Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 172 Gongsun Zan Helplessly Retreats
Tian Yu's judgment was actually correct. Since he was unable to break through Juyong City, he might as well just give up and take this opportunity to return to Jicheng, repair the defenses, save food and grass, and prepare for Wuhuan's counterattack. Although Wuhuan's army is not weak, However, the discipline is poor. As long as you persevere for a period of time and lose your spirit, you will be able to take advantage of the momentum to counterattack and defeat Wuhuan's attack. Although this cannot finally resist Liu He and Yuan Shao's alliance, it can still buy yourself a period of time. Of course, if Gongsun Zan If you are willing to wrong yourself, you can actually rely on Gongsundu in Liaodong.

However, Gongsun Zan couldn't listen to the correct opinion. He shook his head and said, "Now Liu Yu has been trapped in Yongcheng. Our army has been attacking for more than [-] days. It seems that it is about to be captured. How can we retreat like this? Once we retreat, I'm afraid It is equivalent to going back to the mountain, and it is almost impossible to trap the old thief. As long as I can capture Liu Yu, I can control Youzhou in his name, and even call Liu and the little thief back to kill. I can control Youzhou, Sili and other places. Once the Black Mountain Army is recruited again, even Yuan Shao will crawl under me. How can I let go of such a good opportunity? Guorang, you don’t care about this matter, even if If the Wuhuan cavalry come, I am not afraid, my white horse Yicong is their nemesis."

"This, my lord, you have to think twice." Tian Yu originally thought that Gongsun Zan would agree, but he was startled when he heard this, and then he said, "Please be sure to see the situation clearly, my lord, and don't get carried away by Xiaoli." .”

At this moment, Gongsun Zan's long history officer Guan Jing's face darkened, and he shouted, "Tian Yu, you are so brave, how dare you yell in front of the lord, who gave you the courage? Hmph, how many battles the lord has gone through in his life You eat more rice than you have traveled, why don’t you know how to defeat the enemy? Why don’t you retreat quickly! If it wasn’t for the fact that you traveled thousands of miles from Liu Xuande back to Youzhou and returned to the lord’s affection, My lord has already beat you out with a stick!"

"This..." Upon hearing this, Tian Yu smiled wryly, shook his head helplessly, and then silently withdrew.

Seeing Tian Yu leave, Gongsun Zan felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect that at this moment, Guan Jing said, "My lord, this Tian Yu is only in his 20s, a young boy, how can he think carefully about problems? Don’t pay attention to him. In fact, it’s fine if Li Ping is gone. Think about it, my lord. Originally, Juyong City was mainly guarded by Li Ping. Now that Li Ping has left, Juyong City has no generals to guard. As long as we take the opportunity to attack , before the arrival of the Wuhuan army, we will be able to conquer Juyong City and capture Liu Yu alive, as long as the old thief Liu Yu is captured alive, who else would dare to fight against the lord?"

"Haha, what Guan Changshi said is reasonable. If that's the case, then I will order the army to start attacking the city early tomorrow morning, and make sure to capture Juyong City before the Wuhuan army arrives."

Gongsun Zan also immediately turned from worry to joy, and encouraged the generals to fight bravely tomorrow, and then went to rest.
Early the next morning, Gongsun Zan led his army to attack the city. Tens of thousands of troops swept away like a tide, attacking the not-so-strong Juyong City.

Originally, Gongsun Zan thought that Li Ping had left, and that Juyong City would soon lose the will to resist, but he didn't expect that the guards would become more tenacious than before. Sergeant combat.

Under his supervision, the soldiers on the top of the city fought bravely and defended the city impeccably. Even compared to Li Ping before, the ability to defend the city was even worse than that of Li Ping.

"Does anyone know the man on the top of the wall?" Gongsun Zan pointed his horsewhip at the young man in command of the battle on the top of the wall, and asked the soldiers under his command.

At this time, Gongsun Ji came forward and said with a smile: "Brother, I know this man. He and Li Ping came to join Liu Yu. His name is Du Xi, and his style name is Zixu. He is from Yingchuan. An ordinary military Sima."

When Gongsun Zan heard Gongsun Ji calling him "Big Brother", the muscles on his face twitched unnaturally, but he soon smiled and said to Gongsun Ji, "Now, it seems that this fellow is no longer what he is. The army commander is now, it seems that he has taken on the important task of guarding the city, I really didn't expect such a little-known little guy to have such a talent.

Of course, Gongsun Zan didn't know Du Xi's talent. In history, when he was the magistrate of Xi'e County under Cao Cao's command, he was attacked by Liu Biao's cai mao tribe with ten thousand soldiers on foot. Du Xi led more than 50 warriors to defend the city. He even held on for five days, and killed hundreds of Cai Mao's men, while his own side only lost 30 people. In that battle, Du Xi was able to hold on for five days with such a disparity in strength, let alone It is said that the strength gap between the two sides is not that big now.

Therefore, although Li Ping left, Du Xi was definitely a harder nut to crack than Li Ping!
Gongsun Zan didn't know that Du Xi was so talented, but he knew that Du Xi was the key to it, so he sneered and said, "If that's the case, then I'll reward him with an arrow. Morale will collapse quickly."

When Gongsun Zan said this, he took out his big bow with the strength of two stones, put on a feathered arrow, and stretched the bowstring to the full, only to see the feathered arrow fly past like a shooting star.

Gongsun Zan originally thought that his arrow would surely kill Du Xi, but it was a pity that all the soldiers around Du Xi loudly reminded him that Du Xi had no choice but to dodge under the busy schedule, but was hit by this arrow. He scratched his shoulder, and in an instant, blood stained his shirt red.

"That's not bad. You were injured. You should go down to recuperate, right? I wonder how you can continue to command?" Gongsun Zan looked at the crumbling Du Xi and said with a sneer.

However, what I didn't expect was that although Na Du Xi was injured, he still didn't go down to rest. Instead, he tore off his battle robe, wrapped the wound hastily, and then continued to command the battle.

As a result, the morale of the defenders on the top of the city not only did not drop, but rose even higher. They all gritted their teeth and desperately killed the enemy soldiers who broke into the top of the city.

"Damn! I didn't expect this Du Xi to be so tenacious. It's a pity that he didn't kill him with an arrow just now!" Gongsun Zan gnashed his teeth and scolded, but he had nothing to do with Du Xi on the top of the wall, even if he wanted to make up for it again. The arrow could no longer do it, because there were more than a dozen soldiers around Du Xi holding large shields to protect him at all times, making it impossible for him to strike.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers under Gongsun Zan's command died one after another. According to visual estimates, more than [-] soldiers under Gongsun Zan's command died in just one cup of tea time when Du Xi was shot, including forty or fifty soldiers. The name Baima Yicong!
"Send the order, Ming Jin! Retreat!" Even though he was unwilling, Gongsun Zan knew that it would be futile to continue to attack forcefully, so he had no choice but to order a retreat.

(End of this chapter)