A fierce battle began.

Countless soldiers braved the rain of arrows and rushed towards the city wall with siege ladders.

What greeted them was a large number of falling rocks, rolling logs and even kerosene.

In an instant, the smoke-filled battlefield was filled with a strong smell of blood...

Li Ru stood on the city wall, mobilizing his soldiers meticulously. Under his command, the Xiliang army defended the city wall watertight.

However, as time passed, he also realized the problem.

The Xiliang army was good at horse fighting. If they were to charge with cavalry, the number of allied troops in front of them would double and they would not be their match.

but!

The Xiliang Army, which lost its excellent horses and was engaged in a city defense battle... was still not enough to watch.

Now it is because he is in command, but how long can he command, one day? Or one week...

The reinforcements from Luoyang had to travel across mountains and rivers to reach Hulao Pass. Defending the city like this, he might not be able to support the reinforcements.

"It seems that we have to take the initiative..." Li Ru muttered on the city wall. With his hands behind his back, he looked at the soldiers fighting bloody battles and secretly planned in his heart.

While the soldiers resisted vigorously, Li Ru quietly made some adjustments.

"Send the order! Let half of the soldiers on the east side withdraw, and the remaining people resist desperately. The enemy will never be allowed to climb the city wall! Fight until the last person is killed."

Hearing this, the order soldiers following Li Ru were immediately stunned.

He didn't understand why they had to withdraw half of the soldiers since they didn't want the Allies to scale the city wall.

"But...doesn't this mean that our brothers will die in vain again?"

"Sent to death in vain? They were already dead when they joined the Xiliang Army! Needless to say, just do as you are told, or do you want me to kill you first?"

Li Ru narrowed his eyes and looked at the talkative messenger in front of him displeasedly, his brows and eyes full of viciousness.

...

Outside the battlefield, Sun Jian, who was observing the situation, frowned.

Although the soldiers climbed onto the city wall of Hulao Pass as he wished, he always felt something was wrong.

He was a reckless man, but not a fool. How could he not see how difficult it was to conquer the pass?

The Xiliang army, which had experienced hundreds of battles, was like tofu that had been drilled out by loaches. It was full of holes and could be crushed easily.

In just a short moment, his army actually attacked?

Moreover, his advantage is gradually expanding, which also means that Hulao Pass will be captured by him soon, but... this is unreasonable.

The person guarding the city is Li Ru. Does he really have no plan?

Also, where is Hu Zhen? Why hasn’t he appeared for so long...

"General, the other party is trying to lure us into taking the bait. I suggest that the sergeants be withdrawn first, just in case something happens."

Lu Zihang looked at the battle on the city wall. It was no different from a one-sided battle. Even though the enemy was fighting bloody battles without retreating, they still could not stop Sun Jianjun's footsteps.

"No, of course I know that the Xiliang army is deliberately showing weakness, but in the middle of the siege, if we let the soldiers retreat as soon as they have established an advantage, not only will they suffer heavy losses, but their morale will also drop sharply."

Sun Jian closed his eyes, shook his head slowly, and rejected Lu Zihang's proposal.

Lu Zihang didn't quite understand. In his eyes, the lives of soldiers... were not as important as strategic victory.

But since Sun Jian had already made a decision, he couldn't say anything more.

After all, Li Ru just came and disgusted them not long ago. If he said too much at this time, it would arouse Sun Jian and the others' doubts.

Like, do you want to consume our army's combat power, etc., you will throw it in his face.

All I can say is that Li Ru's conspiracy is quite awesome.

This time, it was obviously a conspiracy, but they were in a dilemma, not only because of their strategy, but also because the seeds of their previous relationship had been planted...

It seemed that he could only remind Sun Jian from another angle.

Lu Zihang thought for a while and then said:

"Tsk...then will the general consider asking some of the soldiers who are not on board to retreat to protect the safety of the main tent? After all, you have arranged most of the soldiers to the front line."

"No way. Without the support from the rear, the soldiers on the front line will easily be defeated, and it will be even more dangerous! If the front line collapses, then everything will be lost."

After hearing what Sun Jian said, Lu Zihang had nothing to do. Of course he knew that once the battle line collapsed, he would lose.

But... the opponent is obviously trying to hold back most of his troops by retreating, and then sends some people to attack him!!

I'm really sick of it. It's so tiring to communicate with such a reckless man who doesn't belong to my team. Forget it, let him seek his own blessings.

As a general, he doesn't know how to win the majority by giving up a small part. Unless Zhou Yu is here to command, who can help him?

"well."

Lu Zihang sighed, and then greeted Zhang Feng to leave from the front line.

"What, what happened? Why did you leave the front line?" Zhang Feng asked in confusion.

"Go home and pack your things." Lu Zihang replied helplessly.

"Pack your things, what the hell?"

"Sun Jian, we are going to lose, he is too pedantic." Lu Zihang muttered.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to not let anyone from his class participate in this battle, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

Well, okay, okay, nothing is lost.

However, what Lu Zihang didn't know was that Sun Jian actually listened to what he said.

As the coach, Sun Jian is a martial artist, and his five senses are extremely sharp, so it was natural that he heard Lu Zihang's murmur.

He did not blame Lu Zihang for his words, because he also knew that the enemy was waiting for him to take advantage of him.

But as a coach, he and Lu Zihang see things differently.

"Haha, my lord, you have been ridiculed by your juniors."

Huang Gai, who was holding a thick iron whip, laughed and mocked Sun Jian, and then he asked again:

"So, what are your thoughts?"

"Of course... break it with force! Since they want to lure the enemy deep, it means that their front line must be unstable. They must defeat the opponent before their plan appears! Send the order to all the soldiers.

, all generals will participate in the battle and attack the city with all their strength!"

...

"Report, report to the military advisor, the vanguard of the coalition forces has begun to attack the city with all its strength! Most of the city wall has fallen into the enemy's hands!"

The ordering soldier half knelt on the ground and hurriedly reported the battle situation.

Li Ru didn't panic even once. He had already expected that Sun Jian would choose to attack with all his strength.

So what if there are strong military advisors in the other side's camp? Two families are still two families. It is even harder to trust each other completely than to reach the sky.

The road to Shu is not that difficult!

Moreover, even if Sun Jian chooses to withdraw his troops, he will win. The battle line is defeated, and his Xiliang cavalry gallops out, smashing his military camp with ease.

In general, he will not win this battle from the beginning. Whether he advances or retreats, he will lose!

"Haha, the fish has taken the bait. Send the order and the remaining soldiers on the city wall are surrounded. They form a trap formation on the city wall and cling to Sun Jian's troops!"

"Then let General Hu take the prepared Xiliang cavalry and go out for some activities."

Li Ru waved his hand leisurely, gave the order, then lay down on the wooden bed, closed his eyes, and rested by himself.

The ordering soldier hesitated for a moment, with a look of struggle on his face, and then replied: "Yes!"

After a long time, after a large part of Sun Jian's army climbed onto the city wall, a scene that shocked everyone appeared.

On the side of Sun Jian's position, an elite heavy armored cavalry unit unexpectedly shot out.

Obviously, their target is Sun Jian!

Although there were still some soldiers left by Sun Jian's side, how could soldiers with their feet on the ground defeat the elite cavalry in the wilderness.

With just a simple charge, the sergeants guarding Sun Jian were scattered.

Obviously the number of this group of cavalry was not large, but they were like wolves breaking into the sheepfold, slaughtering the soldiers under Sun Jian crazily.

"Oh, I was defeated after all. It seems that I need to find some decent counselors after I return home. What is that person's name? The boy who plays well with Ce'er seems to be called...

Zhou Yu is here, hey, why don’t you marry Ce’er to him and win him over?”

"Dad, what are you mumbling about? Why are you looking at me? Why do I feel like you have bad intentions?"

Sun Ce held a spear and sat astride the horse. Sun Jian stared at her for a while, which made her shrink back in discomfort.

"Nothing, just sighing that Ce'er's breasts/have grown...poof!"

Sun Jian, who was sitting on the horse, was pushed into the stomach by Sun Ce with the butt of his gun. A mouthful of old blood spurted out of his body, and he almost fainted.
Chapter completed!