After that, Pei Qing would lead his army to send a large army to launch a wave of catapults under Shu County every one or two days. Each time it made Yuan Shu's army experience a shock. What was particularly surprising was that the number of casualties in the army under Yuan Shu's command continued to rise, which surprised Yuan Shu's chief Yang Hong, because according to the general rules, after being threatened by catapults, everyone would find ways to take the initiative to avoid it, which would reduce the number of casualties, but the reality was not the same.

Of course, Yang Hong didn't know that this was mainly because Liu Ye was constantly improving the technology of the Pili Vehicle. Since taking the "Immortal Medicine" from Pei Qing, Liu Ye felt that his computing ability was greatly enhanced, especially when Pei Qing taught him some strange but simple calculations, he became more interested in computing. After his measurement and calculation, he discovered the law of strengthening the lethality of the Pili Vehicle and increasing its range, and began to master some aiming methods. Therefore, the current Pili Vehicle has greatly enhanced its lethality, range and accuracy than before, which has caused the number of casualties in Yuan Shu's army to accumulate more and more. After only three such large-scale attacks, the total number of casualties under Yuan Shu's command reached more than 7,000.

After Yuan Shu received the news that the number of casualties on his side was increasing, he was even more eager to see Liu Xun's army arrive soon. As long as Liu Xun's 50,000 troops arrived, Yuan Shu himself led his army and attacked him, he would definitely defeat Pei Qing's tens of thousands of siege troops, and even capture Pei Qing. As long as Pei Qing was captured or killed, this means that he could recover the vast territory occupied by Pei Qing before, and even have capital to compete in the Central Plains, and even further dominate the world.

However, the 50,000 troops did not arrive, which made Yuan Shu very anxious.

In fact, Yuan Shu didn't know at all. Pei Qing, who was outside the city, was also a little anxious at this time, because the reason why Pei Qing kept using catapults to deter the city was not to use it to capture the city, but to create panic in the city. At the same time, he also adopted the strategy of surrounding the points and attacking aid, and ordered the main army to set up ambush in a dangerous place, waiting for the arrival of Liu Xun's 50,000 troops. As long as Liu Xun's 50,000 troops were eliminated, the enemy in the city would inevitably be in chaos without fighting. At that time, Pei Qing could naturally win without fighting, because Pei Qing also knew that Yuan Shu's main reliance was Liu Xun's 50,000 troops. Once these 50,000 troops were gone, Yuan Shu's entire army would collapse.

But now they have not waited for news about Liu Xun's army. Now they have collected almost all the stones within a radius of hundreds of miles, which has led to the slower and slower collection of stones, and at the same time, there are more and more rolling stones in the city. So once they have gone for a few days, they will not only lose their deterrent power, but also make it much more difficult to attack the city.

So Pei Qing has made a decision now. If he didn't wait for Liu Xun's news, he would have to attack Shu County under the cover of a catapult, because once he lost this opportunity, it would be much more difficult for him to attack the city.

However, at this moment, Xie Yingdeng, the general in charge of the alert, came to report: "Lord, today we caught a detailed work at the ambush. The man brought a secret letter. According to the man, Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang who was sent to conquer Sun Ce, was persuaded by Zhou Yu, the general of Sun Ce, to surrender to Sun Ce."

"What? Is this happening?" Pei Qing then opened the letter handed over by Xie Yingdeng, and indeed saw that the letter stated the matter.

"This is actually true..." Pei Qing was mixed after receiving the news. It was very happy that Liu Xun could never come back. Yuan Shu's army had no hope and would collapse soon. This also means that his great cause of pacifying Yuan Shu would end soon. However, at the same time, he also had deeper worries, because Pei Qing knew that Sun Ce was more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu. Originally, Sun Ce had relatively few troops, but now with Liu Xun's 50,000 troops, his strength was even stronger, which was like a tiger's wings. Sun Ce was also an ambitious man, both with strength and ability. Once he had more than these 50,000 troops, it would probably not take long to peek at the Central Plains. This was a great threat to Pei Qing's Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

But no matter what, at least the current urgent need has been solved. Yuan Shu may immediately collapse after receiving this news, and he can easily win the battle.

So Pei Qing immediately ordered the detailed teaching to take care of the man and gave him a chance to "escape" so that he could promptly inform the city of Liu Xun's surrender.

After this careful arrangement, the careful thought he had found a chance to escape, and quietly escaped from Pei Qing's military camp one night with a secret letter, and then successfully entered the city.

At that time, Yuan Shu was gathering generals to discuss strategies to deal with Pei Qing, but he was not careful that this meticulous worker came to his tent and loudly reported to him the news of Liu Xun leading the crowd to surrender.

"What? How is this possible?" After hearing the news, Yuan Shu was full of disbelief and immediately claimed that the person who sent the letter was a detailed work sent by Pei Qing, ordered him to be pulled out and beheaded. At the same time, he warned the generals attending the meeting to prohibit them from spreading messages. If he knew about it, he would definitely be killed!

Although Yuan Shu had strictly blocked the news, the news of Liu Xun's surrender was still spread quietly because the generals also had to make plans for their future, so inadvertently revealed the news during this process. So not long after, many people learned about the news.

What is even more unexpected is that that night Pei Qing ordered people to shoot the news that Liu Xun had surrendered into the city with an arrow, and announced his own policy: "Just only ask the evil people, not the threats, and it is not too late to surrender now."

After the news came, it immediately caused panic in the entire city. Although more than 20,000 elite soldiers were guarding the city, they were finally about to collapse at this time.

"Why is this happening? Why does Pei Qing know this news? This must be the soldiers in my city who secretly communicated with him and were about to surrender to him, so he told him the news that the soldiers in the city were originally afraid of his thunderbolt car. Now we have lost foreign aid, and the speed of morale collapse is unimaginable. Now the city is no longer safe. I must find a way to leave here as soon as possible, but my territory is gone. Where can I go if I leave here?"
Chapter completed!