Outside the city gate, there are more than 3,000 soldiers of Yan Liang who cannot enter the city.

Although Liu Bei's men had retreated a hundred steps away, no matter how hard these soldiers banged on the door and shouted, the city gate would not open.

They gathered at the city gate, unable to enter, but unable to escape. As soon as they left the city gate and out of the bow and arrow range of the city, Liu Bei's men would chase them.

"Damn it, I didn't expect that Yuan Tan had any brains and actually closed the city gate. Huh, otherwise I would have entered the city long ago."

Zhang Fei cursed and walked up to Liu Bei.

"Brother, I almost entered the city. I didn't expect there were so many enemy soldiers outside the city. Yuan Tan asked people to fire arrows, and he almost hit me. This guy is so cruel, he also killed his own people!"

"Yide, how are your injuries? Quickly, call the doctor and treat Yide's injuries!"

Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei was covered in blood and seemed to have several wounds, so he quickly gave instructions to the officials behind him.

"Hey, I'm fine. They're just minor injuries. They can't kill me! I killed so happily today, but I'm still not as good as my second brother, who beheaded Yan Liang with his own hands!"

Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu with eyes filled with admiration.

Guan Yu immediately stood beside Liu Bei, stroking his long beard, looking calm, and said softly: "Just a good-looking person!"

After speaking, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Zhou Xing on the other side.

Zhou Xing smiled and said: "Yun Chang killed a general, Yide killed a thousand men, and Zilong and Ziyi. My lord has such fierce generals, are you afraid that the plains cannot be broken and Qingzhou cannot be captured?"

Liu Bei also smiled and said: "Yes, there is also Zhou's military advisor. If it weren't for the military advisor, we probably wouldn't be able to kill the generals and seize the city here today!"

Guan Yu raised his head slightly, with a smile on his face, quite proud of himself.

In terms of merit and prestige, even if Zhang Fei killed a thousand enemy soldiers, he would not be as good as Guan Yu who killed one Yan Liang.

"Lord, these enemy soldiers are trapped outside the city. It's better to send someone to persuade them to surrender, or they can be used for your own use."

Zhou Xing looked at the enemy soldiers swarming at the city gate and said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded: "Well, they can't enter the city, so they have no other choice but to surrender me. Zilong, go and tell them, those who surrender will avoid death."

Zhao Yun bowed his hands and accepted the promise, then clapped his horse and left.

"Brothers from Jizhou, my name is Zhao Yun, courtesy name Zilong, and I am from Changshan, Jizhou."

Most of the troops brought by Yan Liang are from Jizhou.

Zhao Yun reined in his horse and stopped fifty or sixty steps away from them, and shouted loudly: "The world is in chaos. The princes are dividing states and prefectures, gathering troops and gathering generals, all just for their own selfish interests. There are few who are loyal to the emperor, love the people, be generous and virtuous."

How few! When General Liu Xuande, the herdsman of Qingzhou, was the Prime Minister of Pingyuan, his benevolence was widely spread and praised by the people. Later, he was loved by the people in Yuzhou and Xuzhou. Now in Qingzhou, he has eliminated bandits and implemented reduction measures.

The policy of tax exemption and tax exemption will enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment!"

"You mistakenly followed the evil master, and now Yuan Tan has closed the city and ignored you, putting you to death. General Liu is kind and righteous, and cannot bear to see you die, let alone kill you. As long as you are willing to surrender to General Liu

, both can avoid death and live. Whether it is life or death, you should think about it for yourselves."

"What should I do?"

As soon as Zhao Yun finished shouting, someone among the enemy soldiers outside the city gate asked someone else.

"We can't enter the city, and Liu Bei's people refuse to retreat. If we don't surrender, we may have to die!"

"Why don't we rush out!"

"Come out? General Yan was killed by the red-faced general, and the black-faced general is brave and invincible. Do you think we can rush out with just us?"

"The white-faced general who wielded a spear was also very brave. Many brothers in our cavalry camp died in his hands!"

"Yeah, these generals of Liu Bei are so powerful that we can't defeat them at all. In my opinion, it's better to surrender. As long as you can survive, it's better than dying like this! If you die like this, your family won't get solace money.

If we don’t say anything, I’m afraid even the body won’t be buried!”

"Surrender, we surrender General Liu!"

Everyone was talking about it, and some people made up their minds and ran towards Liu Bei's men.

At first there were only a dozen people, then dozens, and then hundreds.

Yuan Tan looked at the city and saw that his troops actually surrendered to Liu Bei. He couldn't help but said angrily: "How dare they rebel against me! Let me shoot them with arrows, so that Liu Bei can only get their bodies!"

In an instant, arrows rained down from the city, and many of the soldiers who ran towards Liu Bei to surrender were shot down.

But the more this happened in the city, the more they aroused their belief in surrendering to Liu Bei, and many people ran over resolutely despite the rain of arrows.

"Quick, Zilong, quickly bring a team of crossbowmen to meet them."

Liu Bei saw many soldiers being shot down and quickly gave orders.

Zhao Yun was ordered to lead a group of crossbowmen, get slightly closer to the city, and raise arrows to shoot up the city.

Although the effect is not good and it is difficult to hit the enemy soldiers on the city, it can also prevent them from shooting arrows at the soldiers below the city in order to avoid it, allowing those soldiers to leave the city gate.

Liu Bei looked at the corpses on the ground, then looked at Yuan Tan standing on the city, and said worriedly: "Although Yan Liang was beheaded, Yuan Tan closed the city and refused to defend it. Military advisor, it may not be easy for us to break the city!"

It is impossible to attack the city now. They just arrived yesterday and have no siege equipment prepared. There is no way to attack the city by force.

Zhou Xing, however, was quite confident and said: "My lord, Yan Liang is dead and the morale in the city is low. Yuan Tan can't defend it for long. The only thing he's worried about now is Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao quickly repels Gongsun Bogui and brings troops to rescue us, then we will indeed

It is difficult to break the city. If Gongsun Bogui delays Yuan Shao for a few days, I believe Yuan Tan will abandon the city and leave."

It's a little difficult to kill Yuan Tan, but it shouldn't be difficult to capture Pingyuan City.

Zhou Xing doesn't want to kill Yuan Tan now. Killing him will only arouse Yuan Shao's anger for revenge, and it will not do much good for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's current goal is to capture Qingzhou and defend Qingzhou.

Although beheading Yan Liang would also make Yuan Shao angry, Yan Liang cannot be compared with Yuan Tan.

Now I just hope that Gongsun Zan can hold off Yuan Shao for a few more days. Yuan Tan will abandon the city and flee before he can wait for reinforcements.

"Yes, now we can only hope that Gongsun Bogui can hold Yuan Shao back and let Yuan Tan abandon the city and leave." Liu Bei agreed with Zhou Xing's view.

Although Yan Liang is dead, the real commander-in-chief Yuan Tan is still there, and there are still many soldiers and horses in the city. It is not that easy to capture the city.

Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou twice, but Tao Qian was also defeated, but Cao Cao did not win Xuzhou in the end.

If Lu Bu hadn't attacked Yanzhou at that time, Xuzhou would definitely have fallen into Cao Cao's hands.

It's the same now. If Yuan Tan holds the city and holds on, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to break the city.

After collecting the surrendered troops, Liu Bei led his troops back to the camp.

After counting, it was found that more than 4,000 enemy soldiers were killed this time and nearly 5,000 enemy soldiers were captured. However, more than 1,000 of our own troops were also lost.

Yan Liang's soldiers are quite capable.

Liu Bei selected 3,000 strong men from the surrendered troops to recruit, and let the rest go.

These old, weak and injured people will not be of much use if they are left alive. They will only waste food. If you let them go home, you can gain the reputation of benevolence and righteousness.
Chapter completed!