling down the army, Yuan Shu convened all the civil and military officials to discuss matters.  First of all, Yuan Shu praised Dian Wei and others for coming, and then told him: "Go down and rest, and build up your strength. Tomorrow each will lead an army and attack the city in turn. Don't forget that the city must be broken within three days."  " "No!" the generals responded loudly.  After the generals left, Yuan Shu asked several counselors: "Although we have set a three-day period, I am really not sure whether we can break the city. What do you mean?" Feng Ji frowned and said: "Three days  The day may be a little short." Lu Su also echoed: "Liu Yao is determined to defend, and even the city gate is blocked. It is not easy to break the city." Yuan Shu was silent, looking at Xun You and Jia Xu, thinking.  You need to know what they think.  Xun You thought for a moment, turned to Jia Xu, and asked: "How is the situation in the city now? I dare to ask Wen He to tell me in detail."  Make an assertion.  Jia Xu knew what Xun You meant, collected his thoughts, and said: "There were originally 40,000 soldiers and horses in the city. After several months of fighting, nearly 10,000 were lost. The statistics of today's battle have not yet been calculated, so the details cannot be known. However, judging from the battle situation,  The casualties must be heavy. There are probably more than 20,000 soldiers and horses left in the city at this time, less than 30,000. "In fact, Jia Xu is still relatively small. In today's battle alone, Liu Jun lost nearly 10,000. After all, Yuan Jun almost invaded.  The city was occupied, and the brutal fighting situation was evident.  At first, when Yuan Jun arrived at Yuzhang City, Liu Yao overestimated his capabilities and ordered Fan Neng to fight. He lost three thousand soldiers and horses at one time.  Subsequently, Yuan Jun attacked with catapults every day. Although Liu Jun had a way to deal with it, there were always some unlucky ones who were unfortunately hit by huge rocks.  Over the course of a few months, Liu Jun lost thousands more troops.  Including today's casualties, Liu Jun's strength is now only a little over 20,000.  After hearing this, Xun You weighed it in his mind and said: "If we attack the city regardless of the cost, we can indeed capture Yuzhang City within three days." The implication is that Yuan Jun himself will also suffer heavy losses. The word "regardless of the cost"  Everything has been stated.  Yuan Shu also heard this and asked: "How much is the price?"  Thousands.  Yuan Shu frowned, hesitant in his heart.  This is the life of ten thousand people!  Although Yuan Shu has transformed into a great hero, no matter how cold and ruthless he is, he cannot completely ignore the lives of thousands of people.  Furthermore, since the war, Yuan Jun has also suffered a lot of casualties, but compared to Liu Jun, they are somewhat dwarfed.  The loss was less than 10,000 people. I¡¯m afraid no one would believe it. It can be said to be a miracle that the attacking party could achieve this level!  This is all due to the catapults. If there were no catapults and just relying on flesh and blood to attack the city, the casualties would not be much better than Liu Jun.  At the same time, Yuan Shu deliberately avoided siege battles, which was also an important reason for reducing casualties.  "To attack the city by force, there may not be no strategy. Attack from the east to the west, or dig tunnels, flood, fire attack" At this point, Yuan Shu stopped with his jaw raised and murmured: "Fire attack!" Everyone could hear Yuan Shu's words.  True.  Lu Su was startled and said hurriedly: "No, my lord! What we want is Yuzhang City, not a ruin."  Secondly, the city might lose the support of the people, which would be a big blow to Yuan Shu's reputation.  Jia Xu, on the other hand, looked thoughtful and seemed to be a little moved.  Yuan Shu was hesitant. He had previously thought of launching fire bombs from a catapult to attack the city, but as Lu Su said, what he wanted was not ruins, so he gave up.  But now Yuan Shu is racing against time. If he can't win before Jingzhou reinforcements arrive,Zhangcheng will definitely face greater difficulties in the future.  "We do extraordinary things in extraordinary times." Yuan Shu said seriously.  When everyone heard this, they immediately understood that Yuan Shu was really planning to attack with fire.  Lu Su wanted to persuade him again, but Xun You and the others were all silent, and they immediately suppressed the words that came to their lips.  Xun You and Feng Ji knew Yuan Shu very well. Although Yuan Shu could follow the good and listen to advice, when he really decided on something, he would make his own decisions and no longer care about the opinions of others.  This point became even more prominent after Yuan Shu's transformation.  As for Jia Xu, he agreed with Yuan Shu's plan of fire attack. In his opinion, breaking the city was the top priority now, and it would not be too late to make repairs after taking the city.  "What's the specific situation? What's your plan?" Yuan Shu asked.  Feng Ji said: "My Lord, you can launch fire bombs with catapults first. When the city is in chaos, you can then order the army to attack the city. You will definitely win a complete victory." "Yes!" Yuan Shu nodded with satisfaction and said, "This matter  Let Yuan Tu make arrangements and order the army to prepare fire bombs for use when attacking the city tomorrow. "No!" Feng Ji responded.  Yuan Shu turned to Jia Xu again and said, "Wen He must pay attention to matters in the city." "Xu understands!" Jia Xu said.  Afterwards, everyone dispersed and prepared for the battle tomorrow.  ¡­ Under night, at the west gate of Yuzhang City, the soldiers on the top of the city were drowsy.  The battle at the East Gate was turned upside down, but it had nothing to do with the West Gate. These soldiers could sleep peacefully.  Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard.  When the soldiers at the outpost heard this, they immediately cheered up and looked attentively.  In the distance, a horse came galloping.  When the sentry saw that it was a person, he immediately felt relieved and shouted: "Who is coming?" "I am the messenger under General Cai Mao of Jingzhou. I have something important to convey. Let's leave the city quickly." After hearing this, the sentry hurriedly conveyed the matter to  Night captain.  The captain quickly ordered people to open the city and let people into the city.  After entering the city, he was interrogated carefully, and then a sergeant was sent out to take him to see Liu Yao.  At this moment, the sergeant led the messenger and galloped towards the city.  When we arrived at the residential area, we saw a few drunk men staggering over in front of us.  Seeing this, the two men quickly reined in their horses.  The leading sergeant frowned and shouted: "Get out of the way quickly!" One person said with a breath of wine: "Why? This road belongs to your family?" With outsiders around, the sergeant felt that he had lost face and was furious.  "Seeking death!" He waved his hand and whipped him. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The drunk man was knocked to the ground directly.  "Okay! You dare to hit me, and I won't give in today!" the drunkard said rudely, and then lay down directly on the road.  Several other people also booed one after another.  The sergeant's face turned red, especially when he saw Cai Mao's messenger on the side, who couldn't help but snicker. He felt even more ashamed.  "You scoundrel, I'm going to make you look good today!" The sergeant had a fierce look on his face, dismounted and walked towards the drunkard, ready to teach him a lesson.  When he came to the drunkard's side, the sergeant bent down and lifted him up.  At this moment, there was a flash of cold light, and a dagger suddenly appeared in the drunken man's hand.  Chi!  "Uh!" The sergeant looked at the drunkard with wide eyes, but saw the drunkard looking at him with a half-smile.  Stunned, the sergeant seemed to have guessed something and opened his mouth to speak.  "Hit me!" The drunkard stretched out his hand to cover the sergeant's mouth, provocatively speaking, and glanced at the messenger on horseback from the corner of his eye.  The messenger was a little impatient and shouted: "Hurry up!" Suddenly, a person next to him suddenly got angry and threw the messenger off his horse.  "Woo!" The messenger wanted to call for help, but unfortunately his mouth was covered and he could only make a "Woo" sound.  This person covered the messenger's mouth with one hand, reached behind his head with one hand, clamped it with both hands, and twisted it hard.  Click it!  With a crisp sound, Cai Mao's messenger died on the spot.  "Sweep the tail!" The drunkard at first pushed the dead sergeant in front of him away and shouted in a low voice.  Several people carried the two corpses onto their horses, wiped away the traces on the ground, and pulled the horses into the darkness, leaving only a faint smell of blood in the air.  ¡­ PS: Three updates today, please refer to the single chapter I will post later for details.
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