Ji Ling, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan finally escaped into the city and were shocked. Then they counted the losses and were shocked to find that the original 200,000 army was only 40,000 to 50,000. The remaining 150,000 troops, except for 10,000 or 20,000, were all captured by Lu Bu's army.

Ailang took advantage of the situation to attack the city. The defenders in the city relied on the tall city walls and wide moats to resist. After several attempts, the Lu Bu army could not make any progress and lost hundreds of officers and soldiers. Jia Xu suggested that the attack be temporarily stopped and then attack Shouchun after full preparations. Although Ailang was eager to take Shouchun, he still accepted Jia Xu's suggestion and ordered the army to retreat and set up camp for five miles. The noise of war gradually disappeared, and Lu Bu's army retreated and set up camp for five miles. The captives of the hundreds of thousands of Yuan Shu army were escorted by the cavalry to wait for Ailang's disposal. More than 100,000 people were covered in darkness as if they could not see the end.

The captives were trembling and worried about their next fate. Soon after, they saw a heroic figure riding a fiery red rabbit horse carrying a Fang Tian painting halberd surrounded by the generals. Everyone knew that it was the legendary Lu Bu, and everyone couldn't help but raise their hearts to their throats, because the time to determine their fate has come.

Ailang glanced at the hungry prisoners in front of him and sang: "All of them are Han people, I don't want to make things difficult for you! I welcome those who want to stay. Those who want to leave can leave now!"

The captives looked at each other and felt unbelievable.

Ailang waved his hand, and even hundreds of soldiers carried a large amount of steamed buns and cooked meat. For a moment, the scene was filled with the strong aroma of steamed buns and cooked meat. The officers and soldiers of Yuan Shujun have been hungry and full all these days, and recently there was little rice in their stomachs these days. Before the war started, they were still scattered in the nearby mountains and forests, and they were all hungry and covered with their chests. At this time, they saw so many white flour buns piled up and the aroma of meat that they hadn't tasted for a long time. They were hungry and their saliva kept flowing out like a broken faucet. If they hadn't been afraid of Lu Bu and his army, they would have rushed up to grab food.

At this time, Ailang said, "Those who want to stay come up and get food. Those who want to leave, get out immediately, I have no time to pay attention to you."

A 14 or 15-year-old soldier suddenly ran out and shouted, "General, I, I am willing to serve the general!"

Ailang nodded, pointed to the left, and said, "Come and get the food." The soldier rushed up, and immediately Lu Bu's officers and soldiers gave him two big white buns and a small bowl of cooked meat. The soldier was surprised and immediately swallowed it. Seeing this, the other prisoners could not bear it, so they ran up and shouted, "I want to serve the general! I want to serve the general!..." The crowds of people at the scene seemed to be out of control. Lu Bu's officers and soldiers rushed forward to maintain order and let the prisoners line up. At the same time, they were busy distributing food to the prisoners. None of the hundreds of thousands of prisoners left, and all stayed.

At the same time, Yuan Shu was furious at Ji Ling Lei Bo Chen Lan and the other two in his palace, and angrily accused them of losing their troops and destroying the power of Zhong's heavenly power. Ji Ling couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the officers and soldiers are all hungry, how can they resist Lu Bu's tiger and wolf army!"

Yuan Shu glared and shouted: "Nonsense! As the saying goes, 'Be loyal to the Lord, and die after death', you should fight to the death with Lu Bu! If you actually say such words, it is clear that your heart is punishable!"

Ji Ling closed her mouth, and her stomach was filled with resentment, but she didn't dare to say anything else.

Yuan Shu shouted, "I told you to lead the army to fight again. If you cannot win, come and see you!" Ji Ling and the other two were shocked. General Yang, who was appointed as the Grand Tutor by Yuan Shu, hurriedly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down! Lu Bu's army is coming with great force and is extremely sharp. Our army should avoid its attack for the time being. After its sharpness is gone, it can only break the enemy by counterattack!" Han Yin and others also came out to persuade.

Yuan Shu was unhappy, but he knew that what everyone said was reasonable, so he stopped insisting, and only told the generals to be careful not to neglect and slack off when defending the city.

After the meeting, Yuan Shu left General Yang and others behind, and said angrily: "Lu Bu is too bullying. I plan to lead the heavenly soldiers out of the city early tomorrow morning to defeat Lu Bu in one fell swoop! I want everyone in the world to know that my Zhong family's power cannot be underestimated!"

General Yang was shocked and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, although there are still 170,000 troops in the city, the morale is low, and our army has just suffered a great defeat! But Lu Bu is in a strong morale! If you go to fight rashly, you may be inappropriate! During the day today, Ji Ling and other 200,000 troops were ordered to fight Lu Bu, but weren't they defeated in an instant?"

The latter sentence touched Yuan Shu, who frowned, looking depressed and angry.

Han Yin clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to ask Sun Jian and his son for help! Sun Jian had presented the jade seal to his lord and wanted to surrender. If the lord was summoned, Sun Jian and his son would definitely come to serve the king!"

Yuan Shu was happy and praised: "Yes, yes, yes! Good plan! I will immediately send someone to summon Sun Jian and his son to repel Lu Bu!"

General Yang hurriedly said, "The reason why Sun Jian offered the jade seal was that he was afraid that His Majesty and Liu Biao would attack each other, so he could not be said to be surrendering to His Majesty. At this moment, our situation was worrying, I was afraid that Sun Jian and his son would not only not attack Lu Bu, but would stab us in the back! At that time, when we entered the tiger in the front door and the wolf in the back door, it would be really dangerous!"

Yuan Shu was furious and shouted, "As my Grand Tutor, why are you talking nonsense? I am so destined to be in heaven, so Sun Jian devoted himself to it! You said that Sun Jian was not sincerely surrendering, which is simply outrageous! I have decided, don't say more!" General Yang was very depressed and worried. Yuan Shu immediately ordered Han Yin to be the imperial envoy and rushed to Jiangdong to Xuanshou to summon Sun Jian.

Speaking of which, when Sun Jian wanted to capture Jingzhou in Jiangdong, he attacked on the grounds that Liu Biao had previously ambushed him. The two sides fought for a long time. Cai Mao and Huang Zu were defeated by Sun Jian in Jiangxia and fled back to Nanjun. Sun Jian then took advantage of the situation to capture Jiangxia. Later, Sun Jian sent a large army to cross the Yangtze River to attack Nanjun. Nanjun is the capital of Jingzhou. If Sun Jian broke through, it would be a matter of time to seize the entire Jingzhou. However, although Liu Biao was old, he was not an incompetent person. Relying on Nanjun's strong city defense to resist the Jiangdong army's fierce attack for several months. Sun Jian tried his best to break the city, and the food was unsustainable, so he had to retreat to Jiangxia, preparing to rest and replenish the food and grass before attacking Nanjun.
Chapter completed!