On May 14th, before the reunion of Shen, I personally led a large army to arrive in Pingyu, and then started a siege.

Pingyu County is located in the western part of the central part of Runan County. It was first established in the Qin Dynasty and was originally the land of Xue State in ancient times.

Xi Zhong, the first king of Xue State, was good at building cars, and during the Warring States Period, he called cars "Yu". In addition, the terrain of this area was flat, so he was named "Flat".

Due to its important geographical location, fertile land and convenient irrigation, Pingyu has always been highly valued by rulers, and its city has been repeatedly expanded and reinforced. In the entire Runan County, except for the county seat of Runan City, Pingyu City is the most solid.

After completing the military arrangement of three quarries and one, I immediately led Pang Tong to survey Pingyu City for half a circle.

The results of the investigation were as Pang Tong had previously speculated - Pingyu's defensive military strength was much weaker than expected. Although the defenders tried every means to bluff, these tricks could not be hidden from my eyes.

In my judgment, the defensive military strength in Pingyu City should be around 5,000 to 6,000 people, and there are even some weak county and state soldiers. It can be seen that there are quite a few soldiers who have used Li Dian to help Runan City.

However, even so, it is not necessarily easy to win Pingyu by a strong attack.

There is a big difference between defending the city and field battle. In field battle, with the absolute advantage of the number of people, I can defeat these 56,000 Cao troops without any effort, but in siege battles, the price I paid for in order to achieve the same goal is likely to be calculated at five times or even ten times.

Not worth it!

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As another sun sets, something has basically been confirmed - Shan Xin, Jia Yun may have had a strange intention. Until now, no one has sent anyone to send a message.

But that's fine, so I don't have to worry about anything anymore.

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It was already late at night, and the fierce battle under Runan City had not stopped.

On and down the city, countless burning torches reflected half of the sky red.

"Yes~Yes~Yes~Yes~!" Accompanied by a shrill whistle, arrows flew intertwined in the air, weaving into clouds of death.

There are obviously many arrows shot from the city to shoot down the ground than from the city to shoot down the city, which is in a big contrast with the strength of the offensive and defense sides.

In the fire, groups of "soldiers" shouted and attacked the city. They were unfamiliar with each other and had no cooperation. The charge queue was completely unstructured. They only knew that they would rush towards the city with the courage they muster.

Many people don’t even have the minimum body armor. They only wear ordinary coarse linen clothes, and some even hold wooden guns in their hands.

Among the crowd, there were also a few siege equipment slowly moving forward.

There were many dead bodies lying down on the battlefield. Experienced veterans knew how to dodge dead bodies when charging to avoid being tripped.

You should know that there is no negligence on the battlefield. Once you are tripped, it will not only affect the actions of subsequent soldiers. It will cause unnecessary casualties, but also greatly threaten your own safety.

But these "soldiers" of siege are obviously far from being experienced. From time to time, some people stumble on their feet and pounce on them in a burst of exclamations. They rolled into a ball with the dead bodies.

Because I can't see the specific situation clearly, I only see my companions around me fall inexplicably, and accompanied by surprise, which naturally makes people think that these fallen people fell to the ground by arrows and were killed or injured.

The "soldiers" who had not been trained in the siege were quickly shaken psychologically and their speed instantly slowed down. This provided a lifelong target for the archers guarding the city.

There was a lack of corresponding anti-arrow equipment, and there was no experience in dodging arrows to attack the ground. The "soldiers" of the siege were caught in the ground one by one, and wailing sounds came one after another.

"Ah..." Amid the terrified shouts, several "soldiers" turned around and ran back, and some people didn't even know where to throw their weapons.

The run back of these people soon caused a chain reaction. In an instant, the morale of the siege team was completely extinguished, and everyone retreated scatteredly.

"Retreat without authorization, kill without mercy!" The supervising team, which was obviously much better in equipment, waved swords and guns fiercely, chopped the few people who ran back into pieces of meat paste, and then sternly intimidated other "soldiers".

However, just as the water of overturning is difficult to recover. These "soldiers" who have lost their morale dare not kill them again. No one is willing to turn back, and some even attack the supervisory team.

"Everything goes back. All going back..." The supervisory team worked hard in vain.

"Dangdangdang..." The golden sound that sounded in time relieved everyone of the siege.

"Hahaha..." A wild laughter came from the city tower, and the defenders' disdain for the siege were fully revealed.

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On the city tower, Li Dian retracted his vision from the distance.

Li Dian did not stop the soldiers from laughing wildly, because this move helped to inspire the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers, but he himself remained calm. An excellent general in charge of the army could ignore his opponent strategically, but he had to give his opponent full attention in tactical terms.

Even this opponent is just a group of rebels who have just been transformed from the people.

In less than a day, Li Dian had basically understood his opponent's old foundation——insufficient clothing and armor, insufficient weapons, and no training... The weak combat power of these rebels was simply unparalleled, and even the county and state soldiers who were famous for their "weakness" were definitely defeated by them.

Apart from the advantage of numbers and places, the rebels have nothing!

"Zhang Fei is really cruel. He actually used 40,000 or 50,000 people as bait!" Li Dian murmured in a low voice.

After defending four consecutive attacks, Li Dian came to a conclusion that using these "people" soldiers to attack Runan City is purely a joke. Unless they are military idiots, they will make such a decision.

The wars over the years have proved that Zhang Fei is not only not a military idiot, but also a famous general in the world. Therefore, since he asked the rebels to attack the city, it must be due to other intentions.

The biggest possibility is to use the rebels as bait and use strategies such as luring the tiger away from the mountain.

"But. Since you dare to release the bait, I will dare to eat it and see who will become the real winner..." After taking a look outside the city, Li Dian turned around and walked down the city.

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Outside Runan City, the besieged army camp was shrouded in an impetuous, confused and panic mood.

In just one day, more than 5,000 people were lost in four sieges, and the injured were not counted. Especially the second siege at noon. It was simply a slaughterhouse, and nearly 3,000 people were lost in that battle alone.

A chaotic attack on the city is completely like a life-threatening death. The more fierce the attack, the more deaths it will be...

In contrast, during the next two sieges, the "soldiers" who learned some lessons and learned how to save their lives, and the casualties were greatly reduced.

The most tragic thing is that more than 5,000 lives have not even been touched by the edge of Runan City several times.

In just one day, the morale of this army that had just been "transformed" from the people has been reduced to the lowest point.

In the military camp, there were piles of bonfires. They were dressed in tattered clothes, dull eyes, and confused expressions, looking at the fire. I guess many people have already regretted it deeply why they were impulsive and believed in all kinds of beautiful promises.

Devote to this endless "military" brigade.

At home, although I don’t cover my body and eat, I can at least find peace of mind, unlike now...

There were many heads hanging on the wooden pillars in the military camp, all of whom were those who wanted to leave the army and return home.

The roar of pain echoed in the military camp from time to time. It made people want to chill.

In the brightly lit tent, a quarrel is in progress.

"I said I can't attack Runan City, look..." Jia Yun, deputy commander of the army with fair face and slightly rich figure, shouted, "More than 5,000 people died in one day and were injured several thousand more. If this continues, more than 40,000 people will not last for a few days.

How great it would be if we waited for Zhang Zhengxi's army to come? When all the people in our hands died, I would like to defect to Zhang Zhengxi again. Maybe they wouldn't even look at us."

"Yes, yes..." Some "generals" with the same feeling nodded repeatedly. These people are mostly rich and look like rich people than like a general.

"We are not the same material as we founded our own foundation, so we should save money..." Seeing someone agreeing, Jia Yun said even more enthusiastically.

"Shut up!" The table suddenly sounded loudly, and the tall and mighty coach Shan Xinteng stood up and shouted angrily, "Didn't they all agree so quickly and neatly?

But only a few thousand people died. Is the sky collapsed and the ground sinking? Not to mention thousands, even if these 40,000 people died, as long as they can capture Runan, aren’t the people in the city our soldiers?

Are you afraid that no one will be present? Resigning to Liu Bei? You just want to be a dog for people?

Liu Bei fought with Cao Cao, and this is the opportunity given to us by God. If we take Runan and Liang County and Chen County, we can build a country by ourselves and become an emperor and general, why should we be angry with others?"

Seeing Shan Xin getting angry, everyone who had agreed with Jia Yun shut up. Shan Xin was strong and skilled in martial arts, but had a very irritable temper and often killed people with disagreement.

Since the rebellion against Cao, I don’t know how many people have died at his hands. So, until the situation is not the case, no one dares to rebel against him.

Jia Yun's expression was obviously stagnant, but he did not dare to continue to provoke Dan Xin, so he had to say angrily: "I'm afraid that 40,000 people will be compensated and I will not be able to conquer Runan City. Then I will not lose a lot..."

"Even if there is really that day, it will not be too late to defect to Zhang Fei again.

We are all famous people in various counties. Without our help, Zhang Fei could soon settle down on Runan?" Shan Xin's eyes looked rough and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes, "Listen to me, conquer Runan first!"

Look at me, I look at you, and finally everyone in the tent nodded. Jia Yun took Yu Danxin's gaze that wanted to kill, and he didn't dare to say anything more for the time being.

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After all night, Shan Xin launched a fierce attack on Runan City at noon the next day. Due to the fact that he had prepared a lot, the intensity of this siege was far greater than any other day before.

After an hour, the siege continued.

At this moment, Li Dian suddenly led more than a thousand elite troops out of the relatively weak Xicheng, surrounded by the siege army, and then went straight to the flank of the siege army.

In Runan City, Cao's army also began to gather in the East City where the enemy's main force was...

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Chapter completed!