Licheng is just a small city with only about 10,000 residents in the city and it is difficult to raise food and grass. Two days ago, Taishici and the others almost lost their food. Now they can only drink one meal a day of porridge that can be seen. The soldiers were all so hungry that they put their chests on their backs. Many people secretly regretted that they should not come to join Taishici. Now they are leaving their hometown, and they can't even have enough food.

When he learned that Lu Bu had sent a messenger and patrolled the team in the group with his men, he immediately rushed to see Taishi Ci. When he walked into the broken county government, he was hearing Yu Qianling ask Taishi Ci, "General Taishi, since Lu Wenhou is willing to let us go, why don't you agree to abandon the city and leave?"

The team leader quickly stopped and wanted to hear how Taishici answered. He only heard Taishici say, "Did Yu Qianling? Don't you know that this general has sent someone to ask for help from the lord? Maybe in a few days, reinforcements will arrive here."

"General Taishi," Yu Qianling said with some amusement: "We have finished our food and grass, and we will continue to stay here. Even if Mr. Lu Wen does not send people to attack the city, we will not be able to hold on here for long."

"Yu Qianling," said Taishi Ci, "If our army withdraws from Licheng at this moment and is pursued by Lu Bu, there is a possibility that the entire army will collapse. It is still unknown how many people can reach Qingzhou."

"The general is so bad!" After hearing this, the team leader could no longer hold it back. He quickly walked into the main hall and said loudly: "Even if we stayed in Licheng, we could not stop the attack of Lu Bu's troops."

Taishi Ci looked up at the team leader, but did not say anything. He knew very well that what the team leader said was very reasonable. Although he had thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, they were all newly recruited soldiers, so his combat power could not be compared with the soldiers led by Lu Bu. Now only half of the soldiers have weapons, and the remaining soldiers were holding sharp wooden sticks. If they met the bandits and Yellow Turbans, they still had the power to fight, but if they met the elite soldiers under Lu Bu, they would be vulnerable.

Although your troops stay in the city, the walls of Keli City are low, there is no moat, and the equipment for defending the city is not complete, otherwise I would not have easily seized the city. Now if I were defending myself, others would have attacked me, and the final outcome would have been impossible. But it is obviously impossible to abandon the city and leave. As soon as the army with low morale leaves the city, most of the troops may be dispersed. If they encounter Lu Bu's pursuit of the head, they may be destroyed.

Now that we are in a state of power, Taishici can only grit our teeth and say, "Don't worry, two, don't worry, maybe the troops sent by the lord will arrive tomorrow. If we abandon the city at this time and are chased by Lu Bu's troops, we will inevitably be defeated like a mountain. Even if the lord's reinforcements arrive, it will be useless."

Seeing that Taishi Ci was so stubborn, Yu Qianling and the team leader knew that they would not have any result if they continued to persuade him. They could only sigh, bow to Taishi Ci, and turn around and walk out of the main hall.

When he arrived in the yard, Yu Qianling called the team leader and asked, "General Taishi is so stubborn that he insists on defending Licheng without food and grass inside and without reinforcements. I see that the city is broken, and I don't know what team leader plans?"

"What else can I plan?" The team leader heard Yu Qianling say this, and couldn't help but smile and replied with a wry smile: "The lord ordered a certain person to escort General Taishi to Yangzhou to recruit soldiers. Now that he has reached a desperate situation, what else can he do? He can fight to the death."

Yu Qianling's purpose of asking this was to persuade the team leader to lead people to leave with him. No matter what, the strongest combat power in the entire army is the dozens of soldiers under the team leader. If these capable soldiers are escorted, even if they encounter Lu Bu sending troops to chase him, they will have the chance to escape unscathed.

But at this moment, when he heard the team leader say he was going to stay and fight to the death, his heart suddenly became cold. However, he still said unwillingly: "The team leader, if he doesn't leave at this time, when Lu Wenhou leads his troops to attack the city tomorrow, he will not be able to leave."

"Everyone has their own ambitions. Since Yu Qianling does not want to stay in Licheng, then you will listen to the emperor." The team leader guessed from Yu Qianling's tone that the other party was unwilling to stay in Licheng to accompany Taishi Ci to die, so he said generously: "If Yu Qianling wants to leave, I will immediately send two subordinates to escort you to leave the city safely."

Yu Qianling wanted to leave this dead land as soon as possible, but when he heard the team leader say this, he became embarrassed: "You have never left this place, how could I leave you and others to escape alone?"

Seeing that the other party did not agree to his proposal, the team leader did not want to talk nonsense to him anymore. He just bowed to the other party and left the county government and continued to take people to patrol the city.

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The next morning, Taishici took his men to the north city wall to prepare for Lu Bu's siege. However, he waited left and right, and waited until noon, but there was still no movement in Lu Bu's army. In this case, some soldiers couldn't help but talk privately: "Didn't it mean that the Yangzhou army will attack the city? It's almost noon, why is there no movement at all?"

"I don't know how long it will take to stand," said another soldier angrily: "From the morning, I have not stuck my teeth. If I fight later, I will have the strength."

"You still want to eat." His companion snorted coldly: "Let me tell you, the food in the city has been out of stock. The meal I ate yesterday should be our last meal."

"What, the food is gone, so what are we still here to do?" the soldier said dissatisfiedly: "Even if the enemy does not attack, we will be starved to death when we stay in the city. It is better to..."

Before he could finish his words, he was whipped heavily on his head, and blood immediately flowed down his forehead. He covered the wound and turned his head to see who was using the poisonous move, but found that the team leader was standing behind him. The team leader said with a ferocious face: "If anyone can bewitch people's hearts and shake the morale of the army, it will not whip him, but will directly take off his head."

The soldiers around were frightened by the expressions of the team leader, and they all dared not answer. At this moment, when a war drum suddenly came from a distance, the team leader looked in the direction of the sound and saw a soldier coming towards his position. On a large flag in the middle, the word "Lu" was written on it.

It was Lu Bu's troops who came to attack the city. The team leader did not dare to neglect it and told his subordinates to prepare to defend the city. He ran towards the city gate building. He was about to report to Taishi Ci immediately, saying that Lu Bu's troops were heading towards the city and should be preparing to attack the city.
Chapter completed!