Under the city, seven thousand Liu Bei's army surrounded the Lingling army blocked outside the city gate and killed them in a row. In a short while, corpses were everywhere and devastated.

"Everyone is here, and you are on standby!"

Xing Daorong ordered the soldiers who had finished resting and went to the top of the city after the order.

At the same time, he ordered five hundred elite spearmen as the mobile unit and five hundred elite archers to be on guard and wait for the order.

Four thousand defenders were keeping a close eye on the enemy in the defensive position at the top of the city, and one thousand mobile troops were ready to go.

"General Anmin!"

Liu Du came up, and said to Xing Daorong with shame:

"There is such a crisis in the city, because I am a good advocate. I am willing to defend the city with the general!"

How could he know that the problem with Liu Beijun’s big move was himself? Therefore, he felt quite blamed himself and wanted to go on the battlefield and participate in the next siege.

"Due to Kong Ming's cunning, please do not need to do this!"

Although he was a little complaining about Liu Du, how could he say this? For the sake of the overall situation, Xing Daorong patiently advised:

"Our army still has 5,000 troops, and it is more than enough to defend against Liu Bei's army's attack. You can rest assured that you can go back to your house and wait for the good news!"

"My intention has been decided, so the general doesn't need to persuade him anymore!"

Liu Du pulled out the long sword from his waist and said:

"Even if the general is commanded to defend the city, I will never interfere. Although he is not talented, he still has some force. It is no problem to protect himself. Please don't worry about me!"

Upon hearing this, Xing Daorong was stunned for a moment, looked at his data list, and the force of 61 was clearly visible.

Yes, although he was systematically rated as a mediocre general, Liu Du's force is still a huge figure on the battlefield.

At least, no one in the entire Lingling defender, except Xing Daorong, had better force than Liu Du.

"Okay, let me do it!"

Xing Daorong, who was eager to deal with Liu Bei's army under the city, had no time to talk to Liu Du Moji, nodded and agreed to his request.

When he arrived at the city wall, Xing Daorong looked down at the battlefield where the sound of killing sounds shook the sky.

Because the city gate was closed, the four thousand Lingling soldiers who left the city were unable to return to the city, so they had to fight hard with Liu Bei's army who surrounded him.

Surrounded by Liu Bei's army, his side cut off his retreat. The morale of these soldiers can be imagined.

Fortunately, the archers on the city wall have been shooting archery support, otherwise the army would collapse faster!

Not long after, with Zhao Yun taking the lead in rushing, only half of the four thousand soldiers were left, and they were forced to close to the city wall, relying on the archers on the city to resist the aggressive Liu Bei army.

The closer they got to the city, the greater the casualties of Liu Bei's army. After all, thousands of archers on the city were not vegetarians.

In this case, Zhao Yun, who was in charge, had to retreat and ordered Liu Bei's army to retreat and retreat to an arrow from the top of the city.

Six thousand ambush soldiers and one thousand soldiers serving as bait, a total of seven thousand army, were almost intact, blocking two thousand Lingling soldiers in front of the city.

After a while, smoke and dust rolled in the distance, and the remaining seven thousand men led by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang also arrived. The two armies gathered together, a total of 14,000 troops surrounded Lingling City.

Not long after, the army in front of the city gate scattered to both sides, revealing a row of archers in unison.

The soldiers of Lingling who were blocked by the city gate changed color when they saw this scene.

These archers naturally could not threaten the defenders on the city, but they were enough to shoot them all!

"Listen to the soldiers on the opposite side!"

At this moment, a soldier from Liu Bei's army came out and shouted loudly at the soldiers:

"My Lord Liu Xuande has always been kind and righteous. As long as you surrender, you can spare you. Otherwise, everyone will not be spared by the arrows!"

The soldiers looked at each other and then looked up at the head of the city at the same time.

They all stood under the city walls, and in this case, they could not surrender or not.

If you surrender, you will not be able to escape the arrows of the defenders on the city. The archers who had previously protected them will become ruthless killers.

But if you do not surrender, the archers on the opposite side of Liu Bei's army can also kill them!

In such a dilemma, these soldiers had to look at the city wall and wait for news.

"well!"

Seeing this scene, Xing Daorong sighed.

After all, people in the future cannot stand these things.

Shaking his head, Xing Daorong shouted at the Lingling soldiers below:

"You have done your best. I won't blame you. Let's surrender myself!"

Hearing Xing Daorong's call, the soldiers under the city were immediately relieved of amnesty and shouted, "Thank you for your kindness, General."

Immediately, they threw down their sharp blades and walked towards Liu Bei's army opposite, allowing them to fall.

"This Xing Daorong is not a ruthless person!"

Liu Bei, who was behind, saw this scene, turned around and said to Zhuge Liang.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he nodded slightly.

"General Anmin, why is this?"

Liu Du came over and said to Xing Daorong:

"Although these soldiers cannot defend the city, fighting with Liu Bei's army can also consume a lot of strength. It would be a pity that they just let them surrender!"

He glanced at Liu Du, and Xing Daorong was silent.

It’s not entirely true that Liu Du is blamed, because this is the normal attitude of the nobles of this era.

Although he respects famous scholars and major princes, he regards ordinary people and common people as grass.

Because of this, Liu Bei, who just did not deliberately exploit and treated the people harshly, could be regarded as the most "benevolent" person in the world!

To put it bluntly, in this chaotic era, all the princes are heroes, so how could there be the kind and righteous people in the eyes of later generations!

In Liu Du's eyes, it was a little bit that the soldiers under the city could consume Liu Bei's army, and there was no need to surrender.

Of course, later theories could not convince Liu Du, and other reasons must be used as excuses.

"Empress!"

Xing Daorong said:

"Liu Bei's army has strong archers and crossbows, which can completely shoot and kill these soldiers outside the range of archers defending the city, with minimal consumption!"

"on the contrary!"

After glanced at Liu Du, Xing Daorong continued:

"These soldiers are all the people in Lingling, and most of them are related to the defenders..."

Speaking of this, Xing Daorong pointed at the surrounding defenders and said:

"If the soldiers under the city are killed, it will inevitably make them feel sad, and it will be useless to defend the city!"

"Yes, General Xing reminded me!"

Following Xing Daorong's hand and looking at the surrounding defenders, Liu Du immediately understood and felt awe-inspiring.

"Liu Bei's child is so insidious. At this time, he is still trying to distract us from the soldiers!"

Liu Du couldn't help but say.

"Get apart? Maybe!"

Xing Daorong thought to himself.

Liu Bei may be disagreeing, but it may also be that he really gave these soldiers a way out, but it was not important anymore.

If Liu Bei had to take into account his reputation, he would not force these surrendered soldiers to attack Lingling City.

Therefore, he was not worried that the number of Liu Bei's army would increase further.

Without these soldiers under the city, the defenders on the city can give it a try without worrying about accidental injury. The strength of the defending city will increase instead of decreasing, which is actually a favorable thing.

After all, as he and Liu Du said, these defenders were natives from Lingling and were mostly related to each other.

If they were asked to throw big rocks and shoot arrows to kill the enemy, they would inevitably be worried about hurting their relatives and unwilling to take action.

Just as he was thinking, the action of Liu Bei's army to accept the surrender of prisoners under the city had ended.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong!"

Without wasting time, after a slight rectification, the thunderous drum sound suddenly sounded in Liu Bei's army.

"Run, kill!"

"Run, kill!"

"Run, kill!"

...

Thousands of Pu Daoshi were divided into ten teams, each carrying a long wooden ladder to rush towards Lingling City.
To be continued...