Behind the corridor at the top of the city, Xu Shu had already sent someone to build a circle of plank roads specifically for the prevention of Liang army's crossbows and flying troops. Previously, all the guards at the top of the city had retreated to this plank road.

In fact, according to Xu Shu's intention, as long as the Liang army used crossbows to shoot densely, the defenders on the city should retreat to the plank road and then go to the city to guard when the bombardment stops. However, because Liu Bei personally went to the city to observe the enemy situation, the generals did not order the withdrawal in time, resulting in many unnecessary casualties.

Now that the Liang army has advanced to such a close distance, even if the Liang army stopped shooting the crossbow, they would not dare to return to the city, just like a frightened bird. There were only scattered lookouts on the city, hiding behind the big shield, monitoring the movements of the Liang army.

Liu Bei, who hurriedly retreated into the city, saw Xu Shu who had just arrived from the southern city. After hearing Zhang Fei talk about everything in his previous life, Xu Shu sighed and said, "Master, why should you do this? Even if we are not threatened by Feng Thief of Liang, we will not shoot our parents and children with our own hands. Without anything else, this move is not conducive to maintaining our morale. The soldiers below will think that the king can even give up his own son, and who can't give up? We don't have more soldiers than the other party, and we are not as good as the other party's spirit. We only deal with the enemy with morale and the fortifications set up inside and outside the city. If the morale dissipates, we will die without a place to die."

Liu Bei said with a dark face: "Military advisor, it's useless to say more, and it's too late to regret it. The Liang army is about to attack the general, so let's fight the enemy according to the established plan. In short, today we are the dead soldiers of the Jedi. Even if Zhao Yun can take Nanchang in the end, Gu still wants him to take off a layer of skin, and what he gets is just a dead city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the personal soldiers beside him shouting: "Be careful, please!" While saying that, he raised the shield above his head. From afar, countless hazy black shadows flew through the sky, which were the shadows of arrows passing by. Only Liang's longbow could shoot arrows from such a distance into the city.

The arrow shot onto the shield of the personal soldiers, making a muffled sound, but strangely, the arrow did not penetrate the shield, but fell to the ground. Liu Bei muttered in his heart, wondering whether the quality of Liang Jun's longbow heavy arrows had become worse and weakened? Xu Shu next to him exclaimed in surprise, and then he picked up an arrow. Liu Bei then found that there were no clusters of arrows on the arrow, but a letter was tied to it.

Xu Shu had already unfolded the letter at this time, and had only read two or three lines. His face changed drastically. He patted his thigh and shouted, "No, it's true that this one is here!"

Liu Bei hurriedly came over and saw that it was a letter of persuasion drafted by Zhao Yun. However, it was not a letter of persuasion to surrender, but a letter was written in the name of informing Liu Bei of the officers and soldiers.

In addition to telling Liu Bei's false benevolence and false righteousness, Nanchang was already full of dangers, and an isolated city was built. If Liu Bei continued to work, he could only turn Nanchang into a pile of dust ruins. The bombardment of Nanchang City was just a warning from Liang Jun. It also specifically mentioned that Liu Bei ignored the lives and death of Yuzhang's fellow villagers and plundered the food in various counties in Yuzhang, and claimed that these Yuzhang people had now been properly resettled by Zhao Yun.

Liu Bei knew what the widespread spread of this news meant, and his face moved: "Military advisors should see what to do."

Xu Shu snorted coldly: "Don't worry, since you have long thought that Zhao Yun would take this action, you will naturally have some countermeasures." He turned to the order and ordered the soldiers of the battalions and divisions, "Go and pass on the enemy's flying arrows, otherwise you will be punished by the enemy. Of course, the news cannot be covered, so you have to explain to the soldiers of the various battalions that their parents and villagers were arranged well by General Huo Jun's navy, and there were also enough food and supplies stored there."

After half an hour, the outside of the city suddenly became noisy again. Liu Bei asked, "What happened outside the city? Did the Liang army start attacking?"

Soon, the news of the army's watchtower on the top of the city came back, saying that the Liang army and a large number of people dressed in civilians continued to approach the barriers outside the city. Liu Bei's face sank and said, "Why don't the soldiers guarding the barriers outside the city shoot them with bows and crossbows?"

Ling Bing said with an awkward expression: "These people may be abiding by the military rules of the king and not being allowed to kill civilians indiscriminately."

Liu Bei cursed: "It's really pedantic. It's the rule of the region under the control of our army. When this kind of fire is in trouble, how can you care about whether it is civilians or not? You can pass the orders of the isolated army, so that they can shoot all soldiers and civilians!"

Xu Shu also said calmly: "Wait, and let all the crossbowmen in the city climb up to the city to shoot Liang Jun and the people they pretended to be."

Liu Bei added: "Yes, just say they are civilians pretending to be Liang Jun."

After a while, the order soldiers came to report again: "Report to the king, the crossbowmen still refused to execute the military order."

Liu Bei said angrily: "Is it because they are afraid of the Liang army's crossbows, dare not go up to the top of the city, and dare not show their heads? If we pass our military orders, those who fear the enemy will kill them on the spot to use the correct military law!"

"The king, the crossbowmen in the city went up to the top of the city, but when they heard the people under the city sing in unison, they would not shoot arrows no matter how the officers urged them."

"Sing?" Xu Shu said two words in question, and then he really vaguely heard the singing from outside the city. Liu Bei didn't say a word, his face dark, and was already running towards the city surrounded by his personal soldier Zhang Fei. Xu Shu hurriedly followed closely.

Sure enough, they saw a crowd of dark people on the top of the city, singing unique local folk songs in dialects to prove that they were indeed Yuzhang's fellow villagers. Behind them, Zhao Yun and others stood off the horse, and of course there were a large number of guns and shield soldiers guarding them.

Xu Shu's face changed, and hesitantly shouted at the crossbowmen who looked at each other and were hesitant: "If you don't shoot arrows, you will be regarded as a collusion with the enemy and be killed on the spot!"

A soldier led a bravery and said, "But they are the fellow villagers of Yuzhang and our relatives. The military advisor told us that all the elders of Yuzhang were settled by General Huo Jun. But now there are so many fellow villagers of Yuzhang outside the city. Is the content of the letters Liang Jun to the city true...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, he was killed by Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei inserted his bloody waist knife into the scabbard and scolded: "It is only by the enemy who can disrupt our morale, and we should kill him!"

Xu Shu said with a cold face: "In the current chaotic times, not everyone is in the household registration. What's so strange about Liang Jun's people? Apart from hearing their Yuzhang dialect and folk songs, who can recognize their relatives and acquaintances from it? Implement military orders, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing that the soldiers and crossbowmen were still hesitating, Zhang Fei pulled out his waist knife again, and the guards behind him also pulled out his waist knife. At this time, a sharp voice came from the city: "Listen to the soldiers from Yuzhang over there. It's Sun Shangxiang, the princess of Wu Kingdom. Please calm down and listen to me and make plans!"
Chapter completed!