"The Zhou Duwei has an order to reward the southern city wall with an additional one million yuan. As long as the soldiers on the city hold on and fight back the rebels, they can share the reward together!

Just when Liao Guang, who was at the West City Gate, received the order from Zhao Yu, Tian Qin, a soldier at the East City Gate, received the order almost at the same time.

Just as Liao Guang praised at that time, Tian Qin was also very happy when he heard this order, glad that the order came in time.

He waved his hand and shouted immediately: "Quickly, quickly convey to every soldier in the city. Zhou Duwei has an order to reward me with another million yuan in the East City Wall. Those who wait for the rebels to be repelled and those who insist on retreating can all share the reward!"

Immediately, Tian Qin's guards ran around the city wall to tell each other.

Just like on the west city wall, when this order was passed to the soldiers on the east city wall, the county soldiers on the entire east city wall also burst into a shocking cheer.

Immediately afterwards, these county troops erupted with the momentum of the guards on both sides of the south city wall and the west city wall. They tried their best to resist the fierce offensive of the rebels and successively repelled the rebel soldiers who attacked the city wall.

Seeing this scene from afar, Zhou Gong, the Jiangxia Yi Division Army, who was observing the battle situation at the rebels' own position outside the city, frowned deeply.

He ordered a guard beside him and said, "Go ahead and inquire immediately. I want to know why the guards in Xuchang City suddenly burst out with such amazing morale."

"yes!"

The named guard immediately rushed to the battlefield ahead.

Soon, the guard returned to Zhou Gong and clasped his fists and said, "Report to the general, the soldiers in Xuchang City have significantly improved their morale. It is said that the "Zhou Duwei" on their side gave a heavy reward to the East City Gate, saying that as long as we repel our army, the soldiers in the city can be rewarded with one million yuan."

"Emperor Zhou...is it Zhou Hu?"

Zhou Gong raised his eyebrows, and suddenly he saw a bit of solemn expression on his face.

He still remembers that a few days ago, when Xiang Xuan invited him and Zhong Fei to attack Xuchang together, Xiang Xuan said that Xuchang's soldiers were "weak" and "only a large number of people", which made him and Zhong Fei agree to Xiang Xuan's request at that time and make an appointment to attack Xuchang together.

After all, they were afraid of Zhou Hu. After all, Zhou Hu had defeated Guan Shuo and Chen Xu in Kunyang. Just as Xiang Xuan insisted, Zhou Gong did not want to give Zhou Hu the time to completely control the Xuchang army. If Zhou Hu built Xuchang's army like Kunyang soldiers, they would have to pay a heavier price to capture Xuchang.

In view of this, Zhou Gong and Zhong Fei listened to Xiang Xuan's suggestion and made an appointment to attack Xuchang together today. As soon as the war started, they tried to defeat Xuchang with the most fierce offensive.

It has to be said that this fierce offensive once tore through Xuchang's city defense, but unfortunately, Xuchang obviously would not sit still and wait for death. So, Zhou Hu used a "coin offensive" and spent huge amounts of money to boost morale, so that the morale of the defenders on the city increased sharply, barely blocking the attack of his righteous army.

The opportunity to win Xuchang has been lost. The opportunity to fight each other in one go has been lost. The next step is to fight each other's forces...

Zhou Gong sat on the war horse, pinched the reins, and a little hesitation flashed in his eyes.

To be honest, he didn't want to fight with Xuchang City for consumption, because he had another thing to do, namely, the Qu Shuai Chen Xu, who reinforced his Jiangxia Yishi.

As far as he knew, Chen Xu, the commander of the Jiangxia Yishi, was currently attacking Chen County with insufficient troops. What's more important is that the "under-army" army under the commander of Chen Qu was not composed of elite troops. At least 600% were the new soldiers recruited in Runan County captured by his Yishi's commander. The arms used were also old items in stock in various counties in Runan.

Leading such an army with insufficient troops, insufficient training and insufficient military equipment to attack Chen County and Chenliu County, Zhou Gong really sweated coldly for the commander Chen Qu.

Therefore, Zhou Gong was eager to lead his army to reinforce Chen Xu, and set out from Yanling County, heading eastward to the hinterland of Chen County, and heading to the rear of the Chen County garrison, cooperated with Chen Qu's army to launch two sides to attack the local garrison.

But despite this idea, he was reluctant to move because Xuchang had not been captured yet.

Because of this, he strongly supported Xiang Xuan's strategy of capturing Xuchang as soon as possible.

However, as of now, Xiang Xuan's strategy of "quick battle and quick decision" has obviously encountered obstacles.

Although Zhou Gong believed that as long as the three sides continued to attack at the cost of casualties, they would eventually conquer Xuchang, he did not dare to do that, because the troops were greatly damaged, which would make him lose the ability to reinforce Chen Xu.

"Come."

After some thought, Zhou Gong called two guards and ordered privately: "You two will go to Zhong Fei and Xiang Xuan's army immediately to see if there is any progress on both sides. In addition, I will inform Zhong Fei and Xiang Xuan in my name that I don't want to make too much sacrifice in Xuchang. If I can't take Xuchang in one go, I will retain the power to withdraw my troops independently."

"yes!"

Two guards left with fists.

Soon, one of the guards came to the main rebels in the southern suburbs of Xuchang and met Zhong Fei, the general who commanded the rebels.

After seeing Zhong Fei, Zhou Gong's guard told Zhong Fei about his general's words, and only heard Zhong Fei smiled bitterly.

Zhong Fei knew very well that Zhou Gong was always free to laugh. Since he said this, he would do what he said. When he thought the war was unfavorable, he left him and Xiang Xuan ruthlessly.

"That guy, can't you hold on for a while?"

Zhong Fei complained with a wry smile.

However, no matter how much he complains, he can understand Zhou Gong's thoughts.

Take his battle situation as an example. At present, the casualties of his troops are about 3,000, of which almost 40% of the injured are. For a siege battle, the casualties are not high, but the situation is a bit unfavorable.

Just like Zhou Gong, he also lost the opportunity to "quick battle and quick decision" and could only fight with the Xuchang defenders to see who couldn't stand it first.

This is very unfavorable for those who want to "support Chen Xu".

"Send someone to ask Xiang Xuan."

After sighing, Zhong Fei also called a guard and ordered the latter: "Go to see General Xiang and tell him that the east wall where Zhou Gong is responsible and the south wall where I am responsible. The "speed attack" between our two sides has encountered a strong blockade by the Xuchang defenders. If you want to continue to attack the city, you can only fight for casualties, which is something we cannot accept... Zhou Gong and I must retain a certain amount of troops and wait for an opportunity to reinforce Chen Shuai. We must not suffer too much casualties in Xuchang. If Xiang Xuan has no other way, then I... forget it, there is no need to retell this last sentence, go."

"yes!"

The guard left with his fists.

Not long after, Zhou Gong's guards and Zhong Fei's guards came to Xiang Xuan and Yan Xiu's army one after another, and conveyed the opinions of their generals to the two generals in person.

It has to be said that after realizing that Zhou Gong and Zhong Fei had the idea of ​​withdrawing their troops, Xiang Xuan was inevitably a little angry.

Because in his opinion, Xuchang - or rather Zhou Hu, this person poses a great threat to his three righteous masters. If he cannot capture Xuchang today and let Zhou Hu defend Xuchang City, Zhou Hu will undoubtedly gain the trust of Xuchang. If his three righteous masters still want to attack the city next time, Jie Shi will be more powerfully resisted.

Unless you give up attacking Xuchang.

Of course, no matter how angry she is, Xiang Xuan can understand the considerations of Zhou Gong and Zhong Fei, and know that these two were forced to do so, rather than deliberately not cooperating.

This made him hesitate.

After pondering for a while, Xiang Xuan said to the guards sent by Zhou Gong and Zhong Fei, "Okay, I agree to withdraw troops, but I hope that the two generals, Zhong and Zhou, should not withdraw back to Linying and Yanling immediately. I hope that they will immediately build camps within twenty miles of the city on the south and east of Xuchang. ... The purpose is that after the battle is over, I hope to discuss with the two generals again, and I will explain in time."

"yes!"

The guards sent by Zhou Gong and Zhong Fei and the others left.

About a moment later, the soldiers of Zhou Gong's army outside the East City Wall of Xuchang began to retreat one after another.

They left behind the few ladder trucks, brought the bodies of the sacrificial robe as much as possible, picked up the weapons that fell from the ground, and evacuated them one after another.

"The rebels retreated?" Song Yu, the Marquis of Dongchengmen, was shocked because according to what he saw, the rebels obviously had the power to attack.

Tian Qin ordered cautiously: "Be careful of the rebels' fraud, and ask the soldiers to be vigilant."

But the facts proved that Zhou Gongjun did retreat.

Not long afterwards, Zhong Fei's army outside the south wall and Xiang Xuan's army outside the west wall also whirled away one after another, and retreated with corpses and weapons as much as possible.

"Master Duwei, is the rebels retreating?"

Xu Har, the Marquis of the South City Gate, immediately came to Zhao Yu and reported to the latter about this incredible thing.

"Well, it should be..."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

From the initial fierce attack to the current sudden withdrawal of troops, even he felt quite strange.

Seeing this, Tsui Hark asked in confusion: "I see that the morale of the rebels has not been discharged and they still have the ability to continue to attack the city. Why did they suddenly withdraw their troops?"

"It was probably because they realized that they could not attack Xuchang in one go."

Zhao Yu slowly walked to the wall and looked at the orderly evacuation of the rebels far outside the city.

Seeing that they could not quickly attack and seize Xuchang, they immediately withdrew their troops. They were avoiding fighting with Xuchang... So calm, or, what is the reason that makes them unwilling to pay huge casualties to seize Xuchang? This is good news.

Thinking in his heart, Zhao Yu suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "In short, this is my victory in Xuchang! As I said before, I will give more than 1.33 million yuan of rewards to the soldiers on the city walls on the west, south and east sides!"

"Whoa whoa--"

The soldiers on the entire southern city wall cheered for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, the cheer spread to the west and east walls, making the entire Xuchang City seem to be shrouded in this long-lasting cheer.

Even Xiang Xuanjun, who had already retreated, heard the cheers from Xuchang behind him.

...Don't be proud, Zhou Hu.

Sitting on the horse's back, she looked back at Xuchang City, and Xiang Xuan subconsciously squeezed the reins in his hand.

Since you want to defend Xuchang, I will attack Yingyang and advance troops to threaten you in Kunyang, Xiangcheng, and Runan counties... Can you still sit still? Humph!
Chapter completed!