"Lord, since the fish has been hooked, we should reel in the line. Don't wait until the end and let the cooked duck run away." Fazheng said with a smile.

Yuan Shu nodded slightly, turned to look at the battle that had broken out in Liu Bei's military camp, and smiled: "Liu Bei is truly a hero of his generation. His acting skills are top-notch and he is willing to take risks. No wonder he can recruit heroes like Guan Zhang who are devoted to him.

A prince who has grown up to what he is today."

Tonight's battle was actually a play staged by Yuan Shu and Liu Bei. Fa Zheng could guess Chen Deng's thoughts, and it was impossible for Liu Ye not to guess them. They kept increasing their vigilance at night. However, Fa Zheng secretly went to Liu Bei's army to discuss it.

After a while, Liu Beijun returned to his loose state at night, in order to paralyze Chen Deng and make Chen Deng think that his strategy was successful, and then slowly step into the trap set by himself and Yuan Shu.

After attacking the city and retreating his troops in the evening, Liu Bei was informed by Fa Zheng that Chen Deng was likely to take action in the evening and asked him to prepare. After returning to the army, Liu Bei immediately shut down Zhang and Zhang and started to work on this matter.

Chen Deng sent more than a thousand soldiers to launch a sneak attack for the first time, causing Liu Bei's army to blow up the camp. This was actually the result of Liu Bei's deliberate connivance. He deliberately did not release the elite troops that Guan Zhang and his men had prepared, directly creating such a situation.

The illusion attracted Chen Deng to take the bait.

When Chen Deng saw Chen Deng's second sneak attack army appearing around the camp, Liu Bei, who had been in chaos in the jungle on both sides of the camp, instantly rushed out of the dense forests on both sides of Liu Bei's camp, with two elite generals each leading an elite force, and headed straight for the sneak attack.

The incoming army left, and Liu Bei and Liu Ye also began to restore the army that had fallen into chaos.

"kill!"

Guan and Zhang, who had been waiting for a long time, could no longer control the murderous intention in their hearts and led their troops straight towards Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu, who had already rushed to Liu Bei's camp and was blocked by Guan and Zhang's troops behind him, realized that something was wrong. Unfortunately, he fired his bow without an arrow to turn back. At this time, it was too late for him to retreat, and the two sides soon collided with each other.

The ferocious Guan and Zhang faced off against the fledgling Cao Xiu, and the result was needless to say. The five thousand armies led by Guan and Zhang respectively, under the leadership of the two peerless generals and the blessing of their legionary talents, crossed directly, divided Cao Xiu's army, and killed

Cao Xiu's army was completely defeated. Cao Xiu was frightened and without any intention of fighting, he led his army to flee to the flank without any intention of fighting.

Liu Bei looked at the scene where Guan Zhang's face was full of excitement and crazy slaughter, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "It seems that the second brother and the third brother have been holding back their nerves for a while!"

Liu Ye chuckled and said: "After several consecutive days of siege battles, the two generals were unable to fully display their abilities. They must have been suppressed. It would be good to let them vent."

"Tongguan will finally be captured again." Liu Bei looked at Tongguan in the distance and murmured: "Both times our army was the attacker, both were weak, and both paid a huge price.

The troop losses were serious."

"My lord, this is only temporary. As long as your lord takes over Yanzhou, we will be able to take the strategic initiative. Then the situation of being at the mercy of others will definitely not happen again." Liu Ye comforted.

Liu Bei smiled softly and suddenly said: "Zi Yang, do you think we can get the technology of this catapult from Yuan Shu? In these two sieges, this thing has played a huge role. If Yuan and Liu both have it and I

If we don't have any troops, I'm afraid it will be extremely detrimental to our army."

"My lord, there is no need to abandon the near and seek the far, the master also has the skills of this catapult." Liu Ye said with a smile.

"Oh? Where?" Liu Bei said in surprise.

"Zhong Yu has a copy in his hands, and Chang Wen may also have one in his hands," Liu Ye said.

Catapults existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and were used on a large scale at that time. Naturally, there will be many drawings and techniques left. The Xun family has such a technology. The reason why Liu Ye is so sure is because he worked under the Xun family

I saw it in Yue's study. He was very interested in siege equipment and flipped through two pages with great interest. If it weren't for the complicated government affairs and lack of time, I'm afraid he would have finished reading the book thoroughly.

And Liu Ye said that Chen Qun might have it because the Chen family had swept away a lot of the accumulation of Jixia Academy, and this catapult should be no exception. It was probably lying quietly like garbage in a corner of a secret room in the Chen family.

Still sitting.

"Great." Liu Bei said excitedly: "I will start building it immediately after I return. I will be of great use in attacking Yanzhou next."

"No!" Liu Ye responded.

During the conversation, the chaos in Liu Bei's camp had dissipated, and the soldiers had calmed down. On the other side of Guan and Zhang, troops had already led troops to surround Cao Xiu's army tightly.

Liu Bei looked at Tongguan and murmured: "We have finished singing the first half of this play. How the second half goes depends on Yuan Gongli."

Liu Ye smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord, if Yuan Jiujiu still can't take Tongguan like this, he is not worthy of being our opponent. We might as well just turn to attack Xiliang."

The situation of Liu Bei's army was clearly seen by Chen Deng on the city wall. He realized that he had fallen into a trap. Not only did he lose more than ten thousand elites, but he also directly cut off Cao Xiu's life. On the other side, Yuan Shu's army simply ignored it.

The suspicious soldiers he sent out rushed straight towards Tongguan without any hesitation, and were now close to the city wall.

Chen Deng stood on the city wall, and the cold winter night wind kept blowing around him, chilling his heart.

Lost! He lost completely. He was directly plotted by the other party to lose his wife and lose his troops.

Just when he was disheartened, Yuan Jun had already begun to attack the city. At this critical moment, Chen Deng quickly calmed down and calmly began to command the few elites on the city wall, without any intention of withdrawing his troops.

More than 3,000 soldiers are enough to hold the city overnight and wait until the situation becomes clear tomorrow before retreating, Chen Deng thought insistently. However, before Yuan Shu's siege troops could attack the city wall, a man shouting for death suddenly appeared under the inner wall of Tongguan.

Voice.

"What's going on?" Chen Deng shouted.

After the city guard found out the situation, he hurried over and said, "Military advisor, it's not good. The enemy troops are coming from inside Tongguan and are coming here!"

"There is a secret passage!" Chen Deng said bitterly through gritted teeth.

Chen Deng knew that there was a secret passage in the city. When Xu Rong was surrounded by Cao's army, he passed the secret passage without any news. Although Cao Cao dug three feet in the ground and could not find the entrance to the secret passage, he still

With a keen eye, he filled in all the suspicious areas that Xu Rong escaped from. But he didn't expect that the other party had other secret passages in the city, and he came in at such a critical moment.

"How many people are there?" Chen Deng asked with a solemn expression.

"Only more than three hundred. However, it seems that Huang Zhong and Pan Feng are among them." Xiao Weihui reported.

When Chen Deng heard the first half of the sentence, he just breathed a sigh of relief, but as soon as the word "but" came out, coupled with Huang Zhong and Pan Feng, he immediately stopped all his thoughts.
Chapter completed!